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Chapter 287: Twelve Beauties of Jinling

August 8, Yanjing.

After breakfast, Fangyan strolled back home.

Fang Hong was admiring the gifts and souvenirs she brought while chatting with Yang Xia about the recent social security.

"I heard that Lu Dacheng from your factory was also arrested?"

"Well, a group of people gathered to dance. It seems he was the organizer of the dance."

"Oh my, how could a cadre like him do such a thing?"

Yang Xia couldn't help but feel fortunate that she had come to her senses and turned to support Fang Hong and Han Yuemin's free love.

"Ahem, Mom, don't talk about these things in broad daylight."

Fangyan pretended to cough a few times and changed the topic to buying fashion magazines and fashionable clothes for Fang Hong.

"You just love to spend money recklessly."

Fang Hong said, "You can just buy more fashion magazines. Why buy so many clothes? I have so many clothes in my closet that I can change them all week without repeating any of them." She repeatedly reminded him, "Yanzi, don't buy them again next time."

Fangyan said: "I also want you to see the popular styles in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and abroad so that you can learn from them."

"Your brother-in-law and I don't even have time to copy it now."

Fang Hong said that not long ago, the Agricultural Exhibition Hall and Theater held a fashion show of clothing, shoes and hats from five provinces and cities. The model team from Shanghai showed 185 sets of clothing to the audience. Each set of clothing was numbered. She and Han Yuemin bought a lot of clothes on the spot according to the numbers.

"Oh."

Fangyan raised his eyebrows, very surprised.

"If the current situation wasn't so dire, Yuemin would have wanted to form our own model team to showcase the clothes we make."

Fang Hong shook her head helplessly and laughed.

After chatting for a while, the two talked about the clothing business and the hottest topic in society recently, the national auditions for "Dream of Red Mansions".

Fang Yan joked, "Why, sister, you don't want to play in Dream of the Red Chamber, do you? Is it Lin Daiyu or Xue Baochai?"

"You're asking for a beating!"

Fang Hong rolled her eyes, "I, your sister, do have some self-awareness. I didn't send the photos, but Pei Ning did."

Fang Yan said that although he was a member of the advisory committee, he could not act in a partial manner, and the final decision was in the hands of Wang Fulin.

Fang Hong asked, "Then, then does Director Wang also have the final say on the costume design for this crew?"

"Of course, the makeup artists, costume designers, cameramen, composers, and lighting technicians in the crew were all decided by him personally."

Fang Yan nodded and said, "From a professional perspective, each of them is a great person."

Fang Hong said weakly: "If I want to go in and do odd jobs, is that possible?"

"Doing odd jobs?"

Fangyan suddenly realized that his sister wanted to join the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions" for "further studies" and learn ancient costume design!

"Yanzi, do you think I have this chance?"

Fang Hong's eyes were full of anticipation.

Fangyan asked, "What about your work in the factory?"

"I've already been put on unpaid leave, so I might as well quit this time." Fang Hong said firmly that she had long had the idea of ​​smashing her iron rice bowl, and she might as well smash it once and for all this time.

"Sister, it seems that you really want to make progress."

Fang Yan pondered for a while and said, "How about this? There will be a symposium on Dream of the Red Chamber in a few days. I will ask about it then."

…………

Two days later, CCTV.

In the conference room sat a whole group of consultants for Dream of the Red Chamber, including Wan Jiabao, Wu Zuxiang, Shen Congwen, Zhu Jiaqi, Jiang Hesen, Qi Gong, Wu Shichang, Zhou Ruchang...

Fangyan greeted them one by one, and then saw Wang Fulin, who was looking sad.

Ever since the casting announcement for Dream of Red Mansions was made public, his eyes have been filled with information and photos of countless auditioning actors.

Every day, I receive half a sack of letters in my mailbox, which adds up to tens of thousands of letters.

People's enthusiasm for performing "Dream of Red Mansions" is no less than that for talent shows such as "Super Girl" and "Produce 101".

"In addition to the cover letter, we also organized a casting team and traveled to more than ten provinces across the country."

Wang Fulin said: "We select actors from each troupe. We record all the actors who we think have good temperament and potential, and then bring them all back to Yanjing to ensure that we can select the actors who best fit the roles of Dream of Red Mansions from so many candidates."

Looking at this situation, Fangyan smacked his lips.

How embarrassing it is for the capital, directors and actors of later generations. Only this kind of craftsmanship can create a classic!
"Then let's start with Lin Daiyu."

Wang Fulin signaled to the staff.

Soon, the curtains were drawn in the entire conference room, and it was pitch dark. The image of the candidate who played Lin Daiyu was displayed on the screen.

The first person who caught his eye was Zhang Jinglin, and Fangyan immediately recognized that this was the future "Qingwen".

"The second one is Zhang Lei, who was recommended by a comrade from the literature and art department of the station."

Wang Fulin introduced his identity and made his comments.

With the dim light, Fangyan flipped through the photos of the actors. Each of them had an impressive background.

Especially the actress who will play "Xichun" in the future, Hu Zehong. Many of the Redology consultants present are friends with her father, and she is an actor of the Red Flag Yue Opera Troupe directly under the cultural department, and has studied under everyone.

Maybe in the future, it would have been decided like this.

But when filming a TV series at this time, what matters is not who has a more powerful background, but who is suitable.

"My name is Chen Xiaoxu, an actor from the Anshan Repertory Theatre."

"I want to recite a poem I wrote myself, called "I am a Willow Catkin."

