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Chapter 297: Plans often cannot keep up with changes (Please subscribe!)

"Over the hills and over the pass"

“The air is thin in the clouds”

“There’s a lot of hostility on this street.”

"The smoke cannot cover me"

"The alarm is to give you time to leave."

"..."

Listening to songs from Jay Chou's new album "Exclamation Mark", Chen Dong boarded a plane to Hollywood.

According to Chen Dong's original plan, the first thing he should do after arriving in Hollywood was to visit Liu Yifei's class.

But unfortunately, the crew of "Resident Evil 5" has already moved to Europe for filming.

Sometimes life is like this, plans often cannot keep up with changes.

He could only chat with his wife on the phone for a long time and then get back to his work.

"Boss, because I heard that you were going to make a foreign language film, we at Future Pictures have received a lot of invitations for you during this period."

"Oh, who is there?"

"Mainly some companies, such as Lionsgate, Warner, Legendary, Sony, etc., followed by some party invitations, such as the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show..."

"Excuse me, but isn't the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show a secret fashion show?"

"Yes, what's wrong, boss?"

Chen Dong reacted for half a second, then shook his head: "No, you continue."

"Okay, uh, boss, where was I?"

"You mentioned the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show."

“Oh, in addition to these parties, there are also independent filmmakers. Of course, they want to meet the boss more.”

Meeting Alice's eyes that were waiting for an answer, Chen Dong said without hesitation: "It's a pity that I'm not here to make friends."

Alice understood: "So all these invitations are rejected?"

"Yes……"

That’s right, because the budget was not high this time, Chen Dong was even rejected by Warner and Lionsgate.

As for the actors, Leonardo DiCaprio has already been confirmed as the male lead, and the female lead naturally cannot be too weak. As for the other leading actors, due to financial considerations, there is no need to hire too expensive ones.

"Boss, do you need to arrange an audition?"

"Forget it, I won't audition."

Although Alice was a little surprised that Chen Dong didn't plan to audition, she didn't ask any more questions.

She probably thought that her boss had already decided on the candidate in his mind.

Little did people know that the real reason why Chen Dong did not plan to audition was that he discovered through his last audition for "Interstellar" that he was a little face-blind when it came to foreigners.

Instead of torturing yourself, it would be better to ask the original cast to play the other leading roles except the male and female protagonists.

Chen Dong remembered that the heroine in his previous life was played by an actress named Emily Baldoni. The reason why he didn't continue to look for her was that she was not famous now and naturally had no acting skills. Asking her to play opposite a big-name actor like Leonardo who had won the Oscar for Best Actor many times would not only be a huge challenge for her, but also a torture for himself as a director.

Moreover, if it is not done well, it will easily ruin the performance, so Chen Dong would rather spend more money and hire a famous actress with good acting skills.

Alice recommended Jennifer Lawrence to her.

The other party is the heroine of "The Hunger Games" and also a female artist under Future Pictures, and is considered an employee of Chen Dong.

Honestly speaking, at first sight, Chen Dong didn’t feel that Jennifer was very suitable for the female lead because she wasn’t stunning enough!

But due to Alice's recommendation, Chen Dong was still willing to give her a chance for a solo audition.

"You go down and prepare for two days first, and then I will find time to audition you."

"Okay, thank you director."

Leonardo happened to come over on the third day, so Chen Dong asked him to act with Jennifer. As he expected, Jennifer's audition result barely got a passing score from him.

If Jennifer was not auditioning for the female lead, Chen Dong would still be able to accept a passing score.

But since she was auditioning for the female lead, her passing score was obviously a bit weak.

Chen Dong did not tell her the regrettable result on the spot.

Instead, he asked Alice to pass on the message for him.

"Manager Alice, what did the director say?" Jennifer was actually a little unsure about the results of her audition, because throughout the whole process, she felt that she was overwhelmed by Leonardo's acting skills, and she almost couldn't breathe in the end.

Alice said politely: "Jennifer, the boss asked you to prepare well for The Hunger Games 2."

As an adult, Jennifer certainly heard the implication of this sentence clearly - she did not pass the audition.

Some regrets, but also some relief!

She forced a smile on her face and nodded to Alice in front of her: "Thank you..."

Chen Dong and Leonardo did not stay in his company for too long, and they went to a cocktail party.

This was a normal cocktail party, and Nolan, who had just finished filming "The Dark Knight Rises", was also here.

Otherwise, Chen Dong might not have been fooled by Leonardo.

“Chen, Leon, this way.”

Nolan spotted Chen Dong and Leonardo walking into the cocktail party from afar, and stood up and waved to him twice.

"This is Michael Bay..."

When Chen Dong and Leonardo approached, Nolan introduced his companions to them, well, mainly to Chen Dong.

But Chen Dong knew the other person.

"I know, the director of Transformers, Mr. Michael, nice to meet you."

"I have also heard of you, Chen, you are Situ Mitiyoutu."

After the four of them sat down, since three of them were directors, the topic they talked about was naturally movies.

"Chen, when will you start casting for your movie Comet?"

“It’s already started.”

Chen Dong pointed at Leonardo, indicating that the male protagonist was here.

Director Michael heard the hidden meaning: "You're not holding an open audition?"

"Well, since there aren't many actors, I won't bother."

Then Chen Dong changed the subject and announced the news and criteria for finding a leading actress, wondering if the two great directors in front of him could recommend one or two for him.

"Where's Anne Hathaway? I remember she just finished filming Nolan's movie." Michael said.

"She doesn't seem to be available." Nolan then added: "And she's getting engaged to her boyfriend soon."

"Engagement? When?"

"It seems to be the end of next month. Since you are in Hollywood, Chen, I guess she will send you an invitation later."

Anne Hathaway's boyfriend is Adam Shulman, and Chen Dong knows that they have been dating for three years.

So although it was a bit unexpected to suddenly hear that they were engaged, it was also reasonable.

However, the name Anne Hathaway was indeed in Chen Dong's consideration, but after hearing what Nolan said, it seemed that she could be crossed off the list of candidates.

Then Nolan recommended a lot of actresses to him.

"Megan Fox!"

After Chen Dong returned to the hotel that night, he searched and compared the actresses recommended by the three people one by one, and concluded that the actress named Megan Fox was the one who best matched his impression of the heroine of "Comet" in terms of image.

Moreover, she had played the leading role in "Transformers 1" and had also starred in many movies with good resources in recent years. Her fame might be slightly inferior to Leonardo, but there was no candidate who was % qualified. Chen Dong decided to contact her first...

(End of this chapter)