Illiterate top class: three years of poor performance, become a superstar

Chapter 193 Preparing a luxurious cast for "Infernal Affairs" (2 in 1)
"..."

"Haha, what's the second uncle doing, don't bother."

Hearing Li Cheng's phony hearty laughter from the phone, Xu Nian knew that this kid must be holding back nothing.

I didn't bother to think, so I just waited for the following.

Sure enough, Li Cheng quickly expressed his intention: "The preparations for "Infernal Affairs" have already started, and I must invite you to participate."

Hearing this, Xu Nian responded directly: "Okay."

"No, how could you agree so happily?" Li Cheng on the other end of the phone became anxious, "I've already prepared the draft!"

"Where is the speech I prepared for a long time? You should listen to it!"

Xu Nian was amused to hear it, but he still said bluntly: "If you don't want to hear it, tell me the time and place."

Li Cheng: "..."

After all, he is a mature young and middle-aged man, and he is no longer a three-year-old child who can always play with his temper.

Quickly spit out two sets of words sullenly: "No. 5, Huacheng."

If Mr. Xu really took advantage of the situation to shirk, then he, Mr. Li, would have to find some guilt for himself.

Even if the cause and effect of this matter are not complicated, and this move is mainly to accommodate Mr. Xu...

Letting Xu Nian participate in the preparatory stage is mainly to facilitate him to choose suitable actors.

While reducing running-in, it also has a little hidden meaning to avoid being overwhelmed.

Because it's a drama with two male protagonists again... Aside from the movie that has disappeared, all of Xu Nian's current films are dual male protagonists.

Tang Tan series is.

So did the ex.

A more important consideration is the time factor.

After being changed to an annual event, the Golden Rooster Awards will be held on a certain day in mid-to-late December.

Therefore, the deadline for registration and selection is scheduled for November 11.

That is, films that want to participate in this year's Golden Rooster Awards must obtain the Dragon Label before November 11.

Even if Li Cheng has a wide network, coupled with the help of Chinese film and television and Tianyue, he must complete the post-production and submit it for review before November 11.

As for why it's November 11th... because it's a Monday.

Generally, if everything goes well, the dragon label will be sent within 20 working days.

For the operation of jumping in the queue, 5 working days are considered redundant, just in case there is no danger.

Even considering that "Infernal Affairs" has almost no special effects, at least 15 days must be reserved for editing.

This means that it has to be completed around October 10th.

So even if Li Cheng patted his chest and promised that 30 filming days could be done, he had to start preparations now.

Prepare everything ahead of time so you don’t get overwhelmed when you turn it on, because…

In September and October, there are three things that will interrupt the filming work:
For example, on the night of September 9th, the "Bay Area Rising Moon",

Xu Nian's fan meeting,

The Tang Tan 2 roadshow during the November holiday.

and so……

Mr. Xu sighed: "It's really unreasonable for the company not to award me the most model worker of the year."

Meng Chao on the side: "..."

Ah, yes yes.

Looking at Meng Chao, Xu Nian thought about it and asked: "By the way, does the company have an annual meeting?"

"some."

"What about my model worker trophy from last year?"

"There was no such award last year."

"So it must be because I didn't participate."

"Probably."

"..."

After thinking about it, Meng Chao suddenly felt that Xu Nian could indeed be regarded as a model worker.

We’re only halfway through the year, and we’ve already released one album and are working on an album of standards.

A movie has been released, a movie has been filmed, and a movie is being prepared.

There are also business activities.

It is not enough to count all year round.

But... why does Mr. Xu still take a month's annual leave at every turn?
Maybe there really is Lady Luck?
If Xu Nian knew what Meng Chao was thinking, he would definitely sell this thing to a 50-year-old rich woman.

What is annual leave?
Dude, that is to follow the excellent, outstanding musical talent and retired singer Lin Jianian to create in the world!
The main thing is that there is no Lady Luck at all, just bred to the top...partnerships.

Since Zhang Yawei took over Tianyue, the cooperation between Xu Nian and her has a clear division of labor, tacit understanding and happiness.

That's why it's so comfortable.

After all, Master Xu has always made it clear that dogs don't even talk about love.

