Just after the "Don't Talk to Strangers" crew was ready, Lin Zhimo also received a call from Zhang Yimou - the hero crew is about to start filming.

The drama "Hero" has attracted a wide range of media coverage at the beginning of filming, not to mention others, just looking at these actors almost includes the essence of the three generations of Chinese actors, whether it is Chen Zhiming's veteran acting skills, Li Lianjie's wonderful fights, Liang Chaowei's melancholy outstanding, Zhang Manyu's three points, Zhang Ziyi's aura or Lin Zhimo's fascination, almost every one of them can make an independent film alone, but they gathered together under Zhang Yimou's call.

So when the media learned about this list of actors, the first thought was that Zhang Yimou was crazy, and the second thought was to start guessing how much box office the film would receive in the end, because if the box office is not high, I am afraid that this drama will become an unprecedented hole in the history of Chinese films.

Li Lianjie's salary alone needs at least 50 million, plus Liang Chaowei and Zhang Manyu, the two top actors and actresses in Hong Kong, as well as Lin Zhimo, a new international actor, the salary alone will exceed 70 million yuan, plus the grand scene revealed by Zhang Yimou in an interview and the filming around the world, the production cost may eventually exceed 100 million yuan.

And the total box office of Chinese films in the previous year was only more than 200 million yuan, how can Zhang Yimou ensure that the cost is recovered and then make money?

Of course, these things have little to do with Lin Zhimo, he has been thinking about the role since he received the script of "Hero" some time ago.

It is different from Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Zhang Yimou's "hero" is more like a martial arts film in comparison. Of course, like "My Father and Mother" before, seeing this script, Lin Zhimo couldn't imagine what the effect would be after the filming of the movie was completed, because the script was too short.

The thickness of this "hero" script is a bit shabby compared to its huge investment - no more than three or four thin sheets of paper in total, and the dialogue between the characters is very concise, so it can be said that the most time of the film is still spent on fight scenes.

Lin Zhimo plays a chivalrous man in this film - Changkong, in order to help his good friend Nameless complete the great cause of assassinating Qin, he chose the two to cooperate in front of the Qin warriors to stage a fake and real fight, and then pretended to be dead in order to hide from Qin Shi Huang, so that Nameless could take ten steps forward to drink with Qin Shi Huang.

There are not many scenes in the sky. Among several actors, he has the least role. But Lin Zhimo still chose to join the crew. In addition to wanting to see how several actors with superb acting skills act, he also wants to learn how to be a good director from Zhang Yimou's side.

Among many directors in China and around the world, Zhang Yimou is the top master of the use of color in films, and there will be strict color changes in each of his works. This may have something to do with the fact that he is a photographer. And Lin Zhimo now has a strong interest in the shooting skills of any director.

However, for Lin Zhimo to join the "hero" crew. On the Internet, there are some differences among his fans. Some of them support Lin Zhimo to participate in this kind of big production. In addition to gaining great fame, you can also make your own connections; And the other part is those more blind fans, who think that the current Lin Zhimo has the ability to take the lead. Why would you rather be a phoenix tail than a chicken head?

Although Lin Zhimo has taken a stake in Tencent, he is not a networm who loves to surf the Internet, and he is not very clear about the opinions on these networks, and he only found out after Huo Xiwen told him.

"Zhimo, I think you need to make some clear statements about this at the later launch conference, otherwise it will have some very adverse effects on you if you don't handle it well." Huo Xiwen said to Lin Zhimo with a serious expression.

Lin Zhimo didn't pay much attention to this, after all, no actor's fans are monolithic, there will always be some rational fans and fanatical fans. It wasn't until Huo Xiwen said this that he became cautious: "Sister Wen, is there anything strange about this?" ”

Huo Xiwen shook his head: "I don't know exactly what will happen, but if someone is making trouble behind it at this time, it's hard to say." ”

Lin Zhimo was stunned for a moment, then he was shocked, and a layer of cold sweat oozed from his forehead. As Huo Xiwen said, if someone is behind the scenes at this time, it will be a very huge harm to Lin Zhimo!

Those who don't like Lin Zhimo don't need to show up and attack Lin Zhimo directly, they just need to pretend to be Lin Zhimo's fans and make some ridiculous remarks about Li Lianjie, Liang Chaowei and others, and make some remarks such as why he, an international actor, played a supporting role, and how can you play the leading role.

In this way, it is easy to make Lin Zhimo's reputation stink on the Internet, at least a big hat that does not respect the predecessors of the entertainment industry will be firmly buckled on Lin Zhimo's head.

