Chapter 18: Auditions

The day after she came back, Jiang Jie brought a few scripts to her, and Yu Lan looked through them in general, there were youth idol dramas, costume romance dramas, and suspense comedy dramas, all of which were not of very high quality.

Yu Lan asked, "What are you bringing these for?" ”

"These are all scripts that have come to you recently, you see if you have caught your eye, and while the popularity of "I Hope Time Forgets" is still there, I will perform another sweet drama to further increase my popularity." Jiang Jie said.

"Didn't Sister Wang say that I don't have to think about these low-quality TV series if I act in Wang Liqun's movies?" Yu Lan asked Jiang Jie suspiciously, and opened a book of idol dramas with the general plot of the routine of a domineering president falling in love with me, and now there is no new idea in the film and television industry.

"That being said, but there will be no high-quality film and television dramas that will find you for a while, so the company decided to let you choose a fairly good one from among them, and act first to consolidate your popularity."

"Didn't I tell you that Director Wang Liqun recommended me to interview for He Ye's films?"

"What?" Jiang Jie grabbed Yu Lan's shoulder excitedly, "Why don't you tell me about such a good thing." ”

Yu Lan was a little dizzy from being shaken, "At the time of the Starlight Ceremony, Director Wang helped me fight for this opportunity." ”

"Then you have to thank Director Wang."

Yu Lan nodded, "Sister Jiang, can you give me less work in the past few months." I plan to continue to learn from teachers to learn acting skills, so that I can successfully pass Director He's interview. ”

"Okay."

Yu Lan contacted the teacher who taught her acting again.

As soon as the teacher saw Yu Lan, he took her hand and sat down very kindly, "I went to the cinema to watch Wang Liqun's movie, and you acted very well." ”

"Thank you, teacher." Being able to be praised by the teacher is both happy and shy.

"Teacher, are you also an actor," Yu Lan asked the question she had always wanted to ask.

"I'm a drama actor, but I'm retiring early."

"Then why did you teach me how to act?" Even though she is retired, she will still teach her, a fledgling newcomer.

"Because I owe Wang Liqun a favor, it just so happened that he asked me to teach you to pay it back by the way, and it is my own reason, Wang Liqun has been making movies for so many years, and he has used old actors, and you are still the first newcomer I have seen in his movies. I also wanted to know why Wang Liqun chose you, so I agreed. The teacher patted Tulan's hand as he spoke.

"I thought you would indulge in the glitz of the entertainment industry if you became famous with Liqun's movies, but I didn't expect you to come back and specialize in acting, you are very suitable to be an actor." The teacher said with relief.

"Director Wang asked me to be an actor and not to be a traffic." Yu Lan said.

"Since you are still willing to learn from me, then you are my student, should the student express it?"

Yu Lan understood, knelt down on one knee and picked up the tea on the table and handed it to the teacher, who took a sip and patted Yu Lan on the shoulder, "Good boy, get up." ”

"I heard that Wang Liqun recommended you to act in He Ye's movie."

Yu Lan looked at her in surprise: "Teacher, how do you know?" ”

The teacher smiled: "It was He Ye who told me, you acted in Wang Liqun's play, he taught you where to act, and you will subconsciously apply this method to other movies, but each director has their own style." Maybe you don't realize that a large part of the success of Su Mo in Wang Liqun's movie is due to the fact that you have just left the campus and you will grasp Su Mo's characteristics. ”

Yu Lan nodded in recognition of the teacher's words, she really felt that acting was what Director Wang taught her.

The teacher continued, "So you need to have your own style." I won't teach you anything about acting for half a month, but I'll take you to a place every day, and all you have to do is observe carefully. ”

Yu Lan thought that the teacher would take her to a place like the film school, but she didn't expect it to be a hospital.

The teacher hung a number at the window of the hospital and waited in a chair with Yu Lan. "You look at the people around you, and that's what you learn."

Yu Lan looked at the people who came and went in the hospital, her expression was sad because her family was sick, and she was relieved to get the doctor's response that the condition was okay, and because of the joy of the arrival of the newborn. Acting is the life of the people in the play. And the prototype of each drama comes from reality, no wonder the teacher brought her here.

"You have to watch their facial expressions and small movements carefully." The teacher instructed.

In addition to the hospital, in the following days, the teacher took her to the train station, supermarket, vegetable market, airport and other places with large population flows, and took her to participate in it. Half a month made Yu Lan feel a lot.

In addition to learning acting skills from life, the teacher also gave Yu Lan time to see the performance of the people who won the actor in different film and television dramas.

The teacher focused on letting Yu Lan watch Xing Zhaoming's play, Yu Lan was very puzzled, there were several actors and actresses in the entertainment industry, why did the teacher want her to focus on Xing Zhaoming's film and television dramas, "Teacher, why should you focus on watching Brother Ming's TV series." ”

The explanation given by the teacher was also convincing, "Because you have acted in movies with him, he is someone you are familiar with." ”

The hard-working Yu Lan can't escape Xing Zhaoming.

