In the afternoon of the next day, Chen Sichen posted a position in the WeChat group. Lin Yuan had nothing to do at home, so he changed his clothes, put on a mask, and took a car to the hotel box.

As soon as he entered the door, he was warmly welcomed by Chen Sichen. He stood up from his seat, walked to Lin Yuan and gave him a bear hug.

"Director Chen, I know you are happy. Let's sit down and chat. It will be easy to misunderstand if people see you later." Faced with his bear hug, Lin Yuan did not refuse, but after hugging him, he immediately spoke.

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, Chen Sichen smiled immediately, then put a hand on his shoulder and couldn't bear to let go: "Look at what you said, I'm not afraid of people misunderstanding even though I'm married, what are you worried about!"

Lin Yuan couldn't help but roll his eyes at him after hearing this.

Yes, you are amazing and noble. You are now married and have a beautiful wife. But the problem is that he has not even announced his girlfriend yet. If it is reported by countless media reporters, the public relations will have a headache for a while.

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Chen Sichen also knew what Lin Yuan meant, but he still couldn't help but make such a move.

And he showed such enthusiasm that everyone could actually understand.

In addition to paying attention to the box office these days, everyone is also paying attention to the audience's feedback on the movie "Tang Detective".

It can be seen from the hot topics discussed by the audience that the reason why the movie Tang Detective is so popular at the box office is closely related to the success of Chen Sichen's casting.

Whether it is Wang Baoqiang who is responsible for the comedy or Lin Yuan who is responsible for promoting the plot, they are both perfect. Even the supporting roles played by actors such as Xiao Yang and Zhang Zifeng have been recognized by the audience for their acting skills.

Therefore, Chen Sichen can be said to be very proud of himself during this period, and he can be said to be feeling excited all the time.

In this case, it is normal for him to behave a little exaggeratedly.

Also under the intense emotion, Chen Sichen also wanted to strike while the iron was hot and planned to keep the original cast to film Detective 2 and even Detective 3.

Therefore, it is understandable that he is so enthusiastic about Lin Yuan, a cash cow.

Making money is not shabby.

Take Zhang Rui, the director of "Remaining Crime", for example. After the online drama became popular, didn't he contact Lin Yuan immediately to film the second season?

For a director, if he wants his second work to remain a hit, in addition to polishing the script, it is also very important to keep the original cast for filming.

It's a pity that the second season of "Remaining Sin" did not occupy both.

While Lin Yuan was filming "In the Name of the People," the second season of "Remaining Sin" was also in full swing, and even ended more than ten days earlier than "In the Name of the People."

Just in mid-April, the second season of "Remaining Sin" was released on the iQiyi platform. Within two days of being aired, its reputation took a sharp turn.

The audience is not stupid either. The plot of the second season of "Yu Zui" is obviously a shoddy work, and even the lead actor Lin Yuan has been replaced. For this reason, the reputation of this work has plummeted. The Douban score of the first season is 8.9 points.

Since the second season aired, the Douban score has dropped to around the passing line of 6 points.

After this phenomenon appeared, Chen Sichen had no intention of making the same mistake as director Zhang Rui, so after confirming that he would start filming Detective Tang 2, he directly invited all the leading actors over for a celebration banquet.

I just hope everyone will come and film the second part.

But before the two of them could chat, Wang Baoqiang, Xiao Yang and Chen Chichi arrived at the hotel box one after another.

After a few people arrived, the first thing they did was congratulate Chen Sichen. After saying some polite words, Chen Sichen greeted everyone to sit down.

"Come on, come on, it's just us brothers, there's nothing special about it, don't be polite."

After everyone sat down, Lin Yuan took a look. When he found that the people who came were still familiar faces, he couldn't help but joked: "Director Chen, didn't you say there is a celebration banquet? We are the only ones who are co-authors."

A personal celebration party?”

Chen Sichen laughed twice and did not answer.

He is still revising the script of Tang Detective 2. After excluding several foreign characters in the script, there are only four confirmed actors. Needless to say, the two leading actors Lin Yuan and Wang Baoqiang, followed by Xiao

There are two supporting characters, Yang and Chi Chi. With this purpose, he must only invite the four of them.

As for the real celebration party, we have to wait until the final box office is released to determine.

After chatting for a while, Chen Sichen stood up, raised his glass, and said to everyone: "The success of the movie Detective Tang is due to everyone here. Let me toast you all first."

"Director Chen's words are very polite. I read online comments and all of them praised Director Chen for writing this script well."

"That's right, if you really want to praise me, it would be Lin Yuan and Brother Baoqiang. It's good that the two of us didn't hold us back."

After Chen Sichen finished speaking, Xiao Yang and Chi Chi immediately followed him back.

Everyone present knew that the movie "Tang Detective" was able to achieve such explosive results because of each other's success. Therefore, everyone was wise enough not to take the credit solely on themselves. Instead, they said a few nice polite words.

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After listening to what Chi Chi and Xiao Yang said, Chen Sichen did not object. After a glass of wine, he did not beat around the bush and directly stated the purpose of inviting several people: "This meal is, firstly, to celebrate the box office success of our Tang Detective movie.

Secondly, I want to invite everyone to star in the movie Detective Tang 2."

Although Lin Yuan had already guessed that the celebration banquet must be related to Tang Dynasty 2, what he didn't expect was that Chen Sichen would come down so soon to film the movie Tang Dynasty 2.

Generally speaking, after a series of movies like Detective Tang becomes popular, making a sequel is a sure thing.

