Fortunately, Lin Yuan is just a director, not a producer, and there are not many things he needs to worry about for the time being. For example, hiring photographers, recording teams, artists, etc., the producers of Light Media are basically responsible for the responsibility of him. His current job is still left to casting.

The day after returning to Shanghai, Lin Yuan met Xu Zheng again in a restaurant box.

Originally, he made an appointment with Xu Zheng alone to talk about casting movies, but as soon as he met, he saw Xu Zheng's expression like a resentful woman.

You can tell at a glance that Xu Zheng is angry with him.

However, this is understandable. After all, after Lin Yuan decided to film the movie "I'm Not a God of Medicine", the three of them agreed to try their best to complete the preliminary preparations before the New Year, so that it would be convenient for the filming of the movie directly after the New Year.

As a result, a few days later, Lin Yuan flew directly to the capital to promote the release of the "Mermaid" movie.

If it were just a promotional movie, Xu Zheng wouldn't be so angry, but the problem is that the box office of the movie "Mermaid" is so exaggerated that he, the director who made "Lost in Thailand", couldn't help but feel envious.

Lin Yuan also relied on the movie "Mermaid", and the cumulative box office exceeded that of him and Huang Bo. The most important thing is that the movie "Mermaid" will not end in more than ten days, and the final box office is conservatively estimated to be 2.5 billion. With this movie, the box office gap suddenly widened.

It is worth mentioning that the animated film "The Battle of the New Year" in which Xu Zheng served as the producer was originally planned to be released during the Spring Festival period, but just a few days ago, perhaps because the movie "Mermaid" was coming in full force, it temporarily chose to withdraw the film.

In this case, Xu Zheng naturally did not intend to give Lin Yuan a good look.

Xu Zheng deliberately pretended to be provoking an insult to the crime and joked: "You kid, you can do it quietly, with a box office of 1.6 billion. If you eat meat, you can leave a bite of soup for your brothers!"

Lin Yuan smiled and said modestly: "Brother Zheng, you have to tell Stephen Chow about this. The audience owes Stephen Chow a movie ticket. Can you blame me for this?"

"Okay, okay, don't pretend to be innocent, I've watched the movies, you guys have something to do in comedy. Fortunately, I've transformed now, otherwise I'd probably starve to death if I compete with you guys for food." Xu Zheng waved his hand and gave Lin Yuan a very high evaluation with joking words.

Xu Zheng did not continue chatting, but pulled the topic back and asked, "Tell me, what's going on to shout out? You can't just show off the box office to me, right?"

"Brother Zheng, look at what you said, am I such a boring person?"

"Aren't you?"

Xu Zheng's voice suddenly increased by eight degrees and asked back, "I remember who said that the filming of "The God of Medicine" was launched after the New Year, but why did he disappear in a few days?"

After being caught by Xu Zheng, Lin Yuan couldn't help but smile embarrassedly.

Fortunately, the actors are thick-skinned, so he doesn't care. Instead, he blushed and said, "Aren't I going to the capital to find an actor?"

Xu Zheng gave Lin Yuan a blank look. How could he think he was stupid?

The news about the roadshow of the "Mermaid" crew has become a hot topic. As the starring actor, Lin Yuan is naturally the focus of media reporters. He has photos, but he still wants to deceive him?

However, Xu Zheng did not intend to expose Lin Yuan, but asked according to Lin Yuan's words: "Then have you found it?"

"Of course I found it." Lin Yuan said with confidence, but he felt a little glad. Fortunately, he invited Wang Yanhui and Zhang Yu during the Beijing Film Academy training class, otherwise it would be really hard to get it over.

Seeing Xu Zheng's skeptical look, Lin Yuan directly told the story of Wang Yanhui and Zhang Yu's appearance in the movie.

After hearing Wang Yanhui and Zhang Yu agree to star in "The God of Medicine", Xu Zheng's eyes when he looked at Lin Yuan suddenly changed. Unexpectedly, Lin Yuan was quite reliable. He went to Beijing to promote the movie and did not forget about the casting of the movie.

Moreover, Xu Zheng knew Wang Yanhui's acting skills. After all, the two had worked together before. As for Zhang Yu, although he was not very famous, since he could be selected by Lin Yuan, he thought he would not have bad acting skills.

Xu Zheng confirmed the decided starring actor and said, "As you say that, the cast has basically been decided?"

Lin Yuan nodded: "Yes, I'll make an appointment with you to talk about this. If Brother Zheng thinks the cast is OK, we can determine the startup time and shooting location."

