Chapter 26: Audition (Part II)
Outside the conference room, Ahn Jun-hyuk and Kwon Bo-geun had just waited for a while, when they heard a chaotic greeting in the first half of the corridor, where the number of people in line was the largest, and the crowd was in a commotion and slowly separated, and a slightly fat middle-aged man walked towards this side under the respectful and flattering gaze of the auditioners around him.
After taking a few closer glances at the middle-aged man, Kwon Bo-geun quietly leaned into Ahn Jun-hyuk's ear and whispered, "It's Director Lee Hyung-min!"
As he spoke, Lee Hyung-min had come closer, and Ahn Jun-hyuk bowed respectfully, "Director Lee, hello!"
"Hmm!"
Lee Hyungmin just nodded expressionlessly, and touched the doorknob of the conference room with his hand, and then he looked at Ahn Junhyuk out of the corner of his eye, the meaning in his eyes was inexplicable, and then pushed the door in and locked the two out of the door.
As soon as he entered the conference room, Li Hengmin frowned, and complained to Li Qingxi, who was greeted with a smile: "It's the guy outside the door? He looks beautiful, but this is a TV series, not a beauty contest, or a song contest.
Li Qingxi, who knows him very well, doesn't think about it, he has been busy recently, there are many trivial matters, coupled with the high hopes placed on the TV station, she knows that Li Hengmin is under pressure, and some temper is normal, so she just smiled: "Appearance is secondary, the key is temperament, sharp, confident, and the star aura is very strong, which is very consistent with the appearance of Cui Yun in my script, and investors are also optimistic about him, and they also greet us specifically, so I want him to try." β
"What to try, he is a singer, what kind of performance does he know!" Li Hengmin was still angry, but his tone was not so tough, just now it was just the annoyance and anger that his work was suddenly interrupted, and as soon as the anger passed, his attitude softened.
Li Qingxi still had that kind appearance, and persuaded with a smile: "Try it, even if you give me a face, if you really want to perform, forget it, so that you can explain to investors." β
Speaking of investors, in fact, Lee Kyung-hee is also strange in his heart, the investor occupies a large share of funds, more than 2 billion won, and he threw it to the crew very happily, and he has never asked for anything since then, just like waiting for the TV to be filmed and broadcast so that he can collect money, compared with other investors who are always eager to stuff their own people into the crew, it is too honest.
It wasn't until yesterday that when the other party came to the crew to check the progress, he heard the demo of "Snow Flower" as the theme song, and made the first request - let this singer named Ahn Junhyuk audition to take a look.
Because the investor has always been very cooperative with the crew and the TV station, and never interferes indiscriminately, his only request, the TV station and the crew will also meet it depending on the situation, but Li Hengmin doesn't like it very much, although he is low-key, he has always hated outsiders meddling in his own affairs.
However, as a director, you can't just focus on your personal likes and dislikes, but also be responsible for the crew. M sent an audition notice over there, and her words also wanted to give Li Hengmin a step down.
Sure enough, hearing Li Qingxi's words, Li Hengmin just snorted twice, didn't talk back, and after a moment of silence, he finally sighed: "Just try!"
"Don't go, let's take a look. β
Li Qingxi grabbed him and called out to the door, the door was open, and the two people outside the door came in, Ahn Junhyuk bowed down and said hello, then looked at them quietly and waited silently.
"Look, how calm this kid is, a natural star. Lee Kyung-hee whispered to Lee Hyung-min.
The middle-aged man rolled his eyes, "That's because you love the house and Wu, so it's pleasing to the eye to see him." β
Lee Kyung-hee ignored him and made a child's temper, and looked at Ahn Jun-hyuk with a smile, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, she always loved such polite, honest and well-behaved children, just like Zheng Jixun in the past. β¦,
After looking at it for a while, in Kwon Bo-geun's increasingly uneasy expression, Lee Kyung-hee finally smiled and said, "Ahn Jun Hyuk, have you ever had acting experience before?"
As soon as this sentence was asked, not to mention Kwon Bo-geun's heart that almost stopped, as calm as Ahn Junhyuk, he also breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his audition was really done!
The good psychological quality made him maintain his superficial impassivity, nodded and replied: "I have experience, I have received acting training in the company, and I have excellent grades." β
Over there, Li Hengmin laughed out loud, not that he looked down on it, but in his eyes, such "experience" was basically equal to nothing.
Compared with his ridicule, Lee Kyung-hee liked Ahn Jun-hyuk's honesty very much, and her expression became more and more kind, she picked up a script from her desk, flipped a few pages, drew a few lines on one of the pages with a pen, and then handed it to Ahn Jun-hyuk: "It's good to have experience, you look at the script, and then perform the paragraph I circled." β
"Yes!"
Ahn Jun-hyuk took the script, opened it and looked at it, next to it, Kwon Bo-geun finally reacted after being stunned for a moment, looking like this, it seems that the screenwriter of the crew is preparing to give Ahn Jun-hyuk a role?
The pie that suddenly fell from the sky almost made Kwon Bo-geun faint in surprise, but when he woke up, he saw Ahn Jun-hyuk browsing the script, he was not idle, and ran forward dog-leggedly, pouring water and chatting for the screenwriter and director, for fear that the service was not thoughtful enough.
The script is only two or three pages, and Ahn Jun-hyuk read it quickly, which only includes some lines of the male number two in the play, Choi Yun, as well as a simple storyboard description, but screenwriter Lee has a strong writing foundation, even if there are only a few lines and descriptions like this, in Ahn Jun-hyuk's eyes, it is enough to outline the image of a big boy who has been pampered by his mother since he was a child, grew up and became a star and was admired by everyone, never tasted what failure is like, and lived a carefree life.
