Chapter 193 "Inception" Audition
Lin Nan's phone number is really about to get blown away.
It all means the same thing. I want to know the content of the script, or the setting of the female character.
Even unfamiliar companies like Hairun and Xingmei came to join in the fun.
A large number of agencies and actors are silently waiting for the next announcement from China Film Group, preparing to take the plunge and audition.
Jiang Yiyan is also preparing. In her opinion, Lin Nan only accounts for 5%, so it is impossible to provide much help to Liu Yifei and cannot influence the outcome.
Zhang Ziyi inquired about Warner through her fiancé.
In her eyes, she should be the closest to the producer. After all, her fiancé is Warner’s largest individual shareholder.
But the response received was not ideal. The huge Time Warner Group is also full of hills.
The "Inception" project is led by Christopher Nolan, and no one else can get involved at all.
"Looking at the country, in terms of strength and status, except for those one or two, I don't believe anyone can compete with me."
Zhang Ziyi muttered, preparing to audition when the time comes.
Although she has acted in many Hollywood movies, she has never been successful at the box office.
But Leonardo is different. The latter has a familiar nickname, which is box office guarantee!
If she can take this opportunity to achieve a breakthrough in the movie box office, it will be of great help to her career.
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The Olympic Games have boosted the Chinese people's sense of honor, and also made housing prices in the capital jump up a few notches.
After listening to Lin Nan's advice, Yue Jun didn't wait any longer and bought a small villa directly, which was considered to be completely rooted.
"The King of Kung Fu" received a box office of 60 million in the three days of May Day, and the total domestic box office reached 150 million, and the growth has not slowed down at all.
Lin Nan has been distracted a lot in the past two days, sometimes feeling groggy, and there are always double images in front of her eyes.
On the 6th, Nolan and his team arrived in the capital.
China Film Group took charge of the reception and announced to the public that it had begun accepting audition resumes.
Then it quickly spread online.
"Lin, are you really not coming over?" Tom called and asked.
“No, just take your time and audition.”
"Okay then. Don't worry, nothing will go wrong, I promise. Haha."
The entire industry is paying attention to China Film. The media even wanted to interview him, but was stopped outside China Film.
The reporters turned around and began to look for Lin Nan.
The latter has been taking calls all morning, and even Zhang Ziyi called.
The meaning behind the words is that I will audition, but I don’t know if Lin Nan will participate in the casting.
Lin Nan's answers to these people were all consistent: he would not go to the scene.
No matter how these people understood his reply, Lin Nan only accepted the literal meaning.
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Hua Yi’s intention to poach Deng Chao has been obvious in the past two years, otherwise why would he give so many resources.
The latter reciprocated the favor, but the contract had not expired, so he kept dragging on the performances arranged by his previous agency until the contract expired recently.
I thought I could successfully sign Huayi, but it turned out that my former agency was not a vegetarian and directly sued Deng Chao.
The company claimed 7.5 million yuan on the grounds that it was suspected of breach of contract, causing the company to suffer huge losses.
There are many companies in the industry who are laughing at it. Huayi has been too domineering in the past two years. It does not want to train new talents on its own, but only selects mature artists raised by others.
Lin Nan heard Huang Xiaoming mention something.
The leader is a smart man and he thought about the situation between Fan Bingbing and Li Bingbing.
After Deng Chao came in, the relationship with him was probably that kind of competition.
Zhou Xun also came to join in the fun, which Lin Nan didn't expect.
“All the female artists in the company are watching, and my agent also asked me to try it. I thought I might as well ask you, aren’t you a screenwriter?”
“ Bought the stock?”
“Bought one million shares”
"I suggest you don't go." Lin Nan said.
“Why?”
Lin Nan hesitated, not knowing whether to open his mouth or not, but finally said it.
“Your age may not be an advantage.”
“Holy shit, you call me old?”
Across the phone, Lin Nan almost had his ears ringing from the roaring sound.
“No, absolutely not.
I’ll tell you, the character in the script is in his twenties. Even if Nolan and the others have lowered their requirements, why can’t they be under thirty? "You just said I'm old, so there's no need to make excuses. That's it, I'm done." Lin Nan admired it.
On the other side, Zhou Xun smiled after hanging up the phone, "Under thirty years old? Doesn't that mean that guy's trip will be in vain, haha..."
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A few days later, China Film Group announced that auditions had begun.
Actresses in the industry who passed the resume screening began to take action.
The next day, a large number of media reporters stood outside China Film and Television, preparing to snap photos.
For such a big production, actresses don't have much face to worry about. They all have to go in and queue up and wait in person.
China Film Group has opened a reception banquet hall to facilitate these actors and artists to rest and wait.
Lu Zheng and Jing Tian successfully entered China Film Academy.
Everywhere you look, there are all actresses with beautiful faces and excellent figures.
The most eye-catching ones are the big flowers: Zhang Ziyi, Li Bingbing and Fan Bingbing.
There are also Gao Yuanyuan and Jiang Yiyan who took leave from the crew of "Nanjing".
