The audition for "Burning Fire" was in full swing, and many people came to ask Lu Yanhe for information.
After all, Lu Yanhe is currently the only actor confirmed to star in this movie. In everyone's eyes, Lu Yanhe should know some news.
But Lu Yanhe really didn’t know any news. In this drama, he is only an actor, not a screenwriter, and has not been invited to participate in more productions, so he is not well informed.
As for how Longyan Pictures selects people, I don’t know.
The only thing Lu Yanhe knows now is that "Burning Fire" is going to be directed by director Wan Hai.
He is a top commercial blockbuster director in China. In his career, he has never directed a low-budget film. They are all commercial blockbusters, from gun battles to police and gangsters, from martial arts to action, from fantasy to war. He has rich experience and has filmed ten movies. Multiple movies.
Wan Hai started working with Longyan Pictures about eight years ago. At that time, he helped Longyan Pictures make a costume fantasy film "Falling the Demons", which grossed 1.2 billion at the box office. Although the reputation was a bit polarizing, the picture was unanimously praised. After that, he filmed "Falling the Demons" again. The second part still earned nearly 1.1 billion at the box office. After that, Wan Hai's third film with Longyan Pictures was an action war film called "Crossing the Valley of the Fallen Eagle", which made it the first time for a domestic action-themed film with a war background to earn more than 2 billion. ’s box office, raking in 2.2 billion in box office, becoming the third highest-grossing movie of the year.
It can be said that the name of director Wan Hai, if nothing else, at least guarantees the box office.
He also maintains a good relationship with Longyan Pictures. It is not surprising that he will direct "Fire" this time.
After all, the investment in "Fire" is so huge, and it was originally intended to be a series, so it would be reliable to find a director who can handle it.
What's a pity is that Lu Yanhe has never met director Wan Hai. Wan Hai is not the kind of director who would appear at award ceremonies, and his films have never been selected for mainstream domestic awards. As for other activities, Lu Yanhe rarely attended.
After learning that the director was Wan Hai, Lu Yanhe specially found the movies he had made before and watched them one by one. For a film director, any evaluation from outsiders is indirect. Only by seeing his works with your own eyes can you personally feel his charm as a director.
After watching seven or eight of Wan Hai’s films, Lu Yanhe discovered that the director’s style was very similar to that of a director named Wu Ershan whom he knew before time travel. They both had a very grand and strong vision. style. No matter what the subject matter is, his movie vision actually has a comic-like rendering.
His narrative rhythm is indeed not humanistic and introverted, but very commercial and fast. It is progressive and interlocking, and has a strong story-telling. Combined with his strong visual effects, it makes people watch Unblinking.
Lu Yanhe couldn't help but get excited. Although it is a commercial movie, it is not cliche or popcorn at all. It has a very strong personal style and cannot be replaced.
After reading it, he immediately called Shang Yongzhou.
"Senior brother."
"Huh?" Shang Yongzhou was quite surprised when he received his call and asked: "What's wrong?"
Lu Yanhe asked: " Senior brother, have you decided whether to act in "Burning Fire"?"
"I...I'm still thinking about it," Shang Yongzhou said.
"Brother, have you seen "Subduing the Demons" directed by Wan Hai?"
""Subduing the Demons"? I have heard of it, but I have not seen it."
"Go Look, if you still can't decide on your idea after watching this movie, then it's hard to find anything else that can help you decide on your idea of starring in "Fire", said Lu Yanhe.
Shang Yongzhou was confused, obviously not understanding why Lu Yanhe suddenly called and said such things.
However, Shang Yongzhou still listened to Lu Yanhe and went to find and watch both movies in the "Demons" series.
That night, Shang Yongzhou sat in the video room of his home. After watching the two movies in the "Demons" series, he pondered for half an hour and watched them again from beginning to end.
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On March 21, "Burning" announced that Shang Yongzhou has joined the cast to star in "Burning".
