I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 374 372. Aunt Zhao

"Hello director, I am Shu Chang..."

"Hello, Director Xu, hello Director Zhang, hello fellow directors, I am Bai Baihe, and I am auditioning for the role of "Jing Qiu"."

"Hello directors, I am Yao Di, I am 16cm tall and weigh 45kg..."

On the second day of the audition, this group of actors who had already debuted and were barely stuck at the age limit of around 23 began to enter the audition scene.

Compared with those actors who were still seeking small roles yesterday, the acting skills of these actors are obviously better than those who came yesterday.

But strength comes from strength. Acting in auditions is one thing, and the actor's "eye connection" is another.

Xu Xin still wants to continue looking.

And just in the morning, Xu Xin also saw Liu Zhishi and Tang Yan.

Liu Zhishi had nothing to say.

After watching her performance, Xu Xin announced directly on the spot:

"Shishi, perform well in the next round. You have to dig deeper into the role of Jingqiu and not be too superficial... I suggest you go back and ask your uncles and aunts what their impressions were of girls of that era. Next The second time is the audition with makeup on, come on."

She advanced straight away.

Moreover, whether in front of Zhang Yimou or other people, he was showing his "preference".

Or favoritism.

This is the wife's best friend and a witness to their love.

Regardless of any role, as long as she comes to audition, she will always enter the final round.

Whether you choose or not, you have to look good in terms of face.

not to mention……

She is indeed beautiful.

There is a very strong bookishness about him.

This is something Jing Tian doesn't have.

He also needed Liu Zhishi for reference.

Then, he met the Misora ​​models who came in a group.

Including the little girl named Nazha.

Facts have proved that no matter how Hu Guangzai ensured that these models were professionally trained or otherwise... their professionalism was still a mess.

None of them passed, and the whole army was wiped out.

Dou Yao, on the other hand, felt pretty good in front of the camera after being called for an interview by Zhang Yimou... In fact, his acting skills are also very weak, or in other words, this drama wants to match the look of the third child in the original work, at this age Unless you find some unparalleled acting talent, most actors, between the ages of 18 and 23, who are stuck by Xu Xin, lack a lot of acting skills.

Many people are still students who have not graduated.

This is where one of the difficulties of this drama for Xu Xin appears.

It is different from the performance in "The Wind" where everyone got a role they are comfortable with and cooperated with each other to complete the work with their quite mature acting skills.

If "Hawthorn Tree" really starts filming...

Xu Xin felt that what he needed to fix right away was not the sense of the camera or the image, but the acting skills of the actors...

But.

I have to admit that as long as this Dou Yao smiles...

Those straight teeth can easily give people a clean feeling.

Pretty good.

The morning audition ended, and in the afternoon, Xu Xin saw Baozi and Lin Gou whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Baozi, Lin Gou, Yang Ying, Liu Yifei.

These four people came as a group.

By the way, there is also a "non-staff" Zhang Jiao.

Yang Ying was immediately passed by Xu Xin.

Her beauty is too artificial.

Too modern too.

If he was not from his own company, he would definitely not consider it.

But at least face must be given.

The improvement in Baozi's acting skills is not huge, but it is the kind where there will be some small changes after a period of time, and it is steadily improving.

But it's a pity...

I don’t know if it is caused by subjective factors.

When he saw her walking in with braids again, Xu Xin immediately remembered the braided style the girl wore when she visited Liang Bingning in Hengdian last time.

That appearance really affected him too much.

I can't get out for a long time.

Therefore, she is not suitable for Jingqiu.

Not that charming.

But what really surprised him was Lin Gou.

The movie "Legend of the Wind" was being filmed in the factory, and Xu Xin didn't have much interference.

In addition, Lin Gou hadn't finished his studies, so he hadn't seen him much in the past few months, but they occasionally played games together.

But who can talk about work while playing games?

If you want to say that you have been ganked, then go down to the tower, call your teammates for support, and make sure that four TPs light up.

But if you are doing last-ditch damage while saying, "Old Xu, how about the role I'm playing now?" Regardless of whether Xu Xin has the mind to deal with it, Yang Mi's Shadow Demon will definitely twist his waist when passing by you. Divide your experience, and use two cannons to grab a wave of troops.

Playing a game can't stop you.

You are the only one who talks a lot!

But this time when he saw Lin Gou, Xu Xin realized that... his compatibility with the role of Lao San was no worse than that of his buddy named Dou Yao.

