Chapter 61 Crazy Stone
When he heard Ma Dong mention the name Ning Hao and think of the current time point, Liu La couldn't help but feel excited.
He quickly lowered his head and opened the script in his hand. Sure enough, the name of the script was written on the inner page, just like Liu La expected, with five big characters "Crazy Stone".
Liu La is really familiar with this movie that has won numerous awards and praised countless times, and has produced several masterpieces of great actors, screenwriters and directors.
In the school in his previous life, Liu La also played the role in it. At that time, he had to play the film several times every day. Liu La had already kept the plot and dialogue in mind.
Liu La remembers that the final box office of this film should be pretty good. At less than three million, he won more than 20 million in box office, which made the producer Hua Zai'er make a small profit.
Don’t underestimate these more than 20 million. As a film without any big stars, this result is already very good. You should know that the biggest star in the play at that time was Xu Zheng, who was in a trough for the two years. The rest of Huang Bo and others were still in the stage of being unfamous and unknown to anyone.
Moreover, when the film was released, it happened to be during the World Cup, which was the lowest number of recorded viewers since entering two thousand years.
Even with such harsh conditions, this "Crazy Stone" eventually ranked ninth in the box office rankings that year. However, his investment amount was far above 50, with a net profit of more than 15 million, which is difficult for many films with box office revenue of over 100 million, because their investment is often higher than revenue, and they can only rely on the DVD market to recover their costs...
Liu La read the script carefully from beginning to end. Although he was already so familiar with the content inside that he could not be more familiar with it, when he saw these funny points again, Liu La couldn't help but laugh.
The script is not a novel, it is relatively thin, and soon Liu La finished reading the entire script. The plot and dialogue in the script are not much different from what he remembers.
Liu La gently placed the script on the table, and then said to Ma Dong: "Uncle Ma, please notify the director, I'll accept this book."
"Ah?" Ma Dong was shocked when he heard Liu La's words. Since Liu La laughed repeatedly when she was reading the script just now, Ma Dong felt that this might be done. But he never expected that Liu La would agree so happily.
Ma Dong was a little confused: "Why did you take it? At least you can ask what role you want to play? No matter how bad you are, you have to ask how much is the pay?"
Liu La smiled and said, "Hey, I didn't think so much, I just think this script is quite interesting. The characters in it are very distinctive. I like them all, so I can make it any way I play. As for the pay, it's based on the market price. If the money is not enough, it's nothing to be less."
After hearing what Liu La said, Ma Dong felt even more assured.
He looked at Liu La seriously: "Laizi, you can't agree to this because of my relationship, right? I told you that we can't do this. Work is work, relatives are relatives, don't be fooled, let alone this is not my business, just me is just a friend."
"Uncle Ma, where do you want to go? It's not what you think. I just like this book. I want to play a role for no other reason." Liu La also answered seriously.
After Liu La said this, Ma Dong dispelled his concerns. He asked Liu La: "If you really agree to play, then I will call Ning Hao? As for the specific role, salary, etc., you two will talk about it yourself."
Liu La nodded: "As long, you can fight."
Hearing his words, Ma Dong nodded, took out his cell phone and dialed a number.
Soon, after a few sounds, the opposite person answered the phone. "Hey, Brother Ma, what's wrong? I'm asking you for something, have you asked me for that?" This was a heavy and hoarse voice, with a very pleasant and refreshing voice. When he heard this movement, a northern man with a shaved beard and unconventional image suddenly came to his mind.
Ma Dong smiled and said, "What else can I do when I look for you? Isn't it because of this? You have called me several times this day and kept urging me. How dare I not do it for you? I'm right next to Liu La now. I've told him the matter, and he has read the script."
"Oh, then what did he say? Do you agree or not?" Ning Hao asked hurriedly.
"This..." Ma Dong raised his voice and kept it a secret.
"Don't let this one and that one come, how is it?" Ning Hao was so anxious.
"Of course I agree. Once my brother takes action, can there be something I can't do?" After selling it for a while, Ma Dong finally gave a reply.
"Haha, really, that's great! I'll treat you to dinner when I return to Beijing." Ning Hao was happy when he heard this.
Ma Dong said again: "Now Lazi is by my side. I'll give him the phone number, you two can talk to yourself. But I'll tell you first, this is my junior, a family friend. You call me over and over again. Then I came to him. I've given him face and agreed. You can't treat him badly."
"Don't worry, you don't know who I am? I've been cheating in my life, and I've never cheated anyone." Ning Hao hurriedly replied.
After hearing what he said, Ma Dong was happy: "Sure, I'll be relieved if I have you. I don't care about you anymore. You can talk to you two." As he said that, he handed the phone to Liu La.
Liu La took it over: "Hey, hello, Director Ning, I am Liu La."
Ning Hao also hurriedly said, "Hey, Mr. Liu, I am Ning Hao. I heard from Brother Ma that you have read the script, so I will be honest and open. I asked you to hope that you can play the role of Mike, the international thief. Do you think it's OK? Or if you have any requirements, we can also discuss it."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Ning Hao made a polite statement and started talking about work directly. Liu La really admired his temper and was in line with him.
Liu La was not surprised at all when she heard that Ning Hao wanted to play the role of the international thief Mike.
He had seen news in his previous life. Other characters in this movie were confirmed very early, but the role of Mike was dragged until the back, but he couldn't find the candidate he liked. Finally, the investor Huazai introduced a friend from Hong Kong to come. Ning Hao tried the show and found that although the other party performed differently from his imagined performance, the effect was not bad, so he was considered as a part of the actors.
Liu La was thinking about it and didn't speak. Ning Hao didn't hear the reply, and he thought Liu La was not satisfied, so he hurriedly said, "I hope the actors can have comedy effects in this movie, which is also my standard for casting. Other roles are easy to say, but in addition to having comedy effects, this Mike also has to be very cool, so it's really hard to find. After thinking about it, there are only ones in China who have comedy effects and look up to the standards, so I specially begged Brother Ma to come to you."
"Think carefully, this role is really outstanding. You have to believe in the qualities of a professional director. I think you will definitely be great when you act this." Ning Hao seemed a little nervous and kept persuading.
In fact, without his persuasion, Liu La was ready to agree. Not to mention the starring Mike, even if there is any supporting role in it, Liu La would agree happily. No, it is too rare to make friendships with so many top stars in the future before they become popular.
Liu La was about to agree. However, at this moment, Ning Hao said again: "We are in Hengdian now and are preparing to build a shooting venue. Why don't you come here and just take a trip and think it's a trip, and I will reimburse the travel expenses. I promise that after you come, you will fall in love with our crew immediately."
Ning Hao swears with confidence.
When Liu La heard Ning Hao's words, he couldn't help but feel moved. Hengdian, this place is a bit interesting...
Chapter completed!