88. Chapter 88
"Do you want to create a zĂ o miracle with me?"
As soon as these words come out, who will compete?!
Song Yan, who was already a little excited, directly held her breath, her cheeks were red and hot, and she listened to her heartbeat like a loud sound, and finally completely overshadowed all the sounds around her.
Create a miracle or something, be a person who writes history or something......
It's simply, it's impossible to think of a reason to refuse!
"Good!"
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Let's talk about Chu Youyuan, who was invited to audition in the United States.
He is going to participate in the audition for the role of a male number four, although it doesn't sound like an important role, but don't forget, this is a classic commercial blockbuster model in the United States, although there are heroines in it, but their value is often to embellish and show themselves as vases, although they have a leading role, but they often end up being ignored.
And the setting of the male number four is very interesting, he is a young underworld/club leader who is engaged in illegal business. It's vulgar, but it's really timeless and interesting.
He didn't stand on the same front with the male protagonist from the beginning of the story, and there was even a little antagonism at first, but through the later plot development, they gradually came together, especially in the second half of the story, charging for the male protagonist, and it was a bloody brotherhood.
The director and screenwriter of this film are all leaders in the industry, and several previous works have achieved a lot of box office, and the male lead actor is also popular, it is difficult for this movie to become popular. And once everyone adapts well to the storage of the male number four, it is easy for the film crew to shoot the sequel, the third or even the fourth part, and it is not impossible to rise from the male number four to the male number three, the male number two or something......
Therefore, this role not only represents this opportunity to work, but also has a great possibility to push an actor to the peak of his career!
It's not a fool to be able to mix well in the entertainment industry, Chu Youyuan can see its importance, and others can naturally do it, so it is not difficult to understand that the audition lounge for a big supporting role is still stuffed or something.
Chu Youyuan is No. 7, and there are more than double-digit competitors behind him, all of whom have already gained a certain degree of popularity in their home country like him, and have come out to seek a breakthrough.
Because the film was planned to be shot in more than one country, and in order to maximize the appeal, both the director and the screenwriter decided to choose a foreign actor.
Therefore, there are not only white people who come to audition today, but also yellow people and black people......
There was a black buddy sitting on Chu Youyuan's right hand, his eyes were quite big, and he had been humming quietly since he entered the door and didn't sit down, looking like he was in good spirits.
Although he couldn't call the other party's name, he vaguely felt that this face was a little familiar, and he should have starred in some film and television work.
During the waiting process, the buddy had been looking left and right for no quiet time, and finally simply had nothing to say to Chu Youyuan, "Hi." â
Chu Youyuan smiled, "Hi." â
Seeing that he responded, the buddy was even happier, turned to face him, and said in English with a little accent, "I'm Bob, nice to meet you, you're Asian?" â
"Yes," Chu Youyuan nodded, and added, "Huaguo." â
"Oh, I know," Bob nodded happily and gestured with his hands, "I know, Kung Fu!" â
It's always good to get to know a few more people when you're away from home, and the waiting time is so boring that it's good to have someone to talk to.
Bob's personality can be regarded as extroverted even among foreigners, and he doesn't care about any family ugliness that is not publicized, and after chatting with Chu Youyuan for a few minutes, he talked about his family, "My mother is very hard, I also have an older sister and two younger brothers, and I have to make more money to make everyone live a good life." â
Although blacks still suffer injustice in some areas, their innate conditions such as body proportions are unmatched, and almost all of them have long legs.
Bob's family is not good, he dropped out of high school before graduating, and then went out on his own with two clothes on his back. His first job was as a part-time model, and by that time, he had been sleeping in the square for more than three months.
Speaking of this, Bob was a little embarrassed and said, "My hometown is very poor, and many people choose to practice running, hoping to participate in races in the future to earn prize money, but I fell and injured my leg when I was a child. â
This is also the norm, and black people are often seen in major world-class sports events, because their bodies are so good, and they are jealous and resentful. As the most basic and lowest-cost sport, long-distance running is also pinned on by countless poor people.
