Chapter 476 Public Relations
The role of a female lawyer is very important.
In the play, she needs to be able to compete with, or even outperform, the cunning, ruthless, and good-disguising male protagonist played by Leonardo.
At Crystal Pictures, Lin Nan met Naomi Watts, who was recommended by DiCaprio and played the role of a female lawyer.
To be objective, Lin Nan believes that the average strength of native British actors should be the highest among Hollywood actors.
"Lin, nice to meet you, and thank Leon for recommending me to audition."
After the audition, Naomi Watts and Lin Nan chatted.
For Lin Nan, the person in front of her is also an actress who is a mother, so she should be able to better assume the role.
"When the time comes, your makeup should look older."
Hearing Lin Nan's words, the smile on the other person's face stopped for a second, and then he spoke calmly.
"Actors should accept everything about the role. This is the professional ethics and quality they should have."
Lin Nan knew that Naomi Watts had understood the meaning of his words.
He stood up and extended his hand, "Welcome to the crew of "The Invisible Guest"."
The other party was stunned for a moment, and then extended his hand to shake Lin Nan's hand. He smiled and said:
“Thank you, it’s a great honor to participate in this movie...”
Tom personally sent Naomi Watts out, agreeing to sign the contract another day.
In less than two minutes, he came back.
"Lin, as a gentleman, you should have used a hug or a kiss on the face when treating a British lady."
"Haha, you really have enough to show off. "
Lin Nan looked at Tom and said something. Of course he knew this, but he just didn't have the idea.
If he really talked about etiquette, Lin Nan would have to have a good chat with him about Chinese etiquette.
Let this fat Tom know what the truly ancient Eastern etiquette culture is, and it cannot be compared with the British one.
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Although Lin Nan said that he would have video auditions with domestic actresses during the day, he still controlled the time.
So he started auditioning at 5 pm Los Angeles time, which happened to be around 8 am in China.
First of all, this is a foreign language film. If the English language is not fluent enough, a small number of actors will be blocked, such as those few little flowers. Lin Nan does not want to use dubbing actors.
I auditioned Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, and Zhou Xun successively, but they were perfunctory with Zhao Yanzi.
Lin Nan still felt something was wrong. Maybe it was the opportunity to participate in a Hollywood movie. It was really too tempting. Several of the actresses were a little reserved or too deliberate.
Zhou Xun is okay, but the image is too petite, and has the same flaws as Zhang Ziyi in the morning.
The shortcomings of the international chapter are more obvious, it is too bad.
Even Leonardo shook his head and said, "Which man with a successful career would find a lover like this?"
For a moment, Lin Nan couldn't refute, and the more he thought about it, the more it made sense, and he was speechless.
“I have a headache!”
“The next day, Lin Nan was sitting in the office of Crystal Pictures, feeling troubled.
“Lin, why don’t you think about it? Jessica Chastain?
She's also a favorite for this year's Oscars, along with Naomi Watts. "
Tom's words made Lin Nan hesitate.
He originally thought that if it was suitable, he would take care of domestic actresses, but now.
Suddenly, Lin Nan reacted to Tom's second sentence, "You mean, they both have movies registered for this year's Oscars? "
Tom nodded and said affirmatively:
"Yes, even if they can't win the award, as long as they can be nominated, it will be of great help to our film!"
Lin Nan sat there, frowning and thinking. He couldn't deny that what Tom said did make sense.
A few minutes later, Lin Nan patted her thigh, "Okay, it's her! You go and do it."
"Understood."
Since the actress did Once the choice is made, only the final supporting actor is left, which is much simpler.
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Emails about the audition results were sent back to China.
The media responded quickly and the news immediately appeared online.
“It is reported that all domestic female stars auditioned for director Lin Nan’s new work, the Hollywood movie "The Invisible Guest", and without exception, they were all wiped out."
"At the Oscars, participate Zhang Ziyi, who was judged for the award, also failed in the audition..."
