Chapter 246: Friends and Family (Part 4)

Luo Quan exclaimed: "This figure is too top-notch! I heard that "Titanic" has some scenes that need to be fully stripped. Is this walking hormone willing?"

"She is a professional actor. In this line of work, the most important thing is professionalism." Seifert didn't finish, just glanced at Luo Quan, as if saying, do you think everyone is like you, so unprofessional?

"What kind of look is that?" Luo Quan frowned, "I have a reason for this, okay? I am a traditional and conservative Chinese in my bones!"

Seifert raised his hands innocently: "I didn't say anything."

"Can Gao Liang handle it?" Luo Quan curiously looked at Kalilien's figure again. Good guy, this must be 36D, right?

"Handle what?" Gao Liang, who had just finished breakfast, came upstairs, holding a bottle of milk and drinking while walking, seeing the two in the corridor chatting about something.

Luo Quan laughed: "Talking about your new play partner."

"Has the heroine of "Titanic" been decided?" Gao Liang leaned over curiously, "Who is it, what does she look like?"

"It's this one." Seifert held up his phone, revealing his carefully collected private portrait of Karena.

In the photo, this stunner wearing underwear was facing the camera sideways, fully displaying her beautiful figure that was spitting out raging desire. The front-convex and back-warped body formed an incomparably tempting S without any distortion!

"Cough—cough—cough!" Gao Liang drank half a bottle of milk, couldn't swallow it, and choked directly into his trachea:

"This figure is too explosive, why did Director Kanason find this one?"

"It's not news that Director Kanason is a visual control. Your sister can't act, so she can only settle for the next best thing and find the world's most beautiful from last year, and this figure is also more in line with the setting of the heroine in the play."

Gao Liang was curious: "By the way, how old is this sister?"

"Twenty-five. She debuted at fourteen, was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Golden Gao Liang Best Supporting Actress. She is not a small role."

"So deep qualifications?" Gao Liang was shocked and immediately felt the pressure.

As a newcomer to the big screen, it is not a simple matter to play against such an "old senior" as soon as he comes up.

"Kalilien has a good reputation in the circle, has a gentle temper, and doesn't play big names. She shouldn't make things difficult for you, but from now on, you have to think about your acting skills. You can't just rely on a face to eat."

Gao Liang said disdainfully: "I have never relied on a face to eat! I'm going back to my room to read."

In order to handle the role of Jack well, Gao Liang asked Seifert to buy a copy of "The Self-Cultivation of an Actor," which is the autobiography of Tony Hobtis, a two-time Oscar winner, and a must-read book for every famous male actor.

After Gao Liang entered the room, Luo Quan's phone rang.

Originally, she thought it was Director Kanason who saw her reply and called.

Unexpectedly, it was someone else:

"Hello, Director Ford."

Seifert's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly pricked up his ears to listen carefully.

"Luo Quan, can you really not accept kissing scenes?" Director Ford's voice sounded hoarse and tired, as if he had stayed up all night.

"A body double is my biggest bottom line." Luo Quan was also helpless. Let alone kissing for real, even if it was borrowed, she was not used to it if it was slightly closer.

Director Ford was silent for a while and said: "I interviewed many heroines. To be honest, none of them can compare to the feeling you gave me. The screenwriter, assistant director, and producer all have this idea.

But the kissing scene between you and the male lead is the final finishing touch of this series of movies. If you use a body double, you can't show your face. If you borrow the position, the final effect, even if it hasn't been filmed, I know it will definitely be very bad."

Luo Quan was also in a dilemma. She thought for a while and said: "Can it be synthesized by computer? The male actor and I both kiss a dummy, and then synthesize it together?"

Director Ford was shocked: "That's a way!"

After being awakened by a word, Director Ford's thoughts were like a broken dam, out of control.

Today's technology has long had a qualitative leap from when he debuted decades ago.

At that time, when filming kissing scenes, passionate scenes, etc., male and female actors basically went into battle with real knives and guns. Where would it be the turn of any body double?

