He Xin didn't receive a notice from Sister Hong until three days later, saying that he had made an appointment with Director Yang Yang to meet in the afternoon at a café opposite the CCTV TV drama production center on Guang'anmen Outer Street.

That day in Sister Hong's office, he read the script roughly, and after he came back, he read it intensively, and he liked the role of Xiao Hansheng more and more. In order to see Director Yang this time, he specially bought an army-green U.S. Army tactical shirt and a pair of cargo pants of the same style, with a neat short hair, which looks quite a bit of a soldier.

Of course, he was not idle during the three days of waiting, and after reading the script twice from beginning to end, he began to write a short biography of the characters.

In the script, it is written that the elderly Xiao Hansheng lived in a courtyard house in the capital, wrote a memoir, and when he was dying, he never forgot to give an account for himself and his dead comrades, and at the same time, given his status as a prisoner of war and the only survivor of Kurazu Island, he must have had a tortuous experience before.

He Xin set him up as a hot-blooded young man from a wealthy family in the capital, who had accepted the progressive ideas of our party in his early days. After the Japanese invasion, he angrily threw his pen into Rong, joined the Eighth Route Army, moved to Taihang Mountain, and gradually grew from a soldier to a company commander. Later, in a counter-sweeping battle, he was unfortunately captured in order to cover the mass transfer.

He had a strong faith and fought stubbornly against the enemy in prison, until one day he and his comrades were boarded on a Japanese merchant ship bound for Kurazu Island......

"Director Yang is very good, but he has more character, you should pay a little attention when you can speak. ”

In the afternoon, He Xin and Sister Hong sat in the café they had made an appointment, and while Yang Yangren had not yet come, Sister Hong had the heart to remind her.

"Got it. He Xin nodded.

Female directors are rare, not to mention that they are backed by CCTV, and they are the winners of the Feitian Award and the Golden Eagle Award for Best Director.

Their seats were chosen at the window, and Sister Hong kept an eye on the flow of people passing by outside the window from time to time.

"It's coming. ”

He Xin followed Sister Hong's gaze and turned his head to look out the window, and it was easy to recognize that a woman who looked like she was in her early forties, wearing a white shirt and pencil pants, walked over in a hurry. She also saw Chang Jihong sitting in the room at a glance, and immediately grinned and waved to Sister Hong through the glass.

"Director Yang!"

"Sister Hong, this is our Golden Horse actor He Xin, right?"

"Director Yang, hello!" He Xin remembered Sister Hong's instructions, stood up and greeted the other party very respectfully.

"Hello. ”

While Yang Yang shook hands with him, he looked at him very carefully, and then showed a satisfied smile and said, "Well, the young man is good, quite energetic!"

As Sister Hong said, this female director has a lot of character, she first waved her hand when she sat down, and said to the waiter who came to greet her: "White water." ”

Then without waiting for Chang Jihong to open his mouth to say hello, he said directly: "Sister Hong, I have a lot of things there, we are all our own people, let's make a long story short, what do you think of the role of Zhou Shangwen?"

Yang Yang's words should be said to be quite sincere and face-giving, this drama is strictly speaking a drama with two male protagonists, Zhou Shangwen and Xiao Hansheng are both male protagonists.

But after He Xin read the script, he always wanted to play the role of Xiao Hansheng, he was stunned at first, and then hurriedly took out the character biography he wrote from his bag, handed it over, and wanted to fight for it: "Director Yang, this is the character biography I wrote, you can take a look first." ”

Yang Yang took it with some surprise, glanced at it slightly, and then frowned and said, "Do you want to play Xiao Hansheng?"

He Xin just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Sister Hong's eyes, and saw Sister Hong smile on her face: "Yes, Xiao He likes this role very much, and I have made a lot of preparations after reading the script in the past two days, but I don't know if this role is decided?"

"Sister Hong, I'll tell you the truth, this role has been decided early on. Yang Yang said, glanced at He Xin, and said, "Actually, as far as I am concerned, Xiao He is quite suitable for the role of Zhou Shangwen." ”

He Xin glanced at Sister Hong helplessly.

Sister Hong was a little unwilling, relying on her good relationship with Yang Yang, and asked tentatively: "Director Yang, then there is no room for negotiation for the role of Xiao Hansheng?"

Yang Yang shook his head and sighed: "Sister Hong, if there is a discussion, I won't tell you that just now." Speaking from the heart, that Korean boy, I didn't want to use him at first, but it was ......"

Saying that, Yang Yang pointed his finger upwards and continued: "I can't help it, but in addition to the language barrier, that young man is still very compatible with Xiao Hansheng in terms of image and temperament, and he showed a strong interest in this role, saying that he must shape this character well......"

He Xin was a little confused when he listened on the sidelines, and couldn't help but interject: "Director Yang, are you saying that a Korean actor will be used to play our Eighth Route Army?"

