Chapter 417: Three Kingdoms Generals Special Training Camp

Xia Tian did not participate too much in the casting of the crew, after all, it had only just begun.

The original time and space crew could find the right people, so they can certainly find the right people now.

After all, it is basically a nationwide casting, and all kinds of performing arts groups from all over the country have been investigated.

Apart from bringing himself, Dachun, Xiaoguo and Pants in, Xia Tian did nothing else.

Although I can name some actors from the original time and space, I’d better not get a reputation as a fortune teller!

I really have this problem in the summer, so I don’t like others to mention it to me.

He would avoid talking about this even in a place like Hong Kong where people believe in such things so much, let alone in the inland areas.

……

The Three Kingdoms director team is still quite anxious. After all, when it comes to filming, it’s better to start early rather than late.

If it is delayed for too long, the possibility of something unexpected happening will be too great, and it can even be said to be inevitable.

The crew is just in the process of preparing for the production and has only found the chief director, deputy director, and costume and makeup staff, but they have already started spending money.

How much is the daily salary for these large number of staff members transferred here?

But of course we can’t just stand by and watch in the summer, right?

After all, it’s work at CCTV and it’s work in the Three Kingdoms crew. It doesn’t matter where you do it!

So, he chose the work he liked – specifically looking for museums, experts and historians from all over the country to verify some artifacts, armor, daily necessities, clothing and even dances from the Three Kingdoms period.

He is the only one in the entire crew who is competent in this regard. He has been in this industry for a long time, although he doesn’t know much about things from the Three Kingdoms period – he doesn’t have antiques from that early, and he doesn’t dare to collect the main bronze ware!

But the connections you know can all be useful!

So every day I would take a notebook with me and go to museums and universities to discuss things with scholars and experts. I would take photos of the shapes and styles of some clothing and utensils, and then draw them.

When the time comes, it will be handed over to the costume and makeup staff, who will try to achieve an ancient style.

After all, this is a major official project worth more than 100 million yuan. Don’t let professionals find fault with this matter.

Things like fine-tuning the plot, shaping the characters, understanding of history…there is room for maneuvering around in these things, it’s nothing more than a verbal battle.

But if you get historical knowledge and things like utensils, clothing and hair accessories wrong, you will really be scolded!

……

After working for about ten days, Xia Tian was called by Director Wang to the director team, where the selection of the main actors entered a white-hot stage!
After all, Director Wang is not the kind of person who has the final say. Besides, if you handle a project like this, problems are likely to arise.

Therefore, Director Wang will make the final decision only after all the sub-directors have given their approval.

As for the main actors, not to mention Liu, Guan, Zhang and Cao, Prime Minister Zhuge is the most important one!

As a candidate, someone had previously suggested Park Cunxi from the National Theatre of China to Director Wang.

He is the actor who played Sun Ce in the original time and space.

Although his eyes are a little small, there is nothing wrong with him otherwise.

After all, he is one of the key talents of the People’s Art Theatre, so he has no problem in other aspects. Especially his strong connections~
I don’t know what the reason was in the original time and space, but he was unable to play Zhuge, and he didn’t play it this time either!

Now the director team is discussing the pretty boy Tang Guoqiang!
Speaking of which, Teacher Tang has hit rock bottom in the past two years.

The reputation of the cream boy was not good to begin with, and when he was mentioned as Zhuge Liang’s backup, the sub-director questioned him; plus his ex-wife’s suicide pushed him to the forefront…

The reputation has been really bad in the past two years.

Director Wang asked Xia Tian privately, “Do you think he can do it?”

Xia Tian smiled, “He can do it, but Director Wang, can you do it?”

Director Wang was stunned: Huh? It’s not me who’s acting?!

Xia Tian said: “He has a bad reputation now. Although most people don’t blame him, there are indeed many viewers who don’t like him. If you choose him to play Zhuge Liang, I guess many people will be dissatisfied and even complain to you!”

When Wang Dao heard this, he fell silent.

But after a moment, he pushed up his glasses and said, “It doesn’t matter if you complain about me. The main thing is to perform well. Zhuge Kongming can be said to be the most important protagonist. If the wrong person is chosen, it’s not a matter of complaining about me.”

“Then call him in to give the play a try?” Xia Tian asked.

Director Wang nodded and said, “Whether it’s a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk. We have to wait and see first…” For matters like this, he would first select three or five suitable ones, and then call them over to watch in person, and even record the video for the superiors to review.

