Xu Wangqiu gave the Magic Shadow Factory the idea of building a film and television park, but in fact, he asked them to use the film and television park as an excuse to build a playground. Now there is no playground in China, he believes that as long as the playground is built, it will definitely make money, and as long as the magic film studio makes money, other film studios will definitely follow suit. In this way, each film studio has a stable income channel in addition to its main business. Even if Chinese films collapsed in the 90s, relying on the income of amusement parks, film studio workers would not go hungry.

After Xu Wangqiu came up with an idea, Xu Sangchu pestered him and asked him to write a detailed plan so that he could report to the city. Engaging in such a big stall involves the issue of land use, and it will definitely not work without the approval of the municipal government. Xu Wangqiu was speechless about this: "I have to be busy with movies, how can I have time to write a plan." Xu Sangchu said eloquently: "If you don't write a plan, you won't have much certainty of success in this matter, and if you don't have a big chance of success, it means that the problem of unemployed young people has not been solved, and the problem of repairing that street needs to be reconsidered." What else can Xu Wangqiu say, he can only help him write a plan.

However, this matter is not without benefits, at least for Xu Wangqiu to gain a great reputation in the Magic Shadow Factory. Walking in the factory, the employees of the Magic Shadow Factory would greet Xu Wangqiu warmly when they saw him. When Xu Wangqiu went to each workshop to look for staff, the workshop leaders would send the best technicians to the crew of "Hoe Rape". Some old experts even took the initiative to ask Ying to help the crew of "Hoe Rape" and help Xu Wangqiu.

The Shadow Factory has the most advanced equipment, the most complete equipment, and the best artists, lighting engineers, costume designers, scenery, stunts and other professional excellent teams. It is undoubtedly the easiest to directly use the employees of the Shadow Factory, but it costs money to use the employees of the Shadow Factory, and Xu Wangqiu can only endure the pain of cutting their love, and they don't use it if they can.

At this point, the casting must begin. The crew held a special meeting for this purpose to discuss the main characters of the film. There are many characters in "Hoe Rape", and there are ten hoe rape teams alone, one woman and nine men. In the hoe rape team, there are four characters that are particularly important, the male protagonist Duan Haiping, the heroine Liu Wenying, the captain of the hoe rape team Zhou Hanting, and the team member Bai Guanghai. In addition, the more important roles include the traitor Zhang Xin, Zhang Xin's wife Liu Shu, and Zhou Hanting's leader Chen Xinjie.

Xu Sangchu is very optimistic about "Hoe Rape", as the director of the Magic Shadow Factory, of course he hopes that the fat water will not flow into the fields of outsiders, and said directly: "We have a lot of excellent actors in the Magic Shadow Factory, the main actors don't think about others, just choose in our Magic Shadow Factory, the role of Liu Wenying, Zhang Yu of our factory is quite suitable, and the role of Duan Haiping is good with Guo Kaimin." ”

Zhang Yu and Guo Kaimin are undoubtedly very good young actors, with a good image and temperament, and they will soon become popular with "Lushan Love", but they are far from Duan Haiping and Liu Wenying in Xu Wangqiu's heart, and they need to spend money to use them, so they waved their hands again and again: "No, no, it costs money to use your magic film studio actors, and our principle is that free actors are the best actors." Nortel's teachers and students are our first choice, if Nortel really can't find it, then we will look for it from the Shadow Factory, if the Shadow Factory can't find it, we will look for it in other units. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Wangqiu couldn't help but say: "It's all a unified purchase and sales, otherwise, with the quality of "Hoe Rape", the Demon Shadow Studio will definitely be fine if it is divided into tens of millions, and it will definitely be no problem to divide it into millions, and there is no need to worry about the cost at all!"

Xu Shangchu sighed when he heard this and said: "Yes, there is a big problem with unified purchase and sales, and the profits from distribution income cannot be returned to the studio, and the development of the studio is constrained, and they dare not spend money to make better movies; ”

Sun Wangquan couldn't help but say: "Now everyone is talking about reform, and I think the most important thing to change is unified purchase and sales." ”

Everyone criticized the unified purchase and sales, and the topic soon returned to the casting of "Hoe Rape".

Although Zhang Ke is the head of the directing department, he knows a lot about the students of various departments in the school, who has what ability and who has what ability, and who is very clear: "The heroine Liu Wenying, I think Fang Shu of the acting department is very suitable, this girl looks dignified and dignified, and there is a heroic spirit between her eyebrows, which is very suitable for playing a female warrior, and it should be very suitable for Liu Wenying." ”

Zeng Lianping groaned: "Fang Shu acted when he was a child, but he didn't pick a big beam when he grew up, and Fang Shu is very thin, Liu Yingwen's role really has to carry a gun, Fang Shujiao Didi, can you play it well? I think Liu Jia may be better, Liu Jia only acted in "Black Triangle" last year, and she acted very well, and she looks healthier and more like a female warrior." ”

Xu Wangqiu has been considering the selection of the hero and heroine since he wrote the script, the heroine must be beautiful, and the acting skills must also be good. If you don't consider the cost, it should be good to use Aunt Xiaoqing or Zhang Jinling from Beijing Film Studio. However, "Hoe Rape" is best not to spend money on actors if they can spend money, so Liu Xiaoqing and Zhang Jinling are not considered.

For the role of Liu Wenying, Xu Wangqiu is more inclined to Fang Shu, Fang Shu looks more heroic and looks better, she was in the actor troupe of Beijing Film Studio before she was admitted to Nortel, and there should be no big problem in performance. Of course, it's hard to say whether Fang Shu will be able to do it or not, and it must be tested before it can be determined.

