Originally, Lin Xiaoguang always thought that "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" was just a nostalgic film with an average audience and did not have much commercial value.

It wasn't until the market research in the last few days that Lin Xiaoguang knew that he had picked up a big bargain this time.

It turned out that "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" was first published on the hottest literary website "Literature City" in the overseas Chinese circle, and was posted on the overseas literature website.

Subsequently, within a few months, it quickly became a "manuscript of the Internet age" sought after by overseas peers, and formed a large number of overseas "Jingqiu fans" around the heroine Jingqiu in the book.

After the overseas fire, some domestic forums also began to reprint it, causing countless personal blogs, forums, and post bars to discuss hotly, and some readers also established a special discussion forum on the Internet to exchange opinions, which has formed the "hawthorn tree phenomenon".

From this point of view, the so-called love of the hawthorn tree is synonymous with the innocent first love feelings that transcend the times.

Therefore, for the drama "Love of the Hawthorn Tree" to be successful, the casting of the heroine Jingqiu is the most critical, as long as the heroine is chosen correctly, this movie will become, if the choice is not good, then it will be in vain.

Afternoon.

Light and shadow studio.

"Xiaoguang, who are you going to find to play Jingqiu!"

"Brother Zhonglei, don't worry, the New Year is coming soon, and it's not too late to talk about it after the New Year. Lin Xiaoguang said vaguely.

"Wait, it won't be Cheng Yanxi again, right?"

"Ahem...... How could it be, how did you think of her?"

“……”

Ignoring Huang Zhonglei's nagging and urging in front of him, Lin Xiaoguang was intently looking at a black and white photo sent by computer email.

"What photos are you looking at, and who are these people on it?" Huang Zhonglei leaned over to the computer and asked curiously.

I saw that in this black and white photo, there are four young girls with simple appearances.

Lin Xiaoguang lit a cigarette and said faintly: "The prototype of Jingqiu." ”

"Where's Jingqiu?"

Lin Xiaoguang pointed to the short-haired girl on the right in the front row of the photo: "This is the prototype Xiong Yin of "Jingqiu". ”

Huang Zhonglei took a serious look at it, frowned and said: "The real person is not what he looks like, it is completely different from the Jingqiu I imagined." ”

Lin Xiaoguang asked with interest: "Brother Zhonglei, what do you imagine Jingqiu to look like?"

Huang Zhonglei thought for a while, and said: "When I watched "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", the imaginary Jingqiu should be a youthful little girl, and the girl in this photo looks too old-fashioned and lacks a little aura. ”

Lin Xiaoguang said disappreciatively: "It's normal, it comes from life, but it's higher than life." ”

Regarding the difference in adapting it into a movie, Lin Xiaoguang should be the most experienced.

I think that at the beginning, when filming the movie "Those Years", if Lin Xiaoguang looked for the actor Ke Jingteng according to the appearance of the prototype of nine knives, then this drama would basically not exceed 10 million box office, let alone break the box office of Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Just imagine, if Ke Jingteng in the movie is a short stature, a pair of obscene nine knives with a good appearance and temperament, how many girls will be moved by this movie? I guess I can't stand watching it, and I will be moved! It's good not to be scolded to death by those girls!

As for the heroine Shen Jiayi, although Lin Xiaoguang did not see the real person with his own eyes, he also saw her appearance in the photo at the home of Nine Knives, Shen Jiayi herself looks very ordinary, and she also wears a pair of glasses, which is far worse than Cheng Yanxi.

No way, this is a world of looking at faces after all, in order to make the movie "Those Years" look good, Lin Xiaoguang, as a director, had to do some artistic processing of the movie, so he picked two heroes and heroines who were outstanding.

This may be because of Zou Dongyu's preconceived notion of Jingqiu, since these days, Lin Xiaoguang has always looked for an actress to play Jingqiu according to the appearance of Zou Dongyu in his mind.

