After having the last lunch with the crew of The Search for the Dragon in a restaurant near the China Film Base.

That afternoon, Lin Yuan got on a plane flying to Shanghai.

To this day, it is said that all filming of "The Secret of the Dragon" has been completed. For this movie that was filmed in various locations, the filming progress is already relatively fast.

However, this shooting progress is also within expectations.

First, the starring actors in the movie "The Secret of the Dragon" are basically talented actors.

Secondly, what really takes time for this movie is not the shooting, but the post-production of special effects.

Even though it only took about three months to shoot this movie, it would have to be postponed for at least another half a year until the post-production special effects were completed.

If everything goes well, it might be able to compete at the box office during this year's National Day holiday. On the contrary, it might not even be able to make it into next year's Spring Festival holiday. And for a movie of this investment level, if it can't catch up with the Spring Festival holiday, the box office will be somewhat affected.

But these are not things that Lin Yuan should worry about. He is not an investor anyway. No matter how high the box office is, his salary will be fixed. As long as the reputation of this movie does not collapse, it will basically have no impact on him.

As for capital losses?

That should be what Director Wu is worried about, after all, the cast is all here.

Lin Yuan is not the only actor with box office appeal. Strictly speaking, Huang Bo's box office appeal is much higher than that of Lin Yuan, plus two well-known actors, Xia Yu and Shu Qi.

If it really loses money, the investors will definitely not blame Lin Yuan and the other actors. They will only think that the director and screenwriter ruined the movie.

But if the final box office exceeds the management's psychological expectations, then everyone will be happy.

The investors make money, the director gains fame, and the leading actors like Lin Yuan will be more favored by the employers.

As the plane landed at Hongqiao Airport, Lin Yuan didn't think much about it.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon. Lin Yuan did not choose to go back to the apartment directly, but went to the company first.

Since Sister Xia was promoted to the head of the brokerage department last time, she has rarely been seen without Sister Xia in the company.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Lin Yuan does not come to the company a few times a month.

Other artists come to the company as if they are going home. Those who have received the notice have smiles on their faces, while those who have not received the notice have droopy faces, not knowing when they will be able to show off.

Only Lin Yuan came to the company as if he were a thief.

Wearing a mask, lowering his peaked cap, swiping his card to enter the company, he went straight to the office.

In the past, I could admire the slender and white thighs of the company's female artists at the door of the dance studio.

Now when I meet the company's artists, I just hope not to be recognized. Once I am recognized, within two or three minutes, the entire corridor will be surrounded by the company's artists.

It's not that Lin Yuan is not interested in them.

In fact, Confucius and the sage once said: Don’t worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality.

There are so many female artists in the company who want to compete with him on their acting skills. If he competes with just a few of them, others will definitely have objections. But if every female artist in the company wants to compete with him on their acting skills, it won't be a matter of whether the body can handle it.

Once this matter is exposed, Lin Yuan can basically announce his withdrawal in advance.

As the office door was locked, Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

When Sister Xia saw someone coming in at first, she thought it was other artists in the company who were looking for something to do with her. It wasn't until she saw such a skilled door locking technique that she suddenly realized: "Your look is quite unique, and you are acting as a paparazzi?

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Don't mention it, Lin Yuan's current image is really similar to that of a paparazzi. The only difference is that he doesn't have a camera in his hand.

After hearing Sister Xia's ridicule, Lin Yuan also said: "It's not that I'm afraid of being recognized. Maybe this is the worry of being a star."

Sister Xia rolled her eyes at Lin Yuan and stopped talking to him.

"By the way, during your filming period, you had several advertising endorsements and a movie. I wrote it down in the memo for you. It just so happens that you come back and take a look at it this time so that I can give you a reply." Sister Xia said.

While talking, he clicked on the memo in his notebook, and then turned the computer in the direction of Lin Yuan.

Since the last commercial that was shot began to frequently hit the screens of major TV stations, other products have also turned their attention to Lin Yuan, the new actor.

There are not many advertising endorsements coming to my door.

After being screened by Sister Xia, there were only a few left.

Lin Yuan just glanced at it briefly, then shook his head and refused, turning his attention to the movie.

Advertising endorsements are something that has both good and bad qualities. It is a double-edged sword for Lin Yuan.

Needless to say, there are benefits. Shooting an advertisement for endorsement is easy and effortless, but the pay is not low. Some product endorsement fees are even higher than movie fees. It would be a lie to say that you are not interested.

But Lin Yuan also knows in his heart that not only does accepting too many advertisements ruin his popularity with the public, but if something goes wrong with the endorsed products, he, the spokesperson, will definitely be implicated at that time. Therefore, now that he is not short of money, Lin Yuan has not accepted advertisements for endorsements.

this plan.

As for the movie that Sister Xia mentioned.

