Chapter 4 Auditions Begin
The main members in charge of the audition this time have actually arrived, and Wei Baishu is one of them.
Wei Baishu is a senior one level higher than Meng Anning, who works in the crew of "Locked Palace", and has a good relationship with Wen Deyi, the assistant director in charge of casting. The two of them were in a mess, Wei Baishu was responsible for finding some little girls in the school who wanted to be popular and famous, fooling them into auditioning and collecting referral fees; Wen Deyi, you don't have to do anything to have a beauty in your arms, and find some unimportant small roles to send these little girls away afterwards. One wants wealth, the other wants color, and the match is seamless.
"Brother Wen, today I brought a few more little girls to audition, and this is their resume." Wei Baishu smiled flatteringly and took out a few pieces of paper from his bag.
Wen Deyi is forty-eight years old, with a fat body and a shiny face full of horizontal flesh. After listening to Wei Baishu's words, he put the cigarette in his hand still on the ground and spit: "You kid is doing things, I think it's getting more and more unreliable." β
Wei Baishu knew that he was angry that Meng Anning's matter didn't work out last time, so he quickly took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to Wen Deyi: "Last time, I was blindsided, I thought that girl was a soft-tempered person, but I didn't expect that it was a dog that bit people and didn't bark." I told you to see a joke, it's all my brother's fault, you have a lot of it, don't take it seriously. I still have a lot of resources in my hands, don't I? All of them are beautiful and young, which one is not better than that Meng Anning. β
Wen Deyi snorted: "Next time, don't be the manager of this drama." As he spoke, he reached out and took a cigarette, and Wei Baishu took out a lighter and lit it for him.
"However, today's audition is not easy to do." Wen Deyi was spitting out smoke rings, and his face faintly showed some dissatisfaction: "Director Zheng is coming over today." β
"Director Zheng?" Wei Baishu was also stunned for a moment: "What is he doing in this kind of audition for a nameless small role?" β
Wen Deyi shook his head. Zheng Wei is preparing to make his new film again, but the heroine has not been decided for a long time. Actresses with a little acting skills and a little fame in the circle are reluctant to shoot Zheng Wei's films. Is it a question of whether it can be released or not, who wants to do such a thankless job?
Although Zheng Wei has low requirements for commercial dramas like "Locked Palace", he is very concerned about the low-cost movies he makes. Especially the heroine, she would rather lack than abuse, but he doesn't have much money. That's when I thought of coming to the audition site to see if there were any good seedlings.
In Wen Deyi's view, this is simply a fool's dream. Zheng Wei's movies are all characters who have experienced vicissitudes of life and rich life experience, and girls who have just stepped out of school, even if they are talented, they will not be able to act. Not to mention, because of Zheng Wei's arrival, his ** plan today has all come to naught.
"Okay, let's go and prepare, and when Director Zheng comes, we will start the audition." Wen Deyi finished the cigarette in his hand and clapped his hands.
It didn't take long for the long queue to start squirming forward, and the auditions began. Allah's resume was pressed to the bottom, and she was consciously last in line.
There is no theme for auditions like this, and the interviewers can play as they please, as long as they let the director see their highlights. Those present were all prepared, some sang, some danced, some acted in sitcoms, and for a while, the eight immortals crossed the sea to show their magical powers.
Zheng Wei sat in the corner, the brim of his hat pressed low. He came in secret, and he didn't want the interviewee to find out. So on the surface, it is Wen Deyi who is in charge of everything.
The longer I watched it, the more bored Zheng Wei felt. These girls who are as fresh as spring flowers have a beautiful face and are all wearing delicate makeup. singing, with a crisp voice, but nowhere near the professional level; dancing, with a graceful posture but a stiff expression; Acting in a sitcom, using too much force, it is distorted...... All in all, all performances have a strong sense of craftsmanship and lack the most important soul as an actor.
Wen Deyi made a decision and ordered a few girls who were more open to perform to play the palace concubine. Zheng Wei is also noncommittal, anyway, the male and female protagonists of "Locked Palace" are all there, and the acting skills are destined to be the shortcomings of this drama, and it doesn't matter how many newcomers there are.
It's just that it seems that he is too naΓ―ve to find the heroine of the movie among the newcomers......
"Director Zheng, today's audition is over like this, anyway, the small roles are almost divided." Wen Deyi stood up and put away the information in his hand.
Zheng Wei shook his head and looked at the few resumes left in his hand: "Aren't there still a few?" After reading and leaving, it is not easy for them to wait so long. β
The flesh on Wen Deyi's face was squeezed together, although he was still smiling, he scolded 10,000 mothers in his heart. Just now, he casually flipped through the remaining resumes in his hand, and found that the last resume was none other than the girl who slapped him in the face in front of a group of people that day.
He Wen Deyi is also a bit of a faceless person in the circle, and the girls who take him to the dinner every time are well-behaved and skillful, and they know how to read people's eyes, and there has never been anyone as uninteresting as An Ning. This woman has lost her face, and she dares to come here to audition?!
If Zheng Wei is not here today, I would like to meet her and give her some color. But Zheng Wei is a director who is extremely disgusted with the unspoken rules, in case he sees the girl's acting skills, he can't do anything to her.
Wei Baishu on the side quietly pulled his clothes, Wen Deyi came back to his senses, and then remembered that Wei Baishu said that this girl was stunned when she faced the camera, and she was at a loss in the past few auditions, and she behaved as miserable as the scene of a car accident.
"Director Zheng, it's not too early to see that it's getting dark, everyone is tired. Otherwise, call the rest of the people in to take a look, end it early, let's rest early, and it will be turned on in two days, so you have to take care of your spirits. β
Wen Deyi was right, and Zheng Wei didn't expect any miracles to appear among the remaining people, so he nodded.
An Ning waited outside for a full five hours, from noon until the sun sank, watching the line shorten little by little, and finally there were only four people left.
"You four," a thin man came out of the room, shouting at An Ning and the others, "Come in together." β
Several girls looked at each other, their eyes were puzzled, how could it be their turn, and one side became a group face?
An Ning's heart was also moved. Before coming to the audition, she thought that she would definitely meet the assistant director Wen Deyi who wanted to take advantage of Meng Anning today. It's just that there is still some hope in my heart, after all, there is more than one assistant director of each drama, maybe Wen Deyi is not the most important one? Maybe there are other assistant directors with relative integrity?
Now it seems that this hope is about to be dashed.