superstar director

Chapter 311 Auditions
In the two parts of "Swordsman", Ning Cheng originally wanted to wait for Ning Tong to debut, and give her the role of the junior sister to hone her acting skills. However, because Ning Tong has two more friends, the debut plan has changed, so, Ning Sheng decided to just finish filming his favorite walking martial arts movie.

As for Ning Tong's role and other children's film and television resources, he will naturally make other arrangements.

The original "Swordsman" movie has three parts, but the third part has nothing to do with the plot and characters of the original.Ning Sheng directly removed the third part from his filming plan.

And among the remaining first two parts, the second part "Laughing Jianghu: The Undefeated East" is the most famous and regarded as a classic by countless martial arts fans, but the first part is also liked and praised by many people, especially the first male The protagonist Linghu Chong is known as the most chic and prodigal among all the versions!
However, Ning Sheng's movie is destined to be unable to invite the best "Linghu Chong" in the original version, because Xu Guanjie, the Cantonese singing god in this world, has retired from the entertainment industry for many years, and he is almost sixty years old.

Ning Cheng thought about the choice of the male lead, and hesitated several times when he looked at Li Lianlian's photo. Just like what many people think, Li Lianlian's movements are indeed very beautiful, and his acting skills are not bad for an action actor. However, Linghu Chong's unrestrained style was what Li Lianlian lacked.

This kind of unrestrained demeanor does not mean that you can show it simply by using acting skills, but by using the plot, unless your acting skills are really against the sky, or you choose someone whose personality is similar to Linghu Chong. Regarding this point, Ning Sheng also agrees. Some hesitation.

It's already September now, and he doesn't want to arrange the filming plan until next year, so large-scale auditions are even more unreliable.

If it doesn't work, I can only use Li to connect. At least he is very suitable in other aspects except that he doesn't match the identity of the prodigal son.

While thinking about the role candidates, Ning Sheng began to organize the crew and allocate funds.This time, Ning Sheng did not invest alone, because no one could guarantee that his movie would be a hit, otherwise those big companies would just invest directly by themselves, why bother to pull other companies to make money together?

Although joint investment will distribute some benefits in future profits, in case of losses, the losses that originally need to be borne by one person will also be shared. No matter how big the company is, it is very important to suffer less losses and avoid losses. important.After all, you can never make money before, but if you lose too much, you may have to jump off the building!

Ning Sheng has established his position in the film industry through two films, especially the fabulous achievements of "Dragon Inn", especially in the field of martial arts films, the absolute number one director with the highest rate of return!

Therefore, when the news that Ning Sheng is going to make a new martial arts movie is released, there are really not too many investment and entertainment companies waving checks and rushing to send money to join!
Ning Sheng would not accept all of them. First, he determined the funds needed for the film, which was 3000 million in total. Then his old friend Letian Film and Television invested 5000 million. Hantang Film and Television, which he cooperated with last time, invested 5000 million. Stellar Film and Television and Tianfeng Film and Television also invested 8000 million each, so that [-] million was collected, and the remaining [-] million was contributed by Ning Cheng's Xingtong Studio.

In addition to Xingtong Studio and Lotte Film and Television, the other three film and television companies participating in the joint venture are film market companies under the five major entertainment groups in China. Their strength is amazing, and they are naturally more powerful in terms of distribution and promotion.

Because this time it is a joint investment of many companies, Ning Sheng will naturally not treat himself badly, so he first offered himself a reward of 5000 million. This price is astronomical for a new director, but for the top domestic director For those big directors, they are not even paid by others. Directors like Wang Jing, Director Feng, and Zhang Yimou are paid more than [-] million yuan. The specific figure is determined according to the type of film and the amount of investment. Of course, some The director's income is only a lot more than the fixed remuneration through the way of box office distribution.

The price Ning Sheng gave himself was considered mid-range in China, but it was actually on the low side.If Ning Sheng went out to make martial arts movies for other companies, based on "Dragon Inn"'s global box office of 50 billion, if he didn't ask for a share of the box office, Ning Sheng's remuneration would be over [-] million at least.

So other investors fully agreed with Ning Sheng's 5000 million remuneration, and then Ning Sheng directly sent an invitation to Liu Xun, who just won the Golden Tripod Award for Best Actor Supporting. Liu Xun just finished filming a martial arts movie, and received Ning Sheng's phone call didn't wait to read the script, and he agreed directly.

