It's already quite hot in Los Angeles in July, and the scorching sun is shining directly on the earth, evaporating water vapor into the air, sometimes even visible to the naked eye, as if the world could melt at any moment, so that there are few pedestrians on the streets.

Death Valley, on the border between California and Nevada, has set several records for the world's warmest temperatures, and California's Mediterranean climate allows hot girls to run around in hot pants in April, not to mention the temperature in July.

However, shopping malls, bars, and cafes are still overcrowded, and one of the most typical characteristics of the United States is that no matter how cold or hot it is outside, you always have to wear formal clothes inside. Whether it's air conditioning or heating, don't just turn it on casually, and if you don't take off your clothes or put on your clothes, you can't stand it at all.

But Sean is now sitting in a hotel room in a suit, looking like an old god, not just because the air conditioner is turned on, he is now auditioning for "Twilight".

The audition for this movie began more than half a month ago, but at that time, they all watched various videotapes, or the actor materials recommended by the agency, and only after some preliminary selection did they start further auditions.

Not every movie can be auditioned like the Harry Potter series, although this can create a gimmick, but it will also cost a lot of money, although Sean has money, but he can't spend it on it, after all, Tang Pictures is just a leather bag company, and the purpose of the company is to make a big deal with a small one.

So instead of spending money on this, it's better to invest in production and invite some better teams in order to strive for a better production and get teenagers across the United States to pay for the movie theaters.

Further auditions could have started a few days ago, but because Sean was going to attend the later auditions in person, it had to be postponed until now in order to wait for him.

But at this time he looked a little absent-minded, although today is the heroine audition, and there have been five or six beautiful girls before, but Sean's attention is not completely on this.

"Let's stay here for the time being, the rest will come in the afternoon." After another girl is gone, casting director Vaughn? Weinstein asked in an inquiring tone, turning his head.

And the original author Stephanie? Meyer, as well as script creator Melissa? Rosenberg, and Catherine, who will be the director in this film? Hardwick? Olivieri also turned their heads to look at him.

"Oh?" Sean came back to his senses, and it took a few seconds to come back to his senses, then looked at the time with a sneer, and then nodded, "Okay, no problem, let's have lunch first." ”

Since it was held in the hotel, lunch was arranged in the room and served in a buffet format, and many people chatted while eating.

"I think the 13th is pretty good, is that Ellie? Carter, with a good temperament, but a little older. ”

"The 13th is indeed okay, but the previous 8th is okay, very generous, without the slightest sense of nervousness."

"Although there are a lot of girls who audition, and some of them look good, I still think Emily? Browning was a better fit, but unfortunately Sean vetoed my proposal, which was too bad. ”

"I've said it many times, dear Stephanie, Emily? Browning's acting skills are okay, but the appearance is still much worse. Just when the director, screenwriter and original author were arguing about the heroine, Sean intervened at the right time.

They are a very interesting combination, they are all women, so after the film is made, it is more of a female perspective, or a more female daydream. This series is still famous in the previous life, and Sean has also watched some American dramas, so when he was preparing, he pulled the "original" screenwriter into the crew.

Yes, Melissa? Rosenberg, Sean was not impressed, but remembered that she participated in writing the script for "Bloodthirsty Forensics". Although this TV series will only be released in the autumn of a few years, it is generally conceived at the beginning of the year or even at the end of the previous year, and the crews of these TV series have a lot of communication with each other, so they smoothly pulled her in by taking some impressions.

After that, it only took her and Stephanie six weeks to get the script up and recommend the female director, Catherine? Hardwick came to direct.

Sean hesitated for a long time, he really didn't remember who the director of the first part of the original version was, in the words of "the original cast", although there is no guarantee that the movie will be popular, but at least it can be as close as possible.

However, considering that Catherine is also a famous female director in Hollywood, although there are not many works, and her first directing is in 03, it is completely inconsistent with her age of fifty. However, she has a lot of experience and has participated in many big productions in other professions, plus as mentioned earlier, the combination of three women should be able to capture women's daydreams, so I finally agreed.

"What we need is a girl who is pretty, cute, but still cold, Stephanie," Sean continued, "Miss Browning may fit the second point, and the makeup artist and photographer may be able to solve the second point, but the first point ......"