Xu Wangqiu wrote the names of Fang Shu and Liu Jia in his notebook, and drew a circle on Fang Shu's name: "I prefer Fang Shu, but let's try both and see how it works." In my conception, the actor Duan Haiping must not only be good-looking, but also tough, manly, and have the feeling of Ken Takakura. I think Zhou Lijin is more suitable, what do you think?"

Hearing Zhou Lijin, everyone present at Nortel laughed: "Just Zhou Lijin, he has a full image." "Zhou Lijin has practiced martial arts and looks tough, there is no more suitable than him. "I also think Zhou Lijin is the most suitable. ”

Xu Wangqiu took the list of roles in his hand and said: "Zhao Dan is used for the captain of the hoe rape squad, Liu Wenying uses Fang Shu or Liu Jia, Duan Haiping uses Zhou Lijin, and the other team members are all young people, so there is no problem in the performance department." When the time comes, we'll go back to school and choose. However, the vice captain Xu Zhuguo is in his thirties and is relatively calm, is there a male teacher in our school who is in his thirties and has good acting skills?"

Zhang Ke shook his head slightly: "There are really no such teachers in our school. ”

Xu Wangqiu frowned and said, "Since our school doesn't have it, it can only be chosen in the Shadow Factory." His gaze fell on Sun Wangquan's face and asked, "Is there an actor suitable for playing Xu Zhuguo in the Magic Shadow Factory?"

Sun Wangquan thought for a while and said, "I think Wang Qingping may be more suitable." ”

After the casting meeting, one or two alternate actors were selected for each role, and then the casting process officially began.

The casting took place in an office of the Shadow Studio, and since most of the roles were selected, there were not many scenes. In casting, it is natural that there will be no repeated tests like choosing the protagonist, that is, after the actor puts on makeup, he sees whether the image and temperament fit the role. As long as the actor is close to the image and temperament of the character, it is basically decided. After all, they are all actors from the Magic Shadow Factory, and there should be no problem with their acting skills.

After completing the selection of actors in the Magic Shadow Factory, Xu Wangqiu and the others stepped on the return train. Xu Wangqiu has worked with Sun Wangquan for so long, and he knows that he is a very serious person at work, but before leaving, he still repeatedly told him to keep an eye on that street. Sun Wangquan assured Xu Wangqiu that with his own watch, that street would be absolutely foolproof.

After Xu Wangqiu and the others returned to school, they reported the incident to the school. When the school leaders heard about "The Rape", they agreed to use the school's equipment for free, and also agreed to the school's teachers to participate in the film in the name of teaching practice. After that, Xu Wangqiu and the others began to contact the school teachers and invited the teachers to participate in "Hoe Rape" in the name of teaching practice.

The teachers did not dislike the crew of "Hoe Rape" because they had no money to take and needed to bring their own bedding to live in the barracks, and they all showed great enthusiasm. Most of the teachers haven't made a movie for more than ten years, and as long as there is a movie, they don't care about material conditions at all.

After finalizing the list of teachers to participate in the filming of "Hoe Rape", Xu Wangqiu and the others immediately started the audition of the heroine Liu Wenying, and arranged for the two candidates, Fang Shu and Liu Jia, to audition separately.

The audition process for the two candidates was exactly the same, and after coming to the school's studio, Xu Wangqiu asked them to go to the dressing room to apply makeup. After they put on makeup and changed into the clothes they borrowed from Beijing Film Studio, Zeng Lianping took them outside to take photos with styling. After the photo shoot was taken, they were taken back to the studio to audition. Let them play against the staff on the scene to see if their temperament matches the role. While they were auditioning, Zeng Lianping used the school's camera to film their performances.

When the photos were washed out and pasted on the wall, and there were videotapes taken for reference, everyone thought Fang Shu was more suitable. Even Zeng Lianping, who was the first to be optimistic about Liu Jia, sighed: "Heroic and sassy is to describe a girl like Fang Shu, right?"

After it was determined that Fang Shu would play Liu Wenying, Xu Wangqiu specially asked Fang Shu out to talk to her about "Hoe Rape". Xu Wangqiu didn't sell it, and said directly: "Our drama is a war drama, you want to play the female soldier Liu Wenying, you will really take a gun, you will really shoot, and there are bullets in the gun, and the gunfire will be very loud when you shoot." It can be a challenge for a girl to play this kind of role, I don't know if you dare to play such a role?"

When Fang Shu heard that she was going to carry a gun, she pursed her lips and thought about it, and nodded firmly: "I can." ”

Xu Wangqiu said again: "Before filming, we will arrange for you to experience life in the army, go to target shooting, go to receive training in firearms and tactical movements, and train with boys, it will be very hard at that time, can you accept it?"

Fang Shu said confidently: "I can accept it." Experiencing life is a must for actors, how can you play a good role without experiencing life. As long as I can create a good character, I'm not afraid of hard work. ”

In this era, experiencing life is a compulsory course for actors, and every movie will set aside a special time for actors to experience life before filming, so that actors can live like the characters in the play. However, after 40 years, it cannot be said that there are no actors who can insist on experiencing life, but they are definitely rare.

Xu Wangqiu likes the current actors, and handed the script in his hand to Fang Shu with a smile: "Since this is the case, then you are the heroine of our play." This is the script of the movie, you take it back and read it. He suddenly remembered something: "By the way, we will choose the actor here tomorrow morning, and you will come here to cooperate with our casting!"