December 10th. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the camera, Wang Meng stared at this paragraph closely, this is the outbreak of a relationship, which belongs to the butterfly effect, after the male protagonist begins to slowly find himself recovering his memory.

Xu Jinglei made an OK gesture, this time her style changed again, she became a shy and timid hotel waitress, and when the male protagonist said some inexplicable words ignorantly, the female protagonist Evan completely broke out.

Xu Jinglei shouted like an outburst: "Since you love me, why haven't you looked for me for so many years, left me here and let me rot." ”

Xu Jinglei likes this line very much, and appreciates Wang Meng's line skills.

And she has been preparing for this part for a long time and wants to show it through her best acting skills.

"Click!"

"Lao Xu is doing well, it's over. Wang Meng was very satisfied after watching the replay.

"I'll see. Xu Jinglei immediately ran over and took a look.

After reading it, I thought for a while, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "I personally like the heroine here, in fact, this is her correct trajectory, very timid, cowardly and miserable, but like a person, not a hole behind." ”

"Well, if you like it, I like this paragraph too. Wang Meng said, after speaking, he looked at his watch, this is a night scene, Wang Meng saw that it was almost early in the morning and said: "Okay, everyone clean up, let's get here tonight." Call it a day. ”

"You're going to be busy tomorrow, so be here today. Wang Meng said to Xu Jinglei.

Xu Jinglei nodded and said, "Thank you Director Wang for your understanding." However, it will be fine after tomorrow, and besides, "The Butterfly Effect" is almost finished, and I have to rest for a while. ”

"Not necessarily, "Butterfly Effect" also needs to be promoted, and it may also be promoted abroad. ”

"Understood. Xu Jinglei smiled.

"Huh...... Thank you also for your understanding. ”

……

"The Butterfly Effect" is progressing very quickly and is already coming to an end.

According to the plan, it is expected to be completed within a week.

After returning from the crew of "Step by Step", Wang Meng received an invitation from Chen Kexin, and the premiere of "Casting Names" in the magic capital was held on December 12.

Very close, and curious, Wang Meng agreed to the invitation.

On December 11th, the premiere of "Casting a Name" in front of a theater in the magic capital was quite huge.

The appeal of Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jet Li and others is extraordinary, and this is the third most anticipated film of the year. It is also the first work of Chen Kexin's transformation.

There were many twists and turns in the filming process, starting filming in 06 and only completing the filming in September this year, and Xu Jinglei also took over the work of "Butterfly Effect" after participating in "Casting Names".

During this time, Xu Jinglei, as the female lead, also followed the crew of "Casting a Name" to promote everywhere, fortunately, there was no conflict with the butterfly crew, Wang Meng was very good at adjusting, so that Xu Jinglei tried not to delay.

Speaking of which, the past few years have been Xu Jinglei's most well-known years, from "Wounded City" to "Casting Names" to "Butterfly Effect", but as a director, she has few opportunities to be a director in the past two years.

Xu Jinglei came earlier than Wang Meng, and as the starring role, she has been preparing all day today.

The two agreed last night, and when Wang Meng arrived, Xu Jinglei entertained her.

...... in the cinema

Generous speeches, interactive programs, and some testimonials, the premiere was very lively, as Wang Meng, who had just won the Golden Horse Award, although he was not the protagonist, he was also asked a lot of questions by the host.

is nothing more than Xu Jinglei is in her own crew relationship.

Chen Kexin in the audience was a little nervous: "The first transformation, although I have done it before, but the first time I have done such a big production, I am a little worried." ”

Chen Kexin saw Wang Meng staring at him, and knew that Wang Meng saw his nervousness, so he confessed in advance.

"It's useless to talk about it now, and at this time, it's time to wait for the test of the market. ”

"Hmm. Chen Kexin felt that it made sense, and he didn't talk about it when the movie started.

