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"Okay, then Coach Wu, you are the second villain, known as Ghost Face in the martial arts world, and you are a lackey who does the dirty work for your master, Prince Duan!"

Cheng Xuemin and Wu Bin nodded. After his ghost mask was confirmed, the next part was the climax, where the seven villain masters passed the Seven Star Tower.

Cheng Xuemin glanced at the bald Ji Chunhua and the others, and then said, "The most important, core, and exciting part of our martial arts film is the plot of Yang Yuqian breaking into the Seven Star Tower!"

"And the Seven Star Tower is because Prince Duan is warlike by nature, and he likes to gather evil masters from all over the world to serve under him and obey his orders as his thugs."

"For this purpose, Prince Duan even created a Seven-Star Tower. Each floor of the tower is guarded by an evil master all year round, and is open to people from all walks of life!"

"No matter which sect or school you belong to, whether it's good or evil, as long as you can pass the Seven Star Tower, you will be valued by Prince Duan!"

"The higher your level of breakthrough, the more you will be valued by Prince Duan!"

"But since Prince Duan founded the Seven Star Tower, more than a decade has passed, and no martial arts expert has been able to pass the fourth floor!"

"This is the background of the plot. All I can say is that Prince Duan's Seven Star Tower is extremely difficult to break into. We must have seven masters guarding it!"

The main event is coming!
This was the first time for everyone to experience anything like breaking through obstacles and formations. After hearing Cheng Xuemin's vivid description, everyone was excited and wished they could be chosen immediately to become a master guarding the Seven Star Tower.

Ji Chunhua and his team are looking forward to it, and Zhang Tielin and his team from the academic school on the opposite side are also very much looking forward to it.

But I also know!

The seven masters of the Seven Star Tower must all be martial artists. Those who don’t know martial arts will have no chance.

But what if I get chosen?

Well, there was no chance at all, because Cheng Xuemin didn't even look in their direction.

Moreover, for Cheng Xuemin's role, the actor came first, and then the role in the play. Cheng Xuemin assigned each person to a specific role, and the higher-ups sent letters to call people over!

Therefore, the main actors of this martial arts film, such as Zhang Tielin and Zhang Fengyi from the academic school, are not considered for the time being.

"The evil master of the first level of the Seven Stars Tower, Jin Fengjin, is a martial arts wanderer from Korea who is good at whip kicks. It is rumored that he once kicked a big black bull to death. He is known as the Wind Chasing Divine Leg!"

"After a few days of getting to know each other, I found that you, Xiong Xinxin, are very suitable for this role. You can play it!"

Cheng Xuemin fixed his eyes on Xiong Xinxin, who was from the Guangxi Wushu Team and was standing at the back, and said.

"Okay, Teacher Cheng, I will try my best to play the role of the Wind-Chasing Legs well!" When Xiong Xinxin heard that she was selected as one of the seven masters of the Seven Star Tower, her face was very happy and she saluted and promised.

"Yes, play well. I don't want you to act well. I want you to play your true colors and play this scene well!" Cheng Xuemin corrected and emphasized.

Xiong Xinxin, this name may indeed be very ordinary. If you have not seen the roles he has played, it is really hard to remember who he is.

It’s still Li Lianjie’s version of Wong Fei-hung, and Xiong Xinxin plays the villain ‘Ghost Leg Seven’, who is also invincible with his whip-kick.

"The next person guarding the second floor of the tower is a Mongolian wrestling master, Hao Erdu. He is born with supernatural powers and is nicknamed the Invincible King Kong. Yu Rongguang, you will play the role!"

There is no need to introduce Yu Rongguang, the second master mentioned by Cheng Xuemin. His macho image is very suitable for this invincible role.

"Got it, Teacher Cheng. I promise to make this scene a success for you!"

