Chapter 32: Inviting actors and setting New Year's Day
Yanni, like Tang Yiyi, was born in Chang'an and is an actor at the Television Art Center of the Political Department of the People's Liberation Army Air Force.
In 99, she played the role of the female number one female village chief in the movie "The Rooster Crows, the Hen Lays Eggs", and director Shang Jing took a fancy to her comedy talent, so he invited her to play a series of roles.
Looking at her resume, it's actually quite rich.
This time, Tang Yiyi looked for her, and the meeting place was set at a well-known hotel in Chang'an, the Bell Tower Hotel.
In the private room, the two met, got up and shook hands, and then sat down and went straight to the point.
"Sister Yan, this is the script, you can read it first. Tang Yiyi handed the script to Yanni.
Yanni nodded, lowered her head and began to flip through the script.
"Let me tell you my thoughts first, after all, it is my first time filming a TV series, and I must be lacking in experience. Therefore, when the time comes, director Shang Jing will be invited to be one of the directors..."Tang Yiyi said.
This is also true, in addition to insufficient experience, the most important thing is that Tang Yiyi is afraid that he will not stay in the crew for a long time.
After all, the next step is to carry out the promotion of "People in Embarrassment" and so on.
The filming cycle of "Wulin Gaiden" is expected to be about half a year.
Tang Yiyi definitely can't devote half of his time to the crew.
Therefore, it is particularly important to have someone who can take the lead when he is not in the crew.
The original director Shang Jing is a very good candidate.
Moreover, director Shang Jing can also be regarded as Yanni's Bole, and he has a lot of experience in shooting comedy TV dramas.
Therefore, Tang Yiyi believes that if Shang Jing can be confirmed as one of the directors, most of the actors in this drama will not refuse.
After all, these people have more or less played roles in TV series directed by Shang Jing.
I had already contacted Shang Dao through the God of Fortune before, and the latter readily agreed.
"Do you need an audition?" asked Yanni.
When she heard that Shang Jing, the Bole in her life, would also be one of the directors, she knew that she would definitely take this play.
As for Director Shang's ability, she knows it very well in her heart and is very relieved.
"I don't need this, when I got this script, my first reaction when I saw the role of Tong Xiangyu was to find a woman in Guanzhong, and then my dad recommended you..."
"Your dad?"
"Well, it's Zhang Jiayi. ”
Yanni suddenly realized.
She knows Zhang Jiayi, and the relationship between the two is very good, after all, they are both from Chang'an, and they both have spent time in Chang'an Film Studio.
"Okay, then I'll take this role, I'll take the script back and take a good look at it first..."Yanni said.
"Okay, Sister Yan, then I wish us a happy cooperation first. Tang Yiyi said with a smile.
"It was a pleasure to work with. ”
The two raised their wine glasses and drank them all, and the role of Tong Xiangyu was decided.
When business is over, it's time for small talk.
During this period, Yanni said a lot of interesting things about being colleagues with Zhang Jiayi when she was a colleague in the studio, and Tang Yiyi was also very happy when she listened to it, and she was quite happy at this meal.
After getting rid of Yanni, Tang Yiyi's heart was a lot easier.
The second candidate, he chose Bai Zhantang's actor Sha Yi.
Like Yanni, after hearing Director Shang Jing's name, Sha Yi did not hesitate too much and directly took on the role of Bai Zhantang.
It is worth mentioning that Sha Yi was a little surprised when he knew that Yanni would play Tong Xiangyu, that is, the other half of Bai Zhantang played by himself in this play.
The two actually intersected in "The Story of the Cooking Class", and they both belonged to the Political Department of the Air Force, but they were not in the same department.
Sha Yi has an impression of Yanni, and he also knows that the latter is a good actor, so he is still looking forward to this cooperation in his heart.
For the rest of the roles, Tang Yiyi handed them over to the people below to contact.
It's not that he doesn't want to go, it's that he doesn't have time.
The final film of "People in Embarrassment" has been edited, and he needs to take a look at the finished film, and if there is no problem, it is time to start the promotion.
In the screening room, Tang Yiyi, who had just watched the finished film, nodded sincerely.
It's better than the finished film edited out of the original time and space in memory, and there are a lot more jokes.
"Okay, that's it, everyone has worked hard, give you a few days off and have a good rest. ”
Tang Yiyi said to several editors.
"Boss, when is that schedule?" asked Xiong Yiyao on the side.
"Let's celebrate the New Year, it will be released on January 1st. Tang Yiyi thought for a while and said.
In addition to "Assembly", which was originally released at the end of December, it was changed to the National Day file in this time and space.
Among the films released in December and January, except for "Casting Names", there is really no one who can play.
Tang Yiyi hadn't seen the movie "Casting Names" when he was in time and space, and it was not easy to evaluate whether this movie was a good film or not.
But just looking at the lineup makes people feel luxurious!
Li Lianjie, Andy, Jin Cheng Dance...
The Douban score is also acceptable, with a score of 7.0.
Like the original time and space, "Casting Names" was released on December 12, that is, Double 12.
It has been nineteen days since the release of "People in Embarrassment".
After thinking about it, Tang Yiyi felt that it was okay.
In nineteen days, by the time "People in Embarrassment" was released, "Casting the Name" should have passed most of the movie-watching popularity.
Although there is no longer a fight between "The Assembly" and "Casting Names" in this time and space, Tang Yiyi still doesn't like to watch the movie "Casting Names", although he hasn't seen it, but this doesn't prevent him from listening to this movie.
In the original time and space, "Casting the Name" ended up losing money, and it was a huge loss!
The production cost is 40 million US dollars, and the box office needs at least 100 million US dollars to recover the cost.
But what about the global box office of "Casting a Name"?
It's just over 300 million RMB...
The North American box office is even worse, only $100,000...
300 million box office sounds like a lot, but this movie alone took 100 million yuan for Li Lianjie's salary alone!
The remaining 200 million box office deducts a series of expenses such as the salaries of the remaining actors, production costs and so on.
After the theater takes away its own part, how much do you think is left?
Investors are really losing their pants and are gone...
But movies like "Wu Ji" and "Hero" with bright pictures and plausible empty truths throughout have made a lot of money.
It is estimated that Director Chen is also very depressed, and he doesn't know where to reason.
To be honest, at present, China is still not suitable for this kind of large-scale production and high-cost movies.
At least, Tang Yiyi won't do this at the moment.
First of all, the current number of screen plates in China is still too small, coupled with the rampant online piracy and other problems, it is basically difficult for big-budget movies to achieve profitability.
Therefore, even without "The Assembly", Tang Yiyi still thinks that the box office of "Casting a Name" will not be high.
With such a heavy movie theme released in the Chinese New Year, the "death sentence" can basically be pronounced.
At present, most of the domestic audiences still prefer to watch some comedy movies such as "family carnival".
After all, the world is not worth it...
So, the loss is still the loss!
It's just that this time it may be less than the original plane.