This rich and powerful young master is not right for me [entertainment]

The film directed by Zhu Shuguang is tentatively titled "Youth Love Poetry". The protagonist of the story, Gu Shan, is a young man who grew up in the mountains but loves watching the stars. When his peers are running and playing in the mountains, he is observing the stars. After entering school, he eagerly absorbed knowledge about the stars, and as an adult, he was still observing the stars.

Regardless of the world, regardless of his family, all the love and focus in his life are given to the stars. In the eyes of most people, Gu Shan is a complete freak.

Ji Yan only got a small part of the script, so he doesn't know what the final ending of the protagonist in this movie is, and he doesn't know whether Zhu Shuguang will criticize or praise this character, or just present the character in front of the audience, good or bad It's up to the audience to judge.

In a few days, Ji Yan simply went to the bookstore and picked up a popular novel. This is a representative work of a British writer. It tells the story of a protagonist who suddenly becomes obsessed with art in middle age.

Between the moon and sixpence, the hero chooses the moon.

Ji Yan felt that the two stories had some similarities.

The script is only three thin pages, and there are dialogues and the psychological activities of the characters. According to Ji Yan's judgment, this is a climax in the script, so it is a test of the actors' performance.

Ji Yan still lacks confidence in his acting skills.

From the release of "I, Nameless" to the award ceremony of the Sky Awards, the outside world has given him too much praise. What they praised him made Ji Yan feel that he seemed to have become a leading figure among the new generation of actors, but this is not the case.

But Ji Yan didn't want to lose face in front of director Zhu Shuguang either.

At any rate, he was shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor in the Sky Award, so he had to show his ability to be nominated for the Sky Award, and he couldn't make people think that he was a big parallel importer.

Moreover, Ji Yan felt that most of his performance in "I, Nameless" was due to director Li Xiang, and the relationship between director Li Xiang and director Zhu Shuguang seemed to be not very good. Affect the director's face.

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So, Ji Yan silently squatted by the window sill again, holding a pen in his hand, and wrote a few pages of the script to the brim. He tried his best to recall his state when he was filming "I, Nameless", and wrote down all the words that Director Li Xiang taught him, and then Use your own thoughts to figure out the protagonist in "Youth Love Poems".

Ji Yan has already memorized the lines in the script by heart. While reciting the lines silently, he is thinking about how to perform them, his brain has been in a highly active state.

In the process of filming "I, Nameless", the most abundant experience Ji Yan learned was to analyze the characters, think about the characters from his own perspective, he conceived seriously, devoted himself completely to the characters, and perfected the biography of the characters over and over again. .

The protagonists Gu Shan and He Tang in "Youth Love Poetry" are two completely different characters. He Tang warms everyone like sunshine, while Gu Shan is gloomy in the eyes of outsiders, with a dull personality and never reveals his emotions. He only shows joy when he looks at the stars.

"Mr. Ji, is it very difficult?"

Fang Yu came over silently with a water glass in his hand, and saw that the sun was shining outside, Ji Yan was leaning against the window, half of his body was exposed to the sun, and his nose was still sweating.

"Why are you not afraid of the heat, would you like an ice cream?"

Ji Yan shook his head and silently glanced at him.

"Look, Teacher Ji's eyes that understand life, I feel that you are going to become a monk tonight."

Ji Yan said weakly: "I'm about to collapse."

In the script, the protagonist's emotions are too restrained, and the interaction between the characters can only be expressed through a few simple lines. Most of the time, this person is silent, so the requirements for Ji Yan's inner drama are very high.

He wants to show the emotions of the characters through different changes in facial muscles, and also makes his performance full of appeal.

Ji Yan posted on Weibo that the audience criticized the actors, saying that a certain actor played the role of a cold and introverted hero. As a result, the hero has no expression in the whole play, the murderer has no expression, the wife is dead, and even defends justice. When I was young, only the four characters "I am cruel" were written on my face.

The audience said: "This role should be played by a refrigerator, at least it can store things."

Ji Yan doesn't want to be told by the audience one day that his expressionless face looks like a Tibetan fox.

Tired of reading the script, Ji Yan slumped on the sofa, feeling that he was a hopelessly illiterate right now.

Lu Wei took the initiative to help Ji Yan with his lines. He also has a movie to shoot later, so he just practiced his hand in advance.

In the script provided by Zhu Shuguang, Gu Shan's wife couldn't bear his dereliction of duty and silence, yelled and smashed everything and took the child away from home, but Gu Shan still didn't say a word. When his wife left, his eyes met with his daughter's. On the morning, he wanted to hold his daughter's hand, but the daughter dodged away.

Gu Shan lowered his head, and after a while, he looked at the sky above his head again.

"Then I will play the wife, and you will play the daughter?" Lu Wei called Fang Yu.

"I'll play the wife, you play the daughter."

Then, the two of them fought for half an hour over who played the wife and who played the daughter. Ji Yan simply covered his face with the script and fell asleep directly.

When he woke up, after guessing the game, it was decided that Xie Mingxuan would play his daughter.

Ji Yan: "..."

He didn't understand why the result of the battle between Lu Wei and Fang Yu was that Xie Mingxuan played the daughter?

It's a pity that the process of the confrontation still didn't go on, because Ji Yan wanted to laugh when he saw Lu Wei smashing things to take Xie Mingxuan out of the house.

"No, you two better not leave, I should be the one to leave."

Fang Yu lay on the side laughing wildly and beat the sofa: "No one dares to be Lao Xie's father, okay?"

