As the news gradually spread in the circle, the last two days of the audition for "Strange Man and Plum" came with more and more actors.

However, most of them are below the second line, and the only one with a relatively high reputation is Gao Fei's old acquaintance - Wan Qian!

It is said that since Wan Qian cooperated with Gao Fei in "Search", she has finally broken away from the status quo of being small and transparent in the original circle, and has also starred in many TV series one after another.

But these resources are not as good as the original "Search" after all, so she rushed over to audition when "Looking for the Dragon" audition before.

And the subsequent development of things did not exceed her expectations, Zeng Li really became popular with the role of "Ding Sitian".

For this matter, Wan Qian privately didn't know how long she had been depressed.

Therefore, even though Jing Ruyi was just the heroine of a story unit this time, Wan Qian still took the initiative to come up.

And seeing that she doesn't dislike the lack of scenes, Gao Fei naturally can't ask for it.

After all, whether it is acting skills or fame, Wan Qian is the best candidate.

As for Tong Liya, who was recommended by Beiying here, Gao Fei could only say regret.

……

In this way, as time passed, the actors of "Strange Man Yizhimei" were finally gathered by Gao Fei.

Among the most important Yizhimei foursome, in addition to Gao Fei and Liu Shishi.

The role of "Thousand-faced Play" He Xiaomei was won by Ma Tianyu;

The "river thief" Chai Hu was taken down by Gao Fei's old acquaintance Shi Xinyu.

Originally, Gao Fei wanted to leave a role for Zhao Liying, but he didn't expect that a movie project called "People in Embarrassment" would ask her to play the heroine, so Assistant Zhao went to make a movie even if it was a fart.

Seeing this, Gao Fei could only sigh that the other party was blind.

However, he didn't waste this recommended place, and directly found Cui Peng, who had previously worked in the crew of "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", and was ready to invite him to play the villain Yan Shifan in the play.

In Goofy's view, villains also have ranks.

Many people play villains too superficially, and Cui Peng's bad belongs to the more advanced kind. can even make people ignore the three views and be carried away by his rhythm.

It's just that when he proposed this idea, Li Guoli, who had been silent before, hesitated.

Because Yan Shifan is clearly recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

That is, "short fat body, squint".

Translated as a fat, thick-necked one-eyed dragon.

Therefore, Li Guoli is very puzzled by Gao Fei finding a handsome guy like Cui Peng to play Yan Shifan, who has such distinctive characteristics in historical records.

In the end, though, Goofy convinced him.

You must know that in such a well-researched drama as "Daming Dynasty 1566", the director changed Yan Shifan's ugly, short and blind image in history, and turned him into a handsome guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, which naturally has a reason.

Although the ugly man is closer to Yan Shifan's real image in history, it is difficult to attract the audience, because no one will be fascinated by a star who looks disgusting.

And a charismatic villain image is actually very helpful in increasing ratings.

Just like when "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" was broadcast, many ratings came to Cui Peng, the master of flowers.

As soon as these words came out, Li Guoli suddenly had nothing to say. Because he is also an old man in the circle, he naturally knows that the villain can attract fans if he shoots well.

It's just because Tang Renkai has too many projects recently and their energy is limited, so they ignore this.

Thinking of this, Li Guoli and Cai Yinong couldn't help but be a little lucky, this time it is not necessarily a good thing to work with Sohu and Gao Fei to produce a TV series.

At least with limited energy, they have kept the reputation of Tang Ren's boutique dramas.

When I think about it, the cooperation between the two sides becomes more and more harmonious.

However, when the audition was about to end, there was a small oolong, which made Goofy lose a little.

How so?

Because Gao Fei regarded Lu Yi, who came to audition, as Tang Ren's artist, and stupidly asked her why she came to audition, which made Lu Yi quite embarrassed.

In the end, after Master Liu explained Gao Fei, he learned that although Lu Yi only made a name for himself in the entertainment industry because of the role of Sai Jinhua in "Flying Immortals", and subsequently cooperated with Tang Ren many times, she was really not Tang Ren's artist, because she had already signed a contract with Ciwen.

In a way, she is quite similar to Ge You's situation.

Many people think that Uncle Ge is an artist of Huayi, but in fact, his work unit for so many years has always been the art troupe, and the agent is himself.

I have to say that the world is so big that there are no surprises.

