I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

Chapter 87: Do actors also need to read history books?
There are very few female characters in the history of the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, since it was mostly men fighting. Even if there were women in the story, their roles would be small.

Fan Yuan is the only female general in the Yellow Turban Army with clear records. She once led elite cavalry in battle, and her specific deeds are recorded in the Records of the Three Kingdoms.

Many people might say, "Isn't Diao Chan a character in the Three Kingdoms? Shouldn't she be the female lead?"
However, Diao Chan only appears in the literary creation of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Diao Chan is described as a singing girl in the household of Minister Wang Yun. She used the "chain scheme" to bring about the break between Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu. However, this plot is a literary embellishment and there is no relevant record in official history.

Records of Diao Chan can only be found in literary works such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and are not part of official history.

The core participants in the Yellow Turban Rebellion were predominantly male, with very few records of female figures.

Cheng Sheng listed Fan Yuan as the female lead, mainly because he was preparing her for Jing Tian.

After all, she spent so much money, almost losing her own salary, so Cheng Sheng couldn't very well not give her a role!

She definitely can't play a male role.

Cheng Sheng can only make amends in history.

Fortunately, there really was such a female general in history who was active in the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Although we don't know exactly what Fan Yuan did, the fact that she led cavalry into battle shows that she was quite an extraordinary figure.

Therefore, Cheng Sheng added a few more scenes for Fan Yuan.

Although Fan Yuan has more screen time, it doesn't affect the script.

Fan Yuan's main role is leading cavalry charges on the battlefield, rather than engaging in any dramatic scenes.

Moreover, Jing Tian has portrayed several female generals in her future film and television works.

For example, Lin Mei, whom she played in "The Great Wall," and Cui Lin, whom she played in "Le You Yuan," are both relatively classic female general roles.

The scenarios provided by the simulation panel are completely adapted from the history of "Records of the Three Kingdoms," and some are even better and more historically accurate than the original "Records of the Three Kingdoms."

Not long after Cheng Sheng posted the audition information online, it immediately caused a sensation in the entertainment industry.

After all, many people are hoping to participate in Cheng Sheng's new movie and become the next Zheng Guolin and Fu Dalong.

When they saw the first requirement for the audition, everyone in the industry was completely baffled.

What's the problem?
Have you thoroughly studied the history of the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period?

And it's the Records of the Three Kingdoms?
Dig!

Who the hell would study history to become an actor?!
Should we mess with people's mentality?
Aren't auditions for actors usually about testing their professional attitude, understanding of the character, energy delivery, and attention to detail?
Why would a film crew have people read history aloud?

No one understood why Cheng Sheng would make such a request.

But at this moment, all the actors who wanted to participate in Cheng Sheng's film were in a terrible predicament.

Hengdian.

The production team of "New Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio".

At this moment, director Wu Jingyuan had just finished filming a scene and was giving the actors an hour's rest before continuing filming.

Instead of taking a break, the cast members gathered together to discuss the requirements for Cheng Sheng's audition.

The cast of the TV series "New Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" is truly luxurious. If it were released ten years later, it would probably shock everyone.

After all, the cast of this drama includes Huang Xiaoming, Hu Ge, Yang Mi, Lin Ziying, Li Shuangbing, Huo Siyan, Hu Ke, Yuan Hong, and many others.

It's like they've captured all the future top stars in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Of course, this is an episodic series, and each person's role is not very big; it's more like a cameo appearance!
Even Huang Xiaoming, who is the lead actor, only has a slightly larger role; he plays Bai Yang in the 'Lu Pan' segment.

"I'm having a headache. I just looked it up online, and the language style of the Records of the Three Kingdoms is classical Chinese. Who can understand that?" Huang Xiaoming said with a bitter face.

"Why do you think Director Cheng has such a requirement? Isn't it enough for us actors to just have excellent acting skills?"

Standing next to Hu Ke, Yuan Hong asked curiously. Although he also wanted to audition for Cheng Shengxin's new film, he already had a film contract this year and probably couldn't film two projects at once.

Therefore, he was quite relaxed.

"Who knows! I've never heard of actors having to study history. Isn't that a bit too complicated!"

Hu Ke, the future 'Sha Ren', who is also the wife of Sha Yi, the Sunflower Acupuncture Technique Master, but she is not yet at this moment. She stared blankly at the sky and said.

Sha Yi's original name was "Sha Ren," which sounds like "murder." Wasn't his mother's taste in names a bit too heavy?

In fact, Lao Sha's mother once wanted to name him "Sha Ren," which was out of love and hope for her son.

However, Lao Sha eventually changed it.

"Old Hu, you're not planning to participate in the auditions, are you?!"

Yang Mi peeked out and saw Brother Hu looking at his phone. When she saw that the phone actually contained the history book "Records of the Three Kingdoms," she was immediately shocked and asked.

"No, Lao Hu, you really want to go."

Everyone else was surprised to see that Brother Hu had started reading the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

“Reading history is good! It cultivates one’s character and temperament,” Brother Hu said with a smile.

“But you can understand it? It’s written in classical Chinese,” Yang Mi said.

Although Yang Mi is a child star, her academic performance is incomparable to that of the people present.

"good."

Brother Hu revealed a mysterious smile.

He achieved excellent results in the college entrance examination. He was admitted to the Directing Department of the Central Academy of Drama with the second highest score in the country (the first place was for students admitted through a special admission program). However, because the school was far from his home, he ultimately chose to give up the Central Academy of Drama and instead chose the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

"I admire you." Everyone looked at Brother Hu with admiration; a top student is truly impressive.

Seeing this, the others who were interested in participating in Cheng Sheng's new film stopped chatting and took out their phones to charge them up, intending to at least learn about it, regardless of whether they understood it or not.

At this time, Yang Mi was not yet the big-breasted woman she would become in the future. She used her phone to look up "Records of the Three Kingdoms," and then nothing more. She simply closed the webpage because she couldn't understand it.

Seeing the others looking pained as they studied their phones, Yang Mi was slightly lost in thought, pondering the role Cheng Sheng had revealed in the new movie.

There are very few female characters in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and even fewer who fit the description of her.

Fan Yuan.

The age is a good match, and it's the role she most wanted to play.

If she actually gets the role, will she become the next Su Chang?
The thought of becoming an international superstar like Su Chang in the future suddenly gave her motivation.

It's just reading history!
So what if I don't understand it?
Then she can read it while finding someone to help translate it, or she can just find a history teacher to teach her.

Thinking of this, Yang Mi secretly went to the side and used her phone to call her agent, asking her to find her a private history tutor.

Yang Mi had this idea, and so did the people present.

Huang Xiaoming also thought of this and sent a text message to his agent, asking him to help find a private history tutor.

A recording studio in Beijing.

Fan Shuangbing finished recording a song and walked out of the recording studio looking exhausted.

This year, Wang Jinhua prepared a solo album for her titled "Just Beginning".

However, Fan Shuangbing's musical sense is really not very good; he couldn't finish recording a song even after several days in a row.

(End of this chapter)