Ji Yan felt that he was quite emotional just now, but when he met Xie Mingxuan's indifferent face, all the emotions he had finally accumulated were released.

"Let me be quiet."

"Teacher Ji, calm down." Fang Yu patted Ji Yan on the shoulder, "You just have to believe in yourself and act as you want. I think you just need to study the script hard and express your understanding of the character. , the director should understand, and the audience will understand too."

Fang Yu felt that Ji Yan was too serious about what he was going to do, so he was so entangled every time.

Of course, this is not a bad thing, Ji Yan has always worked so hard, but Ji Yan should also relax and have more confidence in himself.

Ji Yan still chooses to figure out the role slowly, and observes his most subtle expressions in the mirror, which may be the reason why he has read the script too many times. Ji Yan can gradually see different eyes, different facial expressions and different characters. Changes in the character's emotions shown by the action.

It's just that these changes are very small, and the specifics may depend on the standards of director Zhu Shuguang.

I don't know if the other party wants him to act more introverted or more extroverted.

By the day before the audition, Ji Yan was very calm. Anyway, he stretched his head and shrunk his head. If he failed in the trial, he would continue to come back to prepare the album.

"No problem, Teacher Ji." Fang Yu and Ji Yan touched their fists, "Come on, come on!"

"Mr. Ji, come on!!" The audition location is in a studio outside the film and television base in City A. Zhu Shuguang's company is nearby. Most of his films are on location, and the few literary plays are completed here.

Ji Yan was the only one who came to audition today. The film's producer Lu Yu, director Zhu Shuguang and screenwriter Qin Zhen sat in front, and the heroine You Kesi was also called to play against Ji Yan.

Before the audition started, Lu Yu couldn't help but asked Zhu Shuguang: "Old Zhu, you didn't choose this actor because of conflicts with Lao Li, did you?"

"I'm that kind of person?" Zhu Shuguang stared, looking fierce.

Lu Yu doesn’t like him. He and Zhu Shuguang are old partners. Zhu Shuguang has always been known as the money-burning king in the industry. When filming a film, he must shoot a scene 30 times. He spends money as if the production company is printing money. factory, other producers would detour when they saw him.

Lu Yu himself is not short of money, and he also has a lot of shares in the theater chain. In addition, he is very good at operating literary films, so he always finds ways to minimize production costs, such as actors' remuneration, or the cost of venue rental. The rest of the money was left to Zhu Shuguang Kejin.

Seeing Lu Yu's half-smile, Zhu Shuguang snorted, "Even if I say yes, what are you worried about? It's not like you don't know how that old guy picks actors."

It's just one word - poison.

On this point, Zhu Shuguang was not convinced in his mouth, but he was also convinced in his heart.

In the circle of directors, there must be two people who can gain status. He hasn't watched the films Li Xiang has made in the past few years, but he also knows that the quality must be good.

"But try to be more cautious." Lu Yu said, "This subject is not easy to shoot, and actors are also difficult to choose."

There are too many internal dramas in the characters in the script. If the protagonist is a middle-aged person, it would be easy to shoot, but if the setting is a young person, the difficulty of filming will skyrocket.

It can be said that there are almost no male actors who can meet the requirements.

Lu Yu was not particularly optimistic about Zhu Shuguang's film from the beginning, but the two have been friends for many years. After going through ups and downs, and at this age, they want to shoot what they want without restraint.

Do you think you were not restrained enough when you were young?

After Ji Yan came in, Lu Yu's eyes lit up.

Ji Yan's face is more than enough to play a leading role in a movie. His facial features are very photogenic at first glance. He will not be drawn into weird shapes by the camera. His brows are wide open, and his eyes are black and bright. The combination of three courts and five eyes is especially suitable for the audience Eyes, at first glance, he is the type of actor with a better appearance, but if you look closely, his bones are also quite good.

It has to be said that Li Xiang still picks people.

Zhu Shuguang didn't make many greetings, but only indicated to Ji Yan and You Kesi that the performance could begin.

Ji Yan took a deep breath, and the audition began.

"Look at you every day... What's so good about these broken stars? These broken things, you say this is life? You tell me this is life?!!"

At the very beginning, Youkesi entered a state of hoarse explosion. She is recognized by the younger generation as a strong actress. The directors she cooperates with are all big names. She is especially good at playing such emotionally volatile roles. She couldn't take the show at all.

Lu Yu, Zhu Shuguang and Qin Zhenju all waited curiously for Ji Yan's next performance.

Whether he is evenly matched with You Kesi or completely suppressed by the opponent depends on Ji Yan's next performance.

When You Kesi was on the verge of emotional collapse, Ji Yan only glanced at her quietly. There was a bit of incomprehensible grievance in this look, but it was fleeting and soon calmed down.

Because this is Gu Shan's life, he has never been understood, even if the other party is his pillow, he has tried to express his love for Xingkong to her passionately, but she has no interest.

Ji Yan's facial expression didn't change much, but at this moment, he changed from the lively look when he entered the door to the taciturn Gu Shan.

It's just silence, not sluggishness.

Lu Yu and Zhu Shuguang looked at each other and continued to read.

Next came the highlight, even though the actor playing the daughter was not there, Ji Yan could only perform against the air.

Then, they saw—

The careful temptation, the father's love for his daughter, the injury at the moment of being dodged, and the loss of his wife and daughter when they left.

Gu Shan's heart is not a stone, and it's not that he has no emotion for human beings.

It's just that his love for the stars lasts longer. It seems that the stars can listen to his voice, understand him, and respond to him.

——All of these were completely performed by Ji Yan.