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Chapter 296 The real Oriental Hollywood!

At the gate of Beijing Film Studio, Chen Shiping watched Xu Jingqing get into the car and leave.

This is a songwriter worthy of respect!

If he wants to hold a Journey to the West concert in the future, I will definitely help him do it!

Yungong Swift Music is also the originator of Korean music. If you listen carefully, you will hear the shadow of Yungong Swift Music in many Korean electronic music songs.

But this is normal. Don’t Koreans like to do this kind of thing?

It’s a pity that Mr. Xu couldn’t even raise enough money for a concert!

Obviously, there are so many actors and directors in the Journey to the West crew who are all very rich, but few of them are willing to sponsor them.

The success of Journey to the West is due to songs!
You may not remember the content of Journey to the West, but you can definitely sing Where is the Way?
This is the charm of music, classic music will not be limited by time!

Chen Shiping sincerely hopes that Mr. Xu Jingqing can create a classic song for Uncharted Waters!
Maybe thirty years later, the movie will be forgotten, but the song will still ring in everyone's heart.

Classic movie, don’t you think everything is classic?
Two days later, a long queue formed at the gate of Beijing Film Studio.

The open space at the entrance was filled with cars, and they were all heading towards the Beijing Film Academy next door.

Many famous actors from home and abroad came here, but Asian actors cannot go to Hollywood like European and American actors.

Now the Beijing Film Studio has gradually become the real Oriental Hollywood, with its influence radiating throughout Asia, which will naturally form a siphon effect.

Wasn’t Hong Kong sucked here a few years ago?

Actors from other countries have never had this opportunity, but now Uncharted has finally extended an olive branch to foreign actors, and naturally everyone will not miss this chance to get on board!
Being popular in one's own country does not mean that one can be popular throughout Asia, let alone have the chance to become famous all over the world.

In the past, everyone was obsessed with art films because Asian commercial films were not good.

When Jackie Chan was at the height of his popularity, he could always find Asian actors to play in his roles, because they could show their faces all over the world.

Now, films produced by Beijing Film Studio can be shown throughout Asia and in many parts of Europe and the United States.

This is a rare opportunity for any actor.

Director Chen, please take me with you, I want to fly!

This is the voice of many actors!
In addition to those famous actors, some actors who have just debuted or have not yet debuted are even more flocking to it.

If you don’t come, you’d be a fool!

This is a series of movies, with the first one costing hundreds of millions of dollars. If you are lucky enough to be selected and able to star in the following films, it will be an instant hit!

As for whether the movie would fail, no one thought about it.

That’s Chen Shiping!
A director who never fails!

Hollywood has Cameron and Spielberg, and Asia has Chen Shiping!

This is how many people perceive Chen Shiping!
The world's top director!

A super director who is successful in both literature and business!
Come and perform even if you don’t have to pay! This is your chance to go global!
If an actor is spotted by Chen Shiping and still tries to be stingy with his pay, he will definitely be laughed at for being stupid.

What’s important is not making money, but acting in this movie can increase your popularity several times. Then you can make as much money as you want!
In the courtyard of Beijing Film Studio, staff were maintaining order and leading people to the small auditorium to wait.

They also need to be classified and auditioned for different roles separately.

You need to leave your information and contact information, and the audition will last at least one to two months.

There are too many roles and too many people involved!

Many reporters from the Beijing Film Studio were wandering around taking pictures. The last time I saw so many stars was at a film festival!
No, there weren’t so many people during the film festival!

The management didn’t expect that a movie could attract so many people!

I used to think that Chinese-language films had gone abroad, but now I realize that this is not just going abroad, it is becoming the leader!
So many big stars have gathered at the Beijing Film Studio and will stay for a long time during the auditions.

It is estimated that the media in Asia are paying attention to this super feast.

What a great publicity opportunity!
It would be great if there were more movies like this!
The support for Chen Shiping is still a little weak!
Increase support! The film must be a success!
We must ensure that Beijing Film Studio becomes the true Hollywood of Asia!

In Chen Shiping's office, he was still a little confused when he received the call from above.

An investment of 400 million yuan is not safe! Isn't the Beijing Film Studio short of technical talents?
Come on, I'll give you another 20 million. I also have a list of state-owned enterprises and a list of museum cultural relics. See which one you need!
Changchun Film Studio, Shanghai Film Studio, Xi'an Film Studio. All the talents in the domestic film-related industries are needed. Please make a sound!

I'll pack it and send it to you tomorrow!
Let your original employer pay for the food and accommodation subsidies! It won’t cost the Beijing Film Studio a penny!

One last thing. Why don't you retire from acting later? Make a few more films to contribute?
Chen Shiping’s current expression is the second emoticon package in your phone.

