Every director has his own way of observing actors, for example, Chen Kaige likes to let actors put on makeup, and when the actors are putting on makeup, he stands behind the actors and observes the actors' faces through the mirror.

When Chen Hong auditioned for the first time in Chen Kaige's crew, she closed her eyes in the dressing room and asked the makeup artist to apply makeup. When she opened her eyes, she found that there was an extra man in the mirror, staring at her pretty face in the mirror. Chen Hong was taken aback, and later learned that it was director Chen Kaige, which was his work habit.

The reason why Chen Kaige did this was because he felt that the actor did not have any feelings at this time, and it was easier to judge whether there was any match between the actor and the character.

Cheng Peng does not have the habit of observing actors in the mirror, he likes to observe when eating, of course, this is a habit left by Chen Shaoyu, because he thinks that eating is the most relaxing moment for people, so Cheng Peng stared at Tong Liyu when he ate at night.

Tong Liyu didn't care at first, and ate with her head down, but soon the flush climbed up her cheeks: "Why do you keep looking at me like this?" ”

"I'm watching you!"

Tong Liyu said in her heart, I know you are observing me, but why? She felt that something must be something, her heart was pounding, and the flush quickly crawled all over her face: "You, why?" ”

"Yaya, I'm going to make a movie, and I lack a heroine, can you be the heroine?"

Tong Liyu was stunned for a moment, and the blush faded a lot, and waved his hand again and again: "No, no, I haven't acted in a movie at all, if I don't act well, what should I do if I mess up your movie?" She saw Cheng Peng's rush and hard work for the movie, and she didn't want to hold him back.

After some observation, Cheng Peng had absolute confidence in Tong Liyu: "Why can't it?" You are my apprentice, you have to have faith in yourself! To be honest, if it is a particularly complex role, I will definitely not look for you, but this role is not difficult, the surname is lively, and he can climb trees and dig birds' nests, it is simply a copy of you, you can play it well! ”

Tong Liyu looked at his deep eyes, as if he felt some kind of power, and nodded heavily: "Okay, I'll act!" ”

After dinner, Tong Liyu always wanted to go to the restaurant to dance, but this time Cheng Peng stopped her: "Yaya, don't go dancing, I'll analyze the role for you, don't dance in the future, I will do some assault training for you." ”

"No, if I don't dance, I won't have enough to live on." Tong Liyu was a little embarrassed, she really wanted to stay and train, but she had to eat.

"Don't worry, I will pay you, but because of the limited investment in the movie, the salary will not be too high, so I can only pay you 40,000. In addition, the rehearsals and filming of the film may take about two months, and you may not be able to stay with the dance company. Otherwise, if you believe me, sign a contract with our company, and the company will pay you every month. After filming this way, you can prepare for the exam with peace of mind, and you don't have to worry about the rest. ”

Tong Liyu raised his face and glanced at Cheng Peng, then nodded: "En!" ”

"Promised so quickly, aren't you afraid that I'll sell you?"

Tong Liyu smiled, the cute little tiger teeth, the sweet pear vortex, and the whole face was as bright as a large peach blossom in March: "I believe in you!" ”

The next morning, Cheng Peng brought Tong Liyu to the company and prepared to finalize the contract, which would save her from worries.

Because the signal flag does not have a special agent, Cheng Peng handed over Tong Liyu to Zhao Linlin and asked her to serve as an agent, no way, if it is handed over to a werewolf like Zhang Meng, he will not be at ease!

The contract of an artist is generally divided into two kinds, one is an artist who is already famous before signing the contract, and this kind of sharing ratio is generally clear in the contract, and the size of the fame is also proportional to the sharing ratio. The newcomer is another kind, this kind of contract company will pay the artist a basic salary every month, but the commercial performance share will shrink a lot after that, like the basic salary of a new artist who debuted in Xiangjiang is 2000 Hong Kong dollars per month, which is not as good as the average office worker.

Cheng Peng asked Tong Liyu to sign the first contract, so that she would not suffer a loss when she shared it in the future, but considering that she is now very famous, there is basically no possibility of commercial performance, so she was given the benefits of the second contract, and the basic salary was paid every month.

The first leading actor has been implemented, and the problem of the other leading actor has not been solved, Cheng Peng asked Zhao Linlin: "Is there any news from Mr. Jin?" ”

Mr. Jin is the actor of the old lady in the original movie, Jin Yaqin, and the old man's real and traceless performance conquered the judges of the Tokyo Film Festival and was crowned the queen by unanimous vote. If you can get her, the film is half the battle.

It's just that Jin Yaqin is not a particularly well-known actor, Cheng Peng doesn't have much information about her in his head, he only knows that she is a retired actor in the capital, so the matter of finding someone will be handed over to Zhao Linlin.

The old lady has been retired for many years and is not well-known, so it took a lot of effort to find her Zhao Linlin: "I have already contacted Teacher Jin Yaqin, and I have made an appointment to talk about the script at two o'clock in the afternoon tomorrow." ”

Cheng Peng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, I'll go and talk to the old lady in person at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, she is too important to make a mistake." ”

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It's here! Cheng Peng took a deep breath, feeling a little apprehensive, after all, the old lady is an old artist of Renyi, she is old, and she is a penniless newcomer, she is likely to refuse. He straightened his clothes to look more trustworthy, and rang the doorbell.

