Beijing, night, seven o'clock.

The prosperity of the lights shines in the capital, like an arrogance that no one can stop, as if the entire realm is full of arrogance.

But the place where Shao Yingying and Zhang Wan drove to was out of place with the whole city, Shao Yingying never thought that such a famous director would live in such a place.

It's not a mansion, it's not a villa, there is a fifty-year-old building in a particularly ordinary community, when Shao Yingying and Zhang Wan walked into the unit door, the cement floor under their feet was cracked, and even some pieces of the cement floor were smashed by a naughty child and taken away.

On the third floor, when Zhang Wan also knocked on the door with a puzzled face and thought that he had found the wrong place, a lazy voice responded: "Who." At that time, Zhang Wan, a person who was also delicate in the circle, put away the contempt on his face, and replied like a dog: "Director Guo, we are Huayi, I talked to you before, and you said that you are willing to see if our actors are suitable for the role of Bai Jingqi." ”

Click.

The lock of the oil-starved door was particularly loud when it opened, and a man in a sweater and a reporter's green vest stood there with a face of vicissitudes on his face, as if he was continuing an era, and the folds were like traces of the past years of suffering.

"Yo, come in, come in."

Shao Yingying knew this man, he had seen his cameo role in "Mansion Gate", this man was Guo Baochang, but he saw a kind of dissatisfaction on this man's face, that is, he didn't meet his own dissatisfaction at first sight.

Zhang Wan pulled Shao Yingying into the room with a smile on his face, this is an old house with no fine decoration, cement floor, big white walls, and even the door is very dilapidated. After entering the room, there is a hallway, next to which is the toilet, where you can barely see a few tiles, and in front of which is a small kitchen of less than seven square meters. Shao Yingying was led into the living room by the old man, and there was only one bed in the living room except for a sofa and a TV on the combination cabinet, and the place next to it that was supposed to be a bedroom was instead converted into a small study.

This is Guo Baochang's home, the home of a young master who could get 40 yuan of pocket money when he was a teenager and the country was poor.

Shao Yingying was asked to sit on the sofa, Guo Baochang obviously didn't like to pay attention to them, and he had to speak politely for the sake of face: "Have you read the script?" ”

No play.

Just from the director's expression, Shao Yingying knew that there was no play. This is not an attitude of wanting to examine acting skills at all, it is easy to see that Director Guo does not have the feeling of seeing Bai Jingqi at all, at least, this feeling is not found in himself.

"Looked." Shao Yingying replied.

Guo Baochang nodded, and the two sides fell silent again.

Shao Yingying understands why Guo Baochang doesn't think he can play Bai Jingqi, because Bai Jingqi's original form is the head of the Beijing Tongrentang Lejia and Guo Baochang's adoptive father.

This is a story that everyone who has watched "Mansion Gate" knows half-understood, the adopted son of the Bai family in "Mansion Gate", that is to say, the person who later forced his adoptive mother to donate his family property is Guo Baochang himself!

The real story is a little different from the TV series, Guo Baochang's original name is Li Baochang, his adoptive mother Guo Rong was bought by Lejia, and the head of Lejia was over seventy years old at that time, and Guo Rong could not have children. In order to give herself hope, Guo Rong bought Li Baochang and changed her name to Guo Baochang, which is the providence in "The Gate of the Mansion".

Shao Yingying understands better that Guo Baochang is not a director who doesn't like to talk, and real Beijing people can shake off their burdens one by one when they play Beijing films, how can he be so depressed? In fact, Guo Baochang is just thinking about the reason for refusal, just like those companies that have rejected one after another in so many days.

"Uh, that's it, just play it, play some of the plots you've seen."

There were no polite words, no tea, and no Zhang Wan, the agent, who introduced the actors who received them, to start acting directly. This has proved that the atmosphere of the scene at that time was not embarrassing.

Shao Yingying looked up at Guo Baochang, very serious, after he finally regained his dignity and returned to the entertainment industry, he was once again looked down upon.

