Bright Era of China Entertainment

Wen Zhengrong's audition got off to a good start, allowing Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and the teachers to get better. They stabilized their impetuous minds as the New Year's Eve was about to take place, and had an idea of ​​the performance level of the actors in the play. reference, and everyone gradually became immersed in the atmosphere of the audition.

For several days, the auditions continued steadily.

In the second audition room, headed by casting director Liang Datong, the auditions for several days were carried out smoothly, and supporting roles and special guests were confirmed one by one.

The first audition room, headed by Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, has also made good gains in the past few days, and actors have been selected for each of the more important roles.

For example, the character of Wu Xiaobao's father is the potential enemy that the male protagonist Jiao Ke considers in his heart, and is also the core factor that inspires the male protagonist Jiao Ke to become a magician in the virtual world.

The male protagonist Jiao Ke can spread happiness through magic in the virtual world, and the existence of Wu Xiaobao's father is indispensable.

Such a role is relatively important, but there are two problems in actor selection.

The first question is, Chu Xuan, who plays the male lead Qiao Ke, is only 24 years old. Since Qiao Ke regards Wu Xiaobao’s father as his enemy, the actor who plays Wu Xiaobao’s father cannot look too old, otherwise the effects of some of the rival scenes will be inappropriate. .

The second question is, what kind of image and temperament can an actor have to make the profession of magician look good to the audience?

Magicians are very cool and mysterious. This is a perception of many people.

Combining these two problems, we must first exclude senior actors and actors from the older generation. The age of such actors does not meet the setting of this role. This role can only be selected from the range of young actors.

Among young actors, it is difficult to find an actor whose identity as a father keeps the audience from watching the show, and who also has a cool and mysterious profession as a magician.

Since the end of the first season of "I Am an Actor" last year, Zhang Luyi has returned to his drama career and can't help himself. I don't know if he wants to look for acting ideas and inspiration. This time he came to the "Star You" crew Audition for the role.

The appearance of Zhang Luyi surprised Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei. What was surprising was that Zhang Luyi, a talented actor, was willing to participate in their idol drama. What was surprising was that Zhang Luyi fit the role of Wu Xiaobao's father very well.

Zhang Luyi is 29 years old, with a sense of vicissitudes of life on his face. Having a 7- or 8-year-old daughter will not surprise the audience. Moreover, he came to the audition wearing a black windbreaker, performing a taciturn state with his hands in his pockets. This is cool and cool. The mysterious temperament is right.

Chu Xuan immediately decided that the role would be given to Zhang Luyi.

In addition to this role, there are several supporting roles that are more important.

The fan base of the heroine An Xin in the play is the main force against capital and represents the perspective of the real audience and fans.

Among them, four supporting characters are representatives of the fan group, two men and two women, and then one man and one woman play with each other to form two combinations.

One group is a group of die-hard fans of the heroine, and they are responsible for calling on more fans to fight for the heroine in the play.

One group is profit fans. In the play, they collude with capital and reversely conduct high-level blackmail on the heroine, thus inducing fans and audiences.

This is also to reflect the fandom phenomenon and chaos in today’s entertainment industry.

The villains expose the darkness of the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry, while different fans demonstrate their own ideologies under the so-called news that may be true or false.

The ultimate intention of designing the script in this way is naturally to guide the audience to view the entertainment industry correctly, to allow the audience to see various plots in the play from a God's perspective, to trigger the audience's thinking and thereby improve the audience's understanding of the entertainment industry.

Of these two fan combinations, the interest combination requires better acting skills from the actors, because this combination has to pretend to be a show-off in the fandom, and only in private will their true nature of money be exposed, which requires both good and evil states.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei discussed with the teachers and decided to let Zhang Ruoyun and Li Xin play the role of the profit fans group, and let Zhu Yilong and Song Qian play the role of the die-hard fans group.

Zhang Ruoyun and Li Xin played the role of Liu Yifei's maid and Liu Yifei's brother in "Legend of Red Flame". It is also fate that they collaborate in a drama again this time.

Zhu Yilong is the junior brother of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei. They met in the first season of "I Am an Actor". Now he is still in college at Beijing Film Academy. This is the first time for him to join the group and film. "Star You" will also be his debut film.

