But only when there is pressure can there be breakthroughs.
If you don't challenge your limits, your acting skills may never improve.
The next second, Chen Ming looked at Cui Lai, a man much older than him who had become a national first-class actor in his fifties.
Compared with his filming resume, Cui Lai is not inferior to Chen Ming in any way.
If there is anyone present who is suitable to play Wen Taibao, it can only be Cui Lai.
"Uncle Cui, please play the role of Wen Taibao."
Chen Ming directly started to call the names.
The pressure suddenly came to Cui Lai.
Seeing Chen Ming's serious expression, Cui Lai couldn't help but reveal a wry smile. He had never played the role of an emperor, nor had he ever filmed a war scene.
This script is a challenge to a new field for him.
It is no exaggeration to say that Cui Lai did not have the confidence to play this role well.
But Chen Ming had said so clearly, so naturally he couldn't refute Chen Ming's face: "I'll give it a try. If it doesn't work, I'll replace him."
Chen Ming should also be the first to have a national first-class actor say such unconfident words.
At this point, all roles have been finalized.
Xu plays the role of Wen Taibao in his youth. There are not many roles in this role, so there is not much pressure on Xu.
Cui Lai plays the mature Wen Taibao.
Chen Ming plays Wen Zidi.
Tong Ran and Zhou Yike play Wen Zidi's third brother Wen Zichun and eighth brother Wen Zikai respectively.
Wen Zichun and Wen Zikai were Wen Zidi's biggest enemies on his way to the throne. Wen Zidi spent a lot of time to kill these two people.
The roles of the others are relatively unimportant.
For example, Zhang Manman plays Empress Zhu.
Tong Ziqiang plays Yu Qian.
The role of Yu Qian was added by Chen Ming himself, and there was no such person in the history of the Great Xia Dynasty.
But Chen Ming personally likes this role very much.
Therefore, Yu Qian was also added to the screenplay.
.......
All roles are finalized.
Chen Ming felt a lot more at ease.
As for the issue of remuneration, that is not something he has to consider. Li Youwei needs to worry more.
Chen Ming gave everyone a week to get familiar with the characters.
A week later, everyone was still at the Xingyu Entertainment headquarters for auditions.
After everyone dispersed, Chen Ming asked Tong Ran and Zhou Yi to go back to the hotel to rest first, and he went to talk to Sun Qingxuan about the concert.
Xiao Xuan and Xiao Fan immediately set off back to Zhongzhou.
Originally, Chen Ming was willing to let Xiao Xuan participate in the filming of this new drama, but Xiao Xuan had no time and had no choice but to give up.
Sun Qingxuan happened to be fine.
She will play a very important role in "The Great Summer", that is, Wen Zidi's nurse when he was a child.
Although Empress Zhu was benevolent, because she had too many children, and Wen Zidi was not the first child, most of Empress Zhu's affection was not given to Wen Zidi.
And this wet nurse is actually the mother in Wen Zidi's heart.
It sounds weird when you hear it.
Sun Qingxuan and Chen Ming are obviously about the same age, but the roles they play are quite different in terms of seniority.
After some agreement, Sun Qingxuan set the concert date for early November.
The official filming of "The Beauty of Summer" will begin in September, and the filming will take about two months.
There is no free time in September and October.
After filming the new drama, we can prepare for the concert.
During the discussion, Sun Qingxuan called Yan Yu and Jin Xiuyan over, and they discussed the concert together.
It is worth mentioning that Yan Yu has grown taller again.
It's like this kid has been on steroids and can't stop growing.
Jin Xiuyan stood next to Yan Yu, as small as a child.
Chen Ming was very helpless.
Don't ever grow taller!
Otherwise, Yan Yu's height would be too inconsistent with the heights of the other members of the KDA girl group.
Chen Ming originally thought that he had regained some confidence when he grew to 1.8 meters, but after seeing Yan Yu's height, his confidence disappeared again.
Finally, Chen Ming’s advice to Yan Yu was: Eat less and stop growing taller.
My advice to Kim Soo-yeon is: Eat more and become as thin as a bamboo pole.
After leaving the headquarters, Chen Ming went straight back to the hotel to rest.
The next day.
Chen Ming received a call from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, telling Chen Ming that the latest batch of new textbooks had been ordered. If necessary, he could send a few copies to Chen Ming as a souvenir.
Chen Ming naturally happily agreed to this.
Seeing his name appearing in Chinese textbooks, Chen Ming couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.
This pride is not for myself.
Rather, I feel that I have allowed poetry on earth to blossom and bear fruit in China, and I feel proud that I am a native of earth.
For the rest of the time, Chen Ming stayed in the hotel room and studied the role of Wen Zidi.
It is not easy to play a role well.
Chen Ming is not so blindly confident that he feels he can control any role.
So does everyone else.
Tong Ran and Zhou Yike rarely left the hotel room and practiced by themselves with the script in hand all day long.
A week later, August has entered the middle of the month.
It's time for the audition.
Chen Ming, Tong Ran and Zhou Yike came to Xingyu Entertainment again.
Today is the agreed audition date.
For today's audition, everyone at Xingyu Entertainment paid great attention to it.
Li Youwei even asked several old scholars who studied history to carefully analyze Chen Ming's script and found that although the script was bold, it was not completely divorced from reality.
After all, there is no record in the history books as to why Daxia practiced martial arts.
Since there is no recorded explanation, Chen Ming's conjecture is possible.
Not only that, Li Youwei also invited these old history scholars to the scene of the audition.
If there is anyone who knows Wen Taibao and Wen Zidi best in history, it is definitely this group of people who study history.
With the supervision of these people, the quality of auditions can be greatly improved.
Li Youwei even brought over the costumes from the Daxia Dynasty. The actors who auditioned for the stage had to change their costumes before they could go on stage.
It's like a modern drama.
It can be seen that Xingyu Entertainment attaches great importance to "Grand Summer" this time, even more than the previous Fairy Sword series.
Fairy Sword can be photographed at will.
Because it is purely original.
But there are many more things to consider in historical dramas. The first thing that needs to be considered is the recognition and acceptance of the public.
When they heard that Chen Ming's new drama was a historical drama, Xingyu Entertainment immediately gave it the highest level of attention.
This is not only for Chen Ming's sake, but also out of respect for historical dramas.
The audition location is the dance practice room of Xingyu Entertainment.
This is the largest dance practice room in Xingyu Entertainment. It was originally built specifically for Sun Qingxuan.
After Sun Qingxuan stopped dancing, she became free.
It wasn't until the birth of the KDA girl group that this dance room was reused.
This dance room is very large and spacious, and there are plenty of seats for people to rest. Everyone filed in, and it still didn't seem crowded.
Everyone sat down.
The people sitting in the first row are the evaluators for today's audition.
Even the chairman of Xingyu Entertainment was alerted and came here in person to participate in the entire audition process.