From a professional villain to an all-around superstar

Chapter 256 The heroine is a newcomer
But these no longer matter to Ye Chen.

Seeing the familiar crew in front of him, Ye Chen was still very pleased.

At least some people are very farsighted.

But he didn't know that some of these people also came here with the intention of just messing around.

Of course, very few of them came here because they wanted to repay Ye Chen's kindness.

After all, most people in the circle are selfish at heart.

At this time, a staff member asked: "Director Ye, the venue has been rented, and the crew has been found. When will we start auditioning?"

Ye Chen shook his head: "I have already found all the important roles in this movie. For the remaining roles, you can just find some extras."

Since we are filming a work from a previous life, it is of course best to use the original crew.

It's just that Ye Chen felt that the male lead in the previous movie was not very good, and he was not well-known.

So Ye Chen decided to go into battle himself and prepare to play the male lead.

As for other characters, Ye Chen already had ideas before.

Ye Chen called Yang Mi directly.

After all, Yang Mi has been in the industry for more than ten years, and her network of contacts must be much wider than hers, so she still has to ask her when looking for roles.

"Hey, Chenchen called someone so early in the morning."

Yang Mi's confused voice came from the phone.

"I'm filming a movie in Hengcheng right now. So what, do you have the phone number of the boss of Jiangnan Entertainment?"

Yang Mi said: "It seems so, what are you looking for him for?"

"I have taken a liking to one of their female artists and am planning to invite her to be the heroine. Please help me set up a connection."

Hearing this sentence, Yang Mi suddenly felt sour.

I was already angry about getting out of bed, but this guy even asked me to contact other female artists.

However, although she was angry, Yang Mi did not show it, but said coldly: "I will give you the contact information, you can contact me yourself."

After saying that, Yang Mi hung up the phone directly.

Ye Chen smiled bitterly.

What he was most worried about still happened.

Later, Ye Chen received a message from Yang Mi.

The content of the message is the contact information of Jiangnan Entertainment’s boss and assistant.

Jiangnan Entertainment is not a big entertainment company in the entertainment industry.

The artists under his command are all second- and third-tier and not famous.

When the phone was connected, Liu Helong, the boss of Jiangnan Entertainment, said, "Hi, may I ask who you are."

"I'm Ye Chen, I want to talk to you about cooperation."

Entertainment companies like Jiangnan Entertainment are not large in scale. They select scripts for actors and then assign them tasks.

Artists under our banner rarely have the opportunity to choose by themselves.

Liu Helong was also ecstatic when he heard that Ye Chen reported his family name.

Now Ye Chen is a well-known star.

Several recent films have created box-office miracles in Dragon Kingdom.

The hot searches and videos on the Internet are all about Ye Chen.

Now Ye Chen can be said to be very popular in the entertainment industry.

Liu Helong didn't expect that Ye Chen would cooperate with an entertainment company like theirs, which was not very famous.

Ye Chen smiled and said, "Are you free now? We can chat in person."

"I'm not in the company now, I'm in Hengdian..."

Liu Helong said with some embarrassment.

He came to Hengdian to examine the abilities of his artists.

Liu Helong is also a very practical person and likes to do everything by himself.

After hearing this, Ye Chen felt happy.

Originally, he wanted to buy a plane ticket to go to the other company's headquarters and chat with him in person.

Unexpectedly, he was also in Hengcheng by such a coincidence.

"I'm in Hengcheng too, where are you?"

"Really, I'm right here at the east gate, so let's add a WeChat and I'll send you the location."

"it is good."

After hanging up, Ye Chen quickly received a friend request from Liu Helong.

Direct verification passed.

Liu Helong also sent a positioning directly without saying a word.

Ye Chen quickly found Liu Helong based on his location.

From a distance, Liu Helong was seen looking around, looking for traces of himself.

It seems that he also wants to cooperate with Ye Chen.

This negotiation may be simple.

"Boss Liu."

Ye Chen waved to Liu Helong and said hello.

After Liu Helong heard the sound, he quickly waved to Ye Chen and greeted him with a smile.

"Hello, Director Ye, I have long admired your name."

Ye Chen smiled: "Mr. Liu is also very impressive. I had heard of Mr. Liu's name before I debuted."

