Chapter 146 "Fated to Love You" Cast Confirmed, All Inside

Chapter 146 "Fated to Love You" cast confirmed, all mainland cast!

"Fated to Love You" is a work that set a record for idol drama ratings in Taiwan's television history.

It is also the representative work of Taiwan's "last movie emperor" Ruan Jingtian, and his masterpiece.

To be honest, Wu Yuan really dislikes this movie emperor, not that there is anything wrong with him.

He just can't stand the group of Hong Kong and Taiwan people who use mainland funds and market resources, use mainland first-line actors to play supporting roles, promote Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, quickly improve their status and market value, and then harvest the mainland market.

Ruan Jingtian is the most important chess piece among them.

For example, in the movie "Blood Guillotine" produced by Chen Kexin, Wen Zhang played the male supporting role, Huang Xiaoming played the villain boss, and the male lead was Ruan Jingtian, a newcomer who just became popular with this TV series.

Why?

Just with his idol drama-level acting skills and his popularity in Taiwan, can he let mainland first-line movie male actors play supporting roles for him?

Then why not just accelerate the decline of Taiwan's film and television industry?

When Taiwan entered the 21st century, the film industry was already declining rapidly. However, their TV drama industry, because they learned from Japanese and Korean idol dramas, was once popular in Asia in the first decade of the 21st century.

Starting from "Meteor Garden", 2-3 idol dramas that are popular in Asia are produced every year.

Wu Yuan alone cannot interrupt this golden period of so many idol drama production companies in Taiwan.

But he can press the acceleration key for Taiwan's idol dramas!

"This "Fated to Love You" is an idol drama I prepared for the company, and it is mainly aimed at the young people's market."

"The TV drama industry is also undergoing drastic changes. The historical dramas and anti-Japanese war dramas that were popular in the 1990s were mainly aimed at the male audience market."

"But we can see from the popularity of Qiong Yao dramas such as "My Fair Princess" and "Deep Love in the Rain", as well as the popularity of idol dramas such as "Meteor Garden", "All Angels Cause Trouble" and "Sex and the City"."

"Now the younger generation of TV drama viewers, especially female viewers, prefer to watch some TV dramas about handsome men and beautiful women falling in love, which are more relaxed and happy, and it is best to satisfy women's fantasies about love."

Wu Yuan pointed to the script and asked Li Jichang to take a look at the content.

"This "Fated to Love You" tells a humorous love story between a post-it note girl and a domineering president."

"Post-it note girl?" Li Jichang was a little confused and didn't understand what this word meant.

"This is a concept I proposed." Wu Yuan patiently explained: "The word Cinderella is really common in TV dramas."

"So I created another novel heroine character in the script."

"The so-called sticky note girls, they have small functions, but they are indispensable, just like a sticky note that can be torn off at any time, inconspicuous and not special, but you must have her by your side."

"This kind of girl is simple, simple and contented, and has small wishes. She has never been a big shot, nor does she expect to become a big shot, but she is the appearance of most ordinary girls in Asia."

"In the company and in school, they are inconspicuous. Maybe they are not as eye-catching as hot girls, nor are they school beauties who are sought after by thousands of people, but they are exactly the representatives of ordinary women."

"Such a heroine who represents most girls, and Prince Charming accidentally started a destined love. I believe that girls all over Asia will be involved and fascinated by it."

In big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, it is now very common among white-collar workers to use sticky notes.

Li Jichang understood Wu Yuan's meaning at once, and applauded his idea!

Isn't this another "Meteor Garden"!

It's just that in "Meteor Garden", the four young masters chased an ordinary girl who was "ordinary", while in "Fated to Love You", the domineering president chased an ordinary employee.

The background was changed from campus to workplace, but the core was still the same as "Meteor Garden", with the prince charming falling in love with Cinderella.

Li Jichang, who had worked on the project "The Sky of Eighteen Years Old", was relatively familiar with idol dramas in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, and knew that this type of idol drama was the most popular at the moment.

Wu Yuan, a film director, and a big director who focused on the international scene, could actually understand idol dramas so well and come up with such a script, which surprised Li Jichang.

"This script" Li Jichang hesitated, could it be that Wu Yuan wrote this script himself?

