Chapter 160 The tilted scale
The newly rented apartment has three bedrooms, two living rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom, with simple furniture and appliances and an open-air parking space.
Xu Kun lives in the master bedroom on the sunny side, Bao Qiang lives in the second bedroom on the sunny side, and the bedroom on the shady side was simply converted into a study. Xu Kun planned to equip it with a desktop computer and a printer, but he hasn't had time to buy them yet.
Sitting at the desk and turning on the desk lamp, Xu Kun began to carefully read the script of "Qinghong", while Baoqiang stretched his neck to look behind him.
This movie tells the story of the love, hatred and vengeance between two pairs of young men and women in a small third-line engineering factory in Guizhou in the early days of reform and opening up.
The parents of the heroine Qinghong are workers from Shanghai who were sent to help build the Third Line Project in Guizhou; the hero Xiaogen is a native local.
Because the policies began to relax, the heroine Qinghong's father wanted to take his wife and daughter back to the big city, believing that his daughter's future should be in Shanghai and in college.
Guided by this idea, he tried every means to obstruct Qinghong and Xiaogen's relationship.
Although Qinghong tried every way to protest, she was suppressed by her parents.
Qinghong finally chose to compromise and began to gradually distance herself from Xiaogen. Xiaogen didn't understand why Qinghong suddenly changed, and due to a mixture of love and hate, he lost control of his emotions and raped Qinghong.
Afterwards, Qinghong attempted suicide by hanging herself but failed and became a lunatic; Xiaogen was directly sentenced to death because of .
This……
After reading it, Xu Kun's face completely fell. Everything else would have been fine, but the final outcome of being sentenced to death really gave him some PTSD.
What bothers Xu Kun the most is that this Xiao Gen seems to be a "villain".
He entered the industry in August 01 and it is now August 8, a full three years. Of all the famous characters he has played, almost all of them are villains!
Even if "Qinghong" has a chance to win an award abroad, Xu Kun doesn't want to play a villain again - besides, as you can guess from the name of the heroine, the whole story should be narrated from the heroine's perspective, and the award should be won by Gao Yuanyuan.
Forget it, let’s study Zhu Yuanzhang.
After closing the useless script and seeing Baoqiang looking unsatisfied, Xu Kun handed it to him and said, "Just take a look at it. There is no role suitable for you in it."
In fact, Baoqiang can really play out Xiaogen's character.
But the problem is that her height and appearance are too ugly. Who can believe that Gao Yuanyuan would once want to give up and return to Shanghai in order to maintain her strength?
Unless you use two-thirds of the article to highlight Baoqiang's inner strength and gentleness - but that's another story.
Seeing that it was still early, Xu Kun returned to the living room with his notebook, turned on the TV as background music, and started searching for information about director Feng Xiaoning.
This laptop was the one "borrowed" from Jia Yueting's company, and later when the bill came, it was converted into 3,000 yuan in film remuneration.
To be honest, Xu Kun has a deep impression of Director Feng. "Red River Valley", "Yellow River Love", "Purple Sun", "Raise Your Hands", and a series of excellent war films in recent years are all directed by Feng Xiaoning.
To be honest, Wang Xiaoshuai's qualifications and status in the film industry cannot be compared with Director Feng.
However, Director Feng’s performance in TV dramas is relatively average.
After searching for information, Xu Kun discovered that "War Meridian" was also directed by Director Feng.
This old movie is a childhood trauma for many people.
Xu Kun watched this movie on TV. His grandfather was still alive at that time. Halfway through the movie, he started jumping up and down on the kang like a macaque with ADHD, refusing to stop for a moment.
The angry grandfather told him to get out if he didn't want to watch it, but in fact Xu Kun didn't miss a single shot. The reason he was jumping up and down was just because he was a young man who cared about his reputation and didn't want his grandfather to find out that he was crying his eyes out.
Later that night Xu Kun dreamed that he was hanging on a cliff, crying out to the sky and the earth for help, but no one answered.
Xu Kun is a nostalgic person, so after discovering that Feng Xiaoning was the director of "War Meridian", the balance in his heart completely tilted towards "Zhu Yuanzhang".
I wonder how this great director, who is so good at stirring up the audience's emotions, will portray Zhu Yuanzhang.
Xu Kun is looking forward to this.