But now it's different. What picture can't be synthesized by computer? Let alone synthesis, even changing faces is fine!

It also blames his thinking for staying in the old-fashioned style of decades ago. He didn't think about using high technology to solve the problem at all, and always wanted to use shooting techniques to make up for the lack of picture caused by body doubles and borrowed positions.

Luo Quan's mention solved the problem. With computer synthesis, let alone kissing scenes, even G scenes can be filmed as much as you want.

Of course, there are no such scenes in "The Lord of the Rings." The theme of the whole movie is still adventure, epic, and war, and there are relatively few emotional scenes.

The reason why he is so persistent about that kissing scene is because his expectations for "The Lord of the Rings" series are quite high.

In his view, this is a masterpiece that should be recorded in film history, and such a masterpiece should also have a scene recorded in film history to embellish it.

And why use a kissing scene? This inspiration comes from an extremely famous photo in the last century—"The Kiss of the Century."

This photo was taken in Times Square, New York in 1945. After the news of Japan's surrender spread to the world, the six-year World War II finally ended.

People flocked to the streets and squares, cheering and celebrating the arrival of this great victory.

In Times Square, a US Navy soldier, in a state of excitement and inability to control himself, kissed a young female doctor wearing a nurse's uniform beside him.

This scene was filmed by passersby, and after it was released, it quickly became popular all over the world.

Everyone thought they were a couple. In fact, the female doctor just happened to be standing beside the Navy soldier and didn't know each other at all.

Although it was a beautiful misunderstanding, this did not affect the status of this photo in the history of photography, and even in the modern history of mankind, it will be written with ink.

This is not just a simple kiss under excitement.

Behind it, it also contains the joy of the end of the war and the arrival of peace. It is the embodiment of human truth, goodness, and beauty, and has extremely special historical significance.

Because of this, this scene is hailed as an eternal classic and is paid tribute to in countless movies.

Director Ford wants to pay tribute to this scene in the movie.

"The Lord of the Rings" actually tells the story of human beings from war to victory and then to peace and happiness. It is most appropriate to use this scene in the movie.

And with a girl of Luo Quan's looks as the heroine, the effect is naturally excellent, but her request to only use a body double is a very big problem for Director Ford.

The reason has been said before. Using a body double will cause the faces of the male and female leads to be unable to appear on the screen at the same time, so the effect will be very bad. Therefore, although Director Ford likes Luo Quan very much, he also rejected Luo Quan's request at the first time.

However, in the subsequent interviews, female stars from various countries came one after another. Beautiful, distinctive, good acting, temperamental, all types, but none of them could give him the amazing feeling when he first saw Luo Quan.

He himself is a loyal book fan of "The Lord of the Rings." The description of the Elf Princess and the Elf Queen in the book also made him amazing. For a long time, he had never found any woman in reality who could compare.

Actually, it's normal, because elves are not human beings at all, and the setting is far more beautiful than most beauties of human beings.

Until he saw Luo Quan, the girl he called "walking dream," this is the most perfect elf image in his heart.

There is a poem in China called: "Once you have seen the sea, it is hard to be water; except for Wushan, it is not a cloud."

It is Director Ford's current state of mind.

After seeing Luo Quan, the actresses who came to audition later all became rouge and vulgar powder.

It is said that Director Kanason is a famous visual control among directors. In fact, who is not a visual control?

Under the condition, who is not willing to choose more beautiful ones?

So after Director Ford finished the audition, he dismissed the idea of finding another actress, and instead began to think about how to make up for the defects caused by using body doubles through his shooting techniques.

This is also the reason why he didn't sleep in the middle of the night.

As a result, he didn't expect that he had racked his brains all night, and the problem was solved by a thought of Luo Quan.

Sure enough, people are old, and their thinking is rigid. PS technology is estimated that any girl can come to two hands now. It is not simple to change a face!

Director Ford felt physically and mentally comfortable: "Then this matter is settled, but the contract regarding your portrait rights still needs to be discussed carefully."