"Ahem." Seeing Li Jichang's doubts, Wu Yuan pretended to be calm and explained: "This script was my idea, and I asked a few graduate students from the Department of Literature of Beijing Film Academy to help write it."

This time Wu Yuan didn't lie.

Although he wrote the scripts for the first six episodes himself, he didn't plan to write the subsequent scripts himself.

He wrote the outline and subsequent storylines, and then he would find a few graduate students from the Department of Literature of the school to enrich the content.

Not only this TV series, but also the TV series that the company will make in the future, he plans to do this.

He will write a story outline and character biography by himself, and find a few screenwriters to write the specific script content in detail.

In fact, most TV series scripts in later generations were completed in this way.

Otherwise, why can a TV series be named as seven or eight screenwriters.

It is nothing more than a chief screenwriter giving the outline, and other small screenwriters are responsible for the lines, character interactions, fighting, and side plots, and the script is divided into many parts for detailed writing.

This is the so-called industrialization of screenwriting.

It is definitely not possible to do this for movie scripts, but TV dramas, especially idol dramas, can be produced in this industrial assembly line.

This is just like Mo Yan's books are not good when someone else writes them, but there are many online novels that can get good results when someone else writes them.

Wu Yuan also plans to set up a screenwriting department in the TV drama department of his company, specifically poaching people from the Department of Literature of Beijing Film Academy to write TV drama scripts for him.

He is responsible for the outline and character biographies, and other editors perfect the specific details.

The scripts produced in this way cannot be said to be exactly the same as those hit dramas in Wu Yuan's impression, but there is no problem with 70% to 80% similarity.

To be honest, even if he was asked to write it himself, he could only write a script that is 70% to 80% similar.

Wu Yuan is a human, not a god. A TV series has dozens of episodes at any time. How can he remember every line accurately? He can only remember the general plot.

Not to mention TV series, even for movies, he often writes his own lines. In addition to remembering some classic lines, he also adds most of the lines according to the situation.

"Director Li, the TV series department of the company has just been established, and there are only two or three clerks in charge of administrative work."

"As long as you join the company and make this "Fated to Love You", the company's TV series department can be handed over to you."

"This "Fated to Love You" is just the beginning. The company will continue to expand the TV series production department at the rate of 1-2 TV series per year."

Wu Yuan has already thought about it. In the next 3-5 years, Guangying Times will focus on the idol drama market and make some of the more popular Taiwanese idol dramas in later generations first to eat this cake.

It's not that he doesn't want to do other types of dramas, but mainly because idol dramas are really easier to make, and they can also seize the Taiwanese drama market.

If you ask him to do fairy tales and costume dramas, there are Zhouyi and Tangren in the mainland, both of which have their own martial arts teams, costume teams, professional action directors, etc., all of which are cultivated by them little by little.

There is no shortcut to making good costume dramas and fairy tales. You have to train a group of professionals in this field.

This is why Wu Yuan wants to cooperate with Tangren instead of making costume fairy tales himself.

But idol dramas are different. This is a modern urban drama. You can buy a batch of costumes on the street. The shooting does not involve any professional martial arts or stunts. You can find a group of freshly graduated students to shoot.

And the money is very high. "Meteor Garden" made at least several hundred million for Chai Zhipin, several hundred million in 2001!

Li Jichang, who was suddenly hit by such a big pie, was overjoyed.

He was almost unemployed, and in a blink of an eye, he actually had the opportunity to take charge of the TV drama production department of [Light and Shadow Era]? !

"Thank you for your trust, Director Wu. I will definitely take this project seriously!" Li Jichang agreed without hesitation and signed an employment agreement with Wu Yuan on the spot.

From today on, he is a member of the TV series department of Light and Shadow Times Film and Television Production Company. If "Fated to Love You" can succeed, he will be promoted to the head of the department!

Li Jichang is also a vigorous and resolute person. He is in his thirties and is in the period of forging ahead.

After getting the scripts and story outlines of the first six episodes from Wu Yuan, he went home and read them over and over again five or six times, and immediately began to call up his old brothers.

The crew of "The Sky of Eighteen Years Old" was quickly called up by him again.

Although this TV series was not sold, the crew members were not affected. Now it is a blue ocean in the TV series industry. Hengdian, Beijing, and Shanghai are shooting TV series everywhere.

