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"The world's rare treasures are originally reserved for the virtuous."

When Lu Heng said his first line, everyone in the audition room was taken aback. Fang Kaizhi let out a "huh", subconsciously tilted his body forward from the chair, and his eyes fixed on Lu Heng's. Surprise flashed in his eyes.

In the script setting of "Flower and Sword", in everyone's thinking pattern, even in Gu Runqing's audition performance just now, everyone defines the role of Wen Renjing as "awe-inspiring, treacherous and loyal, upside-down". Black and white, insane" villain.

So when Gu Runqing auditioned, his performance was hoarse, appalling, hideous and ugly.Tearing away the original illusion of gentleness, elegance and righteousness, Gu Runqing used his superb acting skills to perfectly interpret a hypocrite who disguised himself as a saint in front of everyone, and after his true face was exposed, he made sophistry and confuses black and white.And delusional to kill everyone who knows the truth.

Because Wen Renjing has been influenced by his ears and eyes since he was a child, so that he understands that no matter how much he argues, black is black and white is white.Even if he can say those words in a dignified manner to deceive the people of the world, he cannot deceive his own heart.

He is just a treacherous villain who forgets righteousness for profit, is jealous of his senior brother's adventure, has delusional thoughts in his heart, and finally has murderous intentions.Even if everyone in the world praised his reputation, they couldn't hide this fact.

So when Wen Renjing was questioned by the actor at the end of the film, he felt guilty.However, his arrogance and dominance made him unwilling to admit his ugliness, so he tried his best to kill everyone who knew the truth. Just like 20 years ago, he continued to maintain his own identity with lies. lifetime.

However, Lu Heng's acting direction is another extreme.

"The world's rare treasures are originally owned by virtuous people, and I heard that people are respected and virtuous people in the world. You said that I plotted your father's adventure to kill people and seize treasures. Do you know that this is not God's intentional arrangement?" Lu Heng This line is righteous and awe-inspiring, his eyes are firm, and although he is speaking generously with his arms open, it is different from Gu Runqing's hysterical inversion of black and white. The one who should get the rare treasure.As for the father of the male protagonist, he was lucky enough to meet Qibao once.The so-called innocence of a man is guilty of a crime, but in the final analysis, it is still useless for a man, so we can't keep the rare treasure.From this, it can be deduced that this man is not a virtuous person chosen by God.

There is a Buddhist story, to the effect that once upon a time there was a scholar who had a private life with Qingmei, but later, Qingmei married someone else.The scholar was very painful and couldn't understand, so he ran to the Buddha and asked the Buddha.The Buddha showed him the cause of his previous life.The scholar saw a dead woman lying naked in the desert.Passing by a person, took off his clothes to cover the woman's body, and then another person dug the woman's tomb and erected a monument...

The Buddha said that the woman was Qingmei's previous life, and the scholar was the one who took off her clothes to cover her body.Therefore, Qingmei fell in love with the scholar in this life, but it was just to repay the love, and it was destined to die with another person.

This is the cycle of cause and effect.

Now Lu Heng's interpretation of Wen Renjing, the artistic conception explained when reading this line is similar to this Buddhist story.In Wen Renjing's view, Qi Bao was discovered by the hero's father, but it was just a coincidence, and it was God's intention to give him a hint.In the end, it was fate that Qibao fell into his hands.

Such a righteous and generous statement, although shameless, is so strange that it is difficult to refute.

"The weak eat the strong and the fittest survive. Your father died under my sword, and he also died under the rules of the rivers and lakes of natural selection. The strong dominate and the weak are controlled by others. This is nature..."

When Lu Heng said this, with a flick of his wrist, the three-foot green blade drew an astonishing sword flower in the air.However, the words in his mouth were not as awe-inspiring as he expressed.

"The truth in this world is for the living to hear, but the dead don't need to reason."

Lu Heng's eyes were cold and downcast. Although he was looking at the hero lying at his feet, there was no one in his eyes, as if everyone in the world were ants. It was that murderous line, Also known as what he said is light and without a trace of fireworks.

"Today, as a teacher, I will teach you the last thing, what is meant by beheading and killing."

There is a very vulgar line in the novels of later generations of fairy tales: God sees mortals as ants.

This sentence does not mean that the gods are arrogant, but that under the absolute power gap, gods don't have to take mortals to heart.

Now Wen Renjing's old story of killing people and seizing treasures has been exposed, but under his organization's exhaustive planning, all those who know the truth have been trapped by him. He only needs to kill these people to continue to enjoy the rare treasures for himself. .

Therefore, in Wen Renjing's heart, this is also proof that God has destined him to be a virtuous person.

