Chapter 29 Casting
The two sat opposite each other on the sofa. Cheng Xu opened his briefcase, took out three scripts and placed them on the coffee table.
"Here are the scripts I picked out for you. Take a look. Which one do you want to take?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Han leaned forward and took a look. It seemed that he wanted to arrange for him to take the role!
She opened the costume drama script and found that she played the female lead role, with 20,000 yuan per episode, and there were 54 episodes in total.
To sum up, it is a combination of her experience in her previous life and the heroine in "Fang Yue".
If I have already experienced this role myself, wouldn't it be a waste of time to do it again?
After taking a quick look at the plot, Xiao Han put aside the parts that he was not very interested in.
Cheng Xu stared at her closely, and also breathed a sigh of relief following Xiao Han's actions.
When the contract was signed, it was stated that no mandatory changes would be made to Xiao Han's decision.
I’m afraid she’ll make the wrong choice out of a brain storm.
Sometimes, no matter how many resources an artist has, they still cannot stop him from not knowing how to choose the right actors, thus completely destroying his fame.
Xiao Han picked up the fairy tale drama beside him, opened the script and quickly read through it. It told the story of the protagonist who went from being an unknown vegetable to becoming the supreme ruler of the fairy world through hard work.
The heroine is the hero's childhood sweetheart, but she is luckier than the hero. She caught the eye of the leader of the fairy sect before him and was called the darling of heaven. After meeting the hero by chance in a secret realm, she silently supported him behind his back. Finally, after the hero ascended to a high position, the lovers finally got married.
Of course, where there are positive characters, there are negative characters, and Cheng Xu chose a script for her with a female lead.
According to Xiao Han's preference, the heroine is like a wet nurse or nanny behind a man, and she doesn't like it.
There was one character that she was more interested in, the villain.
The hero and heroine obtained a treasure during their travels, but were beaten and robbed by Guo Muyue, a villain with a powerful family background. Later, after the hero and heroine became much stronger, they wiped out Guo Muyue's family!
Unlike the male protagonist, who is neither loved by his father nor his mother, Guo Muyue has been a household darling since childhood. She barely managed to save her life after the Guo family fought desperately, and from then on, the male and female protagonists began their journey of encountering stumbling blocks on the road to cultivating immortals.
The other one is about a female protagonist in a unit that solves a case.
The heroine is a housewife. She gets up early every day to do housework, send her children to school, and then waits for her drunk husband to come home.
At this time, they would usually be beaten before they could rest.
Then one day her husband died in front of the heroine, and the incident was defined by the police as an accidental death.
It was already afternoon when Xiao Han finished reading the script. In the middle of the process, Cheng Xu received a call, so he sat quietly aside waiting.
"I'll take on the Xianxia drama and the crime-solving one. The role you chose is in the "Case-Solving Collection."
"Well, what about the fairy tale book?"
Hearing Xiao Han's final choice, Cheng Xu nodded without any surprise, because she had read these two books with great gusto!
"I don't want the female lead in the fairy tale, I want the role of Guo Muyue in it!"
"(⊙o⊙) What? Guo Muyue?"
Cheng Xu felt like he was hallucinating. He reached out to scratch his ears. Did he hear it right?
He stared at Xiao Han in disbelief, wanting to hear a denial from her, but was disappointed.
Xiao Han nodded calmly. She just wanted to challenge this role, it was not impossible!
In ancient times, there were also male actors who sang the role of Huadan. Why couldn't she do the same?
"Xiao Han, Guo Muyue is a man, are you sure and certain?"
"I've seen that Guo Muyue's appearance is described as an androgynous beauty, with a suave appearance but a sinister and vicious personality!"
"Fine!"
Xiao Han insisted again and again, and Cheng Xu gave in and compromised!
It’s just that this role is very controversial, and I don’t know if Xiao Han will be ridiculed after accepting it!
"Then I'll contact the director. For these two dramas, we'll shoot 'Criminal Investigation Collection' first. It only has three episodes in total. If we're slow, it'll be finished in about half a month!"
"The villain Guo Muyue in "Xianxia Zhuan" runs through the entire series, but his appearances are not many. If we squeeze them into one place to shoot, it will probably only take a month or so, which happens to be right after "Case Solving Collection."
Cheng Xu introduced to Xiao Han the shooting duration and shooting connection time of the two dramas respectively.
"Case Solving Collection" is directed by the well-known director Xu Liang.
Xu Liang is a contracted director of China Television. He shoots detective suspense films partly to provide police with ideas for solving cases and partly to educate the public about legal responsibilities.
