The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 570 The Final Choice
Lee Sheng-yew has been very busy recently. In addition to flying to Hong Kong Island in person, he also has to arrange for the film crew to go to Dalian to see the scenery. In addition, he has to arrange for some people to go to Tyrande to find suitable places for filming "Three Billboards" and to select "Love". The male and female protagonists of "La La Land".

Whether it's "Three Billboards" or "Dalian by the Sea", there are actually a lot of actors and actresses in related genres.

There are many actors to choose from, it just depends on who is more suitable and meets Lee Sheung-yew's requirements. It is not difficult to choose an actor.

And it's really difficult to choose the actors for "La La Land".

Wu Yusen once told the media that mainland actors and actresses do not have an urban feel and have a more earthy temperament. This is why he admires the Wanwan actor.

The first half of the sentence is correct.

I can’t say 100%, but I can say that at least [-]% of the actors are relatively rustic.

Just like Huang Xiaoming, the most successful movie role he played was Cheng Dongqing, a struggling young man from the countryside.

Among the four major students, there is also Chen Kun, who is dark-skinned and can play the role of the prince of the country, but in urban dramas, he loses his feeling immediately.

Liu Ye is equally rustic. The characters in "What Can I Do to Save You, My Lover" look like they came from a small place.

Only Lu Yi has a slightly urban feel, is sunny, handsome and has fair skin.

Others, such as Tong Dawei, Wen Zhang, Ren Zhong, etc., acted in "Yanjing Youth" and "Struggle". They clearly have rich second-generation characters, but they are still very earthy, with earthy appearance and earthy temperament.

The same is true for actresses. The four leading actresses have never acted in any outstanding urban dramas, and the modern movies they have acted in are also very rustic.

Xu Jinglei's "Du Lala's Promotion" doesn't look like a white-collar worker at first glance.

Zhao Yanzi's "Shaolin Football", "Sunset Angel", and "Lover's Knot" all have a very earthy temperament.

Of course, we can’t blame the actors for this, the main reason is that our economic development time is too short. Before the new century, everyone was stupid, including the stylists.

Actors born in the [-]s and [-]s who grew up in such an environment are naturally rustic.

As for the second half of what Wu Yusen said, it is completely wrong.

Because actor Wanwan is just as rustic, Ethan Ruan, Eddie Peng, and Zhao Youting are just as rustic.

These three people are similar to mainland actors, none of them have an urban feel.

For an urban love movie, the male and female protagonists must not be ordinary.

Not to mention that "La La Land" requires male and female leads to sing and dance, the most basic image and temperament brushed aside most of the actors.

Li Shengyao received many self-recommendations from actors, such as Deng Chao, Liu Ye, Chen Kun, and actresses such as Yin Tao, Yu Nan, Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun, etc.

He really didn't like any of them. None of these people had an urban sense.

He actually likes Yin Tao very much. She has two dimples when she smiles and her acting skills are good.

But the roles that Yin Tao became famous for were either small town girls in the south or rural girls in the northeast. She really couldn't stand it when she acted in modern urban dramas, and she didn't look like someone living in a big city.

The same goes for Zhang Ziyi. Her acting skills are not limited to ancient costumes, country dramas, or rural dramas. However, the few urban movies she has acted in are extremely exaggerated, and she does not look like a city girl.

This made Li Shengyao very distressed. He carefully looked for actors with a more fashionable temperament, but he couldn't find them.

The same goes for Hong Kong Island.

Nicholas Tse is dark and very vulgar. Shawn Yue wears a pair of black-framed glasses all day long to show off, but unfortunately he has no money and is also very vulgar.

People like Lin Feng and Wu Zhuoxi are all dark and have earthy temperaments.

Only the photographer has a stylish temperament, but it's a pity that he can't act.

Wanwan's group of petty actors are even less able to get on stage.

In fact, if he could choose, Li Shengyao felt that the most suitable people were 35-year-old Leslie Cheung and 30-year-old Zhong Chuhong.

