Chapter 498: "Charlotte's Troubles"

"It shouldn't take that much investment. The yachts, luxury cars, mansions and famous wines in the play can all be supported by a few big brothers." Chen Hao has learned how to recognize the 30 million investment. He should use as little as possible and make sure it is suitable for Jing Tianlin's investment so that his investment can reflect greater value. At the same time, the entire crew must be completely transparent from beginning to end, from investment to production to distribution to the final box office share.

In order to achieve Jing Tianlin's transparent investment, it can be said that this movie, like the previous "Erlonghu Haoge: The Storm Rises Again", must become the most transparent and clean film investment in China. The only thing that can be slightly operated is the friendly guest appearances of some sets, props and personnel in it, so as to reduce the overall investment and let Jing Tianlin's investment occupy a larger proportion of the entire investment. There is also a benefit to doing this, that is, when promoting it to the outside world, if the whole play is successful at the box office, then the gimmick of small investment will become a selling point for continuous publicity.

His idea was actually the idea of ​​Brother Tian and others. With their personal network, a comedy movie without big scenes can save a lot of production costs. At the same time, a huge advantage of urban-themed movies is that they can be implanted better and more intuitively.

"Director?"

The three brothers read the script and sat upright. A bottle of Lafite worth more than 300,000 yuan, which is best used for collection in the 1960s, was opened. When they woke up and took it over, they had just finished reading the script. There were several places in the script that made them laugh.

When they saw that it was a comedy from the script, they felt more confident. The previous success was comedy, and the probability of failure in comedy investment is relatively low, which is more in line with the shooting of low-cost movies. In the past few years, there have been many comedy movies that have won big with small investments. Success is a big success.

Holding a glass of wine, they chose to ask Chen Hao for his opinion.

"I want to do it myself. I'll study intensively in the past. For a long time in the future, I will supplement my professional studies in directing and acting. I have confidence and will not joke about movies."

The three looked at each other and were somewhat surprised. However, a few days ago, Liu Junjie, the director of "Fall in Love with You", met with Chen Hao and affirmed his line learning at the Film Academy some time ago, proving that he is also very talented in learning.

"In this way, you will not be named as an assistant director in the filming of "Fall in Love with You". I will communicate with Liu Junjie." Kuang Zhonghai's proposal was recognized by all. It's not that they don't trust Chen Hao. The scripts were all written by him. He must be familiar with all the plots and have a complete picture in his mind. They hope to get a professional director's recognition of his talent and potential and even his current level through "Fall in Love with You".

Jing Tianlin raised his glass: "Since Haozi said it's okay, then it's settled. Being an assistant director is just a training. You decide the three roles of the leading female and the second male, Ma Dongmei, Qiuya, and Yuan Hua, and we will find them."

Chen Hao smiled: "I won't be polite to those big brothers. Don't say I'm asking for too much."

Tian Ge smiled and patted the script with the name of "Charlotte's Troubles" written on it, and said confidently: "Open it, try your best, I want to see how big your appetite is." (It's necessary for the plot, please don't criticize, it's necessary in the book, and there is no drama.)

There is a kind of trust, because success is the backing, because of its own confidence as capital. Jing Tianlin cares about this movie, but he will not handle everything carefully. Choosing Chen Hao means choosing trust within a specific range.

All matters related to filming are within this specific range.

Even if the first and second films lose money, it won't take too long to rise again. Once this trust is fully rewarded, it will be infinitely magnified in future cooperation, which is equivalent to making the cooperation relationship more solid. Now it depends on whether Chen Hao can live up to everyone's trust in him with his talent shown in the live broadcast.

"Ma Dongmei, Zhao Liying, Qiuya, Dilireba, for the role of Yuan Hua, I like an actor named Yin Zheng, and for the role of Dachun, I want to ask Allen from Happy Twist." Chen Hao really opened his mouth. He must implant handsomeness and beauty into this film, otherwise his image will not be more funny than the version of Xia Luo in his mind. Just like Erlonghu Haoge, he has a natural obstacle set by his image when he shoots comedy, and he needs more confidence and more ideas to make changes.

He even thought about inviting the most popular young actor to play the role of Yuan Hua. He had thought about it, but it was cut off in an instant. Not to mention how much money and favors he had spent, if he really invited him, it would be difficult for him to be the director. Who among those young actors would obey a newcomer? Moreover, not long ago, this newcomer was still an online anchor who everyone thought was not very popular.

"Lu Han."

