Chapter 522
When Wu Cheng sent someone to join Luo Huaxia's embassy in the United States, he realized that during this period, China-US relations were not so harmonious, and there was no formal embassy here.
However, there are still civil contact offices. However, in the end, Wu Cheng temporarily gave up his plan to contact the civil contact office. I believe that it won’t take long to restore diplomatic relations. At that time, it would be just right to send a small gift to himself.
Half a month after the little guy was born, the "Eight Stars News" was fully drawn, and the box office in North America was about 13 million. If it weren't for the "Anjier" theaters that hadn't painted it, the box office would have been only 12 million.
If calculated based on the investment of the film, it is not a loss, because the investment of the entire film is less than two million US dollars. If calculated based on the investment of two million, the final result is more than six times the box office. In fact, this is already a successful investment.
However, compared to those films at DreamWorks, it can only be said to be a failure.
Think about the investment in "Rocky" and then look at their box office results!
The external media positioned "Eight Stars News" according to this situation, but many people laughed at Wu Cheng and Hepburn.
However, Wu Cheng didn't mind at all. Speaking of which, the box office of "Eight Stars" in Xiangjiang has actually broken the original box office record, reaching more than 17 million.
Wu Cheng felt that Hepburn's contribution should be the greatest in this. Because in the age group of watching this drama, the proportion of middle-aged and elderly people is comparable to that of teenagers. It is conceivable that how many middle-aged and elderly people went for Hepburn?
Therefore, the drama "Eight Stars News" not only did not lose money, but also made a big profit.
However, Hepburn's reputation has also become a little more popular, especially in North America.
Therefore, Wu Chengcai planned to start filming the drama "The Love of Man and Ghost", and even let Hepburn play the heroine himself. However, Wu Cheng didn't expect that Hepburn would ask him to play the hero. In fact, it doesn't matter if he made him play. He was just worried that he would not accept it, and that would affect the box office results.
However, in order to make his beloved woman happy, Wu Cheng could only continue to be willful!
Whatever you love! Such a classic love story, it is their loss if you don’t watch it!
So, in the third week, the 20th day of the little guy's birth, Wu Cheng started casting work on the crew. Except for the two important roles that have not been determined, the other members have already settled it, especially those behind-the-scenes teams.
Caa is doing well in this regard with Wu Cheng's suggestions. They will not only find a good star lineup for you, but also help you to neatly organize the team behind the scenes.
As a director, you just need to cooperate with the casting work and then wait for the filming to start.
As for the film company, you can send an accountant team to supervise it, and you can also send a producer to supervise it, but you only have the right to watch it, but you don’t have the right to point fingers.
The crew of "The Love of Man and Ghost" has long been established under the operation of Caa.
Moreover, because Wu Cheng needs a family, the crew's shooting location is also placed in Santa Monica. Wu Cheng doesn't need to bother with these things, because the caa agency will help you handle all the relationships that require public relations. For example, if the crew needs to shoot street scenes, they will deal with the street office and transportation department, and need to shoot a certain coffee shop or bar scene. They will also deal with the owners of these shooting venues in advance.
It can be said that although the caa charges are not low, it is definitely a good thing for the entire crew, because they took over all the troubles that the crew needs.
Therefore, there are only a few main characters left, and Wu Cheng needs to determine them personally.
There is no need to say much about the male and female protagonists, Wu Cheng and Hepburn are playing themselves. Now they need to be a supporting actor, a supporting actor, a supporting actor, a male villain, and a mediator.
These two supporting roles can be said to be quite critical in the play, so you must pass the acting skills, otherwise the whole play will be over.
It’s okay for male actors, but Hollywood lacks everything, but there is no shortage of actors.
Wu Cheng even saw a few familiar faces from the crowd of male actors who came to audition. Although they couldn't call out their names at once, Wu Cheng believed that he must have watched the movies they starred in.
Moreover, what they played were all impressive villains.
However, for a moment, Wu Cheng couldn't call their names. After all, it was not the absolute male protagonist, so it was normal that he couldn't call their names.
Not everyone is Leonardo, not Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and others.
Finally, Wu Cheng chose Jiv Bridges, a man who was nearly thirty years old, to be the villain. Speaking of this man, although Wu Cheng felt familiar, he didn't remember it for a while. It was not until he searched the memory tree in his mind that he realized that this guy was the 82nd Oscar Best Actor.
