This star’s style is wrong

After his cousin returned to school, Fang Xing officially started the preliminary preparations for the new drama.

The crew of Ark Culture is already very mature and the preliminary preparation work went very smoothly.

While Fang Xing was writing the script, he was discussing plot arrangements and shooting techniques with the company's director team.

The script is still being perfected. Fang Xing first wrote the outline of the character and discussed the selection with the director team.

Fang Xing's dramas always have very high requirements for actors' acting skills.

This time is no exception.

"This new drama mainly unfolds the story from the heroine's perspective, so there are several requirements for the heroine's casting..."

Fang Xing began to arrange the selection work, and the most important thing was naturally the choice of actor for the female lead: "First of all, the female lead must be a beautiful woman and have good acting skills.

"In the play, the adult heroine is 36 years old, so it is best for the actors to be between 35 and 40 years old. If the conditions are right, the age can be relaxed appropriately."

The casting director frowned and said it was very difficult: "Director Fang, this selection requirement is not difficult to find, but it is difficult to recruit actors of this level."

"Beautiful women with good acting skills are a scarce resource in the film and television industry.

"They are basically post-visual actors. If you want to hire them, you can't just talk about money."

Of course Fang Xing knew this.

A beautiful woman with good acting skills, she is in her thirties, and she is basically at the top level in the entertainment industry, even at the post-visual level.

There are many beauties in the entertainment industry, but there are relatively few who are still gorgeous in their thirties or even forties.

This is not the key, the key is good acting skills.

The requirement of good acting skills can eliminate most actresses.

The remaining actresses who meet the three conditions are all above the A-list, or even at the post-visual level.

For an actress of this caliber, accepting a role is not just about money.

"Hey! How about Chen Yumei, who just won the Flying Eagle Award? The queen of literary films, her acting skills are absolutely perfect." Zhang Yigao immediately thought of the Flying Eagle who went on stage to receive the award with Fang Xing not long ago.

Fang Xing recalled Chen Yumei's image in his mind, as well as the film and television dramas she had acted in, and finally shook his head and said: "Chen Yumei's acting skills are definitely okay, but she is not beautiful enough.

“She’s beautiful, but she’s not quite what I expected for the character.

“Also, the image doesn’t fit the identity of the character.

"The first girl is a girl who was bullied, worked hard to improve herself, and seeks revenge from the bully eighteen years later.

"Therefore, the image of the female lead must conform to the setting of being single. Chen Yumei's image is more like a good wife and mother, which is inconsistent with the character image."

Zhang Yigao pondered for a moment and then suggested: "What about Song Li? Song Li has no problem with her acting skills. She is an absolute beauty and has a great temperament."

Fang Xing thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Song Li's image does fit."

The casting director shook his head and reminded: "Song Li is a shareholder of Storyboard Film and Television. Her company and Storyboard Film and Television are cooperating in filming dramas, and they rarely accept scenes from outside.

"If it's a script she likes, she will buy it and shoot it together with Storyboard Films."

In the entertainment industry, Song Li is indeed no longer a small actor who makes money by taking on a large number of roles.

The drama "The Moon Was Bright" was produced by Song Li's Lijing Culture in cooperation with Storyboard Film and Television.

Lijing Culture is the production company and investor of "The Moon".

Therefore, Song Li may only film a drama every three years, but the team's strength is online and every drama is an S+ hit.

One drama outperforms ten other actors.

"When I won the Flying Eagle Award last time, I added Song Li's contact information. I'll have a chat with her first to see if she's interested. You continue the casting process and prepare to arrange actor auditions."

Fang Xing was not sure whether Song Li was interested, but it was always okay to meet for dinner and chat.

Even if we can't cooperate, we can still keep in touch as friends.

Originally, Fang Xing wanted to make an appointment for dinner, but Song Li skipped dinner and only ate fruit.

Finally, we had to make an appointment for afternoon tea.

…

The teahouse was booked by Song Li, and it was a red clay teahouse in the Donghai International Financial Center.

It was Fang Xing's first time to visit this Hongni Tea House.

In the past, when I drank tea with others, I went to tea restaurants. In addition to tea, there were many pastries to eat.

This Hongni Tea House really only drinks tea.

Moreover, the process of making tea is a very cumbersome tea art.

Of course, if you don’t know how to make tea, you can ask the waiter to do it.

After the waiter brought the tea set, Song Li asked the waiter to go down directly, and then started making tea herself.

