Chapter 629
As of February 24, the cumulative box office of "Mission Impossible 4" in Asia exceeded 330 million US dollars. The box office in China successfully exceeded 1.8 billion yuan, breaking the record of Avatar in Asia, but it was relatively weak in Europe and other regions, of course, the weakness was only for epic masterpieces such as "Avatar" and "Titanic".
On the Internet, in response to the phenomenon that Shen Lian's movies ignore the schedule, a proper noun has been taken out: Shen Lian's file.
"Mission Impossible 4" rushed into the top ten of the global movie box office in one fell swoop, and directly sent Shen Lian to the second echelon of popular Hollywood students.
Leonardo DiCaprio, who is affectionately known as Xiao Li by Chinese fans, Will Smith, Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr., and Captain Jack Johnny Depp belong to the leaders of the first echelon, Batman Christian Bale, Tom Cruise, and Matt Damon lead the second echelon, while Bradley Cooper, Shen Lian, who starred in "The Hangover" and became famous, and Brad Pitt, whose works have declined in recent years, are barely squeezed into the second echelon.
For Shen Lian, the biggest advantage is naturally the unparalleled appeal in the Asian market and the IP of "Mission Impossible" in his hand, and the disadvantage is also obvious, after all, he is a yellow race. Among the list of popular students, only Shen Lian is a non-American and British actor, which is enough to prove the xenophobia of Hollywood, and it especially reflects the difficulty of Shen Lian's current status in Hollywood...... Dividing line ......
At the end of the song, Yao Qian was not shouting to stop outside, Shen Lian breathed a sigh of relief, the result of the recording should not be a big problem, at least there are not too many flaws.
"The chorus part may need to be re-recorded, and the pitch should be slightly raised by two blocks to be better." Yao Qian leaned on the headset and listened to the playback again, then asked.
He was specially invited to make this album because of the high requirements for the album, and I hope that someone can suppress Shen Lian's mentality of getting by and make Shen Lian obedient. Hu Yu didn't have this prestige, and he didn't have such a high status in front of Shen Lian.
"Okay." Shen Lian took a cup of jasmine tea from Lin Mo's hand, moistened his throat, and re-entered the recording studio.
"The lyrics are as high as ever, and the soundtrack is also great, with a very emotional piano sound, and a very dramatic string performance, intertwined back and forth to form a moving arrangement, pure listening, that is, there is a kind of power to touch people's hearts. But the singing level, I have to admit that the current Shen Lian has a lot of decline compared with five years ago. Yao Qian whispered outside.
It's still very good, but there is still a difference compared to the CD player that was indistinguishable from the record back then.
For a whole day, Shen Lian spent the whole day in the recording studio, resting when he was tired of singing, and he didn't know how much jasmine tea he drank.
"If I drink it again, I will definitely have diarrhea when I go back tonight, and I won't be able to record it tomorrow." Shen Lian joked with Yao Qian.
"The medicine can't be stopped, your breath is obviously not as good as it was back then." Yao Qian reminded seriously.
After all, now that I'm a movie star, the amount of energy I put into music is definitely much less.
After returning to the apartment, Shen Lian turned on the computer and checked the final box office results of "Mission Impossible 4".
The result of 1.12 billion US dollars surpassed the fifth-ranked "Lord of the Rings. The Return of the King" scored 270,000 US dollars, ranking among the top five in history. Among them, the Asian market swept 360 million US dollars, the first in history. Among them, the most important is the Chinese movie box office, "Mission Impossible 4" has increased the record of 1.3 billion held by "Avatar" by half, and the box office performance of 1.94 billion RMB is second only to the North American box office.
For the first time, the capacity of the Chinese film market shocked the entire Hollywood. Among them, the addition that Shen Lian brought to the movie is absolutely self-evident. Paramount, for its part, is also actively trying to sign the terms of the next three parts with Shen Lian.
