Chapter 103 Who Will Play the Leading Male Role?

Zhang Guorong still couldn't resist Wu Yuan's temptation.

On the third day after that conversation, Wu Yuan received a call from Zhang Guorong, and he agreed to sign the director's contract with Light and Shadow Era.

From now on, he will be a contracted director of Light and Shadow Era. Without the permission of the company, he can no longer direct films for other companies.

And he can't wait to make the movie "If Love".

Maybe it's because he really likes this script, or maybe it's because Wu Yuan said before that "time waits for no one" that he deeply agrees with.

Even if "Stealing Heart" is about to be released, he will immediately start the preparatory work for "If Love".

Seeing that his new director is so positive, it is certainly impossible for Wu Yuan to extinguish his enthusiasm.

It's just that Wu Yuan doesn't have a lot of money in his pocket now.

The filming cost of "If Love" is not cheap. Even if Zhang Guorong is not Chen Kexin, he cannot afford such an exaggerated budget of US$7 million.

But if you want to hire Zhang Xueyou, the remuneration is bound to cost a lot more.

Zhang Guorong and Tang Hede quickly made a budget, which is expected to require about four million US dollars, which is an investment of more than 30 million.

Although Wu Yuan had 10 million US dollars in cash, he prepared this money for "Your Name" and could only give Zhang Guorongyun 3 million US dollars at most.

There was no other way, so Wu Yuan had no choice but to go to Director Han again to beg for help.

Director Han was still so easy to talk to. He immediately agreed to make up the eight million yuan to Wu Yuan and distribute the profits according to the proportion of capital contribution.

Wu Yuan did not cheat Director Han. This "If Love" should be able to make money. Although it may be difficult to make back the money through box office alone, if this movie can win awards, the copyright can be sold.

The movie "If Love" in my dream was made by buying the copyright. The market for this kind of musical film is good. Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries are willing to buy it. Europe also favors Chinese movies at this time.

In addition, this is a work directed by Zhang Guorong, who is still very popular at the box office in Japan and South Korea!

No matter how you look at it, this movie will not lose money.

And because it is not the main control, the copyright of "If Love" also belongs to the Light and Shadow Era, not China Film.

Unlike Wu Yuan's previous films "The Night the Comet Came" and "The Embalmer", the copyrights are owned by China Film. Although Wu Yuan enjoys 20% of the profits, he cannot decide who can and cannot sell these copyrights. .

It will be different in the future. From now on, all the movies controlled by the Light and Shadow Era will have their own copyrights.

After replenishing the funds, Zhang Guorong immediately started auditioning for male actors in "If Love".

Zhou Xun and Zhang Xueyou also quickly received role invitations from the crew.

Wu Yuan didn't know what was going on with Zhang Xueyou.

But Zhou Xun called Wu Yuan as soon as he received the news.

As soon as the call was connected, Zhou Xun asked straight to the point: "Director Wu, is Light and Shadow Times your company? Is Zhang Guorong's "If Love" a movie you invested in and produced?"

Since Wu Yuan became popular, she no longer calls him "Yuan'er" together with Chen Kun. However, her carefree personality is still difficult to change. There is not much estrangement between her and Wu Yuan, and her style of talking about things is still so refreshing.

"Yes, I gave him the script of "If Love"." There was nothing to hide, Wu Yuan admitted it directly.

"Let me just say, this script is very well written, it turns out it was written by someone."

Zhou Xun's roaring laughter came from the other end of the phone.

"I really like this script. The role of Sun Na is very interesting, and it is a musical, so it is very challenging."

"The interweaving of reality, past and the play within the play in the script makes the entire film structure complex and full, and I feel like it will win an award if it is finished."

"But my schedule is really tight recently."

"I still have two movies to shoot with Kuner, so I really can't spare the time."

In the past two years, Zhou Xun and Chen Kun have become really popular.

Zhou Xun has dominated the big and small screens since "Orange Is Red" last year.

In the last year alone, she has appeared in three movies, "A Beauty in the Rain", "The Flowers Bloom" and "Balzac and the Little Seamstress", and also fell in love with Pu Shu.

At the beginning of this year, the TV series "Legend of the Condor Heroes" starring her was aired. In April, she released a music album "Summer", and there will be a movie and a TV series to be released in July. .

Chen Kun was no less willing to give in. He took over the big and small screen dramas and filmed them one after another.

In the second half of this year, they will collaborate on two movies, "Baby in Love" and "Mandarin Duck and Butterfly".

There is no way, among the mainland movie actors now, they are the two with the most market value, they are beautiful and can act well.

He also acted in Wu Yuan's movies and is one of the top three actors guaranteed to win box office and word-of-mouth awards.

The two of them also know that they can be so popular, and Wu Yuan has also played a part in it, so they will definitely come to help whenever Wu Yuan needs it.

But the premise is that you have to tell it in advance, otherwise the schedule will not be moved.

"No schedule?" Wu Yuan frowned.

This time "If Love" was approved more than a year earlier than in the dream, and it really didn't match up with Zhou Xun's schedule.

This is not possible.

In "If Love", Zhou Xun is definitely more important than handsome guy Jin.

Without Takeshi Kaneshiro, another actor who is handsome enough can also complete this role.

But if there is no weekly news, then "If Love" will lose its soul.

"Brother Xun, which movie are you going to make next?" Wu Yuan asked.

"In "Baby in Love" directed by Li Shaohong, I play the female lead, Huang Jue plays the male lead, and Kun'er plays the male second."

"Have you signed the contract? How much is the liquidated damages?"

Hearing this, Zhou Xun understood what Wu Yuan meant. She hesitated for a moment, but still replied: "The liquidated damages are not high, it seems to be just over 200,000."

These days, you can't make much money by acting in movies, and the liquidated damages for actors are generally not high, which is good news for Wu Yuan.

"It's okay, I'll pay the liquidated damages for you, just put this movie off and act in "If Love"!"

"Believe me, "If Love" can bring you the best actress!"

Zhou Xun was very excited. She could see that the script of "If Love" was better and more likely to win an award.

After a period of silence and hesitation, Zhou Xun asked again: "Who are you going to find as the male lead of this movie?"

"The male lead?" Wu Yuan was also stunned. This matter has not been decided yet, and he has to wait for Zhang Guorong to audition before deciding.

"It's not decided yet. Guorong is planning to hold a large-scale audition and invite all the mainland male actors who are suitable for this role to come for an audition."

"Hmm." Zhou Xun hesitated for a moment on the other end of the phone and asked tentatively: "Director Wu, what do you think of Kun'er playing the male lead?"

"According to the script, you are going to find a young and handsome male actor to play the role."

"Among the mainland male actors, who is younger and more handsome than Kun'er?"