After the second reading, Nie Wei gave everyone a week to summarize, and a week later for the last reading.

During this time, Nie Wei was not idle, and many places still needed him to inspect, such as the construction of the set, as well as the magical animals generated by special effects, not only Nie Wei had to watch it seriously, but even these actors had to follow Nie Wei to see it.

In particular, several leading actors have to interact with these magical beasts a lot in the film, so naturally they also need to know more about this aspect.

In recent years, because of business expansion and to serve Nie Wei's films, Thunder Special Effects Company has set up a branch in Los Angeles and has gained a firm foothold.

In addition to helping Nie Wei's movies do special effects, the special effects of many Hollywood blockbusters over the years have been completed by Thunder.

For example, in "Star Wars Story: Rogue One" released in 2016, all the special effects models of the spaceship were completed by Thunder, and the T1000 robot in the fifth installment of the Terminator series, "Terminator: Genis", was also made by Thunder.

Even the movie that Spielberg is currently filming is called "Ready Player One", in which the character special effects part is all done by Thunder.

In terms of character special effects, Thunder is already a well-deserved No. 1 in the industry, and in terms of scene special effects, Thunder is definitely the top level in the industry.

To be able to develop from a small special effects company to the top special effects team in the industry, Nie Wei has a great relationship with the support of investment, even if Thunder has been able to make a profit now, but every year in addition to the company's profit money, Nie Wei will also regularly invest a large amount of money in this special effects company to support their research on technology.

And Thunder is also the only company under Nie Wei that implements a strict assessment and elimination system, the capable are eliminated by the weak, which is one of the reasons why this company has been able to maintain progress, it seems to be a very cruel system, but it is also a helpless move, science and technology, not progressing is regression, such as the starry science and technology department.

So this is also the reason why Nie Wei hangs a sword of Damox over everyone's heads, so that they always have a sense of crisis, of course, at the same time, they also enjoy the company's super high welfare system.

Joseph, Nina, Daddario, Foy, and Wu Lei followed Nie to Nie Weiwei's branch in Los Angeles, on the tenth floor of the Max Film Building, where an entire floor belonged to the special effects team.

Several actors who are part of the company are no strangers to this place, and Wu Lei and Daddario are very curious.

Wu Lei has never been in contact with a special effects company before, even if the TV series and movies he shoots have special effects, he doesn't need a small actor to guide him, usually this is the director's job, let alone Daddario, this girl is pitiful, she has been in the industry for so many years to act in some low-cost comedies or romance films, and basically has no chance to contact this aspect.

Nie Wei didn't bring this group of people here to visit, mainly to familiarize himself with what those magical beasts looked like before filming began.

Nie Wei doesn't need these people to write it down carefully, as long as he has a general impression, because he will definitely have to explain it on the spot when shooting.

"Joseph, this is the sniff you are giving you in the movie. Nie Wei pointed to a small animal on the computer screen that resembled a combination of a hedgehog and a platypus.

"Is that it? It's cute. Nina suddenly came between Joseph and Nie Wei, looked at the sniff on the computer screen, and looked very fond of it.

Joseph rolled his eyes unabashedly when he saw this, he really hated this pretentious woman who loved acting.

You must know that just half a month ago, a hamster raised by an employee of the company ran out, but was touched by Nina, the woman was frightened and bounced up, and let out a piercing scream, the little hamster was stunned by Nina's reaction at that time, and looked at Nina who reacted fiercely for a while before she realized that she was still running away.

I heard that Nina later found the staff member and gave him a lecture.

Joseph felt that Nina didn't like small animals at all, but at this time, in front of Nie Wei, she had to pretend to be caring and like small animals.

Joseph rolled his eyes, Nina saw it with her peripheral vision, snorted coldly in her heart, but still pretended not to know anything on the surface, and asked Nie Wei where the inspiration for sniffing came from.

"The prototype is the Australian echidna, and the animal behind the Australian penny is it. Nie Wei replied with a smile, for these magical beasts, the illustrated book has long been remembered by Nie Wei.

"Wow, you know so much, I didn't even know there was such an animal as an echidna. ”

"I know a lot about this, this is something that Ms. Rowling imagined herself, and it has nothing to do with me. Nie Wei shook his head with a smile and denied it.

Nina was a little embarrassed, but she didn't expect to shoot the sycophants accurately, but Joseph, who was on the side, couldn't help but steal fun when she saw Nina eating deflated.

"Foy, Wu Lei, test you two, what kind of animal is this?" Nie Wei suddenly called the young girl on the side, pointed to a magical animal with huge wings on the screen and asked.

"Thunderbird, it's a thunderbird. Just when Wu Lei was still guessing, the little girl Foy, who had glanced at the animal, immediately rushed to answer.

"Great, Foy got it right, this is the Thunderbirds. Nie Wei gave a thumbs up to Foy in appreciation, and the latter happily raised his little head, looking very proud and cute.

Although the answer has been guessed, it is not enough, Nie Wei also personally popularized the relevant knowledge to the group of people present.

"The Thunderbird is based on a giant mythical bird in Native American legends, it is the spirit of thunder and rain, and in local legends, as soon as he flies into the air, he will thunder and lightning, and then fly wherever it will rain. ”

This is also the reason why in the script, the homeland of the Thunderbird is in the United States, and it is also the original reason why Newt came to the United States from England, and Newt came to this country to send it home. Nie Wei stomped his foot, and now everyone was stepping on the soil of the United States.

Nie Wei said that these are not in the script, and the people present all know that Newt came to the United States to send the Thunderbird home, but they don't know that the prototype of the Thunderbird turned out to be a local legend in the United States.