Luo Quan was puzzled: "What is there to discuss? Just sign it directly?"

Director Ford was stunned: "Didn't you sign any contract with anyone for that face? There is a female singer in the United States who bought tens of millions of insurance for her legs. Your face is not worth one hundred million, and using it is a huge sum?"

Luo Quan laughed: "My person was born by my parents, and my face was grown by myself. Do I need to get anyone's consent to use my own things?

Besides, my skin is thick, so I don't need insurance."

Director Ford said sincerely: "You are more straightforward than most girls, not delicate at all."

After the call, Luo Quan showed a happy smile.

"Director Ford changed his mind?" Seifert, who had been listening for a long time, finally asked.

"Haha, no matter what temperament or acting skills, it is better than my face that is unparalleled in the world." Luo Quan gently patted her face and said proudly, "Director Ford auditioned many actresses later, but didn't find one to replace me, so he had to eat back grass. This matter..."

Seifert was still counting Luo Quan's various shortcomings just now. Now that he heard this situation, he didn't know how to refute it.

Because Luo Quan said it was a fact, her face is indeed unparalleled in the world.

"Then congratulations." Seifert was yin and yang, and then turned into the room.

Half an hour later, the electronic versions of the two contracts were sent to Luo Quan's Google mailbox.

One is the actor contract for the heroine of "The Lord of the Rings," and the other is the authorization contract for the synthetic use of her portrait.

This is the first edition. Luo Quan can make any request at this time, and then change it as appropriate.

In the actor contract, Luo Quan first looked at the special requirements, which is the condition she proposed, that is, using a body double for kissing scenes during the filming of the movie.

Then there is the salary, only 1.5 million US dollars, fortunately after tax.

Because she doesn't have many scenes and is a vase role, the salary given by the crew is not particularly high.

Like the male lead of this series of movies, the salary for the first part is 23 million US dollars. If the first movie sells well, the subsequent salary will continue to increase.

Of course, this Oscar winner is also the most expensive actor in the entire crew. Other supporting roles and old drama bones also have high popularity, but the salary is generally below 5 million US dollars.

Of course, as a lead actor, Luo Quan's salary is relatively low, but there is no way. This is a very good price in Hollywood. It is not new that the salary of actresses is far lower than that of male actors.

However, Luo Quan doesn't care much about salary. The highest-paid actress now only earns less than 50 million US dollars for a movie. The global sales of the "Love" album are almost 20 million, and the stamina is quite sufficient. Although the sales growth rate is declining, the decline is much smaller than those international big-name singers.

According to professional estimates, if there are no accidents, the sales of Luo Quan's album in the first half of this year will be around 35 million.

Because this is a sales volume facing the world, and the quality of the songs is too high, at least three of them are masterpieces enough to be recorded in the history of pop music, so its best-selling life will become very long.

This is still without the influence of external factors. If Luo Quan has any big news during this period, maybe it can drive a wave of sales.

It is worth mentioning that among the three types of records sold by Luo Quan this time, except for the limited edition that ordinary people can't buy, more than 60% of the buyers in the ordinary edition and commemorative edition chose the latter.

And the price of the commemorative edition is twice that of the former!

If it can really sell more than 30 million in half a year, Luo Quan roughly estimated based on these ratios. Just the sales share of this half year is estimated to reach 200 million US dollars!

This is just the sales share of half a year! And the time she spent making this album was less than ten days in total, and the rest was sitting and collecting money.

It can only be said that in terms of making money, stars are too relaxed, and among stars, singers are the most relaxed batch.

Of course, that is abroad, and the records sell well.

Of course, in China, the most profitable is still film and television stars.

For Luo Quan now, making money is no longer what she cares about most. The string of numbers in the bank has reached the point where she has no waves.

What is the difference between 200 million US dollars and 20 billion US dollars? In her view, it is not big. Anyway, she can't spend it according to her way of spending.

What she is more eager for now is fame.

Ps. Thanks to book friend Xiao Xiao Meng Gui for the book coins, thank you!