Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 198 Public elections begin

While Taylor's new album is selling like hot cakes, global casting for "Fifty Shades of Grey" is also in progress.

Norton Eyes receives actor resumes from all over the world, accompanied by resumes of various regular people, models and singers.

Obviously many people just submit a resume to try it out.

But these resumes have also become Tang De's promotional capital.

So soon, 3,800 actor resumes became news in newspapers. When everyone was surprised by the global popularity of "Fifty Shades of Grey", it also achieved further breakthroughs.

When many passers-by saw that this movie had such a large number of actor options, they were curious about what this movie was about.

After learning that this was an adaptation of a novel, some people were curious enough to browse and buy the original work.

Although readers had mixed reviews about the plot of the original work, the film's reputation has grown further.

Striking while the iron is hot, Tang De also started the selection of actors.

"I'm even more surprised. What gender is she? What does it mean to be a biological male, a psychological female, and a female lover? What a strange description. I can't understand it, but I was shocked."

"It's better to throw it away quickly." Greta picked up the resume, threw it into the shredder, and then continued to look at other photos.

"This girl is quite good-looking. When I was young, I dated someone who looked similar to her. Alas, it was a pity that her father broke up with her."

It contains their self-introduction and acting clips.

After all, Tang De's biggest requirement for the male and female protagonists is to be eye-catching and good-looking. Those who are not good-looking will be given a pass.

In addition to him, there are also people who perform musical instrument skills, cook, and pole dance in the video.

"Alan Tveit, who has never acted on screen, has just joined Broadway, but his acting skills and image are acceptable."

Even in open America, this kind of person is an outlier.

It took a few people a long time to select, and after being hurt by the mess of resumes, they finally found 300 resumes that were readable.

"But you have to admit that his acting skills are pretty good, at least he has a strong sense of belief." James Wan found another angle in a different way.

"Look, I'm telling you, Wen can't stand this kind of actor!" Jimmy laughed.

But these are not the funniest ones. The funniest thing is the one in the video that takes out a large pile of money and bribes the judges through the screen.

Some professional actors and actresses also include movie clips on the disc, which is very interesting to watch.

The appreciation of acting skills lasted for a week. After watching the videos of 300 actors, everyone unanimously selected 16 actors and submitted them to Tang De.

James Wan held up the resume in his hand: "Is he serious? After putting so many nails on his face, he still has the confidence to interview for the leading role?"

Because this will prove his ability and prove that Tang De's vision is correct.

Even more outrageous are striptease performers.

"I am 1.4 meters tall and want to play the leading role. Do I have to step on a chair to perform?"

"WTF..."

But this is only a minority among the minority. Most actors adhere to a simple style, ending with a self-introduction and a one-man show.

"Why? Fernando?"

With more than 3,000 resumes, it is not easy to read them carefully.

The upgraded review committee composed of Jimmy, Greta, Carl, James Wan, Kane and Fernando began the selection in the office.

Of course, there are even more outrageous things. You can live in America, but you can never live without it.

"Wen, look at this?" The resume that Jimmy handed over interrupted Wen Ziren's thinking. He subconsciously took it, and then frowned after seeing the actor's photo.

"Because her father is the majority shareholder of our company."

Jimmy and Kane looked at each other and couldn't help laughing: "What is this guy doing? Does he think we are thousands of dollars short?"

The blood of several men was so intense that they almost lost control.

He is full of expectations for the film's performance.

"As long as you can let me pass, I will give each of you a sum of money. How about three thousand US dollars?" The actor solemnly raised two piles of dollars from the box with a serious expression.

"Okay, another Romeo and Julia story."

So they all took a rough look at the photos first.

The filming of "Saw 2" was completed a month ago and has entered the advanced stage, giving James Wan ample rest time.

For example, a handsome actor stuttered a lot when introducing himself, so he just danced sexy during the one-man show.

"Hahaha, Wen, you are really good at talking!"

