After more than an hour, everyone said goodbye and left, but Li Xiangping refused to leave, looking at the back of the old man Wang, he asked curiously:

"Uncle Zhao, who is this old man? Looks like there are two brushes. ”

"Hah! Got two brushes? Wang Lao only has two brushes in your place? Well, these two I invited should be able to enter the eyes of you, the contemporary chess king. ”

Li Xiangping nodded silently, to be honest, although he is a film and television layman, this is also the first time he has been in contact with Old Man Wang and Director Qiu, but the so-called "as soon as the expert stretches out his hand, he will know if there is one", in a short contact time, the professionalism shown by these two people at least convinced Li Xiangping.

Zhao Jiadong took in Li Xiangping's expression, and he said proudly:

"It's not easy to convince you, but it's not incomprehensible, do you know who that old man is? That is Taishan Beidou in the domestic film and television drama industry, a real ancestor-level character. ”

Li Xiangping didn't like to listen to this kind of talk, and he joked with Zhao Jiadong:

"Oh, Uncle Zhao, didn't I say you, you liberal arts students love to exaggerate when you speak, and you are still at the level of your grandfather? Can such rhetoric be used casually? ”

Zhao Jiadong smiled and said, "Then in your eyes, what kind of character is considered to be at the level of the ancestor master?" ”

"There is so much nonsense, for example, in my father's industry, everyone recognizes Lu Ban as the grandfather, there is no problem with this, and there is also ...... By the way, there is also the Black Society, they all recognize that the second master Guan is the ancestral master, this is not much of a problem, the old man just now can be compared with these two. ”

Zhao Jiadong laughed:

"Haha, of course this can't be compared, but Xiangping, the examples you gave are all very old industries, and the film and television industry is only a few years, especially the domestic film and television industry, which is even younger, so don't compare it like that."

"Hehe, I listen to Uncle Zhao, this old man is really at the level of the grandfather in the domestic film and television drama industry?"

Zhao Jiadong nodded and said: "From a certain point of view, I personally think there is nothing wrong, Xiangping, you may not know that the first TV series in New China is actually directed by Wang Lao, in addition, three of the four famous domestic novels are the chief directors of him." ”

"Ahh

Now Li Xiangping was suppressed, if you want to say the previous message, forget it, and then the latter message...... Three of the four famous novels, that should be the other three except "Journey to the West", the old man who didn't look amazing just now is still such a big bull?

"Oh, cow!"

Zhao Jiadong said proudly: "How about it, it's a cow." ”

Li Xiangping naturally switched to the sycophant mode: "All cows are cows, not only Wang Laotou Niu, I think Uncle Zhao is even better, this is the first drama to open the door, you can invite this kind of god to sit in charge, which is amazing." ”

Zhao Jiadong was used in his heart, and he still had to pretend to be modest on the surface:

"Where, the main thing is that the script is good, so Wang Lao agreed to go out of the mountain to help...... By the way, Xiangping, everyone else is gone, why don't you leave, is there anything else? ”

"This ......"

Li Xiangping has been grinding here, of course, because of the thought just now, he really wanted to squeak with Zhao Jiadong and ask if he could let himself play the role of Lao Shi.

However, to tell the truth, Li Xiangping is really the kind of person who still has a little sense of shame, so when the matter came, he retreated, and he couldn't say this kind of thing.

The reason is very simple, one of the so-called three major illusions in life: I think I can do it.

Especially when Li Xiangping just saw the professionalism of Old Man Wang and Director Qiu, this made him even more worried that he was just an illusion, so in this case, Li Xiangping couldn't open his mouth.

"Ha, Uncle Zhao, look at what you said, what? Won't you let me stay if there's nothing else, aren't you welcome? ”

Zhao Jiadong didn't doubt it, he smiled and said: "Hehe, don't dare, I just don't welcome anyone, then I don't dare not welcome Xiangping you......"

forcibly pressed down his thoughts, and Li Xiangping chatted with Zhao Jiadong about others:

"So the protagonist is still having a difficult birth, so let's start with the supporting role?"

Zhao Jiadong nodded and said: "Now it seems that it can only be like this, without Wang Lao's reminder, I really didn't think about many problems before, and I didn't expect that the protagonist of this drama would have such high requirements for actors, but it doesn't matter, just look for it slowly, I believe that China is so big, then you can always find the most suitable one." ”

"What about the supporting characters?"

Zhao Jiadong said with a smile: "Actually, now that I think about it, many of the supporting roles in this drama are also chess players, professional chess players in ancient times, and this also requires acting skills, but it is definitely not as difficult as the protagonist, like Xu Xingyou, Cheng Lanru and others, these roles are older than Fan Shi, and there are not so many scenes, so it is quite easy to choose actors, I am ready to go to those drama theaters to pick actors, many domestic drama theaters are really hidden dragons and crouching tigers, such as human art, just invite a few old drama bones, you should be able to support this play." ”

Hearing Zhao Jiadong mention Renyi, Li Xiangping suddenly became excited:

"Yes, yes, there is really nothing to say when Renyi comes out, can Uncle Zhao invite all the four heavenly kings of Renyi?"

