Chapter 147: Hong Kong Circles Failed Before They Could Go North

Chapter 147 Hong Kong Circles Failed Before They Go North.

Wu Yuan did not ask too much about the specific preparations for "Fated to Love You".

After he confirmed the cast and director, he handed over the follow-up contacts and negotiations to Li Jichang and a financial officer of the company.

The two of them will form a partnership to discuss the specific pay and benefits with these actors and directors.

Although the pay of TV actors these days has skyrocketed, it is still very cheap compared to the price of tens of millions of yuan for a play in later generations.

Even Lu Yi, the top actor in the mainland, only gets 300,000 to 500,000 yuan for filming a TV series, and newcomers like Jin Sha can get away with tens of thousands of yuan.

Let alone them, Liu Yifei's recently negotiated pay for "The Return of the Condor Heroes" is only 10,000 yuan per episode, and this is only because she raised the price after "Your Name" became popular.

Originally, her pay should be the same as Huang Xiaoming, only 8,000 yuan per episode.

Yes, under the influence of Wu Yuan, the butterfly, when preparing to shoot "The Return of the Condor Heroes" this time, the big bearded man stopped teasing fans and announced the male and female protagonists early.

The main reason is that the big bearded man really dare not neglect Liu Yifei now.

What is Liu Yifei's current status?

The second highest-grossing actress in the domestic box office!

In terms of box office performance alone, her box office performance is second only to Zhang Ziyi!

Even Gong Huang did not perform as well as her at the box office.

There is no way, who asked "Your Name" to be a big hit in Asia.

Except for Zhang Ziyi who has "Rush Hour 2", Liu Yifei's box office performance can be said to be the best among mainland actresses.

In other words, she now has this performance, but there is no movie that matches her status to shoot.

Otherwise, she would not be able to play "The Return of the Condor Heroes".

She is now facing the same embarrassing situation as Zhang Ziyi. A movie directly sent to the peak of box office performance, and then found that her status was directly broken.

Other directors' film works are simply impossible to achieve such box office results. If she participates in it, she feels very disappointed.

If she doesn't act, there will be no more roles.

Zhang Ziyi's choice is to find a way to enter Hollywood and take Hollywood movies. She won't take Chinese roles unless they are directed by top directors from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

Liu Yifei is in a more awkward situation because she is younger.

The drama "The Return of the Condor Heroes" was discussed before the release of "Your Name". Big Beard has always said that Liu Yifei is the most suitable actress for Xiaolongnu in his heart, and Mr. Jin Yong also agreed after seeing her photos.

Considering that this kind of Jin Yong drama is very popular among the people, Liu Xiaoli took this drama for her daughter.

However, she also made up her mind that after "The Return of the Condor Heroes", Liu Yifei would never shoot TV dramas again, and would focus on the film market in the future.

But what kind of movie scripts could Liu Yifei, who was 17 years old, get?

There are only a few blockbusters directed by big domestic directors in a year.

The man Liu Xiaoli relied on was also unable to fight for any top director's movies for Liu Yifei.

Directors like Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Wong Kar-wai all have their own set of actors for their new films.

Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers" will be released this summer, and the leading actress is still Zhang Yimou.

Wong Kar-wai's "2046" will also be released this summer, with Gong Huang and Wang Jingwen as the leading actresses, and even the supporting actresses are Zhang Yimou and Liu Jialin!

Chen Kaige has reportedly prepared a new film, and it is said that it is a blockbuster with an investment of over 100 million yuan.

Liu Xiaoli also wants to compete for Kaige's new film for her daughter, but the actresses need to be Hong Kong, Japanese and Korean actors.

Because Kaige's new film is jointly funded by Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and China Film Group, the actors are equally selected.

Only one mainland actress can be used, and this quota is obviously reserved for Chen Hong. There is no place for Liu Yifei in this film.

And the actors for Feng's New Year film "A World Without Thieves" have been selected long ago.

Looking around, Liu Xiaoli found that although her daughter had become the second highest-grossing actress in the mainland, there were no good movies to shoot.

"The Return of the Condor Heroes" was the most suitable choice.

So after a lot of twists and turns, Liu Yifei finally became the Little Dragon Girl.

This made the big bearded man very happy. He didn't have the heart to hype up fans. He quickly announced the casting news, which caused a heated discussion on the Internet.

Mainly, everyone praised the good choice of the heroine and scolded the bad choice of the hero.

The first Yuan girl who was made famous by Wu Yuan played the Little Dragon Girl, and the general public had no objection.

Not to mention how popular she was, her appearance was extremely suitable.

But Huang Xiaoming, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, played Yang Guo, and everyone couldn't accept it.

What is your status, Huang Xiaoming, and what is your status, Liu Yifei, how can these two people act together in a TV series?

However, after a long argument, netizens found that there is really no TV actor who is worthy of Liu Yifei at this stage.

No matter who plays Yang Guo, he seems to be criticized.

Liu Yifei's identity as a "Yuan girl" is really too scary.

