At the beginning of September, the TV series "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City", which had been prepared for several months, also held a press conference in the capital again, Li Qian and Chen Wu, vice president of Penguin, attended the press conference, along with Xu Ke as the producer.

Xu Ke is still preparing for the movie "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", which has been preparing for a year, and is about to start filming, Li Qian asked him to be the producer of the TV series.

For this type, the most suitable producer in China is Xu Ke, of course, he just grasps the general direction and controls the preliminary preparations.

TV series, the most important thing is the preliminary preparation, there is no problem with the script, there is no problem with the actors, and there is no problem with the service, and it is easy to shoot.

TV series are the art of screenwriting, and the director is sometimes secondary.

The actor is Pan Yueming, and Li Qian's plan is to find a middle-aged actor who is not very famous but has acting skills.

39-year-old Pan Yueming was very popular a few years ago, "Jinghua Smoke Cloud", "Red Clothes Fang", "The Legend of the White Snake", within seven months, three consecutive starring TV series were broadcast on CCTV, and he was nicknamed CCTV's own son.

Then Brother Cheng Kai selected him to participate in "Mei Lanfang", which can be described as promising.

However, during a filming, the car was driven down a cliff of more than 20 meters, and the ribs pierced the lungs, and the doctors seemed to have issued a critical illness notice.

After this car accident, Pan Yueming's life entered a trough, and he was rumored to be cheating in marriage and gambling.

Xiao Jie was an image of a pure jade girl at that time, and after the cheating rumors, she was immediately pointed out by Qianfu and treated Yao Chen's ex-husband Ling Xiaosu the same way.

It wasn't until the photos and videos of Xiao Jie and Wang Dazhi broke out that the truth was revealed.

However, most people don't care about whether he cheats or not, but more concerned about how Xiao Jie fell in love with Wang Dazhi, after all, his appearance is indeed a bit mismatched.

Naturally, there were not many netizens who helped Pan Yueming overturn the case, and gradually felt a little forgotten.

The role of Hu Bayi, there is no one in the industry who completely fits it, whether it is rumored that the author is written in the image of Zhong Yuemin, or Chen Kun in the movie version in Li Qian's memory, in fact, it is quite different from the original book.

That's it, usually the actor will combine many advantages in one, but these advantages are contradictory together.

The male role is better, but the female role is not suitable for many people now.

The author can't wait to put all the advantages on the female character, the skin should be white and red, the face should be pure and charming, the fierce should be big, the waist should be thin, the butt should be over the shoulder, the legs should be long and straight, the thighs should have flesh and strength, and the calves should be thin, and I can't wait for every part to be done perfectly.

Where is there such an actress in the entertainment industry.

The male character is relatively better, Hu Bayi has both righteousness, gangsterism, and ruffianism, and usually looks like a child, in terms of characteristics, a bit like Li Yunlong.

The ideal Hu Bayi should have the ruthlessness and ambition of Chen Kun's version that can be ruthless with a single gaze, the calmness and righteousness of Jin Dong's version, and Zhong Yuemin's ruffianism.

However, Li Qian still found Pan Yueming, and he was so miserable that he was now, and he was obviously splashed with dirty water, but he could still take into account Xiao Jie and his own decency.

He's a good guy.

Helping good people who have fallen into a trough, Li Qian is happy to do.

Moreover, Pan Yueming has many places that also meet the requirements of the characters, and the most important thing about this kind of TV series is the plot and special effects.

There is no such thing as a perfect actor anyway.

At the press conference, the reporter also asked Li Qian why he chose Pan Yueming, in their opinion, an actor with a "stain" is not worth using.

It is not much different from the normal press conference, that is, Chen Wu, who is in charge of the Penguin Interactive Entertainment Business Group, talked about his "pan-entertainment strategy" for a long time.

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As soon as the press conference ended, Chen Wu still pulled Li Qianyou to talk about that, and those who didn't know thought he was doing it.

After speaking, he asked Li Qian again, "By the way, Director Li, will the movie "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" be released as scheduled next year?"

Li Qian shook his head, "I can't say, the movie hasn't started filming yet, and there are close to 2,000 special effects shots, and the later stage is also a big project." ”

Chen Wu said with a smile, "I'm looking forward to the release of the movie, our Penguin Literature has countless high-quality IPs, each of which has countless readers, and they are all looking forward to the adaptation of their favorite movies into film and television dramas. ”

In fact, two months ago, Chen Wu was planning other adaptations, but the bad reputation of the "Little Times" series, and the failure of so many adapted movies in the summer file, made him give up temporarily.

