"As soon as Mr. Li of BH Company heard that we had plans to invite An Xiaozhou to appear in Curse 2, he arranged a video conference in a hurry and connected with Xue Ming."

"At present, the contract between the two parties has basically been negotiated, and it can be officially signed after waiting for the audition."

"By the way, Mr. Li Bingxian is the boss of BH Company, he was originally an actor, although he opened a company and became a boss, he still likes others to call him Mr. Li."

The preliminary preparations for Cursed Grudge 2 were much faster than Lu Zhengyi expected, and at the beginning of April, the props team, photography team, and makeup team were ...... are all ready to a certain extent.

After all, with the first foundation, many things are ready-made, and there is no need to customize or look for them, such as the house of Gacoco and the interior decoration.

and is responsible for playing Ga Coconut, Aina Saeki, and the psychic Hibiki...... The three actors who have appeared in the first part are also already waiting for the start-up notice.

All of a sudden, it was Lu Zhengyi who dragged out the progress as the director, assistant director, and assistant director.

Because their roles are not set, the script is also relatively vague.

And because the script has not been fully decided, the preparation of some additional venues, props, and costumes is in a state of suspension.

and country,

In the hotel set by the crew,

Lu Zhengyi is discussing casting with Zhang Yu and Bai Wei.

"The pace of the film is the same as the first part, consisting of three main characters."

"The first character, of course, is the psychic Hibiko who was scared out of the house at the end of the first part, and in the plot, she hasn't finished yet, which is not good."

"The rule of the film is that everyone who enters the house will be haunted by the resentment of Gaco, and die, which is a hard setting."

He held the script and said as he wrote on it from time to time, "Of course, Hibiki's role is played by the teacher, but in addition, there are two other characters. ”

"A reporter who is currently tentatively scheduled An Xiaozhou, I define her as a reporter, a reporter who will make her grievances public, but I am ready to put her story at the end, after all, it is the end chapter."

"The other one hasn't been decided yet, I hope it's a young Japanese actor, preferably a relatively immature one, and it can be seen that he is under twenty years old, because I plan to shoot from the perspective of a high school student, a game of young people comparing their courage with each other."

"The idea of trying the courage game was suddenly thought of when I was talking to director Li Chuanxin about pen immortals before. Psychic and guts games have always been liked to try by young people who are not afraid of heaven and earth, no matter which country they are in, and the popularity is very high. ”

"And the country is particularly prominent in this aspect.,It's not just some school festivals.、Celebrations.,Even school trips and the like.,Will organize an activity similar to a test of courage.,It's very common.,So I'm going to start with this......"

Lu Zhengyi gave a general introduction, the actors who plan to audition and some basic plot settings.

Of course, as he said to Zhang Xueming before, this is only tentative.

They are currently in a state of no script, everything is just an idea in their heads, and they need to wait for the right actors to be found before they can be revised and formulated.

"Regarding reporters, I probably went to learn about some of An Xiaozhou's film and television images before." Zhang Yu gave a suggestion, "We can consider matching her with a pair of glasses at that time, if you have a pair of glasses, I think her image will be more in line with the identity of a reporter." ”

"In terms of character modeling, you can talk to Xiaowei."

Lu Zhengyi did not refuse, these were just opinions at the meeting.

Now they don't even see anyone, and in many ways they just make a simple plan.

"In the list of actors given by Mr. Zhang, there are still quite a lot of Chinese actors who meet the image of high school students." As an assistant to the director, Bai Wei also raised questions, "During this time, I have been auditioning and screening with Deputy Director Zhang, and there are some good acting skills. ”

"But this time we're looking for the kind of famous, or ...... Not famous? The actors in the list given by Mr. Zhang, to be honest, I don't know any of them. ”

"But I've seen some of their works, but I just don't have any impression of them, maybe the characters have fewer scenes, or maybe they themselves are almost not famous, so I didn't pay attention to them at all."

The three main characters of Curse 1 are Abu Kan, who plays Akisuke Kobayashi, and Chen Junsheng and Kyoko Kanda, who play under her real name.

