Chapter 51. Heroic
The night was hazy and the night was silent.
The wireless "Legend of the Condor Heroes" actor recruitment office is still on the light.
The fat old man who had watched Chen Xiaotang's boxing competition was fighting at night at this time, sitting at the table and carefully selecting the photos of the actors.
Next to him, a young man of twenty-seven or eighteen years old was by his side, helping him choose.
At this time, if you know this old man, you will definitely exclaim, isn't this the wireless guide Wang Tianlin?!
Yes, the fat old man in front of him is the great director Wang Tianlin, who is known as the "godfather of the film industry".
Born in Shanghai in 1928, he was introduced by his uncle to participate in film work in his early years, from a handyman and assistant to a choreographer, and then promoted to a great director. Once, Wang Tianlin accompanied Shao Tycoon's Shaw Brothers movies all over the world, and his filming works were of many genres, and he was respected as a ghost director and a great entertainer. He is also a well-known "fast gunner director", and has made many Wong Fei Hung series movies and martial arts films, the most famous of which is the smash hit "Burning Red Lotus Temple".
Now that Shaw Brothers has reduced production, he is committed to wireless and once again become Shao Tycoon's right-hand man, it can be said that the reason why the Xiangjiang martial arts TV series can fly around and hang Weiya is also from this person. So much so that the wireless tycoon Shao Daheng once publicly praised Uncle Tian Lin's contribution to the TV industry, he was the first person to introduce film shooting, scripts and martial arts skills into the TV industry, making a major breakthrough in the TV industry.
Now that wireless is encountering Li's ratings war, at this critical juncture, Shao Daheng appointed Wang Tianlin to take charge of "Shooting the Condor", and promised: You can use all the power you can use!
This sentence can be described as important, even Fang Yihua, the confidant of the sixth uncle Shao tycoon, has never received such trust.
Wang Tianlin is grateful to Shao Daheng for his trust, and during this time, he did his best to prepare for the drama of "Shooting the Condor", from the actors to the props, to the script and venue, almost everything was done by himself, no matter how big or small, he carefully asked. It can be said that the blood and liver have been drained to the extreme.
"Ahem, ahem!" Wang Tianlin coughed dryly, threw a photo on the table, and said: "This is not good, there are about 60 important roles in the play "Shooting the Condor", no matter how many of us wireless people there are, there will be a time to finish the selection!" ”
The young man next to him handed over a cup of tea and said, "Uncle Tian Lin, in fact, there is no need to be so serious about the actors, as long as the protagonist is chosen, you can ----."
"Nonsense!" Wang Tianlin glared at the young man and said, "Ah Feng, how many times have I taught you, actors don't distinguish between priority and priority, even if they are a trickster, he will have something exciting, not to mention these supporting roles?" ”
The young man's name is Du Qifeng, and he is Wang Tianlin's apprentice at TVB. This person was originally just a messenger and a miscellaneous worker at the TV station, but out of his obsession with drama, he was transferred to the artist training class. After graduation, he directly entered the creative department, was valued by Wang Tianlin, accepted as an apprentice, and began his career as a director.
"No, Uncle Tian Lin, I understand what you mean, but you don't have to be too demanding on anything, as you said, everything is not perfect, and if you pursue perfection too much, you have nothing to do to find guilt!" Du Qifeng said with a hippie smile.
"You stinky boy, you used my words to prevaricate yourself!" Wang Tianlin scolded with a smile, his eyes revealing a trace of love and relief. "Yes, what you said is very reasonable, is filming more serious in terms of actors, but what you said is an ordinary martial arts drama......"
"What's the difference?" Du Qifeng said in a daze.
Wang Tianlin put down the teacup in his hand and said, "Because TV series is also an art!" Especially in a martial arts drama like this adapted from a martial arts masterpiece, every audience already has their own Guo Jing and Huang Rong in their minds, and even everyone knows each supporting role, if we can't make the selected characters satisfy most audiences, then we will fail! To put it more bluntly, now everyone has given you a portrait of a supporting role, and asked you to pick it according to it, but you can't pick it out, you can't do such a simple thing, so what qualifications do you have to do this drama well?! ”
Du Qifeng was stunned and touched his head, "I'm ...... I didn't think about it that much. ”
Wang Tianlin smiled: "So you still have to learn!" ”
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"Uncle Tim Lin. What do you think of this one? Let him play Ouyang Ke----" Du Qifeng handed a costume photo to Wang Tianlin.
Wang Tianlin took a look, but it was an old actor named Huang Yuncai of Wireless, who was a popular student of Wireless in the 70s, and played many Gulong dramas, and his appearance and acting skills were all good candidates.
