Entertainment: The Path to Best Actor for Talented Actors

Once the important supporting roles are determined,

Zhang Ze brought the assistant director to "Yingwutang" in the suburbs of Beijing.

After more than a year of development, "Shadow Martial Arts Hall" has been established in three phases.

More than 40 young actors completed their training here, of whom only 5 were girls and the rest were boys.

This demonstrates just how scarce female action actresses are in the mainland Chinese film and television industry.

Compared to male action actors, female trainees have a much better employment situation.

These five girls were already booked by various film and television production teams before they even graduated.

Some are military dramas, and some are period action dramas.

Although they weren't very important or major roles, it was already quite good for them.

Of the other male students, 10 were selected as members of the Proton Group for the Fengshen Trilogy.

Wuershan, the director of the Fengshen Trilogy, made a big move last year.

The plan is to film three movies about the Investiture of the Gods at once.

Furthermore, a global selection process was conducted among 15000 people to form the proton pool.

After the initial selection, 1400 people were chosen, and then 23 young people were selected from among them for training.

Ten of them came from Yingwutang. Wuershan even invited the teachers from Yingwutang to set up a Fengshen Training Camp to train these more than 20 young people.

They also invited Wu Jing and Zhang Ze to give lectures and guidance to the protons in the training camp.

Zhang Ze came to the martial arts academy today, of course, also to select actors.

The series "The Thunder" features not only drug dealers but also criminal police officers. As the deputy head of the Shadow Martial Arts Hall, he would definitely come here to select actors.

When Zhang Ze arrived at Yingwu Hall, there were 15 young people training in the training hall.

These are the latest batch of students.

No secrets stay hidden forever. As soon as Zhang Ze arrived, some well-informed people already knew the purpose of his visit.

When I heard that Zhang Zelai was selecting people, I was very excited and looking forward to it.

"Hey everyone! Have you heard? I heard the deputy hall master is here to pick people!"

"I've heard! I've heard! It's said that the deputy leader is currently preparing to film a police and gangster movie."

"I wonder how many people will be selected this time? I hope I'm chosen."

Several young people gathered together and started discussing it.

The instructor walked over and shouted, "Stop whispering, line up quickly, and make a good impression when the deputy hall master arrives."

"Let me tell you, today is a very good opportunity, you must seize it. Everyone should bring out their best performance, understand?"

"Don't come crying to me if you don't get elected!"

"Understood!" everyone shouted in unison.

"Hey coach, coach, do you know how many people will be selected this time?" A girl asked the coach coquettishly, trying to get information out of him.

The coach gave everyone present a serious look and said, "I don't know either. You'll know when the deputy leader arrives."

"Oh! Really?! You didn't even know?"

The crowd sighed and waited nervously in line.

Soon Zhang Ze entered, accompanied by several others.

Looking at the 15 people in training uniforms, standing in line with their hands behind their backs, he couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.

Although he is the deputy hall master, he doesn't come here very often.

Basically, he only comes once a year when students enroll and graduate.

There are only 3 girls in this batch of trainees; the rest are boys.

Upon seeing Zhang Ze approach, he immediately perked up even more!

Hello, students!

Zhang Ze walked in and waved.

"Greetings, Master!" the 15 people shouted in unison, creating quite a stir.

He smiled, waved, and stood in the middle of the line.

"I'm here today, and I believe your coach has given you some advance notice."

I've assembled a film crew and need a few actors.

"You are all students in the same cohort, and you are all my students. We are all equal, and there is no question of you getting in through connections."

"This assessment mainly evaluates your usual training results. The top 5 will be eligible for roles, with only one spot available for a girl!"

Upon hearing this, everyone became tense.

Even though there are only 15 of them, 5 people is still a one-in-one probability.

But nobody wanted to be one of the remaining two-thirds, so everyone was on high alert.

"Okay, now you have 10 minutes to rest and prepare. We will begin the assessment shortly."

At this moment, the coach said from the side, "The assessment is divided into three parts: the first part is military movements; the second part is performance; and the third part is lines."

Soon, the trainees began to discuss it in hushed tones.

After saying that, Zhang Ze and the others went into a room.

The students outside began to busily prepare.

The formal assessment will begin in ten minutes.

The courses at Yingwutang are specifically designed for military action films.

Some of these trainees are students of art schools, while others are retired military personnel.

Each had its own advantages. After the assessment and discussion, four men and one woman were selected.

Zhang Ze gave them a role that was neither too big nor too small in "The Thunder".

The entire filming period lasted about 20 days, and each person was paid 10 yuan.

After more than a month of preparation, the production team has finally been assembled.

That day, Zhang Ze met up with Huang Jingyu at the airport.

Besides the two, there were four other people, all of whom were key members of the production team.

Over the next few days, they will visit grassroots anti-drug police officers in Guangzhou.

Go and learn more about the situation of frontline anti-drug workers.

Because this is based on a true story, there are many details that you may not know.

Only in this way can the drama be made more realistic and be believable to the audience.

The Boshe Village case was a national-level operation, involving more than 4000 people from the Ministry of Public Security to county-level public security bureaus, armed police, and special police.

When Zhang Ze arrived at the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau with his team, two people were already waiting for them.

A middle-aged police officer in his thirties pointed to a beautiful female police officer next to him.

"Hello Director Zhang Ze, my name is Yang Yayun, and this is my colleague Han Yan Yinan."

"Hello Officer Yang, hello Officer Han Yan!"

He shook hands with the two men and casually asked, "Your name doesn't sound like you're Han Chinese?"

The beautiful policewoman smiled and said, "I'm from the Dai ethnic group. Director Zhang Ze, please don't be so polite. Just call me Yi Nan!"

"Alright, from now on I'll call you Yi Nan, and Officer Yang I'll call you Brother Asian Games. I'll be counting on you for the next few days!"

Zhang Ze spoke to the two of them in a very friendly manner.

These two people were assigned to him by the Public Security Bureau as his accompaniment during his visits over the past few days.

Firstly, to protect their safety; secondly, to help coordinate among various departments.

After all, narcotics police work in a very sensitive field, and without the supervision of higher-ups, they wouldn't even be able to conduct interviews.

It's very possible that they'll be detained by the anti-drug police before they even begin!

After some investigation, I learned that Han Yan Yinan, this beautiful policewoman, was actually a very capable frontline anti-drug police officer.

He has conducted dozens of undercover investigations, solved hundreds of drug-related cases, and has been awarded one first-class merit, two second-class merits, and four third-class merits.

The reason she is being shown now is because six months ago, when she was undercover making an arrest, she was shot in the chest by a drug dealer, just one centimeter away from hitting her heart and almost died.

After a six-month rest period, her superiors transferred her to the provincial command center, effectively retiring her to a secondary role.

Hearing this, Zhang Ze was filled with respect. At first, he had only thought that this girl worked in an office!

I never expected him to be a drug enforcement hero.

Yi Nan, when you were doing undercover reconnaissance, did you ever encounter any danger?

"Of course! I remember once I dressed up as a karaoke hostess, and when I walked into the private room, those drug dealers were already high. They cornered me and forced me to take a hit too. They threatened to kill me if I refused!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present gasped.

"Ah! So how did you get out of that situation?"