October 27, morning.

Century Pictures.

Cao Jun and actress Song Yi signed a seven-year contract.

It is clearly marked in the contract that every year in the future, Century Pictures will produce at least one movie or TV series for her with a female protagonist.

Song Yi is not a greedy girl. Based on this alone, she decided to join Century Film and Television Company and cooperated with Century Film and Television Company for 7 years.

7 years is a long time or a short time.

But for Song Yi, signing this contract is of extraordinary significance, because after signing this contract, she will star in the movie "Love Is Not Blind" and become a co-artist of Century Pictures.

At this time, Song Yi was only in her early twenties. She was still young and had enough time to try and challenge herself.

Even if Song Yi failed to become famous in Century Pictures after these seven years, she was still only 27 years old at that time. She still had other possibilities on her career as an actress.

After the contract was signed, Cao Jun reached out and said with a smile: "Xiaoyi, from now on you will be an artist of our company, you have to work hard! Our company will not treat you badly!"

Song Yi was also very happy, stretched out her hand and shook Cao Jun's hand: "Thank you, Director Cao, I will definitely work hard!"

Cao Jun let go of his hand and said to Song Yi: "Xiao Yi, you are a contracted artist of our company, and we will be a family from now on. Don't call me Director Cao. It's too foreign. Just call me Brother Jun."

Song Yi also felt that calling him "Brother Jun" was more cordial than calling him "Director Cao", so he smiled and changed his words: "Okay, Brother Jun, I understand."

Cao Jun took a look at Song Yi. She had fair and smooth skin and a tall and slender figure. Although she was not plump enough, she had a good temperament.

Song Yi was embarrassed by Cao Jun's look, and asked uneasily: "Brother Jun, why do you look at me like this?"

Cao Jun frowned and said seriously: "I'm thinking about how I should style you."

Without waiting for Song Yi to answer, Cao Jun continued: "Xiao Yi, stand up and let me see."

Song Yi hesitated for a moment, but when she saw Cao Jun's serious expression, she didn't doubt him, so she stood up obediently.

Cao Jun looked at it carefully for a while. Song Yi's legs were quite long and she was really thin. He asked curiously: "Xiao Yi, how much do you weigh now?"

Song Yi didn't hide anything, and replied: "I just weighed myself this morning, no more, no less, exactly 90 pounds."

Cao Jun then asked: "How tall are you?"

Song Yi replied: "I'm 1.68 meters tall, what's wrong? Is there any problem?"

Cao Jun said calmly: "You are too thin. For your height, you should eat fatter and have more meat to look better. You need to be at least 100 kilograms to look presentable."

Song Yi asked doubtfully: "If it weighs 100 pounds, won't it affect the camera appearance?"

"I'm afraid that 100 pounds will be too fat when the filming time comes,"

Cao Jun said sincerely: "Don't worry, you can eat as much as you want and keep it at around 100 pounds. It will definitely not affect your photogenic ability."

"Girls, it's better to have some flesh. It's really not good to be too thin. I don't like actresses who are too thin."

"Xiao Yi, listen to me. Eat more these days and try to increase your weight to around 100. Can you do it?"

At Song Yi's age, this was the first time she heard the director ask her to eat more. She was stunned for a while before she came back to her senses and said, "I... Brother Jun, I can do it!"

Cao Jun nodded happily: "Well, very good, let's go back."

In the following days, Cao Jun continued to select actors for the movie "33 Days of Love". As for other matters of the crew, such as location selection, he left it to other heads of the crew.

What is different from "Unfortunately" is that Cao Jun is his own producer this time, and he also writes, directs and stars, and wants to challenge the role of Wang Xiaojian.

The role of Wang Xiaojian is quite special in Cao Jun's opinion.

You know, before this, Cao Jun played not only upright heroes, but also Shanghai beach bosses like Xu Wenqiang, handsome senior A Liang, flexible and resourceful Yu Zecheng, etc...

Generally speaking, the roles played by Cao Jun in the past were more masculine and positive roles.

But this time, Wang Xiaojian in "Love Is Not Blind", whose real name is Wang Yiyang, looks very girly, speaks in a coquettish voice, and seems to have some unclear sexual orientation.

Under normal circumstances, few male stars would play such a sissy role that ruins their image.

However, Cao Jun felt that it was quite interesting for him, as a Grand Slam king, to challenge a character like Wang Xiaojian.

Moreover, Wang Xiaojian only looks girly on the outside. He is definitely a man when it's time to be a man. He takes action when it's time to take action. He also tactfully helps the heroine Huang Xiaoxian to take revenge on her cheating ex-boyfriend, which is a great shining point.

This is also the fundamental reason why Cao Jun would rather sacrifice his image to play the role of Wang Xiaojian.

After two or three months of preparation, Cao Jun finally confirmed the cast of "Love Is Not Blind" on November 6.

Main cast list of "33 Days After Love":

Cao Jun plays the male protagonist Wang Xiaojian,

Song Yi plays the heroine Huang Xiaoxian,

Zhang Songwen plays the "people-friendly male boss" Big Laowang

Zhou Yiwei plays "Huang Xiaoxian's ex-boyfriend" Lu Ran

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It is worth mentioning that Cao Jun and Zhang Songwen have been known to each other for so many years, and this is the first time that they have been invited to collaborate together.

In the past few years, Zhang Songwen has been working conscientiously to help Cao Jun teach the company's artists, with almost no opportunities to perform. He holds a job as an acting teacher with a monthly salary of several thousand yuan, which means hard work without credit.

"First Evolution"

When Zhang Songwen learned from Cao Jun that he finally got the opportunity to perform, and he played such an important role as the supporting actor in the movie "Love Is Not Blind", he was filled with emotions.

Zhang Songwen was not only grateful but also grateful to Cao Jun.

In addition to Song Yi, Zhang Songwen, and Zhou Yiwei, Cao Jun is also planning to invite Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang, Xiao Tao Hong, Shun Li, Wang Bingbing, Liu Shishi, Huang Lei, Zeng Li, Sun Nan, Hai Qing, Zhang Hanyun, and Liu

Jia and other 20 or 30 friends in the industry starred in the movie "Love Is Not Blind".

It is no exaggeration to say that Cao Jun's film "33 Days of Love" is a rare all-star cast in the mainland film and television industry.

The main reason why Cao Jun invited so many friends to guest star was because he was not sure whether his film "33 Days of Love" would be able to create a box office miracle on next year's Singles' Day.

As for the production cost of the movie "33 Days After Love", Cao Jun's own budget was controlled within 50 million.

When Han Sanping, Huang Zhongjun and other big names in the film and television industry heard that Cao Jun was going to make a new movie, they all clamored to invest.

Cao Jun is still very angry. He knows very well that it is difficult to gain weight by eating alone. If he wants to make this plate bigger, he must cooperate with them. A person with a single family cannot get along.

Therefore, Cao Jun accepted investment from China Film, Huayi, Wanda and other film and television companies.

However, Cao Jun's Century Film and Television Company definitely accounts for the majority. Now that he has strong wings, he can also make the decision himself.

Cao Jun's bottom line is that for a film for which he serves as director and producer, his own investment share must be at least 20%, otherwise he would rather not make it.

After many discussions, the production cost of the movie "33 Days After Love" was finally determined to be 45 million yuan.
Chapter completed!