Outside, at 9: 15 in the morning, Captain Gold called the stage construction team to start work. The noise was so loud that the ears of the people in the villa hurt. However, they did not feel uncomfortable. Instead, they were even more excited about Gold Cameron's enthusiasm.
Chen Guang threw out a lot of US dollars like snowflakes. Gold Cameron did not bring a team at all. Instead, it was the elite teams of several exhibition companies in Princeton.
Under the unified management of Gold Cameron, these teams worked together in an orderly manner. They were each responsible for different parts of the stage, clothing, and so on. The progress was extremely fast.
In the past, people used to say that the Chinese were efficient in construction and laughed at the Europeans and Americans for being inefficient.
However, today's reality proved that this was a fallacy.
There was only one reason for inefficiency, and that was not enough money.
When the weight of US dollars was enough to make a man crawl out of his wife's belly, all problems were not problems.
In just a few hours, opposite the castle villa, a luxurious stage tailored for "Romeo and Juliet" appeared out of thin air. It was built faster than the ancient city of Rome, which was built in seven days.
Although it was not as exquisite as the modern, high-tech, and luxurious stage that others had formally prepared for several months, it was definitely above the standard in terms of the stage scenery, lighting effects, basic moving background, and so on. It was not far from the famous musical version of "Romeo et Julie" that was held in Paris, France on February 14, 2000, starring Damian Sugg and Cecilia Cara.
It had to be said that this was due to the rapid advancement of science and technology in the past decade or so since 2000.
For example, the combination equivalence, which was extremely difficult to achieve in the past, could now be achieved with a high-quality and expensive LED nano spotlight.
In the past, the extremely cumbersome layout of the background panel when switching scenes could now be completed with a high-resolution OLED large screen.
As for the digital special effects or real scenes that needed to be played on the background screen, with the double effect of US dollars and connections, Gold Cameron directly contacted the copyright holder of the Paris version of "Romeo and Juliet" and bought the audio and video copyrights that they left behind. When the time came, he could directly project it on his big screen.
As for the background music, he had also used countless connections to combine the most classic copyrights of all the major copyrights, and then randomly selected and combined them.
This sudden appearance seemed simple, but in fact, it was the perfect embodiment of contemporary action. Its true cost was as high as nearly 10 million USD!
But to Chen Guang, this wasn't a problem at all!
For the sake of being a god in the world of acting, for the sake of survival, no matter how much money he had, he would not even blink.
In any case, it was extorted from the head of Prince's laboratory, so he didn't feel any heartache spending it. In fact, it felt especially good, as if he was spending someone else's money.
Although it was actually his, it came too easily. He felt as if he had reaped something without sowing. It was even easier than buying a lottery ticket.
In addition, during the construction of the stage, related news quickly appeared on social networks in Europe and the United States.
Shakespeare's Classics: A Gift from the Princeton Repertory Company
"The Oscar Judges Go to Princeton to Watch Shakespeare's Play, Last Break Before Their Busy Day
Timeless Classics, Romeo and Juliet!
"Who on Earth has the guts to perform Shakespeare's classic play in front of the Oscar judges?"
All kinds of news articles appeared on the Internet in the morning, like a crazy virus.
Obviously, this was just a trivial matter, but it inexplicably received unprecedented attention in one day.
This was very strange.
Even though the guests of the stage were almost more than 90% of the American Film Association, even though the performance was Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet", in fact, even though not many people were willing to admit that traditional Chinese culture was declining, in the mainstream of the mainstream of today's European and American youth, "Romeo and Juliet" was still a culture that was out of date, even though not many people were willing to admit it.
Simply put, it was Odette.
Therefore, this matter should not have caused such a sensation. People with intentions and insiders knew that there must be other forces behind it.
Even the members of the Oscar committee in the castle building felt that something was wrong, but they didn't have any solid evidence. Every time they started to question it, some senior members of the World Party would jump out and use all kinds of tricks to interfere with their line of sight and their thoughts.
At the same time, these veteran members of the World Party also used their own social media accounts to promote King Cameron's Shakespeare play. They even let many of their students and juniors promote it.
They also took credit for the storm on the Internet.
Look, we all said this, and so and so reposted my post. Isn't it normal for it to become popular?
Do you think we're getting old?
That we are outdated?
That we have no influence, that our words do not matter?
Fred and the rest of the younger generation had no way of dealing with these old men and women. They had no choice but to believe them.
King Cameron picked up a big bargain. His Princeton Repertory Theatre had received a lot of fees, but money was not a big deal. Through this matter, he successfully made Old James and the other veteran members of the American Film Association owe him a favor. Most importantly, his repertory theatre inexplicably became popular!
Thinking of Irma Watson, who was rehearsing with many leading actors in the Princeton Theatre, King Cameron's heart was filled with joy.
