Chapter 63
During this period, Qiao Yi Qiao was mainly busy with two things. The first thing was to readjust the editing of "Nuo" based on various questionnaires and feedback. The second thing was to work hard on the script of the new play.
The former was a big project. Although the overall feedback was quite positive, it was like trying to improve a work with a score of 85 to 95. Every change required a lot of brain cells. Sometimes he and Qian You discussed for a day or two, and in the end they only shortened the time of a certain shot by one second.
The latter is a much bigger project.
Although Qiao Yiqiao reads a lot of books and watches a lot of movies, designing historical subjects is very difficult after all, let alone the overall history of China.
Fortunately, after watching "Nuo", Teacher Chen Si also became very interested in Nuo opera, so he was willing to join and challenge the improvisation in such a short time.
Teacher Chen Si even moved directly into the Yizheng campus, just to be able to hold script meetings with Qiao Yiqiao at any time.
That day, after a script meeting, he and Teacher Shen Si were walking on the campus, smoking and thinking.
Suddenly, it started to rain heavily. Qiao Yiqiao couldn't bear to put down the cigarette in his hand, so he quickly ran to the guard room to hide from the rain.
The gate guards are all from the Xicui Gang, and they are all guarding the gate diligently and responsibly.
Qiao Yi Qiao exchanged a few words with them. The security in this area is usually good and nothing has happened recently, so the security guard is not under much pressure.
But suddenly they heard a "bang".
It was like something had fallen at the door.
The guards were all shocked, including Qiao Yiqiao.
A group of people rushed out to check.
I saw a man lying at the gate of Yizheng campus.
It was raining heavily, but even so, Qiao Yiqiao could still smell a strong odor of alcohol.
The guards thought he was just an ordinary drunk and quickly helped him up.
The man was very strong, about 1.9 meters tall, and it took a lot of effort for several security guards to help him into the house.
Qiao Yi Qiao found a towel to clean the dirt off the man's face, and then suffocated.
This was a face that was very familiar to him.
"Go get some honey water," Qiao Yiqiao said anxiously, "and bring some blankets, don't let him get frozen."
The guards immediately did as they were told. Qiao Yi Qiao held the man's head and gave him some hot honey water. The man then looked much better.
The man's name is Shi Ran.
He was once a member of the Xicui Gang.
Shi Ran is a sunny boy who loves sports very much. He has tried many sports such as swimming, skiing, sailing, and even extreme sports such as mountaineering and skydiving.
Qiao Yiqiao's deepest impression of him was this man's smile. Although he usually looked very serious and his height and physique were intimidating, when he smiled he had two dimples on his face, which made him look very friendly.
The reason why he joined the Xicui Gang was purely by accident.
This kid is good in every way except that he is a love-brained person and he loves online dating.
But no one knows whether it is because the matchmaker is not on his side or Shi Ran’s ability to distinguish is just too poor. He has had online relationships with three people in three years, but when they met in person, he found out that they were all men.
The last one was even more excessive, he even got some private photos of Shi Ran and used them to blackmail him.
Qiao Yi Qiao happened to be involved in some business at the time, so he helped Shi Ran deal with the people who defrauded him. Shi Ran then cried and joined the Xi Cui Gang, saying that he would cut off all love and concentrate on his career.
Qiao Yi Qiao nicknamed Shi Ran "Weird Strength", but he didn't let him stay in the gang forever. It took him several months to persuade him to leave.
After all, having a fitness expert join the gang is really not very useful.
Mainly because I eat too much.
He was also keen on various adrenaline-pumping sports. After watching a few of them, Qiao Yiqiao felt that his heart couldn't take it, they were too exciting.
So I persuaded the person to leave with kind words.
I just didn't expect that we would see each other again today.
In the past, in order to maintain his figure and keep his body in the best possible condition at all times, Shi Ran never drank alcohol or even ate snacks.
But why is it like this today?
As Qiao Yi Qiao was thinking, Shi Ran gradually woke up.