Not to mention the obvious partner relationship with Zhang Yaweizhang, and there was only some verbal disputes with Lin Jianian.

Before Lin Jianian, she still needed to cover up the relationship between her and Zhang Yawei.

It's no longer needed now, so she bluntly emphasized that she took Xu Nian along to help her best friend strengthen Tianyue.

Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Lin Jia Nian himself firmly believes it.

Whoever sees it can't say a word, is she, Miss Lin, really worried about her own best friend?
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Considering that he was too busy during the day, after finishing the shooting, Xu Nian thought that his family was unprepared, so he had to stop by Lin's house to have dinner.

Speaking of which, in the blink of an eye, he, Xu, was old enough to be friends with Lonely and at the same time find a few work partners.

For example, although Zhang Yawei and Lin Jianian have different foraging habits, they are both good friends.

For another example, Lin Jianian is definitely an excellent game partner.

Still a great travel companion.

And a very good music creation partner.

For another example, Zhang Yawei is a very good port partner...

At the dinner table, when Xu Nian mentioned the new arrangement, Lin Jianian said casually, "That's just right, I'm going to ask a few seniors for advice soon."

On the side, Zhang Yawei didn't pay attention to the new arrangement she had known for a long time, but asked along the line: "Where are you mainly going this time?"

"Hong Kong next door, there are Shanghai and Beijing." Lin Jianian replied, "Maybe I have to go to Fujian."

Xu Nian asked from the side to express his doubts: "I wanted to ask before, given your status, why do you need to come to ask someone for help?"

Hearing this, Lin Jia glanced at Xu Nian: "Don't talk about respecting seniors, you have to have an attitude no matter how you ask for help."

"The other thing is to go out for a walk. Sometimes it's easy to get inspiration just by walking on the road."

Speaking of this, Lin Jianian glanced at Xu Nian again: "Why do I have to spend money like a nouveau riche?"

"I thought you were all used to using the most time-saving and labor-saving method." Xu Nian answered truthfully.

Lin Jianian thought about it for a while: "Suddenly understand why you are a very good partner."

“Collaborations are generally focused on results and efficiency, which happens to be your style in these areas.”

Regarding this, Xu Nian said shamelessly: "I like people who don't go astray~"

At that time, Lin Jianian turned her head to look at Zhang Yawei beside her: "Mr. Zhang, look at him!"

Zhang Yawei always smiled and said nothing.

Unlike before, she glanced at Xu Nian in a casual manner.

There are some unspeakable emotions in the eyes.

Because, more than once, she saw that Xu Nian did not have a deep sense of belonging to this world.

Like a wanderer who has no way back and can't find a destination.

For some reason, Zhang Yawei always felt that things should not just be like this.

So, almost unknowingly, she has tried a little harder.

And now, she thought, what other more direct attempts could be made...

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On the 5th, at around ten o'clock in the morning, Xu Nian came to the hotel where Li Cheng and others were staying.

It's not the first time everyone, including Zhuang Hui, has met, so we didn't exchange many pleasantries.

Xu Nian went straight to the point: "What do I need to do?"

Looking at each other with Zhuang Hui, Li Cheng answered, "Casting, but it may take two steps to score."

"One is to screen actors who are actively interested in "Infernal Affairs", starting this afternoon."

"The other thing is for all of us to activate our networking skills together to find suitable friends."

Hearing what Li Cheng said, Xu Nian immediately understood: "Let's be honest, who do you need me to fool?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a list was stuffed into his hands.

See...this is called tacit understanding.

Xu Nian looked at the series of names written by Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui, and suddenly said, "How dare you think about it!"

He almost jumped up: "Why don't you cast castings globally!"

In addition to mainland actors, there are also actors from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan on the list, and all of them are well-known players.

To give a few simple examples...

On paper, it was suggested to invite Lu Yao to play the role of 'Superintendent Liang'... a role with not many scenes, a supporting role among supporting roles.

It should be noted that Lu Yao is a serious and capable player. He did fall silent for a period of time, but now he has become completely popular.

Then...it is suggested to invite Hong Kong actor Han Wei to play the role of 'Han Chen'.