This news made the movie "Fire" become a hot search topic along with Shang Yongzhou.
Some media reported that after cooperating on "Road to Glory", Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yanhe worked together again on "Burning Fire".
This news made the audition, which was already tense and intense, draw even more attention.
The results of the first round of auditions have come out, and many people have received notifications of the second round of auditions.
Including Huaiqian.
In fact, Huaiqian has basically been locked by Longyan Pictures to play one of the roles. However, in order to further confirm his suitability, Longyan Pictures notified him and asked him to participate in the second round Audition.
In the second round of auditions, I went directly to the makeup test.
Both Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yanhe received invitations from Longyan Pictures to watch this round of auditions, especially for a character with a heavy role and a lot of opposite roles with them. Mrs. Huang and the others also wanted to hear what Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yanhe had to say. Opinion.
Not only the two of them, Liu Bige was also invited by Mrs. Huang and the others.
Many people came to watch this second round of auditions and watch the movie.
Lu Yanhe only brought Zou Dong and Wang Biao over.
As a result, there were several actors who came to audition. Their teams were seven or eight people, occupying a place in the waiting room. They even brought makeup artists to touch up their makeup at any time.
Lu Yanhe came to the audition room and said hello to Mrs. Huang and the others.
As soon as Huang Tai saw Lu Yanhe, he greeted him warmly and said, "Yanhe, the film critics forum your girlfriend created is great. When can we invite all of them to China?" , open an offline forum so that we can communicate with them on the spot?"
Lu Yanhe immediately said: " Okay, I'll ask Siqi back to see if we can invite them here. In fact, we should indeed hold and organize more exchange activities like this, so that there can be more influential people in the criticism circle. I want to see our Chinese movies and understand our Chinese movies.”
“Yes, they didn’t care about it at all before. "I didn't expect that your film "Jump Up" could establish such a familiar relationship with them," said Mrs. Huang, "These film critics are usually very arrogant, and we would like to ask them to say something good about our film. No one will pay attention to you."
Lu Yanhe was speechless for a moment, thought for a moment, and said, "They all have their own problems. Those who evaluate standards will definitely not give up their own standards and praise our movies just because of favors. Their methods in the European and American film circles are not like that. At our premiere, all the guests are friends and relatives, and they all talk about it. It’s a compliment for being humane and sophisticated, but those film critics are not like us in China.”
Mrs. Huang immediately said: "Everything at home and abroad is the same. We used to talk about things made in Japan, the spirit of craftsmanship, and the high quality standards. Now aren't they cutting corners?"
Lu Yanhe felt that he was a little bit A chicken talks to a duck.
It felt like Mrs. Huang didn’t understand what he was talking about at all.
Or maybe she is simply unwilling to accept this.
"Mrs. Huang, it's true. You're right. I can't guarantee that all film critics are like them, but at least the few film critics we invited, the reason why they are Being able to have their current reputation and status in the critic circle shows that their previous film reviews and words can still be recognized and respected.”
Lu Yanhe didn't want to have a dispute with Mrs. Huang about film critics here.
If it weren’t for the large number of people in the audition room here and the fact that Mrs. Huang brought up this topic so blatantly, Lu Yanhe wouldn’t even deny her words in person.
Lu Yanhe just didn’t want to leave any trouble for himself.
So, after saying this, Lu Yanhe immediately changed the subject, smiled at Mrs. Huang and said, "Mrs. Huang must be very busy recently, right? I heard that most of the actors in the entertainment industry came to audition for "Burning Fire" "This movie."
When this topic was brought up, Mrs. Huang's face bloomed again with a bright smile.
"That's true." Mrs. Huang nodded, "The movie "Fire" has received huge attention. Everyone can see what achievements this project will achieve in the future."
Lu Yanhe smiled slightly , the topic was successfully changed, and he said no more. He saw Shang Yongzhou sitting alone in the corner, so he smiled and said hello to the others, walked over and sat down next to Shang Yongzhou.
