44 Chapter 44
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To be honest, although the investment in "Burning Embers" was not large, the director had an inexplicable confidence. With the excellent script and the acting skills of each actor carefully trained by him, he was sure that this drama would cause quite a stir after it was aired.
His requirement for every actor is that you don’t have to act according to the script rigidly, but you must have your own personal characteristics and sense of story.
This is very troublesome to do. After all, with such permission, every actor may deliberately highlight himself during the performance, causing the picture to be inconsistent.
However, the director would rather analyze the scenes after the failure, and according to everyone's performance, he would disassemble and reassemble the scenes into a harmonious one, and let everyone shoot again and again until they are satisfied.
When Zhang Li arrived, filming had already reached its final stages. After a long period of adjustment, the actors had each found their own unique characteristics and had developed a rapport with the others.
Although Zhang Li does not have many scenes, he is still the highlight of the play.
The director thought that her part would take at least several days to finish.
After Zhang Li put on her costume and makeup, and after he briefly explained the general movements, she went on stage without him noticing.
In terms of fame, none of the other actors in the crew can compare to Zhang Li.
They should have welcomed this famous actor, but when they saw Zhang Li joining the crew and the "huge" team following behind him, they looked at each other in confusion and lost their original attitude.
Because of Zhang Li's exaggerated appearance, many actors even inexplicably felt like watching the show.
They knew the director's requirements were extremely high. If Zhang Li didn't have the ability to match them, the director would definitely ask her to shoot over and over again, which would form a sharp contrast with her glamorous appearance.
Some people stood by and watched, hoping to see her embarrassed.
But Zhang Li's performance surprised them.
As soon as the director called out "start," Zhang Li, standing in front of the camera, seemed to have suddenly become a different person in her every move and gesture. Her originally calm eyes were filled with extreme indifference.
It seems to be emotionless, but in fact it is full of tension.
The people who played the youth group can also be considered the leading actors. They gathered around the director and watched the monitor. Zhang Li was leaning against the wall. After seeing the murderer, her eyes gradually became more focused. Her cold expression was filled with intense hatred. It seemed as if a flame was ignited in her eyes, and her breathing became rapid.
But just when everyone felt that she was about to rush out, she turned around, took out a hat in front of the camera, and put it on her head.
When she looked up again, her eyes had returned to indifference. As the director had instructed, she walked out of the corner and headed towards the murderer.
She was obviously moving very fast, but her pace gave off a sense of being deliberately slowed down.
The camera follows her, at a deliberate pace, to the murderer.
Zhang Li passed by the other person, but when passing by, he deliberately bumped into the other person, and then continued forward as if nothing had happened.
Although the murderer was a minor, he was tall and strong. When he saw himself being hit, the man was about to leave. Naturally, he couldn't stand someone being so arrogant in front of him, so he immediately shouted: "Stop!"
Zhang Li stopped and paused before looking back.
She looked as indifferent as usual at this moment, but the look she gave the murderer always revealed a meaningful and deep scrutiny.
This expression looked a bit like a poisonous snake ready to pounce, which made the opponent actor who played the murderer stunned for a moment, then he remembered his lines and the script and pretended to be angry.
"You hit me and I'm going to run?!"
"I'm sorry." Zhang Li said without any emotion, then adjusted the brim of his hat, turned around and walked away quickly.
The murderer wanted to chase, but was pulled back by his companions...
The first one was performed so easily.
The director yelled 'Cut!' and everyone relaxed.
The young actor playing the murderer had already been worn out by the director's annoyance and thought he was about to face another round of retakes and rehearsals. After all, he had a moment mid-take that should have been out of character. He didn't expect to hear, "That's a good take. Two more retakes to fix the details."
"Don't you need to change it?" He asked subconsciously, but after asking, he just wanted to slap himself in the face.
From his perspective, he didn't see Zhang Li's performance earlier, but subconsciously felt that since newcomers were coming, they would inevitably be polished by the director, and since he himself had a problem with the role, he found it strange.
But the director's answer surprised him: "When you saw A-Lian just now, your expression was handled very well."
Hearing this praise, the actor was stunned again. He couldn't understand why he was just scared by Zhang Li's eyes and how it became what the director called "good expression management".
Unfortunately, the director's attention was no longer on him, but he was looking at Zhang Li with satisfaction.
The other actors watching were also surprised because they finally understood what the director wanted in terms of storytelling.
It was clearly just a plot that was not described much in the script, but Zhang Li performed it in this way, and the whole process was smooth, full and rhythmic.
Seeing Zhang Li return to the starting point of filming, someone nearby finally couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Zhang Li, have you ever acted in a suspense drama before?"
