Chapter 213: Choosing a heroine
On July 3rd, Lu Yang took a notebook and two sets of change of clothes, and flew to the capital, the casting of "The Gate of Rebirth" was about to begin, if it wasn't for the fact that he had to take the final exam a few days ago, according to Wang Lin and Dai Qingwa, the casting would have started a few days ago.
When getting off the plane, Wang Lin and Dai Qingwa picked up the plane outside the airport together, and when they got into the Buick borrowed by Dai Qingwa, Wang Lin, who was sitting in the back row with Lu Yang, had already spoken.
"Wenda! We have already chosen the actor, and we are waiting in the hotel! Let me tell you first, can you take a look at the place when you get there?"
Lu Yang shook his head slightly, and said, "Don't call it Wenda!"
Speaking of which, Wang Lin is a few years older than him, it used to be just a simple relationship between the author and the reader, Wang Lin called him Wenda, he didn't care, now they are doing things together, and they still call him Wenda when they meet, Lu Yang feels that it is a little inappropriate.
Wang Lin smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll call you Mr. Lu, right?"
Lu Yang looked at him speechlessly, and after looking at him for a few seconds, Wang Lin smiled and changed his words: "Okay! Lu Yang!"
Lu Yang smiled again and said, "What's the situation with the actor? Tell me first!"
Wang Lin: "That person's name is Cheng Bing, and he is also a graduate of our previous Beiying classes, I also saw it for the first time, that guy is learning acting, he played a supporting role in the frog crew last year, frog feels that although he is not famous enough as the leading actor, his acting skills should be fine, just thirty years old." ”
Dai Qingwa, who was sitting in the driver's seat in front of him and driving, interjected into the topic at this time and said, "My idea is this, Lu Yang, your script." Isn't the protagonist a down-and-out little person? Then there should be no problem for the actor to choose a male actor who is not famous, but has strength. Of course, this is also for the sake of cost savings, our total investment is only 4 million, in addition to shooting, there is also post-production, as well as advertising, calculated, just invite a little star. We don't have enough money, so ......"
Before he could finish speaking, Lu Yang nodded. "No problem, I understand. ”
After a pause, Lu Yang asked, "What about the heroine?
Speaking of this question, Wang Lin shook his head. "Not yet!" the frog meant. The male protagonist can not be good-looking, but the heroine and supporting actress must be beautiful, even if it is a vase, it must make the audience feel amazing, otherwise this movie will be too gimmicky! After the little people are reborn, there are no beautiful heroines and supporting actresses, so the audience can't get excited!"
Hearing this, Lu Yang laughed. "Yes, the heroine and supporting actress must be beautiful, where are you going to find them?"
Wang Lin: "The frog and I mean to start with the North Shadow first. Then the Central Academy of Drama, if it doesn't work, let's go to the Shanghai Theater Academy again, and choose the most beautiful girls' school flowers from the performance departments of those colleges!"
"Gotta get it!"
Lu Yang smiled and gave a thumbs up.
When making a movie, there is a big investment to play, and a small cost to play with a small cost.
"The Gate of Rebirth" is a complete commercial film, just like Dai Qingwa said, the male protagonist can not be good-looking, but the acting skills must be passable, and the heroine and supporting actress must be beautiful enough.
The car arrived at the place in about half an hour, a halal restaurant, and in a private room, Lu Yang saw the Cheng Bing in Wang Lin's mouth.
It is true that his appearance is not good, his height is ordinary, his skin is dark, there are forehead lines on his forehead, he has short shaved hair, and his hair is root-up, but his eyes are very bright, giving people a calm and ruthless feeling.
Seeing Dai Qingwa and Wang Lin coming in with a tall young man about 20 years old, this person immediately came over to greet Lu Yang and shake hands with a smile on his face.
After a pleasantry, the waiter came in to order and serve the food......
After eating a meal, Lu Yang stayed in the hotel where Wang Lin lived.
The next day, the three of them drove the Buick into Beiying.
This is the second time Lu Yang has come here, when he walked into the campus, Dai Qingwa said to Lu Yang and Wang Lin: "Let's not contact the school first, how can we also graduate from Beiying, in case we can't choose those girls recommended by the school in the end, the school is not happy, and we are not good to face those teachers before!"
Wang Lin: "Then how do we find it? Performative class by class to touch?"
Dai Qingwa smiled and nodded, "Yes! Just touch it quietly!"
Wang Lin slapped his forehead and said speechlessly: "Those girls will be treated as perverted wolves!"
Dai Qingwa: "Then you go and contact the teacher! However, if you don't choose the heroine, you can explain to the teacher yourself!"
