rehearse
I wasn’t surprised to see Jing Shengxi’s hot searches, after all, he makes the headlines at least once a month.
But Li Li was surprised when he saw the photos he took.
There is a star in the gray-blue sky, and there are several spires of buildings around it.
This was originally an ordinary blog post, but coupled with his sour words, it would be natural for others to think that he had some emotional problems recently.
Scrolling down and looking at the comments, someone asked him if he was in love.
He replied that the sky was beautiful tonight and he just wanted to take a picture.
[Who are you chasing after, brother?]
[Jing Shengxi: Chasing the stars in the sky.]
[Brother Jing, when did you become so emotional? There's definitely something going on.]
[Lu Jia: His mind has been like this since we finished filming. I feel like someone has possessed him.]
[Sister Lu Jia, please share with us some interesting stories about filming, and when will your new work be released?]
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Li Lai enlarged the photo and looked at it carefully, and something in his heart was about to burst out.
Isn’t this the street in front of her theater? That billboard on the rooftop is what she sees every day on her way to and from work. Did he come to see her own play too?
Not long after, the update posted by Hu Xuechun also became a hot search, which was also a photo of a gray sky with a rising sun ready to rise.
Chasing the sunrise is a very romantic thing.
Li Li was speechless. An old man on the subway was looking at his mobile phone.
No, you two are expressing your love to each other from a distance.
Jing Shengxi and Hu Xuechun started to dominate the charts again. An hour later, Lu Jia joined the fray and released a 5-second video.
She and Li Lai were walking back to the hotel together after finishing work in the evening. Each of them was holding a string of squid in their hands, smiling and taking pictures of each other. Their shadows were stretched out long on the ground, and the sound of their footsteps was extremely obvious in the empty street.
Caption: [On my way home from work, I'm so glad you're here.]
The second message that followed was a ticket stub for a drama.
[Wow, who got the ticket for "Follow the Map"? Oh, it's me.]
To be honest, Li Li felt like he was about to be blown away.
As the three-person melee created the stars, the moon, and the sun, netizens were busy checking out the melodies. They went to Jing Shengxi's social platform to check it out, and then went to Hu Xuechun's Weibo to check it out.
Neither of them responded, and the relationship became confusing.
The only one who benefited was probably Li Li.
Taking advantage of this melee, tickets for the next seven performances of the drama "Follow the Map" in which Li Lai participated have been sold out.
The popularity of a drama is rare. Li Lai now rehearses during the day and starts performing at five in the evening, which will end around eight o'clock. Then the troupe will hold a meeting to summarize the shortcomings of the day.
The itinerary for this day is still very flexible, and you can be busy when necessary.
Although she gained a little fame through her role as prosecutor and brought a lot of heat to the drama, she should have taken advantage of the opportunity to expose it. However, since she knew that she was not good at controlling popularity and traffic, she just let everything take its course.
The dialogue drama has been widely discussed online, and the troupe's director has added five more performances, which will require a lot of effort from Li Lai.
Now, after get off work in the evening, there are still fans waiting at the theater door. At first, these people were not used to it and stayed in the theater for two or three hours before leaving. Later, they found that these fans would wait no matter what time it was.
In order not to disappoint fans, a group of people go to work and leave work on time.
It seems like it was only five or six years ago when people surrounded him and called his name. Li Lai was very happy to shake hands and say hello to every fan, and also greeted the online audience through the live broadcast on his mobile phone.
It's great that so many people come to see her.
"Li Li, why did you replace the original lead actor? Aren't you ashamed?"
The mobile phone live broadcast was aimed at herself, so the expression on her face would naturally be broadcast live as well.
She didn't know where to begin describing the chaotic scene, and was pushed away by the people behind her.
When I returned to Lan Yan's residence, Lan Yan had not come back. She was out for a social event.
Lan Yan would not interfere in matters concerning the drama troupe. Firstly, he had a contract to attend to, and secondly, they had agreed when they signed the contract that Li Li would perform in at least one drama every year.
Unexpected popularity will affect the drama, and there will be many issues that need to be explained as soon as possible to avoid misunderstandings from the outside world.
Now I don’t know what impression the outside world has of the live broadcast clip just now. Li Li used a small account to check the information.
Sure enough, during the live segment, Li Lai was stunned and before he could answer the question, there were many comments.
I saw the play "Follow the Map" in January this year. The lead actor wasn't Li Lai. He replaced the original lead after becoming famous.
[That's right, once he became famous, he became arrogant. The main actor also rehearsed dozens of times. This honor should belong to the original main actor.]
[The play "Following the Map" even won an award. The original protagonist was the one who endured hardships, while Li Lai was the one who got to enjoy the good life.]
[But Li Li’s performance was also quite good. The troupe director probably chose her to perform because he thought her performance was good.]
