A Lonely Tree Becomes a Forest

When Wei Xiaolin returned to the company, his brother was sitting in line with the company's top management and waiting for him.Although the previous cold reception was reasonable, there was no serious decision after all, so when the company was about to employ him again, the picture would inevitably look a little awkward.

Fortunately, those who can sit here, except for Wei Xiaolin, the rest of the people are some smart people, this kind of embarrassment disappeared immediately after the first person spoke, and turned into a strange atmosphere of tacit understanding.

Zhao Qi cleared his throat and said, "Xiao Lin, it's like this. You have been very popular recently. The company has investigated your popularity and made some decisions. Based on your own characteristics, it is going to plan for you. new direction of development."

Wei Xiaolin knew that the previous was all nonsense, and they were all trying to put a good model on what happened before, but he didn't want to argue for everything.The past has passed, and we have to look at the present, so he said, "The new direction of development? What about the combination?"

"Of course, it also takes into account the group activities. Now it is difficult for the group to fit together in a short period of time, and it is not suitable to be tied together for too long. Of course, this is something planned by the company. I tell you that I just hope you can understand the steps of the company." One of the top management said.

Wei Xiaolin thought to himself that there is no bullshit plan, he is not a young man who has just entered the industry, he is deceived in his relationship, and he cannot be deceived in his career, but since the company intends to turn this matter over, Wei Xiaolin doesn't want to hold on to it anymore, he He nodded and said, "I understand."

Zhao Qi coughed again, as if he was a little embarrassed, and said, "Recently, Mr. Chen has a work being filmed. We have won an audition opportunity with the crew, and we will formally cooperate with Mr. Chen later. You should prepare well."

Even though Wei Xiaolin had made more psychological preparations, he was still shocked by the company's decision. He hesitated to ask his own question: "Today, the crew has set up an open audition at school, and I didn't participate. The audition will spread, Is it bad influence?"

The executives of the company were overjoyed, stood up and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "You don't have to worry about it, you just need to get ready for the audition. Let Zhao Qi tell you the rest."

As soon as the top management left, only Zhao Qi and Wei Xiaolin were left in the conference room. Zhao Qi sighed and said, "Don't be burdened. The company does what the company should do, so you should do what you should do. Chen Rui's vision is yours. Don't worry, the script is definitely not bad, you can only benefit and not harm if you use it."

When Zhao Qi said this, Wei Xiaolin probably understood what he meant. The company has probably already taken care of everything and is just waiting for the audition to go through. news.

Thinking about it this way, Wei Xiaolin felt helpless and relieved at the same time. Looking at his expression, Zhao Qi guessed that he had probably figured it out, so he pushed the script at hand to him and said, "Read the script."

The movie "Frame" tells the story of the world-renowned fugitive black light who successfully escaped from the police, but finally chose to kill himself.Chen Rui plays the leading role of the movie, Hei Guang. On the surface, he is He Ruye, a free-spirited painter, but he actually acts as an intermediary between buyers and sellers of a multinational drug cartel.Heiguang is cautious and venomous, and has always been cruel and reliable. However, a few years ago, Heiguang exposed its tail during a transaction and was targeted by the police. In order to protect itself, Heiguang stopped business and temporarily stopped all transactions.

The police not only need to catch Heiguang alone, but also need to bring out the large drug manufacturers and buyers behind him, so they have to stand still and keep watching his every move.

Heiguang met a young painter Haifeng during an overseas gathering. Haifeng was very compatible with his pursuit of art. He offered to complete a gathering with Haifeng, and then the two went their separate ways.

After that, Heiguang met Haifeng's paintings again at the art exhibition. As a half-artist, Heiguang admired Haifeng's works very much, and he bought Haifeng's paintings anonymously.

At the same time, Heiguang is also investigating Haifeng's background, and Haifeng is a person whose background cannot be found, which makes Heiguang secretly vigilant. He watches Haifeng's paintings all night, hoping to find out the clues.

Then Heiguang's assistant finally found out that Haifengshi was the second in command of a local arms smuggler. Heiguang had a bad heart, but was kidnapped by Haifeng.Haifeng handed over the person to his top leader, and the top leader negotiated with Haifeng, asking for half of his source of customers and goods.The Black Light Man had to bow his head under the eaves, so he had to divide half of the resources in his hands.

But when leading the arms dealer to meet and handover, Heiguang suddenly escaped.Before leaving, he sent a message to the same officer, telling him that the police station will send undercover agents in the future, and that criminal investigation portraits do not need to be the mainstay of the unit's business.

After the failure of this operation, the pursuit of Black Light turned from darkness to light, and when Black Light was finally captured, Haifeng asked the captain of the anti-drug brigade, who had played the leading role in the arms smuggler, to let him meet Black Light.

Haifeng asked Heiguang how he saw his flaws, and Heiguang told him that Haifeng had a superior background and generous sales, but he chose the lowest-grade inferior frame for the auction paintings, which did not match his majestic and romantic paintings. , does not meet the choice of a person with artistic pursuits at all.

Heiguang told Haifeng that if there is still a trace of artistic pursuit in his heart, he should really pursue it and not waste his talent.

Haifeng shook his head and told Heiguang that his talent was to catch criminals.

Before leaving, Haifeng sighed softly and said: "You are the first major case I participated in, and you bought the work I am most satisfied with. Although I also want it to be perfect, but that is already It’s the last expense in the team.”

The film came to an abrupt end here, and the role that Wei Xiaolin wanted to audition for was Haifeng. From Wei Xiaolin's perspective, this role had a lot of roles, but in fact the real competition was concentrated between the painter and the captain of the anti-drug team. It's a close combat scene between the two.Haifeng, as the technician of the criminal investigation portrait, is just an indispensable supporting role, but the whole work ends with him, which makes Wei Xiaolin think about it.