"The Four Heavenly Kings of Human Art? Yo, Xiangping is good, you still know the Four Heavenly Kings of Renyi, but those are all old, and their health is not very good, so I don't think it's appropriate to ask them. ”

Li Xiangping was stunned when he heard this, what he said about the Four Heavenly Kings of Human Art refers to Pu Cunxin and Wu Gang (Wu Gang is the one who played Secretary Dakang), are these people not in the prime of life now, how can they be old?

However, Li Xiangping quickly reacted, what Zhao Jiadong said should be the four kings of human art, that is, several older generation performance artists such as Sozhi, and what the two said is not the same thing at all.

After chatting for a while, Li Xiangping also said goodbye and left.

And after saying goodbye, because Li Xiangping had seen the professionalism of Wang Lao and others, and knew what it meant to be interlaced like a mountain, his mind about having to personally select Lao Shi's actor was also light, and he felt that things like this really had to be completed by professionals.

It's just that how to say it, in fact, it is still the previous thought that is at work, which makes Li Xiangping a little "thief is not dead", causing him to run to Zhao Jiadong as long as he is free for the next period of time, and he looks very concerned about the progress of this project.

In fact, he is really very concerned, and he likes to talk to Zhao Jiadong about everything, and Zhao Jiadong still does not doubt it, after all, this is also the first project that his company has operated since it opened, so he is actually a novice on the road now, since he is a novice on the road, he is very willing to talk to people about the promotion of this project.

The time slowly came to the end of December, the whole project is progressing steadily, and Li Xiangping will soon go to South Korea to compete with Luo Xihe for this year's "Samsung Cup".

Just three days before departure, it was another weekend, so Li Xiangping came to Zhao Jiadong's company again.

By this time, the casting tasks of Fan Shi's two protagonists had all been handed over to Wang Qiu and the others to host, but so far, they still haven't been able to find a candidate who satisfies them, but several supporting roles have been basically decided.

When Li Xiangping saw the list of supporting actors, he was a little happy at the time------ he had just chatted with Zhao Jiadong about the Four Heavenly Kings of Renyi, but he didn't expect that several of the new Four Heavenly Kings would really appear in the list.

Pu Cunxin---- Xu Xingyou, "Secretary of Dakang", ------ Liang Weijin.

Li Xiangping thought about it, he felt that this casting was quite suitable, Pu Cunxin is the kind of middle-aged handsome guy with an elegant temperament, and according to historical records, Xu Xingyou is actually a handsome guy, among the nine great players in ancient chess, he may have the highest appearance. Especially in the setting of this "great power player", Xu Xingyou's image is actually quite positive, from his defeat of the Goryeo envoy to his gift of books to Shi Xiangxia, he seems to be like a symbol, he is maintaining the inheritance of ancient chess, representing the orthodoxy of ancient chess.

Since this is the case, such a role is most suitable for such a righteous person to play.

"Yo, Xu Xingyou doesn't have many roles, I heard that Lao Pucun is going to be the dean, is he still willing to play such a small supporting role?"

"Hehe, I was actually invited by the messenger at that time, but Lao Pu was quickly fooled by Wang Lao."

"How did Elder Wang fool?"

"Wang Lao said to Lao Pu, don't look at others who say that your Lao Pu has good acting skills, but this role is really not necessarily, have you played a chess player? Especially in ancient times, have you played professional chess players? Just this sentence, Lao Pu readily agreed. ”

Li Xiangping laughed: "Haha, that's that, I heard that for Lao Pu's kind of person, that one is bigger than the sky, playing a professional chess player, then it is estimated that he will have this opportunity in his life, and it is normal to be unwilling to let it go, well, the other one, it is estimated that this is also the reason?" ”

Zhao Jiadong smiled and nodded: "Xiangping, what do you think of these two candidates?" ”

What else can Li Xiangping say, there are such actors to play such two supporting roles, if he has any opinions, then he really doesn't know what to do.

"By the way, Cheng Lanru, in fact, among the nine great players of ancient chess, only he has a portrait now, and the actor who plays him should be better found."

Zhao Jiadong suddenly smiled: "Originally, we originally found an actor very early according to Cheng Lanru's portrait, but now that I think about it, I feel that it is inappropriate, and I am preparing to change it." ”

"Oh, why change?"

Zhao Jiadong smiled mysteriously again: "I believe you must have seen Cheng Lanru's portrait, then Xiangping guess, who were we looking for at the beginning?" ”

Li Xiang immediately began to recall Cheng Lanru's portrait: round head and round head, laughing like Maitreya Buddha, looking like an ancient squire, so he had a flash of inspiration:

"Yo! Shouldn't you be looking for it, Mr. Wang Gang? ”

Zhao Jiadong nodded with a smile.