Many first-line stars are vying to get in, and even without any pay, many people are still flocking to it.
It's not just because of the script. Filming Xu Liang's drama is like stepping into the threshold of middle stage.
China Television is a program hosted by the country’s father.
As long as China and Taiwan approve it, why worry about not having film contracts?
Even the status will be different.
A star who doesn’t want to be a special guest actor on China TV is not a good star.
An actor who doesn't want to be supported by the government is not a good actor.
It’s a great honor to tell others that the country pays your salary, right?
The director of "Legend of Xian Xia" is also a famous director in Xia Country. He is famous for shooting fantasy dramas and is deeply loved by young people.
With high pay and high ratings, it is a good place for many newcomers to make money and create hype.
"Case Solving Collection" needs an audition, and Cheng Xu will arrange the time.
As for the director of "Legend of Xian Xia", he has said that as long as Xiao Han is willing to participate, he can give her the female lead or any other role directly!
Because the CEO of Universal Entertainment is one of the investors!
"By the way, the photo shoot at Guyun Dashang will be the day after tomorrow. Do you need me to pick you up? Or should we meet at Guyun Dashang?"
Before leaving, Cheng Xu suddenly remembered the endorsement time he had agreed with the Johnson siblings and asked Xiao Han what he thought.
The company provided Xiao Han with a Mercedes-Benz nanny car and arranged an assistant to be on duty when shooting the Guyun Dashang posters.
Xiao's father also prepared a nanny car and an assistant for Xiao Han, so it would be the same whether he left from the company or home.
"Come and pick me up!"
"Prepare some snacks for me!"
Xiao Han shamelessly asked Cheng Xu to prepare delicious food for her, without any awareness that as an artist she needed to pay attention to her figure.
"..."
Cheng Xu heard it when he walked out of the door and almost slipped and fell.
Which artist dares to ask his agent for snacks openly?
Cheng Xu felt that his dignity as an agent was becoming less and less!
He had no way to refute it. Xiao Han couldn't gain weight by eating too much, so it would be useless even if he complained to President Wu.
Two days later, he came to Xiao Han's house to pick her up to shoot a poster. He was accompanied by Lu Shuang, the assistant assigned to Xiao Han by the company, a boy with ordinary looks.
He thought that Xiao Han already had Li Yue, so it would not be appropriate to arrange another girl. It would not be convenient for two girls to do the heavy work.
That's why Lu Shuang exists.
"Brother Xu, what is Sister Han's personality like? Is she more repulsive to boys?"
He asked cautiously, lowering his head.
Although Lu Shuang knew that her existence was to do heavy work, she had seen many female artists who did not like to have male assistants around them and would often make things difficult when they were in a bad mood.
"Well, she has a gentle personality. As long as you do your job well, it will be fine. But your sister Han is a bit lazy and doesn't like trouble, so when you take care of her, try to be more careful."
Cheng Xu thought for a moment and glanced at Lu Shuang in the rearview mirror.
"Also, her father has arranged a female assistant for your sister Han, her name is Li Yue. You should be careful not to have any conflicts with her. As long as it's not too excessive, we should just be patient."
"The company will give you a raise at its discretion!"
Cheng Xu looked at Lu Shuang with eyes wide open and a look of panic on his face, and immediately added a sentence that was the Achilles' heel of workers - a pay raise.
"Okay, Sister Li is Sister Han's assistant, and I'm the little assistant."
Lu Shuang's tone was a little humble, but his attention was on the words "salary increase", and he suddenly became a smart person!
"..."
Cheng Xu was silent. There was nothing wrong with saying this. It seemed to make sense.
The car drove into an upscale residential area, which was full of single-family villas.
Lu Shuang stared with eyes wide open, overwhelmed by the sight, and sighed in his heart that in Beijing, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money, those who can afford to live in such a house must be wealthy people.
As expected of her, she is Sister Han, a confirmed rich second generation.
After parking the car in the underground parking lot, Cheng Xu took Lu Shuang to press the elevator.
"Why don't you stop at the Xiao family garage?"
Lu Shuang asked doubtfully, "Even if you haven't eaten pork, have you seen a pig run?"
Every villa has a private parking garage!
Cheng Xu paused and looked around the crowded underground garage.
“Every rich man’s garage is always short of a parking space”
Lu Shuang heard Cheng Xu's exaggerated sigh.
At that moment, the hatred of the rich from the poor was instantly understood by the knowledgeable man, which made his nose sore and he couldn't help but want to cry!
If there were no shortage of rich women, he would sell his soul to any one who took a fancy to him.
There aren’t enough garages for the rich, so where are the parking spaces for people?