1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 217 Preparing for the filming of "The Deer and Ding Tale", Wei Xiaobao and his seven wives!

However, Jiang Xiaofeng did not sign Yan Danchen to Century Film and Television Company just because of her good looks and good figure.

In Jiang Xiaofeng's view, Yan Danchen's potential can only be regarded as a medium level in this circle, and it is difficult to praise a first-line star like Fan Bingbing.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaofeng only invited Yan Danchen to star in "Youth Bao Qingtian 2" this time, and had no intention of recruiting her under his command.

After this meeting and communication, Jiang Xiaofeng and Yan Danchen also left a very good impression on each other and became good friends.

this afternoon.

Jiang Xiaofeng asked Zhang Jizhong to go to the Sanjin Siheyuan on the second ring road to discuss cooperation in secret.

The current Zhang Jizhong is the production director of CCTV in name, but in fact, he and Jiang Xiaofeng are already plotting a deeper cooperation in private.

Moreover, with the help of Zhang Jizhong, Jiang Xiaofeng bought the remake copyrights of the four novels "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Deer and Ding Tale" from Jin Yong. For "Xia Ke Xing", Century Film and Television Company bought a total of 5 remake copyrights of Jin Yong's novels.

Of course, Century Film and Television Company did not go well in purchasing the copyright of Jin Yong's dramas, and also encountered many competitors.

For example, Huaxia Audiovisual Global Media (BJ) Co., Ltd. won the film and television adaptation copyrights of three Jin Yong novels, including "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" and "Jade Blood Sword", in the competition with Century Film and Television Company.

And Yanjing's Ciwen Film and Television Production Co., Ltd. won the film and television adaptation copyright of two Jin Yong's novels, including "Snow Mountain Flying Fox".

The reason why Century Film and Television Company was able to win the remake copyrights of "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Deer and Ding Tale", and "Xia Ke Xing" is mainly because Jiang Xiaofeng has a lot of money and is willing to Spend 700 million to win the remake copyright of these 5 plays.

Because "Xia Ke Xing Xing" is already being filmed, and "Swordsman" has been wrapped for three or two months, Jiang Xiaofeng and Zhang Jizhong started discussing which work to shoot next.

And Zhang Jizhong's original intention was to shoot "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" first. He felt that this drama was more interesting, especially the casting of Guo Jing and Huang Rong, which was particularly easy to attract people's attention.

However, in Jiang Xiaofeng's view, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and "Dragon and Babu" all have very loyal audiences, so there is no need to rush.

What Jiang Xiaofeng meant was that he wanted to start filming "The Deer and Ding Tale" first, because he always felt that Xu Zheng's current age, appearance, even temperament, and acting skills were very suitable for the role of Wei Xiaobao.

Looking at the entire mainland entertainment industry, there is no actor more suitable to play Wei Xiaobao than Xu Zheng.

In the memory of Jiang Xiaofeng's previous life, several versions of "The Deer and Ding Tale" were also remade in mainland China, including Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Yishan, Han Dong and other mainland actors who played Wei Xiaobao, but they only know how to wink and do exaggerated and obscene actions And expressions, one hotter than the other.

Especially Wei Xiaobao played by Zhang Yishan, who played the fake eunuch into a real father-in-law like a mentally retarded monkey. Version and Han Dong's "The Deer and Ding Tale" are two levels worse.

It can be seen from this that in order to make a good film of "The Deer and Ding Tale", the choice of actors for the leading actor Wei Xiaobao is very important, especially in the aspect of acting skills, the requirements for actors are extremely high.

Jiang Xiaofeng really couldn't think of any mainland actor who was more suitable to play Wei Xiaobao than the current Xu Zheng.

Originally, Jiang Xiaofeng also thought about challenging the role of Wei Xiaobao himself, but considering his good looks, playing Wei Xiaobao was really not convincing, so he had to give up this idea.

All in all, if Jiang Xiaofeng wanted to make "The Deer and Ding Tale", there was only one candidate for Wei Xiaobao, and that was Xu Zheng.

After the "Deer and Ding Tale" project was established, it quickly spread online and offline. Because Xu Zheng is a signed artist of Century Film and Television Company, his own image and temperament are very suitable for the role of Wei Xiaobao, and he has also won the support of many netizens and audiences.

In addition to Xu Zheng, mainland actors such as Lu Yi, Li Yapeng, Nie Yuan, Wu Jian, etc. have also become one of the candidates for Wei Xiaobao's actor.

