When Wei Xiong arrived at the film company, Cheng Xiaodong had already arrived first, and the two had met in the hospital a few times before, mainly to discuss the preparations for the film, so there was no extra politeness, and after sitting for a while, the two came to the fitting room, and the actors who came to audition had already arrived.

Because of the presence of "The True Color of Heroes" and the collaboration with Shaw Brothers, since the news of the start of preparations for "A Chinese Ghost Story" has spread, there have been many depressed actors who are unwilling or not yet famous to participate in the audition through various relationships.

Before today, Cheng Xiaodong had already eliminated some of the ones that were obviously unsuitable, and those who came today were the rest. Of course, there are a few who were invited by the crew to audition, such as Wu Ma who auditioned Yan Chixia. In fact, it is said that it is an invitation from the crew, but it is better to say that it means Wei Xiong.

Although Cheng Xiaodong is a director and has the power to select actors, he is not as big as he will be in the future, at most he is at the same level as Wang Jing. In fact, during the filming of the original "A Chinese Ghost Story", Cheng Xiaodong could not fully exercise his power.

Xu Ke is a producer on the surface, but he always likes to point fingers, and Cheng Xiaodong can only give in most of the time because of Xu Ke's status, which is why Wu Yusen fell out with Xu Ke in the first place, and then left Taiwan. However, Wei Xiong is not as domineering as Xu Ke.

He uses negotiation, and all the actors he proposed to audition for are really not suitable in the end, Cheng Xiaodong can exercise the power of the director, which makes Cheng Xiaodong feel a sense of respect, and at the same time, he has a little more expectation for the actors mentioned by Wei Xiong.

Because he heard that the three protagonists of "The True Color of Heroes" were all finalized by Wei Xiong himself, and it turned out that whether it was Zhou Yanfa, Zhang Guorong, or Di Yan, they all interpreted their roles just right, which made the film a lot more colorful outside the plot.

The two came to the fitting room, and not long after sitting in the lounge, an actor walked in in a costume, this person auditioned for the role of the Dryad Grandma, wearing a black gorgeous wide robe, her hair was pulled up high like a peacock, and the makeup on her face was slightly feminine.

didn't even let the auditioner say a few lines, Wei Xiong and Cheng Xiaodong shook their heads almost at the same time, the dryad grandma in the film is hermaphroditic, and the image needs to be masculine and feminine, and the actor's temperament is too masculine, and the difference between the role is too far away......

Two hours passed quickly, and after the actor who auditioned for the female ghost Xiaoqing went out, Cheng Xiaodong looked at Wei Xiong and said in a rather admiring tone: "It seems that Mr. Wei's vision of seeing people is really worthy of his reputation, Wu Ma and Liu Zhaowei are very suitable, and that Xue Zhilun is also very good." ”

Wei Xiong smiled, without the slightest complacency, what he recommended was the original actor, although I don't know if Xu Ke interfered in the selection of actors in the original version, but Cheng Xiaodong is the director, even if Xu Ke interferes, it is not too much, otherwise he will simply be the director.

Therefore, most of the actors he recommended are actually recognized by Cheng Xiaodong, at least in line with Cheng Xiaodong's requirements for film roles.

"Wu Ma and Liu Zhaowei are both veteran actors, and with them joining, the filming process will definitely be much smoother. As for Xue Zhilun just now, although he is also good, his image is slightly lacking, and he does not give people a stunning feeling, but that Xie Ning's image is more outstanding. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Xiaodong compared Xue Zhilun and Xie Ning in his mind, the two should say that they have their own advantages and disadvantages, Xue Zhilun's sexy and charming temperament is more in line with the villain positioning of Banshee Xiaoqing, but her appearance is not outstanding, and she can only be regarded as average in the Hong Kong film industry with many beauties.

As Wei Xiong said - there is no sense of amazement. In contrast, Shaining's banshee Xiaoqing's appearance is more eye-catching, and Shaining is the champion of Miss Hong Kong last year, although this audition is not recommended by TVB, but it must also be agreed by TVB.

In the case of equal advantages, Shainin is undoubtedly the best and most correct choice: "Then according to Mr. Wei's meaning, choose Shaining." ”

Wei Xiong nodded: "After all, the Shaw Brothers are partners, so they should be selling the sixth uncle a face, and then only that Wang Guxian will be left." ”

Originally, according to Cheng Xiaodong's meaning, Wang Guxian was too tall (172 cm, he had played basketball), and his facial features were too modern to play costume roles, but Wang Guxian was personally recommended by Fang Yihua.

Shao Yifu also agreed, Cheng Xiaodong couldn't open his mouth even if he wanted to refuse, plus Wei Xiong also felt that Wang Guxian was good, it can be said that as long as it was not too bad, Wang Guxian played Nie Xiaoqian is almost decided, so Wang Guxian is the only one who auditioned for Nie Xiaoqian today.

After a while, a beautiful woman in ancient costume dressed in white and with long hair slowly walked into the lounge, Cheng Xiaodong frowned slightly and looked at it carefully, and then asked Wang Guxian to make a few moves in the play, and then said a few lines, and his brows did not spread from beginning to end.

"Miss Wang's performance was a little unexpected to me, the ancient costume was not as abrupt as I imagined, but I always felt that there was something shortcoming."

When Wang Guxian just walked into the lounge, Wei Xiong also felt a little different from the Nie Xiaoqian in his memory, the difference was that he had a reference object, so he quickly found something different, and when he heard Cheng Xiaodong say this, he said with a smile: "Wait a minute." ”

He walked out of the lounge, and came back a moment later with a makeup case, only to see him gesture towards the sofa and say, "Miss Wang, sit here." ”

At this time, although Wang Guxian was famous, he behaved generously, and after listening to Wei Xiong's greeting, he walked over and sat on the sofa where Wei Xiong was sitting before, and then raised his head slightly, waiting for Wei Xiong to do something on her face, although she doubted in her heart whether Wei Xiong really knew how to put on makeup.

Wei Xiong opened the makeup box, which was densely packed, full of all kinds of makeup tools, he had never learned makeup, but he knew how to put on makeup, and the makeup he wanted to put on Wang Guxian was also very simple, or 'touch-up' was more appropriate, it only took two steps.

The first is to widen and blacken the eyebrows, most women in this era are popular with slightly curved thin eyebrows, but this eyebrow shape is obviously not suitable for Wang Guxian.

The second is to deepen the shadows on both sides of the nose bridge and eye sockets, which makes the facial features more three-dimensional while making the whole image more beautiful.

"That's how it feels." Cheng Xiaodong had been watching while Wei Xiong was touching up Wang Guxian's makeup, and when Wei Xiong put down his tools and took a step back, he couldn't help but applaud, although it was only a few strokes, but it completely outlined Nie Xiaoqian in his imagination.