Yu Rongguang also saluted in response. In fact, he was different from Li Lianjie and the others. He was not a professional martial arts practitioner, but an imperial martial artist of the Peking Opera. His father was also a famous martial arts actor in the Peking Opera. It could be said that he had a profound knowledge of martial arts inherited from his family.

However, even though he is not a professional martial artist, Cheng Xuemin is still very confident about Rong Guang's fighting scenes!
Uncle Liu once said: My second brother is invincible in the world, and it’s not for nothing!

After nodding to Yu Rongguang, Cheng Xuemin looked at Sun Jiankui and said, "Wang Meng, the master guarding the third floor, is a Miao clan stick master. His stick technique is so superb that he is known as the Southern Xinjiang God of Sticks..."

Okay, why does this nickname sound so weird?

But this is not important. After all, in this era, "charlatan" was still a very high-sounding title in the underworld, and had not yet become a synonym for deceiving people in the way it is in later generations.

"The third floor of the Seven Star Tower, Jiankui, you come and guard it!" Cheng Xuemin added.

"Got it, got it. I'll make sure it's done!" Sun Jiankui also replied concisely!

"The next fourth level is a tough master..."

Cheng Xuemin then introduced and arranged the guarding masters of the remaining floors one by one.

The fourth level hard-hearted warrior, Jiumana, is as hard as steel and is known as the Thunderbolt Stone Breaker. He is played by Du Yuming.
The fifth level is about a Japanese female ninja named Feng Hua Lian, who uses hidden weapons and flying claws, and is also very good at ninjutsu. She is played by Ge Chunyan.
The sixth level is about a drunkard monk Xiang Dong Lai, who is known as Drunk on Nine States. As the name suggests, he gets stronger when he drinks, and the more drunk he is, the stronger he gets. He is played by Hu Jianqiang.

The last layer is the number one evil master under Prince Duan, and also the most powerful one after Prince Duan. There are at least hundreds of martial arts masters who have died under his bloody sword, if not thousands. He is known as the Bloody Sword Ancestor in the martial arts world, and is played by Ji Chunhua in his true character.

Among the last four masters, except for the female ninja Ge Chunyan, who has no representative works, the others can be said to be well-known.

Not to mention the two great villains in the domestic film and television circles, Ji Chunhua and Du Yuming, even the not-so-famous Hu Jianqiang has his very classic and outstanding role performances, such as the Thirteen-Staff Monk Wukong in Li Lianjie's version of "Shaolin Temple".

Well, it’s not the Wukong from Sun Wukong, but the Wukong who is one of the thirteen stick monks of the Wu generation in Shaolin Temple. Cheng Xuemin basically recruited the actor from Shaolin Temple.

Therefore, most of the actors on both the good and bad sides, except for the female lead who was replaced by Zhu Lin, basically copied the roles played by Shaolin Temple.

After talking about the seven evil masters of the Seven Star Tower, there were no other particularly outstanding actors with many roles, so Cheng Xuemin did not continue.

Because the others are basically extras, we can just make temporary arrangements once the crew officially starts filming.

Therefore, there was no need for Huang Jianzhong to invite people from the Beijing Film Academy to audition so early in a high-profile manner.

"Ah!? Teacher Chen, is that all?"

"What about us?"

"We have come here twice, but we still haven't decided on our roles!"

Seeing that Cheng Xuemin had finished his work and stopped talking, Zhang Tielin and others, the emperor of the academic faction who had not yet been assigned, became anxious!

Big brother Xie Yuan even reminded them that they had been called here twice and still hadn’t decided on a role, which was not good! ?

"Ah, yes, yes!"

"Xuemin, since the students from Beijing Film Academy are here today, why not decide on their roles as well!"

Huang Jianzhong called these people over, but after listening for a long time, they were not given any roles. As the director, Huang Jianzhong was getting very anxious while listening to this!

Although Huang Jianzhong had no intention of interfering with Cheng Xuemin's casting, even if he did have the right to do so, after all, he was the director, and if he forced one or two roles, would Cheng Xuemin not give him face? Huang Jianzhong did not do so, but he was indeed anxious.

