Li Xiaole set the most basic criteria for this casting, including all the roles, everything is in accordance with the original image, such as the male protagonist Sakuragi Hanamichi, the conditions are required: strong body, strong athleticism, resolute facial features, exaggerated expression, and a bit of a stupid feeling...... Then send it to various Japanese performing arts offices, let them do their own internal elimination, and the office will notify the actors who meet the requirements for the role, and then reply to the Black Pearl Company with the information of the members who are interested in participating in the audition.

Then, Li Xiaole first looked at these materials, filtered out those who he thought did not meet the requirements of the role, and then returned the list of the remaining actors to various performing arts studios, and agreed on a time for auditions.

For Li Xiaole, this kind of screening of this kind of motion capture actor is far easier than making a live-action movie and selecting actors, because he doesn't have to consider the height and age of the actors, just look at their manners and temperament.

In "Slam Dunk", the most important thing is the five players of the Xiangbei team, the protagonist Sakuragi Hanamichi, the male second Ryukawa Kaede, as well as Mitsui Shou, Miyagi Ryota, Akagi Tsuyoshi......

As for the roles of other teams, there are not many scenes in the emotional part, he just needs to find actors with temperament and good acting skills.

So this casting is for the important role of the above Xiangbei 5-person group, Li Xiaole's first role, and the actor with the heaviest role, Sakuragi Hanamichi, he chose the character actor Tomoya Nagase, this actor is one of the few Japanese actors who is both handsome and silly, as well as a savage man, and more importantly, his expression is exaggerated and open, which is very suitable for many funny shots of Sakuragi Hanamichi.

As for the male second-rate Kaede...... Although this is a role with a lot of scenes and is very popular, but in fact, there is almost no expression in the role, and the eyes are made by animation, and the requirements for motion capture are not high, you just need to find a handsome guy with a cold temperament, Li Xiaole flipped through the photos on the computer for a long time, Matsumoto Run, Tamaki Hong, Chi Renxi, it seems that they are all good, and the acting skills of these people in my memory are quite passable...... After hesitating for a long time, I finally chose Tamaki Hiroshi, who has been very popular recently.

As for the captain Akagi Gangken, it is also similar to Sakuragi Hanamichi, the choice is very narrow, and the most suitable is only the actor Teruhide Takahashi, who has a very manly temperament.

There are not many really difficult option scenes, but the two characters who are extremely popular - Miyagi Ryota and Mitsui Shou, especially Mitsui Shou...... This three-point shooter, known as the "Man of Fire", is not only very popular among Japanese manga fans, but also extremely popular in China.

Oguri's image is the most suitable, but it is too gentle and does not have Mitsui's sense of perseverance that never gives up...... What about Yosuke Kubozuka? This guy has Mitsui's rebellion, but he doesn't seem to have that sophisticated temperament......

"No......" Li Xiaole shook his head again and again, eliminated one after another, after reading all the lists, none of the names could enter the second round, Li Xiaole couldn't help but be stunned, could it be that he was too picky? No...... It should be said that these two characters in the original book are too perfect in his mind...... So much so that he himself feels that the role of Mitsui Shou is not good at all for Japanese actors, not only in Japan, but also in Asia, and no one is suitable for it...... Nima ...... Just ask Takuya Kimura to do the calculation, at least there is a famous ...... But he flipped through the information, and Takuya Kimura was not interested in making this faceless movie at all......

Li Xiaole could only frown, stretched helplessly, and muttered: "It seems that there are still people who don't look down on me as the best director......"

In the end, after repeated evaluations, Mitsui Shou's people chose the new generation of Ichihara Hayato, and Miyagi Ryota was held by Tomohisa Yamashita, the current popular student in Japan......

There are not many remaining scenes, but they are very important roles, and Li Xiaole also selected candidates one by one according to the criteria in his mind, Inoue Ayako - Masami Nagasawa; Mito Yohei - Eita; Sendo Akira - Yu......ki Narita

Finally the selection is over...... Looking at the time, it was already 1 o'clock in the middle of the night, Li Xiaole felt a little stuffy in his chest, and couldn't help but walk to the top floor platform of the hotel, wanting to breathe, but inadvertently saw that the little editor Ninomiya was squatting in the corner, crying while talking on the phone.

Li Xiaole was a little strange, and wanted to walk over to ask what was going on, but he felt that the corner of his clothes was being tugged, and when he turned his head, he saw the innocent face of Maki Horikita.

"Shh~~" Maki Horikita pulled him to the corner and motioned to him not to let Ninomiya find out.

"What's wrong with him?" Li Xiaole was a little puzzled and touched his head and asked, "Am I usually too fierce to him?" ”

"Xiaole-chan, you are so kind...... None of your business. Maki Horikita sighed and said, "I just heard him talking to his mother in his hometown in Hokkaido...... said that he did not do well in Shueisha, and their editor-in-chief did not like him very much, and he may be fired soon...... It seems that he himself knows that Shueisha is asking him to be cannon fodder this time......"

"So that's the case...... "Turning his head to look at the young man in the second palace constantly hammering the table, he continued to say something, and suddenly his expression was a lot more excited, and he couldn't help but ask, "What is he talking about now?" ”

"He's saying that he's met a good guy, a real comic master, and the comics he is in charge of this time can really be an instant hit......" Maki Horikita said and turned his head to look at Li Xiaole with those big eyes: "Xiaole-chan, he should be talking about you......"

