In early September, the TV series "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City", which has been in preparation for several months, once again held a press conference in Beijing. Li Qian and Penguin Vice President Chen Wu attended the press conference, along with Xu Ke, the producer.
Xu Ke is still preparing for the movie "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". It has been in preparation for a year and is about to start filming. Li Qian asked him to be the producer of the TV series.
For this type of production, the most suitable producer in China is Xu Ke. Of course, he just grasps the general direction and controls the early preparations.
For a TV series, the most important thing is the preliminary preparations. There are no problems with the script, the actors, the costumes, etc. It will be easy to shoot.
TV dramas are the art of screenwriting, and sometimes directors are secondary.
The male lead is Pan Yueming, and Li Qian's plan was to find a middle-aged actor who is not very famous but has acting skills.
The 39-year-old Pan Yueming was very popular a few years ago, starring in "Small Clouds of Beijing", "Red Clothes House" and "The Legend of White Snake". Within seven months, he starred in three consecutive TV series broadcast on CCTV and was nicknamed CCTV's own son.
Then Cheng Kaige chose him to star in "Mei Lanfang", and it can be said that he has a bright future.
However, during a filming session, I drove my car down a cliff of more than 20 meters, and my ribs pierced my lungs, so the doctor seemed to have issued a critical illness notice.
After this car accident, Pan Yueming's life entered a trough. He was rumored to have cheated on his wife during the marriage and also loved to gamble.
At that time, Ji Jie had the image of a pure and beautiful girl. After the rumors of cheating, she was immediately criticized and treated the same as Yao Chen's ex-husband Ling Xiaosu.
It wasn't until the photos and videos of Jijie and Wang Dazhi were released that the truth came out.
However, most people don't care whether he cheated or not. They are more concerned about why Ji Jie fell in love with Wang Dazhi. After all, the looks do not match.
Naturally, not many netizens helped Pan Yueming to overturn the case, and he gradually felt a little forgotten.
There is no suitable candidate for the role of Hu Bayi in the industry. Whether it is rumored that the author wrote it based on Zhong Yuemin's image, or the movie version of Chen Kun in Li Qian's memory, there are actually quite a few differences from the original work.
That's it, usually male protagonists have many advantages in one person, but these advantages are contradictory when put together.
Male roles are better, but for female roles, there are many movies nowadays where you simply can’t find suitable people to play them.
The author can't wait to give all the advantages to the female character. The skin must be white with a hint of red, the face must be both pure and charming, the waist must be thin, the butt must be longer than the shoulders, the legs must be long and straight, and the thighs must be
It has meat and strength, and the calves need to be thin. I wish every part of it should be done perfectly.
Where can there be such actresses in the entertainment industry?
The male characters are relatively better. Hu Bayi has a combination of righteousness, gangsterism, and ruffianism. He usually looks carefree, but in terms of characteristics, he looks a bit like Li Yunlong.
The ideal Hu Bayi should have the ruthlessness and wildness of Chen Kun's version who can strike cruelly with a glare, the calmness and righteousness of Jin Dong's version, and the ruffianism of Zhong Yuemin.
However, Li Qian still went to Pan Yueming, because he was so miserable now, and even though he was being slandered, he could still consider Ji Jie and his own dignity.
He is considered a good person.
Li Qian is happy to help good people who have fallen into depression.
Moreover, there are many aspects of Pan Yueming that meet the requirements of the character. The most important aspects of this kind of TV series are the plot and special effects.
There is no perfect actor anyway.
At the press conference, reporters also asked Li Qian why he chose Pan Yueming. In their opinion, an actor with "stains" was not worth using.
It was not much different from a normal press conference. Chen Wu, who is in charge of Penguin Interactive Entertainment Business Group, talked about his "pan-entertainment strategy" for a long time.
As soon as the press conference ended, Chen Wu still dragged Li Qianyou to talk about it. Those who didn't know better thought that he was just a messenger.
After saying that, he asked Li Qian, "By the way, Director Li, can the movie "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" be released as scheduled next year?"
Li Qian shook his head, "I can't tell, the movie hasn't started shooting yet, and there are close to 2,000 special effects shots. Post-production is also a big project."
Chen Wu smiled and said, "I'm really looking forward to the release of the movie. Our Penguin Literature has countless high-quality IPs, and each one has countless readers. They are all looking forward to their favorite movies being adapted into TV dramas. If "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"
If everything goes well, I can also start the adaptation of other IPs."
In fact, two months ago, Chen Wu was planning other adaptations, but the poor reputation of the "Tiny Times" series and the failure of so many adapted movies in the summer season made him give up temporarily.
