"Old Wu, you're not kidding, are you?" Fang Shu looked at Wu Jianye with some surprise, she didn't expect that the actor would fall on her head at all.

As a director, Wu Jianye didn't use his girlfriend as the starring role, but found Fang Shu!

Wu Jianye smiled: "It's really not a joke, it's not suitable for the role in the movie, but you are very suitable for the role of the heroine Song Lian in my movie, how about it, my old classmate is interesting enough, the heroine of the first movie is given to you!"

Wu Jianye's words surprised everyone at the scene, everyone thought that Wu Jianye was joking, but looking at Wu Jianye's smiling appearance, and Zhu Xuan's appearance without waves, it was obvious that the two had already talked about this matter.

In fact, it is true that when Wu Jianye first started, he actually wanted to give the role of Song Lian, the soul character in the movie "Hang the Red Lantern High", to Zhu Xuan.

At that time, he also gave the script to Zhu Xuan, but after Zhu Xuan tried a few times, both of them felt that Zhu Xuan's temperament did not match Song Lian, and finally had to give up.

The film itself is a film jointly produced by the Yenching Film Academy and its affiliated Yenching Film Academy Experimental Studio, and the actors in the film are naturally mainly students from the Yenching Film Academy, so Wu Jianye thought of his old classmate Fang Shu.

If Wu Jianye did not appear, Fang Shu would have played the role of Chen Bailu in the 85 movie "Sunrise", "Sunrise" is based on Cao Yu's play of the same name, set in Tianjin in the 30s of the 20th century, telling the story of Chen Bailu, a young woman who is influenced by society to fall into depravity, and finally commits suicide because she loses the hope of a new life.

The background of the story is somewhat similar to "The Red Lantern Hangs High", both young women are slowly changing due to external social factors, and Fang Shu won the Best Actress Award for the Hundred Flowers Award for the movie "Sunrise".

"Old Wu, you're not joking, are you?" Fang Shu was a little unsure whether Wu Jianye was telling the truth.

"Of course not, but if you want to agree, you have to participate in the audition, if there is no problem with the audition, the heroine is yours!" Wu Jianye said firmly.

Gong Li, the original heroine of the movie "The Red Lantern Hangs High", is definitely not suitable now, at this time she has not yet been admitted to the Chinese opera, she is just a student in the third year of high school, Song Lian, a character with rich inner drama, she has no way to control it at this time!

Fang Shu saw that Wu Jianye really didn't seem to be joking, and asked, "Then can I read the script?"

Wu Jianye glanced at Zhu Xuan, Zhu Xuan smiled slightly, got up and walked to the study, took out the script of "The Red Lantern Hangs High" and Song Lian's biography, and handed it to Fang Shu.

When Fang Shu read the script, Wu Jianye smiled at Tianzhuang Zhuang again: "Zhuangzhuang, are you interested in coming to me as an assistant director?"

Tianzhuang Zhuang held the steamed bread slices that had just been baked on the stove in his hand, glanced at Wu Jianye, and said, "If you don't call me Zhuangzhuang, I will agree!"

"Okay, then I'll take your consent, Zhuangzhuang!"

Although the person of Grange Zhuang was quite controversial in later generations, it is undeniable that he has his own uniqueness in character shooting, especially "The Red Lantern Hangs High", a work that is very rigorous in character creation, plus when he was in the academy, he was a rare genius student in the directing department, with Grange Zhuang by his side, Wu Jianye can rest assured.

Wu Jianye asked two classmates for help one after another, and immediately made many of the classmates around him start to be excited, everyone has just joined the studio now, except for the students of the acting department, everyone else has to work up their qualifications, and now Wu Jianye shoots this movie can be said to have given everyone a shortcut, so they all looked at Wu Jianye with hopeful eyes.

Wu Jianye raised his hands and hurriedly said: "If there is a suitable position, it must be reserved for our group of classmates, but it still depends on whether everyone is suitable for this position or role, let's take our time!"

Everyone also understands that this is only the initial stage of the movie, and many things must be done step by step, but they also said to Wu Jianye in a joking tone that if you have the opportunity, don't forget your old classmates.

After Wu Shuangqing and Zhao Xiaoyan bought and ate, everyone went to the table to drink and chat, but Fang Shu asked Zhu Yu to take her to the study, she needed to take a good look at this script.

