Chapter 123: Auditions
How many artists are there in Hong Kong? There are few statistics on this issue, and there are no specific statistics.
Leaving aside the TV circle, singers, dramas, Peking Opera, etc., from the perspective of the film industry alone, more than 200 films are released in Xiangjiang every year, and the peak period once exceeded 500.
The movie first went through the screening of several major theaters, and good works entered major theaters and became mainstream movies. The second-class ones are released in various movie theaters 6 times, and there are a few occasional upsets every year, which are coaxed by the owners of various theaters, and they also laugh at the eyes of the theater chain. But that's just a minority. Again, those who wait can only be shown in the video hall.
Hundreds of movies, each film needs as few as a dozen actors, and as many as hundreds or thousands, and the annual demand for artists is basically maintained at more than 20,000 people. Although some artists can take on a few or even a dozen or twenty movies a year, the total number of people is usually more than 5,000.
With so many actors, there are usually no more than 300 people whose faces can be remembered by the audience, and only then can some people be called 'stars', and most people are familiar with them, and they will not be more than 30 people when they are full.
5,000 people compete for 300 or even 30 positions, the situation in the industry can be seen in general, and outside the industry every year, there are thousands of young boys and girls who want to enter the industry, which also means that most of the artists other than a few people are in a position that can be replaced at any time, and even in the ranks of those 300 people, it is not much safeβ€ β long β€ β wind β€ β literature β€ β learning, β β t.
Under such a fierce competition, all kinds of unspoken rules cannot be avoided at all. There is never a shortage of handsome men and women in the entertainment industry, and there are few well-behaved figures among the rich and rich children who hold the capital, and then the managers and directors below. There are also mafia* associations and overseas investors who enter the market waving banknotes...... The film industry is always a mixture of dragons and snakes.
Film companies of the upper scale in Hong Kong will search for some artists to recruit into their subsidiaries, and the artists belonging to each company account for about half of the total. There are more than 1,000 people in the background who take up more than half of the resources, and the remaining thousands of people are except for a few monsters. Most of the time, you can only pick up some leftovers, these are the dragon army of the Xiangjiang film industry. If there are no accidents, their end is that they will leave the scene after not mixing up for a few years, and then be filled by the juniors who are full of dreams.
It is difficult for artists who do not have a film company as a backer to get ahead, they really don't have many opportunities, most film companies will give opportunities to their artists, and occasionally find other film companies with better relationships to ask for resources, and then invite some big names with high salaries.
In such an environment, Oriental DreamWorks, a slightly weird company in Xiangjiang, has attracted the attention of the artist community. Oriental DreamWorks' influence in Hong Kong is no less than that of Golden Harvest New Art City and Shaw Brothers. Of course. Locals in Xiangjiang basically know that Shaw Brothers is no longer good, in addition to the lack of cinemas, Oriental DreamWorks is undoubtedly one of the top three in Xiangjiang at present.
Such a large company, but its own artists are only in single digits, so that every time a movie starts shooting, there is a large-scale audition. Of course, the most important roles are usually seen by the company in advance or recommended by co-directors, but despite this, Oriental DreamWorks still provides a lot of opportunities for artists.
For most artists, this opportunity is too precious. Don't miss it at all, although there are signed artists and even artists in the TV industry who have a schedule and a large number of them will come to look for opportunities, but they and others are temporarily on the same starting line.
"Jialing, Junru, is it appropriate for us to come like this?" Zeng Hua Qian asked with some concern. Wireless's control of artists is quite strict. In addition to Shaw Brothers, if you want to interview other film companies, you must go to the headquarters for approval, and you can only make the trip after getting approval. The third daughter did not notify the company in advance.
"What's out of place. Really follow the procedure. We don't have a chance. Wireless has not been ten days and eight days, and the approval cannot be issued. Wu Junru said disappreciatively. It's better to report to the headquarters later. It's okay, I'm familiar with Zhang from the artist department. It's good to say it. β
There are so many people interviewed, Wu Junru really didn't grasp the opportunity to get a chance, and went to report seriously, and then came back in a gloomy way without mixing up any roles, this face really can't be hurt.
