Chapter 312 Director Zhou's plan to expose his love affair, the cast of "Blade of the Assa

Chapter 312 Director Zhou's plan to expose his love affair, the cast of "Blade of the Assa

"Director Lu."

"Director Lu."

Zhou Qing Pictures has become bustling now, with countless actors coming in and out every day.

All of them are actors who came to audition for various roles in "The Blade of the Assassin" very actively.

In fact, at least half of the actors were not what Lu Yang liked, and he didn’t even invite them to audition.

But there's no way. They contacted you and asked for an audition opportunity. Can you refuse?
Even if you have no intention of employing someone, you still have to do the work of saving face.

Otherwise you will really offend people.

Not to mention Lu Yang, even Zhou Qing sometimes has to consider these human relationships.

"Director Zhou."

For example, right now, Cai Yinong from Sugar Man called Zhou Qing.

Its main purpose is to recommend Liu Shishi from Tangren to Zhou Qing.

"Shi Shi has a great image. Director Zhou must have seen her film Long Kui. She is outstanding among actors of the same age."

"Costume martial arts dramas, that's Shi Shi's forte."

"This kid is very hardworking and has no problem with fighting scenes..."

Cai Yinong praised Liu Shishi for more than twenty minutes, and her words conveyed the same meaning.

Want to help Liu Shishi get the female lead in "The Blade of the Assassin".

In fact, if Zhao Liying’s schedule did not conflict, she would definitely be the heroine of "The Blade Strikes".

But who can blame the girl for having a conflicting schedule?
On March 3, Zhao Liying had already joined the crew to film "The Four", so she will definitely not be able to catch up with "Knife of the Assassin".

I can only regrettably miss this role, and the fame of the heroine in "The Blade Strikes" has to go to someone else.

"Mr. Cai, Liu Shishi is indeed very good and a good talent. I personally admire her very much, but the director of "Embroidered Spring Blade" is Lu Yang."

"How about this, Mr. Cai, you can let Liu Shishi come over for an audition first."

"As for the rest, we'll talk about it after the audition. What do you think?"

After all, Zhou Qing had worked with Cai Yinong before, so he gave the other party face and did not refuse on the spot.

Otherwise, given Zhou Qing's personality, most people would definitely make it clear that they would not interfere with the casting.

Of course, this is what Zhou Qing means now.

Whether Luyang uses Liu Shishi or not is entirely up to Luyang herself.

Zhou Qing didn't plan to tell Lu Yang about the call Cai Yinong made today.

At most, if Liu Shishi was rejected by Lu Yang, Zhou Qing would call Cai Yinong to tell her, and that would be the end of it.

So the question is, will Lu Yang use Liu Shishi?
To be honest, Zhou Qing really didn't know.

Although Lu Yang used Liu Shishi as the heroine in the original time and space, Liu Shishi was much more famous at that time than she is now.

Although Liu Shishi is also a star now, she has starred in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy III" and "The Strange Hero Yizhimei".

But in any case, it lacks the bonus of "Startling by Each Step".

So considering all these situations, Zhou Qing had no idea whether Lu Yang would choose Liu Shishi or not.

As I said, whether Luyang uses it or not depends entirely on Luyang himself.

Zhou Qing did not interfere.

"Xixi, when will you finish filming "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate"?"

When talking to Liu Yifei on the phone in the afternoon, Zhou Qing asked her this question.

"According to the shooting schedule, we will wrap up in early April, so there is still a month to go."

Liu Yifei naturally would not hide such a thing and told Zhou Qing the truth.

"Early April?"

Zhou Qing knew what was going on.

If the progress continues at this rate, preparations for "Your Name" can begin in early April.

"You are such a heartless person. I have been working so hard on this shoot for over two months and you didn't even come to see me."

Liu Yifei's voice immediately interrupted Zhou Qing's thoughts, and the girl started complaining to Zhou Qing.

"God knows, who said before that they were afraid of what the reporters might write about and wouldn't let me visit the set?"

Zhou Qing felt that he was more wronged than Dou E.

Given his current level, if he visits the set of "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate", it will definitely be reported by the media.

When the time comes, the news that the famous director Zhou Qing visits Liu Yifei on set again will spread throughout the entertainment industry in an instant.

The relationship between Zhou Qing and Liu Yifei definitely cannot be hidden.

These two have had many scandals before, and if this happens again, I'm afraid it will be useless to deny it.

"Then...then you really won't come?"

Liu Yifei's voice was drawn out, and her mouth must have been pouting so hard that lanterns could be hung on it.

