Chapter 9: Prelude to the Audition
After a few minutes, Shen You, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, suddenly heard some noise on his side, and when he opened his eyes, it turned out that someone was sitting next to him.
The man was not very old, he looked no more than twenty-five or sixteen years old, he wore a chestnut brown coat, his appearance was handsome, his temperament was elegant, and he gave people a feeling of warmth and peace.
"My name is Guo Tiansheng, and I am an actor of Shengshi Media. ”
The handsome young man took the initiative to extend his hand to Shen You.
"Hello, I'm Shen Yuelou. ”
Shen You also stretched out his hand and shook it with the man.
Guo Tiansheng said with a smile: "I know you, Boss Shen, the famous character of Liyuan, and besides, a few days ago, I just watched the recently popular "Two Flowers", and I like the white fox you played in it very much." ”
Shen You smiled and didn't speak, Guo Tiansheng said again: "Is Boss Shen also here to audition? Why didn't you bring an assistant and an agent?"
"Well, I'm here for the audition, but I don't have an agent or an assistant, so I'm alone. ”
After being reminded by Guo Tiansheng, Shen You thought about it, after entering the entertainment industry, there are more and more things, and he should indeed find an agent.
After listening to Shen You's words, Guo Tiansheng's eyes flashed, and he asked directly: "Boss Shen hasn't signed a brokerage company yet, right?"
It was only the first time he met Guo Tiansheng, and the two had no friendship, and Shen You knew that it would take several years to sign with a brokerage company. He didn't want to be bound by the contract, so he had to say perfunctorily: "I'll go back and think about this." ”
Guo Tiansheng leaned closer and said in a low voice: "Since Boss Shen came to audition, he must also want to know the basic information of some other competitors."
Do you see the person sitting in the innermost part?"
Shen You looked towards where he was saying, and saw a handsome young man of twenty-seven or eighteen years old sitting there.
With a high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, a face like a sculpture, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, black eyes and long pale blonde hair, it is known that he is a mixed race at first glance.
His name is David Wu, Chinese, a well-known Hollywood actor, and the lover of Durant, a famous producer of Columbia Pictures.
I heard that this time, Durant's old man spent a lot of money in order to promote him to the top, so he is our biggest competitor in this audition.
The one over there is Zheng Feihong of Brilliant Pictures, who has won the best actor three times, and has cooperated with director Zhang Cheng many times before.
In fact, his image is more rugged, lacking nobility, and he is not suitable for playing Chai Yuan, and the person who was chosen by Brilliant Pictures at the beginning was not him.
It was he who relied on his status as an actor to get the quota of Brilliant Pictures, and wanted to come here to win the role with his acting skills and friendship with Director Zhang.
He also didn't want to think about it, how could Director Zhang talk to him about such a big project as "The Last Emperor"? If he wants to rely on acting skills to make up for the congenital lack of image, it is even more of a fool's dream.
This Zheng Feihong is not to worry. ”
Why did he tell me this? I don't seem to know him that well, does that count as a simple conversation?
Shen You looked at Guo Tiansheng with a puzzled expression, unable to guess the purpose of his words.
Guo Tiansheng sighed and said, "Do you know why everyone's eyes were a little wary as soon as you came in just now? Because before that, we always thought that there were only three people who came to audition this time, and you were an accident." Each of us put a lot of effort into this audition and certainly didn't want the accident. ”
This Shen You really didn't know, just like they didn't know that Shen You would come to the audition, Shen You also didn't know who was coming to the audition together, let alone such a complicated relationship behind it.
"You were invited by Pei Lao to audition, right?"
Seeing Shen You nodding, Guo Tiansheng's expression suddenly became a little excited: "This time, there are a total of four people who presided over the audition, director Zhang Cheng, producer Liu Xin, Mrs. Chai (Chai Yuan's youngest daughter, special consultant for the movie "The Last Emperor") and screenwriter Pei Qingfeng.
Although it is Director Zhang Cheng who is the final decision, the opinions of the other three also have a great influence on Director Zhang.
David Wu has the support of Durant behind him, and producer Liu Xin will definitely help David Wu.
And Mrs. Chai has an old relationship with our Guo family, and at my grandfather's request, she has agreed to support me.
