"White-cut chicken, patted cucumbers, pot-wrapped pork, stir-fried green beans, and some haggis soup without coriander... Hey, white or beer?"
Beijing Film Studio is next to Beijing Film Academy, and there are many restaurants in this area.
Li Huatong, Niu Le, and Wang Xiaoshuai were sitting in a small private room of one of the restaurants.
"You know, I have to work overtime at night." Wang Xiaoshuai said.
"Then let's get six bottles of Yanjing."
Li Huatong returned the menu to the waiter, looked at Wang Xiaoshuai who looked haggard and said: "You still have to work overtime, please take it easy! Hey, the film is almost done, right?"
"It's still early, it will take at least a month." Wang Xiaoshuai shook his head.
During this time, he has been staying at Beijing Film Studio to edit films. Today, Li Huatong and Niu Le came over, so he rarely came out to eat.
"Then I'm afraid I won't be able to spare the time." Li Huatong and Niu Le looked at each other, confused.
"It's okay. Regarding the censorship, let Beijing Film Studio come forward." Wang Xiaoshuai said.
After the filming of "Seventeen Years Old Bicycle" was completed, Li Huatong and Niu Le joined another crew. Li Huatong was the coordinating producer, and Niu Le was lucky enough to be hired as an assistant director.
After the food and drinks were served, and the three of them had a drink, Wang Xiaoshuai asked, "How are the preparations for your show going?"
Li Huatong said nothing.
Niu Le glanced at him and said helplessly: "Originally, the filming was supposed to start this month, but the role of Lan Yu has not been decided yet, so we can only postpone it."
Wang Xiaoshuai stopped his chopsticks and looked at Niu Le.
He has read the script of this play, and not only has he read the script, he has also read the original novel.
The investors of the play came to him with the novel and hoped that he could direct it. The story was very touching, and he was very moved at first, but after careful consideration, he finally gave up.
On the one hand, this was because the project "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" had already begun preparations at that time; on the other hand, because it was a gay love theme, it would definitely be banned, and he had just been recruited by the system at that time, so he had to rebel.
Water, I can't make up my mind at the moment.
In addition to objective factors, more importantly, although the outside world gave him the title of avant-garde director, Wang Xiaoshuai knew in his heart that he was not a gay, did not understand this group, and was really unsure of how to handle this kind of subject matter.
Later, the investors found a Hong Kong artistic film director.
As the assistant casting director of this drama, Niu Le said bitterly when facing Wang Xiaoshuai's questioning look: "I have looked for many candidates, but the director is not satisfied."
Then, Niu Le began to complain. At first, he was looking for Lu Yi, who became famous for "Never Rest in Eyes", but when he found him, he was working out. He was full of tendons and had a big frame.
Lu Zhishen seems to be completely different from Lan Yu's temperament.
Later, he successively found Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei, Chen Kun, etc., all of whom are up-and-coming young actors in mainland China. Huang Xiaoming lost the authenticity of the play because he was "too handsome", and Tong Dawei was not ideal either. Chen Kun's temperament was suitable, but the director always said
Haven't made up my mind yet.
"Then who did Defendant play?" Wang Xiaoshuai asked.
"I found Hu Jun." Li Huatong said, "Director Guan was particularly fond of Jiang Wu at first. He felt that his temperament was very suitable for a high-level cadre's son. It is said that Jiang Wu declined because he was afraid that he would not be able to grasp the scale of the role. I guess he still has concerns.
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Wang Xiaoshuai nodded. Hu Jun had previously acted in the same genre of Zhang Yuan's "East Palace and West Palace". Regardless of the quality of the movie, Hu Jun's performance in that drama was still quite good.
After eating the food for a while, he suddenly looked up and said, "Why don't you ask He Xin to try it?"
"Him? How could he do it..."
Niu Le just wanted to laugh, how could a courier delivery person play the role of Lan Yu? But when he turned around, he saw Li Huatong and Wang Xiaoshuai looking at each other, looking thoughtful.
Although the relationship between Niu Le and He Xin has long since eased, there will always be a little knot in his heart. Including this casting, he couldn't think of He Xin at all.
The role of Lan Yu is not used for Xiao Gui in "Seventeen Years Old Bicycle". In his opinion, Xiao Gui is He Xin's true performance, and Lan Yu is a great test of acting skills. Even Tang Bo, whom he had always been optimistic about, he
It was decided that Tang Bo could not play Lan Yu.
"He Xin's appearance and temperament are really suitable, and his acting skills are decent. Maverick, I think you can recommend it to the director."
Li Huatong was completely opposite to him.
"Uh, okay!"
Niu Le had no choice but to nod and calm down the atmosphere: "What is this kid doing now? Still delivering express delivery?"
"This kid wants to make progress now and is attending a training class for Chinese opera." Wang Xiaoshuai said with a smile.
During the conversation, Wang Xiaoshuai fully revealed his love for the male lead in his movie.
After the meal, he specially found two stills of He Xin for Niu Le to take back.
Night, Friendship Hotel.
There are two white boards placed in the outer living room, which are filled with characters' relationships, and also have photos and small notes of various actors.
Guan Jinpeng took the two photos that Niu Le brought back and looked at them for a long time. He had been in the capital for almost a month. If the background of the story takes place in the capital, it must be shot in the capital. During this time, he not only looked at the scenery but also selected the actors.
