New Age Artists

Chapter 257 Red Cliff Casting, Chinese Entertainment Feast (23)

Chinese entertainment is shocked!

It has been one year and two months since the project of "Red Cliff" was launched, and various news has been released continuously.

Most of them are about exterior scenes, props, costumes, and some reports on the preparations.

The start of casting means that the Red Cliff project has officially entered a new stage.

Shen San Tong has no films released this year, and many viewers are looking forward to "Red Cliff".

Some viewers even opposed Shen Santong's decision to make "Red Cliff".

It takes too long, it would be better to make more comedies.

The audience was eagerly waiting, and when the casting of "Red Cliff" was announced, they all participated.

Inside the film and television industry.

There is a lot of joy and excitement on the domestic entertainment side.

This is Shen Santong's new play, attracting much attention.

As long as you can touch the edge, you can be popular.

"Crazy Supermarket" and "Happy Birthday" directed by Shen Santong and "Crazy Stone" produced by him are all works of domestic film history.

Being able to become the lead actor in a Shen Santong play, even if the character was previously unknown, can help one soar to fame.

The key is that Shen Santong likes to use mainland actors in his plays.

Not to mention ordinary actors from the mainland, even household names like Chen Baoguo, Zhang Guoli, Chen Daoming, Li Youbin, and Tang Guoqiang are included.

It is also difficult to get opportunities to make big-budget movies.

Even works directed by mainland directors generally do not use mainland actors.

Chen Kaige's "The Promise" stars Japanese, Korean and Hong Kong actors, with Liu Ye playing an ugly ghost.

Zhang Yimou's "Hero" stars Li Lianjie, Liang Chaowei, Zhang Manyu, and director Chen Ming as supporting roles. "House of Flying Daggers" stars Takeshi Kaneshiro and Liu Dehua.

Jet Li is not considered a mainland actor, not because of his nationality, but because of his experience in becoming famous, just like Wang Fei is classified as a Hong Kong actor.

The actresses also play supporting roles for Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Shen Santong is a unique director who likes to use mainland actors.

Shen Santong's plays are a feast of Chinese entertainment and a feast of domestic entertainment.

From an old veteran in the circle to a hot first-line star.

The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, each showing their magical powers, want to join this project.

They all spoke out.

Director Chen met a reporter by chance and he had already received an invitation.

For someone of his status, there's no need to fight for an audition; he just needs to go through the motions.

Director Chen tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth: "I can't say that I received an invitation. It has to be kept secret."

A good project is one thing, but the key is to feel proud of it.

In the past, mainland actors could only watch big productions, but now the situation is reversed.

You people in Hong Kong can only watch helplessly.

Cool!
Li Bingbing meets a reporter by chance.

She had a bit of a queenly temperament: "I had a great time working with Director Shen, and of course I hope to be able to participate. Happy Birthday 2 is in preparation."

"Our director Shen is very responsible. He will start Happy Birthday 2 after the filming of Red Cliff is finished."

"What do you mean by our family? Didn't I say that? They are friends who are like family to us."

Huang Xiaoming was spotted by reporters: "I just finished the Stone Roadshow. I have some news, but I can't reveal it."

"Pay? I think the work is more important to an actor. If Director Shen calls, I'm willing to join for free."

Fan Bingbing also ran into reporters when he went out: "Director Shen and I just separated. Oh, don't get me wrong, we are just ordinary friends who are relatively close."

"Li Bingbing? We are good friends. I don't have any opinion on her relationship with Director Shen. I know they are just partners."

"Next album? It's hard to say. As you all know, Director Shen doesn't usually write songs. If you give me songs outside of the movie, I'll be very satisfied."

"I will have a role in Red Cliff, but I won't reveal the details. I can only say that Director Shen and I have privately discussed the topic of the female lead."

"It may be a joke. I am not in a position to reveal it. The project is still in the confidentiality stage. I will tell you later."

Overnight.

The reporter became an NPC that spawned in the wild.

Celebrities always meet by chance.

So many netizens complained, was it intentional or accidental?

Of course, the most exciting ones are still some community platforms.

Various erotic stories about Shen Santong are emerging one after another.

Some forces pay people to write the stories, and some judge others by their own standards and put themselves in their shoes.

He thought that if he were Shen Santong, he would definitely have a great time.

"Crazy Stone" is even crazier, adding fuel to the casting of "Red Cliff".

The roadshow ended, but the hype of "Titanic" and the use of the big ship as a unit of measurement prevented Stone's box office from falling too badly.

