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

Chapter 32 Another drama!

Generally, actors will not be informed immediately after the audition whether they have been selected.

Auditions are an evaluation process, and directors and producers need time to assess the performance of all participants and make a final decision.

Especially non-professional actors like Shen Yan.

And he's a newcomer...

But Shen Yan felt that he performed well.

When we found Ji Xiang, he was on the phone.

After a few minutes, he hung up the phone and said, "I got the role!"

Shen Yan was very surprised, but still asked, "...You were notified so soon? Didn't you say you had to wait a week?"

“…Hurry up and set the angle, hurry up and shoot…”

"Did they say when it would start?"

"Next month..." After a pause, Ji Xiang added, "They also invited you to star in another play called 'Clothes of the World'..."

"'Clothes of the World'? The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl? I remember Tangren made a version of 'The Legend of the White Snake' before? It was called 'The Fairies from the Other World'?"

“…No,” Ji Xiang shook his head: “It seems to be based on the legend of Huang Daopo…”

Shen Yan was surprised: "Huang Dao Po?"

"…You know?"

"Of course...Huang Dao Po was a cotton weaver in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty..."

Huang Daopo...was a child bride in her childhood. Unable to bear the abuse, she was exiled to Yazhou, where she lived for about 40 years. She learned cotton spinning skills from Li women and made improvements, summarizing the weaving techniques of "staggered yarns, matching colors, heald threads, and picking flowers".

During the Yuanzhen period of the Yuan Dynasty, he returned to his hometown and taught his fellow villagers to improve textile tools, manufacture special machines for rolling, stretching, spinning and weaving, and weave cotton fabrics of various patterns.

Huang Daopo played an important role in promoting the rapid development of cotton textile and cotton planting in the Yangtze River Basin. Later generations praised her as a "female textile technician" who "clothed the world." After her death, villagers in both Qiong and Shanghai built temples to commemorate her.

Shen Yan scratched his head: "What should I play?"

Ji Xiang said: "They will send the script later... I guess it will be the second or third male lead..."

"...That's fine. I don't have any ideas about 'Peacock Feathers' anyway... After filming 'Strange Hero Yizhimei', I'll go straight to the set of 'The Clothes of the World' so I don't have to look for another role!"

Shen Yan is quite open-minded...

"The Peacock Feathers movie has Shi Xiaolong on board, so it's really hard to get him..." Ji Xiang added, "Your pay is... 5000 yuan per episode..."

Shen Yan smiled bitterly: "I'm really cheap!"

Ji Xiang was curious: "Didn't you say last time that 5,000 per episode was pretty good?"

"I asked about Wen Zhang's pay... He said he gets 8 per episode!"

"…After all, Wen Zhang is a professional, and he's already famous…"

Ji Xiang explained, and the two of them got in the car and were about to leave when his phone rang again...

Five minutes later, he hung up and glanced at Shen Yan: "You don't have to go back to BJ with me... Join the crew of "Yi Bei Tian Xia" in half a month..."

This really surprised Shen Yan: "Ah? Aren't we going to shoot "Strange Hero Yizhimei" first?"

“…This is how the Tang people arranged it…”

"Then you go back, where should I live?"

"Let's stay in a hotel first... I'll have Xiao Chen come over tomorrow..."

Xiao Chen, Chen Xu, his assistant...

As an artist, you must have an assistant. It’s not about appearances or anything like that. There are many things that really need an assistant to do. The simplest example is when the crew is filming, there has to be someone to look after water, clothes, mobile phones and so on, right?
...Tangren’s success is inseparable from director Li Guoli. In 1998, he switched to the mainland market, and almost all of Tangren’s hit dramas were directed by him.

Li Guoli used to be a producer at TVB and never competed with the likes of Li Tiansheng, Qi Qiyi, and Huang Weisheng.

Just leave TVB and develop in the north.

Not only did it bring TVB's production methods and filming experience to the mainland, it also attracted Hong Kong directors such as Mak Koon-chi, Lam Yuk-fan, Ng Kam-yuen, and Leung Shing-kuen, as well as behind-the-scenes teams such as martial arts, costumes and makeup.

If things develop normally, Tangren will have a chance to continue to maintain its position in the field of ancient idol dramas, but... it can't resist poaching!

Ancient idol drama itself is not a difficult project.

Huanrui produced "Gu Jian Qi Tan", Ciwen produced "The Journey of Flower", and Huace also produced "Eternal Love"...

It immediately broke the moat of ancient idol dramas.

Later, the three major platforms also began to focus on ancient idol dramas... directly mass-produced on the assembly line...

However, Shen Yan had never heard of "Yi Bei Tian Xia"...

I guess it’s not very good!
It doesn't matter. He's heard of "Strange Hero Yizhimei" before. It's Huo Jianhua + Liu Shishi. Since he's heard of it, it means the quality can't be bad...

Take your time...

……

"Clothes of the World" is actually a project that Li Guoli has always wanted to shoot...

After watching "Jewel in the Palace", Li Guoli always wanted to make a similar type of film!
A female inspirational costume drama.

Tangren is really… targeting Korean TV series. After “The World of Clothes” didn’t work out, they made another one called “Doctor Mi Yue”…

A side note: "Dae Jang Geum", a Korean palace food drama, but the heroine never cooked a single dish from beginning to end... except for pickles, and the Korean emperor was very pitiful, eating fish gills, and the princess ate rotten rice...

Moreover, Dae Jang Geum was rewarded with 15 stone of rice and 15 stone of soybeans for saving the emperor's life.

Damn it, so stingy, even Granny Liu got more than this when she went to the Grand View Garden to beg for money!
Oh, actually, not many people are optimistic about the drama "Yi Bei Tian Xia"...

So, Tangren didn’t look for Brother Hu.

I found Yuan Hong to star in the film...

It is said that after Yuan Hong joined Tangren, he almost never played the leading role.

That's normal, he's really not that good...

As an actor, he can rely on his looks and aura in the early stages, but in the later stages it really depends on his acting skills and accumulation of various aspects. He really hasn't improved much in acting skills, it's just his exaggerated expressions and body language, which sometimes makes people feel that he is acting awkwardly.

"Scarlet Heart" was beaten by Long Liqi, while "Great Expectations" was dominated by Chen Sicheng...

Ordinary World...

When I saw him, I was instantly out of the play. It was a good play with a bunch of good actors, but the wrong choice of one person ruined the whole show. It felt such a pity!

He's just the type with no talent.

When he encounters a good role, he can perform adequately and gain favor with his character. When he encounters a bad role, he is completely crushed.

In fact, there are many actors like this, like boiled water, not particularly bad but also not very talented. Whether they can make a splash depends entirely on whether the role itself is outstanding...

Before receiving the script, Shen Yan stayed in the hotel and worked hard on typing every day - he had to make sure he had drafts saved. What if he went to the crew to film and was delayed?
That’s right, he didn’t audition for “Peacock Feathers”…

Just like Ji Xiang said, "Peacock Feather" was prepared for Shi Xiaolong!
Shi Xiaolong has filmed many Zhouyi dramas, including "The Legend of Aunt Bao" and "Water Moon Cave", all of which were supporting roles. It's time for him to play the leading role!

Finally, after I had more than 15 words in the backlog for The Supreme Emperor and half of The Bandits was finished, the script for Clothes of the World arrived…

Also sent was the script for "Strange Hero Yizhimei"...

In "Yi Pi Tian Xia", his role is called Fang Ning, who is also the infatuated second male lead, but this time he doesn't have to be a villain!
(End of this chapter)