The role that Ning Sheng assigned Liu Xun this time was still eunuch, but this time he was promoted and became the top leader of the East Factory, "Factory Master", a supporting villain with a very important role!
Then Ning Sheng called his old friend Yuan Jieying again, "Aying, are you free recently?"

"Yes, I just finished filming a TV series, why do you have a new role for me?"

"Yeah, it's a supporting role, are you interested?"

"Yes, let alone a supporting role in your play, I'll come even if it's a side role!"

"Okay, bring your agent over to sign the contract tomorrow!"

Acquaintances are convenient, and you can get it done with a few words.Yuan Jieying's role is naturally the Lan Fenghuang she originally played in the original version. Among all the versions of Lan Fenghuang, only her Lan Fenghuang is the most impressive and lovable!

Then there are Ren Yingying and Zuo Lengchan, as well as the junior junior sister and another villain, Ouyang Quan.

Originally, Ren Yingying in the first part was played by Zhang Ming, but in the second part she was replaced by Guan Dameiren. Ning Cheng thought both versions were very good, so he asked people to contact them to see who was still available, or Come audition together and choose one of them.

Zuo Lengchan would just have to find an old actor, but Ning Cheng hesitated again for his junior sister and Ouyang Quan.

There is no need to think about the original version of Ye Tong and Zhang Xueyou. One is that Ning Cheng doesn't like it. When he sees this face, he will always have Xu Xian's male appearance in his mind, and he really can't regard her as a woman.The other is that the age is wrong. Zhang Geshen is almost fifty and can't act.

Since I can't think of who to use, let's discuss it with the crew and discuss it together.

The other entertainment companies that invested together were finally overjoyed when they heard that Ning Sheng handed over two important supporting roles to them for discussion.

From the beginning of the establishment of the crew, Ning Sheng worked part-time as the director, screenwriter, and producer, the three most powerful titles of the crew, and single-handedly controlled the casting of important roles. Even when they were casting, they didn't even know who the candidates were. Who was Ning Cheng looking for? It wasn't until they entered the group and signed a contract that they realized that this was the character Ning Cheng had chosen.

This kind of cooperation is really the first time people from several major entertainment companies have met, but when they came, the company had already ordered them to listen to Ning Cheng for everything on the crew, and they would do whatever Ning Cheng asked them to do, and Ning Cheng refused. Whatever they do, they absolutely cannot do.

Those bosses are always very tolerant to those who can make money for them.

Now that some news about Ning Sheng's new martial arts movie has just been revealed, the entertainment sector across the country is full of speculation about Ning Sheng's new movie, and even some entertainment companies' movies that were originally planned to be released next year have to be released earlier, or continue to be postponed. Just because Ning Sheng said that his new movie is expected to be released early next year.

In order to ensure that Ning Sheng could create the best movie, the major investment companies fully cooperated, and when signing the contract, they all accepted the conditions proposed by Ning Chen.Although those conditions might be kicked out by another director, but facing Ning Sheng, who won a movie with a box office of 50 billion, everyone smiled and agreed.

Of course, Ning Cheng also knew in his heart that if the movie failed, those investors might turn around and change their faces!

Therefore, Ning Sheng will not be polite to the personnel sent by the investment company in the film crew. As long as he can make a good movie that makes money, then he can always say the same in the film crew.

The people from the major companies over there seized the opportunity to stuff artists from their own companies into the crew, but the others were naturally unwilling, so the spat meeting went on and on.

While they were arguing about the two roles, Ning Cheng received a call from the assistant director. Zhang Ming was unable to participate in the role because of a schedule conflict, and Guan Dameiren also had a schedule conflict, but the other party heard that Ning Cheng During the filming, I wanted to call Ning Sheng directly and discuss it.

Naturally, Ning Chen didn't want to worry about this role, so he followed the assistant director's call.

"Hi, is that Guan Zhilin?"

"I am, are you?"

"I'm Ning Sheng!"

"Ah, Director Ning Sheng, hello, thank you for calling."

"Well, I heard that your schedule conflicts with ours. You want to contact me directly. Do you have any suggestions?"

