Chapter 473 The Little Prince of Art Films

Rather than saying that the company is confident in this Xianxia movie universe plan, it is better to say that they are confident in Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan, who has never failed, has already reached the top of his personality charm in the hearts of the company's employees.

As long as it is his proposal or suggestion, the whole company believes that it will succeed, and naturally they are full of energy and confidence.

However, in fact, Wu Yuan himself is not sure about this Xianxia movie universe.

He hopes that this strategy will succeed, and then in the next ten or twenty years, Guangying Times will become one of the best film and television production companies in China, just like Marvel.

But he dare not be sure that it will succeed. After all, this time it is really building a movie universe from scratch, and it is no longer like before when there are successful works that can be directly copied.

"Soul Ferry Huangquan" is an adaptation with reference to the original work, and "Shushan Xianxia Biography" is really a work written by the company's screenwriter department after integrating the background of "Shushan" and "Soul Ferry".

Wu Yuan is also worried about whether it will succeed.

He can't show any timidity in front of the company's employees, so he can only look confident.

"Oh, right." After reporting the progress of the two company blockbusters, Li Xiaoping suddenly remembered something interesting and said with a smile: "The little prince of art films has been contacting the company recently and wants to sign with our company."

"Little prince of art films?" Wu Yuan was stunned.

There are not many mainland actors who can get this title.

The last person who was called this was Liu Ye, who has now ascended to the mainstream and starred in big-budget movies!

"Qin Hao!" Li Xiaoping reminded, "He made his debut in 2004 by starring in Li Xiaoshuai's art film "Qinghong", and later worked with Lou Ye in "Spring Breeze Intoxicated Night"."

"This year, he also starred in Wang Xiaoshuai's "Rizhao Chongqing"."

"Speaking of which, you are his predecessor on the road of acting."

"If you hadn't switched to being a director after filming "17-year-old Bicycle", maybe you should have played all the roles he played."

"Hey!" Wu Yuan interrupted Li Xiaoping, "I'm not switching, I originally studied directing, being a director is my main job, and acting is just a hobby."

"Qin Hao, he's a good actor."

"But why did he want to come to our company?"

When it comes to Qin Hao, ordinary audiences and fans who don't know much about art films should have the first impression that he married Yi Nengjing, a female star who is ten years older than him.

In later generations, Qin Hao was mostly known as "Yi Nengjing's husband" in the entertainment industry. It was not until the film "The Secret Corner" that he really left his own reputation among the public.

But in a niche group, that is, among domestic art film fans, Qin Hao's name is well-known.

Starting from "Qinghong" in 2004, he has contributed superb performances in many art films, making many art film fans remember his face and his name.

From "Qinghong" to "Tangbula's Love", "Spring Breeze Intoxicated Night" to "Rizhao Chongqing", he has left a deep impression on domestic art film fans.

After Liu Ye, he has the best performance in the field of art films. He was even spotted by Zhang Yimou and got the opportunity to star in "The Flowers of War".

However, the era of light and shadow has never had any intersection with Qin Hao, that is, Wu Yuan and Wang Xiaoshuai have a personal relationship.

"What else could it be?" Li Xiaoping shrugged: "I can't stand the loneliness and want to switch to commercial films."

"Although Qin Hao is known as the little prince of art films in the field of art films, this is all he has left."

"The pay for the art films he took was only tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, and the producers couldn't give him more."

"The real money is still in commercial films, but no commercial film is willing to hire him to shoot."

"Although acting well in art films can gain fame, it also restricts profits."

"Especially now that the art film market is becoming more and more sluggish and the commercial film market is becoming more and more competitive, the situation of these art film actors is becoming more and more difficult."

"Liu Ye is also lucky. He switched a few years ago and succeeded. Otherwise, Liu Ye would have ended up like Qin Hao."

As long as there is a little pursuit of money, art film actors will try their best to break through in the field of commercial films.

The mainstream actors who can act in commercial films now have a salary that changes every six months, and can earn hundreds of millions for acting in a movie!

However, Qin Hao and other actors in art films can only get tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of yuan for a movie. This gap is not ordinary.

In particular, these actors who act in art films were at the top of the pyramid contempt chain a few years ago. They looked down on those commercial film actors who were full of "money smell". They felt that they insulted the profession of actors and were just a group of tools led by the nose by money.

Only by acting in art films, winning awards abroad, and showing their outstanding performance art can they be truly good actors.

It is a bit like the self-esteem of the literati in the past.

Unexpectedly, after only a few years, the actors in art films have become worse than chickens, and the market trend has changed drastically.

The commercial film actors who originally had similar pay to them have seen their pay rise like rockets, while these actors in art films are still standing still.

Can this make them mentally balanced?

Art film actors like Qin Hao who actively move towards the commercial film market and want to transform are considered to be the best among them who can adjust their mentality.

More art film actors simply collapse mentally, quit this industry, and transform to do other things.

"Qin Hao's acting skills are indeed good." Wu Yuan thought about it and nodded: "He can come to us, Light and Shadow Times, instead of Huayi, which also shows that he is more optimistic about us."

"This certainly cannot be rejected."

"Coincidentally, I also have a script for a Chinese commercial film, and I plan to shoot it next year."

"There is a role in the script that is quite suitable for him, which saves me a lot of effort."

"Then sign him."

"Tell him specifically that after joining the company, he will have the opportunity to play the leading role in the company's A-level production movie next year."

"Is it your next movie?" Li Xiaoping asked doubtfully: "Do you have a plan?"

"That's not the case." Wu Yuan shook his head. "I wrote the script. I plan to let Leslie shoot it next year. I want to win the Golden Rooster Award. The investment won't be big. It's a 2D feature film. The cost will be controlled within 50-60 million."

"Although it's just a 2D feature film, I believe that as long as it's well made, the box office performance will not be bad."

"The Love of Hawthorn Tree directed by Yimou is very good. The market has also proved that feature films will never be out of date."

"As for my new movie, I also plan to make a feature film about love this time. The investment may even be lower. A budget of 30-40 million will be enough."

"Ah?" Li Xiaoping was confused.