Chapter 333 Newcomers and Old Men
The next day, Lu Yang didn't let Su Chang wait too long. He called her directly to confirm that she would play the female lead in "The Blade of the Assassin".

At the same time, the official Weibo account of Xingchen Film and Television Company also announced the casting of the female lead.

"Why is it her again? Just because she has worked with director Lu Yang?" Yang Mi couldn't help but say after seeing the news.

Since the hit of "Palace" at the beginning of the year, her status in the circle has risen rapidly. She thought things would get smoother and smoother in the future, but she didn't expect that she couldn't compete with Tong Liya for the heroine of "The Legend of Hongmen Feast".

Now, she auditioned for the female lead in "The Blade Stitch" and Su Chang got it. For a moment, Yang Mi couldn't help but doubt herself.

"Am I really that bad?" Zeng Jia, who was standing next to her, couldn't say anything after hearing Yang Mi mumbling to herself. This year was indeed a bad year for her.

On the other hand, the same thing happened to Liu Shishi and Tang Yan who learned the news. They both went to audition, but now it seems there is no hope.

"It doesn't matter. After 'Startling by Each Step' is aired, you will definitely become very popular. Besides, the company will produce another TV series at the end of the year, and you will still play the female lead then."

Looking at Liu Shishi who seemed a little absent-minded, Cai Yinong comforted her.

Hearing this, Liu Shishi also calmed down. She knew that the TV series that the company would launch at the end of the year was "The Desert Ballad", the second long romance novel written by writer Tong Hua after "Startling by Each Step", which is also one of her representative works.

However, Liu Shishi felt a little uneasy in her heart, and for some reason she was somewhat reluctant to star in this TV series.

At the same time, after returning from the Berlin Film Festival, Qin Hao and Chen Minghao rested at home for two days. Finally, they couldn't bear it anymore, so they came to the company together, ready to find Gu Wei to ask about the details.

The main reason was that I was always thinking about the TV series that Gu Wei mentioned, and I was getting extremely anxious.

"Director, we have had enough fun and rest. If we don't work any more, I feel a little sorry for the salary the company pays us."

As soon as he saw Gu Wei, Qin Hao couldn't wait to speak. As for Chen Minghao, his relationship with Gu Wei was not as familiar as Qin Hao's, and he was not as thick-skinned as Qin Hao.

"Haha, it's only been a few days and you can't help it. Here, this is the script, you two should take a good look at it." As he said that, Gu Wei took out two thick documents from the cabinet under his desk and handed them to the two of them.

On the opposite side, Qin Hao and Chen Minghao took the script and flipped through it hurriedly.

On the first page of the script, there were three big characters written: "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

"Haha, Old Chen, you guessed it right." After saying that, Qin Hao glanced at Chen Minghao next to him.

It turned out that after listening to Gu Wei's words in Europe, the two of them had been wondering which TV series it might be. However, there were many popular online novels, so Qin Hao never guessed it. Instead, Chen Minghao guessed that it might be the online novel "Ghost Blowing Out the Light" based on the characteristics of the two.

After all, the two characters "Hu Bayi" and "Fatty Wang" are quite consistent with their images.

"Hey, read the script, read the script."

Chen Minghao smiled, his eyes never leaving the script in his hand, flipping through it continuously.

"Okay, take the script back and read it slowly. Just keep it a secret." Gu Wei interrupted them before the two of them had been reading for ten minutes.

Afterwards, Chen Minghao reluctantly closed the script and looked up at Gu Wei.

"Ghost Blows Out the Light" was first serialized on Tianya Forum in 2006, and then the serialization copyright was acquired by Qidian Chinese Network. In September of the same year, "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Ancient City of Jingjue" was published as a book by Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House.

The order of the twelve parts is: "The Mysterious City of Jingjue", "The Lost Cave of Dragon Ridge", "The Worm Valley of Yunnan", "The Temple of Kunlun", "The Tomb of the Yellow Skin", "Return of the South China Sea", "The Wrath of the Western Hunan", "The Coffin Mountain in Wuxia", "The Strange Things in Muye", "The Beast in the Golden Coffin Tomb" (also known as "The Thief Cat"), "The Lost Country", and "The Tomb Raiders".

These works constitute a series of novels with themes of adventure and tomb robbing, which are deeply loved by readers.

Among them, the first eight works including "The Lost Tomb" mainly tell the adventure stories of the three protagonists Hu Bayi, Shirley Yang and Wang Pangzi, who use the secret techniques of Feng Shui to search for lost treasures and legendary mysterious places in various places.

As for the following four subsequent works such as "Muye Guishi", they further expanded the world view and storyline of "Ghost Blowing Out the Light".

Qin Hao and Chen Minghao were holding the script of "The Lost Tomb". In the original time and space, the copyright of this best-selling novel was scattered and was adapted and filmed by several directors, including movies and TV series. Many viewers seemed a little confused.

Now, since the copyrights are in Gu Wei's hands, he plans to film the entire series into a TV series in chronological order. After all, since the story is too long, it would be difficult to tell a complete story from beginning to end if it were made into a movie.

"The company plans to make this novel into eight TV series. You will be busy from now on." Gu Wei said with a smile.

"Oh, eight films in a row, director?" Originally, it is a happy thing for an actor to have a role to play, but if eight films are to be shot in a row, how long will it take to finish them?

