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"The second part is out?"

"I just completed the first draft of the script, take a look."

Fang Ziheng took the document from Tian Xia Ba Chang and opened the first page of the document.

"The Elixir of Immortality of a Ghost Blowing Lamp"!

Oops..

The title of this drama is awesome!

Fang Ziheng's eyes flashed and he smiled subconsciously.

Plot summary: During the Three Kingdoms period, a lineage of Taoist monks named Banshan, in order to find a way to relieve the curse among their people, searched for the Muchen Bead in famous mountains and rivers all over the world, but found nothing.

Taoist Banshan learned that Cao Cao, the overlord of the Three Kingdoms, secretly organized a group of gold-touching captains to collect money for Cao's soldiers while searching for the life-extending elixir for Cao Cao. Pearl!

Just looking at the synopsis of the plot, it shows the ambition of the world's most popular film. This is the momentum that has been learned from "The Secret of the Dragon", and it wants to conquer the Asian film market.

After all, my favorite theme was the Three Kingdoms in my childhood!

Not bad, not bad, it has a head start.

Fang Ziheng nodded while reading, and was immersed in the script without realizing it.

A good while.

He just came back to his senses, patted the document and said with great interest: "Ba Chang, the idea of ​​the script is very good, this is the right approach."

"It is necessary for the second part to move the timeline forward, and it will play a vital role in creating the universe of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"."

"You and the literary and screenwriting department will continue to improve the script and strive to get the project approved next year and released the year after that!"

It has been more than two years since "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Secret of the Dragon" was released, and it's time to prepare for the second part.

If the second part can be released in 2016, there will be a gap of four years, which will hit the audience's psychology.

In four years, the first "The Secret of the Dragon" and the four "Ghost Blowing Lamp" TV series were enough to accumulate a large number of die-hard movie fans and drama fans.

After receiving the praise, Tian Xia Ba Sing looked happy and said seriously: "Please rest assured, Chairman, I will go all out to perfect the script as soon as possible."

He has been at Hengyu for some time. He is the deputy director, has an easy job, and his salary is not bad.

Many writer friends he had made at Qidian asked him if he wanted anyone in the literary and screenwriting department.

At the end of last year, three more Qidian Baijindas joined Hengyu as writers and became part of the literary screenwriting department.

For Hengyu, Tianxiaba Sing is truly satisfied!

As the time approached noon, Guo Fan and Tian Xia Ba Chang declined Fang Ziheng's invitation to have lunch together and left with understanding.

Fang Ziheng checked the time, came to his desk and turned on the computer.

The box office data for the new week are out. At the end of August, the box office trend is not as strong as last month.

This week's top spot was taken away by the Hollywood animated film "How to Train Your Dragon 2", with 165 million in the first four days.

The film also won the 72nd Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Film and is considered a first-class film.

However, the mainland does not like foreign cartoons very much. The total box office of "How to Train Your Dragon 2" will not be too high, at most more than 300 million.

The second place is "I'm Not the God of Medicine", which was released for 38 days and still received 45 million box office this week, with the total box office reaching 3.1 billion.

Becoming the undisputed number one in Chinese film history!

According to the time given by the film bureau, the movie can still be shown for 8 days. Even if it continues to dive, the box office of tens of millions is still stable.

In addition, last night, Feifei Lin secretly told Fang Ziheng the good news that the national drug regulatory department was preparing to launch a routine inspection of Laihua.

This kind of inspection is almost accurate, and it depends on whether the matter is serious or not, and how big the problem is.

Laihua, I have to lose a piece of meat this time!

"Tiny Times 3" ranked third this week, with only 35 million box office receipts in seven days. The total box office has reached 700 million, living up to the popularity when it was first released.

A fan movie is a fan movie after all. After the first two weeks, the potential is gone. Although it can still be released for 10 days, it has no hope of hitting 800 million, and the 1 billion club is even more unthinkable.

In the next few days, Fang Ziheng resumed work and went to Hengyu headquarters and Hengyu Interactive Entertainment for a walk every day.

On August 25, Chen Yu from China Film Group suddenly visited Hengyu and wanted to invest in "The Wandering Earth".

As soon as Fang Ziheng agreed to allocate 20% of the film's investment share to China Film Group, five companies including Huayi, Guangxian, Bona, Wanda, and Huace came to the door.

After a period of consideration, Wang Zhongjun and others decided to invest in "The Romance of Dragon and Snake" and jointly produce the first Chinese martial arts film!

So far, the project of "The Romance of Dragon and Snake" has been successfully established.

The total investment is 500 million, with Hengyu Media accounting for 55% and having full control over the filming process.

Huayi, Guangxian, Bona, Wanda Film and Television, and Huace each accounted for 9%. At a premium of 2 million per point, they won a share of the box office of the film's release in mainland China and Asia, as well as the joint distribution rights of the two places.

