Here in Los Angeles, it is not like in China, there is a place to settle down, here, Xu Yang and Liu Ruoning can only live in the hotel, nothing else, the hotel was very good last time, this time, Xu Yang did not choose more, and booked this one directly.

The next day, when the rest was almost over, Xu Yang went to Dream Entertainment's branch here.

Because the decoration has just been completed, there are still some decoration materials and the smell of paint in the room, according to Jiang Ying, these gases will not harm the human body, and Xu Yang calmly entered his own office.

Qiong and Jiang Ying's work efficiency is not bad, in less than 2 months, they have recruited the front desk, secretary, finance, security, several agents, assistants, a small band with only three people, in addition, there are private cars, drivers, bodyguards, etc., which are specially arranged for the company's artists, and some of the equipment that should be available has also been improved.

Listening to Jiang Ying's report, at present, Su Wan'er has been following Joan's side and knows some local Hollywood actors in Los Angeles, and Li Yajing's album has also begun to be released all over the country through various channels.

After all, the five English songs that Xu Yang gave to Li Yajing were songs that were widely spread in the earth world at the beginning, so if they couldn't attract attention, it only showed that they were really not suitable for development here.

In the afternoon, Qiong only came to Shanshan, but the working state of the people of Mi is different from that of China, as soon as they came up, they did not greet their boss, but directly entered the working state they should have, which Xu Yang admired Qiong very much.

In the United States, if you want to find a senior actor, it is actually not very difficult, because most of the actors here who have enough acting skills have registered and applied for the actors' union and are members of it, so it is not too difficult to find an actor who meets their own script from it.

It's not as good as in China, as long as you have enough funds and a good script, even the Oscar winner will go to a small director to shoot a movie, but this is only relatively speaking, for those actors who are not short of money, it may not be so easy to speak.

After taking the actor list that Joan gave him, Xu Yang took a closer look, just by his appearance, he really couldn't see which actor was more in line with Xu Yang's mind for this movie.

Therefore, in desperation, Xu Yang could only ask Qiong to give him some of the films in which he had redrawn the people first, and only if he watched their works carefully and thought about it again, he might find something.

Next, Xu Yang, who had nothing to do, stayed in the hotel, watching movies one after another, not to mention, the actors who could appear in Hollywood movies had solid acting skills, and it wasn't until the third day that Xu Yang selected the actor who played Andy, named Sam Sarandon.

This person, before, has not won more important film awards, but the feeling he gave Xu Yang is very in line with Andy's role setting in the script.

After deciding on this role, Xu Yang also checked this person more, at present, he is an ordinary actor in the actors' union, and the salary of a film is about 200,000 to 300,000 US dollars, which is really too little.

Based on this, Xu Yang directly called Jiang Ying and asked her to contact this person, if he can sign a contract with his own company, then it would be very good, if not, he will invite him to participate in his own play, of course, the role he plays is the actor Andy, if the salary is paid, take 1 million US dollars to talk about it first, if not, add more.

Then, Xu Yang continued to watch the massive movie library, and with Sam Sarandon's discovery, in the next day or so, Xu Yang really discovered the black actor who played Rhett, this person is called Frank Sandler, a powerful actor who has mixed in the second tier in Hollywood, according to the salary on weekdays, the price of inviting him is about 5 million US dollars to 6 million US dollars.

When he first registered this Los Angeles branch, Xu Yang invested 10 million US dollars, and it seems that this film alone may finish moving the old bottom, so, on this basis, Xu Yang allocated another 10 million US dollars to the company, otherwise, just by inviting actors, the company's funds can be used up, let alone forming a crew and the like.

20 million US dollars, nearly 170 million yuan, is enough for the filming needs of this film.

The leading actor has already been selected by Xu Yang, so the next actor contact, the selection of other actors, and the preparation before forming the crew will not need him to worry too much, otherwise, why would he use Joan as a director?

Shooting a movie in the United States is really much faster than in China, just the contact of the actors, in less than one afternoon, Joan and Jiang Ying were all done, and the Sam Sarandon who Xu Yang told Jiang Ying to contact was not too much about the sincerity of Dream Entertainment Company and Xu Yang's heroism in giving a salary, so he decided to join the newly established Los Angeles company.

There are too many actors in Hollywood, and there are simply too few people who can survive here, if they don't fight for it if they don't have the opportunity, they are just a fool, so Sam Sarandon did not surprise Jiang Ying and Xu Yang, it's just that Joan contacted that Frank Sandler, he just agreed to participate in this drama, and didn't look down on Dream Entertainment Company, after all, people have that capital, and Xu Yang didn't ask too much.

It's just that once this film becomes popular, then it will be impossible for Frank Sandler to join Dream Entertainment without paying a little "harsh" contract restrictions.

It took more than a week for Joan to really pull up the crew of this film.

The actors in the United States are not like those in China, their acting progress is not slow, but the only bad thing is that they will get off work on time, which Xu Yang knew before the filming of the film, so he didn't interfere too much, after all, the national conditions are different.

The plot at the beginning was not filmed in prison, and the plot was not very complicated, it took less than four days to complete, if it was placed in China, the progress was indeed a little slow, but the actors' filming needs to be integrated, and the deeper excavation of the script, it is good to be slow, and then there is that Joan is also the first time to take charge of such a huge film, it is inevitable that she will be a little uncomfortable.

Next, most of the script shooting is carried out in prisons, at this time, more and more troubles come, first of all, prisoners need a lot, relatively, moving positions also need many rehearsals, and secondly, this is an independent prison that can be called "away from the noise", under normal circumstances, it is impossible to get out of here safely without decades, or a lifetime.

So, despair, loneliness, numbness, emptiness, this series of expressions will appear on these "prisoners".

Once, there is a person's expression in the lens that is not in place, then, it needs to be re-shot, often, a shot needs to be shot for a day or two to be completed, whether it is those actors, or director Joan, they all feel deeply tired, or can not meet the lens required by Xu Yang.

However, that's it, the actors in the crew are gradually entering the plot, and the more they run-in, the faster the filming progress.

Although Sam Sarandon is the first time to play the leading role, after half a month of training, he can also accurately find his positioning, coupled with the cooperation with his senior actor Frank Sandler, the filming of this drama has also entered a good situation.

The actors were completely involved in the play, and Joan was also very happy, so she slowly increased the progress of filming.

(End of chapter)