It's a pity that he can't turn back time.

Overall, among the actors who submitted the information, only Lu Yi has a better image. He looks like the leading actor in an urban love movie.

But Lu Yi's acting skills are not very good and he can't handle this role.

Commander Gao and Sister Shitou from the American version of "La La Land" both performed very well in this movie.

Sister Shitou has won several heavyweight Best Actress awards, including Best Actress at the Oscars, Best Actress at Venice, and Best Actress at the Golden Globe.

Commander Gao didn't get that much recognition, but he also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

Lu Yi's acting skills are not that good. He can still mess around in TV series, but he is not as good as Nicholas Tse in movies.

Since Lu Yi couldn't do it, Li Shengyao had no choice but to expand his search scope and include some less famous actors who had not recommended themselves for analysis and research.

After a thorough investigation and discussions with a group of deputy directors, Li Shengyao identified two people, namely Pan Yueming and Zhu Yilong.

When Li Shengyao was filming "Winter Sonata" 12 years ago, he felt that Zhu Yilong was suitable for such a role.

He has a stronger urban sense and a more suave temperament.

But Zhu Yilong was only 12 years old at that time, and now Xiao Zhu has grown up, 24 years old.

As for Pan Yueming, when he was fair-skinned, he had quite an urban feel. When he was 27, he acted in "Can't Help It", in which he played a gangster. In Li Shengyao's opinion, it was the most urban-like among all the mainland film and television dramas so far. Boys' performance.

Considering that Zhu Yilong is still young, his acting skills may not have been improved yet.

Li Shengyao finally targeted Pan Yueming. He arranged for his assistant to hire someone, but Pan Yueming refused.

Then Bi Gan and Dapeng set off and went to persuade them together, but they also refused.

Dapeng had already completed the filming of "Diaosi Man 2". Knowing that Li Shengyao was going to make a new movie, he planned to come here to study, and now he has become an assistant director.

In addition to these two, Fumino also joined the ranks of assistant directors.

Wen Muye was recruited by Li Shengyao. This brother's talent as a director is pretty good, better than Chen Sicheng. He is the kind of director who can completely produce a commercial film.

Many directors in Hollywood fall into this category. The films they make are not artistic and cannot be found to be particularly outstanding, but they are commercially sound, the story is complete, the emotions are in place, and there are ups and downs.

On this morning, before nine o'clock, Li Shengyao took Dapeng, Bi Gan, and Wen Muye together by car to a yard in Chaoyang District.

Since Dapeng and Bi Gan could not be invited, Li Shengyao planned to talk to Pan Yueming in person.

"Director, do you want us to go and have a look again? If it doesn't work anymore, why don't you go over again?"

In the business car, Dapeng expressed his thoughts carefully.

Li Shengyao raised his eyes and looked over, "What should I say?"

"Pan Yueming's current situation is not very good. He might refuse and embarrass you."

Pan Yueming has indeed been unlucky in recent years.

In 08, his brokerage company was acquired by Huayi. He didn't like the atmosphere there, so he didn't renew his contract with Huayi. Since then, he has become a "self-employed".

In 09, he encountered a car accident and was reportedly issued a critical illness notice. Fortunately, he was rescued in the end.

Later, in order to maintain his health, he significantly reduced his workload.

In 11, he only starred in one TV series and one movie, and also made a guest appearance in a TV series for a few minutes.

In 12, he hasn’t started work yet?

The reason why they didn't start work was because of emotional problems. Dong Jie didn't know if he was out of his mind, but he actually fell in love with Wang Dazhi.

Then the scandal about Pan Yueming being a gambler began to spread all over the Internet. Now no company dares to use Pan Yueming.

Dapeng went to Pan Yueming before, but was rejected.

After suffering repeated blows, Pan Yueming has no intention of acting now.

Later, he finally took advantage of Pan Yueming's time to go out for dinner to express his intention, but he was rejected.

Dapeng said this at this time because he was thinking about Li Shengyao.