In layman's terms, Wujiahua spent real money to buy "The Romance of Dragon and Snake" as an opportunity to raise the stock price.

With a total investment of 500 million, the original price of one point is 5 million, plus a premium of 2 million, and the family needs to pay Hengyu 63 million soft sister coins.

The total investment of the five companies was once as high as 315 million, and Hengyu Media only invested 185 million, which greatly reduced the risk of the film.

Of the 500 million investment, 300 million is the production cost and 200 million is the publicity fee!

If the movie is a hit, everyone wins!

If the movie fails, unfortunately, Hengyu Media can still recover its capital, while Huayi and other five companies will lose 63 million.

Hengyu Media is so domineering now, vote if you want, no forcing!

The reason why Wang Zhongjun and others got involved was because they learned that the movie's script would be written by Fang Ziheng and the novelist Meng Ruishenji.

They can trust Fang Ziheng's screenwriting skills!

September 1st.

"Immortality" began auditioning actors at Hengyu headquarters.

Early in the morning, nanny cars drove in one after another from the parking lot outside Hengyu's three buildings.

Some well-known actors in the industry, regardless of whether they have received audition invitations or not, come to try their luck accompanied by their agents.

More than 20 celebrities from Hengyu Media Agency came here, and even Liu Qianqian, Yang Xuejian and others who were filming also rushed back from other places.

On the 8th floor of the headquarters building, in the office area of ​​Hengyu Props Company, the artists who came to audition came here to change their makeup for the role as soon as they got the audition role.

Ding..

The elevator door opens on the eighth floor.

As soon as the props department employee saw the person in the elevator, he immediately smiled like a dog: "Sister Sissi, you are here. What role are you auditioning for? I will get you clothes!"

In the elevator, the young lady was dressed in white casual clothes and wearing toad sunglasses, and walked out accompanied by an assistant.

When she came to the male employee, the young lady took off her sunglasses, pursed her lips slightly, and said, "I'm auditioning for the role of Fairy Taisu. Please help me get two more sets of costumes."

"Okay, no problem. Sister Sissi, please come with me!"

The male employee's eyes lit up, he patted his chest and said, happily leading the way.

When the surrounding employees saw how dishonest he was, they gritted their teeth and secretly resented why they were so late.

Liu Qianqian, even if we can only chat a few more words, it would be good!

Just as the three of them left, another elevator dinged again in the corridor.

This time, the staff of the props department, who had already set their sights on the time, rushed forward in three simultaneous steps.

One of the fat guys was the bravest. He squeezed the two competitors away with a twist of his butt, and stood straight in the middle outside the elevator door.

A smile appeared on the fat man's fat face, and his small eyes stared expectantly at the elevator door that was about to open, praying in his heart that there would be a beautiful star inside.

Three seconds later, the elevator door opens!

The fat man's eyes widened and he shook his arms excitedly: "Yes, yes!"

I saw four female figures standing in the elevator, and two well-dressed beauties stood side by side in the front row.

Meet Yang Xueying, Jiang Shuying!

"Sister Mimi, Sister Shu Ying, hello you two. I'm from the props department. What roles do you two play?"

The fat man's expression was even worse than the one before, his little eyes were narrowed, and he looked like LSP no matter what.

"I play the seventh princess of the Daqian Dynasty!"

"I play the role of the third disciple of the Imperial Master of the Daqian Dynasty!"

Damimi and Jiang Shuying were not surprised. As they stepped out of the elevator, they told them about their roles.

"Sisters, please come with me and I will help you find suitable costumes!"

The fat man nodded heavily, and left with the four of them under the envious eyes of his colleagues around him.

Then, one funny reception after another took place outside the elevator, with male employees competing for the right to receive female celebrities, and female employees competing for the right to receive their boyfriends.

Fortunately, there were enough people to participate in the audition this time, otherwise I would have been afraid of a fight between these employees.

Until 10 a.m., hundreds of auditioning artists changed into costumes and gathered on the 15th floor of the headquarters building to put on makeup.

On the 15th floor, in three large dressing rooms, artists sat on chairs and let makeup artists play with their faces.

Among them, Hengyu's artists are in a separate room, other male artists are in another room, and female artists are in another room. No one can bother to chat.

At 11 o'clock, people with makeup came to the super large conference room next door and read the script while waiting.

As there were more and more people, everyone looked nervous.

Almost every male artist who comes in will go to Deng Chao, Huang Xiaoming, and Chen Kun to bow to the dock.

The same goes for female artists, who came to say hello to Liu Qianqian, Queen Zhang, Li Lianhua, and Fan Bing in turn.

The artists auditioning today include Hengyu, Huayi, Shiba Culture, and seven or eight other artist management companies from China Entertainment. Each one is hierarchical and distinct.

