Chapter 956: Zero-Cost Publicity
Chen Hao flew back to the crew overnight, and the next morning, Will Smith's agent officially announced it.
Will Smith will join MOUSE's new work "The Shawshank Redemption" as the role of Rhett in the play. ”
As soon as the news is released, it is directly an explosion effect, Chen Hao has always been the first choice for hot news, he said before in "Living Alone in the Wilderness" that he had an idea for a new script, everyone didn't care, but now he directly entered the preparatory stage, and invited Will Smith, he is planning to play a movie with a lot of investment, both of them cost almost 20 million in salary, isn't the cost of this production at the level of a Hollywood blockbuster, MOUSE, you didn't drink too much, you just filmed a "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" The value of his salary has stabilized, why don't you shoot a few dramas to hit the 20 million club, and you want to play by yourself?
Someone immediately said: "The resources within Huaxia are abundant, and the investment comes from Huaxia, so naturally you can afford it, you can say how much money, and Huaxia's investment can afford it." ”
Most people are lamenting that Chen Hao has the advantage of relying on China, when he first came to Hollywood, he dared to play, write, direct and act, and dared to invite a member of the Hollywood club of 20 million to film, how ambitious are you, and how crazy are your ideas?
In Europe and the United States, Chen Hao's behavior is generally not optimistic, some people directly sit and wait to pay to the end to watch the lively mentality, waiting to see the jokes, have seen the ambitious arrogance, I have never seen you so arrogant, really when the Hollywood market and the European market are you Huaxia? Let you play? Reality will tell you that the real cruelty of this industry is there.
Many media have reported on it, and also included comments from various industry insiders, generally everyone is not optimistic, some people don't want to offend Chen Hao, and the words are more euphemistic: "MOUSE and Will Smith are both men, both can act in action scenes, two people come to a big-production special effects action movie, they will not necessarily lose money, Huaxia Capital is likely to simply make Chen Hao's reputation in the international market louder, just like supporting Zhang Yimou at the beginning." ”
On the side of the crew of "Prison Break", Sun Honglei is an insider, he saw Chen Hao's purpose, to promote it for free, of course, the most ideal way is to keep throwing out one selling point after another, just look at Will Smith's agent, just say that he played a role, did not say that he was the second male lead, only said that he participated, and did not mention the salary, this is waiting for continuous fermentation, the heat of one topic is reduced, and another one will be thrown out immediately.
In fact, just as Sun Honglei thought, a few days later, when everyone saw that Chen Hao did not respond and the news heat gradually passed, Will Smith's agent once again threw a bombshell.
Will Smith starred in "The Shawshank Redemption", and lowered his salary, which is the same, with a salary of 3 million and an investment of 30 million for the whole play.
Chen Hao finally did not accept Tang Feng and others' crazy investment behavior, your final results and positioning in a film are related to investment, if you really want to spend 100 million to shoot, in the end, part of the results will be wiped out accordingly, the final investment title of Tang Feng's family industry, Chen Hao and everyone agreed, the choice is a way to take the middle, the return on investment of the Tang family will be automatically transferred to Chen Hao, so that the investment and benefits of Jing Tianlin's group are still transparent.
As soon as the news came out, it was a hit for several days, and the news that Will Smith was the second male lead in the script was also hot for several days, and then everyone knew that they were playing propaganda, and they could only watch, who called MOUSE is popular now, who told him to know how to operate, this propaganda play, before filming started, it got the publicity and popularity of similar series of big IP movies.
If you know how to play, it depends on what you can play, play to the end, in the end, you still have to rely on your results, depending on how your film is made, that is what is really taken out for everyone to evaluate, and the rest is all nonsense.
Chen Hao is filming "Prison Break" here In the second season, Will Smith began to study the script in depth and prepare for his role, Hu Gudong and Tang Feng, the others, began to look for a suitable filming location, the time span of this drama is very long, many things must conform to the characteristics of the times, looking for a qualified prison, the workload is very large, according to Kuang Zhonghai's meaning, simply don't look for it, if you can't do it, you can just build one, and now the overall environment is that there is no place to spend it, especially when Chen Hao released that he was going to compete for the Oscars, in a small area, these people are gearing up one by one, and they all feel that the investment of 30 million is a little unwieldy, thinking that it is not counted as investment, we just throw money, but also to create the final shooting atmosphere for this film.
