At the beginning, Huang Xiaoming won the opportunity to audition for Cheng Peng, and now Cheng Peng has returned the opportunity to him; After the audition, Huang Xiaoming invited him to dinner, and now he must be invited back.

When Cheng Peng finished the audition in the morning and walked out of the audition hall, he saw that there were still many artists who had not left, waiting at the door to prepare for the afternoon audition.

Seeing these people, Cheng Peng remembered his former self, and felt a little emotion in his heart, so he said: "Let's go to dinner, only when you are full of food and drink can you have energy, otherwise I, the director, will look at it, oops, this one looks like a person who has not eaten enough, no!" Oops, how does that look like a malnourished, no! So let's all go to eat, the body matters! ”

The auditioners all laughed: "Director, then let's go to dinner!" ”

When he came to the private room of the restaurant, Huang Xiaoming was already waiting inside. ordered the food, and the two chatted while eating.

first talked about their experiences over the past year, and then talked about some things in the circle, and the topic quickly returned to the movie "Myth".

Cheng Peng said seriously: "Xiaoming, there is no problem for you to play Yi Xiaochuan, but it is still far from playing Meng Yi, so you will be trained for about five months." The investment in this film is very large, and there is no room for the slightest sloppiness, so I hope you are fully committed, and in the first month from training to the end of filming, I hope you will not accept advertisements and endorsements, and put all your thoughts on the movie. I know this is a bit harsh and will bring a lot of losses, but the effort is worth it, and after the movie is released, everyone will see a different you, and other directors will also see your ability, and the big production will come to you! ”

Tong Dawei is a cream boy in the eyes of many people, but he played an iron-blooded soldier in "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", and the whole person's drama road was broadened at once, and big productions also came to the door. Tong Dawei is just a supporting role in "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", but he gave Huang Xiaoming the real male number one.

Huang Xiaoming frowned when he heard this, he couldn't accept advertisements and endorsements for a few months, this loss was too great, millions!

It means that there is no income for this year!

Huang Xiaoming pondered for a few seconds and said, "I'm not afraid of a long cycle. But it's a bit difficult not to accept advertisements and endorsements, to be honest, the company will definitely not agree, and now the whole company is pointing to me to make money! ”

Hearing Huang Xiaoming say this, Cheng Peng knew that he was a little hesitant, Huang Xiaoming's relationship with the owner Century Element Company was very poor, "The Condor Heroes" was picked up privately, and it did not pass through the company, and the two sides later went to court, if Huang Xiaoming wanted to take "Myth". Companies simply can't stop it. Persuaded: "Xiao Ming." You can't just look at the present, participating in such a big production will definitely be good for your future development, only if you participate in such a big production, other big productions will dare to find you, otherwise who will dare to use you rashly. Then you'll have to work your way up from the supporting role! ”

Huang Xiaoming nodded, it was precisely because of such benefits that he hesitated, otherwise he would have refused directly: "I understand what you said, the advantages and disadvantages are more obvious, but the stakes are very high, I have to discuss it with the agent and the company!" ”

Cheng Peng nodded and said, "That's okay, you discuss it with the company as soon as possible, I'll wait for your news!" ”

Had lunch. Cheng Peng returned to the company and called Zhao Linlin over: "Linlin, you go and ask Nie Yuan's schedule!" ”

"What, Huang Xiaoming is reluctant to act?"

He was a little hesitant and planned to give a reply after discussing with the agent and the company. Be prepared! ”

Zhao Linlin shook her head and said, "I'm afraid it's no fun to discuss with the agent and the brokerage company, these are people who take care of their immediate interests!" ”

Cheng Peng quickly got Nie Yuan's schedule, he took over a 42-episode TV series, which had just started filming and would not be filmed until February next year.

At the same time, Huang Xiaoming was discussing the matter of "Myth" with his agent Zhou Siwei.

Zhou Siwei didn't rush to give his answer: "Xiaoming, tell me what you think!" ”

Huang Xiaoming liked the script of "Myth" very much, but he refused commercial activities for a few months, which he found difficult to accept: "The script of the movie is very good, the investment is very large, and Cheng Peng is my friend, I want to act in this movie." But to make this film, you have to train for 5 months, plus the filming time and publicity, it takes almost a year. The salary of the movie is at most 1 million, and I signed a contract with "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", I will lose a lot of money when I quit at this time, that is to say, for a whole year, there is almost no income, and I can't make up my mind now! ”

Zhou Siwei nodded and said, "Since this is the case, let's analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the two, and see if the benefits are big or the disadvantages are big!" ”

"You say!"

"The advantage is that after the film is filmed, you can go to the film festival, you can get exposure from foreign media, which helps to improve your image, and once the film is successful, your future film road will be easy to follow!"

"And what about the downside?"

"First, I can't endorse and advertise for nearly a year, and this loss is millions; Second, no one can guarantee the success of "Myth", the "Jade Guanyin" TV series and novel are very popular, the director of the movie version is still Xu Anhua, and the actors are Nicholas Tse and Zhao Wei, but the box office is not even 10 million, and "The Condor Heroes" will definitely be popular; Third, "The Condor Heroes" is about to start, and withdrawing now will cause the entire crew to be unable to start up, and the actors need to be re-selected and retrained, which definitely offends Zhang Jizhong to death. You should know how strong Zhang Jizhong's connections are in this circle, at the end of last year, Zhang Yu exposed Huang Jianzhong's unspoken rules, and Zhang Jizhong stood up and called for Zhang Yu to be banned, can you still see Zhang Yu now? Fourth, tear up the contract and quit the crew when it was about to start, causing the crew to not be able to start up normally, what do you let the supporters of "The Condor Heroes" think, and what do you let other crews think of you, which is a great harm to your image! ”

Huang Xiaoming was speechless for a moment, this is obviously more harmful than good!