If Dou Yao wins in the small white teeth, then Lin Gou wins in the facial features.

Because of "Legend of the Wind", he cut off his long hair, which was still a bit childish and unconventional, and replaced it with a neat short hair.

And from the forehead to the cheekbones, to the bridge of the nose, to the chin... the tough facial features are instantly combined with the third child who comes from a "military family" in the original work.

Especially the profile.

Quite quite impressive.

Xu Xin was really surprised this time.

I was wrong before.

Once this hair is cut, the whole person becomes completely "harder".

Life is shortened.

No, brother, get hard!

In the audition scene, he also performed very well.

After it was over, even Zhang Yimou also spoke:

"He's very nice, he looks like a third child."

"Um."

Xu Xin nodded and put his information into the promotion basket of "Lao San".

Then, the appearance of Liu Yifei immediately made everyone including Xu Xin confused.

In fact, in the original concept...

Liu Yifei has indeed been included in Xu Xin's consideration.

But after careful consideration, he did not include the other party as his first alternative target.

Because... let alone ordinary people, even Xu Xin himself had the deepest impression of her in the era of the fairy sister.

But when she wore braids, took off her down jacket, and wore that... I don't know where she got a floral long-sleeved plaid shirt, khaki workers' blue trousers, and a pair of jialai sneakers on her feet The matching...

After she introduced herself, everyone fell into a circle of scrutinizing silence.

A very intuitive comparison.

If we talk about Jing Tian’s inner charm, her charm lies in her girlishness under her big frame.

The charm lies in the big eyes, willow-leaf-like eyebrows, and the unique temperament that is very "blessed".

What Liu Yifei's body highlights is pure Sanliwan.

The pull-back shoes do not look new, but have a very old-fashioned yellowing texture.

And the style looks like the version of old shoes.

It can be seen that the owner of these shoes must have cherished these shoes very much. Even if the white corners of the shoes have begun to turn yellow, the cleanliness from the inside to the outside still expresses the state of the shoes. Seems pretty good.

The workers' blue khaki pants are also very retro in style...or rather, they look like they were taken from a worker's family in a state-owned factory.

With the kind of mottled years of three years of new and three of old, and three more years of sewing and mending.

Most importantly, because of the ill-fitting size, the wide trousers perfectly covered her legs, which were currently slimming down.

Not visible.

On the contrary, because her legs were a little thick, the thick pants were slightly stretched out.

Especially in the two thigh areas, through the outline of the khaki fabric, you can feel how round the legs are inside the pants.

The floral dress on the upper body is in the conservative style of the 1970s, and is matched with a standard collar of the shirt. The dividing line between the dress and the body is clearly separated on both sides of the collar, highlighting her slender neck and her elegant appearance even without makeup. Looks particularly fair skin.

Moreover, because the style of this shirt is a women's small floral plaid shirt, its overall shape is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.

But it was this rusticity that made her breasts look particularly big.

Although I don't know if there is anything padded inside.

But...behind that kind of rusticity, there was a desire to guess and wonder, and it suddenly became apparent.

That feeling that I want to hide but can't...

It was instantly in contrast to Jing Tian's feeling of "winning with only face".

But the one who really lost out was her face.

Her face doesn't have that round, bony beauty.

The appearance is quite good.

But for some reason, there was a hint of tiredness with dark circles under his eyes.

It's like I haven't had a good rest in a few days.

If we really compare...

Compared to Jing Tian's feeling of being full of blessings, it's a little worse.

It's still worse than "immortal".

Xu Xin felt uncomfortable watching it.

It’s really evil.

How could such a beautiful girl be trapped in the "fairy" and unable to get out?

But at this moment, Zhang Yimou suddenly said:

"No makeup?"

Liu Yifei nodded:

"Well, no. I just put on some skin care products."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Her answer made the others look... weird.

All the actors auditioning these two days wore makeup.

This one is better, appearing without makeup.

The most important thing is that he can still be so effective without makeup.

You are really going too far...

Then, Zhang Yimou asked again:

"Did you deliberately keep your shoulders in this state?"

Following his words, everyone looked at her shoulders again.

But Liu Yifei shook her head:

"No, I was born with this kind of shoulder slouching. Even if I exercise, I can't make myself look strong."

Following her explanation, everyone finally found out what Zhang Yimou's focus was.

It turned out that the shoulders of this dress were a little too spacey.

She looked very thin.

Xu Xin's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.

