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February 23, 2012.

On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon raises its head.

East Zhejiang Province, Jinhua Wanda Realm Hotel.

Fang Ziheng and his team settled in the hotel to officially open casting for "The Great Wall".

Five days ago, Hengyu Media and Wanda Film and Television jointly issued a hero post to the film and television industry, inviting interested parties to audition.

The huge momentum shocked the entire entertainment industry.

Everyone on Douyin, who is paying attention to this matter, knows that the new movie of top director Fang Ziheng has begun.

"Great Wall"!

With an investment of US$150 million, it is truly the top S+ film project in Chinese film history.

Being able to participate in such a large-scale epic war film is worthy of praise and something to be proud of for any front-line or even top actor.

On this day, actors and actresses with good reputations in the industry and excellent acting skills gathered at the Wanda Hotel early in the morning dressed lightly.

In the large conference room on the 18th floor of the hotel, more than a hundred actors and actresses sat quietly on their chairs, reading the scripts for their respective audition roles carefully.

Looking around, Fa Ge, Hua Ge, Deng Chao, Liu Ye, Chen Kun, Huang Bo, Dao Mingshu, Zhang Guoli, Hu Jun, Zhang Hanyu, Xia Yu, Louis Koo, Wu Yanzu, Hu Ge, Nie Yuan, He Zhonghua,

Zhou milk tea.

Except for Uncle Long and Brother Jie who didn't come, almost all the leading actors came.

More than 30 actresses also came, including Best Actress Zhang, Sister Fan Bing, Li Lianhua, Mr. Zhou, Zhao Zhetian and Xu Jinglei.

Da Tiantian, Carina Lau, Shu Qi, Liu Tao, Liu Ruoyin, Sun Li, Yang Xue, Yan Danchen, Bai Baihe, Wang Luodan, Huang Shengyi, Wang Ou, Jiang Shuying and others were all present.

Even Liu Qianqian, Zeng Li, Song Yi and Damimi came over to join in the fun.

Everyone is wearing casual clothes, no one is wearing heavy makeup, and they all have the aura of their true self in life.

We are all veteran actors, and we know that the more blockbusters you cast, the more attention to detail you have to pay.

The great director doesn't like self-righteous artists to audition in front of him with a thick face of foundation.

Liu Qianqian, Song Yi, and Da Tiantian were sitting together, talking quietly without even looking at the A4 paper script in front of them.

"Tiantian, several senior sisters are here, do you feel any pressure?"

Liu Qianqian glanced at Queen Zhang and the others, put her arm around Da Tiantian's shoulders, leaned close to her ear and laughed softly.

"Don't be afraid, I'm the designated female lead." Da Tiantian pursed her lips and replied in a very rude manner.

The female artists present today are not auditioning for the lead female role, but the second and third female roles.

The second female lead: the noble concubine of the Tang Dynasty, the future Wu Zetian.

Female No. 3: The wife of General Xue Rengui and the mother of Xue Mutian, the character of Da Tiantian.

"The Great Wall" requires a lot of roles, and there are four leading actors, three men and one woman.

There are seven remaining leading actors, five men and two women, including an old foreigner.

There are two reasons why foreign seniors appear in movies.

The first is practical reasons, standardizing the procedures for co-productions.

The second reason is the plot itself. The Tang Dynasty’s war against wild beasts needs to be described from a foreigner’s perspective.

In layman's terms, it is through this foreign character that the Western world is told how awesome the Tang Dynasty is.

Fang Ziheng named this character Belisarius John, and set him as a middle-class nobleman in the Eastern Roman Empire.

John once served in the army of the Eastern Roman Empire. His grandfather participated in the Fourth Battle of the Persian War, and his father participated in the Fifth Battle. His ancestors were famous nobles in the army of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Of course!

This character is an unlucky character. When he led a team to go hunting, he was attacked by a tide of beasts. The route was blocked, so he had no choice but to escape for his life. He wandered all the way through the Western Regions and reached the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

In the end, he was rescued by Da Tiantian and became an ordinary soldier fighting against the Beast Dynasty on the border of Datang.

It has a lot of roles and is one of the seven leading actors under the lead.

When creating this character, Song Ge also suggested that John Ke and Da Tiantian have a slightly ambiguous exchange and develop mutual admiration.

Fang Ziheng firmly disagreed and scolded Song Ge for being out of his mind. What qualifications did such a small foreign aristocrat have to have an emotional drama with the daughter of a general of the Celestial Dynasty and the top second generation of a famous family in the imperial capital.