"Senior brother." Lu Yanhe called him.
Shang Yongzhou nodded to him and asked: "Yongshan Hesan hasn't said anything to bother you recently, has he?"
"Not yet, but I don't know if he will in the future. Keep going crazy." Lu Yanhe said with a smile.
Shang Yongzhou nodded, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Have you finished shooting the two movies "Rouge Button" and "On the Road"?"
"Yes, they have been finished." Lu Yanhe nodded.
"When is it going to be released? If there is a premiere then, remember to send me an invitation." He said, "I would like to see how the script you wrote looks like when filmed."
"Okay." Shang Yongzhou took the initiative to come to support him, and Lu Yanhe was certainly happy.
Shang Yongzhou added: "However, it is a pity that these two films cannot make it to this year's Hollywood Film Festival."
"Huh? Why?"
Shang Yongzhou said: "This year's Hollywood Film Festival invited me to be the image ambassador."
Many film festivals will invite an in-film ambassador in each session. The festival selects as its image ambassadors filmmakers who have status, influence and can represent the standards of the festival.
Shang Yongzhou was able to receive such an invitation when he was in his early thirties, which is enough to illustrate his achievements in movies over the past few years.
It is true that Shang Yongzhou is the most representative Chinese actor of his age and one of the most well-known Chinese actors in the world.
Lu Yanhe's eyes widened in surprise.
"Oh——" Lu Yanhe lowered his voice and exclaimed, "This news hasn't been announced yet?"
"Well, not yet, it will be announced soon." Shang Yongzhou Said, "The annual Jose Film Festival is held in May."
As the most popular among the four major international film festivals, it is also the only film festival that selects awards through 100 film critics and 200 audience votes every year. Although its artistry has always been known as one of the four major film festivals, The weakest one in the section usually has the greatest influence and spread.
Shang Yongzhou said: "If these two films can be screened at the Jose Film Festival, this will be a very good, arguably the top publicity window."
Lu Yanhe thought for a while and said to Shang Yongzhou: "It's not necessarily that we can't catch up. Let's look at the editing of the movie. If we really can't catch up, we can't show it there. We can go there to promote it. We can go there to sell the film."
Shang Yongzhou smiled and nodded, "Yes."
The two of them chatted, and after a while, the second round of auditions began.
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The story "Fire", Lu Yanhe actually feels a bit like the Revenge of the Prince version of Harry Potter.
A man with a blood feud came to a magic academy and became a tutor in the academy. His enemy is the dean of this college, and Li Wushang, played by Lu Yanhe, is the adopted son of this dean. Li Wushang was also a student at the Academy of Arts. He accidentally discovered that the new tutor Wei Yang was secretly investigating his father, so he also launched an investigation into Wei Yang.
A standard story mode of first confrontation and then cooperation.
Because it is a series of movies, the world view of the entire movie has actually been established. And why should every role be cast so carefully? It is very possible that a character with only two lines in the first film will become a crucial role later on.
Of course, at this time, no one knows what will happen next. All I can say is that you must be cautious and prudent.
Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou do not serve as interviewers. They just sit back and watch. However, Lu Yanhe did not expect that he would meet so many acquaintances for the audition.
Among the actresses, even Meng Li and Xiao Yun came to audition.
The more Lu Yanhe looked at it, the bigger his head felt. Because it was really hard to choose, there were so many excellent actors with good acting skills, it was like a fight between gods.
It can be said that this is the highest quality audition Lu Yanhe has ever seen.
Only a blockbuster of the level of "Fire" can summon so many already famous actors for live auditions. Including Li Yuefeng.
During the break, Lu Yanhe whispered to Shang Yongzhou: "I originally thought it would be difficult for already-famous actors to audition in our country."
Shang Yongzhou said: ""Burning" is still different, the box office target is The added value brought to actors by a blockbuster movie worth more than one billion is so great that no one will be tempted.”
