Chapter 160 The tilted scale
The newly rented apartment has three bedrooms, two living rooms, one kitchen and one bathroom, with simple furniture and appliances and an open-air parking space.
Xu Kun lived in the master bedroom on the sunny side, and Baoqiang lived in the second bedroom on the sunny side. The bedroom on the negative side was simply converted into a study room. Xu Kun was ready to equip a desktop computer and printer, but he didn't have time to buy them yet.
Sitting at the desk and turning on the lamp, Xu Kun began to carefully read the script of "Green and Red", while Bao Qiang stretched his neck to look behind him.
This movie tells the story of the love-hate relationship between two young men and women in a small third-tier engineering factory in Guizhou in the early days of reform and opening up.
The parents of the heroine Qinghong are workers from Shanghai who were sent to assist in the construction of Guizhou's third-line project; the hero Xiaogen is a native of the city.
As the policy began to loosen, the father of the heroine Qinghong wanted to take his wife and daughter back to the big city. He believed that his daughter's future should be in the magic city and in university.
Under the guidance of this kind of thinking, he tried every means to hinder the love affair between Qinghong and Xiaogen.
Although Qinghong tried her best to fight, she was suppressed by her parents.
Qinghong finally chose to compromise and began to gradually alienate Xiaogen. Because Xiaogen did not understand why Qinghong suddenly changed, and with a mixture of love and hate, he lost control of his emotions and raped Qinghong.
Afterwards, Qinghong attempted suicide by hanging and became a madman; Xiaogen was directly sentenced to death because of this.
this……
Xu Kun's face fell completely after reading it, and the final ending, which was sentenced to death, really gave him a bit of PTSD.
What troubled Xu Kun the most was that this Xiao Gen also seemed to be a ‘villain’.
He entered the industry in August 2001, and now it is August 2004. In the past three years, almost all of the famous characters he has played were villains!
Even if "Green Red" has a chance to win awards abroad, Xu Kun doesn't want to play the villain anymore - besides, you can guess from the heroine's name that the whole story should be narrated from the heroine's perspective, and Gao Yuanyuan will win the award. .
Forget it, let’s study Zhu Yuanzhang.
He closed the useless script and saw that Bao Qiang looked like he still had something to say. Xu Kun gave it to him and said, "Just take a look at it. There is no role suitable for you in it."
In fact, Xiao Gen's character can really be acted out by Bao Qiang.
But the problem is that her height and appearance are too low. Who can believe that Gao Yuanyuan would give up and return to the Magic City in order to stay strong?
Unless you first use two-thirds of the chapter to highlight the strength and tenderness of Baoqiang's heart - but that's another story.
Seeing that it was still early, Xu Kun returned to the living room with his laptop, turned on the TV as background music, and collected information about director Feng Xiaoning.
This notebook was the one that was 'borrowed' from Jia Yueting's company, and was later discounted into a salary of 3,000 yuan during the checkout.
To be honest, Xu Kun is still very impressed by Director Feng. "Red River Valley", "Yellow River Love", "Purple Sun", "Hands Up", a series of excellent war films in recent years are all produced by Feng Xiaoning Director's hand.
If you really want to talk about it, Wang Xiaoshuai's qualifications and status in the film industry are completely incomparable to Director Feng.
However, Director Feng's achievements in TV dramas are relatively average.
After searching for information, Xu Kun discovered that "War Meridian" was also filmed by Director Feng.
This old movie is a childhood shadow for many people.
Xu Kun watched this movie on TV, when his grandfather was still alive. Halfway through the movie, he was jumping up and down on the kang, like a giant monkey with ADHD, refusing to stop for a moment.
The angry grandfather scolded him to get out if he didn't want to watch it, but in fact Xu Kun didn't miss a single scene. The reason why he was jumping up and down was just because the young man was proud and didn't want his grandfather to find him crying.
Later at night, Xu Kun dreamed that he was hanging on a cliff, and the sky and the earth were not working.
Xu Kun is a nostalgic person, so after discovering that Feng Xiaoning was the director of "War Meridian", the balance in his heart completely tilted towards "Zhu Yuanzhang".
Such a great director who is good at mobilizing the audience's emotions doesn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang will look like in his film.
Xu Kun is looking forward to this.
