The Pentagon's generosity was enough to save the crew a lot of money, especially for several large outdoor explosion scenes, and the White Sands missile range in New Mexico was the most suitable place for the crew to blast and destroy at the shooting range without worrying about any environmentalists coming to their door.

To this end, under the coordination of Pentagon liaison officer Lieutenant Colonel Lenho, Duke led director of photography John Schwartzman, art director Hannah Serena, assistant director Zack Schneider, demolitionist Joss William, and several heads of the Industrial Light & Magic special effects team to Edward Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range to discuss how to set up the location for filming.

After returning to Burbank from New Mexico, Zack Schneider led a camera team to shoot landmarks or landscapes around the world, including Cairo, Sydney, the Middle East, Paris and Mount Kilimanjaro, for the special effects team's computer CG synthesis and shooting footage.

Negotiations for the main cast have also progressed, and after a tug-of-war negotiation, Will Smith signed a $250,000 actor contract, and Jeff Columbus, Bill Pullman, Naomi Watts and Halle Berry have also been awarded actor contracts, and the main cast is basically confirmed.

Duke also took the time to watch Scarlett Johansson's audition, the little guy's acting skills are a little worse than Kirsten Dunst's cousin in "Interview with the Vampire", but it is enough to deal with the president's daughter in "Independence Day", although there are other young actors who have left the relationship such as assistant director, but after Duke confessed, those people still chose to take the initiative to back down.

After the audition, Sophia was told to tell Scarlett Johansson and her mother in time, and Duke returned to the office to discuss filming at the White Sands Director's Range with the two production managers and John Schwartzman.

"May I come in?" Scarlett Johansson's little head popped out of the doorway.

"You didn't go back to class?"

Turning his head, Duke looked over there, frowned and asked, "Or did you skip class?" ”

"I'm auditioning today."

The little guy walked straight in, still carrying a large paper bag in his hand, "I took a day off." ”

"Hi John. Hi Charles. Hi Robin. ”

She looked like she was familiar with it, and as she walked over to greet the people seated, she took out the ice cream from the paper bag and stuffed it into their hands.

"Scarlett wants a treat?"

Charles Rowan is the oldest here, and he is relatively fond of children, and when Duke was busy some time ago, he asked Sophia to temporarily bring Scarlett to the studio to wait for him to get off work, and he also knew the main members of these crews.

"You've helped me so much." Scarlett finally walked up to Duke and said to the people behind her seriously, "I always have to thank you, this is the ice cream I bought with the money I earned." ”

"It's yours." She handed over a box of ice cream.

"Thank you."

Taking the ice cream, Duke looked at her, the girl was smart and clever, and would be more likable if it weren't for a bit of chatter.

The work was over for the time being, and the other three quickly left Duke's office except for Sophia, and despite not being interested in creamy food, Duke opened the box of ice cream and took a few bites under Scarlett's flickering eyes.

"It tastes good. Scarlett, where's your mother? ”

The little girl had only been in Santa Monica for four days, and her mother was soon back to Los Angeles from New York.

"It's like I'm talking to someone about my acting contract." Scarlett Johansson was not polite, put down the paper bag, took out her box of ice cream, sat down in the chair in front of Duke's desk, took it apart, dug a big spoonful, stuffed it into her mouth, and muttered, "Can't you pay me a little more?" ”

"When you become Kirsten Dunst," Duke put down the ice cream, "I'll pay you $2 million." ”

"Dunst?" Scarlett pursed her lips covered with white cream, "A few months ago, I auditioned in New York, a French director's crew, and I saw a girl who was much better at acting than Dunst. ”

"Then you're going to have to work hard." Duke replied casually, "Otherwise, you'll be pulled down a long way." ”

The phone in the office rang suddenly, Sophia picked it up and said a few words, hung up and looked at Duke, "Trouble again." ”

"What's the trouble?"

The pre-production of the movie is used to solve all kinds of troubles, and Duke doesn't care, "Is it more difficult than the Pentagon?" ”

"That's true." Sophia's brows furrowed tightly, "In the script setting, doesn't Captain Steve Taylor's girlfriend have a dog?" Just now, the animal protection organization has found the crew, and during the filming, it is necessary to send people to the crew to protect the rights and interests of the animal actors. ”

“What？”

Duke simply stood up and walked back and forth twice behind his desk, "Tell those two writers to cut out all the scenes where animals are used extensively." ”

For the crew, the animal protector organization is definitely more troublesome than the Pentagon, these guys who love animals more than humans, once they enter the crew, they will stare at the animal actors in the crew, if they are slightly wronged, they will make a noise, if the work is overtime for a minute, then wait to be surrounded by protests.

