The crew of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" worked non-stop, and the shooting progress did not stagnate, and as everyone got into the state, the speed became faster and faster. However, at the request of Zheng Long and Wang Shang, they still adhered to the attitude of striving for excellence and did not rush.
schedule.
However, as a result of striving for excellence, the budget began to be insufficient. Fortunately, Datang International’s Tang Zong Shitang was generous enough, and the funds continued to increase.
At present, half of the filming of this TV series has been completed. It is expected that all filming will be completed by January 20, when the Spring Festival is coming. By then, we will be doing post-processing and broadcasting the first few episodes. I believe we can win the Spring Festival.
broadcast at the time.
On December 20, 2001, the crew edited a behind-the-scenes clip of the TV series and posted it on the Internet, which immediately attracted praise from countless netizens.
"The Legend of Zhen Huan" is once again popular and is known and expected by more people.
Datang International is very optimistic about this drama, and after watching the first few episodes of the unfinalized version, they were full of praise.
It just so happened that Mr. Tang of Datang International liked Qing palace dramas, so he immediately contacted the national television station and wanted to broadcast it on the prime time slot of the national television station.
Many local TV stations heard the news and hurriedly came over to try to win the right to premiere this TV series. After all, this TV series had already become a big hit before it was even launched. Now after the continuous release of stills and other publicity,
"The Legend of Zhen Huan" has begun to gain popularity among the people.
And after they watched the first few episodes, they were impressed by the quality of the TV series and became even more eager to get the right to premiere it.
As soon as the crew heard the good news, they immediately became excited and worked even harder to perform, making the quality of the TV series even better.
Wang Shang enjoyed this good news, but at the same time he was struggling to find the school beauty. In Wang Shang's plan, the candidate for this school beauty would also star in Shen Jiayi in the future "Girls We Chased Together in Those Years".
Datang International Casting Hall.
Wang Shang and his temporary assistant looked at the actor in front of them who was running for the role of the school belle in "Oldboy" with confused expressions.
Charming and sexy, wearing heavy makeup, stockings and white legs, and the nearly half-naked murder weapon, this is not a school beauty, but a beauty pageant.
Wang Shang doesn't like actors who don't understand the characteristics of their roles. Since he is running for the role of a middle school belle, he should look like a middle school belle. Youthful and pure are the characteristics that a middle school belle should have. Dressing like this is either
You are stupid, or your brain is too flexible.
Pass directly!
Afterwards, I went to more than a dozen interviews, but none of them were satisfactory.
Wang Shang pinched his temples and asked distressedly to the temporary assistant next to him: "Are these the people today?"
Wang Shang, the temporary assistant assigned to him by Datang International, is called Yu Bo. Although he has little experience, he is diligent and studious.
Yu Bo had great respect for the 'director' Wang Shang, who was even younger than him. Hearing Wang Shang's question, he quickly answered: "Yes."
"There are basically this kind of actors these days. It seems that we have taken the wrong route. We should not sit here and choose, but should go out and choose on campus for a better choice..."
Yu Bo nodded in agreement. These actors were all low-level actors who had gone through countless trials and hardships. They had long lost the youthfulness and purity in school. Looking for the school belle here was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
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The next day, Yu Bo carried a briefcase and followed Wang Shang to the Demon City Thirteen High School like a man with mud legs. Wang Shang did not stay too much on campus and went straight to the principal's office.
As for why you want to go to the principal, it’s because you must get approval from the principal to find students to go out to ‘work’.
Besides... doesn't the principal know the beautiful students in his school best?
Wang Shang cleverly used the name of Datang International to open the way and successfully met the principal of this school.
"Your name is Wang Shang?"
"That Wang Shang from Shanghai Media School?"
"Are you looking for a female student to be the heroine in your movie?" The principal's yellow eyes stared closely at Wang Shang's eyes, extremely calm and indifferent to joy and anger.
Wang Shang nodded.
The principal immediately shouted, "Get out!!"
"..." Wang Shang said nothing, turned around and left with the aftermath.
Visiting the second middle school - No. 4 High School in Magic City, Wang Shang was kicked out again. It was really hard and embarrassing.
Wang Shang has already foreseen this situation. As an institution of higher learning that cultivates countless talents, the Magic City Media College will naturally have a great influence. Many leaders of elementary, middle, and high schools will be affected by it.
