Regarding filming, Xia Rong could be regarded as a "Buddhist actor" before.
Big directors and big producers don't look for him, and it's okay to shoot idol dramas; If it wasn't for the reason, it would be a bit ridiculous: Xia Rong thinks he still likes to sing.
He also studied in Shangyin in college, and he has always liked the carefree feeling of being followed by a light and immersed in the artistic conception of the song, so when he was chased away to shoot an idol drama, he actually resisted it in his heart.
The director of that idol drama is a crooked director from the north. He used to shoot niche youth films, but this time he "bowed for five buckets of rice" and made a routine idol drama. There was a kind of resistance in his heart that a strong woman was forced to submit to a rascal. . Two people who are equally resistant, of course the final idol drama is also awkward.
Although Xia Rong's face and popularity with the audience did not contribute to the ratings and popularity in the end, the director has been full of praise for Xia Rong since then, bragging to Shu Yi all the time, how Xia Rong is acting It is expected that as long as he puts out 30% of his efforts, he can be equal to 100% of others, so Shu Yi must not waste Xia Rong's talent.
Xia Rong, who was still hopeful about "Can I go back to sing after this show?", was completely shattered this time, and had to devote 80% of his time and energy to filming - considering his family background, he is not without Capital willful, but the current music scene is declining day by day, and there are fewer and fewer stages for him to perform on. "X is a Singer" is not enough with his qualifications, and the Spring Festival Gala is only once a year. Going to the hole to cut the ribbon... In order not to continue to pick his feet at home, he can only shift his focus to acting.
But his reluctance to transfer is destined to make him have no ambition for acting—just like what the crooked director said, as long as he shows 30% seriousness, he can meet the requirements of most idol drama directors. He didn't have the chance to act in plays that required higher acting skills, so why work so hard
Facing the mirror, Xia Rong straightened his bangs and straightened his collar, letting out a slightly nervous breath.
— But this time, he agreed to act with Su Chi, so he had to be serious anyway.
He had watched the trial play countless times and memorized it by heart. Because of Su Chi's little advice, he had read the whole play carefully. It was densely filled with various colors and labels that only he could understand. He even copied the scenes that he thought might be the focus of the director's observation and reviewed them individually... He didn't even work so hard for the cultural class of the college entrance examination. .
The newly sent WeChat made the screen of the phone light up. Xia Rong knew it was from Su Chi when he heard the voice prompt. He picked it up and took a look. Su Chi sent him a moving picture of "a kitten making a fist". Wording: "Come on!"
Xia Rong's eyes unconsciously brought a smile, and he replied: "Use other cats to cheer? It's not sincere."
"...I'm in the car now, so I can't take a picture of myself for you." Su Chi replied after a while, "Let's make do with old pictures."
After a few seconds, he sent a picture. It was when he first became a cat. He pressed the keyboard to explain to Xia Rong. Xia Rong took a picture of him from behind, and it also included Xia Rong's Weibo. watermark. It's just that this time, on the computer screen that was originally deliberately blurred, there are a few more big words this time: "Come on!"
Xia Rong laughed when he saw it: "What a ghost, who wants to talk to you."
After a while, Su Chi sent the picture again, this time the word on it became "Come on=3=".
—You don’t want to be with me, but I can kiss you forcibly!
Xia Rong: "..."
He was funny and helpless, and didn't reply anymore, but this time when he raised his head to the mirror, he felt that the nervousness just now seemed to have subsided a lot.
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The audition location was in the meeting room on the top floor of a commercial office building on the second ring road of city B. Shu Yi accompanied Xia Rong to go there.
In fact, Shu Yi knew about his passive sabotage in the past few years, but seeing that Xia Rong was still young, she didn't have much enthusiasm for acting, and what Xia Rong's parents asked her was to ensure safety first no matter what the situation was, then It is not a bad thing to swipe face cards in idol dramas and attract girl fans for the time being. This time, she heard that Xia Rong took the initiative to fight for it on her own, and got an audition opportunity. She almost dropped her glasses in shock: "The sun is coming out from the west? What stimulated you to suddenly become enlightened and want to work hard?"
Xia Rong said: "Look at the script, this drama has two male protagonists."
Shuyi was obviously very happy, and he gushed: "I watched it before, and the cast of this drama is very reliable. Xu Ping directed it, Xiang Wenbin wrote it, and the investors backed by it are also rich and powerful. If there are no accidents, the quality should be It won't be bad. You must grasp this opportunity well. If you can overwhelm the limelight of another male lead, this time you might be able to win the nomination and win the award in one fell swoop... "
Xia Rong said: "The other hero is Su Chi."
Shu Yi said: "Oh."
Xia Rong: "He..."
Shu Yi: "Dog food is needless to say."
Xia Rong: "Oh."
…
silence. A suffocating silence.
"... You really have nothing to say if you are not allowed to feed dog food?" Shu Yi was obviously on the verge of going berserk, "Are you trying to piss me off?!"
"No, no, no matter how you say it, it seems to be feeding dog food. I'm talking."
"Okay, let's skip this part." Shu Yi glanced at the time displayed on the watch, and tried to take a deep breath to calm down, "Let's not talk about irrelevant things, let's continue to talk about the audition. The audition script given is familiar No?"
"Well," Xia Rong said to himself, "I can recite it backwards."
Shu Yi sneered: "It's really hard work."
Xia Rong: "Aren't you talking about irrelevant things?"
