Duane sat on the sofa, his body narrowly entered, staring at the person in front of him, but his eyes were not focused, and at first glance he was wandering in the world.

"Director Du, what is your opinion?"

Shu Yu next to him asked him.

Duane's eyes moved, and then he came back to his senses.

"Nope. ”

He said casually, twisting his neck boredly and looking around.

It's a coffee shop called Starbucks, and it's nicely furnished, with a lot of potted plants in the store, which both decorates and isolates the view, which also makes their area quiet and keeps out many curious eyes.

When he was in college, he heard about this chain coffee shop from a foreign country, and he was busy working at that time, but he didn't have the money to come in, but he didn't expect that today he would also have the opportunity to come in with a petty bourgeoisie through casting.

"Director, do you think I can succeed?"

The man with a shoehorn face on the other side looked at Duane expectantly.

Duane replied vaguely, "Hmm...... Go back and wait for the notification, we'll let you know when there's news. ”

So the man in front of him left with a disappointed face.

"This is already the sixth recommended by the Actors' Guild. ”

Shu Yu opened the information book, looked at it, and said so. She paused, turned her head sideways to look at Du An, and asked, "Director Du, what kind of actor do you want?"

Duane's face was full of confusion, not knowing how to answer the question, so he had to throw himself back into the couch.

Damn, how does he know what kind of actor he wants? He doesn't even know why he's sitting here anymore!

After Ruixing's investment intention was reached, Duane signed a contract with them, but the expected 200,000 yuan did not fall into his hands, but was taken by the woman next to him.

It was only then that he realized what a producer does: that is, the big steward of a movie, managing all the funds, and he can't touch the money as a director!

For the 200,000 yuan, the only permission he has is the right to use: for example, if he needs a prop temporarily and needs to buy it, then he has the right to ask for it, and the producer will transfer part of the funds from the funds to purchase it on the basis of letting the financial account cost and compare the plan cost.

In other words, he can't even think of secretly deducting things like Liu Shancai said!

Kill the producer of a thousand cuts!

Duane cursed the woman beside him with a painful expression.

By this point, he was desperate, and the only reason that sustained him from sitting here was the contract under which he needed to finish the film.

Thankfully, it's also a job, so he's paid too.

According to the contract, when the film is completed, he will be paid 5,000 yuan, as well as a 5% box office dividend.

He doesn't expect dividends, he doesn't believe that this movie can have any box office, and he is not even sure if it can be released, but the temptation of the 5,000 yuan is still very strong, so he will sit here now, pretending to do some casting.

But from 200,000 to 5,000......

It's no wonder Duane is in so much pain now.

"Hello, is it the beam production of Rising Company?"

The voice in front of him drew Duane's attention back.

A man in his thirties stood in front of him, with a sincere smile on his face, which made people feel very good at first sight.

Shu Yu nodded and waved his hand, "Please be seated." After the man sat down, he said to him: "This is the chief director of this play, Director Du, and he will preside over today's interview." ”

The man politely stretched out his hand to Du An, "Hello Du Dao!" just a touch of confusion in his eyes couldn't escape Du An's eyes.

This is the seventh time that Duane has seen such a look today.

No way, in the current film industry, a director who can shoot films independently has to be in his thirties, like the current director Jia Zhangke, who is beginning to become famous, and it was not until he was twenty-seven that he began to officially shoot his first work - did you say the previous "Little Mountain Comes Home"? The kind of thing that can be regarded as a movie and a short film, I still don't mention it.

And compared to these directors, how old is Duane?

Twenty-two, which is the age when he just graduated from school, many directors who graduated from junior college have not even assisted in the shooting of movies at this age, but this young man began to shoot independently as the chief director.

Can he shoot it well?

This is the unanimous idea of those who came to interview today, including the man in his thirties in front of him.

Duane couldn't care about it, he didn't even ask the man in front of him to try to perform, and after shaking his hand, he made a straightforward decision.

"Okay, it's you. ”

"My name is Zhang Jiayi, and I have filmed two TV series before, one of which was broadcast last year, called "Doctor Pamir" ......"

Before Zhang Jiayi's words were finished, he was truncated by Du An's inexplicable words.

The man in his thirties looked at Duane in disbelief, his pupils dilated slightly.

That's how you were decided?

Shu Yu next to him was not surprised, but sighed faintly, and then dutifully reminded the director next to him.

"Director Du, you haven't let him try out yet. ”

"Don't try, it's him. ”

Duane stubbornly maintained his decision.

He's had enough and figured it out: hurry up and end this qiē!