Song Qian is a South Korean trainee. According to the original track, she should have debuted as the leader of a singing and dancing group. Chu Xuan also couldn’t understand how Song Qian came from South Korea to audition for "Star You", but it was none of his business. , what he cares about is that the image matches the role setting and the performance skills are good.

This series of supporting roles has been selected, which is also the harvest of the director team in the past few days.

However, there are also problems. The villain capital Ren Bren and the villain actress Xiao Mohan have not yet come forward to audition for the roles of the two actors who meet the director's standards.

"Let's see if there are any surprises today, otherwise we have to wait until next year." In the suite, Huang Lei stood up and stretched.

Today is the last day of 2008, and tomorrow is the New Year's Day of 2009. Huang Lei said a fact but also played a word game.

"The role of Ren Bulun looks easy, but it is difficult to act. It is difficult to grasp the degree." Tang Jili said after finishing his meal, he put down the bowl and chopsticks and took his own thermos cup.

Chu Xuan nodded and took a piece of vinegar-sweet potato shreds.

The setting of this character can be summed up in one sentence: standing in the clouds gracefully, dressed like an animal with elegance.

And how can a gentle and elegant person be so high in the clouds?

How can you show elegance when you are doing the things of a beast?

It's a one-sentence description, but it's full of contradictions and complexities.

After auditioning for several days, there were many actors who came to interpret this role, including several capable actors, but the interpretation did not convey the setting of this sentence well.

So much so that he had doubts about Zhang Songwen. Although this role was assigned to Zhang Songwen in advance, none of the actors who auditioned met his standards. Can Zhang Songwen do it now?

He was a little less confident.

This is especially true for Liu Yifei. In addition to being familiar with Yang Rong, the several actors she and Chu Xuan decided on in advance, including Wen Zhengrong and Zhang Songwen, were all based on her trust in Chu Xuan's vision.

The effect of Wen Zhengrong's on-site audition proved that Chu Xuan had unique vision, but Zhang Songwen had not come to audition these days, and the actors who had auditioned for this role before had not met their requirements, which made her have to be suspicious of Chu Xuan I am optimistic about whether the teacher Zhang Songwen is really good enough to win this role.

"Next..." Huang Lei looked through the audition actor information and locked his eyes on the name of the next actor who came to audition: "Zhang Songwen, does anyone know?"

The teachers either didn't respond, shook their heads, or said "I've heard of it, but I don't know it", indicating that they were not familiar with the actor.

Liu Yifei put down the bowl and chopsticks and wiped her mouth with a tissue. She looked at Chu Xuan with interest in her eyes. The actor they had planned for finally arrived.

Although Chu Xuan's attitude towards Zhang Songwen was shaken, he still had to use the audition to judge the specific situation. He also had expectations for this, hoping that he had seen the right person.

After a meal, take a short rest.

Everyone takes their places and the audition continues.

"Hello teachers, I am actor Zhang Songwen." Zhang Songwen was introduced by the staff.

At first glance, he is a very ordinary person, so ordinary that he does not have any star qualities. He is the kind of person who is very ordinary even if he is lost in the crowd.

Looking again, Zhang Songwen almost bent at 90 degrees to say hello. He was the most humble of all the audition actors, as if to express his respect for the directing team, as well as his respect and desire for the stage.

But when Zhang Songwen raised his head, his eyes were extremely calm, so calm that there was no respect, respect or desire.

Everyone was a little surprised. The contrast between his behavior and his expression made the Zhang Songwen in front of him look very conflicted.

"Hello, Teacher Zhang." Chu Xuan said.

"Good director." Zhang Songwen said.

He has been an actor for many years, but has always encountered obstacles and was often bullied by the crew. He has acted in many works and is still invisible in the industry.

He had no choice but to lower his stature and maintain a good attitude in front of the directing team. After a long time of being helpless, it became his habit of groveling.

Facing the audition stage, as an actor, he will not give up every opportunity, but after hitting the wall for a long time, he calms down when facing opportunities.

There is longing, but the degree of hopelessness is far greater than longing.

This is him, Zhang Songwen, a professional actor who has long been flattened by the unfairness of the industry and has been working hard to achieve his dream of becoming an actor for many years.

"Teacher Zhang, let's go directly to the second segment." Chu Xuan got up and headed to the set.

"Okay." Zhang Songwen was also very decisive and didn't ask much about why he didn't do the first part.

