I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 571 569. Old Tang...

"What's the news from Sanjin?"

Xu Daqiang, who was feeding his grandchildren juice with a filter nipple with holes, asked.

"Um."

Yang Mi nodded:

"Tell me that he chose an actress, Li Man. Uncle Xu, do you know?"

"who?"

Xu Daqiang looked confused.

"Li Man is the girl who originally played Jiang Chan in "The Golden Armor"."

"..."

Looking at her husband's confused look, Yang Mi knew that he didn't understand.

So I told him the whole story:

"...That's it. If she hadn't been bitten by a mosquito and her eyes were so swollen, and there was a conflict between Gong Li and Zhang Weiping, I wouldn't have been able to play the role of Jiang Chan."

After Xu Daqiang understood the cause of the incident, he couldn't help but think more about it.

"Are you not happy? If you are not happy, then tell Sanjin not to choose her."

"That's not the case, I'm just feeling..."

Sitting on the sofa, Yang Mi looked at the two babies who were already so big, clutching the mobile phone with the screen still darkened, and her tone was full of sighs:

"Time flies so fast. My children are already so old... I heard Li Man again today, and I felt a little emotional... It's like I'm getting older."

"..."

Xu Daqiang's eyes looked strange.

What is this child talking about?

Are you getting older?

what about me?

At this time, Sun Ting came over with a piece of information in her hand:

"Sister, I have searched online, but there is really no place that meets the requirements. Most of them are hotel theaters. I guess if you want to find one... you have to go to Shanghai and ask the agents. There is not much information about this kind of small theater on the Internet. This These are the few places I found that barely meet the requirements..."

"That's...ok."

Yang Mi glanced at the information printed by Sun Ting and said casually:

"Then let someone look for it locally in the Magic City..."

"What are you looking for?"

Xu Daqiang was a little curious.

"Small theater, I plan to set up a fixed drama club in the Magic City, specifically to connect with those acting schools and discover good talents. So I want to rent a theater... Do you know anyone?"

"Use someone you know well. How about buying one?"

"..."

"..."

As soon as Xu Daqiang opened his mouth, the smell became stronger.

Yang Mi quickly shook her head:

"No, that's not what I use..."

"Ah, it doesn't matter who uses it. We don't need it, but we have to have it."

Xu Daqiang, who had always felt that he could not be of much help to his second son and daughter-in-law's career, suddenly saw that he was useful, and his eyes suddenly lit up:

"I'll buy you one. How big do you want it to be? I'll let someone do it now."

He said that he had already picked up the phone...

"..."

Sun Ting was really speechless for a while when she heard this.

But Yang Mi smiled sweetly:

"Hehe, then...it doesn't need to be big, it just needs to be able to seat three to four hundred people."

"okay."

Xu Daqiang responded and dialed Xu Miao's phone number directly:

"Way! Mimi wants a theater with three to four hundred people. You go buy one...ah, you know nothing about art, hurry up and get it done...oh, okay, that's it, it's over."

"Hehehehehehe~"

As he hung up the phone, Yang Mi smiled happily as if she had gotten a big deal.

"Uncle Xu! So awesome!"

"Ahahaha~"

Xu Daqiang also laughed heartily.

That's right, everything will be prosperous when the family is in harmony.

If the two daughters-in-law are happy, then the son will be happy, and if the son is happy, then I will be happy, right?

…

A certain son-in-law who came to the house didn't know that his father-in-law had spent a lot of money to make his daughter happy, and he was still auditioning hard.

Auditioning is actually quite a grueling job.

Mainly because of the aesthetic fatigue...

After seeing off the eighth male and ninth female, Xu Xin threw the information in his hand directly into the elimination basket, and suddenly said to Xue Yong next to him:

"Brother Yong."

"Hey, what's wrong, Director Xu?"

"This girl named Zhang Jiafan is here..."

He pointed at his mandibles on both sides... the meaning was self-explanatory.

Xue Yong looked at Wang Lei subconsciously.

