This star is wrong

Chapter 490 Casting for the new drama, after-views
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 preparatory work is very smooth.

While Fang Xing was writing the script, he discussed the plot arrangement and shooting techniques with the company's director team.

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

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

This time is no exception.

"This new play 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 the lead actress: "First of all, the lead actress must be a beautiful woman with good acting skills.

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

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

"Beautiful beauties with good acting skills are considered scarce resources in the film and television industry.

"Basically they are post-screening actors. If you want to invite them, you can't just talk about money."

Of course Fang Xing knew this.

A beautiful woman with good acting skills, in her thirties, is basically top-notch in the entertainment industry, even behind-the-scenes level.

There are quite a few beauties in the entertainment industry, but those in their thirties or even 40 years old who are still magnificent are relatively rare.

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 super-first-line, or even behind-the-scenes level.

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

"Hey! How about Chen Yumei who just won the Flying Eagle Award? The queen of literary and artistic films, her acting skills are absolutely fine." Zhang Yigao immediately thought of the Flying Eagle TV Queen who was on stage 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 acted in, and finally shook his head and said: "Chen Yumei's acting skills are definitely fine, but she is not beautiful enough.

"She's beautiful, but she's not as good as I expected the character to be.

"Also, the image doesn't match the character's identity.

"Female one is a girl who was bullied, worked hard to improve herself, and sought revenge from the bully 18 years later.

"Therefore, the image of the female lead must conform to the setting of being single, and the image of Chen Yumei is more like a good wife and mother, which does not match the image of the character."

Zhang Yigao pondered for a moment, and then suggested: "What about Song Li? Song Li's acting skills are fine, she is an absolute beauty, and her temperament is also very good."

Fang Xing thought for a while, nodded in agreement and said, "Song Li's image does fit."

The casting director shook his head and reminded: "Song Li is a shareholder of Storytelling. Her company and Storytelling are both cooperating in filming dramas, and they hardly take on plays outside.

"If it's the script she likes, she will buy the script and shoot it together with the storyboard."

In the entertainment industry, Song Li is no longer a young actor who earns money by accepting a lot of plays.

The drama "The Bright Moon at that time" is Song Li's Lijing Culture, which was co-produced with Storyboard Film and Television.

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

Therefore, Song Li may only make one movie in three years, but the strength of the team is online, and every movie is an S+ hit.

One drama is worth ten other actors.

"When I was in the Flying Eagle Awards last time, I added Song Li's contact information. I will ask her to have a chat first to see if she is interested. You continue to cast roles and plan to arrange auditions for actors."

Fang Xing wasn't sure if Song Li was interested, but it's always okay to meet up for a meal and chat.

Even if you can't cooperate, you can still treat them as friends and connect with each other.

Originally, Fang Xing wanted to make an appointment for dinner, but Song Li didn't eat dinner and only ate fruit.

In the end, I had to make an appointment for afternoon tea.

……

The tea house was booked by Song Li, a red clay tea house in Donghai International Financial Center.

It was Fang Xing's first visit to this red clay tea house.

I used to drink tea with other people, and I always went to tea restaurants. Besides tea, there are many pastries to eat.

This red clay tea house really only drinks tea.

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

Of course, if you don't understand tea art, you can ask the waiter to come.

After the waiter brought up the tea set, Song Li asked the waiter to go down, and then made tea by herself.

"It's really tea." Fang Xing said with a chuckle.

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

Although Fang Xing seldom plays with such a cumbersome tea set, he still knows how to drink tea without getting burned.

After tasting the two courses of tea, Fang Xing took the initiative to ask, "Teacher Song, have you received a new script recently?"

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

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

"Are you interested?" Fang Xing did not deny it.

Song Li shook her head and smiled, "Director Fang, did you make a mistake? Do you think I'm still suitable to play a teenage girl?"

In her habitual thinking, campus bullying usually occurs in middle school.

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

It's okay for Song Li to play the heroine, but she would never do it if she was asked to play a teenage middle school student.

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

Song Li frowned, showing a curious smile, and jokingly said, "A 36-year-old girl who bullies campus? Elderly university?"

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

Song Li reacted quickly, and immediately thought of another possibility: "Uh, the first female is a teacher? Are you using a teacher's perspective to interpret campus bullying?"

As she spoke, she frowned and thought.

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

She thought about it seriously, shook her head and said, "It's not pleasant to interpret campus bullying from the perspective of a teacher, and it's easy to turn it into preaching. I don't think it has any 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, if you are interested, you can read it again talk."

As the director and lead actor of "Wulin Biography", "Hurricane" and "Nirvana in Fire", even if the script he produced was bad, at least the actors could take a serious look at it.

Although Song Li is not interested in the subject of campus bullying, since Fang Xing gave the script, she will still read it seriously.

It's not that she has any opinion on the subject of campus 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 with the tea making process.

After a while, she added, "Anxious for an answer?"

Fang Xing thought for a while, and replied: "I'm not in a hurry, of course, it's best to get an answer within a week. The crew has already started casting and auditions will start in two days."

Song Li nodded and agreed, "Yes, a week will be fine."

She is also very curious about what kind of script the director who can shoot "Wulin Biography" and "Hurricane" will come up with to interpret campus bullying.

……

After drinking the tea, Fang Xing came out from the Red Clay Teahouse, found a noodle restaurant, and ate a bowl of noodles to fill his stomach.

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

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

Qiao Yinghong took a few documents and came to sign them. 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 mail?"

Fang Xing was a little curious about what kind of email it was, so he had to read it himself.

