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Chapter 104 Visit from "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" (Seeking the first order!)

The first test for the female lead took two days, followed by the first test for the male lead.

There are a lot of students from the three major art academies, and many of them will be outstanding and famous actors in the future. There are many choices, but in the end, we can only choose one.

The first test of the male and female protagonists ended smoothly, but it actually caused a lot of discussion outside, because it was also part of the publicity, and some advertisements were also done.

However, except for Yang Zini who is a bit famous, the other candidates are not very famous, so the effect is not too big.

What really attracted most people's attention to this draft event was mainly because of Li Jingkun.

The retest list was determined soon, but it was not announced at the first time, but it was planned to be taken out for "cooking" when the heat dropped a little.

However, this also led to another situation, that is, many people still want to "operate" again, and from time to time, someone will still call him to knock him around.

At the end of September, an outstanding alumnus and great director Guoshi brought the crew of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" to the school for an event.

"The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" has been in theaters for more than ten days, and the current box office has exceeded 10 million, breaking the record for the highest-grossing literary film in China in the past [-] years.

It can be said that the popularity has been quite high recently, and as an excellent work by the alumni of Beijing Film Academy, the academy is of course very supportive.

The students at the school also welcomed the arrival of the National Teacher and the crew. On that day, there were no empty seats in the auditorium, and many people stood in the corridors, and many even sat on the stage.

"The first is self-confidence. With the two actors, you will feel that these two faces, these two characters, their performances, and their expressions can attract the audience."

Since it was a film crew activity, of course they were flattering each other.The director says that the actors are good, and the actors say that the director and the crew are good, all of which are necessary processes.

What surprises people is the performance of the heroine Zhou Dongyu. Her character at this time is indeed the same as in the play, and she is still a little girl who has not experienced much in the world.

The host asked her to talk about some things in the filming. She said that she and Dou Xiao didn't perform well at the beginning, "Because it's the first time for us, so we didn't get on well."

The audience burst into laughter, but she was still at a loss, not knowing which of her words made everyone laugh.

As an outstanding student, Li Jingkun was placed in the first row. Seeing him at this moment, he also smiled a little. How should I put it, it can be seen that Zhou Dongyu is indeed immature. It is probably because of this innocence that the National Teacher chose her.

It's just that the entertainment industry is a big dye vat, a complex circle that needs to be fought for, and it may be difficult to stay naive and naive in the long run.

The reason why he is sitting here today is because the college has arranged a "task" for him, and he will be invited to the stage in the last few minutes to communicate with "Senior Brother" Zhang.

Soon, the host controlled the time and introduced Li Jingkun to the stage.

"Next, let me introduce to you a student from our director department, that is, one of your juniors, a student in the same grade as our hero Dou Xiao, classmate Li Jingkun."

This process was naturally communicated with the National Teacher. In fact, it was arranged by the principal. Before the event started, Li Jingkun had a few chats with the National Teacher.

So he walked up naturally, and many people who knew him cheered and applauded him.

The host introduced to the national teacher: "A movie directed and released by Li Jingkun this year is also a youth movie called "Youth School". I wonder if our director knows about this movie?"

Zhang Guoshi nodded: "I know, I've seen it before, and it's pretty good."

The host said: "I don't know if Brother Zhang has any words of encouragement to tell him?"

Zhang Guoshi said: "It's already very rare. At this young age, I can make a feature film and it can be released in theaters. I can still get such a good result in the end, which is already much better than most filmmakers.

When I first heard about this, I couldn't believe it.This was confirmed by contacting some professors at our school.So I think it's pretty amazing. "

This is a very high praise, so many students at the scene also gave applause and cheers, feeling quite honored!
Zhang Guoshi then asked Li Jingkun: "Are you a junior this year?"

he said yes."

The host said: "Same grade as Dou Xiao."

Dou Xiao is the leading actor in "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree". He and Li Jingkun are indeed in the same grade, but they are from different departments.

Zhang Guoshi said: "The birth of a movie is a combination of many factors. One is to be able to express the story and emotions in the form of audio and video, and the other is to coordinate all aspects of work. After all, the entire crew is so big, people So many. So I said that at his age, he wants to make a movie and get it released. This ability is very rare."

The host said: "Yes, making a movie is not easy. What does Li Jingkun want to say to our brothers? Have you watched the latest movie?"

