Chinese Entertainment's Shining Star

After the second reading, Nie Wei gave everyone a week to summarize, and then the last reading would be held a week later.

Nie Wei was not idle during this period, and he still needed to inspect many places, such as the construction of the studio and the magical animals generated by special effects. Not only Nie Wei had to watch carefully, but even the actors had to watch with Nie Wei.

Especially the leading actors, who had to interact with these magical animals a lot in the film, naturally had to know more about this aspect.

In recent years, due to business expansion and to serve Nie Wei's movies, Lei Ting Special Effects Company has established a branch in Los Angeles and has established a firm foothold.

In addition to helping Nie Wei with special effects for his movies, Lei Ting has also completed the special effects of many Hollywood blockbusters in recent years.

For example, in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" released in 2016, all the special effects models of the spacecraft were completed by Lei Ting, and the T1000 robot in the fifth film of the Terminator series "Terminator: Genisys" was also made by Lei Ting.

Even the character special effects of the movie "Ready Player One" that Spielberg is currently filming were all completed by Lei Ting.

In terms of character special effects, Lei Ting is already the undisputed number one in the industry, and in terms of scene special effects, Lei Ting is definitely at the top level in the industry.

The fact that Lei Ting has grown from a small special effects company to the top special effects team in the industry today is largely due to Nie Wei's support regardless of investment. Even though Lei Ting is now able to make a profit, in addition to the company's profit money, Nie Wei will regularly invest a large amount of money in this special effects company every year to support their research on technology.

Moreover, Lei Ting is also the only company under Nie Wei that implements a strict assessment and elimination system. The capable ones are promoted and the weak ones are eliminated. This is one of the reasons why the company has been able to maintain progress. It seems to be a very cruel system, but it is also a helpless move. In the field of technology, if you don't make progress, you will regress. The same is true for the technology department of Fanxing.

So this is why Nie Wei has to hang a sword of Damocles over everyone's head, so that they always have a sense of crisis. Of course, at the same time, they also enjoy the company's super high welfare system.

Joseph, Nina, Daddario, Foy and Wu Lei followed Nie Wei to Thunder's Los Angeles branch, which was on the tenth floor of the Max Films Building. The entire floor belonged to the special effects team.

As a member of the company, the actors were not unfamiliar with this place, but Wu Lei and Daddario were very curious.

Wu Lei had never been in contact with a special effects company before. Even if the TV series and movies he shot had special effects, he didn't need a small actor like him to guide them. Generally, this was the director's job, not to mention Daddario. This girl was pitiful. She had been in the industry for so many years and had only played some low-cost comedies or romances. Basically, she had no chance to get involved in this aspect.

Nie Wei didn't bring this group of people here for a visit. The main purpose was to familiarize themselves with the specific appearance of those magical animals before filming.

Nie Wei didn't need these people to take notes seriously. As long as they had a general impression, it would be fine, because they would definitely have to explain it on the spot during filming.

"Joseph, this is the Sniff who always makes trouble for you in the movie." Nie Wei pointed at a small animal on the computer screen that looked like a combination of a hedgehog and a platypus and said.

"Is that it? It looks very cute." Nina suddenly came between Joseph and Nie Wei, looking at the Sniff on the computer screen, looking very fond of it.

Joseph rolled his eyes unabashedly when he saw this. He really hated this pretentious woman who loved to act.

You know, just half a month ago, a hamster raised by an employee of the company ran out and was bumped by Nina. The woman was so scared that she jumped up and made a shrill scream. The little hamster was frightened by Nina's reaction at the time. It stood there and looked at Nina's intense reaction for a long time before realizing that it was still running away.

I heard that Nina later found the staff member and scolded him.

Joseph felt that Nina didn't like small animals at all, but she had to pretend to be caring and like small animals in front of Nie Wei at this time. It was as fake as it could be.

Nina saw Joseph rolling his eyes from the corner of her eye. She snorted in her heart, but pretended to know nothing on the surface. She also asked Nie Wei where the inspiration for Sniff came from like a curious baby.

