China Entertainment 1997

The recording of the two CCTV programs has ended. In fact, more than half of the promotional work for "Swordsman" has been completed.

How can I put it, with the scale of CCTV's series here, even if it is not promoted, it will still beat other TV series in an instant.

Unlike other satellite TV stations, it does not have a large fixed audience. If it wants to increase the ratings of new dramas, it can only use various means to attract people. Linking its variety shows with new dramas is the most cost-effective way.

Since the new drama is promoted, there is no need to worry about the material for the variety show. A few guests can go up and chat about anecdotes about the crew. This program is enough.

"Swordsman" is confirmed to premiere on March 16. Before that, Cao Xuan only had to stand on stage at the premiere press conference, apart from a few media interviews.

Cao Xuan, who was temporarily away from publicity work, began to work on "The Golden Fen Family".

At the beginning of March, the script of "Golden Pink Family" was officially completed, which also means that the crew has entered the countdown to the start of production.

Director Liu Guoquan and producer Ding Ying have already begun preparations for setting, costumes, casting and other preliminary work. Cao Xuan, as the producer + starring actor, is also inevitably involved.

In other aspects, Cao Xuan is a layman and doesn't interfere much, but he still has a certain say in casting.

The male lead, Jin Yanxi, Jin Qiye, is Cao Xuan’s own and no one can take it away. The second female lead, Bai Xiuzhu, has been tipped to be Hu Jing, and Bai Xiuzhu’s best friend, Jin Meili, the eighth daughter of the Jin family, has been tipped to be Li Qian.

At first, Father Jin, Cao Xuan targeted Chen Daoming and made an invitation through Wang Jinghua.

In the end, someone was hired, but Lao Chen didn't have that schedule, so he had to change his role and play Leng Qingqiu's uncle Song Shiqing, while Jin's father hired Kou Zhenhai from the original version.

In his early years, he played the role of the prodigal son Zhang, and he has the aura of a high-ranking elite.

Later, he played the role of Lu Zhenhua, the Black Panther son in "Love in the Rain" and Jin's father in "The Golden Family", and he immediately became the "No. 1 Master of the Republic of China".

Subsequently, he acted in many dramas of the Republic of China. At first, he was a landlord, and at last he was a professor who came from a poor family.

As for the costume dramas, they basically featured martial arts leaders, martial arts heroes, important court officials, princes and dukes, and the emperor also acted in many roles.

The person's role may be relatively narrow, but the role is definitely not lacking, and he is even more comfortable than most powerful actors.

Jin Mu and Leng Qingqiu's mother, Cao Xuan, were not replaced at all. They were both capable actors and did not have many roles. They were of high quality and low price, so there was no need to change them.

On the contrary, it was the children and young mistresses of the Jin family who Cao Xuan put in a lot of effort. The actors in the original version were not well-known, and some had not yet debuted, so they had to cobble them together by themselves.

Three young ladies plus the fourth, fifth, and sixth ladies, that is, three young wives + three girls.

In fact, it’s not that difficult. There are not many in the entertainment industry, only actresses.

The eldest mistress has a lot of roles and needs acting skills, so Cao Xuan plans to cast Zhu Yuanyuan, who just won the Golden Eagle Award and has excellent acting skills. She also had good looks when she was young.

By the way, her boyfriend Xin Baiqing was also included in the package, playing the role of the eldest son of the Jin family.

Both of them spoke Mandarin. Cao Xuan sent a message through his master Li Xuejian and they were easily invited.

To be honest, even though Zhu Yuanyuan is already the Golden Eagle Queen, she doesn't make much hype, doesn't have many roles, and is not very famous.

Although the eldest mistress is a supporting role, after all, it is Cao Xuan's crew, as well as Chen Daoming, Hu Jing and other stars. It can be regarded as a serious crew, so she is not treated badly.

Not to mention that Cao Xuan invited Xin Baiqing. Compared with Zhu Yuanyuan, who had already won the Golden Eagle Award, Xin Baiqing's career development was not smooth.

