Chapter 528 Christmas Moon
Blue Island, the former Liuting Airport.
This former Jiaodong No. 1 airport has been out of service for half a year. The surrounding villagers who used to see planes flying overhead almost every day can now rarely see this scene.
However, this place is not quiet. On the contrary, since a few months ago, it has almost become a construction site. New factory buildings and various large-scale machinery and vehicles that are far beyond what you usually see can be seen everywhere.
As for the people coming and going, there are even more people, thousands of people coming in and out. What is particularly noticeable is that there are a large number of foreigners here.
"I guess all the foreign extras in the country should be in Blue Island now."
On the set of "The Wandering Earth 2", Meng Bai listened to seven or eight foreign languages coming from all around at the same time, and couldn't help but sigh.
"It's about the same. There are more foreign extras in Shanghai and Beijing North, and there are not many in Blue Island. Gongger and his team contacted more than a dozen casting companies to recruit together, and they can be considered to have found all the people." Guo Fan behind him introduced.
In the past, traditional crew casting was generally handed over to the assistant director for screening, and finally the producer, director and investor checked and confirmed.
Later, with the entry of Internet capital, various positions in the crew began to be formalized, so they learned from Hollywood and gradually gave birth to specialized casting directors, also known as Casting Directors.
In the past two years, because there have been many large-scale production projects, there is a huge demand for role actors other than the leading actors, so some Casting teams dedicated to casting have emerged.
These teams are generally formed by well-known assistant directors or agents in the industry, such as CD-home, which was born out of Noon Sunshine, and Haohan Xingpan, founded by Gong Juehan, who is famous in the fan circle.
"The Wandering Earth 2" is undoubtedly a super-large project, with tens of thousands of group actors alone. With such a large scale, it is obviously impossible to expect the crew to cast by themselves, so they called on major well-known teams in the industry to take charge together.
Why do many film practitioners like to call this kind of science fiction masterpiece a "heavy industry movie"? To a large extent, it is because the production of such a large-scale project can drive the development of the entire upstream and downstream industry system.
This is also the reason why the authorities have given the green light to "The Wandering Earth 2". It is naturally good to have another high-grossing movie, but industrial progress is more critical.
"Fuck!"
Guo Fan suddenly cursed: "If you hadn't said it, I would have forgotten that tomorrow is Christmas, and these foreigners have to pay extra overtime pay. It's really..."
"Ha, this is the first time I heard that the director would feel sorry for the cost." Meng Bai patted his shoulder, "Our budget is still quite sufficient this time, not to mention that you got so many resources for free before, you don't need this day's salary."
"Alas, this is not the sequelae left by the first film, always thinking about saving a little. Thanks to Brother Jing and the others for their help, the remuneration is not high, saving a lot of production costs."
"Very good, on behalf of the investors, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your money-saving behavior."
The two chatted for a while, and Meng Bai looked around, "By the way, where is Brother Jing?"
"Oh, I just seemed to say that his wife came to visit the set, so she should have gone out to pick someone up."
"Visiting the set in such a cold weather?" Meng Bai was puzzled.
Guo Fan smiled ambiguously: "Today is Christmas Eve."
"... Makes sense."
After a while, Wu Jing walked over with a short-haired woman. It was Xie Nan. After
they greeted each other, Xie Nan looked at Meng Bai: "Hey, President Meng is here too!"
"Brother Nan, your tone sounds like you think it's incredible that I'm here."
"No, it's Christmas, I thought you were going to accompany your girlfriend."
"I have too many girlfriends, I don't know which one to accompany, so I just don't accompany any of them." Meng Bai spread his hands and said in a joking tone.
Most of the people present had a good relationship with him, and they had probably heard about various scandals about him, so they couldn't help but laugh.
Xie Nan even said with connotation: "It seems that next week when "Girl Push" is recorded, I will hear another wave of criticism against President Meng."
"Women's Reasoning Club" has been aired a few days ago. When the pilot episode was first released, it was criticized by many viewers for its slow pace, but as the main film was aired, the program quickly entered a good trend.
Two weeks after the show started, the popularity on the site exceeded 7,000, and the number of views exceeded 200 million; one month after the show started, the cumulative number of effective views rose to 700 million. At the same time, the show's rating was as high as 8.5, which has exceeded the previous two seasons of "Ming Detective", and the popularity of Weibo and the entire network also increased accordingly.
Compared with the trend when it first started, it can be said that it started flat and went up.
Now the show has been broadcast to the fourth episode, but the recording has reached the ninth and tenth episodes. The six members of
the "Female Push Group" have known each other for a long time, and the relationship between them has become much more familiar. Of course, no matter how familiar the group is, there will always be closer ones. In comparison, Wu Xin and Qi Wei, who jumped from "Ming Detective", are closer; Xie Nan is better with Li Yitong because her husband has worked with Meng Bai for many years; Li Xueqin is harmonious and has a good relationship with everyone.
But the most surprising thing is that Tian Xiwei, the youngest member, seems to have a good impression of Li Yitong. Every time they record together, whether in front of or behind the camera, they pay special attention to this "sister".
Similarly, Li Yitong seemed to have a "different eye" for Tian Xiwei, and she was often seen focusing on the other girl.
The two of them unexpectedly had a bit of a "two-way run".
Even many viewers noticed this, and many people in the fan circle have begun to support this "older queen x younger loli" CP.
However, the subtlety of the actual situation is probably only understood by the two girls themselves.
As the family of the leading actor, Xie Nan came to visit the set naturally not empty-handed, and gave everyone a cup of hot coffee on the scene. Fortunately, there was no big scene to shoot today, otherwise the coffee alone would cost tens of thousands.
The temperature in Landao at the end of the year is already very low, and it feels very comfortable to drink a cup of hot coffee on a cold day.