It is suggested to invite Chen Liliang, the grand slam actor of Wanwan, to play the superintendent 'Huang Zhicheng'.

It is suggested to invite Fan Donghe, a powerful actor of the new generation of domestic entertainment, to star in 'Young Liu Jianming'.

It is suggested to invite Chung Ka Fai, an idol of Hong Kong's new generation of powerful faction, to star in 'Liu Jianming'.

It is recommended to invite the well-known actress Wang Yongxin who came out of Macau to play the role of 'Mary'...Liu Jianming's wife.

Suggest Xu Nian himself to star in 'Young Xu Yongren'... oh, this one doesn't count.

In short, more than half of the top players in Chinese entertainment are on the list.

And they are all players who have no conflict of interest with Xu Nian and have a good reputation for cooperation in the circle.

Seriously speaking, Xu Nian has only seen such a luxurious lineup in the Earth Founding Trilogy.

Because even the movie actor Fucking Dragon is on the list of guest suggestions!
Fortunately, Lin Jianian was not suggested to play the role of the psychiatrist 'Li Xin'er'.

The most outrageous thing is that there are almost no film and television friends that Xu Nian is familiar with on the list, Lin Shu, Yang Xiao, He Wu and others are not there!

At the end, Xu Nian looked at Li Cheng and the two: "It's all like this, so why do you still need to do casting?"

Li Cheng immediately emphasized: "Of course! There are also many supporting roles, such as police officers and Han Chen's subordinates."

Xu Nian: "6."

Instead, he asked, "You must let me know why. I don't think such a luxurious lineup is a good thing."

"The coordination of the schedule alone is a big problem, but the shooting cycle is still very tight."

Hearing this, Zhuang Hui rarely spoke first: "We were inspired by the word 'Infernal Affairs'. Based on our experience and ability to grasp the market, the future of this drama is infinite."

"Ah Hui is too reserved." Li Cheng interrupted, "We think this drama will go abroad."

"And, we hope to win the box office championship in the history of our country's film, and rush to the Oscars."

"It's no exaggeration to say that this is our most likely film to truly enter the forefront of world film history."

After listening, Xu Nian still expressed his incomprehension: "The box office has little to do with the lineup."

"Moreover, whether it enters the world's film history does not depend on the actor's fame."

Li Cheng laughed: "Didn't you realize that they are all capable, what we want is that any character can perform well!"

Then Li Cheng said: "As for the schedule issue, I fully believe in your face, and I also fully believe in everyone's yearning for fame."

Xu Nian: "..."

Is there any reason in this world?

Is there any special law?
Is digging pits and burying people so blatant now?

Excessive!

Although, Xu Nian really didn't really want to reject these...in fact, they were quite attractive suggestions.

First of all, there is another very interesting thing here, the crew is not short of money.Li Cheng made a lot of money from Tang Tan 1...he is a screenwriter + director.

Zhuang Hui also has a small fortune.

Only the initial funding for shooting is as high as 1.2 million, which can be added if it is not enough.

From the shooting point of view, this is just a literary film, and the cost is generally not too high.

Moreover, Xu Nian's basic remuneration is only random.

Therefore, there is enough confidence to invite any star to play.

And a very important point is that the people on the recommended invitation list are not short of money.

In other words, they didn't pay much attention to the salary of a guest role.

In comparison, these people will pay more attention to 'name'.

At the level of "Infernal Affairs", the attraction is still there.

If we play the card of Chinese culture going out again, eight out of ten will not refuse.

Secondly, with such a luxurious lineup to play for Xu Nian, sending him to the Golden Rooster Best Actor, just thinking about it is cool.

Then follow the film to rush to the Oscars without winning an award. As long as Xu Nian can be nominated for an individual category, the Chinese film and television will directly climax first.

After all, in terms of international popularity, the Oscars are still second to none.

Besides, everything must first adapt to the existing rules before we can better create new rules.

In addition, Oscar does not have a newcomer award. Assuming Xu Nian is nominated, there is only one possibility... Best Actor.

Then, with Xu Nian's traffic attributes, it became popular all over the country in an instant... across the east, west, north and south.

Chinese culture in the field of entertainment has directly opened up the situation by going abroad. From then on, Xu Nian can easily dominate domestic entertainment...