Compared to Gu Runqing's interpretation of Wen Renjing's "reversal of black and white and traitorous loyalty", Lu Heng's Wen Renjing always feels that he is the man of destiny.Therefore even his evil is all faith.

If it is said that Gu Runqing's Wen Renjing interprets "the evil seems loyal", then Lu Heng's Wen Renjing interprets "the evil seems righteous".The two are similar at first glance, but in essence they are completely different.

Gu Runqing's Wen Renjing clearly knew his fault, that's why he made sophistry and turned black and white after the truth was revealed, it was because of his guilty conscience.

However, Lu Heng's Wen Renjing has a strange self-confidence and belief in himself. He never thinks that he has done wrong, and only thinks that the death of others and the injury of others are natural selection.

It is this upright and awe-inspiring righteousness that makes the audience even more shuddering.Because Wen Renjing interpreted by Lu Heng is no longer a normal person.

This is a lunatic, a lunatic who only believes in himself and has great strength.

So the calmer and more natural his performance was, the more terrified and frightened everyone was, and even unconsciously, a little bit of coolness diffused from the tailbone, slowly sweeping across the whole body.

Looking at the sinister Wen Renjing in the field, the audition room was dumbfounded.

Lu Heng took a deep breath, bowed slightly to everyone, and said with a smile: "My audition is over."

No one in the audition room answered.

After a long time, everyone suddenly came to their senses. Fang Kaizhi gave a dry cough and looked at Lu Heng with a complicated expression.

Before today, half an hour to be precise, Fang Kaizhi had never expected Lu Heng's male number two.He even thinks that Lu Heng has gone too smoothly in the past two years, so he is a little ignorant of the heights of the heavens and the earth.If it weren't for the fact that Lu Heng was indeed talented and a child with a good nature, Director Fang wouldn't want to talk to him at all.

But now, after seeing Lu Heng's interpretation of Wen Renjing with his own eyes, even Fang Kaizhi, who is inclined towards Gu Runqing from the bottom of his heart, can't make a choice.

His eyes subconsciously fell on the other judges in the audition room.Several representatives of the producer and investors all stared at Lu Heng with bright eyes, whispering among each other.The screenwriters and casting directors of the crew looked back and forth between Lu Heng and Gu Runqing, probably making judgments.

Not to mention the only heroine, Shao Qiongfang, who was also from a martial arts background. She was already fascinated by Lu Heng's swordsmanship just now. The criteria for judging have skyrocketed.

Even Gu Runqing himself lost the leisurely composure he had just had in the audition, his eyes fell on Lu Heng, his expression was obscure.

Seeing everyone's excitement, Fang Kaizhi sent out the two audition candidates temporarily under the pretext of removing makeup and changing costumes.

Gu Runqing smiled wryly, got up and said, "Let's go, the two of us can be companions. It also saves me from taking such a long time to remove makeup, and there is no one to talk to."

Facing the olive branch thrown by Gu Runqing first, Lu Heng immediately took over the conversation, humbly expressing that he had admired Gu Runqing for a long time, and liked his performance of "Gradient Voice" the most.

The name of the movie that Lu Heng mentioned was a little strange. It was a literary film that Gu Runqing had acted in a few years before his debut. Although he hadn't won any awards, it was Gu Runqing's favorite work.But very few people remember this movie. Lu Heng accidentally knew about it when he watched Gu Runqing's interview in his previous life.At that time, he was so obsessed with Gu Runqing's celebrity, he even found the source of the film to watch.So at this moment, I know many details of the film very well, and the various comments are also meaningful.

Gu Runqing really didn't expect that Lu Heng would pay so much attention to him, and he was so familiar with such a rare movie that few of his fans knew about.

Gu Runqing and Lu Heng had no intersection before.A few days ago, he received a call from Director Fang. Director Fang intended to choose him to play the second male lead in "Flower and Sword", and privately asked him to give full play during the audition. It would be best for Lu Heng to retreat.It was only then that Gu Runqing realized that this young boy who was about to be praised by the industry would be so overwhelmed.Probably due to preconceptions, Gu Runqing's perception of Lu Heng is not good.But this little prejudice disappeared after watching Lu Heng's audition, and the little grudges that had arisen quietly in his heart disappeared under Lu Heng's sincere admiration.

By the way, I also understood why Director Fang tolerated Lu Heng's nonsense like this. One thing is that he is young and ignorant. The most important thing is that this kid does have acting skills and box office appeal.

