The eldest princess of the Guo family said that now she wants to take advantage of the popularity of "Jurassic Park", but she is not joking.

As one of the most famous commercial film directors in the Chinese entertainment industry, Wang Wei's movies originally had their own attention.

In addition, he plunged into the crew of the new film at the juncture of his skyrocketing worth and being one of the youngest richest people in the world, which made the media very concerned about his new movie.

No, "Jurassic Park" has just finalized the "stationing" of the amusement park taken over by the eldest princess of the Guo family, and the relevant news has been overwhelming.

- Yes, Dunhuang and Guo Zhaobing have reached a formal agreement to jointly build an unprecedented "Jurassic Park", a dinosaur resort that combines filming, entertainment and exhibition functions.

——Putting aside the joke of "getting involved in the battle of the wealthy", the two sides are in the amusement park business after all, and the rest is nothing more than valuation and shares.

And Guo Zhaobing showed extraordinary courage, and for Dunhuang's high valuation of the Jurassic series IP, he didn't even blink an eyelid to approve it, which made Lao Wang, who planned to pull 300 rounds, embarrassed.

As a result, the speed with which the two sides reached an agreement almost caught Wang Wei off guard.

However, after the agreement was settled, the physical special effects team led by Lei Tieniu could show their strength and start making a large number of realistic dinosaur models that can be controlled by machinery - especially the Tyrannosaurus Rex, a behemoth weighing several tons, but it couldn't move back and forth, and the crew could only set up and shoot around it, and they couldn't start work without determining the shooting location.

Now, after entering the amusement park park, the preparation progress of the crew has really entered the fast lane.

Of course, "fast" is only relative to the previous progress, after all, compared to the general movie set-up, the crew of "Jurassic Park" is to build a "world", there are countless details waiting to be filled, no matter how fast it is, it can't be much faster.

Therefore, Wang Wei put part of his attention on the actors.

There are so many soul characters in the movie - the male protagonist as an archaeologist, the heroine as a botanist, and the founder of "Jurassic Park", as well as a doctor of mathematics who advocates "chaos theory"; And, of course, the grandchildren of the park's founders.

As a partner who has always worked closely with Wang Wei, assistant director Xu Daoxing has completed most of the casting work -

Among them, except for a pair of young actors and the male lead, the other roles, either because they had cooperated before, or because of Shen Zhenyi's agent recommendation, basically finalized the right candidates.

Wang Wei first looked at the finalized actors, and only after he had no opinions, did he set his sights on the list of candidate actors.

First of all, a pair of young actors - as the industry often says, animals and children, are the most difficult things to master in movies.

Originally, Wang Wei thought that it would not be so easy to find a suitable candidate for a young actor, but he didn't expect that looking at the shortlist of candidates who had passed two rounds of auditions in his hand, his eyes widened-

"How can there be so many candidates?"

In this regard, Mr. Assistant Director smiled and said, "You don't think that the eldest princess of the Guo family is the only one who perceives the potential of this movie, right?" In fact, the young actors in the industry, well, and more importantly, the parents behind them, can be said to want to join your crew at any cost! ”

Obedient and obedient, Wang Wei asked coldly, "You have been asked by people through relationships." ”

“…… That's right, indeed. ”

Wang Wei raised his eyebrows, and then looked at the specific information of the candidate actors, and sure enough......

"Good guys, they are all the second generation of stars, uh, the third generation of stars!"

Wang Wei became serious,

"It's not all human favors, are they?"

Lao Xu was unhurried and explained, "Of course not. These are all real auditions; As for why they are all second-generation stars......"

He spread his hands, "There is no way, for child stars, the second generation of stars has more advantages than ordinary people." ”

Wang Wei was dumbfounded.

In fact, what is a child star?

is that among the new generation of actors, the proportion of the second generation and the third generation of stars is not low.

It's just that in the group of child stars, this proportion is even higher.

After all, if your parents take the crew to play around, you may be able to get a chance to act; traveled with his parents to dozens of crews, but he couldn't find a suitable role, and it couldn't be the same starting point.

The upward channel left for ordinary people in the entertainment industry may be narrower than that of any industry, and the "civilian" actors who can stand out are definitely really outstanding - either they are very good-looking or are born actors.

Wang Wei has seen a lot of this kind of thing in his previous life, not to mention the more mature Chinese entertainment circle in this life.