After hearing this, Liu Helong waved his hands happily: "How can I compare with you? You are now the brightest star in the entertainment industry. You are so hot."

When the two met, they first complimented each other.

But what Liu Helong said was true.

He has been paying attention to Ye Chen since his debut.

He and Zhang Yimou are also friends. When filming "Hero", he often heard Zhang Yimou mention Ye Chen.

Back then Zhang Yimou gave Ye Chen a very high evaluation.

If it were filmmakers and directors in other industries, I'm afraid they would just listen to it.

But Liu Helong knew that being able to receive such a high evaluation in Zhang Yimou's eyes also showed that Ye Chen's strength was indeed impressive.

But even so, Liu Helong has seen every work Ye Chen has made.

However, he has watched the previous movies in which he starred in supporting roles, including "Wolf Warrior" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City".

Originally, Liu Helong still had some doubts about Ye Chen's strength, but after he read Ye Chen's works, he was convinced.

Therefore, when Ye Chen said he wanted to discuss cooperation with him just now, Liu Helong even felt flattered.

"Let's find a place to talk. It's too hot."

Then the two of them found a coffee shop and sat down.

The environment in the cafe is quite good, the air conditioning temperature is moderate and very comfortable.

Ye Chen sat opposite Liu Helong and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him.

Liu Helong's first impression is that he is very friendly.

Especially the smile on his face gives people a very comfortable feeling.

"Mr. Liu, I don't like beating around the bush. You should have heard about my science fiction movie."

Liu Helong smiled and nodded.

"Of course, this choice has caused an uproar in the entertainment industry again."

Ye Chen also smiled bitterly.

This matter caused a great shock in the entertainment circle, not only the people in the circle, but also many netizens knew about it.

After all, it has already been trending on Weibo.

Liu Helong looked at Ye Chen's wry smile, but he didn't feel that the wry smile represented Ye Chen's lack of confidence.

Instead, I feel that this is Ye Chen's disappointment with these people when facing doubts from the outside world.

In fact, many people know very well that the reason why the second uncle wanted to make a science fiction movie was to set a precedent for science fiction movies in Dragon Kingdom.

Let those abroad who look down on Dragon Kingdom science fiction movies take a look.

Dragon people can also make excellent science fiction movies.

Whether it succeeds or fails actually doesn't matter anymore.

It is rare for Ye Chen to have such courage in the entertainment industry that is full of copper stench.

A young man, in such a big environment, has to bear the humiliation and move forward.

This made him, a boss of an entertainment company, admire Ye Chen from the bottom of his heart.

"Since Mr. Liu knows, let's open the skylight and speak out."

Liu Helong also nodded.

From the moment Ye Chen called him to discuss cooperation, he knew that Ye Chen wanted to invite artists from their company.

He also learned a little about Ye Chen's current situation.

The filming location of "The Wandering Earth" has almost been prepared by the crew.

Now it's casting.

What puzzles Liu Helong is that all of his slightly famous ones have already accepted roles or received notices, and there are no schedules at all.

As for those artists who are not yet famous, basically no one wants them.

You can only rely on the company to get some opportunities.

Ye Chen may not understand the situation of his company. Since Ye Chen wants to cooperate with integrity, he naturally cannot hide this.

Liu Helong drank a cup of coffee, and then said with a bitter look on his face: "Director Ye, you may not know the situation of our company. The artists in our company, even those who are slightly famous, have no schedule, and those who are idle are not famous. "

When he said these words, Liu Helong was also very distressed.

After all, the opportunity to cooperate with Ye Chen was so rare that he missed it like this.

For him, being able to cooperate with Ye Chen once would definitely be more effective than working hard on his own for a year or two.

However, now that all of his popular artists are under contract, he has no choice.

Liu Helong could only sigh silently in his heart.

Liu Helong is also a very smart person. When he knew that Ye Chen was going to make a science fiction movie, he was also shocked.

But soon he regained his composure.

He also knew that the overwhelming public opinion was now almost all pointing at Ye Chen.

Some people say that Ye Chen only made two popular movies before he became famous, and others say that he has been very special for a short time since his debut.

