In an artist lounge of Orange Sky Entertainment, Zhu Yawen sat on the sofa and looked at the script on the table in front of him with a blank expression.

"In Those Years, the Girl We Chased Together"

The title of the movie is very strange, it is different from the name of most mainstream movies now, and there is actually a comma in the middle.

But that's not the focus of Zhu Yawen's attention.

The focus of his attention is that the heroine of this movie is actually Liu Yifei.

A name he hadn't remembered in a long time.

"Will she really play the heroine of this movie?" Zhu Yawen was a little incredulous.

But Wang Jinhua replied firmly: "Yes! Director Li Yang said it himself, Liu Yifei is the heroine of this movie! ”

"Then I'm going to be the leading actor?" A bitter smile appeared on Zhu Yawen's face.

I have a few pounds and a few taels, and Zhu Yawen knows it too well.

If it is said that when he first entered the school, he and Liu Yifei were only a newcomer who had acted in a debut TV series and had not yet acted in anything, the gap was not too big.

But by the time he graduated in 2006, the gap between him and Liu Yifei could already be measured in light years.

To be honest, Zhu Yawen never thought that he would have the opportunity to film with Liu Yifei again, and he was still filming the male and female protagonists.

In his opinion, he has worked hard for ten years to catch up with Liu Yifei's current fame and status, which can be regarded as good luck.

But where can Liu Yifei go ten years later?

Zhu Yawen didn't dare to think about it

"Listen to Director Li Yang's meaning, among the actors who went to audition, your image and temperament are the most suitable for this role, so he tried his best to use you, and communicated with Director Wu, and Director Wu also supported this decision."

Wang Jinhua's smile trembled, and she said happily: "Yawen, it seems that Director Wu still values you very much." ”

When "Those Years" had a public audition before, Wang Jinhua asked Zhu Yawen to audition as soon as possible.

According to the information released by the Light and Shadow Times, although the script of this film was provided by Wu Yuan, he will not direct it, but let a rookie director direct it, and he will only be a nominal producer.

This also makes Zhu Yawen have some expectations for the actor of this play, and it is a little unrealistic for him to play Wu Yuan now, but there is still a chance to play a rookie director.

It's just that when he arrived at the audition location and saw the lounge where most of the 20-30-year-old first-line male stars from across the Taiwan Strait and the three places gathered, he extinguished this competitive heart.

I can't fight, I really can't fight.

Unexpectedly, in the end, this piece of cake still fell on his head.

And the actor who plays with him will actually be Liu Yifei.

In fact, since the end of the promotion of "Your Name", with the explosion of Liu Yifei's popularity in the country and even in Asia, Zhu Yawen's original crush has somewhat calmed down.

There is no way, the gap in popularity and status is too big, and Zhu Yawen is a man, so he can't accept this reality, and gradually he extinguishes that unrealistic idea.

Although it may be that as Bai Yueguang, Liu Yifei still left some unique memories in his heart, but if he wanted to have something to do with him, Zhu Yawen really didn't dare to hope for it.

So much so that now that he heard that he could film with Liu Yifei, it took him a lot of work to digest the news.

"Yawen, in two days, we will go to the Light and Shadow Era to sign the contract, and by the way, we will get the complete script."

Wang Jinhua, as a gold medal agent, is naturally calmer than Zhu Yawen, a young man, and she arranged in an orderly manner: "You have to study the script seriously for the next half a month." ”

"It is expected that the film will start shooting in early November, and the shooting time is tentatively scheduled for three months."

"When the time comes, you can't drop the chain, don't look at Director Li Yang as a rookie director, but behind him can stand the era of light and shadow, standing Director Wu, as a producer, Director Wu will definitely come to the crew to inspect at that time."

"You should know Director Wu better than me in this regard, so I won't say more."

"Come on!"

Just when Zhu Yawen was excited about the pie falling from the sky, the crew of "Gravity", Wu Yuan, who was filming intensively, welcomed guests again.

And it is a very important guest.

Li Xiaoping came to the crew to find him.

Wu Yuan had no choice but to suspend filming first and took Li Xiaoping to the dressing room for a private chat.

"Looking for me?" Wu Yuan's tone was not very good, after all, being disturbed at work was not a very comfortable thing for any director.

Li Xiaoping had no choice but to smile apologetically, and said a long story short: "Director Wu, the actor of "Those Years" is Zhu Yawen? ”

"What's wrong?"

"Zhu Yawen's fame is really low." Li Xiaoping said in a somewhat distressed tone: "Choosing him to play the leading role, isn't this equivalent to the company spending money to support him?" ”

"Wang Jinhua has to smile on her face, right?"

