The Fantasy Entertainment Empire

"Wei Ting, we have been invited by "Martial Arts Master"!"

Hearing the news from his agent, Chen Weiting expressed his happiness.

"Is it the male lead?"

"There are leading actors, but..." When it came to the role, his manager hesitated.

"Let's talk about something."

"The competition pressure for the male lead is relatively high. We also won several other roles at the same time. Dimension Entertainment requires audition selection."

"Are you still going to audition?"

Although Chen Weiting had already made some mental preparations for the 'audition', he still felt a little stressed if he really wanted to do this.

"Well, they demanded this." The agent said in relief, "Tingzi, don't be unhappy, this project of Dimension Entertainment is very high-quality, although the production has not yet started, but it is predicted by all parties that they are basically scheduled for next year The position of the overlord. Being able to participate in a role, as long as it is a role with a good role, will be of great benefit. Of course it is better if we can win the male lead, if not, it is also very good to win some roles with more roles.”

"Well." In fact, Chen Weiting has already done the relevant psychological construction, "I have actually been working hard to prepare."

...

The audition for "Martial Arts Master" will be held as scheduled.

Chen Weiting arrived at the scene according to the appointment time.

He knows the place.

This is a film and television base on the edge of Shenghai Jiangdong District. Dimension Entertainment has leased a place here, which is similar to an abandoned factory building, as the location for this audition.

It is said that this place will also become the shooting location for many shots of "Martial Arts Master" in the next period of time. For example, most of the group arena matches will be set up and filmed here.

Looking at the environment in the arena, it still looks a bit shabby for the time being. There are obvious signs that construction has just started, but for this audition, the construction was suspended and sealed off, leaving only an open space as a waiting and resting place for the audition actors. And there is an inner room that looks quite big. According to the on-site staff, that should be the place for auditions. Director Fan Zhe will be there to audition the invited actors.

The staff member was a young man, and he said: "Please wait here for a while, your audition will not start for a while."

"Okay." Chen Weiting responded politely, but in fact he was still dissatisfied in his heart - Dimension Entertainment is too negligent!

He didn't expect that the audition would be like this.

Chen Weiting has self-knowledge, he knows that he is not a big star, but no matter what, he is also a well-known star in the circle, and his development is not bad.

Before that, most of the jobs he took were obtained by his agent and invited by the producer. Remuneration, script, project background...all these aspects are suitable, just sign the contract and you're done. There are also many people who have competition and need to audition, and they also come alone, and both parties will be more polite.

Where is there something like Dimension Entertainment? Set up a greenhouse and gather a bunch of people to audition one by one?

He was a singer and idol when he first debuted, and he just transitioned into the film and television industry, and he has never been treated like this.

It is said that some actors were like this when they climbed up from the bottom, but now they are still treated as the bottom?

He now has the urge to turn around and walk away.

But finally held back.

For no other reason, the project was so good that almost no one thought it would fail.

This is true for insiders, and it is also true at the audience level.

After "Fantasy Three Kingdoms", the investment of "Dimension Entertainment" in the filming of the second TV series has increased by 300 million compared with the previous one, which has doubled by 2.5 times.

Don't you see, when the news of the establishment of the "Martial Arts Master" project was sent out some time ago, it was directly on the hot search. To put it bluntly, "The Grandmaster of Martial Arts" has exploded the audience's expectations just by relying on a conceptual design drawing, and the voices of various cheers are endless.

This is already a huge mass base, and it may not take much effort in the later stage to maintain the popularity. And as long as the quality of the work is not too bad after it goes online, there is no possibility of hitting the street.

And the quality...

There is no problem of insufficient quality in the works produced by the company 'Dimension Entertainment'. It's almost a consensus, at least until they fail once, no one will have any doubts about it.

For such a work, Chen Weiting still has ambitions, and he doesn't want to miss it.

Taking a deep breath, suppressing the unhappiness in his heart, he continued to walk forward.

