736. Audition (Part II)
The Huayi staff in charge of the reception today felt very nervous, because there were really a lot of big-name artists who came to the scene to audition.
Among them, the lowest fame is also the famous golden green leaf in the circle, and the most powerful top actor like Chen Daoming, looking at these actors, many Huayi staff are thinking in their hearts, these people may not have auditions for many years.
After all, looking at the identity and status of these actors, most of them are even characters that the director wants to play, how could he have imagined that today he could see them become 'newcomers' in auditions.
However, in addition to being nervous, everyone is more proud in their hearts.
After all, so many great actors can audition because their company's new movies are good enough!
The investment in the film has broken the domestic film investment record, and the screenwriter and director of this film are Nie Wei, who has been the most popular in China in recent years.
Compared with the inner instability of the staff outside, Nie Wei, who interviewed actors in the house, was very peaceful.
No matter how big the name is, since he came to audition, in Nie Wei's eyes, he is treated equally, of course, this has something to do with his own big name.
"Mr. Zhang, thank you for coming to the audition despite your busy schedule, and we will inform you of the results as soon as possible. ”
"Teacher Liu, thank you for coming to ...... today"
"Mr. Wang, we will reply to you as soon as possible. ”
Among the actors who came today, even if they are the youngest, they are several years older than Nie Wei, it can be said that they are all seniors, and Nie Wei naturally has to be polite.
While interviewing, Nie Wei also recorded all their performances in the form prepared long ago, of course, these are not needed to be shown to the actors, and Nie Wei will not evaluate their acting skills, but will only inform them that they will give an answer as soon as possible after the audition.
But in fact, in Nie Wei's heart, he had already divided them into ranks.
From image to acting skills, to their worth and salary and word-of-mouth in weekdays, Nie Wei mainly scored from these four aspects, and then gave a comprehensive evaluation.
More than 30 actors completed the interview in half a day.
The rest is a matter of discussing who to choose between Nie Wei, Wang Zhonglei and Luo Yuan.
In fact, there are few of these actors with poor acting skills, and they can basically meet the needs of movies. Wang Zhonglei flipped through the score sheet made by Nie Wei and said, these more than 30 actors, the most advanced acting skills also gave a B evaluation, and this evaluation already represents good.
"Let's think about it comprehensively, first of all, we will eliminate those that are not in sufficient shape conditions. Nie Wei said that although the movie is a combination of audio-visual, it is still visual-based after all, although the script adaptation has basically nothing to do with the original role, but the appearance of each character, as well as the personality and skill positioning, also determines that the image of some actors is not qualified for this role.
For example, in Nie Wei's screenwriter this time, there is a killer codenamed Butcher, who is required to be a strong man with a big waist and a round waist, which obviously requires an actor of a certain stature to be competent, and a killer codenamed 'Shuo Rat' is to be thin and obscene, which makes many righteous-looking people destined to miss this role.
According to this, ten actors were out in an instant.
Some do not have a suitable image, the age and figure of the actors themselves do not match the roles in the play, and some are in line with the image in the play, but there are actors with the same image who also come to the interview, and the rest of the scores are better.
"The main roles are put aside, and we first pick out the interviewees for the secondary roles. After eliminating the ten places, Nie Wei continued to command the other two.
This time, Nie Wei's way of elimination should be considered from the salary.
There is a word in the economic noun called competitiveness, which is simply understood, that is, your ability is divided by your value, and the result is your comprehensive strength, for example, an actor, his acting skills are ten, but the salary he needs is as high as ten, so his acting skills are divided by the salary, and his competitiveness is only one.
But another actor, his acting skills are only eight points, but his salary is only two, so eight divided by two equals four, and the actor's competitiveness is four.
And compared with the two, four and one, who is more competitive, it is a matter of a glance.
Those actors with good acting skills and less salary are undoubtedly more competitive, of course Nie Wei wants to keep such people, in addition, there are also those special actors, they are scarce resources, Nie Wei will also carefully consider how to choose.
In the end, there were only six people left on the list in the hands of Nie Wei and the others, and there were only three roles to be assigned.
