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Is this young actor named Hu Ge suitable to play Li Xiaoyao? Are you kidding, this is the leading actor!

Everyone looked at each other, and Li Guoli and the crew shook their heads.

Zhang Jin did not expect the approval of these crew members, but turned his attention to Yao Zhuangxian who was standing aside.

Yao Zhuangxian saw him looking at him, pondered for a moment, and nodded in agreement: "I agree with Mr. Zhang. The ancient costume style of the young actor named Hu Ge just now is more in line with the image of Li Xiaoyao in my mind."

With the support of Yao Xian, Zhang Jin said to Li Guoli: "I know you may not agree. Since everyone has different opinions, let's give Hu Ge a chance and let him change into Li Xiaoyao's look. We are watching.

Once, maybe you will feel differently this time."

Li Guoli asked around the crew with his eyes, and after receiving indifferent feedback, he nodded and said: "Okay, A Ming, inform the dressing room to put Hu Ge into Li Xiaoyao's look, and we will audition later."

While Hu Ge was changing his look, Zhang Jin and others interviewed several more audition actors, but the results were all average, with no big highlights.

After all the audition actors completed their auditions, everyone waited for a while before Hu Ge arrived belatedly with a new look.

I saw him wearing a coarse cloth robe and a ponytail hairstyle with large oblique bangs on his head. He has both modern aesthetics and ancient costume styling. Coupled with his sharp and handsome face, and the unique vitality and cleverness of young people, he looks very good.

A living Li Xiaoyao!

This look immediately amazed everyone present!

Zhang Jin smiled and asked: "Director Li, directors and screenwriters, do you think it's okay?"

"Okay! That's great. It has perfectly restored the Li Xiaoyao in my mind!" Yao Zhuangxian couldn't help but say with joy on his face.

"It's really good!" a screenwriter praised.

Li Guoli exchanged opinions with several assistant directors, nodded and said: "The shape is okay, A Ming, let the prop sword come over to him, and then let's take a look at the sword-playing shape."

Soon, a prop sword was delivered to Hu Singer.

"You pose like you are raising a sword." Li Guoli signaled.

Hu Ge held the sword and thought for a while, recalling Yang Guo's movements in the costume drama The Legend of the Condor Heroes that he had watched before. He raised his left hand to raise the sword finger, and raised the sword flat to his face with his right hand, posing towards Li Liguo.

Zhang Jin couldn't help laughing when he saw this: "Are you planning to assassinate Director Li with one sword?"

Others couldn't help laughing when they heard what he said.

"No, no, the director asked me to pose, so I..." Hu Ge quickly explained.

"So you just want to stab him to death with a sword." Zhang Jin joked again.

Everyone laughed again, and the room was filled with a happy atmosphere!

The fledgling Hu Ge suddenly felt embarrassed and quickly put down the sword in his hand, looking at a loss.

Li Guoli came to his rescue and said: "Mr. Zhang, please stop teasing him. Hu Ge, what Mr. Zhang said is a joke. Don't forget it in your heart. In fact, it was Mr. Zhang who won your Li Xiaoyao style audition this time."

Yes, he thinks highly of you."

Zhang Jin quickly waved his hand: "Director Li, I'm not very optimistic about him."

Li Guoli was stunned when he heard this: "But you were the first to stand up just now."

"You misunderstood. What I mean is that I am not very optimistic about him, but I feel that the role of Li Xiaoyao must be his!" Zhang Jin said seriously.

This is not his personal opinion, but the opinion of the majority of drama fans.

Everyone was speechless for a moment!

Having only met him once, he feels that a role must belong to him. This is too subjective!

Many people's eyes kept turning back and forth between Zhang Jin and Hu Ge. Is there any ulterior secret between them?

Hu Ge was a little embarrassed to be praised. This was the first time someone said that a certain role must belong to him. It is really rare for a student who has not yet graduated to get such a comment. He can almost take it back to the class to show off.

Yao Zhuangxian also nodded and said: "I agree with Mr. Zhang. At least for now, he is the one who best fits the character image."

Li Guoli said to Hu Ge noncommittally: "You go back first. We will notify your agent of the results of the audition."

"Okay, thank you to the director and the crew!" Hu Ge thanked him politely and turned to leave.

After they left, Li Guoli smiled bitterly at Zhang Jin and Yao Zhuangxian and said, "Both of you, you are talking nonsense. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if we don't use him later?"

"Then what other actors can you use? I don't deny that other actors can play the role of Li Xiaoyao well, but I think you should know better than me the difference between a good performance and a genuine performance." Zhang Jin spread his hands.

said.