The first movie she starred in, the box office in Asia was 1.8 billion yuan, and this number continues to grow.

Wu Yuan used two new mainland male actors to prove that not only movies starring Hong Kong and Taiwan stars can be big hits.

Although "Hero" was also a big hit, the leading actors of this movie were all Hong Kong superstars, and only Zhang Ziyi was a mainland actor.

The huge sales of this movie stimulated the mainland film market, and also made many mainland film practitioners believe that if you want to make a blockbuster, you must use Hong Kong superstars as the leading actors.

So there was "A World Without Thieves" starring Andy Lau.

Even Zhang Yimou himself was playing it safe. The main actors of "House of Flying Daggers" were still mainly Hong Kong actors, and the only mainland actor was Zhang Yimou.

But Wu Yuan used "Your Name" to prove that mainland actors can also carry the box office.

This is crucial!

You should know that the saying that "only movies with Hong Kong actors as the leading actors can sell well" was actually formed in 2005-2006.

"Hero" started it, but because this work was an isolated case, in 2003-2004, the Chinese film industry did not believe it.

It was not until the end of 2004 that the top ten mainland box office movies were released, and everyone found that the top ten Chinese-language movies, whether it was "A World Without Thieves" or "House of Flying Daggers" or "Kung Fu" and "New Police Story", were all starring Hong Kong actors!

This made the mainland investors really believe that only with Hong Kong actors as the leading actors, the movie can be a big hit.

There is no way. In 2004, many movies starring mainland actors were released. For example, Zhou Xun and Chen Kun shot several movies, but the box office was very poor.

The market has proved that only movies starring Hong Kong actors can be a big hit, so the capital is naturally more inclined to use Hong Kong actors.

From then on, the era of mainland-Hong Kong group began, and a large number of Hong Kong directors and actors went north to make money.

In particular, Chen Kaige's "The Promise" added another wave of fire to this wave.

When "The Promise" was released, it was criticized so badly that nine out of ten people scolded it and said it was incomprehensible.

However, the box office of this movie was 170 million, and countless fans went to the cinema to watch this movie just for those Hong Kong stars.

What does this show?

It shows that even bad movies shot with Hong Kong actors will not lose money!

The market has given such feedback, so do investors still need to hesitate?

All mainland actors must stand aside. From directors to crew members to actors, all Hong Kong actors must be used!

Until "Painted Skin", mainland actors had to be grandchildren of Taiwanese actors in the field of TV dramas and grandchildren of Hong Kong actors in the field of movies.

On various occasions, countless so-called bigwigs in the circle of Hong Kong and Taiwan have publicly ridiculed mainland actors and crews for not being able to perform on stage and only playing some marginal roles.

In their mouths, Zhang Ziyi can only play a maid who catches grape skins.

In the face of these ridicules, mainland actors have no choice but to swallow their anger.

Wu Yuan actually doesn't think that Hong Kong actors are bad at acting in the north. Indeed, many Hong Kong actors are better and more dedicated than mainland actors.

But such Hong Kong actors are really a minority, with only a few such as Andy Lau, Cheng Long, and Gu Zai.

Most of the Hong Kong actors who go north to make money eat the food of mainland fans, but also want to smash the pot of mainland, mocking mainland actors for being incompetent and not being able to show up, with an attitude that Hong Kong actors must be superior.

I don’t know how many Hong Kong actors, after performing in mainland movies, return to Hong Kong to belittle the mainland, saying that the mainland is not good in this or that, despise the backwardness of the mainland, and despise the difference in the aesthetic level of mainland movie fans, which fully reflects the double-dealing.

If you despise mainland movie fans and mainland life, then don’t come!

While you eat the food of mainland movie fans, you also look down on the mainland film industry, mainland actors, and even mainland audiences, thinking that mainland audiences can enjoy even bad movies, and their aesthetic level is 20 years behind Hong Kong.

You are complacent and think that the movies you made in the mainland are more than enough for mainland movie fans to watch, and even improve the aesthetics of mainland movie fans.

You have done the ultimate in fooling people.

Then this is really shameless.

It’s different now.

The appearance of Wu Yuan has changed the ecology of the mainland film industry.

He has been using mainland actors since "The Night the Comet Came".

And the movies he made have been performing better and better, with higher box office.

"Your Name" has proved that a team of all mainland actors, even brand new actors, can also make a movie that is popular in Asia.

Wu Yuan told mainland filmmakers with facts.

As long as your script is well done and the director shoots well, the actors are definitely not the key to whether a movie can make a profit!

Although it cannot be said that the mainland capital yearns for Hong Kong superstars, the appearance of Wu Yuan can at least make the mainland actors' backs stronger, and he can also bring up a group of mainland actors to compete with Hong Kong and Taiwan actors!

Everything he does now is to accelerate the growth of the mainland film and television industry.

The layout of the TV series field snipes Taiwan capital and actors, prepares to shoot "Your Name" and "Painted Skin", further activates the mainland film market, and inspires the confidence of mainland actors.