"280 pounds! My God, this is almost as big as a car, right? What is she going to do when she joins the movie? Is she going to crush the male protagonist to death?"

In the photo, a man was completely naked. His eyebrows and bridge of nose were covered with steel nails. The shape echoed his dick. Just one glance made his eyes feel hot.

Tang De looked through his resume one by one.

The next step was to further screen and start watching the CDs that the actors had sent along with their resumes.

"Look at this, she has a great body, but her face looks as old as my Shar-Pei. It's so funny. If the male protagonist faced this face, he would definitely not be able to get hard."

Looking at his perky butt, it's not difficult for Jimmy and the others to imagine what this guy's job is.

This actor doesn't have much impression in Tang De's memory, but he does look handsome.

Just because of his age, he looks a little immature.

When he turned to the next page, Tang De raised his eyebrows.

"Chris Evans, isn't this captain?"

The man in the photo has a healthy smile, and he is the actor who plays Captain America in the Marvel movies.

He just finished playing "Fantastic Four" this year and is considered to be on the rise. Unexpectedly, he also submitted his resume.

But that's normal. "Fantastic Four" hasn't been released yet, so everything is unknown.

"Fifty Shades of Grey" has the full support of MGM and Supreme Creative, and has now made a name for itself in the United States and some countries.

Although the name of SM actor is not a good one, only successful actors will consider it. Other actors will only consider whether they can make money or improve their status.

After looking through the male actors, Tang De continued to look at the actresses.

There are ten in total, and Chloë Grace Moretz is among them.

However, Tang De is not optimistic that she will be selected as the heroine, because the other people's looks, fame and acting skills are not bad either. "Leighton Meester." One of the future stars of "Gossip Girl."

"Amanda Seyfried." Star of "Mean Girls."

But none of these people can compare to the photo in Tang De's hand.

Above was a beautiful girl with dark hair. Her gray pupils were very iconic. When he saw her, Tang De immediately thought of the sexy vase in "Transformers".

Yes, it's Megan Fox.

Unexpectedly, there are so many competing talents for the heroine, and she is more interesting than the male protagonist.

Tang De estimates that the good looks of these actors should be able to motivate boys to vote.

So two days later, Judy and Mirren saw the casting announcement for "Fifty Shades of Grey" through the newspaper.

"Wow! This actor is so handsome! He's even a little cute!" Judy couldn't help but scream as soon as she saw Alan Tveit.

Because he perfectly matched her aesthetics and satisfied her fantasy of a male protagonist.

Mirren was on the side, a little jealous when he heard her scream, but he didn't know what to say. He could only point at Chris Evans and said: "I think he is more handsome."

"emmm..." Judy frowned: "He is indeed handsome, but don't you think he is a bit mature?"

"But shouldn't male CEOs be mature?" Mirren retorted subconsciously.

"Yeah, mature." Judy shook her head: "Sorry, I like Tveit better, he looks sexier."

"Sexy, are you watching the movie just to see his figure? It's superficial." Mirren couldn't help but choked.

"What? What did you say?" Judy shouted in surprise: "So this is how I look in your eyes, Mirren."

"No, no, no, I made a mistake!" Mirren hurriedly went back to make amends, but unfortunately Judy was already angry.

She tossed the newspaper away from Mirren: "Just spend Christmas with your music magazine!"

"Don't leave! Judy!" Mirren wanted to keep her, but unfortunately failed.

He looked at the newspaper at his feet, stomped it hard and complained, "It's all your fault! Tang!"

There are many couples who have similar experiences to Judy Mirren, but more often than not, girls are jealous of boys' choices.

This anger was even greater after seeing her boyfriend vote for Megan Fox in a swimsuit without hesitation.

So in order to prevent them from succeeding, the girls simply formed an opposition alliance and chose Cindy and Leighton Meester, who looked very different from Megan Fox.

