Liang Damin, a well-known veteran actor, one of the pillars of the National Repertory Theatre, has won the highest award in the drama industry.

In addition to his achievements in drama, Liang Damin has not acted in many scenes in film and television, most of which are supporting roles, and the most famous work is the TV series "The Happy Life of Stammering Zhang Guanhua".

Liang Damin was nominated for the Golden Phoenix Emperor for the role of the male advocate Guanhua, but unfortunately failed to win the award in the end.

In terms of acting skills, Liang Damin is by no means inferior to an emperor-level actor, and may even surpass some ordinary emperors.

But when it comes to popularity, Liang Damin is much worse, and the vast majority of the audience's impression of him only exists in his familiar face, and many people estimate that they can't even call his name.

Xue Jun was a little dissatisfied with this casting, not that he was still struggling with the image problem.

In the play, Di Renjie is old and has a high position, and his long wealth is not inconsistent, he mainly thinks that Liang Damin's reputation is slightly low, which is not conducive to publicity.

Last time, although Xue Jun was angry with Wang Baotian a lot in "Divine Doctor Xilaile", he also tasted the sweetness brought by a visual emperor in the crew, and there was no shortage of news and publicity selling points.

Before the rise of word-of-mouth after the broadcast, the general popularity of "Divine Doctor Xilaile" was brought by Wang Baotian and the brand of Shanhe Drama.

It's hard to say who is stronger and who is weak in Liang Damin and Wang Baotian's acting skills, but the former and the latter are not of the same grade at all.

Therefore, Xue Jun wants to find a well-known person to play Di Renjie, and Liang Damin is not the only middle-aged fat man with good acting skills and kindness and majesty in the circle.

Not to mention, Teacher Fan Biaofan and his old friend Hong Tao are eligible.

Xue Jun's proposal was rejected by Zuo Le, these two people's image acting skills are fine, but they have played too many comedian roles, I am afraid that the audience will play.

Especially Fan Biao, it is obvious that the villain and Di Renjie are fighting wits and courage to solve the mystery of the case, if he is allowed to act, he always feels that Di Renjie will suddenly scream and point at the villain and shout.

"Flicker, you continue to flicker, why is the gap between people so big. ”

Of course, this is a joke, Mr. Fan Biao's acting skills are not covered, if he is really allowed to act, Zuo Le believes that he will never let the audience play.

But even so, don't forget, "Detective Di Renjie" is a series, and with Hong Tao and Fan Biao's current coffee positions, it is not easy to convince them to participate as promised every year.

On the contrary, it is Liang Damin, who is not expensive to live well, his career focuses on drama, if he has enough time and good treatment, he can directly sign a feature film contract.

Of course, these reasons are still secondary, and the most important thing is that Chairman Zuo Da feels that Liang Damin is suitable.

In the mountains and rivers, Zuo Le's words are the holy decree.

Xue Jun understood this very well, although he was still a little unwilling, but he didn't dare to say anything, and the crew immediately contacted Liang Damin.

Shanhe drama has dominated the country in the past two years, and the temptation for external actors is not small, whether it is a small fresh meat or an old drama bone, it is rare to resist the invitation of the leading actor, let alone the first male lead.

After Liang Damin got the invitation, he immediately gave positive feedback, and the process of leaving the contract was almost the same.

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After getting Di Renjie, Zuo Le left it alone, leaving Xue Jun and Qian Qiu busy with the follow-up casting of "Detective Di Renjie".

Don't look at the first part of "Detective Di Renjie", there are only 30 episodes, but the plot covers complex areas, including rivers and lakes, temples, and aliens, and there are no less than 50 characters with names and surnames.

According to the script setting, some characters will appear in the sequel, so you still have to pay attention to the casting.

After all, if the sequel actors don't come, the ordinary characters are fine, and they will be killed directly.

But if it's an important plot series of characters, it's a big problem to change people or not, don't talk about the "disguise/disfigurement" face change method, this trick is not a panacea.

