Chapter 1,256 The Most Popular

The second week of the box office of "Departures" is still hot, with a box office of 230 million for the whole week. It is only a matter of time before the total box office exceeds 400 million. Many websites analyze the data and the final box office of this film is about 450 million, not more than 500 million. If it can win some awards at the Oscars next year, it will also get some additional box office.

The box office is really a small matter. What the whole world is amazed at is Chen Hao's ability to combine the box office and awards.

"The Shawshank Redemption" was a star-studded Oscar, making Chen Hao the first Oscar winner and the first best picture. Although the North American box office is still far from being a super commercial blockbuster, with the box office supported by Asia, especially China, the total box office ranks fourth in the history of world movies.

"Forrest Gump" is still the darling of the Oscars, sweeping all the major awards involved. Chen Hao also perfectly won the three-in-one, best picture, best director, and best actor, and the global box office also won 1.4 billion.

The Chinese version of "Departures" still won 230 million in North America and more than 700 million in the world even though it could not be released in mainland China. It also won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for China.

The American version of "Departures" followed suit, and it seems that this is another double harvest situation. Compared with the Chinese version, it is more popular and concerned by North American audiences. The depressing thing about the remake is that this film has basically cut off the road to Best Director. It can be said that Xiao He is the success or failure of Xiao He. Following Chen Hao's footsteps, it will be difficult for the villain James Wan to win the award, but there should be no suspense about the Best Actor. The Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Actress will require serious lobbying after the Oscars start.

People in the circle have a perception that it is unlikely to be given. There are too many awards, and they are not well-deserved awards. This cake must always be shared with others. You can't eat all the delicious food in the end.

Oscars are still far away, and the box office is a real show for everyone to see. After the recording of the Running Man program was completed, everyone went their separate ways, and Xiaodi also returned to China to film. Chen Hao read several scripts, but there was no script that satisfied him. This was all from the heart, and he was not afraid of offending major film companies. After rejecting them all, he started the crew of "Legend of the Galaxy Heroes", which means that for at least half a year, he will not take any more roles and devote himself to this movie that has been invested more than 1 billion yuan.

After the crew officially started work, there were all kinds of heavy and numerous tasks, and it was also thanks to the sufficient preparation before. Chen Hao began to distribute the work, one by one, and Red Dot Company fully cooperated with him. At present, in addition to administrative work, all specific content staff of the entire company are working around this play.

Chen Hao's main job is casting. According to the previous arrangement of "closed-door" discussion of scripts and roles, he began to invite actors to audition according to the characteristics of each role. Some roles are directly tailored. There are actors first and then roles. In that case, we will directly send invitations and hope that you can participate in this film.

In terms of communication and invitation marking, the first order Chen Hao gave to everyone was to be realistic. If we are sending out a relatively unimportant supporting role, then mark it to the person, don't come all the way and make each other unhappy.

If it is a role like Tony Leung who will run through several films, it will also be notified in advance. Some are supporting roles all the way, some have more supporting roles, and some have fewer supporting roles. Chen Hao set the shooting length of at least four films before the filming of "Legend of the Galactic Heroes". This is also the length of the script he had prepared before. He knew clearly that as long as the box office of the first film came out, even if he didn't plan to shoot it later, there would be countless people who wanted to shoot it himself. There are still some parts of the novel script that have not been taken out, and every page will become extremely valuable at that time.

A play cannot have so many main characters. Even if it is a large series of movies, the first-line players that can carry it are obviously few and far between, and there will not be too many second-line players. Chen Hao is one of the few outliers this time. Among the second-line and third-line players who have been popular recently, they are all looking for various relationships to get a relatively interesting role in this play.

Yin Tianyang watched him busy with actors asking him to audition every day, and joked to him: "If you put a sofa at home, it will be very lively, and I don't think anyone will resist."

Since he had the pair of sisters to fill some of the "blank time", Chen Hao really didn't have any interest in this aspect. He really had enough, and felt that his needs in this regard and the space for imagination had been filled by the four women he had had close contact with. The so-called various charms outside seemed to be unable to meet the standard that could make him excited.

It was only a few days of auditions, even in the very formal company office reception room, with other crew members around him, it still couldn't cover up the various hints that burst out and "threw" at him. In just a few days, the personal business cards and personal phone numbers received were enough to fill a small box. Jiu'er was quite interested in keeping all these things for himself, putting them in a mobile phone box, neatly arranged, which can also be regarded as a memory worth showing off a little in the memory.

