The first assembly of the crew of "Atlantic Empire" was on April 3rd, and under the arrangement of Bella Marceau, the regular team of 123 people from seven departments, from actors to theater, gathered in the office building of Black Hole Film Studios in Beverly Hills, where the opening ceremony of the TV series is about to officially start!

"Well, yes, the design of this casino is very beautiful, it's just" Looking at the architectural drawings of a casino layout drawn on his desk, Xiansen took out a pencil from his pocket, thought for a while, and said to Bella Marceau, who was standing beside him: "Look at these places, look at this chandelier, if I remember correctly, this should be a characteristic of European aristocratic decoration, and it is a modern style, these mistakes in details will make the quality of the work deteriorate." ”

As he spoke, Xiansen put the pencil back in his pocket and said, "Go find a few experts in history and architecture, let them revise all the drawings first, and then hand them over to the props department, let them be serious, I don't want to shoot the United States in the twenties into London in the seventies." ”

Before HBO TV released the trailer to the public, Xiansen had already devoted himself to the work of the crew of "Atlantic Empire", and the number of people in the Black Hole Film Studio was not very large, and after more than half a year of operation by Bella Marceau, various departments were also put together. In more than half a month, the entire team, including the actors, has also completed the final formation.

In terms of actors, because it is a TV series, Xiansen does not have so much time to select and audition for each role, and after selecting a few main roles, most of the small roles he handed over to the assistant director Dixon McPhilip, this old man who likes cigars but can't smoke is not very talkative, but he is still quite serious about doing things.

The position of photographer is still held by Brent Wilson, and along the way, Brent and Xiansen have had a very tacit cooperation, and sometimes just a subtle look and movement, the two may know each other's thoughts. As the head of the photography team at Black Hole Film Studios, Brent is no longer alone at this time, and there are more than a dozen equally excellent photographers and mechanics in his team, the latter is dedicated to maintaining camera equipment, and most photographers will have their own customary adjustment of the focal length of their equipment, which is not something that the props team can fully understand. Therefore, the photography team has become the largest and largest department in the Black Hole Film Studio.

The sound effects and soundtrack artists in the crew are also familiar faces, Gustavo Sandolala, who lost to Xiansen because of the movie "Shutter Island", rushed back to Los Angeles from Argentina this time, and finally started working, and has been idle at home to get a salary, which is too uncomfortable for Gustavo.

Of course, some fresh faces have been added to the crew this time, such as Juliette Rex, who is the costume designer in the TV series "The Black Road Family", who was nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Drama Costume Design, for the filming of "Atlantic Empire", under the recommendation of Steven Buscemi, Xiansen used a high salary to dig this woman from HBO TV into the Black Hole Film Studio, and the person who used HBO's investment money to dig HBO seems to be quite immoral.

In addition, there is Alec Hammond, who was recommended by Julie Barrymore as an art director, who was involved in the filming of "Death Illusion", and to be honest, if you remove that annoying Richard Kelly, "Death Illusion" still has something to praise in terms of artistic expression.

"It can't be an undercover agent this time, right?"

When Julie Barrymore recommended Alec Hammond, Xiansen said a joke that was not very funny, of course, he regretted it after saying it, looking at the gloomy look on Julie Barrymore's face, Xiansen was a little embarrassed, and walked away silently, the speaker had no intention, the listener had a heart, after that, although Julie Barrymore was still very enthusiastic, Xiansen could feel that she seemed to be gradually keeping a distance from herself, and the girl knew that she would never be able to go back to the past.

Forgiveness, in fact, is just a broken heart that stitches up the cracks, and as for the scar, it will remain there forever.

"Oh, by the way, Bella, how is the 'boardwalk' I asked you to build in Brooklyn according to that set of drawings?"

The boardwalk in Sonson's mouth is the 300-foot-long waterfront promenade he and Nelson Johnson talked about, that is, he wants to completely restore an Atlantic City, a huge project, from the toffee shop to the casino, and even a baby incubator, all of which are detailed in the drawings of Zensen. This is not done by Xiansen alone, most of this set of drawings were designed by Nelson Johnson for so many years, and it is precisely because of this set of drawings that Xiansen's shooting preparation is more convenient.