"Director Guo, I can't act."

As soon as Shao Yingying's words came out, Zhang Wan stretched out his hand to stab him underneath, and Zhang Wan couldn't wait to turn Shao Yingying into a mute in his heart.

What does it mean to not be able to act?

Can't you fly all the way back to the capital from Huangpu to join in the fun?

After saying this, Guo Baochang smiled instead, and the atmosphere at the scene relaxed a lot in an instant.

That's the experience!

Shao Yingying's unique experience in dealing with people.

"Guo Lao, this drama is all yours, it can be said that for so many years, you have survived to this day, all because of this story." Shao Yingying's face did not change, he did not suffer from gains and losses, and he was not discouraged by failure: "In your heart, no one can play Bai Jingqi in this play, because it is a person who cannot be replaced by anyone in your impression." He was able to keep the pharmacy in that chaotic era and grow bigger and bigger, he was able to keep the family business in that era when he couldn't control his fate at all, and he was able to gather the hearts of a large family that could not be guessed. I can't act it, not even you can play it yourself, because it's too real. ”

"At that time, the glass wine glasses on the dining table, the lacquered plates with eight large pieces of dim sum in the hall, and the vases with bright glazes were now called antiques, and at that time, they were at most 'things' in the house door. That scene is in your eyes, and you can see it as soon as you close your eyes. ”

Guo Baochang put down his glasses on the bridge of his nose with his hand, and he felt that this young man had at least done some homework: "That's it, let's just chat today, I also want to know how much you understand that era." ”

Shao Yingying ignored Guo Baochang's love to the other party's speech, and finally saw some hope, for this person who has experienced all kinds of hardships and tasted everything, if you don't do something that can touch his heart, it is impossible to win the role of Bai Jingqi.

Shouting a few lines with emotion is simply nonsense in front of Guo Baochang, this is not a fictional story, the character prototype has existed in his mind for decades, who can say that it will be acted in the bones?

After Shao Yingying sorted out the language, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "It's impossible to understand how much, the computer played in this era, the bird cage in the hand played in that era, and the insect that can scream in the gourd in the winter in his arms, the huge difference between the two eras is not something that can be smoothed out by acting skills and understanding." My understanding of this story is just the understanding of those who see this story for the first time, but, Director Guo, my understanding and perception of your heart may not be comparable to others. ”

Guo Baochang smiled, a little mocking: "Let's talk about it." ”

Shao Yingying didn't care about these words and continued: "Director Guo, then let's not tell this story, after telling this story, you never dare to write things that you dare not shoot." ”

"Back then, you went through the college entrance examination as a young master of the house, but in that era, your background almost killed you, at that time, several famous colleges and universities in the capital didn't want you, and under the special circumstances of that special period, if it weren't for Mr. Tian Feng of the Beijing Film Academy patting his chest and saying that he was responsible for what you were responsible for, you wouldn't even be able to enter the Beijing Film Academy. And finally? In the end, when the two of you were in the Cultural ---- Revolution, you were criticized together, and you didn't even dare to speak when you met on campus. ”

Guo Baochang lowered his head, really lowered his head.

"It's a pain in your heart, like a knife."

Shao Yingying continued: "After being detained as a -----level -----level ---- ----- anti------ revolution ----- hat, you were locked up, and the only time to go home to visit was that you forced Mrs. Guo Rong to donate all her family property in order to get rid of this torment...... The old lady rejected you, you brushed your sleeves away, and still went back to resist more than 100 catties of cement every day, from four o'clock in the morning to eight o'clock in the evening, and after eight o'clock you have to learn several hours of ideology and theory before you can sleep, and you can even fall asleep when you are tired and walking during the day. ”

Shao Yingying's words are not exaggerated at all, this is what a young master of the house suffered during that time period.

Guo Baochang took off his glasses and sighed, he will never forget that scene in his life.