Pick a few random actors and finish the film quickly, and he will quickly take the salary and leave - this qiē is best done within a month.

Earn 5,000 a month? How can it be considered a high salary, as for what this movie will look like? What does that have to do with him!

He wouldn't make a movie anyway.

Shuyu sat up straight—she had already sat up straight—and then turned sideways, looking at Duane quietly.

Duane looked at her as well.

The two of them were side by side at the moment, very close, and it was only at this moment that Duane really saw her appearance clearly - the big black frame didn't play much of a role.

This is indeed a beautiful woman, with big eyes, white skin, pointed chin, melon seed face, she has all the qiē that a beauty in the popular sense should have, but the big black frame makes this qiē discounted.

"As the producer of this film, I have a responsibility to guarantee the quality of this film, so I don't agree with your hasty decision. ”

Shu Yu just looked at him calmly, and then stated in a calm tone, but it put a lot of pressure on Duane.

Duane shrunk his shoulders, looked away, and then spinelessly chose to compromise.

"Then you can put on a show. ”

Du ane said to Zhang Jiayi, opened the script, and found a random paragraph.

"You try this paragraph. He pushed the script to Zhang Jiayi.

Zhang Jiayi still hasn't figured out what is happening in front of him, until the script is pushed in front of him, he let out an "oh", smiled innocently, and took the script to look.

The story of Saw is simple: a psychopathic serial murderer who likes to imprison people and force them to play a bloody and brutal survival game, this time the participants are surgeon Jiang Wei and private investigator Han Sheng - Jiang Wei must kill Han Sheng before 6 o'clock to survive, what will he do?

The scene that Du An's finger to Zhang Jiayi is a medium shot without lines in which Jiang Wei recalls that he was in the police station, watching the only surviving victim cry bitterly. The script indicates that it is necessary to express Jiang Wei's complex psychology of fear and sympathy at the moment, and even a trace of entanglement?

Duane frowned, why did he add a tangle at that time?

This surviving victim not only did not hate the pervert who almost killed him, but was grateful to the pervert for giving him a chance to face life again and cherish life more, which made people wonder whether the cruel murderer was a perverted killer or a spiritual mentor who redeemed others, so Jiang Wei was entangled.

Du An's description of what Zhang Jiayi needs to perform is very simple, but Zhang Jiayi looks at it very slowly and carefully.

He is already in his thirties, and he is not yet famous at this age, so it can be said that he has little future, so he cherishes every opportunity - even if the Du Dao in front of him is too young, very eccentric, and looks quite unreliable, but this does not prevent him from being serious.

Du An saw that the guy in front of him had not moved for a long time, glanced at Shu Yu, thought for a while, and said to Zhang Jiayi: "In this way, you look at me, I tell you what kind of effect I need." ”

Shu Yu has always been the producer of this movie, although he just intends to fool around, but it is inevitable that he will have to deal with it in the future, and it is better not to make the relationship too stiff - he is doing this now to give Shu Yu a signal: You see, I am seriously selecting actors, not fooling around, so you should not pick your nose and eyes at me.

After saying that, Duane acted.

He imagined the scenes he had seen in his dreams, and then worked hard to act them out.

To be honest, this dream is too long, although it is impressive, but it is really difficult to recall a specific expression, so Duane can only add some resemblance of himself.

Well, there has to be fear, there has to be sympathy, and there is also entanglement......

What would fear look like? What about sympathy? As for the entanglement, it was the simplest, every time the eldest sister wanted to go out to buy groceries, she would be entangled in the question of whether to buy a little meat today, and this expression Duane had already remembered.

Zhang Jiayi put down the script and looked at the young man who might be his future leader with a smile on his face.

To be honest, he thinks it's better not to talk about it, just read the script himself - none of the directors he has come into contact with have any good acting skills, and the acting is simple and improvised, and when he plays this kind of complicated situation, he will stop cooking, and he can't point out any direction to the actor at all, so it's better to say it with his mouth.

It's no wonder, director, just be able to direct a good play, why do you want such good acting skills? But since the young man in front of him has a performance, then he might as well cooperate, and praise it after the other party finishes performing, maybe it can increase the other party's good impression of himself.

He believes that this is not sycophancy, but just a means of showing respect, and the consciousness that an adult must have if he wants to survive in this society.

But looking at it, his smile faded little by little, and his eyes gradually widened.

The young director in front of him just sat there quietly and motionless, and just by the movement of a pupil contraction, he felt the fear of the other party!

The outside of Duane's eyebrows moved down slightly.

This small change, the temperament is very different.

