February 15, morning.

Purple Jade Villa, Cao Mansion.

After spending Valentine's Day at home with Zeng Li, Cao Jun didn't go anywhere, just recuperating at home and reading the script of "Latent".

In his previous life, Cao Jun only knew that the drama "Latent" was a classic and had high ratings. It was a phenomenal TV show.

In Cao Jun's mind, there is no movie that has won three gold medals, but the spy TV series "Insidious" has won three awards in a row, winning the first prize of the Feitian Award for a long-form TV series, the Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding TV Series, and the Magnolia Award for Best TV Series.

Moreover, "Latent" surpassed popular dramas such as "My Captain, My Group" in the same period and became the TV series that resonated most with the audience.

Of course, Cao Jun's understanding of "Latent" was just that, and he did not have a deeper understanding.

When "Latent" was aired, Cao Jun didn't even watch an episode of the TV series because he didn't like Yao Dazui.

After reading the script of "Latent", Cao Jun was finally able to understand that this script mainly tells the story of Yu Zecheng, a member of the Intelligence Department of the Nationalist Party's Juntong Headquarters, who abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side and became a lurking underground blocker in the Military Command Department.

However, "Latent" was originally a short story with only over 10,000 words, which was only enough capacity for one episode.

Director Jiang Wei was very interested after seeing this, so he consulted a lot of information and spent ten months adapting it into a 400,000-word script.

Long Yi, the author of the original work, praised the script after reading it: "Jiang Wei exerted great creativity and made this story truly a good story."

It is worth mentioning that Jiang Wei is the director of dramas such as "Behind the Flash" and "Don't Talk to Strangers" and has rich creative experience.

He didn't originally want to find Cao Jun. The ideal male and female protagonists in his mind were Xin Baiqing and Zhu Yuanyuan. When he wrote the script, he wrote it based on the feelings of these two people.

Unfortunately, a few months ago, Zhu Yuanyuan was pregnant. After reading the script carefully, she found that there were a lot of action scenes in it. She was worried that it would be bad for the fetus in her belly, so she had to reluctantly quit the play. Xin Baiqing because

To take care of his wife, I had to quit acting.

After Jiang Wei's first choice failed, he found Wang Qianyuan. Wang Qianyuan was also a capable actor and very low-key. Wang Qianyuan liked the script very much after reading it and immediately agreed.

At this time, there was still more than a month left before filming. Wang Qianyuan took advantage of this gap and took on the movie "The Piano of Steel". He thought to himself that if he worked hard to make progress, the movie could be made.

Unexpectedly, a month into the filming of this movie, there was no funding left, and the filming of "Insidious" was about to begin.

Wang Qianyuan thought about it and called Jiang Wei: "I'm sorry, director, the filming here is not finished, so I can't go to your place."

Jiang Wei tried his best to persuade him to stay: "We can't shoot anymore, what are you waiting for?"

Wang Qianyuan said: "I grew up in the Northeast and saw with my own eyes the prosperity and loneliness of workers. I don't care about this drama for anything else. Even if it is not released in the future, I will treasure it for myself."

Jiang Wei had no choice but to find Cao Jun.

Originally, Jiang Wei didn't want to find Cao Jun, because he thought he was a big star, expensive and difficult to hire. He was recommended to him by others, so he wanted to try his luck.

Regarding Jiang Wei's marriage, considering Cao Jun as one of the candidates for the leading role is really just a matter of luck.

Because Jiang Wei is really not sure whether a big star like Cao Jun has time and enough schedule to film the drama "Latent".

After getting the script of "Latent", Cao Jun was very excited without even reading the content of the script. He also said to Jiang Wei: "If this drama is produced and the effect is not good, it will be the problem of the actors, not the director and screenwriter."

It doesn’t matter.”

February 16, 7pm.

In order to win this role, Cao Jun specially treated Jiang Wei to a meal. Hearing that Jiang Wei liked seafood, Cao Jun specially ordered a seafood banquet.