When drinking, Zhang Huijun sat next to Wu Jianye, Zhang Huijun, Mu Deyuan and other students who stayed in school, it can be said that the mentality is the most balanced, they stayed in school, they knew that their future work was more theoretical knowledge, and the specific practical work was not so important.

"How is Zhao Fei in Chang'an now?" Wu Jianye asked softly, Zhao Fei and Zhang Huijun were originally in the same dormitory, both in 306, and Zhao Fei was also the youngest in their dormitory.

Zhang Huijun They often tease Zhao Fei, when the 78 class had the first winter vacation, at that time, the college uniformly bought tickets for students to go home, and Zhang Huijun was responsible for buying tickets, it was close to the Spring Festival, Yanjing's train tickets were particularly difficult to book, Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei, and Zhao Fei were all students of Chang'an, Zhang Huijun lied to Zhao Fei and said that other students had tickets, but when Zhao Fei was here, the staff at the railway station lost Zhao Fei's name, so Zhao Fei couldn't go back to Chang'an this year, and Zhao Fei was scared for several days, no emotion, and no talk.......

"It's okay, I made a phone call two days ago, and now I'm staying up in the factory!" Zhang Huijun glanced at Wu Jianye and asked, "Do you want to use Zhao Fei?"

"That's right, Zhao Fei's photography skills don't have to be said, I want him to do my photography for this movie!" Wu Jianye nodded.

Zhao Fei was originally the photographer of the movie "The Red Lantern Hangs High", but Wu Jianye didn't need to be replaced.

"That's a good feeling, this kid must be very happy to hear it!" Zhang Huijun also said happily.

"Then you give me his phone number at the studio, and I'll call him tomorrow to ask him!" Wu Jianye said.

"Done!"

The meal is over, Fang Shu hasn't finished reading the script yet, but she hasn't been delayed in making a decision.

"Lao Wu, when will you audition for this play?"

"If you have time tomorrow, come directly to the Youth Film Studio!" Wu Jianye also wanted to decide on the candidate early, and after the person was selected, he would go to the filming site of "The Red Lantern Hangs High" to investigate.

Fang Shu didn't hesitate, "Then I'll go over tomorrow morning!"

"I asked the kitchen to leave the dishes for you, let's eat first!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

The next day, Fang Shu's audition went very smoothly, Wu Jianye and the production director sent to Wu Jianye by the experimental studio were very satisfied with her performance, plus she was a student from the academy, so she could be regarded as a good seedling.

"Alright, welcome to your joining!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

Fang Shu is also very happy, she read the script yesterday, she was very interested in this movie, and after returning to the dormitory, she watched the biography of Song Lian written by Wu Jianye overnight, and her audition today can be said to be handy.

"Well, I didn't expect me to become the heroine of your first director's work!" Fang Shu smiled.

"It's all fate!" Wu Jianye laughed, looking at the joke.

Fang Shu naturally knew that Wu Jianye was joking, and said with the same smile: "Then I'll wait for your notice!"

"Well, the experimental studio will seconded you to Yanying Studio first, and you can prepare when the formalities are completed!"

In "The Red Lantern Hangs High", there are a total of six main characters, the old man of the Chen family, the eldest wife, the second wife, the third wife, the fourth wife, and Yan'er.

In the original movie, Ma Jingwu, the actor of the Chen family, the eldest wife Jin Shuyuan, and the second wife Cao Cuifen, Wu Jianye is not ready to change, although this movie appeared a few years in advance, but their age will not change much in their image in the past few years.

The first thing Wu Jianye found was Ma Jingwu, and he was contacted by Ma Jingwu through Zhu Xuan.

Ma Jingwu himself is also a student from the Film Academy, and now he is still a teacher in the Performance Department of the Film Academy, as for his relationship with Zhu Xuan, it is because Zhu Xuan's first movie "Traitor" starred Ma Jingwu.

With these layers of relationship, Ma Jingwu happily agreed to Wu Jianye's invitation to take on the role of Chen Zuoqian, the master of the Chen family.

Ma Jingwu, as a teacher in the performance department of Yenching Film Academy, naturally has a lot of star students under his hands, such as the well-known uncle Zhang Jiayi, and the villain professional Liu Yijun are all students here.

In the process of chatting with Ma Jingwu, Wu Jianye knew that this person's life was also colorful, his father was a famous surgeon, and he had a local hospital, and his family was quite wealthy. His father was chivalrous, befriended the world, and ushered in the excitement of the court every day, but unexpectedly attracted the jealousy of local officials, and wanted to arrest his father on suspicion of rebellion. With the help of friends, his father fled north with his family and began a seven-year wandering career.

