Rebirth 09: Buying a house with a baby UP owner

After finishing Yaoyao's engagement party, the preparations for the crew have officially begun. Now that the director, screenwriter, producer and funds are in place, the next step is to recruit actors and decide on a venue.

Director Wang has read the outline written by Zhong Meihui, plus the scripts of the first three episodes written by Yun Shanshan, and already has a rough idea of ​​the scenes required for filming.

He planned to first look at the cost of selecting actors in the early stage. If the cost was not much, then he would choose the filming location in the palace of the film and television city. If the cost exceeded the budget, then the filming location could also be changed to a park in the film and television city, or somewhere The house of a wealthy family.

Zhong Meihui has questioned this, believing that Fu Hua Dao is the soul of a drama. If the scenery and costumes are compromised, then the entire drama will look like a crude, semi-finished product that is not pleasing to the eye.

"Boss Zhong, our budget is limited now and we must spend our money wisely. Actors are the most important thing in a drama. What's more, when recruiting investment, there must be famous actors starring in order for people to buy and watch. If you choose The actors are all transparent, no matter how beautiful they are, no one will pay attention to them."

Wang Chui feels that Zhong Meihui is an outsider after all. Nowadays, viewers only watch TV series to watch the plot and actors. Who really cares about whether the etiquette in this drama is correct and whether the costumes are silk or coarse cloth? They are just watching it for fun. That’s all.

"Boss Zhong, you believe Wang Chui. Although he wants to reduce the budget of Fuhua Road, he will not make the finished product unbearable. He has always regarded drama as his destiny and values ​​himself more than investors and producers. work."

Liu Zheng was also interceding for Wang Chui. She had worked with him for many years and understood his thoughts. If he was a director who could fool around at will, his life would definitely be much better than it is now.

Liu Zheng told Zhong Meihui that Wang Chui is a talented person, but because of this, he has a natural arrogance that is difficult to tame. Several investors and producers have been driven away by his temper. Many of them have been driven away by his temper. People would rather use some obedient little directors than him, which is why his performance in this industry is getting worse and worse.

If he had been a little less naive and learned to surrender, he wouldn't be so poor now.

Zhong Meihui could tell that Liu Zheng was very close to Wang Chui, and she was afraid that Zhong Meihui would ask for a replacement. After all, the filming of the drama has not started yet, and only a small part of the script has been completed. Now that the director is changed, Zhong Meihui has nothing to lose, but For Wang Zhui, being replaced again is equivalent to depriving him of the chance of survival in this industry, and he may not even be able to earn a living in the future.

"I can trust him temporarily and see what actors he chooses." Zhong Meihui decided to give Wang Chui a chance to see if he had reasonably arranged the filming funds. Originally, this matter should be handled by producer Tian Peng supervised it, but she was afraid that Tian Peng would only care about looking for actresses and would not care about the accounting at all, so she felt more at ease watching it herself.

The process of selecting actors was much more difficult than Zhong Meihui imagined. Although many people signed up, most of them were second- to third-rate actors, or even newcomers who had never acted before.

Moreover, these actors have high self-esteem and are a little familiar, so their quotations are not low. If their quotations are agreed to, their production costs in other aspects will be greatly reduced.

"I think this actor is pretty good. I've watched his drama before." Zhong Meihui saw a familiar face in the casting video and unconsciously said what she remembered.

"Is it him? He looks very much in line with the character setting, but he is a newcomer and his acting skills are a little immature, so he needs to think about it." Wang Zhui glanced at the boy Zhong Meihui was talking about, and his resume and resume immediately appeared in his mind. According to the interview situation, this boy had just graduated. Due to his poor family, he had never learned acting before. He learned by watching characters on TV.

Wang Zhui felt that if what he said was true, then he was quite talented in this matter. Many people who had studied in school for four years might not have the same understanding as him, but let someone who had never heard of it The risk of choosing a boy who has passed before to be the leading actor is too high, and it is very likely that he will not even be able to attract investment.

Zhong Meihui was shocked. She knew very well that this was not the first time she saw this boy. She had seen him on TV in her previous life. Although he did not become a superstar in the entertainment industry, he also left many classic roles. It's just that because the actor is not popular, no one can remember his name.

She wanted Wang Chui to use this man as the lead actor, at least as the second male lead. Now he was cost-effective, but the return rate in the later stage was not small. Maybe by the time their drama was aired, the boy would already be somewhat famous.

Wang Chui said he would think about it, and then went about his own business, making it difficult for people to tell who was the real boss.

Wang Chui was very serious when casting. He divided the entire casting into three rounds. The first audition was just to look at everyone's appearance and resume, and to distinguish those who had acted in movies from those who had not.

Ask some more questions and see how everyone responds. For an experienced director like Wang Chui, the deceptions of those young actors are not worth mentioning. He can quickly tell whether the young actor is telling the truth. But in fact, he didn't care about the content of the answer, he just wanted to see the actor's line skills.

If this actor can be filmed using live recording, or dubbing for his own reasons, then the subsequent production costs will be much lower, and such people can be hired first.

The re-examination is to perform live to see everyone's performance ability and understanding, and to select some potential talents.

The final round is to determine the makeup according to the image in the play and conduct a trial shooting. Only after passing the test can you become the final protagonist.

Others will be arranged in supporting roles and extras, and finally complete the configuration of the entire play.

After the main actors were confirmed, Zhong Meihui watched a video of the casting. The overall process and results looked very reliable. Several male actors had good looks and strong script skills. People in the sister group said they were good after watching it. .Full of expectations for this drama.

"Mei Hui girl, if one day they become famous, can we say that we have been the boss of popular stars?"

Sun Xiaolan felt comfortable all over when she thought about this. She never expected that someone who loves gossip like her would one day openly enter the entertainment industry and become a boss-level person.

Zhong Meihui felt that Sun Xiaolan's words seemed like a dream, but the identity of this film and television company shareholder was indeed very bluffing. At this time, there was another person who was very proud of his identity, and that was Tian Peng.

Ever since he became a producer, he has been living a very proud life, enjoying the fawning and flattery of various young actors.

"Boss Zhong, I finally understand why my cousin likes to open a film and television company. It's wonderful, wonderful."