Chapter 226: Confusing Casting
After the Golden Rooster Awards, the film "Love Is Not Blind" directed by Lu Yang announced the audition time.

Now, several major colleges became busy, especially the Beijing Film Academy. Some teachers kept calling Lu Yang to recommend actors.

There are only so many resources in the circle. Although it is a low-budget movie, it still attracted a lot of people.

In addition, it was invested by Xingchen Film and Television Company, so it is hard not to think of it as another "Stone" or "Racing".

Unlike "Painted Skin" directed by Wu Ershan, Lu Yang is not a mere newcomer as he has won awards at the Busan Film Festival.

"I didn't even know I was so famous. A lot of the people who called me didn't know me."

In the office, Lu Yang was talking about what had happened in the past two days. He was so annoyed that he wanted to change his cell phone number.

"That's normal. Wu Ershan and Ning Hao went through the same thing. When you make a high-grossing movie, it will be even more exaggerated."

"Someone used his connections to recommend me a few actors who are very popular recently."

"Who?"

Gu Wei asked with a little curiosity.

"Wen Zhang, Bai Baihe, they are both willing to reduce their pay to join the crew."

"Forehead…"

After hearing these two names, Gu Wei was at a loss for words for a moment.

These two are awesome too. In the original time and space, the drama "Love Is Not Blind" made the actors and actresses quickly famous, but many of them also suffered setbacks, or in other words, not all of them escaped.

Netizens commented that this crew is simply toxic. Wen Zhang, who played the leading male role, and Bai Baihe, who played the leading female role, were both exposed for scandals. Apart from this, they even did not let go of some small guest roles.

When Zhang Zixuan and Yao Di became mistresses of other people's families, the audience could at least sigh that Chen Yufan was probably the most upright person in the crew, and he still held on to the last bottom line.

However, as time went on, after Chen Yufan was arrested, the entire cast and crew of "Love Is Not Blind" were all destroyed. Although Chen Yufan was only a guest actor, he also got into trouble one after another. It was really a series of all-villains, and netizens jokingly called it a "toxic crew."

"Director, is there a problem? How about I just reject them directly?"

Lu Yang noticed Gu Wei's hesitation and asked.

"Forget it, just have a normal audition. The final result will be decided by you."

Gu Wei shook his head. Since it was decided that Lu Yang would choose the role, he didn't want to interfere too much.

But to be honest, no one can be sure whether a movie can be a box office success before it is made. Many people think that blockbuster movies need to rely on celebrity artists, but Gu Wei does not think so.

For example, in "Titanic", Leonardo DiCaprio and Winslet made a classic movie that went down in film history. In other words, even without the two of them, as long as the movie was well-made and well-promoted, it would still become a classic if shot by someone else.

After all, the audience is watching for the plot and logic. Just like after the rise of traffic stars in later generations, many of the movies they made are still inevitably criticized.

"Okay, let's see the effect first."

Hearing this, Lu Yang didn't say much, but in his heart he still wanted to choose the male and female protagonists at the Beijing Film Academy.

...

"Painted Skin 2" has entered its final two weeks of filming.

A crew photo of Wuershan standing in the middle with Zhou Xun, Huang Xiaoming, Hu Ge and Yang Mi on both sides was posted online by a reporter.

In the photo, several people were still wearing props and costumes for filming.

The background of the photo is XZ’s unique sapphire blue sky and all-white buildings, giving an ethereal feeling.

In the first half of the year, Su Chang participated in the "Nanhu TV Baidu Entertainment Boiling Point 2008 Annual Review" award ceremony, and the TV series "Magic Phone" starring him won the "Most Popular Mainland TV Series" award.

In August, he joined the crew of the emotional business war themed TV series "Wulian Tian", in which he played the role of Lu Yaoxiang, who has a wide age span.

The filming was not completed until mid-October. As soon as the TV series was finished, Su Chang came to Liu Yifei's house, and the two of them got together again.

"Liu Yifei and Su Chang appeared at the amusement park."

"Su Chang and Liu Yifei went shopping hand in hand and went to a hot pot restaurant hand in hand."

The paparazzi are also very powerful, updating the news about the two of them on a regular basis every day.

"Yifei has indulged herself, going shopping every day. She looks fat in this photo."

Netizens watched carefully and uploaded photos of the two on Weibo, which attracted comments from netizens.

"Haha, Xixi, they said you've gained weight."

In the villa, Liu Yifei was petting the cat when she saw Su Chang coming over with a cell phone and saying.

In the past two years, Su Chang has developed quite smoothly. "Painted Skin 1" brought her good popularity, and she has also been appearing on CCTV in TV dramas.

Without the involvement with Director Yu, that series of dramas would not have been filmed.

"Let me see.

Oh, I'm not fat, I just ate too much and felt full."

As he said this, he looked at his belly.

As soon as Gu Wei entered the villa, he heard Su Chang talking about her several TV series this year that did not make a splash.

"You're not short of money anyway, don't be so anxious, just take a break when you're not filming, and you can come and play with me every day."

Liu Yifei was still comforting her.

"I'm not like you, making one Hollywood blockbuster after another, and they're all big productions."

Su Chang said unhappily, pouting.

"How's your studio going? Didn't you get any good scripts?"

"Yeah, Director Gu is here."

Hearing this, Su Chang immediately stood up and said.