Shu Yi: "..." She coughed and said, "Although the audition is not large, Xu Ping's appeal is obvious to all. You have a lot of competitors. And," she continued in a low voice, "the second- and third-tier students who failed to make it to the top do have their own shortcomings, but they are in a certain position. The advantages in some aspects may also be amazing, such as acting skills, and connections... You have to be careful."
After going through the script that he knew so well in his mind again, Xia Rong nodded seriously.
"No matter what it is for, as long as you are willing to be serious." Seeing his rare obedience, Shu Yi said with relief, "In the future, when you really become a superstar at the actor level, there will still be people cheering on you when you hold a concert. What do you want to do? , isn't it better?"
Xia Rong's eyes lit up, and he nodded harder than before.
"You." Shu Yi smiled and said, "Okay, let's talk about the things that need to be paid attention to. I have dealt with Director Xu before. He is more rigid and values the concept of time most. How many appointments have you made with him? When the time is up, the time will be pinpointed. Once it is too long, his complexion will become worse and worse...Compared to him, Xiang Wenbin will look a lot more kind, but you can't... "
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One taught everything, and the other listened attentively. Unknowingly, the nanny car stopped at the gate of the appointed business office building.
Xia Rong got out of the car first, followed by Shu Yi, and Xiao Zhou who was driving followed behind them, helping to carry things. The audition meeting room was on the top floor of the building, and the three of them took the elevator up. This building was in the second ring road of City B, and there were quite a lot of office staff coming in and out. Xia Rong was wearing a peaked cap, and Shu Yi and Xiao Zhou tried their best to "protect" him, so no one recognized him.
The more the elevator went to the top floor, the fewer people there were, and then there were only the three of them left, and the two "imperial guards" were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and relax. Xiao Zhou turned around and saw Xia Rong was still flipping those thin papers back and forth, and said to Shu Yi with a smile, "I've never seen him care so much before. Could it be that my boss is going to develop his acting skills from now on?"
Xia Rong happened to read the script over and over again at this time. Hearing this, he raised his head, raised his eyebrows, and glanced at her with a smile that wasn't a smile.
Shu Yi smiled and replied to Xiao Zhou, "Maybe, let's see if he can hold on to his enthusiasm for these three minutes."
But Xiao Zhou didn't seem to hear, staring at Xia Rong in a daze, his face turned red involuntarily.
— It was obviously just a smile, but Xia Rong seemed to be a completely different person in an instant.
Although I know the true character of this guy well, I know that I will never have a crush on this stupid straight man for nothing... But that smile just now, really...
So handsome, I really want to marry!
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The elevator dinged, indicating that it had reached the top floor. The corridor on the top floor is covered with thick carpets, stepping on it is silent, so the entire top floor is also very quiet. Only when you walk close to the door of the conference room can you hear the voice of lines being read inside.
Although I could faintly hear some movements, I knew that what I was trying to do should be the third scene in the audition script, but I couldn't hear the specific tone and line of voice, so I couldn't tell who was in it. There were a few chairs outside the conference room door, which should have been prepared for the actors and managers waiting for the audition, but Xia Rong and his team were not in a hurry to sit down—because someone had already sat down first, there were five chairs in a row, they Impartial, sitting right in the middle, with legs crossed and long legs, head down, flipping through the script in his hand.
Shu Yi went over, bowed politely and said to him: "Hello."
"En." The man responded from his nose, and raised his head, but he had a melancholy face, with a strong smell of literary youth, "What's the matter?"
Xia Rong thought for a while before he came up with his name: Wu Yuxin. In his early years, he was ups and downs in various literary films and niche films. There was a small group of fans who kept praising his acting skills and style. It has never been red. It wasn't until nearly a year ago that he started to have good resources and show his face in major productions, and finally raised him from the level of "nobody cares" to the half-popular coffee position.
Obviously, what Shuyi said before is to be careful of "people with outstanding advantages in acting skills and connections". , is also very obvious, no wonder I am so proud.
Shu Yi said: "Could you please move to the side?"
Wu Yuxin raised his eyelids to look at Xia Rong, and said, "I'm not blocking you, there are empty seats next to you."
"You..." Shu Yi was about to speak, but was stopped by Xia Rong. Xia Rong looked at the time and said, "It's almost time for my appointment. I'll just stand up and recite my lines." Even if Wu Yuxin gave way to him, He still doesn't want to sit next to the 2.58 million with their nostrils turned upside down.
Shu Yi saw that there was not much time left before the audition, and she didn't want to waste time, so she just stayed with Xia Rong for a stop.
Wu Yuxin snorted softly when he heard the words, but didn't speak. Not long after, his cell phone rang. He didn't mean to evade, he still sat in his seat and answered the phone. Obviously it seemed that the voice was lowered, but some words "inadvertently" reached the ears of the people present:
"...the posture is quite big...an idol drama contestant, I don't know what to do here...I don't even know the lines..."
Shuyi's forehead twitched faintly, and his lips twitched, obviously he was phrasing, intending to wait for him to finish the phone call, and give him a good fight back, but at this moment, the door of the conference room opened.
An actor with his head bowed came out with his agent. When he passed by Xia Rong, he glanced at Xia Rong, and Xia Rong realized that this person was actually Liang Kai. Liang Kai's complexion didn't show anything, but he was obviously not in a good mood, and left in a hurry without even nodding to Xia Rong.
Wu Yuxin also just picked up the phone, and a young man walked out of the meeting room, and said with a smile, "You can come in, who's next?"
"Me." Xia Rong raised his head and said, "I have an appointment at 2:30."
"Okay, you come with me..."
"Wait a minute." It was Wu Yuxin who interrupted the young man. He finally sat up straight and frowned, "My appointment is also at 2:30."