Chapter 222 Finished
The film and television circles of Hong Kong Island and the Mainland exist as a team.
Mainland actors who want to become famous in the entertainment industry on Hong Kong Island rarely have a chance.
Similarly, when Hong Kong actors go north, in addition to making money by cheating, it is also difficult to obtain high-quality drama booking resources!
It is precisely because of the times that Andy Lau, Chow Yun-fat and others can star in mainland films, and Hong Kong directors can go north to direct films.
In this era, the Four Kings of Hong Kong, as well as Chow Yun-fat and others have been famous for a long time, and they are also very famous even in the mainland.
In addition, there is a lack of commercial film directors in the Mainland.
It gave them such an opportunity.
Except for these people, it is difficult for other Hong Kong actors to obtain high-quality resources in the mainland.
For example, actors from TV stations such as Yang Christine, Yu Shiman, Xuan Xuan, and Zhou Haiwei.
Wang Shu glanced at the many actors in front of him and felt a little headache.
There are indeed a lot of people coming, but in the field of movies, they are all almost boring.
He does not deny that many of these people have already become famous in the field of TV dramas, and many of them are first-line TV drama actors.
But in this era, it is difficult for TV drama actors to carry the banner in a "blockbuster" movie.
He also admitted that the actors in the room only came after receiving his invitation to audition.
Although this is the case, the invitation from many people is just to give face.
He has made friends with a lot of people now, so it is inevitable that he will have to do enough work on the surface for the sake of face.
After a day of hard work, a batch of people were selected, leaving only a few people. These people need to wait until the filming of "Secret Garden" is completed before determining the final candidates.
That night, Wang Shu received a call from Han Sanping.
"How is the selection going?" After the call was connected, Han Sanping didn't waste any time and asked straight to the point.
Wang Shu pondered for a moment and said: "If Gong Li is the heroine, she still has to find a big-name male movie actor to play with her."
Wang Shu doesn't need to tell Han Sanping to know this. For a male protagonist with sufficient status, a "blockbuster" movie will not appear to be a big deal.
“Who are you looking for?” Han Sanping asked.
“I haven’t thought about it yet.” Wang Shu said directly.
"The movie will be released in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Japan and other places. How about looking for movie stars from Hong Kong Island?" Han Sanping suggested.
"Hong Kong movie star?" Wang Shu fell into thinking after hearing this.
He does not deny that in order for the movie to sell better in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and other places, there is no problem in finding stars from Hong Kong to star.
But now Andy Lau is filming "The Movie", and Leung Ka Hui is filming "Apple" with Fan Binbin.
Chen Long, impossible.
Everyone other than these people is either not suitable or has problems.
While Wang Shu was thinking about it, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind.
The filming of "Apple" will be completed in December, maybe Liang Jiahui can be invited.
The main heroine is played by Gong Li, with Liang Jiahui and Zhou Xun as co-stars. The cast is pretty good.
"Liu Dehua is bidding for his name at the auction, what about Liang Jiahui?" Wang Shu said.
"The War Drama" is a costume war drama, while "The Apple" is an urban ethics drama. The different scenes lead to different settings, framing, shooting cycles, etc.
"Apple" was filmed in January, but "The Legend" took several months.
"Is the Liang family gray?" Han Sanping thought for a moment, and then responded, "Okay."
The two continued to chat about the casting for a while and hung up the phone.
Wang Shu then pulled out Fan Binbin’s phone number, and the finger he was about to dial stopped again.
He didn’t have Liang Jiahui’s contact information, and Fan Binbin happened to be starring in “Apple” with Liang Jiahui.
He only needed to contact Liang Jiahui through Fan Binbin, and then chat with him about the drama appointment.
This method probably made Fan Binbin very unhappy, so he stopped making the call again.
"Let's contact him through the company." Wang Shu muttered.
After handling the audition matter, Wang Shu immediately devoted himself to the filming of the idol drama "Secret Garden".
The success of "Secret Garden" lies in changing the Cinderella-like model of bitterness and adopting a diversified route.
The heroine's character is strong but not overbearing, simple and straightforward, kind but not a virgin, and the male protagonist's rich second-generation image is real and three-dimensional.
The supporting characters, such as best friends and love rivals, also have very likable characters with their own characteristics.
The plot of the whole drama is unconventional, the rhythm is tense and relaxed, and the dialogues between the characters have countless highlights. For example: "You don't even know what I want to do, but you dare to say something and throw it away after playing with it a few times? Do you think you are qualified to play with me? I can tolerate race, color, religion, and sexual orientation, but I can't tolerate poverty. What's that expression? Is being poor your hobby and being dirty your specialty?"
