For Yao Hai, today should have been a very important day. He has been a director for more than 20 years, and he has already achieved a lot of good results in his works. He had no special plans, but when the national film and television companies will jointly hold a national drama festival this year, he met "Feng Qiwu" "This work.
For a director, one should always pursue a more perfect work. Yao Hai once entered this circle with this dream, but after gradually making achievements, the feeling of only pursuing the perfection of the work gradually became paralyzed , and become only concerned about ratings.
But he happened to come across "Feng Qi Wu", a plot drama based on the background of a female queen by the Internet super writer Hou Junmei.
His desire to create became bigger and bigger after he got the film and television rights of the work. He knew that this work is the best work that has the best chance of gaining a reputation among all his works, so in order to perfect the shooting, he invited the original author to be the director The screenwriter spent a lot of money on all aspects of investment.
However, this is not enough for a work. The most important thing is the actors who can present the characters on the TV screen. Their performance determines whether the play can resonate with the audience and present this magnificent story to the audience.
In normal times, he would turn a blind eye to the few small and big characters that the investors put in the play, as long as the appearance is similar, the performance can basically be satisfactory under his strong guidance.
But this time it won't work, he must not let the actor ruin this opportunity, the male and female protagonists are all first-line acting stars that he has patiently selected, how can he let a few unknown supporting roles fail after so much preparation This pot of porridge.
Before the audition started, when Yao Hai was sitting in the car heading to the venue, he listened to the staff's introduction and said that the investor had stuffed a few people into it. He was already very upset, and after getting out of the car, he asked carefully, out of the twenty or so scenes that showed his face, the investor stuffed eight of them, so what else is there to do with this scene!
Yao Hai was so furious that he couldn't help but lose his temper when he entered the venue. Several audition producers came to persuade him, and Cheng Zhi, who was queuing up outside the venue, could hear Yao Hai and the investors making a lot of noise on the phone.
The quarrel lasted for about half an hour, and Yao Hai sat back in the central seat with lingering anger. The staff told everyone to be quiet, and the audition began.
During the quarrel, Cao Wei was already standing next to Cheng Zhi and said, "This time it's difficult. Director Yao has his own ideas, and the investors can't restrict him. The actors he doesn't want to use will definitely not be able to get in. This audition still depends on the ability, Xiao Zhi, don't be too nervous."
Personally, Cheng Zhi didn't care that much. He is not too tall now, he is about 170 years old, and this manager is a head taller than him, at nearly 1.88 meters. Cheng Zhi and him blinked: "Don't worry, Viagra."
Cao Wei was stunned for a moment before saying, "Don't call me Brother Wei, call me Brother Cao."
Even though Cao Wei had brought Cheng Zhi for two years, he was used to his beautiful face, but he was still taken aback by the expression on his face, he was still worried, not only Cheng Zhi, but also Qian Lu. Fortunately, this audition is open, and the manager can watch when the artist is on stage, otherwise he is really worried.
"Number 13, Cheng Zhi, let's go for an audition."
A girl with a work card poked her head out from the venue, and Cheng Zhi immediately raised her hand to signal, and followed in.
The venue was large and empty, and the producers in charge of the audition sat in a row. The director Yao Hai in the middle was wearing a black hat, with a very unhappy expression on his face. It's no wonder that he has tried twelve auditions, but none of them are satisfactory to him. He even couldn't help but want to curse people a few times.
"Your name is... Cheng Zhi, right? Let's start."
The person who spoke was a kind-faced woman on the far side. Seeing Yao Hai's displeasure, she hurried out to make a rescue without even looking at the actor information in front of her.
Hearing the name Cheng Zhi, Yao Hai's face became even uglier. Although he only glanced at it roughly, there was indeed a person surnamed Cheng among the people forced in by the investor. He was disdainful in his heart, actors are not something you young artists who want to climb up with just a single face can do, go back and please your benefactor.
Cao Wei and Qian Lu also walked in at the door, and their irrelevant personnel could only stand at the door to watch the audition. After the first command, Qian Lu immediately grabbed Cao Wei's clothes nervously, as if she was the one who auditioned.
The air was very quiet, and the beautiful young man standing in the middle of the venue suddenly sat down on the chair. After sitting down, his center of gravity shifted back and he tilted all his weight on the back of the chair, and his shoulders sagged. For a moment, he seemed to suddenly Knocked down by something, powerless and tired.
Qian Lu, who was watching from the side, felt that without the support of that chair, the beauty in front of her would have fallen completely, and then scattered on the ground and disappeared.
Qian Lu called him a beauty, but not Cheng Zhi.
Because since the audition, his expression has completely changed. His brows are not tightly knit together, but they convey a deep sense of sadness and fatigue. His appearance is thin, his lips are pale, The hand hanging on the chair was lifted slightly and stretched into the air.
