Huayu started from the fairy sword

Chapter 325 "The Hawthorn Tree" Heroine and Heroine Revealed!
May 6st, morning.

Beijing.

Accompanied by assistant Xiaoping and others, Cao Jun came to Zhang Yimou's studio.

As one of the representatives of the "fifth generation of directors", Zhang Yimou's films occupy an important position in the history of Chinese film development.

Although Zhang Yimou is the most famous and highest-ranking film director in Huaguo, in private, he has no airs of being a great director at all.

When Cao Jun called him "Zhang Dao", Zhang Yimou also called him "Cao Dao" with a smile.

"Director Zhang, you can't do it, you can't do it, just call me Xiao Cao."

Cao Jun still has self-knowledge. He feels that he is still a pure rookie on the road of directing, but he is really ashamed to be called Cao Jun by the national teacher.

At least for now, Cao Jun is only afraid of a youth romance movie and a comedy, and he is not a film director recognized by the industry and the people.

Even if the box office of "A Little Thing of First Love" exceeded [-] million, many people still believe that the reason why the movie box office is so high is because of Cao Jun's high popularity, not because of his director level.

Moreover, Cao Jun and Zhang Yimou have the same origin, they are both filmmakers who graduated from Beijing Film Academy. Zhang Yimou graduated from the Photography Department of Beijing Film Academy in 1982, and Cao Jun graduated from the acting senior class of Beijing Film Academy in 2003.

Strictly speaking, the two are schoolmates, but there is a 32-year age difference, and it is not good to call him a brother. Cao Jun does not associate with him, and calls him "Zhang Dao" like others.

After a few polite words, Cao Jun and Zhang Yimou talked about their thoughts on the story of "Love in the Hawthorn Tree" in Zhang Yimou's office.

The script "Love in the Hawthorn Tree" is adapted from Amy's novel of the same name. It tells the story of the acquaintance and love between Jingqiu and the third child, and finally the story of the separation between heaven and man.

During the chat with Zhang Yimou, Cao Jun suddenly discovered that there were pictures of actresses one after another on his desk.

Cao Jun took a rough look and found that there were more than 20 pieces.

"Director, are the girls in these photos candidates for Jingqiu?" Cao Jun asked with great interest.

Zhang Yimou nodded with a smile: "Well, yes, these are candidates from all over the country, and they are a group of girls with relatively high potential."

Cao Jun continued: "Can you let me see it?"

Zhang Yimou said bluntly: "Of course, I happen to be picky too, and I haven't decided which one to choose yet."

Cao Jun took the photos and looked at them one by one.

It is worth mentioning that these photos are all girls who signed up for the election of Jingqiu, the heroine of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree".

The ages of the girls who signed up for the competition ranged from 15 to 18 years old, and the names of the girls were written on the back of the photos.

Cao Jun looked at it for a while, and there were indeed many good-looking girls, but there were only two of them who impressed me deeply, one was Zhou Dongyu, and the other was Bai Mengyan.

Frankly speaking, Zhou Dongyu's performance in "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" is definitely very good. Her performance of Jing Qiu is pure, clean, and simple, which is indeed very distinctive.

However, Cao Jun felt that Zhou Dongyu's figure and size were too bad, like a junior high school student, he could only play the role of a little girl or a little woman.

Of course, this is just an actor's personal limitation, and it's not a big problem. Even if Liang Jiahui, who has thousands of faces, plays what he looks like, if he is asked to play Monkey King, it will be difficult to surpass the international superstar Liu Xiao.

Including Cao Jun, as a professional actor, he also has limitations. If any director let Cao Jun, rich and handsome, play a migrant worker now, he will definitely not be able to play Wang Baoqiang.

It's very simple, the construction site does not allow such a handsome person to exist.

This unscientific.

Zhang Yimou asked with a smile: "How is it, Xiao Cao? You have seen so many photos, have you seen a girl who is suitable for Jingqiu?"

Cao Jun took Bai Mengyan's photo and said to Zhang Yimou: "Director, I think this one is pretty good, very pure and clean."

However, Zhang Yimou is more inclined to choose Zhou Dongyu's, and feels that Zhou Dongyu is more aura.

However, after hearing what Cao Jun said, Zhang Yimou re-examined Bai Mengyan's photo.

Cao Jun said seriously: "Director, I personally admire this girl named Bai Mengyan. I think she is very suitable for Jingqiu and has more potential. In two or three years, she will definitely be a beauty..."

Cao Jun was worried that Zhang Yimou would choose Zhou Dongyu to play the role of Jingqiu again, so he continued: "As for this girl named Zhou Dongyu, I don't think she is very good-looking, and she doesn't look like a student from the city, but more like a student from the village. of."

"She doesn't have the feeling of a student in the city, and her eyes are very small. In comparison, Bai Mengyan's personal image and temperament are much gentler than that of Jingqiu. There is a feeling that people want to protect..."

Cao Jun was also not sure whether what he said would affect Zhang Yimou's final choice. Anyway, he had already said what he wanted to say, and the result would depend on Zhang Yimou's mood.

Of course, even if Zhang Yimou finally chose Zhou Dongyu to play the role of Jingqiu in "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", Cao Jun would not refuse to act in the movie "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" because of Zhou Dongyu.

Because no matter how you say it, the movie "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" is a love movie with a quality score of 7 or above. There is a great chance that the hero and heroine can win awards in China or even abroad.

Anyway, this has already been said, Cao Jun is no longer in the casting of actors, and has nothing to say with Zhang Yimou. As for the salary, it is not Cao Jun and Zhang Yimou.

Instead, Zong Shuai, Cao Jun's agent, and Zhang Weiping, the producer of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", went to talk.

After some negotiations, Cao Jun finally joined the crew of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" with a salary of 500 million yuan, as the leading actor, the third.

In 2009, in the entire mainland film industry, there would never be more than 500 actors who could earn a salary of 5 million yuan.

The actors of the older generation, like Li Xuejian, Zhang Guoli, and Chen Daoming, are almost all on TV, and they have little appeal in terms of movies.

The only one who is better and can increase the movie box office is probably Uncle Ge Youge.

Liu Ye, Hu Jun and others in the Mesozoic Era are also embarrassing.

As for the niche students of the younger generation, let alone, Cao Jun is the undisputed No.1 and has no opponent at all.

May I ask, besides Cao Jun, is there any young actor who can single-handedly carry a movie and get a box office of [-] million?
The answer is no.

At least so far, in the mainland film and television industry, there is no young actor like Cao Jun who took the box office of [-] million for the first time when he was the protagonist.

Wang Xiaoming can't, Deng Chao can't, Hu Ge can't, and Nie Yuan can't.

A few days later, gossip spread on the Internet, saying that the crew of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" will cast newcomer Bai Mengyan to play the role of Jing Qiu.

(End of this chapter)