For the role of Ren Bren, the character script fragments sent to the actors had two plots. The first plot did not reflect the diversity of the characters. After auditioning several actors, Chu Xuan decided to cast another actor after discussing with the teachers. Just do the second part.

The second plot requires someone to play a policeman to accompany the scene. In the past few days, Chu Xuan has been the actor who has come in person to cooperate with the audition, and this audition is no exception.

I have watched the same audition so many times that I can recite the plot by heart. Based on the fact that no one has met their expectations in the audition for this role in the past few days, the teachers have all become calm, but they also hope that there will be surprises and that they can give Today, New Year’s Eve brings good news.

Only Liu Yifei knew that Chu Xuan had high expectations for this Zhang Songwen. She was filled with interest as she waited for Chu Xuan and Zhang Songwen's performances.

"Teacher Zhang, do you want me to explain the plot requirements? Or should I come directly?" Chu Xuan asked.

"How about doing it again first? See if my understanding of the characters is in line with your wishes, director?" Zhang Songwen said.

"Okay, then come directly." Chu Xuan took his position in front of the camera.

The character of Ren Blum is very complicated, and there are not many character clips sent to the auditioning actors, which inevitably means that the actors do not understand the character well. He will ask this question when he faces the actors auditioning for this role. Most of the actors need him to explain it. Only a few senior actors don't need his character concept.

These senior actors have an in-depth interpretation of the characters in just two clips. Judging from the results of the audition, the interpretation is indeed very in-depth. Unfortunately, the direction of the in-depth interpretation is somewhat deviated from the established character concept. I just don’t know how effective Zhang Songwen’s interpretation is. Does it fit with it?

Chu Xuan stood and Zhang Songwen sat on the chair.

At this time, Chu Xuan looked at Zhang Songwen, frowning, and his eyes were like those of an eagle.

Zhang Songwen quickly reacted and the audition began.

"Ren Bren, you really don't have even a little bit of conscience!" Chu Xuan was sullen, with hatred in his tone, and a context of hatred that iron cannot be transformed into steel. Police Captain Yang has always known about Renbulen’s many hidden secrets about female celebrities.

However, the unspoken rule is that one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. This is against moral ethics but not illegal. If someone insists on saying that it is a relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend, it cannot be handled. It is also difficult to obtain a monetary transaction between the two parties to sue the prostitute. Evidence, so Captain Yang hates Ren Bren very much, but there is nothing he can do about him.

In the corresponding plot in the script, this time Team Yang got news about a certain actress that Ren Bren had unspoken rules about. Because there was no evidence and it was impossible to accuse Ren Bren to cause substantial harm, he could only accuse Ren Bren in his own name while wearing casual clothes. It was up to Bren to vent his dissatisfaction.

"Captain Yang, what happened to me?" Zhang Songwen asked. He was not nervous at all when the police came to the door. He kept smiling gently: "No matter what the reason is, if I made Captain Yang angry, then I must apologize."

He waved to Chu Xuan: "Captain Yang, come on, come on, it's the first time to brew the best Tieguanyin. When guests come, the first cup of tea should be given to the guests and to our people who serve the people." Team Yang.”

"No need." Chu Xuan waved his hand, as if he was familiar with the face of Zhang Songwen, a capitalist, and said: "As the boss of a large company in the cultural industry, you have never thought about bringing some integrity to the public order and good customs of society?"

Zhang Songwen's "pouring tea in the void" paused for a moment, but his smiling face did not change: "It seems that Captain Yang doesn't know much about my company. Our movies and TV series have always led the audience to be positive and upright. It starts with us.”

Chu Xuan let out a "ha" and said lightly: "Is this what I'm talking about?"

Zhang Songwen knew that what Chu Xuan was talking about was an unspoken rule, so his expression turned calm and he raised his head slightly to look at Chu Xuan.

The stare-down lasted for several seconds, with Chu Xuan's majesty and Zhang Songwen's indifference creating a tense collision.

A gentle smile appeared on Zhang Songwen's face again, he crossed his legs, reached out and "picked up the tea cup and took a sip", as if he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.

He said in an educational tone: "Captain Yang, there are many people who need help. Don't stare at me every day."

He paused, put down the "tea cup", and then looked directly at Chu Xuan's face: "If I do something that really makes Captain Yang uncomfortable, I suggest that Captain Yang let the national legislation establish regulations to restrict it. Then I will let someone do it." Follow the horse's lead."

This line has three meanings.