Okay, accept, don't dream too beautifully.

Xu Nian thought about it, and then came back to his senses: "I think, first finish casting all the roles, and then go to fool one by one."

"In this way, when they ask, they will have something to say."

Both Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui deeply agree with this.

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At 02:30 in the afternoon, the first casting audition for "Infernal Affairs" was held in a well-decorated grand banquet hall of the hotel.

Li Cheng was still a bit reserved, and there were a lot of artists who took the initiative to audition.

However, it only released some non-important supporting roles, and the artists who came were not very famous.

Just one thing, 0 newcomers are all contestants with previous works and a certain level of performance.

Of course, in Li Cheng's identities, they don't have to personally choose the casting, there is a special casting director.

But this time even Xu Nian was pulled in, so there were naturally special arrangements.

For example, all the characters who may play with Xu Nian are marked, and there will be a follow-up after going through Xu Nian's eye relationship first.

In a word, putting aside those distant goals, Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui believed that the first thing that must be ensured was to set up a platform for Xu Nian.

That is, no matter what, it is necessary to ensure that Xu Nian can get the Golden Rooster Best Actor.

Therefore, even small details such as the atmosphere of the crew will be fully considered.

Casting is progressing in an orderly manner.

At first Xu Nian was in high spirits.

Because this was the first time he participated in this kind of thing, he didn't even remember it.

Players who are directly popularized by traffic have never experienced a trough.

I haven't experienced any pick and choose.

They all came to the door on their own initiative.

Including... Li Cheng's Detective Tang series is also like this. At that time, Li Cheng persuaded Xu Nian to act, but it took a lot of effort.

With the stroke of the pen in his hand, other people's future opportunities are gone, and Xu Nian loses interest even more.

Mainly look at the edge of the eyes first.

Although Xu Nian can get along with anyone, but if he is serious, he will be picky based on his eyesight.

Everywhere feels unpleasant.

Fortunately, with the passage of time, the casting has come to an end.

Get all the non-important supporting roles at once.

After it was over, Xu Nian breathed a sigh of relief.

"Occasionally unscrupulously critical, what experience?" Li Cheng asked bluntly.

Xu Nian thought for a while before answering: "It was okay at first, no wonder the people who are in charge of personnel on the Internet are so foolish."

"For some people, this is 'fun'." Zhuang Hui interjected, "It can also make things difficult for others."

Hearing this, Xu Nian couldn't help laughing: "You all have good intentions."

"Next, it's our turn to take the initiative to come to accept possible difficulties from others."

Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui laughed without saying a word.

Although the list is only a suggestion for invitation, there are one or two roles that are not easy to replace.

Of course, a high degree of running-in will still give up.

It's just that no matter what, there will be a door-to-door process, and there is a possibility of being made things difficult.

Because human beings actually have no logic at all.

No matter how old you are, how much you have achieved, how many good contacts and reputation you have, you may suddenly go crazy.

Xu Nian will inevitably bear the brunt of the next invitation.

Therefore, having experienced the corresponding scene in advance can make Xu Nian feel relatively calm.

Of course, it didn't mean to let Xu Nian rush to the front, but to serve as a foil for Xu Nian. It was hard to say that the other party didn't pay more attention.

After all, it's a two-way choice.

.........

After having dinner together and discussing briefly, Xu Nian quickly called Lu Yao.

After connecting with Lu Yao on the opposite side, he said cheerfully, "Xiao Xu! You don't have to go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, so just talk about it."

"Brother Lu, help me with a cameo role?" Xu Nian simply said openly, "It's a compliment for me."

"Going to take the film of the actor?"

"Correct."

"I heard that Li Cheng has no time to sit in the post-production of Tang Detective 2 recently, so he won't be the one taking the lead?"

"almost."

"It looks like a big scene, okay, no problem, if it doesn't take long, you can do it anytime."

"..."

How should I put it, the process was quite easy.

Then Xu Nian found Fan Donghe again, this buddy is not very old, 26 seven.

He is the same generation player as Xu Nian.

Although there was not much intersection in the past, the communication was also very smooth.

Perhaps Mr. Xu still has a bit of a thin face. In short, he directly settled three or four candidates through the phone.