Of course, the premise is that he can successfully pass the audition - if he can pass the audition without any tricks, so much the better.
Xu has always been a man of action. He immediately called Ge You and Lv Liping, hoping that they could recommend him to director Feng Xiaoning.
Of course, he also called Song Xinxin and explained why he gave up "Qinghong".
Song Xun was amused when Xu Kun complained that he had been playing villains for three years and was eager to play a positive character. He said that you might not be suitable for acting in dramas, because once a drama actor is established on the stage, he may have to play villains for more than ten years or even decades.
Speaking of drama, Xu Kun is considering applying for the People's Art Theatre this year.
I just don’t know if joining the National Theatre of China will have any impact on my ability to film TV dramas and movies.
"That will definitely have some impact. At least once you enter the People's Art Theatre, you have to be trained full-time for a year and you can't take on jobs outside during that time."
"How is this the same as the Chinese Opera?"
"The Central Academy of Drama and our People's Art Theatre were originally partners. Besides, things are much more relaxed now. When I first joined the People's Art Theatre, my apprenticeship period was three years."
"Then I'll think about it again."
Xu Kun was a little shaken. His current momentum was good, and if he suddenly went into seclusion for a year, there was no telling what the situation would be like when he came back.
No, forget it.
Anyway, it was just Teacher Pu Cunxi who mentioned it, and I didn't promise anything at that time.
But this way, you can forget about becoming the successor of Master Lan.
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When Feng Xiaoning received Lv Liping's recommendation call, he felt a little confused, but the call from Ge You that followed made it impossible for him to be perfunctory anymore.
The crew had already decided that Hu Jun would play Zhu Yuanzhang, but then Xu Kun suddenly showed up...
He had heard of this young man. He became famous in the circle last year by delivering food during the epidemic. This year, he starred in "Heroes of the Heavenly Sword", which is currently being broadcast on major TV stations.
However, Feng Xiaoning saw Xu Kun's name more often in gossip news.
He is a gangster and is suspected to have escaped the police station's net.
How lonely and misguided he was! Now that he has returned, his life is worth more than gold.
Today it was revealed that he was in love with this Swallow, and tomorrow it was revealed that he stayed out all night with that Swallow, and in between there were also mentions of his brothers and sisters-in-law. Sometimes people said he was despicable and shameless, and sometimes they said he was loyal and righteous.
Feng Xiaoning was dazzled by all these things, so she naturally felt a little repulsed by Xu Kun.
But he could ignore Lu Liping's request, but he could not take Ge You's call lightly.
Seeing that it was still early, Feng Xiaoning simply called all the old team members and held a small meeting overnight.
As a result, other creative staff still preferred Hu Jun. On the one hand, Hu Jun's acting skills had been repeatedly verified, and on the other hand, it was also based on age considerations. Hu Jun was 36 years old this year, and some people were worried that he could not play the role of the elderly Zhu Yuanzhang, let alone Xu Kun, who was twelve years younger than Hu Jun?
Only screenwriter Zhu Sujin rolled his eyes when he heard the word 'Xu Kun' and said with a smile: "In fact, choosing Xu Kun as the protagonist has its advantages. I heard that he raised the investment for 'Heavenly Sword Heroes' himself. If he can bring in funds this time, it will solve our urgent needs."
As both are writers and screenwriters, he and Liu Heng are naturally no strangers. He even sought advice from Liu Heng when he first started working as a screenwriter.
And now that Liu Heng has become the chairman of the Beijing Writers Association, Zhu Sujin will naturally not be stingy with a few words of favor.
When Feng Xiaoning heard Zhu Sujin mention the issue of filming funds, he relaxed a little. His biggest headache at the moment was the lack of funds for the crew.
This drama was produced under the leadership of China International Television Corporation, and was based on the market conditions one or two years ago. However, the production costs of TV dramas in mainland China are now skyrocketing.
The standards from two years ago are now inadequate in every aspect.
If Xu Kun is sure to bring in funds, that would solve the urgent problem.
But at Xu Kun's age...
"Whether it's a mule or a horse, let's take it out for a walk first."
Zhu Sujin said unconvincingly: "If it really doesn't work, you can talk to Ge You later."
Only then did Feng Xiaoning make up his mind.
(End of this chapter)
