Entertainment: The opening and the official announcement of the national goddess

Chapter 631 The Twelve Movie Kings Gather

Zhang Xiao frowned and said, "What's the current situation of the movie "Wind and Rain"?"

Chen Li replied: "The filming has already started. Before Viacom acquired Paramount, John Woo has been preparing for it. What's wrong?"

"Nothing, just ask!" Zhang Xiao replied.

As a native of China, if there is an opportunity to prevent Wu Yusen from filming the movie "Wind and Rain", Zhang Xiao will definitely do his best to prevent it, but now that everyone has already started filming, it is natural for him to say that he can't make it. It won't do well if it hits the box office.

After arriving at the hotel and completing the check-in procedures, Zhang Xiao invited the entire crew of "[-] Angry Men" to have a meal together, including Xiao Nizi, Bell and Ballard.

Bell gave Zhang Xiao a thumbs up and said, "Mr. Zhang, your script is really great. The only problem is that I have too few roles."

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Except for the protagonist, everyone's roles are similar."

Bell said: "So, if you can give me the leading role, I don't want a single salary."

Ballard cut it, and said, "It's nothing if you don't want a salary. If you let me play the leading role, I can give the crew $500 million."

Xiao Lizi also said at this time: "I can pay 1000 million US dollars."

Zhang Xiao glanced at the three of them, and said: "Don't think about me, for this script, I have worked so hard that several strands of my hair have turned white. Unless I am crazy, I will give up the protagonist to you. "

Xiao Lizi sighed and said, "That's really a pity."

Zhang Xiao said: "Okay, let's not talk about the characters, are you all ready?"

Bell patted his chest and said: "There is absolutely no problem. This "[-] Angry Men" is a movie to prove my acting skills. I will suppress them all!"

Xiao Lizi and Ballard looked at each other, and at the same time raised an international friendly gesture to Bell, saying: "You are dreaming!"

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Three, please stop arguing. I want to tell you one thing. I have already finished filming the Huaguo version of "Twelve Angry Men". Did it last for a long time?"

"Ten days?" Bell said tentatively.

Zhang Xiao shook his head and said, "Six days."

Ballard patted his forehead after hearing this, and said, "My God, it's horrible to finish a movie in less than a week."

But Xiao Lizi said confidently: "As long as everyone is ready, I believe we can do it too."

Bell also nodded and echoed: "Yes, we can't let our colleagues in Huaguo look down on us!"

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "I used a lot of long shots when filming, and now I am here, I still use long shots. Bell is right, this is a movie that relies entirely on the acting skills of the actors. Who is the problem? If there are too many, it will be embarrassing."

Hearing Zhang Xiao's words, the faces of the three of them suddenly became serious. They had seen the list of actors, and it can be said that there are a lot of big names, and each of them is a powerful faction.

Although the three of Bell are more famous than the others, but in terms of acting skills and experience, they may still be at a disadvantage.

Because at least six of "Twelve Angry Men" are veteran movie stars.

Bell said again: "I suddenly feel a little nervous now."

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "You are not showing confidence. After you go back, try to figure out the role carefully, and don't capsize in the gutter!"

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At [-]:[-] p.m. in the Lighthouse Country, the Oscar Organizing Committee announced the shortlist for this year's Oscars.

Zhang Xiao was nominated for [-] awards with "Forrest Gump", and the news quickly spread all over the world.

For a while, all the media headlines in the world were Zhang Xiao, and fans even gathered in the comment area of ​​his Weibo to congratulate him.

"Congratulations to God Xiao, once again nominated for an Oscar."

"The best movie in history has been shortlisted for thirteen awards, and Xiao Shen has been shortlisted for eleven this time. It's simply amazing!"

"I'm looking forward to the performance of "Forrest Gump" at the Oscars, and I want to see how many awards this movie can win."

"No matter how many awards this movie can win, it is well deserved. This movie is really good."

"If I don't award "Forrest Gump", I won't pay attention to the Oscars in the future."

"I find it painful to be Xiao Shen's fan. No matter how great his achievements are, he can't excite me now."

"I feel the same, I feel the same."

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The next morning, Zhang Xiao came to the set under the guidance of the assistant director Rice.

After taking a closer look, Zhang Xiao pointed out a few inappropriate places, and said, "Okay, except for the few places I mentioned just now, let's leave it at that. The shooting will officially start tomorrow."

At four o'clock in the afternoon, all the actors were in place, and the opening conference of "[-] Angry Men" was officially a superstar.

Xiao Lizi and the twelve best movie stars sat in a row, murdering an unknown number of reporters' films, and the flashing lights never stopped from the very beginning.

"Mr. Zhang, when was the film project of "Twelve Angry Men" finalized? Why didn't we get any news before?"

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Half a month ago, it's normal that you didn't know."

"Mr. Zhang, you have invited eleven Hollywood best actors for this movie. Are you planning to win next year's Oscars?"

"No, "Twelve Angry Men" is a movie with actors driving the plot. The acting skills are not good enough, so I can't make it out at all, so I found them."

"Mr. Zhang, what is your investment cost for "[-] Angry Men", and what is your box office target?"

"The cost is less than 8000 million U.S. dollars, and the goal is one billion U.S. dollars."

After Zhang Xiao finished speaking, there was an uproar at the scene.

"Mr. Zhang, are you kidding me? This movie gathers twelve movie stars including you, how could it cost less than 8000 million U.S. dollars? One must know that the salaries of Bell, Xiaoli, and Pete alone are already high." It's more than $[-] million."

"They all starred at a reduced price. The main reason is that my movie only has one scene, where all the plots will take place, and it can be done in at most ten days. By the way, I have already completed the Huaguo version of this movie. , It took six days to shoot and two days to do the post-production, which is exactly eight days in total.”

Hearing the news of Zhang Xiao, the scene was once again in an uproar.

In less than ten days, a movie was shot. What shocked everyone even more was that Zhang Xiao actually wanted to use such a movie to hit the box office of one billion US dollars. This is simply a joke.

"Mr. Zhang, aren't you worried that this movie will become your Waterloo?"

"It doesn't matter, anyway, the eleven film kings next to me are standing in front of me. If you want to die, everyone will die together."

"Hahaha!" Everyone at the scene burst into laughter when they heard Zhang Xiao's words.

The reporters interviewed other people one after another, and the on-site launch conference was over.

In the evening, Zhang Xiao gathered all the actors together and played through the whole movie from beginning to end.

It has to be said that these people are very good at Tonight, and they can memorize all the lines by heart.

The next day, the international version of "[-] Angry Men" officially started shooting.

(End of this chapter)