superstar director

Chapter 545 Signed
After discussing the cooperation with Young Master Rong, Ning Sheng came to the company the next day.

As soon as I entered the office, I ran into Sister Lin who came towards me, "I checked the information you want. These are the list of actors who have played scholar or similar roles between the ages of 20 and 30 in recent years. In fact, there is a certain meaning. Generally speaking, there is no difference between these people and newcomers, almost all of them are people below the second tier who cannot be named, are you sure you want to choose one of these people to be the leading actor in your new play?"

"Aren't I still casting? By the way, have you notified Lu Han's company about the audition?"

"Notification, the other party said that there is an announcement in the morning, and they will come to audition in the afternoon."

Ning Cheng nodded and said, "Okay, then go get busy."

There is a new version of Yan Chixia, the role of Nie Xiaoqian, Ning Cheng thought about it all night yesterday, and drew a few hand-painted Nie Xiaoqian in the shape of Shishi, and finally decided to give this role to Shishi. As for the acting skills, Ning Cheng I think that with Shishi's current level and her own temperament, there will be no big problems.

It's like Liu Tianxian playing Wang Yuyan in another time and space. When Zhao Linger was such a simple girl, everyone was amazed. People felt very embarrassed, and then a barrage of complaints about poor acting skills came oncoming.

For the same actor, why do different works and different roles show such different effects? Apart from the problems of the work itself and the acting skills of the actors, Ning Sheng feels that whether the actors and roles fit is also an important reason, especially When you can't let the audience into a role just by acting alone.

Therefore, for Ning Sheng, the immediate priority is to choose the actor who will play the leading role, Ning Caichen.

Because there are Rong Shao's original jewels in front, Ning Cheng will inevitably compare them when considering candidates, so there are really not many young people who can sleep well.

Major General Rong Ning Caichen, a scholar, performed the foolishness of the scholar vividly and vividly, but it was appropriate and would not make people disgusted.After all, it is easy for a silly male protagonist to be disliked by the audience even more, but Rong Shao's Ning Caichen shows everyone that he is funny, cute and infatuated, which is why it is easy to win everyone's likes.

Ning Cheng chose Lu Han as the number one candidate yesterday, because he felt that Lu Han's silly roe deer temperament was somewhat similar to Ning Caichen's, and he was dressed in a scholar's attire. It's like two orders.

Of course, it was the acting skills that made Ning Sheng hesitate.Therefore, he asked Sister Lin to help find a lot of information, and wanted to search for it, hoping to find a few candidates.

Of course, the news of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is still in the confidential stage. Ning Sheng plans to find all the protagonists before releasing it to the public, so that no one will continue to recommend his own artists to him.

One morning, Ning Cheng flipped through the materials in his hand, frowning, because there was really no actor Ning Cheng wanted who could play Ning Caichen.

But this morning was not without success, Ning Cheng called Shishi and her new manager over, and talked about the new play.

Naturally, the two signed the contract without hesitation, and then had a conversation with Ning Sheng, talking about the role of Nie Xiaoqian, and left with the contract and the script.

At the same time, Lu Han, who finished the morning announcement, was having a meal at the hotel and taking a break by the way, while his agent was talking to him, "You have to take the audition seriously in the afternoon, even though the other party didn't say that this character is the male lead." It's still a male supporting role, but since it's Ning Sheng's new play, no matter if it's the protagonist or not, he must actively participate."

"The role of this audition is an ancient scholar. As far as our image of Lu Han is concerned, he is absolutely Pianpianjia." 03:30, so, after they arrive, take a break, and start auditioning.

Ning Cheng directly asked Lu Han to take Lu Han to the dressing room to make Ning Caichen's shape, and then changed into a scholar's attire. When he walked into Ning Cheng's audition room again, he couldn't help but make people's eyes shine. Mr. Pianpianjia.

However, what Ning Cheng wanted was the appearance of a down-and-out poor scholar, so he had someone reapply makeup on him to make his face look less pale. Ning Cheng made Lu Han change into different poses behind the camera and expressions.

Generally speaking, the result is not bad. If you don't look at the acting skills, Lu Han's version of Ning Caichen has a more cute feeling.

However, as the leading actor in a play, it's not just about standing there and posing for a few poses.

