When Hou Xiaoxian talked to Zhou Yan on the phone before, he said that he had been on the phone for two days, but this time it was a week, and when he came to Yanjing, it was already July 20th, and Zhou Yan's feature film script had almost changed.

They met at the hotel where Hou Xiaoxian was staying, and Zhou Yan brought the script to follow the body.

After reading Zhou Yan's feature film script, Hou Xiaoxian asked a little question, but they were all minor problems, which could be changed casually, and it would not affect the direction of the plot.

Putting down the script, Hou Xiaoxian said with a smile, "It's only been less than a year, and you're already about to start shooting feature films, it's incredible." ”

Zhou Yan said modestly, "I still have a lot to learn now, and I may have to ask you often during the filming process." ”

Hou Xiaoxian waved his hand, "For the first feature film, you remember one point, that is, be bold and don't be afraid." ”

"That's the trick to making a good movie?" Zhou Yan asked.

"Nope." Hou Xiaoxian shook his head, "This is the trick to not regret it, as for whether you can make a good movie, most of the time, it is not something we can control, what we can do is just shoot what we want to shoot." After the shooting, all that's left is for someone else to judge. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, no matter what you do, you need a strong heart, those who are firm may not succeed, but those who waver will definitely fail.

"By the way, how's the casting going?" Hou Xiaoxian asked again.

"The male protagonist, the male protagonist's mother, and the male protagonist's grandfather have all been decided."

Xu Feng has already solved He Saifei's matter, and He Saifei will come to Yanjing in a few days.

At that time, Zhou Yan still had to pick her up, of course, not on his 28th bar, Xu Feng arranged two cars for their crew, and also equipped a driver.

may be because He Saifei made a fuss once during the filming of "The Red Lantern Hangs High", or it may be because the situation this year is different from last year, this time Xu Feng did not make much effort to ask He Saifei from the Daishan Yue Opera Troupe.

Now the main actor, that is, the father of the male lead, has not been decided.

Hou Xiaoxian didn't care much about the choice of the male protagonist's father, but was interested in the young woman who appeared in it: "Has this female protagonist been chosen?" ”

"Heroine?"

Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that there is a heroine in his movie?

Then he reacted and understood that what Hou Xiaoxian was talking about should be the big sister next door that the male protagonist likes.

In the original film, when the male protagonist was very young, there was a little nanny at home who was much older than her, and the two got along very well, but because the mother thought that the nanny would bring the male protagonist badly, she dismissed the nanny.

A few years later, the male protagonist reunited with the nanny, and decisively launched a pursuit of the nanny, but in the eyes of the nanny, the male protagonist is a child, of course she can't accept the pursuit of a child, so she left directly.

Of course, Zhou Yan didn't have reservations about this paragraph, but in order to show the male protagonist's unusual maturity, Zhou Yan still arranged a girl, who was the male protagonist's neighbor, a big sister ten years older than him.

And when the two said goodbye, the male protagonist did not initiate the pursuit, but liked it silently.

Zhou Yan arranged very few scenes for this female character, he didn't expect Hou Xiaoxian to pay attention to her and treat her as the heroine.

Seeing Zhou Yan's expression, Hou Xiaoxian knew that he didn't pay attention to this role, so he said, "I personally think that you must choose this role well, what kind of person the male protagonist likes is very important, and what kind of person he likes can best reflect the heart of his character." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, he felt that what Hou Xiaoxian said was not unreasonable, what the character likes is an important part of building a character, and this role is indeed a good choice.

Seeing Zhou Yan nodding, Hou Xiaoxian said again, "Now a large-scale casting work must be carried out, otherwise there will not be enough time for the short film to be released." ”

……

After meeting with Hou Xiaoxian, Zhou Yan began to prepare for casting.

In addition to that female character, the movie needs a lot of supporting roles, which must not be found one by one, and he needs to organize an audition to quickly resolve the battle.

Now in this year, there is no casting studio in China that specializes in the casting of the crew, and there will be no separate casting director, so Zhou Yan himself took the executive director Lu Senior and the photographer Zhao Fei to form a casting team.

There are also some makeup, props, and logistics staff in this team, some of whom were transferred from Chang'an Studio, such as Hong Xin and Lin Juan, and some were directly asked from Yanjing Studio.

Zhou Yan originally wanted to ask Liu Qingren to come over, but unfortunately Liu Qingren was already in the crew of "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit".

The film "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" is the same as the model of "Farewell My Concubine", which is jointly produced by Tomson Film Company and Yanjing Film Studio, and distributed by Tomson Film Company alone, so as long as there are people in Yanjing Studio, Zhou Yan can theoretically go to Chen Zhigu for secondment.

After the casting team was formed, they began to release recruitment information to various art troupes and schools, and invited actors to audition.