In the few months after the release of "Your Name" alone, the General Administration has received as many as a dozen mainland film project applications.

These films were all produced by new mainland capital, with mainland directors and half of the actors from mainland China and Hong Kong and Taiwan. One of the male and female protagonists must be a mainland actor, and the other actor is a Hong Kong actor.

Wu Yuan, the king of Chinese commercial films, has set an example for many mainland filmmakers, allowing them to boldly use mainland actors.

The development of the mainland film industry in this world is at least three years faster than Wu Yuan dreamed!

The market also has greater confidence in the mainland film industry, and the new capital entering the market is twice as much as he dreamed!

It can be said that Wu Yuan is now the beacon of mainland commercial films.

In this case, Liu Yifei, the first generation of Yuan girl, really drew her sword and looked around with a confused heart.

There is no male actor at all, especially a TV actor who can match her.

After the netizens quarreled on the Internet, they had to pinch their noses and admit that Huang Xiaoming's Yang Guo was already very suitable, and turned to look forward to this version of "The Return of the Condor Heroes".

Similarly, it is not just Liu Yifei who is facing the problem of serious mismatch between her status and her own strength. The male lead of "Your Name" Hu Ge is the same.

Tangren has received a lot of invitations to invite Hu Ge to star in movies, but most of them are movies with an investment of 10,000 to 30 or 50 million yuan.

In the past, Cai Yinong would be very happy, and it would be great if his own actors could act in movies.

But now Hu Ge is the 1.8 billion box office man.

The next movie he will star in must be a big production with an investment of more than 50 million, right?

But this kind of big production is one person for one job.

Just like Zhou Dongyu was neither up nor down after starring in "The Hawthorn Tree", Hu Ge was also put on the shelf. He felt downgraded when he took small movies, and big productions did not choose him.

As a result, he has no suitable movies to shoot and can only wait.

Fortunately, he still has "The Fairy Sword" to be broadcast, so he doesn't have to worry about work in the short term. He also has many promotional activities and advertising endorsements in Japan.

It can only be said that "Your Name" performed too well, which is also a happy trouble for the actors. Being suddenly promoted to a position that does not belong to them is really too confusing.

Well, it is limited to actors.

For director Wu Yuan, there is only happiness, no troubles.

He has no shortage of movies to shoot.

After finishing the work on Fated to Love You, Wu Yuan went back to school and took classes for a month. He learned a lot of shooting techniques for art films from Professor Xie, and even tried it out. The 2004 semester was about to end.

In June, the summer vacation was approaching.

Wu Yuan's doctoral studies could come to an end for the time being.

But he couldn't rest, and immediately started preparing for the movie Love.

On the Painted Skin side, China Film and Light and Shadow Times have been following up, and the lead actors' intention contracts have been signed. Wu Yuan is also contacting Hollywood's special effects companies to schedule the schedule.

According to the speed of preparation, Painted Skin is tentatively scheduled to start shooting in September-October, and strive to finish shooting before March next year.

There is no way, Wu Yuan received news from Disney that Jerry and Depp have already negotiated, and Pirates of the Caribbean 2 has also started the early preparations, making various props, setting up scenery, and early special effects work.

It is expected that Pirates of the Caribbean 2 will start shooting in Los Angeles in March 2005, and Wu Yuan must rush to the United States before then.

Wu Yuan has ushered in the busiest period of his career.

From July to September this summer, he must finish the filming of the art film "Love", and then join the crew of "Painted Skin 1". "Painted Skin 1" will be completed before March next year, and then he will go to the United States to shoot "Pirates of the Caribbean 2".

It is expected that from July this year to September next year, Wu Yuan will not have any day to relax, and will work all year round!

This is a great challenge. Although Wu Yuan complained, he also had some drive in his heart and wanted to test his limits!

On June 28, 2004, Wu Yuan brought the script of "Love" and personally came to Mr. You Benchang's home to invite him to play the leading role in this movie.

Mr. You Benchang was easier to talk to than Wu Yuan imagined. After meeting, he not only entertained him warmly, but also took over the play without hesitation after reading the script.

"I have heard of Director Wu for a long time. I bought the discs of your film "Departures" and watched it several times. It is a very good movie."

Teacher You Benchang, wearing glasses, took Wu Yuan's hand and said sincerely: "This film "Love" is very well written. I like it very much."

"Even if I don't get paid, I am willing to act!"

Wu Yuan smiled happily.

If Teacher You Benchang agreed to act, then there would be no more difficulties in the preparation of "Love".

Teacher Wu Yanshu and Wu Yuan are old acquaintances. After a phone call from him, Teacher Wu Yanshu agreed to act without even reading the script.

As for the last important role in this movie, the middle-aged daughter of the old couple of the male and female protagonists, Wu Yuan also found an excellent actress with superb acting skills.

The actress's surname is Gong, and her single name is Li. She is nicknamed Gong Huang.