Wang Lei nodded slightly:

"Well, her oval face is too obvious, and the lines are indeed too soft, without that natural feeling."

"well."

After listening to Wang Lei's words, Xu Xin sighed.

"When did everyone in this circle start going under the knife...it looks so awkward, I can't even tell the difference."

His words made the others behind him look at each other.

Some people frowned.

Because they ignored it.

In other words... I didn't see it.

The girl named Zhang Jiabai just now is indeed quite beautiful. Although her acting skills are a bit average, her pure facial features are indeed quite attractive.

But they only saw the beauty, but Director Xu saw that the other party had used a knife.

Director Xu’s eyes are so poisonous...

Why did you ignore it?

Tsk.

It seems there is really a lot to learn...

Soon, the ninth actor walked in.

"Hello directors, my name is Guo Jingfei..."

Hearing the name, Xu Xin focused his attention on him.

This is the person brought here by Sister Hua.

Regardless of emotion or reason, he would give him face to advance to the next round.

Just like Bai Zhenhe.

Not being in any circle is just to give Sister Hua face.

After he introduced himself, Xu Xin asked instead of Xue Yong:

"Brother Guo comes to my place to make my play shine."

This guy just won the Magnolia Award, the highest award in the drama industry, in 2009. There is definitely nothing wrong with his acting skills, it just depends on whether he is suitable or not.

So Xu Xin's tone was very relaxed.

It also brings a layer of closeness.

The provincial Wang Jinghua picks up the pieces.

After hearing this, Guo Jingfei quickly said politely:

"Director Xu is serious, and I would like to thank Director Xu and all the directors for giving me this opportunity to audition."

"Haha, what is the role that Brother Guo is auditioning for this time?"

"The character Wang Xiaojian."

"good."

Xu Xin nodded:

"Brother Guo can feel free to act any part he wants. Start when you are ready."

Within the scope of his authority, he allowed maximum freedom.

"That……"

Guo Jingfei thought for a while and said with a smile:

"Then I will act out the scene where Li Ke meets Huang Xiaoxian and Wang Xiaojian to talk about the wedding in the early morning, and Wang Xiaojian is rude."

"no problem."

Xu Xin agreed immediately and turned to look at Tian Yusheng.

"..."

Tian Yusheng quickly started to look through his script to find that line.

Seeing this, Guo Jingfei also reminded:

"37 Acts."

Hearing this, Tian Yusheng quickly flipped through the script and found the section he wanted to play. After comparing it, he nodded.

Clearly, one detail made everyone understand how well he mastered the script.

You can say that he is diligent, or you can say that he is demonstrating his hard work.

Whatever.

But indeed, this small move made everyone understand... that he was really well prepared.

Less than half a minute later, he rubbed his hands, coughed twice, and Okita Yusheng said:

"Director, I'm ready to start."

"good."

Tian Yusheng glanced at the script book and read out Li Ke's script directly.

This scene is about the wedding preparation period of the rich man + money-worshiping girl combination "Wei Yiran and Li Ke" in Huang Xiaoxian's eyes. Li Ke especially wanted to make a short film comparable to Hollywood, but Wei still didn't like to make it.

Then Li Ke asked Huang Xiaoxian and Wang Xiaojian to find a solution.

As a result, Wang Xiaojian gave him a slap in the face.

"Last night Wei Wei suddenly told me that he thought it would be troublesome to make a short film, so he decided not to make it. What should I do? I must make the short film!"

Tian Yusheng's tone is very calm, and he has no skill in speaking.

After all, he is a play partner.

But in the eyes of everyone, Guo Jingfei kept looking at Tian Yusheng with a... very strange look when he was talking.

This look is quite interesting.

As long as you use a little more force, the sarcastic and sarcastic emotions will come out.

But if you use less force, it will be like listening politely.

His expression is stuck between these two points.

It seemed that he was enduring, suppressing the changes in expression on his face.

It wasn't until Tian Yusheng said, "I must make the short film," that the corners of his eyes began to twitch, and then he naturally turned his head.

