Chapter 20 Open casting to the whole society
"Call me the kind-hearted Lord Jiang Jiang!"

In front of the computer, Cheng Cheng received a message from Jiang Nan.

Cheng Cheng immediately straightened his back, opened the dialog box, and asked, "Have you convinced your father? Did your father agree?"

Jiang Nan sent an emoji of a proud cat head and said:

"Of course, Jiang Jiang is here to help. He is worth two!"

Cheng Cheng flipped through the emoji list and sent a kowtow emoji:

Among the group of stick-drawn figures who were kowtowing, one of them was kowtowing the fastest, more than ten times faster than the others, leaving an afterimage. An arrow was pointing at this figure, with the words: Me.

Jiang Nan smiled happily: "Please stand up quickly. I, Lord Jiang Jiang, will accept you as my little brother~"

Cheng Cheng said: "Mr. Jiang Jiang, who is beautiful and kind-hearted, you are my sister, my only sister!"

Jiang Nan: "Hehe~ good brother~"

Cheng Cheng: "What did your father say?"

Jiang Nan said, "Just do as you said. You will be in charge of the filming, and my family will be in charge of the publicity and promotion, accounting for 30%. You just need to come to the company tomorrow morning to sign a contract. Just call this number and say you are Cheng Cheng."

Cheng Cheng sent a crying emoji: "Thank you so much!"

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The next morning, Cheng Cheng went to Vance Pictures to sign the contract. The contract was the same as what Jiang Nan said, without any discount.

Cheng Cheng thought he would meet Jiang Nan's father, but he didn't even show up, and Jiang Nan was not there either. He only talked to Jiang Wang's secretary, discussed the details and then signed the contract.

The contract was very simple. It only set requirements on the quality of the film and nothing else.

Among them, films with quality below grade D will only be given a maximum of 5 million in publicity and promotion resources.

If the quality of the film reaches between D and C levels, it can be given up to 30 million in publicity and promotion resources.

If the quality of the film reaches between C and B levels, it can be given up to 100 million yuan in publicity and promotion resources.

If the quality of the film reaches B or above, or even A, it can be given up to 300 million yuan in publicity and promotion resources.

What are A, B, C, and D in film quality?

That is, films are divided into four grades according to their box office potential. Below grade D, the box office does not exceed 10 million. It can be said that they have no potential at all and basically cannot even be a qualified commercial film.

D-C is the box office valuation range of 1 million to 5 million, and C-B is the valuation range of 5 million to 10 billion.

B and above means over 10 billion. To reach this level, it can be said to be a very excellent film work. There are not many of them in a year, and you can count them with two hands.

Of course, the above publicity and promotion resources need to be adjusted according to specific circumstances, such as the release date, how many works are in the same period, whether there are strong competitors in the same period, etc., and they will not be determined directly.

The contract was signed so quickly, perhaps not because Vance Pictures was generous, but because they did not value Cheng Cheng at all. Even before leaving, Cheng Cheng was very single and asked Vance Pictures for a crew, highlighting his taking both food and money.

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After Cheng Cheng left the Vance Pictures building with the contract, the secretary walked into Jiang Wang's office.

Jiang Wang asked: "How is it, what do you think of him?"

The secretary said, "I talked to him about the writing of the script, such as the source of inspiration, creative ideas, character biographies, etc. I found that he answered questions fluently. From my observation, the script should really be written by him."

Jiang Wang was a little surprised: "Oh? It was really created by him? I have heard of his reputation. Could it be that after experiencing such ups and downs, he has really turned over a new leaf?"

"However, Mr. Jiang," the secretary said with a strange expression, "Just like the rumors say, he seems to be a bit mentally ill."

Jiang Wang raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

The secretary said, "When he was waiting in the office, I pushed the door open and found him talking unconsciously, with his fingers tapping in the air, as if there was something in front of him. Anyway, it was quite creepy to me."

She then showed a worried expression and continued, "Director Jiang, is it really okay for us to cooperate with such a person? Moreover, he doesn't even have a cooperative crew, and he still asks us for it. Apart from a script, he is really a complete newcomer."