Zhang Li's answer surprised them even more, "No, this is my first time acting."
The staff had completely restored the scene, and the director shouted "Ready". The others could only suppress their amazement and act invisible again.
Zhang Li's performance has always been stable. When filming started again, her performance was almost the same as the previous time.
The director instructed the cameraman to capture the details he wanted.
This time, the opponent actor who played the murderer was mentally prepared, so he was not scared by Zhang Li, but still pretended to be dazed.
The director was a little dissatisfied with the performance here, but fortunately there was no need for additional shots, and it didn't need to be cut into the main film, so he just let him perform.
By the third time, Zhang Li was as stable as ever, but his opponent was even more flamboyant.
After the performance was finished, the director reviewed the retakes, then called him over and gave him another scolding: "You said you performed well the first time, but your true colors were exposed the second and third time! You're playing a minor who has committed a crime! You don't even know A-Lian, so why are you acting so exaggerated the first time you meet her?"
The young actor felt wronged and couldn't say anything after being scolded.
It was Zhang Li's arrival that calmed the director down.
"Ms. Zhang Li, have you ever acted in a suspense film before?" If it hadn't been a cameo appearance, the director would have wanted to give her a few more scenes. It was only when he thought of Zhang Li's relatively high salary that he calmed down.
Faced with the same question, Zhang Li answered again: "No, this is the first time."
"Oh...very good acting!" He is worthy of being the person chosen by Zheng Wanying.
Zhang Li smiled and said, "I'll go change my look." After getting a nod from the director, he left.
The young actor also followed her quietly and came to a few companions who had already become familiar with her.
"I'm so impressed! I clearly had a bit of a performance error in the first scene, but the director praised me for it. Then I started acting seriously, but the director said I was exaggerating..."
However, one of his companions, an actor with much higher acting talent than him, pondered, "Could it be that you were initially influenced by Zhang Li and were inspired by her acting skills without even realizing it?"
After being reminded, the young actor reflected carefully and finally realized, "Oh my god! I was actually scared by Zhang Li the first time, but the second and third times, I was just acting!"
After hearing what he said, the others were all confused and impressed.
The actor who gave him the advice turned around to look at Zhang Li's back and began to look forward to it.
He is the actor who plays the core member of the genius criminal group, and what follows is his rivalry with 'Alian'.
After getting the script, he studied the plot carefully and finally felt that "Alian"'s role was more important than his, because the cause and end of the criminal group depended on "Alian".
He could never imagine how A-Lian would appear in front of his character to make him fall in love with her at first sight.
Although the script did not indicate the boy's heartbeat, it emphasized from beginning to end that A-Lian was the other party's "enlightenment mentor" on crime. However, he felt that the evil in human nature could not be aroused so easily.
He also talked about this problem with the director and got the director's acknowledgement.
Therefore, he has been looking forward to the arrival of the actor who plays "Alian".
Now that he had seen Zhang Li's acting skills, he couldn't wait to see if he could perform a scene that would make his heart beat.
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Zhang Li didn't know that he was about to meet a drama fanatic.
After she changed her clothes and put on makeup, she came to another set prepared by the director in advance.
All the scenes in the past few days are in these "memory clips", so many main actors are not there, and the only main actor who plays opposite Zhang Li is the young man from the criminal group, but he was not there when she arrived.
Zhang Li specifically asked the director to watch the scene of juvenile crime, and then talked with the director to find out what his shooting style was.
After hearing that he could try to change the play, Zhang Li smiled with interest.
After waiting for a while, when it was almost time to go on stage, the actor who played the boy finally arrived.
The director also made a special introduction for the two of them.
"Xiao Fang, this is Ms. Zhang Li who plays 'Alian'."
"Ms. Zhang Li, this is your co-star, his name is Fang Chengyu."
"Fang Chengyu?" Zhang Li instantly matched this name with a character in the original novel.
However, the character in the original novel did not appear at this time, and Zhang Li was not sure if the other party was the person she thought.
Fang Chengyu instantly recognized Zhang Li's tone, "Teacher Zhang Li, do you know me?"
Zhang Li had seen so many things that he wouldn't reveal any flaws. "I don't know him, but I've heard of someone with the same name as you before."
Fang Chengyu had no doubts.
At the director's urging, the two began to prepare for the next scene.
Finally, when it came time to go on stage, Zhang Li appeared at the same angle, but this time he was not setting a trap to kill people, but to save people.
The boy was blocked in an alley by his classmates who had been bullying him. Because he had been beaten even harder when he resisted before, he didn't dare to fight back this time and just used his arms to block his head.
