Chapter five hundred and fortieth Daqin good brother and talent export library
Chen Shouming didn't let Zuo Le wait too long, and gave a reply half a week after getting the script.
Agree to play the role of Shang Yang.
After the first male lead was decided, Zuo Le immediately selected the actor for Qin Xiaogong based on Chen Shouming's acting style, and finally selected Hou Yong.
Just like the two candidates for Qin Xiaogong, one is more simple and kind, and the other is more majestic and resolute, the two actors who are expected to play Shang Yang, Wang Fei and Chen Shouming, also have different styles.
Wang Fei has a strong elegant temperament, and he has the style of an ancient sage gentleman.
Chen Shouming, on the other hand, is good at playing the role of a person in power, and has developed some tough and serious aura, which is more suitable for Shang Yang's status as the most powerful minister of the Qin State who vigorously promoted reforms.
Of course, this is just a matter of image and temperament. With their skills as veteran actors, they can completely play the other side of Zuo Le's role.
But then again, the actor's own image is close to a certain part of the character, which will also affect the crew's overall shaping of the character to a certain extent.
For example, the original character and plot arrangements of the script will also undergo some changes, moving closer to the actors themselves, in order to better integrate the characters and actors.
Chen Shouming is better at playing big characters, so the point of Shang Yang's powerful minister in the play will be magnified.
At the same time, Qin Xiaogong's style also had to change. Shang Yang was tough and radical, so he had to be gentle and tolerant.
In this way, the two male protagonists, one strong and the other soft, can complement each other in a positive way, which is why Zuo Le chose Hou Yong, who can completely win over Chen Shouming with his gentle style.
On the other hand, Zhang Ruijin and Chen Daoming are both professional emperors, and their temperament and style are also tough and strong. If he plays the role of Qin Xiaogong, he will seem to be at odds with Shang Yang.
In the battle between the two male protagonists of "The Qin Empire - Fission", Chen Shouming and Hou Yong had the last laugh.
But the other two are not complete losers either.
Teacher Zhang Ruijin was invited by Zuo Le to play the third male lead Ying Qian, while Wang Fei played the role of Han Xiang Shen Buhai.
Ying Qian is the eldest son of Qin Xiangong in the play, the eldest brother of Qin Xiaogong and Ying Yingyu, and is also one of the "big villains" in the play.
However, this big villain, judging from the performance in the play, does not make the audience resentful. Even if Shang Yang's death is directly or indirectly related to him, the audience still chooses to understand.
This has a lot to do with Ying Qian’s outstanding character.
According to the plot of "Fission", Duke Xiang of Qin was seriously injured in the Battle of Hexi and was about to die. Before he died, he planned to choose the next successor of Qin.
Duke Xiang of Qin had two sons, namely Ying Qian and Ying Quliang (Qin Xiaogong).
Ying Qian is the eldest son and the commander-in-chief of the army. He has made many military exploits and has a high prestige in the Qin army. He has the support of many old Qin nobles behind him, so he has a high winning rate.
Ying Quliang was the second son, and his qualifications in all aspects were not as good as those of his eldest brother, but he had a benevolent heart and was highly respected by the veterans and the people of Qin.
Moreover, Ying Quliang had a long-term vision, had certain plans for the development of Qin, and had a very stable mentality.
On the other hand, Ying Qian has a reckless character, a hot temper, knows how to fight, and does not care about the people's livelihood and soldiers. If such a person becomes the leader of the Qin State, the Qin State will become increasingly poor even if it is not destroyed.
Therefore, Qin Xiangong pushed his second son to ascend to power, and even forced the eldest son to cut off his fingers and swear an oath in front of him in order to prevent Ying Qian from causing rebellion, and then left a blood letter to Ying Quliang, which could be used to suppress Ying Qian.
If someone else were to be treated so favorably by his own father, he would inevitably feel resentful towards his younger brother.
But Ying Qian did not. After the death of Qin Xiangong, he strongly supported Qin Xiaogong. Some people stopped supporting him to ascend the throne, but he refuted it in court and even wanted to spatter the opponent's blood to show his disapproval of the new Qin king.
After that, Qin Xiaogong gave various orders, and Ying Qian also gave him orders to fight wherever his younger brother told him.
When Shang Yang entered the Qin Dynasty to implement reforms, Qin Qian, under the instruction of his younger brother, was the first to jump out and support him, and he did not hesitate to take the lead in fighting against the old aristocrats.
It is simply the "Good Brother of Da Qin" that moved the Warring States Period...
However, Ying Qian made such a big sacrifice, but because the prince made a mistake, he was whipped by Shang Yang and had his nose cut off.
Of course, Shang Yang also had his own difficulties here. The situation was tense at that time and the people were resentful. Not punishing him was not enough to make the people angry.
It happened that Qin Xiaogong was not in the capital at that time, and it was difficult for him as a minister to attack the prince, so he could only push Ying Qian, the prince's tutor, to come out to block the blame.
Of course, Shang Yang was not wrong. At that time, Ying Qian was willing to die to apologize, but Shang Yang had to adhere to the law and impose punishment.
