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"What is this? Do you want to make a Chinese-themed movie in Hollywood? Lei Ting looked at Li Xiaole expectantly and asked.

"Well...... That's what it means," Li Xiaole laughed self-deprecatingly:

"Of course this is just a jihua, in fact, the story design is still very immature, the things on the jishu are still far behind, I just have a plan, when I can really gain a foothold here, shoot this series of Chinese themes, of course, this is still very far away for me, you know my character, if I shoot Chinese themes, I definitely don't want to shoot second-rate, if I want to shoot, I have to shoot to the level that makes all shijie people stunned, I don't want to lose the face of the Chinese, you say yes."

These patterns are the scene characters he has dreamed of countless times in his dreams, and he hopes to realize this dream that truly belongs to him on the screen, which is Li Xiaole's most heartfelt dream, but he also understands that the preparation in all aspects is far from enough.

Seeing Lei Ting looking straight at herself, Li Xiaole couldn't help but touch her head and laughed at herself: "Hey~ If you want to laugh, laugh, I know it sounds idiotic to make Chinese films in Hollywood." ”

Lei Ting not only didn't laugh when she heard this, but suddenly went over and kissed him the mouth, stared into Li Xiaole's eyes, patted his face and said firmly: "Li Xiaole, you have to remember what you said today, but how long it takes, no matter how much effort you spend, you must make these movies, otherwise I won't let you go." ”

Lei Ting seemed to regain her composure as she spoke, her eyes were full of fighting spirit, and she swore coldly:

"We must let those Americans see how capable we Chinese are, we want to succeed, we want to continue to succeed, and I want all the Yankees who have rejected me to regret for life!"

"Good! What you want is this state" Li Xiaole was suddenly excited by Lei Ting's rare heroic words, and slapped his thigh and said: "Sister Tingting~!" You immediately pack up the company papers, let's go to CAA to try our luck, and I'll go out to find the actors myself. Li Xiaole got up and waved.

After about an hour's drive by the driver, the two men arrived in a state of excitement before they arrived at various Hollywood corporate buildings, this very modern CAA office building was designed by the famous Chinese architect I.M. Pei, who has seen CAA go from a small company of a dozen people to Hollywood's premier agency overlord for more than two decades.

In the United States, there are generally three ways to find actors.

If you are just looking for ordinary actors, the producer can go directly to the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to contact, SAG has 120,000 registered actors, and they provide actors with job introduction services, and will also provide a lot of supporting casting services for the producer, of course, some intermediary fees.

And if the producer wants to find a well-known actor, he can't go to a place like SAG, because although all Hollywood star actors are registered with the screen actors' union, they are different from the average young actor and do not hand over their management to SAG.

The most efficient way to find them is to contact the star himself or his direct agent, just like what Li Xiaole asked Lei Ting to do these days, the advantage of this method is that the price is negotiable, sometimes as long as the director and the script impress each other, or have a personal relationship with him, etc., many stars are willing to star in some movies at zero cost.

Of course, it is very inefficient to use this kind of direct contact, and if you contact the actors one by one to negotiate separately, if you are not lucky, the time spent on the actors may be more than a year, which will delay the filming of the movie.

In this case, the producer will use the method of zuihou, that is, to find a large agency like CAA, and directly contact the actor through CAA as an intermediary.

The advantage of this is that it is very efficient, but the negative effect is that the price is fixed, and the way the actors work is also set by the CAA, such as the quality of the hotel, the requirements for working hours, and even the specifications of makeup and food must all be strictly in accordance with the contract stipulated by the CAA.

When Wu Yusheng filmed "Red Cliff", he originally invited Zhou Runfa to play Zhou Yu, but because Zhou Runfa had signed a contract with CAA, and Wu Yusheng cooperated with him through CAA, so Zhou Runfa had to follow the specifications of Hollywood first-line stars in filming, which made Wu Yusheng, who was accustomed to Hong Kong's flexible system, unacceptable, which led to the change of roles in "Red Cliff" halfway.

Of course, in Hollywood, these requirements are taken for granted, Hollywood's production system is extremely mature, and filming will only start when the preliminary preparations are perfect, except for directors of James Cameron's level, other film shooting is almost an industrial process, and there will never be Chinese films.

After entering the bright reception hall of CAA, Li Xiaole handed in his identity certificate and company information at the front desk, and the staff in charge of reception at the front desk warmly took them into the reception room on the first floor.

"Hello Director Li Xiaole, I am the agent Jenny, I am very honored to serve you, what help do you need, you can take a look at our brokerage services, if you sign up with our company, the company will help you arrange contact endorsement advertising, director work related services, the profit commission of any job is only 10%, you can consider it."