He sniffed hard.

And when he turned around again, the expression on his face returned to its original appearance.

Xu Xin's eyes flashed with appreciation.

very funny.

Obviously the two expressions are exactly the same, but the sniffing action helped him complete the mental change for the audience.

Expression, same.

But mental activity is different.

This acting skill cannot be said to be amazing, because his appearance is here. If he wants to play that kind of sissy, his overly resolute face brings him down a lot.

But the acting skills shown are very solid.

Xu Xin was very satisfied.

Then, Tian Yusheng looked at the explanation in the script that "Li Ke paused after speaking" and was silent for a second before continuing:

"If you can't help me, I'll find another company to do it."

After saying this, it was time for Wang Xiaojian to get angry.

Next, Guo Jingfei showed off his super stable line skills:

"Whatever."

Tian Yusheng:

"What did you say?"

"I'm in a hurry~as you please~"

He still maintained the impolite and non-sarcastic expression on his face, but his mouth began to thrust like a knife:

"Ms. Li, if you and Mr. Wei have a disagreement, please go home and come up with a unified result for us after the quarrel. The two of us can't do this kind of thing, and we have no obligation to do it."

This is a paragraph.

Then, as his tone began to increase in intensity, the sarcasm on his face began to fade away, replaced by an unblinking gaze and an increasingly rapid speaking speed:

"When I heard you talk about this at five o'clock in the morning, I thought you were complaining. When I walked out of this door, I left all your words here without taking a word away. Yes! We are making money from you! But this does not mean that we We have to be at your disposal 24 hours a day, and we also have working hours."

He spoke a long list of words in one breath, and after picking up all the accents that should be emphasized, he suddenly turned his head.

When he turned his head, his neck drew a small parabola upward. ,

At first glance, it looks like a small semicircle, but the girly feeling suddenly comes out:

"Let's go, Huang Xiaoxian, let's go back and have a beauty sleep..."

After saying that, he looked at Tian Yusheng again:

"Ms. Li, before I leave, I would like to advise you. I have been in this business for some years, and it is not uncommon for a couple to fall apart before they get married. The man is forced to rebel by the woman's two hundred and fifty demands. The woman regrets that she chased after the person with all her life. This kind of result is not dreamy at all."

He smiled slightly:

"There is no other meaning in saying this. I want to share with you the lessons learned from the past. Huang Xiaoxian~ Let's go."

The tone at the end was like leaving with your own dog...

It's like saying, "You continue to be a monster, I'm waiting to see your jokes"...

Just these few lines, which are irresistible from tone to frustration to emotion, fully demonstrate Wang Xiaojian's "soft yet strong" character.

Finally, his eyes closed:

"My performance is over, thank you all."

He bowed slightly.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Everyone looked in the direction of Xu Xin.

Waiting for him to speak.

After Xu Xin was silent for a few seconds, he suddenly shook his head.

Seeing him shaking his head, Guo Jingfei didn't say anything.

Because Xu Xin has already spoken:

"A great performance, Brother Guo. It can be seen that you are well prepared."

Guo Jingfei listened politely.

"Whether it's the lines or the micro-expressions, it's actually obvious that you have mastered the role of Wang Xiaojian very well."

Guo Jingfei still remained silent.

Because he knew that Xu Xin must have something else to say.

as expected:

"But you're not quite suitable."

He chose to tell the truth:

"What makes you unsuitable is not your acting skills or your lines... but your appearance. You are too masculine. Although you can use your acting skills to express Wang Xiaojian's character. But... you cannot give people the preconceived and pretentious look. Feeling. You have to make up for it through speaking and performance, rather than being born with an advantage in this area just because of facial features and shape. So..."

He looked down at the information in his hand and put it directly into the promotion basket.

After thinking for a while, he said:

"In the second round, let's try the role of Lu Ran. I think you are very suitable for him. Make preparations in this direction. If Wang Xiaojian... you will suffer from appearance, not anything else, do you understand what I mean? "

"Okay, I understand."

