Chapter 216

"What do you mean?"

Fan man's head was full of question marks, and he didn't understand the subtext of lanli's words: Kiefer Sutherland has been famous for a long time, but lanli just came to the fore, which is obviously a disadvantage. Why does lanli say it's an advantage? In addition, compared with Kiefer, Langley is totally inferior. Why does he take the initiative to mention his disadvantages? Is this ignorance or arrogance?

Fan looks at Neil with a polite smile at the corner of his mouth. People can't tell what he really thinks. Then fan sees that Neil looks at Andy and says half jokingly, "are young people so confident now?"

Andy, who had been standing by, didn't lose his attention. He immediately shrugged his shoulders and nodded, "generation Y may be like this. Isn't the latest news still hot? "

Neil instantly understood that Andy was talking about the "Transformers" crew. First, Megan Fox yelled at the director and complained constantly; After that, Shia Labov got drunk and beat people in the nightclub, eating ugly. Both of them are representative actors of generation y.

"Young people are always full of blood. Does that mean that we are all old bones?" Neil also joked, "these two days in trilliureid, I see that it's all young people's world, even Colin Firth has become an old guy."

Fan doesn't understand why the topic suddenly changes. It seems that Neil doesn't intend to ask Langley what he means. Neil and Andy have already started chatting. So, what's going on?

"Neil?" Fan didn't hold back. He called anxiously. However, Neil turned his eyes and said with a smile, "didn't you just watch 'social network' today? How do you feel? " Without waiting for fan to answer, Neil patted his head. "I forgot that you're an old man, too. Are you a baby boomer?"

Colin Firth was born in 1960, while van diesel was born in 1967.

Fan could feel the firmness in Neil's words. He could not help swallowing his words and pulled out a smile that was uglier than crying. "No, I'm not that old. I'm Generation X, and so is Paul."

Fan knows. The audition is over. At the beginning, it was quiet, and at the end, it was imperceptible. There was too much information hidden in the short fight, but fan didn't know why it ended at this time, how Neil looked at it, whether today's audition was a success or a failure, and how the next thing would develop... He didn't have any concept.

After a deep breath, van remembered a very important thing: it was all smoke bombs, smoke bombs that made dawn Johnson submit.

Fan was relieved to think of this. He didn't like Langley, and he didn't like to deal with such people. Although dawn was not an easy target, fan liked dawn better. Physical confrontation was always much easier.

After that, they didn't talk about "speed and passion". They were just chatting about the anecdotes of trilliureid, as if they were just a group of old friends who came to the film festival. During this period, someone recognized van diesel and Paul Walker, and happily came to ask for a group photo. Some reporters noticed their figure and came to chat for a few words. The whole dinner seemed relaxed and pleasant, which lasted for nearly two and a half hours.

Everything goes according to their plan. The reason why they chose to face the interview mirror is that it's an open occasion, where reporters and fans come and go, and the news can't be covered at all. Neil, they have arranged the reporters ahead of time, took the photos of the whole interview, not only lanli's, but also other audition meetings will be taken, and then sent to the Internet to create a message that they are actively choosing roles. At the same time, thanks to the environment of triliureid, all these arrangements will be taken for granted.

Today, the news that they had a good talk with lanli is expected to be in the Facebook and Yahoo communities before midnight.

Neil, however, had a windfall.

Lanli's last remark is obviously true. The subtext is, "in addition to the disadvantage of popularity, I am superior to Kiefer in all aspects". How can Neil miss it?

In terms of age, lanli is younger and his action scenes are definitely better; In terms of face, lanli is the fresh blood, which stimulates the audience more, especially the female audience; In terms of performance, lanli is more outstanding, and the two works are the best proof; In terms of popularity, Langley has been on the rise from Toronto to triliureid. Next, "buried alive" will be released soon. It can be predicted that this trend will continue to rise.

In other words, lanli really has an overall advantage, and its only disadvantage is popularity.

On the one hand, the audience pursues the trust brought by familiar faces, such as Will Smith, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford and so on. Their films have a certain appeal to the audience, which is the so-called box office appeal; On the other hand, audiences are eager for new blood, such as Megan Fox in "Transformers", and Jessica Alba in "magic four" and "Sin City". They need more fresh faces to stimulate adrenaline.