Among these three people, in addition to Kyoko Kanda, Abu Kuan and Chen Junsheng are both very famous actor old-timers.

And this time, Lu Zhengyi put forward a proposal to conquer the market of the Southern Dynasties, and wanted to invite An Xiaozhou, an actress who was already known as a movie queen in the Southern Dynasties.

So the rest of the Japanese actors......

He still remembered what Director Lu said at the beginning, if it is a horror movie, it is best not to find a familiar face.

Don't look for the kind of actor who has already made a deep impression in the hearts of the audience.

"Let's first follow Xue Ming's list and audition the actors who have been invited." Lu Zhengyi hesitated for a moment, "I did choose An Xiaozhou out of some market demand considerations, but I still say the same thing, try to find those who are not famous." ”

It's like some foreign brands always like to ask some celebrities with a lot of traffic to endorse when they settle in China.

Some of them will find out the actual situation of the spokesperson, but some of them will be evaluated completely based on the number of fans.

But in any case, these are a kind of compromise for them to the Tang market.

They think that since these stars can win so much attention, they must be able to bring enough sales to their brands.

This is also the case with Lu Zhengyi.

An Xiaozhou is not only known as the queen of the Southern Dynasties, but also famous in the He Kingdom and the Tang Kingdom.

In China, Lu Zhengyi is sure that he can do a good job in a movie with all the newcomers.

Whether it is filming or post-promotion, he is confident that he will find the right path.

But abroad, after all, it is not the home field, based on his own identity and foreign capital, he still needs to make some compromises to the market, and as a 'movie queen', her own acting skills are of course quite good, but it may be in the face, which will make familiar audiences play.

However, this can also be solved through makeup.

"If it is according to the previous list, I and the master have already selected three people."

Bai Wei first looked at Zhang Yu, and after waiting for his nod, he opened his mouth to look at Lu Zhengyi and handed over a document, "One is called Takashi Mihashi, although he is thirty years old, his image is still more in line with the category of high school students, and he has also starred in a film about ...... TV series of bad boys. ”

"The other is Kenren Yamazaki, he is thirty-four years old, he is also more in line with high school students in terms of image, and he has also had works on campus before, and when he auditions in private, he is very polite, but in terms of his works, it is more gloomy, at least for the audience who have seen his works."

"The last one is a little younger, Takahashi Fumi, who is currently twenty-one years old and has starred in ...... The tokusatsu drama Kamen Rider, perhaps because of his age, is not as good as the previous two in terms of acting skills, but in terms of age and image, it is more in line with the characters you just said. ”

Based on the opinions given by Zhang Yu when preparing for the Xenodimensional Space last time.

This time, in addition to Yu Wenxiu and An Xiaozhou, who have already been decided, there is also a leading actor who needs to be selected through the normal process.

That is, after passing the first round of auditions for Zhang Yu, the assistant director, and himself, as the director's assistant, can he participate in the final audition directly selected by Lu Zhengyi.

And in the process of their first round of auditions, there were three who met the requirements.

To be honest, it's okay to find some abilities in Heguo, but it's still difficult to have actors who aren't famous.

Because under the conditions of having acting skills, the actor's own artistic age will probably be more than seven years, and when he reaches this artistic age, he really has the talent of an actor, so he will have a certain degree of fan base.

Even if you have been playing some supporting roles with little role, you will get some titles such as 'Uncle Crocodile', 'Dean Professional Household', 'Parents Professional ......Household' and so on.

is not like Tang Guo, because the market is too competitive and there are too many actors, so even the supporting roles such as maids, maids, and maids are all competing and grabbing, and many people who have the ability but can't grab them have become unknown.

"I have to meet first, and tomorrow An Xiaozhou will end his trip and come over."

Lu Zhengyi took the document in his hand, looked at it briefly a few times, and put it back on the table, "Tomorrow, the list of actors will be decided, and then the script will be improved according to the actual conditions of the actors, I think...... It should be ready for production in mid-April. ”

"But it's still late, and there's no way to finish filming before June."

