Back To 2005

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

This was proposed by Li Donglai to prevent too many people from knowing the news and coming to rely on connections and disrupting the progress of the project. This move received strong support from Blue Whale Entertainment.

The actors and actresses who received interview invitations remained silent and did not promote them on celebrity WeChat accounts.

The dust has not settled yet. Only if you are selected can you receive the congratulations. If you are not selected, there is no shame.

How about it?

One morning passed, Director Li Donglai interviewed a small group of invited artists. Zhou An'an, who was sitting next to him, did not express his opinion, but Feng Jiming, who was out of town for something, asked after he came back.

As for the female lead, I think Han Dong'er is more suitable. The second female lead needs to be reconsidered. As for the male actors, I have also selected a few, but I haven't decided yet.

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

The actress who has won the title of International Best Actress for many years has good acting skills, is also very popular overseas, has a relatively good figure, and is well-known by 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, second male and second female roles have not been decided yet.

If there are no suitable candidates, Li Donglai decided to select the second female and second male stars from the existing artists of Blue Whale Entertainment.

The male protagonist must be the most suitable.

After all, The Martian is still a male-led drama, and the male protagonist needs to be responsible for the entire movie's box office.

If the leading actor is not good at acting, it will be useless no matter how great the special effects are.

Thank you for your hard work, Director Li. I'll give you a toast with tea instead of wine.

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

As the general manager of the company, Feng Jiming has positioned himself well and absolutely listens 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 very motivated to enter the big screen with another big satellite after the high opening of its first movie.

Therefore, many people have used their connections to get some inside information, and major brokerage companies have tried to recruit their artists, but they have all hit a wall.

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

Feng Jiming took this point very seriously and also emphasized at the company meeting that no management would interfere with casting matters.

Mr. Feng, you're welcome.

After just a few days of contact, Li Donglai really liked 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 the company will bear all the pressure.

If he could have met such a boss back then, he would not have been frustrated and left overseas for many years.

However, if he had not left Hollywood back then, he would not have the achievements and abilities he has now.

The three of them chatted for a while in General Manager Feng's office. Li Donglai continued to interview the remaining artists, but Zhou Anan did not follow him to join in the fun.

“Is 200 million enough for this project?”

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

The cost of purchasing a special effects company in advance is naturally not included in the project.

Otherwise, when the special effects company makes a profit in the future, it will still share the money with the rich second generation who invested.

Zhou Anan didn't cheat enough to add the special effects company's acquisition fee to the budget and then take it out separately. This is not in line with his long-term strategy of deceiving those people who are stupid and rich.

Letting those wealthy second-generation investors earn money and become famous is the long-term way to deceive their investment.

Modeling will cost more than 10 million, and the actors' remuneration has not yet been determined. The labor time and cost of shooting cannot be estimated. The investment in special effects is unknown, and it may exceed the budget.

Pressing his eyebrows, Feng Jiming told the preliminary results obtained by the budget department.

This is under the premise of controlling actor costs as much as possible, otherwise the project expenditure may be even greater.

In the final analysis, their domestic special effects industry is too backward. They can't afford to hire foreign special effects companies.

Those foreign blockbusters often require investments of hundreds of millions of dollars, most of which are spent on special effects, and the actors' remuneration does not account for the bulk.

It doesn't matter if the budget exceeds the budget, we must maintain quality and quantity.

The current salary for actors is not high, and Zhou Anan has not proposed converting the starring salary into a project profit ratio.

After all, this country's first 3D science fiction movie has enough gimmicks, and the possibility of making a profit is still very high.

Don't worry, I will personally monitor this project.

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

As for the acquisition of Marvel shares, it was all led by Excalibur Capital. They were responsible for providing the money and final negotiation and signing. Feng Jiming did not expend much energy on this matter.

Mr. Feng.

While the two were chatting, General Manager Feng's secretary Chi walked in with a pile of documents.

You go ahead and let me go take a look.

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

The elevator stopped at the floor where the interview was located. Zhou Anan walked out. When passing the artist candidate room, he happened to meet someone opening the door and walking out.

Le frame?

Looking at the familiar female artist, Zhou Anan spoke casually.

Mr. Zhou.

Unexpectedly, when he saw each other at the company headquarters, Li Jian, who had officially become an artist under Blue Whale Entertainment, was less panicked and showed a gentle smile.

Are you coming to audition too?

Knowing that all the artists 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 still has a good impression of this intellectual and beautiful female artist.

Yes, I'll see if there's any chance.

Lai Chien, who has always been tepid, didn't think he had a chance to be the protagonist of a big movie directed by Li Donglai, so he just tried his luck.

Anyway, everyone else in the company is here, and she is not the only one left.

But when she met this handsome young man who had helped her, Li Jian felt more happy: By the way, I haven't thanked you properly for what you helped me last time.

It's a small matter, you go to the audition first.

Waving his hand, Zhou Anan asked the other party to do business first, just in case the other party's acting skills were noticed by director Li Donglai.

Okay, then I'll treat you to dinner when I have time.

Remembering that there was still something serious to do, Li Jian quickly walked to the audition room, although he felt that he had little chance but could not offend the great director.

Zhou Anan wandered around for a while without checking to see if there were any female artists he was familiar with, and then quietly walked into the audition room.

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

Zhou Anan nodded to a few people and sat quietly next to them.

Li Jian, who was performing a certain plot, looked at the familiar young second-generation man and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He quickly reacted and continued his performance.

Okay, you go back and wait for the notification.

After the other party finished his performance, Li Dong said something ordinary.

Okay, thank you, Director Li.

Bowing respectfully, Li Zhan, who felt there was no hope, inadvertently glanced at the confused second generation and walked out.

Who's next?

Leaning back in the chair, Li Donglai asked.

This is Liu Feifei, the second female lead in the interview.

The inconspicuous assistant sitting not far away heard the boss ask and quickly controlled his volume and answered.