Daniel took a deep breath, then vomited it out for a long time, pushing open the heavy warehouse door in front of him.n∈

This coffee house called "Intellectual Coffee" follows the usual style of the building on Sunset Avenue. It does not have too much complex decoration. It looks like a simple warehouse is renovated. The stone-blue cement walls fill the sight. The decoration style in the store is like a laboratory, a laboratory full of industrial-era style. In the middle is a place to cook coffee and cashier. There are a variety of professional utensils. The counters around it are designed in the form of a bar, and then the simple locker is placed randomly along the four walls of the space. There is also a shelf on the corner of the west wall, with various bottles and jars on it, and things like flower pots and test tubes entering the sight. It looks like a chemistry laboratory- or a medical laboratory.

Daniel is not sure if the auditions from Hollywood directors are all in this style.

Since officially signing into an actor in 1997, Daniel's development in China/Hong Kong has steadily risen in recent years. Last year's "New Junior Sister" achieved great success, which made him usher in the first peak of his career. But even so, Hollywood still seems to be an out of reach - even more so for Asian actors. Daniel, who was born in San Francisco and lived in the United States for twenty years, has a clear understanding of this.

Even though he has made a great success in Hollywood in recent years, his career development is far from comparable to Lee/Xiao/Long at his peak. And now there are only a handful of Chinese actors who can occupy a place in Hollywood first-class blockbusters - maybe even without two hands.

But things are so weird. The "day acquired" of 20th Century Fox's work, which cost more than 100 million US dollars, actually extended an olive branch to him. Suddenly, he got the opportunity to land in the United States. All this was too incredible, like a dream.

Daniel stood at the door of "Intellectual Coffee", his feet still felt like he was stepping on cotton. A sense of unreality swept over. He looked around and then saw Lance sitting next to the window - a new director who emerged from "City of God" in the first half of this year.

It's really Lancelot-Stralo, not a scam.

Daniel pinched his thighs, woke up a foggy head, and then quickly met him, "Sorry, Mr. Strello, I'm late." In fact, there are still five minutes before the agreed time.

"I will pay attention to the clock carefully next time to make sure I won't arrive too much early." Lance's answer made Daniel chuckle, "I hope my audition requirements have not disrupted your original work plan."

"No. Of course not." Daniel was a little surprised at Lance's politeness. Even though Lance is a new director, Hollywood generally does not value the Asian market at present - including Japan, Hollywood directors have generally average attitudes towards Asian actors. Therefore, Lance's modesty and courteousness becomes more and more rare. "If my work plan is really disrupted, I will accept the phone audition."

Lance asked for a phone audition, but apparently the invitation from Hollywood received enough attention from them, so Daniel flew straight to Los Angeles to attend the audition.

However, Daniel did not understand Lance's mood. It was not because the other party was a well-known actor among Chinese audiences, but because the other party's black hair and yellow skin, the blood and breath that also came from the motherland, reconnected Lance with the magical and beautiful Yanhuang Continent. In the depths of the soul, the memory belonging to Li Jin is always the most important and precious part of Lance.

Lance chuckled and raised his eyebrows, "I hope you won't regret it. I'm not sure if the role's pay is enough to pay for the air ticket." Lance's teasing made Daniel feel relaxed, and his smile obviously relaxed. "This is the thing..."

Lance briefly explained the plot of "the day after tomorrow" to Daniel. Lance planned to define Hun/Chun in Jilin/Province as the first disaster-stricken place in the world in the story of "the day after tomorrow", and then the disaster spreads in the direction of Yan/Chun, opening the prelude to the global disaster. Daniel plays an ordinary office worker living in Hun/Chun. One day after get off work, he and his friends went to the tavern for two drinks. The time to go back was a little late. His wife called to express concern. Daniel encountered hail attacks as big as a volleyball on the way home and was sleeping on the way home forever. Then, Hun/Chun was completely buried by hail.

This is a very small character. In the movie, the overall picture is only about one to two minutes. It depends on the shooting results and editing effect before deciding. Daniel's character has no name, but has some lines. In the camera of Hun/Chun, all of them are filmed with him as the first protagonist.

"Wow, this is much more important than I thought." Daniel also made a small joke. In 2003, it was already very rare for Chinese actors to appear in Hollywood blockbusters, let alone add lines. Even in 2015, such treatment is not common. "This is my honor, of course, I am very willing to star in this movie. Now, what do I need to do to get this role?"

Lance pondered for a moment, then couldn't help laughing, "In fact, you've got this role. I asked for an audition because I need to communicate with you about the shooting time. The crew will go to Ji/Lin for on-site shooting, but I need to stay in Montreal, so the third filming team will cooperate with you at that time. We can discuss the time, including some details of the shooting."

