Chapter 175: The Male Protagonist
After revising the script he had written, Fan Cheng embarked on the road to find the male protagonist.
Although the film and TV circles in China are a mess in later generations, they are still very good now, especially at the age of forty, there are quite a few old actors who are willing to settle down and carve their acting skills to support it, but this is also where Fan Cheng is worried, Ma Sanli may have no prejudice against Fan Cheng doing variety shows, Teresa Teng will also agree to return to China to participate in the show because Fan Cheng flew over thousands of miles to fight for it, but this group of actors who are usually very respectable are unlikely to agree to Fan Cheng's invitation as easily as these two。
Not to mention agreeing to the invitation, Fan Cheng took the script and went over, and he couldn't even see anyone.
Thinking back to Teresa Teng and Ma Sanli twice, one time was when the old man came to me in person, and the other time when Teresa Teng was relaxing abroad and didn't pay attention, which made Fan Cheng take advantage of the loophole.
Fan Cheng went around the imperial capital for two days, and almost went directly to Beiying and other schools to arrest those teachers, many of these teachers are also respected good actors, some teachers receive low salaries, ride 28 bicycles every day, but teach famous students all over the world, such teachers are very respected.
After struggling in the hotel for several laps, Fan Cheng finally went.
But what about the effect......
Fan Cheng suddenly found that he had lost this face.
He even regretted a little that he had come in person.
Because now he is a little famous, ordinary people who don't care about TV at all may not know him, but those who watch TV, or are in the TV circle themselves, there are few people who don't know Fan Cheng, who is an outlier, in Beiying Zhongying and other campuses, that hot contempt eyes, even though Fan Cheng has exercised a lot in the past two years, he still feels quite unhappy.
Frankly speaking, he has done a lot in the past two years, but many inherent concepts have not changed, these students and teachers in China Film and Beiying originally belong to the top of the entertainment industry, and there are too many national actors and directors here, they feel that they have enough capital to look down on Fan Cheng, a variety show producer.
This is especially true for those older teachers, many people threw away the script in their hands that they were already interested in the moment they saw Fan Cheng, a TV series of a variety show producer?
No kidding!
Fan Cheng's treatment now is simple two words, discrimination, and it is a very humiliating momentum, but the point is that no one thinks it is discrimination.
When this is the common concept of everyone, don't look at Fan Cheng's efforts in the past two years, but there is still a long way to go to completely reverse this concept.
Many people even said directly, you variety show directors can't do it!
Variety shows and film and television shooting are not the same system at all, I don't even want to take TV dramas, you are a variety show host to film?
The embarrassing situation of not being able to find anyone filming soon made many people in the media and TV circle know, and now everyone turned on the lively mode.
"I can't help myself!"
"Variety show producers will never be on the stage!"
"How thick-skinned are you to invite these national treasure-like actors to shoot your TV series?"
Although these middle-aged actors rejected Fan Cheng a little directly, they still cherish their feathers on the whole, so although they refused, they didn't say anything very serious, but those guys in the TV industry who desperately tried to please them didn't have this scruples.
"Variety show hosts can only host variety shows. ”
"If you can shoot a TV series well, what have we worked so hard to learn in this life?"
"What do you want? Change the status quo? If you have the money, go back and shoot your garbage variety show, don't come to harm the TV series!"
These voices are so hurtful that many variety show producers can't stand it.
These producers were still fighting against Fan Cheng before, but now there is basically no such voice, Fan Cheng has now become a representative of variety shows, and his status represents the future status of variety show producers to a certain extent, because of his existence, many TV stations have begun to pay attention to variety shows and the status of these producers, so attacking him is also very unpleasant for these producers.
It's a pity that in the face of these attacks, Fan Cheng can at least open his mouth to speak, and at least the media will listen to what he says, these producers are not treated so well, and many voices of many people are drowned out in the hustle and bustle, and no one cares at all.