"I think that's right, let's leave this alone for now." Liu Jialing agreed.
"That's it, Qianqian, don't be too conformist, it's easy to suffer if you're too disciplined. We don't have any decent work at wireless anyway, and if we get the chance this time, wireless will agree. β
Hearing both of them say this, Zeng Huaqian simply put aside the worries in her heart for the time being, she interviewed for the heroine, this opportunity is really not big, it is better to take it as a workout to lay a foundation for the future.
Zeng Hua * Qian and Liu Jialing are both top-notch beauties in wireless, but they are still worried when they stand here. After all, it's just a newcomer who hasn't acted in a few movies on TV, and he really doesn't have much confidence in acting. Even if it is a face-fighting, the female artists who come to the interview are not low-looking.
There are also many artists who are already well-known and 'condescending' to line up with them. There is no way, the heroine of DreamWorks should not be missed, and if you want to get a chance, you can only put down your reserve and line up honestly.
"Is there a mistake, the people who shoot TV also come to grab it?" A voice suddenly came into the ears of the three girls.
The third girl was startled, but after listening carefully, it was not herself who was talking about others, but the person in the front. It's right to think about it, who knows them now?
"It looks like it's ATV." Wu Junru said in a low voice.
"That's right, it's supposed to be quite mixed up in ATV, why did you come here for an interview?" Liu Jialing felt even more nervous, in terms of fame, she alone would blow up the three of herself.
"Who wouldn't want to switch careers to making movies if they had the chance? So, don't miss your chance. We don't know how many years we'll have to stay up in her position, but now people don't come to line up differently? "Even if a TV artist is top-notch, it is also the income level of second-tier artists in the film industry. As long as the film company is willing to throw an olive branch, there is no TV star that cannot be dug up.
The only way for TVB and ATV to retain big-name artists is liquidated damages, which makes the relationship between TV stars and TV stations more and more strained.
For famous artists, it is really a bit of pressure to be ranked here, and the whispers of competitors around them have reached their ears intentionally or unintentionally, exerting mental pressure, and there is only one leading role, and the chance is slim. If you don't get the opportunity and let a little-known newcomer get it, it will inevitably be ridiculed in a small area.
"Don't talk before the interview, if you do, I'll ask you to go out." The staff stepped forward to maintain order and relieved some people. But the real test has not yet begun, and no one dares to relax.
As one by one the peers entered the room and came out, some looked depressed, some even cried, and some were expressionless and couldn't see joy and sorrow. Of course, there are still some artists who look relaxed when they come out, and some are still smiling, which seems to be recognized by Cheng DΓΉ.
The three girls are getting more and more nervous, especially Zeng Hua * Qian, who really has some urge to turn around and leave immediately.
After a while, it was their turn.
Liu Jialing, who was in front, entered the field first.
"You may be seated." One of the people sitting in the middle said without raising his head.
Liu Jialing sat down as she said, looked up, and suddenly felt even more nervous.
This person has seen it himself, although he is not a wireless person, but he is familiar with a group of wireless people, especially with Wang Tianlin, the gold medal producer of wireless, and the two seem to have a master-apprentice relationship.
"Does he know he's wireless?" Liu Jialing thought about it, and then smiled bitterly, the information she submitted had already been explained, after all, for her, who didn't have a serious appearance on a TV, the wireless artist training class was the only experience she could take out.
Lin Lingdong has only now directed a film and joined New Arts City last year. He didn't know how DreamWorks would find him, but of course this opportunity should not be missed, not to mention that he still likes this script.
I looked through the actors' profiles, wireless students? Well, I still don't have any acting experience. Needless to say, unless the talent is amazing, it will basically click.
Lin Lingdong's second work is a cooperation with a large company DreamWorks, and he doesn't want to take risks, even if the other party has a certain talent.
What Liu Jialing didn't know was that before the interview started, she was basically out of play. (To be continued......)
ps: The chapter is wrong, troublesome. It's not easy to change
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