Wu Yusen arrived in Shanghai at the end of July, at this time the roles of Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen have been determined to be the candidates for the little monk brothers, and he now needs an actor who can play the little Taoist priest in the film, at this time someone recommended him a young actor named Cao Jun. This child is the same age as Shi Xiaolong, although he does not have as rich acting experience as Shi Xiaolong, but he is also a well-known child star in Shanghai.

At the age of 7, Cao Jun was sent by his parents to the martial arts class of the Children's Palace in Huangpu District, Shanghai, and then was photographed by the TV series producer Huiyan, and in the same year filmed "The True Little Monk Wordless Book of Heaven", which has since entered the film industry and became a blockbuster. After that, he starred in the sequel to "The True Little Monk" "Ka Er Bronze Man", and released his own record "Star Wish" in Singapore, which can be regarded as a versatile young actor.

Although he is also famous for playing a little monk, Cao Junren is as his name suggests, and his appearance is indeed more delicate. On the audition stage, he improvised a martial arts. 's neat and neat skills showed his solid martial arts skills, and Wu Yusen took a fancy to him at a glance off the stage. As soon as the audition ended, the crew took the cooperation to find Cao Jun's parents.

During his stay in the mainland, Wu Yusen was invited to give a lecture at Wuhan University. When he was in the United States, Wu Yusen got acquainted with a professor from Wuhan University who went to the United States for further study, and this time Wu Yusen came to the mainland, and the professor sent an invitation to Wu Yusen with the support of the university. After the speech, he took the initiative to serve as Wu Yusen's guide, leading him through the streets and alleys, inviting him to taste spicy shrimp and small octopus fish, iron pot, bamboo bucket rice, cold pot fish, soup duck and other famous snacks in Wuhan.

Wu Yusen once visited the mainland once when he was in the Tian Dynasty, and he was deeply influenced by the urbanization development after China's reform and opening up, and he could already feel the prosperity of a big city on the streets of Wuhan.

Wu Yusen is lamenting the development of Wuhan. But he accidentally caught a glimpse of an art photo hanging in a photo studio on the street, and then he found that several other photo studios on the road also hung similar photos, and he suddenly became curious about this beautiful little girl in the film, because what he was looking for now was such a photogenic little actor.

"Lao Chen, why do you have a photo of a little girl hanging in your photo studio here? . Wu Yusen was interested in inquiring about this girl.

"You were born to do this!" Lao Chen smiled, secretly admiring Wu Yusen's keen observation. "Speaking of which, I still know this child, her father is a professor at our Wuhan University, and her mother is a dancer. But they divorced two years ago. The child was awarded to her mother, and I heard that the mother and daughter had moved to the United States! ”

"She's no longer in the country?" This one. Wu Yusen felt a little depressed about the news, and it was difficult to find people who went to the United States.

"Why did you take a fancy to this kid? Lao Chen heard a little bit of meaning from Wu Yusen's tone, "Don't say that this child is indeed an acting material, when she was 8 years old, she won the championship in the second "Children's Flower Cup" and children's clothing model Grand Prix in Zhongnan Commercial Capital, and she was very photogenic at a young age, and many photo studios in Wuhan invited her to be a model. Many people went to the photo studio to take pictures because of her photos."

Are you really interested in this child? "Lao Chen is a warm-hearted person. He saw that Wu Yusen was very interested in this girl.

"There's a role in my recent new film that's still vacant, and I'm looking for a suitable girl," Wu explains.

"Then I'll take you to meet someone, maybe he can help you?" Lao Chen suggested after some consideration.

"You're talking about the child's father?" Wu Yusen's first thought was the little girl's father, because he was Lao Chen's colleague.

"I guess my colleague doesn't want to care about this, the person I recommend to you is the photographer who took these photos in the studio, I just know this person, maybe he can give you some professional advice." Lao Chen shook his head, "This photographer also had contact with the mother and daughter after they went to the United States, if you really like this child, it shouldn't be a problem to get in touch."