Generally speaking, in the entertainment industry, connections are important, but talent and audience popularity are more important than connections.Not to mention that Lu Heng's behavior is very attractive, but he just lets it fly occasionally. Even if he is really difficult to deal with like Zhao Miao, as long as he can make money from filming, there are still investors and crews waving a lot of money. The banknotes offered him as an ancestor.

And I have to say, being looked at with adoring eyes by such a talented, evil, and good-natured little kid is indeed very easy to create a sense of accomplishment.

Not to mention the happy conversation between Lu Heng and Gu Runqing in the dressing room.

It only said that after the two walked out of the audition room, the originally quiet audition room immediately exploded.

"I said this Lu Heng is too evil, right?" The casting director turned to look at Fang Kaizhi, and couldn't wait to express his remarks: "I never thought that Wen Renjing could interpret it like this. Before that, Huaxia On the big screen—no, it should be said that on the big screens all over the world, no one has ever interpreted a villain from this angle. I dare say that if we use Lu Heng as Wen Renjing, it will definitely cause an uproar in the circle."

"That being said, Lu Heng is still too young. It's too risky for me to ask him to play Wen Renjing." Fang Kaizhi frowned and said slowly.

"But his acting is too beautiful." This is the argument of an investor: "And Lu Heng's Wen Renjing's costume is more eye-catching than Gu Runqing. I think if Lu Heng came to play Wen Renjing, it would be just because of his figure and his appearance." With a face, you can definitely pull a group of young girls and boys into the cinema."

Although "Flower and Sword" is a literary film, from the standpoint of investors, of course, the higher the box office, the better.Lu Heng's box office appeal is not controversial, especially in North America and Europe. Because of the cruise ship bombing and the popularity of the global fashion circle, it is no exaggeration to say that his appeal alone can almost surpass half of the crew. .

Investors responded so enthusiastically that Fang Kaizhi also had to consider this.What's more, what the casting director said was right. Lu Heng's interpretation of the well-known performance method has never been tried by anyone before, whether it is domestic or foreign.If Lu Heng's attempt can be successful, then it will definitely be a very high bargaining chip for the film's road to winning awards.But--

"I think we should think carefully about it." Shao Qiongfang, who had just been obsessed with Lu Heng's sword dance, also spoke.Her suggestion is quite pertinent.

"No matter how good Lu Heng's audition is, we must consider that the film is a whole." Shao Qiongfang frowned, and explained from her own perspective: "We cannot deny that Lu Heng's popularity is indeed amazing. But we also have to take into account that he is only 16 years old after all. A 16-year-old boy plays a 45-year-old middle-aged man, and the most important thing is that he will be a husband and wife partner with me in the play..."

Shao Qiongfang was also a little embarrassed when she said this: "I can't imagine, if Lu Heng came to play Wen Renjing, what the audience would think when I was in the same frame as him."

"The film will be very incongruous."

Shao Qiongfang's words were like a basin of cold water pouring down their heads, and the hearts of the people who had been caught up in heated discussions were chilled. Everyone was an experienced person, and they only needed a word from Shao Qiongfang to immediately think of the subsequent scene.

16 years old playing 45 years old, no matter what, it is still too shocking.The casting director scratched his head and said irritably, "Ah, it's that brat Lu Heng who is making trouble for us. Why do you think he performed so well in the audition? Otherwise, he is 26 years old this year. Don't you think this is embarrassing us?"

The words of the casting director immediately aroused everyone's approval and condemnation.Shao Qiongfang said with a smile: "There is no way to do this. People are talented, and talented people are very willful."

Fang Kaizhi frowned, ignoring everyone's meaningless discussions, his eyes fell on the first screenwriter who had never said a word, since Lu Heng's audition was over, he took a pen and kept writing on paper, asked in a deep voice Said: "Old Yao, what do you think?"

Without raising her head, Yao Suhua said in a deep voice, "I'm inspired, don't talk to me."

Fang Kai choked, and the casting director chuckled, and quickly diverted: "Since everyone can't argue, why don't we watch the actor's audition first? They've been waiting outside for a long time."

******

Zhao Miao didn't know how long he waited until the assistant standing at the door of the conference hall finally called his name.

Zhao Miao got up, put all the whispers behind her, and pushed open the door that was about to determine his fate expressionlessly.

The audition room transformed from a banquet hall was empty, with a row of tables and chairs at the end of the room, and all the audition examiners were sitting behind the desk.Just now they interviewed no less than ten male lead actors, and Fang Kaizhi had a good impression of one of them, a young man named Gu Yu. The casting director picked out this young man's resume and selected him as the leading actor.

Zhao Miao was ranked No.11.

