Chapter 120 It’s hard not to be a double standard (please subscribe to support!)

The total production cost of the movie "Better Days" was 6000 million yuan, and Lin Feng's personal investment was 1000 million yuan. Including his salary, it is converted to 2000 million yuan.
Huanrui also invested 1000 million yuan. After all, they have their own "big brother". Now Huanrui is counting on Lin Feng, so they should give him some support.

If Huanrui hadn’t invested too much money in the “Zhu Xian” project, they might have invested more.
Then Huanrui's strategic investor, Enlight Media, invested 1000 million yuan, which Jiang Lei helped Lin Feng to get. It was just a simple commercial investment.

The bulk of the investment was 2000 million from Wanda Films, which was brought in by Lin Feng. Lin Feng also handed over the later distribution to Wanda.

This investment was made personally by Chen Xi, the vice president of Wanda Films. The reason why it was so successful was that
The reason is that the two had worked together before in "Detective Chinatown", and Chen Xi is very optimistic about Lin Feng, a popular and talented actor.
The investment for the project "Better Days" is not very high, and it is also written and performed by top star Lin Feng. As long as the box office of the movie can exceed 200 million, the cost can be recovered.
For a super star like Lin Feng, this is just a matter of minutes. His fans alone are enough. It is a sure win!

What's more, compared with other actors, Lin Feng is easier to deal with and understands the ways of the world better. Chen Xi really likes this kind of young actor who has both emotional intelligence and IQ.

So Chen Xi also agreed to serve as the chief producer of "Better Days". Although it was just a figurehead, it also represented his support for Lin Feng.

The real producer is Jiang Lei, an old acquaintance of Lin Feng. The two have been working well together for many years.

The interviewers for the audition of "Better Days" this time were chief producer Chen Xi, co-producer Jiang Lei, director Wen Muye, and screenwriter and leading actor Lin Feng.

The most important character in the audition is undoubtedly the heroine "Chen Nian" of "Without You". After all, the movie "Without You" is shot from the perspective of the heroine.

So everyone takes it very seriously, and since Zhao Liying is here for the audition, Lin Feng will definitely take it even more seriously.

The audition this time was also quite difficult. Compared to the single-segment auditions of other TV series and movies, this time, the audition for "Better Days" had two segments.

The first clip is the heroine "Chen Nian" putting a school uniform on the suicidal "Hu Xiaodie", which is also the most impressive scene at the beginning of the movie.

When the closest classmate jumped off the building, the whole school reacted indifferently or even stood by and watched.
Only "Chen Nian" came forward, took off her school uniform and put it on "Hu Xiaodie".
Because Chen Nian knew everything that Hu Xiaodie had experienced before she committed suicide, but she did not stand up to defend Hu Xiaodie.
Even when "Hu Xiaodie" wanted to be friends with "Chen Nian", she chose to ignore it, so "Chen Nian" felt very guilty about Hu Xiaodie's death and thought about doing something for her in the end.

The second clip is that "Chen Nian" is hiding in a trash can and shivering in order to avoid being chased by "Wei Lai" and the Ba Ling trio, but her cell phone suddenly rings.

At this time, the girl carrying the mouse who ran slower was left behind and discovered "Chen Nian". However, when "Wei Lai" returned, she did not tell her that "Chen Nian" was in the trash can.

Hiding, being discovered, hiding again, and being discovered again, "Chen Nian"'s series of facial expressions at this time are very challenging to her acting skills.

Zhao Liying's audition went very well this time. It's clear that she really put in a lot of effort and put in a lot of effort.
Whether it's the first scene where she covered her school uniform out of guilt, or the second scene where she hid in the trash can, Zhao Liying's acting is very good, especially her expression when she was hiding in the trash can. She held the phone tightly, showing the tension, sadness, and crisis in the character's heart.

Lin Feng himself was moved by Zhao Liying's performance. No wonder she is the most successful in transformation among the 85 flowers.
You have to know that Zhao Liying had only acted in TV series before, and had only appeared in three movies before, and they were all small roles.
I didn’t expect that I would perform so well in this audition. All those subtle changes in facial expressions were displayed to the fullest.

Lin Feng originally thought that Zhao Liying should have a sure win for the role, but to Lin Feng's surprise, Zhou Dongyu's performance was even more exciting.

Let's not talk about Zhou Dongyu's acting skills. Zhou Dongyu's body shape and temperament are very consistent with the character in the play. He is thin, helpless and weak.

Moreover, Zhou Dongyu looks more like a senior high school student in school uniform than Zhao Liying. Whether in age or student spirit, he is more suitable.

More importantly, Zhou Dongyu's audition performance was more outstanding than Zhao Liying's.

On the one hand, Zhou Dongyu has experienced the college entrance examination, so he is more in line with the temperament of a student. In the end, what an actor competes with is lifelikeness. If you have experienced it, you will know how to act better.
On the other hand, Zhou Dongyu is too suitable for this kind of youth pain movie, and she just finished filming "July and Ansheng", which is the same type of role.
After all, even though Zhao Liying made so much effort in advance, she couldn't catch up with others who shot a real movie for two or three months in a row!
So much so that when Lin Feng was finally choosing the role, he didn't dare to express his opinion at the beginning and just listened to other people's opinions first.

Chief producer Chen Xi was very direct and said without beating around the bush: "Zhou Dongyu is definitely more suitable based on the audition results. The 5-year age difference is still obvious."

Co-producer Jiang Lei is a good guy. He always treats everyone equally. He also feels that the relationship between Lin Feng and Zhao Liying is special.
Otherwise, the two of them could have collaborated on so many dramas, including the role of "Biyao" in "Zhu Xian". Lin Feng didn't want anything right away, but asked Zhao Liying for this role.
Jiang Lei didn't believe that the two of them had no relationship, so his answer was to not offend anyone.

"Both of them performed very well. Zhou Dongyu's image and temperament are more suitable, but Zhao Liying's "The Journey of Flower" is very popular now. If she plays in it, it can bring more box office to the movie, so I have no objection to whoever is chosen."

Director Wen Muye was even more direct, "I chose Zhou Dongyu because she is more suitable."

Now all that’s left is Lin Feng’s opinion. Unless he strongly supports Zhao Liying, the choice for this role will be Zhou Dongyu.

This scene is almost exactly the same as the scene when casting for "Lu Xueqi" in "Zhu Xian", except that this happened to his woman Zhao Liying.
As for Li Xin before, Lin Feng would not fight for anything for her, but now this happened to his own woman, how should Lin Feng deal with it!

Moreover, in this casting, both the main investor and the film director support Zhou Dongyu more. Unless Lin Feng opposes it with all her might, Zhao Liying can turn the tables.

For a moment, Lin Feng really didn't know how to deal with it. He didn't want to be hypocritical, but the incident really happened to him.
It is difficult for him not to be hypocritical. After all, human beings are emotional creatures. Why can't he fight for more for his woman!
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(End of this chapter)