In front of him, there were several rows of seats, with a few people sitting scattered on them.

Before he sat down, he suddenly heard someone calling him.

Turning my head to look, I found that it was an acquaintance: Li Zhiting

The two are both Hong Kong residents, so they naturally know each other.

"Why are you here?" Chen Weiting was curious.

"I'm right here." Li Zhiting said, "Come here and sit closer, it's too cold."

Sitting next to him, Chen Weiting looked up and looked around, and saw a few other familiar faces, not necessarily familiar, at least they were all good stars in the circle.

"Dimension Entertainment, what are they doing?" In front of acquaintances, Chen Weiting did not hide his dissatisfaction, but lowered his voice, "You look down on us so much?"

"Yeah...'Obviously, Li Zhiting was not too satisfied, he said: "I saw several people coming over before, and turned around and left when they were treated like this. Do you know that Li Yang? When he came, he was still furious, saying that he would never cooperate with Dimension Entertainment in the future, which was very annoying. "

Hearing this, Chen Weiting was stunned for a moment, and another thought came to his mind: Does this mean that the competitiveness of this drama has suddenly become much smaller?

It seems that there is no good thing.

Just as I was thinking about it, another wave of people came from behind.

After seeing the people coming, these are some people who are in the limelight!

Wu Na, Chen Yu, and Li Ze are all signed artists of "Dimension Brokerage".

Although the qualifications of these three are not very deep, however, the recent popularity is not bad.

Needless to say, Chen Yu, after "Fantasy Three Kingdoms", he is the most popular niche.

Wu Na played Shen Yan in "Fantasy Three Kingdoms", which also brought a certain amount of enthusiasm to herself. And in this summer's summer vacation, the "Legend of Dragon and Tiger" produced by Huayi was released, and it cooperated with a lot of big names, which can be regarded as a wave of face.

Li Ze is relatively poor, but "Hell Apartment" has been called the best domestic horror film in recent years, and as the protagonist in it, he has finally emerged.

Seeing them, Chen Weiting became more determined that he would stay, even if he was neglected, he would still participate in "The Grandmaster of Martial Arts".

And even that slight mentality subsided slowly after seeing the three of them find a place to sit down and wait in the leaky factory building: Although the conditions produced by Dimension Entertainment are not very good. , but at any rate, they are treated equally, not maliciously neglecting.

In fact, he didn't make him wait long.

After sitting for a while, Li Zhiting went inside, the audition should have started.

Chen Weiting didn't know what role his friend was fighting for, and he didn't ask.

After Li Zhiting left, he himself followed another staff member to a nearby room to put on makeup and change clothes.

Audition is not just about performance, but also about appearance fit.

He will also change into several other outfits and hair accessories to try out the images of several other characters.

Before entering the audition room, Chen Weiting took a deep breath.

This feeling of nervously fighting for an opportunity, in fact, has rarely disappeared after he became famous.

But there is a feeling in the dark: If I can't take this opportunity, I will regret it very much.

...

The whole audition lasted almost three days.

Fan Zhe was there all the time.

As an actor, you still have to check it out yourself.

As for the unfavorable environment of the audition scene, which makes people feel neglected, this is not intentional.

Indeed, the audition scene can be found in a more comfortable place, but it is troublesome.

Now that the location of the filming has been confirmed, what's the big deal about just holding the audition here?

As for the actors who came here, they didn't feel well. One of the "little fresh meat" even lost his temper, saying, "I will never cooperate with Dimension Entertainment", and then left...

Fan Zhe didn't care either.

These uncles couldn't even accept the uncomfortable environment of the audition scene, and Fan Zhe had even less confidence in them. It is not a comfortable thing for actors to shoot film and television works, especially those with seriousness and good attitude.

Fan Zhe doesn't want that kind of 'changing actor'.

In his idea, before the film officially starts shooting, all the actors will undergo a "action training". This training will be implemented in the contract, and all actors need to participate.

One of the main selling points of the film "Martial Arts Master" in the future will be the fighting in the group arena.

