That year Huayu

The role of a female lawyer is very important.

In the play, she needs to be able to compete with, or even surpass, the cunning, ruthless, and disguised male protagonist played by Leonardo.

At Crystal Pictures, Lin Nan met Naomi Watts, who was recommended by DiCaprio and played the role of a female lawyer.

To be objective, Lin Nan believes that the average strength of native British actors should be the highest among Hollywood actors.

"Lin, nice to meet you, and thank you Leon for recommending me to audition."

After the audition, Naomi Watts and Lin Nan chatted.

For Lin Nan, the person in front of her is also an actor who is a mother, so she should be able to better assume the role.

"When the time comes, your makeup will look even older."

After hearing Lin Nan's words, the smile on the other person's face stopped for a second, and then he spoke calmly.

"Actors should accept everything about the role. This is the professional ethics and quality they should have."

Lin Nan knew that Naomi Watts had understood the meaning of his words.

He stood up and extended his hand, "Welcome to the crew of "The Invisible Guest"."

The other party was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand to shake Lin Nan's hand, and said with a smile:

"Thank you. It's a great honor to participate in this movie..."

Tom personally sent Naomi Watts out, agreeing to sign the contract another day.

Within two minutes, he was back.

"Lin, as a gentleman, when treating a British lady, you should just use a hug or a kiss on the face."

"Haha, you really have enough on your plate, do you want to show off?"

Lin Nan looked at Tom and said something. Of course he knew this, but he just didn't have the idea.

If he really talked about etiquette, Lin Nan would have to have a good chat with him about Chinese etiquette.

Let this fat Tom know what the truly ancient Eastern etiquette culture is, and it cannot be compared with the British one.

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Although Lin Nan said that he would have video auditions with domestic actresses during the day, he still controlled the time.

So he started auditioning at 5 pm Los Angeles time, which happened to be around 8 am in China.

First of all, this is a foreign language film. If the English language is not fluent enough, a small number of actors will be blocked, such as those little flowers. Lin Nan does not want to use dubbing actors.

He auditioned Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, and Zhou Xun successively, but was perfunctory with Zhao Yanzi.

Lin Nan still felt something was wrong. Maybe it was because the opportunity to star in a Hollywood movie was too tempting, and several of the actresses were a little reserved or too deliberate.

Zhou Xun is okay, but his image is too petite, and he has the same flaws as Zhang Ziyi in the morning.

The shortcomings of the international chapter are more obvious, it is too bad.

Even Leonardo shook his head and said, "Which man with a successful career would find a lover like this?"

Lin Nan couldn't refute it for a moment, and the more he thought about it, the more it made sense, and he was speechless.

"I have a headache!"

"The next day, Lin Nan was sitting in the office of Crystal Pictures, feeling troubled.

"Lin, why don't you consider Jessica Chastain?

She's also a favorite for this year's Oscars, along with Naomi Watts. "

Tom's words made Lin Nan hesitate.

He originally thought that if it suited him, he would take care of domestic actresses, but now.

Suddenly, Lin Nan reacted to the second sentence Tom said, "You mean, they both have movies registered for this year's Oscars?"

Tom nodded and said affirmatively:

"Yes, even if they can't win the award, as long as they can be nominated, it will be of great help to our film!"

Lin Nan sat there, frowning and thinking. He couldn't deny that what Tom said did make sense.

A few minutes later, Lin Nan patted her thigh and said, "Okay, it's her! You go and do it."

"clear."

Now that the actress has made her choice, only the final supporting actor is left, which is much simpler.

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Emails about the audition results were sent back to China.

The media reacted quickly and the news immediately appeared online.

"It is reported that many domestic female stars auditioned for director Lin Nan's new work, the Hollywood movie "The Invisible Guest", and without exception, they were all annihilated."

"Zhang Ziyi, who was at the Oscars and participating in the awards review, also failed in the audition..."

