Chapter 671 Producer
About two days later, it was announced that Jiang Yuqian had joined "Destruction Day" as the lead actress.
In foreign media reports, Jiang Yuqian is described as the female lead in "The Squid Game".
For the general public, this is Jiang Yuqian's third international project, two years after the broadcast of "The Squid Game".
Especially for Chinese media, no domestic actress has a more impressive track record.
She has starred in the commercial film "The Mysterious Ghost," the TV series "Perfect Truth" directed by a renowned film director, and now she has landed the lead role in a big-budget film.
Jiang Yuqian's international journey has been exceptionally smooth.
Only they themselves know how much of this so-called record is inflated.
But it's okay.
There's a saying: "A beautiful sedan chair is carried by people."
As long as she eventually gains more international recognition and establishes herself firmly, these are just the steps she has taken along the way.
Taking this opportunity, He Heng launched a large-scale marketing campaign for Jiang Yuqian, who had not had much exposure in China for a long time.
Hollywood blockbuster female lead —
Even if she's just a supporting actress, she's still a leading lady.
Their status speaks for itself.
Their status is undeniable.
He Heng is well-versed in the ways of operating in the entertainment industry.
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The moment Jiang Yuqian's news was officially announced, it immediately attracted the attention of the domestic entertainment industry.
Several top actresses who had previously been fierce competitors with Jiang Yuqian unanimously went to the front lines, buying articles to widely publicize that Jiang Yuqian had accepted a role in a so-called Hollywood movie that had been downgraded to a B-movie in order to star in it.
The film project "Doomsday" has received considerable attention in China due to several news reports about Lu Yanhe in the past, and many people know about it.
Therefore, after being embroiled in the so-called B-movie scandal, Jiang Yuqian's comments on social media did indeed decline somewhat.
People are no longer as ignorant about foreign countries as they were twenty years ago.
Back then, anything from abroad was considered delicious.
As everyone knows now, there are also many bad movies and poor production teams abroad. You can't just go abroad to act and gain prestige.
In fact, among the Chinese actors who have gone overseas to work, only a handful have actually secured roles effectively as actors.
Among actresses, those who truly made it abroad to star in films include Gong Li (Miami Vice, Memoirs of a Geisha, Hannibal Rising) and Zhang Ziyi (Rush Hour 2, Memoirs of a Geisha, the Korean film Samurai, and the Japanese film Tanukiko). In the middle, there's Li Bingbing (Resident Evil, Transformers: Age of Extinction), and later only Liu Yifei (Mulan). Of course, this doesn't include foreign films like The Forbidden Kingdom and Snow Flower & the Secret Fan, which are inherently Chinese in cultural context and could only be made available to Chinese actors.
As for those other so-called overseas performance experiences, whether they are real or fake, whether the films they actually received were effective, and how valuable the roles were, everyone knows the truth. (Tang Wei wasn't included because she only focuses on the Korean market, but the Korean market is too singular.)
In this situation, if Jiang Yuqian really gets a leading role in an A-list production, that's awesome—not to be a Western-worshipper, but for a Chinese actress to be able to compete in someone else's production requires ability and skill; you have to be good enough for someone else to give you that opportunity.
But if Jiang Yuqian takes on a bad movie for the sake of so-called "Hollywood" and "internationalization," then as a top-tier Chinese star, and one of the most popular stars internationally right now, people will find it shameful.
Jiang Yuqian's rivals are using this approach to launch a large-scale smear campaign against her.
He Heng, as her agent, really didn't expect that they would suddenly face so many questions.
It's really hard to respond in a situation like this.
Because they cannot answer the question of the production scale of the film "Doomsday" on behalf of Parameter.
It is a major taboo in the industry for actors to talk about things related to the film without the permission of the film company.
Of course, He Heng also had her own methods.
She didn't make a point about whether Doomsday was a B-movie.
She immediately arranged an exclusive interview.
During the interview, one question was why Jiang Yuqian accepted the role in "Destruction Day".
Jiang Yuqian's answer was something He Heng had planned long ago.
"Because the director of this film is Lune Ries, who is a very outstanding science fiction director who has made many classic science fiction films." Jiang Yuqian attributed all her reasons for taking on the role in "Doomsday" to Lune Ries.
Indeed, regardless of whether Doomsday was downgraded to a B-movie, it cannot be denied that the film was directed by Lune Ries.
It's impossible for any actor to say that Lune Riess is a director they wouldn't want to work with.
After the interview was published, He Heng immediately released a press release explaining why Jiang Yuqian accepted the role in "Destruction Day" in an attempt to clear up the impression caused by the previous negative articles.
You can't criticize director Lune Reese.
In particular, this director will soon be the director of Lu Yanhe's next screenplay, "Source Code".
It can be said that He Heng's choice of this public relations angle was very precise.
This is the best angle Jiang Yuqian could find at the moment.
At the same time, an American tabloid suddenly published several photos: Lu Yanhe walking side by side with Hollywood star Delian Dylan on the street, chatting and laughing.
At that time, no one knew what the two of them were doing when they met.
It's not surprising that the two of them got together, especially since they had just acted in "Hurricane 2" together not long ago.
However, a media outlet soon reported that Derian Dylan would be further developing business cooperation with Lu Yanhe.
