China Entertainment Times 1999

Chapter 195 You are familiar with all the actresses in the industry! (Please subscribe!)

After the award-receiving session, the celebration banquet completely turned into the Huayi Annual Meeting.

The atmosphere was very lively as cups were exchanged and glasses were exchanged.

"Come... have another drink..."

Feng Xiaogang was drunk a lot by Lin Xuan, and his face was so red that he couldn't even tell that he had vitiligo.

"Stop drinking, that's almost enough."

Seeing that his words were a little incoherent, Xu Fan couldn't help but offer some words of advice.

"Yes, Director Feng, if it doesn't work, don't drink. Your health is the most important thing."

Lin Xuan looked strangely on the sidelines.

You were the one who started this drinking thing, and now you want to run away and dream about it.

"This is only a few cups, not even half the usual amount."

Feng Xiaogang couldn't help but fill up the wine glass again.

Seeing that he didn't listen to the advice, Xu Fan turned around and looked at Lin Xuan angrily.

Milfs are still charming.

Don't tell me, her eyes are quite seductive.

Lin Xuan smiled and drank a few more drinks with him.

At the end of the drink, Feng Xiaogang's eyes were blurred and his head was dizzy.

Suddenly, as if having a convulsion, he slapped the table and said:

"There's wine! There's food! But there's no singing and dancing to add to the fun!"

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that he was drunk and on the verge of going crazy, so no one paid him any attention.

However, there was Wang Zhonglei on the table, and he also felt that tonight's dinner was almost interesting.

I couldn't remember what the difference was, but now that I heard Feng Xiaogang say it, I suddenly realized it.

"Didn't you hear what Director Feng said? Everyone knows how to sing and dance. Let's go up and perform a show!"

The boss spoke, and those singers and actors, all of whom had talents, came on stage to perform.

What a bad luck. I thought I was just here for a meal, but ended up being forced to work overtime.

With singing and dancing to add to the fun, everyone was really in high spirits.

The main table where Lin Xuan was sitting also became lively, and everyone came over to toast with wine glasses.

"Brother, let me toast you!"

Wang Baoqiang came over wearing a suit and holding a wine glass.

Lin Xuan had a drink with him, patted his shoulder and asked:

"I haven't chatted with you for a long time. How are things going lately?"

"Very good." He grinned and grinned.

When Wang Jinhua saw this, she couldn't help but said, "What's the matter? They're all minor characters whose names I can't remember."

Wang Baoqiang has a poor image and his acting skills are just that, and he can only take on small jobs.

Wang Jinhua knew that he had a good relationship with Lin Xuan, so she asked Wang Baoqiang to ask for the role, but he was too embarrassed to go and refused to agree after several attempts.

"The roles don't matter big or small, I'm really satisfied."

Wang Baoqiang is very self-aware, and he is also afraid that Lin Xuan will be caught in the middle.

"No matter how big or small, if you play a hundred small roles, they are nothing compared to one male lead!"

Wang Jinhua's tone was a bit harsh.

She knew about Wang Baoqiang's situation and felt sorry for him, who had suffered a lot.

It's really stupid to not use it even though you have such a strong backer.

Whatever he said today, Lin Xuan should be given a role.

Lin Xuan also got a hint of the meaning and asked, "Why don't you come to me if you have any difficulties?"

Wang Baoqiang quickly shook his head and said: "Brother, there is really no difficulty. I have made tens of thousands this year, and I am very satisfied."

"Just tens of thousands?"

Lin Xuan thought of something and frowned: "Then you still give me such expensive things."

At the housewarming party a few days ago, Wang Baoqiang would give him gifts every birthday, New Year's Day, and Spring Festival, all of which cost more than [-] yuan.

Although Lin Xuan would return the gift every time, based on the value of the gifts he gave, it was estimated that he could earn at least a few hundred thousand, but he did not expect that he would only earn a few tens of thousands.

Wang Baoqiang was a little embarrassed: "The gift is a thoughtful gift, of course it must be more expensive..."

"Okay, stop talking. I have a costume drama after the New Year. You go in and play a small role first, and then I will help you think of a solution."

After the two separated, Lin Xuan didn't care much about Wang Baoqiang's affairs.

Because his fortune is considered very good in the industry, there is no need for Lin Xuan to worry about him.

But Wang Jinhua brought this matter up, and Lin Xuan must express it.

After all, Wang Baoqiang used to be his assistant, and everyone knew that the relationship between the two was very good.

If he doesn't even agree to this request, then his character is too bad.

"This……"

"Stop this and that, thank you Lin Xuan." Wang Jinhua reminded.

"Oh, thank you Brother Xuan!"

"You're welcome, let's have another drink."

Wang Baoqiang's incident was like a trigger. After he left, others quickly came over to toast.

According to the rules, they must first respect the boss Wang brothers, then the agent Wang Jinhua, then Feng Xiaogang, and then Lin Xuan.

