This star’s style is wrong

Ark Culture has officially begun preparations for a new drama. After the casting announcement was sent out, stacks of actor resumes were received every day.

However, after screening these resumes, very few appeared in front of Fang Xing.

During the filming phase, the total number of staff will exceed 3,000.

It was impossible for Fang Xing to decide every member of the crew personally.

The same goes for casting.

Fang Xing is only responsible for the selection of the starring role, and the other supporting roles with few roles are all handled by the director team.

As for this, among these piles of actor resumes, will there be any pearls covered in dust?

There may be, but the pearl that will be covered in dust shows that it has not yet reached the time to shine.

Among these resumes that have been screened out, there may be someone who will stand out in a few years.

However, now that they are not shining, it is impossible for them to appear in front of Fang Xing.

It’s the same in every industry. Unless there is a financial backer, no one can reach the top in one fell swoop.

Every extra performer dreams of becoming famous, but if you want to become famous, the first step is to gain the appreciation of the group leader instead of daydreaming about being noticed by the director.

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Of course, not every actor will take the initiative to submit their resume to the Ark Culture crew.

Especially for actors with certain status, many film and television companies want to cooperate with them, so there are relatively few cases of self-recommendation.

Therefore, some actors have to take the initiative to contact them.

Such as Wu Zhikang.

Fang Xing asked someone for Wu Zhikang's private number, and then called him personally:

"Hello, teacher Wu, I'm Fang Xing. Have you eaten?"

Wu Zhikang's personal number was recommended to Qiao Yinghong by his agent, so he was not very surprised.

It was already 7:30 in the evening. He was taking a walk on the gravel road in the community. He replied: "I have eaten. What can I do for Director Fang?"

The two were actually competitors at the Gladiolus Awards ceremony some time ago.

Together they competed for the Gladiolus Award for Best Actor, and finally Fang Xing won the award.

It is impossible to say that I have no regrets at all.

Wu Zhikang will be fifty next year, and his chances of winning awards are getting less and less every year. If he misses this Gladiolus Award, he may really have no chance.

So, it's a bit of a pity.

Of course, Wu Zhikang is also quite open-minded as he is almost at the age where he knows his destiny.

Just say "I am lucky to have gained it, but my life has been lost", and the matter will be over.

Fang Xing didn't say much and went straight to the point: "Teacher Wu, it's like this, isn't it that the country wants us to make a TV series about poverty alleviation?

"I have already started preparations and are selecting actors. There is a role in the script that suits you very well, so I would like to invite you to star."

The theme of poverty alleviation is indeed advocated by the country now. If a well-known actor in the country wants to establish a healthy and uplifting image, he basically has to act in one.

Moreover, major film and television companies are now filming poverty alleviation dramas. If Wu Zhikang wants to actively move closer to the organization, he will definitely take on one.

However, Wu Zhikang did not agree immediately, but asked: "What type of role is it? How many scenes is it about?"

Fang Xing briefly introduced the filming plan: "This drama will be filmed in Jixi County, Ning Province, where the environment is relatively poor and the wind and sand are strong.

"The role I want to invite Teacher Wu to play is the father of the male protagonist. This role is very important and basically runs through the whole play.

"I think Teacher Wu meets the requirements of the role very well, so I want to invite you to play."

Wu Zhikang thought about it and asked, "Do you have a script?"

"Yes, if Teacher Wu is interested, I will have someone send you the script later." Fang Xing said.

"Then I'll read the script and then give you an answer." Wu Zhikang agreed.

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After chatting with Wu Zhikang, Fang Xing thought about it and called an old acquaintance:

"Oh! Sister, have you eaten?"

Yan Lan said angrily: "Look what time it is? When I call this time, it doesn't look like I'm inviting you to dinner."

Fang Xing and Yan Lan are very familiar with each other. The first drama was filmed with Yan Lan.

In "Wulin Gaiden", Fang Xing plays the role of the thief, and Yan Lan plays the role of shopkeeper Tong.

Later, they even performed in a play together.

"I'm busy, I don't even have time." Fang Xing quickly made an excuse.

Yan Lan revealed the truth without being polite at all: "Come on, you won't treat me to dinner when you have time. You must have gone home to hug the violinist."

"No, I've been really busy recently. I just went out to eat sand for a few days a few days ago." Fang Xing continued to quibble.

"We are preparing for a new drama, right? Tell me, have you been offered a role?" Yan Lan asked directly.

"No matter what, I'm here to invite you to perform." Fang Xing replied.

"What kind of role? The image must be positive." Yan Lan emphasized.

She is a military actor, and her image in movies and TV dramas must be positive, otherwise her employer will not approve her.

"Absolutely positive, positive, and working for the benefit of the people." Fang Xing promised.

"Okay, you said so, then I will agree directly." Yan Lan agreed directly without asking about the script.

Unlike Wu Zhikang, Yan Lan and Fang Xing have worked together many times and they are very familiar with each other.

Therefore, Yan Lan is very clear about Fang Xing's ability. Since Fang Xing took the initiative to invite him, the role must be suitable for him.

