Xu Rong took a sip of the tea and felt the taste was bitter. He paused the way of flipping the book. He glanced at the fresh and green tea leaves in the cup. He didn't like to drink tea, nor did he drink tea. He could slightly match the tea, and only soaked some wolfberry leaves occasionally, but he didn't drink it often.

Today, when Liu Heping arrived at home, he made some for him. Liu Heping loved to drink tea and smoke. On the set, most of the time, he always held tea in one hand and cigarette in the other.

"This character setting itself is closer to you. Under your cynical appearance, there is a tough inner self."

"You're just talking nonsense, when will I be cynical?"

"Haha, no, no." Liu Heping glanced at Xiao Zhang and beat him up.

Putting down the teacup, Xu Rong asked indifferently: "By the way, Lao Liu, how much is the total investment in this drama?"

He just flipped through a few episodes and liked the more he watched it. He wanted to play all roles, especially Xu Tieying, Fang Buting, and Zeng Keda. He really liked them so much.

Xiao Zhang sat quietly on the side and looked at Liu Heping curiously. It was the second time she saw him. The last time was when she visited the crew of "Ming Dynasty".

But at that time, she had no interaction with him, and she had never even said a word.

She once heard that Teacher Xu waited for him at his door for seven days in order to get the role of "Shen Yishi". When she first heard about this, she felt very uncomfortable and could not understand it.

Looking at the current situation, in just a few years, the positions of the two people have changed silently, so I can understand it.

Xu Rong didn't hear Liu Heping's reply, so he raised his head, saw Liu Heping look embarrassed, and asked tentatively: "No, you haven't attracted investment yet, are you?"

Liu Heping laughed dryly and said, "As long as you are in place, the investment will definitely be accepted. The script is still just the first draft. I am going to Taiwan Province to check some information. Don't worry, after I finish revisions, the quality and level will definitely be improved."

Xu Rong also laughed dryly and said, "This is such a good book, really, but I guess it's not 50 million, so I can't get it down, right?"

Liu Heping didn't say whether it would be possible to make a 50 million yuan. He took a sip of tea and said, "I'm going to bring the original cast of "The Ming Dynasty" to perform."

"hiss."

Xu Rong took a deep breath. Liu Heping's thoughts were really beautiful. Those people filmed "The Ming Dynasty" back then were all due to the reduction in the salary of Uncle Li. In addition, now he has 50 million, and he is probably not even worth the actor's salary.

According to the market price, he and Chen Baoguo had to take away 20 million yuan, and the tax amount he bears meant that the two of them directly cut off more than half of the salary.

He gently closed the script and smiled and said, "You really respect me. Lao Liu, it's not that I'm going to hit you. According to your ideas and Uncle Li's shooting habits, this drama is not 100 million yuan and cannot be beaten."

"If it's less, I'm going to get 130 million." Liu Heping took a sip of water. "I'm the first to come to you. As long as you agree, I'm probably going to get at least one-third of the funds. I'll be going to visit one by one in the next two days and then discuss investment."

Xiao Zhang's face turned into an emoticon package as the conversation between the two.

Fifty million?

One hundred and three hundred million?

She had the illusion that two people were bragging.

Xu Rong typed the script and said, "Is there some content inside too sensitive? I'm afraid that I can't pass the review."

"What's up to people."

Xu Rong looked at Liu Heping's smiling expression and understood what he meant. This was another big expense.

He suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, Lao Liu, if I don't accept it, who are you going to play the male lead?"

Liu Heping looked at Xu Rong and seemed quite hesitant and said, "Chen Kun, or Liu Ye, right?"

Xu Rong nodded and put his personal relationship with Liu Heping aside, which should be a common view in the industry.

Although Chen Kun has not promoted it very much, both in the TV series industry and the film market have great appeal. In the industry, he is one of the leaders of the 70s generation.

But this person cannot be counted on. He has already devoted himself to the big screen and no longer takes on TV series.

With "Nanjing Nanjing", Liu Ye swept away the decline in previous years and became popular for the second time.

As for him, after the dispute with Du Zhun's first young actor came to an end, he established his position as the leader of the 80s.

But the commonality of the three is also very obvious and expensive.

He didn't think about it for too long and said, "In this way, when you believe me, you can tell me in advance, so I can arrange the schedule."

"Check it?"

"Should you accept it, why don't you? I will definitely accept such a good show." Xu Rong said with a smile. He did not shy away, "But then again, Lao Liu, do you really think that this thing can be accomplished?"

Liu Heping was not sure, and said, "Look, if you have enough money, you can shoot it. If you don't have enough money, don't shoot it."

Originally, Xu Rong wanted to keep Liu Heping for a meal at home, but seeing that he was not at all interested, he took him out after a few words of politeness.

Liu Heping stood at the entrance of Xu Rong's community, looked at the community, and sighed with emotion.

Zhang Li’s original prediction came true.

On the other hand, Xiao Zhang discussed with Xu Rong the script that Liu Heping took.