After a while, the door opened, and a young woman in her twenties appeared in front of her, dressed like a babysitter.

Cheng Peng smiled and asked, "Excuse me, is Teacher Jin Yaqin here?" I am from the signal flag company, and I called Mr. Jin the day before yesterday and said that I would visit today! ”

"Oh, you're the one from the Signal Flag Company, I know, Grandma Jin is waiting for you in the house, come in!"

"Thank you!" Cheng Peng bowed slightly and followed the little nanny into the room.

"Grandma Jin, the person who called yesterday is here!"

The old lady was watching TV in the living room when she heard the guests coming and stood up. The wrinkles on the old lady's face are crisscrossed, and her hair is gray, but her eyes are bright, and when she looks at it lightly, it gives people the illusion that they can penetrate people's hearts.

Cheng Peng stepped forward and greeted politely: "Mr. Jin, my name is Cheng Peng, I am a director, I came today to talk to you about the script, there is a role that I am particularly suitable for you." ”

The old lady smiled and said, "Come on, sit down, sit down and talk!" Then he said to the little nanny, "Little peach, pour tea for the guests!" ”

After Cheng Peng sat down, he said, "Teacher Jin, your spirit is really good, there are sixty, right?" ”

The old lady laughed: "You kid, you can really talk, I'm eighty!" ”

Cheng Peng's face was sincere: "I really can't see it, everyone will definitely believe it when it comes to sixty!" ”

The old lady looked at Cheng Peng, her eyes were kind, just like an elder looking at the child in the family: "You child is really interesting." Let's be serious, why did you think of asking me to act in a movie? I haven't made a film before. ”

Cheng Peng did some homework in order to persuade the old lady, watched the TV series played by the old lady, and responded: "I have watched the TV series you played, you played Grandma Liu very well in "Sister Idler", although it is a comedy, the details are handled very well, the characters are very real, and it is exactly the performance I want, so I want you to play it." ”

The old lady was quite happy to hear that Cheng Peng liked her performance: "After filming "Sister Idler", everyone changed my surname, and shouted when they saw me, Grandma Liu, hello!" ”

This is an easy-going, and happy old lady, in terms of surname, there is a great contrast with the old lady in the movie, if you haven't seen "The Two of Us" Cheng Peng may not dare to invite her to play, and said with a smile: "This is the charm of the role, but also the charm of the performance, for the actor to meet a good role and present it vividly is the happiest thing!" ”

"It's hard to find a good role, okay, tell me about your movie, what kind of story is it about, and what kind of thought do you want to express?"

Cheng Peng knows that for an old artist of her age, acting is no longer a means of making a living, but a hobby, so she attaches great importance to her works and hopes that her works can be meaningful. He briefly introduced the story of "The Two of Us", and then said: "Actually, I didn't particularly think about the meaning behind the story, but there is such a story, there is such an emotion, which is very sincere and moving, and it is a part of my life, and I want to share it with you." If you want to talk about meaning, I hope you can understand that the world may be cold, but we can use our hearts to make this world warm! ”

"How old are you?"

"23 years old."

"It's so young, it's not easy to know so much at such a young age!"

"I can't say that there is any deep understanding, this story comes from an experience of mine, five years ago, when I first arrived in the capital, I rented a lonely old lady's house, I have experienced the ups and downs of the film, I believe that the emotions expressed in the film can be experienced by everyone, because we have such an old lady around us, and there are also such girls."

"Okay, where is the script, show me!"

"Mr. Kim, this is the script." Cheng Peng took a sip of tea, took out the script from his bag and handed it to the old lady.

The old lady took the script, put on her reading glasses, and read it slowly, her expression was very serious, very serious, meticulous, and every paragraph was repeatedly considered, just like a teacher grading papers.

Looking at the old man's serious expression, Cheng Peng's mood became more and more nervous, just like when he went to the audition, waiting for the interviewer's final judgment, heaven on one side and hell on the other, which one is really unpredictable.

Time passed minute by minute, the story slowly came to an end, the parting scene arrived, the old man's eyes slowly turned red, and then a line of tears flowed out.

The stone hanging in Cheng Peng's heart finally fell to the ground, and the old man was moved by the story, an old artist like her is not so easy to impress, now there is a play!

After reading the script, the old lady closed the script and looked a little excited: "I have acted in a lifetime of plays, including many famous works, but I have never cried for any play, but I was really moved by this book." This story is really good, it can make people understand what the most precious thing in life is, not a house, a car, a millionaire, it is true love, money is valuable, love is priceless, life is rare to have true love, I will play this movie, I must act! ”

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Walking out of the old lady's house and walking through the garden of the community, Cheng Peng saw butterflies flying in the flowers, and he believed that he had broken out of the cocoon into a butterfly, and the words flying in the wind were getting closer and closer.

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