Chapter 642: Audition Failed
It's not that there are no good screenwriters in China, but that no one is willing to shoot their books. How many playwrights from professional colleges and universities broke into the film and television industry with full ambitions, and were casually thrown by the boss with a third-rate romance PIA fly.
No one wants to see your original story, no one cares about your layout, and no one gets your good memes, businessmen follow the market, and exchange the minimum cost for the greatest benefit, which is a deep-rooted truth.
Of course, at any time there are guys who adhere to their original intentions and enthusiasm, and those who succeed are called momentary heroes, and those who fail are at most submerged in the tide of business with the title of idealists.
The reason why Hong Kong's Jiang Zhiqiang is respected is because he has succeeded and has done immeasurable merits. Similarly, Chu Qing is also slowly erecting an impression on the mainland: if even he gives up, then Chinese independent films will really be hopeless.
And Cao Baoping's ridicule of him, even though it was a joke, just showed the worry of the academy community: it doesn't matter if you make a Durala, after all, you have to survive in the market, and what you are afraid of is that you will only shoot Durala in the future.
Chu Qing naturally understood, and after a while, he made his position clear.
Position, a word he once hated, but today, many things are involuntary. When you're in a position, you have to take a stand, or you're going to get messed up.
The teachers didn't have classes at the moment, and they chatted for a long time, and when the topic of Du Lala passed, he suddenly said: "Actually, there is another matter, it just so happens that you are all here, help me as a staff officer." ”
Chu Qing paused and continued: "I was idle and bored a few days ago, so I watched TVB's "Yizhimei" at home, ouch, that can't be said! So I've been wondering lately, can we make a remake? ”
"Huh? Isn't Ilzhimei Korean? Zhang Wei interjected.
"Poof!"
Several teachers sprayed, Xue Xiaolu also poked her, and asked with a smile: "I can definitely shoot it." The main thing is what do you want to shoot? ”
"I'm not as good as you, I don't know how to tell stories at all, I just think that such a good theme and folk image, I don't have a work to show, it's a pity."
"It's called nonsense!"
Cao Baoping was very polite, and said directly: "I'll just ask you, what style do you want?" ”
"Well, the form should be modern, and the connotation should be classical." He thought about it for two seconds.
"Realism or exaggeration?"
"Half-realistic."
"Type of story?"
"Martial arts, romance. Officialdom, comedy, anyway. Oh yes, it's better to add some elements of reasoning to solve the case. ”
"Huh?"
Everyone was stunned, and they thought about it for a moment, and they all became a little interested:
"There are a lot of similar ones in the script, which can be learned, like "Wrong Chopping Cui Ning" is good."
"That detective element is too shallow, it's better to bring "Clearing Grievances" here."
"Hey. You say that he has to paint plum blossoms every time he commits a crime, where does he get his pen and ink? It's the corrupt officials and rich who steal, and it's impossible for other people's belongings to be put in the study? ”
"He's also very fast, and he can draw with a little effort."
"I think. It's interesting to set up an identity contrast. At first, I didn't know who Yizhimei was, and then the suspects were all in the government, like the magistrate, the head catcher, and these people...... In the end, the world was turned upside down, and Yizhi Mei laughed. Hang the print and go. ”
"You are the routine of martial arts films in the nineties, and you despise it!"
“……”
As soon as these drama masters touched it slightly, their ideas diverged without bounds. Chu Qing squatted in the corner. I didn't even dare to interject the words, okay, it looks like something terrible has been released!
And they discussed it babblingly, and they probably had a spectrum in their hearts, Xue Xiaolu said first: "I'm not very good at this kind of subject, which of you wants to take it?" ”
Mei Feng followed: "I'm also empty, come on." ”
Zhang Wei shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm still suitable for Durala." ”
“……”
Leaving Cao Baoping and Zhuang Yuxin, you look at me, I look at you, they all want to try, but they are embarrassed to fight with each other.
Chu Qing knew the literati virtues of these guys, so he smiled and said, "Then Teacher Cao, Teacher Zhuang, just do me a favor, and you two will cooperate?" ”
Zhuang Yuxin paused for a moment before he said, "Well, it's done, let's just come out first." ”
Lao Cao simply didn't say anything, only nodded.
In front of Chu Qing's face, the two of them agreed. It was a temporary idea, and he also gave him plenty of time, so he didn't rush until next year.
When everyone was about to break up, he suddenly said again: "By the way, I still have a matter!" ”
!
You're not done yet?
The four teachers got up at the same time, one by one, Zhang Wei couldn't run, so he had to guard the desk.
Chu Qing blinked, feeling the friendliness of the world, so he turned his head and said, "Teacher Zhang, I saw a female student just now, and I think it's quite suitable for a play." I don't know what it's called, but I'm not very old, so I should have just entered the school. ”
"Huh? Oh, then I'll take you to check. ”
Zhang Wei was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, damn it, I thought something was wrong!
……
Chu Qing was not very familiar with the acting department, so she was led to the fourth floor and knocked on the door of an office. A bearded man is sitting inside, this is Wang Jinsong, a classmate of Huang Sanshi, and is currently the vice president of the School of Acting.
