Huayu Entertainment: The Birth of a Succubus Top Star

Guo Fan has been particularly annoyed lately, with everything going wrong.

He sometimes even doubts whether he has chosen a bad name.

I wanted everything to go smoothly, but I ended up with all sorts of troubles!

Filming had already started when the originally cast male lead ran away.

The other party probably felt that the "Wandering Earth" production team was not very reliable.

Therefore, after receiving the "big production" "Novoland: Eagle Flag", he was willing to pay a penalty of 50,000 yuan to leave the "Wandering Earth" crew.

So what if the male lead runs away? This little thing won't affect Guo Fan.

We can always find another one. Besides, he doesn't intend to use any big names. There are plenty of newcomers in the entertainment industry who have no roles to play.

What bothered him was the filming time delayed by the male lead running away and the filming budget already paid out. There was nothing he could do; the production crew was broke!

From the start of preparations for "The Wandering Earth" until now, he has been either on the road begging for donations or on the road begging for donations.

He was known in the martial arts world as the "Master of Begging for Alms".

Before "The Wandering Earth," Guo Fan had directed two films, neither of which were related to science fiction.

So when people learned that he was going to direct a sci-fi blockbuster adapted from Liu Cixin's novel, skepticism was almost inevitable.

Because China lacked successful precedents for science fiction films, investors were generally pessimistic, resulting in severe underinvestment.

Lacking investor funding, and in order to prevent the project from stalling, Guo Fan used all his savings, producer Gong Ge'er sold her car, and the director of photography also paid for equipment out of his own pocket...

Even so, Guo Fan never gave up.

He is determined to make a science fiction film of his own.

However, the most urgent task now is to find a male lead.

Guo Fan called over the casting director: "Take a look and see if there are any suitable actors. Newcomers are fine too, as long as the price is cheap."

"Um... Director, there are some things I'm not sure if I should say."

"Oh, tell me about it."

"Actually, we don't need to focus on newcomers just to save money. We can find a well-known artist. Maybe we can even persuade them to invest."

Upon hearing the casting director's words, Guo Fan immediately became interested: "That's a good idea, but everyone in this industry is shrewd and not so easily fooled."

"Has the director seen Wu Jing's recent interviews?"

"I don't have time to look at that stuff. Tell me what's going on?"

Guo Fan was naturally aware of the box office storm caused by "Wolf Warrior 2", but he had no time to pay attention to Wu Jing's interview.

According to Wu Jing herself, Gu Zhiyan not only didn't ask for a single penny of salary for starring in "Wolf Warrior 2", but also invested a large sum of money in it.

Wu Jing now brags about Gu Zhiyan to everyone he meets, saying things like he played the male lead for free and invested money without hesitation when he learned the movie was short of funds...

Of course, Li Yitong also received a lot of praise from Wu Jing, who came to her rescue when the female lead ran away.

This made many female celebrities in the industry extremely envious.

Did she save a life out of an emergency and end up becoming the leading actress in the highest-grossing Chinese film of all time?

They can do this too...

Well, even if we did find them, they probably wouldn't have answered the call back then.

Going to that godforsaken place in Africa is tough, tiring, and could even be life-threatening. Only a fool would take that job!

Sister Meng: I was so stupid, I didn't take on "Wolf Warrior 2".

Xiao Yan asked her first if she was willing to act in the role.

As a result, she herself turned him away.

Waaaaah... I'm so sad!

An opportunity was once presented to her...

Upon hearing the casting director's words, Guo Fan immediately felt that his opportunity had arrived.

If Wu Jing can do it, there's no reason why "Cyber ​​Daji" can't.

If a monk can touch it, why can't he?

When it comes to "deceiving," Guo Fan considers himself a hundred times better than Wu Jing, that roughneck.

He could almost see top celebrities and huge investments flying towards him.

However, the problem now is that he doesn't know Gu Zhiyan, so how can he get in touch with him?

Guo Fan thoroughly utilized his connections in the entertainment industry and immediately identified a name—Lin Gengxin.

He worked with Lin Gengxin on the movie "My Old Classmate".

Lin Gengxin and Gu Zhiyan filmed "Princess Agents" together, so that connects them.

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When Gu Zhiyan finished her audition for "The Story of Minglan" and came out with Sister Zhao, she received a call from Lin Gengxin.

Sister Zhao knew that Gu Zhiyan was auditioning, so she came all the way here today to accompany him.

Gu Zhiyan naturally passed the audition smoothly.

Actually, the biggest concern of the production team of "The Story of Minglan" is that Gu Zhiyan is too young.

In the TV series, Gu Tingye is nine years older than Sheng Minglan.

In reality, Gu Zhiyan is several years younger than Zhao Liying.

However, the age difference is not a problem for Gu Zhiyan at all; Sister Zhao's round face makes her look younger than she is.

If Gu Zhiyan's makeup and styling were made to look more mature, the most important thing would be that he wouldn't even need to act; his mature manly aura would come naturally.

The audition staff took one look and exclaimed, "Wow, impressive!"

The roles were decided just like that, and the contracts were signed on the spot.

Sister Zhao was naturally very happy, even happier than Gu Zhiyan himself.

Next time I'll be filming with my little brother again, and this time we'll be playing husband and wife!

When Sister Zhao was in a good mood, she decided to treat Gu Zhiyan to a big meal.

When Lin Gengxin called, Gu Zhiyan was just about to have dinner with Sister Zhao!

"Who was that?" Sister Zhao asked after Gu Zhiyan hung up the phone.

"Lin Gengxin said that a film director got my contact information from him and will be visiting me soon. He told me in advance."

"A film director? They want you to act in their movies?"

Sister Zhao is clearly very interested in movies, and recently she has also started to try to enter the film industry.

Zhao Liying starred in Han Han's film "Duckweed," which was released during this year's Spring Festival. The film did quite well, which is a good start.

After filming "The Story of Minglan", Zhao Liying will next be filming a movie called "Journey to the West: The Land of Women".

"I don't know yet, it's probably more than just acting in a movie."

"Cyber ​​Daji" will most likely seek alms from Gu Zhiyan.

Gu Zhiyan expressed a warm welcome!

Even if Guo Fan didn't ask for it, Gu Zhiyan would still force it on him!

The opportunity to invest in "The Wandering Earth" has come knocking! How can you miss it!

"What movie is it?" Sister Zhao continued to ask.

"The Wandering Earth, a science fiction film."

"Science fiction? You absolutely must not touch that stuff." As soon as Sister Zhao heard it was a science fiction movie, she immediately advised against it.

Chinese science fiction films are synonymous with bad movies.

Here's a joke: Chinese science fiction movies...

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Who would have thought that this would be a milestone in the history of Chinese science fiction films?

Everyone doubted you, but you proved them wrong!