Zhang Shengkai sat slumped on the computer chair and flicked through his phone aimlessly. The bright light of the computer screen shone on his face, and his eyes seemed to reveal endless sadness.
"How's it going? Have you found a suitable candidate today?" A slap on the shoulder brought Zhang Shengkai back to reality. When he looked back, he saw his immediate superior Yang Guohe standing behind him.
"No..." He sighed deeply, not finding a suitable candidate obviously made him very sad.
Yang Guohe also sighed: "It's already September and we still haven't found a suitable actor. It will be difficult for our drama to start filming at the end of the year!"
"Director Su's requirements for the leading actor are indeed too high! If we relax a little more, we can easily find a large group of candidate actors."
"It's a good thing to strictly control your own movies. We were just unlucky and didn't find the right actors." Yang Guohe comforted him. As the assistant director who is mainly responsible for the casting of the movie, he was under less pressure.
No smaller than the group of people under him, but he also knew that this kind of thing couldn't be rushed.
Even though they knew this, they still couldn't find Director Su's favorite candidate for the protagonist. How could they, a group of hard-working workers, feel relaxed?
I have no choice but to try...
Zhang Shengkai lowered his head and thought for a moment, then clicked on a video on his phone and handed it to Yang Guohe to watch.
"Director Yang, this is a young actor I found in the past two days. His image and temperament are definitely up to standard, but his age is not consistent with the post-00s generation that Director Su requires."
"As for his acting skills, he has not yet been verified by movies or TV series. He only made his debut last year, and he has been acting in costume idol dramas before."
Hearing this, Yang Guohe couldn't help but feel a little hopeful. He took the phone and saw that what was playing on the phone screen was a mixed-edited shot of Lin Qingyuan's appearance in Hua Shao 2.
Zhang Shengkai chuckled: "This is a video my niece posted on WeChat Moments. I happened to see it while I was resting. I have to say, the image is really good!"
Yang Guohe nodded, then settled down and began to watch the video carefully, which was supposed to be a mixed video for Lin Qingyuan fans to appreciate the appearance of their idol.
He doesn't care where the video comes from or who the video is supposed to be for. The only thing he cares about right now is how to find a suitable male lead that satisfies Director Su within the specified time frame.
Just three minutes passed quickly.
"The appearance condition is indeed excellent." Yang Guohe turned to look at Zhang Shengkai in surprise and said: "Judging from his current image and temperament in the video, he can definitely impress Director Su! He has the youthful feel that he really wants!"
"But there may be problems with his age and acting skills." Zhang Shengkai raised the possible problem.
If it weren't for the fact that these two aspects really failed to meet Director Su's standards, why would we have waited until there was no other way before dragging the person out and sneaking around in front of Yang Guohe's eyes?
If Lin Qingyuan were two years younger, he would have gone to report the situation to Yang Guohe long ago to claim credit...
"Under the current circumstances, perhaps Director Su will not be as strict as before. After all, age and acting skills are not as important as image and temperament. The script can be changed based on age, and acting skills can be practiced, but image and temperament are not as important.
It’s something you’re born with and can’t be changed.”
"I hope Director Su can lower his demands..."
"I hope so." Yang Guohe felt that Director Su was very likely to accept this choice of male protagonist.
After all, others may not know it, but he knows very well that Director Su is actually a bit of an appearance-minded person.
If this young actor named Lin Qingyuan can't catch his eye, then he really doesn't know how to find a young actor in domestic entertainment that satisfies him...
............
In mid-September, Yan Jun came to Qingdao for work reasons, and a film crew sent Lin Qingyuan an invitation to audition for the leading role.
And the name written on the cover of the script is...
"Thumping"!
"Brother Jun, what is this?" Lin Qingyuan was shocked. Isn't this the name of a high-scoring foreign love movie he watched in his previous life? Why does it appear here?
This fresh and refreshing love movie has very high ratings on Douban. Even ten years after its broadcast, countless people still regard it as a classic and relive the pure love between Rice and Julie several times every year.
So is it because of the butterfly effect that this ugly Chinese movie that was supposed to be released in 2010 has been moved to now?
But without considering the actual social situation, it won’t work if the plot is completely copied...
I hope there are changes in the details.
"I won't comment on the movie directed by Su Youpeng. You can read the script yourself first and then decide whether to accept it or not." Yan Jun handed the script to Lin Qingyuan.
"Su Youpeng?"
I co-wrote "Left Ear" a few years ago, and now I'm focusing on "Pumping Heart" again!
With doubts and curiosity, Lin Qingyuan opened the brief script sent by the crew, and first looked at the general plot and character design of the story.
There are some differences in details between the plot and the original version he had seen in his previous life, but they are all benign changes that are in line with the current national conditions and the status quo of the times and are logically reasonable.
As for the characters, the male protagonist Lu Mingxuan is a high school student who is in his prime. He feels hesitant, confused and confused about everything around him. He is not very good at dealing with emotional issues with the female protagonist and habitually likes to escape.
Except for some detailed changes, the general character design is not much different from the original version.
"Brother Jun, if you pass the audition, when will the drama start shooting?" Lin Qingyuan asked this question, obviously having already made a decision in his heart.
He is very optimistic about the storyline of this movie. If he can perform it well, it will undoubtedly be a great help to his career development. Of course, the premise is that Su Youpeng can restore the story in this script well. Although it is not officially in the movie
No one can predict this kind of thing before filming starts, but Lin Qingyuan doesn't mind taking a gamble.
"At the end of this year, maybe early December, after you finish shooting the current movie, it will be almost ready to start shooting."
Frankly speaking, sometimes Yan Jun really feels that he is crazy. As the manager of the TV drama giant Cehua Film and Television, he has always allowed his artists to take on external dramas instead of taking on internal self-produced dramas.
This kind of bold behavior that cannot distinguish priorities will definitely be criticized by the company leaders at a meeting.
But it's okay now, because Hu Yitian, another newcomer highly praised by the company at the same time, is quite obedient, and the Cehua homemade drama "Little Beautiful" starring him will soon be launched on Penguin Video. Since Lin Qingyuan is disobedient, then
Let’s try to train another one!
The company's film and television resources are so rich, they can't believe that they can't cultivate a top-notch person...
"It would be good to start shooting in December. If we shoot faster, we can probably finish it before the Chinese New Year, and then we can happily go home and take annual leave." Lin Qingyuan is very satisfied with this schedule arrangement, because he will not let it go.
He was idle for too long between the two plays.
He hasn't produced any new works now, and even when he takes a break, he feels a little panicked, always feeling nervous that he has no work to do.
Maybe it was really influenced by the high-speed competitive environment in the entertainment industry that he unknowingly developed a "curious" mentality. This was something he had never thought about before, and it was so happy to fish.