There must be a role model, so that the value of the IP can be enhanced, and the adaptation value is high, so that more projects can be done, otherwise if the prospects are not optimistic, it is impossible for Penguin 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 the release of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" to become a big hit, and take advantage of this shareholder wind to start his own plan.

Seeing Chen Wu so urgent, Li Qian smiled, "Mr. Chen, I understand your thoughts, but there are eight parts of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", not a one-time deal, even if it is to lay a good foundation for the next seven parts, this first part must be cautious, otherwise it will affect the sequel later, it will not be good." ”

Although he was very anxious, Chen Wu still nodded and agreed with Li Qian's statement, "What Director Li said is that the most important thing is to lay a good foundation when a high-rise building rises from the ground. ”

To tell the truth, as far as Chen Wu shouts about the big entertainment and pan-entertainment plan every day, a fool doesn't know what he thinks.

Li Qian knows that the success of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" will further promote the upsurge of IP adaptation of film and television dramas, and many bad movies will inevitably be born.

However, even if you don't shoot, someone else will shoot it, and something will happen.

The tide of adaptation, there are bad movies, and there will be good films, after the first few years of savage growth, bad movies will inevitably be eliminated by good films.

Li Qian still had something to do, chatted with Chen Wu for a while, and was about to leave.

Pan Yueming saw Li Qian and Chen Wu separated, and hurriedly walked over with an excited face.

"Director Li. ”

Li Qian waved his hand and stopped what he wanted to say, "Act well, actors have to rely on their works to speak after all." ”

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Back at the company, Qi Yukun greeted him, "Boss, they've all arrived." ”

"Let's go. ”

Li Qian walked towards the conference room and asked as he walked, "Did you show them the script?"

"I've finished watching it, and I came early in the morning, so I can audition directly. Qi Yukun said, arrived at the door of the conference room, and pushed open the door.

Li Qian nodded and stepped into the conference room.

Today is to determine the actor, after more than half a year of preparation, it is scheduled to start filming after the 11th National Day holiday, while filming the special effects company while doing special effects, the exterior of each part of the scene is basically determined. I love to read

"Director Li!"

As soon as Li Qian came in, several actors in the conference room hurriedly got up.

"Sit down, everybody. ”

Li Qian waved his hand and sat down in the main seat.

There are five actors in the conference room, Deng Chao, Liu Ye, Chen Kun, Hu Ge, and Huang Xuan.

The appearance of the actor is best around 30 years old, and he can play 18-40 years old just by makeup and some special effects.

And you have to be handsome, you also have good acting skills, handsome guys like Huang Xiaoming and Lu Yi in the Mesozoic Era are almost meaningless, and those good actors who are mixed in literary films, such as Qin Hao, do not meet the requirements.

Handsome!

A major element that the male protagonist of a romance film usually has, an ugly man with a beautiful woman, is a minority after all.

Li Qian smiled, "You have also read the script, and I came to you this time for the actor of the movie." ”

Although the moment they got the script, they all knew that they would definitely audition for the leading actor, after all, all the scripts in their hands were complete, and ordinary roles would not give the full script.

However, it's one thing to guess it or not, Li Qian said it, and his heart became more and more excited.

No matter what the coffee position is, Li Qian's movie is still such a wonderful script, whether it is Deng Chao, Liu Ye, Chen Kun, the three Mesozoic actors who have been famous for more than ten years, or the young people who have become famous like Hu Ge, or the young people who have not yet become famous like Huang Xuan, there is no one who does not want to act.

"Let me briefly talk about this actor. Li Qian opened the script and said, "In the movie, the male protagonist and the heroine were an old man and a little girl at the beginning, and they met again after leaving, and the heroine fell in love with the male protagonist.

This liking comes from knowing him as a child, and then the hero sends him letters everywhere he goes, allowing him to appreciate the scenery of the outside world from the letter, which is also a sense of mystery and curiosity.

In addition, the male protagonist is handsome enough, and young girls look at men at first glance.

You can all be regarded as handsome guys, even if it is Brother Chao, you can barely be considered handsome, plus you have experienced so many things, your own temperament also meets the requirements of the role, and it can make a girl who has been staying in the song and dance troupe have a good impression, after all, the men I have seen all day are not the same as those in the group, that is, some second generations, and their temperaments are different. ”

"Am I not handsome enough?" said Deng Chao very unevenly.

Li Qian smiled, "Brother Chao, you can barely play a side game with Shuai." ”

These words made everyone want to laugh.

If it weren't for the audition, Deng Chao would have stood up and reasoned with Li Qian.