"The prototype is the Australian echidna. The animal behind the Australian five-cent coin is it." Nie Wei replied with a smile. The illustrations of these magical animals had long been memorized in Nie Wei's mind.

"Wow, you know so much. I didn't even know there was such an animal as echidna."

"It's not that I know a lot. This is Ms. Rowling's own imagination. It has nothing to do with me." Nie Wei smiled and shook his head and denied it.

Nina was a little embarrassed. She didn't expect that her flattery was not accurate. Joseph on the side saw Nina's frustration and couldn't help laughing.

"Foy, Wu Lei, let me test you two. What animal is this?" Nie Wei suddenly called the boy and girl on the side and pointed to a magical animal with huge wings on the screen and asked.

"Thunderbird, it's a thunderbird." Just when Wu Lei was still guessing, the little girl Fuyi, who had just glanced at the animal, immediately rushed to answer.

"Great, Fuyi got it right, this is the thunderbird." Nie Wei gave Fuyi a thumbs up to express his appreciation, and the latter raised his little head happily, looking very proud and cute.

Although the answer had been guessed, it was not enough. Nie Wei also personally spread the relevant knowledge to the people present.

"The prototype of the Thunderbird comes from a huge sacred bird in Native American legends. It is the spirit of thunder and rain. According to local legends, as long as it flies into the air, it will thunder and lightning, and then fly wherever it goes. It will rain wherever you go.”

"This is also the reason why in the script, the hometown of Thunderbird is in the United States. It is also the initial reason why Newt came to the United States from the United Kingdom. Newt came to this country just to send it home." Nie Wei stomped Put your foot down, now everyone is stepping on the soil of the United States.

What Nie Wei said was not in the script. Everyone present knew that Newt came to the United States to send Thunderbird home, but they did not know that the prototype of Thunderbird turned out to be a local legend in the United States. After listening to Nie Wei After Wei Wei’s explanation, everyone felt like they had gained more knowledge.

Nie Wei took a group of people to identify the magical animals and then let them move freely. Nie Wei had his own work. He needed to continue communicating with the special effects team and put forward some ideas that he thought were unsatisfactory or more about magical animals. Put it forward and let the special effects team continue to improve it.

Fortunately, they are just some details, and you don’t need to think about it as it was at the beginning. Sometimes the special effects team needs to push the entire model to reconstruction. It only needs to slightly improve some areas, such as the eye color of the animal’s pupils, the length of the hair, etc. …

These details may not seem important, but sometimes a little change can make magical animals appear more spiritual and attractive.

The film's launch is scheduled for December 1st, and the launch conference that day will be held at the Max Films Building in Los Angeles.

On the day of the launch, hundreds of domestic and foreign media arrived. Nie Wei brought all the main actors of the crew, and Depp also came to the scene to help and shoot the only scene in the first movie.

In addition, JK Rowling also traveled from the UK to the United States to attend the launch conference of the new movie. She attaches great importance to this series of movies and originally intended to follow the crew throughout the process and serve as a screenwriting consultant.

Shu Chang also accompanied Nie Weiyi to the launch conference. She is the producer of the crew.

Because Nie Wei rarely accepts interviews from the media, the reporters who attended the press conference were all holding back their questions. When it came to the question period, they all raised their hands.

Nie Wei gave the first opportunity to ask questions to the Los Angeles Times. After all, this is his own media and must be given priority.

"First of all, congratulations to Director Nie Wei for the start of filming of your new movie. I heard that you went to the UK to live for three months to shoot this movie. But as far as I know, everything that happened in this movie happened in the United States. What’s the point of doing this?”

The reporters at the scene were all surprised. They did not expect that the reporter from the Los Angeles Times would be so disrespectful to the boss, and the first question was so sharp.

