The biggest expectation of the Spring Festival stalls "Modern Age" has hit the streets, and the box office has collapsed since the holiday has passed, showing a cliff-like decline, and it is estimated that there is little hope of breaking 100 million.

When word-of-mouth forms a scale, it can really affect the life and death of a movie, no matter whether the film is good or bad.

A funny movie that can pass, the audience's expectations are too high, so there are criticisms almost everywhere, and in the end it does not meet the expected box office.

However, if there was no Xu Zheng starring, this film would not have won more than 70 million box office during the 8-day holiday.

For the producer and distributor Zhuying Group, this film, which cost less than 20 million yuan, is actually a success.

Among several other movies in the same period, the box office of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" has exceeded 150 million, and the box office is slowly moving towards 200 million.

"The Strongest Happy Event" is also close to 150 million, and "Wonder Heroes" is more than 50 million......

There is also the Hollywood superhero movie "The Green Hornet" invested by Colombia during the Spring Festival, with a box office of more than 150 million.

This movie was originally filmed on ABC TV to a TV series, and Li Xiaolong became popular in North America because of the role of Kato in the TV series version of "The Green Hornet".

This time, Jay Chou relayed Li Xiaolong, and the North American box office was $34 million in the first weekend, with a total box office of nearly 100 million and $200 million worldwide, compared to the production fee of $90 million, Colombia still earns.

Of course, whether this film is in North America or in China, the evaluation is very poor.

But after all, it is a global box office of 250 million US dollars, and the real data is still the second male lead, which is definitely a big qualification, enough to brag about for a while.

In addition, Xu Jinglei starred in "Carry on Love to the End" with a domestic box office of more than 200 million.

In addition, the box office of "New Shaolin Temple" has also successfully exceeded 200 million, and so far, Sidan Shuangbing has all starred in movies with a box office of more than 200 million.

The span of ten years is still active at the top level of domestic actresses, which may have an element of luck, but it is enough to show their strength.

Tang An took the time to go to the premiere, and by the way, he asked Xu Jinglei to play a role, a leader of the space agency, and there were not many scenes, so it was regarded as a cameo.

This film is basically Liu Ye's one-man show, and there are basically few roles with a bit of a scene.

In addition, there is also a role as the director of the space bureau, Tang An asked Changying Group to contact Li Youbing.

Oriental Shenlong Pictures, a subsidiary of Poly Culture, is a joint venture between Poly Culture and Changying Studio, and it has also been a little praised.

Li Youbing was an actor in Changying Studio back then, and with this relationship, it is much easier to talk about it, after all, he is also a top TV drama actor in China, and the price of a single episode is more than 200,000.

Although TV drama actors are not as good as movie actors, at the level of Li Youbing and Chen Baoguo, there is no distinction between film and television dramas.

What's more, because he successfully played a military commander who fought the flood with the soldiers in "Stormy Waves", he was specially recruited by the General Political Department and Bayi Factory.

Civilian officer, civilian rank 2, equivalent to the rank of major general, second only to the general of the special grade civilian cadre and the lieutenant general of the 1st grade civilian cadre.

This time, under the introduction of a director of Changying Group, Tang An came to Li Youbing's house to visit.

Either way, etiquette has to be done.

"Hello Mr. Li. ”

"Hello Director Tang. ”

Li Youbing smiled and invited Tang An to sit down, and his wife Shi Lan also poured a cup of tea.

Tang An thanked him, directly explained his intention with two greetings, and took out a copy of the script and character synopsis and handed it over.

"Mr. Li, this time I want to ask you to play the role of the director of the space bureau in my new movie "The Martian". ”

"I've admired Director Tang's movies for a long time, but why did you think of asking me to play this role?" Li Youbing took the script and asked curiously.

"Mr. Li, you read the script first, and I'll say it slowly. ”

"Then I'll take a look first, Director Tang, wait a minute. ”

Li Youbing's attitude towards Tang An is not bad, after all, he was introduced by Changying Group, and Tang An is now a top director in China.

It's not that he hasn't heard of Tang An's new film, judging from the title "The Martian", he can guess eight or nine.

Li Youbing read it relatively slowly, and it took more than half an hour to read a script, and the plot was not much different from what he guessed.

The director of the space bureau played by himself is a leader who arranges and implements a plan to rescue astronauts on Earth, and the characters are not complicated, and there are not many scenes.

Tang An waited for him to see that he was almost done, picked up the teacup and took a sip before he opened his mouth to introduce.

"Mr. Li, you have also seen this role, there are not many scenes, but this role is also very important in the film, our astronauts are like rootless duckweed, floating in outer space and aliens, and your image as the director must be stable, trustworthy, and bring a sense of security to the astronauts floating in outer space. ”

Li Youbing nodded approvingly, holding the script in his hand, and listened to Tang An continue.

"The astronauts are trapped on Mars, the entire space agency is worried, the people are worried, the audience is worried, and your role is to reassure them, in terms of appearance, I think there are few people who are more suitable than you, Mr. Li. ”

"Of course, the main thing is the scene in the middle, where the monitors accidentally find that the astronauts are not killed, and the space agency needs to carry out a rescue, and there is little hope given the conditions at the time, although you only have a few lines, but in the performance you have to make the entire space agency have confidence in the rescue operation. ”

"There is also the press conference of the rescue operation facing the whole country, the people of the whole country are looking at you, waiting for you to rescue the space heroes, and the speech at the press conference should reassure people and have confidence in the rescue operation, and the voice must be infectious. ”

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Tang An took a sip of water, observed Li Youbing's expression, and felt that he should have a greater grasp.

Li Youbing also spoke at this time, and he asked, "According to what you say, Lao Chen is more suitable for this role." ”

Tang An naturally knew that he was talking about Chen Baoguo, and said with a smile, "Mr. Li, you have more passion than Mr. Chen, aerospace is originally a risky career, and I need your passion." ”

Among the older generation of actors, Li Youbing is also the most suitable for this role, he must be mature and steady, his face is trustworthy, he must be passionate, and his speech is infectious.

After getting the role of Li Youbing, there were basically no important roles, and then Tang An continued to work on the storyboard script.

Occasionally, I look at the exterior photos sent back by Zhao Jun, the production of props and interior scenes.

"Looking for the Dragon" and "Detective Chinatown" have basically been prepared, the former was filmed at the Huairou Film and Television Base, with a total studio of nearly 10,000 square meters, and they were filmed while building.

The latter is very supportive by the Thai government, there are almost no problems with the location, and the venue fee is waived.