Chapter 458 Blog Queen
[My wife asked someone to come to our new home to warm up the pot tonight. I will resume updating three times a day tomorrow.]
Jiang Xin is quite creative. She thinks that "Go Lala's Promotion" can be compared to "The Boss", where the TV series and the movie can be shot together, and some of the more exciting plots can be extracted and rewritten into a movie script.
After listening to her, Xu Kun contacted Liu Haibo directly.
This time when filming "Dwelling Narrowness", Teng Huatao left Lao Liu to work alone. Lao Liu is currently free, and he happens to be addicted to the benefits of fan movies, so he should be interested in Jiang Xin's proposal.
Of course, the prerequisite is that Liu Haibo can appreciate this book.
Although Lao Liu's current influence is not as great as Xu Kun's, he is a big name in the circle with the highly rated "My Sassy Girl" and the half-billion-yuan box office "So Young". Naturally, his requirements for scripts have also increased a lot.
After giving the script to Lao Liu, Xu Kun no longer paid attention to this matter and focused all his energy on the post-production of "Operation Kunpeng" and on figuring out the villain Takeda in "The Sound of Wind".
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he wanted to fulfill his promise to Gao Qunshu, Xu Kun probably wouldn't have agreed to play this role.
The main reason is that it is too unchallenging. Playing the role of a Japanese soldier, playing the role of a villain, and engaging in torture and forced confession, which one of these is not something that Xu is good at?
He can easily come up with nine performance methods that will get the audience's adrenaline rushing.
As a result, four days later, Liu Haibo suddenly called and said that the script had not been negotiated and hoped that he could meet the author in person.
Judging from Lao Liu's tone, he seemed a bit frustrated, probably because he was rejected when negotiating with the author about copyright - but even so, he still wanted to get the adaptation rights, which shows that this novel is indeed unique.
So the day after the Party Founding Day, Xu Kun took Jiang Yiyan and Jiang Xin to the Magic City.
As soon as he landed at the airport, Xu Kun received a call from Teng Huatao, saying that Zhao Liying had passed the audition and her personal experience and image were very suitable for the role of Guo Haizao.
However, Zhao Liying's performance was a little stiff, and she obviously did not perform at her best.
If possible, Teng Huatao hopes that Jiang Xin can communicate with her more and try to help Zhao Liying adjust her condition before filming.
Xu Kun relayed Teng Huatao's story to Jiang Xin, who shook her head and said, "Liying has been working almost non-stop for the past six months, and her acting skills have indeed improved a lot, but everything has its pros and cons. She has performed too many roles, and most of what she has learned is superficial, and her own edges have been smoothed out a lot. Now that she is suddenly asked to play her true self, she is a little overwhelmed."
Xu Kun felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. He actually acquiesced to Huang Bin's behavior. After all, he himself started out as a special actor.
But now it seems that the training over the past six months has been a bit of a hassle for Xiao Zhao.
In fact, it is normal if you think about it carefully. Although Xu Kun seemed to be a young man just starting out, he was actually almost fifty years old. He was also accustomed to the fickleness of the world in prison, so his maturity was naturally not comparable to that of Xiao Zhao.
So the same method produced different results.
But it doesn’t matter. As long as Xiao Zhao has enough talent and keeps working hard, he still has the chance to become the next Wang Baoqiang - of course, this is just in the novel, don’t count on it in real life.
Xu Kun asked again: "Then do you have any solution?"
Jiang Xin spread her hands and said, "If I had a way, why would I let her audition in this state?"
"Then I'll try it myself later."
Xu Kun felt that based on his experience, he should be able to give Xiao Zhao some advice.
Let’s put this little episode aside for now.
When Xu Kun brought the two to the coffee shop where they had agreed to meet in advance, he found that in addition to the woman suspected to be the author Li Ke, there was also a very famous woman - Xu Jinglei.
As one of the four female roles, Xu Jinglei, who has been portrayed as a talented woman in the past two years, can be said to have taken an unconventional approach. She has not made any major breakthroughs in her work as a director and actor, but her popularity on the Internet has surpassed the other three.
Her title of Blog Queen is in no way inferior to that of Yao Dazui, the later Weibo celebrity.
"Director Xu."
Seeing Xu Kun, Xu Jinglei stood up gracefully, took the initiative to extend her hand and said: "I wish your "Operation Kunpeng" a big hit."
"Haha~"
Xu Kun laughed and said, "We two have lived in the capital for so many years but have never met each other. I didn't expect to meet in the Magic City."
Xu Jinglei also smiled reservedly. At this time, Jiang Yiyan and Jiang Xin also greeted her one after another. Xu Jinglei waited for them to take the initiative to extend their hands before gently shaking them.
People who hang out in Beijing circles seem to care more about the status of their members.
After the greetings, Xu Jinglei took the initiative to introduce the woman next to her. As expected, it was Li Ke [pen name], the author of "Du Lala's Promotion".
Seeing this scene, Xu Kun no longer held out any hope of acquiring the copyright for "Du Lala's Promotion".
Jiang Xin couldn't hide her frustration either.
So after sitting down, Xu Kun simply asked straight to the point: "Has Ms. Li made a decision?"
"That's it."
Li Ke said, looking at Xu Jinglei beside him: "But the specifics will depend on Jinglei's opinion."
Xu Jinglei smiled and said, "I heard that Director Liu Haibo wants to get the rights to adapt the TV series and the movie at the same time. I'd like to ask, are you trying to replicate the filming method of "My Overbearing CEO Falls in Love with Me" and "Lost on Journey"? "
"more or less."
Xu Kun had nothing to hide, so he asked curiously, "Do you have any thoughts when you ask this?"
"How about we cooperate?"
Xu Jinglei leaned forward slightly and said, "We can use the same crew for both the movie and the TV series. Director Liu will be in charge of the TV version, and I will be in charge of the movie version."
After a pause, she reminded him, "Like you, I usually like to write, direct and act in my own films."
This means that by giving up the role of the film's heroine, she has taken a big step back.
"This……"
Xu Kun hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said, "Let me ask Brother Liu for his opinion first."
He walked to the corner and called Liu Haibo facing a pot of green plants. When Liu Haibo told him about this, he became a little reluctant. He felt that he was a director worth half a billion yuan, and even if they wanted to cooperate, he should make the movie while Xu Jinglei should make the TV series.
"Then let's just part ways."
After hearing what he said, Xu Kun said, "I'll go ask Old Xu if Jiang Xin can be used in the TV series."
"What are you in a hurry for?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Haibo hurriedly stopped him and said anxiously, "Can't you try to persuade her to film a TV series?"
"I went there just for the movies. I've never done a TV series. How can I persuade her?"
"Play to your strengths!"
Liu Haibo urged, "Four Dan and two Bing, we dare not say we have them all, but at least we have one Dan and one Bing, right?"
"roll!"
Xu Kun said angrily: "If you continue to be so unreasonable, I will really die."
At this moment, a text message suddenly came to his mobile phone. Xu Kun didn't bother to read it and just waited for Liu Haibo to make the final decision.
"Then how about..."
Liu Haibo pondered for a while, and finally sighed: "Forget it, forget it. After all, I came from a TV drama background. I'll take this script. It just so happens that I'm a little hesitant to leave Lao Teng, so I'll just treat it as an attempt to get rid of the crutch first."
"Okay then. I'll reply to Xu Jinglei right away."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Kun took out the text message and glanced at it, and found only three words: Are you busy?
As for the sender, it was naturally 'that girl Wenli'.
(End of this chapter)
