Chapter 479: Which White Snake should I choose?

After Zhou Xiang returned, what kind of arduous considerations did he go through, and what kind of agreement he finally reached with Yang Hongxia, Lin Fan didn't know, nor did he care.

Just like Liang Wen, he was so obsessed with the editing of A Chinese Ghost Story that he missed several important meetings of the Legend of White Snake project. Then, Liu Zhengyan, who was eager to protect his wife, came in person and dug Lin Fan out of the editing room.

Lin Fan was still confused: "Teacher Liu, why are you here?"

Liu Zhengyan sneered: "If I don't come, have you forgotten that you still have a concert to rehearse? Have you forgotten that you still have a TV series to finalize the actors? Have you forgotten that you still have to participate in the character image design and location scouting?"

You've been hiding away and not doing anything, making my wife busy all the time. I haven't seen her for several days. If I don't come and pull you out to do the work, are you going to tire my wife to death?

Liu Zhengyan didn't say anything, but Lin Fan understood immediately: "Ah, yes! So I'm so busy!"

Liu Zhengyan's hands immediately itched: "You know you're busy, why don't you hurry up and get to work!"

Is this old man who has finally come back to his old age so resentful? Don't mess with me!

Under Liu Zhengyan's "coercion", Lin Fan reluctantly left the editing room, left his beloved Xiaoqian, and threw himself into the arms of the beautiful White Snake... Ugh! I said it wrong, start over.

Participate in the "Legend of White Snake" project.

The biggest problem with this project right now is who will be the female lead?

Hu Yuhua's opinion on this is: "This drama needs a female lead with charisma to drive the initial data. I have seen the resumes submitted for the open interview and there is no actress who can compete with Li Man and Su Tong. Therefore, unless you have to give up the charisma of the female lead, I do not recommend choosing the female lead from other actors."

To put it in today's terms, "Legend of the White Snake" is a drama with a strong female lead. To be honest, the male lead's role is not comparable to that of the female lead, and it feels even less than that of Xiaoqing. Therefore, the female lead has to shoulder the responsibility of the ratings of the entire drama, and both Li Man and Su Tong can take on this responsibility.

Hu Yuhua felt that the heroine could choose one of them and did not need to wait for the public interview before making a decision.

But Hu Yuhua's words don't count, Lin Fan is the one with the veto power.

As soon as he said this, Lin Fan thought of Li Man and Su Tong's performance on the day of the audition.

To be honest, Lin Fan was more optimistic about Su Tong at the beginning, because Su Tong was a student of opera and had a more classical appearance and temperament. Li Man was more beautiful and had not studied opera. Lin Fan was not sure if she could grasp the charm of the original White Snake.

But when it came to the audition, Lin Fan saw a tenacity and a spirit of continuous learning and improvement in Li Man.

Su Tong’s performance was also very good. After all, her acting skills were there and her personal foundation was good, so Lin Fan found it difficult to choose between Li Man and Su Tong.

And what Hu Yuhua said is right. The female lead is the one who carries the viewership. Unless she is perfectly suitable for the role in all aspects, it is better to choose one of them.

But it’s really hard to choose between these two.

So Lin Fan decided to add a scene: "Sister Yuhua, let me sing a short segment, and you send it to Sister Man and Sister Tong, and let them lip-sync and perform the segment according to their own understanding. Record a video and show us the effect."

Hu Yuhua: "...I hope they can understand what you mean."

Without any explanation, just give them a aria and ask them to perform, what are they supposed to perform? What if Li Man and Su Tong misunderstand that this aria is background music and perform a complex transformation of the characters' inner emotions? Lin Fan said: "Then I will just give them a little hint."

Hu Yuhua really thinks that Lin Fan is as bad as Liu Zhengyan!

Oh, man!

…

So, Li Man and Su Tong received the song sung by Lin Fan almost at the same time, with a prompt attached: Meet in Suzhou.

A bunch of question marks popped up in Riemann's mind: "What does this mean?"

The agent tried to do some reading comprehension: "Sister Yuhua said that this is a aria written by Lin Fan for this play, and she wants you to perform the heroine's current state based on the aria."

Riemann understood, but said, "I have only heard the theme song, interlude, and character song. What is the aria?"

The agent shrugged and said he didn't know either.

"Forget it, let's listen to this aria first and see what it's about!"

The agent readily clicked on the audio and heard a melody that was elegant and classical, as well as a hint of an indescribable lingering feeling, floating out.

Then came a song with a traditional Huangmei tune, but with a distinct difference:

"You are indeed a good man. You are a gentleman with an open mind.

Be upright in conduct

Ji Bu, your promise is worth a thousand gold——"

The singing voice is gentle and affectionate, and every woman who hears it feels that a female singer who can sing such a voice must be a gentle and elegant woman, looking at her beloved with affectionate eyes, in order to sing such a moving voice.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The manager also found it very pleasant to listen to: "What kind of song is this? It sounds a bit like Huangmei Opera, but not entirely. It also doesn't sound like an interlude or an inner monologue. What does Lin Fan want to express?"

Riemann also had a lot of questions in his mind.

Then, a cheerful male voice came out, as if responding to the previous female voice: "The world is looking for me My wife is my soulmate

No matter how high the mountain is,

For my sake, Xu Hanwen——"

It sounds nice, but the agent looked at Riemann blankly: "Is this a duet?"

Li Man's eyes also turned into mosquito coils: "Is it...?"

…

On the other side, Su Tong and her agent faced the same test. After listening to the song, the two of them sat silently on both sides of the sofa, staring at the mobile phone placed in the middle with heavy eyes, speechless for a moment.

After a while, Su Tong rubbed her forehead and spoke: "What exactly does this Lin Fan mean? These singing parts, there are men and women, is it a duet? Or a psychological activity? Or background music? What does he want me to perform?"

The manager was also troubled: "I asked Sister Yuhua about this aria, and it was created by Lin Fan alone. She didn't tell me how to use it."

"So what should we do now?"

"No big deal! Just follow your usual acting habits and use this aria as background music or inner monologue. Just use the lyrics to guess what the heroine's state should be. I think this aria is not long, so it shouldn't be difficult to perform."

Su Tong nodded: "This is the only way. I will try to figure out the character's psychology first, and you can help me record it later."

"good."

So, the next day Lin Fan received the performance video sent back by Li Man and Su Tong.

(End of this chapter)