During the last few days of the Shanghai Film Festival, Nanaya either attended banquets or participated in seminars.
Basically, every day's activities are fully scheduled, not at all as leisurely as the previous few days.
Fortunately, the time was not long, otherwise Nanaya felt that he would definitely gain weight when he returned to North America.
Since he still has a lot of work to do in North America, Nanaya certainly cannot stay in China for a long time.
After the film festival is over, according to the schedule made before coming to China, Nanaya still has two last events.
One is to give a speech at Shanghai University, and the other is to audition for the role in "The Qin Empire".
The first one was nothing special. Nanaya basically just gave a brief introduction to the situation in Hollywood and expressed that he was very optimistic about the development of Chinese film and television.
To put it bluntly, Nanaya used some relatively obscure words to tell these young people a very simple and plain truth.
Don't think about developing abroad all the time. There are much more opportunities in China than in the United States.
If a rich person goes to the United States, he may live a comfortable life.
But if you have been penniless in the past, it would be better to go to Southeast Asia than to the United States.
At least you can see what the person who robbed you looks like, instead of just seeing the whites of his eyes.
This way you can explain things more clearly to the police when reporting the crime.
As for whether the police would come to intervene, Nanaya didn't know.
After all, to a foreigner with little money, there is no essential difference between American police and Southeast Asian police.
But Nanaya didn't know whether these college students could understand.
But I think the Internet is already quite developed, and I can find out a little bit about what I said by looking it up.
With the end of Nanaya's speech at the university, Nanaya only had one last task left on this trip to China - that was to select actors.
The whole country of China has long known that FGO is going to face the stage all day.
After all, with such good promotional material, how could Washimine Chinese Branch not make good use of it when promoting "Prologue".
Even at the beginning of this year, a vigorous actor audition campaign was launched.
The auditions for actors have to go on anyway, so why not take advantage of the publicity for "Prologue"?
Although China requires that imported films must be promoted one month before their release.
But Washimine Entertainment was very cunning and changed the concept. We were not promoting "Prologue" but conducting an actor audition.
As for whether the Chinese people will think of "Prologue" when they see such a high-profile audition for the actors of "Da Qin".
Washimine Entertainment said it had no control over this issue.
After all, we all have our own brains, and outsiders cannot restrict what we think, right?
The effect of this can be said to be quite good, because Washimine did not impose any restrictions on the actors, so most Chinese actors are very interested in being able to star in Hollywood movies.
In order to get more exposure in front of Washimine Entertainment, many actors have publicly expressed their hope to join FGO.
This scene is somewhat similar to what happened when European and American celebrities heard that Nanaya was going to start a new Fate series.
Through the promotional activities brought by these actors themselves, the promotion of "Prologue" in China can be said to be very effective.
Think about the promotion of "Transformers 4" in the future. Because Chinese elements were added, there was all kinds of overwhelming publicity.
The current FGO promotion can be said to be even better than before.
This is also one of the factors that contributed to the excellent performance of "Prologue" in China.
After all, in 2011, the vast majority of moviegoers in China were just beginning to be exposed to the charm of big-screen movies.
They are still very much looking forward to Hollywood incorporating Chinese elements into its movies.
Of course, many people have made use of this to make a fuss.
For example, taking advantage of the popularity of "Avatar", they changed the name of their own scenic spot to a certain scenic spot called "Hallelujah Mountain".
In the previous life, the turning point when Chinese audiences were truly disappointed with Hollywood's addition of Chinese elements was "Iron Man 3".
After all, the so-called Chinese special edition not only lacks sincerity, but also disrupts the rhythm of the movie.
The original "Iron Man 3" was a relatively qualified popcorn movie.
But the clips in the Chinese special edition are like putting two salted duck eggs as decoration on an already finished cake.
Leaving moviegoers completely confused.
Of course, "Iron Man 3" can only be said to be the breaking point. The Chinese-only 3D version has long made Chinese audiences tired of the so-called Chinese elements.
However, in this world line, Marvel's "Iron Man 3" project is completely different from Nanaya's previous life.
Not only does the so-called Chinese special edition not exist, but even the movie script has been completely changed.
In this case, Nanaya really wants to know which movie will be the turning point for Chinese audiences' perception of Hollywood's Chinese elements.
Anyway, they will definitely be disappointed. Even if there is no "Iron Man 3", there are still a series of movies such as "Transformers 4", "Pacific Rim 2", "Independence Day 2" and so on waiting for Chinese audiences.
Of course, Nanaya believed that it would definitely not be his own "Da Qin".
After all, unlike those movies that simply add elements to make money, our own "Da Qin" is truly praising China.
After all, I guess Chinese audiences can't even imagine the Great Wall of China themselves.
On the other hand, no other Hollywood movie has used as many Chinese actors as Seven Nights.
