In the end, it's because of the movie.

The Warcraft movie plan launched in cooperation with Blizzard immediately caused a lot of sensation in the domestic entertainment industry as soon as it was announced.

Zhou Fangyuan had expected this. Compared with today's domestic film industry, Hollywood is undoubtedly a place that these domestic stars yearn for. In fact, even more than a decade later, Hollywood's status in the global film industry is still very high. Sun Jing had advised Zhou Fangyuan not to announce the film plan too early, but Zhou Fangyuan didn't care at the time, he insisted on announcing the news, and as a result, since then, Yuanfang Media has received countless self-recommended letters and samples every day, and hundreds of emails appear in the official mailbox every day, all of which are self-recommended, and sometimes Zhou Fangyuan is puzzled...... Are there so many actors in the country?

The famous, the unfamous, and the unheard of, all popped up all at once.

The main reason is the words "big Hollywood director" and "big Hollywood production", looking at the experience of Hong Kong Island stars entering Hollywood in those years, some people are even willing to play supporting roles with few lines, in order to be able to enter that circle, which shows the attraction of Hollywood to these stars. Now Far Media and Blizzard are co-producing films, and the tentative distributor is Universal, one of the eight major Hollywood companies, and it has been a little sad to be honest over the years. But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the foundation of the people is there, just a name is enough to ensure the distribution channel.

Coupled with the joining of Cameron's big director, big companies, big directors, big channels...... How can you keep these dream Hollywood stars from getting excited?

What's more, there is a really heart-warming condition for this cooperation, that is, all the actors in the whole play, there will be at least ten people in the mainland, and it is guaranteed that there are three leading actors and important supporting roles in it, and the rest of the people are not the kind of roles that have no lines at all, even if they are supporting roles with fewer scenes, there are at least ten lines or more than five minutes of appearance, not to mention important supporting roles and lines.

It's not that Yuanfang Group doesn't want to get more shares, if Zhou Fangyuan speaks, it won't be difficult to win all the shares. But now there is a very real problem, that is, the acting skills of domestic actors are more polarized.

The older generation of performing artists, whose acting skills are definitely world-class treasures, can be appreciated and collected back and forth, but the younger generation of actors already have some meaning of quick success, and their acting skills are not up to standard, or they are not very good. In this case, in order to ensure the return on investment and the follow-up development of IP, Zhou Fangyuan certainly can't use those actors with immature acting skills to take risks. What if the investment fails? It doesn't matter if the investment of a movie fails, but if the IP is ruined, it will be too sad.

Take a look at the later Marvel, making money is almost soft, and a series of superhero movies can be described as a big hit. As for Blizzard, it was only after seeing Marvel so successful that it thought of developing the movie potential of Warcraft. But it's a pity, big guys, what did you do before? Now that people are on fire, you just came out, the problem is that Warcraft is no longer good at this time, it has begun to weaken, and it has not been launched in the hottest years of Warcraft in North America, and it will start to develop when the heat has passed...... Hehe, the old beauties are not a group of people who like to pay attention to feelings, not to mention that although Warcraft is very cooperative in North America, it is far from being able to achieve the level of "dominance", so that the North American box office has fully dived, and it completely relies on the mainland box office to save the market, I have to say that this is the sadness of the IP of Warcraft.

Zhou Fangyuan wants to save this IP now, then he can't tolerate his continued failure, it doesn't matter if a single film fails, he can afford to lose this money, but if the entire series is destroyed, then he can't stand it a little.

Therefore, in terms of actors, there must be domestic actors, but in the first part, the number must not be too much. Because there is no guarantee that the actor's acting skills are online, he doesn't dare to joke with this IP.

Here, it is not that Zhou Fangyuan thinks that the acting skills of domestic actors must be bad, but that the polarization is serious, and the fault line in the middle is more obvious. Today's more famous young actors include Lu Yi, Hong Lei, and Huang Lei...... Wait, that's it, their acting skills are good, but when you look at them compared to the older generation of old artists, the contrast is very obvious. Needless to say, the younger ones are even worse, and Zhou Fangyuan is too lazy to watch the poor acting skills.

In this case, how does he use people?

It's not that the old man can't use it, but people may not be willing to mix it with his project, but the young man is willing, and he doesn't dare to use it. Considering this situation, he did not insist too much on increasing the share of domestic actors, it makes no sense to do so, in the final analysis, he still has to ensure his income. So he set a quota of ten people, and internally called it the "Ten People Project", and these ten people are the ten actors who participated in this film project. And considering the problem of oriental faces, Zhou Fangyuan has instructed Mike to start adding the racial issues that have not been involved in the current plot, there is nothing about Oriental people in the plot of Warcraft, even if there are black hair and black eyes, they are all white. But considering that it is inevitable for Warcraft to enter China in the future, it is natural to add some oriental culture. So in the future Warcraft, there will be more oriental faces.

Some people may think that this will be very discordant, but Zhou Fangyuan wants to say that in fact, the so-called discord is still a habitual problem in the final analysis.

If Warcraft has black hair, black eyes and yellow skin from the beginning, the earliest players can accept it, and the subsequent players will be even more acceptable, but if it is not at the beginning, it will be forcibly added in the future, so that people will feel the real disobedience.

What's more, the backstory of Warcraft was originally written by Mike and them, and it is not even a problem to directly get an oriental country. The Seven Kingdoms of Mankind...... Is it okay to make it into eight kingdoms and nine kingdoms? It's completely okay, this is not a history book, it's already an established fact and can't be changed.

This is the background of the game, and it is written down by some companies"", and the content is not the author's final say?

