After his cousin returned to school, Fang Xing officially started the preparatory work for the new drama.

The crew of Ark Culture is very mature and the preliminary preparation work went very smoothly.

While Fang Xing was writing the script, he was discussing plot arrangements and shooting techniques with the company's directing team.

The script is still being perfected. Fang Xing first wrote the outline of the character and discussed the selection with the director team.

Fang Xing's dramas always have very high requirements for actors' acting skills.

This time is no exception.

"This new drama mainly unfolds the story from the perspective of the heroine, so there are several requirements for the casting of the heroine..."

Fang Xing began to arrange the selection work, and the most important thing was naturally the choice of actor for the female lead: "First of all, the female lead must be a beautiful woman, and her acting skills must be good.

"In the play, the adult heroine is 36 years old, so the actor's age is best between 35 and 40 years old. If the conditions are right, the age can be relaxed appropriately."

The casting director frowned and expressed that it was very difficult: "Director Fang, this selection requirement is not difficult to find, but it is difficult to recruit actors of this level."

"Beauties with good acting skills are a scarce resource in the film and television industry.

"They are basically post-visual actors. If you want to hire them, you can't just talk about money."

Of course Fang Xing knew this.

A beautiful lady with good acting skills, she is in her thirties, and she is basically at the top level in the entertainment industry, even at the post-visual level.

There are many beauties in the entertainment industry, but there are relatively few who are still gorgeous in their thirties or even forties.

This is not the key, the key is good acting skills.

The requirement of good acting skills can eliminate most actresses.

The remaining actresses who meet the three conditions are all above the A-list, even at the post-viewing level.

For an actress of this caliber, accepting a role is not just about money.

"Hey! How about Chen Yumei, who just won the Flying Eagle Award? The queen of literary films, her acting skills are absolutely perfect." Zhang Yigao immediately thought of the Flying Eagle who went on stage to receive the award with Fang Xing not long ago.

Fang Xing recalled Chen Yumei's image in his mind, as well as the film and television dramas she had acted in, and finally shook his head and said: "Chen Yumei's acting skills are definitely okay, but she is not beautiful enough.

"She is beautiful, but she is still far from what I expected for the character.

“Moreover, the image doesn’t fit the character’s identity.

"The first girl is a girl who was bullied, worked hard to improve herself, and sought revenge from the bully eighteen years later.

"Therefore, the image of the female lead must conform to the setting of being single. Chen Yumei's image is more like a good wife and mother, which is inconsistent with the character image."

Zhang Yigao pondered for a moment and then suggested: "What about Song Li? Song Li has no problem with her acting skills. She is an absolute beauty and has a great temperament."

Fang Xing thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Song Li's image is quite consistent."

The casting director shook his head and reminded: "Song Li is a shareholder of Storyboard Film and Television. Her company and Storyboard Film and Television are cooperating in filming dramas, and they rarely accept movies from outside.

"If it's a script she likes, she will buy it and shoot it together with Storyboard Films."

In the entertainment industry, Song Li is indeed no longer a small actor who makes money by taking on a large number of roles.

The drama "The Moon Was Bright" was co-produced by Song Li's Lijing Culture and Storyboard Films.

Lijing Culture is the production company and investor of "The Moon at That Time".

Therefore, Song Li may only film a drama every three years, but the team's strength is outstanding, and every drama is a hit.

One drama outperforms ten other actors.

"When I won the Flying Eagle Award last time, I added Song Li's contact information. I'll make an appointment with her first to see if she's interested. You continue to select actors and prepare to arrange actor auditions."

Fang Xing was not sure whether Song Li was interested, but it was always okay to meet for dinner and chat.

Even if we can't cooperate, we can still keep in touch as friends.

Originally, Fang Xing wanted to make an appointment for dinner, but Song Li skipped dinner and only ate fruit.

Finally, we had to make an appointment for afternoon tea.

…

The teahouse was booked by Song Li, and it was a red clay teahouse in the Donghai International Financial Center.

It was Fang Xing's first time to visit this Red Clay Tea House.