[A little-known trivia fact: Li Lai's older sister is a screenwriter and one of the directors of this theater company.]
[How disgusting! I just had a crush on her and I didn't expect her to be this kind of person.]
[Disgusting, we should boycott this kind of people.]
[Boycott, get out of the entertainment industry, not the drama industry.]
[Um... Let me explain. Li Li was the lead in "Follow the Map" a year ago. Later, she was hospitalized due to a foot injury, so she was moved from the A-list role to the B-list role. As for why she's back in the role this time, it's because the original actor went abroad to receive an award and participate in a Broadway show, so Li Li was allowed to take the role.]
[This is probably a hired troll army, how can it be so perfect?]
[This is a blog post from the Broadway actor. Take a look yourself. He said a month ago that he wanted Broadway to participate in the performance, and then Li Lai replaced him in the next six performances.]
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[This is this great artist. It's said that she was offered a high salary by Broadway, but she refused to go, saying that she still likes Chinese art.]
[Is she good? Why doesn’t she act in TV dramas?]
[Everyone has different pursuits. Besides, this great actor is also very impressive. He has won all the domestic drama awards and is currently performing with a drama troupe abroad.]
Netizens always change their minds very quickly. Before Li Lai could think of answering their questions, the matter was easily resolved.
It was just a false alarm after all, and the best thing is that nothing happened.
After checking his phone for a while, Li Lai looked at the script on the bed.
Lan Yan was urging Li Li to quickly decide on the next work so that he could negotiate with the producer for resources.
Most of the scripts submitted now are idol dramas. There are no good scripts, and Li Li doesn't want to act in them.
Fairy tale drama?
Well, I am still young and beautiful now, but compared with the twenty-year-old young actresses, I am still a long way behind.
Looking at the seven or eight scripts in his hand, Li Li fell into a sense of emptiness. Suddenly, he felt that there was no script suitable for him.
In the absence of a suitable script, what should I do?
Suddenly, a character came to Li Li's mind.
I went for an audition a few days ago, but the producer didn't give me a definite answer, just left my phone number.
Logically speaking, if there is no call back after the interview, then it is not a success.
But Li Lai really liked that character and felt that there was a lot of room for development.
After thinking about it, Li Li no longer cared about the industry rules and took out the business card given by the executive director and handed it over.
Beep...
No one answered the phone, maybe they were asleep at night.
Li Lai added WeChat again and waited for the other party's consent.
However...
As of this morning, the other party has not agreed to add WeChat.
Li Li was so anxious that he scratched his head and wanted to call again to ask, but he was afraid of causing disgust to the other party and leaving a bad impression on himself.
Since the film "The Target of the Chaser" was filed and the creative team was announced, all the actors flocked to the crew with their resumes for interviews.
There is no other reason, it’s just because the creative team is so excellent.
Director Vincent has always focused on the stories of people on the margins of society. The films he has shot have achieved remarkable results and have won prestigious awards at home and abroad. Being able to work with such a director has brought Li Lai not only honor, but also a lot of unspeakable growth.
During the interview, the executive director gave her several characters and asked her to choose one to perform.
There are four characters in total. After reading the scripts of all four roles, Li Lai cautiously expressed that she wanted to play a waitress on the edge.
The script says that the waitress had been away from home for many years and worked hard to earn money to settle down in the city, but all her savings were taken away by her boyfriend.
This type of role is not too flamboyant and has a lot of room for development. Li Li feels that he can perform it.
I auditioned nine times in total, playing the role of a waitress each time, and each time I changed my acting style. I was the last one to be selected from 49 candidates.
Logically speaking, this role already belongs to me, and I just have to wait for the final makeup photos to be taken.
So much time has passed, and I've found out that the main actors have already taken their makeup photos, but why haven't I got any news at all?
Li Lai was very anxious. He was thinking about this matter while rehearsing at work. He kept taking out his mobile phone to check it. He once suspected that there was something wrong with his mobile phone, otherwise why would the verification information not be approved.
"I didn't hand in my phone during rehearsal, so I'm in love."
After the first rehearsal, the drama director came to me and said, "Even though we're very familiar with this play, we can't fool the audience. We need to focus on it. If you can, please turn off your phone."
This is the director criticizing me, but I really can't be distracted. If I make mistakes in the stage performance, not only the audience but also my colleagues will scold me.
I asked the drama director for three minutes and told him that I would definitely take care of my personal affairs.
During these three minutes, Li Lai did something stupid: he added the executive director on WeChat again and wrote in the greeting column: "Please give me another chance, I will definitely make the role more full."
Afraid that the executive director didn't know who he was, he deliberately wrote his name on it.
After the message was sent, Li Lai muted the phone and handed it to the director to continue rehearsing.
The lines have been memorized, every plot development has been determined, and the movements have become muscle memory, just like the name of this drama, "Follow the Map".
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