But fortunately, there are only these two wonders in the circle, so after Gao Fei made a mistake, he could only sigh that he took it for granted.

……

With the casting issue and the service of the Taoist talent in place, Gao Fei did not continue to meddle in the behind-the-scenes work in every detail, but quietly figured out the script, after all, his essential work is still an actor after all.

However, after fully studying the script of the male protagonist's departure from Song and Xiao, Gao Fei found that this character has a prototype in history.

Although it has been artistically processed by the screenwriter, Gao Fei still found that the character of leaving the song and laughing immediately is a bit too similar to the Jinyiwei experience during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that this Shen Shen experience is actually a scholar, and he also traveled with Wang Shouren to study when he was young, because of his strange temperament, so Wang Shouren favored him.

And Shen Lian did not live up to Wang Shouren's favor for him, and he was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of twenty-one.

At his age, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the future was bright.

After all, it was not easy to get into the Jinshi at that time, and most people were already in their early years when they were in the middle of the exam, or they were not confused when they were near.

There are even a few unlucky people, such as the famous Wenzheng Mingwen genius in Jiangnan back then, who was not admitted to the Jinshi after the age of sixties.

Therefore, although they are also on the list, most of the young Jinshi have a better future than the older ones.

It's just that when it came to Shen Lian, there was an accident.

Maybe the first half of his life went too smoothly, so after Shen Lian became an official, his tribulations followed.

Because he is upright and jealous, he disdains to use money to make a way.

Therefore, even though Shen Lian has good political performance in the local government, he has successively served as the county magistrate of Liyang, Chiping, and Qingfeng, and he is not allowed to be promoted from the local level.

But if that's it, forget it, but he offended the local nobles because of his governance of the place, and was finally framed by others, so he was imprisoned.

If it weren't for Emperor Jiajing's milk brother, Lu Bing, the commander of Jinyiwei, inadvertently discovered him in prison, and he would have to follow the old path of a teacher.

It's just that he is a little worse than Wang Shouren.

Although Wang Shouren fell into the state of enlightenment in the dragon field, at least his freedom was not restricted.

And although Yicheng is small, he is still more or less an official!

Where is it like Shen Lian directly becoming a prisoner, even if you want to imitate the teacher, you can only realize the Tao in prison.

Fortunately, Lu Bing, the handsome man in Jinyi, was very good to him, and after discovering that Shen Lian was a talent, he not only helped him wash away his grievances, but also recruited him into Jinyiwei to serve as an experience.

And Shen Lian, who has an upright personality, also agreed because he was grateful for Lu Bing's kindness.

So in this way, a jinshi, the goal of countless Ming scholars, entered the Jinyi Wei Zhong as an official who was despised by many civil officials and Confucians.

This move is unique in the Jiajing Dynasty, and it can be said that in the entire Jinyi Guard, he has the highest education.

It's just a pity that the country is easy to change, and the temperament is difficult to change.

Because Lu Bing and Yan Song's father and son had a deep friendship, Shen Lian also had to accompany Lu Bing to appear at Yan's mansion banquets many times.

Therefore, when Yan Shifan was arrogant and domineering at the banquet and bullied others, Shen Lian, who had a strong temperament, always went against him.

Although because of his concern for Lu Bing's face, Yan Shifan, who has always been arrogant, rarely swallowed his anger, but after a long time, he couldn't care about Lu Bing's face.

So when Shen Lian impeached Yan Song several times for being jealous of his ability and corrupting political discipline, Yan Song's father and son took the opportunity to play tricks in front of Emperor Jiajing, so that Shen Lian was accused of slandering the minister, and was given an edict and demoted to a commoner.

To a certain extent, the experience of Shen Lian is a reflection of Emperor Jiajing's faint lake in his later years.

It can even be said that the creativity of the entire script of "Strange Man Yizhimei" came from this Shen Lian.

For example, in the first story unit "The Birth of Myth", the 100,000 taels of gold that the imperial court relieved the victims in northern Hunan were robbed, and the plot of Lige Xiao's formation of a plum branch to help is the real experience of Shen Lian.

It's just different from what was written in the script.

In the 33rd year of Jiajing, although there was a serious famine in Xuanfu and Datong, which led to a soaring price of rice, a large number of victims starved to death, and their corpses were scattered all over the field, and no one buried them, but the court did not take out any so-called "100,000 taels of gold" to relieve the victims, but only let the local government provide relief on its own.