People with senior positions and good connections sat in a group and chatted quietly, while people with junior positions and unfamiliarity lowered their heads and pondered the script.

At 12:30 noon, after everyone had lunch, the audition officially began.

17th floor.

A medium-to-large audition room with three long tables arranged in a concave shape, with a large open space in the middle.

Right in front, Fang Ziheng, Hengyu Production Department Director Zhang Miao, Film Production Department Deputy Director Sang Lin, Assistant Director Wu Ershan, and action martial artist Yuan Baye were sitting behind a long table.

Behind the tables on both sides, there were three people from Tengxun Film and Television, four people from Hengyu Mutual Entertainment, and four people from Tiangong Yicai.

Ten people serve as co-producers and executive producers of the crew, responsible for providing guidance to Fang Ziheng and others.

For the "Immortality" project, Fang Ziheng is the chief director and film supervisor, Zhang Miao is the chief producer, and Sang Lin is the art director and art director.

Wu Ershan had just joined Hengyu and was pulled over by Fang Ziheng to serve as deputy director to help him control the overall situation.

Yuan Baye still brings his team of dragon and tiger martial arts masters to escort the action scenes of the movie.

In addition, there are six or seventy-eight key members of the crew in the room, who will cooperate with the artists in auditions and performances later.

12:45.

Fang Ziheng put down the script in his hand, took a sip from the water glass in front of him, and said to Sang Lin beside him: "It's almost done, let's get started!"

"OK."

Sang Lin nodded slightly, his expression calmed down, and he waved to a key member of the crew to let him in.

dong dong

The door opened and Liu Qianqian strolled in wearing a female Taoist robe.

The Taoist robe is plain black and wide. Except for an unknown bird pattern embroidered on the shoulders and a belt made of gold and jade, there are not many extra decorations.

A Xuansu Taoist robe was worn on the young lady, making her already fairy-like temperament even more ethereal and fairy-like.

As soon as they entered, everyone was attracted by the grace of the young lady.

Fang Ziheng waved to the young lady and asked with a smile: "Qian Qian, why did you choose this role?"

"is there a problem?"

Liu Qianqian's expression remained unchanged, she entered the heart of the character, stepped to the open space between the three tables, and asked lightly from three meters away.

Forehead..

No problem, of course no problem!

Before Fang Ziheng could say anything, everyone else laughed when they heard this.

Fairy Taisu, the first fairy to become an immortal in China, plays a very important role in the first two chapters of "Immortality". She is the second heroine, with only one less role than the lead heroine.

Fairy Taisu is one of the people who led the way to immortality after the hero traveled through time. She is also one of the biggest sources of motivation for the hero.

There is no love in the movie, but emotion is essential!

Do not engage in love, but you can have admiration and yearning for the beautiful opposite sex.

The male protagonist Li Qing, who already wanted to become an immortal, became more determined because he met Fairy Taisu.

"Okay, as long as you like it."

Fang Ziheng rolled his eyes secretly, not worrying about why the young lady didn't choose the role of the female lead and the eldest princess.

He picked up a piece of A4 paper and said pretentiously: "Sissi, it seems that you understand Fairy Taisu's state. Let's do this. We won't embarrass you. You can just repeat the actions above. After this, The role is yours!”

The other people's eyelids jumped when they heard the serious words. They wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. They all complained in their hearts that he was just going through the motions.

Just now, everyone was discussing who could be qualified for the role of Fairy Taisu, which plot to use for the audition, and it would be best to choose a very suitable actor.

Good guy, Fang Laoliu actually used a set of simple moves to fool people in order to pick up girls!

Is it interesting to be so introverted?

Everyone kept complaining, but on the surface they didn't reveal anything, and looked at the young lady with expectant smiles.

The young lady felt a sudden change in her heart. She thought that the action was very difficult and her lover was deliberately trying to tease her.

It wasn't until she took the A4 paper and saw the several sets of actions on it that she realized she had been deceived by her lover again.

This is not a difficult move, it is clearly a simple technique of several groups of finger pinches.

Too simple, okay?

Who are you looking down on?

Liu Qianqian's eyes flashed and she couldn't help but smile. Then she felt that her laughter was not good and quickly lowered her head.

"Hey, hey, hey, I say Liu Qianqian, pay attention to your attitude!"

Fang Ziheng knocked on the table, looked at her with a straight face, and said word by word: "Study hard, these tips are very important, what you got are simple techniques, and there will be more complicated tips after the movie starts." tactic.

Fairy Taisu, as the first female immortal of the human race in China, is one of the biggest supporters of the human race. She is extremely talented and powerful. She has many action scenes in the movie. If you don’t take it seriously, you may easily fall over! "

"Director, please rest assured that I am mentally prepared and will definitely give my best to the role and will not let you down, director."

"Okay, let's get started, I'll give you three minutes to practice your moves!"