There must be a role model, so as to increase the value of IP. When the value of adaptation is high, more projects can be done. Otherwise, if the prospects are not promising, Penguin alone will not be able to adapt these IPs alone.
Moreover, film and television is the most important part of the pan-entertainment plan, so Chen Wu did not act rashly and planned to wait for "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" to be released and become a hit, and use this shareholder momentum to launch his own plan.
Seeing Chen Wu's eager look, Li Qian smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, I understand your thoughts, but there are eight parts of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". It is not a one-time transaction, even if it is to lay a good foundation for the next seven parts, this
You have to be careful with the first part, otherwise it will affect the subsequent sequels, which would be bad."
Although he was very anxious, Chen Wu still nodded and agreed with Li Qian's statement, "Director Li said that when a tall building rises from the ground, laying a solid foundation is the most important thing."
To be honest, with regard to Chen Wu’s big entertainment and pan-entertainment plan that he calls every day, only a fool would not know what he thinks.
Li Qian knows that the success of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" will further promote the craze of IP adaptations of film and television dramas, which will inevitably produce many bad movies.
However, even if you don’t take pictures, others will take pictures, and it will definitely happen.
In the adaptation wave, there will be bad movies, but there will also be good ones. After the first few years of brutal growth, the bad movies will inevitably be eliminated by the good ones.
Li Qian still had something to do. He chatted with Chen Wu for a while and was about to leave.
When Pan Yueming saw Li Qian and Chen Wu separated, he quickly walked over with excitement on his face.
"Director Li."
Li Qian waved his hand to stop what he wanted to say, "Act well. After all, actors must rely on their works to speak for themselves."
Back at the company, Qi Yukun came over and said, "Boss, they are all here."
"Then let's go."
Li Qian walked towards the conference room and asked as he walked, "Have you read the script to them?"
"I've finished watching it. I came early in the morning and can go directly to the audition." Qi Yukun said, reaching the door of the conference room and opening the door.
Li Qian nodded and stepped into the conference room.
The leading actor was confirmed today. After more than half a year of preparation, the shooting is scheduled to start after the National Day holiday. The special effects company will do the special effects while filming. The location of each part is basically confirmed. Love reading.
"Director Li!"
As soon as they saw Li Qian come in, several actors in the conference room stood up quickly.
"Everyone, sit down."
Li Qian waved his hand and sat down at the main seat.
There were only five actors in the conference room, Deng Chao, Liu Ye, Chen Kun, Hu Ge, and Huang Xuan.
The best appearance of the male protagonist is around thirty years old. With just makeup and some special effects, he can act like he is between 18 and 40 years old.
And you have to be handsome and have good acting skills. Handsome guys like Huang Xiaoming and Lu Yi from the Mesozoic generation are barely interesting. Those good actors who are involved in literary films, such as Qin Hao, don't meet the requirements either.
handsome!
One of the major elements that the male protagonist of a romance film usually has to possess is that an ugly man paired with a beautiful woman is, after all, a minority.
Li Qian smiled and said, "You have also read the script. I came to you this time just to be the leading actor in the movie."
Although the moment they got the script, they all knew that they had to audition for the male lead. After all, they had complete scripts, and ordinary roles would not be given complete scripts.
However, it was one thing to guess or not. When Li Qian said it, he became even more excited.
No matter what the status is, Li Qian's movie is still such a wonderful script, no matter Deng Chao, Liu Ye, Chen Kun, three Mesozoic actors who have been famous for more than ten years, or Hu Ge, a young man who has also become famous, or Huang Xuan
There is no one who would not want to star in such a young person who has not yet become famous.
"Let me briefly talk about the male protagonist." Li Qian opened the script and said, "In the movie, the male protagonist and the female protagonist start out as an old man and a little girl. After they leave, they meet again and the female protagonist falls in love with each other.
The male protagonist.
This love stems from their childhood acquaintance. After that, the male protagonist would send him letters wherever he went, allowing him to appreciate the scenery of the outside world from the letters, which also gave him a sense of mystery and curiosity.
In addition, the male protagonist is handsome enough. When young girls first look at a man, they look at his face.
You can all be considered handsome guys. Even Brother Chao can barely be considered handsome. In addition, you have experienced so many things and your own temperament meets the requirements of the role. You can make a girl who has been in the song and dance troupe like you.
, after all, apart from the men in the group, the men I’ve seen all day are just second-generation men with different temperaments.”
"Am I not handsome enough?" Deng Chao said very unfairly.
Li Qian smiled and said, "Brother Chao, just try to play a side game with Shuai."
These words made everyone want to laugh.
If this wasn't an audition, Deng Chao would have stood up and argued with Li Qian.