As a result, when they saw Wang Baoqiang getting the role after toasting with a glass of wine, they ignored the rules and went straight past the others to find Lin Xuan.

"Director Lin, let me toast you."

"Director Lin, can you sign your name for me?"

"Director Lin, I am XXX..."

Lin Xuan smiled and drank with them, but never mentioned the characters.

He has taken great care of Huayi's artists in this regard.

If you really want a role, just audition based on your ability.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, the celebration banquet ended.

Feng Xiaogang was so dizzy from drinking that he relied on his wife to hold him steady.

Lin Xuan was still in high spirits, said hello to Wang Zhongjun and others and left in the car.

……

Siheyuan in Beijing.

After taking a shower, Lin Xuan thought of Baoqiang, so he picked up the account book and lay on the bed to read it.

The gifts received at that housewarming party were all recorded in the ledger.

Lin Xuan didn't care much about this matter. Instead, he found it troublesome to accept and return gifts.

But Fan Xiaopang was very considerate and spent a whole day calculating the value of the gifts he received.

Both of them were shocked!

I made more than [-] million from a housewarming party, and I directly earned back the money I spent on buying a house and decorating it.

Fan Xiaopang instantly transformed into a money addict, imagining how much money she could make if she held a housewarming party.

Lin Xuan quickly came to his senses and replied calmly: "These must be paid back."

Hearing this, Fan Xiaopang immediately shrank.

…………

The next day, Lin Xuan finished his business performance and drove to the club box.

The main creative team of "Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties" has been formed.

Mr. Li from Dafu Culture asked him to come over for a meeting to discuss the casting. He also needed to confirm the script.

Lin Xuan arrived at the box with ease. There were about seven or eight people sitting inside.

"Mr. Li."

"Director Lin."

The two met and shook hands, and Mr. Li introduced him to the main creative staff of the crew.

The director of this drama is Hu Mingkai, a Hong Kong native. His most famous work is... "Young Man Bao Qingtian".

Isn't this a coincidence? It's not like enemies don't get together!

Also a costume mystery and suspense drama, the ratings of "Young Man Bao Qingtian" were significantly lower than those of "Detective Di Renjie". The crew also publicly complained at the time that "Detective Detective Dee" was aired after "Young Man Bao Qingtian" and took advantage of their subject matter bonus.

If it were not broadcast on CCTV, the final ratings would definitely not be as good as "Youngster Bao Qingtian".

These remarks caused a lot of controversy back then, and die-hard fans of the two shows even quarreled over this matter.

But it didn't take long for the plagiarism incident in "Young Man Bao Qingtian" to appear in the newspapers. It was considered a disgrace and was sent abroad.

This also put a comma in the war of words between the two sides.

Waiting for the second part, the crew who had been silent for a long time jumped out again.

When it comes to ratings, no one can beat CCTV, so we have to compare reputation and quality.

So the crew of "Young Master Bao Qingtian 2" boldly adopted an original script, and the result was that it didn't even make a splash.

Lin Xuan is the star of "Detective Di Renjie" and Hu Mingkai is the director of "Young Man Bao Qingtian".

In terms of stakes, the two should belong to hostile camps.

However, there are no permanent enemies in the entertainment industry, let alone permanent friends.

Hearing that the starring role in the new drama was Lin Xuan, Hu Mingkai was so excited that he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night.

Lin Xuan is so amazing. The TV series he stars in have ridiculously high ratings.

Hu Mingkai didn't think he lost to Qian Yanqiu.

It's just a pity that Lin Xuan was not invited to play Bao Zheng, but Zhou Jie was chosen instead.

This time he finally had the opportunity to cooperate with Lin Xuan, and he must prove himself again!

"Director Lin, I have admired your name for a long time and have been looking forward to cooperating with you for a long time."

Hu Mingkai held Lin Xuan's hand, his eyes lit up and his tone was filled with emotion.

"Hello, Director Hu."

Lin Xuan was a little confused. Is this old man okay? Why is he so enthusiastic about me?

Logically speaking, we should have conflicts.

"Hello, Director Lin, I am the producer of this show..."

"Hello."

Not surprisingly, he is also the producer of "Young Bao Qingtian".

After saying hello, everyone sat down to drink tea and talk in detail.

Dafu Culture is quite an interesting company.

In order to make steady money, they invited Lin Xuan to star and be responsible for the show.

They also recruited the entire production team of "Young Man Bao Qingtian".

Dafu Culture has a Hong Kong investment background, and they found a bunch of TVB actors to come and help out.

Judging from the lineup alone, this drama is definitely stable, but the investors are really willing to spend money.

If Qian Yanqiu hadn't been busy working on a new drama, he might even have been poached.

After a brief chat, director Hu Mingkai took out a list of actors from his bag and handed it to him.

"Producer Lin, this is the tentative cast list. You can see what adjustments need to be made."

"Okay, let me take a look." Lin Xuan took the list.

"Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" is a TV series with ancient costumes.

Except for Qin Shubao who is the absolute protagonist, the other main characters have quite a lot of roles.

