mousepad-d2 Chapter 1 Audition
Chapter 1 Audition
June 2017, 6, 8:10 am. It rained lightly in the middle of the night in City A last night. At this time, the clouds had not dispersed, and the temperature had not risen very quickly. The air was slightly cool.
In Huatian's studio, the famous director Li Youen was sitting at his desk, pinching the bridge of his nose wearily. There were four or five file folders spread out in front of him, one of which was half opened.
Assistant Xiao Su tiptoed in and filled his cup with hot water.
"Tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, the audition for the male number three, is everything arranged?" Li Youen pressed his hand on his temple again, and asked without opening his eyes.
"Director, Manager Wang and the others are still calling to invite those actors. Until just now, I heard that... none of them wanted to come..." Xiao Su replied hesitantly. This is unprecedented!
"Huh?" Li Youen opened his eyes, a little confused. "what happened?"
Without exception, the dramas directed by Li Youen have both good reputation and high ratings. No matter how big-name actors are invited to audition for his dramas, they will almost never miss it unless the schedule is really unavailable.What's more, this "Heroes Together" has been in preparation for seven years, and it has become popular before filming. The auditions for male one and male two are full, why is there no one for male three?
"Don't they think the role is too small?" Generally, it is not a role that is open to the public to audition, but the crew invites a few more suitable actors to audition with makeup and then chooses the most suitable candidate for the role.The role of Male No. [-] is big or small. It is most suitable for a newcomer to participate in the role. Manager Wang also discussed several candidates with him before. He saw the life photos of those actors and felt that the temperament was quite suitable. .
Xiao Su quickly glanced at the director and said, "It's because the male number three is ugly!"
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Xiao Su recalled that when the reporter interviewed Li Youen yesterday about the casting highlights of the TV series "United Heroes", the famous director said to more than a dozen microphones: "The most difficult thing should be the casting of the third male lead, because The character of the male third is ugly, but we all know that the entertainment industry is full of beauties."
This is true, and quite entertaining.Reluctantly, someone asked: "Then how do you plan to choose the director?"
Then the straightforward director replied: "So I cast the cast based on my life photos!" The reporters roared with laughter.
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At that time, Xiao Su was looking at Manager Wang's collapsed expression, and she expected the situation like today. You said that the male number three was ugly, and you said that you had to look at the photos in your life to cast the role. Didn't it mean that you were chosen? Just an ugly monster?Although the entertainment industry lacks opportunities, newcomers rely on their appearance to make their debut. How can they sell their appearance after positioning themselves as ugly for a role?
Li Youen also wanted to understand the key point, and asked Xiao Su to call Manager Wang over.
Manager Wang is a capable female employee, and she has already experienced it when she meets a director like Li Youen who can't speak well, chokes and speaks viciously.As soon as I arrived at this time, I told Li Youen: "I originally agreed to the audition, but just called again to communicate with them, and they were all rejected. Now there are two plans, one is to invite famous acting seniors in the circle to audition, and the other is to invite them to audition. Sprinkle hero stickers widely and find a needle in a haystack."
The disadvantages of these two schemes are also obvious.The age of the famous seniors in the circle does not match, and there is much less room for the famous people to be refined.But if you invite auditions to the general public, there must be a mix of good and bad people, and the workload will be doubled.
Li Youen chose the second option without hesitation, and said, "Remember to send an invitation to the counselors of the A Film Acting Department and tell them that students who have not graduated can come to audition."
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The class group of the graduating class of the A Film Acting Department posted three new notices, and the counselor capitalized and bolded "Say the important thing three times", and then posted a message about the third male audition of "Heroes Together", and @all members, A long list of "received" replies follows.
Then the class group without a counselor became lively, wondering how such a famous director would come to their school to recruit people.A well-informed person laughed three times and said, "I know the reason." Then he posted yesterday's interview with Li Youen, and everyone saw what they didn't understand. This director Li Youen wrote in capitals to kill himself!
Cheng Cheng, who sells news: "Is anyone going to audition?" He is the one who posted the interview video.
The group was silent for half a minute, and the squad leader said: "Those who have no prospects for the time being can try it, maybe it will become a hit. If there are prospects, let it be. Don't label it ugly. In a few years, you will say you have plastic surgery." He said. After a pause, he said, "Wang Qiang, you can go!"
