In Duane's vision, the first condition that the male protagonist in "The World of Truman" needs to have is acting skills.

"Trumen's World" can almost be said to be a one-man show for the male protagonist. In such a drama that relies entirely on the male protagonist, if the male protagonist's acting skills are not good, it will be a nightmare and everything is over, so acting skills are the first thing to do.

Among the male stars in the Chinese circle now, there are many qualified acting skills: Jiang Wen, Liang Chaowei, Zhou Runfa, Ge You, etc. In Du An's opinion, they should be competent enough in acting skills, but who should they look for?

Duane is now struggling with this problem, but fortunately he is clear enough to come up with a solution to the problem.

"Whoever the little rooster clicks is who..."

Duan murmured to himself, holding a pen in his right hand and clicking it from left to right on the table. Every time a word pops out of his mouth, the tip of the pen will click on the table.

He is now sitting in front of a desk in a hotel suite. There are many small square paper sheets on the desk in front of him, lined up from left to right, with a name written on each piece of paper, and the tip of the pen in his hand is dotted one by one on these small pieces of paper.

Behind Duan is a floor-to-ceiling window. When you turn your head, you can see the deep night outside through the window. The upper half is pitch black and the lower half is lit up by the city lights. If you stand in front of the window and look down, you can see that the road with orange street lights on both sides is like a dragon lying at your feet, winding and opening.

Du An is the only one in this study at this moment. His assistant Lin Wei is watching TV in the next room. The sound insulation effect of the hotel is good. Once the door is closed, there is no sound over there.

The assistant was watching TV and having fun, but the boss was working hard, but this was the way of working... Fortunately, Lin Wei was watching TV. If she saw her boss selecting actors like this, she would be shocked. She would be stunned for at least ten minutes and could not speak, and her outlook on life might even collapse.

Of course, even if Lin Wei sees Du An, she will not change her working style.

When he was chanting the last word, the pen in his hand stopped, and a piece of paper was pressed under the tip of the pen. It was the third piece counted from right to left, with a three-character name written on it.

After seeing this name, Duane frowned and muttered: "How could it be him..."

I saw that the three words written on this piece of paper were Zhou Xingchi.

Many people have an inherent impression of Zhou Xingchi, that is, this guy is good at filming comedy, just like a lunatic, but he can't do anything else. He is a genius actor and only uses exaggerated expressions and actions to please the audience. He has no acting skills and can't live without comedy.

But Duane frowned not because Zhou Xingchi's acting skills are not good.

On the contrary, he is trustworthy in Zhou Xingchi's acting skills. He has also watched many films of Zhou Xingchi, both early, mid- and late-stage. From it, it can be seen that Zhou Xingchi's performance is still very good, with rich levels and excellent acting skills, and is not inferior to Liang Jiahui and others. That's why Du An wrote his name on these pieces of paper. However, Zhou Xingchi's comedy is so outstanding that it covers up his acting skills.

The reason why Duane frowned was because he didn't really want to find Zhou Xingchi to act in this movie.

The total investment in "Trumen's World" is expected to not exceed 100 million, and a large part of it will be used in landscape construction, which means that the money used for crew formation is destined not to be too much. Of course, it is okay to use this money to invite a first-line star like Jia Hongsheng, but it is not enough to invite Zhou Xingchi. Zhou Xingchi's current value is already terrifying, which can be said to be astronomical, so he has been filming himself over the years, and no one has asked him to film again. One of the reasons is that the pay is too expensive.

In addition, Zhou Xingchi's work style on the set is also a big problem.

Duane heard the same words from different people while chatting with his friends in the circle, and knew that Zhou Xingchi was a tyrant who was even more tyrant than him.

When two tyrants meet, who will listen to whom?

Taking these two important factors into consideration, Duane frowned and was very dissatisfied with the result.

He stared at the name for a long time, and finally shook his head.

"No, no..."