And by this time, Li Xiangping finally understood why Zhao Jiadong was ready to be replaced. It's not because of anything else, it's because of Mr. Wang, who used to be Lao Nie's brother-in-law, but Lao Nie and his sister have long since divorced.

Originally, the divorce was nothing, but the problem was that not long ago, his sister ran out to speak out, tearing Lao Nie in the media, and breaking the news of a lot of details about Lao Nie chasing her back then, which made the current Lao Nie very embarrassed.

Of course, Zhao Jiadong can distinguish which is more important than the other, don't look at Lao Nie's harmless appearance of humans and animals, but is "Beijing Sanping" really called in vain? Li Xiangping estimated that this "big country" was the first drama made by Zhao Jiadong himself after all, and he was also worried about unnecessary trouble, so he considered changing the role.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Xiangping said to Zhao Jiadong:

"Uncle Zhao, I don't think you should be in a hurry to change, there are two prerequisites, one is that Mr. Wang is really willing to act, and the other is that you really can't find a more suitable person than him, then I'll find a chance to talk to Lao Nie."

"Hehe, are you sure to convince Lao Nie?"

Li Xiangping smiled: "Uncle Zhao, don't forget, I can be regarded as Lao Nie's registered disciple, he has always been very good to me, besides, Lao Nie is quite atmospheric, you look at his chess style, he can play that kind of atmospheric chess, he will definitely not be a cautious person, not to mention that in the matter of his ex-wife, that is in itself Lao Nie's fault first, and his behavior at that time was a bit scum, so I really want to make peace with him, I estimate that he will not only not be angry, but may also secretly thank me." ”

"Haha, you actually said that your Teacher Nie is a scumbag?"

Li Xiangping also smiled: "I didn't say that, I'll listen to you say this now." ”

After chatting about the supporting roles of several chess players, the two finally talked about another important supporting role, Hu Zhaolin's iron head brother.

Zhao Jiadong opened his mouth and said: "Well, this supporting role is quite important, according to the entire script, this role is responsible for adjusting the atmosphere, and it is completely funny. ”

"Oh, who are you looking for?"

Zhao Jiadong smiled: "This is looking for our fellow countryman." ”

Hearing that it was a fellow countryman, Li Xiangping quickly remembered a person: "Brother Chao? Hongcheng's super brother? ”

"Yes, that's him."

Li Xiangping thought about it, Hu Zhaolin's real age was a little older than Fan Shi, and Brother Chao seemed to be really suitable.

"Then, why does the old man Wang think he is not suitable?"

"Wang Lao is not saying that he is not suitable, just that his temperament is still a little lacking, don't forget that Hu Zhaolin is not only a chess player, he is a comic in the play, and he is a big salt merchant, so Wang Lao thinks that Brother Chao's comic temperament is enough, but he still lacks a little bit of the temperament of a big salt merchant, you must know that in the Braided Dynasty, the big salt merchants are not ordinary people, salt and iron monopoly, it is not an exaggeration to say, this is the group that controls the economic arteries of a country, since it is this group, of course it is not easy to simply portray it as a comic."

Li Xiangping smiled: "Also, it seems that Wang Lao's requirements for casting are really high, so apart from Brother Chao, are there any other candidates?" ”

"Not yet."

"What then?"

"So I told Brother Chao, it's up to him now, if he can meet Elder Wang's requirements as soon as possible, then this role will still belong to him."

Li Xiangping nodded, and no longer continued to dwell on this issue:

"By the way, Uncle Zhao, what about the heroine? Has the casting of the embroidered piano begun? ”

"Oh, I forgot if you didn't mention the embroidered qin, you wait."

Speaking of this, Zhao Jiadong fumbled around the bookcase in the office for a while, and then took out a book and handed it to Li Xiangping:

"Hehe, Xiangping, you can do it, what are the Qin Huai Five Uniques you are talking about, you should have seen it from this book, right?"

Li Xiangping looked at it, and what Zhao Jiadong handed over was the memoir written by the old driver of the Qing Dynasty: Houbanqiao Miscellaneous Notes.

Li Xiangping gave a thumbs up: "Uncle Zhao is amazing, I remember that this is the only book, and I just saw this book in our school library before I talked to you last time, why did Uncle Zhao find it so quickly?" ”

Zhao Jiadong smiled proudly: "Hehe, I'm afraid it's not the only book, you Peking University Library has it, don't we have Tsinghua Library?" , I found this book in Tsinghua Library, but Xiangping, I'm not telling you this today, after I read this book, I found that this embroidery is not simple, not as simple as Shi Xiangxia's confidante, and not as simple as only playing two games of chess with Shi Xiangxia, she should have another identity, so I discussed it with Director Wang Laoqiu and decided to make minor changes to the script. ”

"Huh?!"

Zhao Jiadong nodded and said: "Yes, because there is only this book, we are only guessing about the identity of Xiuqin, but we are still asking experts to analyze other information, if Xiuqin's identity can be confirmed, it is estimated that some of her roles will be added." ”

"Oh?!"