Others might not be familiar with Irma, but as a veteran theatre director, King Cameron knew very well that Irma was definitely one of the most talented and best female theatre actors in the United States!
However, there was one thing that particularly confused him. Old James specifically emphasized to him that the other members of the team would directly use the ready-made members of his repertory theatre.
However, for the male lead who played Romeo, Old James specifically told him to make it clear to the male actor that he was only a temporary candidate to assist in the rehearsals. When it was time to actually go on stage, there would be someone else.
This had to be said in advance to avoid any complications. In addition, Old James also made it clear to King Cameron that the young actor must also be kept a secret.
King Cameron heard Old James's serious tone and did not dare to be careless. Fortunately, he had always been a man of his word in the repertory theatre. Although the young actor was regretful, he did not dare to disobey him.
Hearing the seriousness in Old James's voice, Kent Cameron dared not be careless. Fortunately, he had always been a man of his word in the troupe, and although the young actor was sorry, he dared not disobey him.
Even Captain Gold himself was at a loss when he was busy. Who would be playing Romeo?
What was Old Watson up to?
Forget it, this is not something I should be concerned about.
However, at this time, among the people rehearsing in the Princeton Theatre, only Irma vaguely guessed something.
Although Old James did not explicitly say it to her, her intuition told her that Romeo must be played by Chen Guang.
Although Old James did not explicitly say it to her, her intuition told her that Romeo must be played by Chen Guang.
After the triple baptism of "Woman", "World's Pie", and "1900", Irma Watson had long become a crazy fan of Chen Guang. If Chen Guang had been recognized as a god in the acting world, Irma would have instantly upgraded from a crazy fan to a true fanatic.
When Irma thought about how he would be on the same stage as Chen Guang in the evening, he couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.
"Miss Irma! You're using too much force! "
The chief director, who had been pulled in at the last minute, immediately noticed the problem and reminded her loudly.
Irma waved her hand apologetically. "Sorry, let's start again."
More and more reporters came to Eaton Manor. No matter how strange the situation was, since "Romeo and Zhu" was already a hit, and the big shots of the American Film Association were involved, the reporters would naturally be alerted.
Apart from that, people from all the major US webcast platforms and TV stations also appeared one after another within a day, looking for Captain Jin Te to discuss the webcast and TV broadcast.
King Cameron wanted to compare the options, but in fact, he had no say in the matter.
Old James had told him early on that the live broadcast would be handed over to YouTube. If Must Die was interested, they could pay for it together, almost free of charge!
The live broadcast was handed over to UBC, a cable TV station that was not at the top of the rankings, but could also be watched by all of America. The price was also ridiculously low.
King Cameron did not quite understand Old James' purpose. They had spent so much money to complete the preparations in one day.
The live broadcast was almost the only way to recoup the funds, but they had given it away for free. They only had one request: they hoped that the other party would match the publicity resources as much as possible, so that the stage play, which had been built from scratch in one day, would have a greater impact.
In fact, Old James had not thought it through, but Chen Guang's thinking was very simple. Tech companies like YouTube and Must Die had helped him a lot, providing him with timely help.
Business was business, and favors were favors.
He did not know how foreigners did business, but as a Chinese, Chen Guang was well-versed in the ways of the world. He had to return the favor.
UBC had helped him with the publicity under great pressure. Although they had received a lot of fees, there were many TV stations that went back on their word at the time. Now, they were returning the favor.
The most important thing was that the lower the fee he charged others, the more money they had to spend on marketing and promotion.
By six o'clock in the evening, there was a sea of people outside the castle villa in Eaton Manor. The small stage was filled with people.
In order to reserve seats for the big shots of the American Film Association, King Cameron had even temporarily hired two security companies to maintain order on the scene.
In addition to the nearly 200 reserved seats, there were all kinds of seats in the surrounding areas. This was an open open-air performance, so there was no need to pay for tickets at all.
Anyway, the place was only so big. It was first come, first served.
The sea of people spread from the bottom of the stage, and even the farthest seats were placed at the entrance of the castle villa fifty meters away.
There were about ten thousand people, half of whom were locals of Princeton, and the other half were art lovers who had heard about the event today. Some drove, some took a bus, and some flew over from the Eastern United States.
There were all kinds of reporters with all kinds of cameras, and even people from the top five TV stations in the United States were there. Further away, there was a live broadcast car with their logo on it.
Although these TV stations were not qualified to broadcast the scene on the stage due to copyright reasons, it was not a copyright violation to interview or even broadcast the audience around the open-air performance.
Even Old James, the mastermind behind the scenes, was shocked by the scene.
Fred and the other members of the Film Association, who did not know what was going on, felt even more uncertain.
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