The starring role is indeed one of Ye Sumang's more difficult points.

After all, famous Hollywood actors have always been dismissive of TV dramas, mainly because the filming of TV dramas is often too long, and the income is not high, which is much different from movies, which is basically the same as in China at that time.

And the salaries of well-known Hollywood actors are also extremely high, and it is obviously not cost-effective to use them to shoot TV series.

Therefore, Ye Sumang basically set his sights on actors who have acting skills but are not famous, and some rookie actors, and soon Ye Sumang found a suitable candidate.

Andrew. Lincoln has the same surname as a great president of the United States, but he is an authentic British, and he has not filmed many works, but his acting skills are very good, and the key thing is that he also has experience in TV series, this British gentleman born in 1973 is also very suitable for the positioning of the actor in terms of age.

In the end, Ye Sumang got the powerful actor to join at a price of $20,000 per episode.

With this haode beginning, the next few actors were also found smoothly, most of them are actors who are not famous but have acting skills, and the rest are all newcomer actors, of course, Ye Sumang did not forget to bring some private goods, and added two Asian Chinese characters to the TV series, which were decided to be played by Liu Yifei and Yuan Hong respectively.

These two characters Ye Sumang also designed very carefully, Yuan Hong needs to play a retired special forces, proficient in various life skills, firearms, but people seem a little withdrawn, not much to say, with strong strength will undoubtedly make the audience memorable, and the reason for not talking much is to highlight the protagonist, but also to take care of Yuan Hong's not too superb English.

As for Liu Yifei, Ye Sumang arranged for her to play a college student. Calm mind, good at calculation, and have a strong sense of the overall situation, but his body is weak and sickly, and he needs to be taken care of all the time.

This kind of straightforward presentation of strengths and weaknesses to everyone makes everyone feel that the character is outstanding. has not departed from reality, this is also a very common method used by Ye Sumang, I believe that as long as Liu Yifei and Yuan Hong can act well, it will not be a problem to make some fame in Hollywood.

After the actors were organized, Ye Sumang soon officially started work.

There is no special worship ceremony in the United States, and Ye Sumang does not believe in Christianity, so after determining the time, Ye Sumang actually held a simple start-up press conference, and then went directly to the filming site, and became the first stop of Ye Sumang's shooting in a town with a good scenery 80 kilometers away from Los Angeles.

This kind of behavior can definitely be called low-key. But the media didn't want to keep the matter low.

Especially the domestic media in China attach great importance to Ye Sumang's directorial career in the United States, and almost after Ye Sumang held a start-up press conference on the same day, there was already news in China that spread all over the country.

"Ye Sumang's Hollywood dream has really set sail, and he is currently filming his first TV series in the United States, whether it will succeed or not, wait and see!!"

On a large portal, this bright headline hangs on the front page. In less than an hour, there were already nearly one million views. It can be seen that the public is also very curious about Ye Sumang's new TV series in the United States.

As the director with the highest national recognition, Ye Sumang's every move does affect the hearts of many people, especially Ye Sumang's fans, who are very much looking forward to Ye Sumang's wonderful works, but after reading the report, I can't help but be a little more worried.

Because in the report, he is not blindly optimistic that Ye Sumang can achieve achievements in the United States. After all, many of Ye Sumang's predecessors have also been to Hollywood, but few have really achieved good results in the end.

The representative Chinese director in Hollywood is Ang Lee, his works have achieved a lot of good results, but a large part of them are biased, of course, John Woo may also be one. But because of the failure of a certain work, John Woo's reputation in Hollywood has plummeted, which also shows how cruel the competition in Hollywood is, and how harsh the fault tolerance rate is.

Ye Sumang's first work chose a TV series, obviously to accumulate popularity.

Therefore, this first step is very important, it is gratifying if it succeeds, but it is difficult to turn over if it fails.

And Ye Sumang's choice is still very suitable for the zombie theme of Europe and the United States, this is another theme that Ye Sumang has never been involved in, even though Ye Sumang has proven his versatility many times, but obviously some people are still worried about whether Ye Sumang can write this mainstream theme in the United States, and he won't go to Zuihou to make a four-like, right?

Fortunately, there are still a few people who are worried, although there have been no works for more than half a year, Ye Sumang's reputation in China is still strong, and a large part of them are still optimistic that Ye Sumang can succeed.

At that time, the turmoil caused by the United States, where Ye Sumang was filmed, was much smaller, and only a few media in Los Angeles made a simple report.