Many times the producers silently supported Fan Cheng in their hearts, and everyone looked forward to Fan Cheng really being able to shoot particularly good works, so that these guys who looked down on them variety show producers could learn a good lesson.
Of course, looking forward to it, these producers are not optimistic about Fan Cheng.
In the eyes of many junior producers, as long as you shoot the pictures inside and outside the studio, explain the specific things to be done clearly, what picture language, camera movement, tone contrast, and the focus of the picture...... These things...... Anyway, you just understand it, it's best to shoot it, and if you can't shoot it, the audience won't say anything about you.
This is also why there are so many variety show directors who have changed careers from on-site and few have professional backgrounds, but this circle itself thinks that variety show directors have no technical content.
Fan Cheng's variety show shooting style is quite different from the tradition of this world, this difference is not only on the camera, such as the traditional variety shows in China, except for the report, they are more inclined to create a sense of stage, and the artists on the stage seem to be performing, Fan Cheng before, most of the domestic variety shows were in this style, and the puzzle programs were also like this.
But there are many types of Fan Cheng's programs, including short dramas with a strong sense of stage, as well as exterior scenes, watching VTR, and even in some studios, using very complex internal sets to create an atmosphere full of family feeling.
The current Chinese variety show circle no longer only has puzzles like before.
Watch VTR, skits, publicity, music, food, location...... Although these attempts are still very naïve and elementary compared with Fan Cheng's mature production, the production method of a hundred flowers makes people look forward to the future of variety shows, when the production of these variety shows becomes mature, the variety show circle can no longer be just Fan Cheng's domination of the rivers and lakes.
After a long walk around the imperial capital, Fan Cheng came back alone.
There are many suitable actors, and none of them are willing to follow him back.
For the first time, everyone on the comprehensive entertainment channel felt that Fan Cheng was a little haggard.
"Are you still ready?" A staff member quietly asked the people around him, he has been preparing for the new TV series, and the props team has prepared a lot of things according to the original paintings of several important sets designed by Fan Cheng.
"Smack!" the person who asked was slapped on the head.
"Nonsense, of course keep doing it! What the third uncle said he wanted to do, he hasn't failed yet!" said the master who took this newcomer.
In fact, this master is also quite worried, but unlike the hesitant newcomer, although he is worried, everyone who has followed Fan Cheng for two years believes more in this man, believing that as long as it is what he wants to do, no matter how big the difficulties and twists and turns, he will always succeed.
But what they didn't know was that Fan Cheng was really troublesome this time.
It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, no matter how many ideas he has, no one can follow him to film.
Shortly after he returned to Yangji, a call came to his phone.
"Fan Cheng, I'm back to Yangji. It was Sun Maofeng's voice that came from the phone.
"Hey, Brother Sun, are you back?" Fan Cheng was a little surprised, Sun Maofeng basically lived in the imperial capital after signing a contract with Tiancheng Entertainment, he can be said to be quite good recently, cross talk brought him a sense of humor, Fan Cheng called him the door of variety shows, and the hosting industry is the most high-profile job in variety shows, especially in Huaxia, which is now almost barren except for Fan Cheng, Sun Maofeng can be said to be more and more dazzling.
Fan Cheng and Sun Maofeng went out for a meal, and there were several entertainment channels that had a good relationship before, and after eating, everyone else left, while Sun Maofeng stayed and chatted with Fan Cheng about his recent work.
"The things you taught me...... I have benefited a lot, I can almost say that I have come to this point by relying on the things you taught me, I never thought that variety shows could still have so much knowledge, it was the things you taught me that made me study variety shows ruthlessly, and this research found that your summaries are really amazing, the method of pretending to be stupid, and the various directions of complaining...... It's all amazing. ”
Sun Maofeng said these words with admiration on his face, and he didn't look like Fan Cheng was nearly twenty years old, but like Fan Cheng's disciple.
