Chapter 600: The Chinese Film Industry Needs You
Andy's request, Lu Lin likes it very much. Willing to make a cameo, the price is not high, and I don't pick a role.
Compared with those actors in the circle who started to play big names before they became popular, I don't know how many times stronger.
I wanted to repay the favor for a while, and after thinking about it, I said: "I'm so happy that Brother Hua can join! It's just that there are too many roles in the play, and I really don't know which one to let you play for a while!"
Andy smiled: "It's okay, just tell me when you've thought about it!"
Lu Lin said: "By the way, "Wolf Warrior 3", are you interested in joining?"
Andy sat up straight when he heard this, with a very surprised smile: "Wolf Warrior 3 is good, to be honest, I really like the Wolf Warrior series, especially the strong motherland shown in the movie, I can see my blood boiling!
Lu Lin knew that this was just a polite remark, Longlin Pictures was not bad for money, how could a movie with such a big investment lack the actor's salary, and said with a smile: "It's good that Brother Hua is willing to participate, and he will definitely be happy when he goes back and tells Senior Brother Wu Jing!"
"Wolf Warrior 3" is still Longlin Pictures as the main investor, and in terms of roles, Lu Lin has a considerable right to speak, and this matter is basically a certainty.
The matter is basically negotiated here, and then the conversation is idle talk. However, the three of them had a busy schedule, so Andy and Wu Yanzhu politely said goodbye, made an appointment to get together later, and left first.
Lu Lin stayed in the office, looking at some financial statements, and after a while, the door opened, and it was indeed Song Ge who walked in.
He wears a suit and tie, and he is always a business style, unlike Lu Lin, who wears more casual clothes most of the time.
After entering the door, Song Ge loosened the tie around his neck, sat down on the sofa, and said: "By the way, I had dinner with several leaders of the Film Bureau yesterday and asked when our company's "Dayu Controls the Water" will be finalized, saying that there has been no news, and asked if there was a problem in the later stage, and it will not be this year?"
Lu Lin was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It seems that he still cares about us!"
Song Ge laughed and said: "Can you not care? Last year, the domestic box office of just four special effects blockbusters made 20 billion, not counting Fat Di, Chen He and their several movies!"
This year is good, so far there has been a "Daughter Country", and the domestic box office may not be able to reach 3 billion, your whole year's Chinese movie box office data is too ugly, it has dropped sharply!"
Lu Lin leaned on the sofa and said with a smile: "More than 20 billion a year, that's also a coincidence, how can it be every year!"
Song Ge said: "I said the same thing, what people mean is that the total box office of Chinese films in the mainland has skyrocketed year after year, and Longlin Pictures is the locomotive that drives Chinese films, you can slow down, but you can't stop running all at once!"
Lu Lin laughed when he heard this: "This metaphor is still quite vivid!"
After a pause, he said: "In this case, "Dayu Controls the Water" is on the New Year's file!"
According to the original idea, Lu Lin wanted to make "Dayu Controls the Water" into a VR version, but Longlin Pictures did reduce production seriously this year, and it had to be released in advance to the point of affecting the total box office of Chinese films.
Even so, Lu Lin's side was neither hasty nor at a loss. In the later part of the film, a little speed is immediately done. In this schedule, the Chinese New Year file at the end of 2018, not to mention the worst in 10 years, is about the same, it can be said that there is no decent movie.
"Dayu Controls the Water" is arranged at this time, especially when the audience has not seen a slightly decent Chinese movie in a year, it should not be too difficult for the box office to explode!
As for the vi effect, after the technical equipment and theater are ready, the film will be converted into VR and then taken out to make a wave of money.
Although Song Ge didn't know much about Lu Lin's calculations, he also felt that the company's data this year was really not very good. Not to mention anything else, at least the stock has continued to fall.
Now I heard that Lu Lin agreed to mention "Dayu Controls the Water" to the end of the year, and said with a smile: "I believe that as soon as this news comes out, it will definitely make many people excited, and this year's Chinese movies are really not very competitive, I see that there are people shouting on the Internet, Lu Lin is not out, but what about the audience?"
The latter smiled shyly and said, "This is too exaggerated!"
But it is an objective fact that this year's Chinese-language films are not competitive.
From the Spring Festival in 18 to the present, just one "Daughter Country" has become a hit, and even the hot summer is cold, because of the lack of "I Am Not the God of Medicine".
Song Ge said again: "By the way, the "Living Together in Time and Space" that you and Yaya performed, the Propaganda and Distribution Department wants to give it until Christmas, and "Dayu Controls the Water" will be set in early December!"
Lu Lin said: "Cheng, you can set the specific schedule, don't let the two films fight!"
Song Ge smiled: "That's definitely not going to happen!" After a pause, he said: "But this year's Chinese New Year file, there are really no decent films, in my estimation, the audience is counting on watching your two!"
Lu Lin was stunned when he heard this, and only said after a while: "It's a good thing for me, but it's too sad for Chinese movies!"
In the 18th Chinese New Year, except for Lu Lin's two movies, there are really no decent films, lacking big directors, big productions and heavyweight stars.
Judging from the film list that has been revealed so far, there is the fantasy comedy "Weather Forecast" directed and acted by Xiao Yang, the Hong Kong-style martial arts film "Martial Arts Monster" starring Gu Zai, the action film "Amateur Agent" and "Ip Man Biography", "Big Man" starring Wang Qianyuan and Bao Beier, and an inexplicable "The Last Night on Earth".
Of these movies, Lu Lin only watched one "Big Man" in that time and space, because he saw the clip of Bao Bei on the headlines, and felt very surprised and surprised, and then went to watch this movie.
As for the other ones, I heard about it and knew it, but I didn't even have the idea of watching it.
It can be seen how weak many films in the Chinese New Year file at the end of 18 years are, so that many viewers wonder, where are the good Chinese movies? Then they waited for many blockbusters in the 19 Spring Festival! The competition is so fierce that even Lu Lin is reluctant to put "Dayu Controls the Water" in that schedule.
Lu Lin lamented that Chinese movies are not angry, but Song Ge just stood from the perspective of a professional manager and said with a smile: "The general environment is like this, we can't change anything, just do it ourselves! Not to mention anything else, if "Dayu Controls the Water" can collect four or five billion yuan in the mainland, the company will make money, and the leaders will also think the data is good!"
Lu Lin smiled when he heard this, nodded lightly, and said: "Cheng, things will be decided first, flip through the calendar to set the schedule, and then let the people in the publicity and distribution department start to publicize! It's still the old rule, first take 100 million yuan as the pre-marketing expenses!"
Song Ge smiled: "Okay, then I'll arrange it!"
However, it was said that as soon as the publicity and distribution department of Longlin Film Company made a force, the publicity was immediately rolled out, and fans who have been paying attention to movie information finally saw the news that the blockbuster directed by Lu Lin was going to land in the New Year file!