But Li Jichang called back almost 80% of the crew members with just one phone call.

There is no other reason. Li Jichang has the title of "Light and Shadow Times". Even the crew members are thinking about going further. The work of the TV crew is obviously not as high-end as the film crew.

They also want to enter the film field from the TV series field.

Li Jichang recruited TV crew members under the name of "Light and Shadow Era", but he should not be too relaxed.

He not only recruited people from the old team of "The Sky of Eighteen Years Old", but also poached people from the crews of many urban dramas in the mainland.

In less than half a month, he formed an 80-person TV crew.

With the past resumes of the crew members, Li Jichang found Wu Yuan again.

"Director Wu, the crew has been prepared."

Looking at this crew list, Wu Yuan was very satisfied.

Li Jichang really put in a lot of effort.

Apart from the staff of "The Sky of Eighteen Years Old", he also poached a group of elites.

The lighting engineer who had lit the crew of "The Talented Man and the Beautiful Woman", the sound engineer who had carried the recording rod for the crew of "Pink Girl", and the costume designer of "It's All Angels' Trouble".

It can be said that there are many talents.

And he also listed several candidates for directors for the crew.

"Why, Director Li doesn't plan to direct this TV series himself?" Wu Yuan asked curiously.

Logically speaking, Li Jichang should be able to see that this TV series will be a big hit if it is well made, right?

Wu Yuan didn't know that not everyone has such a strong ability to withstand pressure as he does.

It was precisely because Li Jichang could see that this TV series would be a big hit if it was done well that he didn't have the courage to direct it himself. After all, he was just a new director who had filmed one TV series.

He was really afraid that if he filmed it himself, he would mess up the TV series, which would ruin his future and financial prospects.

"Director Wu, I think the position of producer is more suitable for me." Li Jichang said shyly.

"Okay, then I will call you Producer Li in the future." Wu Yuan readily looked at the list of directors he recommended.

Meng Ji, representative works include "It's All Angels' Trouble", "Wulin Waishi" and "Starry Pig Bajie". Li Jichang should have valued his filming of "It's All Angels' Trouble".

Jiang Jiajun, the director of "The Talented Man and the Beautiful Woman", is a TV director from Hong Kong Island, but he went north to the mainland to make a living early. In the late 1990s, he began to move from Hong Kong to the mainland to shoot TV series.

He does not have the bad habits of Hong Kong Island film directors and is a fairly competent director.

In addition, Li Jichang also recommended a director named Zhu Yi, who was the director of "Sex and the City" and was also a director with achievements in idol dramas.

After Wu Yuan looked back and forth at the resumes of these three people, he decided to use Jiang Jiajun.

"You can contact Director Jiang Jiajun in the name of the company and invite him to direct "Fated to Love You"."

Compared with the other two directors, Jiang Jiajun had filmed "The Talented Man and the Beautiful Woman", which was originally an idol drama about a domineering president meeting Cinderella, and he had rich experience in this area.

If you want stability, he is definitely the most suitable choice.

"Okay." Li Jichang agreed without hesitation, he was eager for Wu Yuan to make the decision.

"What about the leading actor?" Li Jichang asked again with some trepidation.

In addition to the director, he also listed the list of candidates for each role from the perspective of the producer.

The male lead Ji Cunxi: Chen Kun, Lu Yi, Bao Jianfeng, Ren Quan, Nie Yuan, Sha Yi.

Yes, Sha Yi is also on Li Jichang's list of candidates.

He is now a well-known young man in the mainland, the school idol of the Military Art Academy. With the role of the son-in-law Sha Pingwei in "Marrying the Wrong Man", he has become the dream lover of thousands of women.

Although "The Story of the Kitchen Team" made him embark on the road of comedy, Li Jichang still wanted to give him a chance.

However, Wu Yuan didn't think so.

Holding a ballpoint pen, he immediately crossed out Sha Yi's name, and then crossed out Bao Jianfeng's name.

Bao Jianfeng is quite handsome, but too short, not suitable for playing a domineering boss.

Chen Kun didn't have much to hesitate. He didn't shoot TV series much now, focusing on the film market. In the second half of the year, he will join the crew of "Painted Skin", so Wu Yuan also crossed out his name.