Moreover, with Yan Lan's acting ability, there is no chance that she can't act, so she didn't even need to read the script and dared to agree directly.

Of course, Fang Xing would still send her the script and discuss the film appointment after reading it.

Old friends are old friends, work is work, and the contract must still be signed.

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After contacting the actors for the two important roles, Fang Xing looked at the character introductions in the script, thought for a moment, picked up his phone and sent a work voice message to Qiao Yinghong:

"Let's communicate with Huahuo Media and free up Wang Kai's schedule. There will be a role for him in the new drama."

After a while, Qiao Yinghong sent back a message saying that it was done.

Huahuo Media is already a subsidiary of Ark Culture, so Wang Kai is an artist under Ark Culture and there is no need to discuss with anyone.

If Fang Xing wanted to use his own artists, it was naturally a matter of one sentence.

In fact.

Wang Kai has always wanted to film Fang Xing's drama again. He had previously filmed "The Pretender" and "Nirvana in Fire", which directly promoted him to the ranks of quasi-A-list actors.

However, no new characters have been acquired since then.

This time he could participate in the filming of a poverty alleviation drama. Wang Kai was very happy when he heard about it.

However, his role is just a supporting one.

After all, Fang Xing planned to find Wu Zhikang, the vision emperor, to play a supporting role this time, and Yan Lan also played a supporting role.

If Wu Zhikang agrees to star, then all the supporting roles in this drama will be big names.

Wang Kai has to call everyone he sees on the set "teacher."

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After finalizing several important roles, it was time to choose the heroine.

There are many choices for heroines, but there are certain age requirements.

Neither too old nor too young.

Before, Liu Shiying’s company came to contact me.

If Liu Shiying is willing to act, she should be able to do it, although she has acted in more idol dramas before.

If Liu Shiying has not been decided, it is actually possible to find Lin Yingxue to play the role, but relatively speaking, Liu Shiying is more suitable.

However, since I have never worked with Liu Shiying, this role cannot be determined directly and needs to be confirmed after an audition.

Last week, Qiao Yinghong sent part of the script to Liu Shiying.

After a few days, I should have almost read the script.

Fang Xing asked Qiao Yinghong to ask if there was any answer.

Later, Liu Shiying's agency, Huihuang Entertainment, made an appointment for a dinner the next night.

After all, we are looking for a heroine, and Liu Shiying has just won the Gladiolus Award for Best Actress. The role is there. For such an important role, it is necessary to make an appointment to have a dinner to discuss it in detail.

So the next night.

Fang Xing took Qiao Yinghong and casting director Ke Pengju to the appointment.

Cloisonne Hotel.

"Hello, Mr. Wang, hello, Mr. Wang..."

As soon as Qiao Yinghong entered the private room, she greeted the people inside familiarly, and then introduced to Fang Xing: "Boss, this is Mr. Wang Xingfa, the vice president and artist director of Brilliant Entertainment."

"Hello, Mr. Wang." Fang Xing reached out and shook hands with him.

"Director Fang, it's better to meet him than to meet him after hearing about him for a long time. He is such a talented person. Everyone on the Internet says that Director Fang is fat, so why is he so fat?" Wang Xingfa shook hands without forgetting to joke, and stretched out his fat belly.

Wang Xingfa is not an entertainment star, so he never considers body management.

It is quite normal for a man to gain weight and have a belly when he is over forty.

Some time ago, when "White Night" was aired, many online fans claimed that Black Fang was a fat pig and even took some photos from special angles.

Fang Xing's image in the drama is indeed four to five kilograms heavier than the standard weight.

In reality, he is definitely not fat, but compared with those male idols who can't tell the difference between male and female, he is indeed more than 20 pounds heavier than those male idols.

Fang Xing is now back to around the standard weight. He is neither fat nor thin. He is somewhat fleshy, not a thin dog.

When saying hello, Liu Shiying also stood up to say hello.

Qiao Yinghong introduced the casting director Ke Pengju to him.

"Director Fang, please take a seat, Director Ke, please take a seat." Liu Shiying asked Fang Xing to sit down in the seat next to him.

After everyone sat down, Wang Xingfa asked the waiter to serve wine.

Fill up all the red and white ones.

Qiao Yinghong stood up, took the glass of white wine in front of Fang Xing, and said: "Dear bosses, our boss is a vocalist, so he has to protect his voice. He usually doesn't drink alcohol, but he is so happy today. The boss said that he must I have to drink and have fun with everyone.

"But let our boss drink the red one. I'll take the white one. I'll punish myself with a drink first."

After she finished speaking, she raised her head and drank the glass of white wine.

It is true that Fang Xing rarely drinks alcohol because he wants to protect his throat.

Of course, it doesn’t mean you can’t drink at all. It’s okay to drink a little red wine. As long as you don’t drink too much, it won’t be a big problem.

When she was an agent, Qiao Yinghong would often stop Fang Xing from drinking.

Later, when a company I often worked with would treat me to a meal, I would always have a drink, and I would not ask for a drink afterwards.

Ark Culture has indeed never cooperated with Brilliant Entertainment, so we don’t have this habit yet.