"I have no objection. You are the director. You can just make sure when the filming will be turned on and where to shoot." Xu Zheng shook his head, looking unwilling to intervene.

This is Lin Yuan’s first movie directed by him. He can make suggestions, but he must not make a decision. This is a challenge to the director’s authority. Once he intervenes, it will be difficult for this movie to make the feeling Lin Yuan wants.

Speaking of this, Xu Zheng seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "By the way, have you thought about which filming base you have taken?"

After the beginning of the Chinese New Year, many crews will definitely start work. If they don’t quickly set the shooting location and wait until they find the shooting location, it will definitely be a lot of time.

As Xu Zheng's voice fell, Lin Yuan showed an intriguing smile on his face and asked: "Brother Zheng, what do you think of the Tianran Film and Television Base?"

"Nanal Film and Television Base?"

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, Xu Zheng couldn't help but search in his mind.

But after thinking for a long time, I still couldn't figure out which film and television base in China is called "Tianran Film and Television Base".

Seeing Xu Zheng feeling confused, Lin Yuan explained: "Isn't Nanjing a natural film and television base?"

After filming "In the Name of People" in Nanjing last time, Lin Yuan found that this city is quite suitable for filming such film and television dramas with a sense of age, such as the old factories, Yeshan Iron Mine, and Meishan in Yuhuatai District. These places still have a microcosm of the industrial era. The original old buildings and old streets and alleys have polished the aura of the film and television base over the years.

After recalling the architectural style of the old city of Nanjing in my mind, Xu Zheng suddenly slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Lin Yuan, you can do it, how did you think of shooting in Nanjing?"

"I used to film a TV series in Nanjing. I felt that the atmosphere of time was quite heavy. After thinking about it, I thought it would be more suitable for the filming of our "Medical God"." Lin Yuan explained briefly.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is too expensive to shoot at Huairou Film and Television Base.

Lin Yuan could immediately feel the feeling of director Wu's filming "The Dragon Search". Originally, their actors paid a lot, and they had to go to India to film later, so they naturally had to control the expenses from other places.

Xu Zheng nodded, and had no objection to Lin Yuan's choice to film in Nanjing.

"Okay, that's it. I'll tell Ning Hao at that time. After the crew of the first year has passed, we will have another launch conference."

"Okay, then I'll trouble you brother."

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After saying goodbye to Xu Zheng, Lin Yuan handled what he had at hand and returned to his hometown in Nanchang to prepare for the New Year.

Unlike the past New Year, when other ordinary people were busy visiting relatives, Lin Yuan had to record videos at home. First, I wish the fans a happy New Year, and second, the box office of the movie "Mermaid" reached an astonishing 350 million yuan on the first day of the Lunar New Year! As the starring actor, Lin Yuan naturally also had to post on Weibo to thank the fans and audience for their support.

Statistics by media.

The top ten movies in the mainland's single-day box office, "The Mermaid" accounted for 7 places! And the box office of a single-day box office remained above 100 million for 12 days, setting a record of more than 30 records, including the highest box office of Chinese films on the first day, the highest box office of Chinese films on the first day, the highest box office of Chinese films on the mainland during the Spring Festival, the highest box office of Chinese films on the first week, and the highest box office of Chinese films on the single day, and the largest single-day box office of Chinese films on the first day, and the largest single-day box office of Chinese films on the first week, and the largest single-day box office of Chinese films on the last day.

And most importantly, "The Mermaid" has been released less than 20 days ago, and its box office has exceeded 2.5 billion, breaking the box office record set by the movie "The Dragon Search" starring Lin Yuan and Huang Bo!

While the movie "Mermaid" became popular, Lin Yuan, as the most famous star in the movie, suddenly became the object of praise from many media.

[Lin Yuan, the most box office appeal among the new generation of powerful actors!]

[From Hengdian supporting actors to double actors, small people have great achievements!]

[Frequently break box office records, discussing Lin Yuan’s terrifying box office appeal!]

[Lin Yuan, Huang Bo, Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Yi...Who is the first box office winner of 10 billion yuan?]

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You don’t have to think about it and know that most of these topics are operated by Xitian Media or Light Media.

The purpose is to create momentum for Lin Yuan. At the beginning of the year, we will follow the trend to promote a wave of "I Am Not a God of Medicine" that Lin Yuan will be directed and acted by himself. Capital has already figured out the traffic aspect.

The only shame is that Lin Yuan is not available in the media footage now.

