Chapter 224 Xiao Zhu, Join the Era of Light and Shadow!

In an artist lounge of Chengtian Entertainment, Zhu Yawen sat on the sofa, looking at the script on the table in front of him with a bewildered look.

"Those Years, We Chased the Girl Together"

The name of the movie is very strange, different from the names of most mainstream movies now, and there is a comma in the middle.

But this is not the focus of Zhu Yawen.

His focus is that the heroine of this movie is Liu Yifei.

A name that he has kept in his heart for a long time and has not thought of again.

"Will she really play the heroine of this movie?" Zhu Yawen was a little unbelievable.

But Wang Jinhua answered firmly: "Yes! Director Li Yang said in person that Liu Yifei is the heroine of this movie!"

"Then why will I be the hero?" Zhu Yawen showed a bitter smile on his face.

Zhu Yawen knows how much he weighs.

If we say that when he first entered school, the difference between him and Liu Yifei was not that big, just one had acted in a debut TV series and the other had not acted in anything.

But by the time he graduated in 2006, the gap between him and Liu Yifei could be measured in light years.

To be honest, Zhu Yawen never thought that he would have another chance to film with Liu Yifei, and to film a male and female rival.

In his opinion, he had worked hard for ten years and could catch up with Liu Yifei's current fame and status, which was considered good luck.

But how far can Liu Yifei go ten years later?

Zhu Yawen dared not even think about it

"According to Director Li Yang, your image and temperament are the most suitable for this role among the actors who auditioned, so he wanted to use you against all odds, and he communicated with Director Wu, and Director Wu also supported this decision."

Wang Jinhua laughed and said happily: "Yawen, it seems that Director Wu still values ​​you very much."

When "Those Years" was open for auditions before, Wang Jinhua asked Zhu Yawen to audition as soon as possible.

According to the public information released by Light and Shadow Times, although the script of this movie was provided by Wu Yuan, he will not direct it, but let a new director direct it, and he will only be a nominal producer.

This also made Zhu Yawen look forward to the male lead of this play. It is a bit unrealistic for him to play Wu Yuan now, but he still has a chance to play a new director.

But when he arrived at the audition location and saw the lounge where most of the first-line male stars aged 20-30 from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong gathered, he extinguished his desire to compete.

He couldn't compete, he really couldn't compete.

Unexpectedly, the pie fell on his head in the end.

And the actor who played with him was Liu Yifei.

In fact, since the promotion of "Your Name" ended, with Liu Yifei's popularity in the country and even in Asia, Zhu Yawen's original secret love has calmed down to some extent.

There is no way, the gap in popularity and status is too big, and Zhu Yawen is a man, so he can't accept this reality. Gradually, he extinguished that unrealistic idea.

Although Liu Yifei may have left some unique memories in his heart as a white moonlight, Zhu Yawen really didn't dare to hope for anything to happen with him.

So much so that now that he heard that he could film with Liu Yifei, he had to spend a lot of time to digest the news.

"Yawen, we will go to Light and Shadow Times to sign the contract in two days and get the complete script by the way."

As a gold medal agent, Wang Jinhua is naturally more patient than Zhu Yawen, a young man. She arranged in an orderly manner: "You have to study the script carefully in the next half month."

"It is expected that the film will start shooting in early November, and the shooting time is tentatively scheduled for three months."

"You can't let down the chain at that time. Although Director Li Yang is a new director, he has Light and Shadow Times and Director Wu standing behind him. As a producer, Director Wu will definitely come to the crew for inspections at that time."

"You should know Director Wu better than me in this regard, so I won't say much."

"Keep up!"

Just when Zhu Yawen was excited about this pie in the sky, Wu Yuan, who was in the intense shooting of the "Gravity" crew, welcomed another guest.

And it was a very important guest.

Li Xiaoping came to the crew specifically to find him.

Wu Yuan had to stop filming and took Li Xiaoping to the dressing room for a private chat.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" Wu Yuan's tone was not very good. After all, being interrupted during work is not a very comfortable thing for any director.

Li Xiaoping had to apologize and smile, and said in short: "Director Wu, Zhu Yawen is the male lead of "Those Years"?"

"What's wrong?"

"Zhu Yawen's reputation is really low." Li Xiaoping said with a distressed tone: "Choosing him to play the male lead is equivalent to the company spending money to support him, isn't it?"

"Wang Jinhua's face must be full of smiles, right?"

It would have been fine before Li Xiaoping came to Light and Shadow Times.