Chu Youyuan took a look at him, and sure enough, he was tall and long-legged, and his body proportion was very good, so he deserved to debut as a model.
After a few more minutes, a staff member wearing glasses came out and called, "NO.7!" â
The director, screenwriter and another bearded man whose identity is unidentified and who appears to be a representative of the investor are in a state of three-class triage, and they are nitpicking and judging everyone who comes in, trying to pick a bone out of the egg.
After Chu Youyuan entered the door, the director sitting in the middle whistled slightly, "Asian boy," paused and flipped through his resume and added, "Chinese people." â
Boy or something, although Chu Youyuan doesn't like such a title, but compared to the European and American races, Asians are really small, so even protesting will not have any effect......
The three judges looked at Chu Youyuan for a while, exchanged words with each other for a long time, and then asked, "Okay, now tell us, why do you want to get this role?" â
Although he is only No. 7, he is also a relatively high position, but because everyone's audition time is as long as 20 minutes, after more than two hours of hard work, the faces of the three judges have obvious fatigue.
Chu Youyuan knew that he had to impress them as quickly as possible, and with a refreshing feeling, otherwise it was really hard to say what the result of today's audition would be.
"Obviously," he said, as he spun around his head a few times, "I like this character first of all." â
When he said this, he clearly saw that the three judges opposite all showed disapproving looks, and it was obvious that this jack-of-all-trades answer was rotten.
"But the most important thing," Chu Youyuan decided to give it a go, so he changed his words and decisively said a rather jaw-dropping answer, "Because if I can win this role, it will make my fame even better, and besides, the salary seems to be quite a lot." â
The room was silent for a moment, and the screenwriter raised his eyebrows, and asked in a spicy rhetorical manner, "So, it was this character's hidden star-making ability and high salary that attracted you?" â
Chu Youyuan shrugged, didn't seem to feel his embarrassment, and just replied calmly, "Any character has the potential to make stars, as for the high salary," he boldly revealed a little disapproving, "To be honest, this price is really not too high to put outside." â
As soon as the words fell, another judge other than the director retorted with a little disapproval, "You know, this is just a No. 4 role." â
"So," Chu Youyuan immediately followed his words, "maybe we should pay more attention to the attractiveness of the script and the characters themselves, shouldn't we?" â
After saying that, he even blinked a little playfully.
The three judges looked at each other, then laughed in unison.
Going around and around, it sounds like it's all his reasoning, and the hell everyone can't refute it.
"Okay, Chu," thankfully, the director finally had a little smile on his face, and he also called out Chu Youyuan's directional name for the first time today, "I admit that you have aroused our interest, but it is not enough. â
As long as it aroused interest, Chu Youyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but his face was still as calm as ever, "I understand." â
In the next ten minutes, we exchanged many professional issues back and forth, and of course, there were also many personal opinions and feelings in between.
By this time, the director's impression of Chu Youyuan was already quite good, but he was still very cautious to reserve the final opinion.
"Chu, you must have known what kind of setting the role you auditioned for before you came, so do you also have a kung fu foundation?"
Chu Youyuan shook his head honestly, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I don't." â
The director frowned slightly, and seemed a little dissatisfied, "But if you get this role, he will be the leader of the Chinese black hand/party." â
When it comes to the role of Chinese people in the movie, most people will give a murderous impression of being good at kung fu at the first time, and this movie is no exception, the director and screenwriter originally planned to set up a lot of action scenes for the male number four, if it is played by Chinese people, it will definitely be indispensable with kung fu for thousands of years.
However, Chu Youyuan did not immediately apologize or say that he could learn immediately, on the contrary, he had other considerations.
