Section XXXVIII: Choice
Wen Jing, virtuous, this is Zhang Jingchu's first impression of Du An.
She sat there obediently, like a girl next door who didn't talk much, and everyone seemed to have met such a girl in their teenage years, and then they gradually disappeared as we grew up, until we could never hear from them again.
This feeling seems to be called first love - first secret love.
Du An's fingers unconsciously tapped twice on the table, and said, "Stand up, okay?" Miss Zhang Jingchu. ”
She stood up as Duane had said, then showed her left side and right side as she had said, and finally Duane said, "Give me a smile." ”
So she laughed, her eyes and eyebrows were crooked, revealing her white teeth, like a ray of sunshine, warm and shining, which was very different from the cool temperament like autumn when she was quiet just now, forming a sharp contrast and full of tension.
"Very good. ”
Duane gave a rare compliment.
So far, Zhang Jingchu is very much in line with his requirements in terms of body, appearance and temperament, especially the tension formed between the liveliness when she laughs and the quietness when she doesn't smile, which makes him very satisfied, and he is looking forward to what kind of brilliant effect she will have if she plays a prostitute full of personality charm like Qi Wei.
But whether it can work or not depends on her acting skills.
"Okay, let's put on a show, the scenario goes like this: Suppose the man you love tells you that he wants to take care of you, he can give you a car, a house, a diamond necklace, etc., etc., etc., but he just can't marry you, what will you do? ”
The staff who were in charge of the sparring staff had already consciously stepped forward.
Zhang Jingchu thought for a while, brewed again, and made an OK gesture.
"Let's go. Shu Yu shouted out the opening words on behalf of Du An, as usual.
Duane watched quietly.
Zhang Jingchu Shuyu didn't react as violently as the girls before her after shouting "start" - she barely moved, just glanced at the staff in front of her, and there seemed to be something to say in her eyes, but she didn't say it, replaced by a bitter smile.
Duane's eyes lit up when he saw this.
Although the performance is still a little immature, she really figured out the role she gave and substituted for it, and embodied the entanglement that wants to refuse but is reluctant to let go because this is the man she loves, which is what he wants. As for the girls before, they simply regarded the staff opposite as class enemies, where is there a trace of "the other party is the man they love deeply"?
The staff on the opposite side looked at Zhang Jingchu stupidly at this time, Zhang Jingchu didn't speak, and he didn't speak, so the two of them froze there.
"Stop. ”
Du An also saw that this staff member was not a qualified actor, called him down, thought for a while, and then walked up and stood in front of Zhang Jingchu.
"Now I'm going to play with you, and we'll do it again. ”
After Shu Yu shouted "start", Zhang Jingchu repeated the performance just now, and Du An followed up with a sentence of "What's wrong?"
He naturally entered the required state, smiling, his eyes were gentle and doting, but there was a trace of uneasiness, and this uneasiness was transformed into movements, reaching out to hold Zhang Jingchu's hand, as if he was worried that she would run away.
Zhang Jingchu didn't dodge, and Shun was grabbed by him.
In fact, Zhang Jingchu was frightened by Du An's acting skills, and even had a feeling of "This director won't like him a long time ago, right?", so he couldn't react. It wasn't until Duane had already grabbed her hand that she finally realized what she was doing now.
She shook off Duane's hand, took a quick step back, shook her head, and said softly, "This is not what I wanted. ”
panicked, and the expression was not handled well, not as calm as the performance just now, it can be seen that the actor has ideas, but the on-the-spot reaction may not be so good, but on the whole, it is acceptable, anyway, when she really shoots, she has more time to familiarize herself with the role, and she doesn't need a strong on-the-spot reaction.
Duane thought so, but there was a completely different expression on his face - the smile on his face slowly faded, the uneasiness in his eyes was even stronger, and he moved his right foot to press forward, but he was afraid that pushing too hard would have the opposite effect, so he put his right foot down again before he left the ground, and tried to force himself to smile and ask, "Then what do you want?"
"I ......"
On the one hand, Zhang Jingchu didn't expect Du An to chase after her so relentlessly, on the other hand, Du An's eyes looked at her, and the affectionate doting contained in it burned her brain into a blank, her heartbeat accelerated, and she couldn't think of words for a while.
The ability to adapt to changes needs to be strengthened, and it is generally qualified.
Duane made an evaluation in his heart, his expression became calm, and he praised with a smile: "Well done." Then he walked back to his place.
Zhang Jingchu returned to the chair and sat down, brushed his hair, and his accelerated heartbeat slowly calmed down.
"Miss Zhang, if nothing else, the heroine should be you. ”
Du An lowered his head and said as he continued to browse through Zhang Jingchu's information.
He was forced to give a clear signal so early: now he Duane has become a mess, and he is unwilling to jump into it, and those who are willing to jump into it for the sake of money's face are vases that are not of any level, and it is not easy to find a mutual satisfaction between them, so don't hurry up and grasp it, otherwise I don't know when the next one will go.
At the same time, today's audition also shows that it is not unreasonable for Chinese opera and Nortel to become two mountains in the entertainment industry, just look at this chapter Jingchu to know - a graduate of the junior college class of the director department is stronger than the students majoring in acting in other film and television colleges, and the ability of those junior college students in the performance department of Chinese opera Nortel can naturally be imagined, no wonder the top big stars are from the Chinese opera Nortel department.
It's just that Zhang Jingchu, a graduate of the director department, why did he become an actor?