Nie Wei was slightly surprised, then replied with a smile: "I don't think there is any conflict. Ms. Rowling is British, and the characters in the novels she wrote have British influences. Although the story takes place in the United States, But the characters and cultural background are actually similar to Harry Potter. It will definitely be helpful for me to live in the UK for three months and experience the local culture.”

After Nie Wei finished speaking, Luo Lin also took the microphone and explained for Nie Wei: "Inviting Nie Wei to live in the UK for a period of time is my initiative. I am also very happy that Nie Wei agreed to my seemingly unreasonable request. During the three months in the UK, we met a lot and had many sparks in the writing of the script.”

While the reporters in the audience were busy taking notes, Rowling revealed another little secret: "Actually, I really want to invite Nie Wei to live in the UK permanently. He is not only a good director, but also a good reader. I can always I got a lot of useful advice from him, but it’s a pity that he refused my proposal. He obviously loves his motherland more.”

This revelation caused an uproar among the Chinese reporters in the audience. They obviously did not expect that Rowling would invite Nie Wei to live permanently in the UK.

"It's such a thing, my God."

"Fortunately, Nie Wei has a firm stance. If Rowling really persuades her to live in the UK permanently, she won't be blown away in China."

"This woman is too whimsical. Nie Wei has so many industries in China, how could he go to the UK?"

"I feel like she is interested in Nie Wei?"

For reporters from other countries present, this is a normal piece of information. At best, it can be seen as Luo Lin's admiration for Nie Wei. But for Chinese reporters, this is definitely a big piece of information and can be used to write a series of news.

Nie Wei quickly designated another media reporter to ask questions.

This time the questions were back to normal. The reporter who was called honestly asked Joseph a question about preparation for the role.

"I have been preparing for the role of Newt for almost a year. Even before the script came out, director Nie Wei asked me to read a series of Harry Potter novels. I was also the first As an actor who has received a complete script, it can be said that I am very well prepared for this role." Joseph answered confidently when asked by reporters.

Joseph's confidence is well-founded. As he said, his preparation took the longest among all actors, and it indeed lasted for nearly a year. For a protagonist in a commercial film, this can be described as well-prepared. Not too much at all.

After several rounds of readings, Joseph showed the deepest understanding of the character.

The reporter quickly pointed the finger at Nina.

"Ms. Nina, you once caused a storm because of this role, and even changed a management company for it. I really want to know, did you sign with Max Films at the cost of getting the role?"

"Of course not, I got the role based on my own strength, and I chose Max Films because this company is a conscientious company." Nina knew that the press conference would talk about the storm, so she was well prepared. When answering this question, she was not flustered at all, and was very calm and composed.

"Do you mean that your previous management company had no conscience?" A reporter caught the problem in Nina's words and asked immediately. Nina was a little flustered at this time. You know, her previous management company was CAA.

Fortunately, Nie Wei stood up at this time.

"Please don't misinterpret what Nina meant. She was talking about those who disregarded the future of actors for their own selfish interests. It had nothing to do with her previous agency. Just because one person did something wrong, do I say that everyone in the company where this person worked is a bad person?"

"CAA can become the entertainment giant in Hollywood today, it must be led by a group of excellent talents. I am also friends with the current president of CAA. We reached a very pleasant agreement on Nina's contract transfer. They are really tolerant and kind to artists, but even in the brightest place there will be darkness. Unfortunately, Nina encountered a not-so-good agent, and that agent was punished accordingly."

"That's right, I don't have any bad opinions about my former agency. I'm just targeting my former agent, who is a jerk." Nina quickly followed Nie Wei's words to make amends.

Nie Wei was so careful that the reporter who asked the question could only sit down in dismay.

When the third reporter asked a question, he pointed the finger at Daddario. Speaking of which, the actors brought by Nie Wei today were all very topical, and any of them could ask a lot of things that the public wanted to know.

For example, Daddario injured her wrist and there were rumors that she lost the role, but now she has successfully signed a contract with the crew. The media reporters also want to ask Daddario what happened.

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