Jay Chou and Fang Wenshan looked at the music scores in their hands and looked at each other a little.

Fang Wenshan was more courageous and asked: "Mr. Ye, why did you think of writing a Hokkien song?"

Jay Chou also nodded curiously and looked at Ye Fan.

When Ye Fan heard Fang Wenshan ask him this question, he couldn't bear to tell him the real situation, which made him feel that he was worth the price of a song.

So Ye Fan said casually: "Last time at the Golden Melody Awards, brother Xiao Qi said that I could win the best new artist. I didn't believe it, so I made a bet with him. In the end, I lost. The bet was a song."

"I have finished the song during this time, but I want to sing it in Hokkien, which I really don't understand, so it makes more sense for you to write the lyrics for Brother Xiao Qi."

When Fang Wenshan heard that he was related to Brother Xiao Qi, it was not surprising. Now the whole Bayan knows that the two have a good relationship.

But judging from this situation, the relationship between the two should be better than others imagined. You must know that Ye Fan has written songs for others only a handful of times.

For Jay Chou's album, Ye Fan only wrote lyrics for him.

Jay Chou knew the real situation, but he would definitely not tell Fang Wenshan the truth at this time.

Jay Chou was very curious about the music score at this time. Hokkien is a dialect of Wanwan, which he and Fang Wenshan are both good at.

None of them thought that one day Ye Fan wanted to write a Hokkien song, and Jay Chou started humming to the music score.

Fang Wenshan was also shaking his head while listening to the tune hummed by Jay Chou, thinking about what words to use.

After Jay Chou finished humming, he liked the melody of the song very much and asked excitedly: "Brother Fan, have you named this song? I feel very vicissitudes of life when I listen to this melody."

Fang Wenshan continued: "Not only is it due to the vicissitudes of life, I feel more open-minded after hearing it, but I also think it is better to sing this song with a Jianghu tone, which is indeed suitable for Brother Xiao Qi."

Ye Fan couldn't help but look at Fang Wenshan twice, because what he said was very correct. No wonder he could write so many good words, and Fang Wenshan also had a good sense of music.

Ye Fan said: "The song is called "The Prodigal Son Returns". You have already seen the song. You will fill in the lyrics. You can sign it together when the time comes."

Jay Chou nodded obediently. He thought what Ye Fan said was very reasonable.

Fang Wenshan asked: "Mr. Ye, you should have thought about the lyrics of this song. Can you tell us the Mandarin version so that we can refer to it and have a direction?"

Of course Ye Fan knows the lyrics and how to sing in Hokkien, but if this issue is revealed about whether he can sing or speak Hokkien, it will be a lot of fun.

This is also the reason why Ye Fan asked the two of them to write lyrics. Even under his influence, the lyrics cannot be exactly the same as the original version.

No problem.

So Ye Fan talked about some of the Mandarin lyrics of "The Prodigal Son Returns" to express his creative ideas for the song and the extension direction of the lyrics.

After hearing this, Fang Wenshan murmured: "Light up cigarettes one by one..."

Jay Chou also sang this line along with the melody in Minnan dialect, and his eyes couldn't help but light up.

The two glanced at each other and instantly understood that the other had an idea. Without even saying hello to Ye Fan, Jay Chou and Fang Wenshan ran into the studio with the music scores and started writing lyrics.

Ye Fan didn't care when he saw this, he understood that this was their character, and as long as he helped him to master the Hokkien words, he also had an explanation for Brother Xiao Qi.

After all, Ye Fan promised Xiao Qi that after Xiao Qi helped Ye Fan find the lyricist he needed, Ye Fan would help him write a song.

Now that the person has been found, Ye Fan can't break his promise, because he heard from Xiao Qi that the Rolling Stones are planning to strike while the iron is hot and release another album for him in December, and are currently collecting songs for him.

After much thought, Ye Fan still felt that the song "The Prodigal Son Returns" was very suitable for Xiao Qi. The Jianghu tone of singing was exactly Xiao Qi's style, wasn't it?

Moreover, this Hokkien song will definitely be popular in Wanwan, and it should also have a certain influence in the mainland, but it will definitely not pose any threat to Ye Fan. Ye Fan made a good calculation.

After arranging this matter, Ye Fan was ready to go to Shengtian Company. Today was already the 18th, and the casting process for "Love Through Time" had already begun.

Although the protagonist has been determined, other roles still need to be selected, because the filming took place several years ago, and many of the original actors may not be available.

Therefore, the casting had to be re-selected. For example, Ye Fan really didn't expect who would play Zhu Yuanzhang.

It’s not that there are no suitable actors to play the emperor. The key point is that this drama is a comedy. Let’s not forget about the inconsistency of finding an actor who has played the emperor in a serious drama to play the emperor in a comedy.

Ye Fan thought about it and came up with three people, the original teacher Sun Baoguang, Zhu Shimao and Li Liqun.

Li Geng also recognized these three people and contacted these people during this period.

Ye Fan came over at noon to learn more about the results of Li Geng's contact. After listening to Li Geng's words, Ye Fan could only say that it was God's will.

Zhu Shimao received a call from Li Geng. When he heard that he was going to act in a TV series, he refused, saying that he was very busy.

But Li Geng had inquired about it. It wasn't until he didn't have much work now that he inquired quietly and found out that he and Chen Peisi were indeed very busy now.

Li Geng told Ye Fan that he had found out that there were many CDs by Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao for sale in the market.

They didn't know what was going on, so they bought all these discs, and Li Geng also bought some. When they went back and looked at it, they found that it was a collection of sketches by the two of them.

After inquiring about the situation of Zhu Shimao and the two of them, Li Geng knew that there must be something wrong, and it was probably related to the authorities. The risk of letting him play the role of Zhu Yuanzhang was very high.

Ye Fan understood what was going on as soon as he heard it. The reason why Teacher Chen was banned appeared. In the film and television market at this time, the official status was still very high.

So sometimes the officials don't care much about what the actors think, and they will sell your skits if they want to make money, but when they encounter Mr. Chen who is stubborn about it.

Teacher Chen sued the official in anger. Although the official lost the case and lost some face, his future was ended.

The official ban was no joke. Thinking of this, Ye Fan nodded and gave Teacher Zhu a PASS.

As for Li Liqun, Li Geng's brother, when Li Geng contacted him, he was currently filming the movie "Black Gold" and could not spare time to film a TV series in the mainland.

Sun Baoguang, who was finally contacted, not only had time, but was also emotionally interested in the TV series. At this time, he was working as a professor in the Department of Military Performance and Directing.

That's right, it's the school where the "school idol" was born. Although Sun Baoguang is not a popular actor, he has good acting skills, seniority, and is of the right age.

Seeing that Li Geng liked him more, Ye Fan had no objection. After all, he was the one who played the role of Zhu Yuanzhang in the original version.

Concubine Ji Shu decided to leave the role of Liu Xiaoli and Xiaobei to Liu Zige to play Zhu Di's loyal servant. Ye Fan found it quite interesting.

Huang Zicheng asked Huang Bo to play the role, and most of the other roles were chosen from the acting departments of China Opera and Beijing Film Academy.
Chapter completed!