Behind the scenes of the entertainment industry

On August 10th, the first official audition of "Donkey Gets Water" was held at Yanjing People's Art Theater here.

This time the audition took place at the Yanjing People's Art Theatre, and Chen Li specifically sought out the theater to apply for two rehearsal rooms. After all, under the guise of a people's art show, he could be more intimidating to the actors who came to audition.

After a few people arrived here, it was already eight o'clock, and the audition time notified was nine o'clock in the morning.

Chu Ran said excitedly: "Brothers, let's do it. This is the first step for us to become big names in the film and television industry."

Looking at Chu Ran, who was in the second grade, Zhou Cheng clearly distanced himself from him, and checked the audition items with Gu Xintong, who was in charge of reception: "Audition student information materials, report sheets, number plates, scripts... Brother Li,

Do I need a costume? Do I need to wear makeup for the audition?”

Chen Li shook his head: "No need, let's do the preliminary selection first. These people were recommended by teachers from two schools according to our requirements. They must all meet our requirements. Our job today is to compare their acting skills and select the most suitable ones."

That’s fine.”

The two schools recommended a total of eleven students to audition for these four roles.

There are five Chinese opera students, four boys and one girl. In addition to one girl who is a junior, three of the other four are seniors, and the remaining one is actually a student who has graduated this year. The five of them auditioned for Zhou Tienan and Bronze respectively.

Jiang Jiang and Sun Jia, the coppersmith’s wife were not auditioned.

There are six Nortel students, three male and three female, auditioning for four roles. One is a senior and three are juniors, including Zhang Xiaofei who was recommended by Gu Xintong. The other two are boys and are sophomores. It seems that

Teacher Huang Lei still has great confidence in these two boys in his class.

Zhou Cheng took the information sheet and looked it over. Four of the eleven people didn't know whether they didn't appear in another world or were too famous. This was the first time Zhou Cheng had heard of them. The other seven were in another world.

They are all actors with a certain degree of fame. Among them, Zhu Yilong from Nortel and Wang Kai and Meng Xiaoling from China National Theater can even reach the status of first-line artists. Looking at them who are relatively young, Zhou Cheng is even more looking forward to how they will perform in today's audition.

Chen Li had no impression of these people. Seeing Zhou Cheng looking through the information, he asked Chu Ran: "There are six from Nortel here? Do you know them?"

Chu Ran obviously felt looked down upon and expressed dissatisfaction: "Tsk, Mr. Chu also knows those people in the drama."

"You're awesome!" Zhou Cheng and Chen Li gave Chu Ran a thumbs up. Zhou Cheng even suggested: "I'll just leave the reception work to you."

"No, Mr. Chu is the casting director, so he has to have a good time no matter what." Chu Ran shook his head to refuse, and then showed a mean smile on his face: "These boys often bully me in the stadium, and today they saw me sitting on them

Will you be surprised if you take charge of their future?"

"Public revenge is not allowed."

"Am I that kind of person?"

"You are!" Zhou Cheng and Chen Li said in unison, receiving two raised middle fingers.

Among the few people, except for Chen Li, who only had two audition experiences, the others were just talkative on paper.

Zhou Cheng and Chu Ran moved two long tables covered with tablecloths from the next room to the middle of the audition rehearsal room, and moved another table for Gu Xintong to use.

Reception use.

There were three seats behind the long table in the audition room. Chen Li pointed to the one in the middle and said to Zhou Cheng: "Zhou Cheng, are you going to host today's audition?"

Zhou Cheng waved his hand to refuse directly and pointed to the farthest position: "Brother Li, you can decide on the audition, I will do this. In fact, Chu Ran and I are just joining in the fun. We don't know anything about acting. As for acting skills, we still need to

You take care of it."

Chen Li smiled and did not refuse. He was also testing Zhou Cheng.

Although everyone is acquaintances, Zhou Cheng is still the producer of this drama, but Chen Li still has some power as the director. If Zhou Cheng has to intervene in everything, but he has no decision-making power, then it will inevitably happen later.

