After receiving a call from Fan Jianchuan, Zhang Ran quickly rushed to the Jianchuan Museum in Dayi, Xichuan with Huo Tingxiao and took several crew artists and props to the Jianchuan Museum in Xichuan to select props.?

Zhang Ran really opened his eyes at the Jianchuan Museum. There are all kinds of items from the 1970s, including enamel tea trays, enamel cups, mirror frames, pencil cases, wallets, etc., and it covers almost all aspects of people's lives at that time. Even Huo Tingxiao, a knowledgeable art director, was stunned, much richer than a movie prop factory!

In the end, Huo Tingxiao cracked a long list and carried it to the set of Tangshan with two containers of props.

The most difficult movie to deal with various life props has been successfully solved. As for various vehicles, such as Volga, bus, sprinkler truck, fire truck and other museums, we can only find another way.

When Zhang Ran returned from Xichuan, while attending class, he continued to prepare for the movie. Liu Heng's fifth draft script was recognized by everyone, and the crew also began to secretly cast.

In Zhang Ran's initial idea, there was only one line of the heroine Yu Hong. During the earthquake, Yu Hong took her daughter Li Xuefei to another place. Then she took her daughter back to Tangshan. On the way, she met all kinds of people and rescued her son from the ruins. After Liu Heng wrote the story, everyone thought the story was thin, so they added the line of sister-in-law Li Na, but everyone was still not satisfied. After that, Liu Heng wrote two more drafts, but still failed to meet the requirements. Until Liu Heng met someone who had similar experiences with Yu Hong. After listening to her talk, Liu Heng added another line, Yu Hong's brother-in-law, a PLA soldier who participated in disaster relief. The three lines reflect the status of people when the earthquake arrived from different angles, and intersected in the last three lines of the movie, working together to rescue Yu Hong's youngest son from the ruins.

In this way, there are three protagonists in the story: Yu Hong, Li Na and Li Jie. Yu Hong has already been finalized to be played by Zhang Jingchu. She has been preparing for this drama for more than half a year, and now there is no problem that she can directly join the group to start the performance.

The character Li Na has just gotten married, about 23 or 24 years old, and the girls in O1 are almost at this age and don’t need to go outside to choose people. Zhang Ran finally chose Wang Luodan. One of them was chosen because she was fired by Zhao Baogang and lost the role of Milai in "Struggle"; in addition, Wang Luodan is dark and thin, with a bit malnourished, and her image is closer to the characters in the 70s.

As for Li Jie, Zhang Ran decided to let Ji Chen play. Ji Chen is more in line with the role in both image and temperament, and his acting skills are also excellent. Zhang Ran is very clear about his abilities and he can play the role of Li Jie well. Of course, this also has Zhang Ran's bad taste. Wang Luodan and Ji Chen are couples, so it's fun to let them play brothers and sisters.

There is also a very important role in the movie. The driver of the car Yu Hong was riding when she returned to Tangshan. Yu Hong knew that after the Tangshan earthquake, she wanted to go home, but the passenger train was gone and the railway was not open at all. She stopped the car on the side of the road and happened to meet a car pulled by a bicycle factory. The driver was an acquaintance, so Yu Hong got into the car and went home. Unexpectedly, the car stopped and walked all the way to Tangshan for 24 hours.

The driver is in his thirties and has a strong role. The first thing Zhang Ran thinks of Hu Jun is Hu. His image and acting skills are fine. However, Zhang Ran didn't know if Hu Jun has a schedule. After all, Hu Jun is very popular now, so he called: "Brother Jun, are there any schedules in July? I have a role here that suits you and I want you to play!"

Hu Jun knew that Zhang Ran was preparing for a major earthquake recently, which was a big drama that was paid attention to across the country. I don’t know how many people were fighting for it. Moreover, Zhang Ran asked about his schedule, which must be an important role, and he immediately said: “In August, Feng Xiaoning wanted me to act in the TV series "Zhu Yuanzhang". If you have a suitable role there, then I will push Feng Xiaoning’s drama.”

Zhang Ran really felt that this drama was suitable for Hu Jun, so he said, "The second male lead, a very important role, come and play it!"

When Hu Jun heard the second male lead, he laughed: "No problem, I will call Feng Xiaoning later and push his drama."

Zhang Ran stopped talking: "I will pass on the script to you later, let's find some time to talk."

The real troublesome character in the movie is Yu Hong's daughter. In addition to being cute, the little girl is more important to see stubbornness and tenacity in her and to look very sensible.

In order to find a child who matches the role, Zhang Ran went through a lot of trouble. Since December, he sent six director teams to various cities and took many videos of children to take them back for him to see. So far, Zhang Ran has watched videos of three or four thousand children, but has never found the child he wants.

At this time, the deputy director of the Peking group took another batch of videos of children, which were being reviewed by Zhang Ran. He stared at the TV and watched it for less than a second, then shook his head: "This is not OK, pass!"

The assistant director immediately pressed the fast forward button of the remote control until another child appeared in the screen that he pressed the play button again.

Zhang Ran only glanced at him and said, "Go!"

Assistant director quickly forward.

"No, pass!"

"Go through!"

"Oh, pass!"

...

The video tape is about to be put to the end soon, but there is still no child who satisfies Zhang Ran.

The assistant director sighed slightly. It seemed that he was going to waste his work again. Zhang Ran’s requirements were too high and he didn’t know where to find the right person.

