Behind the scenes of the entertainment industry

After Yuan Quan received Feng Yuanzheng's invitation, he also attached great importance to it and rushed to Renyi in the afternoon. He specially borrowed a conference room to meet with a few people.

"Hello, Mr. Yuan, I am Chen Li, the director of this play. They are Zhou Cheng and Chu Ran, the screenwriters of this play." If you really need to show the strength of the director to convince Yuan Quan, then you need to rely on Chen Li

Just take the lead.

"Hello, Teacher Yuan, my name is Zhou Cheng (Chu Ran)."

Following Chen Li's introduction, Zhou Cheng and Chu Ran also greeted Yuan Quan respectively, showing great respect.

"Hello." Yuan Quan nodded gently, showing her unique elegance.

Today, Yuan Quan is wearing a very light pink shirt that seems to be fading. The collar of the top is unbuttoned, revealing a touch of fair skin. It is simple, casual and charming. The lower body is also a pair of clothes that are also fading.

She wears blue straight-leg pants and sits elegantly with her legs slightly close together, perfectly showing off the advantages of her long legs.

"Morandi color? Teacher Yuan's outfit is really beautiful."

Hearing the compliment from the other party, Yuan Quan was surprised, looked at Zhou Cheng who was speaking and asked: "Director Zhou, do you also know about Morandi's color series?"

Looking at Chen Li and Chu Ran who were also confused, Zhou Cheng nodded: "I know a little bit. This is a painting color often used by Italian painter Giorgio Morandi. It is mainly unsaturated color.

It’s not as bright as traditional colors.”

"Brother Cheng, it's okay." Chu Ran knew that Zhou Cheng's studies were relatively complex. Under Zhou Kezhi's pressure, he knew a little about music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but he didn't expect that he even knew this unpopular knowledge.

Zhou Cheng smiled. This color system has been used by the fashion industry for more than ten years, but at this time, there are really no designers who dare to try it: "Many people think that the color of this color system is close to fading."

It feels like that, so I’m not used to using it as clothing. The accessories of Sister Yuan’s outfit are all new, so they probably weren’t deliberately made old. It doesn’t seem like they were bought in China.”

Yuan Quan nodded: "I also traveled to Milan and accidentally saw clothes made of this almost faded fabric. I fell in love with it at first sight, so I bought a few pieces."

"It also requires Teacher Yuan's temperament to achieve this intellectual effect. It is low-key and restrained without losing freshness, but it shows a sense of high-end." Chu Ran praised next to him: "If ordinary people dare to wear it like this,

, I’m afraid they will be thought of as old clothes from ten years ago.”

"You two are indeed talented screenwriters, you are both knowledgeable and talented." Yuan Quan was secretly happy to be praised, but it was not easy to destroy the sense of elegance she had created. Then she changed the subject: "Did you two write this play together?"

Zhou Cheng nodded: "I wrote the movie script, and the drama script was written by Chu Ran. He is better at drama."

"Will your play be made into a movie?" Yuan Quan's eyes lit up after hearing Zhou Cheng's words.

"Yes, ours is a movie project, with an investment of about 10 million, and we will try to use the original cast of the drama."

When Zhou Cheng saw Yuan Quan who was extremely surprised, he suddenly felt that he and Chen Li had neglected something.

Although the quality of the drama is relatively high, the audience group is relatively narrow. Although these artists rely on human art to hone their acting skills, they are not well-known among ordinary audiences, which restricts their income from other aspects.

After all, it's not like a few decades ago, when actors' income came from wages paid by their employers. Now fame is the fastest way to increase their income, so their yearning for the big screen cannot be ignored.

Just like Yuan Quan, I believe she also wants to prove her acting skills on the big screen, especially to Xia Yu.

With the common understanding of color as a good start, and the project plan to make a movie as a foreshadowing, Yuan Quan finally put down his own airs and communicated with them on an equal footing about the plot and character characteristics of the drama.

Chen Li also began to play to his strengths. Not only did he take out the breakdown of the shots he drew, but he also had detailed annotations on the lighting, sound, props and actors' movements during the drama rehearsal. This also made Yuan Quan believe that these guys

Young people are not just boastful, but they have real materials.

"Teacher Yuan~"

"You can call me Sister Yuan." Yuan Quan interrupted Zhou Cheng's call again, but asked him to change the title to show that they were already familiar with each other.

"Okay, Sister Yuan!" Zhou Cheng followed suit and felt a lot more comfortable after calling out Sister Yuan: "About the role of Zhang Yiman, we also created a song and asked Zhang Yiman to express it during the filming process.

, this is a hint to Zhang Yiman’s identity as a singer. So we hope that Sister Yuan can sing in person on the stage.”

"You also composed a song? Can you show it to me?" Yuan Quan was even more curious about the talents of these young people. They were only a few years younger than him, but they always surprised themselves.

Zhou Cheng took out the music that Feng Chong helped compose from his document bag and handed it to Yuan Quan. He didn't expect that after Yuan Quan took it, he simply read the score and hummed it along.

"嗦米-嗦嗦嗻嗦嗻, 拉发-发嗦嗦妻..."

"Sister Yuan, you are very powerful. You even know simplified musical notation." Chu Ran also extended his thumb.

Yuan Quan did not tell them that the original position given to him by the company was not only an actor, but also a singer. Moreover, the company specially hired music teachers to train him and released an album. Last year, Yuan Quan and Huang Lei collaborated on "Secret Love"

The theme song "Secret Love" of "Peach Blossom Spring" was sung by Yuan Quan himself.

