"How many main roles are there now?" Fang Shu asked Wu Jianye about the actors for the new movie during the meal.
Wu Jianye recalled it and said, "There are still three more to go."
Fang Shu: "What three are still missing?"
"Butcher, military advisor, and Emperor Ming!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
"Butcher, I do have a candidate." Fang Shu said straightforwardly.
Wu Jianye's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Which one is it?"
"This man has some connection with us. It happened to be the year we graduated that he was admitted to the Film Academy and has been the president of the student union of the academy!" Fang Shu said.
Wu Jianye suddenly realized and said, "Are you talking about the over-aged Zang Jinsheng?"
Fang Shu smiled and said: "Yes, that's him."
Zang Jinsheng may be a little unfamiliar to later generations of audiences, but he himself was still very famous in China in the late 1990s and early 21st century.
The most famous role is naturally Lu Zhishen in the CCTV version of "Water Margin"!
The reason why Wu Jianye said that he was overage was because Lu Zhishen was already over the age limit when he applied for the film school. However, he did very well in the exam and was admitted to the film school under special circumstances. At that time, it caused a lot of controversy.
It's a small sensation.
After all, the last person to ask the film academy to do this was Zhang Yimou!
"What is he doing now?" Wu Jianye asked.
Fang Shu shook her head and said: "I don't know about this, but after reading the script, I feel that Zang Jinsheng should be quite suitable for this role!"
Wu Jianye recalled Zang Jinsheng's appearance and felt that Fang Shu's recommendation was indeed good. He said, "Okay, I understand. I will ask someone from the company to contact him tomorrow!"
Although Wu Jianye didn't know what Zang Jinsheng was doing now, it didn't mean that Tangting Wenhua didn't know.
The next day, Wu Jianye asked Li Na to find Zang Jinsheng's contact information.
Almost half an hour later, Li Na came to Wu Jianye's office and said: "Director Wu, Zang Jinsheng has been contacted. Fortunately, we called him today, otherwise we would not have been able to find him!"
Wu Jianye smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
"When I just called Zang Jinsheng, I learned that he had received an invitation from Hong Kong director Hu Jinquan to participate in Hu Jinquan's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio."" Li Na said with a smile.
Wu Jianye smiled and said, "What a coincidence!"
Li Na explained: "He is already on his way here now."
Wu Jianye nodded and said, "By the way, find this person too!" After saying that, he handed Li Na a blank piece of paper with his name written on it.
Li Na took a look and smiled: "Okay!"
About half an hour later, Zangjin came to Tangting Culture out of breath.
"Director Wu, are you looking for me?" Zang Jinsheng said angrily when he saw Wu Jianye.
At this time, Zang Jinsheng had a bare head and was wearing a T-shirt. His exposed arms looked very strong.
"Well, someone recommended you to star in my new movie, but I still want to see what you are capable of!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
The smile on Zang Jinsheng's face became even more obvious. Wu Jianye was recruiting actors for his new movie. This matter was no longer news nationwide.
Today, he originally planned to sign a contract with Director Hu Jinquan of Xiangjiang, but when he was going out, he received a page from Li Na. When he learned that Wu Jianye wanted to see him in person, he immediately made a decision in his heart
I have made a decision and must get this film contract.
Although Hu Jinquan is a great director in Hong Kong, it is the wish of almost every Chinese filmmaker to participate in Wu Jianye's film. Now that this dream is placed in front of him, how could he give up!
"Director Wu, don't worry, I will definitely behave well!"
Wu Jianye nodded and took Zang Jinsheng directly to the audition room. First, he gave Zang Jinsheng a line and character background. After taking a look, Zang Jinsheng prepared his emotions for a while and immediately started performing.
Wu Jianye, Zhao Fei, Guan Fu and others were watching and nodding.
Wu Jianye then ordered people to take Zang Jinsheng to change the costumes in the play. After Zang Jinsheng finished changing his clothes, Wu Jianye had already decided to use him.
After learning about Wu Jianye's decision, Zang Jinsheng even laughed happily.
Wu Jianye then explained the contract issues to Zang Jinsheng. In fact, it was similar to Jiang Wenli and others' contracts, which were five-play contracts.
Zang Jinsheng naturally had no objection to this.
