Chapter 574 "The Wandering Earth"
Liu Yifei and Yang Mi left the company and temporarily broke up while they still had jobs.
Liu Yifei was busy until early in the morning before returning to the hotel.
But she didn't want to sleep at all. It was early in the morning in Los Angeles and it was just afternoon in Cheng Yuan's place. Liu Yifei called:
"Ah - I can't live anymore, I can't survive this life." Liu Yifei started acting up as soon as the call was answered.
Cheng Yuan was confused: "What's wrong? Who bullied you in the United States?"
"I was cheated by my husband!" No matter what, Liu Yifei will play the heroine of this film this time. Although Liu Song did not say what kind of story this is, no matter what, Liu Yifei will play the role!
Cheng Yuan was confused: "I didn't recruit you, don't talk nonsense."
"Why didn't you tell me that you were going to make a new movie? If I hadn't seen the concept drawings from Brother Song, I would have been kept in the dark."
Cheng Yu'an smiled: "Oh, that's it. It's not too late for you to know now."
Liu Yifei got straight to the point: "I don't care, I want to act!"
"There is no role for you."
"Can't I play the heroine?"
"The heroine is a teenage girl, can you play her?"
"Why can't you act? You are not very energetic every time I change my school uniform."
Cheng Yu'an glared at her in the video, and Liu Yifei felt guilty: "You have never filmed a movie for me. Look at Jiang Wen and Feng Xiaogang, they both use their wives as the heroines, and the heroines in each of Chief Jia's movies are
Zhao Tao, you don’t need your own wife to film, but you still keep saying you love me. Huh~”
"You even lost your temper," Cheng Yu'an said with a smile, "Isn't there a script that's not suitable for you? There is really no role for you in this movie. I promise that after I finish filming this one, I will definitely film you in the next one.
, I’ll write a good script for you.”
"How many years have you been saying this?" Liu Yifei's dissatisfaction was clear, "Send me the script."
"There is no script." Cheng Yu'an said, "We haven't started working on the script yet.
"Go and buy the original novel yourself. It's called "The Wandering Earth". If you read it, you will know that I didn't lie to you. There really is no role for you."
Liu Yifei still believed in her husband: "Okay, I'll buy the novel and read it. If there's no role, forget it. Also, you must film me in your next film, otherwise you won't want to sleep with me in the future."
"There is such a good thing!" Cheng Yu'an is not afraid of this, "I just want to keep in good health."
"You..." Liu Yifei hung up the phone with a snap.
If you don't let him go to bed, it's okay for a day or two, but in the long run you'll be at a disadvantage, so it's not okay.
Liu Yifei was plotting against her husband, and Yang Mi, who also got the news, made an urgent call to China to inquire about the news.
Her backer in Yuan Yuan is the president of Yuan Yuan's marketing and marketing department, one of the few executives who knows about Cheng Yu'an's new film plans.
From him, Yang Mi received confirmed news that Cheng Yuan's new film is a big-budget science fiction film.
The company is making a budget, and the preliminary result is that it will be no less than 500 million.
Moreover, the other party made it clear: "This movie will be the biggest project since the company was founded, even larger than the scale of "The Martian" back then!"
Yang Mi immediately expressed that he wanted to participate in the film, but the other party said: "It's impossible. The four bosses of this movie (Zhong Lifang, Chen Zhixi, Guo Fei, Jiang Xuerou) will collectively take charge, and it's impossible for others to put people in. Apart from the main actors,
With the consent of the four of them, the process still needs to be completed. Moreover, the leading actor has to train at the aviation center. Do you have time?"
Yang Mi was speechless. She really couldn't spare the time to train for a movie now.
"The code name for this drama within the company is 'Top', and it is aimed at making film history. Don't you think about it, Mr. Cheng won't give Yifei a role that you can play?"
Only then did Yang Mi give up this idea.
"No more than 20 people know about this drama now, and they have all signed confidentiality agreements. If you know about it in the United States, forget it. Don't reveal it. Now is not the time."
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At dawn, Liu Yifei asked her assistant to buy the novel "The Wandering Earth".
"The Wandering Earth" is a 20,000-word novella, which is not long. After reading it, Liu Yifei felt that Cheng Yu'an was right, there really was no role for her.
But she still didn't give up and called the company back to the copyright manager to ask: "How much copyright do we have about Liu?"
The copyright manager did not hide anything from the proprietress: "Most of the copyrights are in our hands, but many of them are about to expire."
"What about "Three-Body Problem"? Is there "Three-Body Problem" too?"
"Yes! Mr. Guo bought this at that time. He bought the 20-year film and television rights to "The Three-Body Problem" for 200,000 yuan."
Liu Yifei's eyes lit up, but what the copyright manager said later extinguished her enthusiasm: "But it is very difficult to turn "The Three-Body Problem" into a film and television. The company has no plans to film it for the time being, at least not before "The Wandering Earth".
"
Liu Yifei knows how long the production cycle of a science fiction blockbuster is. Three to five years is the minimum, and it can be as long as ten years. She was almost 40 at that time.
It seems that "The Three-Body Problem" will no longer be available in the short term.
Liu Yifei put aside this thought for the time being and devoted herself seriously to dubbing work.
The market has proven that Han Han's popularity with the public is indeed much better than that of Guo Jingming.
"Unexpectedly" was released a week after "Tiny Times 3", but it was very powerful.
"Tiny Times 3" had a box office of 304 million in its first weekend, and by the time "We Will Come Again" was released, it had successfully earned a box office of 400 million. "We Will Come Later" had a good result of 76 million on its first day, with 285 million in its first weekend, but "We Will Come Later"
The reputation of "Wu Qi" is much better than that of "Tiny Times 3", and the decline is also more stable than that of "Tiny Times 3".
The industry generally believes that the final box office of "The Last Day" should be higher than that of "Tiny Times 3".
At the previous premiere, Guo Jingming was asked what he thought of Han Han's debut film. Guo Jingming was obviously unhappy with Han Han: "I have very few friends and I don't want to make friends."
This is a response to Han Han's previous statement that he is willing to make friends with Guo Jingming and work together.
However, the step-by-step blockbuster "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch: Moonlight" won the box office but lost in word-of-mouth. Its first-day performance of 25.68 million was considered worthy of this team, but netizens criticized Xiao Ming and Xiao Pang for doubting their lives:
"Shoddy and messy!"
"The 3D is terrible. It can be seen with the naked eye that it was shot in a studio."
"Huang Xiaoming's expression shows no emotion other than narcissism."
"Fan Xiaopang's face is full of contradictions with the whole drama. As soon as she appeared on the scene, I felt that it was a commercial break."
"There is an actor who looks like an international actor. The makeup is 95% similar. The crew has good intentions." The nursery rhyme was indeed recognized.
However, the film still exceeded 200 million in 4 days. By the time "Xiu Chun Dao" was released, it had already exceeded 300 million.
It’s not up to the producers to make a profit or not, but the flat box office trend has allowed theaters to make a lot of money.
Theaters like this kind of tiered film, which performs mediocrely in the early stage and becomes a hit in the later stage. They delay the release for another week or two so that they can get the big deal.
But unfortunately, the performance of "Xiu Chun Dao" was not very good, with 7.17 million on the first day.
Although it received rave reviews: "down-to-earth" and "full of sincerity".
Chapter completed!