At this moment, even Jiang Wang's expression became a little uncertain.

He walked to the window, opened the curtains and looked downstairs.

Of course, he couldn't actually see anything because he was on the 18th floor, but it didn't affect him as if he saw Cheng Cheng's back, and he pretended to be mysterious and said:
"It doesn't matter. Whether he's a psychopath or a newbie, I don't think he'll succeed, but I don't mind giving it a try."

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"We have the script, it has been filed, we have the funding, we have found a publicity and distribution company, and we have even got a crew. Now everything is ready, the only thing left is to find actors!"

Although Cheng Cheng had never been a director before and the crew had never worked together, "All or Nothing" was not a lie. He had the creative memory and every frame of the movie was imprinted in his mind. When the camera was turned on, he only needed to make a one-to-one reproduction and shoot it. There was no technical difficulty at all. Now all that was left was to find actors with acting skills.

How to find it?

Where to find it?

Cheng Cheng pondered for a while, and after a while, an idea came to his mind.

He opened Weibo and posted a screenshot of the script that had passed review, along with a long paragraph of text:
“All or Nothing, drama/crime.

Producers: Shinhwa Media Co., Ltd., Vance Films.

Director: Cheng Cheng; Screenwriter: Cheng Cheng.

Initial cost: 1+2 million.

Now we are conducting an open casting call to the whole society.

Role 22: Male protagonist, aged between 27 and 175, height 180-cm, handsome and delicate, must have professional education or experience as the second male lead in a movie or TV series, or have no acting experience or education.

The second male lead should be between 18 and 22 years old, 175 to 180 cm tall, sunny and handsome. He should have professional education or experience as the second male lead in a movie or TV series, or he may not need any acting experience or education.

The female lead should be between 22 and 28 years old, 165 to 172 cm tall, tall and pretty. She must have professional education or experience as the second female lead in a movie or TV series, or no acting experience or education is required.

Female protagonist 2.
And more than 30 actors with lines.

way of participation:

Please send your resume via email, leaving your personal profile, acting experience and contact information;
Attach your personal talent works (recordings, photos, videos, etc.) to show your acting skills and charm;
mailbox[email protected].

Benefits:

Have the opportunity to work with well-known directors and actors and gain valuable acting experience;
Those who perform well may be signed as artists of our company and have a broader development space;
Schedule:

Registration time: Registration deadline is July 7th

Review time: We will review all applicants' information one by one, respond within 48 hours, and announce the list of candidates who will enter the next round of interviews;

Interview time/place: will be announced in subsequent notification.

The opportunity is right in front of you, don’t miss the stage to become a star! Act quickly and let us create brilliance together! "

As soon as this Weibo post came out, netizens all over the Internet couldn’t sit still again!
Everyone was stunned by what they saw!

Cheng Cheng is going to make a movie?
What kind of ridiculous joke is this? Is this really true?

"First!"

"what?"

"I just glanced at the time and knew it was time for Cheng Cheng to get sick again."

"Your Cheng Cheng, got sick on time."

"Is anyone going to check this out? Is this real? Are you kidding me?!"

"I searched on the National Film Administration website, and it's true! It's actually true!"

"Hello, Director Zhang of Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital."

"Comrades, I understand a truth. You can doubt the mental state of a mentally ill person, but you cannot doubt his execution ability. This execution ability is really strong! /Crying with his hands covering his face"

"'Must have professional education experience or experience as the second male lead in a movie or TV series, or no acting experience or education experience is required.' I've never seen such a contradictory requirement. If you don't need me to say it, why the hell do you say it?!"

"You're still soliciting roles from all over society. Can't you find actors to act in your movie?"

"The initial cost was 1+2 million. I pretended to believe it."

"You can't be an actor anymore, so you've switched to being a director, but you have to know yourself. Being a director is not for everyone."

"Can anyone tell me what route Cheng Cheng is taking now?"

"Psychosis Route (Conviction)"

"There are so many complaints. For a moment, I don't even know where to start."

(End of this chapter)