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Chapter 688: Brush the Box Office

But after Zhang Yang came back, he started filming the new movie non-stop. If ordinary people were not allowed to pretend in front of the domestic media, this would be a sufficient sense of accomplishment.

That afternoon, word spread that Zhang Yang was going to be casting in Wanwan. This was a big deal.

Zhang Yang has never cast actors in his previous movies. This time he cast because he didn't know Wanwan actors well.

But some Wanwan people also feel sad that directors like their local actor Zhang Yang simply don't care, and Wanwan's younger brother is a real loser.

Early the next morning, the entire sugar factory in Kaohsiung was extremely lively. Although the place was no longer open to the public, this made Wanwan media even more interested.

Inside the sugar factory, a room was cleared out by people from Ocean Studio as the place for today’s interview.

At around eight o'clock, there were already many people in the hall outside the interview room.

On the other side, he was talking to Zhang Ai's family in the living room of Zhang Yang's suite.
The two of them waited until about 8:45 before setting off. The appointment time this morning was to start the interview at 9 o'clock.

Before they entered the interview room, they saw the group of actors. They greeted Zhang Yang and Zhang Aijia one after another, and Zhang Yang nodded in response.

Today, Zhang Yang is actually the only interviewer, and Zhang Ai’s family is accompanying me.

"Let's start with the male characters!" Zhang Yang suggested. The male characters in this movie are generally unimportant and will be over soon.

Zhang Aijia nodded, and then she and her assistant came over to say a few words. After a while, male characters began to come in.

In addition to Zhang Yang and Zhang Aijia, there were also two assistants in the interview room, as well as a male and a female staff member from Ocean Studio. These two staff members were responsible for matching the actors being interviewed.

The unimportant male roles were decided one by one, and Zhang Yang was a little surprised when a man came in after a while.

After Xiu Jiekai came in, he introduced to Zhang Yang: "Hello, director, I am Xiu Jiekai..."

"Just act like a cold-faced killer!" Zhang Yang said after listening to his introduction.

Zhang Ai's family listened to Zhang Yang's words nearby and knew that he must have a role in this movie. The cold-faced killer is the best to play.
She looked at Xiu Jiekai and knew that he had found a good wife. She heard that Jia Jingwen and Zhang Yang were quite familiar with each other.

Soon the role of a cold-faced killer became Xiu Jiekai's.

After a few people, an acquaintance of Zhang Yang came in, Wang Yaoqing.

"Hello directors." Wang Yaoqing greeted with a smile.

"We haven't seen each other for a long time." Zhang Yang looked at Wang Yaoqing and said with a smile. They worked together in the movie "Wu Shuang".

"Yao Qing is doing well in the mainland now. Last year..." Zhang Ai's family saw a rare acquaintance of Zhang Yang and introduced him to him. As long as Wanwan develops well in the mainland, they will pay special attention to it because there are too few. .

After listening to Zhang Aijia's words, Zhang Yang thought that he was developing in the Mainland and said to Wang Yaoqing: "You act like a thoughtful policeman."

This is the most important male role in the movie, and Wang Yaoqing had previously played a policeman in "Wu Shuang". It was a piece of cake for him to play such a role, but in just over half an hour, all the male roles were over.

Next are the three most important roles, starting with the youngest daughter Tang Zhen.

Zhang Yang looked at the performances of four or five little girls with a blank expression and wondered what all this stuff was about.

Soon another person came in and she introduced herself: "Hello director, I am Ouyang Nana, I am 16 years old..."

Zhang Yang didn't even listen to her introduction but looked at Zhang Aijia who played the violin and could play Tang Zhen well.

Zhang Ai's family pretended not to see Zhang Yang's gaze. Sometimes it was hard for them to refuse favors. Anyway, Zhang Yang came to sway people.

The three important roles all had to read and perform in a script. Soon a page of the script came into Ouyang Nana's hands, asking her to perform a scene in which the cook made emergency changes to the dishes.