It also made Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui breathe a sigh of relief.

So without further ado, I immediately decided to go to Hong Kong tomorrow.

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On the morning of the 6th, Xu Nian, Li Cheng, and Zhuang Hui took a large team to Hong Kong.

It can be regarded as the official start of on-site preparations.

Because "Infernal Affairs" will be filmed in Hong Kong, all filming is arranged in Hong Kong.

The pre-coordination and site setting will start one after another.

After arriving in Hong Kong, Xu Nian and the others just took a break, and then visited the actor Han Wei.

Han Weinian is nearly fifty years old, and has contributed many familiar roles to the screen for many years.

It's probably because actors of their generation are pretty good at keeping healthy, and now they're only getting a little fatter.

He looks like a kinder uncle.

In fact, Han Wei has never played a villain role, and he doesn't know how Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui chose it.

Xu Nian did not play the vanguard, and the main scene was handed over to Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui.

The role of his appearance is to show a sincere attitude.

Han Wei quickly expressed his opinion: "It's a very interesting book. There used to be so many gangster movies, and it's not easy to be different."

"The role given to me is also very interesting, thank you for giving me the opportunity."

Kind and polite.

very smooth.

.........

After securing another heavyweight role, Xu Nian and his party made an appointment with Zhong Jiahui.

Zhong Jiahui agreed to the "splashing wealth and wealth" that came to his door almost without any consideration.

He is not stupid.

Among other things, this preparatory specification alone is enough to explain the problem.

What's more, he has the ability to appreciate.

There is no doubt that starring in "Infernal Affairs" will be a very important resume for him.

Therefore, Zhong Jiahui even expressed euphemistically: "Speaking of which, my level is not enough, I need to exercise more, and I will win the award in two years."

Xu Nian: "..."

Li Cheng: "..."

Zhuang Hui: "..."

They all understood the meaning of Zhong Jiahui's words, which meant that they could voluntarily reject the Golden Rooster nomination.

Because the Golden Rooster Award clearly reset the rules a few years ago, double yolk eggs are not allowed.

That is to say, there is only one actor and actress for each session.

The main reason is that in some years the double yolk egg has been played too much. For example, the Hundred Flowers Award next door is now stepping into the same footsteps.

In short, in the communication just now, Zhong Jiahui thought that although he is a double hero, since he wants to serve as a foil for Xu Nian, he should be more firm.

In order for "Infernal Affairs" to be brilliant enough, every role must be played in place.

In this ideal situation, both Xu Nian and Zhong Jiahui would be nominated for the Golden Rooster.

And Zhong Jiahui's voluntary withdrawal is indeed the safest way for Xu Nian to win the Golden Rooster Best Actor with "Infernal Affairs".

However, if Xu Nian loses to others, because the actor of 'Liu Jianming' refuses to be nominated, it will be... losing his wife and losing his army.

Obviously, this is a very stupid way.

Therefore, Xu Nian had no choice but to say: "No need, I'm just messing around with traffic, and it's not that important whether I get the Golden Rooster Best Actor or not."

Li Cheng also explained from the side: "The so-called support is just to highlight the role played by Mr. Xu, which is determined at the stage of the script."

Zhong Jiahui: "..."

He didn't know what to say.

Because he saw not only his inappropriate self-love, but also the full confidence of Xu Nian and his party.

.........

Although there was a slight episode here with Zhong Jiahui, the result was very good.

After that, Xu Nian and his party stayed in Hong Kong for four days.

During the period, several of them took the initiative to visit some artists, some only met with them, and some waited for them to come to their door.

The end result is pretty good.

Basically, they are players on the suggested list, only one or two characters are slightly different, which has little impact.

At this point, the preliminary table is set up...
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(The previous chapter has been changed...)
PS: Xu Nian's lack of sense of integration seems to be the trend of the characters in the book, not my deliberate design.

However, Zhang and Lin are indeed the "anchor points" of the plot that I deliberately designed.

I'm not good at describing emotions. Even if I asked Kissing Pig for advice, I ended up presenting it in a gag + sci-fi style, that is, this part of the plot needs to be able to accept this setting...

(End of this chapter)