Hanabi Media Company.

Wang Kai, as a popular artist of Huahuo Media now, has a full work arrangement.

In the past six months, the number of days off can be counted on one hand.

Wang Kai himself is also very hard-working, and he is willing to take on the jobs he can take.

After all, in recent years, capital has pushed stars, become popular quickly, and become popular quickly.

Especially Wang Kai, who became popular with a TV series, if there are no follow-up works with good reputation, he is likely to become a drama idol.

Therefore, when Wang Kai communicates with the company, his requirements are to accept as many scripts as possible and participate in business activities less.

This morning is Wang Kai's work meeting to arrange the work arrangements and itinerary for the next month.

Liu Shijie, the artist director of Huahuo, came to the meeting today and asked, "Ah Kai, have you finished reading the script of "Hibiscus"?" ”

Wang Kai was stunned for a moment and replied: "I have read part of it, but I haven't finished reading it yet." ”

Liu Shijie urged: "The crew of the project "Hibiscus" is very good, and it is an S-level production, so we have to follow up on this project, you read the script as soon as possible, and then contact the Furong crew to audition." ”

Yesterday, the executive director and casting director of the Furong crew came to Liu Shijie together and expressed their sincerity in inviting Wang Kai to participate in "Furong Tent Warm Spring Festival", and the salary was very beautiful.

That's why Liu Shijie came to attend today's work meeting.

This time, "Hibiscus Tent Warm Spring Festival" asked Wang Kai to play the second male lead, which was asked by the producer.

Normally, this kind of actor named by the producer and director is just a formality.

However, even if you go through the motions, you have to have this program.

After the audition, the official signing can be made, and then the cast will be announced.

Everything can change before signing a contract.

Wang Kai hesitated for a moment, but still said out loud: "Mr. Liu, I personally prefer the new drama of Ark Culture, and the script is very good. ”

Liu Shijie did not object directly, but said: "You did become popular because of Fang Xing's "The Pretender", but Fang Xing is also a well-known pressing. The salary of Ark Culture may not even be half of "Hibiscus". ”

"As long as the drama can be popular, it doesn't matter how much the salary is." Wang Kai still wants to participate in dramas that can be popular.

Moreover, if a drama becomes popular and the actors follow the fire, follow-up business activities will also come like a tide.

In the entertainment industry, if you are not afraid of not making money, you are afraid that you will not be popular.

"The problem is that Ark Culture is filming costume schemes this time, and it is too difficult for this kind of drama to become popular." Liu Shijie's understanding of the TV drama market is still relatively accurate.

Before anyone knew whether a drama could be popular, Liu Shijie came to this conclusion was actually right.

Costume conspiracy, this genre, itself is difficult to shoot.

If the shooting is not good, it will be the ratings and word-of-mouth.

Even if you shoot it carefully, it may be that you have a reputation and haven't cleaned it up.

Because of the costume schemes, they are usually more inclined to historical dramas, and historical dramas are often more dull.

In recent years, historical dramas have been filmed, and there are also good reputations, but even if the reputation is good, the ratings are not necessarily high.

Because of the current audience of TV dramas, the proportion of female viewers is very large.

This is also the reason why costume idol dramas and big heroine dramas are so popular.

In recent years, ancient puppet dramas, sweet pet dramas, and big heroine dramas are golden themes, and they can achieve results no matter how they are filmed.

These dramas all have a characteristic, they are relatively relaxed and happy, and if the male and female protagonists sprinkle sugar hard, they can have good ratings and broadcasts.

However, Ark Culture's new drama this time is "costume conspiracy", and it is based on revenge.

This is contrary to the now popular relaxed and sweet pet heroine.

"The drama of Ark Culture is still guaranteed." Wang Kai is very confident in this.

Liu Shijie did not deny it, nodded in agreement: "Ark culture also relies on the dramas filmed before to make people confident." Just talk about their costume tricks this time, the theme is not very good.

"The question that needs to be considered now is, can Ark Culture really make every drama popular?"

The fireworks media brokerage team present all pondered.

This is indeed a more pragmatic question.

So far, Ark Culture has filmed four TV series, each of which has become popular.

However, in the film and television industry, even those famous film and television drama production companies cannot guarantee that every drama will be popular.

Ark Culture has been popular in four dramas, which gives people a lot of confidence.