As far as acting skills are concerned, Lu Han's level is incomparable to Rong Shao's, especially now that Lu Han is taking care of both music and performance, and his high popularity since his debut has provided a strong impetus for his subsequent development, but over the years, People mention Lu Han, but they can't think of a classic masterpiece, and they can't hum a ballad that everyone can sing.

Therefore, it can be seen that Lu Han and his team are also anxious about their own development bottleneck, and participating in Ning Sheng's new movie this time is the best opportunity to break through the bottleneck.

Ning Sheng asked Lu Han to perform two more Ning Caichen scenes, one was when Ning Caichen came to ask for money and was kicked out, and the other was when he was attracted by the sound of the piano and met Nie Xiaoqian for the first time.

Ning Sheng told him about the content of the performance first, and then let him perform.

Lu Han has filmed a lot of film and television dramas in recent years, and the leading and supporting roles in the movies he participated in are almost a dozen. However, his acting skills are still far behind the top professional actors.

In particular, during his performance, he seemed unnatural, and perhaps because he didn't know much about the character Ning Caichen, so he didn't show that shy, timid nerd appearance, which made people feel a little bit out of the play.

But this was roughly within Ning Cheng's expectations, so it didn't surprise him. After watching the other party's performance, Ning Cheng asked again, "If you can take this role." Ning Cheng looked at Lu Han and said, " Then you have to be mentally prepared, it may be more difficult when shooting. Do you think you and your team can accept it?"

"I'm not afraid of hard work." Lu Han answered decisively on this point.When I was a trainee before my debut, I persevered through so much hard work. Now if I give up the opportunity to participate in Ning Cheng's movie because I am afraid of hard work, many people will probably die laughing.

Ning Sheng shook his head: "The hard work I'm talking about is not the kind of hard work that actors talk about, but I'm referring to you personally, because your performance is not mature enough, so for the same scene, others can pass three shots, you may have to shoot Ten rules and twenty rules, it does not rule out that a scene can be ng a hundred times."

"I will work hard--"

Lu Han is not a newcomer after all, seeing Ning Cheng speak so bluntly, he became more determined.

As the saying goes, real gold is not afraid of fire, so he will use Ning Cheng's fire to temper his own real gold!

"Well, you go back first, and I will tell you whether you have been selected within three days."

After Lu Han finished the audition and left, Ning Cheng wrote Lu Han's name under Ning Caichen's list. If he couldn't find a more suitable candidate within three days, he could only try with Lu Han.

In the end, Ning Cheng was busy for three consecutive days and auditioned more than a dozen people, but he couldn't find a single candidate who could replace Lu Han. Therefore, after three days, the leading role of "A Chinese Ghost Story" belonged to Lu Han.

Both male and female protagonists have been confirmed, and the next step is to cast other roles in the play. It is enough for the assistant director to be in charge of this, and the important supporting role Ning Sheng will also be present.

As the news of "A Chinese Ghost Story" publicly recruiting actors broke out, Xingtong Studio soon became the target of countless reporters.

According to the public announcement, this adaptation of "A Chinese Ghost Story" from Liaozhai will be adapted and directed by Ning Sheng, with Lu Han playing the male lead Ning Caichen, Shi Shi playing the female lead Nie Xiaoqian, and Rong Shao joining in as Yan Chixia.

The total investment of this movie reached [-] million, Xingtong Studio invested [-] million, Lotte Film and Television, Hantang Film and Television and other six companies jointly invested [-] million.

In the total investment of this movie, the remuneration for the actors only accounted for more than 1 million yuan. Among them, Shi Shi and Lu Han received 5000 million and 3000 million remuneration respectively as the protagonists. Although Lu Han is very popular, he has no works that can be sold. And the box office, so when negotiating the remuneration, the agent can't ask for a high price, let alone this is Ning Sheng's new movie, so there is no hesitation.

Then there is Rong Shao, although the external salary of this meeting has exceeded 3000 million, but after all, he is not the protagonist, and they are all acquaintances, so the final salary is not much, only more than [-] million, which is more than many second-line actors earn in a whole year. .

However, this circle is like this, or it is like this in many industries. The lower you are, the harder you work, and the less you earn, while the higher you are, the more free time you have, and it is easier to make money.

