Euthanasia

The young Liu Zhiwei holds the camera in his hand, and the lens is facing himself.He stares at the camera as if looking at his own reflection through the lens of the camera.

He walked to the bed, stepped back into the bed, still looking at the camera intently.

He stepped on the edge of the bed with bare feet, squatting there, his body swayed slightly back and forth, swaying between falling and not falling all the time.

He was always deadpan.

Jon's throat seemed to be choked, and he couldn't make a sound or breathe.

This action obviously only lasted 1 minute, but it seemed extremely long because of the constant mechanical repetition.He swayed slowly until his body stopped swaying spontaneously.He looked away.He put down the hand that raised the camera. He looked up at the ceiling and began to shake slowly and slightly again.

The film was in black and white, and his pale neck, pale chin, and pale lips could be seen in the lens.

He stood up suddenly.

The whole camera starts to spin.Liu Zhiwei stood up again.Standing in front of a mirror, with the camera on his left arm, he painted his lips with a single lipstick.The lipstick was drawn all the way along the lower lip, along his right cheek, ear, to the back of his head, and then went back and then back to the left cheek. Because the hand was not smooth, the line twisted on his cheekbones. Opened a small slice.Then he started to paint on the mirror.No clear image could be seen in the shaking camera, and it was not until he finished the painting that what he had done before appeared in the picture.

The mirror is covered with huge "X".Even if it is a black and white film, those × are shocking.The lines extend from the mirror to the wall. In order to fill a gap in a certain place, Liu Zhiwei leans up and adds two Xs.

Then he stepped back step by step, looking expressionlessly at the mirror and himself in the mirror covered with Xs.

The screen went black.Jon didn't feel any room to breathe, but became more depressed.The screen lights up again, and Liu Zhiwei's face is still in front of the camera, but the background keeps changing.

He got up from a small low stool and started circling in circles.The camera keeps capturing his face, and the background spins faster and faster.

The shadows on his face shifted back and forth, and he closed his eyes as he spun.

There were only his footsteps in the background, and a long, increasing beep from the violin.

Infinite beeping, endless whirling—

Then he fell sharply to the ground.

The screen went black.

In the 10-minute film, the pictures and mechanical sounds are repeated continuously.Even Lu Yi, who is mentally sound, felt deeply depressed after reading it.

He subconsciously turned to look at Jon.

Jon's eyes were wide open, his face was like Liu Zhiwei's, expressionless.The veins on his neck are protruding, and his hands are crossed and hanged.

Tears ran down his cheeks and dried up in no time.

Liu Zhiwei followed the others in the third group and left the green screen audition room one after another.He was actually a little confused throughout the audition.They didn't have an exact audience, and they didn't have a private venue. The whole audition was like floor gymnastics at a sports meeting.Who knows if the director watched him or not?Who knows if his pretense of contemplation is particularly stupid against the backdrop of others?Who knows what the point of this audition is? ?

There are several big question marks in everyone's mind.

When Liu Zhiwei went out, he deliberately waited for Zeng Yilai to catch up.Zeng Yilai also immediately came forward to look for Liu Zhiwei. Before Liu Zhiwei could speak, Zeng Yilai said, "I saw you playing with a sword! You really have two brushes!"

Liu Zhiwei scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "It's okay, what are you performing?" Liu Zhiwei was so devoted to sword dancing at the time that he didn't have time to watch what others were doing, but he was very curious about Zeng Yilai, the other actor's free performance. of.

Zeng Yilai said: "Hey, what else can I have? I picked the simplest scene and entertained myself for 10 minutes."

Although Zeng Yilai was modest, he did not lie.Their group itself is a group of demons dancing wildly, in such a big venue, with so many people, there are all kinds of performances. Instead of trying to make a blockbuster with exaggerated movements, it is better to perform the simplest scenes that you are best at.

"In such a large venue and background, although there are many people, the density is not high," said Zeng Yi. "The background is all green screen, and there are many cameras overhead. I guess everyone's personal Add a background to the show in batches to see what the effect is."

Liu Zhiwei didn't notice this, he was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "It makes sense."

"However, there are so many people, so the amount of work is too big, I'm afraid it won't waste resources for us small characters." Zeng Yilai smiled and said ironically, "This time it's purely for experience. .”

In fact, Liu Zhiwei felt very sorry for Zeng Yilai.A star with little talent is a popular niche, but not many people care about a powerful faction like him.

Most of the scripts that can be received are for Xiao Xianrou who has no acting skills but is popular. In the kind of dramas created for the popularity of the protagonist, at best, he can be a great supporting role.