"If an actress takes Cheng Peng's film, it is right to go to the film festival and walk the red carpet, but the red carpet does not help the actor much, Chen Kun starred in "Balzac and the Little Tailor" was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival, or was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, how much does it improve Chen Kun's status? Xia Yu is still a Venice actor, how many people abroad know him? We should be down-to-earth, first do a good job in the domestic market and then consider foreign countries, the domestic market has not stood still, just think about the foreign market, that is a tree without roots! ”

Huang Xiaoming felt that the agent's words were quite reasonable, and nodded: "You are right, I understand what to do!" ”

A few minutes later. Huang Xiaoming dialed Cheng Peng's phone: "Xiaopeng, I'm really sorry, I can't play "Myth", the filming cycle is too long, and "The Condor Heroes" is about to start, and if I quit now, I will eat a lawsuit, I don't want to cause trouble!" ”

Cheng Peng now knows why Zhang Yimou likes to use newcomers, only newcomers can receive a few months, or even a year of training: "It's okay, I can understand." Let's have a chance to cooperate again in the future! ”

"You're going home for the Spring Festival, right? When the time comes, we will get together together. I'll treat you to dinner! ”

"Okay. Then we're done! ”

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Peng shook his head, he didn't contact Gu Tianle at the beginning because he knew that it would be like this, Gu Tianle was famous enough. There is a lack of movies at all, and he will definitely refuse, but he didn't expect Huang Xiaoming to be the result.

In fact, this kind of thing is not unusual, Shu Qi originally refused this movie because of the low salary of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and the training required several months and the long shooting cycle, so he refused this movie and went to shoot a Japanese oolong tea commercial, which finally made Zhang Ziyi.

That's Ang Lee, who still holds the Golden Bear and Oscar nominations!

Cheng Peng is nothing more than a Silver Bear winner. What's more, he has only one movie released in China so far, and no one dares to guarantee that "Myth" will be popular.

In the evening, the main creators of the crew gathered in the office, with a large stack of photos of the actors in front of them, seriously discussing Meng Yi's candidate.

Among the four major students, Lu Yi is too elegant. No way; Chen Kun is too feminine and can't do it; Hu Bing is too tall to play, and he is not suitable for ancient costumes; As for Li Yapeng, if he is allowed to act, it is estimated that Meng Yi will be able to jump out of the coffin and strangle Cheng Peng to death!

Younger students, Liu Ye is melancholy; Tong Dawei is too creamy; Yin Xiaotian is too modern, not heroic enough, and not good.

"I think Hu Jun is a good choice, his acting skills are absolutely fine, and his line skills are good, he played Qiao Feng domineering in "Dragon Babu", and there is definitely no problem in playing Meng Yi!"

"He is Huayi's person, and now we are digging into the corner of Huayi, I'm afraid there will be problems with him, the risk is too great, no!" Cheng Peng has considered Hu Jun from the beginning, he has played Zhao Yun, Xiang Yu, and Meng Yi is definitely easy to do, but he is Huayi's people, Cheng Peng and they have been secretly digging people from Huayi's Propaganda Department recently, so that they can strengthen their propaganda power, and at the same time can disrupt Huayi's propaganda rhythm, so that the relationship with Huayi will inevitably deteriorate. If Huayi uses some means to get Hu Jun to quit before the movie starts, it will be a big trouble.

was overshadowed once in "Invasion of Darkness", and Cheng Peng didn't dare to take risks!

"How is Zhao Wenzhuo? He looks very good in "Supreme Red Face", and he is very skilled! ”

"Zhao Wenzhuo is suitable for playing the role of elegance and introverted personality, suitable for playing a great master, not suitable for a general, he lacks the temperament of a soldier, and he is not short of filming!"

In fact, only looks and temperament are said, and there are some that match, such as Shao Bin, the actor of Nangong Yan in the original version of "Myth", is not bad, but he is not famous enough. For such a big production of hundreds of millions of dollars, if there is no first-line male star to play the role of publicity, it will be a loss, and it will be unattractive to the audience, Zhang Yimou has to find a big star to play a big production.

After some discussion, there was no result, Cheng Peng leaned back in his chair and raised his head to the sky and shouted: "Heaven, earth, give me a male protagonist!" ”

At this time, Zhang Meng's eyes lit up, and he slapped the table, looking very excited: "I thought of a particularly suitable candidate, with a suitable image and temperament, enough fame, and appeal!" ”

Cheng Peng sat up suddenly: "Who?" ”

Zhang Meng stared at Cheng Peng and smiled: "You! ”

The eyes of everyone in the crew were focused on Cheng Peng's body, and their eyes lit up: "This is a good idea!" ”

"That's right, I think it's more in line with the character image than Huang Xiaoming, and you are a practitioner, and you are definitely better than Huang Xiaoming in martial arts!"

"Self-directed and self-acting, this is particularly eye-catching, and it is also a special gimmick for publicity!"

Cheng Peng pondered for two seconds, shook his head and said: "No, I don't have time, I can play Yi Xiaochuan, but Meng Yi can't, I don't have the iron-blooded sense of a soldier!" ”

"Huang Xiaoming also lacks the temperament of a soldier, so why did you choose him?"

"It's because he didn't, so I just let him train for a few months, otherwise it wouldn't be so troublesome, I don't have that much time to train at all!"

Zhao Linlin said: "Xiaopeng, I remember that some time ago you said that our company is not professional enough, there is no professional division of labor, and now we have recruited a lot of people, and there are almost all the departments that should be, and you can hand over a lot of things to various departments to do. ”

Cheng Peng pondered for a while, nodded and said, "You have a point, in this way, borrow two sets of Qin Jun's armor as soon as possible and take a trial photo to see the effect!" ”