Millennium director

In the age of light and shadow, the audition room.

Wu Yuan sat alone, flipping through the resume in his hand with some boredom.

"Dong dong dong." There was a knock on the door, and the staff led Cai Yinong and the actors she brought into the audition room.

"Mr. Cai."

"Director Wu."

After the two bosses smiled and nodded, Wu Yuan turned his attention to the actors brought by Cai Yinong.

Hu Ge, Yuan Hong, Sun Li.

Now that he has signed a cooperation agreement with Tang Ren, Wu Yuan is not the kind of person who would break the contract. If appropriate, he would not mind using Tang Ren actors in "Your Name".

Hu Ge and Yuan Hong have just finished their sophomore year and are less than 21 years old.

It wouldn't be too inconsistent to let them, who are still very young, play high school seniors.

As for Sun Li, we have worked together before. Although she didn't play much in "The Embalmer" and was just a small supporting role, Wu Yuan was quite satisfied with her acting skills.

It can only be said that Huang Lei does teach well. His teaching level is better than his own acting, and he has brought out many outstanding actors.

His eyes stayed on the faces of Hu Ge and Yuan Hong for a moment longer, and Wu Yuan sighed in his heart.

The two of them are really young now!

Hu Ge looks like a complete butter boy.

He had seen Hu Ge's debut work, an urban drama called "Dandelion". In the drama, Hu Ge also wore a pair of glasses and had half-long hair. He didn't look like the ancient costumed god at all. Instead, he looked like a Young artists.

And now, he looks similar to the one in "Dandelion", with half-long hair, but without glasses.

"This hair must be cut shorter if you join the group. The current hairstyle is too long." Wu Yuan pointed at Hu Ge's head.

The first thing he heard upon entering was accusations, which startled Hu Ge. He nodded nervously, "Okay director! I'll cut my hair as soon as I get back!"

"Hey, don't worry." Wu Yuan showed a playful smile and said deliberately: "It's not sure whether you can join the group. If you can't fit the role, then there is no need to cut."

Hu Ge became even more nervous. Even Yuan Hong next to him was tensed up nervously. Director Wu's words were too straightforward. It put a lot of pressure on him.

Only Sun Li covered her mouth and snickered. She knew that Director Wu was deliberately teasing the two newcomers.

"Oh, Director Wu, they are both honest children and don't need to be scared." Cai Yinong complained with a smile on his face.

"Okay, no more joking." Wu Yuan also laughed and shook his head. The young Hu Ge was really fun to tease, and he was completely different from the later Hu Ge who was neither arrogant nor impatient and calm.

"Here are two scripts. You two should take a look at them and try them out."

"Hu Ge is trying to be the male lead, but for the role of You, about half of the scenes are the heroine after body swapping, which means you have to play a girl."

"Take the script and figure it out."

After handing a prepared script to Hu Ge, Wu Yuan looked at Yuan Hong and handed him another script: "This is your script. You have to act for Hu Ge and play him." classmates.”

"You two read the script first, and then try it out to see the effect."

After much deliberation, Wu Yuan decided to give Hu Ge a chance to audition for the leading role. Not just because of the cooperation agreement with Tang Ren, he really felt that Hu Ge was quite suitable for the leading role.

After rehearsing the play with Luo Jin and Zhu Yawen for several months, Wu Yuan can be said to know these two actors very well.

The more he got to know them, the more he felt that they were not suitable for the male protagonists of "Your Name".

Luo Jin is not handsome enough, and his appearance is not sunny enough, especially when he is not smiling, he looks too gloomy.

Zhu Yawen is quite sunny, but his sunshine tends to be that of a strong and handsome man.

The future Zhu Yawen is always teased by the audience that he is suitable for playing the role of eunuch and looks very feminine, but the current Zhu Yawen is really not like that

You must know that he was attracted by the director of "Enter Guandong" based on his appearance, and he was selected to play the masculine Zhu Chuanwu.

Later, due to his appearance, he was spotted in "Red Sorghum" and played the more hormonal Yu Zhan'ao.

Regardless of whether his acting is good or not, the fact that several directors can choose him to play such a masculine role shows that his image is indeed very advantageous in this regard.