He murmured to himself, reached out and picked up the paper and grabbed it into the palm of his hand, pinched it, and threw it into the wastebasket on the side of the desk. Then he held the pen again, sat up straight and began to call.

"Whoever the little rooster clicks is who..."

...

Because the bidding meeting was about to begin and he could not stay in Beijin, Duan took a plane to leave Beijin and returned to Nanyang early the next morning. Because time was tight, he went directly to Rising Film and Television without even returning home after getting off the plane and found the door of Fang Liyong's office.

Although he has given full rights to deal with this movie, Rising Film and Television has always been an investor, and Fang Liyong has also claimed the title of producer. Now that the movie is about to change the male lead, he has to say hello in advance no matter what.

On the way from the airport, he had already called Fang Liyong in advance. After entering the office, he found Fang Liyong sitting behind the desk waiting for him.

After seeing him come in, Fang Liyong stood up from behind the desk.

"Come."

Fang Liyong led him to the sofa in the reception area and started playing the tea ceremony. While raising the cup, he took the time to look up at Du An.

"Director Du, you came to me suddenly today. Is there anything else you need to add to the bidding?"

Du An comfortably tucked his body into the sofa and shook his head, "No, it's the crew's business."

Fang Liyong's hand that rushed to the cup stopped, and slowly raised his head to look over, "Create?"

"Um,"

Du An put a little chin on, "Something happened to Jia Hongsheng..." He roughly explained the situation on Jia Hongsheng.

"...So, he probably can't star in "Trumen's World."

After saying that, Du An stopped talking first and looked at Fang Liyong.

Although Fang Liyong lowered his head slightly and was making tea, Duan was curled up on the sofa now and his gaze was relatively low, he could see most of Fang Liyong's faces.

Fang Liyong's reaction was very strange.

According to his understanding of Fang Liyong, Fang Liyong's normal reaction after hearing this news should be that he didn't care at all and looked very calm on the surface, but now he could clearly see a hint of uncontrollable joy in Fang Liyong's eyes, and even Fang Liyong's hands making tea were lighter.

The male protagonist of the movie is temporarily unable to star in the movie. As an investor and producer, he should be in a bad mood and lament that he is unlucky. Why does Fang Liyong look very happy?

"Oh? That's a pity."

Fang Liyong said this.

He tried to make his tone look heavy, but who is Duane? He is specialized in the director's career. The actors' performances are not done properly. He can tell whether the lines are good or not at once, so he easily heard how perfunctory Fang Liyong's words were.

Fang Liyong's reaction was too strange, which made Du An hold back what he was supposed to say and not jump out.

After thinking for two seconds, he said to Fang Liyong: "Mr. Fang, I really don't know where to find an actor in this moment. You have been in this circle for longer than me and know more people than me. Do you have any candidates to recommend?"

Fang Liyong did not give it to him immediately, but made the tea first, gave Du An a cup, put his own tea in front of him, and did not drink it. He lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and looked at Du An with a sudden enlightenment.

"After you say that, I remembered someone."

Duane looked at him calmly, but he was amazed in his heart: This drama is really enough!

Others graduated from the "Central Drama Festival", but Mr. Fang, you probably graduated from the "All Drama Festival" and are full of drama.

However, Fang Liyong was probably the one who was used to taking inner dramas. He seemed to realize that his performance just now was a bit exaggerated. He raised the teacup in front of him and took a sip, restrained his expression, and returned to his previous calmness. Then he spoke: "Zhou Xingchi, Director Du, what do you think?"

Du An was stunned.

The first time he clicked on Zhou Xingchi yesterday, he didn't expect that he eliminated Zhou Xingchi and ended up running to Nanyang to come to Fang Liyong, who recommended Zhou Xingchi.

But when did Fang Liyong get into contact with Zhou Xingchi?

"Mr. Fang, your connections are really wide. You can get along with Zhou Xingchi's line."

Duane said while digesting the meaning of this message, and then asked: "But will he be willing to star in our movie? After all, he hasn't acted in someone else's movie in so many years."