The cook also held a red envelope hidden in the belly of the fish that was given to the Tang family.

The female employees of Ocean Studio quickly acted with her. Today she was very broken. The little girls who acted with her didn't act well, and they spoke strangely.

But she is still too young. If the previous little girls had poor acting skills, then the little girl in front of her has no acting skills at all!

After a few minutes of performing, Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Let's work together again next time we have a chance!"

Ouyang Nana nodded in despair and turned to leave. A younger man came in after a few little girls and introduced himself: "Hello director, my name is Wen Qi and I am 14 years old..."

At this time, Zhang Ai's family introduced Zhang Yang again: "She is from our Wanwan family, but she grew up in the mainland since she was a child. Speaking of which, she and I are half fellow villagers."

"She grew up in Jinling?" Zhang Yang asked after hearing the introduction of Zhang Ai's family.

"No, I grew up in Suzhou." Wen Qi said proactively.

"That's right. Suzhou, especially Kunshan, is about to become the base camp of you Wanwan businessmen." Zhang Yang joked to Zhang Ai's family.

"They just joined the group to keep warm."

Zhang Yang stopped talking nonsense and asked her to pick up the script and start acting!

Wen Qi's acting skills can still be seen in this role. After her performance, Zhang Yang pointed at Wen Qi and said to Zhang Aijia: "Tang Zhen is the only one. Those who are interviewing for this role should not come in. We will start interviewing Tang Ning later. "

Zhang Aijia nodded and explained to her assistant that Wen Qi will also stay in the sugar factory from today on, and she will be the starring role.

At Tang Ning's audition, Zhang Yang finally met the amazing actress.

The first person to come in was Gui Lunmei. Zhang Yang still knew her, and soon she took the script and started performing.

"There's nothing wrong with your performance, but it's not quite suitable for this role. Let's work together again if we have the opportunity in the future!" Zhang Yang apologized to her.

Gui Lunmei didn't hesitate too much. She nodded with Zhang Yang and Zhang Aijia and walked away gracefully.

Next came Zhang Rongrong, her acting skills were passable, and she had a unique style because she was of mixed Chinese and French descent.

After her performance, Zhang Yang pondered, and then said to Zhang Aijia: "What do you think of her." "She is already married and has children." Zhang Aijia explained.

Zhang Yang looked at Zhang Rongrong in surprise and asked, "There is a larger-scale scene here, can you accept it?"

Zhang Rongrong was a little surprised after hearing this. She didn't expect Zhang Yang to shoot large-scale pictures, so she asked with doubts: "Is it as big as "Lust, Caution"?"

Zhang Yang quickly shook his hand and explained: "It's not that scary, it's just..."

Zhang Rongrong thought about it but gave up.

There were no other suitable candidates, and in the end Zhang Yang chose Wu Kexi from his original memory. She is quite an academic, but she is particularly passionate about acting.

When it came to Mrs. Tang’s choice, it was really difficult. After a round of selection, Chen Sari was more suitable.
She is the Queen Mother Dou in Huang Xiaoming's 2000 version of "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty". How classic is this role she created? Two years ago, Wang Luodan cast her to play the role of Empress Dowager Dou in the version of "The Great Han's Virtuous Guard and His Wife".

But she is too old, and it would be just right for her to play the role if she was about ten years younger.

But you can play another role.

It was already past 12 o'clock, and Zhang Yang was ready to give up.

"Director Zhang, why don't I find some more actors, even Lin Qingxia, I can invite you." Zhang Aijia said domineeringly.

After listening to her words, Zhang Yang shook his head and said with a smile: "Even if you invite me here, it may not be appropriate."

But Zhang Yang suddenly stopped and took a good look at Zhang Ai's house next to him.

In last year's "Gorgeous Office Workers", Zhang Aijia's performance was very domineering, so Zhang Yang asked: "Are you interested in acting in this movie?"

