The audition for Shin Jung's new film "Poetry" is semi-open because of its wide scope. It can be said that it is the most watched event in the entertainment industry recently.
Although the casting time is not made public, entertainment paparazzi naturally have their own information channels, or they keep a close eye on Shin Jung's schedule.
In short, everyone wants to get the first-hand information in advance to see who can get a piece of the pie.
When Shao Xingchen drove to the screening site, the security on site had already taken a full set of confidentiality measures. He also walked through the underground garage with direct access to the elevator, but he did not expect that there were still paparazzi who bypassed the security personnel and lurked in, and took a photo of him wearing a hat and a mask when he got out of the car in the dark.
The paparazzi who took the photos immediately passed the photos and news back to the rear.
On the Internet, gossip forums have long been arguing countless times about who will get to eat the cake in Shin Jung's new film. Fans and haters are back and forth, spreading negative information, saying that your plastic surgery face can't make any expressions, or that his box office black hole is a result of fake traffic.
All the artists who were rumored to be interested in this film and were vying for roles, fans, and trolls hired by the studios were all mixed up online, causing the gossip forums to be slaughtered over and over again in the past few days by the artists who were rumored online, which really made the bystanders smile.
The "satellites" of Shao Xingchen's family were originally part of the spectators' group, because their eldest brother had not revealed any intention of transformation before, and for the time being he is still active as an idol, which is still a long way from the pie of a big director like Shin Jung.
I never expected that today, in the underground garage where Shen Zheng was auditioning, paparazzi actually lined up to see their boss Shao Xingchen? !
[??? The boss went to audition for Shin Jung's new film?!]
[Is the boss preparing for a transformation? But even if he did, isn't it inappropriate to audition for Shin Jung's new film as the first step? 】
The management group of the "Satellite" fan club was suddenly in an uproar because of the photos exposed by the paparazzi.
After a brief discussion, the managers of the "Satellite" fan club suspended internal discussions without saying anything, quickly unified their voices, and quickly distributed the latest control text and direction to the different empty bottle groups.
Before they died, the gossip forums were already a bloody mess. This time, their boss died late, and the families that were previously biting each other might turn their guns on their family and start attacking them together because of the sudden death of their boss.
No matter how their eldest son performs in the audition, they have to help him win this tough battle first!
When Shao Xingchen arrived, most of the other people who were auditioning had already arrived and were queuing in a conference room waiting for the audition.
There are about ten people auditioning today, and this is the last round of auditions for this role in "Poetry".
Those who were invited to the event were all those whose image materials Shen Zheng himself had looked at and felt met the requirements at least in terms of appearance. So at first glance, the conference room was filled with ten young men who were either handsome, cool, or had classical and elegant looks. It could be said to be a visual feast.
After Shao Xingchen arrived, everyone in the venue was a little surprised, but it did not cause too much commotion.
Who is Shao Xingchen?
He is just a traffic idol. Although he is very popular, he has never had any performing experience in the past. Now he has opened his own studio independently, but he has no capital to support him.
What's the point of a guy like this being good-looking? Instead of worrying about him, it's better to worry about the other two, Qiu Zhenhao and Huo Yi, who have the same traffic as Shao Xingchen, but have the capital to protect them and have some acting experience.
In the conference room, the two people who really reacted to Shao Xingchen's arrival were probably Qiu Zhenhao and Huo Yi. Huo Yi didn't say much, but Qiu Zhenhao had always regarded Shao Xingchen as his number one enemy. When he saw him appear, he couldn't help but say a few sarcastic words.
"Shao Xingchen? Have you finished learning Chen Dian?"
The term "sedimentary learning" was first mentioned by Shao Xingchen during an interview after he established his studio. He said that he would consider transitioning to a more professional path after having gained enough sedimentary learning.
It has only been half a year since his studio was established, and Qiu Zhenhao has brought up this joke to mock Shao Xingchen for his impatience.
Before his rebirth, Shao Xingchen had not seen Qiu Zhenhao for a long time, but Huo Yi would occasionally show up.
He looked at the two of them, nodded calmly and greeted them, then smiled and said to Qiu Zhenhao, "Thank you for your concern."
Shao Xingchen's reply was so calm that it was as if the other party had just said a normal good morning. Qiu Zhenhao sneered. There were many people present, so he didn't say anything more.
They are all people in the entertainment industry. Even if their relationship is really bad, they will not tear each other apart in such an occasion. A few words are already the limit in terms of the connotation.
Among the audition candidates in the conference room, except for the three of them who were idols, the rest were basically young actors with professional training or students majoring in acting at well-known institutions who were still enrolled.
There is a clear distinction between these candidates and Shao Xingchen and the other two.
In their eyes, today's audition is a competition among performing professionals like them, and has nothing to do with the traffic of these idols.