Therefore, at that time, it had been relegated to the refinement of the common people, so he could only collect the bones and open a porridge shop to relieve the victims.

I have to say that Tang Ren's screenwriter is quite lazy.

If it weren't for Gao Fei's ability to read the ancient text "History of the Ming Dynasty" without barriers, he might not have been able to discover this.

After all, there are 332 volumes of "History of the Ming Dynasty", and before the vernacular version is compiled, it is really a bit laborious for ordinary people to read it.

And the fate of Shen Shen in real history is much more tragic than leaving the song and laughing.

Because even if he was demoted to a commoner, he still did not change his jealous and hateful nature, and often scolded Yan's father and son angrily in the direction of the capital.

So a few years later, Yan Shifan shot again.

So Shen Lian was beheaded, and of his three sons, two were killed, and one was sent to the frontier.

Gao Fei didn't know if Tang Ren's screenwriter felt that the ending was too tragic, so he gave him a happy ending in the script.

But I have to admit that such a technique is indeed another way to make up for regrets.

At least after Gao Fei watched "History of the Ming Dynasty", when he looked back at the script of "Strange Man Yizhimei", he suddenly felt an inexplicable relief in his heart.

Because Lige Xiao did what he couldn't do and couldn't do.

In this way, it can be regarded as a death without regrets.

Thinking of this, Gao Fei suddenly felt something.

Maybe the book he revised earlier really wasn't written in vain.

Because compared with the parting song and laughter in "Strange Man and a Plum", perhaps the Shen in real history is more in line with the court stories he wrote.

Thinking like this, Goofy immediately dug out the draft script that he had almost destroyed last time, and revised it again with great interest.

For a time, thoughts are like springs, and words are like tides.

……

The next afternoon.

Shanghai, Tangren headquarters.

Facing Li Guoli's helpless eyes, Gao Fei hurriedly explained, a little embarrassed:

"There is no need to make major changes, as long as the past of Lige and Xiao is introduced in the story unit of "Forget and Can't Forget", just explain the origin of his name a little."

"Let's just say that his real name is Shen Lian, but he promised his wife Jing Ruyi before she died that she would not be sad because of parting, and should sing and laugh."

"So the moment his wife left, Shen Lian was already dead, and there was only Lige and Laugh in this world."

Speaking of this, Gao Fei couldn't help but complain:

"And the name Lige Xiao originally sounded a bit of a joke!"

Hearing this, Li Guoli's face turned a little pale.

After all, no director likes an actor who changes the script at every turn.

In the conference room, Cai Yinong, who had been silent, couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief when he heard the words.

After all, the casting has been selected, and the work process of serving Huadao and selecting the scenery has been completed halfway, if Gao Fei suddenly wants to change the script at this time, then Cai Yinong will really go crazy.

And since the worst didn't happen, Cai Yinong thought about it, so she simply did a favor, so she immediately smiled and said neatly:

"Okay, it's up to you."

"But don't you just call for this little thing, why bother to make a trip!"

Just seeing her say this, Goofy showed a strange smile.

Seeing this situation, Cai Yinong suddenly felt a little flustered.

But before she could continue to ask, Gao Fei nodded lightly at Han Li.

When Han Li got up and put the two scripts in front of the two, Gao Fei looked at Cai Yinong with the corners of his mouth slightly upturned and said:

"Of course, this little thing is not worth the journey I have to go all the way here."

"But if there's a new collaboration, that's not necessarily the case."

After saying that, Gao Fei calmly stretched out his hand to the two of them and signaled:

"Look at it, two!"

Seeing this situation, Cai Yinong and Li Guoli had to temporarily suppress the doubts in their hearts and turned to look at the script in front of them.

……

At the same time, looking at the two of them who were gradually showing shock, the corners of Han Li's mouth, who had been silent, suddenly raised a smug smile.

Even last night, after reading the script of the movie that Goofy perfected overnight, she had this expression.

To be honest, Han Li didn't know which string Gao Fei was touched again, but she had to admit that the version of the movie script after Gao Fei changed it was indeed much better than the original.

However, although Gao Fei's initial creative impulse came from "Strange Man Yizhimei", the whole story atmosphere of "Embroidered Spring Knife" is diametrically opposed to it.

One is chic and happy, and the other is depressed and heavy.