Fortunately, the School of Media in Shanghai is not alone in the city, and there are two higher education institutions of film and television that check and balance with it. Colleagues are enemies, and there are naturally many conflicts between the three higher education institutions. With the checks and balances between them, Wang
Shang is not afraid of not having any living space at all.
Wang Shang was not discouraged and continued to take Yu Bo to other high schools.
Finally, when we arrived at No. 8 High School, the principal was named Liu Ming. He did not directly kick Wang Shang out like other principals, but instead guided Wang Shang humbly.
Liu Ming is actually a fan of the Qing Dynasty. During this period, he heard a lot about "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and was very interested in this drama, so he also had an inexplicable liking for the screenwriter Wang Shang.
Wang Shang also generously gave an overview of the script. Principal Liu Ming liked it very much and entertained Wang Shang even more enthusiastically. He also agreed to Wang Shang's request to shoot some movie clips at the school on the spot.
Under the arrangement of Principal Liu Ming, Wang Shang went to several classes to see a few recognized high school beauties. They all felt dissatisfied. They were too young. Because in the subsequent plot of "Old Boy", this school beauties also wanted
Playing Bao Xiaobai's wife, their image would probably be a little worse even with makeup.
"Mr. Wang, can't you do it?"
Wang Shang replied apologetically: "Principal, I'm sorry, I just watched it, and the feeling is still missing."
Principal Liu Ming waved his hand: "It's okay, let's continue watching."
Soon, Principal Liu Ming took Wang Shang to the next class, Grade 2 (3).
Principal Liu Ming said jokingly: "Mr. Wang, this is the last school beauty. If there is no one, there really will be no one."
At this time, the class bell just rang, and the students began to attend class.
Wang Shang had an idea and said: "Principal, I don't know if we can go in and listen to the class. I really want to go back to high school and be a student again."
Naturally, the principal agreed without hesitation. He called the lecturer out, explained his purpose, and then successfully turned Wang Shang and Yu Bo into students and sat down to listen to the lecture. Two students happened to ask for leave and the stools were freed up.
Wang Shang thanked the principal and sat at the back with Yu Bo to listen to the class. As soon as the class started, Wang Shang felt like he was back in high school. The warm scene deep in his memory resurfaced again, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up into a smile.
However, Wang Shang quickly regained his composure and began to examine the candidates for the school beauty in this class. She was sitting in front and right of Wang Shang, with a perfect viewing angle.
Her name is Shen Yao. She has beautiful eyes and a sweet smile. She is innocent and casual. She is like sunshine and air, attracting the attention of all the boys in the class inadvertently.
She was no more beautiful than the former school beauties, but she somehow touched the chord in Wang Shang's heart.
While Wang Shang was observing, she was writing and drawing in her notebook, constantly intersecting her image with the image in the script.
"No one is more suitable for that role than her!!" Wang Shang thought in his mind.
After class, Wang Shang told the principal his opinion. After seeing Shen Yao's image, the principal also thought it was a good fit.
When receiving Wang Shang's request, Shen Yao cheered and was very surprised: "Make a movie? Can I make a movie?"
Shen Yao's family is poor, her parents are working hard, and she has four younger brothers to support, so her economic conditions are extremely poor. She has longed for a glorious stardom since she was a child, imagining that she could become a star in the future, hoping that she could transform from a Cinderella into a white swan.
Now that the opportunity has finally come, I am naturally very excited.
Wang Shang and Yu Bo looked at each other and smiled: "It's done!"
After selecting the actors, we began to borrow equipment and start filming.
Yu Bo was running back and forth, setting up the shooting scenes, buying and borrowing old antique props like brick-like old cassette recorders, BP players, and handheld game consoles...
Wang Shang was more relaxed and left most things to Yu Bo, calling it ‘exercise’. Yu Bo did not object, but happily accepted it, because this kind of training opportunity was indeed rare.
On December 23, everything was ready and "Oldboy" was successfully launched.
The day of the launch was very low-key, no one was invited, just actors from the movie. However, director Zheng Long and some acquaintances from Datang International came to wish "Oldboy" a big hit.
Worship God, cut the pig's head, and officially start the machine.
The script is well understood and Wang Shang's direction is determined. If the actors' acting skills weren't a little lacking, the filming would probably go very quickly.