Because these BFI students were not specially called by Huang Jianzhong, but they could not save face from the teachers there. When they heard that their student Huang Jianzhong had taken over the leadership of a new script, the teachers would definitely want to use the back door of this favorite student to bring in a few new students to give them some training.

So since the teacher has spoken, Huang Jianzhong couldn't afford to offend the teacher, so he just said that he would let the younger students come and try first. It really didn't matter whether he would be chosen as the director!
They are basically all in the same circle. Even the director’s words don’t count. Who would believe them?
But in fact, the teachers at Beijing Film Academy did overestimate Huang Jianzhong. He was indeed a director, but his influence really didn't count.

It's not easy to tell the teacher, so I let the younger students come. If they happen to be selected by Cheng Xuemin, at least I can give an explanation to my teacher.

But after all these roles were arranged, it turned out that Zhang Tielin, Zhang Fengyi and others had nothing to do at all, and Huang Jian was getting anxious.

At least we can arrange one or two extras or extras, it would be good too!

Otherwise, he really would not be able to explain to the teachers at Beijing Film Academy, and Huang Jianzhong would be scolded by the teachers and younger students at his alma mater in the future.

Will he continue to mix with the society in the future? !
"Old Huang, why don't you arrange it yourself?" Cheng Xuemin ignored the academic's clamor and looked at director Huang Jianzhong who was helping to speak.

Didn’t we agree before that Cheng Xuemin had to find the actors for several important roles himself? Even though Huang Jianzhong was the director, he couldn’t interfere.

Apart from those important roles, all other minor roles and extras were given to Huang Jianzhong to arrange.

Now Cheng Xuemin had finished speaking, and before he could raise his voice, "Who is in favor, who is against?"

Old Huang actually jumped out and said this.

As for the rest, Old Huang, you can handle it yourself. Cheng Xuemin is too lazy to talk nonsense.

"Let's do it together, Xuemin, why don't you just arrange it together? It's okay, it's okay!"

All the main roles have been arranged, how else can he arrange them?

Are you really going to arrange a few extras for your younger classmates?
I can’t explain this to the teacher!

So Cheng Xuemin, you should just do your best and do everything you should and shouldn't do. I, Old Huang, will definitely support you wholeheartedly.

"Okay, the remaining roles are also very important, so let me divide them up!" Cheng Xuemin didn't know that Huang Jianzhong had his own difficulties and difficulties as a teacher, so he simply took over the conversation and made arrangements.

Huang Jianzhong was also a taciturn person. The old factory director did not let him interfere in the casting, so he did not compete with Cheng Xuemin for the role, nor did he suggest any candidates to Cheng Xuemin.

If Huang Jianzhong really recommended it, Cheng Xuemin would still take care of the director's positive emotions.

Since Huang Jianzhong never mentioned it, Cheng Xuemin didn't bother to play dumb and just started recruiting people for the positions.

When Zhang Tielin and the others heard Cheng Xuemin say that the next few roles were also very important, they were all excited and pushed each other forward, as if they were afraid that Cheng Xuemin would not see them.

"Listen carefully, your part is this! Li Lianjie and his gang just arrived in the capital, and they happened to see Prince Duan's lackeys bullying men and women on the street. Li Lianjie taught them a lesson!"

"You, you, you are responsible for following behind the lackeys and showing off your power... No lines, no lines!"

"Not going to act? Fine, it's your turn!"

"You guys who stayed here want to perform, right? Then congratulations, you've earned the two-dollar subsidy a day!"

"What, two yuan a day in subsidies? Isn't that fifty cents?"

"It's already increased. Our crew only charges two dollars a day. Do you want to act again if you don't leave?"

"Sorry, sorry, it's so crowded, there's no room for more! Next time, next time, there'll be a chance next time!"

