Did Zhou Jing retire today?

Mi Tao didn't recover until she sat on the sofa at Zhou Jing's house.

Seeing Zhou Jing moving around in the living room, as if she really wanted to make room for a trial play, she couldn't help but ask, "What does Teacher Wen mean...do you want to change someone?"

Zhou Jing pushed the tea table to the window and hummed casually: "It should be."

Mi Tao's expression became more and more puzzled: "...She said that she would audition again before the change?" Why didn't she hear this sentence?Could it be that he was too sad and temporarily deaf?

"No." Zhou Jing picked up the script and flipped through it, and replied casually.

"...Then what play are you going to try?"

Hearing this sentence, Zhou Jing finally realized something was wrong, looked at Mi Tao and asked, "I signed a contract with "Fang Wai", right?"

Mi Tao was silent for a while, and her tone was a little low: "So what if I signed the contract... It's not like I haven't encountered such a situation before."

Zhou Jing's status is low, so the salary is naturally low. In contrast, the liquidated damages are also pitifully small.In addition, the company is stocked and has no background backing. Even if the contract is signed, it is often cut off.

Those who are more decent will give some liquidated damages so that everyone can get together; those who are not so decent will try to drive people away like they did three years ago.

"Yes, the contract is nothing, but at least it temporarily binds me and the crew of "Fang Wai"." Zhou Jing looked at Mi Tao, her beautiful eyes sparkled, "If you want to untie, you need to sign it no matter what. ?”

Mi Tao was almost dazzled by that face, and it took her a while to understand Zhou Jing's words: "...Do you want to fight for another audition when the crew proposes to terminate the contract?"

"It will be too late by then." Zhou Jing shook her head and handed the script to Mi Tao.

"I want to take a short video and send it to Director Lin to prove my strength. At least..." Zhou Jing paused, her eyes flickering, "At least, I have to prove to Teacher Wen that she was right to choose me."

Mi Tao took over the script, her expression still a little dazed: "...Then what do you want me to do? Help you make a short video?"

As she was talking, she was about to touch her phone, but she heard Zhou Jing say, "Don't worry, I remember that I recited a line for you in the car before the last audition, right?"

"Ah."

"Remember my tone and mood at that time?"

Mi Tao nodded: "I remember."

"That's good." Zhou Jing took a deep breath, took two steps back and stood still in the middle of the living room, "Help me find out the state at that time."

Although she asked Mi Tao to help her find her status, Zhou Jing just recalled the state of mind on the day of the audition, and she almost grasped the essentials.

He repeated that line, asked Mi Tao's opinion, and then adjusted the speech speed and other details, but after five or six times, he almost perfectly reproduced the tone and emotion of that day, and Mi Tao couldn't help but admire secretly.

Not from a professional background, he has been suppressed since entering the industry, and his acting skills are all up to him... Zhou Jing may not be considered a genius, but he is definitely talented.

Especially in the control of lines and emotions, Zhou Jing can be regarded as extremely talented.

The basic skills of lines were laid down when filming the first film, and he has been practicing vocal skills for several years; controlling emotions is a talent, which comes from his sensitive inner world.

Thanks to these two strengths, Zhou Jing's performance is not penetrating, but very convincing.

At this time, Zhou Jing suddenly frowned, and paced back and forth with the script in his hands, muttering: "No...not right!"

Mi Tao was stunned: "What's the matter? The part just now was pretty good, and it gave people exactly the same feeling as the part in the car."

"No," Zhou Jing frowned and shook his head, with a solemn expression, "Although it feels very similar, but the mentality is wrong. Lin Xiao is ruthless and desireless, so pure that he doesn't look like a real person; but I just didn't have any hope for the audition that day, and I had no desire. But it’s not ruthless. The appearance is similar, but the internal drive is different. It’s okay for a short time, but it will be revealed after a long time.”

Mi Tao seemed to understand, but it didn't prevent her from being anxious: "Then what should I do?"

"Don't worry, I'll think about it..." Zhou Jing's voice became lower and lower, and he just stood there and flipped through the script, comparing the plots of the novels he had read in memory while reading.

Because she doesn't like to read serial novels, Zhou Jing didn't follow up "Fang Wai" in real time, but kept it in the bookshelf and read it after it was finished, and that was at least two years ago.

Although "Fang Wai" was exciting enough to impress him deeply, after all, after two years, no matter how profound the memory was, it was a little fuzzy.

In addition, the text hardly writes about the psychology of the characters, and rarely uses metaphors and anthropomorphic writing methods. While giving readers room for imagination, it also makes everyone's understanding of the characters slightly biased.

For example, Zhou Jing, although he can sum up Linxiao's personality characteristics of indifference to seven emotions and elimination of six desires, his interpretation is fundamentally different from Wen Jun's.

In Zhou Jing's view, although Lin Xiao is fickle, he is still a person; but in Wen Jun's setting, Lin Xiao is not so much a person as a puppet.

To understand this, one has to thoroughly understand "Fang Wai"... Zhou Jing frowned as she recalled what Wen Jun said at the reading session.

After a long time, Zhou Jing closed the script, raised her head and told Mi Tao, "Let's shoot the video first."

"Oh good!" Mi Tao quickly took out her mobile phone and selfie stick, and while installing it, asked Zhou Jing curiously, "Have you grasped the feeling of Linxiao?"

