In early June, the Yanjing International Film Festival announced this year's nomination card list, which occupied the headlines of major entertainment media for a time.

This year's film festival has nothing to do with Fang Bo, and he is still busy with the preliminary preparations for "Salvation of Mars".

As a science fiction film with a total investment of 230 million yuan, the preparations for "Salvation of Mars" are much more complicated than "A Good Show".

For example, in the movie, there are scenes such as spaceships and Mars residence cabins, which have to be built in the studio, which has brought great difficulty to the setting work.

There is also special effects, a company is too busy to get busy and has to contact multiple special effects companies. How to assign tasks and coordinate production progress has become a new problem.

All kinds of things are complicated and cannot be completed in a short time.

Fortunately, Huarui Film and Television has put in a lot of effort and shared a lot of work for Fang Bo.

In the investment share of "Mars Rescue", Huarui alone invested 80 million, which is not a small amount. Most of Huarui's profits in "A Good Show" have been poured into it.

Therefore, "Mars Rescue" has also become a project that Huarui attaches most importance to at present. The company's personnel are mobilized and devoted to the preparations for the movie.

The first is the producer. Since Feng Shuming was very conscientious when filming "A Good Show", Fang Bo took the initiative to propose to Chen Zhuo. So this time, Lao Feng continued to serve as the producer of "Mars Rescue" and the two continued to work together.

Then Feng Shuming quickly pulled up the production team and began to contact professional landscape design teams and special effects companies through Huarui's connections.

At the same time, other investors in the movie have also made efforts to pave the way for "Mars Rescue".

As the saying goes, there are multiple friends and multiple roads. This is also the reason why many blockbusters often find a lot of companies to be investors and producers.

After all, the fame and fortune market in the entertainment industry is really too deep, and it is difficult for a single company to accomplish anything.

"Mars Rescue" is still far from the real blockbuster, and the investors are all small companies, and their size is even worse than Huarui Film and Television, but it is concerned about their own interests. The power they can exert after they become one can't be underestimated.

In this way, although the preparations are complicated, with the cooperation of multiple parties, the progress is still the same every day, and it is constantly moving forward.

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In mid-to-late June, after the Golden Tripod Awards ceremony, the Yanjing Film Festival came to an end, and "A Good Show" also appeared in theaters in many countries at this time.

Because the movie has a good domestic box office performance, this time, major ticket stores such as the United States and South Korea adopt a cooperative approach of split-issuance.

It’s true that although it is not the favorite science fiction film of foreigners, the movie uses the story of a group of people surviving on a deserted island to imply the history of the development of human civilization. After its release, it was very popular among foreigners.

They may not be able to fully understand it, but just a little bit of understanding seems to make the content of the movie even more unfathomable, so a group of foreign film critics are clamoring for the movie.

After "A Good Show" was launched in theaters in many countries such as America, the box office was very good. In the United States alone, it had a box office of more than 24 million US dollars in the first week of its release, which was nearly 170 million Chinese coins.

The film industry in this world is generally weaker than its previous life, and cultural differences do exist. Although China's science fiction blockbusters were released abroad and sold a lot of box office sales, other types such as dramas and comedies are not so popular.

So it is already very good that "A Good Show" can perform in such a box office performance.

If this continues, the movie's foreign box office will probably not be lower than that of domestic ones.

To be honest, under the leadership of Chen Zhuo, Huarui Film and Television invested 80 million yuan to "Mars Rescue", which actually caused considerable controversy in the company.

They are not trying to oppose investment, but they just feel that there is no need to invest so much. After all, Fang Bo is still inexperienced and the risk of directing a science fiction film of this scale for the first time is really quite high.

From 60 million in "A Good Show" to 230 million, the investment amount has increased by 4 times faster. Can Fang Bo really make "Mars Rescue" well?

This question is something that many people have.

However, in recent years, Chinese science fiction films have achieved many box office results. The production cost of 200 million is not too high in science fiction films. High returns are accompanied by high risks. It is normal to make more money and invest more.

What's more, Chen Zhuo was very optimistic about Fang Bo. With him supporting Fang Bo, the 80 million investment plan was finally passed, but everyone still had doubts.

However, the performance of "A Good Show" in foreign theaters has brought many people's evaluation of Fang Bo to a higher level, and the original doubts in the company have gradually subsided.

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In July, the scene setting work in the studio was in full swing. After telling the requirements to the scene setting team, Fang Bo would not have to stay in the studio all the time.

So he began auditioning for the leading actress in the movie.

After formulating the list, the audition time was set on July 6th under the arrangement of Huarui Film and Television.

At 9 a.m. that day, Fang Bo pushed open the door of the audition room.

"Guide Fang."

When he saw him come in, the few people sitting inside stood up and greeted him.

"Brother Feng, Brother Can..." Fang Bo shook hands with them one by one.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Feng Shuming, the main members of the crew of "A Good Show" have basically been drawn to "Salvation of Mars", including Jiang Can, the executive director.

Because the crew had already worked on it once when filming "A Good Show" and the thorns were cleaned up, it is definitely the best to use the original crew directly, which can save a lot of time.

Everyone chatted for a while, and when the time came, the audition officially began.

"Director Fang, producer Feng, director Jiang... Hello, teachers, I am an actor Zhang Qian."

The first actress who came in looked very capable.

Because the heroine in the movie is not only an astronaut, but also the captain of the male protagonist and theirs, he must act decisively and cleverly. Choosing a weak-looking actor would be too outrageous.

Therefore, when Fang Bo formulated the list, he chose actresses of this type. Yuan Lu, who played the heroine in "A Good Show", was eliminated.

Who made her look affinity type? She looks kind and gentle, which is very different from this character.

Leaving the appearance, Zhang Qian's popularity is pretty good, and she is firmly ranked among the second-tier actresses, comparable to Yuan Lu. The pay for a movie is about 6 or 7 million.

Although Fang Bo said loudly at the beginning, he said, "The audience's eyes are bright", and "As long as you pay attention to creating reputation, "Martian Rescue" will not be buried", etc.

But in this era, people's pace of life is too fast, and all kinds of information are dazzling. If the publicity is not done properly, the wine will be very fragrant!

Even though "A Good Show" has a good box office result, Huang Jingshan's popularity is still not high. In order to make up for this, Fang Bo must find a well-known female star to match it.

So it's not just Zhang Qian, but other actresses behind him have the lowest rank and are all second-tier actresses.
Chapter completed!