"It's really a cup of tea." Fang Xing chuckled.

"Otherwise?" Song Li smiled and continued to play with the tea set.

Although Fang Xing rarely played with such complicated tea sets, he could still drink tea without getting burned.

After tasting the second course of tea, Fang Xing took the initiative and asked, "Teacher Song, have you received any new scripts recently?"

For an actress of Song Li's level, there are not ten but eight scripts for her, but she is not a prolific actor and only produces high-quality TV dramas.

"Not yet, what? You don't want me to act in your campus bullying drama, do you?" When Song Li heard this, she guessed that this might be the case.

"Are you interested?" Fang Xing didn't deny it.

Song Li shook her head and smiled: "Director Fang, did you make something wrong? Do you think I am still suitable to play a teenage girl now?"

In her conventional thinking, school bullying usually occurs in middle school.

This means that the actor has to play a middle school student.

There is nothing wrong with Song Li playing the heroine, but if she is asked to play a teenage middle school student, she will never do it.

Fang Xing smiled and explained, "It's not what you think. The first girl is 36 years old."

Song Li raised her eyebrows, showed a curious smile, and joked: "The female first is a 36-year-old campus bully? A college for the elderly?"

Fang Xing was also amused by her and was about to speak.

Song Li reacted quickly and immediately thought of another possibility: "Um, the first girl is a teacher? Should she use a teacher's perspective to interpret school bullying?"

As she spoke, she frowned in thought.

The reason why she has been able to produce high-quality TV series is not only because her team is experienced, but she also has a good vision.

She thought about it seriously, shook her head and said, "Interpreting school bullying from a teacher's perspective feels unflattering, and it can easily become preachy. I can't imagine the potential."

Fang Xing shook his head and smiled, took out a script printed on A4 paper and handed it over: "It's very different from what you thought. I think I'd better give you the script directly. Take a look and if you're interested, you can talk."

As the director and star of "Wulin Gaiden", "Hurry" and "Nirvana in Fire", even if the script is terrible, it can at least make the actors take a serious look at it.

Although Song Li is not interested in the theme of school bullying, now that Fang Xing has given the script, she will still read it seriously.

It's not that she has any opinions on the subject of school bullying, she just feels that she is not suitable for this subject.

"Okay, I'll take it back and read it carefully." Song Li took the script, put it aside, and continued the process of making tea.

After a while, she added: "Are you anxious for an answer?"

Fang Xing thought for a moment and replied, "I'm not in a hurry. Of course, it's best to give me a reply within a week. The crew has already started casting and auditions will begin in two days."

Song Li nodded and agreed, "Okay, one week is no problem."

She is also curious about what kind of script the director who can produce "Wulin Gaiden" and "Hurry" will come up with to explain school bullying.

…

After drinking tea, Fang Xing came out of Hongni Tea House and found a noodle shop to fill his stomach with a bowl of noodles.

In the tea room just now, we really only drank tea.

After eating the noodles, I went back to the company to deal with preparations for the new drama.

Qiao Yinghong brought several documents over to sign. After signing, she hesitated and said, "Boss, I received an email in the company mailbox. I think it is necessary for you to take a look."

"Oh? What email?"

Fang Xing was a little curious, what kind of email it was, and he needed to read it himself.

The official email address of Ark Culture is managed by a dedicated person.

E-mails are screened before being reported.

Qiao Yinghong also read this email and felt that Fang Xing should see it, so she brought it up.

Fang Xing opened the company's work email and prepared to find the email.

Qiao Yinghong added: "I didn't send it to my work email. I sent it to you separately."

As she spoke, she used her mobile phone to send the email to Fang Xing's private mailbox alone.

Fang Xing opened the email and read it carefully.

And, the more I look at it, the more surprised I become.

This email was apparently sent by another victim of the bullying incident.

The student studied in Baitang Town No. 1 Middle School a year ago and later transferred.

In the school's reason for transferring, it was written that it was due to family changes, but in the email it was said that he transferred because he was bullied and couldn't bear it anymore.

The email contained a lot of information about the student's bullying experience, as well as some photos.

After reading it, Fang Xing fell into deep thought.

In fact, I had thought from the beginning that besides Zhong Keke, there might be other victims who were bullied.

However, the leaders of Baitang Town have already dealt with it, and the bully has been punished and transferred to another school.

The matter is over here.

Fang Xing checked the date of this email and found that it was sent a week after the bullying incident was exposed.