In these years, communication is not developed, and the recruitment of actors is either directed to find people, such as Zhou Yan's script was not finished and He Saifei and Li Shouhai were decided; Either word of mouth and mutual introduction, for example, people from Yanjing Studios know that Zhou Yan is going to film, so they can naturally recommend actors in their factory, or they can recommend other actors they know to audition.

In addition, if the project is famous, there will be many people who sharpen their heads and drill into it, not long after the project "Farewell My Concubine" was reported, Yanjing Studio received many actors' self-recommendation letters, and even actors came to the studio.

Zhou Yan didn't have that much time, so he asked Hong Xin and them to go directly to various film academies to distribute flyers, and those flyers had recruitment information for movie characters written on them.

In order to attract actors to audition, Zhou Yan deliberately wrote exaggerated slogans such as "Tomson Pictures and Yanjing Studios join hands again" and "Best Director at the Kurta International Film Festival" on the flyer.

Because the time is relatively tight, Zhou Yan is afraid that he will not make some gimmicks, and not many people will audition.

……

The location of the audition was arranged in the Yanjing Film Studio, and Zhou Yan asked Chen Zhigu to borrow an empty room, and the time was set at 9 o'clock in the morning on July 28, which was Sunday, so that it was convenient for the actors to arrange their time.

Mainly the actors and actresses of the art troupe, it is a little more convenient for them on weekends.

On the morning of July 28, Zhou Yan rode to Yanjing Studio at 8:10.

Hong Xin and Senior Lu arrived earlier than Zhou Yan, and they were arranging the scene at this time.

In fact, there is nothing to decorate, the scene of their audition meeting is very simple, there are two tables in the room, and a banner is hung on the wall, which reads: Audition for the movie "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly".

The only thing that is more plausible is the two cameras in the room, which Zhou Yan specially borrowed from the factory to serve as a façade, and they are the most high-end things in the factory, which is very bluffing.

However, these two cameras are just decorations, and it is impossible to turn them on today, and they are placed here to let the actors feel the strength of their crew.

In fact, Zhou Yan also put the audition location in Yanjing Studio, and when people heard that they came to Yanjing Studio to audition, they naturally felt that the crew was very powerful, at least it was a regular crew.

Seeing Zhou Yan coming, Senior Lu asked him with a smile, "Director Zhou, are you worried?" ”

"Worried about what?" Zhou Yan asked rhetorically.

"I'm worried that no one will come to the audition."

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "If no one comes to audition, I will take you to those schools one by one to ask for people from the art troupe." ”

"What's the use of you taking me?"

"Didn't you graduate from Yenching Film Academy? Don't have any connections at school? ”

"There are a few enemies, you take me back, only to be beaten." Senior Lu squinted his eyes and smiled, his eyes were not big, and there was only one slit left in this smile.

Zhou Yan also laughed, "It's not bad, it's an old way, it's a joke now." ”

"This is called learning from good people to be good people, learning to bite people with Mahu, and the road guides are all led by you." Hong Xin, who was fiddling with the table, said with a smile.

Zhao Fei, who was studying the camera on the other side, said with a smile, "Hong Guantou, you have to be respectful to Director Zhou, and be careful that Director Zhou wears small shoes for you." ”

"Oh, Brother Zhao, why do you call me Hong Guantou." When she heard Zhao Fei call herself Hong Guantou, she was unhappy.

Zhou Yan laughed, "Lao Zhao is right, I sewed a few pairs of small shoes at home last night, and I will take them to the set when I turn around, and whoever wants to listen to me, I will wear them for whomever I want." ”

Lin Juan also joined in the fun and said, "Brother Zhou Yan, I will definitely listen to you." ”

Hong Xin learned Lin Juan's tone, "Brother Zhou Yan~ I must listen to you." ”

"Sister Hong—"

Several people talked and laughed, and the rest of the casting team also arrived one after another, and Zhou Yan began to arrange tasks for them again.

Although there may not be many people coming today, Zhou Yan still tries his best to arrange every link properly.

Signs are placed along the way from the door of the studio to the room where the audition is held, and they will arrange for a person to pick up the actors who come to the audition at the door of the studio.

When the actors arrive, they will be given a number plate, and when there are many people, they will have to wait outside to call the number.

While waiting for the number to be called, the team will distribute pen and paper to the actors, and ask them to fill in their personal information, in addition to basic information such as name and education, as well as work experience, participating works, etc.

Once everything is arranged, the next step is to wait.

Zhou Yan sat in the audition room and didn't move, everyone else couldn't help but look out of the door from time to time, even Zhao Fei occasionally glanced out.

Until eight forty, no one appeared, Lin Juan's face was full of anxiety, and she kept pacing back and forth, although it was said that it started at nine o'clock, but under normal circumstances, someone should have arrived in advance.

After another ten minutes, Lin Juan suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Someone is coming, someone is coming." ”

(End of chapter)