Closing the script, Ahn Jun-hyuk smiled slightly, such a simple character image is completely stress-free for him.
Seeing him close the script, Li Qingxi smiled and asked, "Is it okay?"
"Yes!"
"Let's get started!"
Ahn Jun-hyuk nodded, closed his eyes slightly, brewed for a while, and when he opened it again, his whole temperament became lively, with a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, with a sly smile, as if he had returned to his temperament at his age in an instant, and said his lines.
The lines are a rivalry between Choi Yoon and the heroine Eun Chae, which is one of the more difficult parts, not only to show the humor and cheerfulness of a carefree big boy, but also to show his dependence on Song Eun Chae. If it were another newcomer, he might not be able to let go of "pretending to be tender", but for Ahn Junhyuk, who has strong self-control, he was only a little uncomfortable at first, and he quickly devoted himself to the lines, expressing his due traits vividly - although because there was no opponent, the scene looked a little weird.
However, this did not prevent the director and screenwriter from appreciating his acting skills, and after a performance, Lee Kyung-hee applauded gently, and even the face of Li Hengmin next to him looked much better, and he no longer looked as careless as before.
While clapping, Lee Kyung-hee kicked Lee Hyung-min and asked in a low voice, "How is it? I'm not wrong, right?"
Li Hengmin was silent for a while, and then nodded, "It's not bad." β
This is just a conservative statement, in fact, from the day the casting began, after hosting for so many days, it was the first time he saw someone who could interpret the role of Choi Yun without being scared, and the others were either too strong and naΓ―ve, or they couldn't let go and stumbled in acting, Ahn Junhyuk was the first person to satisfy him for many days.
It's just that he still has a little pimple in his heart, and he doesn't want to admit it at this time.
Li Qingxi, who knew him, smiled, "Then Cui Yun will condemn him?"
ββ¦β¦ Whatever you want!" Although he was reluctant in his heart, since Li Qingxi said so as a screenwriter, it was not easy for him to lose face and dismiss it, the status of the two parties in the crew was almost the same, and the relationship in the past was good, so there was no need to leave a mustard for the role of a male number two.
After receiving his reply, Lee Kyung-hee raised his head with a smile and smiled at Ahn Jun-hyuk, who had been waiting quietly: "Ahn Jun-hyuk, congratulations!"
The meaning of this has been expressed very clearly, looking at their Quan Baogen, the smile on his face is about to be uncontrollable, and he hurriedly and quietly covered his mouth to prevent himself from laughing, but those eyes have been squeezed into a slit.
β¦β¦ Passed?
An Junhyuk was stunned for a moment, even if he was sure, no matter how much his heart stopped, the moment this good news came, it also made him a little in a trance, and he didn't even react immediately, paused, and then hurriedly bowed and thanked: "Xie Lu Xie Li Director, Xie Lu Xie Li screenwriter!"
As always, his polite attitude made Li Hengmin's heart feel much better, and he didn't put on a face anymore, and said lightly: "Go back, come back with your agent tomorrow and talk to the crew about the contract." β
"Yes!" Ahn Jun-hyuk agreed, and when he saw Lee Hyung-min standing up, he seemed to want to leave, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Director, if I can, I want to challenge the role of Wu Hyuk again." β
"Huh?" Li Hengmin stopped and turned to look, and Li Qingxi on the side was also surprised.
Wu He is the male protagonist in the play, the most important role, but it is not comparable to the second male lead like Cui Yun, the main line of the story is led by Wu He and ended by Wu He, such an important role throughout requires extremely high acting skills.
Not to mention Lee Hyung-min, even Lee Kyung-hee doesn't think Ahn Jun-hyuk, who is still a newcomer, can handle it.
"Young man......" Lee Hyung-min frowned slightly, his voice suddenly became much more indifferent, and he was about to open his mouth to prepare for a lesson, when Lee Kyung-hee, who noticed the change in his face, hurriedly interjected and said softly: "Junhyuk Xi, why do you want to challenge this role?"
Ahn Jun-hyuk has a good impression of this screenwriter who has always maintained himself from the beginning, and immediately replied respectfully when he heard this: "I like acting very much, I just want to challenge it, and I hope the director and screenwriter can give me this opportunity." β
At the end of the sentence, it was a 90-degree bow.
The atmosphere was silent for a while, Kwon Bo-geun was so anxious that his brain was sweating, while Lee Hyung-min and Lee Kyung-hee glanced at each other and exchanged glances silently.
Looking at Li Qingxi's eyes seemed to be really a little moved, Li Hengmin was angry and funny, he knew that she was soft-hearted again, and wanted to give this newcomer a chance, although it would save a lot of things with such a soft-hearted partner, but many times, it also made people helpless, but there was no way to lose their temper.
After thinking about it, Lee Hyungmin secretly sneered, and said lightly to Ahn Junhyuk: "Okay, give you this opportunity, I want to see what you can perform." β
Ahn Junhyuk didn't care about his indifferent tone, but just thanked him: "Thank you very much, thank you very much for the tolerance of the two elders!"
This passage, Ahn Jun-hyuk has been preparing for more than a day or two, from the beginning of preparing to enter the crew of "I'm Sorry, I Love You", he is aiming at the position of the protagonist, although he also knows that because of his qualifications, it may not be possible to get this role at all, but in the world, if you don't work hard, how can you know the result of Lu Dao?
As for whether he might offend the director because of this, he doesn't care at all, his attitude has always been very humble, as long as he can show his due strength in the future, a little abruptness is nothing at all!