Huayu started by playing Lao Ai

Chapter 10 Zhao Ji and Ying Zheng

On February 2, Zheng Jing, who had just finished the art exam re-examination, had dinner with Zhou Xiaowen, who had returned to Yanjing, at the Movie Story Bar at Beijing Film Academy.

"The writing of the script went smoothly. Lu Wei said that it is expected to be completed in another week." Zhou Xiaowen said: "As for the actors, Lu Buwei chose Zhang Jiayi, Yun Jiang is still Chen Hao, Yi Ren is Gao Hu, and the other supporting roles are almost finalized.

Now missing are the heroine Zhao Ji and Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng. "

Zheng Jing asked, "Ning Jing is not going to play Zhao Ji anymore?"

Zhou Xiaowen smiled and said, "She won't act anymore. She thinks the crew is full of unknown actors, and it would be a disadvantage for her to play the female lead."

Zheng Jing said directly: "It's better if she doesn't play the role. To be honest, Ning Jing's face doesn't look good enough for the role of Zhao Ji.

Not gorgeous enough, nor charming enough.

We can save some money if she doesn't act, and now that the crew doesn't have a star, we can just win with the plot and quality."

After the departure of Zhang Tielin and Ning Jing, Zejiang United Film and Television finally chose to withdraw its investment.

It just so happened that Zheng Xingguo sold his coal mining company to Li Baoping, earning 900 million in cash.

Zheng Jing directly asked for 400 million yuan and invested 200 million yuan in the TV series.

Together with the 300 million investment from Xi'an Film Studio, the 500 million funding gap of Zejiang United Film and Television was filled.

The investment for the drama "Lüshi Chunqiu" is still 1200 million yuan, and the new script is expected to have about 30 episodes.

Without big-name actors, the crew's expenses on pay are relatively low. These funds are more than enough to produce the TV series, and there is also money for publicity and promotion.

"Master Jing, Zhao Ji, do you have any suitable candidates to recommend?" Zhou Xiaowen said, "Lu Wei seems to have really taken on the role of Lu Sheng, and this fellow gave all the benefits to Lao Ai.

In the new script, there is no sex scene with Lu Buwei, and all the passionate scenes are with Lao Ai.

Zhao Ji is the character who has the most intimate scenes with you, so you should think about it carefully."

Zheng Jing’s current role is that of an investor.

In addition, he has a lot of ideas, so Zhou Xiaowen habitually refers to his opinions.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jing gave a thumbs up and said, “Lu Wei is indeed a great screenwriter, he knows how to write scripts.

What’s the use of Lu Buwei’s sex scenes? He is a businessman and he didn’t make his fortune from this.

The character I played, Lao Ai, was a man who tried to cling to women, so of course there had to be passionate scenes, which were the key to driving the plot forward.

Besides, Zhang Jiayi's face doesn't look very dynamic, and the audience would find it boring if he were to act out passionate scenes."

Zhou Xiaowen sighed: "With your mouth and your looks, I really suspect that you are Lao Ai reborn."

Zheng Jing smiled and took this as a compliment.

He said, "Zhao Ji and Ying Zheng, I actually have some good candidates."

After saying that, Zheng Jing picked up the phone and called Yang Xue and Huang Xiaoming respectively.

During the days in Yanjing, Zheng Jing went to Beijing Film Academy whenever he had nothing to do. He specifically looked for Cui Xinqin and took some acting classes.

Work hard to prepare for the next role of Lao Ai.

Cui Xinqin liked Zheng Jing very much and introduced him to many teachers and seniors.

Huang Xiaoming is one of them.

In the new script, Ying Zheng is Lao Ai's apprentice and the young King of Qin, so he naturally cannot be too old.

It is very appropriate to choose Huang Xiaoming to play Ying Zheng.

As for Zhao Ji, Yang Xue has a bright and charming appearance, and is very charming. She plays the complex role of Zhao Ji very appropriately.

Yang Xue was surprised and delighted when she received Zheng Jing's call.

She ran back to the dormitory and dressed up carefully, wanting to leave a better impression on Zheng Jing.

So the first one to come over was Huang Xiaoming.

At this time, Huang Xiaoming was still a nobody in the circle, and the movie The Emperor of Han Dynasty, which made him famous, had not yet been filmed.

Huang Xiaoming thought Zheng Jing wanted to invite him to dinner, but he didn't expect it was to introduce him to a role.

Thinking back to two days ago, Teacher Cui told me that I should take better care of my junior fellow student Zheng Jing in the future, and I made solemn promises and said a lot of big words.

