Chapter 272: Huang Bo's Choice
"Sister Hua!" Zhang Yuxuan greeted Wang Jinghua with a smile on his face.
Wang Jinghua came directly to Zhang Yuxuan on the second day of the phone call with Zhang Yuxuan.
Obviously, Zhang Yimou's influence is still too great, so that Wang Jinghua can't sit still.
"Yuxuan. I won't say much else, I just want to hear what you think. After all, this is a play directed by Zhang Yi, and you were still selected as the male lead. I really don't understand why you would want to turn down this kind of opportunity. Wang Jinghua asked the reason very bluntly.
"Anyway, I'm not optimistic that adapting a foreign film into our national film will be successful." Zhang Yuxuan replied.
"What is the reason for this? Why can't we successfully adapt foreign movies? This kind of reason can't convince anyone. Wang Jinghua shook her head.
"Sister Hua, the main reason is that we and foreigners have different ways of thinking, different logic, and even different worldviews. Building on this difference, and then wanting to adapt a foreign story into a story of our country, do you think it is normal? If the basic logic and worldview remain unchanged, what will it look like to adapt it into the story of our country? Isn't it like four? If even the logic and worldview had changed, the story would have been completely different. It's even more confusing......" Zhang Yuxuan explained.
But Wang Jinghua shook her head: "If we don't understand the thinking logic of foreigners, then why can their movies get so much box office in our country?" It's like the Titanic, why has it been able to dominate our domestic box office records for so long, for decades? Also, Xiangjiang's movie Infernal Affairs, Xiangjiang people like it, we mainlanders like it, and after the copyright was bought, the adaptation into "The Departed" was also a great success. So your argument doesn't make sense at all. ”
"......" Zhang Yuxuan heard Wang Jinghua say this, and for a while, he didn't know what to say.
"So, why did you refuse director Zhang Yimou's film invitation? You know, you're the number one! Give me an explanation, a reason that will convince me. Wang Jinghua looked at Zhang Yuxuan seriously: "You know, under normal circumstances, I won't interfere too much in what choices you make, but I am still very serious about some particularly important things, just like a soldier, she didn't want to act in the movie "Coming Home for the New Year", I scolded her on the spot, and even slapped her." In the end, she chose to star in that movie, and then won the actress at the Singapore Film Festival. So Yuxuan, don't give me a chance to scold you or even beat you. ”
Zhang Yuxuan looked at Wang Jinghua's serious appearance, a little speechless, because of Wang Jinghua's appearance, it seems that if Zhang Yuxuan can't give her a reasonable explanation, she may really beat someone!
“…… How do I explain this? Sister Hua, since I signed the contract under your name, I have made many choices, such as the TV series "Pink Girl", and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy". They all made me a big success, without exception. Especially "Pink Girl", which made me enter a level that ordinary people can't enter when I debuted. ”
When Wang Jinghua heard Zhang Yuxuan say this, her expression became more serious.
"And then I started making films, and I was optimistic about the movie "Crazy Stone", and this movie really made me a big success. Later, I rejected "Wuji" directed by Chen Kaige, "Night Banquet" directed by Feng Gangpao, and I also rejected Wu Baige's "Red Cliff", and even rejected the Hollywood investment, Fang Shilong and Li Lianjie's movie "The King of Kung Fu". Sister Hua, the final box office and word-of-mouth of these movies have come out, what do you think? Their box office is okay, but what about word-of-mouth? ”
Wang Jinghua listened to Zhang Yuxuan's words, and her expression looked a little strange.
In fact, among the movies Zhang Yuxuan said, Wang Jinghua almost participated in the investment of "The King of Kung Fu" before, but Zhang Yuxuan was not very optimistic about "The King of Kung Fu" at that time, so Wang Jinghua somehow did not choose to participate in the investment of "The King of Kung Fu", and in the end, it turned out that it was the right choice not to participate in the investment of "The King of Kung Fu".
Don't look at the King of Kung Fu's domestic movie box office of nearly 200 million, and even abroad, there are 50 or 60 million US dollars.
But Li Lianjie plus Fang Shilong, the two of them participated in the movie, and the salary alone accounted for more than 50 million US dollars, plus the salary of inviting actors such as Liu Yifei, as well as the production of film special effects, as well as shooting costs, post-production and publicity.
The total investment of "The King of Kung Fu" is as high as more than 70 million US dollars.
In the end, "The King of Kung Fu" lost money, and the reputation was particularly poor. I won't say how much this movie has had a big impact on Fang Shilong and Li Lianjie. But the impact on Liu Yifei is extremely far-reaching.
Originally, many people looked at Liu Yifei's heat, and many people would ask her to make a movie, but now, let's take a look at Liu Yifei's situation.