"There are not many people in the studio, and I don't go there often. It's all managed by the assistant." There is a huge gap between Su Chang's assistant and her. The two of them are just a pair of lazy people. The most thing they do together all day is shopping and eating.

"You don't put your heart into it, and you still say there's no good script."

Liu Yifei said unhappily.

At this stage, coal bosses still dominate the market. Several major companies in the film industry have not yet gone public. Several giants in the TV drama industry, Huace, Xinli, and Huanrui have just been established, and there is no sign of Noon Sunshine.

Now in China, apart from various state-owned enterprises, only Tangren and Rong Xinda are larger in scale, and Zhouyi is almost bankrupt. Other small companies have relatively fixed teams, so Su Chang is now in a very embarrassing stage.

Big companies have their own artists, and small companies find it difficult to afford her, so Su Chang's development has obviously slowed down.

"Lu Yang has a new movie and the leading actress is auditioning. You can go and try."

Gu Wei sat on another sofa, watching the two of them playing, and then spoke.

"Yeah, thank you Director Gu."

Hearing this, Su Chang immediately became excited. Many people in the circle were asking about the heroine of the movie invested by Xingchen Film and Television Company.

"Is it enough to just say thank you?"

"Then what should I do? Do you want me to pledge my love to you?"

Su Chang blinked and said jokingly.

"I'm going to kill you."

Hearing Su Chang's words, Liu Yifei pounced on him, and the two started playing around. The picture of two beauties together was quite beautiful.

It was obvious that Su Chang was no match for Liu Yifei, and he surrendered soon after.

Seeing this situation, Gu Wei touched his nose and didn't dare to say anything, mainly because he was afraid that if he said something wrong the young lady would get angry again.

The three chatted for a while, and Gu Wei told Su Chang the genre of the movie. He then gave Su Chang a copy of the script and asked her to study it first.

"It's a romance movie. Changchang, you need to work hard and partner well with the male lead."

As a best friend, Liu Yifei looked at Su Chang thoughtfully and said something.

As he spoke, he also instructed Gu Wei to talk to Lu Yang and choose a more handsome male lead.

Su Chang felt a little embarrassed when she saw this scene. To be honest, she had never filmed this type of love movie before.

At noon, an auntie prepared the meal and brought it to the table. Gu Wei just started eating when he realized that he didn't see Liu Xiaoli.

"Isn't Auntie at home?"

After tasting the food, Gu Wei looked at the young lady and asked.

"Mom is back home and will come over in a few days."

After drinking a sip of the soup, Gu Wei remembered that Liu Xiaoli's hometown seemed to be in Wuhan.

...

About half an hour after The Whistleblower was released, the box office was about to exceed 200 million. Now the daily box office has dropped a lot, only a few million a day.

"The department predicts that the final box office will exceed 200 million, but there is no hope of 300 million."

The assistants reported to Wang Zhonglei as per the rules.

"Oh, I see."

With an investment of 50 million and a box office of over 200 million, it is certain to make money, Wang Zhonglei said after listening to the assistant's report.

Now all his energy is focused on the listing at the end of the month. Not only him, but all the employees in the company who purchased the original shares are paying attention to this matter.

Compared with the movie box office, this is the decisive factor that determines whether Huayi can continue.

The success of "The Founding of a Republic" put Han Sanping in a good mood, and he recently planned to make another movie of the same type based on this model.

The same screenwriter team as this movie is currently working on "The Founding of a Party", and the general script is almost done.

Media reporters have already reported this matter. Other companies can only envy it, but they can't do it.

With hundreds of celebrity artists participating, only China Film Group has the honor to do so.

After leaving Liu Yifei's home and returning to the company, Gu Wei entered into working mode again. He basically did not participate in any activities. Each one was more boring than the other. When a group of people got together, they could not stop talking about movies every three sentences. They either talked about investment or jokes.

The current top priority of Xingchen Film and Television is naturally the shooting plan for the next movie.

Gu Wei and Lu Yang discussed with Song Ge several more times, and casting was also carried out simultaneously. Actors and artists came to the company for auditions every day.

After chatting with Su Chang, she came to the company the next day. Lu Yang and Bao Jingjing auditioned in person. After all, they were good friends of the boss, so this could not be taken lightly.

Although movies and TV series are both film and television dramas, there are great differences in their creative requirements. Movies require new ideas, while TV series are not afraid of old routines.

When people spend money to go to the cinema to watch a movie, they subconsciously hope to see some new and different stories.

This is not the case with TV dramas. Even if you have watched the plot many times, as long as the story is good, there will still be audiences who like to watch it. You can even follow the original script and change the actors to make another version.

For example, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" had five or six versions before, but as soon as the 17 version was aired, it became a hit thanks to its highly restored version of the original work, a large number of real-life shots, smooth martial arts moves, character modeling that conforms to the aesthetics of the times, and many other details.

Although the story of "Love Is Not Blind" is simple, if you want to make it innovative and appealing to the audience, the script and story still play a major role.

Fortunately, Lu Yang also had experience in this area, and Gu Wei also helped to read it several times. After the script was revised several times, we finally got a version that everyone approved of.

"We are going to cast Zhu Yawen as the male lead, he performed the best in the audition and his sissy style looks good.

Let's choose Su Chang as the heroine. She is beautiful and her acting skills are much better than others."

"Okay, it's up to you."

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(End of this chapter)