A few days later, the ATV office.

Zhao Donghuai plans to go to the mainland for a trip, mainly to see how the filming of "Water Margin" is progressing and whether it goes well...

The TV series "Water Margin" promoted by the ATV editor started to send out invitations on August 2, 1990. For example, Ding Haifeng received an interview invitation from Wu Song during the summer vacation after his freshman year.

After one round of interviews, he immersed himself in the role for three months. In the second round, he finally cast Wu Song, as did Xiu Qing's Hua Rong, but in November 1990, (Water Margin) still hadn't started filming.

It was after the floods in East China in 1991 that the original director Zhang was recruited and went to the Taihu Water Margin Film and Television City in Wushi, Jiangsu Province to start filming. From August last year to April this year?

This time is not too short.

Zhao Donghuai had never been to the set before today. He only contacted by phone and directed from a distance. The filming of more than 40 episodes of Water Margin should be in the middle and late stages by now. The main creative actors have struggled from August 1990 to now, one year and eight years ago. It's been months.

As soon as Zhao Donghuai walked to the door of the big office, he saw Wang Zuxian walking out of the small built-in suite and said in surprise, "Boss, are you going out?"

Zhao Donghuai stopped and said, "I'm going to see the crew of Water Margin. What's going on?"

Xiaoxian then came over and said, "Then shall I go with you? It's not a big deal. It's just that in more than two months, Bingbing will graduate. She graduated from Asia Opera when she was only 11 years old? For normal children, at this age Just entered junior high school?"

"She asked me what to do next? At this stage, there aren't that many opportunities to use child actors in movies in our industry, right?"

He Qing, who had returned to the mainland with Director Zhao, said in shock, "Yes, so many child actors have been recruited. When will (Harry Potter) start filming?"

"I graduated from Asia Opera at the age of 11. If I don't have many movie and TV show appointments, I will go back to a normal school. Apart from simple basic mathematics, Asia Opera does not teach any physical and chemical knowledge. Is it too late for her to go to a secondary school on Hong Kong Island now? Can she study with me? Can you get on?"

Zhao Donghuai thought for a while and was no longer in a hurry to go to the Water Margin crew. He walked back to his desk and asked, "How is the relationship between Bingbing and Azhi now?"

Xiaoxian was a little speechless after hearing this, "It's not good, it's very awkward. Hey, I really didn't expect that a character in the two-part series (Laughing Lin Boy) could make them so awkward."

"Do you have a project for her??"

Director Zhao nodded, "I just remembered an idea, something similar to (Home Alone)."

Xiaoxian's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Can you follow Home Alone? That's a big project. The trilogy has grossed 1 billion US dollars at the global box office, although it is not as good as (Spider-Man) and (Jurassic Park) (Wanted) ) series, but it is also a well-deserved super IP."

He Qingdu asked curiously, "Do you need a kid partner who has a good relationship or a tacit understanding of the performance?"

Xiaoxian suddenly realized, "Among the child stars who are about the same age at this stage, Bingbing has the best relationship with Gao Yuanyuan. They are almost like a pair of biological sisters."

Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Then let's use Bingbing and Yuanyuan, but as for Azhi... don't say I won't give her a chance. I'll also give her a book to try. If it works, there's nothing we can do if it doesn't work."

"You go meet those little girls first and let them be mentally prepared."

When it comes to child stars, big movie series starring children or teenagers, the most eye-catching one in the world is the (Home Alone) series.

But in addition, Hollywood itself also had a movie in 2001 (Agent Prodigy) or translated as (Very Little Spy), which tells the story of two top agents, a man and a woman, who get married, retire, and have children.

Then when a son and a daughter reached the age of about ten, living and working in peace and contentment and learning a lot from their parents, the pair of old agents unexpectedly discovered that their former partners disappeared one after another, and there seemed to be a conspiracy against them.

Expanding.

When they went to investigate, he also disappeared.

Next, a pair of agent siblings, about ten years old, armed themselves and saved their parents. The original intention of the creative team of "Agent Prodigy" was to create a comedy series that the whole family can enjoy and suitable for watching with children.

The result... the film received average reviews and was considered a film with ordinary special effects, but it also took in US$115 million in box office in North America and more than US$200 million in global box office.

In the original movie, there is a template of one sister, one brother, and two children, but if you directly assign them to Fan Bingbing and Gao Yuanyuan, there is nothing inappropriate.

