The hoe rape team uses the students of Class 78 of Nortel's acting department, which Xu Wangqiu planned when he was writing the script, even if he has sufficient funds, even if he can use the actors of the magic shadow studio, Xu Wangqiu will still use the boys of Nortel's acting department. It's not because these boys will become big names in the future, let alone because of how good their acting skills are, but because Xu Wangqiu hopes to cultivate male stars in the mainland.

In the 8 and 90s, there was a particularly strange phenomenon in the domestic film industry, the heroines of movies were often very beautiful, but the male actors were ugly stars, it may be a bit too much to say that ugly stars are in charge, and it may be more accurate to say that acting schools are in charge, such as Li Baotian, Ge You, Xie Yuan and others. It's not that these actors are bad, they are all very good actors, and Xu Wangqiu also likes their performances very much. It's definitely a good thing to have such actors on the big screen, but if it's all like this, then it's a big problem.

This led to a phenomenon that from the late 80s to the entire 90s, the handsome young people in the mainland were seriously disconnected. It's not that there are no handsome young people in the mainland, like Tang Guoqiang, Xu Yajun and others are all handsome guys. Xu Yajun starred in "In the Name of the People" in 2018, he is old, and he is still playing the villain, and the audience is still fascinated. But in this era, they just can't get ahead, and they don't even have the opportunity to be on the big screen. When actor Sun Chun first debuted, he went to audition, and the directors said to him regretfully: "Sun Chun, you are so beautiful." In this era, actors are beautiful, but they have become a burden.

Human beings are visual animals, and Confucius said that they are also color-eating. Young audiences definitely like handsome guys, but the ugly stars on the mainland screen are dominant, and the lack of high-quality handsome guys has caused young people in the mainland to chase Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korean stars. The good cultural position was ceded to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, resulting in the Chinese cultural market being occupied by Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea for a long time.

At this point, the fifth generation of directors is definitely responsible. The fifth-generation director started by rebelling against tradition, pursuing anti-tradition in artistic creation, opposing the male image with thick eyebrows and big eyes in previous movies, and favoring ordinary-looking and even a little stumbling actors, so Ge You and Xie Yuan came out one after another.

Of course, this cannot be entirely blamed on the fifth generation of directors, and it is not like many people say, they are deliberately currying favor with foreigners to make films that smear Chinese. In fact, many art films are in this tone, like realism, and like to explore the dark side of society and human nature. Anyone who follows the three major film festivals knows that most of the shortlisted films are like this.

In the final analysis, this situation is mainly due to the lack of excellent commercial film directors and high-quality commercial films in the mainland. Commercial films usually depict the fight between good and evil, chasing true love, and like handsome guys and beauties, without good commercial films, handsome guys naturally can't come out.

Xu Wangqiu once went to the United States to attend a film festival and chatted with an old Chinese. The old man told Xu Wangqiu a past story, in the 70s, Chinese Americans were particularly discriminated against, and foreign girls didn't look down on Chinese men at all. However, in the years when Bruce Lee was popular, Chinese men were more favored by foreign girls. When Bruce Lee passed away, this trend passed quickly. Therefore, having its own superstar is not important, and it can even play a role in improving the image of the country and the image of the Chinese.

Xie Jin was aware of this problem, and in the early 90s, he was extremely dissatisfied with the lack of male stars in the mainland, saying that many foreign movie stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan are now household names in the mainland, while some people in China who call themselves "stars" are unknown. Xie Jin said with emotion: "China has a population of 1.2 billion, and I don't believe that I can't cultivate a Chow Yun-fat." He believes that movies must first have stars, so he has set up a star school similar to the artist training class of Xiangjiang TVB, which is Hengtong Film and Television School. Xie Jin's school has cultivated Zhao Wei and Fan Binbin, but unfortunately it has never been able to train a Chow Yun-fat.

In Xu Wangqiu's view, if the mainland film and television industry wants to develop, it will definitely not work without its own male stars, and without male stars who can really take the lead. There are many actors with outstanding images in Class 78 of Nortel's Performance Department, such as Zhou Lijin and Zhang Fengyi, all of whom can be cultivated. Now that he has the opportunity to cultivate his own stars, Xu Wangqiu would have considered them at the beginning.

The actor's audition is still taking place at Nortel Studios. After the boys from Class 78 of the acting department came, Xu Wangqiu asked them to stand in two rows, as if they were doing morning exercises. The boys in the acting department thought that Xie Fei was the director, and Xu Wangqiu was the one who did it, and they didn't think much of him, and some people even whispered: "Isn't it just an errand runner, making me look like a character." ”

Xu Wangqiu came from the students, and he knew very well the psychology of the students present, and said lightly: "I know you think I'm an errand runner, but I can tell you that this movie is co-directed by me and Director Xie Fei; It doesn't matter if you disagree with me, or what you think of me, but it's better not to say it, or I'll tell you to get out of here!"

The boys present were shocked when they heard that Xu Wangqiu was the film director and was responsible for the selection of actors, and the boys who had just complained about Xu Wangqiu immediately closed their mouths.

Xu Wangqiu pointed to Fang Shu next to him, and flickered like a herd flickering Feng Gong: "This is Fang Shu, the heroine of the movie, we will choose a male protagonist from among you, as well as six supporting actors, among which the male protagonist and the female protagonist have emotional scenes." Who you choose or who doesn't depends on your look and performance. Now you go to the dressing room and put on your makeup, let's see your looks!"

