Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 203 Audition
“I’ve also acted in movies,” Teng Huatao couldn’t help but say after seeing Bao Jingjing’s expression.

"Oh? I'm so sorry, Director Teng, I didn't know you'd made movies before. What movies did you make? How much did they make at the box office? My son, Boda, has only made two movies. One only made a little over 60 million. Fortunately, the second movie just finished its run and the box office was just over 100 million." Sister Wang's tone inevitably carried a hint of manipulativeness.

Teng Huatao's face turned extremely dark, and his breathing became rapid. In the end, he couldn't utter a single word. He just snorted coldly, didn't even greet Sister Wang or Bao Jingjing, and turned to leave.

Seeing this, Bao Jingjing opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

"Director Teng has to leave now, let's continue our discussion. Teacher Bao, you mentioned before that you wanted to be the screenwriter for 'Love is Not Blind,' no problem, we'd be happy to have you as the screenwriter. After all, you wrote the novel, and you can say that no one in the world understands this story better than you. In my opinion, entrusting the screenplay to you is the most suitable choice..."

"Thank you, thank you!" Bao Jingjing said with a look of surprise.

As a result, Sister Wang acquired the film rights to the book "Love is Not Blind 33".

……

Meanwhile, Li Boda was in the laboratory of 'Magic Cube Technology', leading researchers to begin developing a new generation of 'Magic Cube Phone'.

The 'Magic Cube Generation 1' phone sold very well, especially later on. As the phone's reputation gradually improved, its sales were much better than other phones in the same price range, and a steady stream of funds flowed into 'Magic Cube Technology's' account.

However, in Li Boda's opinion, this speed was still a bit slow.

After all, Li Boda's plan for the first "Infinite Terror" movie was to make it into a 3D film, which would require a very high investment. And it's not easy to find investors in China for such a big-budget film.

Waiting for Li Boda to truly become a top-tier director, so that others will invest money in his films regardless of the budget, is definitely not something that can be achieved in a year or two.

Since that's the case, Li Boda will pay for it himself.

But Li Boda doesn't have that much money right now, so what should he do? Research new mobile phones, release and sell them, and then make a fortune!
So Li Boda came to the laboratory and started to speed up the research progress of the 'Rubik's Cube II' phone, striving to complete its production as soon as possible.

Ultimately, Li Boda's requirements for the "Rubik's Cube Phone" were a bit too high.

His idea is to make the performance of the 'Cube 2nd Generation' phone far surpass that of the 'Cube 1st Generation' phone, so there are quite a few things to research, which is why the research progress is not so fast.

Otherwise, like other mobile phone manufacturers, they release a new phone every six months or even less, with each new phone offering only minor performance improvements, like squeezing toothpaste. This is much simpler to do.

However, Li Boda still had some sense of shame and didn't intend to release the new phone in a piecemeal fashion.

Even so, after Li Boda personally accelerated the research progress, the 'Rubik's Cube II' phone is almost complete.

However, Li Boda still had to consider the researchers in the laboratory to some extent, so although the progress was accelerated, it did not improve too much.

While leading a team to research the 'Rubik's Cube II' mobile phone, Li Boda also started a new project.

The new project focuses on imaging technology, specifically 3D special effects.

Li Boda also has some technology in this area, but he hadn't researched or developed it before.

After watching Avatar, Li Boda felt that 3D technology would be beneficial for making movies, so he took the initiative to start researching it.

The main point is that Li Boda had specifically inquired beforehand and found that if domestic films want to shoot 3D movies, they need to purchase foreign equipment and then hire foreign teams to create special effects.

However, this service is particularly expensive overseas.

Foreign films might charge ten million US dollars for special effects, but domestic films might charge two, three, or even more times that amount, and they won't use the latest special effects in your film.

Domestic films are treated differently in this way.

Since you treat me this way differently, Li Boda decided to develop my own research.

So, while conducting research and development, Li Boda also recruited professionals in the special effects industry, intending to set up his own special effects team.

To be honest, in Li Boda's opinion, the special effects production teams in China are a bit unwatchable.

At that time, the top special effects were all from overseas, and the technical level of domestic special effects production teams was not very good.

On the one hand, the technology is inadequate, and on the other hand, there is insufficient funding.

However, these were no longer problems for Li Boda.

In terms of technology, Li Boda possesses relatively mature technology. After all, the future Silly Girl phone will have a lot of different technologies. It's just that Li Boda's own research capabilities are slightly lacking, but his mature technology far surpasses that of foreign special effects teams.