Kiefer Sutherland has been famous for a long time. If he joins the "speed and passion", the audience will certainly expect his performance, just like Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren, who play the "death squads" together. There is no need for deliberate propaganda, and the curiosity of the audience will naturally emerge.

That's the advantage of visibility.

But why does Langley say that even this "disadvantage" is an advantage for him? The reason is simple: pay.

"Popularity" is to be exchanged with film payment. The higher the popularity and box office appeal, the higher the film payment. This is also the source of the disagreement between Neil and Donne, and also the source of Lanley's winning audition. In other words, this is the biggest advantage of lanli.

For a newcomer like lanli who has only played in one film, the pay is usually only 500000 yuan, or even lower. However, now the "speed and passion" production group has a mess of its own. I believe any agent will not let go easily, but it can win between 800000 and 1000000. Compared with dawn's 3.5 million, it saves more than two-thirds.

In fact, Neil's bottom line for Donne is 2.5 million. That is to say, if they choose lanli, they can save a lot of money in their budget. To save money is not really to save money, but to make full use of every cent of money, and then to make money. This is a problem that filmmakers need to persevere in thinking from the day when the project starts.

If you think about it carefully, there are no disadvantages in choosing lanli - at least the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Although it is said that there will be several other actors to be investigated next, Nell's performance tonight has aroused his interest. I have the impression that there is no such actor in the new generation.

"What do you think of him?" Neil's voice suddenly rang in the car. Although there was no name, the meaning was obvious. Paul and fan were stunned.

Paul had a smile on his face, but before he could speak, van said bluntly, "I don't like him. He feels too cunning and arrogant. God, he's a jerk. "

"What are you talking about, fan?" Paul frowned and said, "is Langley a jerk? Are you sure we met the same person tonight? Lan Li is not only modest and polite, elegant, but also friendly

Fan's chest was stuffy. He just didn't like Lan Li, but he couldn't figure out why he wanted to tell him. He could only stare at Paul.

Paul looked back and opened his hands. "I think Langley is the perfect person. Before, when I was climbing, I just met him once. At that time, I thought he was a very good person, but I didn't expect that he was also an actor, and we still have the possibility of cooperation. " Paul turned his head and looked at Neil with a smile. "I think he's a good fit. He's got a good motor nerve and a good temperament, isn't he?"

"Paul, don't forget, we're just warning dawn Johnson." Fan finally found his own voice. Seeing Paul's choking expression, fan could not help but feel proud. "The last one to enter the cast, after all, was dawn. He was the perfect person."

Looking at Paul and fan who are in dispute, Neil smiles. They all say that strong people always look at each other and it's hard for them to be friends. Fan's disgust and rejection of Langley is not hard to understand. What's more, fan barely ranks among the first-line actors with his "speed and passion" series, and has won the status of producer, He enjoyed the high honor, and naturally did not want anyone to challenge his authority. The threat of Langley seems to be greater than that of dawn.

Neil feels that this is a more positive signal - his intention is to find an actor who can compete with fan, isn't it?

"Then you don't object? I let the wind out that lanli was going to join the cast, which made dawn feel threatened. " Neil said that fan's voice was immediately stuck in his throat - even if it was just for fun, fan didn't want to praise lanli. "Fan, we need to be persuasive, we need to let the media believe it, and we need to let dawn believe it, so it's not a joke. I think lanli is very suitable for making this grindstone, don't you think? "

Fan opened his mouth and tried to say something, but he was still stuck and said weakly, "why must it be him? He looks like a weak scholar. He doesn't have any comparison with dawn. "

"That's why the threat is even greater. If it's the same type, there's no one to compete with dawn." Paul retorted again, "what's more, Langley is not a weak scholar. If you had seen him climbing with his bare hands, you wouldn't have such a ridiculous idea."

Fan grinds his teeth, but he doesn't continue to argue. He just mumbles, "rock climbing, rock climbing, damn rock climbing."

Neil gave a smile. "That's a deal."