Again, this is a major official project worth over 100 million yuan, and this is no joke.

If this goes wrong, you won’t go to jail, but you will definitely be nailed to the pillar of shame.

For someone like Wang Dao who has a narrow mind and a small face, if he doesn’t do it right, he will end up with Yu Yu~
Now that his son is working and his wife has passed away, he has devoted almost all his energy to “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”.

Life is work and work is life.

It’s easy to say about Zhuge Liang. He just looks elegant, wise, tall and handsome.

If you want to find such actors in China, you can actually pick out twenty or thirty of them.

If it really doesn’t work, Director Wang will tie Xia Tian up!
However, some actors are hard to choose.

For example, Guan Erye is also very important, whether in folk mythology, history, or folk beliefs.

No matter whether it is Buddhism, Taoism, or folk culture, the importance of Guan Erye is enormous.

Moreover, the image of Guan Erye in history and novels is considered a special actor, where can you find him?
The person needs to be very tall, with a majestic temperament, not too ugly, not too ordinary, and not too handsome. In a word, he needs to be “divine”!
At first glance, one can tell that this person is extraordinary.

With so many conditions put together, where do you think you can find it?
The seven or eight people in the director team had their hair pulled out. They made more than a dozen calls and received more than twenty calls a day, and looked through piles of photos and files.

Xia Tian couldn’t stand it anymore, so let’s lighten their workload.

It’s also better to find Master Guan as soon as possible. I have already contacted the horse farm and martial arts instructor, and I have to give special training to the generals!
So he found Director Wang.

“Director Wang, I have a recommendation for an actor who can play Guan Yu…”

“Oh? Say it!”

Xia Tian asked, “I wonder if you have watched the movie ‘Ancient and Modern Battles of Qin Terracotta Warriors’ starring Zhang Yimou and Gong Li?”

Director Wang shook his head blankly.

Xia Tian said: “Maybe the movie has just finished showing in Hong Kong and hasn’t been introduced to the mainland yet. It doesn’t matter. What I want to say is that I think the actor who plays Qin Shi Huang in the movie is very suitable!”

“Oh? What’s your name? Which unit are you from?” Director Wang’s face lit up with joy when he heard it.

Because although Xia Tian likes to joke sometimes, he always keeps his word.

If he says this kind of thing is suitable, it must be because he thinks it is very suitable.

Given Director Wang’s understanding of him, this is very worth looking forward to.

Xia Tian said: “The actor’s name is Lu Shuming. He should be from a performing arts unit in Chang’an. I don’t know the details. You can ask the actors from there.”

There are many staff members in the Three Kingdoms crew here, and they come from all over the world.

Director Wang asked around, and within 20 minutes, someone said, “I know him! He’s from the mainland, and our workplace is close!”

When the others arrived, Xia Tian recognized you immediately. It was you, Diao Guangdou! No, it was Guo Senstanda!

Guo Da told Director Wang: “Luanlu is from the Chang’an City Drama Troupe, and I am from the Shaanxi Provincial Drama Troupe. We often collaborate and are very familiar with each other.”

Director Wang was immediately happy: “That’s good! Please help contact him and ask him to call the crew back as soon as possible. Let’s make an appointment and come over to talk!”

Xia Tian thought about it and decided to provide another one!

“Director Wang, I also have an idea for the actor for Sima Laozei!”

“Old thief Sima? Oh, you mean Sima Yi!” Wang Dao made Xia Tian stunned. Where did such a big prejudice come from?
Xia Tian said: “Several years ago, there was an actor in “One and Eight” who had collaborated with Lu Shuming in the film version of “Xiangxi Bandit Suppression”. That person is suitable for Sima Yi!”

“Which unit are you from?”

“I don’t know that, but I know his name, Mr. Wei Wan, so it should be easy to find him.”

As for the rest, Xia Tian doesn’t care.

He began to turn his attention to logistics.

Although 1.7 million is a lot, it is still tight for “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”.

It is still popular to endure hardships these days. The conditions of the crew at that time are really a bit pitiful~
We lived in a dormitory with bunk beds and ate potatoes, cabbage and tofu!
We plan to make some improvements in the summer, to make it more convenient for the actors and crew to devote themselves to their work.

The next step is to set up my own “Three Kingdoms Generals Special Training Camp”, and then I will catch anyone who comes!
(End of this chapter)