After reading all the chapters of the second big plot, Xue Zihan pondered for a while, suddenly smiled, and whispered to himself: "It is indeed suitable for filming into an online drama, there are heads, there are heads!"

……

The next morning, in the recording hall of "The Birth of the Drama Spirit", when I saw Wang Zheng again, Xue Zihan first showed a smile, glanced around, and saw that no one was paying attention, so he whispered to Wang Zheng: "Ah Quan's new book, I finished reading it last night, it's very good!"

Wang Zheng smiled and nodded, "Very good, since that's the case, then when we leave here, let's adapt and make his book first?"

Xue Zihan: "Well, I think we can start to prepare for some preliminary preparations, such as looking for suitable actors, especially the main roles like the hero and heroine, what do you think?"

Wang Zheng: "Well, I agree with this, do you have any good candidates to recommend?"

Xue Zihan thought for a while, "In the evening, let's have a video conference with Ah Quan to discuss! See which actor he thinks is suitable for playing the male lead, and which actor is suitable for playing the heroine, maybe when he is portraying these main roles, he is shaping the image of a certain actor in his heart! What do you say?"

Wang Zheng nodded, "Yes, it's possible! Then let's talk about this during the video conference tonight?"

This is indeed not the place to discuss this kind of thing, Xue Zihan gave him a smile and bowed slightly.

So, the matter was so happily decided.

……

Night.

The video conference proposed by Xue Zihan was held as scheduled.

Sun Quan, Xue Zihan, Wang Zheng, Tao Yujuan, the four of them are at home, each at one end of the computer.

Xue Zihan: "Brother Zheng and I both like the book "The Last Wish of the Dead", especially the writing method in the form of a unit drama in this book, each story seems to be self-contained and has little to do with the context, but because of several main characters throughout, it is connected, I think this kind of writing is very suitable for adapting into the online drama we wanted to do before, Brother Zheng also means this, Ah Quan, Sister Tao, what is your opinion?"

Tao Yujuan smiled, "I completely agree! ”

Sun Quan also smiled and nodded, "If I say that the reason why I decided to write such a book is to adapt it into an online drama, will you think I'm pretending?" ”

"Huh!"

"Haha......"

Tao Yujuan and Wang Zheng were both amused.

Xue Zihan glanced at Sun Quan with a smile, "Everyone is good friends, if you pretend occasionally, we can still tolerate it." ”

Sun Quan wanted to laugh a little, the standard statement should not be: You don't pretend to compare, are we still good friends?

Speaking of which, this sentence has been quite popular on the Internet recently.

"My opinion, I have already communicated with Brother Zheng before, and I completely agree here, so what is the point of your proposal for this meeting today? Huh?"

After laughing, Sun Quan got straight to the point and asked the topic directly.

Everyone knows each other well, and they will work together in the near future to make a film and television company, so he doesn't have the heart to go around in circles with them, say whatever he wants, and try not to waste each other's time.

Wang Zheng: "That's right, Zihan and I mainly want to discuss the casting of the actors in this drama with you, the actors' schedules need to be communicated and determined in advance, and Zihan and I both think that this drama can now start the casting of the main characters." ”

Xue Zihan nodded, "Yes, for example, Chen Yang, the hero of this book...... Ah Quan, when you wrote this role, did you have the image of an actor in mind?

Actor?

Wang Zheng and Xue Zihan were so active about this project, which was a bit unexpected by Sun Quan.

But he was happy to hear it.

has a positive attitude, at least it shows that they are enthusiastic about this show, and enthusiasm is ...... It has always been a prerequisite for doing a good job and a project.

How much enthusiasm you have for a thing or a project often determines how much energy you can put into that thing or project.

But...... When he created the role of Chen Yang, he really didn't refer to the image of any star in his mind, and after more than ten years of coding words, he had already gotten rid of the stage of creating a character and looking for a real template in his mind.

However, since Xue Zihan asked this question, Sun Quan still frowned and thought about it, and recalled in his heart the compatibility between some well-known young actors in the entertainment industry and the role of Chen Yang.

