Chapter 65
After more than two months of preliminary preparations, "Fanxing" has finally finalized the director, producer, chief stylist, art director, clothing director and makeup director.
This team is led by Director Tang Yong, who has rich experience in directing. Others' resumes are just a casual walk, and they are all well-known figures in the industry.
Some of these people have worked with Tang Yong many times, and some have been working together for the first time, but they are already very familiar with each other.
After "Fanxing" applied for the radio and television project, as soon as the news spread, the three domestic film and television giants extended olive branches to the project.
Everyone wants to get a piece of the pie from "Fengxing" and strive to be the producer and distributor of the show.
Shengshi finally gave this opportunity to Lu Xun's Xianyu Group and Qilin Pictures.
The lineup produced by the three parties is not inferior to the main creative team. When the investment funds are in place, the casting work of "Fanxing" has also begun in full swing.
"Fanxing" tells the story of the endless triangular story between Zhao Yingqi, the prince of the Nanyue Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty, the girl from the Chang'an Huan family, and the young master of the Chang'an ** An Guo Shaoji.
This story combines power and scheming, friendship between enemies and friends, persistent love, unsuccessful pursuit, family affection and deception, and a choice full of tragic fate... Its stage is both in Chang'an under the rule of Emperor Wu of Han, and in Fanyu, the capital of the South Yue Kingdom. From Chang'an to Fanyu, the span is not only distance, but also time.
The entertainment industry is not short of various works that show the period of Emperor Wu of Han, but from another perspective, other characters show people a period of history that has been destroyed by time, like the remains of the sea, covered with a layer of dust by time.
The story structure of the play is unique in perspective and the characters have many personalities. The story takes place in the Western Han Dynasty, but it is not the protagonist of Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, nor is it the protagonist of historical famous generals such as Li Guang and Huo Qubing. The emotional entanglements in the play are compiled based on the stories of real historical characters. It is novel and unique. Compared with "Qianqiu", there are more characters and more complex stories.
When He Bai wanted to write a historical script of the Western Han Dynasty, Yun Xian gave He Bai a piece of unofficial history, namely the unofficial history between Yu Shi, Zhao Yingqi and An Guo Shaoji.
After reading it, He Bai immediately went to search for other information, and then he found that the friendship between Zhao Yingqi and Liu Che was very intriguing. The Fu family was originally a couple with An Guo Shaoji, but Liu Che broke up and pointed it to Zhao Yingqi.
This inspired He Bai's creative passion, and the script "Fengxing" was born.
In He Bai's eyes, everyone in this drama is just a star, and there is no so-called protagonist and supporting role. The only difference is who has more scenes and who has less scenes.
Yun Xian felt that Gu Ling could try out the role of An Guo Shaoji because of his consideration of Gu Ling's personality. In this drama, An Guo Shaoji is the best in Chang'an City. Since he can have an affair with a girl from a family, he must be a playboy and romantic child. Gu Ling's acting skills in "The Boy of Zhu Guang" are still unsatisfied, allowing him to challenge more open roles, which will help temper Gu Ling's psychological qualities.
On the day of the audition, Yun Xian brought Gu Ling to Director Tang. In addition to Director Tang, three other judges sat in the review seat.
This is just an internal audition, and very few people come to audition.
Director Tang asked his assistant to take Gu Ling to test the assembly, while Yun Xian and Teng Xun were waiting in the audience.
Gu Ke and the others have all decided.
Gu Ke plays Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che, Tang Jun plays Zhao Yingqi, Prince of Nanyue, Jin Tian plays Zhao Yingqi's original wife Chengshi, Ling Rong plays Yunshi, and Wen Renyu plays An Guo Shaoji's wife Meizhu. Jiado did not pass Director Tang's audition and therefore failed to participate in the drama.
The veteran actor Pei Zhengdong was auditioning for the role of Prime Minister Lu Jia of South Vietnam on stage. He won the judges with just one look and successfully won the role.
Fifteen minutes later, Gu Ling dressed up briefly, put on a wig, tied his hair with a jade crown, dressed up handsomely and elegantly.
This is probably the first time Gu Ling wore a deep dress and dressed in ancient costumes.
In the past, Yun Xian's impression of staying with Gu Ling was fashionable, handsome and erratic.
Since seeing Gu Ling's outfit, Yun Xian believes that as long as Gu Ling doesn't speak, he is still very ornamental as a quiet handsome man.
Teng Xun's reaction was a little bigger than Yun Xian. When he saw Gu Ling, his eyes were straight.
The others at the audition site had the same reaction as Teng Xun. Wherever Gu Ling went, their eyes followed, accompanied by low discussions, either amazement, appreciation, or jealousy.
Even Director Tang Yong couldn't help but look at Gu Ling twice.
Teng Xun whispered to Yun Xian: "Brother Xian, Gu Ling is very suitable for ancient costumes. At first I thought Gu Ling was not suitable for this drama."