"Then give me a definite answer. Should I go or not?"

Zhou Qing asked Liu Yifei with a smile.

Anyway, for him, even if it is really exposed now, it doesn’t matter.

"Okay, Sissi, stop being childish. It's only a month left, and it will be over soon."

Before Liu Yifei could answer, Liu Xiaoli's voice came over.

Compared with Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli is much more rational.

"This is so tiring, mom. If you ask me, what's wrong with being exposed? Why not take this opportunity to expose it directly?"

Liu Yifei complained to Liu Xiaoli in dissatisfaction.

"Wait until you finish filming Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate."

Liu Xiaoli knew she was just trying to please Liu Yifei.

My daughter's career is booming now and is at its peak.

Liu Xiaoli naturally didn't want to cause any trouble.

However, Zhou Qing felt that it was time to have a serious discussion with Liu Xiaoli about this issue.

In the past, I was afraid that it would affect Liu Yifei’s career, but it’s different now.

"Painted Skin", "Now You See Me", "The Witch", a series of hit movies have made Liu Yifei a top-tier star.

Coupled with the addition of "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate", it is no exaggeration to say that Liu Yifei is at the peak of her career.

It really completely overshadowed the Four Dans and Two Soldiers.

Even if it were to be exposed there would be an impact, but Zhou Qing estimated that the impact would not be that great.

After all, Liu Yifei is not the kind of traffic star that will become popular in later generations. She has nothing to show off except her face, so she is doomed once she falls in love.

This girl has a lot of hit works.

What's more, if you count the time, Liu Yifei and Zhou Qing have been together for six years, which is really not a short time.

Of course, we can talk about this kind of thing after she finishes filming "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate". There is no need to say more now.

Zhou Qing started chatting with Liu Yifei about other things as if nothing had happened.

"I have a surprise for you when you come back."

But in the end, Zhou Qing kept Liu Yifei in suspense.

"What surprise? No way, are you really going to keep it to yourself for a month before telling me?"

"Please, that could kill people, hurry up, tell me now."

Liu Yifei couldn't hold back any longer and kept urging Zhou Qing to come.

Zhou Qing wanted to continue to show off in front of Liu Yifei, but Liu Yifei's coquettishness was really hard to resist. In the end, he revealed a little.

"I have written the script for the new movie I prepared for you."

Zhou Qing only said this much. No matter how Liu Yifei asked, he just clenched his lips and didn't reveal anything more.

This made Liu Yifei feel itchy and her appetite was instantly whetted.

She couldn't wait to finish filming "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" and fly back to see what Zhou Qing had prepared for her.

"The pioneering martial arts film "Swordsman" is released, Wu Ershan takes you to experience a different martial arts world."

"The absurd martial arts comedy "Swordsman Laughing", 'Jigong' is waiting for you to 'laugh' with swords and swords."

On March 3, Wu Ershan's "Swordsman" was released, but it was so low-key that it didn't make any splash at all.

Zhou Qing was not surprised at all by this. After all, Wu Ershan was nothing now.

Although he also studied at the Beijing Film Academy, his major was advertising director, not film and television director.

As far as personal resume is concerned, he only made one independent film, "Soap Opera", in 04.

This "Swordsman" is only Wu Ershan's second work, and it was released so many years after the first one.

What about the cost?
It was only 550 million, so low that it could be called a makeshift team.

How could a movie like this attract so much attention?
If Zhou Qing was not a reborn person, he would definitely not have paid attention to this movie.

Even now that Zhou Qing is paying attention to this movie, he is not interested in the movie itself.

Instead, he was interested in director Wu Ershan.

The only significance of "Swordsman" to Zhou Qing was that it gave him the perfect excuse to ask Wu Ershan to film "Painted Skin 2" in the future.

At that time, he can tell Wu Ershan openly, I have watched your "Swordsman Laughing", young man, you have great potential.

Wouldn't it be a natural thing to let the other party shoot "Painted Skin 2"?
So he just paid attention to the relevant movie information, and after knowing that "Swordsman" was released, Zhou Qing completely forgot about it.

I was busy with my own business and didn't pay any attention to anything else.

The preparations for Lu Yang's "The Blade of the Assassin" are progressing steadily, and the casting that has lasted for a month is nearing its end.

Except for some minor supporting roles, the main characters have already been decided.

Zhou Qing took a closer look and saw that there was no need to say much about the male protagonist Zhu Yawen, but the female protagonist finally fell to Liu Shishi.

Well, it seems that Lu Yang is still the same Lu Yang, his aesthetics and tastes have not changed at all.