With these two sentences, he figured out the meaning of Fang Liyong's expression just now. Compared with Jia Hongsheng, Zhou Xingchi's box office appeal was much greater, and even Zhou Xingchi's box office appeal was louder than Du An's original biggest box office sign. If Zhou Xingchi could join "The World of Truman", Fang Liyong would probably be able to faint with a happy smile in secret, so he just heard that the crew had changed and Jia Hongsheng could not play the male lead. With such a long-standing battle, he would not be able to suppress the secret joy.

"I don't care about others, but this time, he still has a high chance of starring in "Trumen's World".

Fang Liyong looked confident. After contacting Du An or his gaze, he said: "It was in the past few days that he contacted me and cared about the crew of "Trumen's World". I heard what he meant, that he wanted to act."

Zhou Xingchi took the initiative to contact him?

Du An had no doubt about Zhou Xingchi contacting Fang Liyong instead of him: For example, if you contact Du An directly, there will be no room for maneuver if you can't. If you contact Fang Liyong, there will be a lot of maneuver. Even if the male protagonist has already decided, because they have not contacted Du An, they can still treat it as if they don't know and think of a way to do some work in a tactful way.

As for the partnership between Duane and Rising Film and Television, many people know about it now, and it is not surprising that they will contact Fang Liyong.

"How could he suddenly want to act in "Trumen's World"?"

Duane was very puzzled by this question.

Fang Liyong said: "It's not because of you?"

Duane was even more puzzled, "Because I?"

Zhou Xingchi was too introverted. There was no communication between the two of them during the limited few meetings, so he was really not familiar with Zhou Xingchi and didn't know what he would think.

Fang Liyong nodded and explained slowly: "You have watched all his movies in the past few years, right?" Du An nodded and continued, "He has won a lot of box office records, but he has not won a Huabiao Award, so he wants to abandon the past and move closer to the arts, hoping to prove that he is also capable. Can't he see a little of his movies in the past few years? I've seen them all, you won't be unable to see them."

Duane nodded, indicating that he understood.

Zhou Xingchi's movies in recent years are no longer nonsensical and funny as he is like the last century. Instead, he tries to run through the film with a serious theme and package them with past jokes to achieve the unity of business and art.

“The King of Comedy and Kung Fu are done well.”

Duane said this.

Fang Liyong said: "Yes, but I just can't win the Huabiao Award."

Duane didn't know what to take.

The Huabiao Award has become a devil in the hearts of many actors. It seems that Zhou Xingchi is also one of them.

However, the most tragic thing is not just that I can't win the Huabiao Award, but that the market effect of Zhou Xingchi's new attempt was not satisfactory. "Kung Fu" can be said to be the pinnacle of this form, but it still failed to break the box office record of "Heroes". Not to mention "King of Comedy", the box office performance is even more unbearable.

The Huabiao Awards were not accepted, and the box office market performance was not as good as the commercial comedy films he had filmed before that repeatedly broke box office records. Zhou Xingchi was probably confused and didn't know what to do next. Only then did he not be able to come up with the next movie two years after the end of "Kung Fu".

Fang Liyong continued, "But you are different. You have only been in the industry for three years. As a result, you participated in the Huabiao Awards every year. In the second year, you directly took the Best Director and the Best Supporting Actress in the third year. Everyone can tell that you are very talented and are the food of the Huabiao Awards. If you want to make art films this year, then you will definitely be a big hit in the Huabiao Awards next year. If you want to win the Huabiao Awards, you must follow you."

But how did Zhou Xingchi know that "The World of Truman" would be an art film?

Du An didn't ask this question. When he saw Fang Liyong's expression, he guessed that it was probably nothing more than talking to Zhou Xingchi. Fang Liyong intentionally or unintentionally leaked some news.

Duane finally asked in a summary question: "So, he came to win the prize?"

Fang Liyong nodded and said affirmatively: "Yes."

"He wants a Chinese watch award so much." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!