When his family left Urumqi, Ma Jingwu was only four years old, and he didn't know the sorrow of the world, so he thought he was going on a long trip, and sat in his mother's arms all the way north. Walking to Altai, the northernmost part of Xinjiang, my father's beating heart settled down and decided to settle here temporarily.

Moreover, Ma Jingwu's wife is also a teacher in the acting department of Yenching Film Academy, and the husband and wife can be said to be a model of husband and wife.

The eldest wife Jin Shuyuan was born as a drama actor, and her acting skills are naturally no problem, although her face is very mean, but she is very kind, and after receiving Wu Jianye's invitation, she also agreed to play the role of the eldest wife.

The second wife, Cao Cuifen, is also a student of the acting department of the old batch of Yenching Film Academy, and her husband is also an actor in Yenching Film Studio, and after reading the script, she also happily agreed to star in this movie.

By the way, Cao Cuifen may not be familiar with this name, but young friends must know that the upright and clear old lady Sheng in "Know, Know, Know", is played by Cao Cuifen, and the role of the second wife in the movie "Hang the Red Lantern High" with an honest appearance and a dark heart is just right for Cao Cuifen to play her acting skills.

As long as the other secondary characters are of the right age, Wu Jianye is not ready to be replaced.

However, the third wife, an actor from an actor's background, and Yan'er, a maid, made Wu Jianye scratch his head.

In the end, it was Fang Shu who reminded Wu Jianye of one of his classmates.

Li Xiaoli!

When filming "The Peacock Princess", the two had a short period of cooperation, and as for Li Xiaoli's image, Wu Jianye thought about it for a while, and it was indeed quite in line with the character of the third wife.

In Huaxia's first TV series "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp", Li Xiaoli played the courtesan, and the frivolity, artificiality, and slight arrogance of the female spy Luo Maoli all made her very consistent with the image of the third wife in the movie, the most important thing is that Li Xiaoli is also a Peking Opera lover, and I believe that she can take over the role of Jose Fei to play the role of the third wife.

After graduating from Yenching Film Academy, Li Xiaoli was assigned to the actor department of Jinmen TV Station, and after Fang Shu asked for a contact number, Wu Jianye immediately contacted Li Xiaoli.

When Li Xiaoli heard that there was an opportunity to shoot a movie, she immediately agreed to Wu Jianye's invitation, and said that she would buy a train ticket to come over to participate in the audition.

The process went very smoothly, so far the main actors of the entire crew were left with the role of Yan'er, Wu Jianye's idea was that the age of this character should not be too big, and the age of sixteen or seventeen was the most suitable, so it was definitely inappropriate to find an actor among Wu Jianye's classmates.

Wu Jianye began to recall who among those young actors was suitable for the role of Yan'er.

Soon, Wu Jianye set his goal on Ru Xi.

In later generations, she played Su Malagu who impressed Wu Jianye, and she is now 16 years old, and when the movie officially starts filming next year, she will be exactly 17 years old, which is also in line with the age of the role of Yan'er.

But soon Wu Jianye began to scratch his head, he only remembered that Ru Yan was from Lin'an, but she must still be in high school at this age, but she went to that high school, where did Wu Jianye know, there was no way, Wu Jianye had to call Dai Zhaoan and ask him to help inquire to see if he could find her.

As for how Wu Jianye knew about her, Wu Jianye just told Dai Zhaoan that he had seen this girl when he went to Lin'an, and Dai Zhaoan didn't ask much, but Lin'an was a vast sea of people, and he wasn't sure if he could find it.

Wu Jianye smiled: "Try it, you can find the best, you can't find a way to think of him again!"

Yenching Film Academy.

Wu Jianye found Dean Cheng Yin again, this time to ask for leave, the actor's affairs are almost done, Wu Jianye is going to Zhaoyu in Jin Province to inspect the filming site.

"The letter of introduction between the academy and the studio has been written, and I will observe it well when I get there, and communicate with the local government!" Cheng Yin instructed.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Thank you, Dean!"

"How is it, are you nervous about being a director for the first time?" asked Cheng Yin with concern.

"It's impossible to say that I'm not nervous, but I'm confident that I can turn nervousness into motivation!" Wu Jianye said seriously.

"Well, it's good if you have this idea, don't be pressured, and don't take the matter of the military order too seriously!"

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