Wang Lin: "Forget it! Now think about the feeling of being treated as a pervert wolf by a girl, maybe it's not bad!"
Lu Yang walked beside the two, smiling silently, he said when he signed the contract before, the power of casting belongs to Dai Qingwa and Wang Lin, and he only has the right of veto.
Smiling and walking beside the two, Lu Yang thought in his heart: Liu Yifei and Yang Mi seem to have graduated from the Beiying Performance Department, and in 06, they should still be studying here, right? I don't know if I can see them today.
However, one morning turned down, and Lu Yang was disappointed.
Liu Yifei and Yang Mi are indeed the current students of Beiying, but school flower-level beauties like them with outstanding appearances, although they are still in college, have been targeted by many crews.
In 2002, Liu Yifei had already taken over the filming of Zhang Dabeard's "Dragon Babu", directly playing the heroine Wang Yuyan.
Yang Mi, a 05-level student of Beiying, made his debut in 03 and starred as Guo Xiang in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
There are some girls who are still working hard in school, Lu Yang also saw a few familiar ones, but none of them surprised him, and Dai Qingwa and Wang Lin did not match any of them.
It's not just their small-budget movies that will target the school flower of Beijing Film, this kind of thing has already been done.
At noon, the three of them ate at a small restaurant near Beiying, and their faces were a little disappointed.
"Let's go to the Chinese opera in the afternoon!" Wang Lin took a sip of wine and said a little sullenly.
When it came to Chinese opera, Dai Qingwa and Wang Lin changed their strategy, and Beiying was their alma mater. I am afraid that I will not be able to choose the girls recommended by the school, and in the end, it will be difficult to explain to the teachers and school leaders that Chinese opera is not their alma mater. Naturally, there is no such concern.
At the same time, I was also worried that if I went to find it, I would miss some beauties who were still in school, so when I got to the Chinese opera, Dai Qingwa and Wang Lin contacted the colonel directly, and then asked the school to notify those acting girls who were still in school.
Wang Lin, Dai Qingwa and Lu Yang were taken to a dance studio by a teacher at the school. There I was waiting for the girls from the acting department to come over for an interview.
There are tables and chairs, as well as mineral water, which is more like the three of them being thieves in Beiying in the morning. It is much more comfortable to look for one class after another.
For the crew who came to their school to find the heroine, although Lu Yang and the three of them looked relatively young, I heard that the movie only had an investment of four or five million. But the teachers of Chinese opera are still very enthusiastic.
Not only did they arrange a dance studio, tables and chairs, and mineral water for Lu Yang. I also temporarily wrote a banner with a brush - the scene of the selection of the heroine of the movie "The Gate of Rebirth".
Not long after the three of them sat down in the dance studio, forty or fifty beautiful women of all kinds came one after another.
Dai Qingwa has been an assistant director for several years, and the casting is mainly decided by him.
Under the arrangement of the teacher, the girls walked into the dance studio one after another, introduced themselves in front of Lu Yang and them, and then performed Dai Qingwa's temporary topic.
Lu Yang still sat next to him with the mentality of only watching and not talking, which actresses in Chinese opera will become popular in the future? Lu Yang tried hard to recall. I can barely remember a Tong Liya and a Tang Wei, but Tang Wei seems to be from the director department?
More and more. Lu Yang can't remember, in his previous life, he was an otaku network author, even if he had watched countless movies and TV series, he didn't have the heart to go to the detailed information of those actresses in Baidu.
It's nice to remember two.
Dai Qingwa interviewed one by one, and Lu Yang and Wang Lin sat next to him and watched without talking.
Both of them know that there is a reason to specialize in the art industry, and in terms of movies, they are definitely not as good as Dai Qingwa, Dai Qingwa not only has to look at the appearance of each girl, but also their acting skills.
Although the first standard they set for a heroine before is to be beautiful, it is definitely not enough to be beautiful and have bad acting skills.
Time passed little by little, and more than 20 beauties had been interviewed in a blink of an eye.
These beauties, although they are not as beautiful as Liu Yifei and Yang Mi, are above the level, but unfortunately, there is still no big beauty that makes people shine.
The Chinese opera beauties Tong Liya and Tang Wei in Lu Yang's memory have never appeared.
After another beautiful woman got off the stage, the three of them looked at each other wordlessly, and they all felt a little headache, if the Chinese opera couldn't choose a suitable candidate, they could only return to Beiying and let the school come forward to interview all the acting girls.
It's just that in that case, I'm afraid that in the end, no matter whether you can choose your favorite or not, you will have to choose one in Beiying.