Li Qian continued, "You have also read the script. The male protagonist's outlook on life and values are negative. This comes from his uniqueness and a helpless reality. He can only passively accept this painful reality. He has no choice but to accept it.
Use the best way in life to protect your lifelong love and loved ones.
Similarly, the characters in the film also have a positive attitude towards pain. When the male protagonist knew that his biological father, who had abandoned him, was dying, his mood was complicated and painful. At this time, he chose to accompany his father to watch the sunrise and let go of his resentment in nature.
, guilty, in order to let his daughter grow up healthily, he chose to leave and bear the pain alone.
The outlook on life and values are extended to the character's character, passively accepting pain and actively facing pain, making the character melancholy and sunny, emotional and rational, drifting with the crowd and daring to pursue himself."
The purpose of the audition was to select the most suitable actor, so Li Qian patiently told them about the character's character and characteristics.
Let them digest it for a while, and then the real audition started.
"The difficulty of performing this role lies in the eyes and expressions of all ages. The actor has experienced the vicissitudes of life, but also has the innocent eyes of a teenager. He is a melancholy boy, but also a sunny and handsome boy."
Li Qian looked at them and said, "Then let's start with the industry brothers. Let's go by age and give the young people some time."
Liu Ye twitched the corner of his mouth. He was obviously two years younger than Chen Kun, so he said it as if he was the oldest.
But it doesn't matter if it's earlier or later. Liu Ye followed the requirements Li Qian said and made slightly different eyes, coupled with micro-expressions.
There is no need to try out a scene for this audition, because apart from the real actors, most of the characters shown on the big screen are selected from countless character models with reconstructed muscle expressions.
Only an estimated one-third of them are shots of real people performing in the scene. As long as the appearance is suitable, there will be no problem for any of them. Even Huang Xuan, who is not well-known, is still a good prospect.
However, looking at Liu Ye's expressions and eyes, Li Qian shook his head, "Brother Ye, you have changed too much in the past two years. In less than two years, you will become a middle-aged greasy man."
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Liu Ye looks the same every year. Now his eyes have no aura and are completely polished. The original biggest feature, the innocence in his eyes, is completely gone.
In the two years since he transformed from a gloomy boy to a tough guy, there were signs of this. Not only his appearance, but his eyes also had a great influence. Even if he looks the same, he is no longer the same person.
Liu Ye was not surprised either. He felt a little embarrassed and said with a smile, "Well, acting is not everything in life. I can no longer find the feeling of acting like before. Moreover, I am a man and I can't be simple anymore."
Li Qian shook his head. Liu Ye back then was definitely the most talented person in the Mesozoic era, bar none.
To put it bluntly, he, Chen Kun, Deng Chao, Huang Xiaoming, and Lu Yi were all in their early twenties. They stood in front of the acting teachers at the Film School and the Chinese Opera Department and asked the teachers to choose, and they could only choose one.
There is almost no need to think about it. No matter how many teachers there are, they will only choose Liu Ye.
He is the kind who can outcompete anyone wherever he goes.
When he was auditioning for the China National Opera, Liu Ye originally wanted to act like he was playing basketball, but he couldn't do it indoors. Later, he seemed to recite a poem, and he couldn't speak Mandarin well, so it was a completely unqualified talent show.
Just because of his appearance and those eyes, no matter how bad the interview was, the teachers were still rushing to get him.
It's over now, he's a housewife.
Although he couldn't get the role, Liu Ye was not sad at all. Now most of his energy is on his family. It doesn't matter if he doesn't get it, he just happily watches other people auditioning.
Next is Chen Kun. It has to be said that as a gloomy young boy with the same reputation as Liu Ye, Chen Kun has maintained himself very well. He is almost forty, and his eyes are still so pure.
Moreover, it is not only possible to be melancholy, but also to be sunny.
Then Deng Chao was not handsome enough, and his eyes were not pure anymore. After all, he had gone through too many things.
The same goes for Hu Ge. Although he is young, his eyes have the same problem as Deng Chao. He can express a story in his eyes, but he cannot be innocent.
As for Huang Xuan, Li Qian specially sought him out after watching movies such as "The Legend of the Demon Cat" and "Youth".
However, I am a little disappointed. Although the eyes seem to have something at first glance, they are actually much different from the eyes of Liu Ye and Chen Kun. Even if they make a simple look, there is not much clarity in their eyes.
Clean feeling.
There was no choice. Other actors in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic generations were not better than them. Li Qian still chose Chen Kun, who was almost forty years old and still had a pair of pure eyes.
Enough experience, melancholy after thinking about life, and clean eyes.
You can be rough, you can be handsome, you can also be cool.