There will be disputes over certain things. Instead of affecting each other's relationship due to disputes, it is better to talk things over in advance. Fortunately for him, Zhou Cheng also understands this.

Zhou Cheng said to Chen Li: "Brother Li, should we borrow a camera? If you can't make up your mind, you can play it back."

"That's a good idea. Just wait and I'll borrow it."

Chen Li went to borrow a camera, while Zhou Cheng and Chu Ran started a quarrel, with one acting as the interviewer and the other acting as the audition actor. Both of them were familiar with the script and pretended to act there.

"This classmate, the Zhang Yiman you performed lacks a bit of coquettishness and charm."

"Director, I play the wife of a coppersmith. My coppersmith is not an animal..."

"Brother Cheng, the actors for the audition have already arrived." Gu Xintong interrupted the two people's nonsense. He originally asked a few teachers to inform these students that the audition will take place after nine o'clock in the morning. Unexpectedly, someone has arrived here at only half past eight.

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Chu Ran had recovered from the state of being a coppersmith's wife, looked at Gu Xintong and said seriously: "Brother Li went to borrow a camera, let them wait."

"Okay, I'll go talk to them." Gu Xintong suppressed her laughter and prepared to exit the room.

Zhou Cheng stopped her: "Brother Tong, wait a minute. How many people are here in total?"

Gu Xintong looked at the list: "The three of them are all boys from the Chinese Opera Grade 04, Li Zimu, Ma Chi and Zhang Yiming." Chen Li arranged for five people to audition in the morning and six people to audition in the afternoon.

"I guess they are close and can easily come here." Zhou Cheng guessed.

Chu Ran is familiar with them and often plays together: "These guys are just positive, and they are like this in everything they do."

"I'll go over and take a look first and let them prepare." Zhou Cheng took the three people's information and followed Gu Xintong to another rehearsal room.

Among the three young actors, Zhang Yiming is the only one who is somewhat famous in the other world. He once played the role of Zhuang Qiang in "Tomato Rich Man" and participated in many comedy variety shows. It's just that the role he came to audition today was for the role of a coppersmith.

, making Zhou Cheng feel unreliable.

On the contrary, the image of another boy named Ma Chi fits perfectly with Zhou Cheng's setting of the role of the coppersmith. He has single eyelids, thin lips, and a hint of evil in his eyes. He is a typical villain actor, but he

When joking with a few classmates, his eyes would narrow into slits, revealing a hint of innocence. But the role he auditioned for was actually Zhou Tienan. I don't know if it was recommended by Teacher Chang or chosen by him.

"Hello, I am the screenwriter and film producer of this play. My name is Zhou Cheng. You are welcome to come and audition." Seeing Zhou Cheng come out, the three people who were joking immediately stopped their smiles and showed a trace of nervousness.

Cheng took the initiative to greet them and let them relax.

Among the three, Zhang Yiming, who has a relatively cheerful personality, is the main one. He said hello to Zhou Cheng on behalf of several people: "Hello, teacher, I am Zhang Yiming. The three of us are all juniors at the Chinese Theater Academy. Teacher Chang recommended us."

"Hello, teacher, I am Ma Chi (Liu Zhiyang)."

Zhou Cheng nodded: "I believe Teacher Chang should have told you the general situation of this play. Let me explain to you again. Our play is divided into drama and movie forms. The drama will be held at Yanjing People's Art Theater in January 2008.

It will be performed until the end of the Lantern Festival, about thirty times. The movie will be shot in April next year, and the shooting period will be about two months."

"Will it really be made into a movie?" For these students studying acting, the drama stage is no longer more attractive than the big screen.

"Yes." Zhou Cheng nodded: "Perform well, show your true skills, and try to impress the director, so that you can have a chance to get the role you want."

"Thank you, teacher." The three students were encouraged by Zhou Cheng and were all in high spirits. After getting the scripts of their respective audition roles from Gu Xintong, they found a corner to get familiar with each other.