Chapter 118

The crew who is interested in filming with Chen Mo knows that Chen Mo can only take on two periods of time in a year, one is summer vacation and the other is winter vacation.

Therefore, a month before the winter vacation arrived, the crew who intended to ask Chen Mo to be the leading actor handed over the script to Yang Qindong in various ways.

After the initial screening, Yang Qindong finally left two movie scripts and four TV series scripts for Chen Mo to choose.

Two of the film scripts are urban dramas. One is an inspirational romantic drama called "Rookie Has Spring". It tells the story of a social freshman who has just graduated from college and works to buy a house and fall in love after entering the society, the theme is not novel, but the plot and line design definitely cater to the audience's taste, humorous and witty with a little comedy exaggeration, as long as the director and actors are not too bad, it is estimated that it will be a small explosion after the release.

The other is "Peak Showdown", an urban gunfight martial arts film, about a fledgling Interpol who is ordered to track down an international arms smuggler. As a result, in the process of investigating the case, he broke into the international thief Sky and stole the painting in the castle of the arms smuggler. The two fight in the castle and inadvertently trigger the alarm wolf Bèi to flee. After security, it turned out that there was a chip hidden in the oil painting that Sky had stolen, and this chip was the number of the latest weapons researched by arms smugglers.

When such an important thing is stolen, arms smugglers naturally send people to hunt down Interpol rookies and international thieves in various ways. The international thief was only hired to steal the painting, but he was accidentally involved in a conspiracy for power and profit, and was not only hunted down, but also wanted by Interpol. Every time you get into danger. In the end, the international thieves had no choice but to reach an agreement with Interpol to deal with the killers sent by the arms smugglers and the enemies hidden in Interpol. After the case was solved, Interpol had to arrest the international thief because of his duties, but he deliberately showed flaws in the operation and was run away by the international thief.

Chen Mo glanced at the final plot and lines of the script, raised his eyebrows and asked, "The series?" ”

Yang Qindong nodded, and added: "I heard that the crew and investors are interested in inviting Zhao Sen or Chen Wei'an to play the role of an international thief. These two are both quasi-first-line actors in China, especially Zhao Sen also won the Golden Crow Award for Best Actor last year, and his strength and box office appeal are very stable. Other characters also intend to invite domestic second-tier actors or first-line actors to come over for cameos...... It can be said that the crew is still very sincere. ”

Of course, what is more sincere is that the crew paid Chen Mo 10 million. This is definitely a sky-high price for a person who has only made two movies in the three years since his debut.

Of course, Chen Mo himself is also worth the price. Let's not talk about anything else for the time being, just talk about Chen Mo's national popularity and national favorability, as well as the ability to automatically and consciously grab the headlines no matter what you do, you can completely explode most of the super first-line superstars in China. Any crew invites Chen Mo to cooperate, and it will save a lot of trouble in the promotion of the first part.

In this era of capital control where the heroine's worth can soar to 20 million with just one online drama becoming a hit, Chen Mo has debuted for three years and has dominated entertainment headlines all year round, and his own salary has only exceeded 10 million, and there is nothing to brag about seriously.

After feeling the sincerity of the crew of "Peak Showdown", Chen Mo turned over the scripts of the other four TV series. A youth campus drama, a Xianxia drama, a costume idol drama with a historical theme, and an urban romance drama with a fashion theme......

All the plot plots are similar to popular dramas of the same genre, and there is really nothing new.

Chen Mo rolled his eyes twice and didn't want to look at it. threw aside the four TV series scripts, pointed to the script of "Peak Showdown" and said, "I think it's okay for this." But I'm not interested in that Interpol role. I want to play the thief Sky. ”

In the setting of "Peak Showdown", although the thief Sky is not the male lead, the screenwriter is also very careful in character design and line design. In particular, it highlights Sky's chic personality that is different from the male protagonist's righteousness and evil, as well as his simple and beautiful skills, whether it is literary drama or martial arts, the lines are very much in line with Chen Mo's taste. There is a desire to try.