Liu Heping's idea is quite interesting. Under normal circumstances, after the producer gets the script or writes the script, he first finds a film and television company to invest, and then determines the actors based on the scale of the investment. However, Liu Heping does the opposite, first finds an actor and then attracts investment.

Perhaps he himself also understood that the world would be too crazy to gain hundreds of millions of investments with just one script.

Xu Rong did not take this matter too seriously. Liu Heping has been silent for too long, and the script is now only the first draft and still needs to be polished. With Liu Heping's ink-talk style, it is impossible to make the draft for less than a year or two.

When the final draft is finalized, passing the review is a step, and money is another step. The lessons of the Ming Dynasty are there. No matter how rich a person is, he has to consider it.

While eating, Aunt Wang suddenly asked, "Xiao Xu, I heard you just said you were going to take on the show again. Why don't you let Xinxin take on it?"

Since the broadcast of "The Hidden", many crews have also submitted invitations to Xiao Zhang, some of whom contacted her directly, and some of whom were Jin Fangfang, but Xu Rong refused them all.

Xu Rong said without thinking: "I'm not very relieved."

Seeing that Aunt Wang was confused, he said, "Aunt Wang, the crew is not as simple as you think. Being scolded and angry is a trivial matter. Some people don't know the details, so pulling you over will take the blame."

"I'll definitely come over if there's a suitable role."

Xu Rong is actually quite contradictory in her heart. A good actor must go through all kinds of things. His poor life for more than ten years was an important source of his performance material, but Xiao Zhang had never experienced these at all. It was so smooth that she walked along the way.

Some people, even if they praise them to death, will not be popular. The reason for this is still to be attributed to the lack of experience. The performance focuses on emotional memory, but there is no way to talk about emotional memory without experience.

Just like some actors, they say painfully, "You don't know what I've experienced over the years!", but what comes to their minds is a sense of sensuality, happiness and freedom, and the audience can't empathize with it.

Xiao Zhang was protected by her parents before, but now he was taking care of her. From a rational point of view, he knew that she should have to go through a period of struggle and pain, but from a sensory point of view, he couldn't make up his mind to throw her to others like Xu Xing.

He wasn't sure if he was doing it right, although he was holding on to her good ideas.

However, the "for your own good" in this world may not be accepted by the parties involved.

Xu Rong thought for a while and asked, "Xiao Zhang, what do you think?"

Xiao Zhang asked, "What?"

"It's just that you want to keep filming with me or go alone."

"I'll listen to you."

Aunt Wang smiled bitterly, her daughter was full of Xu Rong. Judging from the situation, she had to help people count the money if she sold her.

Xu Rong nodded gently, but couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he could only take one step at a time.

Amid this hesitation, the initial scheduling of the graduation performance began.

In dramas, this is a very important stage. Because of the different working methods of directors, some people call it "building a frame" to build a rough framework, some call it "going the action line", and some regard this process as an important step in "analyzing the script and characters in action".

There are differences between the three, but the commonality remains unchanged. We establish a psychological-body link and transform the conceptual "verb" in the script into practical actions.

Xu Rong did not observe carefully during the last gathering. After arriving at the school theater, Xu Rong keenly discovered a problem. Many students, especially female students, looked a little different from before.

The change is not much, but it is definitely not caused by makeup. The most conspicuous thing is that some people have single eyelids, and they don’t know when they become double eyelids.

Some students have a lot of natural face shapes.

He had heard people mention plastic surgery, and this thing has never been done or countless times. Once there is the first time, there will be a second time, the third time or even countless times until he has made himself into another face.

It's a pity.

If you don’t have it, the director and producer don’t look down on it at all. If you want to have it, you can only be used as a vase in the future.

Mobilizing limbs is not an easy task. If you use it to fill it up, it will increase the difficulty out of thin air.

Sitting on the sidelines, he directed Xiao Zhang to put on makeup on himself. It was not until this time that he realized that he had forgotten to learn a craft.

make up.

For film and television actors, this is not a necessary skill, because the crew has dedicated personnel to this, but for drama actors, it is an ancient tradition.

The actor puts on his own makeup.

Xu Rong didn't know when it started to rise, but he estimated that at the beginning, it was probably for the sake of thrifty funds.

Of course, the current explanation is to bring the actor closer to the role.

It is true that this statement has some truth, because if the actor does not establish a mind image, or if the mind image is incomplete, it cannot be transformed at all, or he can only make a fuss.

After officially starting the first rank, Xu Rong regretted it a little. He shouldn't have chosen "Teahouse" at the beginning.

"Oh, I'm a big fool Yang, I'm a bamboo board, and I came to the big teahouse..."

There is a little slight difference from the common scripts on the market today. Huiyan uses the 79th version of the People's Art Theater, because the video data of this version is clearer and more classic.

The effect of rehearsal is simply a large car accident scene.

Not to mention the good or bad lines, low-level mistakes like forgetting words often occur.

Xu Rong was also amused when he looked at the head teacher next to him who looked like a pot bottom and several teachers in the department.

Many of these classmates have never filmed a movie, joined the crew, or have some connections at home. They always think that filming is a very simple thing after graduation.
To be continued...