The next afternoon, Cheng Xia followed her agent Zhou Yan to the audition site.
The audition was arranged in the conference room on the third floor of the Rongcheng Hotel. The scene was crowded with people. Among them, there were several familiar faces who were the most talked about traffic stars recently. Zhou Yan was a little nervous, she took Cheng Xia to the sign-in office to sign in and get the number plate, and then found a lounge to sit down.
Zhou Yan was just about to tell Cheng Xia not to be nervous for a while, when suddenly, a tall Alpha pushed in the door. Zhou Yan's eyes widened, thinking that she had mistaken the person: "Pei... President Pei? Why are you here!"
Pei Shaoze said lightly: "I happened to be talking about things in this hotel today, and I stopped by to check the situation." He turned his eyes to Cheng Xia, and his voice was gentle: "How are you preparing?"
Cheng Xia smiled and scratched his head: "It's okay."
Pei Shaoze said: "I asked someone to investigate, and some of the Alpha actors who came to audition today are quite popular. The first is Liu Yufei, who has acted in criminal investigation dramas, but his crying is not good, so he has no advantage in playing the role of Xu Ziyang. "
"The second Zhang Chen, a niche student with tens of millions of fans, should have wanted to change from being an idol to a powerful faction, so he wanted to use this drama as a springboard. He was also talking about a big costume drama, so , he will not be 100% devoted and devoted to this criminal investigation drama."
"The third is Liu Zhaoxuan, an actor who has worked with Director Zhu. He is a tough guy. He has participated in gunfights, police and bandit online movies for many times, and his acting skills are not bad, but he is almost 30 years old. The sunshine of graduating students is green…”
Zhou Yan was stunned to hear it beside him!
President Pei's channels and connections are obviously much stronger than her small agent, and she has done her homework too comprehensively. I don't know where I heard so many gossips, and I know all of Cheng Xia's opponents.
Cheng Xia was also stunned when he heard it. Unexpectedly, President Pei would go to check on opponents who were a threat to him...
After Pei Shaoze finished speaking, he looked at Cheng Xia again, and said gently: "Your opponents are very strong today. So, no matter whether you win or lose, if you play Xu Ziyang in your mind and impress the director deeply, you are considered a success. "
Cheng Xia nodded: "I understand, thank you Pei... Boss."
Originally wanted to call him "Brother Pei", but sensing the presence of the agent, Cheng Xia hurriedly changed his mouth and almost bit his tongue.
Pei Shaoze heard his slip of the tongue, his lips curved slightly, and handed Cheng Xia a bottle of mineral water: "Sit down and drink some water, sort out your thoughts, don't think about anything, from now on you are Xu Ziyang."
Cheng Xia took the mineral water and sat in the corner. Pei Shaoze gave Zhou Yan a "don't disturb him" gesture. Zhou Yan simply went out and waited for the call, leaving the space for Pei Shaoze and Cheng Xia.
After she left, Pei Shaoze sat next to Cheng Xia and gently rubbed Cheng Xia's head: "Are you nervous?"
Cheng Xia smiled and shook his head: "With you here, I'm not nervous at all."
Just now at the audition scene, Cheng Xia passed by with several high-traffic stars, and Cheng Xia was really uneasy. He always felt that his qualifications were too low to compare with these famous actors. But now, Pei Shaoze analyzed his opponents one by one - knowing himself and his opponent, he was not nervous.
Compared with those famous actors, he has no idol burden and can let go of acting. And no one will say anything if a small transparent audition like him is eliminated. Those actors with tens of millions of fans who have been auditioned for auditions must be much more uncomfortable than him.
So, what is he afraid of
Pei Shaoze gently held Cheng Xia's hand and said, "Don't worry, Director Zhu is a very principled director, no matter how popular the other actors are, as long as your performance today is good enough to impress him, even if you choose this time If you don't, you will have the opportunity to fight for his drama in the future."
Cheng Xia's hand was completely wrapped in the palm of the Alpha, and the warm feeling was transmitted to the heart along the skin. At this critical moment, it's different when a boyfriend is with him, he suddenly feels that his whole body is full of energy.
At this moment, Zhou Yan knocked on the door and came in: "Cheng Xia, it's already the 76th, it's your turn soon, prepare first."
The hands they held together quickly separated.
Cheng Xia got up and followed Zhou Yan, and after walking to the door, he looked back at Pei Shaoze.
Pei Shaoze nodded at him and encouraged, "Go." He wanted to follow the past to see the situation, but he was afraid that his presence would affect Cheng Xia's performance. Pei Shaoze changed his mind and said, "I'll wait for you here. meal."