As for the male number one Interpol specially tailored for him proposed by the crew, Chen Mo didn't feel anything.

For general agents or brokerage companies, of course, they hope that their artists can take on the roles of male number one and female number one. First, the salary is generous enough, and secondly, the male and female protagonists are responsible for the box office, and if the response is good after the release of the work, it will be easier to raise the price. Needless to say, sign the endorsement run notice.

But Chen Mo is different from ordinary artists, although he keeps saying that he is an actor as a profession, he has been debuting for more than three years, but he has focused more on his studies. doesn't seem to care much about his acting career plan. It feels like the nature of the ticket is a bit bigger.

In addition, when the contract was signed, it was clearly stipulated that the company would focus on the wishes of the artist, so Yang Qindong basically didn't say anything when it came to Chen Mo's selection of scripts.

But this time it's different.

Yang Qindong frowned, hesitated, and said: "Liang Zheng, the director of "Peak Showdown", is best at shooting films with the theme of gunfights and martial arts for so many years. And he is very good at praising people, and now the first-line stars in the circle, Liu Zhenhui, He Qingqiao, and Wang Baolu are basically brought out by him. If you play the male lead......"

Yang Qindong's words were not finished, and Chen Mo already understood. He smiled, threw the script to Yang Qindong, and said, "But the role of the thief Sky is indeed better than the male lead." I know what Brother Dong means, but think about it from a different angle. If I play the leading actor, Zhao Sen or Chen Wei'an to play Sky, their acting skills are already better than mine, and they have more experience than me, and my character is not as good as theirs, how can I shoot the scene? If the acting is not good, isn't it just that I will match them in the name of the male lead? ”

Yang Qindong was stunned when he heard this.

Chen Mo's index finger knocked on the coffee table of the script, pondered for a moment, and said: "You are like this, you communicate with their crew." Let's just say I'm not interested in the role of the detective...... Anyway, this script says that it is a criminal police male protagonist, but in fact, it is almost a double male protagonist. I'll play the thief, let them change the role of the criminal police, it doesn't matter if they add a little more drama and more connotation, portray the role more maturely, and let Zhao Sen or Chen Wei'an play the criminal police. ”

Yang Qindong knew that Chen Mo had always been stubborn, and if it was something he had made up his mind, it would be difficult for others to persuade him. What's more, Chen Mo's words also make sense, let Chen Mo play the unruly young thief who is both righteous and evil, and let an old actor like Zhao Sen or Chen Wei'an play Interpol with a story in his heart, it seems that this combination is better than the original character design of the script.

Yang Qindong blinked, and sure enough, he got up and called Liang Zheng, the director of "Peak Showdown", and first greeted him politely, showing that Chen Mo was very interested in the script. Then the conversation changed and asked to change the script.

For directors and screenwriters, it is taboo for actors to dictate filming. No matter how big a director is, he doesn't like his actors to think too much, and he hates the bad habit of actors who want to change the script at every turn.

However, the current situation in the entertainment industry is like this, no matter what level of actor is filming, he hopes that he can have more shots and a richer level of expression. Therefore, it is not uncommon for first-line actors to ask directors and screenwriters to eat and ask to change their plays, and investors to wave money and ask directors and screenwriters to add scenes and roles.

Liang Zheng has been a director for so many years, and he has long been accustomed to such things. But habit is habit, and disgust is disgust. After Liang Zheng and the screenwriter heard Yang Qindong's request to change the script, they couldn't help but feel repulsed.

Fortunately, everyone is an adult and is used to seeing this kind of thing. Liang Zheng smiled quietly: "It's a good thing to have ideas. This also proves that Chen Mo has read our script carefully. But Adong, you also know that this script is all linked to each other, where is it so easy to change. So, let's find a time to get together and sit down and discuss it face-to-face. ”

At this time, Liang Zheng still wanted to listen to Chen Mo's meaning first, and if he didn't change much, he would agree, and if he changed too much, he had to refuse the idea.