Zhou Jing shook his head, and put the script on the TV cabinet casually: "No."

Mi Tao was dumbfounded: "Then how?"

"There's not enough time, let's act according to the feeling just now," Zhou Jing said, raising his eyes to look at the phone camera, and suddenly smiled, "Make me look handsome."

Mi Tao behind the phone froze for a moment, and then showed a bright smile: "Brother, you look handsome no matter what you take!"

***

Three days later, in the private room of a high-end tea house.

Wen Jun picked up the coffee cup, took a sip, put down the cup under Song Guyu's expectant eyes, and said indifferently: "I don't agree to the substitution."

Song Guyu immediately lowered his face: "Why? You also saw Zhou Jingwei's performance when he was reading. Under the same conditions, Xu Ze is a better choice!"

"Where is a better choice?" Wen Jun sneered, pointing his index finger at the table to retort one by one, "In terms of appearance, they are indeed evenly matched; but in terms of lines, Zhou Jing is obviously better. Zhou Jing read around His performance at the time was not good, but at least he has room for improvement!"

"But Xu Ze is really popular!" Song Guyu frowned, arguing eagerly, "Compared to the little-known Zhou Jing, Xu Ze has more traffic and is more topical! Zhou Jing has room for improvement, but Xu Ze doesn't?" ? And look at Zhou Jing's dramas in the past few years, the real official announcement of the lineup, we are afraid that we will be ridiculed by netizens!"

The old god Wen Jun picked up the coffee cup on the ground: "Isn't that just right? You have the topic you want."

"You!" Song Guyu was at a loss for words, and couldn't think of any reason to refute.

Seeing this, Lin Su hurriedly picked up the teapot and poured tea for Song Guyu, and smoothed things over with a smile: "Hey, old Song, let's drink some tea. Everyone wants to make a good film, but the starting point is different. Let's discuss it slowly. Take it easy."

Song Guyu glanced at Lin Su, and suddenly his eyes lit up, as if he had finally found someone who could help, and quickly said, "Old Lin! Tell me, which one is better, Xu Ze or Zhou Jing?"

Lin Su stopped pouring tea, and laughed dryly: "Hehe, I, I think both of them are pretty good..."

Song Guyu was in a hurry: "Whatever you call it is good! It's not like you haven't seen Zhou Jing's performance. Since there are shortcomings, isn't Xu Ze a better choice?"

Lin Su put down the teapot and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. Seeing that Wen Jun was also looking at him, he murmured for a while before organizing his words while thinking.

"I really think they are both good... Zhou Jing's lines are good and cheap; Xu Ze has traffic and the company is very popular, each has its own advantages. As long as they can act seriously, I really think anyone can be chosen... ..."

Both Wen Jun and Song Guyu were obviously dissatisfied with Lin Su's ambiguous attitude.

"Don't forget, Zhou Jing signed the contract, and if he changes, he must pay liquidated damages according to the contract!" Wen Jun tapped on the table and frowned to remind.

Hearing this, Song Guyu laughed abruptly: "How much is that liquidated damages? You forgot what I just said? Xu Ze will bring 5000 million investment!"

Wen Jun snorted softly: "5000 million, after taking away Xu Ze's salary and Zhou Jing's liquidated damages, there is not much left. What's the use?"

Song Guyu: "Yes, but Xu Ze can bring super value attention to the crew and help during the promotion period!"

Wen Jun: "Whether a drama is good depends on the word of mouth, not the traffic of fans!"

Song Guyu: "Where there is no traffic, how can word of mouth come from! What era is this, and the fragrance of wine is not afraid of deep alleys!"

Wen Jun: "But if Xu Ze ruins Linxiao's performance and the wine stinks, no amount of yelling will help!"

Song Guyu: "In the early days of Linxiao, he was a character with facial paralysis, so he didn't need such advanced acting skills!"

Wen Jun: "Facial paralysis doesn't mean being able to act with a straight face! And can Xu Ze be able to act out the subtle changes in Linxiao's later stage!"

Song Guyu: "Could it be possible for Zhou Jing to perform? Look at Zhou Jing's plays in the past few years!"

Wen Jun: "Xu Ze can't even act well with the facial paralysis you mentioned, how can you still count on him to perform changes in performance levels?"

Song Guyu and Wen Jun's voices became louder and louder. Lin Su was sandwiched between the two of them. He wanted to speak several times but couldn't find a chance. He could only sit silently drinking tea, muttering to himself:

Fortunately, the sound insulation effect of this elegant place is good... By the way, the hero is Tang Jue, right?Why do you feel like the male second is going to fight the show now?

After arguing for a while and still being at a stalemate, Wen Jun got anxious, slapped the table and got up and shouted: "I gave you the film and television adaptation rights of "Fang Wai" for free, not because you want to destroy it!"

Song Guyu sneered: "I don't want you to do whatever you want when I transfer the final decision-making power to you!"

"I do whatever I want?" Wen Jun pointed at himself, his face full of disbelief, "All my starting points are for this drama! But you, for the sake of the so-called popularity and interests, can you give up persistence and the bottom line!"

"Perseverance and the bottom line, right?" Song Guyu stood up with an extremely serious expression.

"Although I, Song Guyu, love money, I also know that a gentleman loves money in a proper way! The reason why I insist on changing people is purely because I don't want the efforts of hundreds of people in the crew to be in vain in the end!"