"Have you been struggling with this lately?"

When Yan Xiu called, Gu Yu was still reading the script, probably because he couldn't pick a good script. His dreams last night were full of messy stories. Now his eyes are looking at the script, but his thoughts have long been blurred .

While yawning, Gu Yu replied to Yan Xiu: "Yes."

Yan Xiu joined Ling Zhihuai's team to shoot the family movie, and everyone in the industry said that he was attacking for his next Best Actor trophy.

"Do you want to go to this year's City A Film Festival again?" Yan Xiu suggested, "I heard that there are several good books this year."

"The good books should all be snatched up, right?"

Yan Xiu sighed, and his voice suddenly became serious: "Gu Yu, you don't have a clear understanding of who you are now, do you?"

Gu Yu showed a puzzled expression. Before he could speak, he heard Yan Xiu continue: "No matter what kind of script it is, the biggest purpose of a movie is to make money. If you join, the audience will be willing to buy tickets, and it is possible to make money." The sex will become higher, in this case, do you think you will not be able to compete with those big company actors?"

"It's not a bad thing to act in a low-budget movie." Yan Xiu smiled, "But it's already at this point, and it's time for you to change your mind."

Gu Yu lowered her voice: "I didn't deliberately look for low-budget movies."

"I know, you are very casual." Yan Xiu's low laughter came from beside his ears, "We are actors, we still have to be a little domineering at critical moments."

Yan Xiu's call had no other meaning than to encourage Gu Yu to compete.

Compete with other actors for high-cost, high-configuration movies, and for the scripts you like.

"The higher you go, the fewer positions you get. If you don't occupy them, you can only watch others snatch them away." Yan Xiu reminded him, "This circle is much smaller than you imagined."

At Gu Yu's current position, it is obviously not enough to rely on the scripts handed to him on his own initiative, Gu Yu must learn to fight for it.

"He's right." Fang Jun agreed with Yan Xiu's thoughts, "I will let you know if there is a suitable opportunity, but whether it can be performed or not depends on your own efforts."

Gu Yu nodded: "I see."

Speaking of which, he actually didn't have many auditions, probably only one time when he was filming "Magpie".

Later, "Graduation Season" and "Jianghu" were released easily. When he becomes more popular, he can basically shoot the movies he wants to take.

However, with Gu Yu's current status in the industry, he doesn't need to queue up for auditions like a rookie, he just needs to go for a simple audition - although this kind of experience is still new to him.

The competitive movie he had fancied before was called "A Feather in the Sky". The cost was not high, and the plot was simple. The story of a reversal in an important game and glory for the country.

It is probably the simplest script that Gu Yu has ever seen, but a few words in the script are enough to make Gu Yu's blood surge—this may be the magic of competitive sports.

However, after "Secret: The Hidden Man", such a script seems a bit inconsistent. After all, the former is a series of movies with a cumulative box office of 80 billion+. It is probably a miracle that "A Feather in the Sky" can win 10 billion.

According to Gu Yu's judgment, the cost of this kind of mission movie may be lower than expected.

……

Gu Yu struggled at home for a while, but in the end he didn't pick another suitable movie. He planned to take "A Feather in the Sky", but the movie won't be released until next year's National Day, so there's no rush to start shooting yet.

Fang Jun gave Gu Yu a call one day: "Director Geng Ding is preparing a film recently, why don't you try it out?"

Geng Ding?

This name, Gu Yu, is naturally too familiar. The other party is the director of "Vertical and Horizontal", the No.1 domestic historical film. His box office performance is naturally inferior to that of director Zhao Hang, but only in the category of historical films. In other words, Director Zhao Hang is just a younger brother.

"He has a new film coming up?" Gu Yu was curious.

"For the time being, very few people know about it, and this is insider information." Fang Jun smiled at Gu Yu, "I heard that his new film is about the royal family, but it probably doesn't have as many battle scenes as "Vertical and Horizontal", which is more of a Wendou drama type. "

Gu Yu's curious eyes flashed: "How do you know so much?"

"How many times have I told you that our studio has no shortage of contacts in the film industry." Fang Jun patted Gu Yu on the shoulder, "Director Geng is an old-school director, and he doesn't like to use outsiders in his filming."

The outsider here naturally does not refer to Gu Yu.

Although Gu Yu was born in an idol, the Zhaohang studio he signed was a pure film studio. Veteran directors have a sense of territory, and they generally don't choose laymen to shoot their own works unless it is absolutely necessary.

A winner of the Maple Leaf Award plus several films, Gu Yu is now an expert among experts.

""The World"?" Gu Yu took the script and read it carefully.

Each of Geng Ding's titles is very concise, such as "Vertical and Horizontal", such as "King Power", such as "The World", this director is recognized as a workaholic, if Ling Zhihuai is already considered a very strict director , then Geng Ding can definitely be described as flirting.