Before he entered the room, a representative of an investor couldn't help but sighed: "If Lu Heng hadn't insisted on torturing, we wouldn't have to be so embarrassing and troublesome."

Isn't that right? Originally, the preparatory work for the crew's project approval was very troublesome, and now they have to waste time on casting.The male protagonist who was already decided was chosen.

The representative of the investor knocked on Zhao Miao's resume: "Isn't this the master who came here to torment us after losing so much money in "Feng Shen Bang"? With his acting skills, let alone Lu Heng, I See, he can't even compare to the spare tire just now."

But when Zhao Miao came in, everyone stopped talking.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, no matter how poor Zhao Miao is, only "Feng Shen Bang" will fail at the box office.In order to make up for the loss, Star Entertainment swayed Zhao Miao, a cash cow, and took over ten dramas a year, each with a salary of 200 million or more, not to mention various advertisements and endorsements.If you really talk about the speed of making money, let alone everyone here, even the domestic first-line superstars have to weigh it.

This is Zhao Miao's background. Even if the transformation fails, it will be enough to eat for a few years just by using the screen image that has been created in the past.

But his acting skills, everyone is really grateful.This matter is well known to everyone.The reason why he gave an audition opportunity was all because Director Fang gave Lu Heng a "chance" for Lu Heng's sake.

Fang Kaizhi looked at Zhao Miao who was slowly walking into the arena, and said in a deep voice, "You can start now."

The scene where Zhao Miao wants to audition is a scene in which the hero finally finds out that the teacher he admires the most is the real culprit who killed his parents, and he denounces Wen Renjing and explodes outrageously.

This scene set off the climax of the whole movie and played a turning role in linking the past and the future, which can be described as crucial.

When Lu Heng told him about the play, he also mentioned these few clips emphatically.

Zhao Miao took a deep breath.

In the script, the hero Yu Xiaobai bears a blood feud, and the only obsession that keeps him alive is to avenge his parents.But he never thought that the enemy he always misses is actually the mentor who raised him.Facing the vengeance of nurturing grace and killing his father, Yu Xiaobai didn't know how to choose.

In reality, Zhao Miao debuted at the age of four, was abandoned by his parents before he became famous, and was treated as a cash cow by his parents after he became famous. In order to control him, he almost got addicted to alcohol and drugs.Originally thought that even if it is a cash cow, it should have some affection after a long time, but the failure of a "Feng Shen Bang" made Zhao Miao see the reality clearly.In his life, his parents and friends were not close, and he didn't have any obsessions, so the company arranged for him to connect to the notifications and squeeze him crazily, Zhao Miao didn't care.It wasn't until Lu Heng approached him several times, ignored his refusal that he didn't know what to do, and even went so far as to get him an audition for "Flower and Sword".

"...Why didn't that sword cut off my heart? If I died under the sword of the master that day, there would be no such right and wrong."

If it was just for profit, it would be fine to just treat me as a cash cow. Why did you say so many nice things to me in private after I severed the relationship with my parents, making me treat the company as my family, but in the end I felt that I was not obedient enough, digging Someone else is coming to take my place?

As far as Yu Xiaobai is concerned, he doesn't know how to face the hatred of nurturing favor and killing his father. As far as Zhao Miao is concerned, does he just want to see the difference between using and true affection?

He was signed by Star Entertainment at the age of four, and has spent more time dealing with the company than with his own family over the years.But what the company did to him was no different from killing him.

Huh?

As soon as Zhao Miao opened her mouth, everyone was refreshed.Everyone is familiar with Zhao Miao's way of acting, and the flamboyant secondary school has his own characteristics.But the Zhao Miao in front of him, no matter his lines skills or his every action, did not have those exaggerated routines at all, but was so strange and real that it was unbelievable.

That's right, it's true. Zhao Miao, who was standing in the audition, gave people a completely unfamiliar feeling, as if this person was not Zhao Miao at all.Every word he said, every accusation he made, even the painful struggle in his eyes, the evasion of not believing the truth and the blood dripping when he had to face the truth, all were not staged.

Fang Kaizhi looked at Zhao Miao quietly, but what Lu Heng said when he recommended Zhao Miao that day came to mind.

He said that Zhao Miao is very suitable for this role.

Fang Kaizhi didn't believe it at first.It's not that he has never seen Zhao Miao act.

But now, in the face of Zhao Miao's so-called real accusation and outburst, Fang Kaizhi had no choice but to believe it.

Just like what Lu Heng said, Zhao Miao's role as Yu Xiaobai is indeed appropriate.No, in Zhao Miao's current state, it can't be said to be acting - he doesn't need to act at all.