The bullying actor was of course just acting, but the ferocity on his face looked very real.
"You told me to steal that phone, but you didn't. Are you looking for death?"
"Tell you not to listen!"
"So you don't listen..."
Until a voice sounded from behind, "Bang."
This is a little different from the script. In the script, it should be "Alian" who said "What are you doing?"
However, the actors had already been trained by the director to react in a certain way. They stopped in confusion as per their character settings. Looking back, they saw Zhang Li leaning against the wall. He said very calmly, "I've called the police. You guys can continue fighting."
As soon as the words "call the police" were uttered, the bullying teenagers immediately panicked.
"Who are you? What does this have to do with you?"
Zhang Li didn't say anything. She just listened to them, her eyes tinged with menace. She kicked the empty can that had made the noise, hitting the young man who had spoken.
This scene was not in the script. It didn't hurt when the can hit the body. The actor was just startled, but he quickly reacted, looked at the other "teenagers", and finally looked at Zhang Li, then ran away from the other side.
Zhang Li stood there and watched for a while, but the bullied boy still maintained the same posture.
Of course, this is also different from the plot of the script, in which the boy reacted and came forward to greet her.
Zhang Li realized that the other party might have done it on purpose.
But the director didn't say 'cut', so she walked up to the other person, admired his posture at the moment, and then squatted down.
Fang Chengyu still didn't move, as if he was stupid.
Zhang Li used the materials available, picked up the can that had just fallen from the body of the bullied boy and knocked it on the blue brick floor.
If the other party still doesn't intend to move, the director should call "Cut".
Fang Chengyu obviously knew this as well, and finally moved his arms away from his head a little, and then he saw Zhang Li at this moment.
Zhang Li's acting is indeed excellent, very different from the previous scene and from her real appearance.
At this moment, she seemed to still be full of vitality. She held her face with one hand and looked at him with a half-smile.
This smile gave Fang Chengyu a strange sense of familiarity, but before he could remember it, Zhang Li made a "tsk" sound, stood up, and left without looking back.
Fang Chengyu was finally drawn into the play. He completely lowered his arms and stared blankly at Zhang Li's back as he left.
He remembered! The smile Zhang Li had just had was the one he often wore when he played a juvenile delinquent in the early days!
Zhang Li actually did the opposite and learned this expression, and then all the plots after that made sense!
It was that kind of "Alian" that the young man fell in love with at first sight, so he kept imitating her afterwards!
"Cut!" The director's voice finally came.
But this time, Fang Chengyu, who hadn't been criticized for a long time, was criticized by the director again.
"Fang Chengyu, should your expression when you first met 'Alian' be like this?"
Fang Chengyu immediately stood up and apologized to the director: "Sorry, Director, please do it again."
The director did not refuse, but asked everyone to prepare again and do it again.
The second time, the crowd around was once again amazed by Zhang Li's stable performance. She perfectly replicated the previous performance, and even the arc of the can kicked at the "bullying boy" was almost the same.
And this time, Fang Chengyu did not disappoint. He squatted in front of Zhang Li, knocked on him with a can, then opened his arms and looked at Zhang Li.
His eyes were very vivid. At first glance, there was nothing wrong with them, but after a moment, it seemed as if some inexplicable emotions were rising in his heart.
This time it was Zhang Li who was stunned for a moment, then she naturally cancelled the "tsk" and instead showed a genuine smile.
Fang Chengyu deepened the astonished expression on his face.
Zhang Li didn't care, stood up and left.
"Cut! Perfect! Let's do it again to fix the shot."
So everyone did it again, and it was still very smooth.
After this scene, Zhang Li needed to change her makeup again and then shoot the scene with the "murderer".
Little did she know that Fang Chengyu had already completely affirmed her acting skills.
The actor who played the murderer had already changed his clothes during the break and stood with him. "How is it? Isn't it amazing?"
Fang Chengyu nodded, looking at Zhang Li's back, and an idea came to his mind, "I think signing in with Lingman Entertainment would be a good idea..."
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Because it was a guest appearance, and the director didn't expect Zhang Li's acting skills to be much better than he had imagined, Zhang Li only took two days to complete the originally scheduled four days, which could have added more scenes at any time.
On the day she was leaving, the other actors had completely changed their opinion of her.
It’s just a pity that Zhang Li couldn’t stay longer, otherwise they might have asked her for advice on acting or something.
Just when Zhang Li was about to leave after performing her last show as planned, Fang Chengyu came to her.
When Fang Chengyu finished explaining his purpose, Zhang Li was immediately surprised. "You want to sign a contract with Lingman? Why?"