In addition to high requirements, the biggest feature of Geng Ding's works is that they are long, especially long. When they were released in theaters, the time was cut short because of the consideration of the audience. The director's cut version is basically more than 3 hours. The most exaggerated one is at More than 3 and a half hours.

Of course, relative to the length of time is the degree of sophistication of the movie. "Vertical and Horizontal" tells the magnificent life of an ancient emperor. The script "The World" does not detail it, but the things revealed in the script are enough to attract Gu Yu. .

Gu Yu swallowed her saliva: "I want to shoot."

"I knew you knew..."

"I want to do the whole thing."

The agent was a little taken aback: "Are you serious?"

Gu Yu nodded.

The characters in "The World" are similar to "Jianghu", and they are all filmed from the boyhood to the old age. Generally speaking, such works will choose two actors to play the protagonist's youth and old age respectively - the situation where one actor plays the entire part It also existed, but that was more than ten years ago. At that time, the overall quality of the actors was relatively high, and they could control the roles of teenagers, adults and old age.

However, nowadays, this situation is relatively rare.

"Vertical and Horizontal" starring Liu Kejin was played by two actors at the time. After all, Liu Kejin could not play the emperor's boyhood, but unfortunately, after "Vertical and Horizontal" was released, the young actor's acting skills were beaten by Liu Kejin. The attention is also on Liu Kejin.

Gu Yu wanted to play the full role not because he thought he was so powerful, but because the characters in the script were too good - when he was young, he went into exile as a hostage, and returned to China to launch a coup to seize the throne. However, when he was old, he was suspicious and angry when he was young, and he refused to give up his power, which led to decades of bloody battles.

This is a typical male lead drama.

Gu Yu has never acted in such a role before. When he won the Maple Leaf Award for Best Actor, the best actor in his mind was actually "Vertical and Horizontal". Seeing Liu Kejin's performance in the movie, Gu Yu was very envious.

He hopes that one day he can perform such a work.

Now is the opportunity.

"Director Geng is willing to give you a chance to audition..." Fang Jun hesitated for a few seconds, "But it's true, if you can play the role of an old man, the script will be more complete."

"Right?"

Fang Jun whispered in Gu Yu's ear: "You've already taken the Best Actor, if he only gave you a role when you were young, you're really at a loss."

Gu Yu blinked innocently: "I never said that, it was you who said it."

"I'll help you find out who the other actor you like over there is." Fang Jun raised his brows, "Your idea is simple and simple, just overwhelm the other party during the audition."

Just like when Gu Yu starred in "Jianghu", although the middle-aged and elderly Ji Ming played by Lu Shaoyang was also shortlisted for the Maple Leaf Award Best Actor, the most outstanding role was recognized at the time as the young Ji Ming played by Gu Yu.

Actors in the same crew will inevitably be compared, not to mention that the two are actually playing the same role-if one side suppresses the other, although it can create more topics for the actors, but as far as the movie itself is concerned In terms of fluency, this comparison is not a good thing.

After all, the audience also has eyes. In the audience's mind, A's performance is better. When the plot jumps to B, the audience's attention will inevitably be distracted.

……

Fang Jun's efficiency is astonishingly fast. In his words, as long as it is about the film industry, there is nothing he can't find out.

Fang Jun provided Gu Yu with a name: "Ma Ci."

Gu Yu immediately lost face: "It's Mr. Ma, that's over."

Ma Ci, Dong Zhongsen, and Liu Kejin happened to be Gu Yu's nominees who competed with him for Best Actor that year.

In this era of rapid development of Chinese-language films, most of the outstanding actors stayed in China to contribute to the development of the film industry, unlike the world where Gu Yu lived. Awards racked their brains. Of course, when Gu Yu and his group of young actors grew up, domestic blind worship of overseas awards also slowly declined.

On the one hand, the expansion of the domestic market is enough to make a lot of money if the film is "sold domestically".

On the other hand, after working in overseas markets for so many years, filmmakers have gradually realized that awards exist for the development of the film industry. Since they are overseas awards, will they care about the development of Chinese-language films?

——Obviously not, it would be pretty good even without suppression.

After all, the global market is only so large, and one ebbs and another. Chinese-language films with high word-of-mouth and high box office will inevitably compete for the box office market in other regions.

In this world, the status of the Maple Leaf Award is equivalent to the "Olympic Card" overseas. In the eyes of the audience, the actors recognized by the Maple Leaf Award are the best actors.

"Go and try." Fang Jun glanced at Gu Yu, "Aren't you always confident? Teacher Ma has his advantages, and you also have yours."

"Are you going to coax me?" Gu Yu asked with a smile.

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