The battle for traffic in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 459: "In the Snow" Casting
Xu Xing pursed her lips.

Yu Murong frowned.

They stared at each other for a few seconds.

"Take it away!"

"Oh oh oh!"

Xu Xing finally reacted and quickly withdrew his hand.

"Hey, Sister Rong, I've been thinking for some time that it would be great if I was filming in Shenzhen. That way, I can be isolated from Sister Rong and don't have to go back to Beijing. I can have a lot of time to chat with Sister Rong. Over the years, we haven't lived together for a long time. You were busy before, and now I'm busy too, and it seems like there's never a time to stop. Finally, we stopped, but we are in different cities.

"..."

"Now you're taking such a high risk to come and see me, I—"

"Are you still not done?"

Yu Murong was speechless.

“Uh, hahahaha~” Xu Xing laughed dryly and scratched his head, “It’s just that I’ve been feeling a lot more emotional during this period.”

Yu Murong's eyes softened.

"I have some, too."

"What is Sister Rong thinking about?"

Xu Xing also asked softly.

Yu Murong smiled softly.

"I was thinking, you and Mingzhen..."

"..."

Xu Xing's nerves were tense.

"You didn't come to see me, so I had to come to see you."

Yu Murong sighed softly.

"Oh!" Xu Xing breathed a sigh of relief. "Sister Zhen has said that she would come to see you a long time ago. I was also planning to go there after the filming was finished. The crew only has one month left to finish the filming. The notices are scheduled very late every day, and there is no time to take a day off to rest."

"I know."

Yu Murong said, gently patting the back of Xu Xing's hand.

Full of warmth.

So as they chatted, Xu Xing advised her not to fly to Beijing to see Mr. Qu anymore, and to wait a few months until the vaccine came out. Mr. Qu knew what she meant.

Then Yu Murong said that she was originally going to return to the capital this time. After finishing the necessary work, she can now work remotely from home.

She decided to return to the capital.

I just came to see Xu Xing...

That's no problem.

However, how bad is her relationship with Lao Qu now? She didn't even tell Lao Qu about this matter, and Lao Qu even asked Xu Xing to tell her to return to Beijing...

"No," Sun Man shook her head. "When I had an online video conference with President Yu and President Qu a few days ago, they were still talking and laughing."

...became a purely business partnership? No—

"What kind of online meeting are you holding?"

Xu Xing discovered the blind spot.

If there is anything going on in daily life, can't you just tell Sun Man directly?

"Your "Swordsman in the Snow"."

"...Can't you just discuss this with the director?"

The director of the previous life of "Snow Swordsman" was Song Xiaofei, who had previously worked as a photographer. The rhythm of the entire drama was very problematic in the early stages, and many places did not capture the feeling they should have.

This time, Zhengrong found Li Muge. After "Eastern Palace" was broadcast last year, Zhengrong signed contracts with him for several dramas and also booked him to shoot "Snow".

Mr. Qu asked Xu Xing for his opinion, and Xu Xing did not object.

Although Li Muge's play also has rhythm problems, it is not a big problem with Zheng Rong's control. The rhythm of Wang Juan's script is also a very outstanding advantage, which can make up for it.

Li Muge's outstanding advantage is that he can shoot beautiful pictures and characters. His previous martial arts drama "Talking about Heroes" was also one of the few dramas with a martial arts flavor in the heyday of ancient idol dramas. The quality was also one of the best and it was widely acclaimed in the early stage. Unfortunately, the screenwriter made random changes and the resource-rich people added drama to make the show unbearable to watch in the later stage. In the end, the number of views and word of mouth also flopped.

For a novel like "In the Snow" that is full of pretentiousness and has a lot of women in it, book fans are clamoring every day to read it. If Li Muge comes along, he should be able to do it.

"Maybe Mr. Yu wanted to know if you have recruited any new people?" Sun Man guessed, "Originally, the agent and producer gave a speech to encourage her. After the speech, she mentioned it before the end, and we continued to discuss it for a long time."

“There aren’t any newcomers!”

Xu Xing was convinced.

The three of them are now able to cover up their relationship behind the scenes!
"This year has just begun!" Sun Man shrugged. "For the roles in "Snow", don't you have to choose who to use? For example, Jiang Ni, if you want to use Hu Lianxin, isn't that a newcomer?"

"Who said we were going to use her?"

Xu Xingke never said that.

Moreover, I haven’t talked to Sun Man about this person for almost a year, although classmate Xiao Hu greets Xu Xing every day on WeChat.

"The project has come out, so just try to get it internally first. Her agent recommended it to me quite frequently, and she calls me sister on WeChat every day. Maybe she has told you about it on WeChat as well?"

"No."

Xu Xing flatly denied it.

Not really.

Classmate Xiao Hu just calls Xu Xing brother and worships Xu Xing every day, acting like she only wants to be Xu Xing's good sister, and never mentions anything about resources.

