China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 541 The biggest failure of the whole drama
"Director Li, I will definitely not let you down." Zhang Songwen replied.

Li Yu trusted him so much that he gave him such an important role.

If he messed up his act by just muddling through his days, he would call Lao Mo and tell him he wanted to eat fish, without Li Yu saying anything, and then let Lao Mo kill him.

Like Gao Ye and Lin Jiachuan, they cherish this hard-earned role very much and promised to prepare well after returning.

Li Yu met with many actors these days.

The Beijing Film Academy group consisting of Zhang Songwen, Gao Ye and Lin Jiachuan is just the first one.

Soon, Li Yu called Zhang Yi again.

After reading the script that Li Yu emailed to him, Zhang Yi praised it highly: "Awesome, this script is awesome. Director Li, which role do you want me to play? It won't be Gao Qiqiang, right?"

It's not surprising at all that Zhang Yi wants to play Gao Qiqiang Li Yu.

There were legends about the underworld in the original time and space. Zhang Yi originally wanted to play Gao Qiqiang, and he also gave some of his own suggestions for this role.

However, the best candidate in the director's mind is Zhang Songwen.

In the original time and space, there were rumors that Gao Qiqiang's original intended actor was Zhang Yi. Zhang Songwen did not have a schedule at the time, but the director sent the script to Zhang Songwen anyway, but he never received a response.

In fact, Zhang Songwen didn’t have time to watch it, and the director thought Zhang Songwen didn’t like it.

As a result, there was a reversal. Zhang Songwen contacted the actors around the director and said that he had watched three episodes and wanted to talk to him.

Zhang Songwen met him and told him about his childhood experiences, his understanding of the characters, and their biographies.

Then he became more determined that the role of Gao Qiqiang should be played by Zhang Songwen. If he didn't let Zhang Songwen play the role, he, as a director, might regret it for the rest of his life.

Later, when "Kuang Biao" was broadcast, except Zhang Yi, all other actors helped promote "Kuang Biao".

Some guys claiming to be insiders broke the news that Zhang Yi was almost signing the contract to play Gao Qiqiang, but Zhang Songwen's joining caused his role to be changed to An Xin.

These are just rumors in the world, and it is hard to say whether they are true or false.

Anyway, this kind of situation will never happen again with Li Yu.

Because Li Yu would cut off Zhang Yi's thoughts about Gao Qiqiang from the very beginning.

"I'm sorry, but I've given Gao Qiqiang to someone else. You can only play An Xin." Li Yu tapped the table with his fingers and got straight to the point.

"Who is it? So fast." Zhang Yi was quite surprised.

"Zhang Songwen, you may not be familiar with this name, he is my senior. Anyway, the only option left for you is An Xin." Li Yu said.

"Uh... let me think about it..." An old actor like Zhang Yi couldn't possibly be unaware that An Xin's character is unlikable.

This character is extremely fair and impartial to himself and those close to him, with no favoritism or protection at all.

At the same time, this character is stubborn, obstinate, naive, and unsophisticated.

All his friends and colleagues have been cheated because of his personality.

Even though he didn't mean to.

The most typical plot is that Zhao Lidong came to comfort him, and his leaders and colleagues tried their best to please Zhao Lidong.

He guessed that Zhao Lidong was Xu Jiang's protector, and was very disdainful of Zhao Lidong's condolences. He also said in front of Zhao Lidong that he would definitely catch Xu Jiang's protector.

As a result, the entire department lost their excellence awards and bonuses because of his words.

Although this character has a very positive image, Zhang Yi made this inference based on his own extensive experience.

After the TV series is broadcast, this character is definitely not as popular as Gao Qiqiang.

"Don't hesitate, I'll find a very beautiful actress to play opposite you." Li Yu started to deceive people.

"Director Li, I am very moved by your suggestion, but you may not know much about my family situation. My agent is my wife." Zhang Yi said seriously. Well, Li Yu really didn't know that Zhang Yi's agent was his wife.

He had to change his strategy.

"'Operation Red Sea' directed by Lin Chaoxian is currently attracting investment. I am the screenwriter of that movie. I don't think you will be interested in this movie, right?" Li Yu said.

"..."

Zhang Yi was very angry that someone actually used "Operation Red Sea" to tempt him.

Is he the kind of person who can't resist temptation? He is a man of steel, and he said he didn't want to play an unpleasant role like An Xin, and that's just what he wanted to do, even if Li Yu promised to tailor a movie for him.

"Director Li, you don't have a son yet, and I want to take care of you in your old age." Zhang Yi wished he could fly to Li Yu to thank his adoptive father.

"Get lost!" Li Yu replied bluntly.

Zhang Yi felt that he had made a fortune.

Actually, Li Yu and Lin Chaoxian met to discuss the script that time.

Lin Chaoxian said that the actors in "Operation Nujiang River" are pretty good and he will give them priority.

In other words, even if Li Yu didn't say anything, Zhang Yi would still have a high probability of playing in "Operation Red Sea".

It was just that Zhang Yi didn't know the content of the conversation between Li Yu and Lin Chaoxian, so he felt that he had gotten a great advantage.

However, strictly speaking, Zhang Yi did get the upper hand.

Since Li Yu didn't ask for it, he had to audition for the role, but there was a high chance that he would get the role, and a small chance that he wouldn't.

Li Yu spoke, and it was basically a sure thing.

Originally, the movie "Operation Red Sea" was directed by Li Yu.

Li Yu recommended Lin Chaoxian and gave up the opportunity.

Li Yu was just recommending a role, and it was impossible for Lin Chaoxian not to give Li Yu face.

So it cannot be said that Li Yu was completely fooling Zhang Yi.

Li Yu did not contact or meet in person the remaining supporting actors who did not have very important roles.

Li Yu asked people from the company to send them an invitation.

Mr. Wu Gang, who played Li Dakang in "In the Name", asked the staff of Hualiu Company to ask Li Yu a question.

He has a son who is about to turn twenty years old, and he wants to ask Li Yu if he can arrange a role for his son.

His son played Chen Shuting's son Gao Xiaochen in the original version of Crazy Storms. His acting skills were almost non-existent. He could do nothing but stare and yell, which was criticized by a large number of viewers.

Having seen the acting skills of Wu Gang's son, Li Yu definitely cannot let him join the crew.

He asked someone to respond to Wu Gang and told him to take a look first and then decide if there is a suitable one.

Wu Gang is also a veteran actor, he should be able to understand Li Yu's subtext.

Sure enough, Wu Gang did not disappoint Li Yu. He did not ask Li Yu to arrange a suitable role for his son again. He himself agreed to take part in Kuang Biao.

Li Yu deleted the embarrassing scene where he tried to persuade people to surrender.

If his son is the person with the worst acting skills in the whole drama, then the scene where he persuades Yang Jian to surrender is the most embarrassing scene in the whole drama.

However, the blame cannot be entirely put on Wu Gang. It is mainly the screenwriter's problem. The plot is too poorly written.

Xu Zhong, played by Wu Gang, plays the emotional card right away. The key is that Yang Jian doesn't know Mr. Xu. Why play the emotional card with someone he doesn't know? He also has to gamble the lives of a team of veteran team members on Yang Jian's conscience. I can only say that the plot is very confusing.

(End of this chapter)