Lu Yanhe doesn’t know whether “Fire” can be made into a classic fantasy blockbuster, but he has experienced this kind of experience in “Harry Potter”, “Lord of the Rings”, “Twilight”, “Pirates of the Caribbean” and comic books. A time traveler who has been baptized by a series of blockbusters such as Weird Universe, he knows very well what a successful movie series means to an actor.
Just like "Mission: Impossible" is to Tom Cruise, it can be said that the height of his career is completely bound to this movie series.
Lu Yanhe didn't know what kind of blessing "Burning Fire" would bring to him, including Shang Yongzhou. They want fame and money, but they are still different. The difference is, as an actor, do you have a role that almost everyone has seen, knows, and is deeply rooted in the hearts of everyone?
In short, as an actor, is there a role that enters the common memory of all mankind? This statement is a bit exaggerated and a bit big, but it actually means this. This means that if there is such a character, it actually unifies the whole world's memory of you, and the collection of this memory is much more influential than the collection of characters in fifty or sixty film and television dramas combined.
This is why Chen Ziyan must let Lu Yanhe star in a blockbuster film as soon as possible.
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The movie "Fire" has more than a hundred named characters.
And "Burn Fire" has a very new gameplay.
After the second round of auditions, they announced a list of actors:
Welcome five actors, Bao Zhenzhu, Huaiqian, Xiao Yun, Lang Xia, and Li Yuefeng, to join the film series "Fire"!
It is not announced at once, but announced one after another.
The announcement of this round of cast list has aroused heated discussions.
Many actors have been photographed entering and exiting the audition set of "Fire" before.
At this time, because they did not appear on this list, many people began to ask:
——Did the XXX audition be brushed off?
——Has Yin Xincheng, who starred in two seasons of "Six People" and become a popular A-list actor, been dismissed?
......
These actors who are suspected of being eliminated have also become a hot topic.
The buzz generated by "Fire" is almost the highest that any movie has generated in the past five years. At this time, it hasn't even started filming yet and is still in the preparation stage.
Lu Yanhe has finally seen how much attention a real blockbuster has.
No wonder so many actors are eager to play it.
On the selection of actors, Mrs. Huang did listen to the opinions of Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yanhe.
Almost every actor she wants to cast will ask them what they think of their play.
Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yanhe did not treat them as evil people. They basically said that they were very good and suitable.
Including Lang Xia and Lu Yanhe did not deny him. The main reason is that even if he denies it, Mrs. Huang may not listen to him.
After several contacts with Mrs. Huang, Lu Yanhe has a vague feeling that he and Mrs. Huang are not the same people. It is better to have less contact in the future and just maintain a working relationship.
Just like Zhong Benshuo with Maxine, if there is no possibility of personal relationship in the future, it is enough to maintain a good working relationship.
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In early April, "Fire" announced the third batch of cast members. Among this list, there was one person who did not appear on the audition set, Huang Kairen.
When Huang Kairen's name appeared, everyone had only one feeling. Is Longyan Pictures planning to put all the most popular actors in the country into this movie?
Lu Yanhe was also surprised.
Because before this list came out, he had no idea that Huang Kairen would also join.
He immediately called Huang Kairen.
As a result, I made two calls and both showed that I was on a call.
It is estimated that many people are calling him at this time.
About ten minutes later, Huang Kairen called him back.
"Do you also want to ask me about the movie "Fire"?"
"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "I just saw the list they released and said that you also Why didn’t you tell me in advance that you would join?”
"Because the matter itself was only finalized this morning, they have a role for me to guest star in, just two scenes." Huang Kairen said, "I didn't expect that they would put me on the franchise list with such great efforts. ”
Lu Yanhe: “Hahaha, that’s it. Of course, as long as you are willing to join, any movie The film industry will mobilize to publicize the news of your joining."
Huang Kairen: "However, this movie has attracted so much attention, I can just make a cameo and show my face, maybe I will do it later. That character plays an important role in the sequel."
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe asked.