Soon Zang Jinsheng signed the contract and was taken to Zhuxinzhuang by people from Tangting Culture for training.
After Zang Jinsheng left, Li Na found Wu Jianye again.
"Director Wu, the person you asked to contact has been found and is already waiting in the lounge."
"Let people come in!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
Actor Zhao's affairs went very smoothly during this period, which made Wu Jianye very happy.
After a while, a man with a paralyzed face was led in by Li Na!
"Director Wu!" When the man saw Wu Jianye, he didn't know whether he was smiling or not and said hello.
Wu Jianye looked at him with a smile and asked: "Da Hong, I would like to take the liberty of asking how old you are?"
After Wu Jianye asked, he finally saw the shy look on Ni Dahong's face and couldn't help but laugh.
Ni Dahong was not angry and said in a low voice: "Born in 1960!"
Wu Jianye smiled: "You are four years younger than me!"
"Um!"
The person Wu Jianye found was none other than Ni Dahong, who later became known as the actor with facial paralysis. Su Daqiang in "Everything Is Fine" made him the most hated father in the country.
Although the actor Ni Dahong is known as the actor with facial paralysis, he is actually an actor with a very broad range of acting. He can not only play the treacherous minister Yan Song in "Ming 1566", but also the tolerant and cunning Sima Yi in the new "Three Kingdoms".
Being able to play the role of father Su Daqiang in "Everything Is Good".
It can be said that there is no role that he cannot control!
The process of interviewing Ni Dahong is no different from that of Zang Jinsheng. Although Ni Dahong's acting skills have reached perfection in later generations, he is still a bit young after all, so those who should audition still have to audition.
Fortunately, Ni Dahong's performance was perfect throughout the whole process.
"Very good, Dahong. I'm very satisfied with your performance. If you don't have any personal objections, we can sign the contract!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
The corners of Ni Dahong's mouth moved, and he didn't know whether he was smiling or not. Anyway, he agreed happily.
However, what surprised Ni Dahong was that the contract Tangting Culture signed with him was not for five dramas, but for only two.
In fact, there are four others who have the same treatment as Ni Dahong: Zhang Hanyu, Liu Yijun, Fu Biao, and Fang Shu!
Obviously they are different from Chen Daoxuan and others.
But no matter what, Ni Dahong definitely would not give up this opportunity and happily signed his name on the contract.
Like Zang Jinsheng, Ni Dahong was also sent to the training ground of Zhu Xinzhuang.
After Ni Dahong left, Wu Jianye and others also returned to the office. Zhao Fei leaned on the sofa and said with a smile: "Finally, we have settled most of the cast. Now there is only one Emperor Ming left. What do you think?"
Who did you use?"
Wu Jianye sat on his boss's chair, holding the tea that Li Na had just brought, and said with a smile: "We already have an idea, but this person is not in Yanjing now. We will go there when we go to see the filming location."
Just look for him!”
Zhao Fei nodded and said, "Then when should we set off?"
Wu Jianye thought for a while and said: "Just for these two days, let's go to Zhuxin Village first and have a meeting with everyone. Let's go."
Guan Fu asked: "Director Wu, how long will we go this time?"
Wu Jianye smiled: "Why, do you still need to report to your old man?"
Guan Xiu's face turned red and he said, "Of course not!"
Wu Jianye smiled: "Do you know why I have to follow you the whole time this time?"
Guan Hu nodded and said: "I know, Director Wu, you want to cultivate me!"
Wu Jianye: "It's good to know. If you perform well this time, if I feel that your ability is enough, when this movie is finished, the company will prepare the sequel of "New Dragon Inn" to you to complete. Don't do it then.
You betrayed my trust in you!"
After getting along with each other for this period of time, although he still didn’t know Guan Yu’s actual ability, during the chat, Wu Jianye also knew some of Guan Yu’s concepts, so after many considerations, he still had the idea to
The sequel to "New Dragon Gate Inn" is left to Guan Yu to complete.
In fact, Wu Jianye originally thought of Wang Xiaoshuai as the candidate, but later found that Wang Xiaoshuai was not very keen on this kind of martial arts-style movie, so he had to give up.
In addition to Wang Xiaoshuai, there is actually another candidate, and that is He Ping. However, He Ping's style tends to be a realistic martial arts style, which is still somewhat inconsistent with the temperament of "New Dragon Inn".
