The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 268 Everyone Comes to Get the Heat (4K)

Princess Guo said that she is now the one who wants to take advantage of the popularity of "Jurassic Park", but she is not joking.

As one of the most famous directors of commercial films in the Chinese entertainment industry, Wang Wei's films have always attracted attention.

In addition, at the moment when his net worth is soaring and he is one of the "newly promoted" youngest rich men in the world, he plunged into the new film crew, which made the media very concerned about his new film.

No, as soon as "Jurassic Park" was finalized to "enter" the amusement park taken over by Princess Guo, the related news was already overwhelming.

——Yes, Dunhuang and Guo Zhaobing have reached a formal agreement. The two parties will jointly create an unprecedented "Jurassic Park", a dinosaur resort integrating film shooting, entertainment and exhibition functions.

——Leaving aside the joke of "being involved in the battle of wealthy families", after all, the two parties can benefit from cooperation in the amusement park business, and the rest is nothing more than the issue of valuation and shareholding.

Guo Zhaobing, on the other hand, showed extraordinary courage. He recognized Dunhuang's high valuation of the Jurassic series IP without blinking an eyelid, which made Lao Wang, who planned to pull [-] rounds, feel ashamed.

Therefore, the speed with which the two parties reached an agreement caught Wang Wei almost by surprise.

However, after the agreement is finalized, the physical special effects team led by Lei Tieniu can flex its muscles and begin to produce a large number of realistic dinosaur models that can be controlled by machinery—especially the Tyrannosaurus rex, a behemoth weighing several tons, which cannot be moved. When moving back and forth, the crew could only set the scene around it for shooting, and they couldn't start work without confirming the shooting location.

Well now, after entering the amusement park area, the preparation progress of the crew really entered the fast lane.

Of course, "fast" is only relative to the previous progress. After all, compared to the general movie setting, the "Jurassic Park" crew is going to build a "world" with countless details waiting to be filled. I can't go anywhere soon.

Therefore, Wang Wei put part of his focus on actors.

The soul characters in the movie are nothing more than a few - the male protagonist who is an archaeologist, the female protagonist who is a botanist, the founder of "Jurassic Park", and the doctor of mathematics who advocates "chaos theory"; of course , you can also count a pair of grandchildren of the founder of the park.

As a partner who has been working closely with Wang Wei for a long time, the assistant director Xu Daoxing has completed most of the casting work——

Among them, except for a pair of young actors and the leading actor, the other roles, either because of previous cooperation, or because of the recommendation of Shen Zhenyi's agent, basically finalized the suitable candidates.

Wang Wei first decided on the actors after looking at them. After he had no opinion, he set his sights on the list of candidate actors.

First up is a pair of young actors—animals and children, as the industry says, are the hardest things to master in a movie.

Originally, Wang Wei thought that it would not be so easy to find a suitable candidate for a young actor. Unexpectedly, seeing the candidate list in his hand after two rounds of auditions, his eyes widened——

"Why are there so many candidates?"

Regarding this, the assistant director smiled and said, "You don't think that Princess Guo is the only one who realizes the potential of this movie, right? In fact, the young actors in the industry, um, are mainly the parents behind them , it can be said that I want to join your crew at any cost!"

Obedient and listening, Wang Wei asked out of the blue, "You have often been entrusted by people through relationships."

"...It's true."

Wang Wei raised his eyebrows, and then looked at the specific information of the candidate young actors, as expected...

"Good guy, they are all from the second generation of stars, uh, there are all three generations of stars!"

Wang Wei became serious.
"Aren't these all human favors?"

Old Xu took it easy and explained, "Of course not. These are the ones who actually passed the audition; as for why they are all second-generation stars..."

He spread his hands, "There is no way, for child stars, the second generation of stars has an advantage over ordinary people."

Wang Wei was dumbfounded.

In fact, why is it a child star?

That is, among the new generation of actors, the proportion of second-generation and third-generation stars is not low.

It's just that in the group of child stars, this ratio is even higher.

After all, if your parents take you to the crew for a while, you may get an acting opportunity; if you go to dozens of crews with your parents, but you can't find a suitable role, it can't be the same starting point.