The only thing the two have in common is that the trials as the male protagonists are very hard.

……

Soon, more than ten minutes passed.

When Li Guoli read the script, he didn't speak immediately, but crossed his hands and supported his chin in contemplation.

Seeing this situation, Cai Yinong hesitated for a while, and then said with some uncertainty:

"What's in this...... Isn't it a little too much? ”

Although Tang Ren has not made a few movies, Cai Yinong has been in the film and television industry for more than ten years after all, and he still has some basic judgment ability.

If it weren't for the fact that it was a movie script, in Cai Yinong's opinion, Gao Fei's book would be enough for filming TV series.

Seeing her say this, Gao Fei was not worried but happy, and immediately nodded with the corners of his mouth slightly curled:

"Mr. Cai has good eyesight, and I am indeed preparing to make two movies."

Originally, at the beginning, Gao Fei wrote from the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao falling into the water, and as for the villain, it was naturally the civilian-official group headed by Yang Tinghe.

Just writing and writing Goofy found that there was a lack of drama, because there were only two forces, so there were some things that could be guessed by looking at the beginning. Even if Goofy writes the middle method brilliantly, it is in vain.

So after Gao Fei flipped through the "History of the Ming Dynasty", he turned to the background of the story in the year of the Apocalypse.

After all, in the Ming Dynasty, although there were many emperors who suffered fires, the only emperors who fell into the water and died were Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Apocalypse.

And some of the practices of these two overboard emperors are very similar.

Emperor Zhengde pretended to be keen on martial arts, deliberately and absurdly gave himself the title of a great general, and then went directly to the nine sides to command the army under the name of "mighty general Zhu Shou", thus bypassing the cabinet and the military department, and finding another way to grasp the military power of the border army with the strongest combat effectiveness in his hands.

And the Emperor of the Apocalypse played a trick of fake idiocy.

Because at the beginning of his succession, "Donglin was extremely prosperous, and everyone was in the Ying Dynasty", so Zhu Youzhen, who was only sixteen years old, simply learned from his grandfather Emperor Wanli.

Hey, isn't it all in the making? Then I'll just not go to court!

So Emperor Zhu Youzhen of the Apocalypse hid in the palace to do his carpenter's work, and let Wei Zhongxian tear up with the Donglin Party outside.

Even if some people continue to call Wei Zhongxian the station emperor, Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Apocalypse, is still as stable as Mount Tai.

Because he knew that in the Ming Dynasty, there was no room for eunuchs to rebel.

If he wanted Wei Zhongxian to die, he didn't even need to make a holy decree, just a verbal edict was enough.

On the contrary, it is those Donglin Party that have a five-generation atmosphere, and they are very domineering!

And the final result also confirmed that the strategy of the Emperor of the Apocalypse was effective.

Although he only reigned for seven years, he was already in his own hands before he fell into the water.

After all, there are no eunuchs, but they are all imperial parties that are not allowed to be tolerated by the Donglin Party.

And although this speed is not as fast as Emperor Jiajing, who has recovered power in three years, it is also very admirable.

You must know that the civilian forces faced by Emperor Jiajing at the beginning of his succession to the throne were not as cunning and ferocious as the Donglin Party.

So after adjusting his thinking, Gao Fei simply started from the time when the Emperor of the Apocalypse fell into the water to before he died.

Through Jin Yiwei's investigation, the conspiracy behind the emperor's murder is gradually revealed to the audience.

And after this process, Zhu Youzhen, the younger brother of Emperor Tianqi, became a third-party force with an obscure position.

Because the civil official group wanted this carpenter emperor to die, but Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs wanted the emperor to live.

In this way, it is very intriguing what the position of Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, is.

Although he also fell into the water and died, it was impossible for Zhu Houxi, who was the king of Xingxian back then, to kill Emperor Zhengde, because even if the emperor died, he would not necessarily inherit the throne, and there were too many uncertainties.

But Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, is different, he is the emperor's younger brother.

Therefore, once the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who has no heirs, dies, he must be succeeded by his own brother King Xin. In this way, he is also suspected of killing the king.

And the reason why Goofy wrote the stories of the two movies together is because they actually tell the same thing.

That's - killing the king!

……

At the same time, after listening to Gao Fei's explanation, Cai Yinong immediately nodded suddenly.

Because after Gao Fei said this, she found that the two stories are indeed in the same vein.

