Chapter 17 Casting
Let’s go back three days.
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
In the Blackburn family estate.
Old John put down the thick stack of papers in his hand and took off his glasses.
Put them together next to each other.
The old man looked at Kim Aris, the Blackburn family's butler, in front of him.
"Did Milo really write this?" John II asked.
Jin bent down slightly. Although the old housekeeper's hair was gray, his voice was still steady. "Wendy and Marina, and even David sent back a message. They are all very sure that this was written by Milo."
"They said that Milo locked himself in his study for a month. Apart from sleeping and occasional entertainment, he even ate and drank in the study."
"They say he wrote a lot..."
Old John, full name John II Adams Joe Blackburn.
He was silent for a long time, and the room fell into silence.
“This must be a gift from the Lord.”
Suddenly, John II's voice broke the silence in the room.
"He wanted Paladin to serve Him. But He also knew Blackburn's devotion to Him, so He must have given Milo divine revelation so that Blackburn could exist better for Him."
“Otherwise, Milo would not have been able to write such content. Although it is only a part, the paper is full of His traces.”
"gold."
"I am here, my Lord."
"Go and tell them that Milo is inspired and God favors him."
Jin took a deep breath and bent down. "You are right. This must be the Lord's preference."
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Milo originally just wanted to make a low-budget movie for fun.
Of course, he would choose those movies that have proven themselves in his previous life.
For example, those works with low cost and high income.
Things like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Blair Witch Project, and Get Out.
Later he changed his mind.
There are many reasons.
One of them was the novel he had just finished writing.
It was unexpectedly bought by Harvard Publishing House with such an outrageous reward.
Even he knew that the novel would be a success.
But after learning about the current publishing market in the United States, he still found it outrageous.
He found out later.
Harvard Press did this because its grandfather spoke up for it.
The old man serves on both the school's board of directors and the school's board of supervisors.
The Blackburn family has always graduated from this school.
Including Milo.
This made Milo understand more clearly.
Compared with the literary and artistic works from previous lives in my mind.
One's family background is one's greatest reliance.
Another reason.
Two months ago, he had just been reborn and spent a lot of money and connections to buy Netscape shares.
It was launched on schedule.
The company was founded 16 months ago, had no profit, and had a loss of nearly $5 million.
But on the day of its listing, its market value had reached US$7.1 billion.
Netscape's success also affected the garages and warehouses in Silicon Valley.
Many small companies with only two or three people saw their value increase several times, ten times, or even a hundred times overnight.
By the 25th, Netscape had been listed for a week.
Its market value has exceeded 10 billion US dollars.
Milo's four million dollars worth of stock turned into twenty-five million dollars.
Including Netscape, he invested nearly 20 million in Silicon Valley.
In just over a month, the valuation soared to more than 100 million.
And this was just the beginning, the beginning of what was later hailed as the first year of the Internet.
In that case...
Such a good foundation and such a strong background.
What's the point of making a low-budget movie! Those predecessors only dared to make small investments at the beginning, because that's all they could do.
Look at the beautiful and wealthy people who will appear in China in the future, they will be in the entertainment industry.
She was the heroine from the beginning.
Later on, she acted in Hollywood blockbusters that were beyond the reach of other Chinese actresses at the time.
If you put yourself in their shoes, your background is not bad, or even stronger.
So, determined and ambitious, Milo decisively mortgaged his Netscape shares.
The market value at the time was exactly 25 million US dollars, and 20 million US dollars was mortgaged.
Plus the advance payment of 1.2 million and the original 9 million.
The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!
He took out a total of 30 million US dollars.
Disney held its nose and pledged $10 million to repay the favor.
A total of 40 million yuan, and the film project, which claims to have an investment of 60 million US dollars, has been officially approved.
Of course, Milo still has some self-awareness.
This time he released the news through internal channels.
The media don’t know the specific situation, and this is not the Internet age of several years later.
And Milo is not very famous yet, and the little fame he has is not very good.
Therefore, the news of his casting for the new movie was not known to people outside the circle.
Even so, nearly a thousand videotapes were mailed to the company.
There were also many agents of second- and third-tier actors who came to recommend me.
Some quasi-first-line actresses even inquired through other channels. After all, although Milo is not very famous in the circle, he has brought in Disney.
And it is said that the movie was invested with 60 million US dollars.
In this era, it is enough to attract any non-first-tier superstar.
To be honest, the situation would be even more spectacular if he and his film company weren't so unknown.
The person in charge of casting was the assistant director and chief photographer chosen by Milo.
Wally Pfister.
In this timeline, Wally Pfister is just an unknown photographer in Hollywood.
He started his career in 1991 and over the years has served as a photographer and director of photography for several small-budget films.
When Wendy acquired a film company with a complete behind-the-scenes team at Milo's request.
As the chief photographer of that film company.
Wally Pfister is now also the chief photographer and director of photography for Aladdin Films.
Wally Pfister strictly followed the criteria given by Milo for the selection.
First, more than half of the candidates were eliminated through videotapes, and then some were eliminated through telephone calls.
Then a preliminary audition was arranged, and the actress’s segment was recorded and given to Milo, who considered himself a director and producer, and the rest was up to him.
"How many more? 40?"
After watching the videotape for a long time, Milo pinched his nose and asked tiredly.
After getting a positive answer, he paused the TV screen and signaled everyone to take a break.
After pouring himself a cup of coffee, Milo sighed, shaking his head.
Although there are still less than half of the 100 actors who auditioned that I haven't seen yet, there are only three that I like, and they only basically meet the requirements.
Is Tom Hanks the only one we can look for?
Milo shook his head. He walked back to the table and once again frowned as he flipped through the actors' files.
In Hollywood, no one is irreplaceable, he just hasn't been found yet.
Since we can’t choose the male lead for now, we’ll just pick other characters for now.
After flipping through the files several times, he shrugged and continued watching the videotape.
But as he turned around, he suddenly thought of something, picked up the last file and flipped through it, a strange look flashed across his face.
"Wally, do you have any impression of this woman?" Milo raised the file in his hand to Wally Fister.
"Well... yes, an Italian woman who used to be a model. She has a nice temperament and a good figure." Wally Pfister looked at the file and nodded.
"Find her videotape."
Milo said immediately, his eyes lingering on the name of the file for a long time.
(End of this chapter)