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Upon hearing this setting, Elder Wen immediately became interested.Regardless of the work next door, he sat down in front of Director Xu and urged, "The story of this historical background is rare, Director Xu, please tell me more in detail."

Xiao Ke also found the story novel and looked at him expectantly.

Southwest United Encyclopedia is called Southwest United University. It is the most famous school among the dozen or so colleges and universities that moved from North China and the coastal area to Province Y during the War of Resistance Against Japan in order to avoid the flames of war and inherit the essence of Chinese culture. It is composed of Tsinghua University and Nankai University.

There are very few film and television works filming this period of history in China. Director Xu was tired of watching the setting that every spy war must go to the beach. After receiving the mission, he asked someone to write this book.Several old buddies in the industry said that he was a coward, and he would not shoot genres that would make money without losing money, but wanted to challenge and test the water.

Although he didn't want to change his mind, he still felt pressured.Seeing that both of them are interested now, it feels like meeting a bosom friend.

He quickly cleared his throat, "Professor Wen, you can call me Xiao Xu. This story happened in 1938. A Liyuan master was assassinated. Before the accident, he took the lead in raising a sum of military expenses for our party. After the sacrifice, the sum The whereabouts of a huge amount of military expenditures are unknown. The investigation by Japan and Special Affairs found that during the time when the master was running around to raise money, he had borrowed a set of ancient solitary "The Meeting of Heroes" from the university in b city, and suspected that there might be clues to military expenditures hidden in it. At this time, b The City University has moved south to City C, and then to City K, and all the precious books in the library were taken away, so two spies were sent to investigate. The Chongqing side also sent spies after getting wind of it."

Xiao Ke's history book has just read the Tang Dynasty, and his understanding of modern history is only superficial. He only knows the basics of the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War and the five years of the Civil War, but he listened very attentively.The rise of any dynasty is full of magnificent waves, fighting openly and secretly, not to mention the modern era, which is more beautiful and bizarre than the description of ancient fairyland.Although Director Xu only gave an outline, he could already imagine how tense and delicate the situation was at that time.

He couldn't help asking: "Director Xu, the character you recommended to me should be a soldier in the play, not a traitor, right?"

"Of course it's a soldier." Director Xu glared at him. "Although this master is a leader in Liyuan and has been obsessed with Peking Opera all his life, he still thinks that opera actors are low-ranking. The master only has one relative left. He doesn't want his grandson to follow his old path. Taking advantage of the rising trend of studying abroad, I sent him to study in France, hoping that he would be an innocent scholar. My grandson joined a progressive society abroad. Although he has not yet joined the party and does not know the inside story, he can roughly guess it when he sees the news that his grandfather was killed. What happened. He gave up his studies and returned to the country alone to avenge his grandfather, followed Rite's clues, and also came to K City."

Old Wen interjected, "Then, he joined Southwest Associated University?"

"The process was a bit tortuous. Listen to me. The male second didn't know the details. After arriving in City K, he still secretly tracked and investigated Rite to see what the other party wanted. But the situation in City K was complicated at that time. There is an influx of asylum seekers, and it is one of the main commercial ports in China, with embassies of countries such as the United States, Britain, France, and the Netherlands, and many foreigners do business here."

As he said that, Director Xu handed over two copies of the old black and white photos that were printed out, and showed them to Mr. Wen and Xiao Ke.

"In short, the forces of various parties have laid many bright lines and dark lines, and the situation is complicated. The two Japanese special agents disguised themselves as cleaners and failed to steal the books. They were afraid of attracting the attention of other forces, so they changed their appearances and pretended to be people who had returned from studying in Japan. He settled down and opened an old bookstore in front of the school, waiting for an opportunity. The second boy pretended to be a descendant of the Liyuan who had fled to the south, persuaded the teacher to obtain the qualification to study in the Liyuan, and used his identity as a disciple of the Liyuan to participate in various gatherings of celebrities who had escaped. With the eyes of the people, he has made a name for himself, and caught up with two Japanese specials in an open and honest manner, and asked him for help."

Director Xu also handed the script to Xiao Ke: "The story will be even more tortuous in the future. This is the fifth episode of the script, and there will be more than 30 episodes in the future. In the end, the male second assisted the male protagonist to find the script. And deciphered the above code to get back the military expenses, and successfully sent it to our party. After that, the two continued to stay in City K to carry out secret work until the liberation of the whole country."

