Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 724 Favor

In the hotel room, Li He and Director Liang were discussing something.

Director Liang Datong Liang is the director of the production team of "My Love from the Star". The production team works with the director team and screenwriter team in the script coordination stage. They are very familiar with the script and are the company's own people.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei asked Liang Datong to be the casting director during the audition stage, responsible for auditioning third-tier important roles, special appointments, and recruiting extras.

There was a knock on the door, and Li He and Liang Datong stopped communicating.

Liang Datong stood up and opened the door. The people who came were Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.

"Director Chu, Producer Liu." He welcomed the couple in.

"Good morning." Chu Xuan greeted Liu Yifei.

Liang Datong closed the door and followed the couple back to the sofa in the living room.

"What's going on?" Chu Xuan asked, sitting down on the sofa.

Li Hedi called Chu Xuan early in the morning and asked them to come to the room to discuss the situation.

"Some people have already approached me and want to use the back door," Li Hu said.

After the conglomeration of Bright Times, all TV business was transferred to Century Culture.

Century Culture's company address, landline number and email are public. After the crew of "My Love from the Star" widely announced the audition invitation, many agents and entertainment company bosses either called or came to see him in person.

The purpose of looking for him is naturally to want a certain role in "My Love from the Star".

Logically speaking, it is most effective to approach producers and directors when it comes to character matters, as all the rights of the crew rest with these two.

He didn't know if anyone had looked for Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei. Anyway, there were quite a few people looking for him.

When it comes to interests, he can handle it.

If it concerns the crew, we must discuss it with the couple.

If the producer and director are not high-level players, as the representatives of the largest investment, they can do whatever they want.

But the director and producer are the boss and his wife, so he has to come. Instead of going to the company early in the morning, he comes to communicate some things clearly. This is very necessary.

"It's expected." Chu Xuan said.

They have expected these things to happen, and this is the norm in the industry.

Several people have come to see them these days, all by phone and email.

Most of the people who knew their phone numbers were friends, and they all declined.

There is a demand for young actors in this drama, but they are all roles with few roles. It is completely unnecessary for friends such as Hu Ge and Yuan Hong to play such roles.

The email was sent to the crew's mailbox, which was managed by people from the production team. They asked for a unified official reply and all were sent. This is probably the reason why many people can only go to Li Hao.

"What do you think?" Li Qing asked.

Resource replacement is related to the interests of the company. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei do not need these resources, but they cannot sit back and watch the loss of these resources. After all, other people in the company need it, including Li Congtong and Hu Jun's studio.

But according to what standards should these things be handled? As directors and producers, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, and actors are one of the elements that make up their plays, Li He must refer to their opinions.

Liu Yifei stretched out a finger: "There is only one condition, it must meet the characteristics of the character."

Chu Xuan nodded: "This is a matter of principle, and..."

He looked at Liang Datong: "Old Liang, if someone comes to you in private, leave it all to Teacher Li and ask him to talk to you. The same is true here. Don't delay the efficiency of the audition because of this matter. Everything that needs to be prepared is in place, and we will start filming after the year.”

"Okay." Liang Datong agreed.

Li He also learned about the couple's standards and understood their behavior, and said: "That's it, I will handle the resources and interests."

"That's it." Chu Xuan came to a conclusion, and he and Liu Yifei got up and left.

They maintained their previous attitude towards the discussion, auditioning well during the audition stage, and leaving all matters of human relations and resource replacement to Li Hao. The division of labor was clear and things were done efficiently.

Of course, this is because the couple doesn't want to get involved in worldly affairs, so they can avoid it if they can.

But in the position of producer and director, there are certain human feelings that you can't avoid even if you want to.

"Xiao Xuan, Qian Qian." As soon as the couple closed the door and came out, Tang Jili spotted them in the corridor and waved to them.

The couple greeted them, and Liu Yifei smoothed her hair: "Director Tang, are you here?"

Two days ago, Tang Jili said hello in advance and recommended a little girl to them, saying that she was very suitable for Wu Xiaobao, the little leukemia girl in the play.

Although Wu Xiaobao is a minor supporting character with few roles, her plot closely revolves around the male protagonist Qiao Kelai, and she is also a good character who inspires the male protagonist to pursue the sun.

Such a role, coupled with a super popular actor like Chu Xuan, can't guarantee the rhythm of debuting as a child star who is loved by everyone after one drama.

It may not seem like much, but the effect this resource can have is huge.

"I came here last night. Come and meet." Tang Jili opened the door and walked in.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei followed behind. Before they could see them, the melodious sound of the cello hit them.

The couple came to the edge of the living room and locked their eyes on the little girl playing the cello on the sofa.

The little girl has her hair spread down, a pink hairband, and a white and pink children's down jacket, just like a little princess.

This is the young actor recommended in Tang Ji, Ouyang Nabi from Baodao, who is now 8 years old.

"Ah -" Nabi saw Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei appearing from the corner of her eye, and she screamed in surprise: "Li Xiaoyao! Zhao Ling'er!"

