Chapter 393: Female Director

At the entrance of the Hollywood Starlight Hotel, Cecilia was holding her mobile phone, her expression hesitant and uneasy.

Just now, she saw a supporting role recruitment advertisement for a new movie in the actor recruitment market. The advertisement had been out for less than an hour.

Cecilia saw that the treatment of this movie was quite good, so she wanted to try her luck.

In fact, she had been a formal actor for less than three years, and so far she had only filmed a few low-cost movies.

Because of her outstanding image, it was not that she hadn't received invitations to appear in big productions.

But these invitations usually came with additional conditions, either asking her to go to the hotel to talk in detail with the director or to accompany the producer to travel abroad to talk.

Similar things in Hollywood are common. The Actors Union says it will protect the interests of all actors, but how can it take care of more than 200,000 employees?

In front of capital, even those big-name celebrities can only remain silent when they suffer infringement, let alone her, a small transparent?

Today is her only chance. Her bank card balance is running out. If she continues to waste time in Hollywood, she can only go to the rescue station to collect canned food to eat.

However, seeing this hotel, she felt uneasy, afraid that she would encounter some unscrupulous directors or producers like before.

According to the knowledge on the recruitment advertisement, Cecilia came to the conference room on the 2nd floor of the hotel.

There were already a dozen or so peers standing outside the conference room. Cecilia asked, and they were all here for interviews.

Only then did she know that this movie was called Resident Evil.

It sounds like a B-level blood-plasma film, with violence and vulgarity as selling points.

Cecilia was also a young person with ideals, like all students who graduated from professional colleges, wanting to show her acting skills in literary films, and then become famous overnight.

However, reality is often cruel. For a long time after graduation, she couldn't get a play. Later, she could only act in B-movies that she looked down on most.

"Next."

Cecilia was in a trance when a voice came from the conference room.

It was a female voice! Cecilia felt a surge of joy; if it was a female director, she wouldn't have to worry about being subjected to "hidden rules"!

Just as she was happy, a male actor who was lined up in front of Cecilia walked in.

In the conference room, Miss Luo Quan sat in front of the table, conducting interviews alone, and the table was full of various documents.

Miss Luo Quan looked up at the male actor who walked in, and her eyes lit up.

Tall, square face with distinct contours, and his body shape seemed to have been exercised, and the muscles on his upper body were quite dimensional.

"Hello producer, my name is Frank. This is my Actors Union membership card and resume." Frank put up a certificate and a resume of works.

The resume of works was Miss Luo Quan's requirement. Her requirement for interviewed actors is to have more than 5 years of work experience.

As for the actor card, it is a convention.

For movies released in the United States, as long as the investment reaches more than 3 million, actors from the American Actors Union must be used.

If a crew does not have actors from the Actors Union, the insurance company will refuse to insure the crew.

And the first rule of the Actors Union code is to prohibit actors from working in crews without insurance.

Through such nested dolls, the union firmly controls the right to speak in its own hands. Even giants like Universal Company cannot fight against the Actors Union.

These details were explained to Miss Luo Quan by Seifert before coming to Hollywood, and the corresponding procedures were also prepared, so Miss Luo Quan has not encountered any trouble yet.

"Try wearing sunglasses and make your expression cold. In addition, this coldness cannot be superficial. You are a conspirator, with deep city government, and at the same time, the plot is huge." Miss Luo Quan explained the character analysis slightly, and then handed the prop sunglasses to Frank.

The latter first lowered his head to brew, then put on sunglasses, and entered the play instantly.

The momentum that made people fear immediately rose, and the expression was as quiet as a deep pool, making people unable to see the depth at all.

A sinister, strong villain image immediately jumped into the eyes.

Worthy of being a professional! Miss Luo Quan secretly praised in her heart, this is the appearance of Wesker in her mind!

"Let's talk about the remuneration." Miss Luo Quan smiled, obviously quite satisfied with this actor.

After taking off the sunglasses, Frank's momentum became much softer: "I believe you have seen my resume and acting skills. Your starting price is 500,000 US dollars. I think I can take 700,000."

