Chapter 308 New Drama
Starts The process of persuading Wu Jing was much easier than Meng Bai and the others expected.
"There's no need to make any concessions. It's just a guest appearance, so a few days won't matter."
Wu Jing waved his hand generously, and then said with emotion: "In fact, when you, Lao Guo, came to me, I thought of the time when I was filming "Wolf Warrior 1". There was no money, no people, and it was all thanks to my wife's support that I sold my house to save enough money for production."
The memories of the past flashed away, and he smiled again and said: "I have been in the crew for this period of time, and I can see the sincerity of Director Guo, Gong Geer and everyone in the crew for the film. I don't know how "The Wandering Earth" performs, but at least it will live up to the label of "domestic science fiction." "
So, as a member of the film industry, I am willing to do my part for the development of domestic science fiction."
"Okay!"
Meng Bai clapped his hands suddenly: "Brother Chong Jing, these few words of yours are worth talking about!"
Wu Jing glanced at him: "Forget it, with the amount of beer you have, let's not talk about this."
"Hey, alcohol tolerance is external, the key is that our hearts are sincere."
Guo Fan on the side was not as cheerful as Meng Bai, and said with a somewhat embarrassed look: "Well, Brother Jing, actually the reason why I told you about this discount today is mainly because I have another thing to say."
"It's okay, just tell me."
"We originally said that it would be a guest appearance for half a month... but this time may not be enough."
"How much difference?"
Guo Fan looked at Meng Bai, who coughed lightly and said: "Probably, it will take another twenty days."
"..."
Wu Jing looked at Meng Bai and Guo Fan with a smile on his face speechlessly.
Half a month plus twenty days, it's more than a month.
"No, you two, who calls a role that takes more than a month to shoot a scene a 'guest appearance'?"
"Hey, that's what we said privately. If it's announced to the public, it must be some 'special guest starring'."
"Hey, you are well prepared."
Wu Jing laughed and scolded, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Adding another 20 days is definitely not possible. 'Wolf Warrior 2' will be released in mid-July, and there will be a roadshow before that. There is not enough time."
"Yeah, that's right..."
Guo Fan opened his mouth and wanted to fight for it again, but was stopped by Meng Bai on the side.
Wu Jing agreed to come and play a cameo, and even didn't ask for any pay. It was already a great favor, and there was really no way to ask for more from him.
After all, no matter what, 'Wolf Warrior 2' is his own project.
What's more, Arc Light also invested in 'Wolf Warrior 2'. Although not as much as 'The Wandering Earth', it is also tens of millions.
So they really can't say anything more.
"It's okay, Brother Jing, we will find a way to the movie." Meng Bai said.
"Ah?" Wu Jing was stunned for a moment, then said: "No, I was just thinking about how to arrange the time. How about this, let's shoot here first, and I will leave for a while when "Wolf Warrior 2" starts. Then after the promotion period and the release, I will continue to shoot the rest."
Meng Bai and Guo Fan looked at each other and their eyes lit up when they heard it.
There is really no problem with doing this. After this section is finished, Zhao Jinmai and the others will come back, and we can continue to shoot the "ground line".
Then after the release and promotion period of "Wolf Warrior 2" is over, the "ground line" should be basically finished, and then we can continue to shoot the "space line".
Anyway, these two story lines don't appear in the same frame on the camera at all. It's basically Wu Jing's one-man show, so it doesn't matter when to shoot.
"Okay, okay, no problem." Guo Fan quickly agreed.
Meng Bai looked at Wu Jing: "Brother Jing, let's not talk about anything else. After the filming is finished, I have to toast you a bottle."
"White?"
"Absolutely white!"
"Okay." Wu Jing smiled and punched Meng Bai's chest, "Just for what you said, I'll shoot it casually."
The pay is a small matter, the key is that this face is really enough.
After the matter was resolved, everyone was in a good mood.
It was just in time for lunch, and everyone was not an outsider, so there was no need to go out specifically, and they just got the box lunch set 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 original schedule, it was planned to be released at the end of July.
But at this time, there was another big production in the "Building" series, so the schedule was adjusted forward.
"Is it "The Founding of an Army"?" Meng Bai asked.
Wu Jing nodded: "Yes, you are quite concerned."
"After all, I have invested money, so I must understand it."
In fact, in addition to the reason for "Wolf Warrior 2", several people Meng Bai knew also participated in this movie.
Liu Haoran plays the young Su Yu, Bai Yu plays Cai Qingchuan.
And Li Qin, like in "The Founding of a Party", still plays Yang Kaihui.
As the last film in the "Founding" series and a tribute to the 90th anniversary of the founding of the army, China Film Group attaches great importance to this film.
In addition to normal publicity and scheduling resources, it also talked with the film parties before and after the schedule to try to stagger the time.
But to be honest, there is basically no particularly empty schedule in the entire summer.
Looking back, there are "Wolf Warrior 2", "The Legend of Wukong", "Despicable Me 3" and "Blades 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" and "Eternal Love".
Judging from the lineup and IP alone, none of them is a simple opponent.
So despite the success of "Wolf Warrior 1" and the 800 million guarantee of Beijing North Culture, Wu Jing still dare not take it lightly.
During this period, while the crew of "The Wandering Earth" was filming, the pre-production and promotional materials for the film were also released.
Like Wu Jing, Meng Bai also has a new drama.
"Psychological Crime 2", a collaboration between Arclight and Penguin Pictures, was officially launched on Tencent Video during the graduation season.
With the audience fans of the first part as the basis, plus the huge popularity of the "Green Ivy Series" in the past two years, "Psychological Crime 2" attracted a lot of attention as soon as it was launched.
Before the feature film was launched, the total number of views of the trailer and the promotional song MV alone exceeded 30 million.
With the update of the first two episodes, the number of views reached 200 million in less than 24 hours.
The popularity value of the web drama directly landed on the top of the rankings of major webcast data websites, and it was a fault-level suppression.
Although it is also related to the fact that no other popular web dramas were launched during this period, the absolute data still shows the appeal of the IP of "Psychological Crime" and the "Green Ivy Series".
It can be said that "Psychological Crime 2" has opened an excellent and high-threshold start for the summer web drama market.
Arclight also took advantage of this popularity to officially and completely announce the film project plan of "Psychological Crime: City Lights".
(End of this chapter)
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