When Wu Yuan was filming "Your Name", he used a group of newcomers. At that time, these newcomers had no company and were his juniors from the same school. It was reasonable to help them.

Since Li Xiaoping came to Light and Shadow Times, Wu Yuan has made several movies, either using retired old actors or inviting big stars like Gong Li for mutually beneficial cooperation.

There really is no such unilateral promotion of an actor.

Even the TV drama department, Jinsha, signed into the company as a member after starring in a TV drama in the era of light and shadow.

Even if Wu Yuan did not shoot "Those Years" himself, the script was given by Wu Yuan. Li Xiaoping has an almost blind trust in Wu Yuan. She believes that with the script he gave and the director he checked, the movie will definitely be a big hit.

With such a good cake, if Wu Yuan finds an actor with a high enough reputation to play the male lead, even if he is not a contracted actor of his own company, it will at least be good for the promotion of the movie and bring box office appeal, which can be regarded as a mutually beneficial cooperation.

For example, Li Xiaoping has no opinion on the heroine Liu Yifei.

Even if she is not an artist of the light and shadow era, her current fame value can bring at least 20 million box office appeal to star in this movie!

What can Zhu Yawen bring to "Those Years"?

In addition to the right image and being able to better play a Ke Jingteng, he cannot create any additional value.

In terms of publicity, even Liu Yifei cannot be tied to marketing, because all his roles in "Your Name" add up to only 15 minutes, and the company is embarrassed to use him and Liu Yifei for publicity.

Even if it is counted, he is still riding on Liu Yifei's popularity. Although there may not be a term "riding on popularity" now, the meaning is still right.

Once "Those Years" is successfully released and sells well at the box office, Zhu Yawen will be the one who benefits the most, his fame will rise sharply, his commercial value will rise sharply, and he will attract a lot of fans.

These benefits are brought by Guangying Times and "Those Years", but Guangying Times can't get any benefits.

You say that the box office success of "Those Years" is the biggest benefit?

But this movie was originally invested and produced by Guangying Times, and Zhu Yawen is definitely not irreplaceable.

Li Xiaoping was getting more and more unhappy, and angrily suggested: "Director Wu, if you and Director Li are sure to use Zhu Yawen, why don't we dig him into the company."

"The company's artist management department has only signed Jinsha now, which is still too thin."

"If both of you directors are so optimistic about Zhu Yawen, why not sign him into the company and train him as the company's top brother."

"In this way, it is reasonable for us to use "Those Years" to promote him. After the movie sells well, his commercial value will increase, and the company can also get a share of it."

"Dig him?" Wu Yuan was a little surprised.

He wanted this guy to stay away from his girlfriend, so he dug him into the company?

Eh, no!

This seems to be not bad!

Let Liu Yifei go from being a classmate to his boss's wife, which seems to be a more depressing thing!

Wu Yuan was a little interested.

"The agency contract between Zhu Yawen and Wang Jinhua should be far from the expiration date, right?" He asked with interest.

"So what?" Li Xiaoping nodded and said nonchalantly: "For a new actor like Zhu Yawen, even if his debut work is "Your Name", Wang Jinhua will not pay too much for breach of contract when signing him. Judging from the market conditions at that time, the maximum breach of contract fee is only two to three million."

"It's not like our company can't afford this money."

"Spend a little money to dig him out first. When Zhu Yawen becomes famous because of "Those Years", he will make more than two to three million by just taking any endorsement."

"After filming "Your Name", Hu Ge earned at least 50 million for Tangren from various endorsements and brand activities in mainland China and Japan!"

"In the past two years, the number of domestic celebrity spokespersons has increased very fast, with a new price every year."

"Signing Zhu Yawen now is a good deal in every way."

When it comes to Hu Ge, Li Xiaoping feels very sorry. As a professional film and television person, she finds it very difficult to accept Wu Yuan's wasteful behavior.

If she had joined the Light and Shadow Times when "Your Name" was being produced, she would definitely recommend Wu Yuan to sign Hu Ge, or even all the actors in this movie!

As a result, Wu Yuan actually stopped doing the agent business for the time being because Light and Shadow Times was just starting out, or he looked down on the little money earned from the agent business and let it go.

Hey, Wu Yuan really didn't know that Hu Ge made so much money in China and Japan through various endorsements and sideline activities after "Your Name" became popular.

He thought that it would be after 2012 that celebrities would usher in the era of making a lot of money.

Sure enough, some professional matters should be decided by professionals.

