Chapter 186: Leading Actor
Chapter 186: Leading Actor
Nie Yan, 28 years old, graduated from the Magic Theatre and made his debut in 2000. After becoming famous with "Marrying the Wrong Man", he played in many costume dramas and was named "China's New Four Little Freshmen" by the media. His famous roles include the Seven Nights Demon Lord in "A Chinese Ghost Story" and the White Horse and Silver Spear Qiao Luo Cheng in "Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties".
Huang Haibin, 33 years old, graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. He made his debut in 1993 by starring in Jin Yong's martial arts drama "The Book and the Sword" as Chen Jialuo. He is famous for playing martial arts young men with a playboy temperament. His representative roles include Shen Lang in "Wulin Waishi" and Qin Shubao in "Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties".
Qiao Zhenyu, 28 years old, graduated from Beijing Dance Academy, made his debut in 2000 with the movie "Dragon and Tiger Leap". He has a delicate and handsome appearance. In 2002, he became well-known for his role as Ouyang Mingri in the TV series "Snow Goddess Dragon".
Yu Bo, 30 years old, graduated from Beijing Film Academy. He made his debut in 2001 as the second male lead Lian Chengbi in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". He has outstanding acting skills and changeable temperament. His representative role is Tong Bo in the fantasy martial arts film "Water Moon Cave".
Zheng Guolin, 30 years old, graduated from Yindu Art School. He made his debut in 1996 with "Young Hero Fang Shiyu". His representative roles include Li Shimin in "Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties" and Huai Mie in "Feng Yun 2".
There are five people, all of suitable age, with different temperaments, and the pay is very cheap.
As for their skills, all five of them have acted in martial arts films before, so they have a certain foundation in martial arts.
Since they are so evenly matched, it is no wonder that others are hesitant and put their resumes in front of Wang Hao.
Looking at these five people, Wang Hao felt a little embarrassed.
However, no matter how difficult it is, as a film director, making decisions is one of his responsibilities. In this situation, he needs to make the decision.
Moreover, since the conditions are very similar and it is difficult to tell which is better or worse, then situations other than the actors must also be taken into consideration.
Wang Hao tapped the table lightly. The first thing he considered was whether the male and female protagonists were a good match.
After all, in "Source Code", the emotional scenes between the male and female protagonists occupy a considerable amount of space in the movie.
And just as "The Call" has a spin-off movie "Lost on Journey", Wang Hao plans to have a spin-off prequel TV series for the movie "Source Code".
In that TV series about overseas peacekeeping, the male protagonist, who is a special forces soldier, and the female protagonist, who is a doctor, have many emotional scenes.
This means that there must at least be some chemical reaction between the male and female protagonists, that is, both parties must have the so-called CP feeling that people can get excited about.
As for the heroine of this drama...
"Let's do this for now. For the male lead, these five people will be the backup candidates. After the female lead is confirmed, we will notify them to come for a re-examination."
Wang Hao had an idea in his mind. After gathering the documents in front of him, he announced the adjournment of the meeting.
By the third day, he had already boarded a plane to Seoul, South Korea.
As a well-known director who now has some fame internationally, Wang Hao, when he arrived in Seoul, was naturally given the same treatment of being picked up and dropped off as he was in North America.
"Hello, Director Wang, welcome to Seoul!"
The person responsible for receiving Wang Hao was the head of the film and television purchasing and sales department of South Korea's CJ Entertainment Company. Of course, this company should now be called the CJ Group Film Division.
Because not long ago, CJ Group has absorbed and merged CJ Entertainment's holding company into the group, so CJ Entertainment, which had been separated from CJ Group 6 years ago, has returned to the parent company. Of course, when it comes to CJ Entertainment, many people may not know it, but the future movie "The Crucible" that reflects the reality of Korean society and the Oscar-winning "Parasite" were both produced and distributed by CJ Entertainment.
In addition, South Korea's TVN TV station has produced popular dramas such as "Reply 1994", "Reply 1988", "Reply 1997", and "Goblin: The Lonely and Great"
As well as Mnet, which produced the Produce 101 series and is also the organizer of MAMA, the largest music awards ceremony in South Korea, they are collectively called CJ E&M.
The owners of these three entertainment companies involved in movies, TV dramas and music are all CJ Group.
The CJ Group is the largest food company in South Korea, with multiple business groups covering food, medicine, entertainment, media and other industries.
As for the boss of CJ Group, his name is Lee Jae-hyun, but he is the grandson of the founder of Samsung Group.
The current chairman of Samsung is his second uncle, and his father was once the crown prince of the Samsung Group. However, due to the failure in the power struggle, his family was expelled from the Samsung family and only got a First Sugar Company.
After that, Lee Jae-hyun's father started his own business with the sugar factory and developed it into the current CJ Group.
So after all the twists and turns, even though the CJ Group has split up, it is still inseparable from Samsung.
No wonder there is a saying: In Korea, Samsung is indispensable from birth to death.
The reason why Wang Hao chose CJ Entertainment was because of its status as the number one entertainment company in South Korea.
As for why he came to CJ Entertainment?
Asking him to help contact the actress he liked was secondary. The main reason was that Wang Hao wanted to further develop the Korean film market after developing the North American market and sell the copyrights of "Fatal Call" and "Wushuang" in his hands.
Of course, if CJ Group is interested in "Source Code", it is not impossible to discuss it.
As for Wang Hao, an Asian director with some fame internationally, CJ Entertainment was very interested in him after learning about him, so they arranged for someone to communicate with him.
After arriving in Seoul, Wang Hao and others were arranged by CJ Entertainment to stay in the most luxurious hotel in the area. It was not until the next morning that they met Li Enxi, a senior leader of the other company.
"Director Wang, welcome! Welcome!"
Perhaps because she admired her American father, Li Enxi was very enthusiastic about Wang Hao, who was able to break into the North American film and television industry and achieved good results. She took the initiative to step forward and shake hands with him.
Although his Chinese was a little poor, it could be heard that he had learned it before, so it was not a problem for Wang Hao to communicate with him.
After both parties sat down in the spacious conference room, they quickly entered into the formal business talks.
The bargaining chips of Galaxy Interactive Entertainment are naturally the copyrights of "Fatal Call" and "Wushuang", as well as part of the investment amount of "Source Code".
Correspondingly, CJ Entertainment, which purchased these copyrights and invested in "Source Code", also needs to help Galaxy Interactive Entertainment's films open up the market in South Korea.
(End of this chapter)