Zhang Jiayi seemed to see an elder looking at him compassionately, but at the same time, this person was very scared, not to mention how awkward this feeling was.

Then came the most divine place.

Duane's eyes moved, his mouth opened slightly, as if to say something, but he closed them again and moved his eyes in a very small way.

Fear, sympathy, entanglement, the perfect combination of the three feelings, rich in layers, smooth connection, but it is so weird and awkward that Zhang Jiayi looks uncomfortable, so that the words of praise he originally planned to say were left behind.

He was so shocked that he forgot to breathe, and the air suddenly fell silent.

"That's probably how it feels, you try. ”

Duane's voice broke the silence.

He smiled, his eyes moved again, and he looked at Zhang Jiayi.

Zhang Jiayi came back to his senses from the shock just now.

Looking at the young director in front of him, Zhang Jiayi smiled bitterly.

What to try?

If he hadn't been so eager to receive a role of his own, he would have gotten up and turned around and left!

To be honest, he doesn't even dare to perform in front of this young man now.

He had never seen a person who could express such a wealth of affection with just a simple expression!

Shu Yu also witnessed the scene just now, but she didn't understand how amazing the scene just now was, but vaguely felt that Duane's performance seemed to be okay, so she was still as quiet as ever.

"Are you really a director, not an actor?"

Zhang Jiayi couldn't help but ask.

Duane didn't understand why the guy was asking.

Glancing at Shu Yu beside him, although he was a little weak-hearted, Du An still replied calmly: "Of course, I just graduated from the Chinese Opera Directing Department this year." ”

Zhang Jiayi nodded, took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and said with a wry smile: "I'll try." ”

He closed his eyes, experienced the complexity of the situation described in the script, and after several minutes of brewing, Duane began to get impatient, and he opened his eyes and began to perform.

What was Jiang Wei's psychology like in that situation? Because he heard that the psychopathic murderer was so ferocious, and that cruel and bloody scene seemed to be happening right in front of him, he should be extremely frightened, and at the same time, he was full of sympathy for the tragic appearance of the victim sitting in front of him.

The most difficult thing to grasp was the entanglement - or rather, it was to maintain a state of fear and sympathy, and he had no clue at all, so he could only learn to follow the example of Duane just now, his mouth slightly open.

It's like a second fool.

Du An watched Zhang Jiayi finish the performance, his face was expressionless, but he complained in his heart: Why is this guy so stupid? Fear, sympathy, and entanglement? This guy didn't perform entanglement, but was like the second fool of the Tang family in the east of his hometown village!

Such a simple scene can't be performed well, this is still a situation without lines, if it comes to those scenes with lines, doesn't this guy want to show worse performance?

But it's none of his business, anyway, just find someone to fool around and leave him alone.

So Du An's smile and clapped his hands, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, good, perfect! Jiang Wei's role is you!" As he spoke, he asked Shu Yu next to him.

"Producer, what do you see?"

Shu Yu didn't answer immediately, but opened the folder, found Zhang Jiayi's page of information, and swept his eyes from the other party's expected salary.

So he nodded.

"Yes. ”

"That's good, that's good......"

Du An nodded again and again, turned to look at Zhang Jiayi, and was about to shake hands, but saw that the thirty-year-old man opposite his face was slightly red, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Are you very hot?"

Starbucks' air conditioning is obviously sufficient.

Zhang Jiayi shook his head.

He wouldn't tell Duane that he was blushing at Duane's "perfect" phrase.

If he had been in the past, he was still a little confident in his acting skills, and many people praised his acting skills, but after the battle just now, he even began to doubt whether he was a qualified actor, so that the word "perfect" sounded so harsh that this thirty-year-old Northwest man couldn't help but blush.

After making an appointment to go to the actors' union to sign the contract, they sent Zhang Jiayi away.

There are actors with the protagonist Jiang Wei, and there are many supporting roles: private detective Han Sheng, policeman Meng He, cleaner Wang Xingfa, Jiang Wei's wife Yao Li...... These need to be settled as much as possible.

Duane, who figured it out, moved much faster next, and after pretending to inspect them, the main actors were finalized one by one, and when it was getting dark, the cast was basically finalized.

Fortunately, the interviewers who came to interview today are all third-rate actors who can't get roles, and the salaries are very low, so Shu Yu didn't express any opinions.

"Don't be late tomorrow, I can handle the scene and makeup, but you have to choose the photography yourself. ”

When the day's work is over and it is time to leave, Shu Yu said to Duane.

Duane nodded, didn't say much nonsense, and left directly.