Zhou Qing naturally had no objection to this.

There is certainly no problem with Liu Shishi playing the role of Zhou Miaotong. The only drawback is that she is not very famous.

But this is just a minor problem after all.

Liu Shishi is not an unknown little actor, but also a small star, just not as popular as she was in the original time and space.

But the male lead, Zhu Yawen, is a real top-tier celebrity.

I wonder how much more popular he is than the original male lead Zhang Zhen.

Coupled with Zhou Qing's golden signboard, Zhou Qing is actually quite optimistic about the prospects of "The Blade of the Assassin".

Zhou Qing didn't even bother to look at other characters besides the male and female protagonists. With Lu Yang's strength, he just left it to Lu Yang.

However, Zhou Qing paid special attention to the candidate of "Brother Add Money" Ding Xiu.

If someone else played this role, I'm afraid it wouldn't have the same flavor.

Fortunately, Lu Yang's taste remains unchanged, and "the money-adding brother" Ding Xiu is still Zhou Yiwei.

Zhou Qing was completely relieved.

"Director Zhou, I heard from Shishi that she got the female lead role in 'Blade Master'..."

Cai Yinong even called to express her gratitude, and the excitement in her words could not be concealed at all.

Can you not be excited?
That’s a movie produced by Zhou Qing Pictures.

A definite hit.

Every female star in the circle is trying their best to get a piece of the pie.

Logically speaking, Liu Shishi is indeed not qualified.

But in the end, this role fell to Liu Shishi!
You have to know that Liu Shishi's status is indeed a bit low, and Tangren has always been short on film resources.

There are usually no decent movie resources.

But when she turned around, she helped Liu Shishi get the leading role in Zhou Qing Pictures' movie!
It is not difficult to imagine how Cai Yinong feels.

Cai Yinong believes that Liu Shishi will definitely become a hit through this movie.

More importantly, the successful transition from the field of TV dramas to the field of movies is of great significance.

"Mr. Cai, you're welcome."

Zhou Qing exchanged greetings with Cai Yinong with a smile, and the call ended in a good atmosphere.

After that, Zhou Qing simply organized the work at hand and went out in a hurry.

Where did you go?
My alma mater, Beijing Film Academy.

"Are you really not interested in teaching at Beijing Film Academy? The dean said that as long as you come, you will be an associate professor."

I went to see my teacher Tian Zhuangzhuang first, and Tian Zhuangzhuang brought up the same question again.

Zhou Qing shook his head with a wry smile.

In the few years since he graduated from graduate school, Tian Zhuangzhuang has mentioned this matter to him many times.

But Zhou Qing had no such idea at all.

How old is he now, and he has come to Beijing Film Academy to serve as an associate professor?

How much controversy would that cause?
What's more, Zhou Qing really has no interest in it.

If you talk about giving back to his alma mater, Zhou Qing feels that he has given back to the Beijing Film Academy more than any other director in the school.

He has found countless actors from Beijing Film Academy, and also trained great directors from Beijing Film Academy such as Ning Haolu and Yang Xue Xiaolu, which is already very generous of him.

"Teacher, you know, I really don't have the time."

Zhou Qing gave the same answer again.

"I just said that. There's nothing I can do. The dean has told me several times, so I can't not speak up."

Tian Zhuangzhuang was not surprised by Zhou Qing's attitude, and indeed did not say anything more.

It was really just a matter of completing the KPI assigned to him by his leader.

The teacher and the student chatted and laughed about other things, and the atmosphere was very good.

"Teacher Xue is busy."

After leaving Tian Zhuangzhuang, Zhou Qing went to Xue Xiaolu's place specifically.

In fact, this is Zhou Qing’s real purpose of returning to Beijing Film Academy this time.

"Beijing Meets Seattle 2", it's time to come out.

"Zhou Qing is here, come and sit down quickly."

When Xue Xiaolu saw Zhou Qing, she quickly put away the work at hand and greeted Zhou Qing enthusiastically.

There was a warm greeting between the two sides, and no further explanation was needed.

"The script for 'Beijing Meets Seattle 2' has been completed a long time ago, and we're just waiting for you, Mr. Xue, to shoot it."

Zhou Qing spoke to Xue Xiaolu at an appropriate time.

"'Beijing Meets Seattle 2'?"

Xue Xiaolu raised her eyebrows, showing considerable interest in this.

"May, I'll go to your place and we'll talk about it in detail."

After some thought and consideration, Xue Xiaolu gave Zhou Qing this answer. (End of this chapter)