There was no other expression on Guo Jingfei's face, but he was very polite.

After all, what Director Xu said was actually a disadvantage that he knew in his heart.

He is not an actor without acting experience. After participating in many auditions, he naturally understands that the director's first impression when looking for someone is always to try to match the audition person's image with his own.

If they can overlap in appearance, it means half the battle is won.

Although the other half can sometimes make up for it, it is "acquired" rather than something brought in by nature.

You don't need to explain yourself.

If it's suitable, go in. If it's not suitable, just get the chance to cooperate again.

After explaining so much, I really gave you enough face.

So, he nodded:

"Okay, thank you, Director Xu."

"Well, when we meet for the second time, you also say hello to Sister Hua for me. I'm busy today, so I won't say hello to her."

"Okay, I will definitely bring the message to you. Thank you directors for your hard work. Goodbye."

Finally, Guo Jingfei politely left the audition hall.

After he left, Xu Xin didn't say much, just nodded to the staff at the door:

"Next person."

No one else had any comments either.

Don't mention anything else, just the use of eyes, there will be no problem for him to join the crew.

And what Director Xu said is correct.

He really doesn't fit the role of a sissy.

This is an inherent weakness.

A suitable actor is called a performer, but he can only use it to make up for it.

This is the most essential difference.

Soon, the door was pushed open again and Tang Yan walked in.

Xu Xin looked over instantly.

But when his eyes turned to Tang Yan's direction, he frowned...

Why...are you so distracted?

…

a few minutes ago.

"Teacher Tang, we are now the ninth actor to audition."

"OK, thanks."

Tang Yan responded, and after standing up, Ji Rujing said:

"come on!"

"Um."

Tang Yan responded and walked out of the rest room.

There are far fewer people now than when we arrived just now.

She ignored it.

Instead, he quietly maintained his grasp of "Huang Xiaoxian" and entered the role.

She wants to act in movies.

Very much.

But I don’t want to act in a bad movie.

After entering the entertainment industry, she followed the footsteps of her godfather in the film business. After making a few movies with a rather nonsensical style, she no longer liked that style.

Every actor has to determine the role he can play.

Figure out what you are good at and where you should develop your acting career.

As for Tang Yan herself, she is also aware of her own advantages.

"Couple."

Or:

"CP."

Perhaps because of "Sword and Sword III", her fans and audiences are highly adaptable to the emotional role she plays.

This is her advantage.

Being able to adapt means being attractive.

Otherwise, like Liu Yifei in her early years... whoever plays with her will be scolded.

That is definitely not conducive to an actor's future development.

In the same way, for Tang Yan, she also knew that high adaptability also meant high confinement.

She doesn’t want to tie herself to the film and television industry with labels like “sweet, CP, vase” for too long.

During this period of time, with the help of several acting instructors, she took the initiative to get in touch and integrate into the role of "Huang Xiaoxian".

Several mentors felt she was perfect for the role.

Moreover, the team also felt that this was a breakthrough.

Director Xu's influence is not mentioned, but purely in terms of roles, Huang Xiaoxian is a character that breaks through the framework of her previous acting career.

Her toughness is very suitable for her to get rid of the inherent impression among the audience.

only……

As far as play goes, she's inconsistent.

In other words, she has never been able to maintain Huang Xiaoxian's aura of "a woman is not inferior to a man" when she gets angry.

This is her drawback.

Good times and bad.

It has something to do with the lines, and it also has something to do with the emotion.

Among the three major fulcrums for an actor to construct a performance, her physical performance, the integration with emotions and lines are sometimes good or bad, which is also her shortcoming.

Therefore, all she can do now is to work hard to maintain her immersion in Huang Xiaoxian's best psychological activities until the end of the audition.

So, she remained silent and reticent, thinking over and over again about everything about Huang Xiaoxian.

Until she took the stairs upstairs and saw the girls preparing inside and outside the audition hall...and that sound:

"Damn, Old Tang!?"