At this point, she was probably certain that Fang Chengyu should be the younger male supporting role in the original novel. He had excellent acting skills and became stronger when faced with stronger opponents. He had never signed with a company, but later when he met the female lead while filming, he voluntarily signed with Yichang Media and eventually became a very famous movie star.
Zhang Li wanted to recruit potential artists to develop Lingman, but she didn't want to recruit people who would have any connection with Liu Qingran.
But Fang Chengyu was sincere. "I think your acting is excellent and you're very talented. You're better than many top-tier actors I've seen. Since you're willing to join Lingman Entertainment, I think there must be something suitable for the development of an actor there."
Zhang Li raised his eyebrows, and suddenly an inexplicable idea came to his mind.
According to her current situation, Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi would probably not stop until they forced her to quit the circle. In that case, she would come to make things difficult for these two people.
Didn't Pei Yuanzhi want to have a happy marriage with Liu Qingran? Didn't Liu Shuyi want to marry into the Pei family?
Then she would find someone to poach Pei Yuanzhi and pair the male supporting role with the female lead.
"You want to join Lingman, right? Sure, I'll have someone from the company contact you when I get back."
"Okay, thank you, Teacher Zhang Li."
Zhang Li smiled, and as expected, when he returned to the company, he asked Yu Feiyu to send someone to contact Fang Chengyu.
She was not stingy with such talented people and let Yu Feiyu sign an A-level contract directly.
Hearing that it was her acting skills that secured him an A-level contract, Fang Chengyu was very grateful.
It just so happened that his role in "Burning Embers" was about to end, so Zhang Li asked Cheng Yu to help check Liu Qingran's schedule.
Upon learning that Liu Qingran had also finished filming a drama and it would take some time before she joined the next crew, and that there was controversy surrounding the male lead actor in that drama, Zhang Li smiled meaningfully.
She contacted Wu Heng and asked him to invest in the drama in the name of Wan Cheng, with only one purpose, which was to give Fang Chengyu an audition opportunity for the male lead.
Is there any crew that would reject an actor who comes with money and has really good acting skills?
After completing this task neatly, Zhang Li withdrew his attention and began to give Deng Xu extra training during the free time before joining the crew of "The Battle of Vientiane".
Deng Xu really seemed to be born for music. Zhang Li only needed to give him a few pointers and he would be able to apply what he had learned to other situations.
With Zhang Li's guidance, and the lyrics and music that Zhang Li asked Li Xiaolan to show him, Deng Xu inadvertently gained enlightenment. Not only is his attitude very positive now, but he is also much more confident overall.
After a week of training, he also developed a certain stage style.
Now he already has the initial style of the previous world king, but Zhang Li does not intend to let him reveal his strength too early.
"I just need you to avoid being eliminated in this episode and directly qualify for the finals. So don't worry about the new song. I've asked Mr. Li to select some songs that are most suitable for you. Once you make your decision, I'll have the company submit it to the production team for you."
Deng Xu understood that she meant for him to hide his abilities first and show his full strength in the finals.
I believe that after half a year of training, he will be a completely different person.
"I understand! I'll do my best!"
As for Feng Ruo, Zhang Li had fewer restrictions on her.
"As long as you can make it to the finals, it doesn't matter what place you get."
Feng Ruo nodded, "Okay!" She would definitely strive to get first place and not embarrass Sister Li!
As the last day of the two-week training arrived, although Zhang Li's requirements were indeed very strict, Feng Ruo and Deng Xu successfully passed the test of her, Li Xiaoman and Chen Xiaodong.
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The elimination round of the first episode of the second season of "Sing Out Loud" is finally about to begin.
Although half a month has passed, netizens are still impressed by Feng Ruo's heavenly voice and Deng Xu's controversial talent. The news online about Lingman signing Feng Ruo has also been confirmed.
Lingman’s official website has included both Feng Ruo and Deng Xu.
Everyone who saw it was very surprised.
It’s understandable that Feng Ruo signed an A-level contract, but what about Deng Xu?
Soon, different rumors about the two people appeared on the Internet.
The news that Feng Ruo has signed with Lingman has been confirmed. So, is it still far from the truth that Lingman had Feng Ruo undergo plastic surgery to debut?
Deng Xu actually became Lingman's A-level signed artist. It's really hilarious. I bet that with Deng Xu's talent, he won't even make it to the finals and will be eliminated in the first round. Let's wait and see.
The two rumors intensified, and when the day of the elimination round came, when Feng Ruo and Deng Xu appeared on the stage one after another, everyone was stunned.
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