Li Xiaoping didn't come to the era of light and shadow.

When Wu Yuan filmed "Your Name", a group of newcomers were used, and these newcomers had no company at that time, and they were his juniors in the same school, so it was reasonable to help them.

Since Li Xiaoping came to the era of light and shadow, Wu Yuan's several movies have either used retired old drama bones, or invited big-name stars like Gong Li to cooperate with each other.

This kind of unilateral promotion of an actor is really not.

Even the TV drama department, that Jinsha signed into the company as his own after acting in a TV series in the era of light and shadow.

Even if "Those Years" was not filmed by Wu Yuan himself, but the script was given by Wu Yuan, Li Xiaoping has an almost blind trust in Wu Yuan, believing that with the script he gave, plus the director he has checked, the movie will definitely be a big hit.

Such a good cake, if Wu Yuan finds an actor who is famous enough to play the leading role, even if he is not a contracted actor of his own company, at least the promotion of this movie is also beneficial, and it can also bring box office appeal, which can be regarded as a mutually beneficial cooperation.

For example, Liu Yifei, the heroine, Li Xiaoping has no opinion.

Even if she is not an artist in the era of light and shadow, her current fame is valuable, and starring in this movie can bring at least 20 million box office appeal!

What can Zhu Yawen bring to "Those Years"?

In addition to the right image and a better performance of Ke Jingteng, he can't create any additional value.

In terms of publicity, he couldn't even tie Liu Yifei up for marketing, because all his roles in "Your Name" added up to only 15 minutes of play, and the company was embarrassed to use him and Liu Yifei for promotion.

Even if it is still counted as his rubbing Liu Yifei's popularity, although there may not be a "rubbing popularity" now, the meaning is still in place.

Once "Those Years" is successfully released and sells well at the box office, Zhu Yawen will be the one with the biggest profits, his fame will rise sharply, his commercial value will rise sharply, and fans will attract a lot of fans.

These benefits are all brought by the era of light and shadow, and they are all brought by "Those Years", but the era of light and shadow cannot obtain any benefits.

You say that the box office hit of "Those Years" is the biggest benefit?

But this movie was originally invested and produced in the era of light and shadow, and Zhu Yawen is definitely not irreplaceable.

The more Li Xiaoping thought about it, the more unhappy she became, and suggested angrily: "Director Wu, if you and Director Li are sure to use Zhu Yawen, otherwise we will poach him to the company." ”

"The company's artist agency department has signed a golden sand now, which is still too thin."

"If you two directors are so optimistic about Zhu Yawen, then it is better to sign him into the company and train him as the company's first brother."

"In this way, it is natural for us to use "Those Years" to praise him, and after the movie is a big hit, his commercial value has risen, and the company can also deserve a piece of the pie."

"Dig him?" Wu Yuan was a little surprised.

He wished that this kid was far away from his girlfriend and poached him to the company?

Hey, no!

That doesn't seem like a bad thing!

It seems to be an even more shocking thing to make Liu Yifei change from his original classmate to his boss lady!

Wu Yuan was a little interested.

"Zhu Yawen and Wang Jinhua's brokerage contract should be early from the expiration date, right?" He asked with interest.

"So what?" Li Xiaoping nodded, and said indifferently: "A rookie actor like Zhu Yawen, even if his debut is "Your Name", Wang Jinhua will not have too many liquidated damages when he signs him, and judging from the market of the year, the highest liquidated damages are two or three million. ”

"It's not like our company can't afford this money."

"Now spend a little money to dig him up first, and when Zhu Yawen becomes popular because of "Those Years", he will earn more than two or three million by taking on an endorsement."

"After Hu Ge finished filming "Your Name", he earned at least 50 million for the Tang people just by receiving various endorsements and brand activities in the mainland and Japan!"

"In the past two years, domestic celebrity spokespersons have risen very fast, one price a year."

"It's cost-effective to sign Zhu Yawen now."

When it comes to Hu Ge, Li Xiaoping is a pity, as a professional film and television person, she is very difficult to accept Wu Yuan's wasteful behavior.

If she had joined the era of light and shadow during the production of "Your Name", she would definitely recommend Wu Yuan to sign Hu Ge, and even all the actors of this movie!

As a result, Wu Yuan actually started in the era of light and shadow, and did not do brokerage business for the time being, or he couldn't look down on the little money he made from brokerage business, so he let it go.

Hey, Wu Yuan really didn't know that after Hu Ge became popular with "Your Name", he actually made so much money in China and Japan through various endorsements and cave activities.

He also thought that it would not be until after 2012 that celebrities would usher in the real era of making money.