Liu Zhiwei has played too many supporting roles, so he has empathy for Zeng Yilai.

"If you don't get selected this time, will Brother Zeng make an announcement?" Liu Zhiwei asked.

"Well - I don't have a movie on hand for the time being," Zeng Yilai thought for a while, "There is a variety show, 'all supporting roles', which suits my identity." Zeng Yilai laughed.

"Congratulations Brother Zeng." Liu Zhiwei said quickly. The variety show "All Supporting Actors" is very popular at present, and it is also to save the current problem that it is difficult for supporting supporting actors to stand out. Usually, supporting actors who are strong but not good-looking or are very old are invited to perform game variety shows showing their acting skills.At the beginning, the ratings were not high, but gradually it became more and more popular. It can be regarded as an exposure variety show for many actors who have been playing supporting roles to death.

Since many of the participating actors are actually of high seniority, this program is quite important in the circle.

Zeng Yilai repeatedly waved his hands and said, "I'm just here to join in the fun, a supporting role among supporting roles."

Generally, this kind of program has one or two "protagonists". Although the name is "all supporting roles", the one or two selected with the largest positions are still the protagonists of the entire program, and the others are of course supporting roles.

After Zeng Yi finished speaking, he patted Liu Zhiwei on the shoulder and said, "I think you are very promising, don't waste this great opportunity. If you have connections, you have to find them. This society is originally a society of personal relationships."

Liu Zhiwei didn't say anything, he was a little surprised why Zeng Yilai would say that to him, as if he knew something about him.

"I met an actor named Liu Zhi on the set before," said Zeng Yi, "he looks very similar to you, and he is very simple."

As soon as the name "Liu Zhi" came out, Liu Zhiwei's eyebrows twitched.

"I saw the big net of the whole human society in him," Zeng Yi said, "It's a pity."

Before Zeng Yilai left, he said some encouraging words to Liu Zhiwei, such as instant success.After speaking, an intelligent woman came to him, Zeng Yilai extended his hand and introduced, "My wife is also my manager now."

Liu Zhiwei greeted the other party, and saw them leave side by side.He took the phone out of his pocket, and just after turning off the silent mode, Xu Ting's call came.

"Is it over? I'm in the car." Xu Ting said.

"Come right away." Liu Zhiwei hung up the phone and was about to walk away, only to hear someone behind him shouting at him: "Liu—what Wei Liu!"

Liu Zhiwei turned his head, only to see Huang Tiangao raised his hand high in the crowd, and raised a conspicuous middle finger at him: "Pretending to be a hero, see you off!"

Liu Zhiwei: "..." What's the matter with this kid?

When Liu Zhiwei got into the car, Xu Ting, who was looking at his mobile phone, said, "Look at the schedule for the future, if there is anything that needs to be revised."

Liu Zhiwei was waiting to watch carefully when he heard Xu Ting say, "By the way, I recently accepted a variety show for you."

"Variety show?" Liu Zhiwei subconsciously sensed something.

"'They're all supporting roles'." Xu Ting said, "Did you know Zeng Yilai? He was famous for acting in the spy war "Red Maple" before, and he is the 'protagonist' of this issue."

Liu Zhiwei: "..."

Li Qiang stood on a high platform, watching the video playback.The people in the blockbuster were like demons dancing wildly, and the assistant on the side didn't see anything.

The assistant sent the wrong form earlier, which caused Li Qiang a lot of trouble, so he didn't dare to say anything at the moment, and asked cautiously, "Director, how do you decide which one to choose?"

Li Qiang gave a "tsk", "Choose the most eye-catching one in martial arts, the most low-key one in literary drama, and the most comfortable one in free performance. Do you understand?"

"Understood, understood..." The assistant scratched his head, glanced blankly at the playback clip, and then looked at Li Qiang.He asked again: "W-Where didn't you choose three?"

"What are you doing? It's not finished yet." Li Qiang said with a glare at his assistant.

"Ah? Try again?" the assistant couldn't help but shouted.

"Isn't this nonsense? Now we have selected the best from three directions. If the martial arts are good and the literary ones are bad, how can the literary ones be good?" Li Qiang rolled his eyes, "If it wasn't for the fact that you posted the wrong time Watch, do we need to be so troublesome? Now we don’t just choose three, we choose three for each group, a total of 21.”

Li Qiang's eyes turned back and forth on several people, and a vaguely excited smile appeared on his face.The ones he likes...all have good acting skills, low coffee status, and of course the price——

"Hey, it's a good deal!" Li Qiang patted his thigh and shouted.