"I probably know what social class you, Giloline, belong to. But don't fully understand, I will work hard for this, but you have to give me time (what time? Time to learn poverty?) Is my effort ridiculous? At least I tried hard, and you know what? What am I really angry about? I kept telling you who I was, but you didn't even think about me for five minutes. "
"What on earth do you want? What kind of woman is so cruel! I throw the box away and you ask me to pick it up or ask me to apologize. Give me a step to get down! How can you get down by yourself? (Don't you just want to see me like this? Did you just throw it away? If you lose the car key now, go and pick it up!) You will die if you apologize!"
This type of line.
The heroine is Cinderella, but she is not the silly and sweet Cinderella in the cliche idol drama, but a character with clear self-awareness and reason.
The male protagonist is a rich second generation, but he is not the rich second generation in cliché idol dramas, but similar to the rich second generation in real life.
Leaving aside the setting of exchanging souls, the characters and other aspects are also unique.
As the male protagonist, Wang Shu had a larger share of the scenes, and he had delayed filming due to other matters. Now he came to the crew. In order not to delay Sun Li's schedule, he had to work overtime for filming.
He and Sun Li are now old partners, and the kiss scene between the two went smoothly, with almost no NG.
Others saw this and didn’t think there was a problem.
Not to mention that Sun Li is already an actress who has acted in many movies, let’s just say that the two have co-starred in "Time Traveler" before, so it is normal for them to have a tacit understanding.
Since Wang Shu came to the crew, all the actors on the set wanted to know the news about the audition, but they were worried about causing embarrassment, so no one dared to speak up.
At this time, they also knew that actors for Wang Shu's new play were selected through audition invitations.
Since they did not receive an audition invitation, they could only be excluded.
A few people can understand if they think about it for a moment. Since it is a "blockbuster", even the supporting roles must be respectable movie actors.
October 24th.
The average ratings of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" reached a record high of 14.36%, continuing to sweep the TV series broadcast by major TV stations across the country during the same period.
Although "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is indeed strong, there are really no strong TV series on domestic TV stations at this time in October.
It is precisely because of this that "The Legend of Zhen Huan" quickly occupied the market share despite the dominance of one company, and the ratings have steadily increased.
If there were high-quality dramas that could compete with "The Legend of Zhen Huan", then the inevitable ratings of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" would not grow so steadily.
But throughout October, except for TV series with relatively good ratings such as "The Age of True Love", "Blade", "Flying Fairies", "Seven Fairies of Joy", there was no one that could seize a large market share. TV drama.
And "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is broadcast on Yangshi TV, which is unique.
Therefore, as its reputation and popularity increased, the ratings of popular dramas such as "The Age of True Love", "Blade", "Flying Fairies" and "Seven Fairies" all declined.
"Flying Fairies" is a mythological drama starring Hu Ge and Lin Yichen, adapted from "The Fairy Match".
This drama premiered on Shancheng Film and Television Channel as early as January, and now it is on Star TV for the first time.
In fact, in many remote places, because there are no decoding set-top boxes or satellite pots, they can only use antennas to watch a few TV stations such as the provincial comprehensive station.
Because you can only watch these TV stations, sometimes you can be the first to see the premiere of new dramas.
Since the decoding set-top box can only watch YangTV and satellite TV, except for the TV series first broadcast on YangTV, it cannot do these.
As for Hu Ge, he had a car accident at the end of August. He had to be rescued for several hours to save his life. However, the assistant who was traveling with him failed to save his life and died.
Wang Shu also saw news reports at that time.
Originally, he could have changed all this by reminding him, but he didn't know Brother Hu, and he had been busy with work and had forgotten about it. He didn't remember it until he saw the news.
At the same time, he also remembered that Brother Hu was lucky enough to escape because the assistant happened to change seats with him.
Otherwise, he will be the one who cannot save his life.
On October 24, the drama film "Jade Warrior" co-produced by Finland and the Mainland was released.
The starring role is Zhang Jingchu and some foreign actors.
The response after its release was not strong, and the film did not win any awards.
Next year, Zhang Jingchu will hook up with Hong Kong Island and take on many Hong Kong films.
It's just that in this era, Hong Kong movies are already a thing of the past. At this time, people who still can't see the situation clearly and run to join the Hong Kong circle are similar to joining the national army in 1949.
In the blink of an eye, November 1st came, and "Secret Garden" was successfully completed.
When Bao Jianfeng, Luo Jing and others finished the closing banquet, they still found it difficult to take the initiative to ask Wang Shu about the new play.
In the end, they all left with regret.
Sun Li didn't have a schedule. Although she was a little curious, she didn't ask any more questions.
And Liu Yan looked at Wang Shu with longing eyes, obviously he also had ideas for the role in the new play.
It’s just that her status is too small and she is completely out of Wang Shu’s consideration.
Liu Yan seemed to be aware of this, so he did not talk about this aspect from beginning to end, but just looked at Wang Shu eagerly.
(End of this chapter)