Chapter 139 Love Apartment Casting

The crew of "Love Apartment" was assembled very quickly, and the director is Yan Fen himself.

As for the crew of Beibu, they are still being formed, and the actors have not even been seen. After all, compared to love apartments, there are too many things to consider in the casting of Beibu, and there are people of all ages.

Every character needs to be outstanding. For example, Zhang Cheng, the veteran detective who has seen everything in the industry for more than 20 years, has a kind of police acumen that ordinary people cannot play.

And Auntie Guo, even ordinary actresses can’t come.

Even "Liu Peng", the most injured villain in the whole drama, needs a certain amount of acting support. If you let a popular actor try the line where he scolds Xiao Heyun, it would be funny if you don't have to dub it in the end.

Therefore, the progress of the initial crew was relatively slow under such circumstances.

Xu Qing didn't have any objections to the progress. He worked slowly and carefully. It wasn't just Station D that was looking for actors, Xu Qing himself was frantically looking for them online these days.

See if there is anything suitable.

The love apartment is relatively simple.

The setting of the characters is very clear. Zeng Xiaoxian is a coward, Hu Yifei is tough, and Guan Gu is cute. Except for Zhang Wei's role, which is a bit difficult to play, all other characters can be played well as long as they have a professional level and are serious.

What's more convenient is that D is standing in Shanghai, and Shanghai has a drama academy, so it's not easy to find young actors.

As mentioned before, Xu Qing's script was remade by integrating the content of the first and second seasons.

Among them, the scenes of Lu Zhanbo, Lin Wanyu and Qin Yumo were cut off, and the aunt and Zhang Wei were put in.

The scenes in which Lu Zhanbo and Lin Wanyu appeared were too early, and Lin Wanyu's character design was not outstanding. At that time, people might have accepted the escape of a wealthy daughter, but now it seems a bit awkward, and the audience may have trouble with logic.

, although iPartment doesn’t require much logic.

But we can’t have such uncertain troubles in the first episode.

Even if it is cut off, it will not affect the appearance of the subsequent characters. Zeng Xiaoxian, Hu Yifei, and even Lu Ziqiao and Chen Meijia all appeared at Tian Erniu's wedding.

Sekiya found the wrong apartment.

Zhang Wei's appearance is directly based on the single night before the wedding in the second season, and it is not out of the ordinary. One episode of the sitcom is one unit, and there is no need for close connection between the previous and the following episodes.

As for the little aunt, after Lu Ziqiao’s love interest is established in the first two episodes, she can be arranged to appear in the third episode. Moreover, the little aunt appears in a COS costume, so the 2D people at Station D should be familiar with it.

After all the main characters appeared, it was enough to copy and modify the subsequent episodes, which did not take Xu Qing too much time.

A large conference room in the office area of ​​Station D has been transformed into a trial scene.

And in the corridor outside and in the small conference room next door, there are a lot of college students who look a little young. I estimate that there are dozens of people here. They are indeed students, and they are heard every time they shout.

Big pile.

From a glance, they all look pretty good, and some of them are quite handsome and pretty.

Think about it, if you can be selected by drama school, most of your images will pass, unless you study something other than acting.

According to the casting director, there are not only seniors here, but also sophomores and juniors.

Unlike other audition scenes, 90% of these students don't have an agent, let alone a company.

Then a teacher from the college came over to guard these students and ensure their safety.

When the audition started, there were six people sitting inside. From left to right, they were the photographer, screenwriter, director, producer, producer and casting director.

Xu Qing's feeling was very fresh. He had never thought that one day he would sit in this place and watch others audition. Do you want to speak later? Fortunately, he is also an actor with a score of 69 and has theoretical knowledge of acting.

It is relatively abundant, otherwise it would be embarrassing if I said some unprofessional words later.

At the beginning of the audition, according to the role allocation, Zeng Xiaoxian will be auditioned first, and then other roles. If not assigned in this way, it will be difficult to make an intuitive comparison. Due to time constraints, the audition will last for several days. Today, only three roles will be auditioned. Zeng Xiaoxian

, Hu Yifei and Lu Ziqiao.

Zeng Xiaoxian is considered to be the male lead in the love apartment. Although there is no male lead in the love apartment, he does have the most important role. Even the end of the second season is foreshadowed by the relationship between Zeng Xiaoxian and Hu Yifei.

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Therefore, when the casting director made the announcement, he also emphasized Zeng Xiaoxian's status in the play.

It is precisely because of this that there are so many people who want to play Zeng Xiaoxian. There are 26 boys who want to play this role.

So, the audition began.

The first person to come in, Xu Qing looked at his image and the possibility of him playing the role of Zeng Xiaoxian was greatly reduced. This guy was too handsome and decent, suitable for the main theme of the TV series.

Of course, if the acting skills are passable, it will be a contrast.