No wonder people keep saying her legs are thick.

On the one hand, her legs are indeed thick, but they are definitely not too thick.

But her shoulders.

Her sloping shoulders made her upper body look particularly thin. And this thin contrast magnified the shortcomings of her lower limbs.

In other words, maybe Yang Mi will never be able to develop a big fort figure with a thin upper body and a thick lower body... But it seems that Liu Yifei can just work hard...?

The old man is really awesome.

There was a feeling of emotion in his heart.

The angle of looking at people is too vicious.

Gotta study hard.

Zhang Yimou chatted for a while and saw that Xu Xin remained silent, so he said:

"Get ready for the audition."

"OK."

Liu Yifei responded, walked to Sun Liwen and took a note.

"Jingqiu and her classmate Wei Hong were walking in school when they suddenly saw her mother, who had been labeled a "leftist capitalist," being scolded. Jingqiu did not dare to walk over and only dared to peek from a distance."

Perhaps he noticed that Director Zhang and Director Xu had different attitudes towards Liu Yifei, so he took the initiative to say:

"Say when you're ready and we'll start."

There is no set time.

"Thanks."

Liu Yifei politely thanked her, then stood there with the note and began to meditate.

But not for long.

That's like a minute or two.

Then, she retreated to the wall opposite the crowd, took a deep breath, and nodded:

"I'm starting."

No one spoke, she lowered her head, looked at the note in her hand, and took the first step.

Her steps were small and reserved.

And when walking, he holds his chest.

The clothes were too big for me, and when I walked with my breasts in my arms like this, I felt a sense of inferiority that immediately hit several people.

Xu Xin's eyes narrowed.

In the second step, she no longer lowered her head, but raised her head. After turning her head to look at the air next to her, she nodded slightly. He seemed to be chatting with his classmates.

The feeling of "Three Mile Bay" is fleeting.

Then, in the third step, she showed a bright smile to the air on the side, as if the two of them were talking about some happy topic.

This smile suddenly dispelled her inferiority complex about holding her breasts.

But on the fourth step, she lowered her head again and looked at the note in her hand.

The whole person once again became that low self-esteem look.

Very natural.

And on the fifth step, suddenly, she stopped.

At this moment, she was less than two steps away from where Xu Xin and the others were sitting.

The distance is extremely close.

After pausing, she glanced to her left, as if she saw something, and quickly took another half step back.

Then the whole person made a head-exploring movement.

Probe and look to the left.

Peeping at a certain scene.

After taking a look, she withdrew her gaze.

Everyone sitting opposite her could feel a tangled emotion from the corners of her pursed lips.

As if to say: Do I want to continue watching?

But she immediately made up her mind and probed again.

Then……

Likewise, the eyes begin to blink.

After about five or six seconds, her eye circles began to turn red quickly, and tears were already welling up in her eyes.

But Xu Xin nodded slightly.

The gap is widened.

It's different from Jing Tian's kind of forceful physical discomfort in his eyes.

While the approach was the same, her time was shorter.

In fact, ordinary people can also try it. If they do not blink continuously, it will take at least 40 seconds to a minute before the eyes will feel uncomfortable and start to feel sore and tearful.

And Liu Yifei can make tears well up in her eyes in five or six seconds. It must be more emotional than physical.

Moreover, what is commendable is that her entire performance, whether it is expression control or other aspects, is above average.

Even the control of some details is excellent.

If you really want to talk about it, Jing Tian is more like a smaller version of Liu Yifei.

In the same way, you know how to use your brain and use methods.

But the experience is still too shallow.

"Okay, that's it."

He took the initiative to stop the performance and looked at his friend who was wiping tears with the back of his hand:

"Do you feel like you are more prepared this time than last time for "The Wind"?"

"After chatting with Mimi last time, I started to make more detailed preparations when I went back. Including this outfit, I got it from my grandma and packed it at the bottom of the box."

Liu Yifei nodded, smiled and pointed at her eyes:

"What I'm most worried about is the dark circles under my eyes, but luckily, although I stayed up late last night, I didn't have a schedule this morning, so I went back to catch up on some sleep."

And her smile...

The gum problem was exposed again.

But that's what you said is strange.

As the saying goes, everyone has a love for beauty.

Especially for artists...or to put it more bluntly, female artists, their facial features can easily become their shortcomings, and they must be used to cover up.

Including my own sister.

My sister’s facial features are defective in the bite muscles and mandible on both sides.