One can still fool the past, but if another actor is absent, they can't all be disfigured/disguised.

During the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo did not have the plastic surgery technology that is now in South Korea.........

So Xue Jun pays great attention, especially the four leading actors.

Fat Ling - Di Renjie.

Chop Ling - Wu Zetian.

Licking Spirit - Zeng Tai.

Hanging Ling - Li Yuanfang.

Especially the latter two, one pretends to be forced, and the other plays a very heavy role.

Xue Jun has read the outline of the second part of "Detective Di Renjie", and knows that not only the first part is like this, but the second part is also arranged in this way.

Coupled with Wu Zetian, Di Renjie's biggest backer, and the publisher of the main quest, the four leading actors must maintain a minimum of more than two film contracts.

This is not particularly difficult, it can basically be overcome, and Xue Jun quickly prepared with all his strengths.

The first is Zeng Tai, the disciple of Di Renjie and a supporter, the tool man attribute is very strong, and the lines are also very repetitive, similar to Monk Sha.

[What the teacher said is so right]

[Teacher, what kind of mechanism is this]

[Teacher, the student still doesn't understand a little]

[Teacher, you are really a god]

【.........】

Basically, all detective dramas with detectives have such a tool man, Watson of Sherlock Holmes, Xiaolan of the Grim Reaper elementary school, etc.

There are two main uses for such a character setting, one is to set off Di Renjie, and the second is to ask questions for the audience.

One question, one answer, the audience can understand what is going on in the case.

If no one praises him, let the protagonist say it himself, and the compulsion and coolness will drop a lot.

This role is not difficult, just find an old actor who is willing to play a supporting role, there are many such actors in the circle.

However, Xue Jun did not cheapen others in vain, and found Lin Yongjian, an old colleague of Kongwen.

Lin Yongjian's recent career development has been good, and last year, under Zuo Le's deliberate support, he played three important roles in a row.

Kong Jie in "Bright Sword", the villain Fujii in "The Great Dyeing Workshop", and the villain San Lang in "Seven Swords 2".

These are the three TV series with the best results in the first half of the year, and he has starred in them, two of which are still the biggest villains, and Lin Yongjian's popularity has skyrocketed.

Although it is not a good line now, it is not far behind, and at the same time, because the masterpieces are all supporting roles, he has won the title of golden supporting role like Jiang Chao.

Lin Yongjian himself is quite willing to do this.

His talent is slightly poor, his own image is limited, and he is not young anymore, there are really not many plays that meet his requirements as the male lead, and there are a lot of male actors of the same age to compete.

So Lin Yongjian felt that it was not bad to be a supporting role, and he also exchanged his experience with Jiang Chao and started a supporting role alliance.

This time Xue Jun looked for him, but Lin Yongjian didn't pick it, so he took it when he thought it was suitable.

Most of the mountain and river dramas are high-quality, the role can be shared, and if the salary is not much different, the artists within the mountain and river are basically the first to take the mountain and river drama first.

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got the praise, and then the protagonist group took on the role of force.

Every detective protagonist generally needs a thug and bodyguard by his side, after all, the bad guys sometimes don't tie their hands, and they are likely to resist violently at the end of the road, and then they need to be suppressed by force.

And sometimes when you investigate a case and find evidence or something, you also need the help of these capable people.

Especially in ancient martial arts, unless the protagonist is very awesome like Lu Xiaofeng, he needs such a person.

Not to mention that even if it is Lu Xiaofeng, sometimes he has to ask Ximen to blow the snow for help.

Therefore, around the ancient detectives, bodyguards and thugs are indispensable, such as Bao Zheng's Royal Cat Zhanzhao, and Hai Rui's strange hero Yizhimei.

Li Yuanfang, who is Di Renjie's bodyguard and thug, occasionally has to work part-time when Zeng Tai is not there, and can be called an all-round little expert.