And when he seriously considered this issue, Tao Yujuan laughed and spoke first, "I think Zheng Yijian is good, his image is very good, and his acting skills are no problem, but he may be a little older, but this problem should not be big, I think he can make him look younger through makeup technology, what do you think?"

Zheng Yijian?

Sun Quan looked at Tao Yujuan in the video in astonishment.

Is she serious?

Wang Zheng was the first to laugh, "Do you really dare to think! What we are going to do this time is an online drama, do you think that with Zheng Yijian's fame, he will consider our project?"

What's more, he is such a big name, even if he is really willing to take our play, what about the salary? How much to pay him, have you considered this question?"

Xue Zihan also smiled, "Sister Tao, can you stop staring at those big-name stars? We are not making movies, the investment is limited, don't scare me!"

Tao Yujuan chuckled and blinked, "I'm just kidding! Mainly when I was young, my favorite star was him, to be honest, if you remove the factors of age and salary, I really think Zheng Yijian is a very good choice!"

His image is very good, his acting skills are also very stable, and when it is critical, he also has explosive power, and he is also good at action scenes, so he is really a very good candidate. ”

Xue Zihan raised his hand to support his forehead speechlessly, "Sister Tao, are you realistic, okay?

Wang Zheng asked Sun Quan, "Ah Quan, do you think anyone is more suitable?"

Sun Quan shook his head slightly, met the puzzled eyes of the three, and said: "I think the main roles of this drama, it is best not to choose those actors who are well-known to the audience, let alone stars, it is best to choose a group of new faces who have the right image and acting skills, but are not famous." ”

Xue Zihan frowned: "In order to save salary?"

Wang Zheng: "This ...... It's not easy to find, right? One or two such new faces, it's not too difficult to find, but if the whole show is looking for such actors, then the workload is too great, if it's purely to save salary, I don't think there's a need to save to this extent, if our investment is really not enough, I can also go out here to find a look, see if I can find a partner who is interested in investing together......"

Before Wang Zheng's words fell, Sun Quan shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not entirely a matter of investment, to be honest, investing in this drama, even if you need one or two million, or a little more, I don't have any financial pressure now, mainly considering ...... Hmm, how do you say that?

Don't you think that in this kind of ghost-related theme, familiar faces that are familiar to the audience appear at every turn, which is very dramatic?

If you have an unfamiliar face, although it is not good to hype up the gimmick when promoting, the audience should have a better sense of substitution when watching this drama, what do you think?"

"Sense of substitution?" Xue Zihan was slightly surprised.

Wang Zheng's expression moved slightly, thoughtful.

Tao Yujuan blinked, nodded and said: "It seems to be true, just like the pseudo-documentary "Ghost Shadow Record", just because everything strives to be real, so it is popular, is that what it means?"

Sun Quan hummed, "I know that when we first got involved in the online drama industry, we originally lacked a lot of relevant experience and contacts, and it was not easy to find a large number of powerful unfamiliar actors, but...... I think if you can calm down and look for it with your heart, for example, go to major film and television colleges to select those newcomers who have not yet debuted, as well as some acting skills in the film and television industry, but limited by resources or personal image, and unknown young actors, should still be able to solve this problem.

After all, don't forget, what we want to shoot is an online drama, and the positioning itself is a little lower than that of traditional TV dramas, and the audience's requirements and expectations for our drama should also be a little lower. ”

After his words were finished, the three people in the video were not in a hurry to express their opinions for a while.

Whether it is Xue Zihan, Wang Zheng, or Tao Yujuan, they are all thoughtful.

Then it was Tao Yujuan who broke the silence first, "It seems to make sense, and, Brother Zheng, let me say, don't be angry!"

Wang Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly, "What?

Tao Yujuan: "I think if we really follow what Ah Quan said to find actors, when this drama officially starts filming, you, the director, should have a much stronger control over the crew, after all, ...... Hehe, you have been an assistant director of variety shows, and you have never proven yourself in the film and television drama industry before, if you replace a group of famous actors or stars, you ...... I'm afraid that you, the director, may not be able to suppress those people!"

