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Published at 19th of January 2023 05:40:58 AM


Chapter 536: Difficult to determine the angle

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  Chapter 536 Difficult to fix the angle

  Today is the casting day for "The Martian". Blue Whale Entertainment and Li Donglai will announce the establishment of the 200 million-level movie project after all the main roles have been decided.

   This was proposed by Li Donglai, in order to avoid too many people who know the news, come to rely on relationships, and disrupt the progress of the project. This move has received strong support from Blue Whale Entertainment.

  The actors and entertainers who received the interview invitation kept silent and did not promote it on any celebrity wechat.

   The dust has not yet settled, you can only accept the congratulations if you are selected, and there is no shame in not being selected.

"How about it?"

  One morning, Director Li Donglai interviewed a small group of invited artists. Zhou Anancheng, who was sitting next to him, did not express his opinion, but Feng Jiming, who was away on business, asked after he came back.

   "On the female side, I think Han Donger is more suitable, and the second female actor needs to think about it again. In terms of male actors, I have also circled a few, but I haven't decided yet."

   As for the heroine, Li Donglai communicated with the big boss and appointed Han Donger, a Chinese actress who has worked with Hollywood twice.

  The actress who has won the title of international actress for many years has good acting skills, is also quite popular overseas, has a relatively good figure, and has international friends, so she is a more suitable candidate for the heroine.

  The other supporting roles are basically not important. The most important thing is that the first male, the second male and the second female have not yet decided on their candidates.

  If there is no suitable candidate, Li Donglai decides to select the female second and male second from the existing artists of Blue Whale Entertainment.

  Actor must be the most suitable one.

   After all, The Martian is still a male-led drama, and the male protagonist alone needs to carry the box office of the entire movie.

  If the leading actor is not good, it is useless no matter how good the special effects are.

   "Thank you for your hard work, Director Li. I will offer you a toast with tea instead of wine."

   Picking up the tea made by the secretary, Feng Jiming said with a smile.

  As the general manager of the company, Feng Jiming has positioned himself well and absolutely listened to the opinions of professionals in terms of professionalism.

  Just like now, many calls came to his mobile phone, but Feng Jiming didn't let go.

  Although it has not been made public, everyone in the industry knows that Blue Whale Entertainment is going to continue releasing a big star after the first movie hit a high, and is very motivated to enter the big screen.

   Therefore, many people got some inside information through their connections, and major brokerage companies wanted to stuff their artists in, but they all hit a wall.

   Just kidding, when it comes to a film project with such a large investment, all favors have to be sidelined, and it will be their company that will lose money.

  Feng Jiming understood the importance of this point, and also emphasized at the company meeting that no management should interfere in casting matters.

   "Boss Feng is polite."

   After only being in touch for a few days, Li Donglai really likes the atmosphere of Blue Whale Entertainment.

   There are no laymen to guide the experts, and there are not so many human relationships to consider. You only need to be responsible for the projects in your hands, and all the pressure will be borne by the company.

  If he had met such a boss back then, he would not have gone overseas for many years.

  However, if he hadn't left Hollywood back then, he wouldn't have the achievements and abilities he has now.

  The three chatted for a while in General Manager Feng's office. Li Donglai went on to interview the rest of the artists. Zhou Anan didn't join in the fun.

   "Is 200 million yuan enough for this project?"

   After taking a sip of tea, Zhou Anan asked about the progress of the project.

  The expenses of purchasing a special effects company in advance will naturally be counted outside the project.

   Otherwise, the special effects company will make a profit in the future, and they will share the money with those rich second generations who invested.

  Zhou An'an didn't have the luxury of adding the special effects company's acquisition expenses into the budget, and then took it out separately. This is not in line with his strategy of defrauding those people for a long time.

  Let those rich second-generation investors earn money and gain fame, which is the long-term way to defraud them of investing.

   "The modeling needs more than 10 million yuan, and the actors' remuneration has not yet been determined. The labor time and cost of filming cannot be estimated at that time, and the investment in special effects is unknown, which may exceed the budget."

   Pressing the center of his eyebrows, Feng Jiming stated the preliminary results obtained by the budget department.

   This is still under the premise of controlling the cost of actors as much as possible, otherwise the project expenditure may be even greater.

   In the final analysis, their domestic special effects industry is too backward, and foreign special effects companies, um, can’t afford it.

  Those foreign blockbusters often spend hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, most of which are spent on special effects, and actors' remuneration does not account for the majority.

   "It doesn't matter if the budget is exceeded, we must ensure the quality and quantity."

  Current actors’ salaries are not too high, and Zhou An’an didn’t propose to convert the lead actor’s salaries into the profit ratio of the project.

   After all, the first 3D sci-fi movie in China has enough gimmicks, and the possibility of profit is still very high.

   "Don't worry, I will personally watch this project."

  For Feng Jiming, this film project is the focus of his current work, and there is absolutely no room for mistakes.

   As for the acquisition of Marvel shares, it is all led by Excalibur Capital. They are responsible for paying the money and signing the final negotiations. Feng Jiming did not spend much energy on this matter.

   "President Feng."

  The two were chatting when General Manager Feng's Secretary Chi walked in with a pile of documents.

   "You do your work first, I'll take a look."

   Without disturbing General Manager Feng's work, Zhou Anan got up and walked outside.

  The elevator stopped on the floor where the interview was held. Zhou Anan walked out, and when he passed the artist candidate room, he happened to meet someone who opened the door and came out.

   "Li frame?"

  Looking at the somewhat familiar female artist, Zhou Anan said it casually.

   "President Zhou."

   Didn't expect to see each other at the company headquarters. Li Jia, who has officially become an artist under Blue Whale Entertainment, lost a little bit of panic at the beginning and showed a gentle smile.

   "Are you coming to audition too?"

  Knowing that all the artistes under the company came to interview, Zhou Anan was not surprised why the other party came, but he had nothing to say when they met, so he could only ask questions knowingly.

   Zhou Anan has a good impression of this intellectual and beautiful female artist.

   "Yes, I'll see if there's a chance."

  Li Jia, who has always been tepid, does not think that he has a chance to be the leading role in a big movie directed by Li Donglai, but just tries his luck.

  Anyway, other people in the company are here, and she is not missing.

   But when she met this handsome young man who helped her, Li Jia felt more pleased: "By the way, I haven't thanked you enough for your help last time."

   "Small matter, you go to the audition first."

  Waving his hand, Zhou Anan asked the other party to go to business first, in case the other party's acting skills are taken by director Li Donglai.

   "Okay, then I'll treat you to dinner when I'm free."

  Remembering that there was still business to do, Li Jia, who felt that he had little chance but could not offend the great director, walked quickly to the audition room.

  Did not check to see if there were any female artists familiar with her, Zhou Anan wandered around for a while, and then quietly walked into the audition room.

   Li Donglai and two senior screenwriters sat there, seriously watching the performance of the female artist in the middle of the room.

   nodded with the others, and Zhou Anan quietly sat next to them.

   And Li Jia, who was performing a certain plot, looked at the familiar young second generation, couldn't help being stunned for a moment, quickly reacted, and continued his performance.

   "Okay, you go back and wait for the notification."

  After the other party finished performing, Li Dong said a common scene.

   "Okay, thank you Director Li."

   bowed respectfully, Li frame, who felt hopeless, casually glanced at the second generation who was a bit confused, and walked out.

   "Who is next?"

   Leaning on the back of the chair, Li Donglai asked.

   "It's Liu Feifei, the second female interviewee."

  The assistant who was sitting not far away and had no sense of presence heard the boss's question, and quickly controlled his volume to answer.

  (end of this chapter)




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