As soon as Le Zhiren and Gui Zecheng were sent away, before Jiang Ran had time to think carefully about the problem he had just talked about, Liu Liwei had already come over.

"How is Director Yu Yunkang's preparations now?Can you catch up with the St. Denis Film Festival?" Jiang Ran saw Liu Liwei walking in behind Liu Yue, and asked directly.

"The preliminary preparations are almost ready, and the machine will be started in a few days. Liu Liwei replied with a smile, "When the time comes, I hope that Mr. Jiang can participate in the opening ceremony to build momentum for the film." ”

Jiang Ran smiled when he heard this, and said, "Who are you going to use for the leading role of the movie? Director Yu Yunkang is also a well-known director in Hong Kong after Chainsaw II, and he still needs me to go over to build momentum for him?"

Director Yu is indeed well-known in the circle now, but the box office of his films in the Hong Kong Benfu market has not been very optimistic, and he is a behind-the-scenes person, so his recognition among ordinary audiences is actually not high. ”

"In addition, this time in the selection of the leading actor in the movie, we plan to use Wu Mengda. His fame and box office appeal among the audience are still very lacking, so he wants to ask Mr. Jiang to help build momentum for the movie. ”

Liu Liwei said that in the end, he looked at Jiang Ran with some apprehension.

Jiang Ran instinctively frowned when he heard that Wu Mengda was going to star in this movie, after all, in Jiang Ran's inherent impression, Wu Mengda's image has always been a funny supporting role like Uncle Da, and let him star in a thriller film with a huge scale, Jiang Ran instinctively resisted.

"Wu Mengda, is he okay? We are a documentary thriller horror film, and the starring role is very important. Jiang Ran looked at Liu Liwei with some uncertainty.

Liu Liwei frowned slightly when he heard this, looked at Jiang Ran suspiciously, and then said thoughtfully: "For the actors, after the script was determined, we invited all the interested actors in the group to conduct a round of auditions, and finally chose Wu Mengda after comparison. ”

"Of course, to ...... If Mr. Jiang thinks it's not suitable, then I'll discuss it with Director Yu Yunkang?" Liu Liwei finally asked tentatively.

After Jiang Ran heard Liu Liwei's words, he did not answer him immediately, but lowered his head and pondered.

As for whether Wu Mengda is suitable for starring in this movie, Jiang Ran believes that since it was determined by the group's internal audition, it should be said that objectively, Wu Mengda has no big problems in all aspects.

And the reason why Jiang Ran opposed it was only because the preconceived impression of his previous life was too deep.

But in fact, calm down and put aside the subjective consciousness and think about it, after the current Wu Mengda has returned again after a few years of indulgence, whether in terms of image or acting skills, he is a suitable candidate to play the leading role in this movie, except for his popularity and box office appeal are slightly worse.

After thinking clearly, Jiang Ran forcibly pressed the awkwardness in his heart, looked up and said to Liu Liwei with a smile: "No need, since you all think Wu Mengda is suitable, then use him." ”

"However, before you use him, you should also have a good chat with him and his agent, I don't want him to sprout solid-state again, if there is really something unprofessional that affects the interests of the group, I will not be soft. ”

In this world, because of Jiang Ran's appearance, Wu Mengda's career has come out of the trough faster than in his previous life, and there is no more grinding, Jiang Ran is not very sure whether Wu Mengda will fall again after becoming famous again. Therefore, let Liu Liwei warn the other party in advance.

"Okay, Mr. Jiang. Liu Liwei breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

After all, on the issue of starring, although no formal contract has been signed yet, both within the company and the director and the actor themselves have reached an agreement verbally, and it will be really difficult to deal with it if the actor is really replaced.

"Now Wu Mengda's actor contract has not been officially signed, and I will talk to him and his agent and even the economic company for details after I go down. ”

"Well, okay, that's it. Jiang Ran nodded when he heard this, "By the way, the movie will start on that day?" You should contact Liu Yue and them in advance, and if the itinerary is suitable for me, I will go to participate." ”

Jiang Ran did not give Liu Liwei an accurate promise, after all, Jiang Ran is in his current position, and he is still busy with his own movies, and the time is already very tight, and it is very good to have such an answer.