The official e-mail of Ark Culture is managed by a dedicated person.

After the e-mail has been screened, it will be 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 mailbox, ready to find the email.

Qiao Yinghong added: "It's not in the work mailbox, I'll send it to you separately."

As she spoke, she used her mobile phone to send the email to Fang Xing's private email.

Fang Xing clicked on the email and read it carefully.

Moreover, the more you look at it, the more surprised you become.

This email was sent by another victim of the bullying incident.

The student studied in Baitang Town No. [-] Middle School a year ago, but later transferred to another school and left.

In the school's reason for transferring, it was written because of family changes, but the email said that he was bullied and couldn't bear it, so he transferred.

The email contained a lot of details about how the student was bullied, as well as some photos.

After Fang Xing finished reading, he fell into deep thought.

In fact, from the very beginning, I thought that besides Zhong Keke, there might be other victims who were bullied.

However, the leaders of Baitang Town have already dealt with it, and the bully has also been punished and transferred to another school.

It's over here.

Fang Xing checked the time of this email, it was sent a week after the bullying incident was exposed.

Why did it take a week to send such an email?
The answer is already in the email.

Because of the three members of the bullying group, they were transferred to the school of this unlucky high school student.

That's right, this unlucky high school student transferred to another school because he couldn't stand the bullying.

As a result, the bully was disciplined and transferred to her school.

"Boss, do you still need to take care of this matter?" Qiao Yinghong asked.

Fang Xing thought for a while and asked, "What do you think?"

Qiao Yinghong thought about it, and replied: "As far as the incident itself is concerned, Baitang Town has already dealt with it, and the matter is over.

"If you don't want to be troublesome, you don't have to worry about it. Besides, the punishment that the bully has already received should be restrained a little, right?

"And, in fact, campus bullying itself is very difficult to deal with.

"The bullies themselves are minors, and they did not cause minor injuries. They cannot be raised in criminal cases, and there is no other way to deal with them except for demerits."

Fang Xing fell into deep thought, scrolled through the email, and frowned as he watched the bullying process described by the victim.

Judging from the victim's description, the three members of the bullying group were indeed quite ruthless.

It's just that the behavior of the bully did not cause minor injuries to the victim, and he is a minor. It is really useless to call the police for this kind of thing.

After serious consideration, Fang Xing made a decision: "Well, help me find someone to investigate the three members of the bullying group, find out all the people they bullied, and collect information first.

"As for what to do next, we will make a decision after collecting the data."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements now." Qiao Yinghong agreed, and then went out to make arrangements.

……

After arranging the follow-up of the bullying incident, Fang Xing began to concentrate on preparing for the new drama.

While the preparations were in full swing, Fang Xing received an interview from the State Administration of Radio and Television.

The establishment of a TV drama project needs to be submitted to the State Administration of Radio and Television for approval, otherwise there is no way to start it.

For the approval of the project, it is necessary to submit a summary of the TV series, and it is not necessary to submit the entire script.

Of course, the synopsis should not be written indiscriminately, otherwise the TV series produced in the end will be too different from the story approved at the beginning, and it will not pass the review in the end and cannot be broadcast.

Fang woke up and went to the State Administration of Radio and Television, where he met Guo Chunlei, the deputy director.

Fang Xing met this Deputy Director Guo when "Hurricane" was approved.

The sensitivity of the content of "Hurricane" at the beginning, without the endorsement of the superior department, it was impossible to shoot it.

Now, the subject matter of the new drama is also very sensitive.

"Fang Xing, we reviewed the project you submitted for approval. The subject matter is still too sensitive, and it will not have a good impact on the image of our local town." Guo Chunlei raised the approval opinion.

In fact.

If the State Administration of Radio and Television disagrees with the project approval of this drama, it can be rejected directly, and there is no need to interview.

However, Fang Xing had filmed "Hurricane" before, and the sensitivity of "Hurricane" was much higher than this new drama.

"Hurricane" can be filmed, there is no reason why this new drama can't pass the review.

"The synopsis of the script is very clear. The background of the story is not in China, but takes place in a small country in East Asia. How could it affect the image of a local town?" Fang Xing asked.

"Everyone knows that you want to make this drama because of the things uploaded on the Internet, and it will definitely have an impact." Guo Chunlei still hopes to dissuade Fang Xing from making this drama.

"Later, didn't the netizens praise the leaders of Baitang Town for handling it well? Netizens are very real. As long as things are handled well, ZF's image will naturally improve." Fang Xing had already publicly expressed his acceptance of Baitang Town's handling results and helped Baitang Town eliminated the negative impact.

So far, the image of Baitang town is positive.

After a pause, Fang Xing continued: "Sometimes, a TV series like this is needed to change something. Wouldn't it be a good thing if it could arouse the public's attention to campus bullying? Or is it that the higher authorities are afraid of What."

Fang Xing's attitude was very firm, and he continued: "It's okay if the competent authorities really don't approve it, but I will still shoot the drama and seek overseas distribution. Netflix has developed rapidly in the past two years.

"Of course, I still hope that the higher authorities will be more responsible. Last year, a movie about campus bullying was released.

"Since the movie is okay, then the TV series should also produce a drama about school bullying."

Guo Chunlei did not give a precise answer, but he did not directly reject it either.

In the end, the State Administration of Radio and Television agreed to wait for the drama to be filmed before making an approval.

Fang Xing thought from the very beginning that this drama might not pass the approval.

However, the solution has also been thought out. If the country cannot pass the approval, it will go the way of overseas distribution.

(End of this chapter)