Chen Ran's script was ready a long time ago. Now, all the actors and actresses had been found, and the required teams had been organized.
Some of them were famous senior brothers and sisters in the industry, and some were just graduates who had no jobs.
This time, Chen Ran invested 60 million in Twilight, which was much lower than the original version. However, the prices in America were too high. After calculating the exchange rate, the investment cost was almost one to one.
The location was Jiuzhai, Huanglong.
Chen Ran changed the vampire theory that was first spread.
Chen Ran changed the vampire to the spirit race, and the werewolf to the demon and wolf branch.
This was called adapting to local conditions. If it was published overseas, it would be enough to change it back to vampires and wolves.
Among the investments, Chen Ran contributed 30 million, Chen Tong contributed 10 million, and Tang Yan contributed 10 million.
At the same time, Zhao Kewei contributed 10 million, Chen Tong contributed 20 million, and the Beijing Film Studio contributed 10 million.
The total cost was 100 million yuan, and the box office sales were only 200 million yuan (the theater chains had to split it in half). Adding on the tax, the total cost was 240 million yuan.
On September 17th, everyone gathered in the capital for a meeting before filming started.
Because everyone did not arrive at the same time during the filming, at most two-thirds of the people were on the set at the same time, so there was a need for a meeting to communicate.
This was a rule unique to China's film and television industry. It did not exist anywhere else.
The venue was the Capital's Mai He Club.
This club was owned by Mai He Records. Usually, people from the industry would come, and sometimes they would hold the same meeting.
This time, Lin Hao was Chen Ran's assistant as the assistant director. With him guiding the process, Chen Ran quickly learned the set.
"Then let's invite Teacher Zhou Yiwei to speak first."”
The male lead should have been the first to speak. As the male lead, the director, the screenwriter, and the original author, Chen Ran was not familiar with this conference and could not speak first. If they were to ask the second-biggest celebrity in the group, Zhao Kewei and Tang Yan would be on par. If they called anyone, they would offend someone. Therefore, it was better to break the convention and ask Zhou Yiwei to speak first.
As a teacher from Northern Film Academy, Zhou Yiwei was quite famous in the industry, even though he wasn't famous outside of the industry. No one looked down on him.
Zhou Yiwei: " I have a few considerations for the role of Alan. First, as an immortal character, Alan should show the characteristics of being knowledgeable. Secondly, as the nominal father of the protagonist, Alan should be a little stricter. It was more in line with the definition of father and son in our society, although magic should also carry the concept of traditional culture.”
Chen Ran applauded." Teacher Zhou, you're right. I didn't describe this too much when I wrote it. This might have to be supported by Teacher Zhou's acting skills instead of his lines.”
"Then Nan Ran will speak."”
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Everyone had to give their opinions, and even the lighting staff had made suggestions on which period of time was the most suitable for filming in Jiuzhai for the next few months.
As for the cameraman, he suggested that the team should be divided into machine owners and not members. The weather in Jiuzhai was changeable. Once it rained, they would dance in the rain scene. Once it snowed, they would dance in the snow scene. They had to pay attention to the cloudy and sunny scenes at all times.
Even the stage supervisor had made some management requirements, and there was also the provision of food and beverages.
This broadened Chen Ran's horizons. It turned out that " This Man Is From Earth " was a well-played game. The teachers probably did not think that Chen Ran would sell it for money. In the end, Chen Ran made a lot of money.
This was the way to make a real high-budget movie. It was not the representatives of each group speaking, but the entire group speaking one by one. The chef had to ask the staff to decide whether to eat salty, sweet, or spicy lunches.
This kind of meeting was a sign that a film and television series was about to start filming.
The news quickly spread that Chen Ran was going to film Twilight.
Then, the cast list was leaked.
"With this lineup, the main characters are all newcomers except for Tang Yan and Zhao Kewei. It seems like they're taking the recent youth literature route!”
"This kind of movie is linked to the Beijing Film Studio, which means that the industry is optimistic about it. It's definitely a profitable type.”
"Wait a minute, what the hell is Shen Teng! F * ck, Shen Teng is acting as a bad demon. Is this a comedy?”
Shen Teng's character in the original novel was a low-IQ Old Hei. If such a character was placed in China, you only had two choices. One was to find a random actor who was not famous or outstanding to deal with him. The other choice was to find a comedy star and add some jokes.
The three bad demons were played by Shen Teng, Feng Yuanzheng, and Wang Ou.
Shen Teng was famous for his role as Hao Jian, Feng Yuanzheng was famous for his 30 years of acting as a pervert, and Wang Ou was famous for his role as Wang Manchun.
These three bad guys were barely enough. The only problem was that they were not good-looking. They did not seem to fit in with the righteous lineup.
There was nothing he could do about it. In recent years, there were fewer and fewer good-looking people who could act as bad guys. If they were slightly good-looking, they would have to act as positive characters. He could only find the older generation, Feng Yuanzheng, to take the blame.
Besides, bad guys could put on makeup and make it look a little more demonic.
"The composition of the characters in this game is very strange. This is Chen Ran's first time shooting a blockbuster, so he's still unfamiliar with the industry. Many popular celebrities are probably too busy to know about Chen Ran, so they didn't agree to act.”
The netizens 'guesses were wrong. In fact, Chen Ran did not want to hire the so-called popular celebrities because his acting skills were too bad. He could still film a TV series, but he would not be able to earn back the cost of filming a movie.
Just as the netizens were discussing fervently, Chen Ran posted a Weibo post.
"The first novel of the Twilight Saga novel, Twilight, will be on sale in all major bookstores and online websites nationwide at nine o'clock tomorrow. Thank you for your support.”
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