Tian Ge said a name, and everyone present immediately understood what he meant. He said Lu Han was corresponding to the role of Yuan Hua. In fact, everyone had similar ideas in their hearts. Chen Hao was the only one who dared to think about it. He had met him and was quite familiar with him. It was just that asking the other party to play with him was something that Lu Han's agency would definitely not do, and he himself would not do it either. This was different from inviting a popular actress.

Thinking of this, Chen Hao could only smile and shake his head: "Brother, if you really invite him, I can't film him. Then I won't have to worry about the promotion of the movie. It will become a hot topic on the Internet and be scolded before it is even filmed."

Tian Ge also had the same expression, but he gave everyone a reason to save face if they didn't invite Lu Han: "You little brat, let me see how you can make yourself more funny and hide your handsomeness."

If you are classified as a handsome guy and want to make a comedy, first you have to dare to mess with yourself, and then you have to have a good enough design to make those parts that ruin your image look natural and pleasing to the audience, instead of deliberately making yourself look ugly and weird.

Chen Hao was full of confidence: "It's okay, first upgrade the level of goddess Fatty Di, then turn Zhao Liying's goddess image into a female man, and after tossing them both, I will be almost done."

Kuang Zhonghai finished the wine in the glass, stood up, stretched his waist, walked to the window and looked at the snow-covered Beijing outside, and said with a bit of sarcasm: "Old Meng, Lu Han is joking, but Di Lieba and Zhao Liying are not joking?"

"Talk to their company, their performance in the film industry is not good, and the price will not be too high."

Chen Hao stuck out his tongue secretly, in fact, this is also his selfishness. The movie version of "Charlotte's Troubles" that came with the reward of the script of this play, the two heroines are not such popular actresses, and he doesn't think there will be any problem in raising the appearance and enriching the plot to make the whole film.

The key is Zhao Liying's role. Dilireba is a pure school beauty goddess. Her image will only add points. The difficulty lies in the scene of a lotus emerging from the water in the play. It depends on whether she is willing. If she is not willing, she can only think of other ways to show her beauty.

Ma Dongmei's role is much richer. If Hai Ge had not hinted before that this film could invite more actors with strong box office appeal to inject more success factors into the whole play, he really wouldn't dare to ask for such a big mouth today. He doesn't know Jing Tianlin, but Kuang Zhonghai knows. The hint may be what Jing Tianlin thinks.

Sure enough, Jing Tianlin spoke.

"Don't worry about it. I will talk about these two. If you think Lu Han is okay, there is no problem."

His opening scared Chen Hao enough. Lu Han just said it casually, which was really inappropriate.

"Forget it, Lao Jing. His price is too high. What we want is transparency. If Lu Han really wants to perform at a friendly price, he will be criticized in the future." Kuang Zhonghai shook his head. If he plays like that, he will talk about the next play. The money for this play should be spent more on filming.

Jing Tianlin said nothing more, spread his hands, and was still calm. This is the demeanor of a general. He makes money so casually. The next second, this image is completely collapsed. It is really limited by his image. If his image is a little less serious, you will feel frivolous. This is also a kind of protective color for him.

"This kid has no good intentions. There are kissing scenes with both actresses in the script."

Tian Ge and Kuang Zhonghai laughed, and Chen Hao surrendered directly. We can't play like this. A romantic comedy, kissing scenes are standard, it would be strange if there are none.

In the next hour or so, Chen Hao told everyone his understanding of the movie script in a chat. The effect of the pictures in his mind was more vivid than the script, and it also made people laugh several times. The four people drank the bottle of wine slowly. It was not enough to finish it all. Kuang Zhonghai still felt unsatisfied. The four people ordered Tan’s dishes to be sent over, opened a bottle of Wuliangye, and drank again.

"The role of this teacher is very important. Several jokes are actually concentrated on him. The lines in the script seem a bit silly and seem to deliberately highlight the negative image of this teacher. I thought about this role. If it is done well, the lines are just a guide. What tone to say and how to perform will definitely have the opposite effect in the end. Well, I will perform it, and you can give me some suggestions..."

Chen Hao thought about the image of this teacher very thoroughly. He performed with his hands and feet, and the three brothers over there couldn't help laughing.

Jing Tianlin's dark face was a little ruddy after drinking, but of course he didn't drink much, he just drank to liven up the atmosphere and it was the best medium for chatting: "I have someone selected for the teacher role, I'll go and invite him, it's interesting, quite interesting."

"Who is it?"

"Do you remember the movie that Xia Yu played, where Feng Xiaogang played the image of a teacher, very funny."

"Sunny Days."

"Yes, that's it, let our little steel cannon director experience the role of a teacher again in our Charlotte's Troubles."