Because of the box-office success of "The Prodigy", Hollywood has also released the second and third films, trying to replicate the miracle of the Home Alone series, but it has obviously failed, with each film being worse than the last.

Now Zhao Donghuai has changed the magic? Then the plot needs to be changed to make it better and better, so that it can last longer.

In addition to this, what he plans to arrange for Azhi is a movie called "Little Ghost Thief" or "Rock Climbing Girl". Rock Climbing Girl is a Nordic movie released immediately after "Secret Agent". It tells the story of a girl whose father runs a business.

At a racing track, he was suddenly paralyzed due to illness.

After her family and life collapsed, and faced with her father's high medical bills, the girl took two friends with her to rob a heavily guarded bank where her mother was the security director.

This movie was a huge box office success in Europe, and Hollywood immediately bought out the rights and made a remake of "The Prodigy". Obviously, they wanted to continue the glory of "The Prodigy" and replicate the miracle of "Home Alone".

The main story lines of the Hollywood version and the Nordic version are the same, and can be called the juvenile version (Mission: Impossible). The heroine is still Kristen Stewart who was only 13 years old during the filming period, and then she fell into a mess without any regrets.

Azhi is 12 years old this year. She is one year older than Bing Bing. Try "Little Ghost Thief" or "Rock Climbing Girl", there is no big problem. She is nothing more than a "robber" template for robbing banks. This is too much for the Hong Kong film industry.

Got experience.

The family undergoes a huge change, the originally beautiful life collapses, and I have to do something to save my father... The main plot is here, the script outline is written, and it is given to the screenwriter team to complete, in a comedy style.

After writing the outline of the script for "Little Ghost Thief," Zhao Donghuai looked at Qiu Shuzhen curiously, "Who are the male actors in Asian dramas who are around 10 years old now?"

As for male child stars, Lu Yi was actually the first to join Asia Drama. After studying for several years, Lu Yi has already graduated. However, he is 16 years old this year and is obviously not suitable...

Azhen thought for a while, then picked up the phone and called Yaxi to inquire, and then said, "There is Huang Xiaoming and Deng Xiaochao who graduated in the 1990s. They have studied for two years and are considered to be good talents. In terms of acting and literature, teachers said that they are better than

Lu Yi is good, but he is better than Feng Zai."

"Fengzi is just someone who can endure hardships."

Zhao Donghuai couldn't help but fell into silence. Acting? Huang Xiaoming? In future generations, who can say that the leader has no acting skills? If you look down on his acting skills, he will immediately slap you in the face with his acting skills, and then quickly fall into making bad movies, but

Xiao Ming is a guy from mixed capital.

You can't watch him as an actor alone.

Deng Xiaochao is also one of the representatives of the acting school.

Good guy, I really wouldn't know if I didn't ask him, but these two have become classmates.

In the past, he felt that there were too many female child stars of the right age and few suitable male stars, so he kept saving for the (Harry Potter) project. At most, he would have the special effects base make special effects models in advance. In terms of shooting, he really Wait, meet.

Now that Xiao Ming and Xiao Chao have studied for two years, and Feng Zai is about to finish his junior year in college, is it okay to make a movie (Harry Potter 1) to try the waters??

"Then it's okay to film Harry Potter 1 now. Let's arrange an audition for the actors. You call Xiaoxian and ask her to call Bingbing over and try out for the role of Hermione."

This plane (Harry Potter) was a variant version from the beginning. For example, London was changed to the base camp of Hong Kong Island, but the character names were still in English. It was originally hoped that the series of books would sell well in Europe and the United States.

The protagonist's name is basically the same as the original one.

Azhen's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Hey, doesn't it mean that Sister Jia Hui is going to play the Chinese version of the principal? The role of the greatest wizard in the world? As early as the 89th Asian Opera Expansion to recruit suitable child actors, she She just said that when Harry Potter starts filming, she will play the headmaster."

"Then Monica and her go west and east, and the original author plays two versions of the principal?"

The former headmaster Albus Dumbledore? The old man in the original book? Some readers of the Harry series believe that the image of Albus Dumbledore, the greatest wizard, is based on the (Lord of the Rings) series. The wizard Gandalf.

Long hair, big beard, old man...

