In Duane's vision, the first condition that the actor in "Truman's World" needs to have is acting skills. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Truman's World" can almost be said to be the actor's one-man show, in such a play that is completely supported by the male lead, if the actor's acting skills are not good, it will be a nightmare, everything is over, so acting skills are the first thing you need to have.

Among the male stars in the Chinese-speaking circle now, there are many who are qualified in acting: Jiang Wen, Liang Chaowei, Zhou Yanfa, Ge You, etc., in Du An's opinion, they should be competent enough in terms of acting skills, but who to find?

Duane was wrestling with the problem right now, but luckily he was clear enough to come up with a solution to the problem.

"Whoever the little points is whoever it is......"

Duane muttered to himself, holding a pen in his right hand and nodding it from left to right on the table, tapping the tip of the pen on the table with every word that popped out of his mouth.

He was now sitting at his desk in a hotel suite, with a number of small pieces of graph paper lined up from left to right, each with a name written on it, and the tip of the pen in his hand was dotted over the small pieces of paper.

Behind Duane is a floor-to-ceiling window, through which you can see the deep night outside, the top half is pitch black, the bottom half is lit up by the city lights, if you stand in front of the window and look down, you can see that the road with orange street lamps on both sides is like a long dragon lying at your feet, winding away.

Du An's only one person in this study room at the moment, his assistant Lin Wei was watching TV in the next room, the hotel's sound insulation effect was good, and when the door was closed, there was no sound at all.

The assistant is watching TV for recreation, but the boss is thinking about things at work, and he is also diligent, but this way of working is a bit ...... Fortunately, Lin Wei is watching TV, if she sees her boss choosing actors like this, I am afraid that her jaw will drop off, and the whole person can be stunned there for at least ten minutes speechless, and even her outlook on life may collapse.

Of course, even if Lin Wei sees Duane, she will not change her way of working.

When he read the last word in his mouth, the pen in his hand stopped, and under the tip of the pen was a piece of paper, the third one counted from right to left, and on it was written a three-word name.

After seeing this name, Duane's brows furrowed, and he muttered: "How could it be him......"

I saw that the three words written on this piece of paper were, Zhou Xingchi.

Many people have such an inherent impression of Zhou Xingchi, that is: This guy looks good in comedy, like a neurotic, but he can't shoot anything else. He is just a genre actor who only uses exaggerated expressions and actions to please the audience, has no acting skills, and can't live without comedy.

But Du An's frowning is not because Zhou Xingchi's acting skills are not good.

On the contrary, he can trust Zhou Xingchi's acting skills. He has also watched a lot of Zhou Xingchi's films, early, middle, and late, and they have all watched it, from which it can almost be seen that Zhou Xingchi's performance is still very good, the layers are very rich, and the acting skills are also in place, and they will not be inferior to Leung Jiahui and the like, so Du An's name will be written on these pieces of paper. It's just that Zhou Xingchi's comedy is so good that it overshadows his acting skills.

The reason why Duane frowned was because he didn't really want to find Zhou Xingchi to act in this movie.

The total investment of "Truman's World" is not expected to exceed 100 million, and a large part of it will be used for landscaping, which leads to the fact that the money spent on the formation of the crew is destined not to be too much, of course, it is still okay to invite first-line stars like Jia Hongsheng, but it is not okay to invite Zhou Xingchi - Zhou Xingchi's current worth has reached a terrifying level, which can be said to be astronomical, so he has been filming himself all these years, and no one has asked him to film anymore, and the salary is too expensive is one of the reasons.

In addition, Zhou Xingchi's work style on the set is also a big problem.

When Du ane and his friends in the circle were chatting, they heard the same thing from different mouths, and knew that Zhou Xingchi was a tyrant at work - the kind of tyrant and pervert who was even more tyrant than him.

When two tyrants collide together, who listens to whom?

Combining these two important factors, Duane frowned, very dissatisfied with this result.

He stared at the name for a long time, then finally shook his head.

"No, no, no......"

