Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 308 New drama starts

The process of persuading Wu Jing was much easier than Meng Bai and the others had expected.

"There's no need to make any concessions. It's just a guest appearance anyway, so a few days won't matter."

Wu Jing waved his hands generously, and then said with emotion: "In fact, when you, Lao Guo, first approached me, I thought of the time when I was filming Wolf Warrior 1. I had no money and no people, and it was only with the support of my wife that I sold my house to save enough money for the production."

The memories flashed away, and he smiled again and said, "I have been on the crew for a while, and I can see the sincerity of Director Guo, Gong Geer and the crew. I don't know how "The Wandering Earth" will perform, but at least it will live up to the label of "Chinese science fiction."

"So, as a member of the film industry, I am willing to do my part for the development of domestic science fiction."

"it is good!"

Meng Bai clapped his hands suddenly: "Brother Chong Jing, these few words of yours are worth making public!"

Wu Jing glanced at him and said, "Forget it. With the amount of beer you had, let's not talk about this."

"Hey, drinking capacity is all external. The key is that our hearts are sincere."

Guo Fan on the side was not as cheerful as Meng Bai. He said with an awkward look: "Well, Brother Jing, actually the reason why I told you about this conversion today is mainly because I have another thing to say."

"It's okay, just tell me."

"We originally planned to guest star for half a month...but this time may not be enough."

"How much?"

Guo Fan looked at Meng Bai, who coughed and said, "Probably, it will take about 20 days."

"..."

Wu Jing looked speechlessly at Meng Bai and Guo Fan who were smiling.

Half a month plus twenty days, that’s more than a month.

"No, you two, who calls a role that requires more than a month of filming a 'guest appearance'?"

"Hey, we're just saying this among ourselves. If we were to announce it publicly, it would definitely be some 'special guest starring'."

"Hey, you guys are well prepared."

Wu Jing cursed with a smile, thought for a moment, and shook his head, saying, "Adding another twenty days is definitely not going to work. Wolf Warrior 2 will be released in mid-July, and there will be roadshows before that. There won't be enough time."

“Yeah, that’s right…”

Guo Fan opened his mouth and wanted to fight for it again, but was stopped by Meng Bai.

The fact that Wu Jing agreed to make a cameo appearance and didn't even ask for any pay was already a huge favor, and there was really no way I could ask for anything more from him.

After all, "Wolf Warrior 2" is his own project.

What's more, Arclight also invested in Wolf Warrior 2. Although not as much as The Wandering Earth, it was still tens of millions.

So they really couldn't say anything more.

"It's okay, Brother Jing, we'll think of a way regarding the movie." Meng Bai said.

“Ah?” Wu Jing was stunned for a moment, then said, “No, I was just thinking about how to arrange my time. How about this? Let’s shoot here first, and I’ll leave for a while when Wolf Warrior 2 starts. Then after the promotion period and the release are over, I’ll continue shooting the rest.”

Hearing this, Meng Bai and Guo Fan looked at each other and their eyes lit up.

There is really no problem in doing this. After finishing this segment, Zhao Jinmai and the others will be back, so we can continue shooting the "Ground Line".

Then, after the promotion period of Wolf Warrior 2 is over, the “ground line” should be basically completed, and then the “space line” can be shot.

Anyway, these two story lines never appear in the same frame on camera. It's basically Wu Jing's one-man show, so it doesn't matter when they are filmed.

"Sure, no problem." Guo Fan quickly agreed.

Meng Bai looked at Wu Jing and said, "Brother Jing, let's not talk about anything else. After we finish filming, I will give you a bottle of wine." "White?"

"Absolutely white!"

"Okay." Wu Jing laughed and punched Meng Bai on the chest, "Just for what you said, I'll take the shot."

The pay is a small matter; the key is that the face is really given enough.

After the matter was resolved, everyone was in a good mood.

It happened to be lunchtime, and since we were all family, there was no need to go out specially. We just got the boxed lunch sets from the crew.

"By the way, Brother Jing, you just said that "Wolf Warrior 2" will be released next month?" Meng Bai asked casually while eating.

"Yes, it will premiere on July 19th and officially open on July 21st."

Wu Jing introduced that according to the initial schedule, it was planned to be launched at the end of July.

But at this time, there was another big production in the "Jian" series, so the release date was moved forward.

"Is it "The Founding of an Army"? " Meng Bai asked.

Wu Jingzhi nodded: "Yes, you are quite concerned."

"After all, I have invested money, so I must understand it."

In fact, in addition to the reason of "Wolf Warrior 2", several people that Meng Bai knows also participated in this movie.

For example, Liu Haoran played the young Su Yu, and Bai Yu played Cai Qingchuan.

There is also Li Qin, who plays Yang Kaihui, just like in "The Founding of a Party".

As the last film in the "Jian" series and a tribute to the 90th anniversary of the founding of the army, China Film Group Corporation attaches great importance to this film.

In addition to normal publicity, promotion, and scheduling resources, we also talked with the film companies before and after the release dates to try to stagger the time.

But to be honest, there is basically no particularly empty time period during the entire summer season.

Looking back, there are "Wolf Warrior 2", "The Monkey King", "Despicable Me 3" and "Knife of the Assassin 2"; looking back, there are "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets", "Manchester by the Sea", "Finding Dory", "Legend of the Mermaid Pearl" and "Eternal Love".

Judging from the lineup and IP alone, none of them is an easy opponent.

So despite the success of "Wolf Warrior 1" and the million yuan guarantee from Beijing North Culture, Wu Jing still did not dare to take it lightly.

During this period, while the crew of "The Wandering Earth" was filming, the film's pre-production and promotional materials also began to be released.

Like Wu Jing, Meng Bai also has a new drama.

"Psychological Crime 2", a collaboration between ArcLight and Penguin Pictures, officially premiered on Tencent Video during the graduation season.

With the audience fans of the first part as a foundation, plus the huge popularity attracted by the "Green Ivy Series" in the past two years, "Psychological Crime 2" attracted a lot of attention as soon as it was broadcast.

The main film has not yet been released, but the combined number of views of the trailer and promotional MV alone has exceeded 3000 million.

With the update of the first two episodes, the number of views has reached 24 million in less than hours.

The popularity of the online drama directly ranked first on the rankings of major online broadcast data websites, and it was a landslide-level suppression.

Although this is also related to the fact that there are no other popular online dramas online during this period, the absolute data still shows the appeal of the "Psychological Crime" IP and the "Green Ivy Series".

It can be said that "Psychological Crime 2" has set an excellent and high-threshold start for the summer online drama market.

ArcLight also took advantage of this popularity to officially and completely announce the plan for the film project "Psychological Crime: City Lights".

(End of this chapter)