Different from the silence just now, the group now agrees.As the name suggests, Wang Qiang is 1.8 meters tall, with fair skin, a slightly fat body, and a round face.To put it mildly, it’s called ugly, but in layman’s terms it’s an earthen hammer. The key point is that he is still a rich second generation—it’s not that there are no rich second generations in the class, but the style of painting is completely different.There hasn't been one in the entire acting department like him for several years, and it has been rumored for four years that he used money to invest in A movies.Therefore, among these echoes, there is a lot of ridicule and semi-sour.
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Wang Qiang didn't see the news in the group, at the moment he was eating a popsicle, and happened to be scrolling through Weibo's audition notice for "Heroes Together".
"The male number three, Ma Chao, has an ugly appearance. He is the earliest follower of the male number one, a childhood partner and a loyal general after he grew up. Please audition personnel to prepare to perform the following plots: [-]. The male number one is trapped by the enemy, and Ma Chao is brave Come to the rescue; two, the two failed to break through, and Ma Chao was captured after breaking through; three, Ma Chao was bullied when he was a teenager, and the male number one rescued him. You can choose one of the three plots and play freely."
This audition notice did not limit various rules and regulations like other audition notices. It only said that if you are interested, please contact Huatian Studio to arrange an audition time.
Wang Qiang has also heard of the Huatian studio mentioned in it.It is the studio of the famous director Li Youen. Li Youen is a professional director. He has not made a bad film so far. There are even Huatian productions on the Internet, which must be praised as high-quality products.This is also related to Li Youen's personality. He insists on not using artists with high salaries, claiming that he doesn't care about the popularity of popular artists, and he doesn't encourage the unhealthy trend of high salaries in the entertainment industry, so his dramas have the fastest newcomers.
When he said this for the first time, there was a lot of ridicule on the Internet, but the ratings and word of mouth proved himself.By now everyone has gotten used to his little persistence. Many first-line artists would rather lower their salaries in order to film his dramas.
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Wang Qiang closed the Weibo page casually.
On the computer desktop, there was a photo of him and his father looking at him gently.
He looked at his father in the photo, as if he heard what his father said in his ear:
"Xiaoqiang, you will definitely become a big star."
"Xiaoqiang, Dad only wants you to be happy..."
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Wang Qiang only hesitated for a few seconds, then opened the Weibo again, and he called the reserved phone number. The other party asked him a few basic questions, and then asked, "Why do you think you are suitable to play Ma Chao?"
Wang Qiang: "I'm ugly!"
Xiao Su: "..." This honesty is a bit like a director!
Xiao Su: "Tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, please come to Huatian Studio for an audition interview. I will send you a text message invitation later, please check."
"Okay, thank you." After Wang Qiang finished speaking, he waited for the other party to hang up the phone, opened WeChat casually, and saw a long list of messages in the class group.
Of course, I also saw the message from the squad leader calling him to audition. The squad leader may not have malicious intentions when he said this, and others may not. However, Wang Qiang didn't care about the ridicule of those people. Look at the group again.
After a while, the squad leader singled him out to cheer him on.Wang Qiang returned a thank you.Immediately afterwards, Cheng Cheng also came to praise him, and said that after he became popular, he should take care of his business more, and said that he hoped that the two would have the opportunity to cooperate.Wang Qiang was a little baffled. Cheng Cheng had been helping his classmates two years earlier. At first, it was just a trick for what the drama wanted. With this slowly developing, I heard that I also plan to set up a brokerage studio.Many students joked that they wanted to sign with his studio, but they were all distracted by Cheng Cheng.
Now that he took the initiative to bring up this topic, could it be that he wanted to sign himself?
Wang Qiang shook his head, pressing down on this ridiculous thought. The acting department is full of talented students. Cheng Cheng gave up those high-quality and good-looking seed players. Would he still fall in love with such a shabby, playful character? boy?
He replied thank you as usual.
Just at this time, he received a text message from Huatian Studio. Wang Qiang clicked on it to read it. He searched the map according to the address above, determined the route for tomorrow, and threw the phone aside casually.
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Early the next morning, Wang Qiang was woken up by the alarm clock, and he went downstairs to have breakfast—there was a nanny at home, and Wang Qiang called her Aunt Wang, who was in her 50s and was a distant relative of his family. Wang Qiang needed someone to be a nanny, so he hired her - drove a car from the garage, and went to Huatian Studio according to the route set yesterday.