What he wondered was—

"Are these second-generation stars making their debut as child stars?"

Although there is a saying that it is necessary to become famous as soon as possible, for the second generation of stars who have an advantage in starting point, the debut of child stars is not necessarily the best choice.

It's very simple, if you count carefully, most of the child stars over the years will inevitably be "bleak" when they become adults, and only a few lucky ones can eventually become famous, or even really become an actor.

Most people are either looking for another way out of life, or struggling on the edge of the entertainment industry.

This is not just a matter of being disabled for a long time, but the shelf life of child stars is inherently very short, and if other characters are not created one after another that the audience remembers, the aura of child stars will soon become invalid.

The question is, how can there be so many high-quality young actor roles waiting for child stars?

"So, don't they like your character, or rather, your support?" Lao Xu revealed.

Wang Wei was stunned, "Is this treating me as Bole?" ”

"Obviously! Putting aside the factor of being disabled, as long as a child star finds a child star who recognizes him, looks at him, and thinks about him for any good thing, he will continue to become famous and a star in the entertainment industry. ”

Lao Xu smiled,

"No matter how you look at it, you're the best candidate in the circle. has a lot of resources in hand, and can train people, and the thief is young...... If you take a fancy to it, you won't have to worry about no filming. ”

Of course, it's a lot of luck, but how do you know if you don't have luck without touching it?

As a result, there are many young actors who participated in the audition for "Jurassic Park".

In the final analysis, the children's scenes in this movie don't need too superb acting skills, and if there are more candidates for auditions, will there be more candidates?

Wang Wei couldn't laugh or cry at this kind of trouble, which can be said to be happy to a certain extent, so he could only screen them one by one.

At this glance, the problem is found -

"I see that the No. 1 candidate for the little girl you recommended is not better than the No. 2 candidate in terms of acting skills, but the salary is a cut higher, what is the situation?"

If you are serious, the acting skills of candidate No. 2 are slightly better than those of candidate No. 1, of course, they are all children, and they are only too good to be good.

Mr. Assistant Director coughed lightly and subconsciously lowered his voice,

"The father of the No. 1 candidate is the official representative on the grading committee."

Ah......h

Wang Wei didn't know what to say for a while.

Of course, he understood Lao Xu's unfinished meaning.

- This is about the final rating of Jurassic Park.

As I said before, Dunhuang does not have much say in the Chinese Film Classification Committee, and after being suppressed by the five major alliances, this disadvantage is even more obvious.

Like "Resident Evil", not to mention films that must be restricted, some other films with ratings up or down have basically received the strictest ratings.

Previously, Dunhuang's films were taken the lead by the same schedule because of the rating, and it was okay to always suffer a small loss; "Jurassic Park", a movie with a huge investment, will suffer a big loss if it is one level worse.

The public, who don't have any viewing restrictions, dare not think about it, after all, there are scenes of dinosaurs hurting people in the movie; The crew only wants to strive for a universal rating of -12 as much as possible.

- Universal-12 and -18 are a buffer zone between the public and the restricted, allowing minors to watch with an adult, so that the range of people who can go to the theater to watch the movie is wide enough.

It's just that in the absence of a voice, this is very difficult.

And if the No. 1 candidate is chosen......

Despite the fact that the official has only one seat on the classification committee, and remains neutral for the most part, no one can be underestimated about his influence.

Not to mention anything else, "Jurassic Park" can be rated up or down, and his words may affect the final evaluation.

As for the sake of her daughter's future, just saying a few words, what is it!

Wang Wei didn't say anything in the end, and after reading the information of the little girl candidate, he just nodded slightly, and then picked up the information of the little boy candidate.

first watched the audition video of candidate No. 1, nodded slightly, and then asked Lao Xu, "What is the situation with this child?" ”

Mr. Assistant Director didn't go around in circles, and said concisely, "His mother is the director of the largest cinema chain in China......"

Well, Wang Wei wiped his face and didn't plan to struggle.

The impact of the theater schedule on the success or failure of the film, do you need to say more?

- If their image and acting skills are not up to par at all, then there is nothing to say, no matter how much background they have, they will not be included in the consideration list.

But now that the prerequisites have been met, it has really reached the level of fighting for dad and mother, and no one, including Wang Wei, is hypocritical.