It is conceivable that Lin Xiaoguang's idea is not clever.

On the other hand, after seeing the photos of Xiong Ying, the prototype of Jingqiu, Lin Xiaoguang suddenly had a new idea, and he decided to find a new way to create his own Jingqiu.

Because Li Jingqiu is a little inferior and selfish, everything is considered for his future and his family, and he is particularly cowardly.

Therefore, Jingqiu in the movie is not pleasant, Lin Xiaoguang hopes that Jingqiu in his movie will be more innocent and brave.

On the other hand, because Lin Xiaoguang has not decided on Jingqiu's actor candidates for a long time, Huayi has not found a suitable actress internally, and the lineup in front of and behind the scenes of the movie has been almost built, and it is tentatively scheduled to start in March next year.

Inevitably had a lot of dreams at night, Huang Zhonglei began to go to the film academy to select actors.

And Lin Xiaoguang was not idle, looking through the information and photos of those actresses' agents every day, but he never found a beautiful woman.

Just when Lin Xiaoguang was immersed in the information, the phone in the office rang, and when it was connected, it was a woman's voice.

"Hey, who's that?"

"Big brother, it's me, Wang Mi ......"

Speaking of which, Lin Xiaoguang and Wang Mi haven't seen each other for a long time since they parted from "The Condor Heroes".

After such a long time, hearing that it was Wang Mi's voice, Lin Xiaoguang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Oh, it's Wang Mi, is there something wrong?"

"That's right, big brother, I want to ......"

The outspoken Wang Mi didn't hide it, and soon told Lin Xiaoguang on the phone that she wanted to play Jingqiu, the heroine of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", without beating around the bush at all.

After understanding the situation, Lin Xiaoguang smiled bitterly and said, "Wang Mi, I'm sorry, the heroine has already been decided." ”

“……”

"There's no room for manoeuvre?"

"Nope. ”

"Oh, okay big brother, then next time I go back to the capital, I'll ask you for dinner. ”

"Okay, next time I have the right opportunity, I will definitely give priority to you!"

Hung up Wang Mi's phone, Lin Xiaoguang continued to open the information of those actresses and browsed, and looked at several actress profiles in a row, but did not see a suitable candidate, until Zhao Liying's information appeared in front of him, and he was a little relieved.

"Zhao Liying!"

"Why did she send the information too, the news is still quite well-informed. ”

Looking at a few of Zhao Liying's so-called "art photos", revealing a strong sense of déjà vu at the junction of urban and rural areas, the smile on Lin Xiaoguang's face instantly condensed.

"What kind of stylist are these! It's so spicy! A little girl who was originally quite sweet made it like this!"

muttering insultingly, Lin Xiaoguang took a general look at Zhao Liying's personal career resume:

In 200, by chance, Zhao Liying relied on her good performance and the support of voting netizens to win the championship of the Feng Xiaojar group in the Yahoo Star Search Competition jointly sponsored by Argon Tiger Search Network, Zhejiang Satellite TV, and Huayi Brothers, and later starred in the heroine of the 10 million advertisement "Kneeling Chapter" directed by Feng Xiaotank, and was signed by Huayi Brothers.

In the following two years, Zhao Liying, like other newcomers in Huayi's company, was basically ignored by Huayi, and began to make cameo appearances in some small characters in various film and television dramas, such as the role of the little maid next to the eldest lady.

Lin Xiaoguang pondered for a moment, and shouted outside the door: "Xiao Luo, Xiao Luo, come up!"

Xiao Luo downstairs heard Lin Xiaoguang's shout and hurriedly ran up.

Lin Xiaoguang put down the information in his hand, and the assistant Xiao Luo stared at Lin Xiaoguang thoughtfully: "Boss, what's the matter?"

Lin Xiaoguang casually handed the information to Xiao Luo, and said: "Xiao Luo, call this actress's agent and ask her artist to come to our company for an audition tomorrow!"