It's not a collaboration on another project, but a business collaboration.
Two days later, Variety reported that Delan Dylan was in talks for Doomsday, and that he was a potential replacement for Tom Felton in the lead role.
Strictly speaking, Derain Dylan's popularity is not as high as Tom Felton's. However, the movies starring Derain Dylan have all performed exceptionally well at the box office. Although he is not the kind of big star the media portrays him to be, his achievements as a film actor are undeniable.
In recent years, Delan Dylan has not only starred in commercial films, but also consciously made two award-winning films with high artistic aspirations and explorations of human nature, which has attracted more media attention to him, who discuss his acting skills and his pursuit as an actor.
Those big stars who clearly only aim to be "box office superstars" are not worth discussing in the commentary circles.
This news has not yet been confirmed. Director Lune Reese posted a photo on his social media inviting Lu Yanhe to visit his home. In addition to Lu Yanhe, there was another person, Jiang Jun.
Soon after, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Jiang Jun would be joining the cast of Doomsday.
Following the Hollywood Reporter's report, Parameter's publicity campaign also commenced.
Suddenly, the film project "Doomsday" went from being "uncertain" last month to being on track.
The fact that the male and female leads of "The Squid Game" reunite in the movie "Doomsday" is enough to attract a large number of fans of "The Squid Game" to pay attention to this film.
In addition, there were recent reports that Derian Dylan was also in talks—
By all accounts, it doesn't look like a movie that should be downgraded to a B-movie.
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"We've definitely been tricked. What else is there to say?" Zhang Yuezhen angrily blamed Chen Pinhe. "I told you, 'Doomsday' wouldn't be downgraded. Now look what happened, someone beat us to it."
Chen Pinhe was also in a bad mood.
He lost an A-list film production that would have allowed him to work with director Lune Reese and star alongside Delian Dylan, which was a great pity even for him.
Otherwise, this movie might have helped him break into Hollywood.
Previously, as China's most popular film emperor, it didn't matter whether he went to Hollywood or not. At his peak, he didn't go and stayed in the Chinese film industry, at most occasionally collaborating with overseas directors on one or two films.
If you want to make a name for yourself in Hollywood now, you can't start with small supporting roles—
That would significantly reduce the number of options.
Zhang Yuezhen said, "Although Jiang Jun was the last to act in this movie, he has now signed with Shi Huo and is still part of Lu Yanhe's faction. It's impossible for Lu Yanhe not to have been pulling strings behind the scenes, you admit it, right? Lu Yanhe had his eye on this movie from the very beginning. I told you, the news that it was downgraded to a B-movie might have been a trap he set. You didn't believe me, but now you can confirm it, right?"
Chen Pinhe: "You couldn't be sure at the time either."
"Are you blaming me? Blaming me for not being 100% sure that 'Doomsday' wouldn't be downgraded to a B-movie?" Zhang Yue was so angry that her face turned green.
Chen Pinhe: "I don't blame you. It's just that, given the circumstances at the time, none of us knew what would happen after 'Doomsday'."
“But how much effort did we put into getting this movie?” Zhang Yuezhen said. “In the end, it ended up in Jiang Jun’s pocket.”
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In late November, Chen Ziyan told Lu Yanhe that Derian Dylan had officially signed a performance contract with Parameter for "Doomsday".
This means that Doomsday will definitely be filmed according to the original production plan.
Similarly, Parameter finally reached an agreement with Lu Yanhe that Linghe's branch company in the United States would bear 15% of the production costs of "Doomsday", which also means that Linghe has obtained a 15% investment share in "Doomsday".
Lu Yanhe's name will be included in the list of producers of "Destruction Day," ranking third according to the contract.
Meanwhile, Derian Dylan was indeed interested in Lu Yanhe's future projects. While Darren Wilson was negotiating his salary for "Source Code," Derian Dylan was also communicating with Lu Yanhe about their collaboration.
To Lu Yanhe's surprise, Derian Dylan was even interested in investing in Lu Yanhe's Linghe Company in China.
He was eyeing the Chinese box office market.
In particular, his past films, which were mostly action movies, were released in China.
Derian Dylan wants to make money in China by partnering with Lu Yanhe.
Everyone in Lu Yanhe was stunned.
He thought Derian Dylan was only interested in his business plans in the United States, but little did he know that the other man saw much more.
The issues involved are too complex, so we haven't yet engaged in deeper discussions.
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In contrast, when Parameter announced the list of producers for "Doomsday" and Lu Yanhe's name appeared on it—ranked third—the shock caused by this left the entire Chinese entertainment industry stunned.
While others are still trying their best to get a role in top-budget movies and fighting tooth and nail for a single character, Lu Yanhe has already made it onto the producer's list—even though he has neither a screenwriter nor a lead actor.
why is that?
Thinking back now, there were media reports that Lu Yanhe was in talks to star in "Doomsday," and Chen Ziyan even said that Parameter had indeed met and talked with Lu Yanhe about the film...
Now it seems that you guys weren't talking about actors at all?
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I had a big fight with my family and I'm in a bad mood. I've been writing for over three hours and this is all I've written so far.
There will be another update later. Check it out tomorrow morning.
(End of this chapter)
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