At this point he spread his hands, and although he did not continue, the meaning was already obvious.

"You always say that, Sean," Stephanie sighed, "so can you tell me what the hell is going on?" ”

Sean hesitated, but said it anyway: "Well, to be honest, Stephanie, don't you think Miss Browning's face is a little big?" ”

The three women were all stunned, and they all showed surprised looks, and after a while, Stephanie said, "Just because of this?" ”

This is fatal enough, although her facial features are good, but there is a little unevenness on her face when she lets go of it. When she participated in "Ghost Ship", she couldn't see it because she was still young, but as she grew up, these shortcomings would continue to emerge and be magnified in people's eyes. Sean explained.

Emily? Browning is a little girl from Australia, born in 88, began to appear in TV at the age of 10, began to get involved in the film industry in 01, and in 02 played the ghost of a little girl who was killed and guided the heroine in the horror film "Ghost Ship", which was amazing at the beginning, but a little boring at the middle and end.

This movie made her stand out in Hollywood, and then she also participated in some movies that had a good reputation or box office, but as Sean said, her face was too square, and she looked okay when she was a child, but when she grew up, she would look a little old, and she was not pretty.

I don't know what Stephanie liked about her, and after the initial audition, she took her information and asked her to be the heroine, which is really not flattering, so Sean immediately vetoed it as a producer.

Stephanie wanted to persevere, but she soon realized that in Hollywood it was only who could talk, and she wasn't JK Rowling after all, so she had to give up. However, she always wondered why Sean refused to use Emily, and since that was the case, he took the opportunity to tell her.

"Don't you think...... Mean? Stephanie sighed.

"Mean? I'm just telling you the truth," Sean shrugged, "I think I told you, Stephanie, I want this film to leave a mark on film history, I didn't expect Twilight to surpass the Harry Potter series, but I wanted this series to be an icon of teen cinema, so I wanted to make the film as perfect as possible, you know what I mean?" ”

It took several minutes for Stephanie to come to her senses, and in fact Melissa and Catherine, neither of them expected him to be so optimistic about the series of novels and the movie to be made, and to give up so much hope.

You must know that even Stephanie, what she thinks about the most is just to make her books sell more and make herself more famous after achieving a good box office, when did she think about leaving traces in film history?

Not to mention Melissa and Catherine, who are in Hollywood, know exactly what it takes to be able to do that level of film, and the Twilight series doesn't look like it. Who would think that a film about the love affair between young men and women, at most, with the addition of vampires or something, can leave a name in film history? It's not a literary movie.

Of course, none of them spoke, only Stephanie smiled in surprise: "It's amazing, Sean, it's a big plan." ”

Basically, as long as Sean was involved in the conversation between the three of them, most of the people who spoke were Stephanie, and Melissa and Catherine rarely spoke. This is because Sean is a producer, and he rarely met before this, and more importantly, he is now considered a big name in Hollywood.

"In that case, don't get distracted by the afternoon auditions." Stephanie then said the same thing.

Sean couldn't help but laugh a little embarrassedly, although he took the time to audition for "Twilight", his head was always thinking about problems, and there were few young actresses who made people's eyes shine, so he was distracted from time to time.

Of course, the problems he thinks about are not limited to Zoe and Emily, although it is indeed complicated, but it seems that it cannot be solved in the short term, so he can only put it aside for the time being, such as insisting on making the Iron Man series on the side of Samsara Pictures.

As money continues to be poured in, the company's board of directors has begun to expand, and Sean's voice will inevitably be limited, even if Vladimir supports him. Things like working with Marvel to make superhero movies for them have to talk to a few executive directors or even negotiate in order to say hello to the people behind them.

And Iron Man, the superhero...... How to say it, it's interesting, if taken out alone, Iron Man's popularity is not much worse than that of Spider-Man or X-Men, but his single book, his personal story does not sell well.

Probably because it involves the Vietnam War, the specific Sean is not clear, only that Iron Man is very popular when he appears in other superhero books, or acts with the Avengers, but it is always salty and salty when he returns to his own story.

So, it's normal for several executive directors to have doubts, superhero film investments are not small, and Sean has to convince them.