The actor recommended by Guo Jinfei is named Lei, Lei Jiayin. Both he and Guo Jinfei graduated from the Shanghai Academy of Drama, and he is Guo's junior brother.
Unlike Guo Jinfei who focuses on drama, Lei Jiayin is involved in drama and film and television circles, but is not very famous.
However, according to Guo Jinfei, this actor named Lei Jiayin has quite good acting skills, even better than him.
Regardless of whether Guo Jinfei's words were modest and meant to praise Lei Jiayin, after all, it was his own lead actor who recommended it to the crew. Xue Jun was very considerate of Guo Jinfei and asked Lei Jiayin to come over and audition.
When Lei Jiayin came to audition, Zuo Le happened to be talking to Xue Jun in the temporary office area of Shanhe Company on the set of "The Story of College Students".
He was about to leave for the Black Province, and before leaving, he was going to give Xue Jun some preparations for the crew.
Seeing an actor auditioning for Liu Xiaodao, Zuo Le, under Xue Jun's kind invitation, half-heartedly decided to stay and become an examiner.
Although nominally, director Xue Jun is responsible for deciding whether to cast the cast of "The Story of a College Student".
But in fact, whether the actor will be successful or not will have to be reviewed by Zuo Le, the crew producer and producer.
Not to mention the previous three leading actors, Jiang Chao and Shen Teng, although Guo Jinfei was handled by Xue Jun, it was also approved by Zuo Le.
In addition, according to the regulations of Shanhe Company, the casting of scripts must be signed and approved by the president, Yan Kui.
But it's usually just a formality.
After all, it was agreed before that after Yan Kui joins the company, he will be responsible for company management and artist operations, while Zuo Le will be responsible for the creation of film and television content. If he doesn't say anything, Yan Kui can't get involved in this.
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Regarding Zuo Le’s focus on the casting work of the crew of "The Story of College Students".
Xue Jun was actually prepared in his heart. As the company has established more and more film and television projects in the past two years, his boss Zuo Le's handling style has also been revealed to some extent.
Frankly speaking, for those bosses who are constantly involved in the specific shooting of the crew and eager to demonstrate in person, Zuo Le does not have a strong desire to control the crews directed by other directors in the company, and generally rarely interferes in specific shooting work unless necessary.
But there are three points where Zole is stuck very tightly.
The first one is the quality of the finished product. Needless to say, every boss attaches great importance to this.
However, since Zuo Le himself is a very good director, he has higher requirements in this regard. He often finds some flaws and sometimes asks the creative team to modify and delete some unreasonable places.
The second is the script, which is mainly a competition with the screenwriting department.
Zuo Le has very strict requirements on the script, even a little harsh.
Under his constant encouragement, the Shanhe Screenwriting Department has grown into a first-class screenwriting team in the industry, and has been working hard to become a top team.
The third is the selection of cast members.
In the words of an insider at Shanhe, the boss met a group of good actors when he debuted in "Underground Traffic Station", and later collaborated with Kong Yanni and others, so his vision has long been cultivated.
Therefore, for Shanhe's film and television projects, if actors with no skills want to sneak in, there is no way.
It is also such a strict casting control that many young talents in the entertainment industry want to participate in Shanhe's new drama but cannot.
Especially for the TV series directed by Zuo Le himself, many agents have listed it as one of the rare top public relations difficulties in the industry.
Anyone who bites it off will not be able to become famous in the broker's circle.
This was the case when Song Jia participated in "Enter Guandong" before, and her management team was very prosperous for a while.
Although it was later revealed that Song Jia was chosen by Zuo Le because of Tian Yan's recommendation and had nothing to do with her management team.
But Song Jia's agent has already used the brilliant achievement of "successfully conquering the mountains and rivers" during this period to trick two good newcomers into successfully signing contracts.
Zuo Le feels very wronged by these disturbing rumors from the outside world. He is actually very talkative, which is why he is difficult to target due to rumors.
The main reason is that Zuo Lao prefers to use the old rather than the new when filming. Moreover, he is the boss of Shanhe. From the perspective of the company's interests, if there are suitable roles for new dramas, he must first focus on his own family. If he is not suitable for his own family, he will then turn his attention to the outside world.
