Los Angeles, USA.

It has been a week since the filming of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" started, and the crew has also gone through the initial run-in period and is starting to get better.

During this period, Nie Wei also saw the daily performance of several main actors.

There are really people who make him feel surprised, but this surprise is neither the increasingly confident Joseph, nor the rapidly progressing Daddario, nor the daily tsundere Uma Thurman, but the actor John Cusack that Nie Wei signed in the end.

said it was a surprise, first, John's acting skills really made Nie Wei feel admired, his acting skills are not the kind that make people look amazing, everything is full of simplicity, it seems to be bland, but as a director, Nie Wei found that he is powerful, that is, stable, terrible stability.

To describe John Cusack's acting skills in one word, Nie Wei thinks of the word 'solid'.

He is like a martial arts master with profound internal strength, but he has only learned one set of Luohan boxing, the moves seem to be ordinary, but one punch has a thousand powers.

He won't occasionally explode like some actors, add a few lines on the spot, or have a clever on-the-spot reaction.

He is like an acting machine, meticulously executing the content of the script, the script stipulates that if there are three tears here, he will definitely only cry three tears, and the script stipulates that he will sleep for five seconds, and he will definitely only sleep for five seconds before opening his eyes, in short, he will never exceed this limit.

Of course, just having good acting skills is not worth Nie Wei's surprise, seeing it as a treasure, the key is that John Cusack is not only good at acting, but also a warm-hearted person.

In fact, if you want to talk about who has the best acting skills in the crew, it still belongs to Uma Thurman, this is a real master, but she has a very cold temperament, and many actors went to her to ask her for acting skills during the filming process, but whether it was Daddario or Nina, they were all coldly rejected by Uma Thurman.

Seeing that they couldn't even ask the two heroines for advice, the others also gave up their minds to ask for Uma Thurman's acting skills.

Some people ran to Nie Wei to make a small report, saying that Uma Thurman was too selfish, but Nie Wei didn't think there was anything wrong with this, the salary he paid was to invite Uma Thurman to film, but he didn't say that he would let her be a teacher, whether he was willing to teach this is completely Uma Thurman's personal business, after all, no one is obliged to take one money and work two jobs.

But people are always different, some people are selfish, some people are just five, and compared to Uma Thurman, John Cusack is the real good old man.

As long as he is idle, he is willing to give advice to anyone who asks him for acting skills, and it is not a perfunctory guidance, but the kind that is so careful that he will demonstrate it in person.

So unlike Uma Thurman, who seems to be isolated by everyone in the crew, John Cusack is the most popular person in the crew, which Nie Wei can't compare.

Because Nie Wei is a director, he may make a few jokes with them when he is not working, but if he works, his serious attitude is respectful, but it gives people a sense of distance, but John Cusack is different, he is like a warm sunshine in spring, and he is very good to everyone, even the actors who play tricks come to him to take a group photo and ask for advice, he will also chat patiently.

As the most popular person, John Cusack can receive a bunch of small gifts every day, such as Daddario made a few small cakes today, he will inevitably bring some for John Cusack, or Joseph will buy a bottle of fine red wine, and will be the first to find Cusack to taste together.

Nina will also give a small box of her fruit to Cusack every day, and even Shu Chang is willing to give part of the soup for Nie Wei to this good old man, who let him help the crew a lot.

Cusack may not be able to teach an actor how to be liked by the audience, after all, he can't do it himself, but he can do it, especially to help actors lay a solid foundation.

And there are a lot of young actors in the crew, and with Cusack's teachings, as long as this group of people study hard, the ceiling in the future will be raised a lot.

Nie Wei even deliberately hinted at Joseph, Nina, especially the little girl Foy and other artists from their own companies, when they have nothing to do, they should ask Cusack more, where can I find such a powerful, free and enthusiastic acting teacher?

Of course, sometimes the good old Cusack has a bad temper, and whoever sends a gift, even if it is just a small sugar cube, he will take it seriously and eat it, which also makes everyone love to give Cusack gifts more and more.