Although part of it is Huayi's reason, there is definitely part of it because others think that Liu Yifei can't support the box office of that movie.
and Wu Baige's "Red Cliff".
The investment is huge, and the cast is also very large.
The box office is not low, but compared with investment, it is a big difference.
Chibi is obviously losing money. And Chibi's reputation in China is as bad as it gets.
Although it is said that Lin Zhiling of their company has also become famous because of this movie, it is also because Lin Zhiling's reputation was too low before.
In addition to Lin Zhiling, few of the other actors who participated in Chibi could end up well, and even Wu Baige's fame began to become rotten.
These movies are not considered successful, but Zhang Yuxuan has also refused.
Now Wang Jinghua listens to these movies mentioned by Zhang Yuxuan, her expression is weird, could it be that Zhang Yimou's movie "Three Guns Shooting Surprise" this time is similar to Chen Kaige's "Wuji" and Feng Gangcang's "Night Banquet"?
Well, although "Wuji" and "Night Banquet" have a bad reputation, they did not lose money, but they also made some, but they didn't earn so much.
"So, do you think that Zhang Yimou's movie "Three Guns Shooting Surprise" this time is a bad movie?" Wang Jinghua looked at Zhang Yuxuan and asked seriously.
"Whether it's a bad movie or not, I can't say this, but it's that feeling, that feeling, you know, Sister Hua. Anyway, it's the feeling that I don't want to act in this play. It's similar to the feeling when I faced "Wuji" and "Night Banquet". Zhang Yuxuan said seriously.
"Do you feel it?" When Wang Jinghua heard Zhang Yuxuan say this, she was a little stunned.
People in the entertainment industry, you say they are superstitious, sometimes they are not superstitious. But say they are not superstitious. But they have a special belief in something.
It's like the White Dragon King of Thailand or something, countless people line up to let the White Dragon King help them see it.
So when Zhang Yuxuan didn't explain the real reason clearly, but used this vague and unclear feeling to talk about a feeling, Wang Jinghua believed Zhang Yuxuan a little.
The main reason is that the various choices made by Zhang Yuxuan after entering the entertainment industry before seem to be wrong.
There are so many examples before, and now Zhang Yuxuan said that Zhang Yimou's new movie "Three Guns Shooting Surprise" made Zhang Yuxuan feel bad, and Wang Jinghua really believed it.
So, the next communication between Wang Jinghua and Zhang Yuxuan began to become a lot easier.
The main reason is that Wang Jinghua is not forcing Zhang Yuxuan to take Zhang Yimou's movie, and Zhang Yuxuan no longer has to rack his brains and try his best to find an excuse to fool Wang Jinghua. So that both of them were relaxed.
And Wang Jinghua is also really busy, after the exchange with Zhang Yuxuan, she went to the crew in Thailand, watched Zhang Yuxuan's filming for a while, and said hello to Ning Hao, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiao, and then took a plane on the same day and returned to the capital.
After Wang Jinghua left, Zhang Yuxuan and they continued to shoot.
After filming for a period of time, Zhang Yuxuan and Ning Hao, taking the plane, returned to China, and then began the final shooting.
When Fan Xiaobing appeared and took a photo with Wang Baoqiao with a smile on his face, Ning Hao shouted a card, and then announced that Thailand was finished.
In fact, according to Zhang Yuxuan and Ning Hao's ideas, this scene can be filmed directly in Thailand. At most, that is, let Fan Xiaobing take a plane and fly to Thailand, but in fact, the shooting effect did not have any effect.
And there is another advantage of choosing to finish in Thailand, that is, holding a finale banquet in Thailand will be much less troublesome.
It's just a pity that Zhang Yuxuan and Ning Hao don't want to make too much trouble, but although they are directors and protagonists, behind them, there are also film investors, producers, and so on.
After all, if the finale banquet is placed in China, it can also make a little news, and it will have a somewhat disgraceful publicity effect on the movie.
Although whether it is Ning Hao as the director or Zhang Yuxuan as the protagonist, they actually do not lack such a loss of publicity at all.
But who let those investors want to use the finale banquet to make a lively occasion?
Originally, in Thailand, it should have been a simple finale banquet, but now, at the finale banquet, in addition to the people from the Thai embarrassment crew, there are really a lot of messy people.
But fortunately, Zhang Yuxuan has long been used to this.
Although many people find excuses to drink with Zhang Yuxuan at the finale banquet, and even want to invite Zhang Yuxuan to star in their movies, all kinds of kits are almost open by Zhang Yuxuan.
Faced with this situation, Zhang Yuxuan was full of smiles, but he was busy with time, and he didn't have so much time and so on.
When the finale banquet was over, Zhang Yuxuan was relieved.