Wu Yusen originally didn't want to be so popular. But Lao Chen was also kind, which made it really difficult for him to refuse, but fortunately, he booked a plane ticket to leave Wuhan in the evening, and there were no activities arranged in the afternoon, so he and Lao Chen found the photographer surnamed Ye together. After TD came to mind. Mr. Ye took out a lot of the photos he had taken of the girl before.

Wu Yusen looked through them carefully one by one. No, not to mention that this girl is indeed a small natural beauty embryo, judging from a photo without makeup, she has a goose egg face, with skin that is as elastic as a baby. The most distinctive thing is her eyes, which are a pair of phoenix eyes that can "capture people's souls". And her posture is elegant and graceful, quite a bit of "fluttering" taste.

Mr. Ye's wife, who is also a photographer, told Wu Yusen that the girl's nickname is Qianqian, and before going to the United States, she studied at Poyang Street Primary School in Wuhan, and her mother was a sone dancer in the Wuhan Song and Dance Troupe. In her impression, this child is quiet and well-behaved, but he is very assertive at a young age, and admires women like Yang Lan. The contract for the photography studio to use Liu Yifei's photos as brochures was signed by Xiao Qianqian herself.

"Sissi is very good, I have been taking pictures for seven or eight years. It's rare to come across a subject with such a personality. She is very beautiful and not scared of the camera at all. The camera didn't seem to exist in front of her. Her self-expression ** is very strong, a lot of postures. She didn't need a photographer to say anything, she was in place. At that time, I thought that this girl would definitely develop in the future, and Mr. Ye spoke highly of the girl named Sissi.

"What's that kid's name?. Wu Yusen was impressed by the unanimous praise of this girl in everyone, and it was not easy to find someone in the United States, so he was ready to learn more about this girl.

"Her original name was Liu Qian Miko. But I heard that after going to the United States, I changed my name, it seems to be called Liu? Mr. Ye couldn't quite remember the girl's name, and he looked at his wife, as if he wanted to get a more positive answer from her.

"It's called Liu Yifei, I heard her mother say that she changed her name after going to the United States!" Mrs. Yip added.

"So the two of them are still in touch with the girl's parents?" Wu Yusen's eyes lit up. Mrs. Ye said so. It made him feel a little more sure that he was going to find this girl.

"Her mother asked us to reprint some of her previous photos and send them a copy. But that was half a year ago, and we're not sure if we'll be able to get in touch." Mrs. Ye said with some embarrassment.

"Since it is mail, then there must be an address, can Mrs. Ye leave me the address and contact information of their mother and daughter in the United States? As long as they haven't changed their accommodations, they should still be able to find her! Wu Yusen said with certainty.

"If I really want to find her, I can also ask my colleague, after all, it is his own daughter. Even if their mother and daughter go to the United States, they should still keep in touch with him! Lao Chen also volunteered to help Wu Yusen find someone.

The address and contact information left by Mrs. Wu Yusen Ye were compared with the information provided by Liu Yifei's father, and it was found that the two were completely consistent, which means that according to the information he currently has, it is not a problem to find the girl named Liu Yifei. But the film was going to be filmed in Xiangjiang, and it was impossible for Wu Yusen to fly back to the United States for an actor, so he entrusted the search for Liu Yifei to Lin Mu.

When he heard the name Liu Yifei on the phone, Lin Mu was instinctively stunned for a moment, Wu Yusen went to the mainland to find a suitable actor, but found Liu Yifei on the other side of the ocean at this time, which has to be said to be a great coincidence. On the phone, Wu Yusen didn't tell Lin Mu how he found the girl, he just told Lin Mu Liu Yifei's contact information, hoping that he could come forward to talk to the girl's mother.

According to the address and contact information provided by Wu Yusen, Lin Mu quickly got in touch with Liu Yifei's mother, Liu Xiaoli. Liu Xiaoli was surprised to learn that her daughter was favored by the great director John Woo, but the invitation letter sent by the United Ramon Company allowed her to dispel all her doubts and play a role. Either way, let your daughter give it a try.

After obtaining Liu Yifei's consent, Liu Xiaoli took her to Luoshan Alum. Although Liu Yifei is only a few years old now, but Tingting Yuli, who has already fallen, Lin Mu felt that Liu Yifei was very special at first sight, maybe she had been in the United States for a few years at this time, and her temperament was very different from that of girls of the same age. Even if you see the trees. The girl also appeared calm.