We've heard of each other, and it's the first time we've met, so it's very polite. Nortel has a crew to pick actors every day, and Wang Jinsong didn't care, and neatly found out the list of students.
People still have jobs, so Chu Qing flips on the sofa by himself. The first check was the freshman, but there was no search, and then the second grade was checked, and the target was quickly locked:
Zheng Xiaoshuang, born in 1991, is born in Shengjing, is 164cm tall and weighs 44KG.
Specialty: Dance.
Evaluation: Good image, sufficient size, considerable development potential...... There are also performance indices for each course of lines and body below.
I have to say that Nortel's ******** is very detailed, and outsiders can see it at a glance. This is better than Chinese opera, the market economy is large, and schools must also be able to publicize.
Chu Qing scanned it roughly, but he was quite surprised, he was only a sophomore at the age of seventeen? And Wang Jinsong criticized the homework and glanced at his expression. He asked, "Did you find it?" ”
"Well, can I make a copy?"
"Turn left when you go out, there's a photocopier in the plug."
"That's good, thank you, Mr. Wang!"
He didn't want to call Zheng Xiaoshuang over and look at the kid on the spot. Because Yang Shupeng is a person, he is particularly good in some aspects, so as not to be suspicious.
And no matter what, this half-day has been very rewarding: the adaptation of a novel, the launch of a script, and the acting career of a little girl. I tossed it a little.
…………
In the first few years of Chu Qing's debut, the workload was very large. Especially in 98 and 99, "Suzhou River", "Huanzhu Gege 2", "The Devil is Coming", "Spring Splendid Pig Bajie", "Iron Tooth Bronze Tooth Ji Xiaolan", "Poetic Age", "Platform", actually filmed seven film and television dramas.
But later, to be precise, after winning the Cannes Best Actor, the number of works plummeted. It's good to keep one feature film a year, plus two cameo movies.
This year is even more pitiful. With only one "Love Has an Afterlife" and a few minutes of "Fast and Furious 4", he feels more and more like a ticket holder who "acts in addition to starting a company".
So much so that he finalized a series of things, and by the end of September. The United States suddenly sent an audition notice, and she boarded the plane without thinking about it.
The movie is called "Five Hundred Days with Shamo", a standard independent production, and the heroine has been identified as Deschanel. It was this little Nizi who recommended Chu Qing.
On a rare not-so-sunny afternoon in Los Angeles, he arrived at the audition five minutes early. There are three examiners, screenwriter Neustadt. Director Mark Webb, and producer Waters.
The three of them greeted each other very kindly, and Chu Qing also responded with a smile, although he knew that the other party must be secretly complaining: OH, Mr. Audition is here again!
Mr. Audition is the nickname he got in the Hollywood Crazy Running Group before.
"Here's for you."
Neustadt handed over a page of the script and said with a smile: "You can go to the small room outside, and you have ten minutes." ”
“OK!”
He took it in his hand, went out and moved a few steps, and was just about to open the door, when he heard a squeak, a tall, white and tender handsome guy pushed the door first, and also held the script in his hand.
“……”
He was stunned, but he didn't expect that there was someone inside, so he greeted: "Hey! ”
"Oh, hello!"
The handsome guy smiled, cute and energetic, tall but not inconspicuous, it was a foul. As soon as Chu Qing saw this person, he knew that he was going to suffer, and his painting style was more compatible.
He pursed his lips and slipped in to recite the words.
The line was not long, it was a little awkward, and after about eight or nine minutes, Ya re-entered the house. The expressions of the three of them changed slightly, and they seemed to be very satisfied with the auditioner just now.
Chu Qing didn't sit down, but stood and said, "I can start." ”
"Oh, of course!" Mark Webb replied.
When the words fell, I heard him say slowly in a lazy and light tone: "On the 154th day, I don't know, I think it's true." I love summer, I love her smile, I love her hair, I love her knees, I love the heart-shaped birthmark on her neck, I love that she licks her lips before she speaks, I love his laughter, I love the way she sleeps, I love the song that rings every time I think of her, I love the feeling she gives me, like anything is possible......"
Although his native language is not English, his grasp of context is exceptional. The image of a decadent, eccentric and somewhat innocent man, along with those nine strong short sentences, is presented in the other person's mind little by little.
“……”
The three of them were silent, as if they were very entangled, and after half a sound, Mark Webb said: "Chu, your performance is very exciting, and you have also cooperated with Zoe, and the tacit understanding is not a problem." But I have to tell you that your image doesn't fit the character well, uh, a little bit......"
"Oh, it's okay."
Chu Qing had expected it, didn't feel too disappointed, and said with a smile: "I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate again next time." ”
"Oh, sure, you're a great actor." Waters came up with a scene to say.
Now recognized in Hollywood circles, this acting skills are outstanding, but even so, most producers still dare not take risks. What's more, Joseph is also good enough, poking together with Deschanel, all kinds of golden boys and girls.
There's no way, the CP feeling is a hard injury, and I can't force it. (To be continued.) )