This Li Yuanfang can be said to be the most popular character in the drama "Detective Di Renjie", except for Di Renjie.

In the first part of "Detective Di Renjie", Li Yuanfang was still in the growth period, and Di Renjie's first hitter was Hu Jinghui, and after Hu Jinghui died, Li Yuanfang began to live a life.

When the second part begins, Li Yuanfang is an enhanced version of Zhanzhao.

No, to be more precise, the usual Li Yuanfang is a strengthened version of Zhanzhao, and Li Yuanfang, who is open, is the screenwriter's own son, who can do everything every day.

not only became the second protagonist of the drama "Detective Di Renjie" after Di Renjie, but even to a certain extent, he can be equal to Di Renjie.

Although Zuo Le did not interfere in Li Yuanfang's casting work, he also mentioned the importance of this role to Xue Jun, and Xue Jun was able to understand the importance of Li Yuanfang.

It can be said that it is not inferior to the male protagonist Di Renjie.

Xue Jun just started to hit Gu Xiaoge with his idea, but Gu Xiaoge has been busy opening his own studio recently, and he really has no schedule.

In addition, his work is too busy, it's just a play, but "Detective Di Renjie" is a series, and he really can't guarantee that he can always participate.

Gu Xiaoge couldn't do it, Xue Jun fell in love with Wu Jing again.

Not to mention that the image is suitable, the most important thing is that Wu Jing is an action actor, and Li Yunfang has a lot of plays, so he can save a lot of worry when acting.

is such an inch, Wu Jing fell his leg because of filming "Baolian Lantern", and the injury was not serious, but within two or three months, he wanted to act, let alone an action scene.

However, although the armed police were injured, they recommended a personal candidate to Xue Jun, which was his good friend Duan Long.

Xue Jun has some impressions of Duan Long, "Bright Sword" Yamamoto Kazuki is calm and ruthless, and his acting is quite brilliant, but Xue Jun thinks he is too famous.

The actor of the first male protagonist Di Renjie is not very famous, and the second male protagonist Li Yuanfang is looking for a "nobody", he can't use Lin Yongjian to do publicity.

Therefore, Duan Long was tragically passed.

But it's not that he didn't get any benefits, Xue Jun felt that he had a cold and hard temperament and deep eyes, which was quite suitable for playing the villain, so he let him play the complex role of Hu Jinghui.

This role is the most brilliant character in the first part of "Detective Di Renjie" except for several leading actors, and if it is played well, it will benefit Duan Long a lot.

A number of candidates were unsatisfactory, Lao Xue was a little anxious, and at this time, his deputy Qian Qiu stepped forward to recommend talents for the crew.

He has a college classmate, named Zhang Jian, a professional actor, his image is quite in line with Li Yuanfang, and his fame is not small.

This anti-Japanese war drama, which is jokingly called "science fiction special drama" by many people, was attacked and denounced by a large group of netizens at the beginning of the broadcast, and was even taken off the shelves by the official for a time.

But because of the lines and plot of the demonic sand sculpture, it was still spoofed by many netizens.

Even Zhang Jian, who played the male protagonist Yan Danying, became popular, and was nicknamed "Forcing King" by netizens, and various emojis were popular on major online platforms.

In this era of entertainment to death, as long as you are popular, no matter what it is, as long as the official doesn't care, then someone really treats you as a star.

Afterwards, Zhang Jian accepted another film appointment for the Anti-Japanese War drama, the plot is not as exaggerated as Pang Yidian, but the protagonist setting is obviously plagiarized from Yan Danying, and he escaped from another forced king.

Now that the two forced kings are combined, netizens are playing more hilarious, and Zhang Jian is also more popular.

In terms of fame alone, he is not even weaker than ordinary first-line stars.

But there are pros and cons, the movement is so big that the officials are also keeping an eye on him, Zhang Jian got the news, and he didn't dare to perform the anti-Japanese war drama again in a short time.