Silence, wry smile.

This was Wang Zheng's reaction.

Because of Tao Yujuan's words, she felt a little hit the nail on the head, and this needle was still directly pierced in his heart.

makes it difficult for him to refute.

Sun Quan praised Tao Yujuan in his heart, watched and waited with a smile, and did not rush to say anything more.

A few seconds later, Xue Zihan showed a smile, "I agree with this plan!" Although according to this plan, we may spend a lot of time on the casting of actors, but I think it's nothing, the adaptation of "The Last Wish of the Dead" is the first online drama made by our company after its establishment, I don't know what you think, anyway, I hope to be an instant hit, and if you want to be an instant hit, slow work is inevitable.

Rather than being slow during filming, I think it's totally worth the extra time spent on casting.

This can not only save us a lot of salary, but also use the saved salary for filming and post-production of this drama, and even publicity, and in the casting process, although it will take a lot of time, it will not cost much, Brother Zheng, what do you think?"

What else?

In a video conference, three of the four people who participated in the meeting have already agreed to this plan, even if he Wang Zheng is against it, what is the point?

What's more, he was actually convinced.

Nodding, "Okay! Then let's do it! In this way, I propose to cast the casting, for the time being, all the things you want to do are left to Yujuan, you go to the preliminary selection, for each main role, you'd better select a few alternative actors first, and then let's select the best of the best, and determine the final candidate, okay?"

Wang Zheng's proposal surprised Tao Yujuan, and stretched out her hand to herself, "I'll leave it all to me? No, how can I have so much time? Recently, I have been working every day, and the workload of this casting is so big, I ......."

Wang Zheng interrupted her with a smile, "It's okay, you resign first!" Yujuan, now that the four of us are there, maybe you can take a break to do this......

"Why?"

Tao Yujuan was puzzled.

Wang Zheng smiled, "Hehe, you want to! Ah Quan wants to concentrate on writing this book, he is the author of the original book, the current plot of this book has just begun, and there are still many things that need to be written, and besides, his lover has recently raised a baby in the magic capital, and the companies under his name also need him to take care of them, what about Zihan...... She is the chief director of our current show, I am the assistant director, and we can't get rid of our work for the time being, in contrast, hehe, maybe only your current job ......"

Speaking of which, he didn't say anything later, but the meaning of his words was already very clear.

is nothing more than to say that only Tao Yujuan's current job can resign at any time, which is not irreplaceable.

These words hurt Tao Yujuan's self-esteem a little.

Tao Yujuan's expression is indeed a little complicated, she wants to speak, but she wants to argue.

Her smile turned to a wry smile.

Sun Quan smiled, still didn't say anything, now it depends on how Tao Yujuan decides, after listening to Wang Zheng's reason, Sun Quan also feels that it is most suitable for Tao Yujuan to do the casting work at present.

Xue Zihan: "Sister Tao, Brother Zheng's words may be a bit straightforward, don't you mind! If you don't want to, it's okay, it's a big deal, when the work in our hands is completed, let's do the casting work together, really, it's okay." ”

It's good that she doesn't say that, but as soon as she says this, the wry smile on Tao Yujuan's face becomes even stronger.

I felt like I had been cornered, and there was no room to dodge.

They have already said this, how can she be embarrassed to refuse?

Sighing helplessly, he nodded slightly, "Okay! Since that's the case, then I'll write a letter of resignation later, and hand it over to the Taiwan leaders tomorrow, and strive to leave my post as soon as possible and do it as soon as possible!

Wang Zheng made a fist clenching motion, "Yujuan, hard work!"

Xue Zihan smiled, "Sister Tao, come on! I love you!"

Tao Yujuan smiled bitterly and glanced at them.

Sun Quan thought for a while and said: "Sister Tao, the casting work will be handed over to you for the time being, you can rest assured about the salary, from the day you officially leave your station, I will pay your salary in the future, and I will not let you work in vain." ”