Li Dawei went to Guangdong this time to meet You Jianming. "The Story of a Noble Family" has already started its advance preparations, and the initial plan is to rush to Tianjin for filming after the Spring Festival.
However, they have not yet made up their minds about the casting. The male lead has basically been decided to be Chen Kun. Li Dawei and You Jianming both think that Chen Kun's temperament and connotation are very consistent with the style of Jin Yanxi, a wealthy young man in the Republic of China.
He was just hesitant about the leading and supporting actress roles. "The Story of a Noble Family" can be regarded as Li Dawei's first drama to be directed independently, and it is also his chance to become famous. The script of this drama is also well adapted and it suits Li Dawei's heart.
As for the casting, he discussed with You Jianming for a long time. Although You Jianming made the final decision on who to use, he would also respect his opinion as a director.
Neither of them had a very suitable candidate, so Li Dawei took a break and said, "Let's put the casting aside for now and play you a song. It's the work of my junior brother, and it fits the theme song of this drama very well."
You Jianming was also a little confused and asked hesitantly: "Dawei, I remember you graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, how come there is a little junior brother who can write songs?"
Li Dawei was not in a hurry to explain. He took out the finished MV that Huang Lei gave him before leaving and put it into the DVD player.
As a film and television media company, the speakers in the office are all top-notch. As soon as the prelude violin music sounded, You Jianming and Li Dawei quieted down and started listening to the song.
Li Dawei had only heard the demo and had never heard the finished MV.
"When the petals leave the flower, the faint fragrance remains..." As the song began, You Jianming, who had been sitting casually, sat up straight, his eyes fixed on the TV screen on the wall.
His eyes were just a little empty, his attention was completely focused on the song and lyrics, and he didn't look closely at the content of the picture. In his opinion, MVs are all similar. The singer just shows his face in it, or there are some handsome men and beautiful women and some empty shots, to express the love-hate meaning of love songs.
If it's even lower quality, it doesn't even have any meaning. It's just the singer singing and the beautiful woman dancing.
"Play it again." After listening to it, You Jianming felt that he was still not satisfied and said to Li Dawei.
Li Dawei also smiled, stood up and pressed the replay button, and the song sounded again...
"Is the composer your junior, or is the singer your junior?" After playing it again, You Jianming decided to use this song.
"The lyrics, music and singing are all done by the same person, he's my junior fellow student at Beijing Film Academy, Ye Lengsong." Li Dawei was also a little proud.
"What about copyright?" As the chairman of a well-known film and television company, You Jianming attaches great importance to copyright, otherwise it will cause a lot of trouble later.
"They let me use it for free and agreed to give me a letter of authorization, but the copyright belongs to him, and I don't plan to sell it."
"Well, that's fine. Such an excellent work, the lyrics, music and singing combined cannot be purchased for a small amount of money." You Jianming also preferred to just use it without buying it, and it was free to use.
"Is your junior fellow student really a film major? Not a music major?" You Jianming was still a little confused.
"Like me, he is from the directing department. He just graduated last year and stayed on to teach at the school."
"Haha, your Beijing Film Academy is really full of talented people." You Jianming didn't think about it anymore. After all, it's hard to define genius.
After talking about these, You Jianming stood up and replayed it again. Only then did he start to pay attention to the content of the MV.
"Hey, this shooting technique is a bit like your taste."
"Nonsense, I filmed it in the first place, I did two days of free labor, and I only had boxed lunches at noon, otherwise how could I use the copyright for free?"
This half-true, half-joking remark also made You Jianming laugh.
"The girl in the MV is nice, very pretty." You Jianming saw the scene in the MV where Liu Yifei was wearing a Republic of China student uniform and walking on a small path in a courtyard.
"She is very beautiful. She can be considered a school beauty in our Beijing Film Academy." Li Dawei nodded in agreement.
"Isn't there a female role chosen yet? How about Liu Yifei?" You Jianming asked casually.
"It's not impossible to play Leng Qingqiu. My temperament is similar, but I feel she is too young and a first-year student." Li Dawei told the truth.
"Yeah," You Jianming also nodded, not sure whether he was expressing his agreement or just feeling good about it.
"Contact her and ask her to find time to come for an audition. This girl gives people a very ethereal feeling. Even if Leng Qingqiu is not suitable, I think she can still play Bai Xiuzhu."
"Okay." Li Dawei did not comment, which meant he agreed with You Jianming's idea.
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One night five days later, when "Secret Fragrance" was gradually becoming well-known to people, Liu Yifei, who had just finished dinner, chatted with Liu Xiaoli: "Mom, Guangdong Qiangshi Film and Media Co., Ltd. wanted me to go to Guangdong for an audition. They are going to shoot a TV series soon."
"They asked you to audition?" Liu Xiaoli felt a little surprised. Liu Yifei had just entered school not long ago, so how could a company know her and ask her to audition?
"Is it a scam company?" Liu Xiaoli asked with some concern.
"No, it's a classmate of Mr. Huang Lei in our school, who is also the director of this new drama. He said it was Leng Song... He said that Mr. Ye's song "An Xiang" was chosen by producer You Jianming and was going to be used as the theme song. Mr. You saw my scenes in the MV of "An Xiang" and thought I was very suitable for the role in their drama."
In fact, Liu Yifei also vaguely guessed that Ye Lengsong asked her to shoot this MV because he wanted to use the song to increase her popularity. These were just her guesses, so she didn't tell Liu Xiaoli.
"Well, when?"
"Teacher Huang said the sooner the better, and he would help me apply for leave from school."
"Is there any contact information?"
"Yes, Teacher Ye gave me Director Li's cell phone number, and Teacher Huang also gave me the producer's phone number."
Liu Xiaoli, who is always decisive, booked a flight the next day and flew to Guangzhou with Liu Yifei.
Ye Lengsong was the first to know about the audition. He and Li Dawei exchanged mobile phone numbers, and Li Dawei also notified Ye Lengsong immediately. As a person who had been through this, Li Dawei could tell in the cafe that Ye Lengsong and Liu Yifei had an unusual relationship, and it should not be a simple teacher-student relationship.
After receiving the call, Ye Lengsong felt relieved. He operated step by step, using Huang Lei to contact Li Dawei, and finally let Liu Yifei enter You Jianming's vision, and finally got the job done.
Ye Lengsong didn't plan to go with them, firstly because it was inconvenient, and secondly because he didn't think it was necessary. With Liu Xiaoli accompanying her, the audition would be a success or failure very quickly.
The flight was at around ten in the morning, so Liu Yifei ran to the school to say goodbye to Ye Lengsong.
Looking at Liu Yifei, whose height was almost approaching his nose, Ye Lengsong ruffled her hair and reminded her of the precautions when going out, not to have a bad temper, not to be nervous during the audition, and to try to show herself...
If it was Liu Xiaoli who gave the instructions, Liu Yifei would not show any reaction on the surface, but she would still be a little bit temperamental behind her back. This is a common problem for fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls in their rebellious period. But when facing Ye Lengsong, Liu Yifei only felt a faint warmth.
It was still the same forest as last time, with a long goodbye kiss and Ye Lengsong's restless hands wandering over her body. Liu Yifei left with a blushing face. As for whether her buttocks were wet, only Liu Yifei herself knew.