Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 289 The Eve of Shooting
Tang De successfully saved several million dollars in the budget of "Lucy: War of the Veil" and also made Wellington Edu calm down.

When Wellington Edu returned, he had a big fight with the agent who had made him lose millions of dollars and fired the guy.

But even so, Donder had no plans to let Wellington Edu continue to play the role. He planned to let Rean die of natural causes in "Lucy: War of the Veil" and launch his second-generation hero.

For this purpose, he and the screenwriters revised the script.

After the script was revised, Tang De invited all the leading actors and key members, rented a seaside villa and held a seven-day discussion meeting.

"Good director."

"haven't seen you for a long time."

"Good morning, Don."

"Oh, dear, long time no see, you are still so handsome."

Next to the swimming pool surrounded by green trees, Tang De had a large parasol erected, and underneath was a long table and a projection screen.

Tang De stood at the door, welcoming the leading actors.

When he saw Scarlett, his eyebrows raised slightly, because Scarlett was wearing a light-colored suspender skirt today, which was tightly fitted to her body curves, outlining her hot lines so perfectly that it looked difficult to grasp with both hands.

"You look so sexy today." Tang De looked around while speaking, and there was no one else.

Scarlett was much bolder. She stepped forward and kissed Tang De, then gently pressed her fingers against his chest: "This is such a rare vacation."

"Yeah, it's really nice to be able to take a vacation while filming a movie."

Tang De smiled and put his hand on his waist like a gentleman, allowing Scarlett to hold his arm and walk out of the villa together.

Everyone present did not find this scene strange, or rather, the rumors about Scarlett and Tang De were already all over the place, and their interactions were usually very close, but no one dared to directly say anything about the existence between them. After all, Tang De's identity and status were there, and anyone who dared to say anything would not have a good ending.

Even Wellington Edu, who was dissatisfied, did not dare to use these things to threaten Tang De.

After all, if the rumors about Tang De and other women were spread out, it would at most provide some topics for people to talk about after dinner. But if his explosive news were to get out, he would be directly plunged into a quagmire.

So after everyone greeted each other, they began the formal discussion session.

Everyone had a script in front of them. They first looked at the outline of the script, and then glanced at Wellington Edu with different expressions.

Apparently, everyone saw someone about to die.

Wellington Edu smiled awkwardly, then felt relieved.

He was worried that Tang De would use the evidence to constantly demand that he star in movies for free, squeezing out all his value. Now that Tang De was willing to let him die in the Lucid Universe, it meant that he would be able to get other roles soon.

This actually made him feel happy from the bottom of his heart.

But he didn't dare show it.

"Okay, everyone, read the script carefully later. Let me first talk about the planning of this movie." Tang De knocked on the table to attract everyone's attention: "The Battle of the Curtain will be filmed in seven locations."

"First of all, New York, as one of the anchor locations of the curtain, will host a lot of action scenes."

"The second is Chongqing in the mainland, which is also where the Curtain Anchor is located. I know you may not have been to the mainland, but that's okay. We can experience the local customs and culture when the time comes. Believe me, the food there is really delicious."

“Then Tokyo, Paris, India, Nairobi and Iceland.”

"These areas are where the curtain anchor points are located, and in the plot, each of you will go to different places to destroy the anchor points and pull out the curtain at the same time." Tang De looked at everyone, and then continued: "The whole movie is about three hours long. To be honest, time is a bit tight, so we have made the lines very refined. I need everyone to read these lines carefully and figure out the core of the characters. At the same time, everyone will have to receive action training in the future, because there will be a lot of fighting and action scenes in the film. But I don't think this is a test for everyone."

"Of course!" Will Smith nodded and said with a smile: "If you want to make a good movie, you can't be afraid of difficulties. Every actor has gone through this."

"Then let's start reading the script now." After Tang De finished speaking, Scarlett suddenly said, "Tang, there is something I need to talk to you about alone."

"Okay, let's go in and talk." Tang De didn't ask, but took Scarlett into the villa, leaving the others to read the script.

As soon as she entered the room, Scarlett couldn't wait to pull up Tang De's shirt and moved closer to him.

"Hiss, you are always so proactive." Tang De leaned against the door, feeling like he was thrown into a washing machine, spinning wildly.

"Who is to blame for this? It's your fault that you are not by my side every day."

"Tiantian? You have so much energy."

"Yeah, so don't think about taking a rest these days."

Tang De touched Scarlett's hair and couldn't help but curl up his lips: "Then there will be no rest."

Half an hour later, the two men returned to the long table with calm faces. The leading actors glanced at each other but did not dare to say anything.

"How do you like the script?" Tang De asked after sitting down.

"I think it's great. The plot is beyond my imagination." Rob Sari was the first to speak: "I think the audience will like it too."

"Yeah, that's right, it's amazing, I think it's cool just by reading the text." The other actors also echoed.

"No need to be so exaggerated." Tang De laughed: "I need more real feedback, especially the lines of the heroes. After all, you are the ones who play them. If anyone has any opinions about their characters or styles, please bring them up in time. This week is for polishing the script. Next month, the film will officially start."

"Don't worry, Don, I will read it carefully and give you a lot of suggestions." Will Smith shrugged.

"Hahaha, that's best."

As Tang De asked questions one by one, everyone began to study the script carefully and give their own ideas and suggestions, just like they were facing a teacher.

During this period, Scarlett made the most suggestions. Obviously, thanks to Tang De, she had read the script a long time ago and thought about it for a long time.

While collecting opinions, Tang De and the screenwriter also talked with the main members of the production team about various film-related productions.

For example, prop making and special effects production.

The number of special effects in the movie "Lucy: War of the Veil" will exceed all previous superhero movies, and Digital Domain alone cannot handle it, so Tang De specially found many special effects companies to produce it this time.

There are also a large number of props, especially cybernetic bodies. This time Tang De plans to arm a real army, so the props team is under a lot of pressure.

For this purpose, Norton's Eye formed a prop team of 500 people, and started production after the film's art settings were finalized.

In addition, the photography team and the art team are twice as large as before. It can be said that the production standards of the movie "Lucy: War of the Veil" far surpass the first and second parts, and even Warner and Marvel's movies cannot compare with it.

Maybe it won’t be until the future Avengers: Endgame that it can be compared to this movie.

But it was still a long time before that moment, Tang De had already seized the initiative, so he naturally could not give up the advantage.

When the End Game is released in the future, he will have even bigger movies waiting for him.

(End of this chapter)