The association had enough funds now. If they didn't use it, it would just rust in the bank.
Last year, they still had two million dollars left.
Even when they sent all of them to Cape Town for 20 days, they only spent 300,000.
Funds were meant to be squandered. This was Chen Zhao's philosophy.
The association members also had their first meeting in the new headquarters.
Of course, the content of the meeting was to tell everyone to work hard in the new year.
They had to carry out every mission seriously and increase their strength at the same time.
The new headquarters also had its first guests.
They weren't members of the association, but prisoners sent to the dungeon by Klaus and the others.
They were the people who released the crocodiles in the river outside Mirror Lake.
The puppeteer Chanon was also one of the guests.
Chen Zhao and the association members visited the dungeon.
The environment here was great. At least, it wasn't creepy like before.
Of course, the torture tools were much better than before.
…
"Chen, our new movie is starting to cast. Do you want to come and watch?" Steven called Chen Zhao.
"I don't know anything. What's there to watch?"
"You're one of the people involved anyway. You have the right to speak. Just come and watch."
"Okay."
Chen Zhao indeed didn't have much to do after the new year.
He didn't have any clients either. Other than at home, he only walked around the headquarters.
When Chen Zhao arrived at the audition site, there was a sea of people outside.
It was a terrifying scene.
Chen Zhao estimated that there were at least 300 actors.
"Steven, I'm at the door," Chen Zhao said. "Call someone to pick me up."
"You're here?" Steven said. "Don't come in first. Just blend into the crowd and see if there are suitable candidates or actors that need to be eliminated."
Chen Zhao rolled his eyes. Steven was treating him like a laborer.
"Hey, brother, are you here for the audition too?" A curly-haired young man patted Chen Zhao's shoulder. "Which company are you from?"
"Err … I don't have a company."
"No company? Then you don't have a good chance. " The curly-haired young man said, "I heard that many famous actors from Asia are here for the audition. I heard that Mr. Steven's new movie has a very important role that will be played by an Asian. Mr. Steven also wants to invite actors who are already famous in Asia."
Chen Zhao wasn't too surprised.
After all, Steven had already told Chen Zhao about this.
Steven was also interested in choosing actors from China.
"What about you? What role are you auditioning for?"
"A villain, a role with a few minutes of screen time," the curly-haired young man said. "I'm a student at the Southern California Film School. What about you, Banke? How should I address you? "
"Chenzhao," Chen Zhao answered. "I'm unorthodox."
"You're like most of the people here." Ban Ke said, "Everyone is trying their luck. After all, as long as they act in Mr. Steven's movie, it means that they will become famous, including me."
Right now, in Hollywood, Steven was a golden signboard.
Not only were his movies popular, but even if he only had the title of an editor, it still had a huge market appeal.
Although James had gotten rid of the title of the new director, he knew very well that his ability was far from his current level.
Although "Animal Mart" was an unprecedented success, James knew that if Steven hadn't reached out to help him, he would probably be one of the directors who were down and out.
Therefore, he had always claimed that Steven's editing was the biggest contributor to the movie's success.
This also caused Steven's reputation to rise to another level.
With just one edit, Animal Mart, which had a small budget, became a godly movie.
Therefore, people didn't doubt Steven's ability at all.
Therefore, his new movie also received a lot of attention.
In the past two days, Steven and Rasfa jointly released the news of a new movie.
All the headlines of the entertainment media in America were about Steven's new movie.
Some people even dug out the content of the new movie.
All of Hollywood was in an uproar. Even the international entertainment industry was in an uproar.
The Asian entertainment industry was the most excited.
After all, Steven was going to choose an actor from Asia to play a very important role.
Of the three main roles, two were old Caucasians.
But there was a male bodyguard, the third one, who was an Asian male.
The whole movie was about the iron triangle, so the Asian male character became very interesting.
This also caused all the Asian entertainment companies to send a list of suitable male actors to Steven's desk for him to choose from.
Among them, the reaction from the entertainment companies in China, Japan, and South Korea was the most intense. After all, these three were the biggest movie markets in Asia.
Among them, the Chinese and Japanese stars should be the most competitive.
This was because China was the second biggest movie market in the world, while Japan … was the third.
In terms of character setting, it was a Chinese.
Now, everyone was using their own strengths, trying to help their artists succeed.
Chen Zhao walked a few rounds outside and was picked up by Famutis. He also put up the name of Banco, whom he had met outside, so that he could at least pass the first round of auditions.
As for whether Banco could be chosen later on, Chen Zhao tried not to interfere.
After all, as an outsider, if he criticized the movie too much, it might cause the movie to fail.
Even though Steven absolutely respected his right to choose, Chen Zhao didn't think he had to use his power.
Although Chen Zhao had a China complex, he still let Steven take the lead when it came to choosing actors.
If he let a domestic fresh meat play his role, Chen Zhao felt that the movie would be half-ruined.
So, Chen Zhao would rather let a foreign actor play his role.
…
Chen Ke had been in China for the past few days, because the movie "Animal Supermarket" that she had acted in was being screened in China.
As the second female lead, she had almost the same amount of scenes as the first female lead.
This caused Chen Ke's fame to skyrocket in the domestic entertainment industry.
China was also her home ground, so the entire publicity team was led by Chen Ke.
Even James had to be polite to Chen Ke.
Of course, a large part of it was because of Chen Zhao.
Steven's editing was definitely indispensable for his movie's success this time.
Steven was willing to edit for him completely because of Chen Zhao.
So, as Chen Zhao's cousin, Chen Ke's treatment in the crew was no less than the female lead.
Even if the heroine complained about it again and again, no one would care about her complaints.
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