Director Liu is a genius; he excels at using plot to create compelling scenes.
His films may lack grand special effects and spectacular shots, but they possess the most thought-provoking and incisive storylines.
Bei Zhu was both happy and worried after reading the script sent by the other party.
The good news is that Yimu is playing the lead role this time.
It's worth noting that a popular celebrity like him would generally never land a leading role in a well-known film.
Even though it was just an audition opportunity and the lead role of Yi Mu wasn't finalized, Director Liu had already given him a lot of face.
The worry is that this time the character is a homosexual again.
With two consecutive films featuring this type of character, Bei Zhu was worried that if audiences saw Yi Mu on screen again, they would have a preconceived notion that he was gay.
The entertainment industry in China is very unfriendly to homosexuals; even if Yi Mu is gay, he cannot reveal it.
Yi Mu didn't think as much as Bei Zhu did. After acting in Lao Liu's movies, he started to like acting.
Acting under a serious director is fulfilling. You carefully consider each scene, and only then can you feel like a true actor.
Director Liu's film tells the story of a married man who has an affair with his male subordinate in the office. He is eventually discovered by his wife and mother, and struggles between his own desires and reality, ultimately choosing to end his life.
The protagonist is a mama's boy who has always listened to his mother since childhood. He was not allowed to have a girlfriend during his school years, and after working for two years after graduation, he married the blind date that his mother approved of.
He graduated from a prestigious university and worked for a foreign company. When he got married, he bought a car. The house belonged to his mother. After the marriage, he temporarily lived with his mother and wife. The couple did not have any children.
He has a mild temperament, which was formed because his mother controlled him in every little detail from a young age.
He knew his wife had a lot of complaints about living with her mother-in-law, but for three years he kept saying that his mother had raised him with great difficulty.
Knowing his wife loved him, he felt emboldened.
He was highly capable at the company, and his good looks made him a favorite of his female boss, leading him to rise from a regular employee to a deputy manager.
His female boss tried to sexually harass him repeatedly, but he refused each time because he didn't want to sleep with a woman who was almost fifty years old.
But one day, a new young man was hired by the department, which completely piqued his interest.
The newcomer has a youthful and energetic appearance. He has just graduated from school and has a solid physique. He has not yet been turned into a greasy fat man by the accumulation of work and social engagements.
He was tall and handsome, with a buzz cut, and loved to laugh. Whenever his unmarried female colleagues in the office had free time, they would go to his desk to talk to him.
But the new employees don't pay attention to those women; whenever they have free time, they stare at their male boss in the office.
The story begins here. The protagonist is a weak and mild-mannered man, a little hunchbacked, not very tall, always speaking softly, and going to work every day with his hair neatly combed back and wearing old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses.
Yi Mu is a big star, and to play this role, he has to make himself look ugly.
Every transformation is risky; success means shedding the old label, while failure means being labeled with an even worse one.
Bei Zhu and Yi Mu discussed it carefully and decided to seize this opportunity.
After all, not everyone has the opportunity to be the lead in a director Liu's film.
On the day of the audition, Yi Mu wore an ill-fitting suit that was loose and shapeless, making him look listless, and he also wore outdated, big leather shoes.
Director Liu is not particularly handsome, but he has a very sharp eye.
Upon first seeing Yi Mu, he raised an eyebrow and told him to take off his suit jacket and act out a scene depicting the protagonist's inner struggle.
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