Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 135: Demons Dance, Cyberpunk

But until Li Qiutang left the United States, Michael Lynn was unable to negotiate the copyright from Susan Collins.

There were several companies in talks, but Michael Lynn got involved late and was not in an advantageous position.

However, Michael Lynn's identity as former CEO and co-chairman of New Line Cinema is indeed useful. Just because the company has been merged, we cannot deny Michael Lynn's ability and means working at New Line for decades.

Before Li Qiutang went back, Michael Lynn patted his chest and assured him that he would definitely win "The Hunger Games".

Michael Lynn, who is nearly 70 years old, has to consider whether this Oriental director is his only chance to return to Hollywood in the rest of his life - he is too old, and other companies are only willing to let him serve as a consultant, a nominal position. Only this Oriental man is willing to let him be the CEO, even though Lantern Entertainment is still a makeshift team.

He was naturally very dissatisfied when New Line was merged with Warner. He never thought of overturning the big ship of Warner, which was unrealistic. He just wanted to make a career again and let the outside world see that he could make a comeback.

After returning to China, Li Qiutang got the second round audition result for the female lead Lan Xin in "In Time".

The casting team imitated popular talent shows and gave each actor a score based on their overall performance.

Li Qiutang specifically looked at Liu Yifei's score, 7.3/10.

Not good, not bad.

It can't be that bad, I gave her such a good cheat, and she only got 7 points? Li Qiutang thought.

Looking at the score details, Liu Yifei's text comprehension score was as high as 8.5 points, almost the highest among all the actresses who applied.

The styling score is also very high, but there is no gap between her and other actors. She is good-looking, and the others are also good-looking. Lan Xin is different from characters like Xiaolongnu. If she dresses up beautifully, there will not be too big a gap between her and others.

Liu Yifei’s performance in the audition was poor, with only 6.4 points.

Li Qiutang found Liu Yifei's audition video and discovered that her performance of the early version of Lan Xin, that is, the rich lady version of Lan Xin, was accurate.

But when it comes to portraying the revolutionary soldier version of Lan Xin, she is not good enough. It's okay to watch her alone, as the role of Lan Xin does not require high acting skills from the actress. It's enough to be the heroine of a commercial blockbuster, but acting skills are something that should be compared. Compared with the other two auditioning actors, Yu Nan and Xiao Song Jia, her shortcomings in acting are too obvious.

However, the casting team actually thought that Liu Yifei was very suitable.

"Lan Xin's acting skills are not high, Liu Yifei is good enough, what we want is her star power. This is what Yu Nan, Jiang Qinqin and others don't have." To put it bluntly, the purpose is to sell tickets!

Liu Yifei has many fans and a large amount of traffic - although this concept does not exist now, the basic principle is this - and can attract many audiences to the cinema.

This is what the casting team wanted.

There are many people with good acting skills in the drama theater, but how many of them have the star power to become stars?

The casting team is specialized in this.

"Liu Yifei also performed very well in the previous physical fitness test. She is only in her 20s, and her movements and physical fitness are very good, much better than Yu Nan and others."

"We don't need to choose the best actor, we need to choose the most suitable one."

But the role is not so easy to determine.

With so many investors, the role of the heroine will not be easily given to a little girl with a poor background.

Chengtian still strongly promotes young Song Jia to play Lan Xin.

Are Liu Yifei and Song Jia the only important candidates for the female lead? Zhang Ziyi, even Zhao Yanzi and other big stars have approached the crew, hoping to get the role of Lan Xin, but they just didn't come to audition. Liu Yifei has a mysterious star power, but she is not the most competitive candidate for Lan Xin.

A reality that is hard to admit is that casting often depends on the actor's ability and compatibility with the role, but external skills are also important, such as whether your background is strong enough.

Little Song Jia is backed by Orange Sky Entertainment, the main producer of "In Time", and Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Yanzi and others are all well-established in the circle.

In comparison, Liu Yifei's background is not very impressive.

She "offended" Huayi - basically everyone in the circle knew about it - and she hasn't had any filming opportunities for more than a year; The Godfather nearly went bankrupt due to the financial crisis, and only recovered after the 4 trillion yuan bailout, and now he can't spare the time to help her.

There is only her mother around her, and she is still a lone worker. To put it bluntly, if Liu Yifei hadn't been so popular before, she might not have been able to get into the crew for an audition.

A 22-year-old girl, she can be easily controlled by other actresses.

Li Qiutang took some time to look at the casting and asked the casting team to continue selecting other actors, but he still emphasized: "Don't decide on any actor now, wait until I come back." Isn't the 3000 million investment just the control over the crew?

The location scouting team has returned, bringing back thousands of photos and more than 2,000 minutes of video footage for Li Qiutang to see.

In the conception of Li Qiutang, director of photography Cao Dun and art designer, the art style of "In Time" can be summarized in eight words - chaos and cyberpunk.

Because immortality is real in the world of "In Time", the aesthetics of this world will become bizarre!
There are many cities around the world that meet these artistic requirements, including Shanghai, Shancheng, Hong Kong and Tokyo in Asia alone.

The location scouting teams also conduct many inspections in these cities.

"The Tokyo urban cluster is actually very suitable for our style, but we had a brief communication with Tokyo, and they said that it was too difficult to get their filming permits. They said that unless it was a large Hollywood crew, ordinary foreign crews would not be able to get filming permits in Tokyo."

Filming in Tokyo is notoriously difficult, but Li Qiutang didn't think the location scouting team was making excuses. He carefully reviewed the materials on domestic cities.

Li Qiutang mainly looked through the location scouting materials of Shancheng and Xiangjiang, and highlighted a few places: "These places look OK... This ramp is very good, will the crew be allowed to enter Repulse Bay?"

"If we find the right production team, there shouldn't be any problems." The location scouting team leader then recommended, "I think Edko Pictures is a good fit."

"Whose villa is this?" A luxurious villa appeared on the big screen, but what Li Qiutang valued was not the house, but the slope in front of the house.

In Li Qiutang's conception, the design of ups and downslopes is a very important expression of class differences. Going upslope means entering the upper class, while going downslope means sliding into the lower class.

“We didn’t ask.” The location scout team leader was a little embarrassed, but quickly explained, “There was no one around when we were shooting. We called the property management company, and they said they would call the police to arrest us.”

Li Qiutang smiled: "They will definitely not disclose the privacy of the owner. It's okay, I'll take a look when I re-inspect."

Li Qiutang looked around and found that Jiangcheng and Hong Kong were the most suitable options, while Shanghai was not quite up to par.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. Take a few days off and we'll go for a resurvey when you're done."

After looking at the location scouting materials, Li Qiutang left, thinking about where to go for something to eat.

He subconsciously took out his cell phone and called Liu Yifei: "Yifei, are you in Yanjing? Do you want to have a midnight snack? I'll treat you."

It is now 10:20 at night.

And Liu Yifei actually agreed to come out.

(End of this chapter)