Chapter 420: Preparing for the White Snake
"White Snake: Origin" is similar to "The Return of the Great Sage" in many places, both are reinterpretations of top mythological IPs, and they are both counterattacks with bad word-of-mouth marketing at the beginning.
But the latter won a box office of 956 million and became the light of hope for the rise of Guoman. The former is only 448 million, both in terms of box office and influence, it has failed to reach the height of "The Return of the Great Sage".
Netizens commented that this "tap water" is not powerful. But in Lu Lin's opinion, it should be announced to carry this pot.
The co-producer of "White Snake: Origin" and responsible for its publicity and distribution business is Zhuo Ran Pictures, which "knelt down to publicize the distribution" of "Flash Girl".
When the team released "Flash Girl", they "knelt down and begged for the film", which attracted many film critics and fans to change passers-by. also held an offline event called "No entry for people over 24 years old, this time we only welcome young people", which directly offended the main crowd of moviegoers over 24 years old.
This kind of operation is absolutely biased in terms of propaganda and distribution, and it seems that there are not many successful cases. The only advantage is to spend a little money to do big things, which is not the same as Longlin Pictures' consistent hardcore publicity of "spending money on marketing".
In Lu Lin's view, if it is Huayi, Guangxian, Bona and other first-line films, even if the box office does not reach the height of "The Return of the Great Sage", it will not be far away.
And the live-action version filmed by Longlin Pictures, starting with a box office of one billion, is a sure thing, and there is nothing difficult to do.
After telling Jing Xiang about the synopsis of the plot, the rather emotional young lady listened to it with tears in her eyes, and said with a flat mouth: "It's so touching, it's just a little too sad!"
"This is the past life, and we will soon meet in this life! Imagine that in the middle of summer, it is drizzling, the upper reaches of the West Lake Broken Bridge are full of people, the White Lady and Xiaoqing meet Xu Xian, and then the classic soundtrack of "The Legend of the New White Lady" sounds......"
Listening to Lu Lin's description well, Jing Yan asked, "That song is better?"
"Well, of course it's "Past and Present Lives"!"
"How to sing!"
"Could it be that one glance in the previous life, just to see one in this life, ah...... Ah............!
Because it was a hotel where the two of them stayed, Lu Lin couldn't help but hum it, and Jing Yan clapped his hands and laughed: "Haha, still sing it to me!"
Lu Lin stopped and looked at her speechlessly, but the young lady smiled sweetly and hummed: "Hurry up and dream what a day, love is deep and there is no complaint, ah...... Ah......h
Lu Lin didn't talk to her, but asked, "What do you think of this one?"
"Very good, I can't wait! Let's stop staying here, let's go back and prepare the crew first!"
Lu Lin had no objection, the two rested for one night, and took a flight back to Yanjing the next morning, with less than three hours to travel. Because they were not tired on the road, they asked the car sent by the company to send them back to Longlin Pictures directly.
In the boss's office, Song Ge said with a smile while making kung fu tea: "I thought you would play in Southeast Asia and Australia for a while, why did you come back in only a week?"
"I suddenly thought of a good movie theme, and I plan to come back to write a script and set up a project!"
Song Ge shook his head slightly, and chuckled: "You, you don't forget to work when you go out to travel, you are really dedicated!"
glanced at Jing Yan, who was sitting quietly next to Lu Lin, and thought it was related to this girl, but it was not good to say too much else, so he just said, "What kind of subject?"
"The Legend of the White Snake!"
Song Ge was stunned when he heard this, after all, the box office failure of "The Legend of the White Snake" was not far away, and Longlin Pictures had also experienced it, and smacked his tongue and said: "The IP is good, but the audience is too familiar with it, and it takes some novelty to make it!"
Lu Lin said with a smile: "So, I plan to start with the past and present lives!" After saying the synopsis of the story of "White Snake: Origin", Song Ge's eyes lit up when he heard it, and said: "Hey, don't say it, listening to you talk about it like this, it's really interesting!
Glancing at Jing Yan again, he said to Lu Lin: "This time, you don't plan to direct and act by yourself, let's have a husband and wife file!"
Lu Lin nodded, "That's exactly what I planned!"
Song Ge had a headache when he heard this, but Jing Yan was present, and it was difficult to say anything against it, so he couldn't say anything if you were happy. Thinking about it, he was just a small shareholder, and Lu Lin's current level and fame were unlikely to lose money, so he reluctantly said: "Yes, let's write the script first, probably the characters are determined, I can contact people in advance, so as not to have no schedule!"
The matter was decided, Lu Lin went back to the villa to write the script first, and the draft was published three days later, and it was used for discussion with Song Ge and Gao Hongze, and after thinking that there was no problem, it was sent to the record, and the crew officially began to prepare.
In terms of actors, the White Lady decided that Jing Yan would play the role, although some people in the company felt that Liu Tianxian was more suitable. But the current situation makes it clear that Lu Lin and Jing Yan want to make another love work, and no one has publicly raised objections.
In the corner of Xiaoqing, the discussion was a little intense. I think Yingbao is suitable, and I used to be a professional maid, and my popularity is currently high. And because there are fewer movie works, it is not a drop to match Jing Yan, who often plays the heroine of big productions.
But some people think that the green snake with a bun face is really appropriate? Of course, it is more tactful when discussing. Some people think that Zhang Tianhua, who has just become popular recently with "The Promotion of the Crown Princess", is good, with long chests and thighs and an awl face, it is simply suitable to play Xiaoqing!
Lu Lin, the role of the national teacher, is more inclined to the old drama bone Liu Xun, but this is already seventy-five years old, and he really can't stand the hard work of filming. I asked someone to contact Mr. Jin Shijie, but I don't know if this person has a schedule.
There is also the little vixen of the owner of Baoqingfang, who needs a petite and charming actress.
The role was determined earlier was the Chinese pastoral dog that accompanied Xu Xuan-belly pocket, with Huang Bo dubbing a cameo, and a cameo at the end of the film as Xu Xian's brother-in-law after reincarnation. Think about Li Gongfu played by Huang Bo telling Xu Xian in a slightly dialect tone, the picture is also very beautiful!
The actor role is still being selected, but the news that Longlin Pictures is preparing to shoot and remake the White Snake has also spread. With Lu Lin's fame at the moment and the strength of Longlin Pictures, he has once again been on the hot search, attracting heated discussions among netizens and the industry.
The most shocking is Yang Zi, the boss of Juli Pictures, who filmed "The Legend of the White Snake" when he filmed it, but the box office failed miserably and his reputation collapsed. His wife Huang Shengyi was also scolded by netizens because of this.
finally stopped for two years, and Lu Lin actually wanted to shoot the white snake, which must attract "grave digging" ridicule from netizens!
Sure enough, searching for news about "White Snake", most of them are talking about the sinkhole of "The Legend of the White Snake", Lu Lin has such a mythological theme and doesn't shoot, why do you fry this cold rice!