Early the next morning, Ryan drove to the crew to shoot.

Monica Bellucci got up early in the morning, went to Helen, and went to the Twentieth Century Fox studio again to negotiate the remuneration and announce that he had officially joined the crew.

For this reason, neither Monica Bellucci nor Helen have paid too much attention to the treatment, but plan to sign the contract as soon as possible.

At the same time, she officially started dieting, shaping her body, eliminating any alcoholic beverages and foods high in protein, and returned to her apartment to live.

For the next few days, Ryan could only stay on the set and shoot.

As for Claudia Schiffer, she has been staying in Europe and has no intention of coming back, except for the occasional phone call to say hello, it is estimated that this deal can only be temporarily closed, except that new deals appear.

Shooting for five consecutive days, there were no special shots, not even bloody scenes, no broken corpses appeared, it seemed very quiet, a bit like a horror movie.

The only change was that Ryan significantly sped up the filming.

After more than a month of shooting, filming is coming to an end.

In a middle school basketball hall, Kevin Bakken is training with the school basketball team.

Ryan looked through the camera for a while, thought it was pretty good, and said, "You can start shooting." ”

"Scene 275, Act 11, begins. ”

Standing in front of two rows of tall basketball players, Kevin Bakken kept talking about training.

Next, they will split into two teams to play against each other, and Kevin Bakken keeps getting the players moving.

The scene was somewhat chaotic, a lot more troublesome than expected, and it took six or seven shots before Ryan felt that it was almost enough for them to stop.

When the filming ended, Ryan told everyone not to leave in a hurry, "OK, although I'd love to announce the end of filming and let everyone leave this damn crew and go back and get some rest." ”

"But I must announce the very sad news that Twentieth Century Fox will have a big party at the Four Seasons Hotel in the evening. ”

"Wow ......"

Before he could finish speaking, the crew, including the actors, had already begun to cheer.

It took more than a month of intense shooting, counting the preliminary preparations, and it has been more than two months, and I haven't had a good rest.

Tonight they could finally relax, and it was a Four Seasons party, known for its luxury.

As Ryan finished speaking, the crew began to quickly clean up, without urging at all, which shows the charm of the Four Seasons party.

"Ryan. ”

Kevin Bacon changed his clothes and walked over to thank him, while asking about the actor's audition.

In this regard, he did not hide it at all, and there was no need to hide it, and expressed his will very bluntly.

"Kevin......" Ryan said there was no problem, "in early May, you will definitely receive an invitation to audition, as for the rest, I can't guarantee it for the time being." ”

The filming is over, but there are a bunch of things to do, whether the special effects of industrial light and magic are ideal, whether they need to be modified, as well as the post-production soundtrack, editing, etc.

Even, the release time and distribution of the film have to communicate with Twentieth Century Fox.

Even if you don't have a penny in your investment, you still need to pay attention to these.

In two days, I will attend the Oscars with Monica Bellucci.

In addition, it will take some time to renovate the filming location on the Canadian side.

makes the crew audition, for the time being, can only be put in April or early May.

"Thank you. Kevin Bakken said thank you again, he is still confident in his acting skills, at least there should be no problem passing the first few rounds of auditions.

However, the final audition result sometimes does not only rely on acting skills, but also on connections.

Perhaps, it's time for a new broker.

"You're welcome, and I really hope you'll pass the audition. Ryan wished sincerely.

As long as Kevin Bakken can pass the audition, it's not impossible to get the role.

Similarly, if he can't pass the audition, Ryan will definitely refuse without hesitation.

With an investment of up to $35 million, no one would joke about a $35 million project.

In fact, the investment in the previous life was as high as $60 million, far more than $35 million.

The reason why Ryan was able to reduce the cost by about half was nothing more than wanting to compress the salary of actors, such as Jim Carrey.

Jim Carrey, several films released in succession have been box office hits, and her value has naturally risen.

One of them is a big name, grossing $119 million in North America and $351 million worldwide, with a film investment cost of only $18 million.

The second film, which grossed $72 million in North America and $107.2 million worldwide, cost only $12 million in investment.

The third part grossed $127 million in North America and $2.47 worldwide, and the investment cost of the film was only $16 million.

Three films with an investment of just over $10 million in a row are big hits, two of which can rank in the top ten of the North American box office list this year, and Jim Carrey's salary will definitely rise significantly.

According to Ryan's estimates, Jim Carrey is likely to shout out a $20 million salary, as well as a share of the global box office.

Such conditions are too high for them, and they can only change an actor, such as Kevin Bakken in front of him.

In this way, the investment cost of the film can naturally be reduced by a large margin.

Of course, if Jim Carrey's salary is slightly reduced, such as about $10 million, even if he pays a certain percentage of the North American box office, it is still very cost-effective.

As for $20 million, and a share of the global box office, it is obviously unlikely.

At the evening party, Monica Bellucci didn't attend, and Ryan had to come alone.

Fortunately, Twentieth Century Fox is very humane, in addition to a group of crew members, many young female models were invited to come, and there were no less than six or seven women around him alone, all of whom were tall and looked very young and beautiful.

Ryan declined a number of implicit invitations, took a glass of red wine, came to Helen's side, and leaned on the couch casually, "I heard that Kevin Bakken is pursuing you!"

Helen glanced up at him and asked lightly, "What do you think?"

"I think!" Ryan shook the red wine from his glass and said frankly, "Unless he gets water in his head, he won't be interested in you in any way." ”

There are many beautiful women in Hollywood, and with Kevin Bakken's status, it is very easy to find a female companion.

Or rather, he could have found a young supermodel like Claudia Schiffer, who is beautiful, has a great body, is very good at playing, and has a lot of tricks to scare people, and he is not responsible.

Instead of looking for an agent who keeps a straight face all day, is busy twenty-four hours a day, and doesn't have any time off.

There are a lot of ambiguities between actors and their agents, but they have always stayed away from other people's agents.

"Boring answer," Helen said, changing her sitting position, "He wants to change to a new agent, provided that he needs to get the lead actor in your next film." ”

A very boring deal.

Expected answer. Ryan took a sip of red wine and wasn't surprised at all, "Unfortunately, he's not my first choice." ”

No matter what, he will try to invite Jim Carrey to play, and will not audition publicly unless the other party asks too much or refuses outright.

"So I didn't say yes. Helen said lightly.

"May I ask who your first choice is?"

Of course, you can also choose not to answer. ”

With what she knows about Ryan, if Kevin Bakken fits the role in the crew, I'm afraid it would have been decided a long time ago, and there would be no need to audition at all.

At the same time, I was somewhat curious about Ryan's first choice.

"Jim Carrey, one of the highest-grossing Hollywood stars in North America last year. Ryan didn't need to hide anything from this, Helen would know sooner or later anyway.

Jim Carrey!

Helen glanced at him, her tone was very calm, and said, "Unless you can convince Touchstone to increase the investment budget and pay a very high salary, it will be difficult to hire Jim Carrey to play." ”

"If you don't try it, how do you know if you'll agree. Ryan has already decided to go back and ask Sophia to send an invitation to Jim Carrey, and as for whether he will be rejected, we will talk about it later.