Under such circumstances, Shanhe itself does not need many actors, and gives priority to those with high acting skills. If you try to fool Zuo Le with those losers who shout 1234 when reading their lines, will he be able to care about you?
The bottom line is that the actor himself is not good enough and couldn't impress Zuo Le at all.
If the artists recommended by outside agents to Zuo Le are Li Youbin and Wang Yan, who regard emperors as inferiors, Zuo Le would be willing to do it without Shanhe artists.
It is precisely this kind of trend that makes Zuo Le attach great importance to the casting work of Shanhe TV series, and even often personally intervenes.
It's just because I'm afraid that a piece of mouse droppings will sneak in from somewhere and spoil a good pot of soup.
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"The Story of a College Student" audition scene
Zuo Le slowly turned his pen, looked at Lei Jiayin who was a little nervous, and stood in the middle of the room to introduce himself.
At first glance, Lei Jiayin left a deep impression on Zuo Le, that is, he has a big head.
Especially when he was talking, his big head swayed back and forth, giving him a particularly silly and cute look. When he smiled, his two dimples were revealed, and he was both silly and shrewd, which was very characteristic.
Zuo Le was very satisfied with his image and felt that he had a certain eye for him and that it would be easy for him to stand out if he met a popular character who was more likeable.
Under Xue Jun's command, Lei Jiayin auditioned for two scenes with Liu Xiaodao.
Frankly speaking, Lei Jiayin's acting skills are also pretty good. Even if Zuo Le is used to seeing Li Youbin's late-level performances like Li Youbin, he still thinks this guy's performance is remarkable.
But there is one thing, Liu Xiaodao is set up to be a wilt and a fool, while Lei Jiayin's appearance is quite silly, but his eyes always show a hint of intelligence, which makes people think that he is pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger.
Zuo Le told Xue Jun his concerns. Unexpectedly, Xue Jun liked Lei Jiayin very much and said that he could contact the screenwriting department to change Liu Xiaodao's setting from a pure fool to a wise man like a fool. At certain critical moments
Turn the tide.
A leopard emerges from a withered man!
In this way, the conflict and watchability of the plot will be greatly enhanced.
Xue Jun's idea was borrowed from Lu Xiucai in "Wulin Gaiden". According to the normal combat power of Tongfu Inn, Lu Xiucai is the weakest. Sometimes even a kid like Mo Xiaobei can bully him.
But it was such a helpless scholar who stepped forward to achieve a comeback in some inn's desperate moments, such as "Killing the Queen without Life", "Outsmarting the Simpsons", etc.
Because of this, there is a joke that has been circulating among fans of "Wulin Gaiden" - the shopkeeper in good times looks to Lao Bai in adversity, but in desperate times he relies on talents.
Xue Jun wanted to make Liu Xiaodao have the same setting as Lu Xiucai. Usually when there was a problem in dormitory 222, the clever Lin Dachong and the unscrupulous Li Fanda would go in. If they couldn't solve it, Lu Pangpangmang would go there.
Liu Xiaodao should be naive and transparent.
When the three of them were unable to do anything, Liu Xiaodao suddenly changed his mind and stepped forward to turn the tide, and the effect was immediate.
I have to say that Xue Jun’s idea is really good, and he also convinced Zuo Le to agree to Lei Jiayin playing Liu Xiaodao.
The four leading actors in "The Story of a College Student" were all in place, and Xue Jun found two bright and smooth actresses to play the roles of An Yi and Wang Xiaotang, who are the girlfriends of Liu Xiaodao and Lu Pangpang in the play.
The first part only has these two main female characters for now. As for the true love between Lin Dachong and Li Fanda, according to the outline, it will only appear in the second part.
Of course, this does not mean that the two of them are singles. On the contrary, there are many actresses playing opposite each other, but unfortunately they are all guest roles.
Lin Dachong, the scumbag from Aquaman, faces all the hard-working ***, while Li Fanda is his crush, who only appears a few times in one episode and then disappears.
In addition, there are two supporting roles, one fat and one thin, playing the role of the monitor and the classmate Guo Si in the opposite dormitory.
These two are the "villains" in the play. They mainly create obstacles and conflicts in dormitory 222. There are several such characters in the play, but most of them are guest appearances. These two have more roles and are permanent supporting roles.