"Well, it's okay. I've seen the scenes he filmed, it's very good, but the appearance is too elegant, especially the dimples on the cheeks, boys have dimples and are very girlish, so they will lack a heroic ----" Wang Tianlin frowned and said, "If you can't find a suitable one, it's only him!" ”
While he was talking, someone suddenly knocked on the door, and a staff member came over and said, "Producer Wang, someone sent a box of videotapes, do you want to take a look?" ”
During this time, actors shot short films from time to time and sent them over, hoping that they could be selected by Wang Tianlin, but in the end they were all passed by Wang Tianlin, because looking at the photos can see how you look at most, and looking at the shooting clips, you can immediately see how your acting skills are.
Gradually, some people understood this truth, so there were fewer people who sent videotapes, because everyone didn't want to expose their weaknesses in acting skills at once.
"Uncle Tian Lin, do you want to take a look?" Du Qifeng helped Wang Tianlin take over the tape.
"Let's see, since someone else has filmed, let's take a look!" Wang Tianlin has always had a good impression of these very attentive actors.
The tape is placed inside the machine and the camera begins.
Wang Tianlin frowned, this person's acting skills are too contrived, and the ancient costume is also very bad, the head is too big, and it looks like a big-headed doll----
After all, Du Qifeng's cultivation is not enough, looking at Zhou Xingchi's exaggerated performance in the film, he actually laughed, "This person is so interesting, I know that he is playing Ouyang Ke, and I don't know that I think he is acting in the drama "Macbeth", and the whole scene is crying to death!" ”
"Oops, really bad!" Wang Tianlin shook his head, "Let's not talk about this person's acting skills for the time being, his temperament is too exaggerated, like a street gangster~gangster~gangster, how can he be like the young master of White Camel Mountain?" Ah Feng, turn it off, don't look at it----"
Du Qifeng said "oh", and was about to turn off the projector, but suddenly, he said: "Uncle Tianlin, there is another paragraph behind, but it is another person---- this looks pretty good!" ”
It is rare to hear his apprentice praise people for their good looks, Wang Tianlin, who was rubbing his temples with his eyes closed, couldn't help but open his eyes, and when he looked at the person on the screen, he really looked handsome, quite aristocratic, and the corners of his eyes revealed a trace of the young man's overly proud frivolity, this is not who is the "Ouyang Ke" in his mind?
On the screen, although the "Ouyang Ke" is still a little immature, this one is the most important, the important thing is that his appearance is very consistent with the description of "Ouyang Ke" in the original novel----- wearing white, light and slow, his demeanor is very chic, his eyes are flying obliquely, his face is handsome, and he is heroic.
Men want to be handsome and sunny, it's easy, as long as you grin, you will naturally have it. But if you want to be "heroic", this is a little more difficult. Wang Tianlin has been in the industry for so many years, and has made a lot of martial arts films, and those who can play the word "heroic" are Di Long, who has played "Wu Song", and Wang Yu, who has played "One-Armed Knife". But it is all a compelling temperament that has been cultivated for a long time, unlike this person, you can see an immortal heroic spirit just from his eyes.
"This young man has a good temperament, but his acting skills are a little tender." Wang Tianlin nodded and commented.
Du Qifeng rarely sees a master evaluate a person like this, his acting skills can be honed, but his temperament is not common, so this kind of evaluation is more positive than derogatory.
"Uncle Tian Lin, what do you think of him?" Du Qifeng couldn't help but ask. "If I can, I'll ask him to come over and show you ----"
Wang Tianlin did not directly answer Du Qifeng's words, but asked: "What is his name?" ”
Du Qifeng looked at the label on the tape and said, "It should be called 'Chen Xiaotang'!" ”
"Chen Xiaotang?" Wang Tianlin was stunned suddenly, and suddenly smiled, "It turned out to be him, no wonder he is so familiar!" ”
"Why, you know him?" Du Qifeng said curiously.
"I've seen him box, and his fists are very powerful!" Wang Tianlin smiled, as if he remembered something happy.
"So he's still a kung fu kid----"
"I don't know, but I know that this Ouyang Ke is very suitable for him!" Wang Tianlin got up after speaking, "Let him come tomorrow morning, I want to interview in person!" ”
"In-person interview?" Du Qifeng was stunned again.
It turned out that at the beginning of the recruitment of "Condor Shooting", Wang Tianlin selected people based on photos, and then asked him, an apprentice, to come for an interview in order to test his eyesight, but this time it was ......
It's been a long time since the teacher values a person so much, this Chen Xiaotang is a little interesting!
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