The drama side is fine, but the film and television side has almost no reputation.

In her opinion, people who hired Xin were just looking at her face to promote a husband and wife partnership. Based on this alone, Zhu Yuanyuan was willing to film this movie.

Cao Xuan was also happy that they misunderstood. To be honest, Xin Baiqing was not well-known, but in terms of acting skills, he was definitely one of the leading actors of the Mesozoic generation in future generations, and he was definitely a late bloomer.

The couple lived well and cheaply, and there was a tacit understanding between them. The more Cao Xuan thought about it, the more it was worth it.

The second young lady and the third young lady of the Jinfen family, one is gentle on the outside but calculating on the inside, the other is fierce and difficult, the enemy of the heroine Leng Qingqiu.

The second mistress, Cao Xuan, found Yang Tongshu, whose representative work is Xu Yingying in "The Beauty", and Jiang Yuyan and Yang Xue are known as the ceiling of female villains in domestic dramas.

Yang Tongshu is doing pretty well now, so it's not easy to get her to play a supporting role.

So the crew first used the routine of auditioning for a female lead to coax the person over. The audition was definitely not suitable, and then they brought the Second Mistress' script. The director, screenwriter, and Cao Xuan came to the rescue one after another, and finally deceived the person.

The third young mistress is relatively simple. Kongzheng Yanni is playing a small role, so you can use it if you pull her over.

Although Shopkeeper Tong has a mature and sexy style in later generations, at this stage she is still pretty fair and well-behaved. She won't have a big problem playing the role of a delicate and shrewd young woman.

The three young women had a hard time getting it together, and the girl was easy to find. All they had to do was cast a net among major colleges and universities.

First of all, I brought Da Meiyuan over to string up a fourth lady. The fifth fairy from "Seven Fairies of Joy" plays the fifth lady, which can be regarded as fate.

The sixth lady who had the most scenes went to Jiang Yuyan and Yang Xue.

In fact, based on the distance between them, Gao Yuanyuan should play the supporting role of Miss Six, but Cao Xuan felt that her acting skills were too weak, so he directly asked her to make a guest appearance, and then waited for the heroine of "Armor Warrior".

Master Tang...Director Tang held the bowl and pampered her, but Cao Xuan did not support her. He was not strong in business skills, so he just used her as a vase...

In addition to these six people, there is another important supporting role, that is the maid Xiao Lian, whose role is not small. Cao Xuan found Xu Lu, who is also Xiao Lian in the original version.

She played Keyun in "Love is Deep and Rainy", which is the famous emoticon of holding one's head and covering one's face "Who will save me".

The reason why he chose her to play the role was also Cao Xuan's personal selfishness.

Cao Xuan watched the original version of "The Family" and to be honest, he had no feelings for the two heroines, Dong Jie and Liu Tianxian. On the contrary, he particularly liked the maid Xiao Lian.

She is timid and lovely, gentle and pure, with a beauty that she is unwilling to destroy.

Later in the plot, the love triangle in "The Golden Family" left people scratching their heads as it all depended on Xiao Lian and Liu Chunjiang to make love.

But in the end, the two of them still tortured each other, Xiao Lian became a monk, and Liu Chunjiang vomited blood and died.

This is an adaptation of the TV series itself. In the original version, the two people eloped. It is also a rare couple in "The Golden Family" with a good ending. It also serves as a contrast to the male and female protagonists, proving that "Qi Da Fei Ou" does not exist, but the wrong person.

However, the adaptation of the TV series also has its own ideas. The tragic ending is more shocking and can also reflect the devastation of the concept of feudal family status.

To a certain extent, in order to whitewash the male and female protagonists, the original time and space even made news that Zhang Henshui's descendants were dissatisfied.

It is because compared with the original work, the male and female protagonists of "The Golden Family" have been beautified to a certain extent.

The original Leng Qingqiu was actually a bit vain, so the TV series changed it to White Lotus.