As for funding, although it's not a lot, with 'Magic Cube Technology' backing it up, it's still much, much richer than other special effects teams in China.

The special effects professionals recruited by Li Boda were amazed by the technology he demonstrated and held him in the highest esteem.

However, although the technology was there, Li Boda still had some headaches regarding the hardware.

The hardware is far too inadequate. The current hardware is completely insufficient to meet Li Boda's needs for successfully operating the technologies he provides.

But, asking Li Boda to manually operate a lithography machine? He couldn't do that either.

After all, what Li Boda obtained from the Silly Girl System was mostly programming and software knowledge, with the most information being some parameters.

At this moment, Li Boda was even more eager to film the novel "Infinite Terror" as soon as possible, and even more eager to get skill feedback from the character Chu Xuan.

……

Looking at the clean, tidy, and energetic Li Boda, Sister Wang couldn't help but give him a thorough once-over.

"Boss, I heard you've been in the lab for a month and haven't come out much. I thought you'd be all unkempt and greasy, but you're still so clean and handsome," Sister Wang said with a smile.

"There's nothing I can do, I'm naturally beautiful. Even though I've been focusing most of my energy on research lately, my appearance hasn't been affected much." Li Boda chuckled. An ordinary person focused on research would indeed become unkempt, but is Li Boda an ordinary person?
Obviously not, so Li Boda's research showed that the world was like this before and after his research.

"Naturally handsome—indeed, boss, you're the most handsome! I've already assembled the crew for 'Love is Not Blind,' and now we just need to finalize some important roles. So, boss, it's your turn to step in now."

While Li Boda was engrossed in the lab researching mobile phones and special effects, Sister Wang had already begun preparing for the film crew's production.

After receiving the script from Bao Jingjing, she went directly to the Film Bureau to report it. She even made a preliminary selection of actors based on the script's requirements. Now, she was just waiting for Li Boda to make the final choice.

Once Li Boda finalized the cast, filming for "Love is Not Blind" could begin immediately.

"How's the casting process going?" Li Boda asked.

"The initial screening has already begun. The female lead, needless to say, is our Liying. As for the male lead, since you're not acting, we've extended invitations to the public. The current shortlist for the male lead includes Wenzhang, Tong Dawei, and Zhong Hanliang… The shortlist for the second male lead includes…"

As Li Boda listened to what Sister Wang said and looked through the materials she handed him, he found that the people she had chosen were all quite good and, to a certain extent, fit the character settings.

It doesn't really matter who gets the role; now it's just a matter of who best suits Li Boda's taste.

"Alright, let's hold the final round of auditions."

"it is good!"

Thus, the final round of auditions for "Love is Not Blind" quickly began.

In a hotel, Li Boda sat in the conference room, looking at the obedient-looking Wen Zhang, who stood in front of him with a polite and friendly smile, giving a brief self-introduction.

Previously, Li Boda was always the one being interviewed, like Wen Zhang.

And now, Li Boda is sitting here, interviewing others. This dramatic change in status evokes a myriad of emotions.

"Emblem, you perform this scene. You have three minutes to prepare." Li Boda picked up a script.

The assistant next to him quickly took the script and handed it to Wenzhang.

Emblem was looking at the script intently, his eyes shining.

Three minutes later, Emblem stood up somewhat nervously and began her performance.

Looking at the emblem's slightly effeminate mannerisms, Li Boda couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.

To be honest, Wen Zhang's acting skills are really good. He portrayed Wang Yiyang, that effeminate and delicate young man, very well and very convincingly.

Moreover, the design of the emblem is quite good.

“Good, you can go out now.” Li Boda nodded to the emblem.

"Yes, Director." Emblem obediently withdrew from the room.

"What do you think of this emblem, Teacher Bao?" Li Boda asked Bao Jingjing with a smile.

In addition to Li Boda, the audition also included Sister Wang, Bao Jingjing (the original author and screenwriter of "Love is Not Blind"), a producer from China Film Group, and a representative from Wanda Pictures.

The project "Love is Not Blind" is still a collaboration between Li Boda Studio and China Film Group. However, in addition to these two companies, there is another investor this time: Wanda Pictures.

After all, it's not feasible to hog all the profits in the entertainment industry. More reasonably, Li Boda was planning to attract more investment when filming "Infinite Terror," so this investment, along with Wanda Pictures, can be seen as building relationships in advance.

"That was great. I think Wen Zhang's performance just now was very similar to the Wang Xiaojian in my mind..." Bao Jingjing said excitedly, her eyes wide.

For Bao Jingjing, participating in the audition process was quite exciting.

(End of this chapter)