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Chapter 334 audition, set date (please subscribe!)

On May 5, the same day that Chen Dong's "My Love from the Star" crew held open auditions, Cameron's "Titanic 10D" was withdrawn from Chinese theaters.

The total box office reached 13.68 billion.

If it had been extended for another week, this 'old' movie would have broken the box office record that "Nobody" had set in two months.

As for "The Ordinary Man" invested and starred by Huang Xiaoming and "The Golden Robbery" directed by Ning Hao, the former is almost dead, while the latter has barely survived.

Both of them appeared on Chen Dong's crew today, but one was sitting in the examiner's seat and the other was here for an audition.

It’s just that the examiner may not be a real examiner, but the audition is a real audition.

"Hello Director Chen, hello examiners, I am auditioning for the role of Lee Jae-kyung."

Lee Jae-kyung, the heir of S Group in the play, is a deep-minded extremist who eliminates those who are useless to him. He is the biggest villain in the play.

As the biggest villain, he naturally has a lot of rival scenes with the male protagonist.

At the same time, it also fits the character of a domineering president.

Chen Dong knew that Huang Xiaoming liked this one, so he was not surprised at all by his choice.

As for Huang Xiaoming's subsequent performance, it was mediocre with a hint of greasyness. To be honest, if we didn't know that Huang Xiaoming's acting skills had both high upper and lower limits, he might not even have passed the audition today.

"Okay, thank you for coming to the audition, Xiao Ming. I will inform you as soon as the result comes out."

"Okay then, thank you Director Chen, thank you all the examiners, I will leave first and won't delay your continued audition."

Without discussing Huang's acting skills, his emotional intelligence is indeed very high.

Because there were so many people coming to audition today, even though it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, the reception outside was still full. Therefore, as soon as the previous auditioner left, the examiners had no room for discussion, and the next auditioner was called in.

"Hello everyone, my name is... Bae Suzy, my name is Han Guoren, my company is JYP, and I'm here today to audition for Gao Fumei."

"Tall, rich and beautiful?" Ning Hao was confused for a moment. He didn't remember that there was such a role.

"It's Gao Huimei."

Chen Dong helped to answer the doubts caused by Pei Xiuzhi's slip of the tongue, and then asked in English: "Ms. Pei Xiuzhi, how long have you studied Chinese?"

"What? Director, can you speak slower? My English isn't that good."

"..." Chen Dong was a little upset. If it weren't for the benefits promised by JYP behind her, he would have planned to let the audition assistant call the next person.

However, although he gave the other party a chance, Chen Dong did not repeat his questions, but started the audition directly.

Five minutes later, when Bae Suzy finished her audition and left the room, Ning Hao couldn't help but say something for her: "Although this girl is a little lacking in language talent, her acting skills are still okay."

No one in the room objected to Ning Hao's comment.

But then again, if this girl named Bae Suzy is really not good at anything, why would JYP send her here?

Chen Dong wrote "pending" on the girl's resume and put it aside, and then... the audition continued.

Originally, Chen Dong only arranged one day of auditions, but because there were too many actors who came that day, he had no choice but to add half a day to the next day.

The audition list was officially announced by Dongcheng Pictures on May 5.

The main actors are Chen Dong, Liu Yifei, Huang Xiaoming, Shu Chang, Zhang Xingyun... Bae Suzy.

Yes, Chen Dong finally decided to give the role of Lee Jae-kyung to Huang Xiaoming because he was the most suitable actor among all the actors who auditioned for the role. As for Bae Suzy, in addition to her own acting skills, her company JYP also gave her a push.

On the same day, the 65th Cannes International Film Festival held its opening ceremony at the Palais Lumiere.

Lou Ye's film "Floating City Mystery", which was shortlisted for the Un Certain Regard section, was selected as the opening film of the day.

Of course, it only represents the attention unit it was shortlisted for, while the opening film of the main competition unit is the American "Moonrise Kingdom".

Ever since "The Flowers of War" was taken off the screen, the friendship between Zhang Yimou and Dicky Cheung has come to an end, and they have even become enemies.

After half a year of turmoil, the two finally parted ways on May 5, or to be more precise, it was the day when Zhang Yimou's contract with New Picture expired.

There are still rumors about where Lao Mouzi will go after leaving New Picture, because the media previously took photos of Chen Dong and Lao Mouzi meeting and having dinner alone, so there are rumors online that he will join Dongcheng.

But there are more rumors that Zhang Yimou will join Wanda. It’s not that Zhang Yimou has the most frequent contact with Wanda, but that Wanda recently signed a merger and acquisition agreement with AMC Theaters, the world’s second largest theater company.

The total transaction amount of this merger and acquisition agreement is as high as US$26 billion, equivalent to RMB 164 billion.

Because Wanda also promised that the funds invested in operations after the merger and acquisition will be no less than US$5 million, which means that for this transaction, Wanda Group will have to put out a total of US$31 billion.

Anyone who watches the news will sigh that those who play real estate are so fucking rich!

However, Chen Dong knew that Zhang Yimou would neither join his Dongcheng nor Wanda, but would choose Xiaoma Pentium.

This was not his guess about the future based on his memory, but he had received "rumor" from the grapevine.

Chen Dong even knew some inside information about why Xiaoma Pentium was able to make Zhang Yimou give up the conditions offered by Wanda and choose to join them.

This is related to the bet agreement signed by Xiaoma Pentium two years ago in order to go public, but its chairman, Brother Big Dog, seemed to have misjudged Xiaoma Pentium's ability, resulting in the bet being about to take effect, but Xiaoma Pentium still did not obtain the qualification for listing.

At this critical juncture of the countdown, if a big director like Zhang Yimou could join the film, it would undoubtedly greatly increase its own bargaining chips and shorten the time to market.

Therefore, Chen Dong could understand no matter how much they paid to recruit Zhang Yimou.

The release date of "Lost in Thailand" has finally been set.

It is scheduled for July 7, ten days earlier than Guangguang's "The Four".

Chen Dong was still thinking about whether he should remind Wang Changtian to postpone his schedule to avoid accidental injuries.

Unexpectedly, before he even dialed the number, the other party called and said that "Lost in Thailand" had run into the trap of "The Four", and asked Chen Dong if he wanted to choose a new schedule.

"I don't plan to change it. Director Wang, do you want to change it a little, like move it back a bit?"

"I was the one who picked the schedule first. Director Chen didn't change it, so why should I change it?"

"Well, I hope that Director Wang can still be so firm when the time comes."

"Why, can Lost in Thailand be as popular as your Nobody?"

Chen Dong did not continue to answer and chose to end the call.

……

Chen Dong had promised his wife that filming would start in May, and he kept his word. Just as May was about to end, Chen Dong led the entire "My Love from the Star" crew to officially hold a start-up ceremony in an office building in the capital.

(End of this chapter)