Chapter 1172 1272. Seeing his building collapse

Chapter 1172 1272. Seeing his building collapse

Los Angeles, USA.

It has been a week since the filming of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them began. The crew has also passed the initial run-in period and is gradually getting better.

During this period, Nie Wei has also seen the daily performances of several main actors.

There are indeed people who surprise him, but this surprise is neither Joseph who is becoming more and more confident, nor Daddario who is making rapid progress, nor Uma Thurman who is usually arrogant, but John Cusack, the actor Nie Wei signed as an emergency.

It is said to be a surprise. First of all, John's acting skills really make Nie Wei admire him. His acting skills are not the kind that makes people feel amazing. Everything is full of simplicity and seems plain, but as a director, Nie Wei finds his strength, that is, stable, so stable that it is scary.

Use one word to describe John Cusack's acting skills, Nie Wei thinks of the word "solid".

He is like a martial arts master with deep inner strength, but he has only learned a set of Luohan Fist. His moves seem ordinary, but his punches are powerful.

He will not occasionally burst out like some actors, add a few lines on the spot, or have a quick reaction on the spot.

He is like an acting machine, meticulously executing the contents of the script. The script stipulates that he will shed three tears here, and he will definitely only cry three tears. The script stipulates that he will sleep for five seconds, and he will definitely sleep for five seconds and open his eyes. In short, he will never exceed this limit.

Of course, good acting skills alone are not worth Nie Wei's surprise and treasure. The key is that John Cusack is not only a good actor, but also a warm-hearted person.

In fact, if we talk about who has the best acting skills in the crew, it still belongs to Uma Thurman. This is a real master, but she has a very cold temperament. During the filming process, many actors went to her to ask for advice on acting, but whether it was Daddario or Nina, they were all coldly rejected by Uma Thurman.

Seeing that even the two leading actresses could not be consulted, others gave up the idea of ​​asking Uma Thurman for acting skills.

Some people went to Nie Wei to make a small report, saying that Uma Thurman was too selfish, but Nie Wei didn't think there was anything wrong with this. He paid Uma Thurman to film, but he didn't say that he would let her be a teacher. Whether she was willing to teach was entirely Uma Thurman's personal business. After all, no one was obliged to take one salary and do two jobs.

But people are always different. Some are selfish, and some are just five-four. Compared with Uma Thurman, John Cusack is a real good guy.

As long as he is free, he is willing to give advice to anyone who asks him for acting skills, and it is not a perfunctory guidance, but the kind of carefulness that will demonstrate in person.

So unlike Uma Thurman, who seems to be isolated by everyone in the crew, John Cusack is the most popular person in the crew, and Nie Wei can't compare to this.

Because Nie Wei is a director, he may joke with them when he is not working, but when he is working, his serious attitude is respected by others, but also gives people a sense of distance. John Cusack is different. He is like the warm sunshine in spring, and he is very nice to everyone. Even when the extras come to him to take pictures and ask for advice, he will patiently chat with them.

As the most popular person, John Cusack can receive a lot of small gifts every day. For example, if Daddario makes a few small cakes today, he will definitely bring some to John Cusack, or if Joseph buys a bottle of good red wine, he will find Cusack first to taste it together.

Nina will also give a small box of her own fruit to Cusack every day, and even Shu Chang is willing to give part of the soup she makes for Nie Wei to this good man, because he has helped the crew a lot.

Cusack may not be able to teach an actor how to be liked by the audience, after all, he himself can't do it, but the skills he knows are particularly suitable for helping actors to lay a solid foundation.

There are many young actors in the crew. With Cusack's guidance, as long as they study hard, their future ceiling will be greatly improved.

Nie Wei even specifically hinted to Joseph, Nina, and especially Miss Foy, the artists of his own company, to consult Cusack more often when they are free. Where can you find such a powerful, free and warm-hearted acting teacher?

Of course, sometimes Cusack's good temper has disadvantages. Whoever sends a gift, even if it is just a small candy, he will seriously accept and eat it, which makes everyone love to give Cusack gifts more and more.

