Chapter 123: Audition
Compared with the joy and luck brought by the chance encounter with the old gentleman, Chen Zaitian couldn't be happy at the end of the day yesterday, even if he was woken up by the old gentleman's words, he realized his curve in learning performance, and yesterday's stunning and expressive performance was praised and praised by the three mentors.
Because after saying goodbye to the old gentleman the day before yesterday and returning home, he received a series of phone calls from Jessica and even the girls afterwards - Tiffany's grandfather had passed away in the United States.
There was nothing he could do about it.
Even though he is a reborn person who has traveled through time, he is still an ordinary person, not a god Buddha or a god in the sky.
Chan had wanted to see Tiffany or the girls the night before. Although there is nothing that can be done, a minimum of comfort and support is possible. But that's obviously impossible, after all, Girls' Generation is an artist under S.M Company, and if something like this happens, and it's night, how can he be controlled by Chen.
For such a thing, S.M also had to let Tiffany fly back to the United States yesterday to see off his deceased grandfather. For other girls in Girls' Generation, it is natural that they still have to be busy with their established announcements and activity schedules.
The laughter on the show may only be understood by them, and behind it are tears...
As for Chen Zaitian, there is also his 'job', which is to study his performance with all his heart.
The old gentleman's suggestion in the afternoon of the day before yesterday made Chen Zaitian understand his problem, he should not just stop at the artistic creation taught by Song Kanghao and others, even if he learns their art theories, views and guidance, Chen Zaitian must also have his own perception and opinion, it is he Chen Zaitian who is interpreting, not Song Kanghao and others. He must have his own stylistic traits and the soul he wants to give to the character.
"Don't be nervous, it's just an audition, just relax and perform as you were yesterday."
Seeing that Chen Zaitian's expression seemed to be a little gloomy, Song Kanghao thought that he was nervous about going to the studio to audition, so he hurriedly patted Chen Zaitian on the shoulder and said comfortingly.
Song Kanghao is sincerely pleased with the progress and performance of the young man next to him yesterday, and in less than a few days, he has made incredible progress. Especially yesterday, not only did he perform the content and details of the three people's guidance, but also deduced the effect of his unique charm, which made the three of them shine, which is already the level of some first-class actors. Of course, this is limited to the role they are taught.
Chen Zaitian nodded at Song Kanghao and gave a reassuring smile, "I know, thank you, Brother Kang Hao." "Song Kanghao's agent was also in the car, and Chen Zaitian felt that it was better to be called 'Brother Kanghao'.
He was actually nervous because he had seen the wind and waves earlier, but because he hadn't seen the girls in the last few days, and Tiffany's grandfather had passed away, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed when he thought of the girls, but it wasn't too much trouble.
Before he knew it, three days had passed, and his 'retreat' to learn acting was over. Early this morning, Song Kang-ho took him to the upcoming audition.
When people think of movies in South Korea, they think of Chungmuro, just as in the United States, when they talk about movies, they think of Hollywood. There is a close "equal relationship" between this street in the center of Seoul and Korean films. Chungmuro is home to a dense network of cinemas and film production establishments, and is regarded not only as an important hub for Korea's local film production industry, but also as a bellwether for the development of Korean films.
Since the 60s of the last century, Chungmuro has become an important base for the production of Korean local films. In recent years, Chungmuro-based studios have produced numerous box office legends, including "My Sassy Girlfriend," "Flying the Taiji Flag," "Monster of the Han River," and many more. Many Korean stars are proud to have been born in Chungmuro. Stars like Jun Ji-hyun, who have won the favor of big-name directors with their outstanding appearance and true performances, are simply called "Chungmuro faction". As for Song Kanghao, he is naturally the eldest senior in the Chungwulu faction.
Jang Hoon is a disciple of the famous Korean director Kim Ki-duk. In 2008, he officially entered the ranks of long-form commercial film directors with "Movie is Movie", which cost only 1.5 billion won, but created a box office result of 1.5 million viewers, and the film is also a new record for low-cost commercial films, and he won the film critics Award for Best New Director, that is, after that, his box office potential has been favored by Chungmuro.
The success of "Movie is Movie" made him very happy, and he immediately had the move to prepare for the next work, "Righteous Brothers" is the second work he wants to direct. What makes him most happy and surprised by this film is that he can invite Song Kang-ho as one of the protagonists to shoot, and with him, the actor with a guaranteed box office, his film is one-third of a success. For the other protagonist, in fact, he already has a suitable candidate in mind, that is, Wang Kang Dongwon, a newcomer in the Korean film industry.