The male protagonist of "Your Name" is just a sunny urban high school student, not yet "masculine".

On the contrary, the classmate of the heroine in "Your Name" is the tall and powerful boy with a shaved head, which is very suitable for Zhu Yawen to play.

This boy also has a crush on the heroine.

Of course, Wu Yuan is not denying Zhu Yawen a chance. He will also give Zhu Yawen a chance to audition for the leading role in the future. If he performs better than Hu Ge, he can also be used.

"As for Sun Li, you can try the role of Sun Meimei later." Wu Yuan said to Sun Li again: "Sun Meimei is the foreman of the Western restaurant where the male protagonist works."

"She is a very attractive and beautifully dressed female college student."

Calling Sun Li to audition was really just a matter of chance. Wu Yuan mainly considered that he had worked with Sun Li before, and now he wanted to use actors from Tang Dynasty. It seemed a little inappropriate to call two newcomers but not call her to audition. I called her by the way.

But Wu Yuan doesn't think Sun Li is more suitable for this role than Chen Hao.

Without him, Chen Hao's heartthrob image is really deeply ingrained in Wu Yuan's heart.

Chen Hao's acting skills were not bad, and she later returned to teach at the Chinese Theater Academy, so there was no reason not to choose her.

In this way, after distributing the audition scripts to the three of them, they started chatting with Cai Yinong.

The three actors also walked to the corner of the audition room and took the script to figure it out. The two opposite actors, Hu Ge and Yuan Hong, were still mumbling about their roles.

"Director Wu, we at Tangren already have plans for our next TV series."

At this end, Cai Yinong also pulled Wu Yuan into a chat.

She told Wu Yuan in detail about her preparations for "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

When she said this, she also had some worry on her face, fearing that Wu Yuan would not approve of this kind of project of adapting a game into a TV series.

Before "Legend of Sword and Fairy", no TV series had been adapted from a game.

However, Wu Yuan smiled after listening to Cai Yinong's project plan.

"It sounds pretty good. I know that "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is a very popular game. Many people play it in the mainland. If you go to any Internet cafe, you will see people playing this game."

Cai Yinong was stunned for a moment. Director Wu also went to the Internet cafe?

Cai Yinong was in a daze as his eyes stayed on Wu Yuan's young and handsome face.

Wu Yuan's achievements were so high that Cai Yinong did not treat him as a young man when chatting with him.

But the fact is that he is just a young man. Wu Yuan understands everything young people play and understand, even better than Cai Yinong.

With some complicated emotions on his face, Cai Yinong nodded: "Yes, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is particularly popular among young people."

"I believe that if it is adapted into a TV series, it will definitely attract many young people to watch it."

"If the actors choose a group of handsome men and beautiful women, maybe we can open up a path for costume idol dramas, or fairy tale idol dramas, in addition to urban idol dramas."

I have to admit that Cai Yinong is indeed very discerning when it comes to TV series production.

Wu Yuan agreed very much and echoed: "Mr. Cai's idea is very good. I know that your Tang Dynasty specializes in high-quality film and television dramas. If you want to make this fairy-themed TV drama, it will cost a lot of money, right?"

"I understand what you mean. Now that the cooperation agreement has been signed, our Light and Shadow Times will definitely fulfill it."

"We have invested in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", but our company will have to send people to follow up on the specific shooting budget."

"Of course." Cai Yinong agreed naturally.

Since we need to invest in the era of light and shadow, we must fully follow up on budget formulation and production. Otherwise, how can we know how much money will be spent and where the money is spent.

Seeing that Wu Yuan agreed to vote for this TV series, Cai Yinong breathed a sigh of relief and his tone became more relaxed: "I also have an idea for the starring role of this TV series."

"Most of the company's senior executives believe that we should continue to invite front-line actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, but I still want to use the company's own actors."

Facing Wu Yuan, Cai Yinong said frankly: "Since Tangren wants to be an actor agency business, then for the TV series it produces, it should give priority to the company's actors."

"Whether it is Hong Kong, Taiwan or mainland film and television production companies, this is what they do now."