Suddenly, a trace of pain appeared on his face. It was a kind of pain entangled in his body, which caused the dying young man to endure a long torment.
Cao Wei thought of it, this is the scene before Murong Le's death, the prince who accompanied the army on an expedition did not return home, and the life and death of the woman he loved was uncertain outside. But he lingered on the sick bed in the barracks, and finally died helplessly and painfully.
In the original book, Murong Le is such a bitter character, who didn't get the love of the heroine, and didn't achieve any meritorious deeds. His whole life was destined to be accompanied by medicine from birth. He was born helpless, and died sadly.
Murong Le should have a line here, unknowingly, several people in charge of the audition are looking at Cheng Zhi seriously, waiting for his next performance.
The hand of the handsome young man was in the air, his face was gray and pale, his appearance was haggard and exhausted by the illness, his eyes were less and less bright, and the tears that were moist but never shed were gradually drying up in his eyes.
Suddenly, he opened his mouth, his lips opened and closed slowly, his voice was weak and intermittent, Qian Lu felt that he was going to die soon, his heart tightened for a moment, and the tip of his nose became sour.
"I..." Cheng Zhi stared at the sky bewilderedly. There was the homeland he missed and the girl he missed. He had so much to say, but he... didn't have the strength to say it. "... don't want to die... I... don't want to die yet..."
The young man's hand suddenly dropped, his head was tilted to one side, his eyes were still open, but he had lost his expression. Murong Le...the prince Murong Le... just disappeared.
Suddenly there was a whimper in the venue, Cao Wei turned his head from surprise, Qian Lu couldn't help crying beside him for a moment. Seeing Qian Lu react and hastily apologized to the others, Cao Wei also recovered from the company.
Like Qian Lu, he was also attracted by Cheng Zhi's performance. The appeal was so powerful that he was taken aback.
When did Cheng Zhi become so powerful? Cao Wei looked at Cheng Zhi with a complicated state of mind, and it was indeed after being hospitalized...
At this time, Cheng Zhi had already stood up on the chair, and bowed respectfully to the people in the front row. He didn't say that part of Murong Le's line, he modified those few words on the spur of the moment, he turned his head, Qian Lu was wiping away tears beside Cao Wei, he grinned, and became his previous high-spirited appearance again.
"Okay!" Yao Hai suddenly stood up from the front row. He clapped his hands and clapped twice, "It's very good, the sense of drama is very strong, and it's quick to get into the mood. The most important thing is that it's very contagious."
He came over and walked to Cheng Zhi, thought for a while and said in satisfaction: "Your image is not bad, why don't you try to play Wu Huiyao."
As soon as these words came out, the first person to react was Cao Wei. He was shocked and ran to Yao Hai immediately. "Director Yao, I'm Cheng Zhi's manager, let's go to the side and talk."
Yao Hai was taken aback by him, but followed him.
The two of them walked aside, and everyone realized the meaning of the sentence just now.
Try the role of Wu Huiyao... Try the role of Wu Huiyao...
At this moment, Cheng Zhi also understood that it was a good thing that the director intended to give him a role, but the problem was that the role of Wu Huiyao was female No. 4!
"Brother Cheng... this..." Qian Lu ran to Cheng Zhi's side with the same puzzled expression on her face, she said blankly: "The director... what does this mean... is he going to tell you... to cross-dress?"
Cheng Zhi almost wanted to praise Cao Wei's reaction speed, he felt right, Cao Wei's manager was really not ordinary strong. He guessed that the reason Yao Dao was able to say this was not because he wanted him to play back, but because he didn't realize that Cheng Zhi was actually a man.
Although he auditioned for a male role today, his appearance was too feminine. In addition, several supporting roles auditioned together today. Director Yao, who hadn't read the materials, was quite satisfied with his acting skills, so he said this out of excitement.
And if he knew that Cheng Zhi was a man, Director Yao would calm down and take back his words immediately. No matter how he thought about it, he knew that no matter how good Cheng Zhi's acting skills were, there was no need to find a male actor to play the female No. 4.
In particular, the weight of the play is medium, the characters are very good, and many actresses are trying to win the female number four.
So before others bluntly stated that Cheng Zhi was a man, Cao Wei went up to negotiate with the director first, and must try to give Cheng Zhi this opportunity. Regardless of whether the role can be won or not, Cao Wei's approach is already a fighter among managers.
"Viagra is strong! Such a powerful person specially takes us two, is the company out of his mind?" Cheng Zhi couldn't help grinning, and said to Qian Lu: "I suspect that I am the leading actor, otherwise how can I give it away for nothing?" I have 6 cheats like this.”
Qian Lu: "...???"
The girl hesitated for a while and said: "Brother Cheng, you forgot, you haven't officially signed a contract with the company yet. Brother Cao can't be considered your official manager yet."
Cheng Zhi: "..."
With so many side missions, he might really be the main character!