As expected, after only a week, Nie Wei found that Cusack in the camera seemed to have gained weight. Nie Wei was also amused and cried about this, and specially issued a notice to prohibit the crew from "feeding" Cusack every day.

Even Uma Thurman couldn't help laughing when she saw this notice, and Cusack was even more wry.

Fortunately, after Nie Wei released the announcement, the crew rarely sent gifts to Cusack. Generally, the gifts were not food, and Cusack did not have to sleep on his back every day.

The crew had harmonious people like Cusack, unsociable people like Uma Thurman, and of course people who disliked each other.

And what surprised everyone was that the people who disliked each other were not Daddario and Nina, nor anyone else, but Nina and Joseph, the male and female protagonists in the same company.

"Did they quarrel again?" During lunch, Nie Wei saw Shu Chang looking troubled and asked curiously.

"Well, in the scene just now, Nina deliberately ate several garlics just to fumigate Joseph. You also know that Joseph is a germaphobe. I heard that he ran out and vomited immediately after filming that scene."

"Joseph was unwilling to be tricked. At noon, he deliberately poured a drink on Nina's newly bought shoes and skirt. You know how much Nina likes this set of clothes, and then the two quarreled."

"One accused the other of eating garlic before filming and having no professional ethics, and the other accused the other of deliberately retaliating. One said that eating garlic is his hobby and should not be taken seriously, and the other said that his hand shaking was not intentional. Alas, I finally persuaded the two to separate."

After Shu Chang finished talking about the bad things of the two male and female protagonists, he didn't ask Nie Wei: "How is Boss Du of Y Entertainment?"

It has been almost a week now, and there should be a result. Shu Chang hates Boss Du very much. Businessmen can be profit-oriented, but they cannot be without integrity. What's more, they instigate their artists to commit crimes. This is the worst crime. If Shu Chang himself is a judge, he will definitely sentence such a person to prison for a good reform.

"The lawyers have discussed the result. It is impossible to convict Boss Du based on the recording alone. Moreover, because Meiqi and Xuanyi did not agree, they can only be regarded as attempted incitement by Boss Du."

"However, she can escape the legal principles, but she cannot escape the condemnation of public opinion. This is very helpful for the termination of Meiqi and Xuanyi's contract. The judge will definitely consider this point at that time. In this way, even if Y Entertainment wants to delay, it is estimated that it will not be delayed for long. The feedback from the lawyers is to strive to complete the termination task within three months."

"That's good. I feel sorry for the two girls. How could they have such a boss?" Shu Chang breathed a sigh of relief, looking much more relaxed.

Although she and Xuanyi or Meiqi have only met once, she has a good impression of the two girls. One is generous and cheerful, and the other is well-behaved and sweet. They are both very polite.

Moreover, Shu Chang was also an artist. The most annoying thing is to meet a bad boss. He can really lead the artist to a bad path. Shu Chang hates people like Boss Du, so naturally he has a certain sympathy for the victims Meiqi and Xuanyi.

"I didn't expect Boss Du to do this. I can only say that money makes the world go round. Boss Du is so greedy that she has lost all her rationality."

Nie Wei smiled sarcastically and said, "But maybe we don't have to call her Boss Du anymore in the future?"

"Oh? Why?" Shu Chang's eyes lit up when he heard this and asked curiously.

"Y Entertainment was originally preparing to go public, but because of Boss Du's incident, the company's reputation plummeted, and the listing plan has become a bubble. Now the company's shareholders are clamoring for Boss Du to step down. According to the news from China, they will hold a board meeting next week, and then they will remove Boss Du from all positions in the company."

"And they seem to be preparing to activate the special terms of the contract to force Boss Du to give up her shares and completely withdraw from Y Entertainment. Based on my understanding of Boss Du, if she loses the company because of this, it may really make her feel worse than going to jail. To put it in one word, it's better to die than to live."

"And it's very satisfying, hahaha." Shu Chang laughed happily.