His eyes were blurry for a while, and he finally saw who was supporting him, and then his face instantly turned into a sad look.
"Boss," Shi Ran said with tears in his eyes, "My girlfriend cheated me out of all my money, and I was diagnosed with ASL..."
ASL...
Qiao Yiqiao's breathing paused.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
It also has another nickname, "amyotrophic lateral sclerosis".
"What's going on?" Qiao Yiqiao frowned, "How could this happen?"
Shi Ran wiped away her tears, and then slowly began to speak
Come.
After he left the Xicui Gang, he started playing various extreme sports.
During this process, he met a girl and finally fell in love with her.
However, earlier this year, he suddenly found that his hands were very stiff and he moved very clumsily and weakly.
He went to see a doctor and was eventually diagnosed with ALS.
As soon as his girlfriend heard the news, she ran away with his money.
Shi Ran looked for her for a long time but couldn't find her.
After hearing this, Qiao Yiqiao's mood became gloomy, just like the rainy day.
There is nothing more heartbreaking than seeing a sunny boy who loves sports suffer from ALS.
"In which hospital were you diagnosed? Who was the attending physician? Have you been to other places?" Qiao Yi Qiao asked again.
"It's the hospital recommended by my ex-girlfriend, a private hospital in the city," Shi Ran said, "I don't dare to go to another doctor, brother, I'm afraid..."
This man never said he was afraid even when he was standing on a mountain thousands of meters above sea level and gliding down in a wing suit.
Qiao Yiqiao felt very sad after listening to this.
"Don't be afraid," Qiao Yiqiao patted his back, "I'll find someone to take you to another hospital later. If it's true, we'll treat it well. Medicine is so advanced now, who knows, there might be a special medicine someday, right?"
Shi Ran nodded silently: "Yes. Brother, I saw that you were recruiting people who like movies, so I came here. I want to make a contribution to you before I can no longer move."
Qiao Yiqiao remembered that Shi Ran said that the reason why he was so obsessed with sports was because he watched "Shaolin Soccer" when he was a child.
Later, he relied on the income from shooting short videos to support himself and do sports, which can be said to be somewhat related to film and television.
"It's okay. Don't worry. Just live well on campus. I can support you even if you don't do anything," Qiao Yiqiao said. "Just take a good rest first."
Shi Ran finally wiped away her tears: "Okay..."
…
It took another two weeks for Qiao Yi Qiao and Shen Si to almost finalize the scenes for the new play.
The new play is called "Six Masks", which is simple and direct.
The protagonists of this play are not so much people as six masks.
They are the sheng, dan, jing, mo, chou and beasts in Nuo opera.
The film mainly tells the story of how people holding these six masks meet and reunite in different eras and perform Nuo opera.
There is a certain flavor of reincarnation in it.
After discussion, Qiao Yiqiao and Shen Si decided that there should be six eras in the entire film.
According to the development history of Nuo opera, they selected the Shang Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and modern times.
This will not be a chronicle.
Instead, it will be like "Cloud Atlas", with interspersed editing, expressing the change of dynasties and the resonance of souls through Nuo opera.
Therefore, the six actors will not change either.
They will have different makeup in different dynasties, but they don't know that their fates are so deeply linked and intertwined with each other, thus triggering the story.
The six dynasties are also distinguished by different visual story styles.
For example, the story of the Shang Dynasty is more like a fable, full of mystery, the Qin Dynasty is a suspense with a grand temperament, the Han Dynasty is a love epic, the Tang Dynasty is a musical comedy, and the Ming Dynasty adds the element of power struggle.
Chen Si is a history fan, so he finds writing easy and even exciting.
Qiao Yi Qiao was also very excited about this idea. After all, no director could resist this kind of mix and match with rich connotations.
Moreover, Nuo opera also underwent a huge transformation during these six dynasties.
This is how the Nuo opera of today came into being.