Cheng Xia smiled brightly: "Yeah!"
Pei Shaoze instructed Zhou Yan: "Zhou Yan, you should also go and have a look and say hello to Director Zhu."
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At this point, the audition scene.
An Alpha actor shook the air with both hands, pretending that there was a dead person here, and cried bitterly while shaking: "Second Uncle, Second Uncle!"
Director Zhu interrupted him with a sullen face: "Okay, thank you for participating in this audition."
The young actor was stunned for a moment, then bowed to Director Zhu with a blushing face, turned around and hurried out the door, probably feeling that he did not perform well.
Next to him, the screenwriter wearing glasses couldn't help scolding: "Fuck, this is a fucking criminal investigation drama. He went in as a policeman and destroyed the scene, shaking the body of the deceased indiscriminately. Has his professionalism been eaten by dogs? What is it? Can anyone come to audition?"
The assistant director said helplessly: "The crying scene is also very fake. I wiped my eyes for a long time, but the corners of my eyes are not red."
Director Zhu left only one comment: "Too exaggerated."
After watching the messy performance all day, Director Zhu's face was already a little ugly.
The assistant director leaned over and asked, "Old Zhu, what do you think of the former Liu Yufei?"
Zhu Zheng frowned: "His performance is more than fierce, and the details are too poor."
The screenwriter said: "Zhang Chen, I feel like I'm here to test the waters. I didn't prepare very carefully, and the script is not very familiar. Otherwise, let's consider Liu Zhaoxuan? He has cooperation experience with us, and his acting skills are decent."
Zhu Zheng turned the ball-point pen in his hand and said calmly, "Liu Zhaoxuan's acting skills are okay, but he looks too tough, so he has no problem playing an experienced detective captain, and he still has a temperament to play such a fresh graduate criminal detective. It's a little bit worse... let's take a look."
The assistant director said, "The next one, No. 77."
There was a knock on the door outside.
A neat woman with a ponytail walked in with a young boy, she came to Director Zhu and said politely, "Hello Director Zhu, I'm Tianxuan's manager, this is our contract with Tianxuan Entertainment. Artist, Cheng Xia."
She handed Cheng Xia's information to the director with both hands, then took two steps back and asked with a smile, "Although Cheng Xia is a newcomer, he has prepared this audition very seriously. What are the shortcomings of his performance later? I also ask the teachers to criticize and correct me, and I will go back so that he can learn more."
The attitude of the agent is very modest, and the first impression is not bad.
The assistant director leaned into Zhu Zheng's ear and said softly, "This Cheng Xia, President Pei greeted me this morning and said that Shu Yue was withdrawing from the circle. He was sorry for causing trouble to our crew, so he asked Tian Xuan to send another one. Newcomers are coming to audition. Cheng Xia just finished filming a school drama "Folding Paper", which will be released in the summer. That is to say, before our film is released, at least Cheng Xia is not a little transparent with no works. "
Director Zhu nodded to show that he understood, and then began to look through the information handed over by the agent.
There are too many actors auditioning, and it is impossible for him to memorize everyone's information in advance, and most of them will be watched at the scene. Turning the first page, he saw Cheng Xia's gender said "Omega male", Zhu Zheng looked up at Cheng Xia: "Are you here to test the role of Lynch?"
The Omega forensic doctor Lynch in the play is elegant, calm and wise, and he can finally solve the case because of the many subtle clues he found. Regardless of age or image, Cheng Xia is too far from "Professor Lin", right? Shu Yue's withdrawal from the circle has already caused a lot of losses to the crew. President Pei actually called such a newcomer to audition, which is perfunctory for them crew
Zhu Zheng frowned in displeasure.
Cheng Xia stepped forward and replied politely, "Director Zhu, I'm here to audition for Xu Ziyang."
Everyone: "..."
The scene suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
Zhu Zheng thought he was hallucinating, and was silent for a few seconds before confirming, "You are an Omega, come to audition for the detective Xu Ziyang?"
Cheng Xia said seriously: "Yes. I think that actors should try a lot of different roles in order to continuously improve their acting skills and make breakthroughs. I like Xu Ziyang's character very much, and I will try my best to express his character and personality. Psychologically, I hope Director Zhu can give me this opportunity to give me a try, and please correct me if I don't perform well."
After he said that, he politely bowed to the director's seat.