After reading it again, Du An understood the reason: it turned out that this chapter Jingchu relied on the name of the Chinese opera director department, although it was a junior college class, but he also found someone to invest and filmed "My Ex-Girlfriend", and then the director-related information was gone, and then the information of the two TV series was screwed, thinking that the movie was smashed, and he realized that he was not suitable for being a director, so he came to be an actor again.
I've heard of acting and directing, and it's really the first time I've seen Duane who directs and plays badly.
"Do you have any questions?"
Duane looked up from the document and asked one last time.
If nothing else, the heroine should be her.
Zhang Jingchu thought for a moment and asked, "Can I know what kind of story this is and what level of film it will be?"
"Absolutely,"
In order to keep it secret, Du An's only provided the name of the project to the actors' union, presumably Zhang Jingchu also thought of the name that was easy to make people think of it.
"It's a love story between a prostitute and a corporate magnate, level to speak...... If nothing else, it should be tutoring. ”
This level of counseling should dispel Zhang Jingchu's concerns, after all, at this level, there will be no nude scenes at all, and naturally it will not be a erotic film.
But Du An didn't expect him to say this, not only did not dispel Zhang Jingchu's concerns, but made her lower her head.
After a while, Zhang Jingchu raised his head and said, "I'm sorry, director, I can't act." ”
Du An couldn't help but ask: "Why?" Zhang Jingchu didn't answer, just said apologetically, "I'm really embarrassed", or Wang Guoding quietly answered his doubts: "Director Du, why don't you change the script? Only then did Duane understand what the problem was.
Zhang Jingchu didn't want to play a prostitute.
He recalled a lot of romantic comedy movies that he had made up for recently because he was going to make "Pretty Woman", and suddenly found that his film was indeed rare and unique: in those previous films, the heroine could be rich, poor, tactful and bizarre, and could be in a miserable and tearful situation, but one thing remained the same, that is, the heroine must abide by the last bottom line - chastity.
Throughout those romantic comedy movies, there has never been a female protagonist who is a prostitute. This is probably related to social values, filmmakers have always abided by this rule, even if they want to shoot, they have suppressed their own ideas, for fear that the market will not accept it, so no one has ever dared to touch this forbidden area.
On the other hand, in the laptop of the roommate of the rich family in college, there are a few erotic erotic films, and there are many scenes where the heroine is a prostitute, and it seems that if the heroine is set as a prostitute, she can only make erotic erotic films.
"It can't be changed. ”
Duane shook his head.
In this story, the character of Qi Wei has such a huge tension and strong personal charm because of her special identity, and the entire story line can be said to be driven by Qi Wei's special identity, so how to change it? At the same time, Duane does not want to change.
He thought of another way, "Jing Chu,"
Well, in order to shorten the distance between himself and Zhang Jingchu and better win image points, he even changed his title from "Miss Zhang" to "Jingchu".
"I thought we could start with another topic – salary. I was paid in a floating range for the Screen Actors Guild, because I didn't really know what kind of person I would find in the end, but now I know. If it were you, I think two million would be an appropriate number. ”
Since you have concerns, then use money to smash it.
Duane felt that he was quite vulgar.
But this trick did work, and Zhang Jingchu stopped talking.
Du An stared at Zhang Jingchu tightly, and he could see that this girl was at war with heaven and man at the moment.
It's good, it's going to be successful right away.
Du An was about to speak, raising two million to two and a half million, and crushing Zhang Jingchu's psychological defense line in one fell swoop, when Zhang Jingchu's mobile phone rang.
She took out her phone and looked at it, "I'm sorry, director, I'll answer the phone." It seemed like an important call, and she reluctantly refused at the audition - perhaps she also saw that Duane was not angry at all because of her behavior.
Duane smiled mildly and made a gesture of please.
It can be seen that Zhang Jingchu's heart is really swaying at the moment, and he is reluctant to go outside to answer the phone, so he directly sits on the chair and speaks, but from beginning to end, there are meaningless words such as "ah?", "really", "oh", so that Du ane can't guess what the person on the other end of the phone told her.
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Jingchu looked at Du An.
Duane "chuckled" in his heart.
The look was so calm that it made him very uneasy.
"Director, I'm really sorry, but I really can't act. I'm sorry, I took my leave. ”
After Zhang Jingchu got up from his chair and said such a sentence, he bowed and left.
And Wang Guoding then told him who he was after contacting several people, throwing the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Gu Changwei is going to make a movie, "Peacock", and the heroine is set Zhang Jingchu. ”
Got the news when today's audition was over and the last girl had just left.
Of these actors auditioning today, except for Zhang Jingchu, none of them can be accepted by Duan.
"Isn't Gu Changwei photography?"
Duane's first reaction was this.
He is no longer the hairy boy who took a fake certificate to cheat investment everywhere and didn't know anything about the entertainment industry.
"He's wanted to make movies for a long time, and this year's events may have stimulated him, and finally made him decide to make movies. ”
Du An's stunned, he really didn't expect that today's change was brought about by himself.
Yes, a guy like him who graduated from a school of management has made blockbuster movies, which must have given Gu Changwei a lot of confidence to become a director. And the photographer turned director, although it is a debut, but the photography skills are there, and he has also worked with several top directors, and he must have experience, and he has a wide range of contacts in the circle.
Especially in his quagmire, a heroine is still an unprecedented prostitute role.
Zhang Jingchu made the right choice.
Duane sorted out the information with a blank face and was about to leave, and suddenly thought of one thing: "Peacock" is now ready to start filming, and so is "Pretty Woman", and next year, these two movies that have robbed the same heroine may still be able to meet in the market?
PS: In reality, "Peacock" was launched in April 03, and adjustments were made for the novel, and then such adjustments will not be explained separately.