Daniel opened his eyes in surprise, then breathed a sigh of relief, and spread his hands with a smile, "No problem, of course no problem." Daniel thought for a while and was about to ask a question. Unexpectedly, Lance raised his head in surprise and looked behind Daniel, which made Daniel turn his head, and then saw Lucy Liu (Lu Cy-liu, Liu/Yu/Ling), which is also the most famous Chinese actress active on the Hollywood big screen, no doubt.

Not long ago, Lucy starred in "Charlie's Angels" and achieved success again, which was really rare.

Lance stood up in surprise, "Hey, Lucy, why are you here? I thought your agent would come over. And we made an appointment at three o'clock, didn't we?" Lance stepped forward and gave Lucy a hug, and asked in surprise. The reason he was surprised was that these contents were confirmed by Percy, and he thought there was something wrong with the communication - this was the most important thing.

"You say this will make me think you don't welcome me." Lucy's narrow phoenix eyes raised slightly, with a sly smile, and said jokingly, which made Lance spread his hands to express his innocence. "I have some questions to discuss with you, and it seems inappropriate to pass messages through the agent. So I came here in person. I originally wanted to come over and have a cup of coffee first, but..." Lucy's eyes fell on Daniel, "But now it seems that I have disrupted your plan."

"Oh, in fact, everything is fine. Let me introduce it to you." Lance took the initiative to match the two of them. "Daniel and Lucy will also play an important role in the "day after tomorrow", but she will stay in Montreal and fight against the cold with me."

"Wait." Lucy interrupted Lance's introduction. "We still have some problems that have not been solved." Lance frowned and took the initiative to ask "what". Lucy was obviously hesitant. She looked at Daniel standing aside. She looked at Lance again, and hesitated and asked again and again, "I want to ask, why did you hire me? Please don't tell me. You want to develop the Chinese/Chinese market, and everyone in Hollywood knows that the Japanese market is more valuable."

Lucy knew clearly that in Hollywood, she had to rely on her own abilities to star in a movie but tried her best to win. But this time, the crew of "the day after tomorrow" took the initiative to find her, and the role was not light, which made her feel strange, as if there was a small spike in her heart. She could ignore it, but she didn't want to.

This is Hollywood, the most important thing in Hollywood, and there is no free lunch.

Daniel hesitated for a moment, with a embarrassed expression on his face, as if he had something to say but didn't know how to speak. Lance could see it at once, "So, are you curious about this question too?" Daniel scratched his head awkwardly, then nodded to express his affirmation. In fact, this is the question that Daniel just wanted to ask.

Of course, Lance knew that his actions were indeed unique in Hollywood. Twentieth Century Fox held four meetings with him. "I like Chinese culture, and that land carries many memories of me, so when I have the opportunity, I am very happy to return to that land and reconnect with Chinese actors. I don't know this answer, are you satisfied?"

Chinese, authentic Chinese. Lance's Chinese was completely shocked by both of them. Daniel understood it, but Lucy frowned, "Wait, what you said just now?" Her Chinese was not very smart.

This rhetorical question made Lance and Daniel laugh.

After some twists and turns in the "Day Day Afternoon" crew, all the characters were finally officially confirmed.

The male lead Jack was taken over by Dennis Quaid. After discussion, he agreed to join the "day-to-day" crew with a salary of 5 million US dollars, but with an additional two percent of the box office dividend; Jack's son Sam was unsurprisingly led by Jack Gyllenhaal, with a salary of 800,000 US dollars; Jessica Alba took on the role of a female role and played Sam's girlfriend Laura.

In addition, Michael Fassbender plays Jason, a member of the Arctic meteorological research team of the male lead Jack, Channing Tatum plays Jason, the suitor Laura meets in New York, Kevin Hart plays Sam and Laura's black classmate, Lucy Liu plays the important meteorologist role Jenny, and Chera Word plays Lucy, the wife of Jack, the male lead.

It is worth mentioning that, including Daniel Wu and Lucy Liu, the entire crew hired 30 Chinese actors. Of course, only Lucy and Dennis had lines, and all the others were extras. But even so, the "day after tomorrow" crew has become a unique and beautiful scenery in Hollywood.

After confirming the entire crew members, it only cost 15 million US dollars, which was naturally the best result for Chaos Pictures; but for Twentieth Century Fox, they were worried - the lack of actor appeal has always troubled them. If the three main characters Dennis, Jack and Jessica were not recognized by Twentieth Century Fox, I was afraid that this matter would not have been so easy to negotiate.

But no matter what, the "day after tomorrow" crew has been integrated and officially prepared.

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