"I am a catkin, growing up in the beautiful spring."

"Because my parents abandoned me too early, I became close friends with the spring breeze." "I am a catkin, don't ask where my home is..."

Watching the video of Chen Xiaoxu with pigtails, Fangyan felt it was fresh, but he heard that many consultants were not optimistic.

"When she is still, she is like a beautiful flower reflecting on water; when she moves, she is like a willow in the wind. Her temperament is somewhat similar, but she is not beautiful."

"Yes, Cao Gong called Lin Daiyu 'the fairy from the other world', 'the fairy of the red pearl', and 'the concubine of Xiaoxiang' in his book. Since she is a fairy, she is as stunning as a swan and has a graceful demeanor. I see that this girl only has the gentle and delicate side of Lin Daiyu."

"Lin Daiyu must be both talented and beautiful. Her nickname is 'Pinpin', which comes from Xi Shi's 'sick heart and frown'. Lin Daiyu is Xi Shi in A Dream of Red Mansions, a complete sick beauty. This girl is not beautiful."

"........."

Facing many doubts and criticisms, Wang Fulin shook his head and said, "When I interviewed this girl, she was good in every way. The only thing I was not satisfied with was that she was not pretty enough. Otherwise, she would have been the only candidate for Lin Daiyu."

"If you ask me, we should invite them all to audition."

Fang Yan smiled and said, "How about we try out the makeup and see the final effect before making a decision?"

After this was said, no one had any objection. After all, it was only the first round of auditions.

Then it was the turn of Xue Baochai, Jia Tanchun, Jia Yingchun, Miaoyu...

When it was "Qin Keqing's" turn, Fang Yan saw Qiu Peining's image and photo and remained calm.

No one present had a fierce quarrel like they had with Lin Daiyu, until it came to "Wang Xifeng".

When Deng Jie's video appeared on the screen, people had different opinions.

"With her conditions, what kind of role can she play?"

"I'm afraid I can't even play a maid."

"He's too short and too dark. Why would they choose such a person? He can't even be compared to Le Yun and Zhou Yue just now."

"........."

Seeing Wang Fulin being "attacked by the crowd", Fang Yan came to the rescue and said: "Although she is dark, her foundation looks good. After putting on makeup, she looks very photogenic. Even if she can't play Wang Xifeng, she can play other roles."

"Apart from these few, are there no other candidates?"

Jiang Hesen frowned.

"Originally there were many candidate actors, but for various reasons, they all withdrew."

Wang Fulin sighed softly.

Listening to his explanation, Fangyan could understand his helplessness.

At that time, the film and television industry in the mainland was not well developed.

Although Dream of Red Mansions is a big production, the shooting period is long and the unit cannot allow them to shoot for two or three years, unless the actor himself, like Fang Hong, does not even want his iron rice bowl.

All the crew can offer is a three-year contract for the actors, and they can't make any other promises.

Some people may be willing to sacrifice their jobs for the sake of "Dream of the Red Chamber", but more people want to keep their public jobs.

"In most cases, the actors themselves are willing, but the unit is unwilling to second them."

Wang Fulin gave an example. He originally had his eyes on Zhu Lin, but the Emei Film Studio refused to lend him the money no matter what.

Although there are many beautiful women in Chengdu, I only found two on this trip, one is Deng Jie and the other is Zhang Li.

“These are not the most important issues.”

Wan Jiabao asked, "We have the actors for the roles of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, but what about Jia Baoyu?"

Wang Fulin gave an awkward smile: "I haven't found it yet."

Wu Zuxiang was stunned. "If Jia Baoyu is not found, how can we film Dream of the Red Chamber?"

Wang Fulin hurriedly explained that the crew had visited various places to select actors several times and the news was also published in the newspapers, but the people selected were not satisfactory.

"How about Hong Jiantao?"

Fangyan suddenly spoke up and recommended "Manager Qian" in "Wulin Waijiao" and "Team Leader Hong" in "The Story of the Kitchen Team".

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, having never heard of this before.

Fortunately, Wang Fulin and the others knew him, and their eyes suddenly brightened.

"This is a good candidate. Teacher Fang has a good eye!"

"Where, where."

Fangyan raised his hand.

Then I found a resume and a photo, Xu Fei?
Seeing that he helped him out of trouble many times, Wang Fulin was deeply moved and came to express his gratitude during the break.

Fang Yan then talked about Fang Hong wanting to work as a handyman in the costume design team of the crew. "Her original words were, as long as I have food and accommodation, it doesn't matter how much I get paid. Look at this..."

"This is a good thing. Our costume team is really short of manpower."

Wang Fulin smiled and arranged Fang Hong to assist fashion designer Shi Yanqin.

"Director Wang, thank you so much."

"The pressure of filming Dream of the Red Chamber is really too great. I have thought more than once whether I should just give up filming!"

"Director Wang, please don't think like that."

Fangyan consoled him, "We have only been to a dozen provinces."

"That's right, so we plan to travel all over the country, especially Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai."

Wang Fulin nodded and said that he had seen the makeup photos of "Xi Shi" on "Massive TV".

Dong Zhizhi, who played Xi Shi in the film, left a deep impression on people and might be a suitable candidate for Lin Daiyu.

Dialects become more active, so go to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai?

"It would be great if Teacher Fang could come with us."

Wang Fulin said sincerely, "Based on your vision, I believe you can definitely pick more and better actors."

(End of this chapter)