Nie Wei led a group of people to recognize the Fantastic Beasts and let them move freely, while Nie Wei had his own work, and he needed to continue to communicate with the special effects team, and put forward some ideas that he thought the Fantastic Beasts were not satisfied with or more, so that the special effects team could continue to improve.

Fortunately, it is all about some details, and there is no need to think like at the beginning, the special effects team sometimes needs to push the whole model to reconstruction, and only need to slightly improve some places, such as the eye color of the animal's pupils, the length of the hair, etc......

These details may seem unimportant, but sometimes a slight change can make Fantastic Beasts appear more spiritual and appealing.

The film was scheduled to start on December 1, and the launch conference was held at the Max Film Building in Los Angeles.

On the day of the start-up, hundreds of Chinese and foreign media arrived, Nie Wei brought all the main actors of the crew, and Depp also came to the scene to help, and filmed the only scene in the first movie.

In addition, JK Rowling also deliberately rushed to the United States from the United Kingdom to participate in the launch of the new movie, she attaches great importance to this series of movies, and originally intended to follow the crew throughout the whole process and play the role of screenwriter consultant.

Shu Chang also accompanied Nie Weiwei to attend the launch conference, she was the producer of the crew.

Because Nie Wei rarely accepts interviews with the media, the reporters who participated in the press conference all held back their questions, and when it came to the question session, they all raised their hands one after another.

Nie Wei gave the first opportunity to ask a question to the Los Angeles Times, after all, this is his own media, and it must be taken care of first.

"First of all, congratulations to Director Nie Wei on the start of filming of your new film, I heard that you went to the UK to live in the UK for three months in order to make this movie, but as far as I know, everything that happened in this movie is in the United States, what is the significance of your doing this?"

The reporters at the scene were surprised, they didn't expect the reporters of the Los Angeles Times to be so faceless to the boss, and the first question was so sharp.

Nie Wei was a little surprised, and then replied with a smile: "I don't think there is any conflict here, Ms. Rowling is British, and the characters she writes have the shadow of a British, although the story takes place in the United States, but the characters and cultural background are actually similar to Harry Potter, I went to the UK to live for three months and experience the local culture, which will definitely be helpful for me to shoot." ”

After Nie Wei finished speaking, Rowling also took the microphone and explained for Nie Wei: "Inviting Nie Wei to live in the UK for a period of time is an invitation I took the initiative to make, and I am also very pleased that Nie Wei agreed to my seemingly unreasonable request. ”

When the reporters in the audience were busy recording, Rowling broke a little secret again: "Actually, I really want to invite Nie Wei to live permanently in the UK, he is not only a good director, but also a good reader, I can always get a lot of useful advice from him, but unfortunately he rejected my proposal, he obviously loves his motherland more." ”

This revelation caused an uproar among the Chinese reporters in the audience, who obviously did not expect Rowling to invite Nie Wei to live permanently in the UK.

"It's still like this, my God. ”

"Fortunately, Nie Wei has a firm position, if he is really moved by Rowling to live in the UK permanently, there will be no fryer in China. ”

"This woman is too whimsical, how many industries does Nie Wei have in China, how could she go to the UK. ”

"I think she has some meaning for Nie Wei?"

It is a normal piece of material for reporters from other countries present, at most, it seems that Rowling admires Nie Wei very much, but for Chinese reporters, this is definitely a big material, and it is completely possible to write a series of news.

Nie Wei quickly appointed another media reporter to ask questions.

This time, the question went back to normal, and the reporter who was called honestly asked Joseph a question about character preparation.

"For the role of Newt, I have been preparing for almost a year, and before the script came out, Director Nie Wei had already asked me to read a series of Harry Potter works, and I was also the first actor to receive the full script, so it can be said that I was very well prepared for this role. Joseph answered confidently in the face of the reporter's question.

Joseph's self-confidence has a reason, as he said, he has been preparing for the longest time of all actors, and it has indeed lasted almost a year, which is not too much to describe as well-prepared for the protagonist of a commercial film.

And after several readings, Joseph showed the most profound understanding of the character.

The reporter quickly pointed the finger at Nina.

"Miss Nina, you once had a storm because of this role, and even changed an agency for this, I would like to know, did you sign Max Films at the cost of getting the role?"

"Of course not, I got the role because of my own strength, and I chose Max Films because this company is a company with a conscience. Nina knew that the press conference was about the turmoil at the beginning, so she was prepared, and when she answered this question, she was not flustered at all, and she was very calm and calm.

"Do you mean that your previous agency has no conscience?" A reporter caught the fault in Nina's words and immediately asked, this time Nina was a little flustered, you must know that her previous agency was CAA.

Fortunately, at this time, Nie Wei stood up.

"Please don't misinterpret what Nina meant, what she said is those who are for their own selfish interests and disregard the future of the actor, and they have nothing to do with her previous agency, can it be said that if a person does something wrong, I will say that everyone in this person's company is a bad person?"

"CAA can become an entertainment giant in Hollywood today, it must be led by a group of excellent talents, I and the current president of CAA are also friends, Nina's contract transfer we reached a very happy agreement, they are really tolerant and kind to artists, but even the brightest places will have dark existence, unfortunately, Nina encountered a bad agent, and that agent was punished accordingly. ”

"That's right, I didn't have any bad opinions about my ex-agent, I was just targeting my ex-agent, who was a bastard. Nina hurriedly remedied Nie Wei's words.

Nie Wei was guarding against leakage, and the reporter who asked the question could only sit down stupidly.

When the third reporter asked, he pointed the finger at D'Addario, speaking of which, the actors brought by Nie Wei today are all full of topicality, and any one of them can ask a lot of things that the public wants to know.

For example, D'Addario, her wrist was injured, and it was rumored that she had lost the role at the time, but now that she has successfully signed a contract with the crew, media reporters are also eager to ask D'Addario what happened in it. ()

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