The upward path left by the entertainment industry for ordinary people may be narrower than any other industry. The "civilian" actors who can make it to the top are definitely really outstanding-either they are very good-looking, or they are born actors.

Wang Wei has seen many such things in his previous life, not to mention the more mature Chinese entertainment industry in this life.

What he wondered was——

"Are these second-generation stars going to debut as child stars?"

Although there is a saying that it is necessary to become famous as soon as possible, but for the second generation of stars who have an advantage in the starting point, it is not necessarily the best choice for a child star to debut.

It's very simple, just count it down and you will know that most of the child stars over the years cannot escape "gloom" when they grow up, and only a very lucky few can become famous in the end, or even become an actor.

Most people are either looking for another way out of life, or struggling on the fringes of the entertainment industry.

This is not just a problem of long-term disability, but the shelf life of child stars is very short. If they do not create other characters that the audience remembers one after another, the aura of child stars will soon expire.

The question is, how can there be so many high-quality small actor roles waiting for child stars?

"So, didn't they see your role, or rather, your support?" Old Xu revealed.

Wang Wei was taken aback, "Is this treating me as a bole?"

"Obviously! Leaving aside the factor of being disabled, as long as a child actor finds a Bole who looks for him, sees him, and thinks about him for every good thing, there is a great guarantee that he will continue to become famous in the entertainment industry. "

Old Xu laughed,
"No matter how you look at it, you are the best candidate for Bole in the industry. You have a lot of resources, you are good at training people, and you are still very young... If you are attracted to you, you will not worry about running out of movies."

Of course, this largely depends on luck, but if you don't touch it, how do you know you have no luck?
As a result, an unusually large number of young actors auditioned for Jurassic Park.

After all, the children's scenes in this movie don't require great acting skills. If there are too many candidates for auditions, wouldn't the number of candidates be too many?
Wang Wei is a little bit dumbfounded about this kind of trouble that can be said to be happiness to a certain extent, so he can only filter them one by one.

Looking at it, I found the problem——

"I see that the No. 1 candidate for the little girl recommended by you is no better than the No. 2 candidate in terms of acting skills, but the salary is quite a bit higher. What's going on?"

Seriously, the acting skills of candidate No. 2 are slightly better than that of candidate No. 1. Of course, they are both children, so the acting skills are limited.

The assistant director coughed lightly, subconsciously lowered his voice,

"The father of the No. 1 candidate is the official representative in the classification committee."

Ah this...

Wang Wei didn't know what to say for a while.

Of course he understood what Lao Xu meant.

——This is related to the final rating of "Jurassic Park".

As I said before, Dunhuang doesn't have much say in the Huaguo Film Classification Committee. After being suppressed by the five major alliances, this disadvantage is undoubtedly revealed.

Not to mention movies like "Resident Evil", which are definitely restricted, and other movies that can be rated up or down, basically have the most stringent ratings.

Previously, Dunhuang's films were given the upper hand in ratings because they were ranked first in the same period, so it was alright to suffer a small loss; for a movie with a huge investment like "Jurassic Park", it would suffer a big loss if it was graded one level lower.

The mass audience without any viewing restrictions dare not think about it. After all, there are scenes of dinosaurs hurting people in the movie; the crew only hopes to try their best to strive for a rating of -12.

——General-12 and General-18 are a buffer zone between the general public and the restricted. Minors are allowed to watch accompanied by adults, so that the range of people who can enter the theater is sufficient. widely.

It's just that it's very difficult without the right to speak.

And if you choose No. 1 candidate...

Regardless of the fact that the official has only one seat on the classification committee and remains neutral in most cases, no one will underestimate his influence.

Among other things, "Jurassic Park" has a rating that can go up and down, and he may influence the final evaluation with just one sentence.

As for her daughter's future, just saying a few words is nothing!

Wang Wei didn't say anything in the end. After reading the information of the little girl candidate, he just nodded slightly, and then picked up the information of the little boy candidate.

First, he watched the audition video of candidate No. 1, nodded slightly, and then asked Lao Xu, "What's the situation with this kid?"

The assistant director didn't go around in circles, and said concisely, "His mother is the director of the largest theater chain in China..."

Well, Wang Wei wiped his face and didn't intend to struggle anymore.