But even if you are filming a sequel, it can only be confirmed after the investment is completed. You can't wait for the crew to run out of money in the middle of filming, right?

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan directly expressed his doubts: "Director Chen, are there investors looking for you to film Detective Tang 2 so soon?"

"What investor? The only investor that has been confirmed now is Wanda Pictures, but I don't plan to find any more investors." When Chen Sichen said this, he glanced at everyone meaningfully, and then continued: "

My idea is very simple, that is, we brothers invest our own money, and if we have money, we can earn it together, and I don’t have to think about how much remuneration I should give you.”

As soon as these words came out of Chen Sichen's mouth, several people present understood what they meant.

Judging from the performance and reputation of the first part of the drama "Tang Detective", if the original cast of this drama continues to make a second part, as long as the plot is not a garbage plot, then it will 100% surpass the performance of the first part.

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Wang Baoqiang definitely has something to say on this point. Take the "Embarrassing" series of movies as an example. The first one only had a box office of over 30 million, but what about the second "Embarrassed"? It directly exceeded 1 billion.

Under this situation, anyone who is not a fool knows that "Tang Detective 2" will definitely make a lot of money.

Therefore, when hearing Chen Sichen say this sentence, everyone immediately understood what he meant.

It is said that everyone invests together, but in fact, it is intended to use this method to tie everyone's interests together. As long as everyone makes money, who will leave? The bustle of the world is for profit, and the bustle of the world is for profit.

, who wouldn’t want to make money if they have it? And it’s clear that you can make a profit without losing money.

However, they did not expect that Chen Sichen would be so generous.

An ordinary person would probably rather offer a high price that is several times higher than the market price at this time, rather than asking actors to invest together. For this reason, Chen Sichen is a real person.

The reason why Chen Sichen is so generous is not entirely because of his temperament, but because he knows that if he doesn't do this, it will do more harm than good to him.

It's a very simple truth. Audiences who have watched the movie "Tang Detective" have already identified the two of them. If in this situation, they change people, the consequences will be disastrous.

If the actor he replaces has better acting skills than Lin Yuan, maybe this kind of thing can be handled through public relations. But the question is, among the new generation of powerful actors, who has better acting skills than Lin Yuan? Obviously not.

Therefore, there is a high probability that he will find someone whose acting skills are not as good as Lin Yuan's. If he does, the audience will definitely not pay for it. If the audience does not pay for it, then there will be a lot of curses.

He can still accept the criticism, but if the IP elements of the drama "Tang Detective" are destroyed for this reason, then he will suffer a huge loss.

After thinking about it all, he would rather make less money than destroy this IP.

And this is why he stood up and took the initiative to take out the cake of "Tang Detective".

As for Lin Yuan, he didn't rush to answer, but started thinking.

Three months ago, he might have agreed without saying a word, but now after investing in the drama In the Name of the People, he now only has less than 20 million in savings.

After seeing Lin Yuan thinking, Chen Sichen also gave Lin Yuan a reference: "Brother Lin Yuan, the movie Tang Detective 2 is expected to cost 200 million yuan. Now Wanda Pictures has invested 80 million yuan. Our company

If you invest 50 million, Baoqiang will probably invest 30 million, and now it’s only 40 million short. If you don’t invest, my remuneration will be 25 million, so you won’t suffer any loss, brother."

After finishing speaking, he did not forget to tease Lin Yuan: "Of course, if you want to invest a little more, like 50 to 60 million, it's not a problem for me to relax the estimated investment amount."

After listening to Chen Sichen's words, Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. At first, he thought that the other party would have to come up with a lot of money. If he had to come up with a lot of money, he would not be able to come up with it for a while. If it was because he couldn't come up with the money,

If he delayed the filming, he would feel a little guilty, but now that Chen Sichen said this, he was naturally relieved.

"I will add another five million, and it will be regarded as my investment." Lin Yuan agreed directly without hesitation.

In his view, based on an investment of 200 million yuan, as long as the movie "Tang Detective 2" reaches a box office of 600 million yuan, then the movie will have broken even its capital, and the extra box office will be all

income.

Judging from the current box office of "Tang Detective", he feels that the second part will not suffer any loss. The final result will depend on how much profit it makes.

You must know that "BJ Meets Seattle Fuji Love Letter", which was released on May 1st, has completely collapsed in terms of reputation, but it can still rely on the halo of the previous film to earn nearly 140 million in box office during the May 1st three-day holiday.

Judging from the box office trend of the movie "Tang Detective", if the movie "Tang Detective 2" wants to reach a box office of 600 million, wouldn't it be a piece of cake for Zhang Fei to eat bean sprouts?

Besides, at the dinner party, after Lin Yuan agreed, Chen Sichen also looked at Xiao Yang and Chen Chichi.

Xiao Yang replied directly: "Then Director Chen should regard my salary as an investment."

Anyway, his salary is only about 5 million. After all, he is just a supporting role, and he has not achieved any impressive results since he turned into an actor.

Instead of taking the 5 million salary, it is better to invest in this movie and maybe earn a little more.

Unlike Xiao Yang, Chen Chichi pondered for a moment and finally declined politely.

"Director Chen, I have a lot of schedule next time. I have several variety shows waiting to participate in. I may not be able to star in the movie Detective Tang 2."

Regarding Chen Chichi's answer, Chen Sichen seemed to have expected it and was not surprised at all.

Chen Chichi is already a big star in the variety show industry. The price for him to participate in any variety show is tens of millions.

Instead of spending time on Tang Er, it would be better to film a few more variety shows. Comparing the two, he definitely chose to film variety shows.
To be continued...