Chapter 370 Another Heavyweight Player Joins

"I talked to Jiahe and asked them to arrange for Zheng Yijian. There are still 3 people missing in the team. I plan to change it to 5. Anyway, there are no lines, so it doesn't matter if there are more roles with a face.

Also, for the prophet, I still prefer to find a black person to shoot it. Robert Shaye said that we can actually find a singer. There are so many singers in our film. We can just make it a musician who can also make a movie. It's a good gimmick.

I think it's okay. Do you have any friends in the ugly country?" Wang Xu stroked Wang Fei's smooth skin and grabbed it from time to time. It was soft and fragrant, making people linger.

Wang Fei's skin was still slightly red, and her breath was not so even. Obviously, they did something again.

"You little hooligan, you are always like this, so I can't talk to you." Wang Fei raised his somewhat weak arm angrily and hit Wang Xu, but was hugged tighter by Wang Xu.

"Who made you so charming." Wang Xu said with a smug face. There is nothing that the young couple is embarrassed to say now.

"Come on, you're just trying to fool me. It's not like I haven't seen you holding my hand and looking at someone's long legs before." Wang Fei laughed.

"Tsk, I didn't look randomly, I looked normally." Wang Xu laughed.

"I've given up looking at handsome guys, so you should stop doing that too, is it not enough to look at me?" Wang Fei was a little embarrassed, she actually liked looking at handsome guys more.

"You only gave up in front of me, I can hear your girlfriends gossiping about handsome guys from a few rooms away." Wang Xu laughed and teased the woman in his arms.

"Ah, you actually eavesdropped, no no, your ears are simply cheating, you have to stay away from it in the future." Wang Fei twisted her body and acted coquettishly in Wang Xu's arms.

The couple interacted and played for a while, and gradually quieted down, and Wang Xu turned the topic back again.

"I have a good relationship with Whitney and Jenny, I'll call her tomorrow to ask if she is interested." Wang Fei thought for a while and said.

"Whitney Houston? Janet Jackson? You really think highly of our film." Wang Xu was surprised. Wang Xu only knew that Wang Fei met Whitney and Janet when he went to the Grammy Awards. Last year, Whitney won the Best Actress of the Year.

Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson are among the most expensive actresses in the Ugly Country, or two of the four queens of the Ugly Country. Unless they have a very good relationship, it is impossible for these two to appear in Chinese films.

"Well, Whitney is in trouble. I called her a few days ago. Her husband beat her.

I advised her to come to the capital and stay away from that scumbag. Filming is a good excuse.

And Janet also said that she wanted to make a movie, but she hasn't done it yet." Wang Fei briefly explained the situation.

Wang Fei obviously underestimated the seriousness of this matter. Whitney is not as simple as domestic violence. She should be infected with that thing, which is very troublesome. If it is soft, there is still hope. If it is hard, this person is basically hopeless.

Besides, this person is very troublesome. Her husband is a scumbag, but she was bewitched by a black magic. It was not until many years later that they divorced. It can only be said that this person herself has problems.

Although Wang Xu can slowly recover some of her previous skills, this kind of thing really depends on herself. Unless she wants to, she will never be able to leave. The environment she goes back to will still be the same.

Wang Xu has made many reports here. Apart from other things, he has good ears and can hear what people are doing from a long distance. He hangs out in bars every day. If he sees someone, it’s nothing more than calling an old acquaintance.

He is a real Chaoyang citizen. Although his address is Dongcheng, this place happens to be the boundary between Dongcheng and Chaoyang. You can walk to Chaoyang, so there is nothing wrong with being a Chaoyang citizen.

Anyway, at least there are fewer such things in the music circle recently. Recently, Xia Shi and the department in charge of this are shooting a large-scale documentary about this aspect, and they are also looking for a theme song.

Wang Xu had seen this movie in his previous life. There was more to it than this. If you were to ask which police force in China had the highest casualties, it would be none other than them. He and Wang Fei sang a song called "The Lone Brave Man" and sent it up to those heroes who really fought in the darkness.