"There were only two scenes. In the first scene, I questioned the new college rules proposed by the dean. In the second scene, I was expelled from the college by the dean." Huang Kairen said, "It was Huang Tai told me that my role may have a big role in the future, but it hasn’t been completely determined yet. The dean is a big villain, right?”
"Well, it's like this in the script I got." Lu Yanhe said, "Looking at the setting of your character, I feel that you will continue to appear in the future. Otherwise, what will these two scenes be used to express? "Do you have the setting of this big villain?"
Huang Kairen snorted, "Maybe it's just for this purpose. Anyway, read the script according to me. The last two scenes I appeared in the movie, the total scenes of my appearance may only be thirty or forty seconds."
Lu Yanhe said: "Brother Huang, even if it is only thirty or forty seconds. With only seconds of screen time, I believe you will keep the audience’s attention for these thirty or forty seconds of footage.”
Huang Kairen laughed.
“Of course, it’s just such a shot. If you don’t think about it carefully and make it more impressive, it will not be in vain.”
Lu Yanhe asked: "Brother Huang, what are you doing now? Are you in the team?"
"How could you be in the team? I just finished filming "Rouge Button" and no one has returned yet. God is here, he is resting." Huang Kairen said, "Later. We are meeting to record an episode of "China in Culture". "Huh?" Lu Yanhe was stunned, "What does this program have to do with you? What are you recording?"
Just invite scholars to give lectures?
Huang Kairen said: "Zixing has added a new format to this program. In each episode of the program, she will find a short story in the content of the episode. Arrange it into a stage performance, which lasts about ten minutes, and invite actors to perform. As a way of interpretation, it was put at the end of the program. After each lecture, the lecturer would sit in the audience with all the audience and watch such a stage performance. Then I had no choice but to be called out by her. , let me go in the first issue.”
Huang Kairen's words shocked Lu Yanhe.
This kind of shock is something that others cannot understand at all.
Because such a format is actually very much like a program, "China in Classics". Originally, Lu Yanhe planned to wait for "China in Culture" to be produced before coming up with such an idea to create a new program. Unexpectedly, Xin Zixing had already thought of it on his own.
Sure enough, these are just two different worlds, but even if they are different worlds, coming from the same culture and historical inheritance, as long as there is a little introduction, capable people can draw inferences without carrying them by hand. Come up with a lot of things.
It can be said that from the time Xin Zixin proposed the program format of "China in Culture" to the proposal to add the actors' stage performances to this program, it was all her own thoughts and creativity. Lu Yanhe never exchanged his thoughts on this with her.
Lu Yanhe felt really incredible.
He should not have the arrogance of a time traveler.
The world will not wait for you to take things out of the treasure house bit by bit.
While you are still hiding something as a treasure, someone in this world has already created similar treasures.
But, on the other hand, Lu Yanhe was sincerely happy that Xin Zixing could think of this.
"Sister Zi Xing is really amazing." Lu Yanhe said, "This show will definitely become popular."
Huang Kairen said: "She has been busy day and night for this show during this period. I was finally able to take a break, but she got busy again."
"What should you do? Brother?"
"What else can I do? I will be her assistant." Huang Kairen was helpless, "Now everyone knows that we are together, and she doesn't have to hide it. Such a free labor force, of course she will not use it in vain."
Lu Yanhe laughed even louder.
Huang Kairen complained: "You don't need to laugh so loudly."
Lu Yanhe: "Isn't that great? I'm not laughing at you, absolutely not."
Huang Kairen Gritting his teeth: "Okay, just wait, I will never laugh at you in the future, never!"
Lu Yanhe hung up the phone, the smile on his face not disappearing for a long time.
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"Dear, Yan He really can't pay such a high salary."
Huang Tai looked at Chen Ziyan helplessly and said, "You have also seen that our movie uses an all-star cast. , the cost is too high, but we only have 500 million Budget, if we need to give Lu Yanhe such a high salary, our production budget in other aspects will be reduced."
