star [entertainment circle]

Although Tiantian Entertainment's sole ownership of a TV series is not difficult, for an entertainment company that mainly focuses on records, it is prone to too much criticism and will expose the company's shortcomings.

When Tiantian officially announced plans to remake "Dragonfly", Sun Xiuwen took the initiative to approach Jiugao.The two companies teamed up with other collaborators and finally got all the filming funds in place.At the same time, the selection of actors is also on track.

After all, "Dragonfly" is a children's TV series. Although the new script has clearly told everyone that this story will not only be a story of a group of children, but also a world of adults, young actors must still exist.

The selection of young actors was arranged in Jiugao's meeting room on the top floor.

Bai Huaijin and Huo Zhang entered the company one after the other, and they were stunned when they saw the parents in groups encouraging their children in the lobby on the first floor.

Looking at these little boys and girls who were dolled up with various adult cosmetics, Bai Huaijin seriously suspected that these parents took the selection of young actors as a springboard for their children to enter the entertainment circle in the future.When he turned his head, he could still see a few little girls in floral skirts with big waves, bouncing and running past him, leaving behind a scent of perfume...

The funniest thing is a hot mom in a miniskirt, with the same style of air bangs as her daughter, showing her slender legs, and stepping on high heels that are more than ten centimeters, teaching her daughter to answer in a childlike voice that she might be asked at the selection meeting. to the problem.

Apart from wanting to cultivate child stars, Bai Huaijin couldn't think of any other explanation.

Seeing Huo Zhang and Bai Huaijin enter the building, the staff at the front desk hurriedly pointed to the elevator next to them: "The boss said that there are many people in today's audition, and there is an empty elevator here for artists to go up and down." As he spoke, he personally guided the two of them Went to the elevator in the corner, "These parents said they were here to accompany their children to the selection meeting. When they met Cheng Jiming and the others just now, they pounced on them like a tiger seeing a rabbit and asked for an autograph and a group photo. Fortunately, Huo Tianwang has enough aura. , They all held back and peeked, not daring to come forward.”

As if to prove that what she said was correct, she secretly pointed behind her.

Bai Huaijin and Huo Zhang stood side by side. Seeing her actions, they took half a step back slightly. Out of the corner of their eyes, they caught a glimpse of several young mothers over there who were secretly taking pictures with their mobile phones. They looked excited, but they didn't dare to go forward to ask Group photo.

Another parent pushed his child, as if asking him to come over and ask for an autograph.The child was probably young and a little afraid to talk to strangers, so he shook his head desperately, and refused to take half a step this way.

Bai Huaijin wanted to continue watching, but someone grabbed her wrist suddenly, and when she recovered, she was dragged into the elevator.

"Nowadays, parents have sharpened their heads and want their children to enter the entertainment industry."

As soon as the elevator door closed, Xiao Zhou suddenly spoke.Tang Yuan stood beside him and gave him a big roll of his eyes: "If you train well, you can start acting at the age of seven or eight. As long as you don't become disabled when you act in your teens, you can basically accumulate contacts and lay the foundation for becoming famous in the future. This This kind of success rate is higher than your chance of squatting at the gate of the film academy and begging the director to pick it up by the way."

"But not many people can successfully transform from child stars." Bai Huaijin recalled a few friends who had filmed TV dramas with him, and said with regret, "At that time, the only children who acted with me were sister Xu and Brother Huo. Still in this circle."

Xu Baolu was actually not a child star at that time, but she was still underage, so she was always classified as a child star in public.As for Huo Zhang, he was only pulled into the crew to film for a few days. After filming, he never made any TV dramas or movies until he debuted as a model.

If even the two of them can't be counted in the category of child stars, then none of the children who worked together at the beginning really remained in the entertainment circle.

Tang Yuan nodded: "So, although Mr. Sun promised Mr. Yan to bring back the original cast to film "Dragonfly", many of the actors from that year are no longer filming TV dramas." More people returned to normal In people's lives, away from the spotlight.It is not easy to find all those past actors in the vast crowd.

Bai Huaijin nodded when she heard the words.He had also received an invitation from Tiantian before, because there was no suitable script for the time being, and he himself was very grateful for the care of Mr. Yan when he was filming "Dragonfly", so he agreed to participate in the performance without even thinking about it. .

Like him, Huo Zhang and Xu Baolu agreed, and even arranged a special schedule to take over the invitation to participate in the performance.

"What time does it start?" Huo Zhang raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was already nine o'clock. If the selection meeting hadn't started yet, the company would have to prepare lunch for the parents and children on the first floor.

"09:30. Mr. Yan wants to attend the selection meeting in person, so it may be delayed a bit." After Xiao Zhou finished speaking, the elevator stopped at the top floor of the building.

Some staff members are already busy in the meeting room on the top floor, and several printed lines for auditions are piled up like a hill, stacked next to each other by the wall.

There are also staff members who are taking photos of the meeting room with their cameras and posting them on the official Weibo at any time for publicity.

In this audition, both Huo Zhang and Bai Huaijin appeared on the scene as escorts.The main people responsible for the selection are "Dragonfly" investor representative Sun Xiuwen, director Liu Yuan, screenwriter Lin Shufen and several planners.There is still a space next to it, with a famous sign - "Specially Invited Producer - Yan Xing".