"The most important thing in adapting a drama is to restore the original work. Let's not talk about whether the plot can be restored. Just say that the characters must be consistent first, right? Even if they don't conform, the thin characters in the game must be made more three-dimensional and fuller. In general,

You can’t make it worse by making changes, which is why it’s a remake. It’s better to create something original without being scolded by fans!”

Li Guoli did not object, but changed the subject and said: "Since Mr. Zhang has his own opinions on the choice of the male protagonist, do you know if there is any good and suitable actor recommendation for the heroine?"

Zhang Jin said: "There are candidates for the heroine, but this actor is not well-known. He is just a newcomer. I don't know if Director Li is interested."

"tell me the story?"

"I saw Chen Kun's name at the end of the list of leading actors. I must have seen Director Li, who has also seen the recent hit "The Golden Family," right?" Zhang Jin said.

The drama "Golden Pink Family" was originally supposed to be aired in March next year, but perhaps due to the butterfly effect, it was aired half a year ahead of schedule, and now it has aired twenty episodes.

Li Guoli nodded: "I have watched it a little. This drama is very popular on CCTV. If there are no better dramas in the future, this drama should definitely win the annual ratings championship. I have also watched this drama, so I temporarily

Chen Kun has been added to the list of candidate actors for the male lead."

"Then you should have noticed the actress inside, right?"

"You mean Miss Dong who plays the heroine Leng Qingqiu?" Li Guoli said, "She has good acting skills and image. Do you want to recommend her, should she play Zhao Ling'er or Lin Yueru?"

Will Dong Jie play Zhao Linger or Lin Yueru?

Zhang Jin couldn't imagine it and quickly shook his head in denial: "No, I am not recommending her, but Liu Yifei, another actress who plays Bai Xiuzhu. Director Li, what do you think of her image?"

"Bai Xiuzhu's actor?" Li Guoli was a little surprised when he heard this. After recalling it, he shook his head and said, "She does have a good image, but it's a pity that her acting skills are not good."

"Indeed, when I saw her opposite the male lead Jin Yanxi before, I felt that she couldn't handle the scene and her aura was suppressed to death. It was not as good as the feeling of Jin Yanxi and Leng Qingqiu meeting each other," said an assistant director.

Zhang Jin said: "Of course, an actor with a professional background can act better than an actor with a non-professional background, and this is her first time acting. I heard that she was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy this year, and I believe her acting skills will improve. And currently she

We are currently filming Tian Long Ba Part, and she plays the role of Wang Yuyan. Even director Zhang is optimistic about her costume style, so I think we might as well invite her to try out, and maybe we will get the same unexpected results as Hu Ge."

Li Guoli exchanged opinions with several other assistant directors and nodded: "We can send an audition invitation to Liu Yifei, but isn't she on the crew of Tian Long Ba Part? The time may be delayed a bit."

"It doesn't matter, whether a drama can achieve good results in the end, the casting of characters is very important. If the actors are not chosen well, the audience will easily be disappointed. Furthermore, the script must be polished well, and some logical errors must be eliminated. Don't put the audience at risk."

Be a fool.

Also, adaptation is not random editing. The relationship between the characters in the plot cannot be determined out of thin air. For example, characters who have no relationship at all can be brought together to form a love triangle. Is it interesting?

Finally, I told the art team and scene team that they should spend money where they should, and try to make the effect as good as possible. In terms of real-scene construction, I have also invested in a piece of land in Xihong City and asked the construction team to build the scene directly there.

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Zhang Jin, with a serious look on his face, told everyone sincerely that he really wanted to make this drama a success.

The sincerity in his words also infected everyone present.

Yao Zhuangxian said with emotion: "It is indeed the right choice to hand over the film and television rights of Fairy Sword to you!"

Li Guoli also slapped the table and assured: "With Mr. Zhang's generous investment, we will do our best to make this drama a success. In the past, we always said that there were not enough funds to produce effective results. Now that the funding problem has been solved, if

I’ve spent a lot of money and still can’t make a TV series. There’s really no place for my face. I’ve been in the industry for so many years in vain!”

One deputy director raised concerns: "It is certainly a good thing to invest a lot of money, but in the current market it is difficult to say whether the investment cost can be recovered, let alone make money. Mr. Zhang, we have to make this clear to you in advance."

"Don't worry about making money or not. You just need to be responsible for filming the series." Zhang Jin waved his hand, letting everyone feel at ease to create.

