Light and shadow player

Chapter 73 Casting of "Number One in the World"
Universal is the oldest group in Badali, second only to Paramount.

It's really that when he was playing movies, others didn't know what movies were.

Cheng Yu'an readily accepted the olive branch thrown by Universal. The road to independent production is difficult. First, Cheng Yu'an does not have so much money to support a Hollywood film company to run independently, and second, he does not have many contacts in Hollywood.

But Cheng Yu'an did not sell himself to Universal, but signed a joint development contract with Universal.

The first film was "Pride and Prejudice". A large film company invested 2000 million US dollars, and the other part of the investment was handed over to Universal. The distribution and peripheral development, including subsequent public relations, were also packaged to Universal.

After staying in the United States for half a month, dealing with some company and personal investment issues, Cheng Lingfeng called him back to the country and said that something good happened.

Du Amei approached Cheng Lingfeng.

Many people may be unfamiliar with this name, but she also has another identity, an old friend of Chinese film - the wife of Mark Muller, and a film selector for the main competition unit of the Venice International Film Festival.

Mark Muller is a full-fledged China hand. He went to China to study in the 70s, and he can even sing model operas.

Mark Muller is No. 1 in the international promotion of domestic films, and has introduced many excellent domestic films to the international market.

Influenced by her husband, Du Amei has a good impression of domestic films and is keen to discover young directors.

And Cheng Yu'an, as the most popular young director in China in the past two years, naturally attracted her attention.

She has seen all three of Cheng Yu'an's films. To be honest, the quality of "Sniper Phone Booth", "The Notebook" and "Butterfly Response" is of course good, but they are still far from Venice.

As the oldest film festival in the world, the Venice International Film Festival is known as the father of film festivals.

These three films are far from enough to be shortlisted, but "Warm and Bright" is not bad.

Accompanied by Cheng Lingfeng, Du Amei watched the finely edited clips of "Warm and Containing Light".

She loves it so much!
So he asked to see Cheng Yu'an.

Cheng Yu'an returned to the company, and Du Amei was in Cheng Lingfeng's office.

"Cheng Dao, hello." Du Amei's Chinese is very good.

Cheng Yu'an greeted in French: "Should I call you Marie, or Ms. Du?"

Du Amei smiled and said, "Director Xie Jin gave me the name Du Amei. I like this name. You can call me Amei."

Cheng Yu'an switched to Chinese: "Amei, welcome to Remote Media."

The three of them got to the point, and Du Amei said: "I watched "Warm and Containing Light". It's a very good movie. I hope Director Cheng will let me take it to Venice."

"Of course." Cheng Yu'an nodded. "Warm and Bright" originally wanted to go for the award route. Needless to say, the gold content of the top three in Europe, no matter whether you can win an award or not, being able to participate in it is a rare thing.

Du Amei continued: "It is indeed a pity that Director Cheng missed the best new director. The situation in China is too complicated."

Du Amei is talking about the Golden Rooster Award.

"It's all over," Cheng Yu'an said with a smile, "As long as the audience likes it, what does it matter if it wins or not?"

What Cheng Yuan said was high-sounding, but everyone knew that he was dissatisfied with the Golden Rooster Award.

Two generations of directors, last year's Golden Rooster Award was his best chance, losing to Xu Cairen like this, if you say you are not emotional, you will not believe it.

He is less generous and craves the recognition of prestigious awards.

The box office of 4000 million was carried by Xu Cairen, and the whole company held his breath.

That's why "Warm and Containing Light" came into existence.

"Mark will be the chairman of the Venice International Film Festival this year, and he will be very happy to see you," Duame said.

"Mark is a good friend of our Chinese film industry. When I arrive in Venice, I must thank him face to face."

"of course."

The film selection criteria of the Venice International Film Festival are very metaphysical, and there are many speculations from the outside world, but Du Amei's film selection criteria are very clear: "As long as I like it."

Just so capricious.

The three discussed some details in the office, and Du Amei was ready to leave: "I will take "Warm and Contained Light" to Venice, and we will see you in Venice in September."

"Thank you." Cheng Lingfeng sent Du Amei away.

After returning, Cheng Lingfeng couldn't hide her excitement: "Wow! Ni! Si!"