She has a physique that does not allow her to gain weight, but if she is too thin, when she slightly raises her face, her bite muscles and mandible will make her face look angular.

Therefore, whether she is taking pictures or maintaining various postures, she is unlikely to expose herself to the camera from a "looking up" angle.

Even when taking selfies, he always raises his phone high and tilts it at 45 degrees to "hide" his mandible.

At one point, he even considered cutting off the bones.

Xu Xin quickly stopped him.

In short... everyone wants to hide their flaws as much as possible.

Especially female artists.

But... Xu Xin has never met, and I have never heard Liu Yifei say that she was dissatisfied with her teeth and gums and wanted to have them repaired.

When you should be happy, just laugh.

Gums are just gums.

Although she had not personally acknowledged it, Xu Xin suddenly admired her open-mindedness when looking at her fairy sister who was not shy about her appearance and shortcomings and was targeting him in Nale...

Thinking of this, he said:

"It can be seen that this character really puts his heart into it. But... to be honest, the charm is still missing. If you can, how about letting me see the hidden charm in the next round?"

"……good."

Silently taking note of Xu Xin's words, she nodded:

"I'll go back and talk to the acting teacher again."

"...Well, see you in the second round. Go back and have a good rest. Come on."

"Okay...thank you directors, goodbye."

Bowing politely, she left the audition hall.

After she left, several people looked at each other. Xu Xin asked Zhang Yimou:

"What do you think?"

"..."

Zhang Yimou didn't say anything. He just put his arms on the table and rubbed the center of his eyebrows with his two thumbs, as if doing eye exercises.

Close your eyes and meditate.

When Qi Lei saw that everyone was silent, he said:

"From a market point of view, she can definitely be one of the appeals of the box office. And... her "pure" feeling is very rare for me."

After he finished speaking, Wang Lei shook his head slightly:

"The most important thing is how to get rid of the audience's inherent impression. It may be a personal reason, but when I saw her, it was obvious that her performance was qualified in everything, but I still couldn't bring myself into it."

"The audience's inherent impression has always been the biggest constraint restricting her development. There is no way around it... Her starting point for debut was too high."

"But as far as this performance is concerned, I personally think that she revealed all the characteristics that Jingqiu needs to show. However, I must also say that Jingqiu not only relies on acting, but also can perform. .The actor named Jing Tian... is the person who impressed me the most. Even Liu Yifei is not as good as her."

"Jing Tian's beauty lies in the bones, not the skin. As for Liu Yifei's beauty, the beauty is still Liu Yifei, not Jingqiu. This is my opinion."

"There is nothing to fault in terms of acting, but... I think this movie needs a more pure feeling. We need to give the audience a sense of pure innocence. To put it bluntly, the more unfamiliar Jingqiu's face is to the audience, the more... good."

"If I were to choose myself, I would choose Liu Yifei. The sense of age can be made up for through the lens and Director Xu's creation techniques. Jing Tian's acting disadvantage needs too much work to make up for."

Everyone started talking to each other and started to get involved in the discussion.

However, Xu Xin and Zhang Yimou did not speak.

After chatting for two or three minutes, Zhang Yimou finally said:

"Each one has his own merits."

This is his point of view.

After expressing clearly, he looked at Xu Xin again:

"If it were me, I would probably lean towards Jing Tian... although the smell of her body is also lacking in my perception. What I want to see is a more simple feeling. Jing Tian and her I Can't find any."

"I see."

Xu Xin nodded.

What the old man has always wanted to find is the kind of girl whose beauty is gone and whose innocence is fleeting.

That was his memory of that era.

But similarly, what the old man is looking for here is not a girl named "Jingqiu".

But it was what he was pursuing...a memory symbol from that era.

This is the most "conflict" between the two.

But.

It is you who ultimately makes the decision.

He thought for a moment... and said:

"In terms of impression, I prefer Jing Tian. But in terms of acting... I'm very satisfied with her performance... Let's take a look. There's also a second round of makeup. How do you think?"

The major directors have spoken, and others have no objections.

In itself, the meaning of this drama studio is that whatever director Xu says, then it will happen.

Qi Lei raised his head to the staff guarding the door:

"Next."

…

At almost 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the second day of auditions ended.

After the audition, Zhang Jiao took Director Xu's suit and got into the Volvo. When she saw Xu Xin driving away, she quickly asked:

"Hello, Sister Mo...are you waiting for Director Zhang? Brother Xu."

