Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 30 Audition
June, Hangzhou, coming out of Huace Company, facing Ji Xiang's inquiring eyes, Shen Yan sighed: "No hope!"

“…That’s normal. They’ve already been chosen!”

"...That's right." Shen Yan checked the time: "Let's find a place to eat something?"

"Row!"

Ji Xiang drove directly and the two of them found a restaurant...

They came to Huace to audition for "Meteor Butterfly Sword".

I didn't have high expectations, but since I was invited, I might as well give it a try.

This drama is the film contract signed by Huace and Chen Chuhe. The two parties have signed a total of three film contracts, "Meteor Butterfly Sword", "The Three Daughters of the Xia Family" and "Moonlight Sword"...

Oh, they have returned from Changsha.

I stayed in my hometown for about half a month, returned to BJ, recorded the EP, and then came directly to Hangzhou.

The EP is called "Shen Yan" and consists of five songs: "Light", "Zou Ma", "Xiao Ban", "Why Not Go Home and Drink Tap Water" and "Mountains and Seas"...

Not released yet...

In fact, even if it is released, it will not make much money!

This is quite normal. You should know that Guo Ding released the album “Wei Wei” as early as 2009, and the title song “We Two” did not become popular until 2024...

After Shen Yan becomes famous, his EP will probably be noticed...

He's not in a hurry anyway...

By the way, Shen Yan also changed his hairstyle to a caliper style.

It lacks the youthfulness of a teenager, but has more of the mature charm of a young person!
When they got to the hotel, Ji Xiang comforted him: "In fact, martial arts TV dramas have been gradually declining in the past two years. Gu Long's TV dramas, except for "Chu Liuxiang", are quite outstanding, and the others are all pretty average..."

"...Brother, I'm not depressed...I'm just wondering what else I can act in besides martial arts dramas!"

Ji Xiang pondered for a moment and said, "In recent years, the most popular ones are spy war dramas, and another type is urban youth dramas like "Struggle"..."

“There are relatively few good urban youth dramas.”

Ji Xiang nodded: "Only Zhao Baogang can shoot..."

"Struggle", "Who's in Charge of My Youth", "Beijing Youth"...

Zhao Baogang is indeed amazing...

Of course, he can mobilize a lot of resources!
But his contemporaries, Gao Xixi, Hu Mei and Jin Tao, are no longer what they used to be.

Shen Yan knows about urban youth dramas, including "Struggle", "Naked Marriage" and "Beijing Love Story"...

And then it was gone...

After all, these dramas are still very old.

As for spy dramas, there are "Insidious," "Before the Dawn," "The Cliff," and "Infiltration"...

But this type of drama is specially designed for middle-aged male actors.

Shen Yan has watched "The Disguiser", "Sparrow", and "Secret and Great"...

The original novel of "Sparrow" is still good, but the screenwriter Hai Fei, who is also the author of the original novel, is too slow. He adapted the 40-episode story into 71 episodes and added a lot of love scenes, which directly diluted the theme!
Of course there can be love in a spy drama, but it can’t be just love, right?
Shen Yan glanced at Ji Xiang and said, "Brother, if I come up with a good spy drama script, how about you find a director to shoot it?"

"Can you get the script?"

“…I’m a writer myself!”

"But you can't play the leading role... You're too young."

"Just add some idol elements... Anti-Japanese war dramas can add martial arts elements, so why can't spy dramas add some idol elements?" "...Explain more..."

Shen Yan told the story of "The Pretender"...

Even with the condensed outline, we still talked for over half an hour!

After listening to his story, Ji Xiang nodded: "I think it's good... Can you be more specific?"

Shen Yan took a sip of water, then shook his head firmly: "...No, I only have an outline and haven't started writing yet!"

"The one on hand? You mean the online article?"

"No, besides 'The Supreme One', I accepted a commission from 'Wuxia Edition' and am writing a new wuxia novel called 'You Fei'..."

Ji Xiang frowned: "...Do you still have time to write a new novel?"

"...I've already promised them, so I must do it." After a pause, Shen Yan added, "It's just like the invitation to the film 'Living Buddha Jigong'. Although I only gave them 5,000 yuan, I already promised them, so I still have to go!"

"Alright... You can handle your own affairs..." Ji Xiang gave him some instructions: "We will go to Hengdian later, so please behave well!"

"All right!"

Well, I'm going to audition for Ying Wuqiu in "The Strange Hero Yizhimei"...

……

Ying Wuqiu is a villain, but also a pitiful person...

His original name was Bao Laiying. He was a simple and honest man. He was neither a martial arts hero nor a learned scholar. He did not have the ambition to pacify the world, nor the greed for fame and fortune. He was just an ordinary farmer who wanted to make his beloved woman Ruyi live a carefree and happy life through his own efforts.

But things didn't go as planned. Ruyi's father died tragically after writing a letter in blood...

He and she embarked on a long journey of redressing their grievances. He ran around for her, knelt for her, and suffered humiliation for her...

Unfortunately, he is still not as good as Li Gexiao, the hero who saves the beauty. Li Gexiao is a hero, while he is just a humble passerby.

But it doesn’t matter, as long as Ruyi is doing well!
On the wedding night, he smiled and entrusted Ruyi to Li Gexiao. The burning liquor slid down his throat like poison.

He handed his beloved woman to another man with great hope, but what he saw in the end was her dead body!
When Li Gexiao was being chased, Ruyi used herself as bait to buy him time.

He was captured by Yan Song's men, imprisoned in Tianlao and tortured to death.

Ying Wuqiu blamed Li Gexiao for Ruyi's death. If it weren't for him, Ruyi wouldn't have been involved in the fight.

Well, "The Strange Hero Yizhimei" actually has nothing to do with history. The status of Yan Song and his son Yan Shifan during the Jiajing period is somewhat similar to that of Heshen during the Qianlong period. They were both very talented and powerful...

But Yan Song is mainly famous. If we really rank a list of treacherous ministers, Yan Song would probably not be in the top ten!

After all, during his reign, there were no particularly famous vicious incidents in the Ming Dynasty...

As for the famous Ming Dynasty weightlifting champion - the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty are on my shoulders, that is his son, the young cabinet minister Yan Shifan.

All martial arts novels cannot withstand scrutiny and have very fragmented logic, including the pinnacle of new martial arts novels, "New Dragon Gate Inn" - why did Cao Shaoqin, the supervisor of the East Factory and the seal holder of the Imperial Household Department, demand to track down Zhou Huaian at all costs?

Yan Song…who made him so famous!

There are various folk legends about him, including one that he was a miser – before he died, he saw two wicks burning in the kerosene lamp, so he couldn't die. He held up two fingers, representing the two wicks, hoping that his family would pick out the other wick.

Damn it, this story is clearly about Yan Jingsheng in "The Scholars", but it can be attributed to Yan Song. I am convinced!
After watching "The Strange Hero Yizhimei", Shen Yan quite likes the character Ying Wuqiu...

But it's hard to get the role...

After all, he is a complete newcomer and not a professional!

(End of this chapter)