After Nabi put down the cello, with a happy face, she ran over with short legs and threw herself on Liu Yifei: "I got Zhao Ling'er!"

It can be seen from this scene that "Sword and Sword 1" is indeed very popular in Baodao.

Such a little girl can follow the drama, which also shows that "Sword and Sword 1" is still being replayed on Baodao after nearly four years.

A little girl who could play the cello and was so delicate and cute made Liu Yifei burst with cuteness and hugged her: "Hello, little Nabi."

"Hello, sister." Nabi said excitedly: "I got Zhao Ling'er in my arms. My classmates are going to be so jealous~"

Her strong Baodao accent was full of innocence and childishness, which made Liu Yifei smile.

Chu Xuan looked on with gentle eyes. Ouyang Nabi was only 8 years old in his memory. It was quite strange to see such a young Nabi for the first time.

When thinking about actors, for the young role of Wu Xiaobao, he immediately thought of Zhang Zifeng.

Zhang Zifeng is probably only about 7 or 8 years old now, so he is quite suitable for this role.

Moreover, Zhang Zifeng is a child star who debuted at the age of 5. The company's actor library also has records, so it is not difficult to contact Zhang Zifeng.

However, Tang Ji recommended Ouyang Nabi, so he temporarily gave up his plan to find Zhang Zifeng.

It's not because of face that I gave up the principle of choosing good actors. The main reason is that Ouyang Nabi is indeed more suitable than Zhang Zifeng for this role.

Ouyang Nabi can play the cello. In this drama that is strongly combined with music, Ouyang Nabi will make Wu Xiaobao's character more glorious and lovable.

As a director, he naturally strives to make all the characters in the play have unique characteristics and make them memorable for the audience. This is also the director's mission and one of the criteria for evaluating the level of a director.

At this time, an elegant woman wearing an expensive-looking leather plush coat came over: "Director Chu, Producer Liu, hello."

This woman is Ouyang Feifei, Ouyang Nabi's biological aunt, a former veteran diva in the Baodao music scene. She is also a teacher and friend of the current diva Li Wenyi, and is also a best friend with the famous Lin Qingxia.

After marrying to an island country in the 1990s, she also quit the entertainment industry, so now she is not well-known and few viewers know of her existence.

But it is undeniable that not being a big sister in the music industry for N years will not affect her network of contacts.

This network of people is really wide, and I don’t know how I met Tang Jili. “Hello, teacher, I have long admired your name.” Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei shook hands with her.

No matter how Tang Jili met her, since they brought Nabi over, the two of them only considered the audition and role issues, and the rest was none of their business.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei knew from the moment they met Nabi that she ran over to her without acknowledgment and enthusiasm. Wu Xiaobao in the play needs to be so lively, in contrast to the taciturnity of the male protagonist Jiao Ke. To Nabi, Bee's first impression matched their vision of the character.

But no matter what, auditions are always required.

Lively in daily life, but not necessarily in front of the camera.

The group of people arrived at the presidential suite. The living room in the suite was rearranged, and an area of ​​one to two hundred square meters was built to look like a studio, specifically used for auditions and giving the actors a professional filming environment for their performances.

On the sofa in front of the wall on the left, performance director Huang Lei, director of photography Ning Hao, chief screenwriter Liu Yi, and assistant director Lu Chuan were exchanging information on scripts and actors.

There were two seats in front of them, obviously prepared for Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.

In front of the two seats is a "monitor wall" composed of four monitors, corresponding to the four arranged cameras.

"Here we come." Huang Lei greeted.

"Good morning." Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei greeted back and sat down on two seats respectively.

Tang Jili and Ouyang Feifei sat on the sofa in the back row, leaving Nabi alone on the set in the living room.

Nabi was not at all restrained and looked around at the environment here with very curious eyes.

He probably comes from a wealthy family and has seen many big scenes, so even in such an environment, he didn't seem nervous or scared at all.

Huang Lei and others took Nabi's appearance as a matter of course. They also knew that Tang Jili recommended Nabi. They were only amused when they saw that this little girl was the first person to audition.

"Nabi." Chu Xuan shouted.

Nabi looked back at him, retracted her curious gaze, and replied: "Brother Xiaoyao."

Chu Xuan was stunned, Liu Yifei made a "puff" sound, and all the teachers looked stunned.

"Why did she call you Brother Xiaoyao?" Huang Lei grinned.

"Nabi is their loyal little fan, and she watches their dramas every day during the summer vacation." Ouyang Feifei explained, with a look of laughter on her face.

"I will call you brother Chu Xuan from now on." Chu Xuan said.

"Brother Xiaoyao" is Liu Yifei's exclusive name for him. Liu Yifei occasionally calls him this in life. To put it bluntly, it is a title used to flirt. Suddenly, he was called out by an 8-year-old girl, which made him feel very sad. It was complicated and made him laugh and cry.

"Oh, brother Chu Xuan." Nabi replied.

It's just that her little eyes were obviously dissatisfied with this title. Obviously, the name "Brother Xiaoyao" was more in line with her little thinking.

