Chapter 113 Retest
The location for the re-examination of "Heavenly Sword" was chosen at Lv Liping's art school, which can be regarded as a disguised way to help raise the reputation of her school - some unimportant supporting roles in the future will also be selected from the students of the art school.
In the large conference room, in addition to Xu Kun and Liu Haibo, the judges for the re-examination also included Chen Xuebin, Chen Luoping, Xu Yiling, and Zeng Lai.
The oldest among the group is Chen Xuebin, but he is mainly in charge of miscellaneous affairs and expenses.
Xu Kun thought that he would have to find an old senior to help the show. It happened that he had left a good reputation in the People's Art Theatre, so he could try to invite a master of acting to help the young actors get into the right state as soon as possible.
Before the formal audition, Xu Kun first let everyone read the post on Tianya Forum. After seeing the statement of "two immortal swords" and the subsequent obvious slander, Chen Luoping's face turned very ugly.
"How could this be?"
He murmured, "I just told a few friends about the 'name collision' as a joke, and I also emphasized at the time that the plots of the two dramas have nothing to do with each other!"
Xu Yiling on the side didn't say anything, but just put her hand on his shoulder.
Xu Kun then showed everyone his posts and the news on the website one by one.
Finally, he said, "I'm letting you all read this post, not to blame anyone, but just to remind everyone that nowadays entertainment reporters are becoming more and more unruly, and the Internet is even more lawless and makes up stories based on hearsay. In addition, the means used by film and television companies to hype things up are becoming more and more varied. We all have to be vigilant to avoid being used as targets or guns."
Everyone nodded, and Chen Luoping patted his chest and promised that he would never leak any information about the crew to the outside world. He also gritted his teeth and wanted to find the "traitor" around him, but was stopped by Xu Yiling.
Liu Haibo frowned and suggested that they should simply register under the name of a large company, so that other film and television companies would be wary.
The popularity of those two posts was not low, but it was not so high that several news websites reported on it at the same time. Moreover, the tone of the press releases of major media outlets was almost the same. Liu Haibo would never believe that there was no one secretly coordinating.
If Xu Kun had not discovered it in time and guided public opinion, where would these "twists and turns" news reports go?
Chen Xuebin shook his head: "I'm afraid we can't make the decision on this matter."
Xu Kun also said: "It hasn't come to that yet. This time we were just careless and gave ourselves a chance to be criticized. We just need to be more vigilant in the future. We can't just be filming the movie in a down-to-earth manner and then others will keep harassing us, right?"
The main reason why the two refused was that they were inexperienced when signing the investment contract and forgot to leave some room. Now it would be more troublesome to find Jia Yueting and Lao Baigan to negotiate and bring in big companies.
Seeing that the two of them insisted, Liu Haibo didn't say anything else. Seeing that no one had any other opinions, he presided over the audition.
The first female lead to audition was Huang Xiang.
Last time they used head covers, this time we hired a special makeup artist and the costumes were also carefully selected, so the girls’ looks have been taken to a higher level.
The first person to be eliminated was Wang Luodan. This girl's acting skills and personality were quite suitable for Huang Xiang, but her performance just didn't fit.
The remaining three people, Tong Yao, Bai Jing and Ma Su, showed similar levels and had no obvious strengths or weaknesses.
After discussion, Bai Jing was eliminated second because she was the only one among the three who had no performance experience.
Tong Yao starred in "Lin Hai Xue Yuan" at the end of 2002, while Ma Su starred in the historical drama "The Song of the Tang Dynasty" - this drama was only aired on CCTV two months ago.
Logically speaking, Ma Su has greater advantages, but the problem is that her schedule is tight. She is currently negotiating two scripts, so she hopes that "Swordsman" will allow her to cross over in other dramas, or improve her "treatment".
Naturally, Xu Kun and Liu Haibo could not agree to this.
Therefore, the candidate for the second female role Huang Xiang was temporarily decided to be Tong Yao from the Central Academy of Drama.
However, Zeng Lai had some doubts about Tong Yao's resume: "She was in the class of 02, how could she be starring in a TV series at the end of 02?"
Chen Xuebin said disapprovingly: "Hasn't the Central Academy of Drama changed its rules a long time ago? As long as the class teacher agrees, even freshmen can go out to film."
Zeng Lai opened his mouth again, but in the end he said nothing. The current regulations of the Central Academy of Drama are indeed that as long as the class teacher is accommodating, freshmen can also take leave to film a play, but the question is what play you are taking leave for.
If a big director asks you to play an important role, then of course there is no problem.
Or if you are going to act in a classic masterpiece, that’s fine too.
However, the supporting role played by Tong Yao in "Lin Hai Xue Yuan" does not meet these two conditions at all, and it stands to reason that the teacher in charge would not agree to it.
However, Zeng Lai could sense that Chen Xuebin seemed to have some hostility towards him, so when he saw him come out to refute him, he did not say anything else.
After all, Chen Xuebin's relationship with Xu Kun is no less than that of Li Yixiang, and he is also the steward of the show. Naturally, she does not want to have a bad relationship with Chen Xuebin in person.
Seeing that no one had anything else to say, Liu Haibo shouted again: "Baoqiang, let the second male lead come in."
As Xu Kun is the boss in the crew, he naturally has to seek benefits for his younger brothers.
The role he assigned to Baoqiang was to be a close follower of the protagonist. He usually dressed up as Yan Tai, a servant beside Xiao Ting. When he returned to the Blood Moon Cult, he became a trusted sword slave of King Abila. He was also the only person in the Blood Moon Cult who knew the protagonist's dual identity.
Baoqiang agreed and soon led in a few male actors who were already in makeup.
Then he walked around behind the table and whispered to Xu Kun, "Brother Kun, that Jia Nailiang and Ma Su left together."
"Ok?"
Xu Kun was surprised and asked, "Why? Is he standing up for his classmates?"
"That's not the case. He thought he was here to audition for the second male lead. He was not very happy when he heard that he was the third male lead. Later, he simply followed the eliminated students and left."
After listening to this, Xu Kun flipped through Jia Nailiang's resume and discovered that he had also played a role in "The Song of Tang Dynasty". No wonder he left when he heard that he was auditioning for the third male lead.
Forget it, Liu Haibo has always been more optimistic about Wen Zhang anyway.
Putting this episode aside, everyone started to interview the second male lead.
The best performer was still Zhu Yawen. He seemed to have a kind of energy that others did not have. Whether it was confidence or straightforwardness, he was more impressive than those classmates.
In addition, he had already starred in a youth drama. In the end, except for the female screenwriter Xu Yiling, everyone unanimously agreed that Zhu Yawen would play the second male lead Gu Hanyang - but Xu Yiling had a special liking for the tall and handsome Luo Jin.
Because Jia Nailiang voluntarily withdrew, the third male role "Dawanzi" was unsurprisingly played by Wen Zhang.
The last one was the audition for the third female role, Fire Phoenix.
Although Tang Wei was the only one who auditioned, she was by no means the only candidate, nor the first choice.
However, her acting was even better than last time, and she portrayed the fiery passion of the Fire Phoenix vividly.
If this was a drama set in the Republic of China, Xu Kun would have definitely made the decision right away. Unfortunately, "Swordsman" is a costume drama, and Tang Wei's costume look is really lacking.
You have to know that the Fire Phoenix is more beautiful than Zeng Lai in the play.
In the end, the crew only listed Tang Wei as a backup candidate. Xu Kun still hoped to find an actress like Chen Hao who was sexy and charming enough to compete with Zeng Lai.
(End of this chapter)