This time in the creation of the script, Qiao Yi Qiao no longer took on the responsibility of screenwriter, but returned the power to Chen Si.
After all, if it is to be an industrialized production from start to finish, then he should start by laying the foundation for industrialization himself.
After Chen Si finished the biographies of each character in the story, he began planning the actors.
Of course, a large number of extras were performed by people from the Xicui Gang. The six leading actors were divided into four men and two women. Based on their personalities, Qiao Yiqiao chose Bai Qiu, his two apprentices, one male and one female, Li Wei and A'mo.
The only role left to be filled is that of a young female character.
The most important thing for this project is speed and accuracy, so Qiao Yi Qiao asked the casting directors in the gang to start interviewing actresses on a large scale.
There are two requirements. One is to have a foundation in drama. After all, it is too difficult to cultivate Nuo opera skills from scratch in such a short period of time. The second requirement is to be tough on the outside but gentle on the inside, with a tough character and full of contrasts.
In this film, this female character can be said to be the finishing touch. She must be well-educated, gentle and lovely, but also have the aura of being decisive and capable of fighting against thousands of enemies.
Qiao Yi Qiao soon received information about dozens of actresses handed over by the casting director.
Almost all of them graduated from drama schools.
Qiao Yi Qiao flipped through the information one by one. He attached great importance to the first impression. He felt that each actress had her own merits. Several of them had outstanding looks, figures and temperament. Some of them were already famous and mature actresses. Qiao Yi Qiao called them all to audition.
The entire audition lasted two days.
But the more auditions Qiao Yiqiao did, the more tired he felt.
The actors all have good basic qualities, and the effect can be said to be acceptable.
But it didn’t give Qiao Yi Qiao the same “ding——” feeling as if his soul was hit.
Compared with these established actors, he may prefer amateurs.
Because these amateurs usually have a very rough and special temperament, which can give people a refreshing feeling rather than a formulaic performance.
But this casting job didn't give him much time.
After the auditions of several actors were over, Qiao Yiqiao felt that they were evenly matched; all were okay, but not quite up to par.
Just when he was about to end the audition, a person suddenly appeared at the door.
Qiao Yiqiao was indeed shocked when he saw her for the first time.
With all due respect, this is a very distinctive woman.
The first intuitive feeling is...she is a bit fat.
She is not even one of those slightly plump actresses who is 165cm tall and weighs around 110kg.
But among ordinary people, his body shape is also somewhat round.
Qiao Yiqiao was walking out, but she held the door.
"Director," she said, "I know you are casting, can you please look at me?"
This person was not on the list submitted by the casting director.
However, Qiao Yiqiao has never been a person who follows the rules. He returned to the room, sat down, and asked her, "Please introduce yourself. Where did you see the casting news?"
"My name is Cheng Tiantian," the girl said, "I am close friends with the actress who just finished the audition, and I learned the news from her."
"Cheng Tiantian?" Qiao Yi Qiao read the name and looked at her again, suddenly feeling familiar.
"Yes, I think you know who I am," Cheng Tiantian said as she sat down confidently, "I am the Cheng Tank on TK."
Qiao Yi Qiao frowned, he remembered.
Cheng Tiantian is a little-known music anchor on TK with hundreds of thousands of fans, making her a small internet celebrity.
But she became popular not because of her outstanding singing voice, but because
This body type.
Among all the sweet and lovely online anchors, she is certainly an outlier, so she is bound to be ridiculed to death every time she goes live.
"Female tank" and "female walrus" are nicknames given to her by netizens.
Although Cheng Tiantian also introduced herself with this insulting nickname, Qiao Yiqiao was reluctant to call her that and only asked, "Ms. Cheng, why do you want to act in a movie?"
"Because I can. I've been learning drama since I was a kid, and I even know some Nuo opera," Cheng Tiantian said seriously, "I gained weight because of hormone drugs, and I've been losing weight. Because of my body shape, no one has ever liked me, and no one has ever really respected me. I don't want to lose to them... those people. I want to prove that I can do it. I can also participate in some very beautiful things."
