After lying down and resting in the apartment for almost a week, Lin Yuan was called back to the company by Sister Xia.

In order to compete for the tens of billions of box office, not only Sister Xia, but also the company is helping Lin Yuan keep an eye on whether there are any movie scripts suitable for him.

After nearly a week, I finally picked out only one movie that was more suitable for him to star in - "Dangerous City".

The reason why it took so long to select a movie suitable for Lin Yuan is not because Lin Yuan has such high requirements, but because after the New Year, many film crews have entered the filming stage.

There is no crew that has started filming yet. Either the investment is small and there are not many actors to hire, or the script is flawed and there are no actors to be attracted to join the crew. Therefore, it is still a bit difficult to find a better script during the period after the year.

Difficult.

Let’s go back to the movie “City in Danger”.

The cast list that has been finalized now includes powerful acting veterans such as Goo Jai, Lau Ching-wan and Hung Kam-bo, and director Chen Musheng's salary quote for Lin Yuan is also 17 million, which can be said to be very sincere.

But after Lin Yuan went to the company and read the script, he couldn't help but hesitate.

Precisely because he had filmed "One Man's Martial Arts" before, he knew very well how difficult it was for this kind of action martial arts-themed movie to hit the box office. What's more, the script of this movie was set in the era of warlord rule.

This makes it even more difficult to attract audiences to watch in cinemas.

Perhaps it is because director Chen Musheng knows the current dilemma of action martial arts movies that he hopes Lin Yuanlai will star in this movie, hoping to create the same miracle as the movie "One Man's Martial Arts" and break the previous box office record.

Sister Xia looked at the tangled look on Lin Yuan's face and said with relief: "If you think the script of this movie is inappropriate, just let it go. Anyway, Director Chen still has many characters that haven't been finalized yet, and it's still not until the filming of the movie starts.

There are two or three times.”

If you want to compete for tens of billions of dollars in box office, it doesn't mean which actor makes more movies.

The more times this happens, the more stringent the actors' requirements for scripts become. For a movie like "Charlotte", the box office of one movie is enough to be worth several movies made by others.

Therefore, Sister Xia is quite supportive of Lin Yuan's demanding attitude.

"Then please, Sister Xia, please help me keep an eye on it more. I have to think about this script."

Lin Yuan decided to put the script aside. Anyway, there would be two or three months before filming would start. If there was no suitable movie in these two months, it would not be too late for him to take over the script.

As soon as he finished speaking to Sister Xia, the cell phone in his pocket rang.

When he turned on the screen, he saw the words "Director Chen Sichen" written on the caller ID. Lin Yuan didn't think much and directly answered the call.

"Hello, Director Chen?"

"Yuan, why don't we come out to have dinner together later? Just you, me, Baoqiang, Xiao Yang and Chen Chichi." Chen Sichen's voice came from the other end of the phone.

When he originally answered the phone, Lin Yuan was still wondering why Chen Sichen suddenly thought of calling him, but after hearing Chen Sichen say that Bao Qiang, Xiao Yang, and Chen Chichi were called out for dinner, Lin Yuan immediately guessed

It must be related to the movie "Tang Detective".

Lin Yuan readily agreed: "No problem. Director Chen, just post your position in the group later. I'll be there on time!"

"Okay, then it's settled, I'll contact Xiao Yang and Chen Chichi."

After receiving Lin Yuan's reply, Chen Sichen didn't say any polite words, was busy contacting the other two people, and simply hung up the phone.

Not long after, the WeChat group received the positioning message from Chen Sichen.

Lin Yuan sat in the company for a while, talking about the movie script. Seeing that it was almost time, he asked his assistant to send him to Chen Sichen.

By the time Lin Yuan entered the box, Wang Baoqiang had already arrived.

"Brother Baoqiang, Director Chen, long time no see." Lin Yuan greeted the two of them warmly.

Chen Sichen waved his hand: "Why are you so polite? Sit down, Xiao Yang and Chen Chichi should be here soon."

As expected, not long after Chen Sichen finished speaking, the two of them arrived at the box one after another.

The starring cast of Tang Detective is basically all here. As for why Yaya is missing, it is obviously because Director Chen is planning to have some entertainment together after dinner.

Everyone had arrived, and they all exchanged greetings with each other and talked about the current situation. At this time, Chen Sichen stood up and toasted the leading actors with a glass of wine: "The movie's release time has been set. It's the 30th of this month. The reporter has nothing to say.

We’ve already been contacted. The premiere will be on the evening of the 29th. If you are free, I hope you can come over.”

"Director Chen, look at what you said, we are all brothers, even if you don't have time, you still have to make time to come over, right?"

"We should cooperate with the publicity. Just make a phone call and even spend money to treat us to a meal. It seems that Director Chen treats us as outsiders!"

In fact, when Chen Sichen called, Lin Yuan had guessed that it was about the release of the movie.

As a leading actor, it is natural for him to promote his own movies. Even if Chen Sichen didn't say anything, Lin Yuan would do his best to promote the movie after he learned that it was going to be released.

Therefore, no one refused Chen Sichen's request, and everyone present readily agreed.