"Of course not. What are you thinking about? It will be filmed in the next few years. If there is a suitable movie script in the middle, you two can tell us in advance. It won't delay you." Gu Wei said unhappily when he heard it.

Hearing this, Qin Hao breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he had worked with many directors before, and if any of them had a suitable script, he had to give them face.

On the contrary, Chen Minghao didn't care. He had been acting in dramas in the past few years and was fed up with the days when he had no movies to shoot. He was willing to continue shooting, let alone eighty movies.

"As for the roles, I think you two have an idea of ​​them. One will play Hu Bayi and the other will play Wang Pangzi. As for the female lead, can you tell me if there is a suitable candidate?"

After a pause, Gu Wei asked for their opinions.

"Zeng Li."

"Zhang Tong." The two blurted out a name, and Gu Wei laughed after hearing it. "I knew you would recommend an old classmate, but it's not very suitable. I have a candidate, Wan Qian, have you heard of her?"

When talking about this in Europe, this actor popped into Gu Wei's mind.

Of course, Zhang Yuqi’s acting was also good in the original time and space, but the other party is currently filming "White Deer Plain". Firstly, there may be problems with the schedule. Secondly, she has to shoot eight films in a row, and the other party is not an artist under the company. If there is a conflict in the subsequent schedule, it will have a bad impact if she is replaced. In order to avoid this situation, Gu Wei directly passed it.

It would be better to directly select a new person and sign him to the company. This will make training easier and will also prevent any breach of contract.

"Wan Qian?"

Qin Hao thought about it for a long time, but he had never heard of this person in the circle.

"Is it Wan Qian who acted in the drama?" Chen Minghao suddenly thought of someone, but he was not sure.

"Do you know her?" Gu Wei asked curiously.

"I'm not familiar with her. I only know that she graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy and performed in the National Theatre in 05 and 06. Later, she also performed in the drama "The Wasteland and the People", which won the Ministry of Culture's " Years of Drama" National Drama Performance Gold Award."

In fact, there are many celebrity artists who perform dramas in the theater. The reason why Chen Minghao can remember them is not because of how beautiful they are, but because of their heroic spirit, which left a deep impression on him.

Combined with the temperament of the heroine in this TV series, Chen Minghao suddenly thought of this person in his mind.

After hearing Chen Minghao's introduction, Qin Hao remembered who this person was, but he was a little curious about how Gu Wei knew this person.

...

"Oh, I've been so exhausted during this period."

Xingchen Film and Television Company, in Gu Wei’s office.

Ning Hao and Lu Yang were both there. As soon as he entered the door, Gu Wei heard Ning Hao complain.

"What's wrong? The editing of 'The Robbery' has been completed. The speed is quite fast this time." Seeing Ning Hao half lying on the sofa, Gu Wei joked.

"Not yet. We've only finished half of it. It's still early." Ning Hao said lazily.

"Okay, I take back what I said just now. I wanted to praise you for being a quick shooter, but I didn't expect you to be so slow. It took you two or three months to edit a movie, and you're only halfway done. People who don't know you would think you were making a science fiction blockbuster!" Gu Wei was too lazy to say anything to him and just kept complaining.

"And you, what are you dillydallying about? It takes half a year to choose a role?" Seeing Lu Yang laughing next to him, Gu Wei couldn't help but say that it was time to say goodbye to these two people, each one was more slow than the other.

"Stop laughing." The two looked at each other, and Ning Hao just said with a smile, not paying any attention to Lu Yang's resentful look.

"Director, except for the male lead, all other roles have been decided."

"Who are they?" Gu Wei asked curiously.

"Su Chang, Jin Shijie, Zhou Yiwei, Wang Qianyuan..."

Hearing the names Lu Yang reported, Gu Wei felt a little emotional. Why did the directors in his company always use a group of people? However, this was in line with the director's habits. After all, it was more convenient to use acquaintances.

Similarly, this is also the case with celebrities in the circle scrambling to get a role in a big director's movie. After all, if they have cooperated, when the director has new works in the future, those who have cooperated will naturally have an advantage.

"What about the male lead? Who did they audition?" Seeing that the other party had not chosen a male lead yet, Gu Wei planned to hear who they were and give some suggestions.

"Nie Yuan, Zhang Zhen, Zhu Yawen, Zhao Wenzhuo...

I prefer Zhang Zhen and Zhao Wenzhuo, but the latter is not so famous, and considering the box office, I am a little conflicted. "

In front of Gu Wei, Lu Yang told the truth and did not hide anything.

"As for Zhao Wenzhuo, isn't his image a little too positive? The one in your script is a Jinyiwei, whose image is sometimes bright and sometimes dark."

"Not really. Vincent Zhao and Li Lianjie previously played the villain roles in The Nine Gates Commander, and they played them very well. I think they are very suitable, but the box office..."

Hearing this, Gu Wei understood that this was the reason why Lu Yang was troubled. With an investment of tens of millions, he must find a movie that can boost the box office.

After thinking for a while, Gu Wei said:

"Box office is not a problem. Audiences already have expectations when they see that it is produced by Xingchen Films. If we do a better job of promoting it later, the impact should not be significant."

When Lu Yang heard this, he realized that this was indeed the case. He decided not to stay in the office and left to discuss it with Wu Jing.

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(End of this chapter)