Fang Yang also highly approves of Zhang Ze's acting skills; otherwise, he wouldn't have tried to get Zhang Ze to join the crew with a pay cut. It's just that these young guys in the company haven't matured yet, which is a real headache.
"Mr. Fang, the male lead has been confirmed. What should we do with the others?"
Wang Jialiang also wanted to select one or two of the young talents in his company to be the lead actors in "The Return of the Condor Heroes". When he was filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Wang Jialiang looked down on these young talents in his company. They really had no fame and were not qualified to play the male lead. However, he did not expect that Fang Yang's "Princess Pearl" would make them famous overnight. This made Wang Jialiang really tempted.
"Who has Director Wang taken a liking to? It's alright, let's choose for Director Wang first before I make arrangements. Because my film is quite professional, in addition to the main actors, I plan to select a group of people from the company's special forces. They'll all be playing themselves, so the effect will be better."
Wang Jialiang was surprised by Fang Yang's actions and said with a smile, "President Fang, you've got thrift ingrained in your bones! It's hard not to admire this move. You can save tens of millions of yuan in one go."
Fang Yang waved his hand, "That's not quite right. It depends on the situation. Not only my movie, but also Director Fu's TV series will need to select a few people from the company's special forces. Professionals should do professional things. Don't underestimate special forces. To be honest, apart from their professional theory perhaps not being as good as actors, their acting skills are not much worse. In a complex environment where information changes constantly, special forces also need to undergo various trainings. Their expressions, actions, and even language are all professional."
Wang Jialiang had never met special forces soldiers before. Although he didn't believe it, he didn't show it on his face. "Then let's do as President Fang says. This time I want Xu Peng and Zhou Xin to play the male and female leads. I wonder if President Fang can let them go?"
Fang Yang nodded, "You can take these two people with you. For this movie, I mainly need to select a few special forces soldiers at the company. The two actresses are a bit older. It doesn't matter if Zhou Xin goes there. The company also has some veteran actors. Director Wang, you can select as many as you like."
Wang Jialiang thought about it for a moment. The TV series "The Return of the Condor Heroes" really needed a lot of veteran actors. The company recruited a group of them last year, and their acting skills were all pretty good. Just look at Fu Ming's "Five Ghosts Transporting Wealth", which was played entirely by veteran actors, and the box office was actually pretty good. You can tell that although these veteran actors are getting older, their acting skills have not been lost.
“Okay, let’s do it as Mr. Fang says. Besides, many of these veteran actors are acquaintances of mine, so it will be easier to use them.”
Fang Yang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Wang Jialiang agree. Wang Jialiang was a decent actor, but he was arrogant and liked to use currently popular actors, which increased the cost of the entire TV series. However, as viewers, we didn't really care who played the supporting roles, apart from the main actors. Wasn't it a waste of resources to leave the company with a large number of veteran actors?
Listening to their conversation, Yang Huajin felt greatly gratified. He hadn't understood Fang Yang's insistence on signing several veteran actors to the company at first, but now it seemed like a worthwhile investment. Since Fu Ming followed Fang Yang's instructions and used veteran actors to carry a film, it had become clear that even aging actors, when used well, can be a very sharp weapon.
Now, even the proud and arrogant Wang Jialiang has started using the company's veteran actors. To be honest, Yang Huajin also breathed a sigh of relief. If these veteran actors were signed but didn't get any acting opportunities, especially when their own TV series needed veteran actors but they had to hire them from outside, how could those veteran actors bear it? They would feel awkward taking a salary for nothing and not being able to do anything. Yang Huajin and his colleagues had experienced that feeling firsthand, and now they never wanted to experience that feeling again.
It was precisely because of his own experience that Yang Huajin had some reservations about Wang Jialiang's preference for using outsiders. However, he tolerated it because Fang Yang had promised Wang Jialiang that he would not interfere with anything in the production crew. But now that Wang Jialiang was taking the initiative to use company actors, Yang Huajin was able to put aside his resentment.
The two were discussing the cast, and Fu Ming and Mo Zhen also joined in the discussion. It was Mo Zhen's first time attending a company executive meeting, and she didn't know most of the people except for a few. Fortunately, Fu Ming happened to be sitting next to her, and the two had common topics, so they struck up a conversation in a few words.
Fu Ming had experience directing the sitcom "Loser Men and Women," and he patiently shared his experience with Mo Zhen. Although Fu Ming had been with the company for a year, Mo Zhen had worked with Fang Yang for several months and learned a lot about filming techniques. Especially after Fang Yang took over, Mo Zhen directed the scenes quite well.
However, compared to Fu Ming's independent direction of two dramas, Fu Ming undoubtedly has more experience. At this moment, Fu Ming is introducing some of the company's actors to Mo Zhen. Although he has not seen the script in Mo Zhen's hand, it does not prevent Fu Ming from recommending suitable actors from the company to Mo Zhen based on Mo Zhen's description.
It should be noted that Fu Ming had better innate qualities than Mo Zhen. Having served as Wang Jialiang's assistant in a large company for so many years, his experience was naturally incomparable to that of Mo Zhen, who was just working in a small company. He had a natural understanding of the characteristics of actors in the industry, and when he spoke eloquently, it made Mo Zhen's eyes light up, and the right actor for the lead role gradually took shape in her mind.
Jin Dahai approached Zhao Liang at some point to discuss the box office performance of the movie "Ne Zha". Zhao Liang, being at the forefront of the film industry, was very knowledgeable about the box office situation of various movies, naturally becoming Jin Dahai's best conversation partner.
"Minister Kim, the United States has produced an animated film called 'Transformers.' Although it hasn't been introduced to our area yet, it's said to be extremely popular there. During the Spring Festival, it grossed 328 million yuan in its first week of release. It's the most successful animated film produced by the United States in recent years, and it also has a huge market share among adults."
Although Jin Dahai paid close attention to the market there, he knew very little about the newly released animated films, which was due to an information gap. Hearing Zhao Liang's words, he immediately became interested, "I really don't know about this. What is the main content? Can you tell me about it?"
Zhao Liang had only heard about it secondhand and didn't know the details. "I don't know the specifics either. I just heard a team leader from the US who came to promote a movie mention it. He said it was about a planet full of robots, and the epic battle between two robot teams. In pursuit of energy cubes, one of the robots came to Earth, was affected by the Arctic magnetic field, and was accidentally frozen under the ice. Later, it was discovered by a scientist and then transferred to a secret base by American scientists..."
This was the first time Jin Dahai had ever heard of such an imaginative movie. He listened with rapt attention, saying, "Now that you mention it, this movie is incredible! It requires extremely powerful special effects from beginning to end, and the production cost must be terrifyingly high."
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