"Well, then, basically there are four candidates: Zhao Jinmai, Zhou Ye, Yang Chaoyue and her. It depends on which one you like best."

Sun Man's tone was normal, but it sounded sarcastic.

"It depends on which one is the most suitable!" Xu Xing corrected her, and then analyzed for her, "Zhao Jinmai's ancient costume is not suitable, Zhou Ye might fail to play Jiang Ni? She may not be able to play it well. Yang Chaoyue is a little tall? Her acting skills are not good either. As for this Hu Lianxin, her acting skills are terrible!"

"..."

Sun Man was silent for a moment.

"Then which newcomer can do it? The one from Zhengrong or from outside?"

"I mean, I don't care. Manman, just use whichever one you think works!"

Xu Xing took Sun Man's hand.

"...Okay." Sun Man nodded, "Then let me decide after I finish watching their makeup auditions." "Good."

Xu Xing smiled.

Manman is still better. Even if you hold Manman’s hand, Manman doesn’t know how to do it - Xu Xing remembered that he had kissed Manman before.

So when Sun Man was about to turn around and leave, Xu Xing pulled her into his arms.

Slight resistance, slow response.

After separation.

"Don't let any other women come over this week."

Xu Xing smiled in her ear.

Sun Man struggled to get up from Xu Xing's arms.

"…Don't affect the schedule I put so much effort into!"

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April is like that.

The crew was filming every day, and Xu Xing would occasionally run in with Tang Yan at night - mainly because it didn't affect her performance on the set, on the contrary, because of her new relationship with Xu Xing, she would sometimes have an undertone of melancholy, which made the sunglasses feel quite good.

Then for the rest of the time, I was mostly busy with the casting for "Snow".

It was agreed that Sun Man would have full decision-making power, but she would still let Xu Xing watch the audition video every time and ask for Xu Xing's opinion.

After the online auditions for "In the Snow" were launched, the news was spread by marketing accounts and also caused a lot of discussion online.

Today, "In the Snow" has been jokingly called the fifth great classic due to the tireless praise of book fans.

Before the project was launched last year, it triggered a "violent internal conflict". Xu Xing and Hou Minghao, two good brothers well-known in the circle, turned against each other in order to "compete" for a role in the TV series adapted from the novel.

——When the fan circle summarized the series of disturbances that started with the Xu Xing and Wang Churan scandal and ended with Hou Minghao's fans reporting ao3 and causing it to be blocked, they basically believed that the previous "Snow" starring dispute was the catalyst for the plastic brothers. Because Tao Mei was persistent in accusing Xu Xing, and Xu Xing's haters also fanned the flames.

At that time, Xu Xing was confirmed to play the role, and at the same time, news came out that the screenwriter would be Wang Juan. For book fans, this was simply the most ideal match.

After learning that Hou Minghao became popular for his role in The Untamed, fans of the book were even more grateful to Xu Xing, and they all lamented that Xing Shen was a true fan of the book! They would rather break up with their fake brothers than let a gay actor ruin Xu Fengnian!
The role of the Xu family should be played by someone with the surname Xu!
Even though they knew that Xu Xing was currently filming a movie that they didn't know when it would be finished, and that Xu Xing had many other movies to shoot, they still said that they would rather have nothing than something bad! They were just waiting for Xing Shen!

Fans of the book were all ready for the filming to start in two or three years, but they didn’t expect that “In the Snow” would start this year!
It is said that it will start filming during the summer vacation!
Everyone became excited at once!
They nominated their ideal actors for the roles, Xu Xiao and Li Xuejian, Lao Huang and Huang Bo, Chen Zhibao and Chen Kun, Chu Lushan let Teacher Wang Gang gain dozens of pounds, Li Bingbing with a white fox face, Jiang Ni as a young Xu Qing, Yu Youwei and Liu Yan, Xu Zhihu and Yang Mi, Xu Weixiong and Liu Shishi, actually Liu Yifei can also play Jiang Ni, Wu Suzhang and Ziyi, is it possible for Pei Nanwei to revive Teacher Fan... all kinds of random names.

Xu Xing became a wish-making machine in their hearts. They all believed that although making people younger was a bit outrageous, with Xingsheng's appeal, other people of the right age could definitely be attracted.

Book fans not only made wishes in the "Snow" forum, but also worked hard to increase their voices on the Weibo topic square. Some even started to join the Xu Xing super topic to check in, and told the "fan circle sisters" in the super topic how awesome "Snow" is, how excited Xing Sheng is to play the role, and which roles should be played by whom. These are all recognized by Xue Mi. I heard that the fan club can convey the opinions to the Xing Sheng team, please -

Ah? Ah! The Xingsheng Fan Club has been shut down...

This is very uncomfortable.