"Zhouyi is also cultivating the actors he signed, not to mention Huayi and other big film companies."

"So I plan to let Hu Ge play the leading role Li Xiaoyao, Yuan Hong will play Tang Yu Xiaobao, and Sun Li will play Queen Nanzhao."

This is a good compliment. Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

In the dream, the protagonist of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Tang Yu Xiaobao, was not played by Yuan Hong, but Peng Yuyan, who later became synonymous with handsome men.

Perhaps it was because of his intervention that Cai Yinong had the confidence to challenge the company's senior management and forcefully use his own artists for the main actors?

Could it be said that according to the original trajectory, when the Tang Dynasty filmed "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Taiwanese capital was introduced?

Tangren's family shouldn't be able to spend tens of millions to film this TV series, right?

It is definitely necessary to bring in other investors to co-produce and share the risks, and "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is a game produced in Taiwan. There must be Taiwanese capital that is optimistic about this adapted TV series and is willing to invest in its production.

Now that Taiwanese investment has entered the era of light and shadow, everything has changed. Wu Yuan is not a Taiwanese investor, so he will not ask Cai Yinong to use Taiwanese actors.

Then she must give priority to her own actors!

After thinking about this, Wu Yuan said with a smile: "In principle, I have no objection. Anyway, in our light and shadow era, we do not contract actors. Which actors are used in "Legend of Sword and Fairy" are all the same to me."

"As long as these actors are qualified for the roles and can perform this TV series well, anyone can be used."

Although Wu Yuan spoke lightly, Cai Yinong felt the severity in his words. She nodded with a serious expression: "Don't worry, Director Wu, if they are really unsuitable, I will definitely change the actors."

"A TV series with an investment of tens of millions must be cautious. I will not force my actors to hold back the TV series just because I want to praise them."

"Given the opportunity, if I really can't afford it, I will give up decisively."

In order to express his attitude, Cai Yinong couldn't help but speak louder, so that Hu Ge and Yuan Hong, who were sitting in the corner of the audition room, also heard what he said.

The two of them finally relaxed a little and slipped away again.

What does Sister KK mean by this?

Just give up if something doesn’t suit you?

We haven't even started auditioning yet, and we're about to be given up?

Wu Yuan glanced at the two of them in a funny way and motioned for them to continue studying the script. Then he said to Cai Yinong, "Okay, I'll be relieved if you understand this."

"But your company doesn't have any actors suitable for the heroine, right? Who are you going to find to play the heroine?"

Wu Yuan was thinking about whether to introduce Liu Yifei to Cai Yinong. After all, she was originally the heroine of "Legend of Sword and Fairy". The role of Zhao Ling'er was still very important to her, and she could even be called the White Moonlight of her generation.

It would not be a good thing if the role of Liu Yifei was lost due to the intervention of the light and shadow era.

Unexpectedly, Cai Yinong himself said first: "I just saw a little girl in the reception room, and I feel that her image is very suitable for Zhao Ling'er."

"And I asked her about it. She also acted in Zhang Jizhong's version of "Dragon" and played Wang Yuyan in it."

"Since she can play the role of the fairy sister, I feel that she will be very suitable to play the role of the fairy sister."

Have a vision!

Wu Yuan chuckled: "You are talking about Liu Yifei, she is indeed suitable for the role of Zhao Ling'er."

"To tell you the truth, she is also my preliminary heroine for this movie."

Wu Yuan personally trained Liu Yifei for several months. Although he can't say that he can turn her into an acting star in one fell swoop, it should be no problem to act in a youth movie.

Even if the heroine needs to play a different role, playing a contrasting character who looks like a girl but is actually a boy in soul, Wu Yuan believes that Liu Yifei can grasp it.

As he got to know her better, Wu Yuan had already noticed that this girl usually looked very peaceful, but in fact she was a carefree tomboy inside.

Otherwise, she wouldn't always say that she was a loser and a psycho in life.

Letting him play the opposite role is purely to liberate his nature, and it may produce unexpected effects!

"She is a preparatory heroine?" Cai Yinong's eyes lit up!