"Almost, the first phase of the project will be completed in about another week, because the construction progress is determined according to the scenes in the storyboard, so the shooting of a first episode should not be a problem."

Bella Marceau gave an accurate answer, it takes more than three months for Atlantic City to be fully built, so in order to catch up with the filming schedule, the arrangement for the construction of the city will be determined by the order of appearance given in the storyboard script, for example, the first set of shots is in the casino, then the casino is placed in the first place in the project, so that the arrangement can be more efficient in filming.

"Sounds good!"

Xiansen snapped his fingers with a smile and continued: "Bella, do you know, I can't help but be a little excited when I think of being able to completely restore a city, this feeling is amazing, I think, I can now understand the feeling of James Cameron when he restored the Titanic, maybe this kind of work can only be done by directors!" ”

"That's right, so, our brilliant engineers can go out and say hello to your builders now, I think they're all here."

The construction worker that Bella Marceau is talking about is all the actors and crew who are gathering in the hall at this time, and the first official assembly of the whole crew, Xiansen has not yet arrived.

"Okay, let's go check it out!"

Sitting up from the office chair, Xiansen walked to the side of the hanger, reached out and took off a hat placed on the top of the hanger, buckled it on his head, and then took out a cigarette holder from his pocket, held it in his hand, and bared his teeth at Bella coolly: "How is it?" Is there a gangster boss feeling? ”

Rolling her eyes, Bella Marceau ignored the boring question and walked straight out the door

Black Hole Film Studios in the Beverly Hills office in Los Angeles, a hall that can accommodate 300 people, is bustling and quite lively at this time.

There were people sitting, people standing, and several people would gather in a small circle and chat, talking about topics related to movies and fashion, and everyone's emotions seemed to be very excited.

"Hey, Steven, meet again, I didn't expect you to become the protagonist this time, tell me, how did you get Miste to abandon Leonardo, oh, I think, I can hear Leonardo's complaining cry there."

It was Brent Wilson who spoke, and even though a few months had passed, the guy's last name had not changed.

"Poor Leonardo, hateful Mister, such a heartless"

Before Brent Wilson could finish his words, he felt a murderous aura coming from behind him, and in Steven Buccime's helpless eyes, he turned his head back, and then couldn't help but swallow his saliva, smiled, and turned around to flee.

Before he could take a step, a hand grabbed his clothes.

"Dear Brent, I haven't abandoned you yet."

"What, Mister, ah, no, director, director, misunderstanding, misunderstanding!"

Brent's explanation was now completely useless, for Xiansen had stood behind him for a long time, and all the words had been heard in his ears word for word.

"Ahh

There was a scream, and the hall reverberated with painful sadness

After cleaning up Brent, Xiansen clapped his hands, walked to the front of the hall, took the megaphone from Bella Marceau, and coughed softly.

After hearing this voice, everyone turned their heads to look at Xiansen.

"Ahem, hi, hello everyone, long time no see."

Smiling, Xiansen took off his hat, made an elegant knightly salute, and continued: "Today is the first official gathering of all the crew members of our "Atlantic Empire", I think everyone should already know me, I am Mister Sen, that's right, that restless person in the eyes of the media, I think, if they can mobilize the FBI, they will definitely have disrupted the film market and arrested me." ”

Xiansen's words, combined with those rich expressions, made everyone in the hall laugh at once.

"How to say it, in fact, this first collection does not have much special significance, that is, in order to get to know each other, this time we are going to shoot a TV series, and everyone knows that this is a gangster-themed TV series, and the investment will also become the most gangster TV series. So, in addition to the members of Black Hole Film Studios, there will be a lot of new colleagues joining this time, and I hope that everyone can become friends in the future at work. ”

Xiansen put the hat in his hand back on his head, and continued: "I forgot to mention that during the filming of the TV series, I hope everyone calls me director, this is the only rule that needs to be followed in the crew, well, my rules"

After saying that, Xiansen walked down, and when he was halfway there, he suddenly remembered something, and said, "Let's go to Brooklyn in a few days, believe me, there are surprises waiting for you there!" ”

[Thank you for the reward of "Passerby A D", thank you very much]