Chapter 223: Discussion and Decision
I don't know if it's because he has lived in the country of Geely for more than 20 years, Alvin speaks very differently from ordinary rice people, with a little gentlemanly sense of Sven, of course, with the content of his out-of-tune speech, if you really want to say, he is more like a "serious ruffian".
Because of his rich experience, Alvin's eyes contain too much affection, when he stares at you seriously and attentively, you will have a feeling of being noticed and warmed by the whole world, if you happen to be not deeply involved in the world, you will probably fall into it and never climb out again.
But it's a pity that sitting in front of him is Yang Qinglan, a C-level whitewashing master who has completed ten whitewashing tasks, no matter how powerful Alvin is, he is just an ordinary person with no special abilities, and it is really not enough to affect her with strong mental power.
So Yang Qinglan just moved the corners of her mouth, then looked away from him, stared at the information in front of her with her eyelids down, and didn't say a word.
Before she came in, she had already agreed with Yin Yilin that as long as Alvin mentioned that she would be an actor, Yin Yilin would take over first, unless necessary, she would only talk about screenwriting related topics to avoid being led by the other party.
After listening to Alvin's words, Yin Yilin glanced at Yang Qinglan, and saw that she didn't seem to waver, so he praised her watch in his heart, and then shook his head at Alvin.
"Mr. Alvin, this cooperation is very important for me and my partner, I can't accept the reason you gave, you must know that Screenwriter Qiu is our gold medal screenwriter, and she has never planned to embark on the road of acting, your request is beyond the scope of our cooperation, if there is no more reasonable and acceptable reason, Screenwriter Qiu will only be a screenwriter, not an actor."
Seeing that this foreign young man had such a firm attitude, Alvin pursed his lips, rubbed his hands together, and then folded his hands on the table like a kindergarten child, his back straight, and leaned forward.
"Ok, ok, let's put aside my fate theory completely, why don't you believe it?"
Assistant Zhou and Snow coughed lightly at the same time, making Alvin's eyes widen and look sideways, and said like a child who was annoyed, "Please be quiet!" I'm going to get down to business now! β
Hearing this, everyone present felt a little strange in their hearts.
It turns out that this great director still knows that he hasn't been talking about formality since just now.
Regardless of everyone's slander, Alvin finally got his attitude right, and looked more like he had come to talk about cooperation than before.
"In fact, before I came to China, I had a vision of the goal of this trip to China.
What kind of work I want to make, what kind of work I can make, I need Chinese elements in my works, and what kind of role should this element be pinned on.
These things have been hovering in my head, and I've thought about each bit many times.
In the end, I found that no matter what Chinese elements I found, I needed an actor who could be symbolized and remembered by the public, this person could be a man or a woman, but not too old and had to appear very naΓ―ve in some ways; But it wasn't too young for a child to show something I wanted to show to everyone.
After I got off the plane to Huaxia and set foot on this land, I finally decided on the role I wanted.
An adolescent or teenage girl in her teens or teens.
I knew that if I told the Chinese filmmakers who would be my collaborators, they would be able to find thousands of seventeen-year-olds for me to choose from, but that wasn't what I wanted.
So I took to the streets, trying to figure out my own eyes to find.
I've been to many places.
Downtown, suburbs, schools, parks, libraries, museums, amusement parks...... I saw a country that I had never known about, but I also found a problem.
People in this country are not the same as I think, the real seventeen can't play the seventeen I want, and the average adult can't go back to the stage I once experienced.
Until I met Qiu.
At a glance, I knew that her appearance was exactly what I wanted, coupled with her cool Chinese kung fu and excellent quality of helpfulness, I became interested in her, so I asked Zhou to help me keep an eye on her news.
He later told me that Qiu was a member of one of the candidates we had been in contact with, and Snow brought me a clip from the film that made my blood flutter......
So I decided, I don't even need to audition, the bearer of the Chinese element is Qiu Undoubtedly.
Can you be satisfied with this reason? β
"Not really." Yin Yilin frowned slightly, and tapped his right index finger on the table, "You said before that your ideal actor is a seventeen-year-old child, and screenwriter Qiu has never played a similar role, why do you judge that she doesn't even need to audition to be competent?" β
Alvin nodded, agreeing with his questioning, "Please wait a minute, I'll show you something." β
After speaking, the old man picked up the tablet next to him, called up a video, and then adjusted the progress bar to pause the picture, and then zoomed in.