As for whether the actors in the crew are safe and have they been abused? Even if someone breaks their leg in front of them, these so-called caring people will not give it a second look.

This is not an animal film, pets are dispensable, and Duke is too lazy to deal with those people, so he simply cuts out all the scenes about animals.

"Scarlett, you follow Sophia for the time being."

As he prepared to go to the nearby studio to see the progress of the model team, Duke told him before leaving, "Don't run around." ”

"Can I come with you on a tour?" The little girl stood up and looked at him expectantly, "I promise not to say anything, not to do anything." ”

"No, you can't!"

Duke left the office without looking back.

Scarlett Johansson sat back in her chair and looked indignantly at the figure who opened the door, as if she wanted to throw the ice cream in her hand, but in the end she didn't do it, and when the door slammed shut, she just grimaced at it.

"Is he always so fierce to people?" Scarlett asked Sophia next to her, "That time on the terrace, I felt that he was a very kind and easy person to get along with." ”

"My dear, there are always two sides to man." Sophia pointed at her, "Just like you, sometimes cute, sometimes just ......"

"It's noisy and annoying?" She is not very old, but Scarlett is a little self-aware.

"At that time, you met Duke, who had just finished his vacation and was still relaxing." Sophia didn't answer her words, obviously knowing that this kid was very troublesome, "So, he can joke with you, and even when he is interested, he will play games with you." But now, the directors who work are all devils from hell, especially a director who has hundreds of millions of dollars of investment pressure on his shoulders. ”

A director without pressure does not have zài, and the total investment will be more than 100 million US dollars, which seems to be just a number, but when I become a crucial winner or loser in investment, and success or failure will determine the future path, it is impossible to relieve the pressure.

Duke's biggest progress is that after experiencing two relatively high investment systems, he has gradually become accustomed to working and living under pressure, as long as there is a suitable way to relax and vent stress, and he will not lose sleep as often as before.

"Hi Stan."

Walking into the studio on the side, Duke went directly to Stan Winston, the person in charge, "How's the model going?" ”

"The alien model has just been finalized." Stan Winston put aside his work for a moment and walked with Duke to the depths of the studio, "The sample will be completed in ten days at the earliest, and the alien spacecraft will progress a little faster." ”

"This way." He made a gesture of please to Duke.

The two of them walked up the makeshift steps, then came to a glass door, waited for the automatic door to open, and walked straight inside.

It has been arranged as an underground testing ground for Area 51, and the most eye-catching thing is that on the high platform in front of it, an 'alien spaceship' is being built in real life, it is based on blue, although it is far from being completed, but it is faintly visible and realistic, if thrown into the desert of New Mexico, it will definitely be mistaken for a real UFO.

After seeing Area 51 under construction, Duke and Stan Winston went to another factory shed, where several major projects were going on.

The Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Washington Monument, the Statue of Liberty and other iconic architectural models in the United States are being built little by little from the hands of prop masters in the factory shed, and the largest and most eye-catching of them is the famous white building - the White House!

Nearly 20 prop masters, according to Duke's request, were busy building a presidential palace more than 70 feet long according to the scale, and they not only referred to the numbers and pictures provided by the Pentagon and the Hollywood liaison office of the White House, but also copied the lawn in front of the White House to achieve the most realistic effect.

Of course, this expensive model of the White House, in the hands of Duke, has only one role - to be blown up into the sky and turned into pieces!

All the explosion scenes in the film will be filmed in real life, but live shooting can never really blow up the White House or rebuild one, a downscale model is the most suitable way, and the effect is more realistic than film special effects and computer special effects.

Towards the end of the day, Duke left the studio and returned to the adjacent Independence Day Studio.

"Mr. Rosenberg."

As soon as he entered the studio, Duke saw a young clerk approaching, "There is a Miss Charlize Theron who has been waiting for you in the reception room after the audition, and she said it is your friend. ”

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