Zhu Zheng found that the teenager in front of him was quite interesting, and an Omega actually came to try out the difficult role of Alpha detective. There are also actors in the circle who like to play opposite roles. Before, there was an Alpha who had a more enchanting personality to play off Omega, and he also attracted a lot of fans. He doesn't mind the identity or gender of the actor, as long as he can play the role in his mind, he is a good actor.
What's more, Cheng Xia's appearance is sunny and handsome, and his eyes are clear and bright, which is in line with the temperament of a fresh graduate student like Xu Ziyang.
Zhu Zheng nodded: "Okay, let's start. Act 7."
The seventh act is the scene where Xu Ziyang returns home from a party and finds that his uncle's family of four died tragically at home.
Cheng Xia took a deep breath, closed his eyes to adjust his mood, and then returned to the door to start the performance.
He first made a move of "hold the key to open the door". After opening the door, he changed his slippers at the entrance and shouted into the house, "Second uncle, I'm back!" This detail is better than those of the actors who rushed into the door directly. too much. Zhu Zheng sat up straight and looked at Cheng Xia seriously.
Cheng Xia looked around, as if wondering why no one responded at noon. He leaned over and put the changed shoes into the shoe cabinet next to him—there were no props at the scene, but his movements made it clear at a glance what he was doing.
Putting away the shoes, Cheng Xia entered the house wearing slippers, and soon realized that something was wrong—
A strong bloody smell is coming! Cheng Xia sniffed, frowned slightly, and immediately quickened her pace, running to the bedroom door in three or two steps.
The bloody scene in the house made his pupils shrink suddenly, Cheng Xia stared at the bloody corpse on the bed in disbelief, his whole body trembled uncontrollably, and his voice began to tremble: "Second uncle, second aunt!"
He wanted to go in and check the situation in the house, but after taking a step forward, he seemed to realize that this was the scene of a murder. As a police academy graduate, he now has no gloves, foot covers, or any testing equipment. Rushing in may destroy the evidence at the scene!
His outstretched feet immediately retracted, and he turned to look at the two bedrooms opposite.
The bedroom doors were all open, and the cousin's bedsheets had been stained red with blood, and his death was tragic. Looking at the next bedroom, my cousin was lying in a pool of blood, and a long trail of blood was dragged out from the ground. Obviously, she was struggling to crawl out, but was brutally cut in half by the murderer.
Cheng Xia showed Xu Ziyang's horror when he found out that his relatives had died tragically through the up and down, left and right movements and changes in his eyes.
"Xiao Mo, Xiao Yun?"
"What happened, didn't you have a good meal last night!!"
Cheng Xia suddenly roared, and he stretched out his fist and beat his head hard, thinking that he had hallucinated. However, after a while, he opened his eyes, closed them, and opened them again - there was still blood around him, and all the people closest to him in this world fell in a pool of blood!
Cheng Xia's eyes were splitting, and he accepted the fact with difficulty. He was short of breath and his eyes instantly flushed. He gritted his teeth, clenched his hands into fists, and slowly exited the crime scene. Then he squatted at the door, his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
The boy's tears kept falling down like a twisted faucet, and the tears covered his face in a blink of an eye, and he couldn't even bother to wipe them. collar.
He seemed to have regained his senses, wiped his face in embarrassment, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, his fingers trembled and he could hardly hold it, then he opened the address book and dialed a number: "Team, captain, I'm Xu Ziyang, Room 301, Unit 1, Unit 1, Dongfu Jiayuan Community, No. 17, Renmin Road, Binjiang District, there was a murder case, I am at the scene, please call the police as soon as possible…”
"... There were four people who died, a 45-year-old middle-aged husband and wife, and a son and a daughter. The whole family was wiped out... "
The boy's voice was trembling and choking, but he made the address and the situation on the spot clearly.
After repeatedly confirming the address with the captain, he hung up the phone, hugged his head and started to cry. The suppressed cry was like a wounded beast whining. It didn't scream, but it made people feel real. To his pain, despair and anger.
Director Zhu stared intently at the boy who was squatting and crying. He held the ballpoint pen with a slight force and almost broke the pen.
I don't know how long it took before Cheng Xia stopped crying and reached out his hand to wipe away his tears.
Colleagues of the police force are coming soon. He can't lose face in front of everyone. He has to catch this perverted murderer with his colleagues and seek justice for the family of his uncle who died tragically!
There was a hint of determination in the boy's red eyes from crying. He quickly wiped away his tears, took a deep breath to adjust his mood, turned around to open the door, and said as calmly as possible: "Liu team, this is the murder scene."