But those two were ugly Chinese people, and he really didn't care. That was a country that had been doing this since its inception. If you expect them to really solve this, it would be a pipe dream.

Every time Wang Fei went abroad, Wang Xu had to give her instructions for a long time. The people there were proud of this, and so were many Chinese artists, and rock music was the worst hit.

As the leader of this area, Wang Xu often told familiar and unfamiliar people at various gatherings not to take stupidity as personality, let alone take that kind of thing as fashion.

Not to mention that he was worried to death, but he was definitely the kind of person who cared a lot. Wang Fei didn't know the two very well, but Wang Xu knew a lot. From the timeline, they should still be saved, but whether to help or not really depends on the relationship between Wang Fei and them.

"You have a good relationship with them?" Wang Xu rarely got serious. This matter was different from the usual. Whitney's case was not as simple as domestic violence.

"Well, it's good. I even taught them to play mahjong." Wang Fei laughed and looked proud. OK, this girl, if you can play mahjong with her, then she is a good friend.

"Okay, then you call and ask. Don't force it. This kind of thing depends on the intention of the parties involved. If the couple is playing with romance, you will be a bad guy if you interfere." Wang Xu still gave a few more instructions.

In fact, if this thing can really be done, it will definitely help the film a lot. Whitney became famous all over the world with "The Bodyguard". Last year, she was the lead singer of the national anthem at the Super Bowl. It is said that her version of the national anthem was deeply missed by the King of Understanding decades later.

"You know a lot. How come you know everything, you little gangster." Wang Fei blushed. Well, this girl misunderstood.

"Well, okay." Wang Xu understood immediately. Isn't this a start-up command? What are you waiting for? The sage time has passed. The war was started by you, and it is not up to you when it ends.

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Okay, life is so interesting. Sister is still very fun.

However, a few days later, Wang Xu was sure that Whitney was really planning to bring her baby to China. Wang Fei was not very clear about the reason.

She just called Whitney and chatted about family matters, and then she started crying. Then Wang Fei said, why don’t you come to my place and help me make a movie.

Although China is not as advanced as the ugly country, and it may not be as convenient, it is better than there are not so many messy things over there. Your rotten husband can’t find you even if he wants to. It is a good place to hide.

Well, Wang Fei still followed the traditional art of Chinese girlfriends and directly arranged a title for the other party’s husband. This way of communication is actually quite abrupt in the ugly country, and it is not very coordinated with the daily culture of the ugly country.

But I don’t know why, Whitney actually agreed. Wang Xu was very confused, and Wang Fei was the same, but anyway, she agreed. Maybe the only one who knows the answer is herself.

The reason is not important, as long as the problem can be solved, as for the subsequent business, just leave it to Robert Shaye, this is what the producer should do.

When Robert Shaye heard the news, he was pleasantly surprised. Since she had this idea, then we can talk about it. This is not a kick when she is down, it can only be said to be going with the flow.

However, as a singer, no matter how high the salary for acting in a movie is, it is not much higher. The core interest of a singer is still in her songs.

When she filmed "The Bodyguard", her salary was only one million. Although the movie was a big hit, it was as the heroine. If she was a supporting actress, there were so many singers in this movie, and they could make a lot of money by relying on music in the end.

From this point of view, it is difficult for this movie to lose money.

Okay, the music in it needs to be carefully thought out, and some good music should be made. Whether it is a passionate battle or a sensational sacrifice in the movie, it is not a problem to match three or four songs.

Wang Xu certainly knew Whitney's worth. A few years later, she played the leading role with a salary of 10 million US dollars, becoming the highest paid actress in the world at that time.

These can only be discussed by Robert Shaye himself. Wang Xu actually likes Whitney very much. Although she is somewhat different from the image of the prophet in the original "The Matrix", Wang Xu's version of the prophet is not so particular.

Because the prophet is a fortune teller in the Chinese people's cognition, and it has nothing to do with words such as wisdom.