After listening to Chu Ran's compliment, Yuan Quan looked down at the music score and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, showing a hint of pride. But when he looked up at the people, he still said modestly: "It seems that something is wrong. It's best if a music teacher knows about it."

OK."

"We have a demo here, you can listen to it."

Then Zhou Cheng took out the demo that Lao Lang helped record, which once again hit Yuan Quan's self-confidence. Well, let's prepare for filming honestly and try to complete the rehearsals as soon as possible and get on the big stage.

The communication with Yuan Quan went smoothly, and Yuan Quan became the first confirmed artist for this drama after signing the contract of intent.

Watching Yuan Quan leave with the script, Zhou Cheng had some new ideas about the actors in this drama.

Many of the actors who became popular a few years or even more than ten years later were late bloomers. At this time, most of them were still playing supporting roles or even minor roles in the film crew.

Zhou Cheng feels that he does not need to view them with the same attitude he will have more than ten years later. After all, he is the investor and the holder of resources. As long as he has the resources in his hands, it is not easy to find actors.

"What do you think about Liu Yijun playing Pei Kuishan?" Zhou Cheng, who wanted to understand, also had new ideas about the role of Pei Kuishan, and suggested to Chen Li and Chen Li.

"Liu Yijun?" Chen Li and Chu Ran looked at each other. At first hearing this name, they felt that this person was unfamiliar. It took Chen Li a while to remember: "I remember, our senior brother from the Nortel Performance Department, I am in school.

The film studio also watched the graduation drama they rehearsed."

Seeing that Chu Ran still hadn't remembered, Zhou Cheng reminded him: "The third son of the Zhao family he played in "The Big Dye House" was a supporting role."

Chu Ran finally remembered: "It turns out to be him. He looks fair and clean, which is very suitable for the role of Pei Kuishan."

Hou Yong's performance in the drama "Da Ranfang" was too outstanding, and the limelight of other characters in the drama was all overshadowed. Instead, Liu Yijun, who also performed very well, continued to be buried.

Chen Li also agreed: "How about sending him an audition notice?"

A late bloomer, Zhou Cheng never thought this was a pleasant word.

If it can go smoothly and become famous, who would be willing to lie dormant? Who can understand the sadness and bitterness in this? Maybe only those who are truly late bloomers think about their lives in the dead of night and sigh that it is hard-earned.

In another world, Zhou Cheng first paid attention to Liu Yijun when he saw Kong Sheng's "The Pretender", in which Liu Yijun played the role of Wang Tianfeng, a high-ranking military official.

Although before this drama, Liu Yijun also took over Kong Sheng's drama, playing the ambitious Xiang Luoyang in "Top Secret Escort", and also played the ruthless Xie Yu in "Nirvana in Fire". She is a well-known professional villain in the industry. .

However, the former has too few scenes to show its characteristics, while the latter has too many scenes of Jiangzuo Meilang Mei Changsu, who is dressed in white, and it eclipses the others.

In the ensemble drama "The Pretender", the role of Wang Tianfeng played by Liu Yijun can no longer be suppressed. Even Zhou Cheng, who does not understand acting, can see that Liu Yijun's performance completely overshadowed the Ming siblings as the protagonists. Several people.

Zhou Cheng remembers a scene in which Wang Tianfeng, who only had one line after seeing Yu Manli, used a few subtle movements to fully demonstrate Wang Tianfeng's ruthlessness and oppression of the character. Even for this play. After the release, these scenes were reviewed by professionals many times and became a benchmark for villain performance.

Later Zhou Cheng also watched his interview on the Internet. This is a late blooming actor, but his starting point is not low.

When he was still in his junior year of college, he got the opportunity to act as the leading actor in a movie. However, because he was too stubborn and arrogant, he offended a movie queen who was also the heroine. Not only was he kicked out of the crew, but he was also kicked out by the other party. He was blocked for ten years through connections. It was not until the millennium that he gradually got a new chance to find him, and at this time he was almost thirty years old.

Zhou Cheng proposed to find Liu Yijun to play Pei Kuishan. Chen Li and Chen Li did not object, but how to contact him became a problem. Liu Yijun himself did not sign a contract with a film and television company, nor did he have an agent. Zhou Cheng remembered that in a variety show in his previous life, Huang Lei said that he and he have known each other for many years and they have a good relationship as brothers and sisters. The two also collaborated on a film and television drama, but Zhou Chenglai traveled through time without seeing it.

"Teacher Huang, hello, I'm Chu Ran..." It's better to leave the job of contacting teachers and students at school to Chu Ran. He is a master who knows everyone: "We would like to ask you about someone." ,...Do you know Liu Yijun, Senior Brother Liu?...It's a little bit difficult to find him,...Since you know our drama, you have to help us even more,...Yes, some of the actors need to be selected in the school, Zhou Cheng and I I am going to meet you at school with Director Chen Li in the next two days..."

After hanging up the phone, Chu Ran turned to Chen Li and Zhou Cheng and said, "Yes, Teacher Huang is really well-informed. I just asked to see Senior Brother Liu, and they already guessed what we were going to do."

Chen Li nodded: "Teacher Huang has cooperated with Renyi many times. They also performed the play "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Spring" last year. It is normal to be able to get information in advance."

"Then let's go. Anyway, this is what we have decided." Zhou Cheng did not object.

The appointment with Liu Yijun went smoothly. Huang Lei made a phone call and rushed directly to Yanjing People's Art Theatre. For Liu Yijun, any opportunity is relatively rare, let alone the opportunity to appear in a performance of People's Art.

stage.