Bah! My head is spinning!

Chen Shiping hung up the phone in a daze. This level of support was almost as strong as the Asian International Film Festival.

Chen Shiping suspected that if he were to go to the Forbidden City to shoot a scene, he would agree to it if he sat on the dragon throne.

But forget about the dragon throne. The dragon throne in Taihe Palace doesn’t look that domineering.

It’s better to set the scene yourself!

The Forbidden City looks grand, but in fact many of the palaces are quite small, and the emperor's bedroom is not that big either.

The emperor's bedroom in the movie "The Empress Dowager" is the real bedroom of Emperor Xianfeng.

To put it bluntly, it's not even as big as the rooms of some local gentry.

What kind of life is this old emperor living!

Chen Shiping sat in the office and shook his head before he came to his senses and looked at the person who had been waiting for him in his office.

Director of the China Film Science and Technology Research Institute, Yang Tingting.

Chen Shiping said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Chief Yang, where were we just talking about?"

Yang kept smiling and said, "I understand. Is it a call from the bureau?"

Chen Shiping smiled and said, "It is indeed from the bureau."

"The higher-ups really value this, so they sent me here as well."

Yang kept smiling and said, "If you need any help with the special effects of the movie, just let me know!"

Chen Shiping smiled and shook his head, "We are still in the process of preparing for this. There is really nothing I can help you with. Thank you for the trip, Director Yang."

"It's okay, just ask if you need anything!"

"Of course, we have been friends for many years, so I will not be polite with you."

Yang kept smiling. When he was the deputy general manager of China Film Corporation, he dealt with Chen Shiping every day.

But now I have been transferred to the research institute, and it will take a few more years before I can be transferred back to China Film.

Yang Bian exchanged a few polite words with Chen Shiping and then left.

Chen Shiping smacked his lips. This was his future competitor!
It’s difficult. He is now going to the research institute to brush up his qualifications.

On paper, his qualifications are quite rich, much better than Chen Shiping.

First he was the president of Henan Film Company, then he was the vice president of China Film Group Corporation, and now he is the director of a research institute. He will probably go to the projection industry to hone his skills in the future.

Looks much more professional than Chen Shiping, whose work resume is very simple.

However, Chen Shiping has many achievements and still has his own advantages compared to others.

Don’t think about promotion or wealth for now, just finish filming this last movie first.

Chen Shiping sorted out the documents on the table and stood up to prepare for the audition. There were so many actors this time that it would take a long time to choose.

The auditorium of the Beijing Film Studio was already full of people, and everyone was given a form and filled it out silently.

Many newcomers filled in their names and school photos, selected the roles they wanted to audition for, and then sat there in a daze.

There is really nothing to write!
I can't write down all my experiences in elementary school art performances.

Many students from Beijing Film Academy sat together and looked at the famous actors in front of them.

"The Four Heavenly Kings are here!"

"Zhang Manyu, Zhou Runfa and others are here too."

"Miyazawa Rie and Kudo Shizuka are here!"

"That one is from India, he's quite handsome."

"Indian beauties are pretty! But Thai ones are pretty good too."

"With so many stars, we probably have no hope!"

"I envy Chen Kun and Fu Dalong! If I had known, I would have been a little tanned!"

"You've been basking in the sun these days, you're already dark enough!"

The students of Beijing Film Academy knew that Chen Kun and Fu Dalong were chosen because of their dark looks, so they were sunbathing every day during this period, hoping to get a tan so that they would be chosen by Chen Shiping.

Students from the Central Academy of Drama did the same thing when they heard the news!

Many foreign actors are puzzled as to why young Chinese actors are so dark!

Is tanning popular in China?
Isn't this popular in Europe and America? How come it has spread to China?
Soon everyone's forms were taken away.

The production department stood on the stage holding a microphone and said: "Today's audition characters are Pirate Captain Zhu Ming, Royal Guard Chief Li Jian, and Female Pirate Manda"

After talking about seven or eight roles, he looked at everyone and said, "Friends who don't have auditions today can go back and rest and wait for notification!"

After saying that, he turned and left.

Who cares who is sitting in the audience! Everyone is the same when they come to Beijing Film Studio!

No star can act big in front of the Beijing Film Studio!

The Four Heavenly Kings also had to sit there and queue up and wait for their number to be called!

Didn’t you see Hu Jun and Li Lianjie were also sitting downstairs?
It’s just that Cheng Long has confirmed a guest role, otherwise he would have to sit down here if he came!

To put it bluntly, there are a lot of movie queens and movie emperors sitting below, but the Four Heavenly Kings are nothing.

What is the box office appeal of the Four Heavenly Kings?

Stop it!
The Four Heavenly Kings have never won the box office championship in Hong Kong.