What's more, many people cursed Ye Chen's movie must hit the street.

Liu Helong was not affected by these public opinions at all. He saw the essence behind this matter.

In fact, it doesn't matter even if Ye Chen fails, after all, the previous popular films are the foundation, even if he loses, it's just a restart.

Making an unrecognized film is almost every director's experience.

Does something like this have an impact on those directors?
In fact there is no impact.

As long as there are more popular movies in the future, the previous failures will be forgotten by movie fans.

You will be scolded for a few days at most, and after that you will still make money when it is time to make money.

But if Ye Chen succeeds this time, it will raise Ye Chen's status in the entertainment industry to a higher level again.

Don’t forget that Ye Chen also has a movie called Iron Man coming out soon.

In that case, even Feng Xiaogang could only be respectful when he saw Ye Chen, and he had to think carefully before speaking.

Besides, Ye Chen's relationship with Zhang Yimou is very unusual, so he must be on Ye Chen's side.

After all, the ceiling of domestic directors, Zhang Yimou is on Ye Chen's side, he believes that his friend's vision can't be wrong.

Ye Chen also smiled after hearing Liu Helong's words.

"Mr. Liu, I didn't say I wanted the most popular artist in your company this time."

Having said that, Ye Chen was not going to beat around the bush.

"I would like to ask, does your company have an artist named Zhao Jinmai?"

Liu Helong thought for a moment, then slapped his thigh and said: "There seems to be such an artist, but this girl was only recruited last year. She is very young and has not enough acting experience. You don't want her. "

Although Liu Helong wanted to cooperate with Ye Chen, he also knew very well that he must tell him the true situation of his artists.

Zhao Jinmai entered his brokerage company with only one year of practice.

During this year, I hardly participated in any film shooting.

I just filmed a few web dramas.

Although the little girl looks good and very cute, she is just too young.

Although Liu Helong also wanted to praise her, her age limitations were too great.

There are no resources at all.

A management company like Liu Helong will never waste resources on an artist with no future.

Ye Chen also understands this very well.

"It doesn't matter. I like this girl very much, and I want to ask her to be the heroine."

After listening to Ye Chen's words, Liu Helong almost spit out the coffee in his mouth.

He looked at Ye Chen in disbelief, as if he was getting to know Ye Chen again, and looked at Ye Chen up and down.

There is doubt in the tone.

"Director Ye, are you kidding me?"

Ye Chen looked at Liu Helong's reaction and smiled.

Ye Chen was not surprised at all that Liu Helong would react like this.

After all, he had known this artist before.

She basically doesn't have any famous works in this world, it's not like her previous life.

There are already many masterpieces at such a young age.

In this world, no one supports her, and there is no strong enough backing behind her.

Therefore, the company's resources will not be tilted towards her, resulting in her being tepid now.

"Mr. Wang, do you think I am joking with you? I have watched several short plays of this girl and think her acting skills are very good and she is a malleable talent. If her potential can be stimulated, this girl will have a bright future. Limited.”

Ye Chen did not hide his admiration for Zhao Jinmai.

Ye Chen's words will stunned Liu Helong.

To be honest, Zhao Jinmai came to his company, except for filming a few short plays, there was nothing eye-catching.

But now that Ye Chen has spoken in person, he is too embarrassed to refute.

Maybe I have poor taste and didn't see Zhao Jinmai's extraordinary qualities.

But Liu Helong knew very well that Zhao Jinmai was still working very hard.

If he can get Ye Chen's guidance and training, maybe he can really become famous.

The future is limitless.

Liu Helong stood up excitedly and held Ye Chen's hand.

"Mr. Ye, are you telling the truth? Do you really want Xiaomai to be the female lead in your movie?"

Ye Chen nodded lightly: "That's right, if Mr. Liu trusts me, just hand him over to me, and we can sign the contract this afternoon."

Liu Helong was naturally happy after hearing this, and said quickly: "Of course I trust Mr. Ye, I will contact her right away."

As he spoke, he quickly took out his cell phone and made a call.

In order to show his sincerity, Liu Helong directly put the phone on the table and pressed speakerphone.

After the phone rang a few times, Zhao Jinmai's voice came out.

(End of this chapter)