In the end, I had no choice but to train him properly on Guan Xi.
Hearing that Wu Jianye was going to hand over the sequel to "New Dragon Gate Inn" to him, Guan Feng's face showed an expression of surprise again. Regarding the sequel of this movie, it has always been a question mark in the domestic film industry. Everyone originally thought that Wu
Jianye will personally direct the sequel of this movie, but Wu Jianye has publicly stated many times that he will not be the director of this movie, so the issue of director of the sequel has become a source of curiosity for everyone.
This is also the first time that Wu Jianye has appointed Guan Yu as the director of this sequel film. How could Guan Yu, who has just started his debut, not be happy about this!
At this time, Guan Feng is like a cheating character in a novel.
Born into a film family, graduated from a prestigious school. After graduation, he joined the best private film and television company in the country. At the same time, he now has the opportunity to be taught by the most awesome director in the country. In the future, he may become one of the best series of movies in the country.
The director of...
This kind of experience is not cheating, so what is it!
In the days to come, Wu Jianye will have to oversee Guan Yu's performance. As long as he can perform up to standard during the filming of his new movie, he can safely hand over the sequel to "New Dragon Gate Inn" to Guan Yu.
However, to be on the safe side, Wu Jianye will still serve as the producer of the sequel film!
This kind of thing can be discussed later.
In the afternoon, Wu Jianye, Zhao Fei, and Guan Hu arrived at the training ground at Zhu Xinzhuang.
Because we said hello in advance, all the candidates who have been confirmed by the entire crew came to Zhu Xinzhuang today.
Li Yapeng, Yu Feihong, Jiang Kui, He Yu, Chen Daoxuan, Chen Hao, You Benchang, Jiang Wenli, Zhang Guoli, Wang Gang, Zang Jinsheng, Zhang Hanyu, Liu Yijun, Fu Biao, Ni Dahong, Fang Shu and an old friend of Wu Jianye
All seventeen members of Teacher Ma Jingwu were present.
As for Teacher Ma Jingwu, when Wu Jianye went to film school, he personally approached Teacher Ma Jingwu and invited him to play the role of fortune teller in his new movie.
The two have collaborated before in "Raise the Red Lantern", so there is no problem with their collaboration this time. In fact, after receiving Wu Jianye's invitation, Teacher Ma Jingwu did not refuse at all.
Looking at the seventeen people in front of him, Zhao Fei couldn't help but sigh. Even ordinary movies with many characters cannot have so many characters, but Wu Jianye found them in his new movie.
With so many actors, simply time allocation is a very big problem.
If he had not read the script and if the director of this movie was not Wu Jianye, Zhao Fei would have dared to conclude now that this movie would definitely fail!
But now that Wu Jianye is so confident in the movie, he is also willing to accompany Wu Jianye on the adventure!
At this time, everyone sat in a circle at the training ground, and everyone looked at Wu Jianye. This was their first collective memory, so naturally they took it very seriously.
"Some of the people present have worked with me, and some have not, but no matter what, in the next period of time, everyone will be eating from the same pot, and I still have to tell everyone some things in advance!"
At the beginning of the show, Wu Jianye emphasized his on-set discipline.
Naturally, those who have cooperated with each other have known about it for a long time. Those who have not cooperated with others were also warned by Wu Jianye when they signed the contract, so after listening to Wu Jianye's discipline, no one raised any objection.
At the same time, this is the training. The younger generation of actors must receive training every day. As for the veterans like You Benchang, Chen Wei, and Ma Jingwu, considering their physical reasons, they will still be familiar with it.
That’s it. When the time comes to shoot, I’ll definitely use a stand-in.
The three veteran actors didn't have any objections. Age didn't matter. Everyone knew their own physical condition. This had nothing to do with whether they were professional or not.
After the chat, Wu Jianye did not take everyone away, but directly asked Dai Zhen to bring over the food that had been prepared.
"This is our crew's first dinner together. Everyone is so familiar with each other, especially people from the two camps." Wu Jianye raised his wine glass and said with a smile.
Others also raised their glasses one after another.
People like Ma Jingwu who came from the film school, when they had a mediocre meal, came to the Zhuxinzhuang campus in front and started to reminisce about their past...