Punishment, that is, cutting off the nose, is a punishment that is meant to humiliate and destroy the prisoner's personality.
As an important minister of the Qin State, the brother of the King of Qin, and the head of the clan, Ying Qian suffered such a punishment, which was tantamount to a great shame and humiliation, and made him completely hate Shang Yang.
However, he also understood that Qin's reform was in full swing and he could not move Shang Yang, so he chose to lie dormant and wait for the opportunity.
Everyone knew Ying Qian's thoughts. For the sake of the overall situation, the old queen mother even asked the family to execute the eldest son to avoid future troubles. Fortunately, Ying Qian was smart and escaped by cheating his death.
His father forced him to cut off his fingers, his brother indirectly made him lose face, his mother wanted to kill him, and his sister later wanted to kill him for some reason.
Is it miserable?
It's too awful!
But even so, Ying Qian did not go dark. Although he used some strategies to deal with Shang Yang, they were all conspiracy or taking advantage of the situation, and he never made any secret moves behind his back.
The most important thing is that Ying Qian's revenge only targets Shang Yang himself and does not attack Qin's laws that are beneficial to Qin.
He even gave credit to Shang Yang many times, but unfortunately the hatred was too deep and could not be reconciled.
Ying Qian was so upright that even Shang Yang, who was put to death by him, admired him.
In a sense, neither of them can talk about right or wrong, they just act from their own standpoints. When the audience talks about this "villain", they just sigh at the fate of people and rarely feel dissatisfied with this character.
It is very rare for a villain to do this...
As for Shen Buhai, played by Wang Fei, he is set to be a good friend of Shang Yang. He has the belief in reforming the country to strengthen the country and implement his ideals, so he also made a promise to leave the fire of "law" to the world.
Shang Yang carried out reforms in the Qin State, while Shen Buhai went to South Korea and achieved certain achievements.
Unfortunately, South Korea was too weak, its upper limit was too low, and it was in the middle of four wars. In the end, it was almost destroyed by the Wei State, and Shen Buhai's reform also failed.
Many people say that the original TV series praised Shang Yang and demoted Shen Buhai. In fact, judging from the historical results, although Shen Buhai's reforms achieved some results, they did not touch the fundamentals.
When Korea was at its strongest, it was only rated as "Strong Korea". After the war with Wei, it never recovered and became the last country in the Warring States Period.
The Qin State, on the other hand, relied on Shang Yang's reforms to continue to become stronger. One country was against six countries, and finally it unified the world.
Countless historians in later generations also praised Shang Yang's reform over Shen Buhu's reform.
Although there is a certain comparison between Shang Yang and Shen Buhai in the play, as two reformers of the same period, it seems a bit strange not to compare them together.
However, in the Shanhe version of "The Qin Empire", Zuo Le still made certain modifications for this character.
Shen Buhai didn't think that Shang Yang was good, he picked on him in various ways, and then was slapped in the face like crazy.
Instead, we proceed from reality and implement reforms based on the actual situation in South Korea, and the methods are relatively milder than Shang Yang's.
Let the audience spontaneously compare the differences, pros and cons of the two reforms...
There is no need to say much about the role of Ying Qian. It has a lot of atmosphere and is very exciting. He is not much worse than Qin Xiaogong. Zhang Ruijin readily accepted the role.
Shen Buhai doesn't have many scenes, but as a famous representative of Legalism, his character is quite important.
Although Wang Fei unfortunately failed to win Shang Yang, he gave Zuo Le a face and was willing to play this role.
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Counting the long-decided Yingsifu Dalong, after the above-mentioned starring roles are resolved, there are only three characters left worth mentioning.
First, the old master of the Qin State, Qian Long, is also the leader of the old family of the Qin State, one of the culprits of Shang Yang's death, and the villain of "Fission".
Unlike Ying Qian, the villain Lao Qianlong is much more pure.
He safeguarded the interests of the clan, obstructed new laws, and made various obstacles to Shang Yang. After the death of Qin Xiaogong, he ordered the old clan to counterattack wildly, and finally killed Shang Yang.
The characteristic of this character is that of a cunning old fox.
Zuo Le was played by Mr. Sun Dihu, a veteran actor from the older generation. This old man has been acting all his life and his acting skills are beyond praise.
Secondly, Jing Jian, an important minister of the Qin State, was also a die-hard supporter of Shang Yang.
This person is recorded in history. Shang Yang was recommended to Qin Xiaogong by Jing Jian.
The setting in the play is similar to that in history, but a lot of details are added. Jing Jian went to Wei to inquire about information, and met Shang Yang in Wei. After Shang Yang entered Qin, he met Xiaogong via Jing Jian's path.
This guy had a lot of roles in the drama, and was almost considered the fourth male lead. Zuo Le was left to Zhang Jian (Li Yuanfang), who worked well with Shan He.
Other Qin ministers during the Xiaogong period include Che Ying, Zi An, who supported Shang Yang, Du Zhi from the old family faction, and Gongsun Jia, the prince's teacher who had a big feud with Shang Yang.
