Chapter 59 Meeting (Ninth)
Chen Linzhen didn’t have any objections to Fan Ye. On the contrary, he still respects this female hero. Not all female stars can call him “Master”!
However, it happened to be his busy days, so he naturally forgot about this.
Chen Lin left for more than ten days, he went to the United States to discuss "Fifty Shades of Gray" with Bill Dorothy.
The copyright of "Fifty Shades of Gray" has long been owned by Chen Lin. As a rebirth, there is no reason to let go of this box office hit.
After three rounds of auditions, it was finally decided that Dakota Johnson would play Annatahiya. Sdyer, as for the protagonist Chrischin. Gray, Jamie Dornan, had already booked it.
The director is Sam Taylor Johnson, who once directed "The Boy Nowhere". She is very sure of a movie like "Fifty Shades of Gray"!
After all, "Fifty Shades of Gray" is about SM's movies, and it is also an erotic movie.
This type of film is unlikely to pass the review of large scissors.
"I guess this movie cannot be released in China, so let's go to a big scale!"
Bill said as he picked up the coffee in front of him and took a sip: "It is a good idea to expand his influence to participate in the film festival!"
"It's better not to be good. I have the opposite view of you. I think we should follow the direction of beautiful love."
Chen Lin waved his hand: "There are still very few people in SM. It must be liked by more ordinary audiences in order to achieve good box office results."
"…Okay, just do as you said. Are you going to attend the film festival?"
"Bill, I'm just an investor, not a director or producer. I believe you. If you want to attend the film festival, I absolutely agree!"
"Okay, then we'll start shooting right away!"
It seems very simple, and it took half a month to go to Shen Lin. When he returned to China, "The Monster Hunt" had been released for one month, winning a jaw-dropping box office of 2.6 billion, firmly occupying the throne of the box office championship in mainland film history.
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Zhao Liying's studio, Chen Lin, Zhao Liying, Chen Yang and several other studio senior executives gathered together to discuss how the project "July and Ansheng" should be carried out.
Chen Lin said first: "Director? I'm going to find Chen Kexing. If he doesn't want to, he will find someone else."
“What about the actors?”
Chen Yang asked while recording, "Do you want to use Li Yitong?"
"…Yitong's image is not very suitable. Forget it this time, let's look for actors outside!"
Chen Lin thought about it carefully, but still refused the proposal.
"Okay, I've written it down!"
"Mr. Chen, what's going on with your new project?"
"July and Ansheng" has finished talking about it, and now it's the new project of Chen Lin.
"Oh, it's just a small-cost comedy, no need to worry."
Chen Lin waved his hand, "I feel a little sorry for the friends who were encouraged by me to participate in "Happy Comedy". This movie is a compensation for them."
The movie Chen Lin mentioned is "Love Saint", not Stephen Chow's work, but a comedy adapted from the French movie "The Girl in Red".
"But, you have already negotiated with Alibaba before that they will give priority to investing in the next work. Should you only know them?"
The person who spoke was Fang Jianhao, a senior entertainment company master who Chen Lin specially poached from Huayi, and is currently the executive president of Zhao Liying Studio.
"But I'm going to play this movie, and the investment is only 20 million at most, and our studio can bear it independently."
Chen Lin thought for a while, "This is the case, please help me chat with Alibaba. I am going to invest in two major projects to see if they have any intentions."
I can't take care of myself and take possession of the cake, this is not good.
Although it is very pleasant to hold a big cake alone, there are many people who are jealous, and Alibaba is also its own partner.
"Big project? Are you talking about "Grave Robbers' Chronicles"?"
From the beginning of joining the company, Fang Jianhao knew that Chen Lin intended to create the "Grave Robbers" series of movies, but he had not seen any action so far.
"Well, this time I went to the United States, I have already negotiated with Disney. The first three pieces will be produced together, with a total investment of 500 million US dollars. Our studio accounts for the majority..."
"Are you the directing and screenwriter yourself?"
"Of course, I can't believe it if it's someone else."
Chen Lin nodded for granted and then said: "There is another project that I accidentally chatted with Jiang Zhiqiang. We are going to create the "Fengshen" series!"
"…Mr. Chen, I have to remind you that HK's Yongsheng is already doing "The Legend of the Gods". It is said that Li Lianjie, Liang Jiahui, Fan Bingbing and Huang Xiaoming have been invited, and a series of first-line brands, including heraldry brands!"
"Haha, I know, when that movie comes online, you will know why I want to do "The Investiture of the Gods"!"
Chen Lin sneered a few times, and a disdain emanated from his bones.
"Well, then how much are you going to invest in the "Investiture of the Gods" series?"
"According to our idea, after the trilogy, it is unlikely to be without 300 million..."
"How many? 300 million?"
Zhao Liying was quietly her auditor until Chen Lin said the number of '3o' billion!
"It hasn't reached $500 million in US dollars."
Chen Lin knows his wife very well and has always been careful in calculating. When he suddenly hears 300 million, he must be a little incompetent.
“…Where did you get that much money?”
"I cashed out $600 million from Alibaba last month. Don't you know? Didn't I tell you?"
Well, the boss and the boss’s wife quarrel on a daily basis, and the other people in the studio pretended that they didn’t see it.
"...Okay, you can do it!"
Her husband wants to do big things. As a young wife, what else can Zhao Liying do?
Only support is indicated.
"By the way, Chen Yang, have you any book suitable for our Liying recently?"
Zhao Liying has been idle for almost half a year and has not had a suitable script.
"There are two TV series that are quite suitable. "The Legend of Chu Qiao" and "The Legend of Ming Wang" are both TV series adapted from big IPs. They have a wide range of readers. As long as they are filmed, they have a good influence, but... there is a kissing scene."
"It's okay, she is already mine now, so she doesn't have to be like before! Besides, can you borrow a kissing scene or something? Where is the movie?"
"…In terms of movies, there are quite a lot of scripts, but they are very few suitable, except for "Journey to the West: The Kingdom of Daughters". By the way, do we want to try the new work "The Legend of the Demon Cat" directed by Chen Kaige?"
"You think about this yourself. Director Kai Ge is a big director after all. Being able to star in his movies will be of great benefit to your own status consolidation!"
Chen Lin thought about it and continued, "Of course, if you don't like the script, we won't fight for it! Everything is based on the script requirements!"
"Okay, I get it!"
"By the way, who is the leading actor in "The Kingdom of Women"?"
"Let me take a look. The person who plays Sun Wukong is Aaron Kwok-cheng, and Tang Seng is Feng Shaofeng..."
"Put it, I don't like Feng Shaofeng very much."
It’s already uncomfortable to hear Feng Teddy’s name!
"…But he is also the protagonist of "The Legend of the King of Ming Dynasty"!"
"The Biography of the King of Ming Dynasty is a work by Dongyang in the afternoon, right? Let them change the protagonist, just say I recommend it, let Nie Yuan go!"
Chapter completed!