However, when the two sides met, Director Liang and the screenwriter were a little surprised when they heard that Chen Mo disliked the character of the male protagonist and wanted to play the second male sky, so when they asked the screenwriter to change the role of the male protagonist to cooperate with other actors, they were a little surprised.

Even the screenwriter's uncle couldn't help but confirm curiously: "What Mr. Chen means is that you don't want to play the male lead, you just want to play the second male lead, and in order to play the second male lead, you even agreed to add drama to the male lead, just to make the role more brilliant and more suitable for the actor?" ”

Chen Mo nodded, and casually said his understanding of the characters, and even his views on how to balance the plot of the two-male protagonist film.

The screenwriter who listened nodded again and again, and in the end, he almost wanted to introduce Chen Mo as a confidant. Chen Mo's idea of wanting to change the script is also completely untenable.

Director Liang Zheng listened silently for a while, and also felt that Chen Mo's idea was very useful. At least after Chen Mo's change, the characters are more contradictory, the plot conflict is more violent, and it is closer to the audience's taste.

This time, of course, the party was a happy one.

For more than half a month, director Liang Zheng and the screenwriter have been working on the change of the script, during which the screenwriter also kept in touch with Chen Mo on the phone from time to time to constantly communicate about the changes to the script.

After the new script came out, Chen Mo learned that the role of Interpol after the change would be played by Zhao Sen, the actor of last year's Golden Crow Awards.

It's also very dramatic to say. Originally, when Zhao Sen received the invitation from the crew, he was not interested in playing the role of the international thief Sky. He is now almost forty years old, and he just won the honor of Golden Crow Award actor last year, proving his acting skills and strength, which should be the stage of transformation.

Therefore, Zhao Sen wants to receive some challenging roles, and he is no longer interested in the role of the international thief Sky. It's just that because of Director Liang's kindness, and the salary given by the filmmaker is really generous, Zhao Sen is not embarrassed to refuse bluntly. The attitude has always been ambiguous.

The crew also felt that Zhao Sen's interest was lacking, so when contacting Zhao Sen, they also contacted another actor, Chen Wei'an. Chen Wei'an is about the same age as Zhao Sen, although he is not as good as Zhao Sen in terms of acting talent and has not won the actor, but Chen Wei'an's character is more tenacious than Zhao Sen, and he is more diligent and hard-working. Moreover, Chen Wei'an is a singer turned actor, and there are many die-hard fans. So as long as Chen Wei'an's movies are filmed, the box office is still guaranteed.

But Chen Wei'an's schedule is a little unscheduled. If you want to take on this role, you must shoot two dramas together, and you have to focus on another drama. In addition, Chen Mo was busy with the final exam at that time, and he didn't have time to finalize the contract with the crew. dragged on until the end, Chen Mo proposed to change the role and change the script, and the screenwriter made changes according to his words, but he put more effort into the character design of the two male protagonists. After that, he took the newly changed script to talk to Zhao Sen and Chen Wei'an, but he didn't expect that after Zhao Sen saw the new script, he was very interested in the role of Interpol, who was hovering between revenge and ideals with a sea of blood and hatred. Immediately call Liang Zheng to confirm the role.

Compared with Chen Wei'an, whose schedule is always uncertain, directors and investors are of course more inclined to Zhao Sen, who has just won the Golden Crow Actor. The two sides hit it off. At the launch conference, the actor Zhao Sen, who learned that the idea of the new script came from Chen Mo, was even more familiar with Chen Mo at first sight. Chen Mo also likes this northern man with a calm and honest personality. The two exchanged words from time to time, talking about the characters.

Director Liang Zheng is happy to see such an atmosphere come to fruition.

However, some people will disagree with each other, and the crew is also a small river, and there will be conflicts of interest and different positions. It is not uncommon to talk happily in person, and there are all kinds of people who are not pleasing to the eye and even say bad things behind the scenes.

It's just that when I want to squat, I hear someone say bad things about myself while asking pao-

This TMD is more embarrassing!