Yang Yang was obviously a little unhappy that he had taken the liberty of interrupting his words, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Chang Jihong was also a little incomprehensible, and echoed: "Using a Korean actor to play the Eighth Route Army, this, is this appropriate?"

Yang Yang obviously said patiently: "Sister Hong, this is not a question of suitability or inappropriateness, but a question of going out, besides, Koreans are also Asians, and they also have a history of being invaded by the Japanese, in terms of appearance and emotion, this is no problem." In a word, this role has been decided, and there is no room for negotiation. ”

“......”

At this time, Yang Yang answered another phone call, and it could be seen that she was indeed quite busy. After hanging up the phone, she stood up and said, "I'm really sorry that there are too many things, anyway, this is the situation." To be honest, I also put a lot of effort into the role of Zhou Shangwen, you think about it, it's best to give me an answer quickly. ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly said goodbye.

Sister Hong hurriedly chased out with the bag, and the two pushed each other at the door before waving goodbye.

No need to ask, it's the rule.

After Sister Hong came back, the two looked at each other.

"The role of Zhou Shangwen is actually not bad, I think ......"

Before Sister Hong's words were finished, she heard that He Xin still looked incomprehensible, and sat there and said to herself: "Why do you have to use a Korean actor to play the Eighth Route Army?

"Uh...... Don't think about it, Yang Yang also said it just now, this is the meaning of the above, and there is a big problem involving culture going out......"

He Xin was speechless, but he still couldn't help but complain: "Isn't there still Korean laborers in the script, Chinese play Chinese, Koreans play Koreans, Japanese play Japanese, don't you have to let a Korean play our Eighth Route Army, what is this?"

However, complaining is emotionally unacceptable, but it is not difficult to guess the deep-seated reasons inside, in addition to the strategic issue of culture going out as Yang Yang just said, I am afraid the most important thing is to create an eye-catching gimmick.

After all, the Korean Wave has been in full swing in the past two years, in addition to the streets and alleys full of Hallyu songs, all kinds of Korean dramas such as "What is Love" and "Blue Life and Death Love" are extremely popular in the VCD market.

And the colorful non-mainstream hairstyle of the Korean pop group is also popular among young people at this time, and even many domestic stars are imitating this hairstyle, He Xin feels very spicy every time he sees it.

"Don't talk nonsense, I think the role of Zhou Shangwen is not bad, at least he is a very responsible Chinese man. Sister Hong said.

Hearing it, she was also depressed about it.

Realistically speaking, the role of Zhou Shangwen in the script is still very distinctive, as the highest rank of the Kuomintang prisoner of war, the captain of the Chinese labor team, deeply influenced by the traditional Chinese culture of "benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith", self-esteem and high self-esteem.

In order to rescue all the prisoners of war and laborers, he endured humiliation and burden, and once had illusions about the Japanese, advocating patience to wait for the rescue of the International Red Cross Society. But in the end, after seeing the true face of the Japanese, he resolutely ordered all the Kuomintang prisoners of war to obey Xiao Hansheng's command, and he was seriously ill in order not to drag down the labor rebellion and win time for the riot, so he chose to commit suicide by cutting his wrists with dignity, and died a very tragic death.

Under normal circumstances, if He Xin chose to play this role, he would definitely be willing to accept it, but now when he thinks that the company commander of the Eighth Route Army who played against him is actually a Korean who can't even speak Chinese, he feels embarrassed in his heart, and first of all, he can't accept it emotionally.

"Sister Hong, why don't you forget it?"

"You're crazy, this is a CCTV play!" Sister Hong said with wide eyes.

In her opinion, even if the role of Xiao Hansheng is not negotiable, Zhou Shangwen is also the leading actor, and he did not insult the identity of He Xin's actor, on the contrary, Yang Yang is still very face-saving this time.

"Do you know how many favors I have made for this play......?"

He Xin still had a bitter face, and said, "Sister Hong, you can deduct the fee from me, but I really ...... this scene."

He shook his head, he really couldn't describe the kind of diaphragm in his heart in words.

Seeing that he was still pretentious, Sister Hong suddenly became angry, knocked on the table and shouted: "You have to figure out what you lack most now? What you lack most now is exposure! It is the audience's recognition of you! You are walking on the street now to see how many people can know you? No!"

Probably realizing that her tone was a little too intense, Sister Hong paused slightly, and then persuaded bitterly: "Last time you said that you didn't like it and didn't want to take Baosteel's "What to Save You, My Love", I didn't say anything more to you. But this time is different, this time it's a CCTV drama, and maybe the people of the whole country will know your face by then. What a great opportunity this is! That's how Wen Li became popular in the first place. Xiaohe, listen to me this time, don't give up easily. ”