However, the latter has not given him a satisfactory answer because of the filming and promotion of another starring new work "Tian Yuzhi". This made Zhang Xun very distressed, because it was originally planned that his film would start filming at the end of June this year, but because of this important reason, it was postponed to now. (In fact, "Righteous Brothers" started filming at the end of June, because the novel needs it, the book was delayed by 2 months.) )
Of course, it doesn't mean that it doesn't have to be Jiang Dongyuan's appearance to start filming, mainly because so far he has not been able to find an actor who is suitable and satisfactory to him in terms of height, appearance, temperament and acting skills. Like his master Kim Ki-duk, Jang Hoon is also a very serious and persistent person who treats movies very seriously, either he doesn't shoot, or if he wants to shoot, he will shoot the work that he is most satisfied with and thinks is the best.
A few days ago, together with the staff of the film production team, he went to various areas of Seoul to find some suitable scenes for shooting the scenes in the film, and today he has time to return to the video studio in Chungmuro to sort out the materials. And it can be regarded as a newcomer who auditioned by the way, and Song Kanghao told him that he was coming two days ago. Song Kang-ho still has to give him face, compared to him, a cutting-edge director like himself sometimes has to rely on his popularity and status.
Song Wuquan held a cigarette in his mouth and walked slowly on the Zhongwu Road.
Those who know him know that he is one of the best cinematographers in the Korean film industry today, and his imaging aesthetic shooting skills were a blockbuster and shine in "Rose, Red Lotus" released in 2003, and then "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" with director Kim Ji-woon and Song Kang-ho, Jung Woo-sung and Lee Byung-hun are even more recognized by the film industry.
He is also the photographer invited by Zhang Xun to shoot "Righteous Brothers" this time.
However, Song Wuquan wore a green hat in a very low-key manner today, but not many people cared about him. In fact, he came here today mainly to ask Zhang Xun when the movie will start, after all, he also has other work on hand, and if it drags on any further, it will really affect his work arrangement. Soon, he walked to the video studio rented by Zhang Xun for the filming of "Righteous Brothers".
Hey!
Song Wuquan stopped in a daze, but saw a young man with a good face standing outside the door of the recording studio, and he was standing there quietly. He took a puff on his cigarette and looked around, but saw no one nearby except the young man.
"Hey, who are you and why are you here?" Song Wuquan walked over, lit the young man with his finger holding the cigarette, and looked at it, he was a little taller than himself, it should be more than one meter eight.
Chen Jae-cheon is waiting for Song Kang-ho. After coming to Chungmu Road, Song Kang-ho was seen by an acquaintance producer and called him over to talk about things, so he left him alone and waited at the door of Director Jang Hoon's studio for a while. In line with the principle of caution, Chen Zaitian stood motionless outside the door and did not dare to move. After a while, he didn't expect a cry to come from his side, and he quickly turned around.
"Hello, senior." Either way, there's nothing wrong with a polite greeting.
Song Wuquan nodded.
The young man is handsome, his temperament is a little elegant, his eyes are a little melancholy, but his smile is very sunny.
Chen Zaitian has never cared about his own style, it is impossible to be sloppy usually, but he will never deliberately put on makeup and dress up, but there is no way to dress up this outfit, after all, the audition is still decent, so it is a rare time, he accepted Song Kanghao's suggestion to go to the beauty shop to get a good look. As for the effect, just look at the little girl who received him from the waitress in the beauty shop, but she didn't look at him less.
When it comes to styling, I have to mention his hair, because his left forehead has been injured and has been cut off a piece, which is very difficult to get, and it took a long time to hide the bangs.
"You're here to audition." Song Wuquan asked casually, but in his heart, he already decided that Chen Zaitian was an actor.
"Huh?"
Chen Zaitian was stunned, but nodded anyway.
"Oh, okay, come in with me, don't stand at the door."
After Song Wuquan finished speaking, he ignored Chen Zaitian and strode in. Looking at the background of the man's entry, Chen Zaitian was blindfolded, and his open mouth couldn't say a word.
Chen Zaitian glanced left and right a few times, but still didn't see Song Kanghao's figure come back, thought about it, and followed in.
"Brother Wu Quan, hello."
Zhang Xun, who was checking the script on the only long table in the workshop hall, saw Song Wuquan entering the door at a glance, and hurriedly put down the script in his hand and walked forward. Song Wuquan is naturally older than him, and he is also a well-known person in the photography industry, so there is some minimum respect and politeness between them.
Song Wuquan nodded with a smile and said hello to him.
"Huh?" Zhang Xun looked at the young man who followed not far behind Song Wu's body, and was stunned. "Brother Wu Quan, this is...?"
"You said he came to you for an audition, so I called him in by the way, you can do it yourself." Song Wuquan heard Zhang Xun's words, turned his head and looked at Chen Zaitian, who was following behind him, and replied. After speaking, he also squeaked at Chen Zaitian behind him: "This is the director, say hello." ”
Because he followed Song Wuquan in, Chen Zaitian was not stopped by the staff in the workshop.
"Hello director, I'm Chen Zaitian."