"Yes, I don't have many scenes here. You can tell the director to focus on shooting as much as possible in advance and finish shooting as soon as possible. It's November. No, it will probably end in mid-October. Do you think it's okay?"

"Okay, in fact, you just need to join the group at the end of October."

"That's great, shall I go to the audition tomorrow?"

"Okay, come and chat, and then sign a contract!"

"Thank you so much, Director Ning, see you tomorrow!"

"Ok, see you tomorrow!"

After hanging up the phone, Beauty Guan turned around excitedly and hugged her manager, Sister Liu, and shouted happily, "Sister Liu, I'm going to be in Ning Cheng's movie!"

Sister Liu also smiled and said, "Okay, you stay here for now, I'll go and communicate with the company, and then talk to the director, and ask them to finish filming your scenes ahead of time when they make plans for the shooting. This is your It's the first time to participate in Ning Sheng's play, so you have to go there earlier, read the script more, and make a good impression on Director Ning, you know?"

Guan Zhilin nodded repeatedly and said, "I know, sister Liu, you go, I'll wait for you here!"

Sister Liu patted her on the back, then smiled and went out to communicate with the company and the director for her. Fortunately, this TV series was jointly invested by their company, otherwise it would be really difficult to talk to the director. After all, Guan Zhilin only debuted for five years , less than 30 years old, but a second-tier movie star whose career has always been tepid, really doesn't have the confidence to raise conditions with the director.

And this time, Guan Zhilin's manager, Sister Liu, felt that she could stand with them and communicate with the director, because Guan Damei could participate in Ning Sheng's movie.

Although Ning Cheng's last martial arts movie did not have any particularly popular newcomers, it couldn't stand the high box office. What's more, the value of the three movie kings and actresses rose a lot after "Dragon Inn". The supporting roles Zhen Bullet and Liu Xun both became popular.

Therefore, when the company knew that its artists could participate in Ning Sheng's new movie, the attitude of surprise and support was absolute!

Although the current director of Guan Dameiren is very upset, but the funders have spoken, he is a small director who dare not challenge others, so he can only admit it with his nose. Anyway, the director of TV dramas has always served the actors, so add one more No big deal either.

After deciding on Ren Yingying's candidate, Ning Cheng went to the meeting room to see how their casting of Junior Sister and Ouyang Quan was going, and then looked at the three men and three women recommended to him by everyone, Ning Cheng nodded in satisfaction and said, " Let them come and audition tomorrow."

Ouyang Quan's three candidates include Gu Tianle, Liu Ye, and Xie Tingfeng, and the candidates for the junior sister are Li Jiaxin, Zhou Huimin, and Wang Zuxian.They are all handsome men and beautiful women, Ning Sheng decided that tomorrow he will definitely be able to choose the one he wants.

On the second day, the first auditions were three boys. Among them, Gu Tianle and Xie Tingfeng were considered first-line stars. Stop singing and acting together, but since "The Promise", there have been no good works, and the popularity has declined.

Classmate Liu Ye made three literary films in a row after graduating from school, and received some praise and nominations at home and abroad, and the actor who could have won with "Lan Yu" originally, because there were Fa Ge and Wei Zai at the same time , brother and other big names competed, but in the end he could only regret losing the election, but even so, he was nominated for the Golden Tripod Award for Best Actor at the age of 20, and he has already been hailed as one of the leading figures of the new generation by the Chinese film industry!
Therefore, the three male actors this time can be said to be very competitive, especially Gu Tianle and Liu Ye, who have great acting skills.

Ning Sheng asked them to directly change into Ouyang Quan's Dongchang Qianhu costume, and then auditioned and performed one by one.

Ouyang Quan is a very typical villain, selfish, deceitful, and unscrupulous in order to achieve his goals. The original version of Zhang Xueyou played very well. As for these three candidates, Ning Sheng hopes to see more exciting performances.

The first performer was Gu Tianle. Among the three, he was the one who knew Ning Sheng the most. However, in formal occasions, everyone followed the rules. Ning Cheng asked, "Are you ready?"

Gu Tianle nodded and said, "I'm ready."

Ning Sheng then said, "Let's get started, you act out the part where Ouyang Quan learns the whereabouts of the cheat book and bids farewell to Yue Buqun!"

Gu Tianle nodded, brewed up his emotions, and then started the performance!

(End of this chapter)