He Xin did not receive a notice from Sister Hong until three days later, saying that he had made an appointment with Director Yang Yang in the afternoon at a coffee shop opposite the CCTV TV Drama Production Center on Guang'anmenwai Street.
He read the script roughly that day in Sister Hong's office, and read it intensively after he came back. He fell in love with Xiao Hansheng's character more and more. In order to meet Director Yang this time, he specially bought a military green US military tactical shirt and a pair of T-shirts.
Styled overalls and neat short hair, he looks quite military.
Of course, he was not idle during the three days of waiting. After reading the script from beginning to end twice, he began to write biographies of the characters.
In the script, the old Xiao Hansheng lived in a courtyard in the capital, wrote his memoirs, and before he died, he still wanted to explain himself and his dead comrades. At the same time, given his status as a prisoner of war and the only survivor of Cangjin Island, there must have been twists and turns before.
experience.
He Xin set him up as a passionate young man from a wealthy family in the capital, who accepted the progressive ideas of our party in his early days. After the Japanese invasion, he angrily joined the army, joined the Eighth Route Army, and fought in the Taihang Mountains, gradually growing from a soldier to a company commander.
Chang. Later, during an anti-mopping battle, he was unfortunately captured while covering the mass transfer.
He had a firm belief and was still fighting tenaciously against the enemy in prison, until one day he and his comrades were taken aboard a Japanese merchant ship bound for Cangjin Island...
"Director Yang is very good, but he has a good personality. Please pay more attention when he talks later."
In the afternoon, He Xin and Sister Hong were sitting in the coffee shop they had arranged. Before Yang Yangren came, Sister Hong deliberately reminded her.
"I know." He Xin nodded.
There are very few female directors, not to mention that she is backed by CCTV and is the winner of both the Feitian Award and the Golden Eagle Award for Best Director. To put it nicely, she has character. What Sister Hong really means is that this female director has a somewhat arrogant character.
Their seats were chosen by the window, and Sister Hong kept paying attention to the flow of people passing by the window from time to time.
"coming."
He Xin followed Sister Hong's gaze and turned to look out the window. It was easy to recognize a woman in her early forties, wearing a white shirt and pencil pants, walking over in a hurry. She also saw the woman sitting in the room at a glance.
Chang Jihong immediately grinned and waved to Sister Hong across the glass.
"Director Yang!"
"Sister Hong! Is this our Golden Horse Best Actor He Xin?"
"Hello, Director Yang!" He Xin remembered Sister Hong's instructions, stood up and greeted him respectfully.
"Hello."
While Yang Yang shook hands with him, he looked at him carefully, then showed a satisfied smile and said: "Well, the young man is not bad, he is quite energetic!"
As Sister Hong said, this female director has a lot of character. When she sat down, she waved her hand and said to the waiter who came to greet her: "White water."
Then, before Chang Jihong could say anything, he said directly: "Sister Hong, I have a lot of things to do at my place. We are all our own people. To make a long story short, what do you think of the character Zhou Shangwen?"
Yang Yang's words should be said to be quite sincere and give face. Strictly speaking, this drama is a drama with two male protagonists. Both Zhou Shangwen and Siu Hansheng are the male protagonists.
But after He Xin read the script, he always wanted to play the role of Xiao Hansheng. He was stunned at first, and then he hurriedly took out the biography he had written from his bag, handed it over, and wanted to win over it: "Director Yang, this is what I wrote.
You can take a look at the biographies of the characters first."
Yang Yang took it over unexpectedly, glanced at it for a moment, then frowned and said, "You want to play Xiao Hansheng?"
He Xing just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Sister Hong's eyes. She saw a smile on her face and said: "Yes, Xiao He likes this character very much. I have read the script and made a lot of preparations in the past two days, but I just don't know."
Has this role been decided yet?”
"Sister Hong, to tell you the truth, this role was decided a long time ago." Yang Yang said, glanced at He Xin, and said: "Actually, personally, Xiao He is quite suitable for the role of Zhou Shangwen."
He Xin looked at Sister Hong helplessly.
Sister Hong was a little unwilling, and relying on her good relationship with Yang Yang, she asked tentatively: "Director Yang, then there is no room for negotiation on Xiao Hansheng's role?"
Yang Yang shook his head and sighed: "Sister Hong, if there was a discussion, I would not have said this to you just now. To be honest, I didn't want to use that Korean guy at first, but the higher-ups..."
Yang Yang pointed upwards and continued: "I can't help it, but apart from the language barrier, that young man's image and temperament are very consistent with Xiao Hansheng, and he has shown a strong interest in this role.
He said that he must shape this character well..."
He Xin listened a little confused and couldn't help but interject: "Director Yang, you mean to use a Korean actor to play our Eighth Route Army?"