Why does it take a week to send such an email?

There is actually an answer in the email.

Because of the bullying group, three people transferred to the school of this unlucky high school student.

That's right, this unlucky high school student transferred school because he couldn't stand the bullying.

As a result, the bully was punished and transferred to her school.

"Boss, do you still need to take care of this matter?" Qiao Yinghong asked.

Fang Xing thought for a moment and asked, "What do you think?"

Qiao Yinghong thought about it and replied: "As far as the incident itself is concerned, Baitang Town has already dealt with it and the matter is over.

"If you don't want to cause trouble, you can leave it alone. Besides, the bully has already been punished, so he should be restrained, right?

“Furthermore, in fact, school bullying itself is difficult to deal with.

"The bully himself is a minor, and there is no minor injury. It cannot be raised as a criminal case. There is no other way to deal with it except demerits."

Fang Xing was lost in thought, scrolling through the email, and frowned as he watched the victims describe the process of being bullied.

Judging from the victims' descriptions, the three men in the bullying group were indeed quite cruel.

However, the bully's behavior did not cause minor injuries to the victim, and he was a minor. It would be useless to call the police for this kind of thing.

After careful consideration, Fang Xing made a decision: "In this case, help me find someone to investigate the three people in the bullying group, find all the people they bullied, and collect information first.

"As for what to do next, we will make a decision after collecting the information."

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements right away." Qiao Yinghong agreed, and then went out to make arrangements.

…

After arranging the follow-up to the bullying incident, Fang Xing began to concentrate on preparing for the new drama.

While preparations were in full swing, Fang Xing received an interview from the State Administration of Radio and Television.

The TV series project needs to be submitted to the State Administration of Radio and Television for approval, otherwise it will not be started.

For project approval, a synopsis of the TV series must be submitted, not the entire script.

Of course, the synopsis cannot be written randomly, otherwise the final TV series will be too different from the story that was approved at the beginning, and it will not pass the review in the end and will not be broadcast.

Fang woke up and went to the State Administration of Radio and Television and met Deputy Director Guo Chunlei.

Fang Xing had met Deputy Director Guo when "Hurry Up" was being reviewed and approved.

The original content of "Hurry Up" was so sensitive that it would have been impossible to film it without the approval of higher-level departments.

Now, the subject matter of the new drama is also very sensitive.

"Fang Xing, we have reviewed the project you submitted for approval. The subject matter is still too sensitive and has a bad impact on the image of our local town." Guo Chunlei put forward his approval opinions.

In fact.

If the State Administration of Radio and Television does not agree with the project of this drama, it can just reject it directly. There is no need for an interview.

However, Fang Xing had previously filmed "Hurry Up", and the sensitivity of "Hurry Up" was much higher than this new drama.

"Hurry Up" can be filmed, so there is no reason why this new drama cannot pass the review.

"The synopsis of the script is very clear. The story is not set in China, but in a small country in East Asia. How can it affect the image of a local town?" Fang Xing asked rhetorically.

"Everyone knows that you decided to film this drama just because of what was uploaded on the Internet. It will definitely have an impact." Guo Chunlei still hopes to dissuade Fang Xing from filming this drama.

"Later, didn't netizens all praise the leaders of Baitang Town for how well they handled it? Netizens are very true. As long as things are handled well, the government's image will naturally be better." Fang Xing had already publicly stated at that time that he accepted the results of Baitang Town's handling and helped Baitang Town eliminated the negative impact.

So far, the image of Baitang Town has been positive.

After a pause, Fang Xing continued: "Sometimes, a TV series like this is needed to change something. If it can awaken the public's attention to campus bullying, wouldn't it be a good thing? Or is it that the higher-ups are afraid? What."

Fang Xing's attitude was very firm, and he continued: "If the competent authorities really don't approve it, it doesn't matter, but I will still shoot the show and seek overseas distribution. Netflix has been developing rapidly in the past two years.

"Of course, I still hope that the higher authorities will take more responsibility. Last year, a movie about school bullying was released.

"If movies can do it, then TV series should also produce a drama about school bullying."

Guo Chunlei did not give an accurate answer, but he also did not directly reject it.

In the end, the State Administration of Radio and Television agreed to wait for the drama to be filmed before reviewing and approving it.

Fang Xing thought from the beginning that this drama might not pass the review.

However, we have also thought of a solution. If we cannot pass the domestic approval, we will take the road of overseas distribution.