Li Jingkun said: "I've seen it, the movie is very good-looking. It is very good in terms of screen composition and scene scheduling, but I think the most difficult part is the coordination of the actors and the control of the overall style. I feel that the director is very controlled. It's handy. So it feels natural when the overall story unfolds."

The host nodded: "Very touching."

Li Jingkun said: "Yes, we will feel touched and pure, because the filming is natural and good enough."

If the sensationalism is not handled well, it will make people feel awkward. "The Hawthorn" is at least a lot better than the movies of the same period.

There is not much time for Li Jingkun, and most of the time has to be developed around "The Hawthorn Tree", so there is not much chat with each other on stage.

But at least it can be regarded as a conversation, and it can be regarded as getting acquainted with the national teacher.

Therefore, after the event, we chatted a few more words in the background.

"When you were 21, you talked about the regret of your first love?"

Zhang Guoshi held a copy of "Introduction to Architecture" given by Li Jingkun in his hand, and said this after listening to his brief introduction to the story.

"Everyone will have regrets. Whether it is a junior high school student or a high school student, I think the emotional things are common. Many things don't need to be explained so clearly. The meaning is expressed, and the audience will have their own feelings and thoughts."

Referred to as Brain Supplement.

Li Jingkun added something in his heart. "Life experience, plus find experience in other people's books."

Zhang Guoshi nodded: "It's very good. It's good to have the opportunity to try more. Your opportunities now are much better than ours at that time, whether it is material conditions or educational environment, so you must take good care of them."

"However, the heroine of the young version has not been determined yet, and I would like to see what suggestions you have."

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Zhang Guoshi is very good at casting roles, especially the actresses, most of them fit the roles very well, and the actresses are also good, basically all of them are popular.

Zhang Guoshi said: "My casting method is to screen layer by layer, two rounds, three rounds and four rounds, let them keep trying, and keep performing some of the scenes I gave. My casting work is still relatively hard. Many actors And say I'm a liar.

Another point is very important, that is, you have to have a thorough understanding of what you want to shoot, what style you want, and what kind of character you want to portray, so that you can know what kind of character you want to look for. actor. "

I also briefly chatted with the male and female protagonists. The two of them can be said to be very lucky. The first work was to cooperate with a big director, and the starting point was immediately raised to a high level.

Zhang Guoshi is from Jingying, but most of the main roles he has worked with before are actors from Chinese operas. Dou Xiao is the first main role of Jingying to cooperate with, so this time he is more "righteous" - the principal and other leaders People have complained to Zhang Guoshi many times as if they were joking.

So in this regard, Li Jingkun is still very enlightened, and many of the main characters use "myself".

"I think you are so smart!" Zhou Dongyu hugged the "Introduction to Architecture" given by Li Jingkun to his chest, and said to him with a little admiration.

"Why?" Li Jingkun smiled.

"Because I didn't understand what you told our director just now."

"..."

Are you sure it's not because you're too stupid?

"Also, you're only two or three years older than me, right? You can publish books and make movies at such a young age. It's really amazing. I haven't seen anyone as powerful as you!"

"Thank you, you are also very good, and you will be able to cooperate with the national teacher as soon as you debut."

"Hahaha, I'm just lucky. I'm not as good as you." Zhou Dongyu said, "I will also be admitted to your school in the future. If I have the opportunity, can I work together?"

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The news channel of CCTV and Jingdu TV gave the National Teacher the news channel of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" for more than three minutes.

Of course, there is no picture of Li Jingkun.

But it doesn’t matter, it’s on the Internet, and it’s reported by the mainstream media, with photos and written records.

Who told him that he has many fans.

When there is demand, there is market.

It's a pity that I didn't talk about "Introduction to Architecture" on stage that day, otherwise I would have helped promote it in advance.

It can only be said that Li Jingkun still has integrity. If he is shameless, he can just take ten original books and give them away when he goes on stage, so that the topic will not lead to the upcoming movie.

"Tsk tsk, you can talk to the national teacher."

"But the time was very short, and we didn't even talk a few words."

"It's normal. This is a promotional and exchange event for other people's films. The national teacher and the crew are the protagonists."

"It's okay, right? It represents the school's new generation of talents."

"I also think the time is short, so I'll go up and talk about what's the point of these few words."

"It's very symbolic, okay? It feels like it was specially arranged by the leaders of Jingying. Regardless of the length of time, it would be nice to have a group photo and a picture."