The crew is setting up the scene at this time, and Guo Fan and his director team are busy, but Wu Jing and other actors have nothing to do for a while.
"I heard that you have also started preparations for the project of 'The Three-Body Problem'?"
"The early preparations have been going on for a long time, and we will start filming after the Chinese New Year."
"The original novel is so long, can we finish it?"
"We will do it one by one." Meng Bai introduced: "We plan to film it in six seasons, two seasons and one book. We are only in the first season now. It will start from the opening 'The Three-Body Problem', to 'The Past on Red Shore', and end with 'The Guzheng Project'."
"The Red Bank section... will it pass the review?"
"Tsk, it was just filmed along the way." Meng Bai said, "Even if The Three-Body Problem is not a classic, it is at least a world bestseller. The official review is relatively loose."
"That's okay. When I read the book before, I felt that the Red Bank section was the most exciting in the first part. It would be a pity to delete it." Wu Jing asked casually, "Have the leading actors been selected?"
"Several main characters have been decided. Zhang Luyi plays Wang Miao, Jiang Wu has been found for Shi Qiang, and then Ye Wenjie, an old man and a young man, are played by Teacher Chen Jin and Wang Ziwen..."
Meng Bai gave Wu Jing a brief introduction to the lineup, and finally asked jokingly, "Why, are you interested in making a cameo appearance?"
"I can make a cameo appearance as Luo Ji."
"Ha--"
Meng Bai snorted artificially, "You said let Brother Nan grow his hair long to play Zhuang Yan, we can still discuss it, you play Luo Ji..."
"Hey, let's talk about Ji, let's be civilized."
"That's what I meant."
"Fuck!"
Wu Jing cursed with a smile, but he also felt that his suggestion was a bit outrageous, so he didn't say anything more.
"Hey, I suddenly realized that I was filming on the set, and my wife was recording a program over there, so my whole family was working for you."
"What do you mean? Don't you have the Wu Suowei brothers at home?" Meng Bai said, "See if there is a need for a child actor later, and arrange for him as well."
"Forget it, let him study hard first." Wu Jingti said disdainfully to his son, and then suggested, "How about getting together in the evening?"
"Forget it, we won't disturb you two." Meng Bai waved his hand, "It just so happens that I have something to do."
"Okay, then, we'll find a chance another day after the filming is finished."
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Shanghai, Pudong.
In a large flat next to the Huangpu River, Yang Chaoyue was packing her suitcase while answering the phone.
"The crew gave us news that we didn't choose the role of 'Feng Baobao', and the company gave it to a newcomer named Wang Yinglu." Yang Chaoyue's agent said with some regret on the phone.
"Is that so..."
Yang Chaoyue paused, but soon returned to normal: "Forget it, if you are not selected, then you are not selected. Let's find another project."
"This crew is the same. Many fans of the original novel on the Internet have high praise for you, and they still think it is not suitable."
The agent complained, and then asked carefully: "Chaoyue, why don't you ask Mr. Meng..."
"Don't!" Yang Chaoyue hurriedly refused, "It's just the heroine of a small project. There is no need to ask him... to find the boss. Besides, there are so many projects that we can't get in the future. Can we ask the boss to come forward every time?"
"That's right. That's fine. I will look for a suitable one during this period of time." The agent said: "You should take a rest first. There will be a TV drama award on Weibo in two days. I will pick you up then."
"Okay, I know."
After hanging up the phone, Yang Chaoyue sighed, turned around and sat on the bed, pulling the doll next to her and hugging it in her arms.
What she and the agent just talked about was a comic adaptation called "Under the Alien" a few days ago. She went to audition for the heroine "Feng Baobao" in it.
This anime is very popular, and it is considered to be one of the top Chinese anime in recent years. The character of "Feng Baobao" has attracted many fans.
There have been discussions online before about who would be more suitable to play this role if a live-action version was made. At that time, Yang Chaoyue's voice was quite high.
After all, according to the description of the original work, "Feng Baobao" looks like a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old, dressed casually, and always with her hair loose. At the same time, she has a beautiful face, plump breasts, tall figure, fair skin, and a pure and stupid personality.
These characteristics basically match perfectly with Yang Chaoyue when she first participated in "Produce 101".
So this time Tencent Animation and Youku are planning to cooperate in the remake, and her team naturally contacted the crew to get this role.
I thought it should be a sure thing with her popularity and online calls, but I didn't expect that it would be snatched away by a newcomer in the end.
Of course, it's okay if the crew refuses. It didn't say it would be her, so any choice is fine.
What's more, the newcomer who was replaced is also from Taiyang Chuanhe, so her team can't snatch it even if they want to use the power of the company.
The reason given by the crew was more euphemistic, saying that it took into account factors such as pay and schedule. But in fact, Yang Chaoyue knew that it was mainly because of her poor acting skills, and the average performance of several dramas broadcast this year, which made the crew worried.
When the crew selects people, they will definitely choose those who can carry the drama on the premise of meeting the requirements of the role. But if none of them can carry the drama, it is better to choose a newcomer, at least the cost can be lower.
In the final analysis, her popularity bonus period in the talent show is almost over, but her own strength has not grown to the extent that it can support subsequent development.
If she really wants to continue on the path of an actor, she will have to seriously hone her acting skills.
Thinking of this, she sighed. It is not so easy to hone her acting skills. Not to mention talent, even her time does not allow her to study too deeply.
After thinking for a while while holding the doll, she finally decided not to think about it.
She will catch a plane to Blue Island to spend Christmas Eve with her boss, and then let him think about it for her.
Thinking of this, Yang Chaoyue regained her spirits.
Looking at the closed door, she took out a red Christmas outfit with a guilty conscience, looked at it with satisfaction, and put it in the box.
(End of this chapter)
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