Zhang Guorong still couldn't resist Wu Yuan's temptation.

On the third day after the conversation, Wu Yuan received a call from Zhang Guorong, who agreed to sign the director in the era of light and shadow.

In the future, he will be a contracted director of the light and shadow era, and he can't direct other companies without the permission of the company.

And he can't wait to make the movie "If Love".

Maybe it's because he really likes this script, or maybe it's because Wu Yuan said before that "time waits for no one" that made him deeply agree.

Even if "Stealing Hearts" is about to be released, he will immediately start the preparatory work for "If Love".

Seeing that his new director was so active, Wu Yuan certainly couldn't extinguish his enthusiasm.

It's just that Wu Yuan doesn't have a lot of money in his pocket now.

The filming cost of "If Love" is not cheap, even if Zhang Guorong is not Chen Kexin, he can't make such an exaggerated budget as $7 million.

But if you want to invite Zhang Xueyou, the salary is destined to cost a lot more.

Zhang Guorong and Tang Hede quickly made a budget, which is expected to require about four million US dollars, that is, more than 30 million investment.

Although Wu Yuan has 10 million US dollars in cash, he prepared this money for "Your Name", and he can only give Zhang Guorong 3 million US dollars at most.

There was no way, Wu Yuan had no choice but to go to Han Dong Huayuan again.

Han Dong is still so good at talking, eight million yuan, he promised to make up for Wu Yuan in one bite, and distribute the income according to the proportion of capital contribution.

Wu Yuan didn't cheat Han Dong either, this "If Love" should be able to make money, although it may be difficult to recoup the cost at the box office alone, but if this movie can win awards, it can sell the copyright.

The movie "If Love" in the dream is made by buying copyrights, the market for this kind of song and dance film is okay, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries are willing to buy it, and Europe also favors Chinese movies at this time.

In addition, this time it is the work of director Zhang Guorong, and he still has a lot of box office appeal in Japan and South Korea!

No matter how you look at it, this movie will not lose money.

And because it is not the main control, the copyright of "If Love" also belongs to the era of light and shadow, not to China Film.

Unlike Wu Yuan's previous films "The Night the Comet Comed" and "The Undertaker", the copyrights are all owned by China Film, although Wu Yuan enjoys 20% of the profits, he can't decide who these copyrights can be sold to and who they can't be sold to.

It will be different in the future, and the copyrights of the films controlled by the light and shadow era in the future will be their own.

With the funds in place, Zhang Guorong immediately started the actor audition for "If Love".

Zhou Xun and Zhang Xueyou also quickly received an invitation to the role of the crew.

What is the situation on Zhang Xueyou's side, Wu Yuan doesn't know.

But Zhou Xun, after receiving the news, called Wu Yuan as soon as possible.

As soon as the phone was connected, Zhou Xun asked directly to the point: "Director Wu, is the era of light and shadow your company?" Zhang Guorong's "If Love" is a movie you invested in? ”

Since Wu Yuan took up, she no longer calls him "Yuan'er" with Chen Kun, but her arrogant personality is still difficult to change, there is not much estrangement between her and Wu Yuan, and her style of talking about things is still so refreshing.

"Yes, I gave him the script for "If Love". There was nothing to hide, Wu Yuan admitted it directly.

"I'll just say, this script is very well written, it turned out to be from you."

On the other end of the phone came Zhou Xun's laughter.

"I really like this script, the role of Sun Na is very interesting, and it is a song and dance film, which is very challenging."

"The interweaving of reality, the past and the play within the play in the script makes the structure of the whole film complex and full, and I feel that I can win awards if I shoot it well."

"But I've been really tight lately."

"I have two more movies to shoot with Kun'er, and I really can't spare time."

In the past two years, Zhou Xun and Chen Kun have been really popular.

Since last year's "Orange is Red", Zhou Xun has dominated the big and small screens.

Last year alone, he appeared in three movies: "Smoke and Rain", "When the Flowers Bloomed", and "Balzac and the Little Tailor", and also fell in love with Pu Shu.

At the beginning of this year, the TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" starring her was broadcast, and a music album "Summer" was released in April, and then a movie and a TV series will be released and broadcast in July.

Chen Kun is not far behind, and the scenes on the big screen and small screen in his hands are soft, and they are filmed one after another.

In the second half of this year, the two will collaborate on two movies, "Baby in Love" and "Mandarin Duck Butterfly".

There is no way, among the mainland film actors now, they are the most marketable, beautiful and good-looking.

also acted in Wu Yuan's movies, and he is a three-good actor who is guaranteed to win box office and word-of-mouth awards.

The two of them also knew that they could be so popular, and Wu Yuan also played a part in it, so as long as Wu Yuan needed it, they would definitely come to help.

But the premise is that you have to say it in advance, otherwise the schedule really can't be moved.

"No schedule?" Wu Yuan frowned.

This time, "If Love" was established more than a year earlier than in the dream, and it really doesn't match Zhou Xun's schedule.

That's not going to work.

In this "If Love", the importance of Zhou Xun is definitely higher than that of Jin Da Handsome Guy.

Without Takeshi Kaneshiro, another actor who is handsome enough can also complete this role.

But if there is no weekly news, then "If Love" will lose its soul.

"Brother Xun, which movie are you going to make next?" Wu Yuan asked.

"In "Baby in Love" directed by Li Shaohong, I play the heroine, Huang Jue plays the male lead, and Kun'er plays the male second."

"Is the contract signed? How much is the penalty for liquidation? ”

As soon as she heard this, Zhou Xun understood what Wu Yuan meant, she hesitated for a moment, but still replied: "The liquidated damages are not high, it seems to be more than 200,000." ”

In the past few years, I can't make a lot of money acting in movies, and the liquidated damages for the actors are generally not high, which is good news for Wu Yuan.

"It's okay, I'll give you the liquidated damages, push this movie and play "If Love"!"

"Believe me, "If Love" can bring you the best actress!"

Zhou Xun was very excited, she could see that the script of "If Love" was better and more likely to win the award.

After being silent and entangled for a while, Zhou Xun asked again: "Then the actor of this movie, who are you going to find?" ”

"The male lead?" Wu Yuan was also stunned, this matter has not been skimmed yet, and he will not be able to decide until Zhang Guorong auditions.

"It's not written yet, Guorong is planning to conduct a large-scale audition and call all mainland actors who are suitable for this role to try it out."

On the other end of the phone, Zhou Xun groaned for a while, and asked tentatively: "Director Wu, what do you think of Kun'er playing the leading role?" ”

"According to the script, aren't you looking for a young and handsome actor to play it?"

"Among the mainland actors, who else can be younger and more handsome than Kun'er?"