In order to find these children, he really tried his best to find relationships, ask acquaintances, invite people to dinner, and do all of them. When he went to screen each school, the school leaders and teachers cooperated. He chose each class one by one. From behind to front, the person who was watching was called outside the corridor to record a paragraph. The children's conditions were very good, but Zhang Ran just took a look and denied it. He was really a little hit.

After sighing, the deputy director waited for Zhang Ran to say "this". What surprised him was that after more than ten seconds, Zhang Ran had never shouted, and continued to stare at the screen. The deputy director couldn't help but be shocked. Is there a chance?

Zhang Ran looked at the little girl on the screen carefully, and only spoke until she introduced herself: "Turn back the camera of this child, I want to take a look again!"

The assistant director was overjoyed and quickly rewind and then played again.

Like everyone else, the content of the video is an introduction to basic information, including name, age, where you come from, etc., and then take a photo on the front, side, and back to see if there is any problem with your body. However, the girl on the screen is very beautiful. Unlike other children, the girl's eyes are particularly bright and her whole body is full of heroism.

After the little girl's introduction was completed, Zhang Ran nodded: "This child is quite suitable, he has a good look. He is from Peking, right?"

The deputy director smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know if it's a local person. I haven't asked, but she is studying in Peking."

Zhang Ran nodded slightly: "Then contact the child's parents and ask them to take their children to the peak of the century on Saturday, and let her try the show and see if it can work."

The audition was scheduled on Saturday morning. Because it was a child's audition, Zhang Ran did not let Zhao Fei and the others be there. A bunch of uncles sat there with a stern face. Inexperienced children were often frightened, so why are they trying out the camera!

When the agreed time came, a young couple led a cute little girl in.

Zhang Ran smiled and asked them to sit down, chatted with the young couple briefly, and asked about the basic situation of the family. Next, he looked at the little girl and said with a smile: "Little sister, what's your name? How old have you been?"

The little girl looked at Zhang Ran, her big eyes flashed: "My name is Song Zhuer, I am seven years old this year, but I am about to be eight!"

Zhang Ran felt that the child was generous and nodded with a smile: "At eight years old, that's a friend of all ages. So do you often participate in literary and artistic activities at school, such as dancing, singing, etc."

Song Zhuer showed a very bright smile: "I am a literary committee member, I have danced a lot of dances, and I have also acted in TV series!"

Zhang Ran was stunned. It turned out that he had acting experience, which was a good thing. Children with acting experience were at least not afraid of the camera, and would not stare at the camera while acting, which would save a lot of trouble. He asked with a smile: "What TV series have you acted in?"

Song Zhu'er thought for a moment, looked up at her mother and said, "Mom, what is the name of the TV series I'm in? I forgot!"

Song Zhu'er's mother briefly introduced Song Zhu'er's experience in filming. In the second year of the TV series, she played nursery rhyme in "The Sea and the Sky". In the second year of the year of the movie, she starred in "The Secret Order 1949" and "Love in Qingcheng".

When Zhang Ran heard that the little girl had already acted in three dramas, she knew that she was a little actor with some experience and didn’t have to coax her like she did when she taught Zheng Xiaoshuang, she said directly: “Then can you play a part for me?”

Song Zhu'er raised her head and her eyes shining: "What am I going to do?"

Zhang Ran thought for a while and said, "I don't ask for the specific content, you can act like this, as long as you can cry!"

Song Zhu'er thought about it, her eyes suddenly became dull, and then tears rolled down. She grabbed her mother's arm and asked in a trembling voice: "Mom, don't leave me!"

The mother patted her head gently and comforted her: "No, mom won't leave you!"

Song Zhu'er hugged her mother's arm tightly and cried: "Mom, don't leave me! If you don't want me anymore, what should I do?"

Zhang Ran was very surprised. This kid is really good at acting. He couldn't help but applaud and said, "Great, very good!" He looked at Song Zhuer and said, "Now let's change the scene. I am a big bad guy. I snatched your doll. I threw your doll on the ground and stepped on it with my feet. Now I look at me with the look of looking at the bad guy!

Song Zhu'er frowned and stared at Zhang Ran, her eyes were filled with tears, and her little face was full of grievances and injustice. Her eyebrows were very heroic, with a stubborn feeling, which was particularly obvious when she was angry.

Seeing this, Zhang Ran had confirmed that the child was the actor he wanted, but he did not make a decision immediately. After that, he conducted several tests to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the girl, and Song Zhuer also performed very well.

Zhang Ran smiled and applauded: "It's great, what a smart child. That's right, both parents of your family may have heard of it. We are preparing a movie about the earthquake recently. It's a very important role to play Zhang Jingchu's daughter and I. I think your daughter is more suitable. I wonder if you are willing to let your daughter play it?"

Song Zhu'er's parents both smiled and were able to star in Zhang Ran's movies and were important roles. It was like a dream for them, and they nodded one after another: "I'm willing, of course we do."

Zhang Ran nodded slightly: "If you are willing to let your child perform, then we will arrange for the teacher to provide some training, performance training, and Tangshan dialect training. I wonder if your parents have any questions? If not, then this matter can be settled!"

Song Zhu'er's parents looked at each other and smiled and said, "Director Zhang, we believe in you!"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Okay, that's how it's settled!"8
Chapter completed!