The six actors in his hand, the most of which are also veteran first-line artists in China, and two of them are even well-known top actors in China, such actors are usually the leading roles in movies, and now they can play a supporting role for Nie Wei, even Nie Wei feels a little honored.
However, the better these actors are, the more difficult it is to choose, and even Nie Wei is very hesitant, feeling that it is a pity to eliminate any of them.
"For the role of Gul, I think Chen Daoming is the most suitable, whether it is his acting skills or appearance, or even his box office appeal, I can rest assured that this villain will be handed over to him. In the end, it was Nie Wei who took the lead in breaking the silence.
"Then, what about the role of the protagonist's father?" Wang Zhonglei pondered for a long time, and did not say that he disagreed, but asked another character.
There are not many scenes of this character, more just in the speech of the plot characters, but this character is the key character who guides the plot throughout the movie.
"How is Hu Jun?"
"I think Zhang Hanyu is more suitable, and you have also cooperated, so I think there is more tacit understanding. Wang Zhonglei recommended.
Nie Wei thought about it for a while, nodded and agreed, although Hu Jun is more suitable in his heart, but sometimes the interests of the company have to be taken into account, as for the reason for Wang Zhonglei's recommendation, I won't say it, Nie Wei and Hu Jun have also cooperated, of course, this kind of thing is not broken.
Hearing that Nie Wei agreed, Wang Zhonglei had a smile on his face, as for the remaining role, Nie Wei looked at the time and felt that it was better to fill his stomach first before deciding.
After a simple lunch in the company restaurant at noon, Nie Wei didn't have much time to rest, because there was still a press conference waiting for him.
The media outside is going crazy now, and anyone who goes out of Huayi Company, no matter who it is, will catch it and ask if the interview mirror is over.
You must know how many days they have been looking forward to this press conference, and every minute and every second of waiting makes them feel that life is as difficult as a year, and even some reporters have memorized the prepared interview scripts, because they are really idle, and everyone in the company who shoots out only needs to focus on one thing, that is, to interview Nie Wei.
After a long wait, finally at one o'clock in the afternoon, a staff member came forward to invite everyone into the building.
Hula more than 100 people filled Huayi's hall at once, but fortunately, the staff who had been prepared for a long time guided them to the two lounges in batches, and then specially prepared warm tea for them.
"Everyone wait for 15 minutes, our staff is preparing for the press conference. "After the staff served hot water and tea, they did not forget to explain.
"Okay, okay, no hurry, no hurry. The reporters all nodded their heads to indicate that they were not in a hurry, but they were actually anxious to death, and some even seemed to grab the staff and tell her what to prepare, we can sit on the ground and interview.
Of course, everyone also knows that this matter is urgent, and everyone doesn't want to protest impulsively or anything, in case Huayi is angered at this juncture, and the other party's press conference is not held, it will not outweigh the losses.
So at this moment, the reporters showed surprisingly good patience, and they all gathered their energy to wait for the press conference to be announced.
Fifteen minutes is not long, the time of three songs, a rough reading of a short story, or a walk around the park, but for the reporters present, their fifteen minutes seem to be fifteen years, and they almost all watch the second hand turn to pinch the time.
Fortunately, Huayi was very punctual, saying that fifteen minutes would be fifteen minutes, and there was no difference of ten seconds before and after, and someone came to inform them to go to the press conference.
One of the largest halls of the company has been simply arranged at the moment, and Nie Wei, who is the main speaker today, has also changed into a more formal casual suit and waited for the notice in the side door lounge.
As soon as the reporter over there was done, the staff here came to ask Nie Wei if he was ready.
"No problem. Nie Wei looked in the mirror, tidied up the slightly crooked tie, and after straightening it, Nie Wei nodded with satisfaction to himself in the mirror, and then walked out of the door in a chic manner.
The moment the hundreds of reporters at the scene saw Nie Wei coming out, they all raised their cameras in their hands, and the sound of the shutter kept ringing, reflecting each other with the connected flash city, forming a big battle.
"Reporter, please ask questions. It seemed to understand the reporters' impatience, and after Nie Wei sat down, the public relations at the scene immediately announced that they would enter the reporter's question session.
