After several rounds of unsatisfactory auditions, Ye Zhou even went to major universities and colleges to hold auditions at the suggestion of Assistant Director Meng. Unfortunately, the final results were still not very satisfactory.
It wasn’t that they hadn’t discovered good potential actors, but rather that most of these promising candidates had temperaments that didn’t match the characters. Even if their acting skills could make up for many major issues, the final presented effect still failed to meet Ye Zhou’s psychological expectations.
His persistence in casting for this movie was even stronger than any of his previous films. There were even several times when both the screenwriter and the original author of “Rewind” expressed that it was already good enough, yet Ye Zhou still hesitated to nod his head.
Because of Ye Zhou’s extremely responsible attitude, the original author of “Rewind” was so moved that they almost cried, posting five Weibo posts in a row in one night praising Ye Zhou.
Luo Yun V: When I learned that “Rewind” was being adapted for the screen, I was extremely nervous and anxious for a while. I hoped that the production team would treat it well, but I also worried that it would be drastically changed for this or that reason, causing my hair to fall out in clumps.
Luo Yun V: But after meeting with the director of “Rewind,” my heart instantly settled. Perhaps I haven’t been in the industry for long, but many of my author friends who have sold works for adaptations have shared their experiences with me. That’s why I know how fortunate it is to encounter Director Ye.
Luo Yun V: I’m too excited and don’t know how to express it.
When the protagonists gong and shou bought the rights to “Rewind,” the work’s author Luo Yun was still a small-time author without many works, not very well-known, and without many fans.
But times have changed. After more than two years, Luo Yun has published three more works after “Rewind.” These three works have allowed them to finally make a name for themselves in the circle, going from an unknown new author to a rising star with over 300,000 fans, no longer in the state of being ignored as they were initially.
Not long after Luo Yun posted these few Weibo posts, dozens of fan comments flooded in underneath. Most of these comments were joking that Luo Yun had finally remembered their Weibo password, and some book fans were concerned about the adaptation of “Rewind.”
Who Sent the Letter in the Clouds1Same character as Luo Yun’s Yun: Is Boss Yun this excited because the actors have already been selected? Starry eyes.
I Want Hotpot: The director is Director Ye Zhou who recently filmed “Thriller Circus,” right? I feel like his style doesn’t quite harmonize with Boss Yun’s?
Xin Xin is not happy2鑫鑫不是欣欣 – Xīnxīn bùshì xīn xīn, leaving this here because I like the wordplay: I had the fortune of working with Director Ye on the same set. He’s a really nice person, and the filming conditions were truly excellent. After finishing a movie, I gained 15 pounds. When I went home, my mom almost didn’t recognize me, haha. Boss Yun, remember to maintain your figure and exercise more. Don’t get fat.
Lin Fan Fan Fan: ??? woc3Short for wocao = f*ck/sh*t, variations are 我擦 or woc or 我艹 or 艹 or 草 or 卧槽 ., I heard long ago that “Rewind” was being adapted. Is it about to start filming? BGM: After waiting for so long, the day has finally come4This is lyrics of Andy Lau’s Today. ~
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Luo Yun replied to two comments but found it impossible to keep up, so they simply posted two more Weibo posts to explain.
Luo Yun V: It’s Director Ye Zhou, a director with vision who is also very responsible. The actors haven’t been decided yet, and filming hasn’t started. I heard that the food on Director Ye’s sets is very good. I’m quite looking forward to it!
Luo Yun V: Director Ye is truly too professional and responsible. I feel very reassured entrusting my work to him for filming. I hope there will be opportunities to collaborate with Director Ye in the future. I’m already his fan.
Seeing the original author of the book affirm Director Ye Zhou in such a way, heaping praises on him, the fans naturally also became happy, and their expectations for “Rewind” instantly soared to a new level.
Even if occasionally a few passersby who had been deeply poisoned by poor film and television adaptations of novels expressed doubts about whether Luo Yun was just taking bad money, they were quickly suppressed by the fans. After all, it was still too early to say such things now. The movie hadn’t even started filming yet, so singing its doom prematurely was something no fan would be happy about.
Ye Zhou was so obsessed with the actors that the crew had been unable to start filming as scheduled, which actually made Ye Zhou quite helpless. It wasn’t that his requirements for actors were high, but rather that this movie was unlike the other films, which could reduce the need for actors’ performance through special effects, punchlines, and conflicts. This movie needed the actors to carry the entire film. If the actors’ performances weren’t outstanding enough, it would be difficult for the movie to shine.
Ye Zhou wasn’t short of money now and had instead returned to his roots. Rather than focusing on how much profit this movie could bring, Ye Zhou cared more about its quality. If the movie couldn’t meet his psychological expectations due to various reasons, it would be better not to film it at all.
There were quite a few directors with such thoughts, but not many could truly be as willful as Ye Zhou. Every director hoped to do their best when filming a movie they liked, but the cost of pursuing perfection was also terrifying.
Most directors could only do their best within their capabilities. Ye Zhou’s current behavior was a standard example of being rich and willful, disregarding costs, not caring about time, and only pursuing quality.