On the first level, if Team Yang has the ability to make the country change the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry, then Bren will be convinced.

Secondly, if national legislation enacts regulations to restrict these unspoken rules, then Renbun will definitely abide by the law.

On the third level, Ren Bren said that he had not broken any laws by following unspoken rules, which showed that he was a good and law-abiding person.

This line was designed by Chu Xuan, and it was once again full of irony.

Zhang Songwen's performance made Liu Yifei and the teachers' eyes shine.

The same lines, the same sitting, Zhang Songwen gave them a very different feeling from the actors auditioning for this role these days.

Some actors, facing the policeman Chu Xuan, spoke their lines a little too fast, emphatically expressing their importance to the arrival of the police captain.

But this emphasis is a sign of hypocrisy, but the role of Ren Bren does not require the element of hypocrisy. The emphasis on the change of speaking speed in the lines makes the actor appear hypocritical, which violates the character setting.

Some actors, facing the policeman Chu Xuan, sat very straight, acting as if they were actively cooperating and pretending to respond to the policeman's visit.

Active cooperation and false response are correct, but sitting upright lacks the setting of the character sitting high in the clouds.

On the other hand, this Zhang Songwen should not be disturbed by someone coming to the door, nor should he be anxious that this person is a policeman. He speaks his lines in a leisurely manner, his sitting posture never changes in contrast, and his smile is very gentle and friendly, making it easy for people to watch. He doesn't take the police seriously when he comes out.

The handling of the last scene and lines is even better. The three scenes of looking at each other, drinking tea and confronting each other show the characters' three emotional changes from arrogance, leisurely to elegant arrogance.

This was something that the previous audition actors had not done, which aroused great interest in Liu Yifei and the teachers.

The gentleness floating in the clouds can be seen in Zhang Songwen.

Next, we have to see how Zhang Songwen interprets Chu Xuan's extra scene to reflect the elegance of a beast in clothes.

"Is it so cruel?"

Chu Xuan told an extra scene, and the content of the extra scene shocked Zhang Songwen on the spot.

Zhang Songwen didn't say much, just let the director tell the actors how to act.

He took some time to find his emotions and nodded towards Chu Xuan who returned to the director's seat.

"Start." Chu Xuan said, looking at the monitor with Liu Yifei and the other teachers.

According to the logic of Chu Xuan's added scene, Zhang Songwen took off his coat and shoes, and lay down neatly on the ground, using the ground as his bed.

He got up from the "bed" and glanced at the "woman" next to him. This was the "female star" he had unspoken rules about last night.

He "opened the quilt and got out of bed," put on his shoes again, picked up his clothes and started dressing.

At this time, "a flag-raising ceremony was taking place in front of Tiananmen Square opposite, and exciting song melody was heard."

Zhang Songwen hummed along with the "melody" while dressing.

He buttoned his clothes slowly, then tied his tie like a gentleman, elegantly smoothed his hair using the camera as a mirror, and sang along to the melody like a murmur.

This extra scene is very cruel. It is cruel because it is a slave against a female star who has unspoken rules. It is cruel because dirty and dirty things can happen under the red flag. It is cruel because the villain does such a disgusting thing. I'm still in the mood to sing.

This ironic art has been taken to the extreme by Chu Xuan.

Since the first day of auditioning for the villain role of a female agent, witnessed by Liu Yifei and other teachers, Chu Xuan seemed to have a lot of inspiration in this regard.

In the past few days, a lot of original scenes outside of the script have been added to many auditioning actors, but the most exciting one is the scene with multiple ironic lines for Wen Zhengrong on the first day. Xuan created it and once again amazed everyone.

Just looking at the superficial meaning, this scene is an extreme satire of unspoken rules.

But if you look at the situation based on the lyrics, the underlying meaning is to inspire some female stars." Or female stars who have suffered from unspoken rules must learn to stand up and resist, and they must understand that they should not compromise and never compromise.

Ironic things can also create reverse incentives. In the eyes of everyone, Chu Xuan has achieved a very high master-level literary and artistic level in the creation of this scene.

"You are the first one..." Tang Jili organized his words and said to Zhang Songwen: "There are so many actors auditioning for the same play as you. You are the first one who made me want to rush up and beat you to death after watching the play." actor."

This comment may not sound like a good word, but it certainly does not mean that Zhang Songwen interpreted this role very well.