The price is not high. With such appearance and image, the remuneration in China is at least tens of millions of RMB. If it is a small fresh meat, it is estimated that it will run to 50 million.

After personally participating in the production of the movie, Miss Luo Quan finally knew the reason why the domestic film industry has been so backward in recent years.

A small fresh meat with passable acting skills, the remuneration accounts for one-third or more of the total investment of a movie. What good actors can be invited with the remaining money?

How much investment can clothing, makeup, and special effects get?

It would be a ghost if this didn't produce bad movies!

"No problem, this price is very reasonable." Miss Luo Quan turned out a participation contract from her backpack, filled in the remuneration, actor name, membership number, etc. in the blank space, and finally signed her name.

"If there is no problem, sign this contract, and give me a contact method. The crew will start work within ten days." Miss Luo Quan said, and gave both the contract and the script to Frank.

While Frank took the contract to the other side to check, Miss Luo Quan shouted to the door: "Next!"

"It's my turn!" Cecilia, who was looking forward to it at the door, took a deep breath and walked in.

"Hello director, my name is Cecilia. This is my temporary actor certificate." Cecilia handed the certificate to Miss Luo Quan, looking a bit cramped.

If you want to become a formal member, you have to pay thousands of dollars in membership fees every year. Her economic situation is already tight, so she can't afford it.

Anyway, temporary actors and formal actors can act, so she has been dragging it without handling it.

As for the resume, those small movies that can't be on the table are not worth mentioning.

However, Cecilia still took out her graduation certificate from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts to prove her professional level.

"By the way, you haven't signed a company yet, right?" Miss Luo Quan asked inexplicably.

"Not... yet." Cecilia didn't know why the director asked this, but she wasn't very worried in her heart.

She was very familiar with the director sitting in front of her; that was the most beautiful woman in the world—no one could ever subject her to hidden rules.

Moreover, even if she is not a lesbian, if she can have a super-friendship relationship with Miss Luo Quan, it doesn't seem to be a bad thing, always better than being cheap to those fat guys!

"It's good that you haven't." Miss Luo Quan felt relieved.

The reason for asking this is because the system spoke again just now, telling her that this is a high-quality target that can be captured.

So she asked this sentence.

With her picky eyes, Cecilia is definitely a great beauty, and she is a rare iceberg beauty, with an indelible arrogance between her eyebrows.

Resident Evil, whether it is a game or a movie, why can it attract so many fans?

Tense and exciting horror atmosphere, hearty slaughter of zombies, fascinating plot, these are of course the reasons for its success.

But Miss Luo Quan thinks the most outstanding thing is its shaping of a character, especially the female characters in the series, all of them are great beauties.

Therefore, Miss Luo Quan's requirements for female roles are not high. It doesn't matter if the acting skills are poor, but the appearance must be high.

After all, she is the most beautiful in the world as the big heroine. If the appearance of other supporting roles is low, the light will be covered up too much.

This is not Miss Luo Quan's original intention.

At first, she wanted to shoot a big heroine movie, and other supporting roles just acted as tools.

However, considering the reasons why the later parts of the series were pulled, she gave up the idea of letting herself stand out alone.

A big beauty showing her figure and fighting zombies sounds very cool, but after watching six parts in a row, the audience will eventually have aesthetic fatigue.

The previous life has proved that this road is not feasible, so this time Miss Luo Quan wants to make some changes, trying to be the same as the original game, letting more characters become protagonists.

Of course, Alice, played by Miss Luo Quan, is still the absolute protagonist, but the roles of others must also be increased appropriately. They cannot be thrown away after one use like the original movie, which would be too wasteful.

Moreover, Miss Luo Quan wants to create a Resident Evil universe, and one protagonist is definitely not enough.

"Director Miss Luo Quan, can I start the audition?" Cecilia called Miss Luo Quan's name, trying to get close.

"No need." Miss Luo Quan came back to her senses and shook her head, "Your image and character are quite consistent, so it's decided to be you."

"Really!" Cecilia looked happy, not expecting this interview to be so smooth!