Not to mention that he did not make Sword to make money, even if it is currently losing money, but as long as the reputation rises and the market matures in a few years, he will make a big Sword movie. It takes ten years to sharpen a sword, as long as the quality is not particularly bad.

Definitely enough to fill you up.

Today's audition was over. Zhang Jin had dinner with the crew and creators. The next day he gave some opinions and suggestions on the creation of the series and preliminary script discussions. On the third day, he left Hengdian and flew back to Xihong City.

The suggestions he gave were the ones that later generations complained about more. For example, it was unnecessary to upgrade Liu Jinyuan's role as a supporting role to that of a supporting role. It was enough to fill out Die Yi's role.

The main plot of Liu Jinyuan joining the protagonist group is basically prepared for the sensational ending of the dead group's destruction. It is pointless to pile up sensationalism!

The drama also includes a love triangle between the Jiujianxian, the Swordsman and the Witch Queen Qing'er, which simply lowers the quality of the three characters and ruins the character settings. Even if it is to enrich the characters of the three, giving them three

To fill in a more flesh-and-blood story, there is no need for such vulgar routines. The reason for writing it like this is probably largely due to limited funds and the rush to complete the script, and there is no time to write a storyline that is more consistent with the characters.

In addition, what is different from the game is the relationship between Tang Yu Xiaobao and Anu. The drama has an original love story between the two. Tang Yu Xiaobao in the game is just a sidekick, and Anu also likes Li Xiaoyao.

Anu's father is not a wine swordsman either.

However, just like the reason for increasing Liu Jinyuan's role before, the reason for increasing Tang Yu Xiaobao's role is also to pave the way for the final destruction of the group. The audience will definitely not feel it if a supporting role dies, but if an important supporting role in the protagonist group dies, it will be different.

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In addition, speaking of the Jiujianxian, he should be the most dashing person in the entire game. The prodigal swordsman-like mission in the ordinary audience’s impression has a bit of Yan Chixia’s shadow.

It's a pity that the drama gave him a bloody and vulgar emotional line, which directly dragged the sword fairy from the sky into the mortal world and rolled him into mud.

In the game, the story of the Sword Master and the Witch Queen when they were young is not mentioned. It is not impossible to create an original story of the two of them in their youth in the drama, but maybe another way to bridge the gap would be more likable.

The new stories added to the game characters in the drama basically follow the same principle. If there is no love, love must be created, and if there is love, it must be complicated. In short, the main characters cannot be single, and must be in pairs, or the triangle must be stable.

Perhaps this is the result of a deliberate adaptation to cater to the audience of the TV series? No one knows!

But since Zhang Jin wants to create the Fairy Sword IP, he naturally does not allow such rough and crude script plots and character relationships. Even if he wants to write about the love-hate entanglement between the Jiujianxian, the Swordsman and the Witch Queen when they were young, there is no need to directly describe it.

All three are in a romantic relationship.

For example, family, country, world, people, righteousness, etc., which one is not more suitable for expanding the plot than love? And it is more in line with the three people's character settings!

A fairy tale TV series for young audiences cannot be without love, nor can it be only love!

Xianxia romance drama is just the way for capital to pursue stable profits, but Zhang Jin doesn’t need it. With foresight and preparation, which one is better, harvesting in the stock market or gambling in the World Cup, which is not about big profits and quick money?

In addition, the team-destroying ending in the first draft of the script was directly rejected by him!

Dead people can indeed move young audiences, but that doesn't mean people can't be moved if they don't die.

For example, in the original ending of the game, the scene of Lin Yueru holding Li Yiru in the wind and snow waiting for Li Xiaoyao's return, isn't it touching?

There is a saying that goes well, it is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes than to support each other.

Isn't this kind of artistic conception more logically moving than the forced sensationalism of everyone dying?

After a day of discussion, Zhang Jin’s opinions and suggestions gave the screenwriters a headache. They didn’t expect that the investor and nominal producer would be so difficult to deal with. After some discussion, they lost 9% of the first version of the script.

Ten must be overturned and rewritten.

After Zhang Jin left, a screenwriter couldn't help complaining to Li Guoli: "This Mr. Zhang is too exaggerated. It's just a TV series adapted from a game. Why should he be so serious?"

In response to this, Li Guoli just replied lightly: "Isn't that exaggerated? One day you will invest your own money in a drama, and you can write any script you want, and no one dares to tell you what to do. Before that, you just have to

If you can do your job conscientiously, just write whatever Mr. Zhang says!"

The screenwriter could only sigh: "It's great to have money! I have to stay up all night to finish the manuscript!"