Chapter 814 814.

Chapter 814 814.

Nie Wei left the role directly to Fan Binbin. On the one hand, it was indeed to compensate Fan Binbin for losing the role in "Ghost Blowing Light". On the other hand, it was also because the role was indeed not important. Just as he and Fan Binbin said, although she was the heroine of this movie, in fact, the role had less scenes than an important female supporting role in ordinary movies.

Of course, Nie Wei would not ignore the role just because it did not have many scenes in the movie. Nie Wei knew Fan Binbin's acting skills. Although she was not as natural as Zhou Xun, her acting skills were above the standard among the first-line actresses in China.

After selecting the male and female protagonists, Nie Wei still had to worry about the other supporting roles.

Although 80% of the scenes in this movie were concentrated on the male protagonist, there were no fewer supporting roles in this movie, and they also involved different countries.

In the original movie setting, this rescue plan was completed by the space agencies of the United States and China. However, in the original version, the United States was the main force, and China was the auxiliary. Nie Wei changed the setting for the need of adaptation, but the personnel composition of both sides did not change.

In addition to some folk masters, this movie has as many as 20 supporting roles with lines and more than 10 seconds of footage. Although most of them are group plays, each character has its own independent personality.

As for the actors in the United States, Nie Wei plans to contact the American Actors Guild directly to help with auditions.

Anyway, he doesn't need those Hollywood big names to support the box office, and Nie Wei also knows that those Hollywood big names are unlikely to come to play a supporting role for his Chinese actor, so for the selection of actors, Nie Wei only requires acting skills.

As for China, there are more choices.

Because of the "leakage" of the news of the film's investment amount, there are really many actors eyeing the roles in this movie.

And there are many big-name artists like Fan Binbin who don't care about the number of roles, but Nie Wei also doesn't care about popularity for domestic casting, but only about strength.

After all, in China, Nie Wei is the most popular actor. With him in the film, the box office in the mainland and even Asia is a super guarantee. As for abroad, there are really few actors in China who are famous in Europe and the United States, so their popularity is not important.

It took Nie Wei a week to determine the casting of the Chinese characters in the movie, and then Nie Wei flew directly to the United States. After paying a fee, he asked the local actors association to issue an audition notice.

The audition was held three days later, which was similar to what Nie Wei expected. Because the roles were not very important, and it was a movie with a relatively large proportion of Chinese elements, there were not many actors interested.

There were more than 60 actors who auditioned that day. This number, compared with the huge number of people in the actors association and the looseness of the audition conditions, is really not much, and it can even be said to be very few.

But this is because Nie Wei had directed "Assassin's League" before, and his popularity in Hollywood was still warm at this time, otherwise the audition might not even reach these 60 people.

Many of these people did not come for a particular role. They were just the kind of young people who wanted to act whenever there was a role, or the old hands who wanted to make a living.

Interestingly, on the day of the audition, seven or eight reporters came to where Nie Wei was.

This group of people came specifically to block Nie Wei.

On that day, Nie Wei came to the audition site in a Presidential No. 1. As soon as he got off the car, this reporter surrounded him.

"Mr. Nie Wei, can you answer a few questions for us? I promise it won't take you too long." Because they were stopped by the bodyguards brought by Nie Wei, several reporters could only raise their voices and shout at Nie Wei.

"Five minutes." Nie Wei looked at his watch, then stopped and signaled the bodyguard to let the reporters come over.

Several reporters who were allowed to interview by Nie Wei showed surprise expressions, and quickly raised their recorders and began to ask questions to Nie Wei.

"Mr. Nie Wei, it is said that your new movie this time is about space, and it is well known to the world that the United States is leading the world in space exploration. So do you think that as a Chinese, the space-themed movie you made can be comparable to the space movies made by those directors in our country?"

Faced with the arrogant question of the reporter, Nie Wei replied calmly: "Space themes are indeed the film themes that Americans are good at, but it does not mean that only Americans can make good space-themed movies. After all, the starry sky has not been contracted by you. It belongs to the world, and as a Chinese director, I also have the confidence to control this theme."

"I hope you are not blindly confident." The reporter who asked the question shrugged his shoulders and muttered softly.

He thought his voice was very low and only he could hear it, but he didn't expect that Nie Wei's ears were far more sensitive than ordinary people. His whispered words fell into Nie Wei's ears word for word.

When he heard this, Nie Wei's eyes suddenly fixed on the face of the reporter, which scared the reporter.

Because when Nie Wei looked at him, it was as if he was suddenly pointed at by a gun. He instantly got goose bumps all over his body and immediately avoided Nie Wei's gaze.

When he came back to his senses from these subconscious reactions, he felt his heart beating violently, and he knew from the bottom of his heart that the feeling that made him so flustered was actually fear.

Thinking of this, the reporter glanced at Nie Wei secretly. The young Chinese man still had a spring-like smile on his face, which made the reporter even feel that he had some misunderstanding just now.

While this reporter was frightened by Nie Wei's only look, the other reporters were not idle and kept asking questions to Nie Wei.

"Mr. Nie Wei, I heard that your investment in this movie is US$100 million. This should be the most invested movie in the history of Chinese movies. Is your investment so much because of the success of "Assassin's League"?"

"I need a production fee of 100 million because this movie needs to meet the standards in my mind. It has nothing to do with previous results, because no matter whether what you did before was good or bad, then It’s all over, and for a director, the current job is where you should put all your energy.”

"Mr. Nie Wei, what is your estimated box office for this movie?"

"I think it's better to let the box office prediction experts give you this answer. I'm only responsible for making this movie well and making the audience like it."

"Then if you acquire AMC Cinemas, will you give the green light to your own movies?"