Qin Shubao is of course played by Lin Xuan, this is undisputed.

Luo Cheng’s candidate has not yet been decided.

This role is considered to be the second male lead. The actor must not only be handsome, but also have high requirements for martial arts.

Therefore, even the employer does not dare to decide in advance.

He is probably waiting for someone to recommend him, or for an open audition, for fear of affecting the quality of the TV series.

As for Li Shiming, the employer recommended TVB actor Zheng Guolin.

Judging from the information, he looks quite handsome, his appearance is definitely passable, and his acting skills are also okay.

Although he developed in Hong Kong City, he is an out-and-out native of the Magic City.

Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, was also appointed by the employer and will be played by Hong Kong actor Tse Junhao.

He is a drama actor by training and has been training in the Hong Kong Repertory Theater for many years to become the lead actor.

In 97, he defeated Leslie Cheung to win the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor with the movie "Thirteen Sons of the South China Sea".

Excellent acting skills and unique temperament.

Whether it is Yang Guang in "Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" or the Jiujianxian in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", they all leave a deep impression on people.

The Demon King Cheng Yaojin recommends Zhou Xingxing's supporting role Lin Zicong.

In "Shaolin Soccer", he played the role of "Qinggong floating on water" Fat Zai Cong, and in "Kung Fu", he played the role of Ah Xing's liar partner.

The rest are all supporting roles, and Lin Xuan can basically pass them by looking at them.

Kaohsiung, who plays Luo Yi, and Zhuo Fan, who plays Wang Bodang, were both recommended by management.

Hu Mingkai also recommended several actors who have worked together in "Young Man Bao Qingtian".

Shi Xiaolong plays Pei Yuanqing, Wang Huichun plays Yang Lin, and Zhang Zhenyong plays Yuwen Chengdu.

He studied martial arts in the Shaolin Temple and won the national martial arts championship. Later, he worked as a model and collaborated with Zhang Ziyi on commercials.

Lin Xuan read the tentative list from beginning to end, and there was no big difference from the original version.

But he discovered a problem. All the female characters in the play had not been cast.

Lin Xuan looked up in confusion.

Hu Mingkai understood what he meant and explained with a smile:

"I have discussed with Mr. Li and Producer Yin. You are relatively familiar with the female stars in the industry, so I want to leave these roles to you to decide."

Looking at the slightly lewd smiles of several people, Lin Xuan finally understood what was going on.

He invested a total of [-] million yuan equivalent to his salary, and is also the main investor of this drama. Of course, he has the right to pre-determine roles.

Mr. Li from Dafu Culture thought he knew him well, so he helped him get all the female characters.

It's so... so disrespectful!

However, you still have to hold on to the rights you should have.

And it can’t be such a blatant decision, you have to at least go through the process.

"I'm not very familiar with the actresses in the industry. Let's open the audition. We'll decide who to choose after the audition."

"This……"

Mr. Li looked confused and didn't understand what he meant.

I don’t want the character who was sent to me, why is that?

As a director, Hu Mingkai understood Lin Xuan's thoughts instantly and nodded:

"Producer Lin is right, then let's open the audition."

"Okay, let's stop talking about the character for now."

Hu Mingkai turned over the script and took Lin Xuan and several other creatives to go through it quickly.

The script review is different from the reading meeting. One is to discuss whether the plot arrangement is reasonable, and the other is to revise specific lines.

The former is much faster and can be done in a few hours.

The stories of the Sui and Tang Dynasties are very exciting, with official history, unofficial history, folklore, and popular novels emerging one after another.

Chu Renhuo, a litterateur in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, integrated these contents and created the chapter-style novel "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties".

However, the timeline of this novel is too long, and its popularity is not as good as "The Complete Biography of the Romance of the Tang Dynasty" written during the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty.

The story of "Shuo Tang" begins with the peasant uprising in the late Sui Dynasty and ends with Emperor Taizong's accession to the throne.

It focuses on describing the gathering and dispersing of the heroes of Wagang, as well as the story of the fall of the Sui Dynasty and the rise of the Tang Dynasty, which is obviously more popular among the people.

Lin Xuan used "Shuo Tang" as a blueprint to modify the plot in the script.

For example, what Qin Shubao sells in Erxian Village are horses, not weapons and golden maces. This is the story told in the Peking Opera "Qin Qiong Selling Horses".

But there are some places that cannot be filmed according to "Shuo Tang".

In the novel, Yang Lin was killed by Luo Cheng, not Qin Shubao.

Because among the eighteen heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Luo Cheng ranked seventh in martial arts, Yang Lin ranked eighth, and Qin Shubao ranked sixteenth. In terms of martial arts alone, Qin Shubao was not as good as Yang Lin.

Lin Xuan is the protagonist in the TV series. No matter how the novel is written, he must avenge his father's murder with his own hands.

A few hours later, the first version of the script was revised.

After making an appointment for the next meeting, everyone in the crew left.

(End of this chapter)