Now, as long as I get Pei Lao's vote again, I have a good chance of getting this role.
Boss Shen, as long as you can move Pei Laolai to fully support me, no matter what the final result is, I will accept your favor. In the future, if you join us at Shengshi Media, I promise to give you the best resources. ”
"I wonder if you have misunderstood something? My friendship with Pei Lao is not as deep as you think, and I can't influence any of Pei Lao's decisions.
Sorry, I can't help with this. ”
Shen You shook his head and directly rejected Guo Tiansheng's proposal.
He was distraught by these insiders, and the confidence he had gained from reading through the material was somewhat shaken.
Am I a little too heavy?
Originally, this audition was just an opportunity to audition, not that this role had to be me.
While success is gratifying, failure is normal.
What I should be thinking about now is to go all out to interpret the role of Chai Yuan and not disappoint Pei Lao.
As for other things, I can't control it myself.
"Alas, Boss Shen think about it again, I'll wait for you to change your mind at any time. ”
After Guo Tiansheng finished speaking, he returned to his original seat with a disappointed face.
Seeing Guo Tiansheng return disappointed, Wu David was unmoved, and the corners of Zheng Feihong's mouth couldn't help but show a disdainful smile.
is also a first-line star in China, and the competition between them has a long history, Guo Tiansheng used to rely on the relationship between his family and the shareholders of Shengshi Media, and he did not steal the role from Zheng Feihong. Now, seeing Guo Tiansheng running into a wall with Shen You, he was naturally happy to mock him.
A short time later, a group of staff members walked in, and each of them found the main character and delivered the script to the hands of the four auditioning actors.
Getting the script with only two thin pages, Shen You couldn't help but be a little confused.
There are no lines, no scenes or narration in the script, just an extremely brief introduction to the story.
After the defeat of Dongying, Chai Yuan was escorted back to Huaxia by the Huaxia Army from Saudi Arabia to China for trial as a Class A war criminal, passing through the Manzhouli Railway Station, Chai Yuan guessed that he might not escape death, so he committed suicide by cutting his wrists in the bathroom of the station......
There are no lines and no prescribed situations, which is to play freely.
Shen You turned his head to look at the other three, some of them were happy, some frowned, and some groaned, it seemed that everyone got different scripts.
After another half an hour, when everyone had almost digested the script, the staff took them to the dressing room upstairs, where professional makeup artists and stylists applied makeup to complete the looks needed in the script.
David Wu is wearing pleats in Tsing Yi, with Tsing Yi makeup painted on his face, and his gestures can be seen to have opera skills. He should be playing the days when Chai Yuan lived in Jinmen after he was kicked out of the Forbidden City.
An emperor receives celebrities from all walks of life during the day, and at night wears a green coat and becomes an actor to sing in the theater......
The absurdity, sadness, frustration, and comfort in it are really embarrassing.
The scene that David Wu got is undoubtedly the best of the four scripts.
Seeing David Wu wearing Tsing Yi, Guo Tiansheng was envious, and couldn't help but look at Shen You, this scene seems to be more suitable for Boss Shen.
Fortunately, the script he got was not bad, wearing a dragon robe and wearing imperial makeup, he played Chai Yuan during the restoration, which is also a major play.
Zheng Feihong frowned, looking at the Dongying military uniform on his body, he found that he did not look like the emperor of the puppet Eastern Zhou State, but more like a rough Dongying general.
Shen You communicated with the makeup artist for a long time, and saw that he couldn't meet his requirements, so he could only do it himself.
After tossing for more than twenty minutes, he finally dressed himself up in a look that he was satisfied with.
Crumpled gray linen clothes, round-framed glasses, haggard face, vicissitudes of life, white hair dotted with temples, elegant movements, down-and-out but noble bearing......
From the moment Shen You waved off the makeup artist and put on the makeup himself, the actors in the dressing room, including the makeup artist, were waiting to see his jokes.
It's just that as soon as this shape came out, everyone was a little speechless.
Guo Tiansheng's eyes widened and muttered, "It's like, it's too similar." ”
came to audition Chai Yuan, naturally he would not be unfamiliar with Chai Yuan's image, although Shen You's facial features were not similar to Chai Yuan, but that charm was enough to make people confuse the two.