Chapter 301: The male lead audition
On Thursday, February 22, 2013, two days before the Lantern Festival, on this day of habitual offense '2', the audition for the actor of "Beijing Meets Seattle" will be launched at the headquarters of Molong Media in the imperial capital.
As the first film audition after the establishment of Molong Media, "Beijing Meets Seattle" did not go well from the beginning.
Although Molong Media has previously sent audition invitations to many actors of the right age group, the feedback received is really not very happy.
After reading the script, Chen Kun was originally quite interested in the role of 'Hao Zhi', but when he learned from other channels that the heroine of the movie, Wen Jiajia, had been confirmed to be played by Liu Yifei, he politely declined Mo Long's invitation.
In his previous life, Li Mo had heard people talk about it, when Liu Yifei was filming her first TV series - "The Family of Gold Powder", the actor Chen Kun once had a lot of complaints about her acting skills......
Originally, Li Mo thought that this was just gossip that stopped at the market, but when he learned that the reason why Chen Kun gave up was because the hostess had been decided, he silently changed the 'rumor' to 'fact' in his heart.
Chen Kun has debuted for many years, so he is naturally not a stupid person.
Liu Yifei, as a contracted actor of Molong Media, is also the heroine who has been decided, so it is naturally impossible to change.
Instead of wronging yourself, it is better to give up neatly for other reasons, so as not to embarrass everyone to meet.
So, Chen Kun decisively ran to the concert, and when he heard that the name was "The Way Road Chen Kun and His Friends Music Sharing Meeting......
…… Yifei children's shoes, it seems that if you don't come up with enough convincing acting skills, it will be a troublesome thing to find a powerful actor for you to play in the future.
Don't become the Yang Tianbao of later generations, it's difficult to find someone to play with.
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…… If Chen Kun's withdrawal is because he attaches great importance to the play, then Hu Ge's situation is the most incredible for Li Mo.
At this time, although Hu Ge had already set up a personal studio, everyone in the circle knew that that thing was just a disguise, and the Hu Ge team of Tangren Company was completely 'two signboards, one team', and even the actual manager of the studio was still Cai Yinong, the boss of Tangren......
After Molong Media's audition invitation and script were sent, Hu Ge was the fastest to respond among all the invited actors.
Merely...... Along with it, there were also salary requests and box office sharing agreements from Tang Ren......
To tell the truth, Sister Cai, did you make a mistake?
What we Mo Long sent in the past was just an invitation to audition, and some scripts were included when we died......
But that thing isn't an actor contract.
It's as if you've already decided on a candidate, and everyone has already begun to get involved in the substantive negotiation stage.
Anyway, this also shows that people are willing......
After laughing at themselves, Li Mo and the others opened the document sent by Tang Ren.
"The salary is 10 million, plus 5% of the final box office share. ”
This is Hu Ge's role as Hao Zhi in "Beijing Meets Seattle", and Tang Ren's salary requirements are offered.
When he saw this number, Li Mo scolded his mother directly, he really wanted to rush directly to Cai Yinong, pointed to her big-faced plate, and asked loudly: "Do you think Hu Ge can resist the box office of one billion?"
At the end of 2012, a self-media platform once broke out a list of domestic actors' and actresses' movie salaries.
In this list, the first place is the Kung Fu Emperor Jet?? Li's 60 million yuan, the second place is Cheng Long, with a single salary of 50 million yuan, and Chow Yun-fat and Ge You are tied for third place with a price of 30 million yuan by virtue of the status and appeal accumulated over the years......
In this list, Xu Zheng and Huang Bo, who have just co-starred in "Thai Embarrassment" and become the box office champion of Chinese films, are the highest-paid mainland actors.
However, their single-film salary is only the figure that Cai Yinong proposed just now.
At this time, Chen Kun's movie salary was 8 million.
Moreover, none of them have the right to participate in the box office share as actors.
As for Hugo's movie worth?
Sorry, it wasn't on that list at all.
(Xu Zheng took the director's box office share in "Thai Embarrassment", and Huang Bo took the investor's share because his studio participated in the investment of "Thai Embarrassment", not the actor's share.) )
…… Facing a Cai Yinong who had gone crazy, Li Mo had to retreat.
Except for Chen Kun and Hu Ge, there was no good news from the other candidates.
After reading the script, Duan Yihong felt that this was a type of character that he had not tried, and he originally planned to participate in the audition, but his wife wanted him to stop work and rest, and he had just finished filming Feng Gang's "1942", and he had not eased up, so he politely declined the role of Hao Zhi......
Wu Xiubo has just taken over "Ma Xiangyang Goes to the Countryside" and "Divorce Lawyer" with Yao Chen, and there is no longer a schedule......
Originally, Li Mo was quite sorry about this, but when he received the news that Zong Shuai got from Xiaodao, he learned that this old man was a little entangled with a certain actress surnamed Chen recently......
Li Mo, who was familiar with the trajectory of his previous life, immediately realized that this actress surnamed Chen was likely to be the one who detonated the collapse of Wu Xiubo's personality, so he simply took this opportunity to cut off contact......
Therefore, only Deng Chao and Wang Xiaoming finally appeared at the audition site of "Beijing Meets Seattle...... and Li Chen, who was still a third-tier actor at this time.
Don't look at Deng Chao and Wang Xiaoming who were invited to appear at today's audition, but in fact, their appearance is more to give Molong Media, or Li Mo a face.
After all, the two of them, one made a strong comeback with Meng Xiaojun in "Chinese Partner", and the other is very hopeful to win the first weighty acting award in his life with Cheng Dongqing in "Chinese Partner".
Moreover, the two of them also read the script of "Beijing Meets Seattle", although it is not a stunning story, but if the director's editing is good enough, at least it should not be a bad movie......
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When Deng Chao and Wang Xiaoming rushed to Molong Media on their front and back feet, Li Chen had already come to the lounge early.
As the earliest debut among the three and the most unsuccessful one at present, Li Chen really needs today's opportunity.
Although in 1997, Li Chen, who was only 19 years old, officially stepped into the actor industry by starring in Jian Ning in "Seventeen Years Old Don't Cry", but in the more than ten years since, although Li Chen has also starred in many works, he has always been in the state of being half red and not black.
At a glance, everyone can know who Li Chen is, but when it comes to what kind of well-known role he has played......
The only thing most people can remember is Fang Da in "Tangshan Earthquake" and He Dong in "Beijing Youth".
Although after reading the script, Li Chen did not think that he was very suitable for the role of Hao Zhi in "North West", but in line with the idea of 'playing three poles if there is nothing to do', he still prepared seriously......
"What if one accidentally takes a fancy to the director?"
With this kind of thought, Li Chen hid from the company and quietly appeared in Molong Media.
Not long after Wang Xiaoming and Deng Chao arrived, the staff of Molong Media walked into the lounge with the materials of the audition actors, and then began to call names in order.
Well, there's really no order......
There are three of them today, except for Li Chen, who is a little less well-known, the other two are the top few in the current ranks.
It is impossible for anyone who watches a little movie not to know Deng Chao and Wang Xiaoming.
"Li Chen, is Li Chen here?"
"Eh, here we ......"
"You come first, please come with me. ”
After taking a few deep breaths, Li Chen straightened his clothes, followed behind the staff, pushed open the door and walked into the audition room.