"After persuading your adoptive mother to no avail, when you can go home to visit again, you force your adoptive mother to tell your biological parents, you don't want to know about your life experience, you want to take off the hat on your head."

"This is your guilt, a guilt that you will never forget in your life. Lejia raised you, and you actually did such a thing, until now you want to kill yourself. ”

"When the times change, the elderly adoptive mother has lost everything due to the times, living alone in a house of less than ten square meters, living on the seller's bottom, and you are released when you see that you will not be able to live. When you get home, the first thing you do is to ask your adoptive mother, 'Are you wrong?', and you put the pressure of the times on your adoptive mother, thinking that what happened to you is the result of your birth and your adoptive mother's failure to donate the family property. ”

Shao Yingying sighed: "In the end, the old man was blind and depressed, and the few knives in your heart pierced deeper and deeper, which is the main reason why you have to get this book out after decades......"

"Director Guo, I understand you, I understand the groveling of an incompetent young master who wants to take off his hat in a special era, you are unwilling to eat pig food, and you are not willing to turn the years of forty yuan pocket money every month into days when you want to hang yourself and have no chance. At that time, this was the only thing you could do, find your birth mother to prove that your origin was not ---- ---- ----- level. ”

"I am not qualified to comment on the rights and wrongs of that era, nor on whether you have ...... after a lifetime of suffering Just, I understand you. If I had gone through that era and experienced your identity, I might have been even worse than these. In that era, people had no ability to bear it, and the house you missed and cared about became sustenance, so you survived. ”

Guo Baochang sighed continuously, tears left along the tear line, and the spit was stuck between his lips.

This is his story, the story after "Mansion Gate", a story that is more suitable for the screen than "Mansion Gate" may never appear on the table.

"Excuse me Director Guo, I can't understand the story in the house, but I can understand the house in your eyes, so I said I can't play Bai Jingqi. Unless I can listen to those stories day and night around you, soak myself in them. ”

Shao Yingying stretched out his hand and dragged Zhang Wan, and said in a low voice: "Let's go." ”

Zhang Wan hadn't come back yet, but Shao Yingying had already gotten up, and when the two walked out of the room, they gently closed the door, leaving an old man crying silently in the room.

"Hey, Shao Yingying, you're too much, how easy is it for the company to give you this opportunity, and you just give up like this?" Zhang Wan was completely unable to understand Shao Yingying's behavior outside the car.

Shao Yingying took out the phone under the night sky with a wicked smile, and dialed the phone number by leaning on the company's car: "Rusty Bo, you thank Fu Biao for me, I don't have his phone either, if it weren't for the inside story he scanned, I guess I wouldn't have any drama at all." ”

"How's it going? In all likelihood. ”

hung up the phone, Shao Yingying got into the car directly.

This is his nirvana, if you want to play this play, of course you must have acting skills, and more importantly, how to understand the director and understand the director's thoughts. It is impossible for Guo Baochang to let someone who doesn't understand him at all play Bai Jingqi, oh, maybe it was possible before, but after today, Guo Baochang will never let the script that he has destroyed twice in more than 40 years suffer a little grievance.

"No, what's the same thing?" Zhang Wan hurriedly got into the car, but he hadn't reacted yet.

Shao Yingying said in the car: "Teacher Fu Biao was born in the military compound, and he listened to the little things in the old capital, so I did more homework. Today, if I give Mr. Guo a play according to the script, then I will completely lose this opportunity. Because in his eyes, no one can play the head of Lejia in this era, especially people of my age, it is impossible to play Bai Jingqi. The key is that he can't find an old man who has experienced that era at the age of seventy or eighty to play, understand? ”

Note: This chapter can't be written in too much detail, there are too many sensitive words that can't be written, but after "Mansion Gate", it is more real than "Mansion Gate", if you want to know this story in detail, you can search for the video of Guo Lao in "Luyu Appointment" by yourself, it is clearer.