"Those summaries are just summaries, and you still need to study them yourself when you really do the show, there are several people in the group, and they are familiar with my stupid methods of complaining about the direction of the back, but when they come to the show, they are all like Jizo Bodhisattvas who can't say a complete sentence for a long time. Fan Cheng smiled bitterly.
There are not a few people like this, but there are many, many people, some people are even more exaggerated, and they can laugh to death when they are funny in private, but the moment the red light is lit up by the camera, it is like a sixth sense to shut up instantly, and there is no longer a little bit of fun in the background, which is simply discouraging.
The two chatted for a while, and Sun Maofeng finally turned the topic to what Fan Cheng had been busy with recently.
"I heard you're preparing to make a TV series?"
"Yes, everything else is well prepared now, but the protagonist is in a bit of trouble here. Fan Cheng said.
"How about I recommend someone to you?" Sun Maofeng asked.
"Oh, who is it?" asked Fan Cheng.
"Feng Guang, you know, right? He is in our company, and he has not worked recently, I mentioned you to him, and he seems to be quite interested. Sun Maofeng asked.
"Okay, if he's interested, I'll pass the script over tomorrow for him to see!" Fan Cheng is also very happy, this Feng Guang is not a first-line star, at most he is a second-tier middle-aged actor, and he can't even be called a golden supporting actor in a TV series, but Fan Cheng is already a little hungry, as long as he has some acting skills, even if he is a poker face.
The next day, Fan Cheng immediately contacted Feng Guang.
It just so happened that Feng Guang was here in Beilin Province, and the two sides made an appointment to meet soon.
Fan Cheng handed over the script to Feng Guang, and after reading it, the other party was also quite interested in the story but did not agree immediately, Fan Cheng also knew that no matter how anxious he was, it was not a matter of one day or two days, so the two sides dispersed.
After waiting for a few days, news came from Feng Guang's side, saying that he didn't know that his agent had helped him take a play, and refused Fan Cheng's invitation.
The so-called don't know what to do...... I'm afraid the real situation is only God knows, Fan Cheng's side is obviously not attractive enough to make the other party refuse, so ...... It can't be helped.
Sun Maofeng was very concerned, but the person he recommended rejected Fan Cheng, and Sun Maofeng was very reluctant to call Fan Cheng several times to apologize.
Of course, Fan Cheng didn't care about this, comforting Sun Maofeng, but when it came to the last phone call, Fan Cheng suddenly paused as he spoke.
"Speaking of which...... A man in his early forties who is not very good-looking...... Brother Maofeng, you also meet this requirement......" Fan Cheng patted his thigh lightly and said.
"Yes, I've done TV dramas before. Sun Maofeng also reacted.
However, he quickly refused: "No, no, no, I don't make TV series now, and ...... And ......"
"And what?"
"And you're still making a romance movie, right......? Hahahaha...... "Sun Maofeng laughed himself.
Well...... In general understanding, Sun Maofeng is indeed not suitable for making romance films.
He is in his early forties, the skin on his face has slackened, he looks a bit like a Shar Pei dog of some age, and under the previous years of low-level life, his skin has not undergone any maintenance, and if the camera takes a close-up, you can clearly see a lot of flaws on that somewhat dark face, plus the facial features are not beautiful, and it doesn't look like a hero in a romance movie anyway.
But Fan Cheng didn't care about that.
Or rather, he wants such a protagonist.
"Brother Mao Feng, what I want in this drama is an ordinary actor, a middle-aged handsome uncle or something, even if he comes, I will make him ugly, even if you come, I can definitely make you the most special hero of a romance movie!" Fan Cheng said.
"No, no, no, no, I absolutely can't!" Sun Maofeng still refused.
"You haven't read my script yet, have you?" Fan Cheng took out the script that was originally intended for Feng Guang.
"Take it and see! It's good, let's talk about it after reading it!" Fan Cheng handed the script with "101 Marriage Proposals" to Sun Maofengdao.