However, the producer and director Zhang Jizhong announced to the public that his next TV drama - "The Deer and Ding Tale" will use a certain website to "find" the actor who plays the protagonist "Wei Xiaobao" nationwide.

Moreover, Zhang Jizhong set that the age of candidates can only be around 14 years old. The crew of "The Deer and Ding Ji" revealed that the film will start shooting in Hengdian Film and Television in April next year. The film is invested and produced by Century Film and Television Company, with a single episode costing 4 yuan.

At present, it is imperative for the crew to find the actor to play the leading actor "Wei Xiaobao". The crew's requirements for "Wei Xiaobao" are: around 14 years old, short in stature, mischievous and cute, with thick eyebrows.

Reporter: "Why did you find someone so young to play Wei Xiaobao?"

Zhang Jizhong thinks: "The previous actors who played 'Wei Xiaobao' are relatively well-known, but I think they are all too old."

"In the original novel, 'Wei Xiaobao' was only a child about 12 years old when he first appeared on the stage. No, so I cast the role on an amateur actor."

When the reporter asked about the rumor that Xu Zheng would play "Wei Xiaobao", Zhang Jizhong said bluntly: "Xu Zheng should be about 15 years old, but now he is too old and Wei Dabao is too old."

At this time, Xu Zheng was filming the TV series "Li Wei as an Official" in Lingering Garden, Suzhou. After watching Zhang Jizhong's interview news, he thought that he had no chance to play Wei Xiaobao, and couldn't sit still. He called the boss Jiang Xiaofeng immediately. Telephone.

When the phone was connected, Xu Zheng didn't dare to ask Jiang Xiaofeng right away. After a few polite words, he asked about the actor candidate for the play "The Deer and Ding Tale".

Jiang Xiaofeng replied with a smile: "Old Xu, don't worry, first shoot the scene at hand, and then think about other things."

"You must not take what Director Zhang Jizhong said seriously, just listen to it."

Regarding Jiang Xiaofeng's words, Xu Zheng was not at ease, and then asked: "Director Jiang, tell me the truth. Director Zhang said that I am too old to have the chance to play Wei Xiaobao. Is it true?"

What Xu Zheng didn't know was that in Jiang Xiaofeng's heart, he had long preferred Xu Zheng to play the role of Wei Xiaobao, and then he smiled and asked, "Do you really want to play Wei Xiaobao?"

Xu Zheng didn't even think about it, so he swore: "I want to, I really want to, give me a chance, Director Jiang, I will definitely not disappoint your trust, I think I am very suitable for this role, no one compares I'm more suitable..."

Jiang Xiaofeng said calmly: "Old Xu, don't worry, you are mine. If you want to play the role of Wei Xiaobao, I will definitely help you and fight with Director Zhang."

Xu Zheng also knew that Zhang Jizhong had a lot of power to speak. As long as it was a play as a producer, basically Zhang Jizhong had the final say on the casting of actors. Even if he was cooperating with CCTV, Zhang Jizhong would still go his own way.

Xu Zheng said gratefully: "Director Jiang, I'm sorry for your trouble, please help me say something nice to Director Zhang..."

Jiang Xiaofeng said straightforwardly: "Don't worry, Lao Xu, I will definitely mention it to him,"

After talking on the phone with Xu Zheng, Jiang Xiaofeng asked Zhang Jizhong to come to Sanjin Courtyard again, entertained him with good food and wine, and discussed with him about the cast of "The Deer and Ding Tale".

What Xu Zheng didn't know was that the current Zhang Jizhong was just a tool of Jiang Xiaofeng, and Jiang Xiaofeng was the financial master behind Zhang Jizhong.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaofeng, not Zhang Jizhong, is the one who really decides about Wei Xiaobao's casting.

There was no other reason why Zhang Jizhong was willing to follow Jiang Xiaofeng's lead, but mainly because Jiang Xiaofeng gave him a lot of money.

Before cooperating with CCTV on the movie "Swordsman", Zhang Jizhong's production fee was not much, the salary was at most 5 to 50 yuan a month, and the income from filming a movie was about [-] yuan.

But this time, Jiang Xiaofeng asked Zhang Jizhong to direct the film "The Deer and Ding Tale" himself, and he was paid a million dollars, which directly doubled his salary.

Being able to get such a high salary, Zhang Jizhong was also grinning from ear to ear, because he knew very well that the salary of a first-line film director like Feng Xiaogang for a film is at most around 200 million.

The reason why Jiang Xiaofeng was willing to spend 100 million to invite Zhang Jizhong to act in "The Deer and Ding Tale" was first of all because of his production ability, and secondly because of his hype skills.

(End of this chapter)