With a little extra help, who would say no?

"What about the actor candidate? Which door god is it? ”

Wang Wei asked Lao Xu tiredly.

"Well, he doesn't have any background, but his image, acting skills, and even his salary are the most suitable," Lao Xu paused and continued, "It's just that he may be the only ...... who doesn't want to be popular."

……

"So, the actor of Wang Wei's movie, how did you think about it?"

On the other side, Fang Tao's agent is also concerned about this issue.

Fang Tao is the best candidate for the leading actor in "Jurassic Park".

If it is an ordinary actor, a commercial blockbuster produced by a successful director like Wang Wei, as long as it has not really been filmed in other crews, will definitely rush over.

But although Fang Tao is not a first-line star, he is also a famous movie star, because of his elegant temperament, he has played many scholar roles, and he is known as "professor" in the circle, and he still has a certain reserve.

Of course, more importantly, he has more than one lead actor offer on hand -

In addition to the invitation of "Jurassic Park", there is also an invitation to the actor of another literary film of the same schedule, directed by a long-famous director, and the salary is higher than the former.

"This is also normal, a large-investment sci-fi film like "Jurassic Park", generally in order to save costs and strengthen post-production, will not use particularly expensive actors!"

The agent gave him an analysis,

And the other salary, although it is more than that of "Jurassic", is actually not higher than your normal level. To put it bluntly, they are all optimistic about your acting skills, as well as your current market price, which is not high. ”

These words successfully made Fang Tao's face blacken.

It's also true that there is no problem.

He showed good acting skills in the last commercial film, but unfortunately it was not popular, and the box office could not be called a big defeat, but a small defeat was also a failure.

As a relatively ordinary star, his salary and status are very dependent on the box office of the last three movies.

This means that he has to be careful in his choice of his next film.

- If he fails at the box office again, he will not be far from a sharp drop in value.

Therefore, even if he receives an invitation from a great director like Wang Wei, who has never missed a beat, Fang Tao has to think about it.

"I know what you're worried about." The agent said, "Wang Wei's invitation is a rare opportunity, but it is also a challenge. ”

Fang Tao nodded, he felt that the agent had hit his heart-

If it is a big hit, then there is nothing to say, he is like all the lucky people who have become popular because of Wang Wei's works before, and the coffee position may be on a higher level;

The problem is that the huge investment means that it is more difficult to return the cost, not to mention that this is the first time Wang Wei has mastered a big production;

Once he fails, it will not be a small defeat, but a gorgeous defeat, and at that time, he may have to say goodbye to commercial blockbusters completely as the leading actor.

Wang Wei is a director, and someone has money and a company, so he can start again, but he doesn't have more capital to start over.

And another literary film, although the possibility of a box office explosion is slim, but the difficulty of recovering the cost is also low, not to mention that he is a famous director, maybe he can get an award nomination or something......

But the agent felt that he was simply thinking too much!

The possibility of failure of Wang Wei's new film cannot be said to be none, but it will definitely not be higher than the probability of failure of another literary film.

The agent didn't come out of his mouth, he had evidence -

"Have you seen the news of the cooperation between Princess Guo and "Jurassic Park" in the media?"

Fang Tao nodded.

"But I've also received more good news that hasn't been in the news – there are already a number of well-known and big businesses sponsoring Jurassic Park's product placement, and many more are looking to participate in ad sponsorship;"

"Also, remember the little actors at the audition? I don't know if I don't pay attention, and I am shocked when I pay attention - their parents are either stars in the circle, producers in the industry, or even executives in the industry...... And they are all targeting this project for their children, what does this mean? ”

It shows that many industry insiders with vicious eyes are infinitely optimistic about Wang Wei's movie! Everyone is here to rub the heat, what do you have to hesitate about? ”

The broker just didn't shake his client's head to hear if there was any sound of water inside.

Fang Tao, who was almost stunned by the news squirted out by the agent in one breath, finally came back to his senses,

"So, we'd better follow the heat?"

"Rub! Decisive! ”

……

Suddenly noticed the monthly pass, Mom, the friends are so powerful, I voted almost 300 votes a day, and finally there are thousands of monthly tickets (the monthly pass is more than 1,000 authors, it seems that there are lottery benefits), thank you so much, I'll see when I can add more ha~~~

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