Logically speaking, at this time, Lin Yuan should follow the main creators of the "Mermaid" crew to accept interviews from major media, or perform various roadshows with the crew. However, his next itinerary was too tight, and he could only take a few days off during the Chinese New Year, and then he had to take the crew to Nanjing to prepare for filming "The God of Medicine".

Fortunately, the Internet is now well developed, and Lin Yuan can also help promote the movie "Mermaid" by posting videos, which can be regarded as maintaining the current popularity.

Holidays always pass quickly.

On the night of the sixth day of the lunar month, Lin Yuan received a call from Wang Baoqiang.

As early as the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Yuan had already said all these polite words to his friends in the address book.

So after receiving Wang Baoqiang's call, Lin Yuan did not make any more politeness, but asked straight to the point: "Brother Baoqiang, is your movie "The Big Move in India" going to start filming?"

"That's right!" Wang Baoqiang's honest voice came from the phone: "The crew will go to Huairou Film and Television Base tomorrow and prepare to start the filming. I see that the movies on your side seem to be starting after the New Year, so it's okay to put your scenes with Huang Bo behind and then film them, right?"

The circle is so big. The incident of Lin Yuan making a movie called "I'm Not a God of Medicine" has long been rumored in the circle. Even Wang Baoqiang has heard of Lin Yuan asking Xu Zheng to play the male lead.

He and Xu Zheng are indeed a little conflicted. The relationship between the two is a bit stiff now, but after all, this is a matter between them, so it is not necessary to involve Lin Yuan. This is like Huang Bo and Xu Zheng have a close relationship, but is Huang Bo different still his good brother Wang Baoqiang?

"No problem. Brother Baoqiang, please notify me when filming. Please be on call!"

Lin Yuan patted his chest on the phone and promised.

Although he has few scenes in Wang Baoqiang's "Making a Fight in India", basically like Huang Bo, only showing up a few times, but his current identity is the director of the crew of "The God of Medicine". How could the crew make half of the filming? The director goes to other crews to play the show in the middle.

Now that Wang Baoqiang put his play to the end, Lin Yuan doesn’t have to worry about the matter in "The Story of the World" at any time.

After hanging up the phone with Wang Baoqiang for a while, Xu Zheng called again.

"Lin Yuan, the media for the launch conference have been invited. How have the actors informed you?"

Lin Yuan said in a relaxed tone: "Don't worry, I've already notified you."

As early as before the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Yuan issued a notice to all members of the crew in advance, asking the main creative team to arrive at the crew before February 4th. As for other supporting roles and crew staff such as the venue, they only need to arrive at the crew to report before the start of the filming on February 7th.

Seeing that Lin Yuan’s affairs had been settled, Xu Zheng was relieved.

He knew that this was Lin Yuan's first time as a director, and he was afraid that there would be mistakes in these matters, so he called him in advance to remind him. Fortunately, Lin Yuan was still very careful in the preparation of the movie and there was no problem.

In the next few days, Lin Yuan led Xu Zheng, Ning Hao, the main members of the crew, including the production director, photography team, art director, life production, etc., to determine the location of the filming to be used when shooting movies in Nanjing, and at the same time, the crew accommodation, lunch boxes and other errands were solved.

Seeing that the movie was getting closer and closer, Lin Yuan became more and more excited.

Now he has a first-class team, first-class actors, first-class equipment and first-class scripts. As for whether he can make this movie well, it depends on his control.

Many new directors always have a high tolerance for their first work, but Lin Yuan has never had such an idea. This time he not only wants to shoot a good story, but also wants to do the best in the pictures, lighting, makeup, props, sets and other aspects!

The day before the launch conference, all the crew members were already here, and no one was late. That night, the crew had a booth banquet in the banquet hall on the third floor of the hotel, saying that they wished the filming smoothly, but in fact, the main purpose was to get to know each other and facilitate the filming later.

Considering that tomorrow is the opening ceremony, everyone in the crew did not meet with wine. After dinner, they went back to their respective rooms to rest and waited for tomorrow to arrive.

On February 7, it is advisable to sacrifice and pray for blessings, which is also the day of the opening ceremony of the crew of "I Am Not a God of Medicine".

Originally, Lin Yuan didn't believe in this, but Xu Zhengfei said that today was a lucky day. As long as the crew started filming today, it would ensure that the filming was smooth sailing in the future. As he said that, he took out his mobile phone and gave Lin Yuan a look at the "Yi" and "Yi" on the calendar. However, when he saw the "Yi" and "Yi" behind him, he was even more disbelief of this statement.

Sure enough, people will only see the answer they want...
To be continued...