Volume 2: The crown and the hat are all over the capital, and the spirit is full of energy and enter the foggy city Chapter 21: Open Auditions
Subtitle of this chapter : Don’t worry, it won’t become an entertainment genre.
"Gentlemen... and two ladies. Tell me, why do we need to crowdfund?"
Our Master Yuan is now in the large conference room of Le Monde, meeting with a group of friends and Mr. Hearst Pulitzer.
His biggest problem is that he likes to teach others. The more people he is around, the sharper his mind becomes and the more energetic he becomes. The scientific name for this problem is "people-crazy". He is really worthy of his surname Yuan...
Mr. John McCall was the most intelligent person present, and the one who was least likely to fall for his tricks. His personal lawyer was the first to raise his hand and ask, "Neo, isn't it because we have no money?"
"WRONG! TOTALLY WRONG! Totally wrong, Mr. McCall."
Yuan Yan pointed at Mr. Louis Baker and said, "We can take this script to the First National Bank of New York. I can't say how much more, but we can always get a loan of several hundred thousand dollars. Louis, don't you agree?"
The chairman of NYPR touched his nose and nodded.
In fact, Master Yuan is now a close friend of the Baker family. Whenever he has free time, he goes to their mansion on Fifth Avenue to play mahjong.
Just like the original timeline, in just a few months, Mahjong has become popular throughout New York and has become the latest fashion.
Especially on Wall Street, Mahjong is particularly popular among these vampires because someone claims that it can be used as a divination tool to predict the financial market. Of course, this person is Yuan Dahuyou himself.
Louis' uncle, Mr. George Baker Jr., also liked to play mahjong. He even introduced the game to the yacht club, which greatly increased its value and made it a sport for the nobility.
Moreover, the second-generation head of the Baker family has a vision not much worse than his father, and he also sees that our Master Yuan is a business genius. Not to mention other things, Neo Yuan spent 30,000 US dollars to buy NYPR shares, which has only been a few months. If he wants to sell it now, he is willing to double the purchase price.
If this person is not a business genius, then who is a business genius? Therefore, as long as Yuan Yan suddenly asks, it is really not a problem to borrow a few hundred thousand or a hundred thousand US dollars.
"See, everyone. I'm not doing crowdfunding just for money, but for publicity. And the promotion of Don't Starve Orphans will start now ."
"First of all..." Yuan Yanshu pointed at David Griffith this time and said, "We need to reveal to the outside world a little about Mr. Griffith's recent situation. He has been recklessly suppressed by Jewish producers in Hollywood, and his new film has suffered a Waterloo. He has reached the end of his rope..."
"Cough cough cough..." The film master who was just picking up the cup to drink coffee almost choked to death and was unable to speak for a while.
Miss Lillian Gish, who was sitting next to him, immediately defended her mentor: "Oh, isn't this a bit too much? David is not that miserable..."
"You are WRONG too! TOTALLY WRONG! That's how miserable Mr. Griffith was. By the way, he even sold all his properties to make this movie..."
By the way, when I traveled through time, I was reading the entertainment news and it seemed that a martial arts star actually sold his house in order to shoot a new movie. I don’t know how his movie "Wolf Warrior 2" did at the box office. I think it is definitely not as popular as the hot IP remakes and "costume" or "fairy tale" movies starring popular stars that were released at the same time.
Forget it, I can’t take care of this matter, so I’d better focus on the present.
"And you, Lillian. As the producer of this film, you are taking a huge financial risk, and as the leading actress, you are willing to reduce your salary to act in the film. This is because you not only want to repay a favor, but you are also deeply moved by my script. When the time comes, you can tell the reporters outside like this."
The superstar nodded, not quite understanding.
"In short, this movie 'Orphans of Famine' encountered many difficulties before it even started filming. Even the British laughed at this kind of movie and said that it would definitely fail miserably at the box office..."
"Excuse me, Neo. Excuse me." Miss Emma Pulitzer raised her hand. "How did the British know that we made this film?"
"Hmm..." Yuan Yan suddenly glanced at her as if she was a fool, and finally decided not to hit the journalist too hard, so she said lightly: "Le Monde and NYPR said that the British knew it, so the British knew it."
"Oh!" This "priestess" has really made a lot of progress by following Master Yuan, and now she understands.
"Where was I going… By the way, why don't Hollywood and the British think highly of this film? The reason is that 'Orphan Girl' is about the Great Famine in Ireland. The whole world, including the American people, has long forgotten about this incident. Who would care about this tragedy that happened more than half a century ago?"
This time no one interrupted him, so Master Yuan continued to speak: "Therefore, Mr. Griffith and the producers are seeking help from the kind-hearted American people. One dollar is not too much, and one hundred dollars is not too much. But no matter how much money you give, you will receive a handwritten signed thank-you letter from Mr. Griffith and the main creative team, as well as an advance ticket to a local cinema..."
"Another key point is that the girls holding this thank-you letter can participate in the casting auditions for "Orphans of Famine"! As long as they are valued by the crew, they can play the leading role in the film. Of course, most of them will be extras."
This time it was Mr. Griffith's turn to be curious. After finally stopping his cough, he asked, "Neo, why bother? We can just find some random extras."
"WRONG! TOTALLY WRONG!" Yuan Yanshu said excitedly, "David, you are wrong. I am holding this audition for you as a director, for the movie "Orphan of Famine", and most importantly, for the art of film!"
"Um?"
Our Master Yuan said to the bewildered crowd, "Everyone knows that today's society looks down on movies and does not regard them as a refined art form. Movie actors are even more despised, and are considered menial jobs for the sake of laughter."
"WRONG! TOTALLY WRONG!"
"I think this is extremely wrong. I just want to use this audition to tell the public that movies are art..." He looked deeply at Miss Lillian Gish and said, "Being a movie actor is a very glorious thing!"
"Ah!" Miss Ji Xu stood up suddenly upon hearing this. Her beautiful eyes were shining with tears as she stared at Yuan Yanshu lovingly in public.
She realized that these words were actually spoken to her, and this thing...well, at least part of it was done for her, so she was naturally very moved.
Yuan Yan's face was calm and she was very happy. She would definitely be able to unlock some new postures tonight.