And as compensation, Paramount also promised Tom Cruise to cooperate with him in the development of a new IP movie, the "Prodigal Son" Jack Racher series of novels by well-known British writer Lee Chard. Jack Reicher series of novels hit the British Times best-selling list upon their publication, and won the Anthony Award, one of the highest awards for mystery fiction in the United States. At present, the "Jack Racher" series has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, and more than 40 translations have sold well all over the world. Paramount has pledged to invest more than $70 million in the production with Tom.
"How much money did you make while still counting "Mission Impossible 4"?" Guo Biting's voice came from behind.
"By the way, I will help you read the script, a good friend, participated in and invested in a TV series, and wants to find you to be the female number one." Shen Lian clicked wildly and opened a folder containing the first ten episodes of the script.
"Old friends? Who is it? Guo Biting wondered.
"Feng Shaofeng."
"He's still filming TV series now, didn't he say that he would go all out to hit the big screen?" Feng Shaofeng is now fighting with Huang Xiaoming for the position of Huayi's first brother, and it is said that he will cooperate with Xu Ke in the second part of "Di Renjie", and it is strange that he can free up his hands to shoot a TV series.
"It's said to be a work to give back to fans, but I think it should be a way to ensure popularity with an unstable foundation." The big screen has never been so easy to rush on, especially for a small student like Feng Shaofeng, without the ability to carry the box office, it is difficult to say that there are any big opportunities. And for actors, or for actors like Feng Shaofeng, making TV series can make more money than making movies.
"What type of TV series?" It is impossible for him to cooperate with Shen Lian in all his works, even if he is a member of Shen Lian's studio. After all, Feng Shaofeng has collaborated with Guo Biting in a TV series, and the two of them are quite familiar with each other, and they also know each other's character.
"An iron-blooded and tender costume drama that takes place in the context of the successive battles of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, "King Lanling". The total investment in the script may reach more than 100 million, which is an astronomical amount by the standard of costume idol dramas. "Costume dramas are also different from fashion dramas, there is no pressure to insert advertisements when there is nothing to do, "You from the Stars" is such a large investment, and a lot of money is recovered from advertising fees, but in "Lanling King", it is impossible.
"The investment exceeded 100 million! , "The King of Lanling"? Guo Biting was both questioning and surprised. With her level of education and education, it is really normal not to know King Lanling. To tell the truth, not to mention the Taiwanese, there are not so many people in the mainland who know Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling. Compared with the Three Kingdoms that were well promoted, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and even the Chu and Han Dynasties, Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, is really not familiar.
"Can I play the heroine?" Guo Biting asked in a trembling voice, the probability of failure of this kind of TV series with investment is very low, and it definitely belongs to the resources that the little flowers in the circle are striving for, and even some middle flowers will come to grab it.
"Still talking, Shao Feng recommended you to investors, and some people are inclined to Yang Mi, but Yang Mi has just made public his relationship with Liu Kaiwei, at this time, Feng Shaofeng may not be so willing to cooperate with her, and the remaining two candidates are Lin Yichen and Tang Yan, but at present, you have the greatest hope." Shen Lian explained.
'If it's confirmed to star, Tingting, I'm afraid you're going to go to the gym.' The scenes in the TV series are quite intense, and you may need to have good physical fitness. Guo Biting has never liked exercise. It belongs to the physique that is not easy to get fat, and it has never been a person who eats a lot. But relatively speaking, it is also a very weak girl.
"Well, but I'm going to go and see the life of King Lanling first, and at least make some preparations. This is also a good habit that I developed after following Shen Lian. Although there has not been much progress in her acting skills, Guo Biting's efforts have helped her on the set, at least, to understand the life of the character, and to better understand the different moods of the characters in different periods.
The producers are Shanghai Film Emperor and Yaoke Media. The president of Yaoke Media was also a senior executive of Emperor before, and as far as this TV series is concerned, the Emperor's words carry a lot of weight, and Shen Lian mediates from it, and the probability of winning the role of Yang Xuewu for Guo Biting is really not low.