He muttered to himself, reached out and grabbed the piece of paper, grasped it, pinched it, and threw it into the wastepaper basket on the side of his desk. Then he picked up the pen again, sat up straight, and began to roll call.

"Whoever the little points is whoever it is......"

……

Because the bidding meeting was about to start and he couldn't stay in Beijin for long, Duane took a plane to leave Beijin early the next morning and returned to Nanyang. Because of the urgency of time, he didn't go home after getting off the plane and went directly to Ruixing Film and Television and found the door of Fang Liyong's office.

Although this movie has been given to him to deal with it with all the powers, Ruixing Film and Television has always been an investor, and Fang Liyong has also hung the title of producer, and now that this movie is going to change the actor, he has to come and say hello in advance.

On the way from the airport, he had already called Fang Liyong in advance, and when he entered the office, he found Fang Liyong sitting behind his desk waiting for him.

After seeing him come in, Fang Liyong stood up from behind his desk,

"Here we are. ”

Fang Liyong led him to sit down on the sofa in the reception area, and began to play the tea ceremony, taking the time to raise his eyes at Duane while making cups.

"Director Du, you suddenly came to me today, do you have anything else to add about the bidding meeting?"

Duane comfortably tucked himself into the sofa and shook his head, "No, it's the crew's business." ”

Fang Liyong's hand rushing into the cup stopped, and his head slowly raised to look over, "Crew?"

"Hmm,"

Du An's chin was a little, "Something happened to Jia Hongsheng...... "He roughly explained the situation on Jia Hongsheng's side.

“…… So, he probably won't be able to star in "Truman's World". ”

After finishing speaking, Du An stopped talking first and looked at Fang Liyong.

Although Fang Liyong was making tea with his head slightly down, because Du An's eyes were now curled up in the sofa, and his gaze level was relatively low, he could see most of Fang Liyong's face.

Fang Liyong's reaction was very strange.

According to his understanding of Fang Liyong, Fang Liyong's normal reaction after hearing the news should be that he didn't care and was very calm on the surface, but now he can clearly see a touch of irrepressible joy in Fang Liyong's eyes, and even Fang Liyong's hand movements for making tea are a little lighter.

The actor of the movie is temporarily unable to appear in the movie, as an investor and producer, he should be in a bad mood and sigh that he is unlucky, why does Fang Liyong look like he is very happy?

"Oh, that's a pity. ”

Fang Liyong said.

He tried his best to make his tone look heavy, but who is Duane? He specializes in directing, the actors' performances are not in place, and he can tell at once whether the lines are good or not, so he can easily hear how perfunctory Fang Liyong's words are.

Fang Liyong's reaction was too strange, which made Du An's words that he was about to say in his stomach and didn't jump out.

After he thought silently for two seconds, the other party said bravely: "Mr. Fang, I really don't know where to find an actor for a while, you have been in this circle longer than me, and you know more people than me, I don't know if you have any candidates to recommend?"

Fang Liyong didn't export it immediately, but first brewed the tea, gave Du An a hand, put his own tea in front of him, didn't drink it, lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and looked at Du An, with a suddenly realized expression.

"When you say that, I think of someone. ”

Duane looked at him with a calm expression, but he was amazed in his heart: This scene is really enough!

Others graduated from "Chinese opera", but Mr. Fang, you probably graduated from "all operas" - there are dramas all over your body.

However, Fang Liyong is probably the master who is used to playing inner drama, and he seems to realize that his performance just now is a little exaggerated, he raised the teacup in front of him to take a sip, restrained his expression, and returned to his previous calm, before he spoke: "Zhou Xingchi, Director Du, what do you think?"

Du Anxin was stunned.

The first thing he clicked yesterday was Zhou Xingchi, but he didn't expect to exclude Zhou Xingchi and run to Nanyang, and Fang Liyong recommended Zhou Xingchi.

But when did this Fang Liyong hook up with Zhou Xingchi?