As a result, only a week later, Nie Wei found that Cusack in the camera seemed to have gained weight, and Nie Wei couldn't laugh or cry about it, and specially issued an announcement prohibiting everyone in the crew from 'feeding' to Cusack every day.

Even Uma Thurman couldn't help but be happy when he saw this announcement, and Cusack smiled wryly.

Fortunately, after Nie Wei made the announcement, the crew rarely sent anything to Cusack, and generally gifts would not be food, and Cusack didn't have to sleep on his back every day.

The crew has a harmonious existence like Cusack, an unsociable existence like Uma Thurman, and of course an existence that doesn't like each other.

And what surprised everyone, because it was neither Daddario and Nina nor anyone else who looked at each other, but Nina and Joseph, the heroes and heroines of the same company.

"Did they quarrel again?" During the lunch meal, Nie Wei saw Shu Chang's troubled look and asked curiously.

"Well, in the scene just now, Nina deliberately ate several garlic sticks, just to smoke Joseph, you also know that Joseph, this kid has a habit of cleanliness, and I heard that after filming that scene, he immediately ran out and vomited. ”

"Joseph was not willing to be tidied up, and at noon he deliberately poured a drink on the shoes and skirt that Nina had just bought, and you know how much Nina likes this outfit, and then the two of them quarreled. ”

"One accused the other party of eating garlic before filming and had no professional ethics, the other accused the other party of deliberately retaliating, one said that eating garlic was his hobby and should not be actualized, and the other said that his hands were shaking not on purpose, alas, I finally persuaded the two to separate. ”

After Shu Chang finished talking about the bad things about the two heroes and heroines, he didn't ask Nie Wei: "How is Boss Du of Y Entertainment?"

It's been almost a week now, and there should be results, for Boss Du, Shu Chang is very annoying, businessmen can make heavy profits, but they can't be without integrity, not to mention instigating their artists to commit crimes, this is the crime on top of the most, if Shu Chang himself is a judge, he will definitely sentence this kind of person to go to prison for a good reform.

"The lawyer team has already discussed the result, and there is no way to convict Boss Du based on the recording alone, and Meiqi and Xuanyi can only be regarded as an attempt to instigate Boss Du because they did not agree. ”

However, she can escape the law, but she can't escape the condemnation of public opinion, which is very helpful to Maggie and Xuanyi's termination, and the judge will definitely consider this at that time, so that even if Y Entertainment wants to delay, it will not be able to drag on for long, and the feedback given by the lawyer team is to strive to complete the termination task within three months. ”

"That's good, I feel sorry for those two girls, how can they be such a boss. Shu Chang breathed a sigh of relief, looking much more relaxed.

Although she and Xuanyi or Meiqi have only met once, they have a good impression of the two girls, one is generous and hearty, the other is well-behaved and sweet, and they are both polite.

And Shu Chang was also an artist, the most annoying thing is that he meets a bad boss, he can really lead the artist to a bad road, for people like Boss Du, Shu Chang hates it deeply, and naturally has a certain sympathy for the victimized Meiqi and Xuanyi.

"I didn't expect Boss Du to do this, I can only say that money can make ghosts grind, this Boss Du saw that money was open, and his mind was gone. ”

Nie Wei smiled sarcastically and said, "But we may not have to call her Boss Du in the future?"

"Oh, what do you say?" Shu Chang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked curiously.

"Y Entertainment was already preparing to go public, because Boss Du made a fuss, the company's reputation plummeted, and the listing plan has become a bubble, and now the company's shareholders are clamoring for Boss Du to step down, and the news from China to me is that they will hold a board of directors next week, and then they will remove Boss Du from all positions within the company. ”

"And they seem to be preparing to start the special terms of the contract, to force Boss Du to give up the shares in his hand and completely withdraw from Y Entertainment, with my understanding of Boss Du, if she loses the company because of this, it may really make her more uncomfortable than squatting in prison, in one word, it is better to live than to die." ”

"And a lot of fun, hahaha. Shu Chang smiled happily.

