Chapter 133: Solving Doubts (3/6)
"Sun Xianzhou's predecessors liked the script of "Hide and Seek" very much and agreed to star in it..."
"Heroine, Li Yihua?"
Shen Mengxi understood this pause and looked at Xu Zheng: "... What's wrong with her?"
"No, but she's not as well-known as Yan Zhiyuan..."
Li Yihua, Deshan's mother, Najing's mother, Cheng Shiyuan's mother...
Please answer the iron hit the parents, the mother of all the heroines of the Flowing Water Daughter trilogy.
Shen Mengxi especially likes the "Please Answer" series, so when the actors of "Hide and Seek" recommended it, they said Sun Xianzhou and Li Yihua...
But compared to Sun Xianzhou, Li Yihua's popularity is too low...
She is still playing supporting roles in various roles, such as stepmother, uncle, etc., and she is more comedy...
In contrast, Yan Zhiyuan has already opened up her popularity with "The Red Letter".
And she just starred in "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" produced by Xijie...
Sun Xianzhou + Yan Zhiyuan, the starring lineup, is much better than Sun Xianzhou + Li Yihua.
Whether it's coffee or publicity, it's more beneficial!
After thinking about it for a while, Shen Mengxi compromised: "... Okay, you have the final say. ”
Xu Zheng was a little embarrassed: "No, I mean..."
"No, you're doing the right thing..."
Shen Mengxi still doesn't know enough about the Korean film market, at least he is not familiar with the specific situation of many actors...
Xu Renhou translated all the conversations between the two to the person in charge of Xijie, and when he heard this, he interrupted: "Then let Li Yihua play Zhuxi..."
Joo-hee, the second female in "Hide and Seek", is also a hidden villain.
Shen Mengxi nodded: "I don't have any opinion..."
"What about the supporting characters?"
“... At the beginning, I want it, and you look at the other actors!"
The first trick is the one that leads to the theme of "Hide and Seek" - a woman who lives alone and is killed...
Shen Mengxi planned to give it to Song Qian.
......
Xu Zheng left, Shen Mengxi wanted to take a breath, and the man with glasses sitting opposite stood up, Xu Renhou introduced: "This is director Li Haiyi, we invited him to direct "Examination of Death"..."
“... Hello!"
Shen Mengxi was very polite and stretched out his hand...
Director Lee Hae-yeong, Shen Mengxi has heard of it, the director of the Korean version of "Drug War".
In fact, horror films like "Death Test" and "Strange Tales of Female High School" belong to the bottom of the Korean film industry...
The first is low investment, and second, it's purely sensory...
Generally, the directors who serve as directors of this kind of film are newcomers, Li Haiyi is a very mature director, why can he be invited...
I guess it's a difficult life!
Li Haiyi sat down, and Xu Renhou continued: "In terms of actors, we are in contact with Li Fanxiu..."
Shen Mengxi interrupted Xu Renhou's words: "I don't have any idea about the casting of "Test to Death", you look at the arrangement..."
How can there be such a thing, Shen Mengxi just got off the plane, and he had to make decisions on all three works?
Without respite?
Are you so efficient in Korea?
That is the explosion of the hairy Samsung mobile phone, and the follow-up processing is so slow?
Don't you want to take advantage of his confusion to do things?
Screenwriter No. 1, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke: "Let's stop here today, the casting of "Death Test", we have our own ideas, let's study and study tomorrow?"
Xu Renhou took a deep look at screenwriter No. 1...
......
Shen Mengxi is indeed a little tired...
After the meeting, I immediately went back to my room to rest, and woke up at eight o'clock in the morning.
After taking a shower, it was already eight o'clock and fifteen downstairs, and screenwriters No. 1 and No. 2 were sitting in the hall waiting for him.
"Have you eaten both?"
“... It's gone, wait for the boss!"
"Do you want to eat together?" That being said, Shen Mengxi and the three of them still got up to get a plate and snacks - the hotel has a buffet breakfast.
Shen Mengxi took a sip of milk and asked casually, "What do you want to do?"
“... Xijie has its own brokerage company, and they should also be interested in "Test Death"..."
"It's a low-budget horror film, and the box office is capped at 2 million viewers..."
“... But you can praise newcomers, Xijie's Core Contents Media, which is doing a girl group..."
"Girl group?"
“... The girl group is prosperous, boss, and now most of the brokerage companies in South Korea are doing girl groups..."
"But as far as I know, the girl group belongs to the music industry, right?"
No. 1 just wanted to speak, maybe choked on porridge, and No. 2 answered: "Let me tell you, they have now summed up a way, let their trainees brush their faces through movies or TV series, and then make their debut in combination!"
“... What's the point?"
Can you do it with a face?
It's not like singing the theme song or anything...
No. 2 said quietly: "Don't say whether you can be a fan, at least you can raise your value... Take it out at least as an actor, not as a model!"
Oh...
Raise the price of X, I understand!
Shen Mengxi has seen a lot of this kind of routine.
He used to know a seafood merchant, and later transformed into an agent, organized the little sisters under his original hands into a girl group, bought one or two songs, performed on stage, and the price of the same seafood rose tenfold!
In the past, they just came out to sell, and when they rolled in the entertainment industry, they were called members of the girl group, so the price could be the same!
Number 1 added: "... And "Death in the Exam" is set up with a lot of students, which is just right for these people to play..."
Shen Mengxi instantly understood...
"Did you interrupt me last night because you took advantage of another brokerage company?"
No. 1 hastened to explain: "... No, I'm because..."
Number 2 interjected: "There are indeed quite a few people who have contacted us..."
Shen Mengxi rolled his eyes: "Which companies?"
This is a very normal thing, "Rose Red Lotus" is a big hit, "The Temptation of a Wife" is a hit, Mengxi Studio has become famous, and recently there has been a rumor about "Moving Maze"...
“SM.、jyp...”
Before he could finish speaking, Shen Mengxi interrupted him: "Wait, you didn't agree, did you?"
No. 2 is very honest: "How dare we say yes casually!"
"That's good... You two will go to these people later, and ask each of them about the conditions, not that kind of conditions, but practical, with monetary benefits, shop around!"
No. 1 couldn't help but retort: "Whoever gives more benefits, we will use whom?
"That's right, it's an auction!"
After a pause, Shen Mengxi still explained: "What is the selling point of a type of movie like "Examination of Death"?"
Without waiting for No. 1 to speak, Shen Mengxi asked and answered: "Story, acting, it's not, it's a concept!"
"Killing people according to the ranking of test scores, campus, blood, friendship, system... Several major factors of campus horror films have been taken care of, as long as they are filmed according to the script, there will be a minimum of 1 million viewers, does it matter to us who the actors are?"
"We came to South Korea to make money, and the film project ensures that it can pay off, so what does it matter if we make extra money?"
"I'm telling you, "Death in the Test" can be made into a series, anyway, the concept has been formed, after the first part sells out at the box office, we will make the second part ourselves, and we can contact the companies you just mentioned..."