In the seemingly calm yet turbulent atmosphere in the conference room, people waiting for auditions left one by one, and the number of candidates remaining in the conference room became fewer and fewer.
At another audition site, director Shen Zheng, the casting director and producer of "Shi Shuo", and the actor who played "Qi Hongniang" in the film, actress Wan Qi were also among them. A total of 4 people were the final casting personnel for today.
Today is the third and final casting for the role of Xie Rugui, the noble son of the Jianghu family in "Shi Shuo". Although there are still some actors with decent qualifications in the eyes of the casting director and producer, none of them can really satisfy Shen Zheng.
After several days of auditions, everyone felt a little tired, but everyone still cheered up and treated every auditionee seriously.
After another audition actor left the stage, Shen Zheng rubbed his forehead and reluctantly finished scoring. He paused and drew a cross on the option of whether to be selected.
The actor mentioned above has decent acting skills, and he was probably a pretty good student in school. However, such acting skills are nothing special in the eyes of a director like Shin Jung. What's worse, because he has not formed his own characteristics, the actor himself does not have any unique or outstanding qualities.
Whether from the perspective of acting skills or understanding of the character, or the overlap between the auditioning actor's temperament and the character, it is destined that this actor is not suitable for the role of "Xie Rugui".
Sitting next to Shin Jung was the producer of "Poetry" Zhao Yu, who was also Shin Jung's old friend for many years. Seeing the cross that Shin Jung drew on the record, he also felt a headache.
"I say, Lao Shen, can't you lower your standards for the role of Xie Rugui? Even if this is one of the four main characters, you don't have to be so picky, right?"
Shen Zheng scratched his head a little impatiently, put his pen on the table, and continued to look through the resumes of the remaining auditionees.
As he flipped through the pages, Shen Zheng frowned and said, "No, you don't understand."
“…Okay.”
Zhao Yu knew that when Shin Zheng was creating something, he would be in such a bad mood. Even if he was not the martial arts movie star he is now, his motto would always be "No, you don't understand."
On the side, casting director Sun Ping hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Director Shen, there are not many candidates left, and three of them are former idols. I'm afraid their acting skills won't meet your requirements. If they really can't do it, we can only go with another plan."
Another plan, of course, is to reduce Xie Rugui's role and reduce the importance of this character, but this will inevitably affect the film's story structure and the balance of strengths and weaknesses, which is a helpless solution.
After hearing what the casting director said, Shen Zheng tugged at his already messy hair in annoyance and said, "Okay, I get it. Call the next one."
During the discussion, the only actor representative Wan Qi did not interrupt. Her main responsibility in the past few days, in addition to scoring and selecting the cast, was to personally step in and try out a role with a candidate that Shen Zheng was satisfied with.
It's a pity that she sat here for 3 days and only performed less than 5 times, and each time the actor failed to satisfy Shin Jung in the end.
Wan Qi lazily sat in the recliner and casually flipped through the information of the next candidate. She found that the candidate was a popular idol whom she had met once or twice when attending events. She was aware of Shao Xingchen's popularity, but she had never heard that Shao Xingchen could also act?
When Shao Xingchen came in, he was wearing a simple black T-shirt and jeans. His hair was combed layer by layer, obviously carefully trimmed, but after he came in, he casually combed his hair back with his fingers, revealing a sense of carelessness.
With his handsome looks, outstanding body proportions, good figure and head-to-body ratio, even among the crowd of auditioners in the past few days, Shao Xingchen's appearance can be considered one of the best.
But appearance alone is of no use.
In the auditions over the past few days, there were also candidates who looked comparable to Shao Xingchen, but their acting skills were truly terrible.
Shao Xingchen walked to the empty audition area. There was a camera on each side and directly behind the four casting staff. Three cameramen stood silently behind the cameras, ready to start recording the auditionees' performances at any time.
In the empty audition area, there was only a bench and a wooden table, on which were placed a sword, a flute, and a prop wine pot and wine glass.
Apparently, these are the props available to today's auditionees.
After taking a quick look at these things, Shao Xingchen calmly greeted Shen Zheng, Sun Ping, Zhao Yu, and Wan Qi who were present.
"Are you ready?" Shen Zheng was too lazy to say anything more at this moment, so he glanced at Shao Xingchen's number and said, "If you are ready, let's start."
Each auditioner received a script with a different number. The audition clips were different for each script number, but after a few days, the judges had become familiar with these audition clips. They only needed to scan the number to know what the auditioner would perform next.
Shao Xingchen also knew Shen Zheng's temper, so he didn't say much. Instead, he simply sat down on the bench behind the table facing the four people. Then he picked up a small wine glass with his right hand and held it in his palm, indicating that they could start.