He turned around and asked Zhang Yongning, who was sitting on the other sofa: "Have you heard from the person introduced by the film school?"
Zhang Yongning is the producer of this film. It was he who came to Hong Kong with the novel "Beijing Story" to find Guan Jinpeng and persuaded Guan Jinpeng to direct the film.
As a senior gay man, Guan Jinpeng didn't like the novel very much at first, thinking that the novel looked at homosexuality from a heterosexual perspective, and that arranging it as a movie would be a bit "exploitative and consume homosexuality."
It means "love", and this kind of subject matter will definitely be banned in mainland China. Not only will it not be released, it will even be troublesome to film.
But in the end, Zhang Yongning, who was full of enthusiasm, convinced him, and he made many changes from the novel to the script according to his own wishes.
Now this story has become his story. He doesn't want to make it into an ordinary movie, so casting has become difficult. Especially for the role of Lan Yu, first of all, one must be young, and he must not be that kind of girly, not male, not male.
A handsome female boy cannot confirm the public’s stereotyped impression of gays.
Before, he and Zhang Yongning went all over Nortel, medium and large-scale dramas, and in the end only Chen Kun caught their eye. However, Hu Jun had already been chosen for the role of Han Dong. Because of his height, Chen Kun had to stand next to the tall Hu Jun.
Together they always look like a little bird clinging to a human being.
Just two days ago, a teacher from Nortel recommended a young actor to him. Looking at the person in the photo, he was tall and thin, with a melancholy expression, which made him feel good.
But the young people in the two photos in front of him gave him another feeling of persistence, and persistence was exactly the trait of Lan Yu. He was unable to make a choice for a moment.
When Zhang Yongning heard Guan Jinpeng ask about Liu Ye, he smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I have made several phone calls, but the people there are hesitant and still refuse to meet. I must still have concerns!"
Guan Jinpeng frowned. This kind of prejudice against gays is deep-rooted. He can understand it, but he always feels uncomfortable. He was silent for a while, looked at the photo in his hand, and said: "I want to meet him."
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"Are there any more fried hairtail fish and pot-roasted pork?" Cheng Hao asked, looking at the menu.
"I have kept it for you a long time ago."
With a wicked smile, He Xin took out two small plates from under the dining table, neatly stacking the fried hairtail, and specially selected the middle section. The pot meat was poured with thick tomato sauce, and the smell was delicious.
It whets one's appetite.
Since the last time, Cheng Hao often came to his window to get food, and the two of them quickly became familiar with each other.
He Xin discovered that Cheng Hao has two characteristics. First, she seems to be very busy. Most of the time, she comes in a hurry just after dinner time. However, it is quiet here and she can chat for a few words each time.
The second thing is that he didn't expect that the goddess in his mind was actually a foodie, and she was very delicious. It's no wonder that her body was plumper than many bean sprouts in the acting department, but it was this kind of plumpness that He Xin liked.
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"Thanks!"
Cheng Hao handed over the meal card and couldn't help but already picked up a piece of fried hairtail and started eating it.
"There will be sweet and sour fish tonight, do you want me to save some for you?" He Xin took the meal card, scratched it on the machine, and handed it back to her.
“Sweet and sour fish!”
But Cheng Hao's eyes immediately dimmed again, and he said, "No, I won't be able to have such a good meal tonight."
"What are you busy with? Hey, I see you are quite busy. You come here late every time." He Xin took the opportunity to chatter.
"I have to go on location in the afternoon, and I won't be able to come back until midnight." Cheng Hao said.
"Are you filming another commercial?"
He knew that Cheng Hao was filming a commercial not long ago.
"No, it's the abbot's program."
"What program? Which station broadcasts it?" He Xin asked quickly.
"It's called "Jiuzhou Ren Xiaoyao". It's a travel program on the Phoenix Chinese Channel. You need to have satellite TV to watch it." Cheng Hao said with a smile.
"That's it!"
He Xin was very sorry because there was no satellite TV where he lived.
Then he asked: "Then what are you doing for dinner?"
"Let's get a lunch box!"
"Oh, that's not nutritious. Let's do this. Sweet and sour fish won't do. It's cold and smelly. I'll make you some haggis soup tonight and leave it in the reception room. You can get it when you come back. Hey, there must be some in your dormitory.
Let's use the electric stove, just heat it up and warm yourself up." This guy said again.
"No, it's too much trouble." Cheng Hao said hurriedly.
"It's okay, it's very convenient, so don't be polite."
"Then...thank you."
A boy happened to come over to pick up some food. Cheng didn't have anything to say but thanked him.
"Why are you so polite!"
He Xin smiled and waved to her.
Turning around, Cheng Hao looked incomprehensible. He always felt a little weird just now.
Could it be that he likes me? Cheng Hao felt that his face felt a little hot.
Then came from behind:
"I want a piece of Guobao Pork."
"there is none left."
"Where's the fried hairtail?"
"No more."
"Hey, why did she have everything just now?"
"These are the last portions."
"Damn, what else is there?"
"Eggplant, shredded potatoes, cabbage, etc., you want that?"
"Why are they all vegetarian? It's the Monk Temple!"
What boys say is not pleasant.
"Don't you look at what time it is now? It would be nice to have something to eat."
He Xin's attitude was the same.
Cheng Hao lowered his head to look at the pot-roasted pork and fried hairtail on his plate, and suddenly laughed again. Anyway, it seemed good to have such a friend.