Hollywood is better. First-tier Hollywood actors don't have to condescend to their status. Second-tier and third-tier actors can choose the right ones by themselves. They can audition one by one according to the roles in the first script, and let the most suitable actors get the roles. Then there is a very formal and complete process here. Everything will be regulated by law. This will save Chen Hao a lot of energy. Just leave it to the administrative staff to handle it. There will be nothing beyond the contract template when connecting with the actors' union.

The trouble is the selection and audition of federal actors in the play. Just the mainland of China has made him anxious. There are also actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, South Korea, island countries and even several Southeast Asian countries. Actors also came to join in the fun. When the concept of China's human society was instilled, it was even better. They all dug doors and stole holes to find connections. In the end, this trend made the artists of Huanju Times unable to sit still. It is conceivable what the state of China's entertainment industry will be during this period.

At first, Chen Hao frowned as soon as he saw the incoming phone call. In just a few days, the calls became less frequent, but people could not be avoided even in the United States. All kinds of personal connections followed him here. If it were not for the fact that the Galaxy headquarters was a private place with full security and could do everything without leaving home, Chen Hao would not be able to stay in the crew and would need to find another place to disappear for a while.

Some personal connections can be rejected, while some must be received. When did his own growth and the relationship between each other come? Chen Hao not only had to receive some people, but also received them with great etiquette.

The big boss of Huayi came to the United States in person, and the little steel cannon who had just returned a few days ago came back with him. With this level of lineup, Chen Hao was still rehearsing in the reception room. He immediately stopped the rehearsal and went to the VIP lounge of the main building at the gate to greet them in person.

"Boss Wang, please give me a heads up in advance. I'll have someone pick you up."

General artists would lower their voices when they see Little Boss Wang. Big Boss Wang is a strategic controller who has not intervened in specific business for a long time. This time he came to the United States to find Chen Hao for specific business.

"I know you are busy. Let's take a shower and rest first." From the tone of Big Boss Wang, it can be heard that he knows clearly what Chen Hao does every day. He knows that he must be auditioning actors at this time. The unknown small role in his play is not worth him auditioning in person. The actors who can come to audition are all actors with certain qualifications and fame. It is impossible for him to wave his hand and say, "I have something to do today, come tomorrow," or let other casting directors audition casually, so he took the initiative to speak and let Chen Hao do his job.

"Gangzi, you accompany Mr. Wang and Director Feng."

In front of and behind people, Yan'er and Jiu'er rarely appear. They position themselves as shadow assistants. Because of their own choice, Chen Hao's overall impression of them has changed greatly. It was hypocritical to say that he didn't treat them as toys before. Now, in a short period of time, Chen Hao found that his work and life outside seemed to be inseparable from their meticulous care.

Whenever someone from Huaxia appeared, the two of them would disappear consciously. Kang Yan, Chen Gang and Qiu Yu were still by his side, but in fact, many of his work arrangements were now handled by the two of them, and Qiu Yu was the specific executor.

Two hours later, Chen Hao found Mr. Da Wang and Xiao Gangpao who were visiting the battleship command room in the super-large model of the Starry Sky Battleship. Xiao Gangpao had visited before, and on the way here this time, he told Mr. Da Wang that although he had not touched the specific crew shooting business for many years, he was a boss who started out in media, film and television entertainment after all, and he still had a very deep understanding of the development of this industry.

Special effects shooting has gradually made green screen studios the mainstream. But at this time, Chen Hao did the opposite and began to focus on real-life shooting. He made many people pay attention to this shooting method again without realizing it.

Some people said before that he only shot real scenes on existing landscapes, and he wanted the realism of the landscape in reality.

This time, Chen Hao directly overturned these statements. I shot a purely commercial science fiction film, and I also built real scenes. This model of a starry sky battleship has more than a dozen rooms and scenes inside, which are all real. The only difference from the real thing is that the furnishings inside can be quickly replaced, so that more scenes can be shot in the future with these dozen rooms and scenes.

In this battleship command room, there is a computer screen that imitates future technology, playing a short film for internal viewing. It was not shown during the previous external tours and premieres. This thing is temporarily only shown to all internal personnel involved in specific business and crew shooting.