"Mr. Fang, your connections are really broad, Zhou Xingchi's line can be bridged,"

Duane said, digesting the meaning of the message, and then asked, "But would he be willing to appear in our movie? After all, he hasn't acted in someone else's movie in years." ”

With these two sentences, he can figure out the meaning of Fang Liyong's expression just now - compared to Jia Hongsheng, Zhou Xingchi's box office appeal is much greater, and even Zhou Xingchi's box office appeal is louder than his Duan, the original biggest box office sign, if Zhou Xingchi can join "Truman's World", Fang Liyong is estimated to be able to faint with a happy laugh in secret, so he just heard that the crew has changed Jia Hongsheng can't play the leading role, and he can't suppress the secret joy that he can't suppress after a long battle.

"I don't care about others, but this time, he still has a good chance of starring in "Truman's World". ”

Fang Liyong looked confident, and after coming into contact with Du An's gaze, he said: "In the past few days, he contacted me and cared about the crew of "Truman's World". ”

Zhou Xingchi took the initiative to contact him?

Du An has no doubts about Zhou Xingchi contacting Fang Liyong instead of him: for example, this time, if you contact Du An directly, once it doesn't work, there will be no room for maneuver, and if you contact Fang Liyong, there will be a lot of room for maneuver, even if the actor has already decided, because of the reason why he has not contacted Du An, they can still treat it as if they don't know, think of a way, and do some work tactfully.

As for the cooperative relationship between Duane and Ruixing Film and Television, thanks to Ruixing Film and Television, many people now know about it, and it is not surprising that they will contact Shangli Yong.

"Why did he suddenly want to play "Truman's World"?"

Duane was puzzled by this question.

Fang Liyong said: "It's not because of you?"

Duane was even more puzzled, "Because of me?"

Zhou Xingchi is too introverted, and the two of them don't communicate much in the limited few meetings, so he is really not familiar with Zhou Xingchi, and I don't know what he thinks.

Fang Liyong nodded and slowly explained: "You have seen all his movies in the past few years, right?" Du An nodded and then continued, "He has won a lot of box office records, but he has not won a Huabiao Award, so he wants to abandon the past set and move closer to the artistic aspect, hoping to prove that he is also powerful, can't he see a little bit of his movies in the past few years? I can see it all, you won't be unable to see it." ”

Duane nodded, indicating that he understood.

Zhou Xingchi's films in recent years are indeed no longer as nonsensical and funny as he was in the last century, but try to use a serious theme throughout the film, plus those jokes from the past to package, so as to achieve the unity of business and art.

"The King of Comedy and Kung Fu are well done. ”

Duane said so.

Fang Liyong said: "Yes, but I can't get the Huabiao Award." ”

Duane didn't know what to pick up.

The Huabiao Award has become a demon in the hearts of many actors, and it seems that Zhou Xingchi is also one of them.

However, the saddest thing is not only that he failed to win the Huabiao Award, but that the market effect of Zhou Xingchi's new attempt is not satisfactory, "Kung Fu" can be said to be the pinnacle of this form, but it still failed to break the box office record of "Hero", not to mention "The King of Comedy", the box office performance is even more unbearable.

Huabiao didn't buy the awards, and the box office market performance was not as good as the commercial comedies he had made before that repeatedly broke box office records, Zhou Xingchi probably began to be confused, and he didn't know what to do next, and he hasn't been able to come up with the next movie two years after the end of "Kung Fu".

Fang Liyong continued: "But you are different, you have only been in the industry for 3 years, and as a result, you participated in the Huabiao Awards every year, and directly won the best director in the second year, and the best supporting actress in the third year. If you want to make a literary film this year, then you will definitely be a big hit at next year's Huabiao Awards, and if you want to win the Huabiao Awards, you must be right to follow you. ”

But how did Zhou Xingchi know that "Truman's World" would be a literary film?

Du An's question was not asked, and he guessed a rough idea when he saw Fang Liyong's expression-it was nothing more than that during the project of talking to Zhou Xingchi, Fang Liyong intentionally or unintentionally leaked a little news.

In the end, Duane just asked in a summary way: "So, he is here to win the prize?"

Fang Liyong nodded and said affirmatively: "Hmm." ”

"He wanted a watch award so badly. (To be continued.) )