How much does it need to say about the impact of the film arrangement by the cinema on the success or failure of the film?
——If it is said that their image and acting skills are not good at all, then there is no need to say, no matter what background they have, they will not be included in the consideration list.

But now that the preconditions are met, it has really reached the point of fighting for parents and mothers, and no one, including Wang Wei, is hypocritical.

Who would say no to a little extra help?
"Where is the male lead candidate? Which door god is it?"

Wang Wei asked Lao Xu rather tiredly.

"Well, he doesn't have any background, but his image, acting skills, and even his salary are the most suitable," Old Xu paused, and continued, "It's just that he may be the only one who doesn't want to be popular..."

……

"So, the hero of Wang Wei's movie, what do you think?"

On the other hand, Fang Tao's agent is also concerned about this issue.

Fang Tao is the best candidate for the leading role in Jurassic Park.

If it is an ordinary actor, a commercial blockbuster produced by a successful director like Wang Wei, as long as it has not been filmed in other crews, will definitely rush over.

But although Fang Tao is not a big star, he is also a famous movie star. Because of his elegant temperament, he has played many scholar roles and is known as a "professor" in the circle, so he still has a certain reserve.

Of course, more importantly, he has more than one actor invitation on hand——

In addition to the invitation of "Jurassic Park", there is another invitation for the male lead of another literary film of the same period, directed by a long-established director, and the salary offered is even higher than the former.

"This is also normal. A sci-fi film with a large investment like "Jurassic Park" generally does not use particularly expensive actors in order to save costs and strengthen post-production!"

The agent analyzed it to him,

"Although the other salary is more than that of "Jurassic", it is actually not higher than your normal level. To put it bluntly, they are all optimistic about your acting skills and your current market price, which is not high. "

These words successfully made Fang Tao black-faced.

Unfortunately, this is also true.

He showed good acting skills in his last commercial film, but it was a pity that it was not well-received, and the box office could not be called a big failure, but a small failure is also a failure.

As a relatively ordinary star, his salary and status are very dependent on the box office of the last three movies.

That means he has to be careful with his next movie choices.

——If he fails at the box office again, he will not be far from a sharp drop in value.

Therefore, even if he received an invitation from a great director like Wang Wei who has never failed so far, Fang Tao had to think about it carefully.

"I know what you are worried about." The agent said clearly, "Wang Wei's invitation is a rare opportunity, but it is also a challenge."

Fang Tao nodded, he felt that what the manager said hit his heart——

If it becomes a big hit, then there is nothing to say, just like all the lucky ones who became popular because of Wang Wei's works before, his status may be raised to a higher level;
The problem is that the huge investment means that it is more difficult to pay back, not to mention that this is Wang Wei's first time to control a large-scale production;

Once he fails, it will not be a small defeat, but a magnificent defeat. At that time, he may have to bid farewell to commercial blockbusters as the leading actor.

As a director, Wang Wei has money and a company, so he can start over, but he doesn't have more capital to start over.

As for another literary film, although the possibility of a big hit at the box office is slim, the difficulty of paying back the cost is also low, not to mention that it is a famous director, maybe it can be nominated for a big award or something...

But the manager felt that he was simply thinking too much!

The possibility of failure of Wang Wei's new film cannot be said to be non-existent, but it will definitely not be higher than that of another literary film.

The agent didn't just come here, he has evidence——

"Have you seen the news about the cooperation between Princess Guo and Jurassic Park in the media?"

Fang Tao nodded.

"But I have also received more good news that has not been in the news-at present, many well-known big merchants have sponsored the placement advertisements of "Jurassic Park", and more famous merchants are seeking to participate in advertising sponsorship; "

"Also, remember those little actors during the audition? If you don't pay attention, you won't know it, and if you pay attention, you will be shocked-their parents are either stars in the circle, or producers in the industry, and even senior executives in the industry. They all have identities...and they all took aim at this project for their children, what does that mean?"

"It shows that many experts in the industry and outside the industry with vicious eyes are infinitely optimistic about Wang Wei's movie! Everyone is here to catch the heat, why do you hesitate?"

The broker just shook his client's head to hear if there was any sound of water inside.

Fang Tao, who was almost stunned by the news spewed out by his manager, finally came to his senses,

"So, we'd better follow the heat?"

"Crush! Crush decisively!"

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