Of course, the premise is that he can successfully pass the audition - if he can pass the audition without having to resort to any extra tricks, that would be even better.
Xu has always been an activist, so he immediately called Ge You and Lu Liping, hoping that they would recommend him to director Feng Xiaoning.
Of course, he also called Song Xuan and explained why he gave up "Qinghong".
After hearing Xu Kun complain that he had been playing a villain for three years, he tried hard to play a positive character, which made Song Xuanju happy. It means that you may not be suitable for acting in dramas, because once a drama actor is finalized on the stage, he may have to play the villain for more than ten years or even decades.
Speaking of dramas, Xu Kun is also thinking about applying for the Human Arts Examination this year.
I just don’t know if joining Renyi will have an impact on my career in film and television dramas.
"That will definitely have some impact. At the very least, if you enter the People's Art School, you must be trained full-time for one year. During this period, you cannot take any jobs outside."
"Why is this like a Chinese opera?"
"China National Theater was originally a partner of our People's Art Theatre, but now it is much more relaxed. When I first joined the People's Art Theater, the apprenticeship period was only three years."
"Then I'd better think about it again."
Xu Kun was a little shaken. He had good momentum at the moment. If he suddenly went to retreat for a year, he might not know what would happen when he came back.
If it doesn’t work, forget it.
Anyway, it was just Teacher Pu Cunxi who mentioned it, and he didn’t agree to anything at the time.
But now, don't count on the reputation of being the heir to Lan Lao's mantle.
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When Feng Xiaoning received Lu Liping's recommendation call, he still felt a little baffled, but the call from Ge You immediately made him unable to be perfunctory anymore.
In fact, the crew had already decided that Hu Jun would play the role of Zhu Yuanzhang, and then Xu Kun suddenly appeared...
He had heard a little bit about this young man. Last year, he became famous in the circle by delivering food during the epidemic. This year, he starred in "Sword Heroes", which is currently being broadcast on major TV stations.
But what Feng Xiaoning saw more was Xu Kun's name in the gossip news.
He has a rough background and is suspected to have slipped through the police station's net.
What a lonely man who went astray, but now the prodigal son can't return his fortune.
Today it was revealed that he and this Yanzi were flirting with each other, and tomorrow it was revealed that he and that Yanzi stayed out all night, with brothers and sisters-in-law interspersed in the middle. Sometimes he said it was despicable, and sometimes he said he was righteous.
Feng Xiaoning was dazzled by all these things, so he was naturally repelled by Xu Kun.
But he could ignore Lu Liping's request, but he couldn't just ignore Ge You's call.
Seeing that it was still early, Feng Xiaoning simply called all his old team members over and held a small meeting overnight.
As a result, other creative staff still preferred Hu Jun. Firstly, Hu Jun's acting skills have been repeatedly verified, and secondly, it was also based on age considerations. Hu Jun is 36 years old this year, and some people are worried that he will not be able to play the role of the elderly Zhu Yuanzhang. Wei'er, let alone Xu Kun, who is twelve years younger than Hu Jun?
Only screenwriter Zhu Sujin rolled his eyes when he heard the word 'Xu Kun' and said with a smile: "Actually, there are advantages to choosing Xu Kun as the protagonist. I heard that "Heroes of Sword" was his own investment. If this time Being able to bring funds into the group also solves our urgent need.”
As both writers and screenwriters, he and Liu Heng are naturally familiar with each other. He even started working as a screenwriter at the earliest and even sought advice from Liu Heng.
And now that Liu Heng has become the chairman of the Beijing Writers' Association, Zhu Sujin will naturally not be stingy with a few flattering words.
After hearing Zhu Sujin mention the issue of filming funds, Feng Xiaoning also felt a little relieved. His biggest headache at the moment was the lack of funds for the crew.
This drama was led by China International Television Corporation and was based on the market situation a year or two ago. However, the production costs of mainland TV dramas are now spiraling upward.
The standards we had two years ago are now stretched thin.
If Xu Kun is sure that he can bring money into the group, it will solve the urgent need.
But Xu Kun is this age...
"It's a mule or a horse. Let him be pulled out for a walk first."
Zhu Sujin said nonchalantly: "If it really doesn't work, you can talk to Ge You later."
Feng Xiaoning finally made up his mind.
(End of chapter)