From collapsed house idol to entertainment superstar

As a coastal city in a subtropical region, Jiangcheng feels as hot as a lake in July today.

The decision to choose Chikan Old Street in Jiangcheng as the main filming location for "The Hidden Corner" was made early in the months of casting.

This area of ​​Chikan Old Street was once a French colony, so the architectural style was greatly influenced by France.

In addition, there are many "Nanyang-style buildings" in this area that are a mixture of European colonial-style buildings and Lingnan arcade buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Moreover, in the old city, there are also many winding alleys and large-scale Lingnan mansions.

Among them, the most distinctive arcade building complex was once a glorious commercial street in the Guangzhou Bay era, showing the commercial tradition of the seaport city.

The reason why the location was chosen in this place is, on the one hand, because director Li Wenfeng wanted the whole environment to have a sense of city and a little bit of a small town area, and Chikan Old Street still retains that strong "neighborhood feel".

"The temperament is less influenced by the atmosphere of modern urbanization. It perfectly fits this tone.

On the other hand, it’s because this place is sunny and textured enough.

It is the darkest place, often hidden in the shadow of the bright sun.

The cleaner the tone in front of the camera and the brighter the sun, the colder and darker the "secret corners" that lurk in the story.

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"You're back? How are you? Do you want to take a rest?"

Li Wenfeng was discussing with the camera crew how to adjust the lens. He looked up at Ding Zhi, who was coming towards him in a dusty atmosphere, and couldn't help but ask.

After Ding Zhi took care of the matters in Pengcheng, he rushed to Jiangcheng here without stopping.

In fact, during the early planning and preparation work, after the filming of "Heartbeat Signal" officially started, it was already ready to be handed over to Li Xiuyuan, and all Ding Zhi needed to do was to do the final check in post-editing.

Otherwise, if Ding Zhi does everything himself, why would he spend so much effort training Li Xiuyuan?

And Li Xiuyuan's performance during this period was able to make Ding Zhi fully trust him.

So in the following time, he had to devote himself wholeheartedly to "The Hidden Corner".

In the end, he still didn't "escape", and the role of Zhang Dongsheng finally fell to him.

So at this time, Ding Zhi, who is a producer, screenwriter, and leading actor, can be said to be the person with the most "jobs" in the entire crew.

"It's okay, I'm fine. How are the other casting aspects going?"

The casting mentioned here is naturally the selection of roles other than the three children.

Main characters like Zhu Chaoyang's divorced parents, police officer Lao Chen who cares about Yan Liang as if he were his own, and "functional" supporting characters like Zhang Dongsheng's wife, father-in-law and mother-in-law.

In fact, the original team of "Peeping" created another suspense drama. Although some people were offended because of the weird staffing, for most people, this is still a hit.

In fact, the three children, Zhu Chaoyang, Yan Liang, and Pu Pu, are the three children who Ding Zhi holds the most close attention to in terms of casting, but other than that, he does not control all the casting rights.

After all, if the water is clear, there will be no fish.

Just like in the last movie "Peeping", Zhu Yilong was inserted into the film from the Goose Factory.

Ding Zhi and Li Wenfeng are actually not opposed to this. As long as the actors they recommend are good enough and don't stretch their hips, then it's not a bad idea to be a smooth favor.

But if it's just a bunch of um that's meant to be "gold-plated", then I'm sorry, Ding Zhi is not used to it.

"Zhu Yongping, Zhu Chaoyang's father, gave it to Zhang Songwen."

Excluding the three children, the character Zhu Yongping can be regarded as the second male lead to a certain extent.

Among adult male characters, he is second only to Zhang Dongsheng and on par with police officer Lao Chen.

This character is definitely an important supporting point in the whole drama.

"Oh? Him."

This Zhang Songwen is also considered an acquaintance to Ding Zhi. I have mentioned before that among the artists who followed Liang Qiong from Chuanhe Media to Huansong, in addition to Ding Zhi, there are several other artists.

And Zhang Songwen is one of them.

He is in his forties, has an ordinary appearance, and is the kind of old actor who has been honing his skills from the bottom of the industry for more than ten or twenty years.

But unfortunately, I have never encountered the opportunity to become famous. I have no well-known masterpieces, and I have no talent for variety shows, so I just focus on filming.

He is an actor who cannot handle the box office and has no "commercial value", but this person is very special. As long as you give him any suitable role, he can bring that character to you completely in reality.

From the character's temperament, living habits, to life details, down to whether there is dirt in the fingernails, we will take care of everything clearly for you.

In a sense, he is the type of actor Yin Tianqiu in Xingye's "The King of Comedy".

It's a pity that such people often don't live a satisfactory life.

When I accidentally chatted with Ding Zhi last time, I laughed at myself. After decades of filming, in the end, I couldn't even afford a house in my hometown.

Being able to get the role of Zhu Yongping now is also related to Ding Zhi, and it should be the result of internal digestion of Huansong.

"It's absolutely safe to give him this role, no problem."

"In addition, there is another Chen Meng, who plays Zhu Yongping's second wife. I am actually a little hesitant about her."

"What? Is Pitao putting pressure on you?"

Ding Zhi raised his eyebrows, could it be that this Chen Meng is a related person?

"No, no, Chen Meng came to the interview by himself. I've seen the show and it's very good."

"Isn't that okay?"

Li Wenfeng had some doubts, "A good show is a good show, but I think there's something wrong with this girl, she's too arrogant."

Ding Zhi had actually heard of the Chen Meng he was talking about, but this "hearing" was not a good thing.

From her debut to now, this girl has been frequently robbed of roles. She even tried out once and even had her makeup photos taken. When filming started, the heroine was replaced by another person.

This is very tragic and belongs to yes.

"You make your own decision on this. After all, you are the director."

In addition, there are also important supporting roles such as police officer Lao Chen and Zhu Chaoyang's mother, all of whom are veteran actors with relatively secure careers.

"Yes. There is another problem, which is the performance guidance of the three children."

As mentioned before, children are actually the most difficult to cooperate with in performances.

Therefore, the three children selected are all close to the status and personality of the original characters.

But acting is a skillful art, and it is impossible to make a documentary.

Therefore, it is actually necessary to provide corresponding training to children before filming begins.

Ding Zhi thought for a while.

"No need for a performance coach. Let's go directly. Otherwise, there will be a performance coach between us and their three children, which will be very troublesome."

During the questions and answers between Ding Zhi and Li Wenfeng, the two finally reached a consensus.

After everything is ready, the filming of "The Hidden Corner" officially begins!