Sure enough, for some professional things, you still have to let professional people make up their minds.

Wu Yuan, who had almost no contact with any brokerage business in his dreams, really didn't know much about this industry.

He accepted Li Xiaoping's suggestion with kindness, "Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you." ”

"Zhu Yawen is a good seedling, cultivate it well, and be able to take the lead on the big screen."

"By the way, there is also Luo Jin, who is in the same class as him, this actor is not bad, you can also sign it together, and cultivate it in the future."

Beijing Film Academy 02 table class, there are still talents.

Zhu Yawen and Luo Jin are both actors whose acting skills are more than enough on the small screen, but they have always lacked opportunities on the big screen.

Luo Jin's performance in "Beautiful Mistake" is remarkable, and his acting skills can afford to be an art film.

Although Zhu Yawen later marketed a lot of "walking hormones", which led to being eaten back, and after playing a few roles with a bit of femininity, he was scolded for being a sissy, but this also shows that his acting skills are very good.

When he debuted, he was able to play the role of Zhu Chuanwu and Yu Zhanao, and he could also play the role of "sissy" in the later stage, which is indeed quite shapely.

If these two people sign into the company, Wu Yuan can train and train several suitable roles, and there is hope that they will carry the banner of young film actors born in the 80s in the future, which is better than not receiving green and yellow.

"Okay Director Wu!" Li Xiaoping confidently agreed.

A few days later.

Li Xiaoping, who had Wu Yuan's personal consent, immediately took action.

Zhu Yawen was originally going to come to the Light and Shadow Era to sign a contract and get a script, and it was still easy to dig him up.

On October 16, when Wang Jinhua took Zhu Yawen to the Light and Shadow Era to sign the contract, Li Xiaoping, as the deputy general manager of the company, personally led the signing.

At the signing meeting, there was nothing to talk about the details of the contract, and the lawyers of both parties had already reviewed the contract before coming.

The filming period is three months, and Zhu Yawen can get a salary of 300,000 yuan.

If the follow-up crew needs reshoot materials, Zhu Yawen must cooperate with the reshoot, but the two parties need to negotiate the specific make-up schedule.

And he also has to cooperate with all the publicity work after the release of the movie and run a roadshow with the group.

Don't underestimate the last clause, many stars are not very happy to participate in the roadshow after the release, they are too tired, and most of them are used to being by Hong Kong Island stars.

Some first-line big-name actors on Hong Kong Island, led by Chow Yun-fu, refused to cooperate with the roadshow publicity after the release when they were acting in mainland dramas.

Like Chow Yunfu, he didn't even cooperate with the normal publicity, he only attended the premiere, and after the premiere, all the publicity work had nothing to do with him.

"A City Full of Golden Armor" and "Let the Bullets Fly" are like this.

That's it, the mainland director also pinched his nose to sign the contract.

Of course, Zhu Yawen's small body can't refuse to cooperate with the publicity, and even actively doing publicity is a good thing for his own fame.

Both parties were very satisfied with such a contract, but after a five-minute interview and a brief confirmation, Li Xiaoping signed a contract with Zhu Yawen on behalf of the company.

However, signing the contract is just an appetizer for Li Xiaoping today.

Witnessing Wang Jinhua's satisfactory withdrawal of the contract, before she was about to say goodbye, Li Xiaoping took the lead and said: "Agent Wang, Director Wu asked me to explain some things to Zhu Yawen, so that we can have a space for private chat?" ”

Wang Jinhua was a little stunned, but quickly covered it up, and said with a smile: "Of course you can." ”

It seems that the relationship between Wu Yuan and Zhu Yawen is even better than she imagined?

With this guess in mind, Wang Jinhua withdrew from the conference room and handed over the space to Li Xiaoping and Zhu Yawen.

"Mr. Li, what do you have to do with Director Wu?" Zhu Yawen was a little nervous, but also had some expectations, guessing in his heart that Wu Yuan had something to convey privately.

It's just that Li Xiaoping didn't convey any Wu Yuan's words, but looked at Zhu Yawen with a smile and asked, "Yawen, the first work you debuted in was Director Wu's "Your Name", right?" ”

"You should be regarded as an actor picked up by Director Wu, right?"

"Have you ever thought about joining the Age of Light and Shadow?"

"Your development in the era of light and shadow will definitely be better than your development under Wang Jinhua."

"How many artists are there under her Wang Jinhua, there are seven or eight big-name first-line mainland actors alone."

"And in our era of light and shadow, now there is only one contracted actor, or an actress, if you come to the company, you are the first brother of the company's actors!"

"How, think about it?"

(End of chapter)