Chapter 1750 - 847: Remarkable Works_2

Chapter 1750: Chapter 847: Remarkable Works_2

Zhou Lan smiled and said, "The more capable you are, the more work you get. If you weren’t starring, this ’Idol Clone’ project would be very hard to get made in the short term. The genre’s still a bit niche. Since you’ve got your eye on this script, then let’s do it properly."

The tone was set in just a few words. In this project, Zhou Yun was the one in control.

For this film, Zhou Yun would get a fee plus a share of the profits. Zhou Lan was personally putting in 2 million yuan, and everything else would be covered by Song Chi’s company. Their company would invest part of it, and also allocate a certain share to other long?term partner investors.

With Zhou Yun as the lead, and it being this kind of commercial film, there was no shortage of investment. As soon as word got out, people would be lining up with money in hand.

Wu Chengbao said, "Didn’t you say before you weren’t sure which director would suit this movie? I’ve found a few directors in the country who’ve worked on similar projects. Here’s the list, take a look."

Zhou Yun took the list and carefully read down it.

"Liu Jiashi, used to shoot in Hong Kong, came to the mainland two years ago, directed ’Future Celebrity’..." Zhou Yun asked, "I think I’ve seen that movie. It’s the one about a celebrity who’s put into cryogenic storage, sleeps for two hundred years, then wakes up in the future two hundred years later and continues being a celebrity?"

"Yeah, that’s the one."

"So ridiculous." Zhou Yun’s expression twitched instantly. "Wasn’t that a total piece of crap?"

"The film is crap, but that’s mostly a script?level problem. I’ve seriously evaluated that movie—the director actually had a lot of ideas and highlights. You can tell he was trying to make it good, but for various reasons it ended up becoming that kind of giant train wreck." Wu Chengbao said, "If you go back and watch it, the blocking and the editing are both first?rate."

Hearing this, Zhou Yun nodded and said, "Okay, I’ll go watch it."

"Second one, Zuo Qi." Wu Chengbao took the initiative to introduce, "He’s only shot web series so far, but he’s very capable and really talented. Both of his web series are set against soft sci?fi backgrounds, and especially when it comes to shooting face?offs between people, he really nails the atmosphere."

Zhou Yun had seen his ’Inner Corner’, and it was indeed just as Wu Chengbao said.

The remaining three names were also on the tentative invitation list, but judging from their résumés, they didn’t quite measure up to Liu Jiashi and Zuo Qi.

Zhou Yun asked Wu Chengbao, "So who are you more inclined to have direct?"

"For these five, I think their basic skills all pass muster. Who we end up inviting to direct still depends on you—who’s most aligned with your take and perspective on this film, and who you can work with the most smoothly." Wu Chengbao said, "None of them are newbies, they all have representative works. If we want them to direct, we’ll have to sit down and communicate properly. Their schedules might not even line up."

"Mm."

"Oh, right, there are a few other key roles in this movie. Do you have anyone in mind for the cast?" Wu Chengbao asked.

Zhou Yun said, "I only have ideas about the agent role I play in the film. What do you think about asking Sister Hongyu to play it?"

"Zhang Hongyu?" Wu Chengbao was a bit surprised.

"Yeah. I think it’s a role with a lot of room to play. If she takes it, she’ll definitely give a fantastic performance." Zhou Yun said. "A proud, cold, almost inhuman agent, and only at the end does everyone realize she’s actually always treated that dead female artist as her own daughter. After the artist died, she’s been bent on revenge. Later, she teams up with the artist’s clone to expose the truth behind it all."

Wu Chengbao said, "Now that you put it that way, having Zhang Hongyu take it would definitely create a very unexpected effect. But would she be willing? Even though the agent has a lot of scenes, she’s not the female lead."

Zhou Yun said, "If you don’t see any problem with it, I’ll call Sister Hongyu. If it really doesn’t work out, we’ll consider someone else."

"If we can get Zhang Hongyu, of course that’d be great."

"But if the cast includes you and Zhang Hongyu, then the other actors’ fees can’t be too high, or our budget won’t stretch." Zhou Lan said. "We still have several fairly important roles in this film."

Zhou Yun said, "We’ll see. What do you think about the role of Chen Qiao? A male artist from the same agency as the female lead, an idol in a boy group, he’s had a long?standing secret crush on the heroine, but once he learns the truth he chooses to snitch to the company. Audiences definitely won’t like this kind of character—who’d be willing to play him?"