After a short interlude, Chu Xuan got to the point: "Do you know that if you succeed in the audition, you will film with me?"

"I know." Nabi nodded: "I just asked for leave when I heard that I would be filming with brother Xiaoyao. There was also a cello performance in school that I didn't even attend."

"Congratulations, you have gained a little fan." Liu Yifei glanced at Chu Xuan, her eyebrows curved and she said with interest.

The teachers watched with interest, and Chu Xuan said with a smile: "If you were asked to show your cello music to the audience during filming, would you be willing?"

"No problem!" Nabi was very confident: "As long as you give me the music score, I can play any music. I can also learn it if I don't know it!"

Ouyang Feifei admires her niece very much. She has been confident and sunny since she was a child.

"Look up at the camera." Chu Xuan said.

Nabi didn't know why she did this, but she obeyed obediently and raised her head to look at the camera in front of her.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at it. Nabi in the camera didn't have any nervousness or discomfort.

I just heard Nabi say that there will be performances in school. I guess she has been on a lot of stages at a young age, and I am probably used to facing some scenes. This is the first condition to overcome as an actor.

"Look at the camera on the right, don't move your body, just turn around and look." Chu Xuan said.

Nabi blinked and understood for a moment what it meant to keep the body still and the head moving, and then turned her head to the right to look at shot number two.

If an actor is not on camera, there will be a sharp contrast between the front face and the side face.

If an actor is on camera, there will be no problem in any filming.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei don’t look at the front face of camera No. 2, but the profile of camera No. 1.

Whether an actor's image has a natural camera sense only depends on whether the arc light in a single camera is clear.

To put it simply, if there is no need for a light source and the actor's facial contours are very clear, with the blessing of the lighting on the set, the actor will be photographed more beautifully and with a more cinematic aesthetic.

Maybe it's because she hasn't grown up yet, and Nabi's face is round and has no features, but as a young actor, it is naturally impossible to compare with adult actors in this aspect. It is enough to have a basic image and a mentality that is not afraid of the camera.

Chu Xuan was not going to test his acting skills or anything. Nabi, who had never acted before, had no acting skills at all. She could just go to the set and teach her on the spot.

The couple looked at each other and reached an agreement in silent understanding.

"That's it. This is my first time acting with a child. I hope there will be some good collisions." Chu Xuan turned to Tang Jili and Ouyang Feifei and said.

This sentence shows that this role has been finalized, and Tang Jili and Ouyang Feifei smiled.

"I'll take them to the production team to sign a contract." Tang Jili stood up and patted Chu Xuan on the shoulder. This move seemed to tell Chu Xuan that he had remembered the favor.

"Thank you Director Chu and Producer Liu for giving little Nabi a chance. We will train her well during this time back and try to prevent her from causing trouble to you." Ouyang Feifei said gratefully and waved to Nabi.

"Little Nabi is very good, no need to be polite." Liu Yifei praised.

After Nabi learned about the success of the audition, she said "Yeah" with joy. At her little request, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei took a photo with her, and Ouyang Feifei took her out of the room.

"It's quite spiritual." Huang Lei commented.

"Well, it is indeed a good seedling." Liu Yifei agreed.

Although Ouyang Nabi has the favor of Tang Ji, this little girl is really suitable to play Wu Xiaobao, and she is still satisfied with this choice.

"I think it's better to change the title of Uncle Joke in the script. It's more appropriate to call you Brother Joke based on Nabi's lively image." Liu Yi made a suggestion.

"Okay, it's a small matter." Chu Xuan had no objection. It didn't matter whether he changed the title or not. Since Liu Yi said so, it didn't matter if he changed it.

Liu Yifei looked through the information of the audition actors. Ouyang Nabi's audition was through a special channel. The main reason was that Wu Xiaobao, a young character, was difficult to find. Solving it first would be considered complete, and then the normal audition would follow.

Liu Yifei looked at the information sheet. The first person to audition was Hai Qing, auditioning for the role of villain agent Zhou Minzhu.

Haiqing? ... She seemed to have heard this name somewhere, she thought with a frown.

Just listen to Chu Xuan say: "Sister Haiqing, your student, right?"

Liu Yifei looked at Huang Lei and suddenly recalled that Hai Qing was her and Chu Xuan's senior sister and Huang Lei's student. No wonder she always felt like she had heard this name somewhere.

Huang Lei nodded slightly and said nothing.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei turned around and shook their heads inwardly. They had just given away a wave of favors, and now another wave of favors came.

The staff was waiting for instructions on the sofa nearby. Liu Yifei gave the staff a wink, and the staff got up and went out to call Hai Qing for the audition.

Chu Xuan was thinking about it. He was familiar with Hai Qing's image and his performance level was on point.

However, Hai Qing plays the villain’s agent?

Based on a comprehensive understanding of this character's setting, he really felt that Hai Qing was not suitable for this role and was not as good as his favorite candidate Wen Zhengrong.

Of course, this is just his first impression. Whether it is suitable or not depends on the lens conditions.

(End of this chapter)