In their opinion, the premieres are all in the evening, and no matter how busy they are, they can always find some time in the evening.

Seeing that all the leading actors present agreed, Chen Sichen relaxed a lot and invited everyone to drink and eat.

After a few rounds of drinking, everyone's chatter box can be said to have completely opened up.

When they were having fun talking, Chen Sichen started to complain about the film being submitted for review.

"Tang Detective" was filmed as early as last year. After the film was filmed, it took almost a month to edit the video, and then the edited work was sent for review. If nothing else, it will be in time for the Spring Festival

I got the Long Biao birth certificate before the schedule.

It's a pity that something unexpected happened in the middle.

Although the matter is not serious, after such a delay, the release time of the movie has been affected.

There are two choices before the movie "Tang Detective". One is to release it at the end of the Spring Festival period. You can't eat the meat, but you can have a sip of soup during the Spring Festival period. The other is to wait a few more months and wait until

It will be released on May Day.

In line with the idea of ​​​​rather being a chicken head than a phoenix tail, Chen Sichen finally had no choice but to release it on May 1st, which is the 30th at the end of this month.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but sigh. The movie market during the Spring Festival period is obviously better than that during the May Day period. Originally, this movie might be able to compete for the box office championship during the Spring Festival period, but now it seems that it can only compete with

May Day movies are on the same stage.

When this matter was mentioned, Chen Sichen became very angry and drank several glasses of wine.

After listening to Chen Sichen's complaint, Lin Yuan also spoke to comfort him: "Director Chen, don't be angry. You also know the quality of the Spring Festival movies. They are either IP sequels or adaptations. We don't know the audience's taste. How can the box office be good in the end?"

No one can say how much we will get, but the May Day holiday is different. Our movie will be released on the May Day holiday, so it will be like a dragon swimming in the sea and stand out."

Xiao Yang, Chen Chichi, and Wang Baoqiang at the dinner table couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement when they heard these words.

The current movie market is basically divided into four periods.

The best is the Spring Festival period, followed by the summer vacation period and the National Day period, and the last one is the May Day period.

Generally speaking, movies that are confident about box office competition will focus on the Spring Festival period. Even if the situation is unfavorable, they will choose to release it during the summer vacation and the National Day period. Only the May Day period has the least competition in the market.

Chen Sichen knew that Lin Yuan was trying to comfort him, but after hearing these words, he didn't know what to say.

After deciding to release the movie on May Day, Chen Sichen quickly began to contact various theaters to try to get the movie schedule.

When he contacted the film schedule, he discovered that there were a total of ten movies released during the May Day period this year, and five of them had the ability to compete for the box office championship during the period, namely "Encounter in Seattle: A Love Letter" and "Phantom of the Devil's Palace"

, "Dream Partner", "Xuan Zang of the Tang Dynasty" and the imported foreign film "The Jungle Book".

"Xuan Zang of the Tang Dynasty" and "The Jungle Book" have the least competition pressure, so they can be ignored for the time being.

However, the previous movie "Meet Seattle" had a box office of 500 million, and "Phantom of the Devil" followed the original cast of the movie "Capital 81". "Capital 81" earned 400 million, and "Phantom of the Devil"

The box office is expected to be at least 300 million. Finally, "Dream Partner" is also a benchmark movie "Chinese Partner", with a star cast like Yao Chen, Wang Yibo, Li Chen, and Tang Yan.

It's really not easy to compete in this May Day movie.

And because of this, Chen Sichen invited all the leading actors, hoping that they would attend the premiere and win more box office points.

Seeing that Chen Sichen had not yet come out of his anger, Lin Yuan patted Director Chen on the shoulder and whispered in his ear: "Director Chen, think about what movies will be released in June. The May Day movies are already pretty good.

."

Hearing this, Chen Sichen raised his head and thought for a while, then shuddered all over.

If it is released in May, he is still confident that it can compete with other movies of the same period, but not in June.

What movies will be released in June?

"Warcraft", "Now Now 2", "X-Men"...

Not to mention these movies, even animated films such as "Finding Nemo 2" released in the same month are no less competitive at the box office than his "Tang Detective".

This is not to make others' ambitions destroy their own prestige, but that those foreign old commercial movies are indeed good at making. In addition, the movie "Tang Detective" is also the first to be released. It is neither an IP adaptation nor a continuation of a series of movies.

No one knows whether the audience will buy it or not.

After thinking about this, Chen Sichen suddenly regained his fighting spirit.

Those big IP commercial movies from abroad are currently unable to be produced, so are they still unable to produce domestic films of the same period?

With this idea in mind, Chen Sichen directly filled up the wine glass, stood up and toasted: "Come, drink, let's treat it as an advance wish for a great box office success!

!”

Seeing that Director Chen had regained his fighting spirit, several people stood up and clinked their glasses, and drank all the wine in their hands.

The meal lasted for almost an hour and ended with a few people talking drunkenly.

Originally, Chen Sichen was planning to have some entertainment after eating, but after hearing what Lin Yuan said before, he completely gave up this idea.

He likes to have fun, but he is also very focused on his career.
To be continued...