Later, he acted as a domineering president in an urban drama, fans and sand sculpture netizens didn't buy it, they didn't think it was exciting enough, and Zhang Jian's career entered a period of stagnation.

Qian Qiu and Zhang Jian are iron buddies, so they naturally know the plight of good brothers, to be honest, when he saw Li Yuanfang in the script of "Detective Di Renjie", the first figure that came to his mind was Zhang Jian.

In his opinion, Li Yuanfang's guy is also an out-and-out forced king, but he is introverted, and with Di Renjie's pressure, it is not so prominent.

For such a role, Zhang Jian can be said to be familiar with it, and he can also take the opportunity to break through the shackles of his career, the anti-Japanese war drama is too sensitive, but no one cares about the ancient king.

However, although Qian Qiu wanted to pull his brother along, he didn't have much say in the matter of casting, and Xue Jun had a candidate in his heart, so he didn't dare to say more.

It wasn't until Xue Jun's candidate was unsuccessful that Qian Qiu secretly said good luck, found a kung fu, and recommended Zhang Jian to Xue Jun.

Xue Jun didn't fall in love with Zhang Jian at first, thinking that he was an Internet celebrity, how could he play such an important role, but then he watched Zhang Jian's acting skills (bi) clips.

Truth be told, he was moved.

Pretending to be forced is a thing that not everyone can play, and not everyone can play it well, some actors are particularly embarrassed to act, the kind with goosebumps, and some actors act just right, so that the audience doesn't feel a little stiff

And Zhang Jian is even better than the latter, his pretending skills can be described in four words, that is-natural.

The audience not only does not feel embarrassed and stiff, but feels vivid and natural, and even has some coolness.

Xue Jun felt that this was talent, so he went to find Zhang Jian with Qian Qiu and tried it out in person.

After feeling Zhang Jian's strength in person, Xue Jun directly made a decision, Li Yuanfang was none other than this person.

Li Yuanfang has done it, and there is only one Wu Zetian left among the four leading actors.

Xue Jun was really anxious, and he was determined to find a big one to sit in the crew.

Don't look at Zhang Jian's fame, but it is all fried on the Internet, it is too empty, and Xue Jun does not approve of it.

In his opinion, artists like Yan Ni and Gu Xiaoge, who have both fame and works, as well as qualifications and a solid fan base, and can withstand impact and tempering, can be called real big names.

Xue Jun is a chicken thief, aiming at Gao Wa, who is filming in "Mansion Gate", this is a real veteran diva superstar, and if she is next to her, there is nothing missing.

Moreover, Gao Wa has played Wu Zetian before, which has been widely praised and has a reputation among the audience.

However, Gao Wa is not easy to invite, how much effort did Kong Sheng spend in "Mansion Gate" to invite her out of the mountain, Xue Jun wanted Gao Wa to play Wu Zetian, but there were many difficulties.

However, Lao Xue also gave up his capital this time, taking advantage of Gao Wa's current filming of "Mansion Gate" in Quancheng, looking at the thatched house, and forcibly impressing Gao Wa with his sincerity.

Gao Wa has a lot of scenes in "Mansion Gate", and Xue Jun will press Wu Zetian's scene to the end, and then shoot together, trying not to delay the filming of the two crews.

This is also due to the fact that Xue Jun and Kong Sheng have a good relationship, and they are a company, otherwise someone else will go to his crew to dig the foot of the wall, and the actor will have to play eighty percent, Kong Sheng will have to chop him with a knife.

The four leading actors are complete, and the remaining supporting roles are much easier to arrange, and the casting of "Detective Di Renjie" has begun to enter the fast lane.

On the other hand, Zuo Le has also completed the preliminary preparations for "Charlotte's Troubles", and the crew has started filming.

At the same time, Lao Gao's "Baolian Lantern" completed post-production and premiered on Dongshan Satellite TV on October 10, 2021.

Following "College Students' Story 2" in August, after more than a month, mountain and river dramas are out again......