On the afternoon of March 11, Zhang Ran met with Feng Yuanyi in a café to discuss a script contract.

"Teacher Feng Yuanyi, I'm your fan, the drama "Don't Talk to Strangers" is great, you have brought An Jia and this character to life. Zhang Ran gave Feng Yuan a thumbs up and said, "An Jiahe's character psychology is too detailed, especially the scene where An Jiahe can't help hugging her after beating Mei Xiangnan, which vividly portrays the ambivalence of the characters!"

Feng Yuanyi looked a little surprised: "An Jiahe is an excellent talent, but he has a psychological disorder, and his suspicion of his wife is actually a kind of love, but it is a bit extreme." Director, you know how to act!"

Zhang Ran stood up, squatted down on his heels, his body was tightened, he stood on one foot, his hands flapped like a bird's wings, and then he jumped forward with all his might, and then landed steadily like a bird.

Feng Yuan was stunned: "This is the flying posture of Grotowsky's action training, how do you know?"

Zhang Ran didn't explain, smiled, stood up, and said to the ceiling with his head: "La-la-la-"

Feng Yuanzheng was completely stunned, the posture he stood up, the position of the resonance cavity, and the method of vocalization, this is a typical Grotowski vocal training method, and in terms of voice and breath, his skills are not shallow.

Zhang Ran stopped speaking, sat down again, and saw Feng Yuan stunned when he looked at him in a daze, and said with a smile: "You were originally the only heir of the Grotowski school in China, but now there is one more." In that sense, we are in the same class. I've always wanted to meet you, and now I've found my chance!"

Feng Yuan was puzzled and said: "Aren't you coming back from the United States?

"It's really not popular, there aren't many people who know this, the main thing is that Grotowsky's training is too hard, it's simply ascetic training, and ordinary people can't stick to it. ”

"You can train Grotowski to such an extent that you should be an actor, how can you become a director?"

Zhang Ran shook his head and said: "What can I play in the United States? Chen Chong's acting skills are good, and she has also been the heroine of the Oscar for Best Picture, and she is very famous, what role has she played in the United States? Even if she can act in the United States, she is not the role I want to play." If I continue to study, in theater history or theater theory, and I am in my thirties after graduating with a Ph.D., then what about theater studies? I will comment on a play, and this drama is very American. I, a Chinese, said that an American drama is very American?

Feng Yuan sighed and said: "My situation is similar to you, when I was in Germany, one day after the performance, in the bar of the theater, I was chatting with my German colleagues in the same troupe with a glass of wine, and I was chatting happily, when suddenly someone sat down next to me, then why are you acting here? I said, I studied drama here, and it was an opportunity for me to act, how good it was." That person said, you are a Chinese acting in Germany, do you know that there are German actors who can't act? You are Chinese, go back to China to act! Later, I learned that he was also an actor and had not acted for more than a year. It can be said that everyone is based on strength, but being an actor also suffers from hostility, so I began to doubt the meaning of acting in Germany, and finally decided to come back. ”

Zhang Ran said with emotion: "Yes, it's not easy to act abroad. However, my teacher wanted me to continue learning, and when I gave up acting, she persuaded me for a long time, and finally became quite angry. It wasn't until last year's National Day that I went to her and told her that I was also teaching acting now, and her anger subsided!"

Much of the things of the Grotowski school depend on the experience and understanding of the teacher, and it is especially important to teach by word and deed. It's a bit like the master-apprentice relationship in China, so the inheritance is particularly important.

Feng Yuan's stunned expression suddenly darkened: "My teacher was too, and he was very angry at the time. It's been more than ten years, I don't know how she is now!"

Zhang Ran sighed and said, "Don't talk about these unpleasant pasts, let's get back to the topic." Actually, I thought about you at first, but you're a little younger. Chen Wei and An Jiahe have similar things, some actors play a successful role, and they are often rejected by similar roles, and they are afraid that they will be typed, so they don't look for you. Now the original actor can't act, so I'm coming to you again. ”

Zhang Ran has absolute trust in Feng Yuanyi's acting skills, this is an actor with excellent acting skills, you give him an important role, he can play the character alive. You give him a small role with only one scene, and he can perform it as well. The robbers in "No Thieves in the World" and the sissy in "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" are all scenes, but they all left a deep impression on the audience.

There are very few such actors!

After the broadcast of "Don't Talk to Strangers", Feng Yuan's tires were often punctured, and people often pointed and poked behind him, and some viewers even moved their hands directly. However, as an actor, he feels that this is his own success: "I really don't want to be typed, but I am a professional actor, as long as the role is good, I am not repulsive!"

Zhang Ran was very happy when he heard him say this: "You have read the script of "Bursting Drummer", I hope you can play the role of Chen Wei, what do you think?"