Yang Yang was obviously unhappy that he had the temerity to interrupt him, and he frowned slightly.
Chang Jihong was also a little confused and echoed: "Is it appropriate to use a Korean actor to play the Eighth Route Army?"
Yang Yang said with obvious patience: "Sister Hong, this is not a question of suitability, but a question of going out. Besides, Koreans are also Asians, and they also have a history of being occupied by the Japanese. From appearance to emotion
From a personal perspective, this is no problem. In short, this role has been decided and there is no room for negotiation."
"..."
At this time, Yang Yang answered another call, and it was obvious that she was indeed very busy. After hanging up the phone, she stood up and said: "I'm really sorry that there are too many things going on, but this is the situation anyway. To be honest, I also play the role of Zhou Shangwen.
It took a lot of effort, please think about it and give me an answer as soon as possible."
With that said, he hurriedly left.
Sister Hong quickly took her bag and chased her out. The two of them pushed each other around at the door before waving goodbye.
No need to ask, this is the rule.
After Sister Hong came back, the two looked at each other.
"The character Zhou Shangwen is actually pretty good, I think..."
Before Sister Hong finished speaking, He Xin still looked incomprehensible, sitting there and saying to himself: "Why must a Korean actor be used to play the Eighth Route Army? Do we have so many actors in China to just choose
No one will come out?"
"Uh... don't think about it. Yang Yang also said it just now. This is the meaning above. There is also a big issue involving cultural going global..."
He Xin was speechless, but he couldn't help complaining: "There are also Korean workers in the script. Chinese people play Chinese people, Korean people play Korean people, and Japanese people play Japanese people. It's all over. I have to let a
What’s the big deal if Koreans come to play our Eighth Route Army?”
However, it is emotionally unacceptable to complain, but the underlying reasons are actually not difficult to guess. In addition to the strategic issues of cultural going global as mentioned by Yang Yang just now, I am afraid the most important thing is to create an eye-catching gimmick.
.
After all, the Korean Wave has been in full swing in the past two years. In addition to the streets and alleys being filled with Korean songs, various Korean dramas such as "What Is Love" and "Blue Life and Death" are extremely popular in the VCD market.
Moreover, the colorful non-mainstream hairstyles of Korean pop groups were also popular among young people at this time, and even many domestic celebrities were imitating this hairstyle. He Xin felt that it was very eye-catching every time he saw it.
"Stop talking nonsense, I think Zhou Shangwen is a good character. At least he is a very responsible Chinese man." Sister Hong said.
It could be heard that she was also very depressed about this.
To be honest, the character Zhou Shangwen in the script is quite unique. As the highest-ranking Kuomintang prisoner of war and a Chinese labor captain, he is deeply influenced by the traditional Chinese culture of "benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust", and is self-respecting and noble.
In order to rescue all prisoners of war and laborers, he endured humiliation and heavy burdens. He once had illusions about the Japanese and advocated waiting patiently for rescue by the International Red Cross Society. But after finally seeing the true face of the Japanese, he resolutely ordered all Kuomintang prisoners of war to obey Xiao Hansheng's command.
In order not to drag down the labor riots and buy time for the riots, he chose to commit suicide by cutting his wrists with dignity, and died tragically.
Under normal circumstances, if He Xin had chosen to play this role, he would definitely have been willing to accept it, but now when he thought that the Eighth Route Army company commander who played opposite him was actually a Korean who couldn't even speak Chinese, he felt in his heart
I feel resentful. First of all, I cannot accept it emotionally.
"Sister Hong, why don't we just forget it?"
"You're crazy, this is a CCTV show!" Sister Hong said with wide eyes.
In her opinion, even if Xiao Hansheng's role is not negotiable, Zhou Shangwen is also the leading actor, which does not insult He Xin's status as the best actor. On the contrary, Yang Yang is still very considerate this time.
"Do you know how many favors I have done for this drama? To pay back this..." As she said this, Sister Hong made a gesture of paying some money.
He Xin still had a grimace on his face and said: "Sister Hong, you can take the cost from me, but for this scene I really..."
He shook his head, unable to describe the feeling in his heart in words.
Sister Hong saw that he still had a pretentious look on his face, and she became furious. She knocked on the table and shouted: "You have to figure it out, what do you lack most now? What you lack most now is exposure! It's the audience.
Recognition for you! If you are walking on the street now, how many people can recognize you? None!"
Perhaps realizing that her tone was a little too intense, Sister Hong paused for a moment, and then persuaded her earnestly: "Last time you said you didn't like it and were unwilling to take on Baosteel's "What Can I Do to Save You, My Lover"?
I didn’t say much to you. But this time is different. This time it is a CCTV drama. Maybe people all over the country will recognize your face. What a great opportunity this is! Wen Li became so popular in the first place.
Xiao He, please listen to me this time and don’t give up easily."