Bi Gan sat next to him and curled his lips. He felt that Dapeng was a bit of a loser.

Wen Mino looked left and right, but didn't answer.

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "It's okay. It's his own choice whether he acts or not. I'm not embarrassed. This is not a confession. It's normal to be unable to cooperate. I just go to him."

Soon after, the commercial vehicle stopped in front of a compound.

Pan Yueming's family was well off and he had already bought his own yard in Yanjing.

Dapeng opened the car door for Lee Sheng-yew, then quickly ran over and rang the doorbell.

"Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong."

A bell rang inside, but no one came out to open the door.Dapeng glanced at Li Shengyao, and then pressed twice.

"ah."

This time someone finally opened the door. It was a eldest lady in her 50s.

"Are you guys looking for Mr. Pan? He's still sleeping."

The weather is much cooler now, the sky is overcast, and the autumn breeze is blowing. If there is a heater at home and covering yourself with a duvet, it is indeed a good place to sleep.

But at this time, there weren't many people still lying on the bed.

"Can we go inside and wait for him?"

Dapeng asked.

The eldest sister looked at Li Shengyao and felt that Director Li looked familiar. She thought he might be Pan Yueming's friend in the entertainment industry, so she nodded, "Okay, come in."

After entering the courtyard and sitting down, the eldest sister poured tea and fruit plates for them.

Dapeng asked: "Director, do you want me to call Pan Yueming?"

"No, he's sleeping. Let him sleep. We'll be fine later."

Lee Sheng-yew has already decided on the male and female leads of "La La Land". His expected male lead is Pan Yueming, and the female lead is Li Lianhua.

There should be no problem with Li Lianhua's acting skills. Compared with other actresses, her temperament is more like that of an urban girl. The only problem is singing and dancing.

She has started to develop in Hollywood in the past two years, and she acted in "Resident Evil 5" last year. However, she has not started filming this year. There are very few roles for Asian actresses in Hollywood.

Li Shengyao called Li Lianhua last night. Hearing this, the other party was very excited and immediately said he would return to China to sign the contract.

After Li Lianhua was solved, Pan Yueming was the only one left.

Li Shengyao has time now, so there is no problem in waiting.

In fact, Dapeng and others had already called Pan Yueming and sent text messages to indicate that Li Shengyao was coming.

But I didn’t answer the call, and I don’t know if I read the message I sent.

To be fair, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to accept it if it were me.

It's okay for Dong Jie to cheat on him, but to actually cheat on Wang Dazhi, the ugly brother, would make even a man feel uncomfortable.

Li Shengyao can understand why Pan Yueming sinks, and he is willing to wait.

"Eat melon seeds."

Li Shengyao then grabbed a handful of melon seeds and started peeling them. He also boasted to Dapeng that in his hometown, there were red melon seeds that were difficult to peel and he could easily pull out the kernels with just his teeth.

Seeing that Li Shengyao was so calm, Dapeng and others didn't say anything more and just followed Li Shengyao's bragging.

At about ten o'clock, the clouds dispersed slightly, and the long-lost sunshine fell through the layers of atmosphere.

At this time, Pan Yueming finally got up.

His hair was messy and he looked a little restless, probably because he had been drinking and sleeping a lot.

Dapeng frowned slightly, "Director, why do I think he is not suitable?"

"The current condition is not good. As long as we can recover in eight months, we won't start filming until next year."

Li Shengyao believed in Pan Yueming. He nodded towards Pan Yueming from a distance.

Pan Yueming noticed Li Shengyao, was stunned for a moment, came to his senses, then nodded hurriedly in response, and then shouted: "Director Li, wait a minute, I will change clothes, brush my teeth and wash my face."

He didn't look at his phone, not knowing that Dapeng called him, and he didn't see the message, not knowing that Li Shengyao would come.

Director Li won two Palme d'Ors and is now second only to Lao Mouzi in domestic status. In addition, Li Shengyao is also a big capitalist.