Therefore, the prophet in Wang Xu's version is actually a black female image who looks a little big-mouthed, loves to show off, and is a little ostentatious, but is soft-hearted, kind-hearted, and knows a lot of secrets. Even the age is very random, and whatever actor is found is used, and there is no special requirement at all.

It is precisely because of this that Robert Shaye proposed to use a singer to perform it. After all, this is not a difficult role, and it does not require any special acting skills. He even thinks that Wang Xu's design of this role as a black person is quite accurate, which is in line with the basic personality of black people in this era.

Actually, Whoopi Goldberg was originally Robert Shaye's first choice, but this person is now very famous and is at the peak of his career. It is unlikely that he will play a small supporting role, and the salary required is at least 2 million, which is a bit excessive.

Whitney has something to talk about. At this time, the most difficult thing about cooperating with ugly actors is not the salary, but the fact that they have to go to China to shoot.

The ugly country of this era has extremely contradictory portrayals of China. In the past few years, it was still a honeymoon period and said a lot of good things. Even if it wants to change now, it is not too late.

All kinds of propaganda have reached the grassroots people, which is a mess, plus poverty, so think about it, are you willing to go to a poor, backward and chaotic place to shoot?

John was finally settled after Golden Harvest and New Line did a lot of work, and he was in a low period, and was entangled in various negative news.

Other actors who are a little famous would not be willing to take this risk and come to China to shoot.

Since Whitney was willing to come to China, most of the problems had been solved. Issues such as pay and copyright distribution plans became minor issues. With Robert Shaye's professionalism, they were all solvable.

The problem was thrown to Robert Shaye, and Wang Xu naturally arranged various real shooting matters with peace of mind. The crew was set up by the producer, and the director's main job was naturally to divide the scenes into various storyboards.

These are all small matters. Wang Xu had already done a lot of it. The general story was arranged, and some shots that were not in the original version and appeared according to inspiration were arranged. You have to get more materials and make more attempts, otherwise there will be no editing in the end.

In a few days, Robert Shaye got it done. Whitney made a friendly appearance and was paid 1 million yuan. It was announced to the public that it was a project created by a group of singers. By the way, he worked with Whitney's record company and PolyGram and other companies to get the copyright contract for the soundtrack of the film.

The relationship was very complicated, with all kinds of copyrights, dividends, shares and so on in a mess, but Robert Shaye quickly got everything done with ease. This professionalism really amazed Wang Xu.

It also made several young people who followed him finally understand how a good producer works, and they worked harder and harder. This opportunity to learn from him is really unique in China.

As for Wang Xu, he still had to go to the northwest to see the scenery. This was no joke. Xi'an was set up to be an oasis in the northwest desert, which was the remaining civilization after the end of the world.

Wang Xu did not use the illogical black curtain setting. In order to depict the end of the world, large-scale droughts, desolate deserts, and sandstorms that covered the sky and the sun had to be put together.

This was originally a common doomsday routine in later science fiction films. The core of this film was not the end of the world, but the enslavement of humans by artificial intelligence and human thinking about what is real.

Therefore, the setting of this doomsday part is just routine and lazy.

Xi'an is naturally a large-scale shelter built based on water sources. And this desolate feeling still needs to be filmed in real life to be shocking. Fortunately, China really has everything in this kind of terrain and landforms, so there is no need to look for it all over the world.

Moreover, Xu Ke is quite familiar with this place. He filmed "New Dragon Inn" in the ancient city of Dunhuang in Gansu, which can be said to be a classic of the generation.

Wang Xu didn't need to shoot many shots here, mainly the scene at the end of the film, when Cui Ying rode a flying motorcycle carrying Wang Xu's body. But Wang Xu had never been there, so he wanted to take his wife to see it and have some fun.

When everyone comes at the beginning of next year, it will be too late to do anything and there will be no time to play.

Taking advantage of the last bit of free time before the holiday, many equipment and technologies needed for the film are in the sprint stage of research and development. Wang Xu and Wang Fei have nothing to do, so why not hurry up and leave.

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(I bought a bunk bed for the child, but I had no place to write for several days)