He didn't know until he arrived at the scene that there were three auditions for male number three, and he participated in the first one, and there were about 20 people waiting in line.
The three plots set by the staff of "Heroes Together" are not very difficult. The first plot and the second plot are even coherent. The first plot is rather abrupt. From a time point of view, the third plot is likely to be a memory scene, and this plot seems to focus on the performance of the male lead, because it is the male lead who saves Ma Chao.
At the beginning of the audition, as expected, most of them chose the first two plots. Maybe because it was the first audition, the actors did not wear makeup, and there were no supporting roles.Wang Qiang's number plate was relatively late, and he chose plot three, which was more difficult to shine.
It was almost twelve o'clock when it was his turn.Wang Qiang walked into the room. Director Li Youen was sitting directly opposite, and there were two people beside him, one on the left and one on the right.
Li Youen said "Start", and Wang Qiang took a few steps back, squatting in the corner with his head in his arms, his body shaking slightly, as if he was being punched and kicked.Slowly, his shaking stopped, and after a while, he carefully raised his head halfway, looked in front of him, and said "thank you" to the air, as if the other party said something, he hesitated, Nuonuo He didn't dare to say anything, and when the other party said something, his eyes gradually became eagerly expecting, and after a while, he nodded violently, his expression already a little fanatical.He stood up, straightened his clothes, and limped forward a few steps.
Just when everyone thought his performance was over, Wang Qiang listened suddenly, then adjusted his direction, stood sideways, and looked in one direction. His eyes gradually retracted, as if someone had walked in front of him.Wang Qiang looked at his side again, and lowered his head. It turned out that the person who came was looking for the leading man. The two people seemed to be chatting passionately.
At this point, his performance really came to an end.
"Okay!" Li Youen dropped the folder in his hand and stood up, "There is no need to audition for the next one, the male number three has decided on you, what's your name?" He said to Wang Qiang.
"Wang Qiang." Wang Qiang was taken aback by him, no matter how the director thought about it, he just said it.
"Director Li," the person on Li Youen's left spoke up, "Should I think about it again?"
This person is from the investor, Li Youen signaled his assistant Xiao Su to take Wang Qiang out first.When Wang Qiang left, he was still a little dazed.Xiao Su thought he was nervous, comforted him and said, "Don't worry, you are the one chosen by the director, the investor cannot change the director's decision."
Wang Qiang nodded, took the warm water that Xiao Su handed him, and heard Xiao Su say: "You are the one who said you are ugly, right? I remember you, I answered your call yesterday. Your performance just now was very good. Great, can you tell me what you think? Why did you play an extra scene after you cleared the siege?"
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In the office next door, Li Youen was also being questioned by the investor: "Director Li, I have absolutely no intention of distrusting you. Today is only the first audition, and the next two auditions have already been arranged. Why don't you make any decisions yet and wait until all the auditions are over. , and you announce the suitable candidate." Although he said politely, his face was full of disapproval.
"I'm sorry," Li Youen leaned tiredly on the back of the seat, "I didn't go to bed until after three o'clock last night."
Seeing him so tired, the investors were embarrassed to continue to confront him, and could only say, "Director Li, you have worked hard. This is not the first time we have worked together, and we know your ability very well."
"The start-up time is at the end of this month. Everyone is working overtime recently, and I'm not the only one who is tired. Mr. Zhang probably just doesn't understand why I immediately fell in love with Wang Qiang as the male number three! There are three reasons."
"First, his image fits very well. Those who came to the audition today know that the male number three is an ugly character, but most of them still put on exquisite makeup. Second, he is the latest newcomer, a major in acting. Four graduates, but have never taken any dramas or commercials. Without experience, it is easier to create the first role. Third, his professionalism surprised me. Eight points, but the most outstanding thing is his psychological control of the male number three. The male number three finally betrayed his childhood partners and friends. The last part of Wang Qiang's performance seemed insignificant, but it properly showed that the male lead did not particularly like Ma Chao, and when his friends came, he forgot about the boy he had just saved."
Mr. Zhang, the investor, felt that something was wrong. He recalled Li Youen's three reasons carefully, and suddenly asked, "How did Wang Qiang know that the male number three would betray in the end? This is a big burden for this show!"
Li Youen was stunned by the question.That's right, the script is still kept secret, how did Wang Qiang know that Ma Chao would betray, and acted with such precise psychology?
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