"...?"

Tang Yan raised his head instinctively.

He ran into an extremely familiar face.

"...Seventh brother?"

She was stunned.

Seventh Brother, or Di Wei.

Xia Youyou in "The Xia Family's Three Daughters".

She's actually here too?

The friendship between the two began with "The Three Daughters of the Xia Family" which was just finished filming a few months ago.

But just like Yang Mi and Liu Zhishi in "Sword and Sword III"...it may be called Tang Yan's shortcomings or shortcomings.

She is not very good at maintaining friendships.

Obviously when we were on the set, everyone got along very well. But after leaving the crew, Tang Yan had not contacted her for several months.

But when they met at this moment, Tang Yan was inevitably a little embarrassed.

There are many factors involved in this embarrassment. For example, because there is no contact, it is impossible to know in advance that Di Wei is here.

Another example... we are good friends, she is provided with tea and water in a single room, but Si Wei can only wait in a long line here...

in many ways.

However, Di Wei, who was opposite her, didn't think so much. Instead, she laughed heartily:

"Hey, are you there too? What's your number?"

"No. 10, where are you, Brother Seven?"

"Then you came early enough. I'm on the 39th. I woke up late today and was almost late...ah haha."

Looking at Si Wei's cheerful appearance, Tang Yan was not surprised.

Brother Qi is such a person.

He is carefree and has the same personality as a man... huh?

Suddenly, Tang Yan seemed to realize something, and in the blink of an eye, he glanced at Di Wei quickly.

After several months of absence, her hair has not grown.

When filming "The Three Daughters of the Xia Family", Xia Youyou's style was a typical short bob.

It's only grown a little now.

But this look... reminds me of personality...

For no reason, Tang Yan had a strange idea in his mind.

It seems... Seventh Brother is more suitable for Huang Xiaoxian.

And as soon as this idea appeared, her character's state of mind that maintained the "manly woman" mood was disrupted.

She suddenly felt that she was "pretentious".

It's not his behavior, but his overall content that expresses all of Huang Xiaoxian's character traits.

Very artificial.

Even though she had never seen Brother Qi quarreling with anyone.

But why does Di Wei have the nickname "Seventh Brother"?

That's the meaning.

She is really quite manly in private.

A very straightforward and straightforward person.

It was also because of this personality that he got this nickname.

But when Tang Yan thought of this, looking at her carefree smile, Tang Yan, for no reason, labeled the role he was going to play as "pretentious" in his heart.

Especially after seeing Si Wei’s extremely natural and cheerful personality...

Those actions that she originally thought were okay, but after being labeled with this label, they were like an unreasonable heavy hammer. With a sudden blow, she was knocked out of the emotion she was immersed in the character!

A headache with a bit of tingling came out directly...

Not really a headache.

But that kind of... very uncomfortable state.

I felt so embarrassed that I wanted to pick my feet, and my scalp even felt numb.

"..."

When she felt her state, she suddenly panicked...

He even forgot to answer Di Wei's words.

On the contrary, Di Wei was a little puzzled:

"What's wrong with you?"

"I……"

Tang Yan tried to say something, but felt that he should not speak, but should work hard to get back to his state.

But at this moment, the door of the audition hall was opened, and Guo Jingfei, who had finished his performance, walked out.

The door closed again, then opened again a few seconds later:

"Female auditionee No. 10, enter."

The moment the sound reached Tang Yan's ears...

Her face suddenly turned pale.

It’s over…

She instinctively quickened her pace.

Firstly, he wanted to escape from Si Wei's side, and secondly, he was afraid of delaying the audition.

But looking at the audition door that was getting closer and closer, she was like a bound person who was impatient but unable to move.

Obviously, you have to show your best side when you go in, but your best side was hammered into pieces after seeing a real "manly woman".

Suddenly, she panicked.

Behind her, Di Wei, who watched her "leave without saying goodbye", scratched her head in confusion.

What happened to Old Tang?

Inexplicable.