While wondering why Mr. Yan hadn't arrived yet, the selection meeting officially started.

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Selection will be divided into two days.

The first day is to choose the right young actors.The second day is used to select young actors recommended by various companies to play other roles in the play.

In the original "Dragonfly", there were as many as a dozen young actors who appeared on the scene, and seven or eight of them actually had lines and a lot of scene content.The staff bound the prepared lines into a book and distributed them to parents and children waiting outside the meeting room.After 10 minutes, groups of three people were called into the room according to the candidate list.

Considering that the selection objects this time are still children, the creators discussed it and agreed that each child can bring a parent into the venue.

Looking at the adults sitting at the front, the children were obviously a little nervous.Fortunately, the parents followed in and comforted him in a low voice.The first kid to audition bravely stood in the middle...

After watching several children's performances, Liu Yuan showed exhaustion on his face.

Today's children are becoming more and more precocious. Firstly, it is related to the lack of children's themes in TV dramas. What children watch is adult TV, and what they receive are messages from the adult world. Naturally, they lose their innocence.On the other hand, it is impossible to escape the private education methods of parents, especially parents who want their children to enter the entertainment industry, it is easier to train their children into a little adult without innocence.

Liu Yuan squeezed his browbones and waved to a child: "Go out."

The child's parents wanted to try again, but the staff nearby had already surrounded them.

"If there is no suitable young actor, the whole morning will be wasted." Liu Yuan raised his hand and glanced at his watch, then at Huo Zhang and Bai Huaijin who had been sitting next to each other silently, "You two have been watching for so long, what's the matter?" Thoughts? In the final analysis, these children are going to play your previous roles."

Bai Huaijin looked away from the script book, met Huo Zhang's eyes, thought for a while, and said honestly: "Judging from the script book alone, the script has changed a lot. What do you think? Maybe judging from the current environment, yes The child's requirements can be appropriately relaxed." He pointed to the character introduction on the first page that was specially written for the convenience of parents and children, "Like this Xie Tao, he is a typical city kid. orchard, so I couldn’t transfer to the countryside. This kid has the arrogance of a kid in the city. But kids, there’s arrogance, there’s no need for aloofness.”

Bai Huaijin paused, and glanced at the new group of young actors who followed the staff into the door: "If you act too hard, it won't look real enough."

Maybe it was his words that the parents heard. The first few children in this group were more cautious when they were casting and auditioning.

Another hour passed. On the list, Huahua circled a few children, and rejected a few.In the end, there were about [-] children left on the list.

Liu Yuan was a little dazed with hunger. Seeing that the time had passed twelve o'clock, he simply gave the children a two-hour meal break, and the final selection took place at 02:30 in the afternoon.

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The company prepared a lounge on the second floor for the parents and children who entered the second round of selection. Taking advantage of the meal time, the creators gathered together to discuss the children on the list while eating.

"Actually, this kid is not bad. His eyes are pretty good." Liu Yuan took a bite of the chicken chop, and did not forget to reach out and click on the photo on the registration form.

Sun Xiuwen took a look: "I remember that this kid auditioned for the role that Huo Tianwang played back then."

Huo Zhang also glanced at the photo, and recalled the memory of watching this kid audition: "Yeah. I feel pretty good, he's a good seed."

When Huo Zhang participated in "Dragonfly", he was still in high school.He joined the crew completely passively at that time, and after filming this TV series, he went back to school, college entrance examination, and university.But the experience brought to him by "Dragonfly" made it easier for him to explore roles when he debuted as a model and transitioned to filming and filming.

Therefore, Xie Tao, the most rebellious but most distinctive character in "Dragonfly", allows actors to accumulate experience the most.

The child mentioned by Liu Yuan looked sixteen or seventeen years old, tall and thin, and judging from the photos alone, he fit Xie Tao's image requirements very well.In the first round of selection before, his acting skills were also the best among the children who also auditioned for the role of Xie Tao.Most people's opinions are that the child can be temporarily settled down.

"If there are no outstanding performances in the other children in the second round, Xie Tao will let this child come." Screenwriter Lin Shufen took a sip of the soup slowly, "Which child do you think is suitable for the role of Yuan Jia?"

In the adapted "Dragonfly" script, Xie Tao played by Huo Zhang and Yuan Jia played by Bai Huaijin were changed to the most important roles among the children.The other children are easy to settle down, but for these two roles, we must consider that the young actors in the original version are now well-known entertainers in the circle. Great contrast.

Yuan Jia, who is second only to Xie Tao in the number of lines and shots, is only a ten-year-old child in the play.There are many children auditioning for this role, and they all seem to have innocent personalities. It's really hard to tell if they have any lines skills.

Bai Huaijin didn't know what to say.In the years when he was a child actor, he didn't play any serious roles. Although the role of Yuan Jia in "Dragonfly" is very popular, but after so many years, if he is asked to evaluate his acting skills, he can only say that the naive directors in those days acted as they wanted.

Seeing Bai Huaijin's troubled face, Liu Yuan didn't intend to wait for him to say something, so he set aside two mouthfuls of food and went straight to the case: "Okay, when the selection is in the afternoon, just let those children play with you have a look."