Chapter 713 Casting
Xu Jie put down the phone and showed a sneer on his face.
He really knew that woman Liu Jinghua very well.
The first one is to rush up if there is a cheap one, and the first one is to rush back if there is a danger.
If Zhou Yuanqing had not owned shares in the prosperous brokerage company this time, the old woman would have been able to jump ship and escape long ago by Wang Tiannan and Zhao Yuanpeng.
The other party's decision to buy back the shares in Zhou Yuanqing's hands is probably related to the guidance of Deputy Director Wu.
Eighty-mostly, Deputy Director Wu didn't want to care about Zhou Yuanqing's trouble, so Liu Jinghua was a little far away from Zhou Yuanqing, and Liu Jinghua made up his mind to abandon the ship and escape.
In fact, he didn't care much about Liu Jinghua's repurchase of shares from Zhou Yuanqing. After all, Liu Jinghua's company is just an agency and cannot cause any major storm.
He is concerned about the entertainment companies invested by Zhou Yuanqing, which are Zhou Yuanqing's largest assets.
As long as there is an entertainment company, Zhou Yuanqing can make a profit from it.
Therefore, forcing Zhou Yuanqing to leave these entertainment companies is the top priority.
"Let's continue." Xu Jie looked up at the staff in the conference room, adjusted his emotions, and said, "You have read the script, and everyone has already understood the personality traits of each character, right? Let's talk about the actors in your mind now."
Today is the first crew meeting held in the movie "Super Time and Space Lovers".
That's right, his movie script has been written, and the name of the movie is "Super Time and Space Lovers".
You can tell by listening to the name that the content of the story is related to time travel.
He brought together people from the film department today to cast characters in the story.
There is no way, he knows only a limited number of artists, and most of them are first- and second-tier artists who have cooperated with each other.
However, the existing shooting funds do not allow him to invite too many big names to play various roles in the movie, so he can only rely on the people from the film department to see if there are any familiar actors, including the fifth and sixth tiers, seventh and eighth tiers, and even outside the 18th tier. Anyway, they are all supporting roles, just look familiar.
"Mr. Xu, I have a problem." Wang Wen raised his hand high.
Today she is particularly excited and very active, because the convening of the crew meeting indicates the official launch of the film project.
As the director of the film department who has always had a weak presence, no one is happier than her.
"What's the problem?" Xu Jie looked over and asked.
"Mr. Xu, I watched entertainment news a few days ago. It was true that Liu Qing also wanted to join your movie?" Wang Wen asked with concern.
After hearing this, the others looked at Mr. Xu.
Liu Qing is a serious movie star. With her joining, the attention of the movie will naturally increase a lot.
"It's true." Xu Jie said affirmatively after hearing this.
Although he never met Liu Qing again after the fashion character ceremony, with Su Yun here, that girl should not regret it.
"Which role are you going to let Liu Qing play?" Wang Wen asked curiously.
There are three very important female characters in the entire script.
One is the concubine who was thrown into the cold palace, the heroine of the movie, and the other is the favorite new concubine, the second female lead in the script, and the third female, the palace maid next to the concubine.
What is certain now is that the first female must be played by Mr. Xu’s wife Su Yun, so there are only two roles: the second female and the third female.
But the question is, Liu Qing has starred in the movies in recent years, all of them are the leading female leads. Now she is asked to play supporting roles like the second and third female leads. Will she agree?
"The second female, the new concubine." Xu Jie said without hesitation.
The character Xinfei has a process of turning from naive to black-heartedness, and the performance is very difficult.
Although Liu Qing is not very old, she is a child star and is considered an old actor. She has played many heroines in movies and should be able to control this role.
At least in terms of acting skills, he must surpass Ding Mengni.
"The first female and second female have been confirmed. The next few key roles are the third female and the second male." Wang Wen said.
The protagonists must use stars, one for the role and the other for the box office. As for other supporting roles, just find some familiar ones, and it is not too late to talk about them later.
"The third female has also been confirmed." Xu Jie said at this time.
"Ah? Who is the third female?" Everyone looked at Mr. Xu curiously.
Didn’t the script just be written? Why are all the girls, one girls, two girls, and three girls already settled? I haven’t seen anyone contact Mr. Xu.
"Ding Mengni."
"Ding Mengni?"
Wang Wen was stunned, tilted her head and thought about the actor carefully, and finally got a little impression.
"Ding Mengni has not many works, and she is a newcomer who has just debuted for a few years. It is said that it is difficult to do it. Can it work?" Wang Wen asked worriedly.
To put it bluntly, I just dislike the person's status as a person is too small and has no fans, and playing this role will not be of much help to the movie.
Unlike Liu Qing, which has its own traffic and fans, these will eventually become box office.
"It would be difficult to deal with without eating and drinking, then Ding Mengni is indeed quite difficult, because she is not short of money at all, and being an actor is purely a hobby." Xu Jie said when he heard this.
Wang Wen was stunned. Hearing Mr. Xu's words, he seemed to be very familiar with Ding Mengni.