As for Hollywood movies with such Chinese characteristics in film production, Nanaya estimates that only the future "Mulan" can be compared with "The Qin Empire".
However, Nanaya believes that his story will definitely be more easily accepted by Chinese audiences than "Mulan".
But when it comes to the casting of actors, Nanaya still needs to think carefully.
There are many followers of China and historical figures appearing in "The Great Qin".
Yu Ji, Qin Liangyu, Prince of Lanling, Jing Ke, the Third Prince, Brother Zheng, the Centaur Xiang Yu, the Fat House Han Xin, Iron Fist Lao Li, the Self-destructing Military Advisor, and a certain evil beast.
There are already more than ten important characters, not to mention other villager NPCs.
Among these characters, the most important ones to the plot should be Brother Zheng, Yu Ji and Xiang Yu.
The other characters are also very important, but they are still a little bit less important than these three.
You should know that the core development of the story of "Da Qin" is extended from Yu Ji's feelings for Xiang Yu.
The role of Xiang Yu is easy, just find an actor with a relatively sturdy build.
Anyway, this character will definitely be presented in the form of CGI, so appearance doesn't matter at all.
Nanaya had some ideas about Yu Ji's words. The little wasabi lady who tried to play tricks on him was quite suitable.
I heard that she and her best friend Qin Jue have passed the first two rounds of auditions.
It looked like they had both been working hard since their last meeting.
Otherwise, with their level at that time, they obviously could not pass the basic assessments of the first two levels.
In fact, the most difficult role for Nanaya among the three chapters was who to cast to play the role of Zheng brother.
Although Brother Zheng's real body only appeared at the last moment of the story.
Based on Nanaya's experience, the scenes in which Brother Zheng appears as a human being will definitely not exceed 30 minutes.
But as the core character in the "Da Qin" copy, although he is not the final boss, he definitely has the setting of being the final boss.
In this case, it becomes very important whether the First Emperor's character is likable.
And this is what Nanaya is struggling with.
He wasn't sure whether the design of the big fluttering moth would satisfy the Chinese audience.
Unlike movies and mobile games, the target audience of mobile games is young people, who have the highest acceptance of new things among all social groups.
Therefore, as long as the setting is reasonable and the character's charm is maximized, they will not mind how much modification is made to the character of the First Emperor.
But the older generation of audiences will mind it very much, and they will definitely not accept such a strong modification of the First Emperor.
There is a precedent for this. Just think about the movie "The Emperor and the Assassin" directed by the great prophet Chen.
Because Ying Zheng did not conform to the inherent ideas of the Chinese audience, the Ying Zheng played by Mr. Li was criticized to the point that he almost couldn't take care of himself.
To be honest, if you just look at the actor's acting skills, Mr. Li's Ying Zheng is very good, his acting skills and expressions are all very good.
But it's useless if the actor has good acting skills. The character setting does not conform to everyone's opinions, so naturally he can't avoid being criticized.
Because of the previous lesson of "The Emperor and the Assassin", Nanaya did not think that the Chinese audience would be able to accept the First Emperor in the shape of a big fluttering moth.
After excluding the one-broken and two-broken styles of the First Emperor, the only ones left for Nanaya to choose from were the three-broken style and the original design style wearing the clothes of the emperor from the Qin and Han dynasties.
The biggest difference between the two is whether Brother Zheng's real-life body appears to be young or middle-aged in the movie.
This directly affects Nanaya's selection of actors, whether to choose more energetic young actors or steady and stable veteran actors.
In Nanaya's opinion, these two options each have their own advantages.
For Chinese audiences, no matter whether they like the Qin Dynasty and the First Emperor or not, they cannot deny their great feat of unifying the world.
As the earliest emperor, people cannot avoid using words like mighty, overbearing, and tyrant when evaluating him.
If Nanaya wants to recreate this kind of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, it would be more appropriate to choose a middle-aged actor to play the role.
After all, such a Ying Zheng would be more in line with the image of the First Emperor in the minds of the Chinese audience.
But the young version of the First Emperor is not completely without advantages.
First of all, handsome young men are more likely to be liked by young people.
Especially female audiences.
Nanaya has not forgotten the scene when 2.3 was announced and the Japanese wife actually climbed over the wall to come to China to look for the pornographic pictures of Brother Zheng.
Moreover, if young actors are used, it will be more in line with the image of the First Emperor in the story of "The Qin Empire", who is both domineering and gentle.
But Nanaya is more concerned about the acting skills of young actors.
Although he does not appear on screen for a long time, the Qin Shi Huang's mentality changes many times with a real human body. It can be said that there are changes in the character curve in almost every scene he appears.
It is a big question whether young actors can handle such a role.
"So, which one should I choose?"
Nanaya flipped through the list of candidate actors and fell into deep thought.