"Thank you, Mr. Jiang, for your support. Liu Liwei laughed along the pole, "The specific start time is set for the first day of next month, and I will go and communicate with Secretary Liu about your itinerary later." ”

Jiang Ran shook his head with a smile, and did not refute his words, "If the film starts on the first of next month, it should be no problem to catch up with the St. Denis Film Festival." ”

Liu Liwei nodded and said, "There is no problem at all." We also discussed the distribution of this film in North America, and I also discussed it with the North American branch, so we used the film festival and director Yu Yunkang as the promotion point, focusing on restricted films. ”

Jiang Ran nodded when he heard this, and said: "Our company has been well-known in the global restricted film market in the past two years, and it should still be worth looking forward to with the promotion of the film festival and the fame of director Yu Yunkang in Chainsaw II." ”

"By the way, how is the film that we invested in North America, how is Director Stone doing now? I haven't paid much attention to what happened over there. Jiang Ran suddenly asked Liu Liwei.

"Field Platoon" is still filming in the Philippines, and I heard that Director Stone asked all the actors to conduct military training in the jungle for more than half a month before the official start of filming in order to let the actors have a real feeling. ”

"I heard that Director Stone was very demanding, and even asked the actors to follow the veterans to dig trenches, climb rocks, sleep in cramped bunkers, stand guard, etc. ”

Liu Liwei sighed at Jiang Ran while shaking his head, obviously in his opinion, this was an incredible thing.

Jiang Ran glanced up at Liu Liwei and knew that the general environment in Hong Kong was efficient and fast shooting, and the production speed of the movie was amazing.

Moreover, even if the actors are trained in the early stage, they will obviously not be as harsh as Stone, just like Jiang Ran's movie this time, in the early stage of military training, the requirements will not really be in accordance with the requirements of the army, after all, it is just acting.

"There's nothing strange about this, just like Jackie Chan's current movie style, it's obviously unrealistic for you to ask a foreigner to work as hard as he is. ”

"However, Director Stone's approach and the dedication and professionalism of their actors are something we can learn from, and it is also something that we Hong Kong filmmakers lack. ”

"Now that our Hong Kong film market is becoming more and more prosperous, everyone is busy making money, and the efficiency of making films is getting higher and higher, but correspondingly, whether we are actors or behind-the-scenes personnel, our concentration is getting lower and lower. ”

When Jiang Ran said this, he looked at Liu Liwei very seriously, and said: "Mr. Liu, you are the person in charge of our group's film and television production, and when the entire industry is starting to become more and more impetuous, I hope you can stay calm." ”

"I don't want our Ranfeng Group's films to show signs of impetuousness in the production process, I hope that each of our works is a masterpiece that has been carefully prepared and improved. ”

"Also, I've heard that there are a lot of actors in our industry who often run several crews at the same time, which sounds like a lot of dedication, but I doubt their concentration. ”

"If you don't have enough focus and time in a role, I don't think an actor can play the role well. So, for the main participants in our group's productions, I don't want anyone to have a cross-play phenomenon. ”

"Of course, in order to ensure the interests of the actors, at least our internal contracted actors can approve the salary according to the time of participation when they sign the contract. ”

In fact, this is an idea that Jiang Ran has had faintly for a long time, he wants to promote the increase in actors' salaries in advance and increase the production cost of the movie.

In this way, on the one hand, it can solve the problem that the film and television works of Ranfeng Group generally take longer to shoot than other companies' films and occupy the actors' schedules. After all, actors' salaries have increased, and it is easier to accept a movie that takes longer to shoot.

On the other hand, gradually increasing the salary of actors can raise the production capital threshold of films, increase the production risk of independent films, and suppress the increasing number of independent film companies in Hong Kong in disguise.

After all, for a company like Ranfeng Group, which has its own cinema chain and a mature overseas distribution system, the increase in production costs can be earned back in theaters and distribution, and the overall risk increase is not much, but it only earns less.