"What are you looking at?" Li Xiaole listened and nodded, and couldn't help but feel some feelings in his heart, only then did he notice that Maki Horikita was holding a book in his hand, and Maki Horikita hurriedly put his hands behind his back and smiled: "It's nothing, it's just a cookbook, Maki plans to make some delicious breakfast for Xiaole-chan tomorrow~"

Li Xiaole glanced at it just now, although she didn't see it clearly, but she also saw that she was holding a comic book in her hand...... guessed what she was doing, and said with a smile: "It turns out that you are here so late, you are watching and figuring out the role, you are really working hard." ”

"Alas...... It's boring. Maki Horikita pouted and muttered, "Maki still wants to pretend that he is a talented actor...... Thinking about the role in the middle of the night, this kind of thing is really not suitable for a smart actress like me~"

"And how are you doing?" Li Xiaole asked with a smile.

"I still don't understand." Maki Horikita shook her head suspiciously: "Why does Haruko like men who play basketball so much?" I think it's really boring to play basketball, it's like being an actor, performing something that doesn't make sense for people to see......"

"Acting and basketball are not meaningless." Li Xiaole looked at her strangely and said, "Don't you like to be an actor?"

"Like?" Maki Horikita smiled when he heard this, then looked at the starry sky and muttered: "It's really a terrible thing for me to be an actor, I was instigated by economic people at the age of 14 and entered this industry...... As a result, I found that every step forward is difficult to move an inch, and the more popular I am, the greater the pressure, and people like my appearance, but one day I will become fat and ugly, and I am afraid that one day I will be waiting for endless darkness......"

Maki Horikita said with a sigh and said: "This may be the fate of the actress, dedicating her best youth to the screen for others to watch, and then being abandoned after losing her value, I really don't dare to ...... in five years." Ten years later...... What will it be like if I'm out of breath......"

"At least you're glamorous now, climbing to this position at the age of 21." Li Xiaole looked at this girl who had a lot of ideas and asked softly.

"Scenery?" Maki Horikita giggled: "It's really the scenery, I know a lot of Maki, but what about me...... In order to protect the name Maki Horikita, I can't drink, I can't hang out with friends, in addition to acting, I have to do sports in my vacation time, and I have all kinds of training, you know, the office asked me to be your translator, for two months, 14 hours a day to learn English......"

Maki Horikita also sighed faintly when he said this: "When I was 14 years old, I had more than a dozen friends to talk to and hang out with, but now, I don't even have a friend who can tell the truth...... Did you know, I went to the class reunion half a year ago, and my classmates all met for socializing, KTV, bowling, skiing, ...... And I haven't been to these places since I became an actor...... For everyone, these are ordinary activities, ordinary youth, but I don't fit in with them. ”

Holding on to the railing of the top platform, Maki Horikita looked at the bustling street scene of Tokyo below, and said softly, "I gambled all my youth to achieve the goal that others gave me...... Just to live for the name Maki Horikita......"

Li Xiaole looked at him, and suddenly thought about his life, yes, why is he not the same, since he became a director, he has been putting all his energy into it, and there is no leisure and fun time for other peers, like he has been running, busy, and has never stopped a step......

"Xiaole-chan...... Don't you feel lonely? People like you should be more lonely, right......" Maki Horikita asked as he looked back at the thoughtful Li Xiaole, who started directing movies at the age of 19 and has never stopped, from South Korea, China, to the United States, the United Kingdom, and then to Japan...... What kind of busy life did he live......

"No~~" Li Xiaole thought for a while, turned his head and said with a smile: "Although I also envy people of the same age and their lovers to go to the beach to play, go to the mountains to play, and be at ease every day, in this way to eulogize their youth...... But we are slightly different from their way of eulogizing youth, in the years I have been a director, I have felt countless burning fulfillments, in the scenes that I have worked so hard to shoot without distraction......"

Li Xiaole looked at Maki Horikita with bright eyes, turned to the sky and opened his hands to the sky and said loudly:

"We are not like those guys who are just smoking in their youth and burning incompletely, even if it is only in an instant~~ We also want to burn our youth into a dazzling fire...... Even when we grow old, ten years, twenty years...... Fifty years later, those pictures condensed with the most beautiful emotions in our hearts will not fade~~ It will continue to burn ~~! Every character and every work we create will still shine in people's hearts~~ The youth of ordinary people is only ten years...... And our youth is infinitely broad~~!! ”

Looking at Li Xiaole leaning against the railing, the corners of his mouth raised, and shouting loudly with his hands open, he was so happy, so uncomplaining, Maki Horikita suddenly seemed to be stunned by his emotions, waking up from self-love and self-pity, only feeling that he was wrapped in some kind of warmth, and for the first time he felt lucky as an actor, he couldn't help laughing happily, and shouted with open arms to the sky: "Hi~~~ I'm Maki Horikita~~ I'm Maki Horikita~~ I'm Maki Horikita~~ Did you see it~~"

Under the starry night sky, their voices echoed throughout the empty world~~~ Ninomiya in the corner looked at this side in a daze, wiped his tears, and clenched his fists tightly......