This is a Business Hotel in beijing. Numerous people are lined up to audition for roles in movies. Hopefuls include professionals and amateurs, young and old. Hotels hosting auditions like this have been increasing in the past few years and there are six in beijing. Behind this trend is the movie boom heating up in china. In 2015, nationwide Box Office Revenue in china reached 6. 38 billion u. S. Dollars, surging roughly 50 from the previous year. To take advantage of this movement, many producers and investors are jumping into action. This episode gives a behind the scenes look at the ballooning Film Industry in chesapeaina, b focusing on socalled audition hotels. Central beijing is full of office buildings. A hotel opened here 7 years ago. Its name whose name means a house for drifters. The hotel with a total of 358 rooms is always booked due to its convenient location. Its also affordable. The standard twin room costs less than 40 u. S. A night. But thats not the only reason guests gather here. One corner of the lobby has a wall covered with sheets listing the title dramas, as well as room numbers. A wide range of production teams hold auditions in the hotel rooms. The applicants begin to pour in. Applicants eagerly wait in front of the rooms, the hotel instantly became well known after a famous hong kong director held auditions here five years ago. Since then other industry officials have followed suit. Currently roughly 100 rooms are occupied by casting teams who hold auditions every day. From leading to supporting roles, one film crew auditions as many as 100 people on a busy day. When a promising candidate appears, their pictures are posted on the walls. These candidates go through a series of interviews and the executive director makes the final decision. Film production has surged so much that some casting directors stay in the hotel for long periods to find actors for multiple filmmakers. Today, a woman is checking the Bulletin Board enthusiastically with resumes in hand. Ling ling, 28, studied acting for four years at a local university and recently began auditioning at this hotel. Ling dreams of becoming an actress like angelina jolie, with that in mind, she enters an audition room. Ling shows a short film she acted in, hoping to impress the director, unfortunately, he doesnt seem interested. Even if one audition doesnt work out, there are always others to attend in the same hotel. Thats why ling goes to numerous auditions each day. Once the casting director meets ling, they immediately begin filming her performance to show the executive director. She is told she will meet the executive director at a later date. Ling met this actor on the same audition circuit. Qin studied acting at a vocational school, dreaming of becoming a famous actor. Hes been auditioning at in hotel for four years, but its been tough going. Meanwhile, ling is showing her pr video in another room. Actively promoting herself. The executive director seems to like her a lot. Negotiations go smoothly and ling is given a specially tailorol st. At 10 00 p. M. , the people who had swarmed the lobby and hallways go home and the inn returns to normalcy. Today qin leaves the hotel, having found no roles he is happy with. At 10 00 a. M. The next morning, the additions resume. A small kiosk is situated in a corner of the hotel lobby. It offers the Popular Service of resume printing. When hes not busy, the owner often watches movies on his computer. In china, watching online movies had become a fad. The appeal is the low cost. Viewing costs less than a dollar per movie. In addition, online movies are not as strictly regulated compared with movies shown in theaters. Thats another reason for their popularity. In fact, china held its first online movie awards this year. The films have become a new platform for talented young directors, screenwriters and actor who is lacked opportunities in the past. Director zhang tao received an award for making a hit film. Zhangs hit movie is a horror film, the dead come back to life in a farming village and the young people use sorcery to battle the dead. Authorities believe they sup superstition. The film earned almost 3. 5 million in box office sales. It helped trigger the online movie boom. One man approaches people by the hotel entrance. And in the hallways. Wang xiaoyi, 34, launched his own Production Company two years ago. He sees the online movie business as a major opportunity. The first movie he released this year was a horror mo called baby ghost. Produced on a budget of 145 u. S. , it received over 60 million views over six months. Now wang is working on a film with twice the budget of his last film. The greatest appeal of the new film, titled bikini spy is that it combines action and erotic scenes. He thinks it will be a big hit. For this film, wang needs about 40 actors, mainly women and children. He plans to select those actors over three days. Determined to top his earlier success, wang is taking the auditions more seriously than ever. As he meets with actors, he also welcomes very important guests, investors. This man is the president of a real estate subsidiary, wangs first hit drew attention and he has proposed investing in his next film. As the movie boom attracts more investment, it escalates even further. This is the suburbs of beijing, where many migrants from rural areas live. Among the crew, is qi who was unable to found an acting role at the hotel. Even a small supporting role is an opportunity to be discovered by directors. So qin gives it his best. Qin lives here alone. He passed a University Entrance exam two years ago, but he passed and came here. Qin himself considered giving up and returning home many times. But he was motivated by the success of another actor. Peng yusi played the leading role in the Horror Comedy film that was a big hit last year. Ping and qin auditioned at the hotel together. Now that peng is famous, his pay is 1,000 times higher than when he was an extra. Qin hopes to follow in pengs footsteps. In qingdao located almost 600 kilometers from beijing, the filming of bikini spy has begun. As a total of 150 cast and crew gathers, the ceo of the Production Company, wang looks tense. The cost of renting filming equipment, paying actors for their performance and Hotel Accommodation is tens of thousands of u. S. Dollars a day. He cant afford to waste one second. With temperatures today reaching just 9 degrees celsius, the actors have to endure the chilly weather. Director huang has gained a lot of attention by producing several recent hits. But he has been given just 15 days to complete this film. The movie is set for release during the Chinese New Year when the industry makes the most profit. He has three months left. The following day, the crewmembers go to a local public bath. Wang found the location through a friends connections. He only needs a few cuts, but believes they are important scenes to showcase the beauty of the actresses. But after they set up the cameras and are about to begin filming, the owner comes in. The problem is that the manager of the venue had given wang permission without notifying the owner. Wang decides to convince the owner himself. He cant afford to lose a days worth of filming. Thanks to wangs plea, the owner agrees to let them film. The key to success is to release trendy movies as soon as possible. But the number of rivals is surging right now. Hotels in beijing continue to be filled with the enthusiasm of people pursuing their dreams. Perhaps thats why chinas movie industry is projected to surpass the u. S. Film industry in 2017 as the worlds largest. Hello an a very warm welcome. It is 10 00 a. M. In tokyo. Trump has ordered the construction of a wall on the border with mexico. The first of a series of actions he wants to take to crack down on immigrants and boost national security. Beginning today, United States of america gets back control of its borders. Gets back its borders. [ applause ]