In the past, when I drank tea with others, I went to tea restaurants. In addition to tea, there were many pastries to eat.

This Hongni Tea House really only drinks tea.

Moreover, the process of making tea is a very complicated tea art.

Of course, if you don’t know how to make tea, you can ask the waiter to do it.

After the waiter brought the tea set, Song Li asked the waiter to go down directly, and then started making tea herself.

"It's really a cup of tea." Fang Xing chuckled.

"Otherwise?" Song Li smiled and continued playing with the tea set.

Although Fang Xing rarely played with such complicated tea sets, he could still drink tea without getting burned.

After tasting the second course of tea, Fang Xing took the initiative to ask: "Teacher Song, have you received any new scripts recently?"

For an actress of Song Li's level, there are not ten but eight scripts for her, but she is not a prolific actor and only produces high-quality TV dramas.

"Not yet, what? You don't want me to act in your campus bullying drama, do you?" When Song Li heard this, she guessed that this might be the case.

"Are you interested?" Fang Xing didn't deny it.

Song Li shook her head and smiled: "Director Fang, did you make something wrong? Do you think I am still suitable to play a teenage girl now?"

In her conventional thinking, school bullying usually occurs in middle school.

This means that the actor has to play a middle school student.

There is nothing wrong with Song Li playing the heroine, but if she were asked to play a teenage middle school student, she would never do it.

Fang Xing smiled and explained: "It's not what you think. The first girl is 36 years old."

Song Li raised her eyebrows, showed a curious smile, and joked: "The female first is a 36-year-old campus bully? A college for the elderly?"

Fang Xing was also amused by her and was about to speak.

Song Li reacted quickly and immediately thought of another possibility: "Um, the first girl is a teacher? Should she interpret campus bullying from a teacher's perspective?"

As she spoke, she frowned and thought.

The reason why she has been able to produce high-quality TV series is not only because her team is experienced, but she also has a good vision.

She thought about it carefully, shook her head and said: "Interpreting school bullying from a teacher's perspective feels unflattering, and it can easily become preachy. I can't imagine the potential."

Fang Xing shook his head and smiled, took out a script printed on A4 paper and handed it over: "It's very different from what you thought. I think I'd better give you the script directly. Take a look and if you're interested, you can

talk."

As a director and starring actor in "Wulin Gaiden", "Kung Fu" and "Nirvana in Fire", even if the script is terrible, it can at least make the actors take a serious look at it.

Although Song Li is not interested in the theme of school bullying, since Fang Xing has given the script, she will still read it seriously.

It's not that she has any opinions on the subject of school bullying, she just feels that she is not suitable for this subject.

"Okay, I'll take it back and read it carefully." Song Li took the script, put it aside, and continued the process of making tea.

After a while, she added: "Are you anxious for an answer?"

Fang Xing thought for a moment and replied: "I'm not in a hurry. Of course, it's best to give me a reply within a week. The crew has already started casting and auditions will begin in two days."

Song Li nodded and agreed, "Okay, one week is no problem."

She is also curious about what kind of script the director who can produce "Wulin Gaiden" and "Hurry" will come up with to interpret school bullying.

…

After drinking tea, Fang Xing came out of Hongni Tea House and found a noodle shop to fill his stomach with a bowl of noodles.

In the tea room just now, we really only drank tea.

After eating the noodles, I went back to the company to deal with preparations for the new drama.

Qiao Yinghong brought several documents over to sign. After signing, she hesitated and said: "Boss, I received an email in the company mailbox. I think it is necessary for you to take a look."

"Oh? What email?"

Fang Xing was a little curious, what kind of email it was and he needed to read it himself.

The official email address of Ark Culture is managed by a dedicated person.

E-mails are screened before being reported.

Qiao Yinghong also read this email and felt that Fang Xing should see it, so she brought it up.

Fang Xing opened the company's work email and prepared to find the email.

Qiao Yinghong added: "I didn't send it to my work email, I'll send it to you separately."

As she spoke, she used her mobile phone to send the email to Fang Xing's private mailbox alone.
To be continued...