"Casting the Name" mainly tells the story of the autumn of 1870, the eldest brother Pang Qingyun (Jet Li) dressed in official uniform, overlooking his inauguration stage on the top of the city wall; full of ideals and ambitions, if he had not embarked on this road of no return, he was very likely to be one of the new Chinese revolutionaries who overthrew the corrupt Qing court, and created a great cause to go down in history, but unfortunately two robbers and a woman changed his life, created his success, and led to his final destruction. These two robbers are sworn brothers who have sworn life and death with him: the second brother Zhao Erhu (Andy Lau) and the third brother Jiang Wuyang (Takeshi Kaneshiro), and that woman is the second brother's wife Liansheng (Xu Jinglei).

Zhao Erhu became a robber in the troubled times, with hundreds of people to loot everywhere, he also has a way of being a thief, even if he robs, he also "robs seven and leaves three", leaving a way to live for the villagers who were robbed, and the proceeds of the robbery are used to distribute to the good people who live in a mountain village with him, so he has won the hearts of the people. Zhao Erhu loved two people the most in his life, one was his wife Liansheng, and the other was Jiang Wuyang, the third brother who followed him as a robber at the age of thirteen. Since the battle of robbing the Taiping Army's grain truck, the eldest brother Pang Qingyun, a stranger, was injured in order to block arrows for Jiang Wuyang, which made Jiang Wuyang feel the grace of saving his life, so Jiang Wuyang's worship of Pang Qingyun exceeded his worship of Zhao Erhu......

…… He took advantage of Jiang Wuyang's fanatical personality to convince him to side with him. Originally, Pang Qingyun was only one step away from success, but his actions hurt Jiang Wuyang, who admired him. At the inauguration ceremony, at the most glorious moment of power, Pang Qingyun died at the hands of assassins......

The scene is the same as the original, it is very powerful, the insider watches the door, and the layman looks lively.

As a director, Wang Meng thinks it is very good, and the details are Chen Kexin's strengths, so there is merit in the simple aspect.

After the movie, Wang Meng covered up his opinion a little, in short, he didn't lose money, but he couldn't make much.

The investment is too big, Jet Li's salary is nearly 100 million yuan, which is a bit too much. Not to mention Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro 16 million and 12 million. Xu Jinglei's 2 million is inconspicuous.

Of course, Xu Jinglei, the leading actress, has appeared for very little time, almost insignificant, and has few roles, so the salary is also small.

But...... These people add up to half of the investment, let Wang Menglai, he will definitely not accept it.

Wang Meng's crew has always been a pitiful actor with a small proportion of investment.

Take "Butterfly Effect" as an example, the female protagonist Xu Jinglei is 3 million, the male protagonist Huang Xiaoming is only 2 million, and the other supporting roles add up to less than 5 million. With an investment of 60 million, actors account for less than one-sixth.

Excluding the proportion of special effects, almost all of them are genuine investments.

Wang Meng seems to think that instead of spending a lot of money on actors, it is better to spend a lot of money on publicity?

Generally speaking, Chinese actors really don't have that much appeal abroad, with the exception of Jackie Chan.

Wang Meng's words, Chen Kexin said that he was very panicked, "Casting a Name" is going to be released worldwide, or if you don't invest nearly 300 million, the mainland will definitely not be able to recover it, and the whole of Asia is enough, so you can only rely on Europe and the United States to make some money, plus various peripheral copyrights to recover costs.

Of course, the release in Europe and the United States and the release in Asia are also the reasons for looking for Jet Li, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Andy Lau. There is a charisma.

……

After returning from the premiere of "Casting a Name", Wang Meng entered the finishing work of "Butterfly Effect".

On the 15th, Xu Jinglei's role as the female lead was completed, and after Xu Jinglei's role was completed, she immediately joined the promotion of "Casting a Name".

On December 19th, the last scene, Huang Xiaoming's scene.

Constantly watching the replay, Wang Meng patiently watched it several times, and finally ......

Seeing a lot of people looking at themselves expectantly.

"Huh...... Don't look at me like that. Well, I'm announcing that The Butterfly Effect is complete. ”

Wang Meng raised his arms and exhaled.

"Roar ......"

"Long live the director......"

…… (To be continued.) )