Of course, he is already quite famous now. He has acted in many movies before and has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor twice.
Such a person has no problem being a male lead, and he is willing to come to be a male supporting role. Wu Cheng was quite puzzled at first, thinking that this guy had gone to the wrong place.
After asking, I found out that this guy is so unfaithful and willing to shoot as long as he has a show.
In fact, Caa never thought of really asking him to come, but just handed him a message and asked. Unexpectedly, he really came.
Wu Cheng felt that this guy was actually quite tragic. After working hard in Hollywood for forty years, he finally won the Oscar winner, which is even more tragic than Leonardo.
Of course, there are many actors who are more tragic than him. After all, there are so many Hollywood stars in the whole world, and there is only one place in the Oscar every year, who can I give it to!
And some people have won several sessions! Even if they score, they won’t be enough!
People like Bridges are obviously quite famous, but they are still willing to be supporting roles. It is actually quite rare. Look at the famous ones in Xiangjiang, who are willing to easily match the roles for others? Only those who really like acting will be willing to match the roles for others.
I have to say that everyone is an actor, but some actors are really too pretentious.
So, when Wu Cheng saw such a person with rich performance experience as a matchmaker, he had nothing to hesitate about. He asked him to try to act for a while, and then he decided to play the villain Carl.
As for supporting actresses, it is not easy to find an actress who is suitable for playing a black psychic. There are not many black actresses, but it is difficult to find that kind of funny feeling.
Maybe it was because the funny Ubi in the original work that impressed him too deeply!
Therefore, when Wu Cheng felt it was difficult to satisfy him, Caa directly auditioned the supporting actress.
This not only attracted the attention of countless black actresses, but also attracted the attention of the whole United States. Hepburn is actually going to make a new film, and the director of the new film is the "Dongfang Cheng" from the East. I don't know if it is because many people know that people call Wu Cheng "Dongfang Cheng", so the media has always called Wu Cheng "Dongfang Cheng".
What is most unacceptable is that this time, the young director of Oriental actually acted in a rival role with Hepburn, which was simply a joke!
Could it be that "Dongfang Cheng" hasn't played enough and wants Hepburn to lose his talents again?
This time he actually wanted to make a Western film. Does he know what kind of film they Westerners need? Does he know what kind of flavors Westerners like?
They directly ignored the scripts written by Wu Cheng.
In fact, as a screenwriter of a movie, it is indeed an existence that is easier for people to ignore.
In short, when the news of the new film "The Love of Man and Ghost" appeared, the whole of North America seemed to have a grudge against Wu Cheng, not only did he feel cold and sarcastic at him, but he even verbally scolded him.
The news was also obtained from Xiangjiang, and then the professional blacklist Wu Cheng jumped out and shouted. Wu Cheng was embarrassed abroad, which was simply embarrassing to the Chinese.
But those who support Wu Cheng think that Wu Cheng is a kind of progress. He has moved the stage to Hollywood and is happy! Then, Wu Cheng's fans began to use the Xiangjiang media as the battlefield and directly fought with the black fans for a hundred rounds.
As for the person involved, Wu Cheng ignored all the rumors from the outside world. He would let them go as far as they could think and say.
He was teasing the little guy Wu Shuxian with Hepburn!
Seeing Wu Cheng teasing his daughter with a "lovely" look, Hepburn was quite envious of her, and his thoughts on giving birth to Wu Cheng became even stronger.
These days, after Little Luca came back from his brother, she was sent to school by Hepburn. She had to film next, but she didn't have much time to take care of her son.
As for Yazhi, Chung Chuhong, and Madonna, they also went to school.
Only Deng Lijun and Lin Qingxia were left at home, as well as two mother-in-law, and this little guy who was troubled would come over when Hepburn was fine.
"Why don't you seem to be worried at all?" Looking at Wu Cheng teasing his daughter heartlessly and having fun, Deng Lijun, who had just finished exercising, wiped his sweat and asked with a smile.
Hepburn also sighed: "I'm so sorry, I'm implicated again!"
"What are you worried about?" Wu Cheng laughed and said, "I'm not too happy if someone promotes us for free! Let them continue to make trouble! I don't care."
"I'm afraid that someone will feel resistant at that time, so I will deliberately not buy it!"
Chapter completed!