Huang Xiaoming felt his face turn a little red.

This junior fellow of mine is quite powerful and has an unusual background.

Director Zhou Xiaowen calls him Jing Shao.

Zhou Xiaowen was not very satisfied with the young Huang Xiaoming, but he did not say it clearly, just chatting. About a quarter of an hour later, Yang Xue walked in.

She was wearing a red windbreaker and had delicate makeup on her face. She was as beautiful as a ball of gorgeous flame, dazzling and brilliant.

Yang Xue's facial features are majestic and bright, her eyes are big and bright, and there is a lot of white space on her face.

She needs the right makeup to maximize her beauty in front of the camera.

It’s just that her career development is rather average, her salary is not enough, and her makeup in many film and television dramas is particularly rough.

Yang Xue was a beautiful actress whose death was a pity.

As the plastic surgery template for Dabaobei, she was beautiful and had great acting skills, but in the end, only Jiang Yuyan was left as a representative role.

Seeing Zhou Xiaowen and Huang Xiaoming at the dinner table, Yang Xue's eyes flashed with disappointment.

She thought Zheng Jing invited her to dinner alone.

When Zhou Xiaowen saw Yang Xue appear, his eyes lit up, and he was obviously very satisfied with Yang Xue's appearance.

Yang Xue sat down and chatted for a few minutes before she realized that Zheng Jing was introducing a role to her, and it was the heroine of a TV series.

Yang Xue was not surprised at all to hear Zhou Xiaowen call Zheng Jing "Master Jing".

When she met Zheng Jing on the day of the first test, she could tell that Zheng Jing's family background was not bad.

After all, three beauties accompanied Zheng Jing to take the exam, and their outstanding conversation and temperament made it obvious that they were not from an ordinary family.

"Xiao Yang, you are very suitable for the role of Zhao Ji." Zhou Xiaowen did not hesitate, because time was tight, he said directly: "But there is one thing I must explain in advance, that is, this TV series will have some intimate scenes."

Yang Xue felt a little conflicted when she heard this. She was not very ambitious in her career and had never thought of sacrificing herself for art.

But Zhou Xiaowen said, "They are all intimate scenes with Master Jing."

Yang Xue felt relieved and even a little happy. She asked, "Jing... Young Master Jing, what role are you playing?"

Zheng Jing replied, "Lao Ai."

Yang Xue, Huang Xiaoming: "..."

Seeing Yang Xue's shocked expression, Zheng Jing said with a smile: "The one who was intimate with Zhao Ji must be Lao Ai. Isn't this normal?"

Huang Xiaoming said: "You are so young, and you are playing Lao Ai? If you can play Lao Ai, why don't you play Lü Buwei?"

Zheng Jing said self-willedly: "Because I like it."

Zheng Jing's words were willful and pretentious, and Huang Xiaoming was very envious.

He also wants to show off, but unfortunately he doesn't have the capital.

The four of them chatted for a while, and Yang Xue and Huang Xiaoming agreed to perform.

For them, being able to play an important role in a TV series directed by the famous director Zhou Xiaowen with an investment of more than 1000 million yuan is a very rare and good resource.

Before they left, both of them thanked Zheng Jing.

After they left, Zhou Xiaowen said, "Mr. Jing, you have a very accurate eye for actresses. Yang Xue is very beautiful and has the potential to become famous.

But Huang Xiaoming is too young and ignorant, I don’t know if he can play the role of Ying Zheng well.”

Zheng Jing said: "Don't worry, Huang Xiaoming will be fine."

Seeing Zheng Jing's assurance, Zhou Xiaowen didn't worry about it anymore. The crew had a lot of things to do, so they just had to finalize the actors as soon as possible so they could prepare to start filming.

But Zheng Jing said, "We can make a good story about Ning Jing's refusal to act and Zhang Tielin's almost signing a contract with our crew.

You can ask reporters to interview them. Given their personalities, they will definitely have a lot of complaints.

We will hype it up when the time comes to increase the attention to the TV series."

Zhou Xiaowen nodded and said, "I will inform Qian Jianping about this matter. He is in charge of the publicity and promotion.

According to the plan, our drama will start filming on March 3, and the location will still be Zhuozhou Film and Television City.

You have to prepare in advance, too.”

"No problem, wait and see my performance."

Seeing Zheng Jing's confidence, Zhou Xiaowen was also infected.

He must do a good job in this TV drama version of Qin Song to make up for his regrets!

(End of this chapter)