After the finale banquet, Zhang Yuxuan rested directly for two days.
Two days later, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqian directly found Zhang Yuxuan.
"Yu Xuan, the sketch from the Spring Festival Gala, let's rehearse it together."
"yes, yes, rehearsal."
"But Yuxuan, in this sketch, has the candidate for your wife been decided?"
"I think Mary is quite suitable, last year's Spring Festival Gala, she played the old woman, and she cooperated very well with you."
"Yes, I think so, too. But I think that your wife in the sketch will definitely have a lot of people who want to go to it. Huang Bo smiled.
Zhang Yuxuan rolled his eyes directly, for the wife in the sketch, Zhang Yuxuan naturally chose Mary, the original candidate, it should be more suitable.
But in fact, what Huang Bo said was right, before, after the news that Zhang Yuxuan was going to rehearse the sketch on the Spring Festival Gala spread, someone did try to find Zhang Yuxuan and wanted to play Zhang Yuxuan's wife in the sketch.
Li Bingbing, even Fan Xiaobing and even Lin Zhiling, they all have a relationship that wants to leave Zhang Yuxuan, and wants Zhang Yuxuan to hand over this role to them.
Don't look at their current fame, but this kind of thing like the Spring Festival Gala is really very attractive to them.
However, they were all shirked by Zhang Yuxuan, or it may be because of their preconceptions, Zhang Yuxuan felt that Mary was more suitable than them.
Especially Fan Xiaobing, she is very busy now, she can't stop every day, how can she have any time to rehearse the show, although Fan Xiaobing himself said that he definitely has time to rehearse, but Zhang Yuxuan didn't believe it. Fan Xiaobing's so-called time, nine times out of ten, is just a play.
Zhang Yuxuan hopes that in things like the Spring Festival Gala, the other party can devote himself wholeheartedly.
So Mary, too, is really special.
After informing Mary, Mary quickly came to her.
After finding it, Mary first thanked Zhang Yuxuan, and then after getting the script of the lines, she began to memorize and recite it seriously.
Mary's strength even feels greater than Zhang Yuxuan-
Well, in fact, Huang Bo, Wang Baoqi and Mary, the three of them are more energetic than Zhang Yuxuan.
"Oh, Brother Wang, you're giving me two days of grace! I'll definitely pay you back if you have money! ”
"Why don't I answer your call! Didn't you change the phone and call me? ”
"Don't worry, I've started to list the house in the housing center, but the landlord won't let me sell it!"
"Alas, okay, Brother Wang, scold me! When it's over, I'll scold the landlord too. ”
Zhang Yuxuan held his mobile phone and made a look like he was answering the phone.
"Lao Zhang!"
"Lao Zhang, take a look, take a look. Your photos have been posted online. You're already on the list of dishonest people. In the future, whoever calls you Lao Zhang will have to call you Lao Lai. What a shame, think of a way! ”
"But I have to think of a way, I have to find someone to return a photo, and the dark circles under my eyes are out."
Zhang Yuxuan looked at the photo of himself on his phone and said seriously.
Mary's face stopped talking.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
"It's over, is it a debt?"
"Hold on!" Zhang Yuxuan said a word to Mary, and then made a gesture to answer the doorbell.
"Hey there!"
"Hello, there are visitors to the house!"
"Let's just talk about the family!"
"They're all listening!"
Zhang Yuxuan listened to the words, looking helpless, but immediately changed his voice: "Hurry up and invite someone in!" I've just entered the house! ”
Zhang Yuxuan said, ran to the window, and started to look down.
Mary looked helpless: "You said that I was worried every day!" ”
"It's alright! It's my old classmates. Zhang Yuxuan's voice was much more stable.
"Lao Zhang, it's not like we're out of money. Isn't it okay to pay back the money you owe? ”
"Isn't there really no money if you pay it back?" Zhang Yuxuan said confidently: "Don't worry, they are easy to deal with, and they want money." I couldn't even make him open his mouth. Saying that, Zhang Yuxuan trotted and began to walk off the stage, well, Zhang Yuxuan's demarcated stage range.
On the other side, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiao also began to play at this time.
Both of them were carrying a gift box in their hands.
"Remember. Today, no matter what, I have to get the money back. I can't open my mouth as embarrassed as I used to. Huang Bo turned to Wang Baoqian and said.
"Yes, he's embarrassed to owe money, so what's embarrassing for us to ask for money." Wang Baoqiao nodded vigorously.
"Even if we don't come back, we can't take it in."
Wang Baoqiao nodded vigorously: "This is the bottom line!" ”
Then Mary began to welcome the two men.
"Happy New Year, Happy New Year, it's cold outside, please come in the house!" Mary greeted the two warmly.
