Li Zhe still doesn't want to offend Wang Jinghua now, after all, Wang Jinghua is not an ordinary agent, even in Huayi, the two brothers Wang Jun and Wang Lei dare not give her face, let alone Li Zhe.

"Sister Wang, let me say it bluntly, there are two protagonists in the whole movie, none of the main supporting roles, and the only supporting role that appears more doesn't even have a few lines. And I have already decided that the protagonist will be played by Xu Zheng, and the other protagonist will be played by my artist Wang Baoqiang. ”

Wang Jinghua sneered: "Wang Baoqiang, I haven't even heard of it, so it's better to change to our artists." ”

Li Zhe frowned, very unhappy with Wang Jinghua's step-by-step pressing, but still patiently explained: "The reason why I chose Wang Baoqiang to play the leading role is not only because he is my artist, but also because he fits the role." I asked you to find a person from the countryside who is not familiar with the world, can you find it?"

Wang Jinghua was hesitant when he asked this. Because none of Huayi's artists has a good image and temperament, not to mention their appearance, none of their temperament can be like they came from the countryside.

In this way, it is indeed not very suitable, but Wang Jinghua does not think that you must find a suitable role to find. They have also invested in a lot of movies and TV series before, and they have also encountered a lot of inappropriate roles, but they haven't let her win it.

"But your artists don't seem to have much acting experience except for that Zhao Yinger, right? Even if the roles are compatible, I don't agree with a person with no acting experience to play the leading role. ”

However, Wang Jinghua's words directly hit Li Zhe's muzzle.

I saw Li Zhe smile and said: "Then it's even more problem, my Wang Baoqiang has played the protagonist of "Blind Well", and he went to the Berlin Film Festival with Director Li at the beginning of this year." ”

"What?"

Not only Wang Jinghua, but the other two Wang presidents were also shocked by Li Zhe's news.

It's no wonder that they don't know that although the news that "Blind Well" won the Berlin Silver Bear Award is well known in the industry, because of the ban, most people only know about the film industry.

In addition, it was Li Yang who won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, so everyone knows the name of a director at most, and they really don't know the name of the actor.

""Blind Well" must know that since "Blind Well" starring him can win the Silver Bear Award, there must be no problem with acting. Sister Wang, do you have any other questions?"

Wang Jinghua's face stiffened, but immediately changed to a smile.

"No, I am also responsible for our company's investment of 3.5 million, which is why I asked so much. But since there are still some small roles, let's leave it to our company, and now there are a lot of newcomers in our company, so let them try it first. ”

Wang Jinghua immediately climbed up the pole, without the protagonist, those supporting roles are also okay, anyway, these resources are not too little.

has already refused once, and this time Li Zhe did not refuse again, after all, the relationship with Wang Jinghua is not good, and it is too stiff.

It didn't take long for Li Zhe and a few others to revise all the terms of the contract one by one, and everyone was quite satisfied in the end.

……

returned to the company, and Li Zhe handed over the filming task of "People in Embarrassment" to Lin Weiqiang.

"Lao Lin, you don't have to be in a hurry, just complete the shooting task before the end of the year. Our schedule was changed to the Spring Festival file. ”

"What? Why did you change gears?"

Lin Weiqiang was a little anxious, and Li Zhe told him the news that "Mobile Phone" filmed by Huayi Investment and Feng Gangpao would be released in the Chinese New Year.

Lin Weiqiang looked a little unhappy and complained: "Why do we change the file, who will watch the movie during the New Year!"

Li Zhe saw his appearance and comforted: "It's the same for the Spring Festival stalls, there are too many blockbusters in the Lunar New Year stalls, and we may not be able to make any splashes when we go, but we will definitely be able to dominate the Spring Festival stalls." ”

"What's the use of domination? Not many people will watch it. ”

"Not necessarily, it's not like there haven't been movies that have been successful during the Spring Festival before, you see that Chen Long's "Red Fan Zone" was released during the Spring Festival, and what was the result, it directly won 110 million box office in our mainland. And that was 10 years ago, and if you put it now, I'm afraid it will have to at least double. ”

"Red Fan Zone" is a movie produced by Kawa Xiangjiang, which has quite a lot of big-name actors. Including the world-class kung fu superstar Chen Long, as well as the famous actress Mei Yanfang, who is popular all over Southeast Asia, it can be said that this lineup can also be ranked in Xiangjiang, where superstars are gathered.

And this movie was released during the Spring Festival, and when it was released in 1995, it won a box office result of 223 million Hong Kong dollars in Asia, which can be said to have created a new schedule.

Lin Weiqiang gave him a blank look and said: "Do you also know that it is Chen Long's "Red Fan Zone"? That movie has a box office of tens of millions in North America, and Chen Long's personal influence can have such a result, do you think it can be compared with a small workshop like ours?"

Li Zhe was a little embarrassed, because what Lin Weiqiang said was exactly what he was worried about. Since Long Chen has succeeded, then it is certain that others will also be quite a Spring Festival stall, but why are people still not optimistic about the Spring Festival stalls now?

Because over the years, there has been no shortage of big-budget movies that have been released during the Spring Festival, but what makes everyone tired is that except for Brother Chen Long's movies, none of them have received special treatment, but the box office has not met expectations, and there are few movies with a box office of more than 30 million.

As a result, everyone attributed the success of "Red Fan District" to Chen Long, rather than the movie itself.

Over the years, everyone has also stayed away from the Spring Festival stalls, and now except for a small production movie that is willing to be released in the Spring Festival stall, no big production is willing to wade into this troubled water.

Obviously, Li Zhe and Lin Weiqiang both regarded "People in Embarrassment" as a big production, completely forgetting that the total investment in this movie was only 8 million.

"That's it, the total box office of the Spring Festival stalls every year is more than 50 million, as long as we can win half of it, we will make money. ”

After the success of "Nightclub", Li Zhe also became a little inflated, and he actually opened his mouth to 25 million, you must know that this box office is a box office that many movies can't dream of, but he said it as if it was very easy.

Lin Weiqiang nodded and didn't say anything more. He is just a director, Li Zhe is the boss, he just reminds him, since Li Zhe doesn't care, why should he bother with it. Anyway, he only gets a dead salary for this movie, and he doesn't have the same box office share as the last time.

Solving the problem of the movie, Li Zhe took the script of "Step by Step" and began to look for investors, and now the company only has 2 million funds left, but his budget is as high as 9.5 million, which is still short of 7.5 million funds, and he has to rely on himself to pull it.

Originally, Huayi was a good choice, after all, although Huayi's main business is in the film industry, they also have a little strength in TV.

But Li Zhe doesn't want to have another cooperation project with Huayi before the filming of "People in Embarrassment" is completed, so it is very easy to be controlled by others, not to mention that the investment gap of "Step by Step" is 750.

In addition, Meng Xiang Film and Television has no experience in filming costume dramas before, and others may not be able to trust Li Zhe!