"Me?" Zhang Aijia was a little surprised. She thought for a while and shook her head and said, "I still don't look gloomy enough."

"There are no suitable actors in Wanwan, so I'll go to the mainland to look for them." Zhang Yang said, already having a draft in mind.

After hearing Zhang Yang's words, the Zhang Aijia knew who he was thinking of, and most likely they wanted to find Gong Li again.

"Director Zhang, Gong Li is not as suitable as Chen Chong." Zhang Aijia said.

Zhang Yang also knew that Gong Li was indeed inferior to Chen Chong in terms of gloominess, but he just didn't want to use it.

"It's better to use people from China." Zhang Yang said perfunctorily.

"Gong Li is also a foreigner, you forgot." Zhang Aijia reminded.

"This?" Zhang Yang really didn't pay attention.

"Just don't use them at all. I think Hui Yinghong from Xiangjiang is quite suitable." Zhang Aijia suggested.

The Zhang Ai family is good at judging people, and Hui Yinghong was used in the original version. After listening to her suggestion, Zhang Yang thought to himself, could this be God's will?

Seeing that Zhang Yang was thinking about it, Zhang Aijia continued to persuade: "Director Zhang, didn't you also say that there are good actors in Xiangjiang? Hui Yinghong is very good.

How well she performed in "The Demon", and the most important thing is that she fits the role. "

Hui Yinghong's performance in "The Demon" is indeed remarkable. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress in one film.

Zhang Yang thought that there was nothing wrong with her personal position, so he nodded and said: "Okay, then you can contact her! When she comes over, let the three leading actors read the script first, and we will film and sing the scene first."

"Aren't you going to hold a press conference?" Zhang Aijia asked after listening to Zhang Yang's arrangement.

"It won't open."

The casting for this time was decided by Zhang Yang in one morning. Zhang Ai didn't stay at home for long, and she also had a lot of things to do of her own.

Hui Yinghong arrived in the afternoon, and after she signed the contract with the film company, Zhang Yang read the script with the three of them.

At around three o'clock, as soon as they finished reading the script, the assistant came over and said something in Zhang Yang's ear.

After hearing this, Zhang Yang raised his eyebrows and said to the three leading actors: "You discuss it among yourselves while I go handle something."

After saying that, he walked back to his room, sat down on the chair and then asked his assistant: "As soon as "Ip Man 3" was released, they started to rack up the box office?"

"Yes, they probably want to rely on the high box office in the early stage to attract more people to come and watch.

Moreover, their cost of raking in box office is not low. Firstly, there is a clear policy, and secondly, the theater chain is not their own. "The assistant said affirmatively.

"How did you discover it so quickly this time?" Zhang Yang asked curiously after hearing the assistant's explanation.

"Ip Man 3" was just released today.

"After experiencing "Monster Hunt", many people are very sensitive to various data.
Today is a Friday working day, and all domestic box office statistics can be viewed online at any time. The surge in the box office of a single cinema was immediately noticed by professionals. "The assistant analyzed.

Zhang Yang listened to the assistant's words but raised his hand to check the time.

Today is Friday, and the office is closed on Saturdays and Sundays. If you don’t take care of this matter immediately today,

"Ip Man 3" can harvest the box office in one weekend, and the so-called penalty for a theater is only 50 yuan, which is too small a price.

Zhang Yang didn't wait much and immediately called Director Zhang.

Director Zhang of the Beijing Film Bureau is in a good mood recently. In the past February, the total domestic movie box office reached 68.7 billion, which is 10.5 billion US dollars converted into US dollars.

The total box office in the United States in February was only US$8 million, which means that the domestic box office in February ranked first in the world. This is really good news.

And this time Zhou Xingxing's "Mermaid" movie box office exceeded 30 billion,
Although it is impossible to catch up with Zhang Yang's 35.5 billion, the box office of one person's movie has exceeded billion, which shows that the potential of domestic movie box office is really so great, and it is not because of Zhang Yang.

(End of this chapter)