Chapter 60: Are there really cats that can do backflips?
Hearing Li Yitong's words, Meng Bai frowned and thought about it, always feeling something was wrong.
"You said this in this situation, it feels like I'm trying to seduce you." Meng Bai said.
Li Yitong looked at Meng Bai mischievously: "Then I wonder if Teacher Meng will specifically ask the director to arrange for me to pass in order to seduce me?"
"What a joke, I, Meng Bai, have always been upright in my actions, how could I use such means." Meng Bai looked at Li Yitong "righteously" and said: "I usually choose a more clever method."
"What method?"
"Beauty, my cat can do backflips, do you want to see it together?"
Li Yitong was stunned, and then couldn't help laughing with her eyes curved.
Because this hotel apartment has been receiving various crews preparing for actor auditions all year round, it has simply renovated the interior. Each room is equivalent to an independent small office, and frosted glass is used to separate several partitions.
Meng Bai took Li Yitong into the audition site of "Psychological Crime". At this time, there was no appointment time for the audition, so there were not many people in the room.
Occasionally, one or two staff members came in and out. They were all the production crews who had cooperated when filming "Pendulum". Seeing Meng Bai come in, they all greeted him, and then curiously glanced at Li Yitong who was following him. However, everyone thought that she was an audition actor who came in advance, and no one asked.
"You should rest here first. The audition will not start until later." Meng Bai settled Li Yitong in the corner of the room and said to her: "Someone will come to audition later. You can take a look at their process and experience first, and feel the atmosphere. When I give you the news, you can come in again."
"Don't worry, you go and get busy." Li Yitong nodded and said seriously. She knew that Meng Bai would definitely be very busy today, so she didn't want to delay his time any longer.
What's more, she was not an underage child and needed someone to watch her hand.
Seeing Li Yitong responded, Meng Bai gave a few more precautions and walked into the inner room. Today is the first day of auditions for the new drama, and he is indeed very busy.
After talking about the budget with Wu Bai last time, Leshi.com quickly signed a new contract with Meng Bai, and then started the preparation work for "Psychological Crime".
Like last time, Meng Bai's position in the crew is still the producer and main screenwriter. Coupled with the newly added "investor" background this time, he is definitely the first "talker" of this project.
Although it is a criminal investigation drama, "Psychological Crime" is different from the previous unit dramas such as "Serious Case Six" and "Crime Scene". It is closer to TVB's Hong Kong-style criminal investigation dramas in the past. There are multiple stories before and after, and the plots are connected to each other.
Because of this, this drama will have a lot of demands on actors, especially supporting actors. Meng Bai had asked Liu Zhi to post the role requirements on the Internet and related groups a few days ago, thinking of deciding on a few main roles first.
Seeing Meng Bai entering the room, Wu Bai, who was sitting in the room, hurriedly called him over.
"I studied the shooting plan, and I still think it would be more efficient to shoot in groups A and B at the same time." Wu Bai said.
The story of "Psychological Crime" is about a talented young man named Fang Mu who is good at criminal psychology. He uses his professional knowledge to help the police solve various cases and find murderers who commit crimes due to psychological motives.
There are two core characters in the whole play, one is the male protagonist "Fang Mu" and the other is the captain of the police detachment "Tai Wei".
Because of these two characters, the whole play is divided into two large scenes-"Luteng University" where Fang Mu is located, and "Luteng City Xicheng District Public Security Bureau" where Tai Wei is located.
These two groups of characters and scenes are interspersed with each other, and there are also a lot of independent plots. Therefore, after considering the shooting schedule, Wu Bai believes that it will save more time to use "AB Group" to shoot at the same time.
"AB Group shooting is fine, but we need to find another suitable director with similar lens style." Meng Bai said.
As a producer and main screenwriter, he can coordinate the plot and post-production in a unified manner, but the on-site lens still depends on the director's directing style and level.
Wu Bai's lens style tends to be cold and realistic. If the director of the other group does not cooperate well, it is easy to cause the style of the future film to be inconsistent.
"I do have a candidate to recommend." Wu Bai said, "He's a friend of mine. He's been my assistant director a few times before, so we know each other's camera styles better."
Meng Bai glanced at him and said with a smile, "Director Wu, you've been waiting for me here for a long time, haven't you?"
Wu Bai smiled and did not deny it: "Indeed, it was because of him that I had the idea of shooting with group A and B. But don't worry, his level is no problem. If he were not young and inexperienced, he should be able to direct independently now."
"Okay, I still trust you, brother." Meng Bai said: "What's his name? Call him in a few days to chat."
"His name is Wang Wei."
"This name..." Meng Bai sighed: "Fortunately his last name is not Zhang, otherwise I really wouldn't dare to let him come."
After the shooting plan was set, it was almost time for the scheduled audition. Meng Bai called Liu Zhi and asked him to find someone to go out and guide him.
Compared with the previous audition of "Soul Ferry", the number of people auditioning this time has almost doubled. It is naturally impossible for so many people to audition in one day, so Meng Bai and his team divided it into three days according to different roles.
Today is the first day, and the main audition roles include the second male "Criminal Police Captain Tai Wei", the female lead "Chen Xi", the second female "school beauty", the little girl role "Liao Yafan", etc. There are about seven or eight.
"Hello, teachers. I am an audition actor who has made an appointment with us..."
"Okay, go back and wait for notification. We will reply you within five working days."
"Hello, director, the role I auditioned for is..."
"Okay, we will contact you as soon as we have the result."
"..."
Because the crew members used this time are basically the production team and director team of the previous "Pendulum", they have a tacit understanding and experience with each other, so the audition went very quickly, and a new auditioner was replaced every ten minutes.
Li Yitong watched the performance of the auditioners with interest outside, and reflected on the performance knowledge she had learned during this period in her heart.
Although most of the auditioners were little actors whose names could not be called, their acting skills were more than enough for her, a "novice", to be a senior. After half a day of experience, it can be considered quite rewarding.
Just as I was thinking, a woman's voice suddenly came from behind me: "Hello, is the audition for the "Psychological Crime" crew here?"
Li Yitong turned around and saw a mother who looked quite young and fashionable, with a girl about junior high school age standing behind her.
This girl should be the one who came to audition, right? Li Yitong took a look at the girl. She had big eyes and fair skin. Although she was still young, she would be a beautiful girl when she grew up.
"It's inside." Li Yitong gestured to the house.
"Thank you." The young mother thanked her and took the girl in. The girl looked back as she walked in. Seeing this, Li Yitong smiled warmly and mouthed "Come on". The
little girl was stunned for a moment, but then she smiled sweetly, nodded to thank her, and then walked into the house.
Watching the little girl's back disappear, Li Yitong sighed in her heart. It is said that actors should become famous as early as possible. I didn't have any idea before, but today I finally saw it. In less than half a day, the third girl came to audition, and each of them was only twelve or thirteen years old.
In comparison, I am "eighteen years and sixty-four months old" and have just started to learn acting. It is indeed a bit old.
How about really looking for Meng Bai to "dive"?
The point is, I have always been willing, but that guy always talks big but never takes action.
Well, I have to think of something... How about raising a cat that can do backflips?
She was half distracted thinking outside when she heard the little girl inside introducing herself: "Hello, Director Uncle, Screenwriter Brother, my name is Zhao Jinmai, and I'm here to audition for 'Liao Yafan'."
(End of this chapter)
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