According to the teacher's request, Yu Lan went home and found out all the movies and TV series that Xing Zhaoming had acted in and watched them, and each role played by Xing Zhaoming in the film and television drama has different characteristics. Although Xing Zhaoming is very handsome, he will also feel psychological discomfort if he sees too much.

Teacher Wang Juan finished teaching Yu Lan during the day and received a call from Xing Zhaoming at night.

"How is Sister Juan?" Xing Zhaoming asked with some eagerness in his voice.

"Well, don't worry. Are you sure you won't be sorry for Yu Lan, I tell you, Yu Lan is my student now, if you treat her badly, I can't spare you. ”

"No, I'll treat her well."

Xing Zhaoming has cooperated with Teacher Wang Juan many times when he first debuted, and their relationship has always been good.

Yu Lan, who was lying on the sofa wearing a small blanket and watching Xing Zhaoming's movie, suddenly trembled and wrapped herself tightly.

After Yu Lan studied with the teacher for a while, she received the script of He Ye's new movie "Original Sin", which is a one-step suspense drama about an ordinary family that has a murder overnight.

Yu Lan found Teacher Wang Juan with the script, and the teacher looked at the script and asked her, "Which role do you want to interview?" ”

"I want to interview the female No. 2 Su Mang." Yu Lan said.

"Why?"

"I think it is difficult to perform the psychological changes of the female number one with my current strength, although the female number two does not seem to be brilliant in this movie, it plays a role in driving the plot." Yu Lan said what she thought.

Hearing Yu Lan's explanation, the teacher smiled with relief, "You have made great progress during this time, what you said is very important to the position of the second female in this movie, if you can play this role well, your acting skills will be affirmed by more people." ”

"Original Sin" mainly talks about a family: a lazy man will abuse his wife when he can't give birth to a son because his wife can't give birth to a son. Two girls living in such a family, the eldest daughter became indifferent and silent, the younger daughter was timid and afraid, and when the eldest daughter was in her third year, the man beat her because the eldest daughter had been spending money, and the eldest daughter killed his father in a fit of anger.

The younger daughter witnessed what happened, and after her sister killed her, the younger daughter showed that she had always hated her father, and finally their mother went to jail in their place.

The part where He Ye asked her to audition was the part where her sister found out that she had witnessed everything after killing her father and wanted to kill her.

Yu Lan spent a night reading the script and understanding the relationships and attitudes of all the characters in this movie. She took notes about everything about the character of Su Mang, her attitude towards her parents and sister, her psychological reaction to witnessing her father's domestic violence against her mother, and her sister's killing of her father.

Yu Lan also asked Jiang Jie to play Su Mang's sister and accompany her in this part of the play.

On the day of the audition, Yu Lan restored the scene of the incident and the character of Su Mang in her mind, immersing herself in it.

In Yu Lan's mind, the house was in a mess at that time, she heard a voice at home and opened the door quietly, because Su Mang's character was set to be timid and afraid, and Su Mang would be afraid when she heard that there was movement in the house, and saw things thrown everywhere on the ground, and heard a sound in the bedroom at home Su Mang gently opened a gap, and saw her sister holding a knife and stabbing her father who was already out of breath and covered in blood, Su Mang's frightened eyes instantly widened, and he hurriedly covered his mouth, and after only a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, the corners of his eyes bent, a little excited, he touched the wine bottle on the ground, and when he saw his sister open the door and come over, Su Mang crawled around in fear, shouting in his mouth: "Sister, don't kill me, he deserves to be dead in my father's death, and I hate him too." A fine cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

At this point, He Ye shouted to stop.

nodded with satisfaction, "Wang Liqun is really right, you acted very well." ”

Yu Lan got up from the ground, took He Ye's tissue and wiped her face.

"Why did Su Mang laugh a little after seeing her father killed?" He Ye asked.

"I think Su Mang has also been living in the shadow of her father's violence, and seeing her father die, she feels relieved, and finally she doesn't have to be beaten and scolded by her father." Yu Lan told her psychological feelings at that time.

He Ye laughed happily: "Yes, Wang Liqun's vision is good. ”

continued to ask: "You obviously have two choices, why did you choose the inconspicuous female number two in the movie?" ”

"I think the female number two drives the narrative of the whole story, which is a display of another perspective." Yu Lan said.

He Ye said to the other people in charge of the film: "It's her." Stretched out his hand towards Yu Lan, and Yu Lan hurriedly stepped forward to hold He Ye's hand.

"Welcome to our film."

Yu Lan breathed a sigh of relief at this time, "I'm honored. ”

When she went out, Yu Lan's legs became weak, and Jiang Jie quickly supported her, "It's so unproductive, isn't it just an audition?" ”

Yu Lan didn't care about Jiang Jie's ridicule, and said happily: "I've passed, my efforts have not been in vain." ”