Yu Nan, Zeng Li, Huang Shengyi, Han Xie, Yang Mi, Tang Yan, Dong Xuan...
The people present have all passed the preliminary screening of China Film. "Tiantian, let's go, find a place to sit first."
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On the other side, Lin Nan endured a headache and sent Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli into the car.
"Come on, I'm waiting for your good news." Lin Nan smiled and waved.
"Yes, I can." Liu Yifei smiled sweetly.
The car started slowly and left the villa.
"Tom, if you screw up, haha..."
Lin Nan muttered something and walked to the villa with a headache. He had to take his temperature, but he always felt uncomfortable.
Outside of China Film Academy.
The media reporters have been extremely excited for a long time. Today, all the people photographed are famous actors, and the number is still increasing.
A car drove slowly.
“Here comes another person, hurry up.”
"It's Liu Yifei and her mother!"
Waving to greet the reporters, the two entered the China Film Studio.
“It’s so beautiful, I hope she can choose it.”
A reporter looked at the photo he just took and sighed.
“It’s beautiful.”
The banquet hall was already filled with many people.
Looking at Liu Yifei and her daughter coming in, many actresses instantly felt that they had another strong competitor.
Liu Yifei’s two consecutive movies are both related to Hollywood, which is a huge plus.
Li Bingbing was the first to greet Liu Yifei, followed by Zeng Li and Jiang Yiyan. Yang Mi hesitated and finally shouted.
Liu Yifei responded politely one by one.
Not long after, Zhang Ziyi came out of the audition with a smile on her face.
After seeing it, many people became a little nervous.
This is what Zhang Ziyi wants. Even Christopher Nolan recognizes her strength and status.
In these little girl films, the psychological quality is not necessarily very strong. It is best to be able to mess up during the audition.
Someone came over and called Jing Tian’s name, and Lu Zheng accompanied him there.
"Tiantian, be more confident."
"Yes, I understand, Uncle Lu."
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Nolan looked at the English resume in his hand , I find it very interesting. The little girl in front of me has acted in Lin Nan's movie, a science fiction film that has not yet been released.
Tom next to him also looked like he had seen a ghost. He knew how much Lin Nan valued "The Martian". The actors in it were all selected by Lin Nan himself.
But Lin Nan didn't tell him about the girl in front of him.
"Your English is good, but it's a pity that there will be better opportunities in the future." Nolan gave the answer.
When Jing Tian heard this, his mind went blank for a moment, he said a dull thank you and left.
Lu Zheng looked at Jing Tian who came out and already guessed the answer. There were tears in the girl's eyes.
“I really want to act with him...”
Only he could hear the faint murmuring. Jing Tian thought of Liu Yifei who was still in the banquet hall...
Female artists came in one by one, some brushed them off directly, and some asked them to wait for news.
Nolan said that Li Bingbing’s age was not an advantage, which embarrassed the latter.
Tom slipped out and walked towards the banquet hall. He had a mission.
Li Bingbing knew that he was out of luck, and was talking to Liu Yifei at the moment. During the filming of "The King of Kung Fu", the two became familiar with each other.
"Come on, I'll go back first, bye."
"Bye."
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The audition finally came to Yang Mi. As soon as she got up, she saw A foreigner came towards me. He was very fat.
The foreigner looked surprised and shouted in Chinese, "Crystal, long time no see."
Just when Yang Mi and others were confused, they heard Liu Yifei's voice.
"Tom, you're actually here?"
Liu Yifei's eyes widened with a look of disbelief.
Liu Xiaoli also recognized this fat man. When her daughter was filming "Journey to the Center of the Earth," he often came to visit her and was Lin Nan's friend.
"Haha, we haven't seen each other for 3 years. You are more beautiful than when you were filming "Journey to the Center of the Earth"." Tom said loudly.
Many people around me were a little confused. Does Liu Yifei know the person who auditioned? !
Tom didn't stay for two minutes before going back again. It would be nice to see people, but he didn't want to mess this up.
Nolan looked through her resume. It was rare for a girl in front of her to have such a good resume at her age.
Especially "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "The Kung Fu King". The former is controlled by New Line. To put it bluntly, it is a Warner project. The latter is now also very popular at the box office in North America. Great.
"OK, Crystal, right? You have great language talent and experience in action films. We will consider you..."
"Thank you, Director Nolan. Goodbye, Tom and Paul." Liu Yifei smiled and waved and walked out.
Nolan looked at the two people on the left and right in surprise and found that they were both smiling.
"You all know her?" Nolan asked doubtfully.
"Christopher, "The King of Kung Fu" is produced by Lionsgate, and I am the producer assigned to the crew." Paul smiled.
"What about you, Tom?"
"Dear Director Nolan, the movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth" was Lin Nan's eighteenth birthday gift to her. Do you understand what I mean? Haha..."
Nolan was stunned. After a few seconds, he took out Liu Yifei's resume from the document bag marked "Alternate"...
(End of Chapter)