Among the remaining people, Lu Yi, Ren Quan, and Nie Yuan are all popular TV actors, and each of them is handsome in their own way.

After thinking for a while, Wu Yuan circled Lu Yi's name, "Contact Lu Yi first, he is the first choice. If he is not available, then contact Nie Yuan."

Lu Yi originally played the overbearing CEO Qiu Shi in "The Beauty and the Boss", and has left the impression of a domineering CEO to the mainland audience.

Just like Ming Dao in Taiwan, as long as he appears on TV, people will think of the word "CEO".

He is definitely the most suitable choice.

"What about the heroine?" Li Jichang continued to ask while recording.

"The heroine." Wu Yuan looked at the list of candidates listed by Li Jichang, and it was called dazzling.

Li Xiaolu, Huang Yi, An Yixuan, Dong Jie, Xue Jianing...

How to say it, Wu Yuan is not very satisfied.

It feels that none of them have the energetic temperament of Chen Xinyi in the play.

The heroine of this play cannot be the kind of beauty that you see at first sight, because the heroine is set to be an ordinary girl, and she must not be too beautiful.

But you can't really choose a girl with ordinary looks, after all, this is an idol drama.

From the perspective of later generations, this kind of heroine is an ordinary girl, a Cinderella character, so it is suitable to find a sweet girl to play it.

For example, Xue Shanshan played by Zhao Xiaodao in "Shan Shan Comes to Eat" is a classic casting.

It is definitely nonsense to say that she is not beautiful, but her appearance in the play is at most a little sweet girl next door, not a great beauty, and not as beautiful as the female supporting role.

It is absolutely very suitable for her to play Chen Xinyi in "Fated to Love You".

It's a pity that Zhao Liying is still unknown now. She didn't make her debut until 2006 after the "Yahoo Star Search" talent show.

Wu Yuan had to settle for the second best and thought of another person.

"Hey, producer Li, I think the heroine of your "The Sky of Eighteen Years Old" is pretty good."

Wu Yuan smiled and said, "The little girl named Jinsha is quite suitable for the role of Chen Xinyi."

"She looks sweet, like a little girl next door, but not too pretty, which makes people feel distant."

"If she wears glasses and an ordinary uniform, she will fit the image of a sticky note girl."

"Jinsha." Li Jichang thought about it and nodded in agreement. Jinsha is indeed very suitable in terms of image.

However, "After Jinsha finished filming "The Sky of Eighteen Years Old", because the TV series has not been broadcast, she changed her career to become a singer."

"Last year, she signed a contract with Haidie Music. She was the first mainland singer signed by Haidie Music. After signing, she was sent to a music college in Singapore for special training."

"She should still be in Singapore now."

Jinsha was unlucky. She finally made her debut as an actress, but her debut film could not be broadcast.

After many twists and turns, she went to shoot a singer's MV and was finally spotted by a music company. She was signed and sent for training.

But Wu Yuan didn't care about that. He said indifferently: "It is very difficult to be a singer in this era of fierce competition in the music industry."

"Go contact her and invite her to return to the mainland to film a TV series."

"She is a newcomer. I invite her to play the heroine in the company's TV series. How can her agency not agree?"

Wu Yuan is absolutely confident to say this. In the current mainland entertainment industry, no actor can refuse his invitation.

Li Jichang's back straightened up immediately.

Yes, he is different now. He is now a person in the era of light and shadow. People who work for Wu Yuan are still afraid of not being able to invite actors?

"I understand. I will contact Jinsha now!" Li Jichang said confidently.

Wu Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

After the casting of the male and female protagonists is determined, the other supporting roles will be easy to choose.

The beautiful and confident second female lead, Chen Hao is obviously the most suitable, she is very suitable for playing this kind of beautiful second female lead.

Wu Yuan chose Ren Quan for the second male lead, he has a kind of gentle temperament, and his image in a suit is not much inferior to Chen Chuhe.

As for other role actors, there are many veteran actors in the mainland, and it is a waste of talent to use them to play idol dramas.

So far, the main creative team of the crew of "Fated to Love You" was finalized during the conversation between Wu Yuan and Li Jichang.

Except for the director, the entire crew, the leading actors, and the supporting actors are all from the mainland!

I will post one chapter first, and the next chapter will be posted before 12 o'clock.