The principal of the magic school revised by Zhao Donghuai was originally positioned as a woman. The name of the principal is no longer Albus Dumbledore, but Rowling. The image of the principal is more prominent, such as being knowledgeable, bookish, and an elder and wise man.

After all, he also considered letting Monica play the role of the principal back then. Monica has not made any official big-screen contributions since becoming a super-body. So, in the film and television version of Harry Potter, Monica could play the wisest and most powerful character. The great wizard principal is not a big deal.

After considering those things, the name Albus Dumbledore is naturally not suitable for the new headmaster.

There's no problem with Rowling.

Monica Bellucci is already 28 years old this year, and Kwan Ka-wai is already 30 years old. Even if she doesn’t deliberately act old, she can wear the right glasses and enough make-up, and the image of the headmistress and great wizard can be achieved. world cinema.

Of course, Harry Potter is the male protagonist and Hermione is the female protagonist. This is very fixed. Harry Potter’s inseparable best friend is also a male character. Just choose two male child actors.

As for the child who is a mortal enemy of Harry Potter and whose parents are Death Eaters, both men and women are welcome. Zhao Donghuai still prefers to use female child stars because there are too many European and American child stars available. Among them was Jessica Alba in the class of 1989. Eva Green, Class of 1990 and Miranda Kerr.

Choose one to be the European and American white version of the female lead, and another one to be the villain??

European and American version of Harry Potter? There seems to be no European and American white male child stars of the right age...

After a while, when Xiaoxian and Bingbing arrived at the office, the 11-year-old Bingbing opened her mouth with a string of nice words, as if she had been specially trained countless times. Zhao Donghuai couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "Okay, don't say those meaningless words." .”

"I'm calling you because your sister Xian will help you ask what to do after graduation. Although she has already written a script called (Agent Prodigy), she would like you and Yuanyuan to star together."

"But when it comes to the film and television adaptation of Harry Potter, you will play a scene as Hermione."

"Here is the script. You can choose a section to act. I will give you half an hour to prepare. If you can pass it, the Chinese heroine version of Hermione will be yours."

Don't blame Zhao Donghuai for favoring Bingbing, the main reason is that among actresses born in the 1980s, Bingbing is not only famous, she also has real acting skills.

The big secret of fellow actresses born in the 1980s, Shishi, Tangtang, etc., which acting skills are comparable to Bingbing?? They can’t even catch up with the taillights of a car.

Even Yuanyuan, who is older than Bingbing, has been in a vase her whole life and has no acting skills to boast about.

It's a pity that I was trapped by capital.

In this dimension, you definitely don’t have to worry about this problem.

Half an hour later, after Bingbing finished her performance, Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Yes, the role has been decided. As for which one to start filming first, there is no rush."

Harry Potter is a series of many movies, and Bingbing has grown up over time. On the other hand, "The Prodigy", the first one, made a lot of money at the box office, but the follow-up movies were just bad movies. .

Bingbing smiled happily like a flower, "Thank you boss, I will work hard and work hard."

Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Has your mortgage been paid off?"

Bingbing smiled even happier, "Yeah, thank you boss for giving me a chance. Otherwise, if I had stayed in my hometown, I would only be able to eat Wanjia instant noodles during the holidays."

After starring in the two-part movie "Laughing Lin Boy", she also appeared in a series of movies, such as Andy Lau's "The Big Affair", where she played the daughter of Di Long and Hu Huizhong, and "The Taiping Wheel" where she played the daughter of Zhou Runfa and Liu Xiaoli.

It doesn’t matter whether the salary increases or not to improve your image. With more opportunities to appear, the income from selling goods can easily explode. In this regard, Chen Hao, who joined Asia Drama just a year before her, is also the best example. She starred in the smart and charming character in (Manslaughter). After The Heartbroken Little Daughter, there is really no shortage of people to hire Chen Hao as a supporting actor in film and TV series projects.

When I returned to Qingshi, I helped some companies in Shandong Province shoot advertisements and endorse their products, and I made a lot of money in RMB.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Donghuai said, "Although being an actor does not require a lot of formal academic qualifications, you are still too young to graduate now, so studying more is still of great use."

"There's nothing wrong with you not going to a regular middle school, but you need to hire professional teachers to give you private training and make up classes."

Bingbing was stunned for a moment, and then quickly pretended to be pitiful, "Boss, studying is so hard...but I am willing to listen to your arrangements."
To be continued...