"Do you know who the investor of this movie is?" asked Mr. Xu.

"I've heard a little. Zhang Bufan replied, "If nothing else, it should be independently produced and distributed by Huayi Brothers, right?"

Of course, it is impossible for Zhang Bufan not to know this thing, and it is precisely because of this foundation that although this movie is directed by Xu Laowei, it is actually not a Xiangjiang movie, or even a co-production, but should be classified as a mainland film.

That's right, no matter what the composition of your crew is, whether there are more people from the mainland, more people from Xiangjiang or more people from Taiwan, but what ultimately determines the nature of this movie depends on where the funds come from.

Old Monster Xu glanced at Zhang Bufan, a little surprised.

It's not that he is surprised that he knows who produced and distributed the movie, after all, the movie he wants to make is not brand new, but a sequel type movie, and the previous and first part of this series of movies was produced and distributed by Huayi Brothers.

He was surprised that Zhang Bufan still had the confidence to be able to ask for a role from him when he knew that the movie was made by Huayi Brothers, and he clearly knew how many important female characters there were in this movie, but he didn't quite understand where this confidence came from.

After thinking about it, he still reminded, "You mentioned Yin Ruiji just now, do you know the female characters in the movie, and only she is the most suitable for Miss Tong Liya, right?"

"Originally, it was just speculation, but after reading the synopsis of the story, it was completely confirmed. Zhang Bufan nodded, "Like the previous "Tongtian Empire", there will not be too many female characters in this movie, well, to be precise, there are only two, one of them, Wu Zetian, must be Sister Jialing, there is no doubt that hehe, even if Director Xu is willing to give this role to my maid, she can't take it." ”

made a little joke, Zhang Bufan continued, "Then, the only remaining character is this Yin Ruiji." ”

"Then do you think Hua Yi will have no requirements for actors when he makes this movie?" asked Xu Lao Wei again.

Zhang Bufan nodded again.

If you really want to talk about these things, maybe he knows better than Xu Laowei himself.

The five protagonists of this movie were Zhao Youting, Feng Shaofeng, Yang Ying, the dream of 900 million girls and Jin Fan, who came from the country of sticks to develop here.

Among these five people, the latter four have signed contracts with the Huayi brothers.

Among them, the dream comrade of 900 million girls because of the unreasonable distribution of sugar people's resources, continuous setbacks in development, and finally fell out with sugar people and decided to terminate the contract, this is not what happened before, nor will it happen in the future, but it is happening, if nothing else, almost another month, the two parties will go to court.

And although the Huayi brothers have not signed a contract with Lin Gengxing - after all, they just fell out with the sugar man and have not officially terminated the contract, but they have released goodwill to him, and this movie can be said to be a guarantee given by the Huayi brothers to Lin Gengxing.

And Jin Fan is a native of the stick country, and the contract with the Huayi brothers, who came to China not long ago to develop in China, was also signed with Huayi Brothers.

As for Zhao Youting, although he did not sign a contract with Huayi Brothers, he has a lot of relationship with a person, this person Xu Laowei mentioned before - Cheng Guofu, now serving as the film director of Huayi Brothers Film Company, and Zhao Youting's opportunity to get this protagonist comes from his recommendation.

In other words, several protagonists of this movie have an inseparable relationship with the Huayi brothers.

And the reason why Zhang Bufan knows these things better than Xu Laowei is not because Zhang Bufan knows it too well, but because Xu Laowei doesn't know it very well.

As the second film in the series, the Huayi brothers gave Xu Laowei far less respect than the first part, and began to interfere with his work from all aspects.

For example, the time of the story and the choice of actors.

These two are meant to be put together.

After filming the first "Tongtian Empire", Xu Laowei had two ideas.

One of them, which is also a more mature and feasible idea, is a sequel to continue "Tongtian Empire", that is, the story that happened after that, and the actors of course also use the actors of "Tongtian Empire", Sister Jialing continues to play Wu Zetian, and Liu Tianwang continues to play Di Renjie.

And the second and immature idea is to move the timeline of the story forward, telling how Di Renjie came to Luoyang, the capital of the gods, how he met Wu Zetian, and how the young Di Renjie solved the case.

However, in the end, it was not Xu Laowei who made the decision, but the Huayi brothers, who made the decision, and finally decided to shoot the young version of Di Renjie, so there is the current story.

The former idea, because it is an old-fashioned team, everyone has a very tacit understanding in the run-in, and Xu Laowei is very confident that he will reach a new high on the basis of "Tongtian Empire".

As for the latter idea, it can almost be said that all the actors except Sister Jialing have to be re-selected, and all the main characters, including Di Renjie, have to be re-created, which is undoubtedly more unsafe.

Of course, with Old Monster Xu's ability and self-confidence, even if it is the latter idea, he can also make enough wonderful things to come out.

Then, of course, the creation of the story script, when Cheng Guofu and his student Zhang Jialu worked out the rough script, that is, when they were about to enter the casting, the Huayi brothers made a move.

This time it's even more straightforward - I don't need you Xu Lao Wei to cast it personally, all the roles are recommended by us!

So, there are the five people above.

For the first time, all the casting rights were not in the hands of his director, could Xu Laowei be happy?

This is not a mockery, but Xu Lao Wei really doesn't know who they are, these five are not well-known here in Xiangjiang, among which Yang Ying may be slightly more famous, but only slightly, the "Zodiac" movie that made his eldest brother who was rapidly famous in Xiangjiang has not yet been released, and she is still just a nameless little coffee.

Even Zhang Bufan's fame can't be compared.

Can Mr. Xu be happy about the Huayi brothers' arbitrary casting? What's even more unhappy is that you recommend such a person to me?

Who did I work with in the previous movie, have you forgotten? Liu Tianwang! Liang Qianmian! I don't want you to invite them back, but at least find me someone with a similar coffee position to them, right?

The two sides communicated more than once on this issue, but in the end, the other side did not let go, and no one knows how much of a temper Old Monster Xu had because of this.

Zhang Bufan actually knows this, so he will have some hope for being able to win that role, as long as Tong Liya really meets the role of "Yin Ruiji" in Xu Laowei's mind, Xu Laowei himself will definitely fight for it.

You Huayi brothers stuffed so many people at once, and took up all the main roles in the movie, I just asked one of the characters to use someone I think was suitable, can't you?

I'm not nobody, I'm Xu Laowei, if you can't even agree to my request......

The entertainment industry is not a place where you can casually bully customers when the store is big, you always have to see what kind of customer that customer is.

With the status of Xu Laowei, if he really broke up with the Huayi brothers, although he couldn't tear down a store as big as them, the negative impact on them would not be so easy to solve.

Therefore, after deciding the content of the story and deciding on almost all the actors who play the main roles, no matter what, the Huayi brothers have to give Xu Laowei a face, consider Xu Laowei's appeals, and even have a very high probability that they will unify his requirements.

It was with these thoughts that Zhang Bufan decided to take Tong Liya to Xiangjiang to fight for this role!

And now, Zhang Bufan just smiled slightly and said: "Let's ignore what the Huayi brothers have for the role, since it is a role, there are always suitable actors, why don't you see if my maid is suitable first?"

Looking at Zhang Bufan's still calm expression, Xu Laowei also smiled, it seems that this person is determined to take food!