Although Pan Yueming was decadent, he had no intention of withdrawing from the circle. He did not dare to offend Li Shengyao.

He hurriedly changed into a piece of clothing, then washed up, then trotted over in a pair of woolen shoes.

"Director Li, you're here. Sorry, I didn't expect you to come. I didn't check my phone yesterday. It's my fault, my fault.

You like to eat melon seeds? I still have them at home. Sister Mei, bring out some more melon seeds.

There’s also wine, and that big grape from Western Xinjiang. "

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "Teacher Pan, you're welcome. I just have nothing to do, so I just want to sit down."

"Yes, Director Li, you..."

Sister Mei brought some more fruits and a pot of tea for them.

"Director Li, my father gave me this tea. It's very fragrant. Please try it."

Li Shengyao nodded, "I just tried it, and it's really good."

Seeing Pan Yueming's restraint, he smiled and said, "Let's get down to business, Teacher Pan. I'm preparing a movie now, and I want you to be the leading actor."

Pan Yueming paused after hearing this and looked at Li Shengyao blankly, "Director Li, this... are you willing to let me be the leading actor?"

Because of relationship problems, he did not take any roles at the beginning of this year.

Later, he felt that he couldn't go on like this and wanted to act. As a result, a lot of negative information was spread on the Internet, and the film and television companies did not dare to use him.

This hit Pan Yueming deeply. He gradually became decadent and even more degenerate. He drank and slept all day long, and he didn't want to pay attention to outside matters.

Lee Sung-Yao was preparing for three new movies, and all the male stars in the entertainment industry wanted to act in them, but he never had this idea and gave up completely.

Later Dapeng came to him, but he refused.

He is now so upset that he can't calm down and can't work at all.

"What do you mean I am willing? It is because you meet my movie requirements and I hope you will be the leading actor."

"I……"

Pan Yueming looked at Dapeng Bi Gan and others with some embarrassment, and then said: "Director Li, thank you for your kindness, but I don't want to act for the time being. I want to rest for a while."

"You've been taking a break for almost a year, why are you taking a break?"

"I...I don't dare to face the media now. My family affairs haven't been settled yet."

There is still a lot of black material about Pan Yueming on the Internet.

Pan Yueming is understandable for thinking this way.

Some people are thin-skinned and some are thick-skinned.

Pan Yueming grew up in a privileged family and had good luck, but he was a thin-skinned person.

Li Shengyao thought for a while, then stood up and patted Pan Yueming on the shoulder.

Pan Yueming hurriedly stood up.

Director Li said slowly: "I understand how you feel now, but I have a few points to make clear to you.

First, this movie is a musical, which requires the male protagonist to sing, dance, and learn to play piano, which is a big challenge.

Secondly, the script of this movie is excellent. I think it will be the best musical film in recent years when it is finished.

Third, now is the traffic era. Actors are popular and can make a lot of money.

Fourth, I know about your family's affairs. I know that Dong Jie's agent posted dirty information about you on the Internet. I can help you collect evidence and you can sue her.

Only in this way can you gain public understanding.

Last but not least, if you have a child, I think you should set a role model. When you encounter problems, you should not run away from them, but face them bravely. "

Li Shengyao paused for a moment, and under the admiring gaze of Dapeng Bi Ganwen Muye, he smiled and said: "That's all I have to say. You can reply to me within two days. If you don't want to, forget it, so I can find someone else.

If you want to stand up, then you have to take care of yourself. There is a lot to learn in "La La Land". The male and female protagonists need to learn to sing and dance for at least eight months. "

In Li Shengyao's previous life, Commander Gao was a child star, and Sister Shitou started performing in stage plays at the age of 11. The two of them already had a foundation in singing and dancing. Even so, they still spent six months on intensive training.

Lee Sung-yew requires the male and female actors to train for eight months, which is really not much.

After finishing his words, he nodded to Pan Yueming, and then left with the others.

(End of this chapter)