While Ye Zhou was searching the world for actors, Jiang Yu, Yu Qiuze, the “Battle City 2” crew, and even Summit Entertainment had all become a mess. Ever since Cheng Ran had run away, the scene had been chaotic, with feathers flying everywhere every day, never settling down.
The 50 million that Cheng Ran had taken was money that Jiang Yu and Summit had struggled to raise for quite some time, and it was meant to be used for the subsequent filming of “Battle City 2”.
With Cheng Ran gone, after half a month of fruitless searching, Jiang Yu realized that he could no longer hide it. He could only grit his teeth and inform the person in charge of the crew that the money would definitely be there, but it might need to be delayed for a period of time.
Originally, he had thought of asking the person in charge of “Battle City 2” to help think of a solution, to see if they could reduce expenses and give him some time to raise funds. However, who knew that the person in charge was so sharp? As soon as they saw Jiang Yu’s evasive and hesitant manner, they sensed that something was amiss.
They immediately notified the higher-ups at Summit. Summit was no longer as powerful as it had been initially. Since the scandal of abusing and exploiting artists had been exposed at the end of the previous year, the entire company had fallen into a major crisis.
At first, the company’s artists took this opportunity to jump ship one after another, while those who wanted to establish their own studios did so. The loss of artists was very serious. Among these artists who had either left or set up their own studios like Zhu Ning, quite a few directly sued Summit Entertainment in court.
What made the higher-ups at Summit even more furious was that because the company was haggling with the artists, all the previous collaborations had fallen through. This wasn’t the responsibility of the brand partners and production companies. Now, those victimized Summit artists were all the focus of attention. Everyone collaborated for a win-win situation, not to make enemies. Naturally, they wouldn’t go looking for those stars who had finally escaped their misery at a time like this. Otherwise, wouldn’t that be smearing their own brand and company’s reputation?
But they couldn’t just take this loss lying down. Someone had to foot the bill, right? Those brand partners and production companies put their heads together and unanimously went to Summit to demand an explanation.
Summit had already lost a billion yuan in compensation alone, not to mention the company’s losses from the time the scandal was exposed until now. On the surface, the stock price plummeted. More than a dozen of Summit’s projects were either terminated or suspended under the siege and boycott of angry fans. The situation was dire.
Behind the scenes, even more deals were forced to be terminated due to this exposure. As Summit dug deeper and deeper, people discovered that quite a few lives were involved, and even the public security department intervened in the investigation.
Summit was now like a rat crossing the street, but it was even more miserable than a street rat. It wasn’t just a simple matter of losing money. Wherever they went, they were met with a chorus of curses and condemnation.
Summit had been keeping a low profile for more than half a year. Now that the storm had finally passed, the entire company, from top to bottom, was counting on “Battle City 2” to make a killing in the market, waiting to use the money to fill the deficit.
For this, they even squeezed out 30 million from between their teeth to invest in the “Battle City 2” crew. Originally, Summit had wanted to invest in their own name, but Jiang Yu refused, saying that Summit’s reputation was not good now and he was afraid that the movie would be boycotted. Only then did they hand the money over to Jiang Yu to invest in his name, but the final return was still counted as Summit’s.
But who would have thought that now, with the filming of “Battle City 2” almost coming to an end, that damned Jiang Yu had actually given the money to his little lover, and that lover had even f*cking run away!!
Summit’s manager was so angry that he almost died on the spot. As soon as he recovered, he immediately rushed to Jiang Yu’s villa, followed by a few burly bodyguards. Their intent was clear: settle the score with Jiang Yu.
However, when the person in charge of Summit arrived at the door of Jiang Yu’s villa, he found that the villa had already changed owners…
Upon inquiring, he learned that before leaving, Jiang Yu’s lover had taken advantage of Jiang Yu’s guilt towards him and coaxed him into transferring the villa to his own name. Before leaving, he directly sold the villa for 16 million yuan to a couple from Country G who were planning to settle in China.
After hearing about this matter, Summit’s manager sat in a daze on the steps of the villa for a long time, his head buzzing. A question slowly surfaced in his mind: with Jiang Yu being such a fool, what had he been thinking when he partnered with him and gave him the money in the first place?
In fact, Jiang Yu’s current financial situation was far worse than what Summit’s manager knew.
After being driven out of the villa by the buyer, Jiang Yu ate and slept in the company. He was so worried about the “Battle City 2” situation that his hair was falling out in clumps every day, and he looked like he had aged more than ten years.
Yu Qiuze’s hope for a heart transplant came to nothing. When he went to Jiang Tingyuan for help, he couldn’t even enter the other party’s company. The night he returned from there, he was admitted to the ICU. His body was like a falling leaf in autumn, ready to wither away at any moment.
The daily cost of the ICU was not cheap. Before, Jiang Yu certainly didn’t care about this bit of money, but now…
Jiang Yu sat irritably by the bed, wearing isolation clothing. Looking at Yu Qiuze’s pale face, the face that used to fill him with countless feelings of love every time he saw it, now there was only endless depression and a deep sense of injustice.
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