Because I also posted on Xingsheng’s Weibo, and sent him a private message, and also posted on Instagram, Twitter, Douyin, Tik Tok, Xiaohongshu... I posted on all the places where Xingsheng appeared on the Internet, and every time I sincerely begged the stars to support me!
It's a pity that the group of happy fan girls in the front row are all superficial "Brother, I miss you", "Brother, I dreamed of you again last night", "I donated another 10 yuan today, I will keep it up for a whole year", "Thank you brother for your encouragement for six years! I'm admitted to graduate school!!!"

……well!

I couldn't help but get excited and said something like "If you don't choose people this way, you'll fail!" As a result, when I came back from playing farming, I found that my Weibo account, which I had just registered two days ago, was bombarded... When I was halfway through playing farming for the second time, my mobile phone number started to be bombarded with calls...

We have also considered hanging banners outside the set of "Fang Hua", which Xingsheng is currently filming, but that would be like joining the fan circle... and it's not possible during the current epidemic prevention and control period.

Every day I can only look at various news that I don’t know whether they are true or false and feel anxious!
The most outrageous - but seemingly possible - piece of news is that it is rumored that all the female characters in "Snow" will be played by outstanding actors.

The male characters seem to be...

This drama seems to be a serious internal drama...

It seems that Hou Minghao is playing Chen Zhibao again...

Ah ah ah ah ah ah!
Is it possible to be lucky enough to be together?

If you don't really love me, don't hurt me, okay? ? ? ?
In fact, we can’t blame the fans of “In the Snow” for going crazy.

Because there is too much messy news.

There were many people who wanted to get a role in this drama. After Xu Xing decided to mainly use his women, he didn't say who would play who. Their agents started to think of all kinds of ways, and sent out a lot of gossip to create a trend. In addition, the marketing staff took advantage of the popularity and made random guesses...

Lucky Star Wu Ya basically passed all the female characters.

However, the people from Lucky Star were indeed the first to have their roles confirmed.

Sweet potato Meng Ziyi, blue bird Chen Yuqi, cucumber Tian Xiwei, green ant Zhang Ruonan, the four major maids, one for each of them.

Well, this time, unlike in the previous life, the two characters of Cucumber and Green Ant were not directly cancelled.

When a novel is adapted into a TV series, characters are usually cancelled or merged to save actor costs, or because well-known actors will not play roles with too few lines.

But these are all our own people, there is no need to think like that.

Meng Ziyi originally wanted Chen Yuqi to play the maid Hongshu to show respect to the big sister Xingyunxing, but Chen Yuqi told her not to do so. Meng Ziyi became famous with the red dress in "Eastern Palace", and Chen Yuqi played Zhao Min, so this allocation is appropriate.

The only maid left was Jiang Ni, who finally chose Zhou Ye.

The finalists were Zhou Ye and Yang Chaoyue. Sun Man felt that Zhou Ye's appearance and acting skills were better.

Zhou Ye does have more acting experience and seems to be more suitable for the time being.

Yang Chaoyue was assigned to play the role of the girl holding a sunflower and riding a panda. In a sense, this "village flower" role just happened to be hers.

On the day of the final, Xu Xing had a video call with Yang Chaoyue and told her the result in person.

Yang Chaoyue did not say directly that she really wanted to play Jiang Ni, but her previous performance showed that she attached great importance to the role, and her company has been trying hard to get it.

Unlike Lucky Star and Zhengrong Headquarters, where she is the only important artist, Rocket Girls will disband in a few months. If she can play the female lead of Xu Xing, it will be of great benefit to Yang Chaoyue's development.

Yang Chaoyue's eyes were a little red, but she still smiled and told Xu Xing that she would definitely play the role of Hehe girl well.

Xu Xing comforted her for a long time.

The main thing is that Chaoyue is completely different from the image she gives to the outside world when she is with Xu Xing, such as being transparent, lively, and cute. She gives Xu Xing the impression that she is very worried, and it really makes Xu Xing feel that she is working very hard.

But in Ever Night 2, which aired a year ago, her performance as Haotian was still wooden...

Although Haotian himself is quite wooden.

Then, there is the question of whether to let Cheng Xiao play Yu Youwei.

Cheng Xiao really wanted to act and told Xu Xing many times that who else could do it but her. She couldn't just let Yang Mi do it, right?
Li Hua strongly opposed it.

A few years ago, there was a controversy over the online drama "Detective Chinatown". Fortunately, Chen Dulin suddenly appeared and diverted attention. After that, Li Hua tried hard to wash it off for a long time, saying that they had broken up a long time ago. That was just a song from the past.

But it still broke Cheng Xiao's fans' hearts and many of them stopped following her.

Now Cheng Xiao is going to act in Xu Xing's play again——

"Please have pity on Xiao Xiao. She really can't stand your torture."

(End of this chapter)