New world.
At the audition site for the "Lord of the Rings" series of movies.
"Next!"
"Next one!"
"Your acting skills are a bit poor, next one."
…
Hu Yibao and Jiang Gangmeng are auditioning actors applying to participate in "The Lord of the Rings Series".
With the movie "Kung Fu" as a foundation.
There are actually quite a lot of people who come to audition for the "Lord of the Rings series".
Even Hu Yibao and Jiang Gangmeng received calls from many CEOs of major entertainment companies, hoping for some backdoor access.
In order to ensure the quality of "The Lord of the Rings Series", Hu Yibao and Jiang Gangmeng refused all of them.
Everything starts from strength.
Fortunately, Hu Yibao has the initiative to select the actors, so that all the actors can be seen clearly in terms of their compatibility with the characters in the Lord of the Rings series.
Hu Yibao also completely confirms whether each actor is qualified to join the filming of "The Lord of the Rings Series" based on their role matching.
However, it is because the "Lord of the Rings series" has too high requirements on the appearance of the actors, which resulted in some actors with relatively good acting skills not even having an 80-point match when matching the corresponding roles.
Hu Yibao had to give up on them.
It's been a busy day.
"That's all five!"
Even with the help of [Casting], Hu Yibao was so tired that he slumped in the chair and handed a piece of paper on the table to Jiang Gangmeng.
There were five names written on it.
Following it is the corresponding score. This is the role matching degree of the corresponding actors that Hu Yibao saw through [Casting], and Hu Yibao wrote it down directly.
They were all above 90 points, but the highest score was only 95 points.
Hu Yibao attaches great importance to "The Lord of the Rings Series" and has his own criteria in mind. Now in the crew, the matching degree of small roles must be above 90 points.
For the leading role, the matching degree must be above ninety-five points.
If "Kung Fu" was the axe that launched Hu Yibao into the global film market, then "The Lord of the Rings Series" was his unshakable flag.
As long as he can firmly insert it, no one in the global film market will fail to recognize him, Hu Yibao.
This is important.
Jiang Gangmeng took the paper handed to him by Hu Yibao and looked at the name and score on it. The actor on the paper was indeed the one he had approved before.
I have even more admiration for Hu Yibao's casting ability.
Jiang Gangmeng then sighed and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. After all, the Lord of the Rings series is set in ancient Europe. It's really difficult to get the Chinese to meet our requirements."
"By the way, Boss, should we go to Europe early?"
Hu Yibao said, "Two more days of auditions. I'll contact Yida tonight and use their connections to start preparations in Europe."
Although "Kung Fu" became popular in Europe and Hu Yibao had the contact information of many big names in the European film industry, he still had no connections that he could use.
We can only rely on the connections of Yida and Datang Company to prepare for things in Europe.
"Okay!" Jiang Gangmeng really didn't have much ability to help with this matter, so he nodded and said.
After the audition for "The Lord of the Rings Series" ended, Hu Yibao and Jiang Gangmeng discussed some contents of the script of "The Lord of the Rings Series" for several hours before leaving.
New World Top Floor.
After having dinner with Yu Meng and asking her to go back to her room to do homework, Hu Yibao sat on the sofa and called Chen Yu.
In terms of personal connections, Yida Cinema is very powerful in Europe, not only because it acquired the world's largest cinema chain CMA, but more importantly, the Chen Group has also bought a lot of industries in various European countries.
The relationship between the business and political circles is very strong.
As for Datang Company, although its industries are also mainly concentrated overseas, its influence overseas is even greater than that of the Chen Group.
But Hu Yibao did not choose to contact him immediately, mainly because the Datang Group was too mysterious. Even if someone secretly investigated it, the intelligence obtained would only be superficial.
The unknown is scary.
This made Hu Yibao feel a little alert.
Subconsciously, I want to keep a certain safe distance from Datang Company.
The call was connected, Hu Yibao said immediately.
"Uncle Chen, good evening!"
"Hahaha, good evening, Mr. Hu. I don't know what brings you here today." Chen Yu's voice came from the phone immediately.
There was no need to exchange pleasantries with Chen Yu. Hu Yibao got straight to the point and said, "It's mainly because of something!"
"After 'Kung Fu Hustle', my next movie is 'The Lord of the Rings series'. You should know about it, right?"
The news that Hu Yibao is going to film "The Lord of the Rings series" has spread throughout the entire entertainment industry.
Yida naturally knew about this. If their entertainment group had not just been established and had not signed any artists, they would have arranged for people to go to New World to audition for the "Lord of the Rings series" just like other entertainment companies.
Without waiting for Chen Yu's reply, Hu Yibao continued, "Next, we plan to film the Lord of the Rings series in Europe. However, because our connections there are limited, it will be very complicated to handle some matters."
"So, I'm hoping to get your help, Uncle Chen, to help us establish the appropriate connections in Europe for the Lord of the Rings series."
"In return, I will give Yida Cinema a 5% stake in The Lord of the Rings series."
Hu Yibao is very open-minded. When asking people to do things, one should not only consider personal connections but also the interests.
Even if Chen Yu is willing to help the "Lord of the Rings Series" crew wholeheartedly for Hu Yibao's sake, his subordinates will definitely not do so wholeheartedly without any benefits.
Sharing some of the profits can make others work for you wholeheartedly, resulting in a win-win situation in the end.
Hu Yibao was very happy to see it.
After that, Chen Yu's hearty laughter came from the phone, "Hahaha, no problem! I'll take care of everything."
"I'll have the vice president of the Chen Group, who's in charge of European affairs, contact you. If you have any requests, please let him know."
"Also, how much does Mr. Hu plan to invest in the Lord of the Rings series?"
Although the investment in "The Lord of the Rings Series" is currently kept secret from the outside world, Hu Yibao did not hide anything from Chen Yu and directly replied, "500 million US dollars as a minimum!"
"Five hundred million dollars!?"
Hu Yibao heard Chen Yu's slightly surprised voice.
This amount may not be huge for Chen Yu, but he never imagined that he would need so much money to make a movie.
Chen Yu followed up with praise, "Boss Hu is so courageous!"
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