"Next!"
The voice of the school's female teacher sounded outside the door, and then a beautiful woman in a white dress walked in.
Dai Qingwa and Wang Lin's eyes were bright, this beauty was good, tall, S-shaped curves, white skin and beautiful, Lu Yang was stunned when he saw this woman.
It's her!
Did she also graduate from Chinese opera?
In his memory, the first time Lu Yang remembered this actress was when he watched "Gang of Men", was it in 2011 or 2012?
became famous so late, and in 06, he was already in Chinese opera.
Lu Yang subconsciously sat up straight, half-squinting his eyes and carefully looking at the beauty who had just come in, the more he looked at it, the more it looked, it should be her.
"Hello three teachers! I'm Zhang Li, level 03 of the performance department, please take care of the three teachers!"
As she spoke, Zhang Li's signature sexually appealing lips curled, revealing a charming smile and bowing slightly.
"Hello Zhang Li, do you have any experience in acting?" Dai Qingwa began to ask.
"Hello teacher, I just finished filming Mr. Gu Rong's "The Last Time I Love You" in the middle of last month......
Zhang Li introduced herself there, Dai Qingwa and Wang Lin listened carefully, but Lu Yang was already thinking about how to persuade the two to agree to let her play the heroine.
Zhang Li, the name is only one word different from Sun Li, although her future achievements cannot be compared with Sun Li, but her appearance and temperament are the best choice.
After becoming famous from "Gang of Men", its popularity has also risen rapidly.
The delicate face, big black and white eyes, slightly thick but more sexy lips, as well as the slender thighs, full and full chest, and a model figure of about 1.7 meters, make many men drool!
Isn't such a beauty exactly what they need for a heroine?
It's a junior, and I've just starred in a movie, so I should have acting skills, but the movie I just starred in hasn't been released yet, my fame is not obvious, and the salary is definitely not high.
"If you were chosen as the heroine, how much would you be paid?"
Lu Yang, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, Wang Lin and Dai Qingwa, who were used to him not saying a word, looked over in amazement, and Zhang Li, who had just finished performing Dai Qingwa's title, also looked at Lu Yang, who was obviously the youngest of the three.
Dai Qingwa's mouth opened, and he wanted to say something, in the end, it may be that he was afraid of Lu Yang's identity as an investor, or it may be that he was also satisfied with this Zhang Li, so he didn't say anything in the end, Wang Lin looked at Lu Yang, and then looked at Zhang Li, who had a model figure and an angel face, and slowly showed a knowing smile on his face, and he didn't speak, according to the standards set by the three of them before, this Zhang Li is indeed not bad.
Beautiful, sexy, temperamental, and acting, the key is that he is still a newcomer, and the salary cannot be high.
The last point is the key!
There are many beautiful and acting skills in the entertainment industry, but the salary is low, but it is difficult to find one of them.
"This ......"
Zhang Li was a little hesitant, firstly, because she didn't know how much money to drive, and secondly, because Lu Yang was the youngest among the three, and she subconsciously doubted whether he could call the shots.
In case he can't be the master, even if she is paid at this time, what will happen?
Dai Qingwa probably saw her concerns, smiled, and introduced Lu Yang, "This is the main investor of this film and the screenwriter of this film!"
Zhang Li subconsciously bit her lower lip and hesitated: "I don't know how much you can pay me?"
Lu Yang looked at Dai Qingwa, meaning to let him open.
Dai Qingwa looked at Wang Lin, and Wang Lin stretched out his palm to him, which also made him decide.
Dai Qingwa thought for a while and said, "Twenty thousand!"
Movies are different from TV series, TV series, maybe thousands of yuan a piece, or newcomers may only receive a few hundred yuan a episode, but the movie shooting cycle is long, often a few months or even more than half a year, and the requirements are much higher than TV series, not to mention, now the heroine is chosen, and the salary naturally can't be too low.
But 20,000 is not a high price.
"Can I think about it?"
Zhang Li was a little hesitant.
I heard that this "Gate of Rebirth" is only a small-budget movie, and the director and investors are unknown, and she has just finished filming Gu Rong's movie, and this price makes her hesitate.
"Add 10,000!"
Lu Yang spoke again.
Before Zhang Li appeared, Lu Yang didn't care who to choose as the heroine, but after seeing her, he didn't want to continue to choose.
Sure enough, Lu Yang said add 10,000, and Zhang Li's face showed joy. (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you for the 100 points of the reward of the little VE Bin, and thank xhy79 for the 200 points of the reward for walking in the blind stream.