Is it a relationship account?
Speaking of which, the female artist is indeed pretty.
Could it be in line with Mr. Xu’s preferences?
But isn’t Su Yun the number one female lead?
Is Mr. Xu too bold to do this?
When Xu Jie saw Wang Wen's eyes rolling around, he instantly understood what the other party meant and explained: "This Ding Mengni once starred in an art film with my wife, which is the "Human World". I wonder if any of you know that in this movie, my wife and she play sisters, and they have a certain understanding of the performance, so I asked her to play the role of a palace maid. Do you understand?"
After saying that, he glared at Wang Wen fiercely.
Wang Wen suddenly realized it immediately. It seemed that she had thought it was wrong.
In Mr. Xu's movie, the third female is the first female palace maid. The two have many rivalries. If you find an actor who has worked together to play this role, it will indeed achieve twice the result with half the effort.
"Mr. Xu, you won't have arranged both the first and second men, right?" Wen Biting asked on the side.
There are a total of five protagonists. Before the discussion begins, Mr. Xu has arranged three of them, so everyone doesn’t know which character to choose.
"The first male and the second male have not been arranged yet, you can speak freely." Xu Jie said.
The first male is the protagonist of the movie. He is an ordinary time traveler. As long as he has certain acting skills and some fame, he can contribute to the box office of the movie, it is still easy to choose.
The difficulty is the second male actor. The second male actor is the emperor. He must not only show lust, cruelty, and domineering. Moreover, the character is around thirty years old. It is really difficult for a male actor of this age to find someone with acting skills.
"I chose Hu Xuan, the male lead, I have acting skills, and I am a popular young actor." A girl raised her hand and said. Judging from her excited appearance, she was obviously a fan of Hu Xuan.
"Hu Xuan is already in his thirties. Although he is young, he doesn't feel like he is submissive, and this actor is gentle and can't be tough." Xu Jie rejected it directly.
It is easy to choose a role, but it doesn't mean that anyone can do it.
The girl pouted, her straight waist bent down, and her face was full of disappointment.
"Where is Liu Junkai? He is young and very popular with young female fans." Another girl said.
"Liu Junkai is young, but he is too young, and his acting skills are average and his reputation is polarized." Wang Wen, who was standing beside him, shook his head.
"I think Xiao Zhenyu is good, and his ancient costume looks are also recognized by the audience." said a male colleague.
"No, he is an artist from a prosperous agency." Xu Jie said.
He once met Xiao Zhenyu at the annual meeting of a prosperous agency. There was nothing to choose from for actors, but he would never hand over the role to the artists under Liu Jinghua.
Once this movie becomes popular, wouldn’t it make Liu Jinghua’s artist famous?
“…”
Only then did everyone remember that Mr. Xu was still fighting with the Fanhua agent.
"Mr. Xu, what do you think of Cheng Yilong?" Wang Wen asked suddenly.
Xu Jie thought about it and remembered that he had worked with Cheng Yilong before, when filming "Delicious History".
Not to mention, the other party is really good from age to appearance and acting skills.
The key is that Cheng Yilong is still Hu Zhen’s man, why don’t he give him a friendly price?
"You guys wait!"
Xu Jie took out his cell phone and called Hu Zhen on the spot.
"Dou...dou...click!"
The phone is connected.
"Mr. Hu, ask you something." Xu Jie said.
"Mr. Xu, do you think?" Hu Zhen listened seriously, not knowing what big thing Mr. Xu had, but he seemed to be very anxious when he spoke.
"Will Cheng Yilong have schedules for the first half of next year?" Xu Jie asked bluntly.
"Is Cheng Yilong? He is going to shoot a fighting scene next year and has been doing closed special training in the past three months. Mr. Xu, are you going to ask him to film? If it is filming "Delicious History", it should be fine if you take a day or two." Hu Zhen said after hearing this.
"It's not "The History of Deliciousness", he has already made it. I want to find him to make a movie, the male lead." Xu Jie explained, the implication is that can I make a series of schedules.
"Is your movie? Is it the one you and Zheng Guoliang pk?" Hu asked in shock, not expecting that casting would start so soon.
But calculating the days, from now to next year's National Day, it's nine months long to cast the cast, and if you don't choose, you won't be able to finish shooting.
"That's right."
"Mr. Xu, I'm so sorry. Cheng Yilong's schedule is really not empty, and the company is now building him in the direction of a tough guy. He won't accept romance movies for the time being. Otherwise, you recommend you alone, how about Jiang Cheng? He is more popular than Cheng Yilong, and he is also an idol drama and has acting skills." Hu Zhen said.
He did not have much expectation for Xu Jie's movie, but he did not want to let go of this opportunity easily.
First, he wanted to continue to maintain a friendly relationship with Xu Jie; second, Xu Jie's resume was very gorgeous. What if this movie became popular?
After all, this is a man who can create miracles.
He broke all the ratings of Beijing TV's variety show, and maybe the movie will become popular.
He also wants to take a gamble.
Chapter completed!