However, this costume conspiracy is a theme that Ark Culture has never dabbled in, is the successful experience of the past useful? No one knows.

Liu Shijie paused and added: "I feel that Fang Xing, this person, after filming "Hurricane", is a little floating, and the subject matter chosen is getting farther and farther away from the market.

"Now there are two choices, choosing a new drama that is awakening, is to bet that it can be popular, in case it is not popular, that is, the reputation is not good, and the salary is not high.

""Hibiscus Tent Warm Spring Festival" is different, the salary is high, and it is still the most popular ancient puppet.

"Moreover, the role you are given is still the second male who is most popular with female audiences."

At this time.

Wang Kai's agent interjected: "Is it possible to take both dramas?" ”

"This can't work, the Furong crew made it clear that if you take their script, you can't take the new drama of Ark Culture." Liu Shijie shook his head.

Wang Kai thought about it and said: "Actually, Director Fang just gave me the script, and I haven't participated in the audition yet." Or, wait until I audition first, and then think about it. In case the audition doesn't pass, there's no need to discuss the matter at all. ”

Liu Shijie emphasized: "The casting director of "Hibiscus" clearly told me that their audition is a formality, and they will definitely pass. ”

In fact, he didn't say half a sentence, the ancient puppet's requirements for acting skills are not so high, and with Wang Kai's performance experience, he can easily control it.

Wang Kai nodded and said, "I still want to audition for Fang Xing's play first." ”

In the past year, Wang Kai is one of the most profitable artists of Huahuo Media.

Although Wang Kai has not been popular for a long time and his qualifications are not enough, Huahuo Media is still willing to listen to his appeals.

Liu Shijie nodded and agreed: "It's okay, then wait until after the audition to discuss." ”

……

It's the end of July.

The casting of the new drama of Ark Culture has officially begun.

Because there are a lot of roles in this new drama, and Fang Xing hopes to choose actors with good acting skills as much as possible.

In terms of appearance, the requirements are not so high.

Fang Xing's selection of actors has always been in the direction of matching the image of the character, rather than looking for a vase.

The first day of the audition.

Auditions for several of the main roles are scheduled in the morning.

These important roles were all contacted by the crew and invited to audition.

Generally speaking, actors who are invited by the crew to audition meet the director's expectations in terms of image and acting skills, and the probability of passing the audition is relatively high.

Among the actors invited to audition this morning, there are actors from "The Pretender".

Especially Wang Kai, which is the highlight of today's audition.

The role that Fang Xing wanted him to play was King Jing "Xiao Jingyan".

Wang Kai played "Mingcheng" in "The Pretender" is very successful.

Fang Xing recognized his acting skills.

However, "The Pretender" is a spy war drama, and this new drama is a costume drama, and there is a big difference between the two.

In the film and television industry, some actors are only suitable for acting in a certain type of TV series.

If you change your style and theme, you may not be able to perform well.

Therefore, even if Fang Xing took the initiative to invite Wang Kai to audition, he would have to look at the results of the audition before deciding whether to use him or not.

And.

In the actor circle, rumors about the strict audition of the Ark culture have long been known.

Especially during the casting of "Hurricane", the actors who were brushed off could form a battalion.

Facts have also proved that this strict audition requirement has a very obvious effect.

The record-breaking broadcast results of "Hurricane" have proven this.

is also because "Hurricane" is too strong.

Therefore, after Ark Culture announced the casting of the new drama, the actors who submitted resumes to Ark Culture were simply crowded.

In order to stand out from the crowd, many actors still attach performance videos when submitting resumes.

The crew of Ark Culture, after screening their resumes, issued an invitation to audition and notified them of the time and place of the audition.

……

July 25th.

Donghai Film and Television Base.

Ark Culture rented an activity room next to the film and television base to be used as an audition venue.

It was nine o'clock in the morning.

Many actors rushed to hear the news and gathered outside the audition venue.

At the door of the audition venue, a standing sign with the Ark cultural logo was placed there, with several big characters printed on it: "Langya Bang" casting site".

Among these actors, there was no audition invitation, but they received the audition news from Ark Culture and took the initiative to gather to try their luck.

The actor industry is very volatile.

Not to mention the lowest-level actors, even if they are slightly better special actors, sometimes they can't get a role from hundreds of auditions a year.