Lin Yuanguang was shocked when he saw the confirmed list of actors.

Li Lianjie, Fan Ye, Huang Jiaozhu, Angela, Gu Tianqi, Liang Jiahui, Xiang Zuo, Wen Zhang...

With this cast, the investment will start at least 300 million.

Looking at the producer again, Lin Yuan understood immediately. No wonder Xiang Zuo could appear in such a luxurious cast. The investor who co-wrote this movie was his father.

Even though he hasn't seen the script yet, just the cast makes Lin Yuan a little excited.

It was just Sister Xia's next words that suddenly made Lin Yuan a little worried.

"This movie will start shooting in the middle of next month. My suggestion is to reject the TV series "In the Name of the People" and take on this movie." Sister Xia expressed her suggestion.

As an agent, she must want to maximize Lin Yuan's interests.

First of all, the salary of the TV series "In the Name of the People" is not high to begin with. In terms of salary alone, it must be higher than the movie "Legend of the Gods", which has a large investment. Secondly, after taking this movie,

Maybe he can even establish a relationship with the Xiang family, which will be of some help to Lin Yuan's future acting career.

After hearing this, Lin Yuan thought for a moment and then replied directly: "Since there is a schedule conflict, let's forget it."

I had already agreed in front of Zhang Fengyi and Gao Yalin and so many veteran actors, and now it was impossible for him to recommend the TV series "In the Name of the People".

Originally, he was somewhat interested in this movie, but now Lin Yuan is not even interested in reading the script.

If Lin Yuan had read the script, he would definitely be glad for the decision he made.

Don't look at this movie. Although this movie has an extremely luxurious cast and is billed as a 3D masterpiece, in fact, these luxurious actors are just to serve as a foil for Xiang Zuo.

Seeing that Lin Yuan rejected both advertising endorsements and movies, Sister Xia just glanced at Lin Yuan and didn't say anything else.

She is just an agent, giving these suggestions. As for whether to adopt them or not, it is Lin Yuan's final decision.

After talking about this incident, Sister Xia also mentioned two other things.

"The Film Association's application has been approved, and you will be considered a member of the Film Association from now on."

Lin Yuan still had some impression of this matter. At that time, teacher Zhang Fengyi asked him to take time to write an application, so he wrote the application before filming the movie "The Secret of the Dragon". He didn't expect it to be approved so quickly.

This is indeed a good thing for him.

Having said this, Lin Yuan turned around and asked, "What's one more thing?"

"One more thing is that the online drama you shot before will be released soon. You should consider whether you should post on Weibo to promote it." Sister Xia said in a calm tone.

She has never been very optimistic about Lin Yuan's filming of this web series.

Since the first year of online self-made dramas in 2014, new online dramas can be found almost every day. Over the past year, hundreds of online dramas have been broadcast on major video websites, but how many of them really become popular in the end?

There are only two online dramas that are really popular, "The Crown Princess's Promotion" and "Tomb Raiders".

Moreover, it was okay to film the web drama "Remaining Sin" before. After all, Lin Yuan had not won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor at that time. Even if the web drama failed, it would not be a big deal to Lin Yuan.

But what about now?

An actor whose movies frequently break box office records actually starred in an online drama that cost less than 10 million.

If this online drama has a good reputation, it will be just the icing on the cake for Lin Yuan, but if it fails to gain popularity, it will obviously have a certain impact on Lin Yuan's box office appeal.

But now that the web drama has been filmed and is about to premiere on the iQiyi platform, it is useless for her to say these words now. She can only remind Lin Yuan to see if he wants to promote the web drama.

"Is Yu Zui going to start broadcasting?"

After hearing this, Lin Yuan was a little surprised.

He started this web drama a long time ago. Twelve episodes were filmed and it took almost two months to complete. If Sister Xia hadn't reminded him, he would have almost forgotten that he had filmed such a web drama.

drama.

The story of the web drama "Yu Zui" is very simple. It tells the story of police school student Yu Zui who entered a special selection and was selected by Xu Pingqiu. He joined the special service and became an undercover agent. After that, he successfully approached Fu Guosheng and others, and a series of thrilling stories happened during his undercover career.

Due to the sensitive subject matter, iQiyi does not dare to publicize it. After all, the current censorship of online dramas is far from as strict as that of dramas to be broadcast on satellite TV. Once the promotion is too hot, you may be targeted.

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There is another important reason.

That is, apart from the starring role of Lin Yuan, their web drama has absolutely nothing else worth promoting.

The other leading actors are all little-known actors, and together they are not as popular as Lin Yuan at the time.

The only one who can make a fuss about publicity is Lin Yuan.

So the crew's idea is very simple. Wait for a week after the show starts to see the response from the audience. If the response is good, they will take the opportunity to promote it. If the response is not good, it will save them time to promote it and be scolded.
To be continued...