Chapter 21: The Audition
Beijing, South Luogu Lane.
Nanluogu Lane is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Beijing, with a history of more than 740 years, and is the most rich street and alley in the old capital.
Gu Zhi and Ning Hao also came here today, but the two of them didn't have the leisure to come over to shop.
Today is the second day of the audition for the starring role of "Butterfly Effect", and the venue is in the Chinese Opera Experimental Theater, located in Nanluogu Lane, where ancient and fashionable are fused.
This audition was arranged by Han Sanping, and one was held at the Beijing Film Academy yesterday, and the judges were the same as today, Gu Zhi and Ning Hao, plus Secretary Xiao Liu, who was specially sent to supervise.
It was also yesterday that the two of them learned the name of Secretary Liu, Liu Qi.
Originally, Gu Zhi and Ning Hao were going to look for suitable students in Beiying, but they didn't expect Han Sanping to act too fast, and directly held an audition event in the academy with great fanfare.
This has already begun to build momentum for the promotion of the movie.
As a result, they interviewed for a whole day in Beiying, and only found actors with relevant supporting roles, all of whom were small artists who are not famous now and will not be famous in the future.
Fortunately, their acting skills are barely passable, and the price is also very cheap, with an average of only 10,000 yuan per person.
But none of the protagonists have been decided.
The movie "Butterfly Effect" needs a total of four protagonists, the male and female protagonists, as well as the male and female protagonists in childhood.
What really shines in the movie is the bizarre storyline, every time the hero's consciousness returns to his childhood, after changing the past, it will have an unknown impact on the future, and the fate of the hero and heroine and his friends will also change.
Every time there is a change in the past, along with the difference in their respective circumstances, the performance of the characters will be completely different.
Among them, the movie focuses on the intersection of the fate of the male and female protagonists.
This is the most fascinating thing about this movie, and all of this needs to rely on the acting skills of the big and small heroes and heroines.
Therefore, the choice of the four protagonists is very important.
It stands to reason that Ning Hao, as the director of "The Butterfly Effect" and as a student of Beijing Film, should choose his own alumni to play the leading role.
But the people who came to audition for the protagonist yesterday, Ning Hao was really not satisfied, and Gu Zhi's opinion was basically the same as his.
As for Liu Qi, no one asked her opinion...
Among them, there are many auditioners who will be known to everyone in the future.
The audition for the actor is Huang Haibo, who is just a senior this year.
The acting skills are online, but he looks a little baby-faced, and at first glance, he is a natural comedy and warm drama actor, Director Ning Hao rejected him on the spot.
Gu Zhi remembered that Brother Hai in the previous life stayed up for a long time and filmed many TV series, and finally became a good husband of the people with "Let's Get Married" starring with the goddess Gao Yuanyuan, and his popularity is unparalleled.
It's a pity that it didn't take long for him to be reported by his personal driver, because of the Qinglou incident, he was imprisoned for half a year, his reputation was ruined, and he withdrew from the scene in one fell swoop, and his good future was ruined.
Gu Zhi felt that Huang Hai was not bad, after making a mistake at that time, he did not quibble or splash other people's dirty water, he took full responsibility, and his attitude was sincere and responsible.
"If I have the opportunity in the future, maybe I can remind him. โ
After Huang Haibo, there is also Du Chun, a freshman in the freshman, who is undoubtedly unqualified.
The last big name in the future is Huang Xiaoming, who had just graduated at that time, and only acted in an unknown sitcom "Networm Diary", and was looking for filming everywhere.
To be honest, after watching an audition, Huang Xiaoming, who is still a little young now, is much better than himself more than ten years later!
I don't know why, his acting skills can get worse and worse.
In Gu Zhi's mind, as long as he thinks of him, he can think of that evil smile that doesn't know why, seems to be thoughtful, but disgusting, and it makes people feel a chill when they think about it.
I have to say that Huang Xiaoming and his angel baby are really a match made in heaven.
In short, for unknown reasons, Gu Zhi firmly excluded Huang Xiaoming.
Ning Hao felt that he was too handsome and would take away the audience's attention from the plot itself, and also vetoed him.
In terms of the heroine, Huang Haibo's classmate Haiqing came with him, because she looked old and didn't look like the heroine's age setting, so she brushed it down.
Yao Chen, who is in her freshman year, is also here, she is the future queen of Weibo, the most famous public knowledge in the early days of Huaguo, and the most disgusting and hated female star of Gu Zhi, it can be said that the whole person has a bad record.
Gu Zhi decided to try to scold her to death in the future.
Later, Yao Chen was also brushed by Ning Hao because of his slightly exaggerated acting skills.
At this point, the protagonist actor is undecided, and the audition for Beiying is over.
Then today, they were dragged to the Chinese Opera Experimental Theater to continue interviewing Chinese opera students.
Gu Zhi and the others sat in the first row, and when they looked back, they saw that about half of the seats in the entire theater were occupied, and Gu Zhi's eyes swept many future stars.
The auditioning students came to the stage one after another, and there were so many people who came today that the buttocks of the three of them did not move for half a day.
"Good director, good classmate Gu, my name is Deng Chao, and I am a sophomore in Chinese opera. โ
Another star who was familiar with Gu Zhi stood up.
The students who auditioned on stage before didn't know what to call Gu Zhi, so he simply wrote himself a nameplate of "Classmate Gu" and put it in front, continuing the previous reporter's name.
"Good director, good classmate Gu, my name is Zhu Yuchen..."
โยทยทยท My name is Wu Yue..."
Li Zonghan, Qin Hailu, Zhang Jingchu, Chen Sicheng, Zhang Yangyi, familiar and unfamiliar faces kept flashing in front of Gu Zhi's eyes.
For the first time in his life, he had close contact with so many celebrities, and he had only one thought in his heart at this time.
"It turns out that they all graduated from Chinese opera..."
Now none of these people have starred in decent works, Gu Zhi knows that they will become famous in the future, but in Ning Hao's eyes, they are just a group of college students like him.
Looking at the flowers, Ning Hao, these rising stars, didn't even like any of them, either the image was not suitable, or the performance was too deliberate, in short, in his eyes, the problem was not small.
Ning Hao is the director, Gu Zhi is willing to respect his opinion, and the audition is still continuing.
"Next. โ
On the side, Liu Qi shouted lazily.
For half a day, she completely forgot about the task she came to supervise, and kept her head down and read the novel.
If she had a smartphone in her hand, Gu Zhi was sure that she wouldn't raise her head the whole time.
"Hello director, my name is Tang Wei, I have just been admitted to Chinese opera, and I can only officially enter the school in September this year, I don't know if I can participate in the audition?"
A woman with elegant appearance and graceful temperament slowly walked to the stage, as if a girl who came out of the Republic of China, everyone is like a beautiful female student, slim, neither humble nor arrogant.
She stood in front of everyone, and this elegant temperament on her body instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the entire theater, and even Liu Qi couldn't help but put down the "Three Chongmen" in his hand and looked up at her.
In the burning eyes of everyone, she did not see the slightest panic and cowardice, but raised her head slightly, moved her steps forward for half a minute, and faced everything calmly.
Her quiet eyes quickly swept over Liu Qi and Ning Hao, and finally landed on Gu Zhi's delicate face.
Suddenly, she smiled slightly, and the whole theater seemed to be brighter at this moment.
"Gu... Hello classmates, I'm a big fan of your books. โ