On February 5, Tang An met Xu Jinglei again in a private room of a restaurant in Beijing.
Looking at her haggard face, it was obvious that she had been traveling around for the past few months.
"How many film festivals have you attended during this time?"
"Warsaw Film Festival in Poland, Tallinn Dark Night Film Festival in Estonia, Matabrata Film Festival in Argentina, East Coast Film Festival in Japan, Indo International Film Festival, Cairo International Film Festival in Egypt!" Xu Jinglei named each film festival.
The names are all international A-category film festivals.
"I'm going to Berlin after the Chinese New Year, but I guess I'm going with him again!" Xu Jinglei said helplessly, lowered her head and started to eat the food in front of her.
"Didn't you win a single award?" Tang An asked.
"They are all accompanying, and there are no Chinese-language films. Only Tony Leung won the best actor at the Tallinn Dark Night International Film Festival for "2046"!"
"It was a waste of time!" Tang An sighed.
Hearing this, Xu Jinglei put down her chopsticks, raised her head, wiped her mouth, and said with a smile, "It's not a waste of money. At least the European copyrights were sold for 1.2 million yuan. The United States and Japan sold 150,000 and 100,000 respectively."
Ten thousand, more than half of the cost has been recovered!”
"That's good!" Tang An nodded and asked, "When is the movie going to be released?"
"March, released on Friday, March 4th!"
Tang An frowned. He was going to Berlin after the Spring Festival. It would take at least a week, so it would be the end of February.
The release of the movie must be coordinated with the publicity. "Terror Cruise" is scheduled to be released in July, so the time is a bit rushed.
Seeing Tang An's expression, Xu Jinglei knew that something was wrong with him, so she laughed and joked, "Why, aren't you here to pick up the wind for me today?"
"Of course, I don't owe you a meal, but I just have something to ask you!" Tang An said with a smile.
"Tell me, how can I help you?"
"Actually, it's not a big deal. I just want you to play the leading role in the new film. The only leading role!"
"Another one-man show like "Shark Tank"?"
"More or less, there will be a few supporting roles, but not many roles!"
"Oh, did you bring the script? Let me take a look!" Xu Jinglei became interested and wiped her hands with a tissue.
"The script has been perfected, and there is still half of the storyboard. You play a single mother..." Tang An handed over the script and explained.
Xu Jinglei nodded and slowly started reading the script.
At first, she still had the mentality of reading a novel. After all, although "Shark Beach" is a suspenseful horror film, the whole movie is not actually that scary.
However, as she turned further and further, Xu Jinglei's expression gradually became brighter.
After reading the thick script for more than half an hour, Xu Jinglei's face kept changing.
"How about it?"
"It's a bit convoluted. I don't think I can understand it in one go!" Xu Jinglei put down the script and rubbed her forehead.
"It is reincarnation again and again. The heroine keeps killing every group of people on the ship until she is knocked into the sea while fighting the heroine of the third reincarnation. She returns to the beach and returns home, killing
At home, I finally rushed to the beach!"
"You don't have to worry about it so much. This is something I should worry about. It's actually not too difficult for you to act. The difficulty lies with me!" Tang An explained.
"Okay, I've accepted this film, when are you going to start filming?" Xu Jinglei nodded, such a wonderful and complicated story aroused her curiosity.
"The crew from China Film Group has been found, and the set team and art team have gone to Huairou to set up a studio. I plan to release it in early July. It is best to start filming by the end of the month, and the shooting period will take one and a half months!"
Xu Jinglei thought for a while, "I'll probably just come back from Berlin at the end of the month. The premiere will be held on the night of the 3rd, and I will definitely have to take time to promote it in the days before and after!"
"Otherwise, if you start filming on the 1st, I can catch up on the popularity and then film other scenes in the first ten days. I will join the team on March 10th!"
"Anyway, literary films don't need too much publicity, and if this film costs 20 million, Huayi won't pay too much for publicity!" Xu Jinglei smiled self-deprecatingly.
"Are you still not satisfied with 20 million? I invested 6 million in this movie, China Film invested 3 million, and reserved 1 million for promotion, which is only 10 million!"
The investment of 10 million yuan is three times that of "Shark Beach".
Among them, China Film Group provided the salary and equipment of the entire crew, the cost of renting the cruise ship, and post-production, with a price of 3 million.
Not to mention that all the great directors are top-notch talents, at least they are first- and second-rate professionals.
The equipment is also the latest in Europe. Although it is not as fancy as Hollywood, in fact most of the equipment is imported from Europe. After all, it is the birthplace of movies.
The bulk of Tang Anna's 6 million was spent on the remuneration of several actors, studio construction fees, and staff food and lodging.
"Okay, business is business, let's sign the contract!"
"You are already prepared!" Xu Jinglei said with a smile as she watched Tang An take out the contract from his bag.
"By the way, how much remuneration are you going to give me?"
"1.8 million, this price shouldn't be low!"
"So generous?" Xu Jinglei smiled.
"I'm not a stingy person to begin with!"
Although 2 million is a bit of a premium, Xu Jinglei helped me a lot last time. I wanted to pack a red envelope, but it was too small and the envelope couldn't hold much.
Zhang Ziyi's salary for "The Night Banquet" last year was 2 million yuan, which is nothing in comparison.
After signing the contract, the preparations for the movie are almost complete. The other actors Lu Yi will receive 600,000 yuan, Deng Chao will receive 300,000 yuan, and Sun Li will receive 100,000 yuan...
They are all stars of TV series and have appeared in a handful of movies, and their combined income is just over 1 million.
"You should take the time to study the script more and watch more similar movies. The whole drama depends on your acting skills!" Tang An reminded.
"I'm really stressed out when you say that!"
"Think about this yourself. The movie has been reincarnated three times. Your expressions and movements should be different in each stage, but not too obvious. The most important thing is the micro-expressions on your face, various inadvertent ecstasies, and even the slightest movement of your lips.
Open your mouth and look a little dull with your eyes..."
After saying goodbye to Xu Jinglei, Tang An was making final preparations in the studio to welcome the launch conference.
During this period, several actors were also found together and conducted a simple rehearsal.
There is also a studio at the Huairou Film and Television Base, where every detail is carefully inspected.
All props must be inspected by Tang An.
The house number of the room on the boat in the studio is exactly the same as the house number of the heroine's home.
There are also certain equipment used for shooting. The equipment of this era is definitely different from that of more than 10 years later. He must become familiar with and adapt to it as soon as possible.
Finally, they went to Tianjing to conduct an on-site inspection on the cruise ship that they agreed to rent to them for a week.
Until March 1st, I went to Huairou Film and Television Base again early in the morning to prepare for the launch conference!
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