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Chapter 671 - 395 Casting for ’Wandering Earth’ (Subscription Requested)_1

Chapter 671: Chapter 395 Casting for ’Wandering Earth’ (Subscription Requested)_1

"Xiao Chen, are the performing arts students from the Film and Television Academy ready?"

"Director Su, the students are already here."

"Alright, let them wait for a bit, I’ll notify Principal Ding."

In the office building of the Film and Television Academy at Mist City Arts and Science University, Su Yangfan took out his mobile phone and dialed a number for Principal Ding.

Today was the casting for the science fiction movie project "Wandering Earth".

Specifically, it was for the two main roles, the male lead Liu Qi and the female lead Han Duo Duo. Based on his previous conversation with Principal Ding, Su Yangfan knew that they should ideally be chosen from among the performance arts students of the Film and Television Institute of Mist City Arts and Science University.

If no satisfactory characters could be chosen, they would have to search among the acting departments of other higher education institutions.

Su Yangfan understood Principal Ding’s preference to prioritize his own students. Besides, it would be excellent if they could find suitable actors among the students from the same school’s performance arts department. That would also save the trouble of later selecting the leads.

The reason that the casting for the lead male and female characters was starting so quickly was because Su Yangfan had already had the science fiction novel "Wandering Earth" given to him by Principal Ding, adapted into a screenplay by his screenwriter friend.

Moreover, most of the team members from his previous film "Transdimensional Contact" were now in place.

He didn’t expect them to be willing to leave their original companies to shoot a science fiction movie with Su Yangfan again.

Most importantly, the money was ready.

A day before, the CEO of Feiyue Group, which backs Mist City Arts and Science University, Ms. An Yujia, approached Su Yangfan stating that the funds from the Feiyue Group were in place, and they could contribute to the science fiction movie project "Wandering Earth".

With money, Su Yangfan could start this massive science fiction film project.

He estimated that the initial investment for this project would be at least a hundred million, as the special effects were indeed a significant expense.

As a director, Su Yangfan naturally knew which scenes to shoot that required expensive special effects. The story of "Wandering Earth", about global temperatures plummeting, disasters raining down, and humans having to propel Earth away from the solar system, required special effects throughout the entire tale.

Therefore, Su Yangfan estimated at least one hundred million at a minimum. It could possibly require even more, to create the grand and majestic scenes that Principal Ding had described during their last chat.

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is not answering. Please try again later!"

Su Yangfan got through but no one answered.

"Huh? Didn’t Principal Ding take his phone?" Su Yangfan mumbled to himself, puzzled.

It shouldn’t be; Principal Ding’s number should always be reachable unless his mobile phone was not near him.

"Let me try calling Secretary Wen," Su Yangfan muttered, calling Wen Ruohan, Principal Ding’s personal assistant.

Ding~ Ding~ Ding~

Ding~

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is not answering. Please try again later!"

It was the same prompt.

This made Su Yangfan feel strange. How could both Principal Ding and Secretary Wen be unreachable at the same time?

Could they be...

"Director Su, should we head over to the casting site now?" Assistant Xiao Chen asked Su Yangfan from the side.

Su Yangfan frowned, shook his head slightly and said, "No rush."

Principal Ding had taken great pains for the casting of the male and female leads for "Wandering Earth". He had said he would participate in the selection personally.

But now, the moment to start selecting the leads was near and Su Yangfan couldn’t get hold of Principal Ding.

Ding~ Ding~ Ding~

Ding~ Ding~

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is not answering. Please try again later!"

Su Yangfan dialed Principal Ding’s phone again, but still, no one answered.

At this moment.

In the advanced medical laboratory of the Medical College of Mist City Arts and Science University, Ding Yue was showing Professor Yang Kaining from the Swiss Zurich Federal Institute of Technology, along with five doctoral students of Professor Yang, around the laboratory to learn about the 3D biological printer and its related technology.

Since it was a high-end medical laboratory, everybody had to change into a dust-free, sterile suit before entering.

When Ding Yue was changing his clothes, he left his mobile phone outside in the changing room, and now it had two missed calls.

But Ding Yue didn’t know.

"Principal Ding, your university’s 3D biological printer is fantastic, this... it’s unbelievable!"

Professor Yang Kaining was filled with excitement after seeing the 3D biological printer in the laboratory.

This was a level of excitement that he, at his age, should not have. Even when making research discoveries, Professor Yang Kaining had never been this thrilled.

In front of Professor Yang Kaining, a white 3D biological printer looked ordinary, as if no different from an ordinary printer from the outside.

However, this one was no ordinary printer. This was a 3D biological printer, and its internal structure was extremely complex.

A 3D biological printer is a precision mechanical device that assembles biological materials or cell units in a precise location under the direction of a digital three-dimensional model, following the principles of additive manufacturing, thus creating medical devices, tissue-engineered scaffolds, tissue organs, and other products.