From the moment Shao Xingchen sat down, Shen Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and then when he saw him pick up the small wine glass and play with it in his hand, Shen Zheng raised his eyebrows again.
Seems interesting?
Not only Shen Zheng, but the rest of the people also saw the meaning.
What was before my eyes was clearly the simple setting of the audition, but the person in front of me seemed to have undergone subtle changes after he sat down.
The person is still the same person, but his temperament has changed slightly.
This audition clip is a one-man show by Xie Rugui in "Poetry".
The man on the street is as beautiful as jade, and there is no one like him in the world.
Xie Rugui was once such a gentleman. He was gentle and affectionate, and the movement of his eyebrows seemed to be able to give you infinite tenderness.
He was born into a family of Jianghu people and lived in the south of the Yangtze River for generations. He grew up among a group of gentle and kind women, with Wu Nuo's soft words accompanying his ears and luxury and wealth before his eyes.
He lived this kind of life for eighteen years. In his eyes, the word "jianghu" seemed to be close at hand, related to his family background, yet also seemed to be so far away that he could not even see it.
When he was an adult, he was out for a leisurely trip when he suddenly learned that the Xie family, once known as the number one family in the Jiangnan martial arts world, had suffered a disaster and all 132 members of the Xie family had been killed by the enemy.
In one night, the world that originally belonged to Xie Rugui collapsed. The world he saw before his eyes also broke into two worlds in the turning point of this night.
From then on, Xie Rugui was still the nobleman, but he was no longer the nobleman he used to be.
Qi Hongniang was the lover who gave Xie Rugui tender love and accompanied him through the most painful time after he encountered misfortune in his family. However, she was also the person sent by his exterminating enemy to find out the secret stories and legends of the Xie family.
Sitting in front of a simple wooden table, he supported the table with his left hand, rested his right elbow on the table, and played with a coarse porcelain wine glass in his hand. His eyes were fixed on the wine glass in his hand, and his gaze seemed to be filled with infinite affection.
After a moment, his focused gaze gradually dimmed.
"Now that you are here, why don't you come out and see me?"
Shao Xingchen's voice was clear and dignified, and it was actually different from when he first entered the door and introduced himself.
It is clearly a one-man show, but his pauses and transitions are just right, allowing one to easily outline the image of the person he is talking to and the length of his speech.
The coarse porcelain wine glass that he had originally held in his hand had been put back on the table, and after the originally gentle and elegant young man put down the wine glass, the affection in his eyes had disappeared, and was replaced by a passionate look with a teasing tone.
"Hongniang, why are you so unwilling to come out and see me?"
There seemed to be a hint of grievance in the reserved voice, but if you think about it carefully, it was mostly playful and teasing.
"Since you don't want to see me, I will see you instead."
As he spoke, Xie Rugui touched the long flute with one hand and slowly stood up. When he looked up again, he seemed to see the person in front of him. So his gentle eyes once again reflected infinite affection, but this affection made people feel terrified when they looked at the person who was related to the extermination of his family's enemy.
The audition clip ended here. After stopping, Shao Xingchen put the flute back on the table and walked back in front of Shen Zheng and the other three.
Among Shen Zheng and the other four, Wan Qi, Sun Ping and Zhao Yu all showed an emotion of near shock in their eyes.
They had no expectations for Shao Xingchen, who had no performing experience. But who would have thought that this guy, who they had no expectations for, would give the best performance in the past three days.
Yes, whether it was Wan Qi, Sun Ping, or Zhao Yu, they all agreed that the performance of Shao Xingchen they had just seen was the best among the three auditions.
From the moment he sat down at the square table, the image of a peerless gentleman had already been sketched out before their eyes. Those affectionate and passionate eyes, weren't they exactly those of Xie Rugui, who seemed to be a young and romantic man?
And his last affectionate glance also made them feel chilly in their hearts. With just that one glance, they seemed to be able to tell that this nobleman was no longer the truly romantic and carefree nobleman of the past.
Sun Ping and Zhao Yu looked at each other, and both felt that Shao Xingchen might be able to succeed.
They looked at Shen Zheng at the same time.
Obviously, although Shen Zheng's face seemed expressionless, he was much more energetic than before Shao Xingchen's audition. He picked and chose in his hands, and then threw another audition clip in front of Shao Xingchen.
"Here, I'll give you 15 minutes to try this."
The second audition clip given by Shen Zheng was Xie Rugui before the disaster of destroying his family. At that time, he was still a carefree nobleman. Although his family was in the underworld, he was very well protected by his family. In his eyes, the underworld was passionate and romantic, with only the bright and sunny side of spring, and no trace of the bitter cold of winter.
Shao Xingchen took the script without saying a word.
This script is a very short clip, even just a simple scene, without even a single line of dialogue.