Cao Jun also specially prepared two bottles of Maotai and two strips of Chinese cigarettes for Jiang Wei.

At the dinner, Jiang Wei raised his concerns: "Cao Jun, I know you are a famous person. I heard that your schedule is very tight and short, so I'm afraid it won't be enough."

Cao Jun: "Director, this is not a problem. For such a good film, you don't have to worry about my schedule. It can be filmed as long as it takes."

Cao Jun also recommended Xiao Songjia to Jiang Wei. When Jiang Wei asked why, Cao Jun said frankly: "Actually, I also follow Xiao Songjia. It's just an intuition."

In fact, when he attended the premiere of "Love Call Transfer" last year, Cao Jun met little Song Jia at the premiere.

But until now, Cao Jun still remembers that the character played by Song Jia in the movie "Love Call Transfer" is called Luo Yanyan...

As for the roles played by other female stars in the movie "Love Call Transfer", Cao Jun didn't pay much attention at the time, but he remembered that Song Jia's character was named Luo Yanyan.

This is also a very magical thing...

In addition to Song Jia, Cao Jun also recommended two actors, Zhang Songwen and Zhou Yiwei, to director Jiang Wei.

After Cao Jun came up with the idea of ​​​​looking for Song Jia to play the heroine, he immediately dialed Song Jia's phone number.

On the phone, after a few pleasantries, Cao Jun said straight to the point: "Song Jia, I saw a particularly good TV series script called "Latent". I think you are particularly suitable for the heroine Wang Cuiping. Are you interested in working together?"

After listening to Cao Jun's call, Song Jia felt a little confused, because before this, she almost always played the second and third female roles, whether in movies or TV series.

Now that a popular young actor like Cao Jun has taken the initiative to invite her and recommended a drama with a female lead, how could she not feel excited?

Nowadays, Cao Jun is a well-deserved star in the Mainland TV industry. Film and television companies, directors, filmmakers, and many actresses all want to cooperate with him.

Because everyone knows that Cao Jun guarantees ratings. As long as the TV series starring Cao Jun is almost always sold at a good price, the actresses who work with him can also be popular. Even if the TV series is not popular, they can still get huge benefits because of Cao Jun.

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Thinking of this, Xiao Song Jia pretended to be calm and asked: "Really? What is this play about? Can you briefly describe it to me?"

Although Song Jia is not a popular actress, Song Jia, who has a professional background, also has requirements for scripts and performances, and will not accept any bad drama.

You know, as early as 2006, Song Jia began to rise to prominence with the movie "Curiosity Killed the Cat" and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 26th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award.

In the past year of 2007, Little Song Jia starred in the TV series "Crossing Guandong" and received a lot of praise and attention.

Facing Little Song Jia's request, Cao Jun did not find it too troublesome. He was still on the phone and patiently explained the drama to her: "It's like this. "Insidious" is a spy drama about..."

After listening to Cao Jun's patient explanation, little Song Jia was also tempted and began to have a strong interest in the drama "Latent".

Little Song Jia suppressed her inner excitement and asked uncertainly: "Can I ask you a question? Can I act in this drama as long as I want to?"

Although Cao Jun was not sure whether director Jiang Wei was willing to use Xiao Jia, he still blushed and said to her: "It should be no problem, I will help you fight for it."

Little Song Jia said gratefully: "Thank you very much. If given a chance, I should be qualified for this role."

"Okay, wait for my good news."

"It's time to work."

The next day, Cao Jun made an appointment with director Jiang Wei and once again recommended Song Jia to Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei was a little hesitant at first because he didn't know much about Song Jia, and he couldn't resist Cao Jun's persuasion, so he started to pay attention to Song Jia, an actress.

In fact, Jiang Wei has always wanted to find a fierce and capable woman to play this role. After watching Song Jia's performance, he finally decided to take a gamble and let her play the leading female role in "Latent".
Chapter completed!