"This role is very interesting, I'll take it!" Feng Yuanyi was not pretentious, he agreed directly, and then asked, "You are from a background in acting, I don't know what requirements you have for this role?"

"I only have one request, don't simply treat it as a bad person, the rest is left to you, actors like you don't need me to talk about how to act, but there is one thing that may trouble you!"

"What's the matter?"

"The actor of the movie, Jay Chou, is a singer and has never acted. I would like you to do a short training session for him for fifteen days, half a day of training. I don't need him to show high acting skills, I just need him to stand in front of the camera and perform calmly, without sweeping the stage or backing the stage. ”

Zhang Ran had watched Feng Yuanyi's interview in his previous life and knew that he had later taught Nortel's students. The first time was for the photography department, for 18 days, those students went from zero acting foundation, and 18 days later they performed "Hamlet" on stage, which shocked the teachers of Nortel's acting department at that time. They didn't expect a group of children with no acting experience to be able to stand on stage and speak after 18 days, they were still playing characters, Hamlet is Hamlet, Ophelia is Ophelia.

Feng Yuanyi said that Nortel's one-year acting class in the first year was not as good as his one-month acting class. Although this is a bit crazy, it is also true. Grotowski's acting methods are very advanced, and Zhang Ran felt that it was a very good choice for Feng Yuanyi to take turns for Zhou Jie to do short-term training.

"Of course you can!" Feng Yuanyi did not refuse.

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After signing the contract of "Bursting Drummer" with Feng Yuanyi, Zhang Ran breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, with Feng Yuanyi joining, there would be no problem with this movie.

In the afternoon of the second day, the waiting hall of the Capital International Airport. Zhang Ran held a sign with the name of "Jay Chou" in his hand and waited quietly.

Half an hour later, a passenger plane arrived at the Capital International Airport steadily, which was a direct flight from Taipei to Beiping. After seeing the plane, Zhang Ran held up the sign in his hand.

At the beginning of casting, there were two candidates for the role of Zhou Xu in Zhang Ran's heart, one was Nicholas Tse and the other was Jay Chou. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, Nicholas Tse has better acting skills, but his performance is a bit excessive; Jay Chou is closer to Zhou Xu in terms of image and temperament, and he can jazz drums, but his acting skills are not flattering, and finally Zhang Ran chose Nicholas Tse, who has better acting skills.

Now that Nicholas Tse has withdrawn from the crew, Zhang Ran has turned his target back to Jay Chou. Zhou Xu's character is relatively simple, and the emotional twists and turns are not very big, as an actor, he does not rely more on acting skills, but on grasping a natural state. Playing the role of Zhou Xu doesn't require much acting skills for Jay Chou, just perform in his true colors.

In order to save time, Zhang Ran directly found Huang Lei and asked him to help contact Jay Chou. Huang Lei has a relationship in Taiwan, and he is in love with Zhang Xiaoyan as a mother and son, and Zhang Xiaoyan has a very high status in Taiwan's entertainment industry, and is one of the three kings and one queen of Taiwan's variety show hosts, and it is much easier to have her to help contact Jay Chou.

The facts were indeed as Zhang Ran expected, it took less than a week for Jay Chou to come to Beiping.

After getting off the plane, Zhou Jielun was a little apprehensive. However, the oncoming card with the words "Jay Chou" written on it made him feel a little cordial.

"Hello, you are Zhang Ran, right? I'm Jay Chou, we're on the phone!" Zhou Jie Lun walked over, looked at Zhang Ran who was smiling with a card, and asked.

"Yes, I'm Zhang Ran!Jielun, welcome to Beiping!!" Zhang Ran laughed, and then gave Zhou Jielun a hug.

Although it was only through two phone calls, the two people had a good impression of each other, and at this moment they felt like they were at home at first sight.

Zhang Ran walked out of the waiting hall with Zhou Jielun, got into the rented nanny car, and slowly drove away from the airport.

"The hotel has already booked it for you. I'll take you to the hotel first, and you can have a good rest today. Tomorrow I'll ask the crew to show you around. Zhang Ran looked at Jay Chou and said with a smile.

"I listen to your arrangement, I don't know when the training will start. I haven't acted in a movie before, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to act well, so I want to train as soon as possible. Zhou Jielun looked at the scenery outside, heard Zhang Ran's words, turned his head and said with a smile.

"The training starts the day after tomorrow, with performance training in the morning and jazz drum training in the afternoon. When Zhang Ran heard Jay Chou say this, he told the arrangement.

"Well, thank you. Zhou Jielun politely thanked him.

"You're welcome!" Zhang Ran opened the car window, slowly closed his eyes, the corners of his mouth were raised high, and the cool breeze brushed a few strands of hair on his forehead.