Saying that, the beautiful Latino female agent took out a stack of CAA promotional materials from the desk in front of Li Xiaole, although Li Xiaole is still a novice in the United States, but in the CAA database, his evaluation score ranks fourth among Asian directors, second only to Hayao Miyazaki, Ang Lee, and Wu Yusen.

For CAA, directors from Asia are not good managers in the long run, but usually these directors with exotic cultures will feel very fresh in the American market, can make fans shine in a short period of time, and then the value will plummet until they exit the mainstream market, such as Wu Yusen and Ang Lee.

Obviously, Li Xiaole is a gold mine waiting to be opened, and CAA is extremely interested in his brokerage contract, and the female staff member with big breasts keeps discharging Li Xiaole, hoping that he can join CAA.

"xiexie, but I'm not here to join CAA......" Li Xiaole shook his head with a smile and just said halfway through, Jenny and Lei Ting's eyes just met each other, and their faces changed invariably, Lei Ting looked at her coldly and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, it seems that you scolded me at the Walmart supermarket on 41st Street just now, right?" ”

"Sorry, you seem to be mistaken, I've been working here today." Jenny looked a little embarrassed, and unconsciously touched the slightly red and swollen left side of her face.

Li Xiaole looked at the tension between the two people, and knew that Lei Ting was wronged in the supermarket just now, and it was estimated that this Jenny did it, but today he didn't come to CAA to take revenge, Li Xiaole could only drag Lei Ting, and explained to Jenny with a smile:

"Miss Jenny, I am currently preparing a film project, I need some actors, I have written down the detailed requirements in the documents I just submitted, you can take a look."

After listening to Li Xiaole's words, Jenny was obviously a little disappointed, but she still squeezed out some smiles: "So that's the case, that's good, Director Li, please wait, let's ask the staff to verify the data." With that, he turned around and went to the office and walked in the opposite direction, without looking at Lei Ting.

"The agent here is very scheming at first glance, and he actually sees that you are a little pervert and sends a beautiful woman to seduce you." Lei Ting said coldly as she began to open the laptop to connect to CAA's internal network.

"Hey boss~ If I were you, I would let this beauty seduce me first, take advantage of it first and then reject her, it's a pity." Ah Gai next to him looked at Jenny's twisted ass with interest, drooled, and said curiously: "Boss, I have a question." ”

Li Xiaole was used to this subordinate who talked a lot, and replied with a smile: "Ask." ”

"Since we have to rely on actors to find investment, weishenme we can't directly put forward our own price code, you see that the specifications of our movies are at least tens of millions of dollars, right?" Ah Gai saw Li Xiaole nodding, and couldn't help but pat the table excitedly:

"That's not easy to do~ Let's fight! Directly take 20 million US dollars to hire a superstar, and then use this superstar to make a big investment, won't all these problems be solved? ”

"It's not that simple." Li Xiaole looked at the people shuttling in and out of the CAA hall outside the glass wall, and slowly explained:

"If you can cheat celebrities with any price, CAA should have closed its doors a long time ago, their methods are much stricter than you think, CAA not only has two-thirds of the top stars in the United States, but also has the world's most authoritative film, television, music and sports practitioners, as well as information about companies from various countries.

They will conduct a detailed data evaluation of these personnel and enterprise materials every year, and then list their values, divided them into A, B, C, D, E five grades, and then match the two sides of the equivalent, such as General Motors, which is rated as A-level, to seek endorsement artists, then CAA will pick out suitable A-level artists, such as Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman, and they can choose ......

If a C-level company comes, then there are only third-tier artists for you to choose from. ”

"That's it...... We are definitely E-class...... Isn't that only available among extras? Agai's mouth opened wide as he listened.

"CAA only signs people who are above C." Li Xiaole said speechlessly.

"So what are we going to do?" Ah Gai lowered his head and looked very depressed, although he blew it to Li Xiaole for a long time that day, but in his mind, China is similar to North Korea, what Zhang Yimou, Wang Jiawei He doesn't know, except for Yao Ming, the rest of China is living a poor peasant life, the director of the factory under the communist system, it sounds like a funny profession......

After waiting for about 2 hours, the beautiful agent Jenny finally came back, this time she took a laptop and put it in front of Li Xiaole with a smile.

"Director Li has kept you waiting, we have selected the right actors for you to choose, you can take a look, there are their video materials, as well as clips of their works, all of which are currently available, and you can sign a contract at any time."