When Yan Fen saw someone come in, after hearing the person's self-introduction, he didn't waste any time and directly read the script and asked him to try out the role.

The result was as Xu Qing expected, this guy was not suitable, his acting was straight forward, and he was not as mean as Zeng Xiaoxian, but it was okay for such a handsome young man to play a cameo, which made Chen Meijia crazy, and there were many supporting roles in the love apartment.

The audition was going on, and the actors came in one after another.

Xu Qing, who was quite fresh at first, soon lost her freshness. Good guy, being an audience member is tiring, and it’s not easy to watch the audition.

Finally, the audition for Zeng Xiaoxian’s role was completed.

In the end, three alternatives were determined, and the others were basically eliminated.

These three people have similar temperaments, and they can also act in a mean-spirited manner. The final choice needs to be discussed together by everyone, especially Xu Qing who is more cautious here. He especially emphasizes the need to back-up these candidate actors, but Qian Qian

Don't let any hard facts come up.

These guys will have to be stored in their own company in the future. If they get into trouble, everyone will have a headache.

Next, the role of Hu Yifei is less difficult than that of Zeng Xiaoxian. Many people can still play the role of a tomboy.

Therefore, the competition is fierce and there are more alternatives left.

As for Lu Ziqiao, like Zeng Xiaoxian, there are few suitable people.

One day passed, Xu Qing looked at Yan Fen next to him, and really wanted to ask, if I can't come tomorrow, you can just show me the alternative actors, and watch a bunch of people repeatedly perform the same role.

The snippets are really painful, like the loop at the beginning.

Four days later, Xu Qing ended his cycle. The actors had been confirmed, and many abandoned actors were also assigned to various supporting roles, such as the waiters who often appeared in the bar, Zhang Wei's ex-wife Lili, and the like.

Of course, there are some roles that students cannot play because they are not suitable for their age, such as Guan Gu’s senior brother, Hu Yifei’s ex-boyfriend, etc.

You will find these later.

Overall, the casting was successful, and Xu Qing was quite satisfied.

After the casting is completed, the camera will be turned on to shoot a sample of one or two episodes, and then the sample will be used to attract investment.

There are only three ways to make money from self-produced TV series: selling to TV stations, sponsoring titles and trailers and product placement, and selling peripheral copyrights and merchandise.

The opening and ending of this video is different from other video websites. It is not the kind of advertisement that non-members have to watch. According to the habit of D station, the advertisement is placed in front of the main video. If you don’t want to watch it, you can pull the progress bar to skip it.

This situation will of course lead to a reduction in advertising sponsorship revenue, but the user experience is more important. It would be too annoying to not be able to skip an advertisement of a hundred or dozens of seconds.

Of course, D station is a video website, and there is an additional income method, membership income.

In short, if everything goes well, "Love Apartment" will make some money, and these leading actors will also become popular.

After it becomes popular, Xu Qing will arrange for them to make money for Xingtang Culture. There is nothing Xu Qing can do about Sixi Wanzi’s daughter-raising service. If the company doesn’t make more money, there is a risk of becoming corrupt by just investing in it. It’s too careless.

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Speaking of making money, should you prepare an album for Yi Yunyi to sell as soon as possible? In Xingtang Culture, he is the only one who can make money from his works.

Yang Tutu makes money purely by her popularity. I heard that Lisa is currently negotiating for her to be the spokesperson for a well-known large band-aid. The price is not low. Xingtang Culture can get some points here, and the big one is Yinsha.

How about making a sweet song album for Yi Yunyi?

The main song is "Sweet" by Jay Chou, and some songs like "Simple Love" are also included in it?

Yi Yunyi should be very suitable for this type of song.

As for whether being labeled as a sweet singer will affect her overall development in the future, Xu Qing is not worried about this. Not to mention that she has so many songs, it is easy to change her style for Yi Yunyi.

Let’s just talk about labels. When you’re not a big deal yet, having labels is better than not having labels.

Only with labels can the audience remember you deeply.

Including those who will star in "Love Apartment" next, although the acting path has inevitably narrowed, the audience does remember them firmly. This is much happier than many actors whose names the audience cannot name.

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They also have more opportunities to receive more roles to break through themselves, while many actors cannot receive roles at all.

Of course, whether they can break through depends on their own abilities. Just like the original actors on earth, some people can break through, and some people can act like Zeng Xiaoxian.

With the end of the casting here, the Hunan comedians also started the second recording. At the same time, the first episode of Huan, which was recorded a week ago, was officially launched, and Xiangnan Satellite TV broadcast it one hour earlier than Tenyu.

Xu Qing stayed in front of the computer early in the morning, wanting to see what the audience thought of Ye Sitang.

It’s the third update today, let me take a break, and I’ll continue the fifth update tomorrow.

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