"Director Zhang is leaving first."

"oh oh……"

After responding, she carefully hung her suit on the upper armrest of the back seat. She glanced at Zhang Mo, who was sitting in the passenger seat, thought about it, and asked tentatively:

"How did I behave this afternoon?"

"It's improved than before, but it's still far behind. Let's see if there is any role for you to make a cameo in this play. Come on little by little."

Hearing his words, Zhang Jiao didn't feel disappointed.

Since she started studying systematically, she also knew how far behind she was.

So I'm not sad, but rather happy.

Be glad that it's not too late.

Especially after communicating with Baozi...

After driving the car on the road, Xu Xin said to Zhang Mo in the passenger seat next to him:

"Sister Mo, in the past two days, I will make a list, which is all about the work. I will go back in a few days to organize the full moon wine, serve the Taoist, and select the scene. You can do it yourself. Look. Everything must be implemented..."

"I know."

Zhang Mo nodded:

"Just leave it to me."

…

In today's press conference, Yanjing TV was really generous.

Come live at the prime time of 8pm.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that it is Zhang Weiping's public relations.

In short, as Zhang Yimou's first work after the Olympics, "Three Guns" has been stared at by countless pairs of eyes from the day it started shooting.

There are also many guests present today.

In addition to Xu Xin, many celebrities were also invited.

And strictly speaking, this is Xu Xin's first time coming to Yanjing Terrace, so everything is quite new.

He didn't go backstage.

After all, I'm just here as a guest.

Staying backstage with the crew...it's not necessary.

Zhang Mo went, after all, many people would come backstage to say hello to Zhang Yimou today.

But he doesn't have to.

Our old Xu is a well-known person who is disliked by everyone in the Beijing circle. Why are we joining in the fun?

At around 7:30, seeing that it was almost time, Xu Xin got out of the car and planned to enter the venue.

As he was walking towards the video studio, the lights of a car shone behind him, and he surpassed him and Zhang Jiao in just a few breaths.

He looked up and looked startled.

A special license plate with a white background came into view.

Quite unexpected.

But after just taking a look, he wrapped himself in his down jacket and continued walking forward.

The business car also stopped at the door, waited for the guests to get off, and then drove away slowly.

Where the car left, four women appeared.

Two girls dressed in ordinary clothes, who looked like assistants, were standing next to them with large and small bags in their hands.

The other two women were wearing thick clothes, and judging from the corners of their skirts exposed under their clothes, they should also be guests.

Moreover, the two women are staring here.

Xu Xin paused...

Is this for yourself?

He couldn't help but squint his eyes, trying to see the person clearly.

But it was getting dark now and it was really hard to see clearly.

All you could see was that one of the two people had very long hair and was wearing a... big red flower on the side of his head.

Xu Xin's mouth twitched when she saw this outfit...

Very gaudy.

After walking in, with the help of the light, he finally saw the two people clearly.

Two old ladies...that's not right.

Two big sisters.

Aged at least 35+.

The nasolabial folds are all showing out.

And when he looked at these two people, they also stared at him with bright eyes.

Seeing the light, Xu Xin got goosebumps unconsciously.

Are you going to eat me alive?

Just as he was thinking about it, next to the big red flower, the hair was a little short... a woman who could be regarded as still charming stood there, smiled and called out Xu Xin's name:

"Xu Xin, hello."

"..."

Xu Xin and Zhang Jiao paused in their steps.

Then, a polite smile appeared on his face:

"Hello."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the other party take a step forward and extend his hand.

After thinking about it... Although he was reluctant, he still went forward.

He held his hand up.

"Excuse my stupidity..."

Feeling that the other party didn't want to let go of his hand, Xu Xin, who couldn't move his hand for a while, tentatively wanted the other party to reveal his identity.

Who?

do not know.

Xu Xin, who had no idea who these old women were, nodded politely:

"Hello, Sister Zhao."

Then he took the initiative to take his hand away.

The other person's hand was quite warm.

But the way he was held made goosebumps fly all over the place.

As soon as he took his hand away, the woman also stretched out her hand:

"Hello, Xu Xin."

What the hell?

Seeing the broad-nosed and wide-mouthed old woman in front of him staring at him like she was looking at a plate of meat, Xu Xin was speechless for a while.

"It's not okay to call me Sister Zhao. You have to call me Aunt Zhao."

"...?"

Xu Xin was stunned.