"Okay," Qiao Yiqiao thought for a moment, "Can you sing a part? Anything is fine."
He had also watched Guo Cheng Tiantian’s videos before and knew that she sang well, but after all, on TK, many anchors used sound cards and audio editing, so he couldn’t be sure.
"Let me dance a piece of Nuo dance." Cheng Tiantian said.
Then she began to perform.
This is a very orthodox Nuo opera, adapted from the story of Mulan joining the army, and includes a war dance segment before going out to battle.
Although Cheng Tiantian's body shape is somewhat limited, her movements are wide and open, full of weird and surreal beauty, and she also performs the domineering and reluctant feeling of going to the battle.
But what is more attractive is her singing voice.
Even with this movement, her voice remained high and steady.
Obviously it is not a one-day job.
After the performance, Cheng Tiantian was breathing heavily, probably because her cardiopulmonary function was not very good, and her whole body was soaked.
Cheng Tiantian looked at Qiao Yiqiao very seriously and cautiously, and asked cautiously, "Isn't it embarrassing?"
Qiao Yiqiao nodded: "Very good."
"But..." Cheng Tiantian suddenly became unconfident again, "I have never been an actor, I probably can't act."
Qiao Yiqiao thought for a moment and asked, "Are you your true self when you broadcast live every day?"
"I..." Cheng Tiantian hesitated and shook her head, "No."
Qiao Yiqiao handed over the script in his hand and said, "Take a look at it. I'll find someone to act with you."
Just now, when other actresses were auditioning, it was A'mo who came to act with them, so Qiao Yiqiao called A'mo back.
Soon, the two began to audition.
Cheng Tiantian acted out a scene according to the script, and Qiao Yiqiao frowned.
She really isn't very good at acting.
But he didn't want to give up.
There was something indescribable about Cheng Tiantian that attracted him.
So he began to explain the play to Cheng Tiantian.
Qiao Yiqiao was very dishonest when he talked about the play.
Not only does he use words to explain the origins of the role, he even performs it with his own hands.
Sometimes they even resort to violence.
After all, he had basically only talked about acting to male actors before.
But at this moment he did not regard Cheng Tiantian as someone else.
He took Guo Chengtian's hand and led her around the room.
I told her about the inner changes of this character, down to the details of how to take each step and where to look.
Then, he started pulling Cheng Tiantian to run, jump, punch, and squat.
He hopes Cheng Tiantian can completely let go of herself.
But after more than half an hour, Cheng Tiantian became more and more involved and even started asking questions, asking Qiao Yiqiao if he could perform better in a different way.
Qiao Yi Qiao knew that Cheng Tiantian had entered the state.
Then he handed Cheng Tiantian to A'mo.
The two resumed their performance.
This time, Cheng Tiantian's performance almost met Qiao Yiqiao's requirements.
After the first half, Qiao Yi Qiao did not call for a stop.
The two continued to perform the segment that Qiao Yi Qiao had not told Cheng Tiantian before.
He was pleasantly surprised to find that Cheng Tiantian's performance was quite stable.
In the end, the scene ends with a hug between the two.
Although Cheng Tiantian was a little plump, A'mo was still older than her. In the end, he gave her a tight hug and patted her back gently.
Qiao Yiqiao was about to call a halt when he discovered that Cheng Tiantian suddenly started crying.
This is a sequence that was not in the script.
It was this tear that made Qiao Yiqiao certain that Cheng Tiantian was the leading actress she was looking for.
Only then did he understand what qualities in Cheng Tiantian attracted him.
It is the kind of pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty in one's heart even after bearing great pressure and carrying the burden for a long time.
It is the courage to remain firm despite self-doubt.
It is the spirit of ever-improving.
We work hard all our lives, and what we seek besides proving ourselves is not love and recognition?
If you want, then let me help you get these. Qiao Yiqiao thought. !
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