Wu Yuan, who had hardly ever been exposed to any agent business in his dreams, really didn't know much about the ins and outs of this industry.

He readily accepted Li Xiaoping's suggestion, "Okay, then I'll leave this to you."

"Zhu Yawen is a good seedling. If you train him well, he can play a leading role on the big screen."

"By the way, there is also Luo Jin, who is in the same class with him. This actor is also good. We can sign him together and train him in the future."

There are still talents in the 02 class of Beijing Film Academy.

Zhu Yawen and Luo Jin are both actors whose acting skills are more than enough for the small screen, but they have always lacked opportunities for the big screen.

Luo Jin's performance in "Beautiful Mistake" is remarkable, and his acting skills can support art films.

Although Zhu Yawen later marketed himself as a "walking hormone" a bit too much, which led to backlash. After playing a few characters with a bit of feminine personality, he was called a sissy, but this also indirectly shows that his acting skills are quite good.

When he debuted, he was able to play tough guy roles such as Zhu Chuanwu and Yu Zhan'ao, and later he could also play "sissy", which is indeed quite plastic.

If these two people sign into the company, Wu Yuan can train them for a few suitable roles, and there is hope that they will carry the banner of post-80s young film actors in the future, which is better than a lack of successors.

"Okay, Director Wu!" Li Xiaoping agreed confidently.

A few days later.

Li Xiaoping, who got Wu Yuan's personal consent, immediately took action.

Zhu Yawen was going to come to Guangying Times to sign a contract and get a script, so it was easy to poach him.

On October 16, when Wang Jinhua brought Zhu Yawen to Guangying Times to sign a contract, Li Xiaoping, as the company's deputy general manager, personally took the lead in the signing.

At the signing meeting, there was nothing to discuss about the details of the contract. The lawyers of both parties had reviewed the contract before coming.

The shooting period is three months, and Zhu Yawen can get a salary of 300,000 yuan.

If the subsequent crew needs to reshoot materials, Zhu Yawen must cooperate with the reshoot, but the two parties need to negotiate the specific reshoot schedule.

And he must also cooperate with all the publicity work after the movie is released and run roadshows with the crew.

Don't underestimate this last clause. Now many stars are not willing to participate in the roadshow after the release of the film. They think it is too tiring, and most of them are spoiled by Hong Kong stars.

Some first-line big-name actors in Hong Kong, led by Chow Yun-fai, refused to cooperate with the roadshow promotion after the release of the film when they were acting in mainland dramas.

Chow Yun-fai even refused to cooperate with normal promotions and only attended the premiere. After the premiere, all promotion work had nothing to do with him.

"Curse of the Golden Flower" and "Let the Bullets Fly" are like this.

Even so, mainland directors also signed the contract with a pinch of their noses.

Zhu Yawen, with his small body, certainly could not refuse to cooperate with the promotion. In fact, actively promoting his own fame is a good thing.

Both parties are very satisfied with such a contract. However, after a five-minute interview and a simple confirmation, Li Xiaoping signed the contract with Zhu Yawen on behalf of the company.

However, signing the contract is just an appetizer for Li Xiaoping today.

Seeing Wang Jinhua's satisfied contract withdrawal, before she was about to leave, Li Xiaoping took the lead and said, "Manager Wang, Director Wu asked me to tell Zhu Yawen something. Can you give us a private chat?"

Wang Jinhua was a little surprised, but quickly concealed it and smiled and said, "Of course."

It seems that the relationship between Wu Yuan and Zhu Yawen is better than she thought?

With this guess in mind, Wang Jinhua left the meeting room and handed the space to Li Xiaoping and Zhu Yawen.

"Mr. Li, what instructions does Director Wu have?" Zhu Yawen was a little nervous and expectant, guessing in her heart that Wu Yuan had something to tell her privately.

However, Li Xiaoping did not convey Wu Yuan's words. Instead, she looked at Zhu Yawen with a smile and asked, "Yawen, your first work after your debut was Director Wu's "Your Name", right?"

"You should be considered an actor who was promoted by Director Wu, right?"

"Have you ever thought about joining Light and Shadow Times?"

"Your development in Light and Shadow Times will definitely be better than under Wang Jinhua."

"How many artists does Wang Jinhua have under her? There are seven or eight big-name first-line mainland male actors alone."

"And we only have one contracted actor in Light and Shadow Times, and she is a female actress. If you come to the company, you will be the company's top actor!"

"How about considering it?"