"If my movie performs well at the box office, of course I will schedule more movies. If it does not perform well, I will also reduce its schedule. Am I the kind of fool who wants to save face even though he knows he will lose money? "?"

When Nie Wei said this, several reporters laughed out loud at the same time and shook their heads subconsciously, because no matter how Nie Wei looked at it, he didn't look like an idiot.

Nie Wei ignored the reporter's reaction and continued.

"Now that I have bought the AMC theater chain, I will naturally use the most rational business methods to operate it. It is not my personal toy, Nie Wei. It is a theater chain serving movie fans across the United States. I will only consider the preferences of the audience. Film schedule.”

Nie Wei's words make it impossible to find any fault, but in fact all of this is based on Nie Wei's inner confidence in the box office of his movies.

How could he not take care of his own movies?

When he first acquired AMC, wasn't one of Nie Wei's purposes just to ensure that his future movies would be released in Hollywood?

He has long been preparing to arrange the best first-day schedule for "The Martian". In terms of publicity, all theaters under him will also make full efforts. If you have the right, you should not use it. What is fair and just is what Nie Wei thinks. It's a fool.

Of course, you still have to say beautiful things that should be said, so that’s why Nie Wei’s high-sounding words were spoken.

As expected, everyone loved to hear nice words. Several reporters applauded on the spot, admiring Nie Wei's noble character. Of course, they didn't know what Nie Wei was thinking in their hearts, and they had no interest in knowing.

Then several reporters asked a bunch of questions, and Nie Wei also answered them. Soon the five minutes were up. Just as Nie Wei was about to get up and leave, suddenly another reporter raised his hand again.

"Mr. Nie Wei, Mr. Nie Wei, please wait a moment. I want to ask you one last question. Recently, many cinemas under AMC Cinemas have suddenly closed for temporary rectification. What is the reason for this?"

Originally, Nie Wei was not prepared to pay attention to these reporters, but when he heard this question, he stopped and answered it, because this question was very interesting to Nie Wei, and it was a good opportunity to promote his own theater.

"AMC Cinemas has not improved its theaters for more than ten years, and many facilities have become outdated, so the first thing I did when I took over this theater was to determine a plan to rectify its theaters. "

Speaking of this, Nie Wei smiled and took the initiative to break the news: "And this time during the rectification of our cinemas, we will introduce the most advanced 3D projection technology. When everything is completed, our AMC cinema chain will also become the world's 3D theater chain." The theater chain with the most theaters.”

"3D screening?" The reporters were confused by Nie Wei's sudden revelation. Some people wanted to continue to inquire, but this time Nie Wei did not stop. After all, if some things are said too thoroughly, then It’s not fun anymore. It’s the most interesting thing to let them dig into it with their own interest.

Obviously, these reporters were attracted by the 3D projection technology revealed by Nie Wei at the end. Several people left in a hurry, obviously to learn the details of this technology.

What Nie Wei hasn't told them yet is that "The Martian" will also use part of 3D technology. In this regard, Nie Wei has already sent people to reach a cooperative relationship with Weta Digital and Industrial Light \u0026 Magic. By then, these two world-class The special effects company will work with Nie Wei's PO Thunder to complete the 3D screen production task for "The Martian."

Of course, the 3D production of "The Martian" is not as troublesome as "Avatar" and takes several years. The key is that because those special effects companies produced "Avatar", their 3D film production technology has also become mature. , cooperation at this time actually avoids many technical problems.

Of course, "Avatar" as a pioneer does not pay without reward. Just the fact that it is the first technically mature 3D movie released in the world is enough to leave a glorious footprint in the history of world cinema.

What's more, it is also the first movie in modern times to eat the cake of 3D movies. Nie Wei clearly remembers that this movie has won a box office of 2.788 billion US dollars worldwide, which has truly achieved that no other movie can surpass this movie in the next ten years.

It is worth mentioning that the record that Cameron is about to set is also the record set by himself, which is also the world box office champion in the past ten years and the world box office runner-up in the next ten years, the famous "Titanic".

Nie Wei really admires the business ability of this great director from the bottom of his heart. If there is a chance, he really wants to meet this great director, and as a director.

The audition in the United States is faster. It only took two days for Nie Wei to find enough actors he needed.

In this process, the undiscovered jade or hidden gods that Nie Wei expected did not appear, and the few actors who were finally selected all performed well.

After the actors' auditions, accompanied by a staff member of the Actors Guild, the crew leader of Nie Wei also signed a contract with the selected actors, and also signed a guarantee contract with the Actors Guild.

It stipulates the working hours of the actors selected by Nie Wei's auditions. If they exceed the daily working hours or shoot at special times, they will have to pay an additional fee.

When Luo Yuan read these terms to Nie Wei, Nie Wei couldn't help but sigh that the American Actors Guild is really responsible for protecting actors. In this regard, the domestic Actors Guild is more like a decoration.

After all the actors were selected, the crew's preparation work was considered to have completed the most critical link. Of course, Nie Wei did not rest because of this. He also needed to fly to Jordan to conduct a field investigation in the Moon Valley to determine the final shooting location. There were also so many special props that Nie Wei needed to follow up on the production progress at any time.

Just when Nie Wei was immersed in the busy work schedule of the crew, among the several plans announced by the company at the beginning of the year, the web drama "Ghost Blowing the Light", which only shot 25 episodes, finally took the lead in completing its production.

On the same day, Fanxing Video website put up a notice banner on the homepage, announcing that the TV series will be officially broadcasted exclusively on Fanxing Video website on June 1. This is also the first official TV series in China to be broadcasted only on the Internet.

As soon as the news came out, the fans of "Ghost Blowing the Light" were immediately excited.

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