Of course, Zhou Fangyuan is not so exaggerated, he has to make the drama of the Eight Kingdoms and the Nine Kingdoms, but it is also possible to add Eastern faces. You don't even need to make up a story, just add it directly, anyway, Blizzard has never said that "Warcraft" is a 100% Western story before, and players will naturally not drag this problem and not let go. So this question is not really important, you just need to add the corresponding part to the plot at the right time.

It can be said that the preparation for the plot has been completed, and the negotiations with Blizzard have all been completed, and the current job is to write the script, find the actors, determine the content of the shooting, and then make the preliminary preparations for the shooting. And when Warcraft started the internal beta, it started filming, and when Warcraft really started the open beta, the movie was launched on time. The whole process has been fully planned, but fortunately, in this day and age, the computer special effects are realistic enough, otherwise it would be a question of whether the movie could be shot smoothly three or five years earlier.

As for the special effects of Warcraft, the current plan is divided into two parts, first of all, about the model production of specific characters, which is completed by Blizzard itself. For other special effects, Blizzard has begun to contact a special effects company called Weta. This special effects company is a New Zealand company, a small company, but also a newcomer to the industry, only established in 93, so far established less than ten years, a pure newcomer, but it is this newcomer, has taken over the first step of the Lord of the Rings special effects work, and has almost completed the production.

At the end of this year, the first part of The Lord of the Rings will be officially released, and it is only two months away.

When the time comes, the whole world will know about the existence of this company, and this company will completely establish their position in the world.

Of course, that's a later story, let's talk about the movie, all aspects of the movie have been done, and all that's left for now is shooting. The development of World of Warcraft is almost complete, and it is currently undergoing internal testing and final finishing work, which will take more than half a year, counting the revisions and changes after the problem, and will be able to meet players by the end of next year at the latest. The movie will be released in the middle of the next year, at least the current booking time is like this, and the plan is very rushed, so in fact, far media has begun to screen suitable actors.

However, the casting work is still carried out within Yuanfang Media, Sun Jing sits with some experienced old people in the company, selects the actors who are suitable for the role in hand, and then sets a general direction.

According to this direction, select a few actors with guaranteed fame and strength in China, send a subordinate relationship, and finally ask from high to low, if the other party has time and is willing to participate, then it will be decided directly, if the other party is unwilling to participate, then don't say anything, and directly find the second or third actor.

So the people who are now self-recommended are also actors who have gotten some news from various channels, feel good about themselves, and feel that they can join this movie.

For this kind of person, Zhou Fangyuan is always grateful for it, of course, there are many actors with good acting skills, but to be honest, he prefers those old actors, and old actors often don't take the initiative to recommend themselves, they are more accustomed to finding people in scripts, so these old actors don't make much money, and their work intensity is far less high than that of young people, so they can ensure that they have enough energy for a period of time to ensure that their acting skills are online.

Now that Xingru suddenly found Zhou Fangyuan, and said something like "I like to watch movies" and "I like to imitate the scenes in movies", this is already a very clear point - she wants to try to fight for a chance.

Zhou Fangyuan really didn't expect that a girl with the image of a good girl like Xingru would take the initiative to participate in the movie.

In fact, a movie like the ancient costume Qing Palace is more suitable for her, because her appearance and temperament are the type that is more than soft but not heroic. Western-style stories, the actress characters in them are often stronger than Eastern stories, and they are more heroic, for example, the same princess, the princess of the East is always soft and weak, while the princess of the West is always the type of horse-riding whip, Xingru's temperament, to be honest, it is difficult to bring it in.

What's more, the background of Warcraft is a world that is in battle all the year round, and it is common for women in it to participate in battles, and this kind of role is not in tune with Xingru. Of course, it's not completely dark and there is no role for her, among the roles that are in the hands of distant media, there is a female pastor, whose personality is the kind that is soft, but it is in line with Xingru's temperament.

But now there is one of the biggest problems - why did Zhou Fangyuan give her this role? There are many actresses with soft temperaments, and there are many who are not worse than her in acting skills, Xingru's acting skills are honest, they can definitely not be regarded as top-notch, they can only be regarded as a relatively good type.

It's just a relatively good acting act, why did you get this role pursued by countless people?

So although Xingru was very happy to say, and Zhou Fangyuan also looked at her with a smile on her face, she had already made half a cross to Xingru in her heart.

“...... In fact, I have been paying attention to Mr. Zhou's company, although your company is young, it is developing rapidly, and I can see that you really want to make a difference in the entertainment industry. Now I am also ready to set my goal on the mainland, so I really hope to cooperate with Mr. Zhou and your company, not to mention that Ruxuan has been saying good things about you to me, to be honest, I was influenced by her, so I have long wanted to cooperate with Mr. Zhou. In addition, Mr. Zhou, you have made such a big achievement at such a young age, but what about the example I learned, even if I don't talk about cooperation, I am willing to get to know you, you are a person I admire. ”

Xingru said with a smile, looking at Zhou Fangyuan gently with a pair of beautiful big eyes.

Zhou Fangyuan raised his eyebrows, "Miss Xingru, you are really too polite, how can I be as good as you say, I just happened to meet at the right time, it was completely due to luck." ”

"No, no, no, I don't think so, Mr. Zhou, don't be modest, or ...... Can't you even agree to my little request? Actually, I really just want to get to know you and learn from you. ”

Xingru pretended to be pitiful and said.

Looking at her like this, Zhou Fangyuan was amused in his heart, what to learn from himself, what to learn, to learn management, without prophetic ability, is it possible to get such success as himself? But he didn't say anything, but looked Xingru up and down, and then took out a business card with a smile and wrote an address on it with the Hong Kong dollar he carried with him.

"This is not the place to talk, if Miss Xingru really wants to cooperate with me, why don't you wait for the reception to end and come to me and let's talk in detail?"

While Zhou Fangyuan handed the business card to the other party, his fingers gently touched the back of the other party's hand, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, the meaning was self-evident.