I am the savior of China Entertainment

Chapter 353 Dialogue with Capital

The casting process for "The Secret That Can't Be Told" was held at Da Mi Mi Studio in Jiaxing, Beijing.

It is said that it is an audition, but it is not as exaggerated as the casting of domestic first-line directors and the gathering of actors. And in the Chinese film and television industry, in fact, auditions and castings mostly occur for unimportant supporting roles, and the protagonist does not need to audition.

Generally speaking, a director has an idea, or the production company has an idea, and the two parties hit it off immediately, and they agree on the lead actor while talking and laughing over the wine table.

Then we have a meal and chat with the starring candidate to see if the schedule is suitable, and then we make a decision.

It should be said that the current film industry has some routine formulas. Big IPs increase traffic and publicity, which equals box office.

The difference between "The Untold Secret" is that although it has a large number of hits, the entire story is original. Nowadays, original movies generally do not sell well at the box office.

However, the investment was not high anyway. As a director, screenwriter, starring actor and composer, Li Hyuk not only received no salary, but also invested 20 million in it.

The maximum power is 30 million, and the remaining 50 million is 20 million for Bona Pictures and Penguin Pictures. The other small and medium investors add up to 10 million for a total investment of 100 million.

A movie with an investment of 100 million is no longer considered a big production at this time.

It is said that Lu Xiaohan's salary is 120 million. Of course, that is the salary for TV series, and the price is exaggerated. If the movie's salary is 120 million, everyone can reasonably suspect that Lu Xiaohan is helping some black hands launder money and acting as a white glove.

Don't doubt whether this has never happened. It's just that the method is too secretive. If they were not fully involved, the public would have no idea how the black hands laundered their illegal income by falsely reporting investment costs, falsely reporting box office, stealing box office and other means.

The reason why Li He knew these things was because Da Mi Mi told him. Li He also asked Da Mi Mi seriously if she had participated in similar things.

Da Mi Mi said no, and Li He believed it.

There are a lot of entertainment novels with Da Mi Power as the heroine at the beginning. If she disappears, everyone will have no choice but to flee to the arms of the fairy sister. Currently, in entertainment novels, Da Mi Mi is the only one who can compete with the fairy sister, and I don’t know who she is.

How did it get so popular?

You know, as long as you do this kind of thing, sooner or later your fault will be revealed. At that time, the person with the lowest status will be thrown out as a scapegoat by the mastermind behind the scenes.

How Toothpick died? Apart from his own misconduct, a large part of it was caused by the mastermind behind the scenes.

Of course, he brought it upon himself and had no one else to blame.

Because there are many opaque aspects of film investment income, and there are many manipulations, similar things happen frequently. Even the national master has succumbed to money laundering capital, let alone others.

It is also very difficult to supervise this kind of thing, and there are many vested interests. If the higher authorities want to rectify it, they will have to spend a lot of time to do it.

You know, even in Hollywood, the center of the world's film industry, the difficulty of supervision is not that great. The black-hearted film companies in Hollywood even dare to steal the money of Wall Street vampires, so in the face of huge interests, do not think that capital

There will be a conscience.

Speaking of which, Li Hyuk is also considered a member of the capital.

However, when "The Wandering Earth" was released at the beginning of the year, no one in the industry had a good word to say about "The Wandering Earth". Even under the control of capital, netizens suffering from Wolf Warrior PTSD, led by trolls, smeared the film across the country.

a movie.

Then when "The Wandering Earth" became a hit at the box office, the capital and trolls behind it collectively lost their voices, as if there was no such thing as the movie "The Wandering Earth".

But Li He didn't care. Not only did he promote "The Wandering Earth" on Weibo on New Year's Day, but after returning from France after the Spring Festival holiday, he invited people from the company to book the venue to support it.

Fantasy Records also showed off a large stack of movie tickets online, which attracted praise from netizens.

More importantly, director Guo Fan also liked it and left a message on Li He's Weibo, asking Li He to sing the theme song if there is a next "The Wandering Earth 2".

Li He readily agreed and replied to Guo Fan that he had already thought of the name of the song and it was called "New Earth".

Netizens watched the interaction between the two with amusement, saying that Director Guo Fan was so good at deceiving, and now he had another person singing the theme song, and the name of Sci-Fi Daji was confirmed.

Can artists from Fantasy Records not support the interaction between Li He and Guo Fan?

So the popular SHE, Guns N' Roses, Liu Jiayi, Zhang Hanhan, Maomao and other singers all came forward to support "The Wandering Earth". Then Deng Ziqi, Zhang Liangying, Xu Song, Han Hong, Sun Nan, number one Li Chui and Cui Jian and other Chinese music circles

People came out to support this domestic science fiction movie.

What's weird is that compared to the excitement in the music industry, the entertainment industry is silent. Even Da Mi Mi doesn't dare to speak. The information Li Hyuk got is that someone warned her not to talk nonsense, otherwise they won't let her play.

Reba, relying on her status as the King's girlfriend, unscrupulously and clearly stood up to express her support.

Actually, "The Wandering Earth" still has the support of many people in the entertainment industry. Director Ning Hao and Liu Tianwang both supported the film.

Perhaps the person who supports this movie the most is Wu Jing, who has a box office loss of 60 million. He turned from a guest star to a starring role, and from a starring role to an investor.

Wu Jing was moved by Guo Fan's persistence and invested 60 million in a single move. This also brought him huge returns and made a lot of money. He deserved to make money. With such a heart and such a vision, he would not

Whoever makes money makes money.

This is the change brought about by status. Li Hyuk is the super king of pop. At his status, he no longer needs to look at the face of capital.

This is not Ermerike. Capital cannot do whatever it wants and can suppress everything. Li He has strong support from above and he is very successful, so capital does not dare to mess with him.

On the contrary, capital has to please him.

Take Penguin for example. Penguin, who is full of evil, is a big capital, but he still has to pay for "The Secret That Can't Be Told." The movie is not important. What is important is to ensure that Li Hyuk is like a fish in water in Penguin's pan-entertainment system.

Under such circumstances, the "Secrets That Cannot Be Tellable" project is going smoothly.

Zhou Yutong and Zhao Lusi arrived at the Great Power Studio early in the morning, waiting for the audition. This is Li He's film. Although it is his first time directing a film, as long as he chooses the heroine, his career will take a big step forward.

"Sister, I'm a little nervous..." Zhou Yutong touched her face, her fingers turned white from nervousness.

"Relax, I've already asked about it, you are Li He's candidate for the audition. Come on, drink some water." The manager handed over the thermos cup.

Zhou Yutong took a sip and felt more relaxed.

Not far away, Zhao Lusi's agent also encouraged her: "You are one of the three candidates who have received invitations to audition. Now Zhou Dongyu has withdrawn, so you have great hopes."

"Who is the other competitor?" Zhao Lusi asked.

"It's an actor named Zhou Yutong, who has just become famous with "The Legend of Song Dynasty", but you don't have to worry at all. The investors have said that as long as you perform well in the audition, the heroine will be yours," the agent said.

Zhao Lusi felt relieved and concentrated on preparing for the audition.

Today's audition is not only for the two of them, but also for other uninvited actresses. There have been two or three auditions before, but no one can tell anything from their facial expressions.

(End of chapter)