The more unlucky Boss Du is, the happier she is. This is actually what many people in China think. Boss Du is now like a rat crossing the street in China. His reputation is even worse than those annoying guys like Song Dazui.

It is even no longer popular to curse people online. They all change to cursing Boss Du. For example, if you do something dishonest, you can say "You can't be too Boss Du." Even the entry for Boss Du in Baidu Encyclopedia has been changed, and it is specially noted that this name can be directly equated with various swear words.

It can be seen that the public hates Boss Du.

In this case, it is simply a fantasy for Boss Du to continue to be the boss of the company. It is only possible that those shareholders are all crazy. If she continues to be the boss, it will also affect the company's reputation. Even the staff below are probably unable to work. Who wants to have a boss suspected of instigating crime standing on their head? They are too ashamed to go out.

Even the staff have this mentality, let alone the artists.

In the past, when Y Entertainment was thriving, everyone went out with their heads held high, just like when Xuanyi and Meiqi entered the 101, everyone would exclaim. At that time, Y Entertainment's reputation had not yet become a bad name, and it was still the "Hua Yi" of the idol circle.

But now it is different. The company's reputation has become a bad name, and everyone goes out to work with their heads down. They are most afraid of being asked which company's artist you are, because every time the agent reports the name of Y Entertainment, the other party will always intentionally or unintentionally show contempt. Although most of them are not directed at the artists present, everyone feels uncomfortable when seeing the other party like this.

So many artists began to terminate their contracts, and the trainees without contracts simply packed up their luggage and left.

Everyone is not stupid, and they can all see that the Y Entertainment ship is already broken. Things like reputation cannot be saved in a few years, and how many years can trainees squander?

It is better to leave as soon as possible and find a new company to take over.

As for the artists, they can't leave for the time being, after all, they are under contract. However, except for a few partners who can't get out, the rest are basically not going to renew their contracts with Y Entertainment. Others look for an agency to find a backer, but their agency is lucky not to be a backer, let alone a backer. Who dares to stay here any longer?

Everyone can see that Y Entertainment is about to fall apart. This is even more serious than the crisis Huayi encountered at the beginning. Although Huayi was poached by Wang Jinghua for most of the first-line artists at that time, at least its reputation is still there, and it is also a production company. But Y Entertainment is different. It is an artist agency, and its reputation is notorious.

Moreover, Huayi can quickly come back to life because there is a phenomenal entertainment genius like Nie Wei, but what does Y Entertainment have?

Let alone Nie Wei, they don't even have a serious first-line artist. A company basically relies on traffic and relies on fans to survive. Now that the fans have turned against them, the company has even less hope.

Y Entertainment's business has basically stagnated. Originally, it could recruit more than ten trainees a month. Now, after more than half a month, no new trainees have appeared in the company. Instead, most of the trainees have left, and the entire trainee department has basically been paralyzed.

The commercial partners of the artists have also stopped contract renewal negotiations. Obviously, the merchants are also afraid that the reputation of Y Entertainment will affect their brand value.

In Nie Wei's view, this company is like a building that has begun to collapse. It is basically hopeless.

However, this also gives Huayi some opportunities. Huayi doesn't think much of those artists from Y Entertainment, but this company is still very good at training trainees. Among the trainees who left, those with excellent grades were received by Huayi. As a result, in more than half a month, Huayi's trainee department has accepted more than ten trainees from Y Entertainment.

Many of them are artists who have been arranged by Y Entertainment to debut, and even Fan Binbin's younger brother is one of them.

Luo Kai, who is in charge of trainee business in China, reported to Nie Wei that the trainees accepted from Y Entertainment are of very good quality and can reach the level of A-level trainees in the company. With these people, the company can even directly form two male and female idol groups.

If Boss Du knew that all the artists he had worked so hard to train had finally joined the enemy, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood.

Shu Chang laughed happily after knowing this news.

"By the way, notify Joseph and Nina later and ask them not to leave after the filming is over in the evening. I have something to talk to them." Nie Wei said to Shu Chang. He felt that he could not let these two protagonists continue to make trouble.

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