"Admittedly, this is an old concept for many viewers, but the times are advancing, aren't they? So can our work also improve? â
Seeing that they still didn't think so, Chu Youyuan said again, "I personally believe that evaluating and judging whether a person is a leader or not is mainly based on the inner mind and the outgoing momentum. Moreover, everyone also says that he is a leader, so what leader will fight at every turn? If that's the case, the gold content of this leader is inevitably too low. â
The three judges smiled when they said this, and two of them nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Chu Youyuan made persistent efforts and said, "There is an old saying in Huaguo, which is called a soldier who surrenders without a fight, and there is also a soldier who is not bloody, which is about a person who can win the battle in a non-fighting way, I think this is the leader and boss of the highest level, and it is similar to the male No. 4 in the script." â
The screenwriter turned his head sideways to whisper a few words to the director, and said to Chu Youyuan with a smile, "Chu, I have to say that your idea is indeed very novel and convincing. â
Chu Youyuan's face was slightly happy, "So? â
The other party smiled and waved his hand, "But if we make a decision just like that, it's a little too impatient, and we still need to think about it." â
Chu Youyuan nodded in understanding.
"Well, imposing boy," the director is rarely witty, "but you know, you have to have a few hands to join our film. â
After all, it is a commercial blockbuster based on action dramas, and all kinds of gunfights and hand-to-hand combat take turns, if the male No. 4 really only cares about the momentum and does not move, then it is better to change people.
"Of course," Chu Youyuan did not deny it this time, but nodded confidently, "After all, I am from the hometown of kung fu, and the movements above the average level are still not a problem." â
After saying that, he took off his coat and performed a set of difficult movements that he had only mastered in recent months, which was very dazzling.
Speaking of action design, if the Chinese call it second, I'm afraid no one in the world dares to call it first.
Opportunities are always reserved for those who are ready, as early as a few months ago, when Chu Youyuan knew that there was such an opportunity, he first asked Pei Ran to find a professional martial arts teacher to open a small stove for himself, and after laying the foundation, he specially invited a famous action design teacher in the industry to design several sets of bluffing movements, in order to cope with today's scene.
Well, it works well.
When the time came, the director nodded at Chu Youyuan, and added after saying the regular line of please go back and wait for the news, "Chu, I like your ambition very much." â
Asians, especially Chinese, are generally introverted, not only are they extremely restrained, but they are also unwilling to express their thoughts lightly, because there have been more than one situation where they do not communicate thoroughly with others, which is also one of the reasons for their setbacks in the international film industry.
China has a large population and a large number of artists, and there are always a few people who try to break out every year, but few can really gain a firm foothold.
In terms of actors, there are only a few Chinese actors who have really been recognized by international audiences in the past ten years:
Hua Zhong, Gu Su, Wen Tang, and then Charion and Tang Ying, who have the meaning of successors.
Among the key elements of their career success, being able to express their thoughts and desires/desires is definitely the most important.
Because since you come out and are mixing on other people's territory, you naturally have to follow the rules of others, and if they have something to say, you can't hide it, otherwise everyone is so busy, who has the spare time to figure out your thoughts? It's not that you have to, one less is a lot, one more is a lot!
But as I said before, China has a large population, a vast market, and infinite potential, and in recent years, foreign countries have paid more and more attention to this big cake, so they do not hesitate to release some benefits specifically for Chinese audiences to sell well, such as the Chinese elements that frequently appear in the film, such as a role played by Chinese people.
Even before, directors and screenwriters were already very inclined to pick a Chinese actor for the role. But in view of the two most popular Chinese actors at the moment: Gu Su and Cha Lion have their own arrangements, the former has long stopped accepting this kind of purely commercial films, and the latter has signed a contract with another crew, and they have no choice but to make two preparations, and they don't know much about the domestic fashion trends in China:
If you can choose a Chinese actor, then you can't say that you will use the setting of the Chinese black hand/party as originally planned; And if it can't, then I have to use Plan B, use another Asian actor, and they will go to China to shoot in the later stage anyway.
And today, this young actor named Chu Youyuan surprised them.
Not only does he have a skillful acting skills that are not inferior to Chalion, but he also has a set of very independent thinking patterns and values, and even expresses his desires/desires and competitiveness at all, which is definitely beyond the reach of ordinary Asian artists.
So although the results were not announced on the spot, whether it was Chu Youyuan or the three judges, they basically had a score in their hearts.