If Wu Yuan's new movie finally casts Hu Ge and Liu Yifei to play the male and female protagonists, and with the blessing of this movie, they will star in "Legend of Sword and Fairy" again, then will this TV series still need to be sold?

Cai Yinong looked expectantly at Hu Ge, who was looking at the script and thinking hard, "You kid, you have to fight for it!"

Wu Yuan's eyes also moved to Hu Ge and Yuan Hong, and asked aloud: "Are you two ready?"

Hu Ge wanted to say he wasn't ready, but when he met Wu Yuan's gaze, he could only nod his head: "Ready!"

Seeing that her partner had said so, Yuan Hong had no choice but to nod: "I'm ready too."

"Okay, then you two can try the play first and see the effect."

Cai Yinong took a few steps back and gave them space.

Hu Ge and Yuan Hong looked at each other and didn't mind that the ground was dirty, so they plopped down on the ground.

However, the sitting postures of the two are completely different.

Yuan Hong sat down with her legs crossed, but Hu Ge looked like a girl, with her legs together and to one side, with only half of her butt touching the floor, and covering her legs with both hands.

Although he was wearing a pair of jeans, he gave the impression of a girl sitting down in a short skirt.

Just such an action made Wu Yuan nod secretly.

This guy's understanding is still good.

In the script for Hu Ge, Wu Yuan did not write down the specific sitting position, but only wrote that the actor Lin Wenjie and the heroine Luo Sanye exchanged souls at this moment.

Hu Ge can design such a feminine action detail by himself, which shows that he is indeed somewhat spiritual.

After they both sat down, they looked at each other again and the play began.

"Let me tell you, why do you get lost even when you come to school?" Yuan Hong smiled and patted Hu Ge on the shoulder, her expression and tone full of ridicule.

A trace of panic flashed across Hu Ge's face, and he subconsciously shook his shoulders and shook off Yuan Hong's hand. One hand touched a few strands of long hair on the temples, and the other hand rubbed the hem of his shirt, murmuring in a panic. Said: "That person"

"Others?" Yuan Hong interrupted him in surprise.

"No, me!" Hu Ge quickly changed his words: "I'm so happy. Everything in the capital is as lively as a festival. The roads are full of cars and pedestrians. I'm dazzled."

Yuan Hong was not listening carefully to what Hu Ge said, but was looking him up and down.

When Hu Ge's voice became quieter and quieter, he interrupted: "Where's Jay Chou's new album I asked you to bring?"

"Ah?" Hu Ge looked flustered again. He subconsciously dug into his pockets, but didn't take out anything. He had to smile, put his hands together and apologized: "I'm sorry. I forgot."

This was exactly the effect Wu Yuan wanted, and he raised the corners of his mouth with satisfaction.

Generally speaking, boys, especially high school students and good brothers, will never panic or be embarrassed when encountering this kind of situation. They will just say "I didn't bring it!" and get over it.

If you didn’t bring it, you didn’t bring it. There’s nothing to be sorry about for this little thing.

Only girls would feel embarrassed and full of apologies for failing to do so.

Girls pay more attention to such details, unlike older boys who are more nervous.

Sure enough, when Yuan Hong saw Hu Ge's serious apology, she showed a very unaccustomed expression and shook a little evilly, "Just forget it. What's there to apologize for?"

"Remember to bring it tomorrow!"

"Listen to me first. I brought Stefanie Sun's new album! It's very nice!"

"By the way, do you want to go to a coffee shop after school? The one that's newly opened in Houhai."

"What? Cafe?!" Hu Ge very well gave a girl's expression when she hears something she is interested in.

He leaned to the right and leaned towards Yuan Hong. His eyes were shining and he nodded his head up and down excitedly: "Go!"

Wu Yuan was very happy to see this, this guy Hu Ge can do it!

No wonder she acted so well when she played Zixuan in "Sword and Sword III".

This guy wouldn't just think about how to play a woman when he has nothing to do in private, right?

Or does the theater have a special class to teach students how to play reverse roles?

No matter what the reason is, the performance effect presented by Hu Ge is very good.

Wu Yuan smiled at Cai Yinong.

"Performing well, just the two of them!"

Five thousand words.