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"Good guy, are you so strict? Call everything back?"

"It's really harsh. None of them succeeded!"

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Liu Yifei’s Weibo is already very lively.

"I'm curious, which actors did Director Lin choose in the end?"

"Yifei, help us ask. I'm very curious."

"Why did Fan Bingbing lose the election? What's wrong with her?"

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Liu Yifei came back from participating in the jewelry exhibition and had just taken a shower.

At this moment, the whole person looks pink and tender, very delicate.

Seeing so many people leaving messages for Aite himself, he simply sat on the sofa and started scrolling on Weibo.

"I don't know. Wait until I go over and ask him. I'll tell you later."

A unified reply immediately attracted a large number of netizens and fans to watch.

"I'll go and the real person will reply!"

"Is Producer Liu also going to Hollywood? Accompany Director Lin, or work?"

"Are you coming back for New Year's Eve? I look forward to meeting you and Director Lin at the mall!"

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Liu Yifei also got excited and started chatting.

"Going to see him, and doing some work by the way. If the movie can be completed before New Year's Eve, we will come back."

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"I don't know what Aunt Liu thought when she heard this. My daughter is going to accompany that person again this year!"

"What can the mother-in-law think? That's the son-in-law!"

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The next day, some media reporters photographed Liu Yifei at the airport.

A pair of sunglasses covered most of his face, and he wore a white thin shirt and a khaki windbreaker on his upper body.

Wear high-waisted casual pants with a pair of white sneakers, and look cool with long hair hanging over your shoulders.

He was followed by two female assistants, pushing two large suitcases.

When he saw the reporter, he raised his scissor hands in cooperation and showed a sweet smile.

"Liu Yifei appeared at the Capital Airport today, suspected of flying directly to Hollywood..."

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Lin Nan was invited to attend the public relations reception for Li An's "Young Pi".

To be honest, in the past he only knew that films competing for the Olympics needed to find special public relations companies, but he had never been in contact with these companies.

From Li An's side, Lin Nan had a deeper understanding of some specific operations.

Depending on the type of film and the number of awards the film applies for, a proprietary public relations plan will be developed.

Even the public relations company has to conduct specific screening of the thousands of academy judges.

Then a list will be drawn up, which will classify the academy judges, mark different preferences, and require public relations efforts.

An excellent film must start preparing for public relations from the moment it registers for the Oscars. The first step is to be shortlisted for nominations, and then the winners.

In these two stages, you have to spend money. The further you go, the more money you have to spend.

But throwing money is not giving money directly, but "spending money" in different ways.

It's a science to start with the little things. You can give gifts, but you can't give money or valuables directly.

"Director Li, can you tell me how much the public relations costs for "Life of Pi" are?"

In the corner, Lin Nan and Li An were talking quietly.

He will also take this step in the future. There is no harm in understanding it early. You can be mentally prepared in advance.

"The initial budget is 10 million dollars, and more will be added depending on the situation..."

Li An didn't hide anything and gave Lin Nan a direct answer.

“This is also a gamble. Once you are successfully nominated, you will make back whatever you spend.

If you win awards, or even win several awards, you will definitely make a lot of money around the world, including movie copyrights and other income. "

Li An glanced at Lin Nan and smiled;

"With your current achievements, you should consider and prepare for these things early. The most fundamental difference between the outside world and the mainland is that there is no seniority. As long as there are no such rigid rules, it will be much easier to handle."

Lin Nan did not answer Li An's words, but just smiled and nodded to express his acquiescence. What Li An said was indeed the truth.

"If you need it, I can introduce you to the public relations company of "Pi" later. When it comes to Oscar public relations, even the major production giants are not as professional and powerful as those specialized public relations companies."

"Thank you, Director Li. I'll go find you after the reception."

"Ok, I will wait for you."

Lin Nan raised his glass and took a sip.

He had to go to bed early tonight, and he would have to pick up Miss Liu early tomorrow morning.

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