Li Qian continued, "You have also read the script, the actor's outlook on life and values are negative, which stems from his difference, a helpless reality, he can only passively accept this painful reality, and has no choice but to use the best way in life to protect his lifelong love and relatives."

Similarly, the attitude of the characters in the film towards pain is also positive, when the male protagonist knows that his biological father who has abandoned him is dying, his mood is complicated and painful, at this time he chooses to accompany his father to watch the sunrise, relieves resentment and guilt in nature, and in order to let his daughter grow up healthily, he chooses to leave and bear the pain alone.

The outlook on life and values are then extended to the character's character, passively accepting pain, and actively facing pain, so that the character is melancholy and sunny, emotional and rational, and dares to pursue self-......"

The purpose of the audition is to select the most suitable actors, so Li Qian patiently told them about the character's personality and characteristics.

Let them digest it a bit, and after a while, the real audition begins.

"The difficulty of the performance of this role lies in the eyes and expressions of all ages, acting the vicissitudes of the world for a long time, and also having the simple eyes of a teenager, that is, a melancholy little student, but also a handsome sunny guy. ”

Li Qian looked at a few of them, "Then let's start with Brother Ye, according to age, give young people a little time." ”

The corners of Liu Ye's mouth twitched, he was obviously two years younger than Chen Kun, as if he was the oldest.

But it doesn't matter if it's early or late, Liu Ye made subtle and different eyes according to the requirements Li Qian said, and then matched them with micro-expressions.

There is no need to audition for this audition, because most of the characters presented on the big screen, in addition to the real actors, are selected from countless character models with reconstituted muscle expressions.

It is only estimated that one-third is a shot of a real person performing in the scene, as long as the appearance is appropriate, there will be no problem with a few of them, even if Huang Xuan, who is not famous, is also a good seedling.

However, looking at Liu Ye's expressions and eyes, Li Qian shook his head, "I said Brother Ye, you have changed too much in the past two years, or in two years, you will directly become a middle-aged greasy man." ”

Liu Ye is simply the same every year, and now there is no aura in his eyes, and he has been completely polished, and the original biggest feature of that share, the simplicity in his eyes is gone.

In the two years since he transformed from a gloomy boy to a tough guy, there have been signs of this, not only in appearance, but also in his eyes, even if he looks the same, he is no longer a person.

Liu Ye was not surprised, he felt a little embarrassed and smiled, "Life, acting is not the whole of life, I can't find the feeling of acting before, and I can't be simple." ”

Li Qian shook his head, Liu Ye back then was definitely the most talented in the Mesozoic, there was no one.

To put it mildly, he and Chen Kun, Deng Chao, Huang Xiaoming, and Lu Yi are all in their early twenties, standing in front of the teachers of the acting department of the film academy and Chinese opera, and let the teachers choose, and they can only choose one, almost no need to think about it, no matter how many teachers there are, they will only choose Liu Ye.

It belongs to the kind that can compare anyone to that station.

In the Chinese opera interview that year, Liu Ye originally wanted to perform and play basketball, but he couldn't perform it indoors, and later it seemed that he recited a poem, and Mandarin was not good, and he completely failed the talent show.

It's because of the appearance and those eyes, no matter how bad the interview is, the teacher rushes to ask for it.

Now it's over, and I'm a family cook.

Although he can't get the role without a play, Liu Ye is not sad at all, now most of his energy is focused on his family, and it doesn't matter if he can't get it, he just happily watches other people audition.

Then there is Chen Kun, I have to say that as a gloomy little student with the same name as Liu Ye, Chen Kun has maintained it very well, he is almost forty years old, and his eyes can still be so pure.

Moreover, it is not only melancholy, but also sunny.

Then Deng Chao was not handsome enough, and his eyes were not pure, after all, he had gone through too many things.

Hu Ge is the same, although he is young, his eyes are also the same as Deng Chao's, he can perform the eyes with a story, but he can't be simple.

As for Huang Xuan, Li Qian watched the films "The Legend of the Demon Cat" and "Fanghua" and specially brought him in.

However, I was a little disappointed, although there seemed to be something in my eyes at first glance, it was actually much worse than the eyes of Liu Ye and Chen Kun at the beginning, even if I made a simple gaze, I couldn't see much clarity and cleanliness in my eyes.

There is no choice, other actors in the Mesozoic and New generations will not be better than them, Li Qian still chose Chen Kun, who is almost forty years old and still has a pair of pure eyes.

Enough experience, melancholy after thinking about life, and clean eyes.

It can be rough, it can be handsome, and it can be cool.