Monday, May 8th.

Closed at 670 million.

Tuesday, August 8. Closed at 15 million.

Because it was close to the big ship record, the box office saw a decline.

The total box office reached 36275 million.

Stone officially surpassed the Chinese box office record of 1998 million yuan set by "Titanic", which was released on April 4, 30.

Wednesday, May 8th.

Closed at 480 million.

It closed at 410 million on Thursday.

540 million on Friday.

800 million on Saturday.

670 million on Sunday.

The box office in its fourth week was 4430 million, and the total box office reached million, ranking second in film box office history, below "Happy Birthday".

As a result, the pursuit of "Red Cliff" in the circle became more and more crazy.

The conversation on the stage began to become tense.

Behind the scenes, he even hoped that Shen Santong would give him some tough lessons.

Not wanting to repeat his mistake that caused the project to get out of control, Shen Santong disappeared from the circle.

If we say that Shen Santong's "Red Cliff" was too popular because of his series of publicity and his love of interacting with the audience.

Then Wu Yusen's "Red Cliff" has a bit of the feeling of Wang Xiaoer's New Year, which is worse than the last year, and feels hazy.

Wu Yusen’s director studio.

Wu Yusen urged Wu Kebo: "Mr. Wu, you are a great man, please transfer the remaining 1500 million US dollars as soon as possible."

Wu Kebo said dissatisfiedly: "Has the money from China Film arrived? Ask China Film to transfer the money first."

Wu Yusen's "Red Cliff" had a budget of 50 million US dollars, and Wu Kebo accounted for 70% of the share.

The investment is US$35 million, and US$20 million has been paid.

China Film Group holds a 20% share and invested 10 million US dollars.

Wu Yusen raised five million US dollars from other channels, accounting for 10% of the share.

According to what Wu Kebo knew, the US$10 million from China Film Corporation should not have been fully paid, and he wanted China Film Corporation to pay first.

Wu Yusen questioned: "Mr. Wu, you don't have any money, do you?"

Wu Kebo retorted coldly: "Sir Wu, I also have a temper. Have I ever owed you money?"

There is indeed a problem with Wu Kebo's cash flow.

However, the tighter the capital chain was, the less likely they would show weakness in the face of Wu Yusen, for fear that he would see through their true strength.

Wang Jinghua's switch cost him a lot of money.

What’s even worse is that there is no return of money.

He took shares in Wang Jinghua Company, but he could not check the accounts and could not make money from the brokerage business.

The accounts given to him were all shams, not real.

Wang Jinghua is a local operator and most of the agreements with his artists are verbal, so it is a complete black box.

Wu Kebo felt that Wang Jinghua would be more polite to the Chinese and foreigners because they were all local residents and no one was afraid of the other.

Just fool him.

Wu Kebo has not been able to speak out yet. Now he has only lost his substance, but at least he still has his face.

Once it is made public, it would be tantamount to making the loss of the brokerage business public and losing face.

It will be extremely difficult for him to engage in capital operations.

Seeing that he was angry, Wu Yusen quickly softened his tone and said, "Transfer the remaining 15 million US dollars to us. We need to pay the special effects company in Hollywood. We can't wait any longer."

Wu Kebo said: "I can give you the money, but I need to check the accounts."

Wu Yusen said, "The accounts are always there, you can check them at will."

Wu Kebo's eyes twitched. "It's not an open account. I want a hidden account. Give me the account you gave to China Film."

He gritted his teeth and withstood the pressure. He was able to take out more than 10 million U.S. dollars, but he was a little afraid.

As he invested 20 million US dollars, Wu Yusen's attitude changed.

Today Wu Yusen wanted money and called him over so that he couldn't tell who the financial sponsor was.

Wu Kebo had a bad feeling.

When Wu Yusen heard about the open and hidden accounts, he denied it on the spot: "There is no such thing as a hidden account, never."

Wu Yusen, who has worked in both the Hong Kong and Hollywood circles, knows the art of accounting very well.

People say Wall Street is a vampire, but Hollywood can suck Wall Street.

The Hong Kong circle has even been involved in underworld gangs.

If you learn a few tricks from both places, you will benefit endlessly.

China Film Finance moved in at the very beginning, and he had no choice but to ensure that China Film’s money was used, so Wu Kebo didn’t care.

Wu Yusen said dimly, "Mr. Wu, if you can't pay, I can only announce to the public that the Red Cliff project has been suspended."

(End of this chapter)