And even if it is divided into two parts, the early stage of the killing of the monarch and the later part of the killing of the king, it does not affect the excitement of the single story itself.

Thinking of this, Cai Yinong's eyes looking at Gao Fei couldn't help but become more and more greedy.

It's not that he is hungry for his body, but for his brain!

After all, Cai Yinong just fell in love with Gao Fei's appearance and acting skills at the beginning, but he didn't expect Gao Fei's talent to be so amazing.

And just when Cai Yinong was a nymphomaniac, Li Guoli, who had been silent in thought, finally spoke.

I saw that he glanced at Gao Fei with emotion in reality, and then said with a look of pity:

"If I'm not mistaken, you want to link the two projects together, right?"

Hearing this, Gao Fei was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but give Li Guoli a thumbs up and praised:

"Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy! Admire, admire! ”

Gao Fei really didn't expect that before he could say the purpose, Li Guoli had already guessed his thoughts.

But it doesn't matter, after all, his idea is meant to be beneficial to both sides.

"Strange Man Yizhimei" can use "Embroidered Spring Knife" to increase its ratings, as well as the price of the first and second rounds of broadcasting rights, while Gao Fei can also use the hit of the TV series to promote the movie.

And this time it's not as unrelated as "Immortal Three" and "Looking for the Dragon".

Because "Strange Man Yizhimei" and "Embroidered Spring Knife" are both Shen Lian, to a certain extent, they can be said to be two sides of the same coin.

It's just that one is talking about the rivers and lakes, and the other is talking about the court.

And the difference between the rivers and lakes and the court is sometimes just different from people's hearts.

The rivers and lakes, the court, are only thinking about it!

……

Hearing this, Cai Yinong finally understood why Li Guoli had a look of pity just now.

Because this is obviously a good project with high returns and low risk.

And because of Gao Fei's idea of linkage promotion between movies and TV series, Tang Ren is fully qualified to enter the game.

However, Tang Ren was short of funds at this time.

Otherwise, it would not be so simple to agree to Gao Fei and Sohu to join the project of "Strange Man Yizhimei".

Thinking of this, Cai Yinong's intestines suddenly turned green.

After all, for capitalists, less is a loss.

Thinking that he had lost the profits of a big hit movie, Cai Yinong suddenly wanted to die.

For a while, looking at Gao Fei's eyes, he was also a little unkind.

After all, if it weren't for Goofy, she wouldn't be so miserable now.

Seeing this, Gao Fei suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.

However, he could understand Cai Yinong's mood, so he immediately smiled and said with relief:

"Mr. Cai, don't worry, I won't let you help in vain this time."

Although Goofy's plan is beneficial to both parties, it was he who came up with it first.

So in order to show his sincerity, Gao Fei immediately said decisively:

"Didn't Lao Hu always want to act in movies?"

"How is Jin Yichuan? The third of the three brothers in Jinyiwei is just the right age, and he can be regarded as the core figure. ”

As soon as these words came out, Cai Yinong's face was a little better.

And Li Guoli couldn't help but nod slightly.

He saw it very openly, anyway, if he missed the opportunity, he missed it, but unfortunately it was useless.

It's a pity to have that time, but it's better to think more about whether you can make up for it from other aspects.

I don't know if Cai Yinong heard what he was thinking, so after a moment of silence, I saw her immediately say in a deep voice:

"Tang Ren can cooperate with your publicity plan, or he can give up the opportunity to invest, but it is not enough to have an old Hu, poetry must also be in it."

It was not surprising to hear this.

After all, he had opened his mouth to leave room for bargaining.

Therefore, when Cai Yinong finished speaking, he deliberately groaned for a moment, and then nodded slowly with a slight frown:

"Yes, it's a little difficult, but it's my sincerity!"

Seeing him say this, Li Guoli and Cai Yinong finally showed a smile.

And when this consensus is reached, the rest of the matter will be taken care of.

Gao Fei and the others immediately negotiated a rough plan, and in order to keep their actions consistent, they also set a clear timetable.

That is, by November next year, whether it is a movie or a TV series project, it must be completely completed.

Otherwise, all previous plans will be cancelled and the dishonest party will be held liable for breach of contract.

So just like that, Goofy, who hadn't been idle for a few days, began to get busy again in a blink of an eye.

But this time it was purely his own doing......