Wei Xiaolin held the script and read it twice, and he already decided in his heart that this is indeed a good work, and he should gain a lot from filming it by himself.Regardless of Chen Rui's factors, this movie has a good script and a good cast. After all, Chen Rui chose the role, and all aspects are considered to be top-notch. If Wei Xiaolin successfully enters the crew, the results will not be small.

But the problem is that this movie has Chen Rui in it. With Chen Rui working together, Wei Xiaolin still has no idea how to shoot the movie and how to interact on the set.He hasn't cultivated the mentality to completely ignore Chen Rui, not to mention that the company arranged this event, in fact, to take advantage of him and Chen Rui.

Fortunately, due to the large number of audition students at the Film Academy, the two-day audition could not be completed, and it was postponed for another day, so that Wei Xiaolin had the opportunity to join the team.

The assistants of the film crew came out of the audition classroom, and the three-person group called each other's names. Wei Xiaolin entered the classroom together with two senior seniors.He glanced out of the corner of his eye, Chen Rui was not there, which made him relieved, and took the note from the crew assistant.

The note said that he needed to audition today, and Wei Xiaolin was assigned the plot of Haifeng’s preparation of the painting for the auction:

The police station needs Haifeng to create a successful work with his own style, but this is the first time Haifeng has received such an important task, and after several contacts with the black light, he feels that this person is cunning and smooth, and he feels more and more aware of this. The task is difficult to complete.It is difficult for Haifeng to maintain his creative state and draw good works under the distraction.Later, the captain of the anti-narcotics team who played the role of the boss of the arms dealer enlightened him, so that he could recover his mood and concentrate on painting.

This plot is very simple, and only the actor needs to complete it alone, but the difficulty lies in how to express the state of irritability and tension. Anything more is disloyal to the anti-drug cause, and it is out of the character's own intention. It seems artificial, not enough to reflect the complexity and arduousness of the task.

For Wei Xiaolin, the more difficult thing is how to show his own personality when he is ranked third and there have been two rounds of performances before.

This kind of emotion seems difficult to grasp, but it is not complicated to do it. Several common expression techniques in ordinary works, such as throwing drawing paper, throwing paintbrushes, opening the curtains and standing in front of the window to breathe, Wei Xiaolin's two seniors They've all been played.Wei Xiaolin sat in the waiting area holding the note, biting his fingers and thinking.

When it was Wei Xiaolin's turn to play, he drew back the curtains that had been opened just now as props, leaving only a slit through which the sunlight came in, casting long and narrow shadows on the ground.

Wei Xiaolin, or should I say Haifeng, his drawing board is propped up in the sunlight, with a pencil in his hand, he is unconsciously drawing while looking blankly at the limited scenery outside the window.The window was not closed, and the curtains were blown up and down by the wind, and it flew so violently that Haifeng finally came back to his senses. He looked down at the drawing board, and he unconsciously drew a draft of black light.Frightened, he broke the pencil in his hand, simply used the broken pencil to scribble on the drawing paper, and then threw the drawing paper aside as if venting his anger.

Although it still didn't break out of the cliché expression technique of throwing drawing paper, it was innovating after all, and it was more profound in terms of emotional expression and artistic conception creation. After Wei Xiaolin's performance, he saw a slight nod from the casting director of the crew.

Even if it was an internal decision, Wei Xiaolin was relieved to be affirmed by the crew.He felt that he was a little bit boring, and he had to be aggressive and do one, two, three for things that had been predetermined, as if this could get rid of the nature of being predetermined.

Wei Xiaolin is no longer the kind of fool who refused unspoken rules and took shortcuts. He knew that he was not a clean person, and he just added a few more sympathetic glances. Peace of mind.The two were anxious, but it seemed that he was more upset than Haifeng himself.

Coming out of the audition room, Wei Xiaolin received another message, which was still sent by Chen Rui. He said, "You did well just now."

Wei Xiaolin glanced at it and put the phone back into his pocket. He didn't ask how Chen Rui saw it when he was clearly not in the classroom, and he didn't want to know. Get entangled.

Now that the appointment is made by default, there will be opportunities for business interaction and business mutual praise if you join the same crew in the future.Wei Xiaolin thought, at this moment, let me be a free man for a while.

Chen Rui saw Wei Xiaolin's performance from outside the window, and the audition was arranged in a very empty classroom. Chen Rui was supposed to sit in the classroom to be a judge, but he had a phone call and it was inconvenient for him to be in the corridor. He picked up the phone in front of the students, so he had no choice but to go out of the teaching building and stand under the window to answer the phone.

After he finished making the phone call, he looked up and saw the curtains pulled up by Wei Xiaolin fluttering in front of his forehead. From this angle, he could see Wei Xiaolin's side face.

Chen Rui has looked at Wei Xiaolin many times, he knows that Wei Xiaolin is good-looking, but from this angle, there is a more melancholic beauty.

But what makes Chen Rui unable to move his eyes away is not Wei Xiaolin's appearance, but Wei Xiaolin's grasp of the character's state in the plot.Chen Rui used to regard Wei Xiaolin as a kid who was being deceived and teased, but now he suddenly felt shocked by Wei Xiaolin's talent. He finally regretted messing up Wei Xiaolin's movie.Perhaps An Zhenhe is the one who can tap Wei Xiaolin's potential, but Chen Rui is afraid of losing his canary.

It wasn't a canary either. He had never raised Wei Xiaolin like a canary. To him, Wei Xiaolin was a young eagle he picked up.Chen Rui admired the young eagle, but had to admit that he was also afraid.

People who play eagles all day long are not afraid of being pecked by eagles one day.