The first to be pointed out was a reporter from Entertainment Weekly, a typical Chinese art media.
"First of all, on behalf of Entertainment Weekly, I would like to congratulate Nie Wei and Miss Shu Chang who was not present, and wish you a happy marriage, and I also want to ask, what is the reason why you and Miss Shu Chang chose to get married at such a time?" is a very gentle but precise question, which is also something that most reporters on the scene want to know.
Faced with this question, Nie Wei calmly picked up the microphone and replied: "There is no clear will, but I suddenly feel that I can, everyone can face the problem of marriage calmly, so it is a matter of course to get the certificate." ”
"I'm a reporter from the "Kyoto Shimbun", Nie Wei, you don't have a clear reason, do you mean that your marriage with Shu Chang was purely an impulse?" The second reporter asked a very sharp question, but the more this is the case, the more many media on the scene like it, after all, only sharp questions have something to watch, if Nie Wei's answer is a little wrong, then the media will be able to play on the topic and help their own newspaper and magazine to boost sales.
However, they are destined to be disappointed, not to mention that Nie Wei is a good person, not to mention that he has already figured out how to face the media's questions these days, because he knows very well that he can't hide from the media at all when he gets married, so he has already made a lot of plans in his heart.
"This reporter's words are very interesting, as if I fell in love with Shu Chang the day before we got married. Nie's only sarcastic joke amused the audience, only the reporter who asked the question blushed a little, and he could tell that Nie Wei was sarcastic about him.
Of course, Nie Wei also gave an explanation afterwards.
"Shu Chang and I have been in love since we realized that we are in love, and we have been married for six years now, I admit that at the moment when we decided to get the certificate, Shu Chang and I are impulsive, and I also believe that anyone is impulsive at this moment, after all, no one will get married by virtue of a sense of reason, and calculate that the third hundred and twelfth day of falling in love will be the most passionate time for love, and then it is best to get a certificate to get married. ”
Nie Wei's seemingly absurd distance made the reporters on the scene laugh again, and also made the reporters who asked questions blush even more.
"In fact, the matter of falling in love is emotional, it requires passion, and the same is true for marriage, Shu Chang and I have known and loved each other for several years, we have a full understanding of each other, and the relationship is also very stable, but suddenly the doctor and patient feel that it is time to get married, this is just a decision made by the two of us, it's as simple as that, let's not over-interpret it. ”
"Then may I ask, did you take the initiative to get married or Miss Shu Chang?" another reporter asked gossipily.
"Of course it's me. Nie Wei gave an answer happily.
"Can you tell us some details about your proposal?" the reporter continued to dig deeper, and these gossips were obviously heard by the public.
But Nie Wei didn't cooperate, mainly because he really didn't have anything to say about his marriage proposal.
"This is a secret between me and Shu Chang, so I won't share it with you. Nie Wei replied, and a sound of regret sounded at the scene.
Fortunately, in addition to this kind of intimate question, Nie Wei was still very cooperative with the reporter's answer, and the originally scheduled fifteen-minute press conference was also extended to half an hour in a good atmosphere.
Compared to the previous 15-minute 'long' wait, the reporters felt that half an hour of the press conference had passed in the blink of an eye.
Nie Wei left the scene, and everyone immediately packed up their 'equipment' and went back to their respective homes to prepare to catch up with the draft.
On January 10th, the first rehearsal of Nie Wei and Zhang Liangying's Spring Festival Gala was successfully completed, and on the 12th, Lin Yifei flew to the United States by plane, accompanied by her mother, the only thing worthy of Wang Zhonglei's gratification, Lin Yifei's acting contract still stayed in Huayi, which made Wang Zhonglei feel that there was still hope.
There are many friends who sent Lin Yifei to the United States, but it does not include Nie Wei, it's not that Nie Wei doesn't want to send it, but the main reason is that he is afraid of embarrassment, so it is better not to see it.
Just when Nie Weiwei was busy with the Spring Festival Gala and the meeting party of the new movie starring, a big news broke out in the entertainment industry.