Chen Ziyan said: "Mrs. Huang, I believe you must know that the conditions I proposed are relatively small. Judging from the current market situation in Yanhe , It’s not too much.”
Mrs. Huang: “Of course, of course, it’s just that, Zi Yan, you and I are old acquaintances, and you also know what I am like. If it weren’t for the fact that the situation really doesn’t allow it, How could I care so much about such a small thing? ?”
Chen Ziyan said: “A top commercial blockbuster can only give Yan He a salary of 8 million. To be honest, if such a number is signed and spread, our Yan He will become the entire entertainment industry. A joke.”
Mrs. Huang said: "Yan He took the initiative to lower his salary in order to support a sincere movie. How can it be a joke? This is a good reputation."
"Then all actors should lower their salary together. This is a good reputation." Chen Ziyan looked at Mrs. Huang unmoved, "Shang Yongzhou can get a salary increase of 20 million. With a 5% share of box office revenue, Yan He can only get a salary of 8 million plus a 20% share of role-derived revenue. I think this is a condition that no agent will sign for Lu Yanhe. "
When Chen Ziyan said these numbers, Mrs. Huang's expression, which had always been sure of winning, finally changed.
"Yan He has never starred in a commercial film after all. His ability to carry the box office of commercial films has never been verified. We also need to explain to shareholders." Mrs. Huang said in a different way, "Moreover, this number For him, who is starring in a commercial blockbuster for the first time, it is not a number that will make people laugh, right?"
"Not to mention the drama, "Three Mountains", although Yan He is cameo, But Yan He was responsible for the early publicity of the movie and the most popular topics during the release. In the end, with a cost of more than 10 million, the total box office of "Late Spring" exceeded 100 million, as you know better. From the director to actors to other creative staff, the only star of the literary film used for director Liu Bigo to practice is Yan He, and the only publicity point is also Yan He. The cost is about 10 million, and the total box office is more than 600 million. ”
Chen Ziyan explained each number clearly word for word.
"It is true that Yan He has never acted in a commercial blockbuster, but to say that he does not have the ability to carry the box office and has not been verified by the market, I think, Mrs. Huang, if this sentence is said out, other film companies will probably We are the ones making fun of you.”
Chen Ziyan smiled slightly, “A salary of 8 million? Now you are looking for Yan He’s film with a salary of less than 10 million, except for literature and art. There are very few films, and even if they are comedy films that Yan He has never acted in, people can generously offer eight-figure salaries. Maybe it is because the current cast of "Fire" is luxurious enough, and there is no need for Yan He to play this. The second male lead, anyway, we only signed a contract of intention. If Mrs. Huang’s mind changes, we can withdraw.”
Taiwan Huang was silent for a few seconds and smiled.
"Zi Yan, from the situation in the industry, everyone can see that "Fire" will be a highly anticipated blockbuster. How much additional additional income can such a movie bring to Yan He? Endorsements, business, popularity, popularity, explicit and implicit, he can completely make up for this loss in remuneration through other aspects. Why should we worry about this number here? "
"If Yan He wanted to make money, with his influence and popularity, why would he come to play the second male lead in "Burning Fire"?" Chen Ziyan smiled softly, "Mrs. Huang, it's not about how much or how little the salary is, really. I don’t care about the absolute number. I said it’s too much. It is the film company that is throwing money at Yan He, not to mention the nearly 30 endorsement invitations we have turned down this year. From now on, the endorsement fee will be worth hundreds of millions."
Mrs. Huang. His expression finally lost its strength and became ugly.
Chen Ziyan was unmoved.
"This is Yan He as an actor. He should get his own number. When talking about numbers, don't mix other factors and count everything." Chen Ziyan said, "At the beginning Playing "Late Spring", we followed Have you bargained about the remuneration? You agreed without hesitation. Why do we have to argue about the remuneration of "Fire"? This is something that must be carefully calculated."
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