Obviously, what Shen Zheng wanted to see was whether his Xie Rugui had the same romantic and carefree temperament as before.
After a short preparation time, Shao Xingchen once again stood in the audition area, and this time, he still picked up the long flute.
When the second audition began, he put his left hand behind his back, his posture was dignified and elegant, just like a well-educated nobleman. However, his eyes were smiling, and even a slight glance seemed to reveal a passionate look.
He walked to a place and seemed to be blocked by something, so he turned the long flute in his right hand to his wrist and lifted the curtain in front of him. Outside the curtain, the sun seemed to be shining brightly. He turned his head slightly to avoid the direct and dazzling sunlight, but even so, there was still a smile in his eyes, as if nothing could bother him.
After he opened the curtain and walked out of the door, his steps were relaxed and casual. However, he paused after taking two steps, as if someone was calling him from behind.
He turned his head sideways and nodded to the person behind him with a smile. It was indeed the handsome young man with picturesque features, Mr. Xie Rugui.
After this audition, Shen Zheng was more energetic and no longer had the irritable and depressed look he had at the beginning. He simply flipped through the audition clips at hand and found a scene with a opposite role. While instructing Wan Qi to get up and act together, he handed the audition clip to Shao Xingchen.
After handing it to him, she still looked a little unsure and stared at him and said, "Look carefully and act well."
Sun Ping and Zhao Yu felt relieved when they saw Shen Zheng's look.
Whenever Shen Zheng reached this point, the casting was basically decided. Shao Xingchen obviously suited his tastes. Even if the final performance could not satisfy Shen Zheng, according to his previous performance, there would be no problem with careful teaching during the actual filming.
Both of them were very satisfied with Shao Xingchen's selection. One reason was that he was finally able to secure such an important role. Another reason was that Shao Xingchen was indeed a very popular artist. Even though he was affected a little in the past six months because he terminated his contract with his former company and set up his own studio, his fan base was still very large.
Shen Zheng has never chosen such a popular actor in his previous films. This time, once Shao Xingchen is chosen as one of the four main characters, there will be no worries about news during the rest of the filming. I'm afraid that both fans and haters will make an appearance, keeping their movie at the center of controversy.
This kind of thing can be said to be good or bad, and there are also some bad aspects.
But Zhao Yu is not worried at all. As long as Shao Xingchen has such ability, the film will be finally completed. The final quality of the film will be the ultimate presentation of hard strength and reputation.
With this in mind, Zhao Yu was also happy with the casting of Shao Xingchen.
The final audition for the opposite role was passed without any surprise, but to be honest, it was not without surprises. What surprised Sun Ping and Zhao Yu was that Shao Xingchen, a guy with no acting experience, did not lose any of his brilliance when acting opposite Wan Qi, a powerful actress. He even seemed to be able to suppress Wan Qi's aura.
Such performance is truly amazing.
This audition for Shao Xingchen lasted for a full two hours. In the conference room, the remaining auditionees looked increasingly gloomy as they waited longer.
They also roughly knew that the role of Xie Rugui might have passed them by before they even had a chance to audition.
But what they couldn't believe was why director Shen Zheng chose Shao Xingchen, an idol star with no acting experience, for the role of Xie Rugui?
Huo Yi and Qiu Zhenhao also looked unhappy. They were guessing that maybe Shen Zheng just wanted an actor with high popularity this time, but Shao Xingchen came in for the audition first, so he took the opportunity.
This thought kept circling in their minds, making them feel worse.
That night, gossip began to spread on the Internet that Shao Xingchen was suspected to be one of the four main characters in Shen Zheng's new film "Poetry".
After discussing film-related matters with Shen Zheng and others, the first thing Shao Xingchen did when he went out was to take out his mobile phone and send a message to the account that was pinned to the top of WeChat.
【^_^ Passed, your encouragement was very effective. 】
After dinner, Su Zhe saw the message from Shao Xingchen on his mobile phone and couldn't help laughing.
【Then let’s continue to work hard on the transformation. 】
The author has something to say: _(:3∠)_ cough cough cough cough, next it’s time for the baby’s home court again
(Deep face, the boss’s role in these two chapters has 10,000 words! Incredible, added together... probably more than the role in the main text... depends on the sky)
ps: Oh, I forgot to mention, I'll edit it, there may be a short update around 12pm tonight
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Strange Little Theater
Su Zhe: 0.0 Mom, what's wrong with your eyes? Why do you keep blinking?
Cai Cai: No, it’s nothing. Don’t tell anyone that I was winking!
Su Zhe: 0.0??? Who is that???
Cai Cai: (sigh) No one, baby, you just need to continue living this happy and simple life... wuwuwu
Su Zhe: 0.0? ? ? ? ? ?
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