Cheng Xuemin first assigned a few extras who had no lines, but these academicians looked down on them and wanted to just walk away.

Okay, okay, go your way!

But Cheng Xuemin had just mentioned the two-dollar subsidy a day, and he came running back in a hurry. Is that interesting?

Where's the backbone?
Cheng Xuemin was too lazy to take another look, and then looked at Xie Yuan and other well-known Beijing Film Academy students, and said, "Xie Yuan, you play the tea stall owner whose stall is smashed by lackeys. You have several lines. Master them. I am counting on you!"

"Thank you, Teacher Chen, for your kindness!" When Xie Yuan heard that he had actually found a stall owner with lines, he felt so good that he quickly bowed and thanked him.

"Zhang Fengyi, you will play the lackey of Prince Duan. You will have lines and actions. You are the number one lackey. You are the one who overturns and smashes the roadside stalls and bullies men. You are also the one who whips the protagonist Li Lianjie!"

"Take advantage of it. I'm optimistic about you, too!"

Cheng Xuemin is actually a little scared. Rumor has it that this guy later became gay, and no one knows whether it is true or not. But now he is assigned a role as a bully. When the informed audience reacts later, won’t they be amazed at Cheng Xuemin’s divine prophecy?
"Okay, okay, thank you Teacher Chen for your kindness, I will definitely play the role of the bully well!" Zhang Fengyi was very excited and surprised to hear that he actually got the role of the number one lackey!
"Yeah! By the way, Xiao Zhang, I heard that our director Ling Zifeng is planning to shoot Lao She's "Camel Xiangzi". I think your image is quite suitable for Xiangzi. I will mention you to Director Ling Zifeng later to see if there is any chance!"

"Ah? That's great, that's great! Teacher Cheng, you, you... no matter if it works out or not, you are my mentor and I, Zhang Fengyi, will never forget it!"

When Zhang Fengyi heard that his teacher Cheng wanted to recommend him to Ling Zifeng's "Camel Xiangzi" crew and even wanted him to play the male lead, how could he not be grateful? He almost knelt down to Cheng Xuemin on the spot.

"Not at all, just something casually said!"

Cheng Xuemin comforted Zhang Fengyi with words. In fact, it was just a casual remark, because when Ling Zifeng was preparing to shoot "Camel Xiangzi", he also held a nationwide audition for the role of Xiangzi.

However, after choosing for half a year, she still couldn't find the one she liked, Camel Xiangzi, and finally she chose Zhang Fengyi at first sight.

How come Zhang Fengyi, who was in the Beijing Film Academy next door and yet was so close at hand, had not been discovered by Ling Zifeng for half a year?

That was because during that period, Zhang Fengyi happened to take on another small role and followed the crew on location shooting for half a year.

Ling Zifeng had to wait until the movie was released before he caught a liking to Zhang Fengyi on the big screen. After asking, he found out that he was in the Beijing Film Academy next door. Ling Zifeng was so angry that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

In fact, Ling Zifeng is indeed an old hand. He did not disappoint Zhang Fengyi when he fell in love with him at first sight. As soon as "Camel Xiangzi" was completed and released, it won several awards including the Best Actor Award at the Hundred Flowers Awards that year.

Among them, Zhang Fengyi's Best Actor award is definitely the most valuable, which shows that Zhang Fengyi is indeed born to play Xiangzi.

Now Cheng Xuemin introduced Zhang Fengyi to Ling Zifeng who was preparing for the filming in advance. Just one sentence could save their crew from taking so many detours! ?
Immediately afterwards, Cheng Xuemin arranged several roles in succession, but it was not Zhang Tielin's turn yet, which made Emperor Zhang Tielin so anxious that he was sweating.

I really don't know if Cheng Xuemin is deliberately giving him the cold shoulder.

Moreover, Cheng Xuemin also has an extremely important and extraordinary role, which will be arranged by the Emperor in the end!
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