Besides, can they still have the appeal of the last work of Chen Shiping, the top director with the largest investment in Asia?

There will be no discrimination!
Everyone is treated equally!
At this time, Chen Shiping was sitting and chatting with the team, and he was not nervous at all about the audition.

All the outstanding actors from all over Asia are here, are you still worried about not being able to choose anyone?

I’m afraid I’ll be overwhelmed by the choices!
"Director, the female lead is only selected from mainland actors, right? Then do you not look at these foreign actors?"

Chen Shiping smiled and said, "Why not? If there is no female lead, there are other roles. The female lead doesn't have to be from the mainland, Hong Kong can also be chosen. Next year is 1997, and we are all family."

"There's no suitable one in Hong Kong either. There aren't many people who can speak Mandarin."

"You are out of date. People have been learning Mandarin for several years. The first thing Hong Kong actors who come to the mainland to develop their careers do is to learn Mandarin."

The situation in the two places has long been reversed. In the past, people from the mainland wanted to develop in Hong Kong, but now people in Hong Kong want to develop in the mainland.

Although Hong Kong is a star-making factory, it does not have the initiative. The local stations are small and restricted in many ways. There is nothing that can be done about it.

After waiting for a while, the audition for the first role began. The male lead played the captain of the pirate ship.

This is a character similar to Yondu, but they are quite different.

Chen Shiping looked at the first actor who came in, and his eyes lit up slightly, Teacher Wei Zongwan, that old thief Sima!
Chen Shiping took a look and found that Teacher Wei Zongwan had also starred in a disaster film, a movie about a huge ship silently saving itself.

What a coincidence! Having experience in filming at sea makes this very suitable!

Mr. Wei Zongwan's acting skills are impeccable. He can play a cunning and treacherous character, and he can also play a righteous character without any sense of incongruity. He can also play the role of a petty theft vividly.

At the assistant director's prompt, Wei Zongwan walked a few steps, turned around, and sat down on the chair again.

After Chen Shiping took a look at Wei Zongwan's appearance on camera through the camera, he was very satisfied and kept his information.

"Teacher Wei, it's OK. The first audition will mainly focus on the image and temperament. The second round will be a test with makeup to show the results. Thank you for your hard work."

Wei Zongwan stood up, bowed politely and left.

The next one came in, Zhuge Pifu also came.

Behind him is Prime Minister Cao
Almost all the Chinese male actors of the right age have come, including those from Hong Kong and mainland China.

It took Chen Shiping and his team more than two hours to try to get one person to go in and make one circle in one minute.

You don’t know until you try it, and you’ll be surprised when you do. There are so many old actors in China who are not famous but have first-class acting skills.

Many actors of this age come from the drama stage, and each of them has unique skills!

It’s so picky!

The selection process lasted for a month before the first round of auditions ended and the second round officially began.

The second round was not so casual. There were hundreds of candidates in total, and they all had to come to try on makeup, take photos, and then audition.

The whole process was taken extremely seriously.

The choice of the male and female protagonists is the most critical. After a round of selection, Chen Shiping decided to use newcomers.

Newcomers have strong plasticity and a lot of room for growth, making it convenient for Chen Shiping to train them.

We will be shooting the second, third and fourth parts later, so it would not be appropriate to find an actor in his thirties, as he would be old after just a few years of shooting.

We were busy until the second round of auditions ended before the Spring Festival, but the final list has not yet been announced. It will be officially announced after the New Year, and then the actors will join the group for training.

Before the Spring Festival holiday, in the meeting room of Beijing Film Studio, Chen Shiping held up a list and said, "The final list of actors is here. All actors will be notified to join the crew after the Spring Festival."

"Let me talk about the work arrangements for next year. Many people should already know that there will be major changes in the factory next year."

"The inspection team of China Film Group will officially move in after the new year, and we plan to merge with China Film Group in the middle of the year."

"During this period, everyone is working normally, and the Korean studio is cooperating with the people from China Film Group to conduct a survey."

Han Laosan nodded, feeling helpless. How could they merge when they could move up next year?
Even though he has become the factory director, he still has to be managed by Chen Shiping. Isn't it the same as not getting a promotion?

I feel sad! When can I be the master of my own house?

PS: In the next few chapters, I will write the plot of the movie Uncharted in detail, which may take about four chapters. If you don’t want to read it, you can skip the last four chapters. I will mark it in the title.

I updated one chapter yesterday, and I guess it will be a little later today before I can update the second chapter.

I haven't been feeling well these past two days. I've been feeling groggy all the time. Today I slept for fifteen hours and almost didn't get up.

It should be back to normal tomorrow. (These nonsense are not paid content, so you don't need to ask me for gold coins.)
(End of this chapter)