He handed the tablet to Yin Yilin and asked him, "What do you see?" β
Yin Yilin looked at the picture on the tablet suspiciously, and found that it was a magnified Yang Qinglan's face, which was a frame of her playing the female gambler, the background had been zoomed in to the outside of the screen, and the most conspicuous thing on the whole screen was her eyes with large-framed glasses.
After staring at this picture for a few seconds, Yin Yilin replied hesitantly: "Yes...... Eye? β
βγβ Alvin took back the tablet and put it in front of him and squinted his eyes to appreciate it, "It's pure." β
"Pure?" Yin Yilin chewed on this English word, and didn't understand what Alvin wanted to express for a while.
"There are very few pure people in this world, even fewer pure actors, many originally pure people completely lose their purity after performing a work, but I found that Qiu is not such a person, from her eyes, I see infinite possibilities."
Alvin elevated Yang Qinglan so much, Yin Yilin couldn't say "No, she will only write screenplays, and nothing else", let alone refute Alvin in a way that belittled her, so he had to turn his head to look at Yang Qinglan and put the decision in her hands.
"What do you think?"
What can I think?
Yang Qinglan rolled her eyes in her heart, knowing that this foreign old man would not give up on letting her be an actor.
She has been in contact with the top directors in that world in the world of actresses, and knows that once these people are obsessed, they are very scary, even if what they believe is not true, they have to make it a fact, and it is difficult to change their minds.
To be honest, no matter what Alvin's requirements are for this undecided role, she has the information not to play him, but she doesn't want to be an actor in the real world at all!
It's tiring enough to play someone else in the mission world, but it's troublesome to play someone else in the real world!
So she said: "I played the role of this gambler because the actor of that role was temporarily disengaged, and I, as the person who knows the work best, was the first choice, dear Mr. Alvin, my dream is to become a good screenwriter, and the information I gave you also includes my work, have you seen it?" β
Changing the subject or something, it's the best.
But......
"Of course I did!" Alvin answered her with a smile, without the slightest hesitation, "Oh no, not to have seen it, but to hear it, because I can't understand Chinese, and time does not allow me to translate your work into English first and then read it, so it was Zhou Translator who listened to me, all your works, I listened to some, among which you wrote the outline of the work specially written for this collaboration, I listened to it all." β
"So, what do you think of my work?"
"Hmm...... IMHO, your screenwriting skills are high in the world, but compared to your acting talent, it's like putting a ball of gold next to a giant diamond. β
"But sir, you've only seen one of my acting works, and it's only been for a few minutes!"
"I believe in the purity of what I see, just as I believe in the theory of fate."
Yang Qinglan: "......"
"Qiu, I can see that you are resistant to this matter, can I ask why? Is it just because of your dreams? Or is there something else? β
ββ¦β¦ Some...... For other reasons, acting doesn't give me more fun than screenwriting, and in real life, it's a burden for me. β
Alvin didn't notice that Yang Qinglan deliberately used the word "real life", and instead focused on "fun" and "burden".
"Please trust my abilities, my Miss Destiny, and I will let you know what a joy it is to act, and how many chances a person has in his life to be another? If it weren't for my bad acting, my dream would actually be to be an actor, and it's exciting to think about this kind of thing! β
Yang Qinglan smiled but did not speak.
"Think about your seventeen, let's have an audition now?" Alvin suddenly became excited, "I wonder if my hunch is accurate, or can you surprise me?" If that's the case, I'll let you be my heroine! β
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the conference room was frightened.
The heroine of Alvin's next film?!
Oh, my God! If this position is taken to auction, I am afraid it will be auctioned for a sky-high price, and now Alvin actually casually promised it to a screenwriter?!
Yang Qinglan was also suppressed by his arrogance.
But I have to say that the temptation is too great.
Didn't you see that Yin Yilin's eyes were already straight?
"Since you are so ......determined," Yang Qinglan had to relent, "Then I'll give it a try." β
"Great! I'm looking forward to it! β
Seeing Alvin's excited and expectant look, Yang Qinglan sighed silently.
The last mission was only educated by the "Old Shark King", so it's not bad for her to take this opportunity to practice her acting skills, with Alvin, an international director, as the guide, and NG, it's better than planting a pit in the mission world.
It just so happens that she can also test what kind of level her acting skills can reach without the aura of a movie queen, and whether she can satisfy Alvin.
"Please give me a few minutes." After Yang Qinglan finished speaking, she closed her eyes and covered her face with her hands, so that people could not see the change in her expression.
A room full of people waited quietly.
About 6 minutes passed, Yang Qinglan put down her hands, sat up straight, and slowly opened her eyes, looking directly at Alvin.
"Grandpa Alvin, I'm about to take an exam, can you let me go home and revise?"