"What you need to learn now is to be able to do it. When you see a person, you can imagine what his various outfits look like and temperament. You can't wait until they are dressed up under the stylist to know their appearance." Yun Xian said.
Teng Xun admitted that he really lacked imagination in this regard, so he quickly took the notes.
The director's assistant announced that Gu Ling could start, and Teng Xun focused on Gu Ling's performance.
Gu Ling drew a very simple but not simple audition question.
He needed to simulate the three tones of An Guo Shaoji when he went to Nanyue after twenty years to meet his first love, Yooshi, and only one line: Queen Mother, can you?
Translated into vernacular Chinese means: Empress Dowager, are you okay?
Gu Ling said it was OK and the scene became quiet.
He walked to the center of the platform, swayed with his head raised, and he saluted at the void ahead without looking squinted: "Empress Dowager, how can you?" This tone was a little arrogant and a little arrogant, as if he had forgotten all the past. He was just an envoy of the Han Dynasty, and what he saw in his bones was the superiority of the Han Dynasty above the South Vietnamese Kingdom. He had already regarded the Han family as a South Vietnamese, and his heart would no longer cause any trouble for her.
Gu Ling signaled that the director had finished his first tone and could start his second performance.
He walked to the center of the platform again, this time his pace was faster than the first time. He looked ahead with a complicated expression, paused for a moment before saluting to the void: "Empress Dowager, yes, how can you?" This tone was full of blame, full of sorrow, love and hatred that he wanted to say but still could not speak, as if he was questioning, asking why the Yu family had to go back to Nanyue with Zhao Ying back then.
There was a turbulence in his tone, and there was a turbulence in his eyes. His voice was trembling. After asking this, he suddenly laughed again. There was too much helplessness and some relief in his smile, and then he bowed deeply again and stopped talking.
Gu Ling's third performance was completely inconsistent with the previous two performances.
He took an urgent and brisk pace, and there seemed to be a cluster of flames in his eyes, as if the bright girl standing in front of him was the past. He was about to speak, but then he remembered that the identities of the two people were different from the past, so he looked at his void luggage: "Is the Queen Mother?"
The tone did not pause at all, and the tone was raised rapidly. He suppressed two tones of the last three words, which did not highlight his inner joy and excitement, and retained two points of reserve. In front of his first love, he almost forgot himself, and almost went forward without regard for etiquette to embrace Yu's arms, telling the endless love words that he had never seen for many years.
"Dear judges, my performance is over." Gu Ling bowed and left the venue.
Director Tang stopped Gu Ling: "Wait a minute, which school did you graduate from?"
Gu Ling said: "I am not from a professional background."
Director Tang pondered for a moment and said, "You go down first."
Teng Xun watched Gu Ling's audition and looked amazing. He thought the director would make a decision directly. In this way, the director had to consider it.
"Brother Xian, do you think Gu Ling is very confident in taking this role?"
Yun Xian was not easy to make a conclusion, but Gu Ling's performance exceeded his expectations, as if he originally thought Gu Ling could get 70 points, but Gu Ling handed over a 95-point answer.
It can be seen that Gu Ling has carefully studied the character of An Guo Shaoji. In the original script, this scene was only lines without prompting tone and emotions, and it was entirely performed by the director's speech and the actor's understanding.
Gu Ling performed three tones in a limited time, which was amazing.
Yun Xian and Teng Xun were waiting for Gu Ling to remove his makeup outside, and it would take several days to find out the audition results.
At the entrance of the audition meeting, Shao Yingying begged pitifully: "Two brothers, please let me in, I'm here to audition too."
"You are here to audition, but you can't get the audition letter. Who knows if you are here to make trouble?"
Shao Yingying's fat face made a miserable expression, not only unpleasant, but also seemed a little ridiculous, so she did not get any sympathy.
"I forgot to bring my audition letter. Really, it's too late for me to go back and get it now."
"You find someone to testify to you, and you have no basis for saying it."
Shao Yingying's head turned rapidly, and her eyes lit up. She pointed to Yun Xian who was about to come out and said, "Does Yun Xian know that, Yun Xian in white clothes? Gu Ke Jin Tian's agent, he can testify to me!"
The two guards turned to look as Shao Yingying said, and indeed saw Yun Xian and the other two walking over.
Shao Yingying took the opportunity to rush in, but she was too fat and couldn't run fast at all, so she was quickly caught by the guards.
"What are you trying to arrest me? If you have any questions, just ask Yun Xian."
The struggling Shao Yingying was sent to Yun Xian by the guards.
"Mr. Yun, do you know her?"
Teng Xun and Gu Ling both looked at Shao Yingying with strange eyes.
It took Yun Xian two minutes to recognize Shao Yingying, who had been fatter around.
Chapter completed!