After settling the mundane matter, John is ready to start filming "The Lord of the Rings", and he needs to call the crew for a meeting to understand the current work of the crew.

We haven't seen each other for more than a year, and many people have changed a lot, Knight has become a small inch, Emmanuel has a mustache, and Lee Smith has long and fluttering hair, and it is estimated that he has been working and has no time to go to the barbershop.

"I haven't seen you for more than a year, and I'm very happy to see that everyone is still alive, so please keep it up. John sat down at the conference table and looked around, and was happy to see that everyone was in good health, and there were no parts missing.

After making a little joke, John then got down to business with a straight face.

"Are the props OK?"

John's primary concern was the issue of props.

The Lord of the Rings The props are the most needed movies that John has shot so far, the props of the trilogy add up to more than 30,000 pieces, even if 50 pieces are completed in a day, it will take nearly two years, and 50 pieces may not be completed in a day, because this is a process from scratch, not to imitate, if it is imitation, John can find a few factories to produce it in one day, like an ordinary sword It takes 6 days to make it, and such a sword crew needs hundreds, this is just a prop of the sword, and other weapons and armor…… Wait, otherwise Peter the Fat Man wouldn't have used it for 3 years.

"There are still three months to complete" Barry replied helplessly, he has already sped up, but "The Lord of the Rings" is a fantasy movie, and the props needed in it need to be imagined and created one by one, unlike filming "Saving Private Ryan" and "Forrest Gump", these movie props only need to be collected all over the world, and a small number of them need to be made by hand, even if they are made, there is a template to follow, and the props of "The Lord of the Rings" completely need to be "independently developed".

"Very good!" John nodded with satisfaction, he knew that Barry had done his best, and it was very good to be able to complete the "Lord of the Rings" props in two years, and those monsters alone needed to be imagined one by one, and then made one by one, and it took time to create.

"How's the set here?" asked John as he turned his head to look at the set decorator, Larry.

The three issues of props, sets, and special effects in the movie "The Lord of the Rings" are the most important, special effects John is not worried, he has contracted the special effects of "The Lord of the Rings" to Industrial Light and Magic, the strength of Industrial Light and Magic is undoubted, Peter Little Fat Man does not need to be because it is too expensive, so he will pull a friend to build a special effects studio by himself, John is not short of money, so he directly contracted the special effects of the trilogy to Industrial Light and Magic.

"The set side is only 12 finished. Larry replied.

In a year and a half, the entire set of the movie was completed.12 It's not that Larry is irresponsible, but the project is too big, and after some consideration, John decided to move the scenes of "The Lord of the Rings" into Staten Crown Park, and painted 50 acres of land in the park to create a complete Middle-earth.

Of course, it is not possible to replicate all of Middle-earth in the park, and some places where conditions do not allow it will be done using miniature landscapes and special effects, and some will be done in several national parks in the United States.

However, castles like the Hobbit hometown of Shire will be built in the Lord of the Rings section of Crown Land.

John has divided a total of seven movie-themed zones in Crown Park, "The Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter", "Star Wars", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Waterworld", "Marvel", and "Peggy".

His purpose is very simple, which is to squeeze the last trace of value out of these films.

Therefore, when it was built, it was built in accordance with the highest standards, not only to meet the needs of shooting, but also to meet the needs of tourists to visit and play in the future, and the time was naturally very time-consuming.

"OK, hurry up on the set. John nodded, he knew that the set was time-consuming, so he didn't blame Larry, and could only push back the time to turn on.

"I set the start time in October this year, there is still half a year, everyone will hurry up after the meeting, the set side of us will shoot the park and miniature landscape first, so that there will be at least eight months, the part of the set that is not completed you have to hurry up, find more people to help. ”

"Ding"

As soon as John's words were finished, a crisp message bell rang from the conference room, and this sound came from KK beside John, so John heard it clearly.

KK heard the sound and took out his mobile phone to look at it, he has a mobile phone, but it is generally set to silent, it is John's mobile phone that can make a sound, and the big guy generally does not put anything in his pocket, so John's mobile phone bank card is KK keeping it for him.

KK picked up John's mobile phone and opened the message, and saw that the content of the message was a little playful and laughed, and John on the side looked up and saw KK's weird smile and knew that there must be nothing good, so he grabbed the phone and looked at it.

"Your tail number 0000 bank card, just spent 31269.7!"

"Ding"

"Your tail number 0000 bank card, just spent 23526.2!"

John had just finished reading the previous message, and before he could feel heartache, a new text message appeared, which was simply rubbing salt in his wounds.

John exhaled after reading the information, and continued to remain calm, thinking to himself that it was not more than 50,000 dollars? He then returned his phone to KK and resumed the meeting.

"The casting starts next week, and Hugo gives Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, and Vigo Mortenson...... A few people sent audition notices, and the young actors held auditions, and Knight you were responsible. ”

Although it will take a few months for "The Lord of the Rings" to start filming, the casting must start immediately, and these actors will need to undergo one or two months of training to enter the crew, plus the preparation of lines, half a year is just right.

"Okay boss!"

Nai nodded. After more than a year of experience, Knight is no longer the rookie who just came to the crown, and it is not difficult for him to choose actors.

"Ding"

KK's body sent out another crisp message ringtone, KK knew that it must be the information of card consumption again, so he ignored it, and John on the side didn't pay attention to it, out of sight and out of mind.

A pre-boot work meeting lasted more than two hours, and after arranging everything, John invited everyone to the mountain city restaurant, which he hadn't seen for a long time, and his boss naturally wanted to invite everyone to have a meal to reward everyone for their hard work for more than a year.

It's just that John's meal is not beautiful at all, because during the banquet, he always hears the text message prompt sound from KK's body, which almost drives him crazy, but he just keeps putting up with it, and constantly reassures himself that he is not short of money.