This movie has sufficient funds, and after deducting the actors' salaries, there are still more than 3 million yuan for filming. Many people are looking forward to it. What kind of movie is Ning Cheng going to make?
Of course, there are still a lot of gloating media shouting, "Ning Cheng has finally lost his mind. In a big production costing [-] million yuan, he chose two good-looking people who can't act as the leading actors and actresses. Is Sheng going to use [-] million yuan to make a movie version of the music MV for everyone?"

"A female ghost, a scholar, is Ning Cheng going to shoot the Chinese version of the ghost?"

"Young Master Rong actually went to make green leaves for two juniors, what a shame!"

"Ning Cheng actually went to shoot a ghost movie? Is it an ancient costume?"

Not only the media, but also the netizens and fans were all exclaimed. Of course, the fans were looking forward to the movie being filmed quickly and released early, while those who watched the excitement followed the media to criticize Ning Sheng's casting this time.

"Lu Han is the male lead, what is Ning Cheng thinking? No matter how popular he is, he can't afford a blockbuster movie with a cost of [-] million!"

"With a production cost of [-] million yuan, can't Ning Sheng find two actors with excellent acting skills?"

"It would be great if Young Master Rong was the hero!"

"A method of adapting a short story selected from Liaozhai and putting it on the big screen has been done by many directors in Huaxia before, but there are always people who think that they are the most special one, so there are always people who keep making mistakes. Same mistake, Ning Sheng, do you know what you are doing?"

Ning Sheng knew what he was doing, he was auditioning with the assistant director for the role of Xiaoqing, another female ghost in the movie.Like Shishi's Xiaoqian, this character lives under the control of the dryad's grandmother. The character Xiaoqing has been fighting with Xiaoqian under her grandmother's hand, and the secret fight between women often starts from the eyes, movements, and tone of voice. This kind of small place is revealed, so the acting skills must pass the test.

After another auditioner left, Jiang Shuying walked in.

"Why are you here?" Ning Cheng was a little surprised to see her. Although the other party is not popular yet, she is still the best in the second tier. If the next TV series is popular, it will be a matter of course for her to enter the first tier. up.

Therefore, Ning Cheng was really surprised that such a promising actress came here to audition for the supporting actress role.I interviewed so many people just now, but none of them were second-tier actors, all of them were below third-tier.

Like other auditioners, Jiang Shu bowed and said hello, then sat on the stool, and then replied to Ning Sheng, "I haven't had a job recently, and I came here because I saw your audition announcement, what's wrong? "

Ning Cheng shook his head and said, "No, I just think, why did you come back to audition for a small supporting role as a TV actor who is about to reach the front line? And you are a female ghost, and now everyone is a little bit far away from ghost movies, why are you looking for it yourself? Coming to the door?"

Jiang Shuying smiled and said, "I film because I like acting, and I don't have much exposure to film, so I want to get in touch with it more, and I want to develop in this area in the future. Besides, I have never acted in a female ghost. I think the most important thing is to try once and experience a different performance experience.”

Ning Sheng nodded and said, "Okay then, let's stop chatting, since you're here for the audition, then you can act out the next scene for me——"

I have to say that in terms of acting skills, Jiang Shuying is a little bit better than the current Shishi, especially under the prompt of Ning Cheng, the emotions conveyed by her eyes are very good. This role has Jiang Shuying's strength It's a good thing for the film to join, but it will be a pressure for Shishi who will act in a rival role in the future, but Ning Cheng is happy to see it come true, and occasionally letting Shishi feel the pressure can give her motivation keep going.

After Xiaoqing signed Jiang Shuying, Ning Sheng and the assistant director selected another important supporting role Xiahou Swordsman, and the assistant director took care of the rest.

As for the role of the dryad grandma, Ning Cheng decided to ask someone first to see if the other party has any desire to act. If the other party agrees, then he can shoot the most beautiful dryad grandma in the world!
"Grandma Dryad? No problem, the villain is the villain, you can tell by the name, um, ok, I know, it's okay, I'll accept this drama, and sign the contract tomorrow, ok, goodbye!"

Yu Honghong put down her phone, lay on the sofa, and continued to enjoy the tranquility of the night, while Ning Cheng on the other side was holding the phone in a daze, agreed so simply?Could it be that I didn't make it clear?
Ning Cheng looked at the dots of stars outside the window, feeling a little confused!
(End of this chapter)