"Maybe before the finale, I will arrange a break, and the crew will temporarily suspend work for three or four days, and I have to go back to China to do something."

"Three or four days?"

Zhang Yu was a little surprised, but he didn't ask much, just reminded, "If it's three or four days, it's okay, it won't affect the state of the actors and the working atmosphere of the crew, but if there are more, the situation may not be the same." ”

Even if Lu Zhengyi is in control of the crew, if the holiday is too long, people will be slack and unaccustomed.

"I understand."

Lu Zhengyi nodded and closed the script in front of him, "Then that's all for today, right?" ”

"Then let's stop here."

Zhang Yu responded, but after standing up, he said a little helplessly, "But Director Lu, why do you only seem to care about the next film, the film we made before is still in the release period, so you should also pay attention to it." ”

Lu Zhengyi looked at him suspiciously, "I have a concern." ”

This answer made Zhang Yu stunned, "I don't know, the box office of Xenospace has broken 900 million now, and it has only been released for a month." ”

He said it as a matter of course.

900 million, the box office reached 900 million within one month of release, which also means that the follow-up film may be on the top 100 box office list in the Tang Kingdom.

Lu Zhengyi will once again refresh this list, and there are two works on it that are written by him.

"I know."

Lu Zhengyi replied suspiciously again, "I must have paid attention to my movie, and even if I haven't watched the news, Xue Ming will send me a message." ”

"What about you...... So calm. ”

Zhang Yu's expression was a little strange.

Yes, calm.

Ever since he went to Lu Zhengyi's room for a meeting this morning, he had been paying attention, observing, and wanting to see any joy on this face.

But from beginning to end, there was only peace on his face.

Zhang Yu also thought that Lu Zhengyi hadn't watched the news at all.

"Hmm...... It doesn't make a difference, I feel, 600 million, 900 million, or 1 billion, it's all about the same. ”

Lu Zhengyi replied as a matter of course, with an expression of 'I'm not interested in money' on his face, "As for the success of the movie, isn't this something that has been expected for a long time?" When you shoot, when you see the finished film, when you see the premiere reviews...... Actually, I have known it for a long time. ”

His tone was flat.

Although the box office and attention of Xenospace are as high as ever, his heart is not as surging as before.

Probably used to it.

The anticipation of the old corpse in the mountain village when he was scolded in the underworld, the excitement when the curse was on the hot search, and the funny and the first commandment when people secretly paid attention to the truth and falsehood of the double pupils...... With his own reputation and reputation in China, it has become a matter of course to have this achievement.

On the contrary, without this achievement, Lu Zhengyi's mood swings may be even greater.

For him, the domestic market is already in his comfort zone.

There may be some directors who will accept this comfort, and take this for granted.

As long as you make a movie in China, even if it is one a year, you can rely on this one to make money that others can't make in a lifetime, so it's enough, and there is no need to hit the overseas market with the possibility that it may be too late.

But Lu Zhengyi is different.

He's still young and he's still very motivated.

Since the domestic market can no longer make his heart beat more violently, he must look overseas.

And Bai Wei was beside him, and he didn't think there was anything out of the ordinary.

600 million, 900 million, or 1 billion? As a cultivator, money will definitely not make Director Lu very concerned.

Glory? They have also been acquired more than once.

After all, from that time on, basically the horror movies directed by Lu Zhengyi also meant success.

Then there is really nothing to care about in this matter.

As a person who followed from beginning to end, Bai Wei felt that in fact, from the beginning of his eyes, Director Lu had lost some excitement about the success of the movie.

It was only later when he was filming the grudge that he had some anticipation.

In this regard, Zhang Yu was stunned for a while, and then nodded in a trance, "Okay, maybe my impression is still stuck in the past." ”

If it had been before, they would probably have celebrated it again.

A group of people drank, ate supper, and sang until dawn.

That's what they did in the first place, at Lu Zhengyi's house.

But it turns out that such an achievement, but now it is not even necessary to celebrate?

(End of chapter)