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“Good guy, are you so strict! Call them all back?”
“It’s really harsh, none of them succeeded!”
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Liu Yifei’s Weibo is already very lively.
"I'm curious, which actors did Director Lin choose in the end?" "Yifei, help us ask, I'm very curious."
"Why did Fan Bingbing lose out? What's wrong with her?"
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Liu Yifei came back from the jewelry exhibition and just took a shower.
At this moment, the whole person looks pink and tender, very delicate.
Seeing so many people leaving messages for Aite himself, he simply sat on the sofa and started scrolling on Weibo.
“I don’t know, wait until I go over and ask him, and I’ll tell you later.”
A unified reply immediately attracted a large number of netizens and fans to watch.
“I’ll go, the real person replied!”
"Is Producer Liu going to Hollywood too? Accompanying Director Lin, or working?"
"Will you be back on New Year's Eve? I look forward to meeting you and Director Lin at the mall!"
>...
Liu Yifei also got excited and actually started chatting.
"Go and see him, and get some work by the way. If the movie can be finished before New Year's Eve, we will come back."
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“I don’t know what Aunt Liu thought when she heard this. My daughter is going to accompany that person again this year!”
“What can the mother-in-law think? That’s the son-in-law!”
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The next day, some media reporters photographed Liu Yifei at the airport.
A pair of sunglasses covered most of his face, and he wore a white thin shirt and a khaki windbreaker on his upper body.
High-waist casual pants, a pair of white sneakers, and long hair shawl, look very cool.
Two female assistants followed him, pushing two large suitcases.
When he saw the reporter, he raised his scissor hand in cooperation and showed a sweet smile.
"Liu Yifei appeared at the Capital Airport today, suspected of flying directly to Hollywood..."
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Lin Nan was invited to attend the public relations reception for Li An's "Youth Pi".
To be honest, in the past he only knew that films competing for the Olympics needed to find special public relations companies, but he had never been in contact with these companies.
From Li An's side, Lin Nan had a deeper understanding of some specific operations.
According to the type of film and the number of awards the film applies for, a proprietary public relations plan will be developed.
Even the public relations company has to conduct specific screening of the thousands of academy judges.
Then make a list, which will classify the academy judges, mark their different preferences, and the amount of public relations needed.
An excellent film must start preparing for public relations from the moment it registers for the Oscars. The first step is to be shortlisted for nominations, and then the winners list.
In these two stages, you have to spend money. The further you go, the more money you have to spend.
But throwing money is not giving money directly, but "spending money" in different ways.
It's a science to start with the little things. You can give gifts, but you can't give money or valuables directly.
"Director Li, can you tell me how much the public relations fee for "Life of Pi" is?"
In the corner, Lin Nan and Li An were talking quietly.
He will also take this step in the future. There is no harm in understanding it early. You can be mentally prepared in advance.
“The initial budget is 10 million dollars, and more will be added depending on the situation...”
Li An didn't hide anything and gave Lin Nan a direct answer.
“This is also a gamble. Once you are successfully nominated, you will make back everything you spent.
If you win the prize, or even win several awards, film copyrights and other income, you will definitely be successful in the world. It will make a lot of money."
Li An glanced at Lin Nan and smiled;
"With your current achievements, it is the most fundamental thing to consider and prepare for both the outside and the mainland. The difference is that we won’t be ranked based on seniority. As long as there are no such rigid rules, it will be much easier.”
Lin Nan did not answer Li An's words, but just smiled and nodded to express his acquiescence. What Li An said was indeed the truth.
“If you need it, I can introduce you to the public relations company of "Pi" later. In terms of Oscar public relations, even the major production giants are not as professional and powerful as those specialized public relations companies. "
"Thank you, Director Li. I'll go find you after the reception."
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
Lin Nan raised his glass. Take a sip.
He had to go to bed early tonight, and he would have to pick up Miss Liu early tomorrow morning.
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(End of this chapter)