But since voting costs money, Tang De couldn't help but be a little surprised when he learned that the amount of voting had exceeded three million.

"These girls are crazy."

He sat on the chair and exclaimed. In the world of commodities, the ordering of women, children, old people, and dogs is not unreasonable.

It can only be said that when a girl plans to pay for what she likes, no one can stop her.

This is exactly Tang De's intention in holding a public election. He wants these girls to spend real money to vote, so that they will enter the theater to watch in the future.

If we were in a society with a developed Internet, he would not do this because it would create a fight among fans for hegemony.

But now the communication remains unchanged, and everyone can still maintain a certain rationality.

While waiting for the voting results, Taylor Swift's new album has officially exceeded 700,000 sales, one step closer to becoming one million platinum sales.

Taylor has begun a promotional tour across the United States, and Kane will take her and her mother to major music festivals to expand their reputation.

So recently, Tang De's ears have become a little clearer.

At the same time, the post-production of the second part of "Saw" has been completed and screenings have begun.

This movie will be Lionsgate's only chance, so their executives have been keeping an eye on "Saw 2"'s critical reception.

It's a pity to disappoint them.

"Hollywood Reporter" gave "Saw 2" a score of 6 points, believing that although the film was directed by a new director, it could not match the first film in terms of graphics, shots, etc. But it went a step further in terms of visual expression, especially the innovation of torture instruments, and revealed part of Jigsaw's background, allowing the audience to get a glimpse into the heart of this old man.

Therefore, the watchability of this movie is not inferior to the first one.

However, following the mixed reviews of the first film, there are still many film critics who expressed that they could not understand the content shown in this film and thought it was not nutritious.

However, in terms of audience reputation, "Saw 2" has continued the good reputation of the first film. All viewers said they were very happy after watching it. It is an excellent horror film.

In particular, many of the scenes of executions with torture instruments gave them a very real feeling of pain.

Everyone said that they would definitely recommend others to watch it in the theater.

In addition, Tang De's advertising channels continue to promote, and advertisements for "Saw 2" are rotated on the big screen every day.

The puppet Billy riding a stroller has appeared again in every corner of the city, and passers-by can even take out invitations from its mouth.

Because the puppets were so exquisite, everyone began to search for Billy spontaneously.

Just like a large-scale offline game, many loyal fans of the "Saw" series are proud to own this puppet Billy released by the producer.

And they also found different marks on the puppet Billy on the street than those sold nearby.

This certainly heightened the interest among many people, who all agreed that these Billys were unique.

On the second-hand platform, the price of this kind of puppet Billy is also higher than that of ordinary Billy.

After all Billy is found, "Saw 2" will be officially released.

That night, all theaters in New York replaced the pillar decorations at the entrance with puppet Billy. Audiences lined up in long lines and entered the theaters in search of excitement.

The next day, Tang De was sitting in Moria's office at Lionsgate Pictures, looking at the box office report in his hand.

"The box office on the first day was 1830 million." Tang De laughed, and Moria opposite him spread his hands in a perfunctory celebration.

Because this means that Lionsgate's plan has basically been declared bankrupt. Both "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Saw 2" have far exceeded expectations at the box office. Unless the future release of "Fifty Shades of Grey" is unsatisfactory, Lionsgate can make a comeback.

But how is this possible!

Fifty Shades of Grey's public vote made millions of dollars!
Those girls would collapse the threshold of the theater!
Moriah has no doubt this is happening, and everyone in Hollywood has seen the madness of women during this time.

Even the original novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" has successfully achieved a 50% sales increase.

Moria had to admit that Tang De was the most powerful publicity master. He even began to discuss with Tang De and let him and Supreme Creative be responsible for the promotion of his movies.

"What do you think?" Moria handed him the cooperation contract.

Tang De looked at the numbers above, nodded, and signed with a big pen: "No problem, Moria, I will accept this contract."

(End of this chapter)