Wang Xingfa didn't pay much attention to it, and said cheerfully: "What are you afraid of? I've seen a lot of people who sing, smoke and drink. If you smoke too much, you can sing with a cigarette voice. If you drink too much, you might be able to sing too. Comes with a different taste.”

Fang Xing raised his red wine glass and said, "Then I'll toast Mr. Wang."

Finished one glass.

Wang Xingfa became more interested, picked up the wine dispenser, and filled another glass for Fang Xing: "Director Fang is really brave, come on, come on, I must drink to my heart's content tonight."

In fact, when drinking wine, you usually don’t pour it so full. You pour one-third of it and taste it slowly.

Fang Xing didn't care at all. It was very common to have dinner parties.

After drinking for three rounds, the conversation gradually started to get down to business.

Wang Xingfa gave a thumbs up and said: "Shiying read Director Fang's script and said it was very good, but there is a problem. The environment in Ning Province is so bad, can't it be shot in a studio? Today's studio shooting technology is very mature, and the audience simply cannot can not tell."

In fact, he asked this not because the environment in Ning Province was poor and the wind and sand were strong.

It’s not like he’s going to eat sand anyway.

Mainly because shooting on location takes a lot of time.

You can’t take pictures when it rains, you can’t take pictures when there is strong wind and sand, and you can’t take pictures when there is any extreme weather.

In addition, there are too many things that need to be arranged on location, so the shooting speed is much slower than studio shooting.

This is not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that if the crew starts filming in Ning Province, Liu Shiying will not be able to fly back and forth every day. She will have to stay in Ning Province and will not be able to take on business activities.

Now when Liu Shiying is officially the most popular, having just won the Gladiolus Award for Best Actress, her business activities are being treated poorly, and her appearance fee can easily reach several million.

Moreover, there are still several endorsements waiting to be filmed, and Liu Shiying has a full work schedule.

However, the film contract issued by Ark Culture has very strict regulations. The heroine must be with the crew throughout the whole process. Except for a few days off every month, she cannot leave the crew at will.

Apart from that, there is no drama.

With Liu Shiying's current popularity, if she stays on the set for one more day, she will lose millions in income.

Therefore, Brilliant Entertainment naturally hopes to shoot in a studio.

What Wang Xingfa said is not wrong.

Today's studio shooting technology is indeed very mature. After the character scenes are filmed, the crew will go to Ning Province to shoot the exterior scenes, and then replace the green screen with the exterior scenes. Most viewers will not be able to tell that it was a studio shot.

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Fang Xing did not film this drama to fool the audience.

What is the difference between fooling the audience and fooling yourself?

Fang Xing hoped that everything he did in this life would be meaningful, so when he heard Wang Xingfa's words, he frowned slightly and looked sideways at Qiao Yinghong.

Qiao Yinghong picked up the wine dispenser, poured a glass of wine for Wang Xingfa, and said: "Mr. Wang, you know that our Ark Culture dramas cannot be filmed. It's okay to fool the audience through studio filming, but if you want to compete for awards, That would be difficult.”

Wang Xingfa waved his hand and said disapprovingly: "Don't believe what they said. Who said studio shooting can't win awards? Many scenes in "Feng Lin Chao" were shot in the studio. Do you think Shiying still gets the post-screening trophy? .”

"Feng Lin Chao" is a drama with a female lead in an imaginary history. The scenes are grand, and indeed many scenes were shot in a studio.

Liu Shiying did win the Gladiolus Award for Best Actress for "Feng Lin Chao".

However, "Feng Lin Chao" can only win the Gladiolus Award. It would be difficult to nominate for the Flying Eagle Award and the Golden Eyebrow Award.

Because the three major TV drama awards have their own emphasis, the Gladiolus Award focuses more on entertainment, so "Feng Lin Chao" won the award.

The Flying Eagle Award and the Golden Eyebrow Award are more professional and academic. It is unlikely that "Feng Lin Chao" will win the award.

Of course, Liu Shiying did win the title of Queen of Gladiolus with "Feng Lin Chao", so Wang Xingfa was really confident to use this to brag.

Qiao Yinghong was not in a hurry and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, our boss has such a temper that people in the industry nickname him "Yam Luo" for the audition. In fact, the requirements are relatively high.

"This new drama has been decided to be filmed in Ning Province, and the crew preparations have already begun."

Wang Xingfa saw that there was no way to shoot in the studio, so he thought for a moment and said, "Otherwise, our Huihuang Entertainment will invest 80 million and bring the team to work together.

"As for the script, I think it needs to be polished by a professional team of screenwriters. The ending of Shiying's character should be changed.

"Also, the number of episodes of this drama is too small. It should be increased to 40 episodes, so that the revenue can be doubled when it is broadcast."

When Fang Xing heard this, he frowned again.

If Huihuang Entertainment's investment of 80 million is accepted, it means that Huihuang Entertainment will become the largest investor in this project.

When the time comes, if Huihuang Entertainment wants to intervene in the filming, it will be difficult to stop it.

Fang Xing turned to look at Liu Shiying and saw that she showed no objection. It seemed that Brilliant Entertainment had already held an internal meeting to discuss this matter.