"Okay, okay." Cheng Yu'an was equally excited, but one of them had to keep calm.

"Don't talk about winning awards, if you can go to Venice and walk around, our movie is worth it."

It's true, as long as you go to Venice, Cheng Lingfeng can mobilize the media to create momentum for the remote.

At that time, the reputation of the remote is bound to reach a new level.

The post-production of "Warm and Containing Light" is almost done, and all the work can be completed in June.

"How's the casting for "No. [-] Under Heaven"?" Cheng Yu'an asked.

"A few roles have been finalized, let's take a look." Cheng Lingfeng handed the casting list to Cheng Yu'an.

Only two of the four secret agents of Tiandi Xuanhuang were finalized: Duan Tianya was played by Yan Kuan, and Cheng Zhengfei was given to Wu Yue.

Yan Kuan, one of the four beauties of Tianya.

Ten lifetimes of emotional intelligence for one lifetime of beauty.

This dude is really good-looking, and his career has reached its peak in the past few years, but it has started to decline in the next few years.

"The purpose of filming is to make money." It's true, but you can't say it so blatantly.

When it’s time to talk about artistic ideals, we still need to talk about it, even if we have to deal with it.

What's more, when Tianya selected the four beauties, the other three were very humble, saying that appearance is not important, they should be capable, and thank the netizens for their love.

Fortunately for him, he directly withdrew from the selection of the Four Beauties, and even pissed off the netizens.

I really don't understand this operation.

After Yan Kuan got married, his fans lost a lot of fans. Generally speaking, this phenomenon is very common.

But he went too far, knowing that the fans didn't like it, he still showed his affection every day, and the fans didn't like to watch it, and he even played against them.

But Yan Kuan currently has both popularity and professional ability, and Duan Tianya's role is a win-win for him.

Cheng Yu'an did not expect Wu Yue to become right and wrong.

Cheng Yu'an's impression of him is still that of a kung fu actor.

I didn't rely on comedy roles like right and wrong.

"This role is difficult to find," Cheng Lingfeng said frankly, "There are too few young actors in China who can play comedy. Wu Yue took the initiative to find us for the role of Cheng Right and Wrong. He has a comedy heart and tried two scenes. He has good movement skills and performed well in all aspects, so I signed him."

Cheng Yu'an remembered that Wu Yue would play Cai Shuigen in "Underground Traffic Station" later.The performance is good, and Wu Yue's image, especially when he smiles, is very joyful.

"Now that you've signed, let him act."

"We are still looking for the four major secret agents, and we are also looking for other supporting roles. We originally wanted to find Huang Shengyi, Liu Shengxueji, but she didn't answer."

"You are also big-hearted, why are you looking for her?"

In the original time and space, Huang Shengyi took the role of Yukihime Liusheng purely because of the face of the Hong Kong circle.

The original time and space of this film was Fatty Wang's project. After Huang Shengyi signed Xinghui, he sold it to the Hong Kong circle before agreeing to play a supporting role like Liu Shengxueji.

Now, a team from the mainland wants to invite Zhou Xingxing's "Kung Fu" female lead, a supporting role with few episodes, and it's no wonder they will agree.

In the same way, there is Gao Yuanyuan's Liusheng Piaoxu, both of whom picked up Liusheng's two sisters in order to break into the Hong Kong circle.

"Sister Liusheng, let's look for it again." Cheng Yu'an didn't think of a suitable candidate for a while, "I have a good candidate for Wansanqian."

"Who?"

"Shen Xiaohai."

The original version of Tang Zhenye's Wansanqian is too ugly and greasy, and his temperament is not as good as that of the rich and powerful Wansanqian.

The prototype of Wansanqian is undoubtedly Shen Wansan, and an actor with outstanding temperament must be hired so that he can be worthy of Shangguan Haitang.

"King Ning in "Smart Little Don't Understand"?"

"Yes, it's him."

Shen Xiaohai's ancient costumes are very good-looking and extravagant, and even overwhelmed the protagonist in "Smart Little Don't Understand".

"I'm thinking of this role for the time being, and I'll find the others slowly. I have something to go out for."

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to meet someone, next year's Lunar New Year movie is not available yet."

"Are you shooting?"

"I don't have time. I have to go to Venice then."

(End of this chapter)