"Well done." Huang Lei approved: "With the performance you just performed, I, as an audience, will be very angry, and my negative emotions will reach a threshold. It's so hateful."

In his eyes, Zhang Songwen slept with a female star and ruined her unspoken rules. Such behavior was disgusting.

Forget about being disgusted, the protagonist still sings the national anthem like a show of strength. There is no solemn or serious attitude in front of the national anthem, but instead he is annoyingly elegant. This is really annoying.

Liu Yi nodded slightly: "This scene is not in the script. It is a scene created temporarily by our director Chu. Director Chu wants to add this scene to the script, which will inevitably cause the audience to collapse emotionally. If you were to act in this scene, I would I strongly recommend that Director Chu put this scene at the end of the character, and have the police rush in and arrest him halfway through the song, otherwise it will be difficult for the audience to accept it."

The national anthem emphasizes positive emotions in movies and TV dramas. Chu Xuan wants to put this song in a scene with negative emotions. Combined with such a bad plot, this will definitely make the audience's negative emotions explode.

If the negative emotions of the audience cannot be suppressed, whether this plot can pass the review and be broadcast is a question.

Therefore, when the villain is the most annoying, it is the best arrangement to let the villain end without a good ending.

Zhang Songwen nodded repeatedly: "When I got the character script, I was already very surprised by this character in just two clips. Capitalists are so tough on the police, they completely ignore public order and good customs, and even openly challenge the law in front of the police. He still maintains a gentle and elegant attitude, such a character is rare even in police dramas."

Zhang Songwen looked at Chu Xuan: "Although this character is a big villain, he has his charm. This is the reason why I came to audition for this role. But when I just heard Director Chu Xuan's additional plot, Director Chu Xuan I really admire his ability to explore characters. I think this extra plot surpasses all the villains in domestic urban dramas. I think this character can become a classic."

Zhang Songwen responded to Liu Yi's words: "Teacher Liu Yi is right. Once this scene is finished, this character cannot live well anymore. Not only will the audience not be able to stand it, but I won't be able to stand it if I were to act. This is also a huge challenge to my moral bottom line, and I haven’t come out of it yet.”

Probably because of the good attitude of everyone, he felt that he should be able to win this role. Once he improved the calmness in the room, he started talking a little more, became a little more active, and his desire for the stage became stronger.

Chu Xuan smiled and said: "When I was doing this scene, the teachers said that I really dared to play, and I was not afraid of offending some capital in the industry. What I want to say is, I am not afraid, I dare to shoot, Zhang Teacher, do you dare to act?"

Hearing Chu Xuan's explicit invitation, Zhang Songwen breathed a sigh of relief. He had been hit by obstacles all year round, and his acting skills online were not as good as the resources and connections. He was able to audition for a drama role in the big company of Brilliant Era. He was also He didn't come with any high hopes, but luckily enough, he got this opportunity.

"If the director dares to shoot, I will dare to act," he said.

"If this character attracts criticism, will Teacher Zhang care?" Chu Xuan said.

Zhang Songwen said silently: "Causing criticism is also a way for the audience to remember the character. What I care more about is the opportunity to participate in a play."

Hearing this, Chu Xuan sincerely extended an invitation: "Welcome Mr. Zhang to join the crew of "Star You". If there is any criticism after the show is broadcast, and any negative impact is caused to Mr. Zhang regardless of the role of the audience or the actors, I will We will do our best to clear Mr. Zhang’s name.”

Zhang Songwen laughed dumbly, but he didn't expect Chu Xuan to say such words.

After walking on thin ice for many years, he received no help or comfort from anyone, but when he met a new director for the first time, he was treated sincerely, which moved him very much.

"Then I would like to thank the director first." He expressed his gratitude.

Facts have proved that Chu Xuan was right.

Among so many actors who auditioned, Zhang Songwen was the only one who could overpower Wen Zhengrong in terms of temperament and aura while fitting the character's setting.

Zhou Minzhu is Ren Bren's manager. If a boss can't control his subordinates, then the boss will stop working from a sensory point of view.

Wen Zhengrong's aura is also very powerful, but Zhang Songwen's aura is stronger than Wen Zhengrong's, and Chu Xuan's expectations are not in vain.

"You have such good eyesight. You have found the right person again." Liu Yifei scratched the back of Chu Xuan's hand and gave Chu Xuan a thumbs up. (End of chapter)