In the process of contact with Liu Yifei's mother and daughter, Lin Mu felt that Liu's mother seemed to have long had the intention to let her daughter go to the road of acting, and she should have put some effort into cultivating her daughter's temperament, appreciation level, and behavior since she was a child. Her mother said that Liu Yifei showed a good artistic talent when she was a child, and she had a good understanding of singing, dancing, and playing the piano. In the chat, Lin Mu has been secretly observing Liu Yifei's little girl smiling reservedly, looking like a lady.

Lin Mu and Liu Yifei's mother first chatted about the child's growth, and then Lin Mu asked Xiao Yifei if she liked acting in movies.

"I like it!" Liu Yifei, who was sitting quietly next to her mother, replied sweetly.

"Acting is a very hard thing, the director is as strict as the teacher at school, and if you don't act well, you will be scolded, aren't you afraid?" Lin Mu completely treated Liu Yifei as a child.

"Mom said that a good director never scolds!" Liu Yifei is obviously not in the hands of Lin Mu.

"It seems that our director Wu Yusen can't do it if he wants to scold people!" Lin Mu smiled. Then he turned his gaze to Liu Yifei's mother. For this beautiful star mother, in the memory of Lin Mu's later generations, Liu Yifei was still young when she debuted, so no matter where she went. Her beautiful mother, a dancer, would always be by her side, taking care of her diet and daily life, and taking on the job of an agent. When attending events at the same time as your daughter, you will always wear the most low-key clothes; When her daughter is interviewed, she must not steal the limelight from her daughter; She has a lot of vision, and the plays she took over for her daughter were either big productions or representative shows.

"Actually, at first, I didn't really want Sissi to take this path, because the entertainment industry is very complicated. But she told her stepfather that she wanted to be a film actress, and my daughter was very stubborn, and if she made up her mind, I wanted to support her, and if I wanted to be an actress, I had to do it as soon as possible

"I am very grateful to director Wu Yusen for providing such an opportunity to Sissi. In fact, even if Director Wu didn't take a fancy to our family Qianqian, I was ready to take her back to the mainland to develop. At first, I wanted to find a suitable school for her to receive more professional training before acting. Then the child's righteous father in China felt that the name Liu Qian Meizi was a bit awkward, so he changed it to a name that was more acceptable to Chinese. Liu Xiaoli told Lin Mu that she actually did not support her daughter's idea from the beginning as rumored in later generations.

"It's normal for you to have such thoughts, and I would even advise your daughter after acting in this movie. After patiently going back to school to re-study. As an actor, the idea of being early is really good. But the opportunity in the acting industry is important. But accumulation is also an important factor. Sometimes becoming famous at a young age is not necessarily a good thing, and those who can really become successful in the entertainment industry have come step by step. Lin Mu hopes that Liu Yifei can still take advantage of her youth to recharge more. In this way, there will be great development in the future.

However, being able to support her daughter to bravely enter the showbiz shows that Liu Xiaoli is at least an enlightened mother, so in the matter of letting her daughter appear in a movie, the communication between Lin Mu and Liu Xiaoxin has also become very easy. In the way of cooperation. Liu's mother did not raise any objections. She only mentioned one thing, when her daughter went to Xiangjiang to act. She wished she could accompany her.

Lin Mu naturally has no reason to refuse such a request, and several of the leading actors in this film are minors, and their guardians are watching over the filming process, which is clearly stipulated in American law. Although Lin Mu is not sure if there are similar legal provisions on the Xiangjiang side, he still requires that the crew must have a guardian present during the filming.

Like the film "A Chinese Ghost Story: The Love of Another World", the movie "Looking for Immortals" also uses foreign actors as clues to lead to the whole story. However, when selecting the two young actors from the United States, the producers saved a lot of trouble.

There is not much description of these two clue characters in the script. The director also didn't have any special requirements, so the producer easily found two young actors with stage experience. They will work with Liu Yifei, Shi Xiaolong, Hao Shaowen, and Cao Jun to perform a magnificent oriental adventure story.