"Alas, alas!" Wang Baoqiao and Huang Bo were shy and embarrassed on their faces. Then Wang Baoqiao held up the gift box in his hand: "I took some of the family's specialty, snow cabbage." ”
"Blood sausage!"
Mary originally had an enthusiastic face, but when she saw the two gift boxes in her hand, she couldn't help but complain: "This is to make him, blood debt and blood repayment!" ”
"Alas, what about Lao Zhang?" Wang Baoqiao asked.
"Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang! Classmates are here, come out quickly. Mary shouted into the back room.
The next moment, Zhang Yuxuan, who was hobbling, grabbed an infusion stand, hugged a pillow, and staggered out.
"Neck~~~Strong~~~" Zhang Yuxuan shouted the last word of the names of the two people in a voice full of exaggeration: "You know that I am sick, and you came to see me?" Zhang Yuxuan pushed the infusion stand and walked towards the two with a crying face.
"What's the matter?"
"Hurry up, sit down."
Huang Bo and Wang Baoqian hurriedly greeted them, supported Zhang Yuxuan, and placed Zhang Yuxuan on the sofa.
"When did this happen?" Wang Baoqiao asked Mary on the side with special concern.
Mary's face was confused, and when she heard Wang Baoqiao's inquiry, she couldn't help but say, "It's too sudden." For me, too, it was too sudden. ”
"What's the disease?" When Wang Baoqian heard Mary's words, he couldn't help but ask.
"What, what kind of illness are you?" Mary couldn't help but look at Zhang Yuxuan and asked, "Tell me yourself." ”
"If you want to know what kind of disease, don't you have to pay for it? I don't have any money! I'll go to the hospital, pick up a few, and I'll come back and fight by myself if I haven't finished the water roots. It's better to play well, but it's not good, that's how I've been in my life. ”
Although several of them had read the script a long time ago, they couldn't help but laugh as they rehearsed.
So they had to rehearse again and again.
When there is a laugh or something, they are already familiar with it, and after they are completely numb to this kind of laughter, they will rehearse later, so that there will be no more laughter.
During the rehearsal process, Huang Bo's mobile phone was still ringing, and someone kept calling him, Huang Bo saw it, and simply didn't answer the phone, turned off the phone directly, and then began to devote himself to the rehearsal of the sketch.
After rehearsing for a long time, everyone was tired and their throats were smoking, so they stopped.
"Neck, someone kept calling you just now, what's the matter, you don't answer the phone, and you turn off the phone directly?" Wang Baoqiao sat down and asked Huang Bo.
"Alas, it's Director Xuanhu, he called me all the time, wanting me to film. I didn't want to rehearse our sketch, so I refused, but Director Guanhu took a fancy to me, and he had to let me act, and he called me again and again, which was annoying. Huang Bo said helplessly.
But in Wang Baoqiao's opinion, Huang Bo's words are a bit Versailles.
"What kind of movie, if it's really for you, don't push it. And Director Xuan Hu also called you vigorously, which shows that the role is really suitable for you. Don't say no. Wang Baoqiao said.
"yes, if the role is really right for you, don't turn it down." Zhang Yuxuan also said the same.
Zhang Yuxuan doesn't want to keep filming, his situation is that his current fame is enough, and his works are not less. In addition, Zhang Yuxuan himself is really rich, so he depends on his mood when making movies.
But Huang Bo is different from him Zhang Yuxuan.
So far, Huang Bo is a real starring actor in a crazy racing car, and now his career is just about to take off, so he can't pick a son halfway.
"It's a story about the Anti-Japanese War, and it's mainly about raising cows. Actually. This movie, if it was filmed at another time, of course I had no opinion, and I went immediately, but now we have to rehearse the sketch, and the sketch is going to go to the Spring Festival Gala. How could I delay our sketch because of the movie over there. Ahh
This can be regarded as Huang Bo's direct choice and decisive choice.
After Zhang Yuxuan heard Huang Bo's words, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "The story of the Anti-Japanese War? Raising cows? What's the name of this movie? Zhang Yuxuan always felt a little familiar.
"Like, it's called a bullfight or something? What is a cow called? Do people fight bulls in Spain? Huang Bo complained with a smile.
"Fighting cows?" Wang Baoqiao was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but shake his head: "It doesn't sound like a reliable story." ”
"That's different, after all, the director of Xuan Hu, I think he is still quite capable, when he filmed you as a teenager before, his performance was still quite good, neck, I think, you should not miss it. It's best to talk to Director Xuanhu about it. Zhang Yuxuan persuaded.
If Zhang Yuxuan's memory is correct, it seems to be this bullfight, what kind of actor did Huang Bo take? Is it the Hundred Flowers actor or the Golden Horse actor? I don't remember clearly, I'm an actor anyway!
(End of chapter)