The more unlucky Boss Du is, the happier she is, this is actually what many people in China think, the current Boss Du is like a rat crossing the street in Huaxia, and his reputation is even more stinky than those nasty guys in Song Dazui.

Even swearing on the Internet is no longer interested in swearing, all of them have been changed to scolding Boss Du, for example, if you are not authentic, you can say, 'You can't be too Du Boss', and even Baidu Encyclopedia Boss Du's entry has been changed, and this name can be directly equated with various swear words.

It can be seen that the public is disgusted with Boss Du.

In this case, Boss Du still wants to continue to be the boss of the company, it is simply a fantasy, unless the heads of those shareholders are all watered, it can happen, if she continues to be the boss, it is also said that the company's reputation, even the staff below is estimated to be unable to do it, who wants to stand above his head is a boss who is suspected of instigating crimes, and he has no face to see when he goes out.

Even the staff have this mentality, let alone the artists.

In the past, when Y Entertainment was thriving, everyone went out with their heads held high, just like when they participated in 101, when Xuan Yi and Meiqi entered, everyone would exclaim, at that time, Y Entertainment's reputation was not yet stinky on the street, and it was still the 'Huayi' of the idol circle.

But now it's different, the company's reputation is notorious, everyone goes out to work with their heads down, and they are most afraid that others will ask you which company's artist you are, because every time the agent reports the name of Y Entertainment, the other party will always show disdain intentionally or unintentionally, although most of them are not aimed at the artists present, but seeing the other party like this, everyone is uncomfortable.

As a result, many artists began to terminate their contracts, and trainees who did not have contracts simply packed up and left.

Everyone is not stupid, they all can see that the ship of Y Entertainment is broken, such as reputation, nothing can be saved after a few years of hard work, and how many years can the trainees squander it?

It's better to leave early and find a new company to take over.

As for the artists, they can't leave for a while, after all, the contract is there, but except for a few partners who can't get out, the rest are basically not ready to continue to renew their contracts with Y Entertainment.

Everyone can see that Y Entertainment is about to fall apart, which is even more serious than the crisis encountered by Huayi at the beginning, although Huayi was poached by Wang Jinghua at that time, most of the first-line artists were poached, but the reputation is still there, and it is a production company, but Y Entertainment is different, it is an artist agency, and its reputation is still stinky.

And Huayi can come back to life quickly because of the existence of a phenomenal entertainment genius like Nie Wei, but what does Y Entertainment have?

Not to mention Nie Wei, they don't even have a serious first-line artist, a company is basically traffic, and it all depends on fans to live, and now that the fans are back, the company has no hope.

The business of Y Entertainment Company has also basically stagnated, and it was originally able to recruit more than ten trainees a month, but now after more than half a month has passed, not a single new trainee has appeared in the company, but the trainee department has gone for the most part, and the entire trainee department has basically been paralyzed.

The business partners of the artists have also stopped the contract renewal negotiations, and it is obvious that the merchants are also afraid that the reputation of Y Entertainment will affect their brand value.

In Nie Wei's view, this company is already like a building that has begun to collapse, and it is basically hopeless.

However, this also gives Huayi some opportunities, those artists of Y Entertainment Huayi don't like it, but this company is still very good at cultivating trainees, most of the trainees who have left, those with excellent grades, Huayi have received their own subordinates, and as a result, for most of the month, Huayi's trainee department has accepted more than ten trainees from Y Entertainment.

Many of them are even artists who have been arranged by Y Entertainment to debut, and there is even Fan Binbin's younger brother.

Luo Kai, who is in charge of the trainee business in China, reported to Nie Wei that the quality of these trainees accepted from Y Entertainment is very good, and they can all reach the level of A-level trainees within the company.

If Boss Du knew that all the artists he had worked so hard to cultivate would end up being enemies, he would definitely vomit blood in anger.

Knowing the news, Shu Changle laughed.

"By the way, I'll tell Joseph and Nina in a moment and ask them not to leave after the evening shoot, I'll talk to them. Nie Wei and Shu Chang said that he felt that he couldn't let these two protagonists continue to mess around.