I don't know what method Lu Heng used, but Zhao Miao standing in front of them at this moment is blatantly Yu Xiaobai.

Yu Xiaobai who just walked out of the script.

Like a rough stone covered in a thick layer of grime, after experiencing the polishing of the world and the scouring of the trough, he seized the only chance to get himself up.

Then, exude the dazzling brilliance unique to diamonds.

After the 5-minute audition, Zhao Miao bowed to everyone, and with a humble attitude he had never had before, said respectfully: "I am here today, just to prove to everyone that Lu Heng's vision is not wrong, I, Zhao Miao , is qualified to stand here and audition for the role of Yu Xiaobai."

"I know that after this incident, many of you felt that Lu Heng was asking for trouble, because he didn't know how to advance or retreat. Complained that he didn't take the crew seriously and caused trouble for everyone."

Zhao Miao's clear eyes scanned the people in the audition room one by one. The people present didn't know what was going on, but they avoided Zhao Miao's sight with a little guilt.

Zhao Miao continued: "I admit that Lu Heng did this for me. He regards me as a friend, so he doesn't want to see me degenerate, and always wants to help me. And because I rejected him several times, he There is really no other way to do this. I accept his love."

"But I still have to say, this is not a reason for you to blame him."

Zhao Miao is Zhao Miao, even though he suppressed his temper and tried to "present facts and reason" with everyone, but with his habits, in the end, Zhao Miao's self-willed and domineering like Zhao Miao was unavoidable.

His eyes fell on Fang Kaizhi, and he asked brazenly: "Director Fang, I just want to ask you one thing. If there is no recommendation from Lu Heng, I will call you personally and say that I want to audition for "Flower and Sword" No matter whether you use me or not in the end, I just ask you to give me a fair chance to audition, will you give it?"

Fang Kaizhi was stunned for a moment.He thought about what Zhao Miao said, and was surprised to find that if it was true what Zhao Miao said, he seemed... really would give Zhao Miao a chance to audition.

Just like Liu Jiawei asked him to audition for the audition, he knew that Liu Jiawei was not suitable for the role, but he still couldn't refuse because of his face.

Zhao Miao's eyes fell on Wang Zhonghao again, and she raised her eyebrows and asked, "Wang Dong, you have been in contact with Brother Sun, hoping to persuade me to switch to Yington. If I take the audition opportunity of the male lead in "Flower and Sword" as a job-hopping opportunity Will you help me say this for the request of signing the contract?"

Wang Zhonghao was also taken aback.Inton Group has been in contact with Zhao Miao in private, which is no secret in the circle.

In order to persuade Sun Shuliang and Zhao Miao, Wang Zhonghao did promise many conditions in private.Among them is the tailor-made movie for Zhao Miao.If Zhao Miao threatened him with this as a negotiation condition...then he would really agree.

As the largest investor in the movie "Flower and Sword", Yington Group, if Wang Zhonghao and Fang Kaizhi proposed to give Zhao Miao a chance to audition, Fang Kaizhi would definitely agree.Just like the reason why investors and producers strongly recommended Wang Zhen's audition to be respected.

Shao Qiongfang, who had nothing to do with herself, seemed to understand something. She looked at Zhao Miao in the field with great interest, with high interest.

Zhao Miao continued: "The last question, in terms of qualifications, box office appeal, media influence, and even acting skills, if there are any male lead candidates out there, which one is more suitable for Yu Xiaobai than me, Zhao Miao? Role?"

With Zhao Miao's performance in the audition just now, everyone really couldn't say that the outside candidate was better than Zhao Miao.

Finally, Zhao Miao smiled and said in relief: "Director Fang, thank you for giving me this chance to audition. I hope you don't blame Lu Heng. If it weren't for Lu Heng's troubles, my life might be over. Your boss There are a lot of people, so let’s think of it as saving a life.”

When Zhao Miao said this, she bowed deeply to everyone: "I believe that the male lead I play will not be more suitable than Lu Heng. Therefore, I will withdraw from this audition."

Everyone: "!!!"

Before everyone could react, Zhao Miao said again: "Although the matter has been a bit of a toss, I think the crew can definitely use this matter to stir up speculation, and it will definitely attract the public's attention."

The implication of Zhao Miao's words is the rhythm of being willing to be a green leaf.His words gave us a lot of inspiration.

The investor and the producer, who were still complaining about the troubles of the two children, looked at each other, and almost at the same time, they thought of N ways to promote and hype.

Zhao Miao bowed again and exited the audition room without saying a word.

The turmoil in the audition room was covered tightly by several parties involved.

It was not until three days later that everyone received the audition results from the crew.