Thinking about this, Lin Zhimo didn't dare to be careless, and carefully discussed with Huo Xiwen how to deal with it in the future.

Sure enough, as Huo Xiwen expected, at the subsequent "Hero" launch conference, a reporter asked malily: "Lin Zhimo, do you think that being able to cooperate with director Zhang Yimou, Li Lianjie, Liang Chaowei and others means that you are now the first person in the new generation of actors?" ”

Lin Zhimo cursed in his heart when he heard this, but he pretended to be strange and asked, "Hey, how can you have such thoughts?" Didn't Director Zhang already introduce it just now, I was just a small supporting role in the film. If I'm the first of the new generation you said, why shouldn't I have a leading actor and just be satisfied with a supporting role...... Is the 'first of the new generation' you said too low-grade or is Zhang Yimou's director level not high? ”

Because he was very dissatisfied with these people who sow discord in his heart, Lin Zhimo spoke quite politely and directly rejected the other party's question. Sometimes in the entertainment industry, just having a good face doesn't work, it will only make people think that you are a good bully, and you must be able to bend and stretch, be soft and hard.

The reporter's face was blue and red when Lin Zhimo refuted it, as if he was doing a trick, but in the end, he didn't know what to say and could only sit down.

However, when he sat down, the reporter continued to stand up and asked: "Then Lin Zhimo, can you explain to us why you chose to play a supporting role in this film?" ”

Lin Zhimo knew that this problem was the key to solving the problem, so he replied cautiously: "There are many issues that an actor needs to consider when choosing a script, but I can guarantee that whether the role is the protagonist or a supporting role is definitely not the most important consideration for an actor, and even many actors will take the initiative to turn down the opportunity to lead the actor and choose a supporting role instead, because this supporting role may be more able to give full play to his acting skills and achieve a kind of resonance with himself." ”

Speaking of this, Lin Zhimo smiled slightly: "This is the case with this film, maybe I am not a protagonist in the film, but I think the role of Changkong is like Director Zhang Yimou tailor-made for me, I told myself in my heart when I received this script, I am Changkong." I don't think my performance in the film will disappoint the people who support me. ”

At this time, Zhang Yimou on the side also picked up the microphone and said: "I am personally very optimistic about Lin Zhimo, after I made this book, the producer asked me who the actors needed, and the first name I said was not Li Lianjie, not Liang Chaowei, nor Zhang Manyu, but Lin Zhimo!" I was the first to name Lin Zhimo and asked him to play Changkong. ”

Final word!

With Zhang Yimou's words, it can be said that the potential risks about Lin Zhimo have been completely eliminated. Although Lin Zhimo didn't know whether what Zhang Yimou said was true or false, he still bowed and expressed his gratitude.

In August, Lin Zhimo came to Hengdian Film and Television City to participate in the production of the film, and just when Lin Zhimo was carefully preparing for filming, a whirlwind about Lin Zhimo from the outside world was gradually taking shape.

The reason is because of a TV series - Deep Love and Rainy Clouds are about to officially start.

This TV series has been broadcast in the Treasure Island area, but because of the mainland's strict review mechanism, the review has not been completed until now, and compared to the version broadcast on the Treasure Island, there are still a few episodes missing from the mainland.

At the beginning of the TV series, the crew played the gold-lettered signboard of "Huanzhu Gege's original team" when they were publicizing, of course, the focus of the crew's publicity was still on Gu Juji, Su Youpeng, Lin Xinru, and Zhao Wei.

But despite this, the audience still began to discuss what role Lin Zhimo would play in the play, after all, Lin Zhimo can be said to be the most famous actor in this drama now, so although everyone knows that Lin Zhimo is playing a small supporting role, everyone is still very concerned about Lin Zhimo's demeanor as an international actor.

At the same time, Zhao Baogang's "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" also began to broadcast the previous publicity, compared to the half-concealment of the crew of "Deep Love and Rain", Zhao Baogang's measures were much more generous - directly broadcast the funny tidbits of Lin Zhimo on the set.

I have to say that Zhao Baogang knows very well what the current audience likes, when Lin Zhimo's shooting tidbits were launched on the Internet, the click-through rate increased steadily, and correspondingly, the fame of the TV series "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" also began to rise.

And the broadcast time of the two dramas is also very coincidental, the day when "Love is Deep and Rainy" ends is exactly the day when "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" starts, and the ratings of the two dramas can be directly compared. (To be continued......)