This fight is not a real fight, not to win or lose, but to fight beautifully.

Although there are many places where stuntmen can be used, it is still unavoidable for the leading actors to do it themselves, and there are not a few of them.

Fan Zhe does not want the performance of the actors to drag down the quality of the film.

At present, the crew has hired three action teams from different places. One is a certain team in China. It is said that many members came from Shaolin, Wudang and other places. Whether traditional martial arts can be played or not, and whether they have actual combat ability, we will not talk about this for the time being, but it is very interesting to see.

There are also two teams, one is from Hong Kong, it is an old-fashioned action team, they had many masterpieces in the golden age of Hong Kong movies; the other is from abroad, it is a hardcore fighting team, they He is good at showing the feeling of punching to the flesh on the camera, that is, strengthening the sense of blow.

There are three different teams with three different areas of expertise. They will be involved in the whole process of filming, including the provision of stand-ins, the training of actors, and participation in action design.

In order to invite them, a large sum of budget was spent.

And the enhanced action effects they can bring will be an out-and-out bonus item in the quality of "Martial Arts Master".

But the premise is that the actors have to be reliable.

This movement training time may last for half a month, and the intensity will not be too low.

Fan Zhe still had a hard time imagining that ordinary 'little fresh meat', the kind that relies solely on looks for food, would be able to bear this.

It's not that they dislike them for not being able to endure hardship. Indeed, there are some people who came out of the trainee career, and they also suffered hardships at the beginning.

However, suffering hardships when you are not famous, and suffering hardships after you become famous are two different things.

What's more, the time for people to make money is very tight, and the daily schedule is so tense, it even broke out that a double was used throughout the filming of a TV series, and things like this happened later. It would be great if you are willing to come and shoot the film in person, so half a month of time wasted for 'training'? Just kidding!

Just as Fan Zhe thought, after seeing the requirements of the contract, many people expressed that they wanted to have a good discussion on this aspect.

Some said that they hoped to compress the time and do not separate the action training from the actual shooting; some simply said that the shooting time was too long, and they hoped that during the shooting process, they could often ask for leave and go out to run other announcements. It is impossible to do four consecutive Month time on a work...

Fan Zhe listened to the various requests from various brokerage companies one by one, and then...

Reject all.

His idea is simple: "I'm not looking for a star, I'm looking for an actor."

After excluding a lot of choices, Fan Zhe finally found many actors who fit his heart.

Lou Cheng and Fan Zhe were cautious, and finally chose Chen Yu, an actor trained by himself.

This guy is indeed very talented. His performance in "Fantasy Three Kingdoms" was very good, and his professional level was quite good. After the TV series was filmed, he was held in a professional training class for half a year, and he settled down to continue to polish his skills.

After "Fantasy Three Kingdoms", he took on two more dramas. Although neither was as popular as the real "Fantasy Three Kingdoms", the results were not bad, and his performance in them was also remarkable.

The image is also very good, very sunny, more suitable for the role of 'Lou Cheng'.

What's more, "Martial Arts Master" is an out-and-out "big protagonist" drama. The so-called "big protagonist" means that in this drama, the protagonist has many roles.

This is a piece of nonsense, if there are not many scenes, what kind of protagonist is it?

However, in many film and television dramas, there are also heroines, so-called second protagonists, and important supporting roles. Their roles in the dramas will not be small. The ratio of these roles to the protagonist is also different in different works.

As for "Martial Arts Master", the reason why it is called the "big protagonist" is that Lou Cheng, the protagonist, plays a particularly large role.

This means that if "Martial Arts Master" becomes popular, the bonuses on the protagonist will be terrifying. Relatively speaking, it is very rare for such an outstanding supporting role to appear.

However, the words cannot be exhausted.

After all, in the original book, there are still some outstanding characters.

For example, Lin Que, the male lead, Yan Zheke, the female lead, and many high-level and strong characters, there are also some outstanding ones.

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Two chapters combined.