The boys present heard that they had the opportunity to play the leading role, and they also had the opportunity to play a couple with Fang Shu, and their eyes lit up, especially the boys who had ideas for the other party, and their eyes lit up, like a hungry wolf who saw a lamb, and ran to the dressing room

Xu Wangqiu was very satisfied with the boys' reactions, and said to Xie Fei with a smile: "The charm of beautiful girls is really endless, you see how excited these boys are when they hear that they can play a couple with Fang Shu." ”

Xie Fei laughed and said, "Yes, yes!"

Fang Shu tilted her head to look at Xu Wangqiu, pursed her lips and smiled: "Director, you asked me to come to stimulate the morale of boys?"

Xu Wangqiu waved his hand and said, "Of course not." Your heroine is decided, and the main reason for letting you come is to let you play with them, to see who you are more suitable to match with, to see which boy you have a better understanding with, and to be able to create sparks. Whether the hero and heroine of a movie are matched or not is particularly important, you are playing a couple, if you stand together like brothers and sisters, how can you shoot this scene?"

Half an hour later, the boys who had finished their makeup stood neatly in front of Xu Wangqiu and them. They wore old-fashioned suits, all old suits from the thirties and forties. The costumes were borrowed from the clothing warehouse of the Beijing Film Studio. Similar to the costumes of the Shadow Factory, most of these borrowed costumes are also moth-eaten, and there are many holes in the clothes.

Next, the audition officially began, and Xu Wangqiu asked Fang Shu to take turns to perform with the boys present. When Fang Shu and Zhou Lijin were matched, Xu Wangqiu and they made key observations. Not to mention that one of them is a handsome guy and the other is a beauty, standing there there without acting at all, they all feel like a good match.

However, Xu Wangqiu didn't give others a chance just because he was inclined to Zhou Lijin, and still let Fang Shu perform with their boys to see if Fang Shu and others could create different sparks. Of course, the most important thing is to observe the characteristics of these boys and choose the right actors for the hoe rape squad.

After nearly two hours of performance, Xu Wangqiu had a score for the boys' performances, and knew who the members of the hoe team should let play. Fang Shu and Zhou Lijin are undoubtedly the most compatible, Fang Shu and Zhang Tielin can also match each other, and the two of them cooperate well. However, Zhang Tielin's face was a little white, and the gap with Duan Haiping in Xu Wangqiu's imagination was a bit big.

After a brief exchange with Xie Fei and Zhang Ke, and after consulting Fang Shu's opinion, Xu Wangqiu got up and announced the results: "Everyone's performances are very good, and their images have their own characteristics, but we only need seven actors, and I can only say sorry for the others." But I believe that there will definitely be opportunities for cooperation in the future, after all, we are classmates, and I will announce the final result below. ”

The boys held their breath, pricked up their ears like rabbits, and only listened to Xu Wangqiu slowly read: "Zhou Lijin, Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Tielin, Xie Yuan, Yan Shikui, ......"

Xu Wangqiu and the seven actors selected by them include those who are particularly handsome like Zhou Lijin and Zhang Tielin, and those who are not very good-looking like Xie Yuan. After all, the hoe team is not a model team, and it would look a bit fake to be all handsome guys. It will be more real to put some actors like Xie Yuan who don't look good.

The unsuccessful boys left disappointed, while the selected students stayed with excitement on their faces. None of them have acted in movies, but now they are suddenly able to act in movies, they can cooperate with Zhao Dan, and they have the opportunity to play a couple with Fang Shu, so they are naturally excited.

Xu Wangqiu has a good idea of which role each actor will play, but in order to put pressure on the actors, make them more focused, and make them work harder, he doesn't plan to tell them now.

Xu Wangqiu learned this trick from Zhang Yimou, when Zhang Yimou was making a movie, he often didn't tell the new actor which role to play before starting the film, and constantly put pressure on the actor. For example, during the audition of "The Return" actor Zhang Huiwen, there were always other candidates, and until before the start of the film, Zhang Yimou repeatedly told her: "If you can't do it, we will change people." Zhang Yimou's competitive strategy worked very well, arousing Zhang Huiwen's discourage from admitting defeat, and finally successfully shaped the role of Dandan.

Xu Wangqiu's gaze slowly swept over the faces of the eight young people, and said in a cold tone: "This drama is a play of the Magic Shadow Factory, there are many excellent actors in the Magic Shadow Factory, we chose the seven of you, not because of how good you are, but because you don't need to spend money, so don't be too happy." If I find out that you are not working hard enough, or not acting well, I will always replace you with actors from the Shadow Studio. Your role has not yet been decided, but in February next year, a month and a half before the film starts, we will arrange for you to be trained in the army. Learn how to use a firearm, learn how to use a weapon. After training, we will determine your role based on your performance. It's going to be very hard, do you have any questions?"

When the seven boys heard that they had the opportunity to play the leading role, their eyes lit up, and they shouted in unison: "No problem!"

"Very good! You are playing a revolutionary and a soldier! What you want is this momentum!" Xu Wangqiu smiled with satisfaction, raised the script in his hand and said, "Come over and take the script." Take a good look at the script when you get back. ”

Now is not like the Internet era, the script must be hidden, otherwise the movie will be uploaded to the Internet before the movie is started, and the whole world will know the plot of the movie. Now there is no need to worry about the script leaking, even if you want to, there is nowhere to leak it.

Seven boys hula hula came around, took the script from Xu Wangqiu's hand, and read it hungrily.