However, most of them are not optimistic about Ye Sumang, and their reasons are basically the same as those in China, thinking that it is difficult for Ye Sumang, an Oriental, to shoot a TV series that meets the taste of local American audiences in such a short period of time.

"I'd say NBC definitely made a ridiculous choice this time, what do you ask me? Yes, that little guy is indeed very talented in business, and he has a deep understanding of his own country's culture, but that doesn't mean that he can make a TV series that meets the taste of the American people, and I would say that he might as well make a movie, similar to a kung fu movie, so that the acceptance of the masses will be broader......"

This is the words of a film critic on a local program.

Reading between the lines, he is very unoptimistic about Ye Sumang, not for Ye Sumang, but the fact is that those directors who are highly respected in China and Asia Zuihou are going back to Hollywood because of the conflict of cultural understanding.

What you think is very good may seem to foreigners but you don't know what to do, especially TV dramas, which are meant to be broadcast to local audiences in the United States.

These 'not optimistic' Ye Sumang are also clear and understandable, but he has full confidence in himself, especially after the unanimous affirmation of the actors during the filming process, this confidence is even more firm, Ye Sumang is now waiting, waiting for himself to finish filming the content of the first season, so that those who are not optimistic about him will be impressed.

More than half a month has passed unconsciously, and Ye Sumang has finally filmed two episodes, and according to the contract, it can already be sent to the TV station for real broadcasting.

During this period, Ye Sumang was not all smooth sailing, and sometimes it takes a process to transform his inner thoughts into reality, from the simplest dress up of zombies to the display of those survival skills that are very difficult, during the filming process, Ye Sumang even hired an adventurer with rich adventure experience as a consultant, striving to make every link the most authentic state.

And among the actors, the most serious is Yuan Hong.

The first is that his own role positioning makes him have to work hard to learn every skill, otherwise what he shows is not real enough, and the second is that he knows that the opportunity is rare, this is an opportunity to come to Hollywood to film, and the role is still one of the main roles.

So every day, the most contact with that adventure expert is Yuan Hong, this kid, after more than half a month, not to mention that Yuan Hong's feeling of taking on the role is getting better and better, which also proves that his efforts are not in vain.

As for Liu Yifei, the role designed by Ye Sumang this time is definitely tailor-made.

Rational women and iceberg girls are what Liu Yifei is best at, as long as Liu Yifei is not happy, there is naturally a feeling that she will only have both coldness and beauty, so among a group of actors, Liu Yifei is the most relaxed, but Ye Sumang is not ready to take care of it to the end, this role will still encounter a lot of problems and tribulations in the future, and when the time comes, because of the previous personality setting, Liu Yifei will even be asked to have more eye drama and mental drama, and it will be time to test Liu Yifei's acting skills.

On July 25th, with the weight of three episodes, Ye Sumang finally came to NBC again, this time with the purpose of nothing else, but to determine the film he shot to be on file.

Of course, before the TV broadcast, a group of supervisors watched the film in the small screening room of their own TV station.

More than three hours have passed, no one has ever walked out of the room in the middle, everyone watched it very seriously, I have to say that Ye Sumang's ability to make up stories is really strong, one ring is linked to another, the big ring is linked to the small ring, and the slightest interlocking makes every plot exciting, and he is reluctant to miss a shot.

When the more than three hours of broadcasting was over, Tim was the first to stand up and applaud vigorously, because he knew very well that the probability of his bet success was still more than eighty percent, and the remaining two layers depended on whether God was willing to favor the TV series.

"It's great, it's great, both the story and the soundtrack are so wonderful, right, when I watched these episodes just now, I found that there was no name, this is weishenme?" One of the TV executives asked Ye Sumang.

"I haven't figured out what to call it yet, I've just thought of a few before, like calling it Doomsday Zombies, Zombie Siege and the like, but I don't think it seems to contain enough content from the TV series."

"It's true, just using the word 'zombie' doesn't really fit well with this TV series."

"Ye, your Chinese language is broad and profound, do you think there is a suitable one?" While everyone was deliberating, Tim suddenly asked.

Ye Sumang waited for Tim's question, in fact, he had already thought of a name.

"The-Walking-Dead, how about 'The Walking Dead', in Chinese, this is a four-character idiom, representing the body of a human being, but no substantive spirit, no life ideals, people who live in a daze, what is the difference between this and zombies, and isn't this the situation faced by humans in the apocalypse?"

"The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead? Good! That's the name!! ”

In everyone's confirmation, a TV series called "The Walking Dead" will soon be released on NBC......... (To be continued......)