Even if there is, it is the little nobleman who is grateful for Da Tiantian's life-saving feelings and secretly falls in love with him. Finally, he hides his secret love deep in his heart and embarks on the journey back home with regret.

Then the camera turned, and Da Tiantian appeared in military uniform. After learning the news of John Ke's return to the country, he nodded calmly, looked up at the imperial capital, and missed a certain romantic young man in the Celestial Dynasty.

Yes, this young man is none other than Fang Ziheng, who plays an important supporting role.

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nine in the morning.

The door to the conference room was pushed open, and Fang Rou came in with a man, a woman, and two executive directors.

She held a list in her hand, first smiled at Liu Qianqian, Zeng Li, and Song Yi, and then shouted: "Artists who are auditioning for the general, please go to room 1806 to put on makeup."

"Artists who are auditioning for the Forward Camp Captain, please go to Room 1806 to put on makeup."

"Artists who are auditioning for the imperial concubine, please go to room 1805 to put on makeup."

When everyone in the conference room heard this, they looked at each other.

Deng Chao, Liu Ye and others bowed their hands to Dao Mingshu and Zhang Guoli, indicating that the two seniors should invite them first.

Uncle Dao Ming and Zhang Guoli didn't refuse either. They looked at each other and smiled, then went out one after another with the scripts in hand.

The male actors talked about seniority with a relaxed expression, while the female actors were not so harmonious. They were hostile to each other and almost got into physical fights.

Zhang Ying sat next to Zeng Li, and the two stopped talking at this time.

She patted Zeng Li's hand, put on her sunglasses, stood up, and glanced at the other three great actors and Shuang Bing proudly.

Just as she was about to take a step forward, Zhao Zhetian, Mr. Zhou, Xu Jinglei, Li Lianhua, and Sister Fan Bing stood up almost at the same time.

boom..

On the fourth day of double ice, no one of the six top players will give in to the other.

In front of everyone, the six people pushed aside their chairs and strode out of the conference room.

However, Movie Queen Zhang is a real international movie queen after all, and her status in the industry does not have any water.

Deng Chao, Liu Ye, and Uncle Dao Ming walked out a few steps ahead. Zhang Guoli slowed down, looked sideways at her and asked: "Zi Yi, aren't you filming "The Grandmaster"? Why are you free to come here today?"

Regardless of the dissatisfaction of Zhao Zhetian, Sister Fan Bing, Mr. Zhou and others behind her, among the actresses, Queen Zhang is indeed more popular than they are in the eyes of male actors.

What's more, Liu Ye and her are still classmates.

Even Uncle Dao Ming thinks that Queen Zhang is at the ceiling level among actresses in terms of her acting skills.

Among the artists born in the 1980s, only Zhou Gongzi can compete with him, and Li Lianhua is a little behind.

""The Grandmaster" hasn't resumed production yet, so I came over to try my luck."

Zhang Yinghou smiled slightly and instantly acted like a little daughter in front of the four people.

Many people looked at the momentum that was rising and falling.

Behind her, the other five big ladies sneered, secretly calling her a vixen and shameless.

Zhao Zhetian waved to Chen Kun behind him, and the two got together, slowing down and chatting.

"Brother Kun, are you sure?"

"It's okay. My image is quite suitable for playing the role of Li Zhi, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

The conversation between the two was not hidden from others, and Chen Kun was not afraid to compete head-on with others for roles.

The presence of a group of top celebrities made the young actors in the conference room afraid to kick them, only envious.

Liu Qianqian remained motionless, sitting on the chair playing with her mobile phone, paying no attention to the quarreling big ladies.

She came here today for no other reason than to accompany her lover and best friend and stop by to try the snacks in Hengdian.

Oh, by the way, there’s also Huang Bo’s feast.

She and Fang Ziheng have not forgotten the previous bet on the first-day box office of "Xiu Chun Dao".

Diagonally across from her, Damimi looked at the backs of Zhang Yinghou and others, her lips pursed, and she snorted in dissatisfaction.

What a cow!

Isn't it because of her good luck at age that she became famous ten years earlier than she did? Even though my aunt debuted at the age of six, she is not as arrogant as you.

When she entered the door just now, she once again humbled herself in front of several big flowers and took the initiative to say hello.

On the other hand, the fox girl opposite was calm and composed, and the six big flowers came up to her one by one to joke with her.

There is a man behind them, so why can Liu Qianqian enjoy the treatment of a North Korean citizen?

Da Mimi was not angry at all, she couldn't get angry at all.
To be continued...