"The national teacher is also from Beijing Film Academy, plus the student Li Jingkun, the new director of Beijing Film Academy, might be the most influential figure in the younger generation of Beijing Film Academy; all the factors together are very attractive, okay? Will it attract Many art candidates give priority to Jingying. It will benefit the school a lot.”

"Haha, didn't Zhou Dongyu say that? She's going to take the exam for Beijing Film."

Not long after the National Day, the male and female lead retests began.

A few days ago, I asked Zhang Guoshi about casting, and I got something.

Of course, acting skills are also very important, but so is the ability of the director.

First of all, you have to understand what you want in order to guide the actors to give the results you want.

Often many mediocre or new actors can perform well in the hands of many directors.Then the next time I go to another director, it won’t work.This situation abounds.

Of course Li Jingkun dare not say how good he is now, but with his golden fingers, he is very sure of what he wants, so every time he will work hard to train the actors and try to make a better finished product.

So in the end, Gu Xiaona was chosen as the heroine, and Li Xian was chosen as the heroine.

Let's not talk about Gu Xiaona, after a long time, the male lead still chose a student from Jingying...

However, the audition itself can be regarded as publicity, and the cost is not high, so if it is done, it will be done.

Li Xian is also a member of Jingying this year, but he is not in the same class as Qin Junjie and Yang Zini.

After the main roles were confirmed, Li Jingkun also found a time to ask Qin Junjie and Yang Zini out for dinner, and also chatted about casting.

Yang Zini is of course a little disappointed, but it is not a loss to be able to get to know Li Jingkun. Anyway, I can continue to cooperate if I have the opportunity in the future.

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Long before the male and female protagonists of the juvenile version are determined, most of the other supporting roles have also been determined.

Zhang Tianyu plays the rich and handsome senior who the heroine has a crush on, Li Jingkun plays the hero's friend and so on.

Then there is the makeup photo. After the shooting, the official bib will announce a character every day.

The first day is the middle-aged heroine Gao Meiyuan. She is in her early 30s and she is so beautiful. A few photos with fixed makeup attracted a large number of people to lick the screen.

Men and women in the entertainment industry are sometimes really scary. Many people in their 50s and 30s look no different from those in their [-]s and [-]s.

For example, Brother Hua, it is not against harmony to play someone in his 60s at the age of 30 or 43.Another example is Qin Lan, even if she is 20 years old, she is still young and beautiful when she plays a role in her [-]s.

"This is the 'middle-aged heroine'? Can you please remove the word middle-aged?"

"Don't argue, it's just to distinguish the identities of the two heroines."

"Goddess! It really fits the character very well. This is indeed the case with the person you had a crush on when you were young."

"Does anyone think that Li Jingkun has grown up so fast? He will be able to make movies with big stars so soon, and he hasn't graduated from college yet!"

"Although Gao Meiyuan is not a first-line actress now, she has been popular in China for more than ten years, and many people know her; and it is really amazing for a student to work with such a famous actor!"

It was Qin Hao's that was announced the next day, and the response was not so enthusiastic. After all, he has few fans, and his works over the years are all "literary", so he is definitely not as well-known as beautiful women.

The third day is the juvenile version of the heroine Gu Xiaona, pure newcomer, no one knows, but young and beautiful, very beautiful.

Then came Li Xian, Mao Xiaotong, Zhang Tianyu, Li Jingkun...

After the accounts of "Youth School" were collected, the company provided two more cars because of work needs.

In addition to buying two more cars and some other equipment, the company has also made some other small changes, such as recruiting a deputy general manager back, and at the same time he will be responsible for some crew coordination and production work.The deputy general manager is called Sheng Yuan, and he is also a person with more than ten years of work experience in the circle.

Li Jingkun also recruited an assistant, a male named He Xuekai, an undergraduate with more than two years of work experience.

At the same time, the Planning Department and the Propaganda Department have also added one or two people. In fact, the company is currently very small and only releases one movie a year, so there is no need to rush to continue to expand the scale.

The preparatory work for "Introduction to Architecture" has been completed, and it will be launched in mid-November.Due to the particularity of the film, this shooting will be divided into group A and group B, and the shooting time of each group is tentatively scheduled to be 46 days, which means that each group will shoot for 23 days.

(End of this chapter)