Liu Xing has no suitable candidate for the time being, and Zuo Le can only put his energy into other roles first.

"Family with Children" is not only a child role, but also a lot of adult roles, so far, except for Xia Donghai played by Gao Xinjian, the others have not yet landed.

Especially the hostess Liu Mei, the importance of this role is no less important than Liu Xing.

Loving family capable, enthusiastic and fast-hearted, hard-working, attaching importance to grades, sometimes a little impatient, sometimes a little nagging, and often easy to be soft-hearted, is a model of a mother with a knife mouth and a tofu heart in the minds of many people.

The rivalry between him and Liu Xingniang is a very big highlight in the play.

At the same time, the traditional Chinese education concept represented by Liu Mei and the enlightened education concept represented by Xia Donghai, who returned from abroad, conflict but complement each other, and they are also important parent-child education concepts conveyed in the play, which can give the audience a certain reference.

Zuo Le thought about it for a long time, and finally set his goal on the famous sketch actor Song Changying.

, a national first-class actor who has appeared on the Spring Festival Gala several times, participated in the role of his daughter-in-law in a family sitcom that swept the country in the 90s in his early years.

The character setting of this character has a lot of similarities with Liu Mei, coupled with his comedy skills as a sketch actor for many years, Zuo Le feels that Song Changying is really suitable for playing Liu Mei.

Zuo Letuo asked for Song Changying's phone call, and personally called him, explained his intentions, and warmly invited.

Song Changying has heard of Zuo Le's reputation and knows that the three sitcoms he directs are popular, and if there is no accident in the new drama "Family with Children", I am afraid that the results will not be low.

Song Changying was a little tempted, and after reading the biography of Liu Mei's character and part of the script outline sent by Zuo Le, he was even more overjoyed and almost agreed on the spot.

However, just as the two sides began to negotiate the specific contract of the film, a disagreement arose.

Because Zuo Le wants to make "Family with Children" into a series, he has to make sure that the sequel is still starring the original cast.

Especially the protagonist Xia family of five, there can be no situation where the actor suddenly picks up the role while playing half of the film.

Otherwise, a good family of five suddenly loses one, regardless of whether it is a car accident, going abroad or other scripts, the audience will not be satisfied.

As soon as the audience is not satisfied, the series will be scrapped.

Therefore, Zuo Le means to add a contract to the contract for the starring film of "Family with Children".

All the leading actors have signed two films in a row, and if the third part is filmed in the future, the crew of "Family with Children" has the priority to sign the film contract with the leading actors, referred to as 2+1.

This point Zuo Le and several other leading actors have explained that the parents of Gao Xinjian, You Haohao and Yang Qing have no objection to this.

Anyway, sign a few films, and Shanhe Pictures will pay a few films.

And the contract also stipulates that if the actors become popular after the first part is broadcast, the remuneration of the second and third parts will also increase with the market price.

That's it.........

The money is sufficient, and the schedule is at most 2~3 months a year, plus some publicity with the crew, and there are no other harsh requirements.

Gao Xinjian and the parents of the two children felt that such conditions were acceptable, but Song Changying could not agree.

You Haohao is a child, needless to say, what is the matter of the parents.

Although Gao Xinjian has been in the film and television industry for a few years, he plays supporting roles, he is not famous, insignificant, and now he is Zuo Le's favorite general, so he naturally listens to Zuo Le's command and asks him to sign a few films.

Yang Qing is a little famous because of the Golden Phoenix Award for Best Actress, but after all, her debut time is too short, and she is a child star, and the resource films she can get are limited, and it is very cost-effective for her to have a series of sitcoms.

But Song Changying is different, with her fame and status, there is no shortage of acting in her hands, and she agreed to star in "Family with Children", because she values the name of Zuo Le, the director, and the prospects of this drama.

But the prospect is the prospect, and no one can say what the results of "Family with Children" will be broadcast in the future.

Therefore, Song Changying doesn't want to sign so many films in one go, and ties herself directly to the boat of "Family with Children", she wants to sign one first, and then decide whether to participate in the sequel after watching the specific results of the broadcast.

Song Changying's thoughts are understandable, but Zuo Le still insists on the 2+1 signing method.

This is related to the future development of Sunward Pictures, it is impossible for him to accommodate Song Changying's idea alone, if Song does not agree, then find someone else to act.

Liu Mei is not Liu Xing, it is not easy to find a little boy who is clever and has acting skills, but it is really not difficult to find an actress in her thirties.

Not to mention, Zuo Le thinks that Yan Ni, who played the head nurse in "The Story of the Cooking Class", is also quite suitable to play Liu Mei, and Yan Ni and Gao Xinjian are old colleagues of Kongwen, so they may have a more tacit understanding when they cooperate.

Zuo Le was pondering to contact Yan Ni here, and over there, Song Changying saw that Zuo Le had such a tough attitude, but he was a little vague.

She really likes the script of "Family with Children", otherwise she wouldn't have decided to star so happily before.

Now because of this 2+1 contract, he gave up this opportunity, and Song Changying was a little reluctant.

She thought about it for a long time, discussed it with a few friends, and finally made up her mind and took the initiative to call Zuo Le and agree to sign the contract.

In Zuo Le's heart, although Yan Ni is not bad, Song Changying is always Liu Mei's first choice.

Now that Song Changying has taken the initiative to give in, Zuo Le will not be stupid enough to take another handful in front of others, and immediately act as if nothing happened, and warmly welcome Mr. Song to join the crew.

Song Changying, who is an outsider, has a very straightforward and frank temper, although she was a little unhappy with Zuo Le because of the contract before, but now that she has decided to participate in "Family with Children", she immediately put this little unhappiness behind.

I heard that the crew has not yet found Liu Xing's actor, so she took the initiative to recommend a little boy to Zuo Le.

This boy's name is Zhang Shan, a native of Beijing, 11 years old this year, he is a child star, last year CCTV broadcast a TV series of the Anti-Japanese War with children as the protagonist, in which he played a small restaurant owner, and his performance was eye-catching.

Song Changying has a good relationship with Zhang Shan's mother, is very familiar with Zhang Shan, a child, and feels that he is very similar to Liu Xing in the script.

They are all typical bear children, but they are measured, not only are they not very annoying, but they make adults think that this kid is clever and smart.

Zuo Le was very interested in the child described by Song Changying, and temporarily handed over the casting of other characters to Gao Xinjian, and he went to the capital himself.

Under the leadership of Song Changying, Zuo Le met Zhang Shan in a Kaifeng restaurant.

At this meeting, Zuo Le understood why Song Changying would try his best to recommend this kid to himself.

The child is not tall, a little thin, his eyes are very smart, there is a smile on the corner of his face, although he is not very handsome, but he has a lot of eyes.

Don't underestimate the word eye, how many actors and stars have been planted on it.

obviously has superb acting skills, a good-looking face and a great figure, but he is not popular no matter how he praises it, the reason is that he has no eye edge, and the audience can't remember him when they see him, and they can't like it if they remember it.

The most eye-catching actor Zuo Le has met before is the second uncle, who looks and figures, which makes people want to be happy at a glance, and like it when they are happy.

Although Zhang Shan's kid is not as exaggerated as his second uncle, he is also very good, and with Liu Xing's already pleasing character setting, I believe that the performance will not be bad.

Zuo Le made a decision on the spot and directly gave Zhang Shan a set.

Since then, the Xia family has collected all five of them.........