All over the world, such a movie, such a investment in movies, this is the only one, the loss is only a small range, if it really spreads to the outside, the three views of many practitioners will be subverted, how many filmmakers hold scripts in their hands with the self-confidence to conquer the world, everywhere to attract investment, and in the end no one cares.
This envious and jealous 'pride of the sky', if the script is taken, Huaxia's investment will be in place, and someone will be able to handle the relevant matters on the US side, and Will Smith can be invited to let him only get a salary of five million, how good is this script to make Will make such a concession?
From the initial criticism and questioning, to endless curiosity, "The Shawshank Redemption", which no one paid attention to, suddenly became the hottest and most anticipated movie of the year, and the media started their own operation again, wanting to get information about the script from all sides, the content of your script is confidential, and the subject matter is not kept secret, and now there is nothing known outside, whoever can get more information can get at least two or three days of maximum attention.
On the filming site of the second season of "Prison Break", as long as you go out on location, the most surrounded by fans is no longer the fans, but the media, although most of the media are uncomfortable, it is impossible to give up the acquisition of news, it is better for everyone to squat, rather everyone get the same information, than leave others to get what they can't get.
In a country like the United States with freedom of speech, even the president's jokes are dared to be made on some variety shows, and it is nothing to ridicule Chen Hao, and some people say in public that MOUSE is using Huaxia Capital to smash the Hollywood market, in recent years, Huaxia Capital has appeared more and more frequently in Hollywood, and now a considerable number of Hollywood films are invested by Huaxia Capital.
"MOUSE, this is another wave of rhythm, is there any media to take out 10 million and exclusively buy the materials that his new script can be publicized. ”
"I think we need to have a bidding meeting, those big IP series of movies, Marvel, DC, can we consider Huaxia Capital, doesn't it mean that MOUSE's movies in Huaxia are big investments and small shares? ”
"We should be wary of Huaxia Capital, we welcome any capital entry, but we do not welcome the entry that destroys market resources. ”
There is everything to say, which is in line with the saying: "How famous you are, how much infamy you have to bear." ”
As long as I ignore you and don't be led by you, then what does it matter what you say, aren't you just waiting to see my jokes? I have enough confidence and strength, my new film will be recognized by you, so what do you say at this moment, do I still care?
Filming, serious filming.
A little free, live broadcast, serious live broadcast, bring the best audio-visual enjoyment to those who like themselves, increase their fans little by little, let those who question, criticize and even abuse themselves, let them play slowly, as long as my die-hard fans believe me, then I am not afraid of any slander from you, and I am not afraid that any negative news will have a big impact on me.
The hot summer has passed, and the filming of the second season of "Prison Break" has been completed, Chen Haoru has refused to negotiate the renewal of the contract three times during this period, and he will not talk about it at all, I said that if I only sign for two seasons, I will only sign for two seasons.
There is no problem with the contract in the past, Chen Hao doesn't want to talk about it, and FOX can't say anything, so he can only keep doing publicity, adding the huge expectations of fans of this film, and constantly driving their emotions, as soon as this means comes out, what Chen Hao and others were worried about before will inevitably happen, and then it will depend on whose supporters are more, if you want to use fans to kidnap me morally, then see if fans will kidnap me at that time, right?
After leaving the crew, Chen Hao and Will Smith met and chatted, and they both had a new understanding of the script and the role compared to before.
The two chatted for two afternoons, Chen Hao then set off to return to China, this golden autumn season made him a little trance after getting off the plane, and the people around him were all speaking Huaxia, no matter how good the outside was not as good as at home, if possible, he wanted to give up the development in Hollywood and concentrate on developing in China.
Thinking about it, he himself knows that this is unrealistic, going international, he is not carrying himself, not the hopes of some people in the circle, but the hopes of all Chinese fans who like him, he is their idol, he is their pride, and accomplishing what no one in our generation can really do, for them, Chen Hao's success is equal to their success.
Hugging the girl who threw herself into her arms, the clicking sound of all the machine lenses and professional cameras around her, and the screams and shouts of all the fans around her, could not stop the two people from hugging and pouring out their thoughts in public.