Hearing this, Elder Wen lightly flicked the old photo in his hand.It was a street photo taken from above. Foreigners with high noses and deep eyes were clearly distinguishable from locals with soft faces, strolling and trading in the streets in twos and threes.From the side, it proved that K City at that time was indeed complicated and undercurrents were surging.

After thinking for a moment, Elder Wen said: "Your story is very good. It not only connects the major national events at that time, but also indirectly tells the other side of the refuge in the southwest rear. However, will the second male lead played by Xiao Xiao be too brilliant?" , overwhelmed the hero?"

"No, each has its own characteristics. Xiao Xiao's character is characterized by two words: stability and forbearance. But sometimes he endures too much and restrains himself, so he needs a more enthusiastic male lead to enlighten him. The male lead has been around since childhood. I grew up in France, passionate and romantic, but also meticulous and patient. In this way, the two characters are complementary and old acquaintances."

Director Xu took out another character profile and introduced: "The male protagonist is an underground party, Daji. During the meeting, I got to know the male second and agreed to develop him into the party. But the two haven't met yet, and they separated because of the master's death. Head back to China. More than ten years ago, the French built the railway in K City. The male protagonist pretended to be the adopted son of the French engineer at that time. He returned to China to find his roots and live for a while. Because of his recommendation, he worked in the National Government to do propaganda. War work, and the United Nations. Contact. The male second thought he was a traitor at first, but after several misunderstandings, the two recognized each other and fought hand in hand."

Elder Wen said to Xiao Ke: "Why do I listen, you, the second male lead, have done all the work of the female lead?"

"Brotherhood." As a prince who grew up watching all kinds of war romances, Xiao Ke felt that it was normal.

"That's right, Xiao Xiao understands it right, it's brotherhood." Director Xu took a sip of the cold tea, moistened his throat, and continued: "In the past, most of the spy wars took the hero as a lone wolf, I can’t recognize my partner until I die. This time I want to make a breakthrough, downplay the love between children, highlight the brotherhood, and shoot a story of fighting side by side. Xiao Xiao, your character’s play is probably like this, and the proportion of the play is about four About Cheng, how about it, would you like to join?"

"Of course." Xiao Ke said without hesitation.

At the beginning, he came here for Director Xu's sign, but after listening to the introduction of the whole book, he became more interested in the script.Even if it wasn't directed by Director Xu, he would still be willing to act in it.

"Okay, refreshing!" Director Xu was so happy that he drank all the herbal tea as if it were beer.

Director Xu is indeed quite satisfied with being able to invite Xiao Ke.To be honest, he was really afraid that Xiao Ke would not want to accept TV dramas again.Nowadays, once many niche actors have participated in a movie, no matter what the box office of the movie is, they are unwilling to return to the TV industry, feeling that they have lost their status.The film that Xiao Ke participated in has just joined the [-] million yuan club. If he wants to focus on the development of the film industry, he does have this capital.

In a good mood, Director Xu couldn't help but talk about the process of "eating the grass", "Xiao Xiao, we have known each other for eleven or twelve years. To put it bluntly, you are a good seedling, and you were quite smart when you were young." But somehow, when I didn’t see you for a while, you suddenly became restrained and unable to let go of yourself, which is a big taboo for actors. Fortunately, you have finally recovered your aura now. In fact, your film I didn’t plan to watch the movie at first, but then I saw a drink bottle with your photo printed on it at my niece’s house, so I went to the theater. As soon as you appeared on the screen, I knew that this character had to find you, Others would never be able to act. Later, I looked through the reports during the filming period and found that you were still so down-to-earth. I thought it was a misunderstanding last time, but I almost missed you because of it. Thinking about it now, I am really scared."

After hearing the director's words, Xiao Ke suddenly touched something, and said calmly: "Director, I want to explain to you about that misunderstanding."

Director Xu sighed: "I was too impulsive to talk about this matter. I always feel that you have worked hard all the way, even though it was not smooth. So that day you were three hours late for the audition, and when you answered the phone, you squeaked. If I refused to explain clearly why, I was so disappointed that I got so angry and directly disqualified you. Now that you think about it, you must have a hard time."

In this way, the original Xiao Ke was brushed off before seeing Director Xu's face.Director Xu didn't know what happened in the middle, and it seemed that he had to look elsewhere for clues.

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Ke asked, "Director Xu, have you heard of the name Wanhua?"