In the original work, Bai Xiuzhu and Jin Yanxi were a serious couple at first, but they were just short of an engagement. As a result, Jin Yanxi cheated on her, and the TV series was changed to Bai Xiuzhu who kept cheating on her.

In the original novel, Jin Yanxi was very scumbag, and she didn’t have such a fanatical pursuit of Leng Qingqiu. She was just looking for sex. After marrying Leng Qingqiu, she played an actress and played as a social butterfly. Later, she also made a movie to smear Leng Qingqiu. The TV series is relatively not that scumbag. A lot of foreshadowing.

Cao Xuan actually doesn't care about playing a scumbag. As I said before, he has played Ximen Qing who kills his husband and seizes his wife, but he still cares about the little Jin Yanxi.

But having said that, you have to consider the audience of the TV series.

Especially at this stage, many people have not been beaten by social reality, and the public still has certain fantasy imaginations about love.

You write the male and female protagonists so bad, the plot is real and cruel, the audience cannot relate to it, and the ratings must not be astonishing.

Therefore, we have to make the male and female protagonists relatively beautiful, but also have shortcomings, which lead to various collisions and conflicts in the plot. The audience is not satisfied with watching it, but they can't help but follow the drama. This will increase the ratings. .

Cao Xuan is a businessman, not a writer.

He will consider the depth of the work, but more importantly, he will take into account the commercial aspect.

With an investment of several million, plus his own appearance and input from all parties, "The Golden Family" is Fanxing's most important project this year, and it is also a decisive film and television project.

Whether Fanxing will reach a higher level next year, or stay still, or even return to its original form, depends largely on the performance of this drama.

It was filmed strictly in accordance with the original work. Fans of the original work will be happy because the TV series lost the money to who he was looking for.

Cao Xuan has always held the attitude that "film and television adaptations should follow the original work as much as possible", but the premise is that the original work has no problems and is suitable for film and television adaptation.

Like Jin Yong's drama, there is almost no need to change the plot, and it is very good if it is filmed directly. However, Gu Long's martial arts novels cannot be filmed without modification.

Regardless of whether he is an actor or an investor, Cao Xuan is inclined to make extensive adaptations of "The Golden Fen Family". Regarding this, he also explained this to Zhang Henshui's descendants, hoping they can understand.

In fact, for most authors of the original works, as long as your changes are well-founded and explained in advance, people will generally be reasonable.

I'm just afraid that I won't say a word and then make blind changes.

As soon as the TV series was aired, the original author was annoyed when he saw that his hard work was wasted like this.

After Xiao Lian's role was cast as Xu Lu, Liu Chunjiang's role was also cast.

Chi Shuai in the original version was actually a good actor. Cao Xuan originally wanted to cast him, but he didn't expect that he had already been accepted for the role and the schedule couldn't work out.

So, Cao Xuan sent Liu Chunjiang's film contract to Chen Kun out of spite.

Chen Kun happened to have nothing to do at this time. After taking over the script and reading it, he felt that the role of this infatuated and gentle young man was very good and the role was suitable. Putting aside Jin's father, he could be regarded as the second male lead.

With his current reputation, being the second male lead for Cao Xuan was not considered a loss of status. Coupled with the strong recommendation of his good friend Zhou Gongzi, Chen Kun happily accepted the role.

Cao Xuan had a bad taste, but he didn't expect Chen Kun to agree. His real goal was to let him go.

Now Ren Quan still has to film "Young Bao Qingtian 2". Chen Kun's conditions are suitable in all aspects, and Cao Xuan has no reason to turn him away.

As for whether it would be uncomfortable to act in front of the original male protagonist, this is too underestimated the psychological quality of Cao Daguan.

He gave Xiao Zhou's song to Xiao Zhou himself, and asked the other party to thank him for his "human crumbs". How could he care about such a small scene...

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ps: Several actresses mentioned in this chapter that they had posted pictures, huh...