Therefore, for these actors, gathering outside the audition venue is actually a stroke of luck.

The staff of Ark Culture maintained order at the door, and actors who were not invited to audition could not enter.

After all, the venue is so big, and there are hundreds of people crowded outside the door, so it is impossible to put them all in.

The casting director took a megaphone and shouted, "Thank you, everyone, for taking time out of your busy schedule to audition."

"Actors who have an audition invitation come to me to report to me, and actors who don't have an audition invitation can give me their resumes.

"After the previous auditions, if there is still time, the director will select a few more actors to audition.

"However, there are so many people today, and I can't guarantee that everyone will have an audition.

"Everyone, forgive me, if you have brought your resume, you can now come here to hand in your resume."

As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of people squeezed up and handed over the resumes printed on A4 paper in their hands.

……

Since the audition venue is next to the Donghai Film and Television Base, many of the actors who come here to try their luck are group performances.

Every group performance has a dream of playing the leading role.

Of course, there are very few people who can succeed, after all, not every group performance can become Wang Baoqiang.

The casting director collected more than 200 resumes, put them in front of Fang Xing, and said, "The resume received at the door." ”

Most of these resumes are printed on A4 paper, and some of the more special ones are handwritten on letterhead.

There are also some that have taken a lot of thought, and they use color printing.

If there is a folder sandwiched, it is considered a high-quality resume.

Fang Xing looked at these messy resumes and did not dislike them.

However, the audition is about to begin, and it is impossible to read more than 200 resumes at this time.

Therefore, Fang Xing picked it up and handed it to the assistant director next to him, and said, "You sift it through, look carefully, and pick out those with potential." Once the auditions are over, pick a few. ”

The assistant director nodded, then held his resume and began to read it.

With the development of the company, the crew of Ark Culture is getting bigger and bigger.

The number of directors in the team has also expanded to eight.

In addition to Zhang Yigao, there are two executive directors, two assistant directors, and two casting directors.

At half-past nine.

There was a commotion outside the door.

A nanny car was parked outside the film and television base, and an actor, accompanied by an agent and assistant, got out of the nanny car and walked towards the audition location of "Langya Bang".

Hundreds of people outside the audition venue immediately turned their heads to look when they saw a star coming.

"It's Wang Kai!"

Soon someone recognized the identity of the person who came, and it was Wang Kai, a popular actor of Huahuo Media.

"It's really him, he must have been invited by Director Fang to audition."

"He's so red now. acted in a drama by Director Fang and became popular, and his luck was too good. ”

These actors who were guarding the door invariably cast envious glances at Wang Kai.

Among the hundreds of people guarding the door, most of them came to try their luck, and some were special actors.

One of the special actors, who has played many film and television drama roles with lines, was a little embarrassed when he saw Wang Kai.

Because Wang Kai used to be a special actor like him, he often auditioned for the crew together two years ago.

Later, Wang Kai signed with a brokerage company, and the roles he took on gradually increased, but they were still some small roles.

Until Wang Kai was favored by the crew of "The Pretender", and then he soared into the sky.

When Wang Kai came over, the crowd automatically moved out of the way.

"Wang Kai, I really like your play." In the crowd, someone shouted at Wang Kai.

"I like it too."

Wang Kai waved at them and responded politely: "Thank you, thank you......"

Fang Xing stood in front of the window on the second floor, looking at the crowd outside the door.

It's the end of July, the big summer, and the sun is already very big before ten o'clock.

Fang Xing looked at the crowd below and said to the assistant director behind him, "Are they planning to wait outside all the time?" ”

The assistant director nodded and replied: "The actor industry is like this, when the day comes, some people may leave, but it is estimated that most of them will still wait here." ”

Fang Xing thought about it for a moment and said, "In this way, you go buy a batch of sun umbrellas and stools and ask someone to send them over." In the future, our crew auditioned, and if there is such a situation, it will be arranged like this. ”

"Okay, I'll move it now." As soon as the assistant director agreed, he called the two crew members to buy a sun umbrella together.

After arranging, Wang Kai knocked on the door and walked in: "Sorry, I'm late." ”

"No, it's still early."

Fang Xing closed the window, cut off the hustle and bustle outside, and prepared to start the audition.