"The remuneration is 500,000 US dollars. If the box office is big, there will be rewards. In addition, three meals are included in the shooting process." Miss Luo Quan said, handing the contract and script together.

"Jill Valentine, is this the character I'm going to play?" Cecilia picked up the script excitedly, and everything seemed to be getting better.

"That's right, study the character at home these few days. This character is a cold-outside-hot-inside, slightly cool big sister image. It's not very difficult to analyze."

Miss Luo Quan said, looking at Cecilia's reddish-brown long hair:

"By the way, cut your hair to just stick to your cheeks later, don't keep it so long."

"Ah..." Cecilia sighed. She had kept this long hair for several years, and she usually paid great attention to maintenance.

However, in order to film, some sacrifices are very necessary. Her teacher told her this on the first day of class.

"I understand." Cecilia nodded, then roughly looked at the contract and signed it.

At the same time, Frank also brought the signed contract over.

Now two relatively important roles, Wesker and Jill, have been looked for.

The rest are Chris and the original movie character Matt.

In Miss Luo Quan's plan, the latter will actually only appear in the first part, and there is basically no fan-attracting later, so there is no need for any special selection.

As for Chris, it takes some effort, but there are too many burly male actors with righteous faces in Hollywood, so it will not be too difficult to find.

Miss Luo Quan spent a day looking for major actors. Fortunately, Seifert sent her two assistants at noon.

After all, movies are not like singing, and the manpower and material resources used are too large. It is really difficult for one person to coordinate the overall situation.

With assistants sharing the work, Miss Luo Quan's pressure is undoubtedly much smaller.

She interviewed actors in the hotel, one of the two assistants went out to find a venue to build a set, and the other was looking for lighting engineers, sound engineers, photographers and other set employees.

After a busy day, Miss Luo Quan sorted out the list of actors for the work and the contracts submitted by the two assistants.

She felt quite satisfied in her heart. The framework of a crew is now set up. Of course, it will be a while before the official start.

The main scene is still being built, and the clothing, makeup, and props have not been prepared. The actors are also familiar with the script.

Now the only thing she can do is probably to promote the movie.

Speaking of which, she hasn't been online much all day, and she doesn't know what the evaluation of her is from the outside world now.

Her name is still on Twitter's trending search:

"Miss Luo Quan shoots B-movie!"

This clickbait...

Miss Luo Quan's face turned black. Why do these media always like to say half of the words? It's good to finish saying B-level thriller movie.

Click in to see the comments. Sure enough, no matter what the content of the news is, a group of LSP (perverts) in the comment section thought crookedly first.

"Is Miss Luo Quan finally thinking clearly?"

"This is the only way for Hollywood female stars. It's a pity that she doesn't shoot a large-scale movie with this appearance and figure."

"This is dedicating to movie art. By then, I will analyze Miss Luo Quan's performance with a pious and clear gaze."

"Don't you read the news content? This is a thriller!"

"I don't care, let's have some passionate scenes!"

"It feels a bit not doing business, it's better to release an album."

"Miss Luo Quan is invincible in the music platform. Now she is going to advance in the film and television direction."

"Be cautious and optimistic. Movies are not something everyone can play."

On the whole, fans are quite supportive of Miss Luo Quan's behavior, and they are also looking forward to the movie she wrote, directed and starred in.

Of course, if there can be large-scale scenes, it would be even better.

People are always not easy to satisfy. Although Miss Luo Quan uploaded hundreds of G of swimsuit photos before, watching too much will also produce fatigue, and urgently need some new visual stimulation.

Although Miss Luo Quan also prepared visual stimulation for the fans, whether it is what the fans want to see is unknown.

As for the media, they also reported Miss Luo Quan's behavior of shooting movies from many sides.

Most of the remarks were based on slight questioning, and I haven't seen a few who criticized her.

After all, this girl has slapped too many people's faces since her debut, and no one can guarantee that she will definitely fall this time.

Therefore, even if she knew that this was Miss Luo Quan's first time involved in the director field, no one made comments immediately.

This is a great thing for Miss Luo Quan.

At least the public opinion environment in the cinema can be considered to have some guarantee. ===== CHAPTER 394 =====