Zuo Le adheres to the principle of using the familiar rather than the raw, and basically chooses actors who are close to him or have worked with him before. If there is really no suitable actor, he will choose from outside.
This is also the reason why Shanhe drama resources are so popular in the entertainment industry.
After passing through the double filter of Shanhe and Shanhe's good actors, there are too few good characters flowing out.
The third one is the monarch of Wei State, King Hui of Wei.
This is also the Warring States king who appears the most in "The Qin Empire - Fission" besides Qin.
And it is worth mentioning that this actor not only appeared a lot in the first film "Fission", but also had many scenes in the second film "Zong Heng".
In history, King Hui of Wei was very powerful in the early stage. He was the third monarch and the first king of the Wei State. He once developed the Wei State to the status of the world's hegemon.
It's a pity that King Hui of Wei didn't know how to be a good man. He went out in all directions militarily and bullied his neighbors, but instead of eradicating the roots, he made enemies everywhere.
Unlike the Qin State, the Wei State was sitting on the natural barrier of Hangu, and could challenge six at every turn. The Wei State was in a four-war zone, bordering many countries, but had no solid allies to form offensive and defensive alliances with each other.
It's okay when you're strong, but as long as you show a slight weakness, you'll immediately face a counterattack from your enemies.
In the battles of Guiling and Maling, Wei was defeated by Qi twice. General Pang Juan was killed in the battle, resulting in a huge loss of military strength. And here Qin began to rise due to Shang Yang's reforms, and Chu was happy to watch.
The majestic overlord in the early Warring States period ended up being "defeated by Qi in the east, Qin lost more than 700 miles to the west, and humiliated by Chu in the south."
In the drama "The Qin Empire", the plot of King Wei Hui is the process of falling from the peak to the trough as mentioned above.
The early plot of the first "Fission" still had the spirit of a hegemon, uniting the six countries to divide the Qin Dynasty, which is called a high-spirited one.
However, after the death of Pang Juan in the later period, the hard days of King Hui of Wei came. Shang Yang led his troops to recapture the lost land in Hexi, and Wei ceded the land to pay compensation.
And when it came to the second film "Zongheng", he was bullied by Ying Si and Zhang Yi, and finally died of depression.
In addition to the ups and downs of his life, the most "praised" thing about King Wei Hui in the drama is that he likes to send his talents to other places and then cheat himself.
Shang Yang created a formidable enemy for Wei.
One Sun Bin directly caused Wei to fall from its peak.
Zhang Yi made Wei Guo feel like he was dying.
Gongsun Yan also caused the Wei State to suffer a lot of losses.
There was also Fan Sui, but when he surrendered to Qin, King Hui of Wei was already dead, so he was not to blame.
But even so, Shang Yang, Zhang Yi, Gongsun Yan, and King Hui of Wei almost single-handedly provided Qin with three unparalleled talents, making Qin become the overlord of the world.
Based on this, King Hui of Wei could compete with Guo Kai, a hero of the Qin Dynasty who later killed two famous generals of the Warring States Period...
The character itself was too comedic, so Zuo Le simply made some harmonious treatment to make King Wei Hui more "silly and cute".
Zuo Le really wanted his second uncle to play this role, but unfortunately his second uncle didn't have any imperial aura, so he later chose Hong Tao.
In the past few years, as he has grown older, Hong Tao's fair and chubby face has gained more of the kindness and kindness of his youth, and more of the stability of his middle age.
Last year, Hong Tao played a villain drug lord with stern eyes and vicious attacks.
To be honest, Zuo Le was shocked at that time.
From Hong Tao, he has no shadow of Fat Hong from "The Story of the Cooking Class" or Boss Qian from "Wulin Gaiden".
Since then, Zuo Le has been thinking about his old partner and has been thinking about finding an opportunity to collaborate.
The character of King Wei Hui is not only "stupid and cute", but also has many imperial methods and palaces. He is a character who is both solemn and humorous.
Some historians commented that he was a "talented and mediocre king", a monarch who was extremely talented on the one hand and extremely stupid at the same time.
He has been in power for 50 years. If half of it can be cut off, he will be one of the wisest monarchs in Wei. But if half of it is added, he will be a sinner of Wei.
Just like Emperor Ming of Tang who created the prosperous Kaiyuan era and also triggered the Anshi Rebellion...
Therefore, this role is not something that ordinary actors can handle, and Hong Tao, an old partner who becomes more and more demonic as he gets older, is a candidate Zuo Le can trust.
In addition, Pang Juan, Gongzi Ang, Hui Shi, Long Jia and other civil servants and generals of the Wei state, Zuo Le were dealt with according to Che Ying, Du Zhi and others.
Among them, Pang Juan and Hui Shi are considered important characters. Zuo Le hired well-known actors in the industry to ensure that the characters do not collapse.
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Around the beginning of April, after half a year of work, all castings for "Qin Empire - Fission" were finally completed.
On April 12, 2025, the crew of "The Great Qin Empire" officially started shooting at the Warring States City, the Changqing Film and Television Base.
But the outside world has turned upside down because of the starring cast of "The Qin Empire - Fission"...
