Chapter 169: Audition meets Mo Heng
Chen Yaoyao stayed at home for five or six days, and she finally realized the feeling of staying with her parents and being held in the palm of her hand as a treasure in her hand.
She has always felt that she is the one who is not cared for, but this time she stayed at home for so many days, but Chen Yaoyao deeply realized that in fact, she has always been loved, but her parents have always wrapped their love, which is obscure, and they have never let her know and she refuses to open her heart to accept her parents' love and kindness to her.
Because of her own isolation and rejection, she never knew what her parents wanted for her.
Now because she has completed various tasks, met a lot of people, experienced a lot of things, and is much more mature than before, so she can now look at things and problems from the perspective of her parents.
Especially after coming back this time, her parents' attitude towards her was really much more enthusiastic than before, which made Chen Yaoyao particularly flattered, making her what she likes to eat every day, and taking her shopping to buy clothes.
Chen Yaoyao was eating the tempura that Chen's mother fried for her, and then her mobile phone rang.
"Hey, hello."
It was the director who called, and the director said, "Where are you now?" ”
Chen Yaoyao is in a hurry, "What's the matter, director?" Is it because the script has not been approved, and there is something that needs to be rewritten? ”
She didn't bring her laptop with her, she didn't bring a USB flash drive, and if the director asked her to change the script, she would have to take the train back and change it immediately.
"That's not true, the script is well written, and the producers are quite satisfied."
"That's ...... calling"
"Now that the script has been set and the investor has been found, the hero and heroine will be decided now. But after all, you're a screenwriter, so we want you to follow me and the assistant director to the casting, by the way, where are you now? ”
“…… I'm back at my parents' house, when is the casting time? ”
"The day after tomorrow."
"Then you send me the location and specific events later, and I'll go then."
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Chen's father came over with a plate of fruit.
"What's wrong? Is there a job again? ”
"Well, I have a job, and the director team asked me to follow the casting." Chen Yaoyao nodded, put a piece of apple in his mouth with a small fork, and said.
"That's good, you can see all kinds of stars."
Chen Yaoyao shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, "That's it, but I don't really want to leave immediately." ”
"Did you say that? When do you want to go? Chen's father sat next to Chen Yaoyao and asked.
"The casting will be made the day after tomorrow, because the start time is at the end of two months later, so the time is relatively rushed, and you have to quickly decide on the role or something, and then you can do all kinds of follow-up preparations."
"Then you go back tomorrow, I'll ask your mother to fry some of our meat sauce for you, and you can bring it over and eat it slowly."
"Well, that's fine."
After Chen Xiaoyao finished speaking, he leaned on Chen's father's shoulder, and said lazily: "It's really tiring to work, it's better when I was a child, I can eat after school every day, write my homework after eating, and then find my friends to play, which is much easier and happier than now." ”
"Who wouldn't want to go back to being a kid? I still remember when you were young, you were fleshy, chasing behind my ass every day, shouting 'Daddy' and 'Daddy' in a milky voice, not to mention how cute it was, and later, you grew up slowly, and had your own thoughts and thoughts, but we as parents have been stuck in the thinking of wanting to keep you by your side and let you live according to our ideas, but as a result, you were forced to go to a university in a foreign country, and you were not with us when you found a job. ”
"I can only look forward to you coming back for two days during the Chinese New Year every year, but you are busy with work, and you haven't stayed at home for a few days, so you left with your luggage."
Chen Yaoyao listened to Chen's father speak slowly, and his heart was also full of mixed feelings.
Between her and her parents, she missed a lot of time.
Fortunately, there is still a chance to remedy it, she understands the hard work of her parents, and her parents also understand her dreams and perseverance, and she feels that the five days she spent at home are very meaningful.
"Dad, the previous things are over, let's turn the page, and then let's have a good time, I will come back to see you as long as I have time, you can also come to my city to see me when you are free, don't worry about my busy work, no matter how busy I am, I will find time to see you."
Dad Chen smiled with relief: "Well, okay." ”
The next morning, after the family of three had breakfast, Chen Yaoyao was about to set off with his salute.
Chen's father and Chen's mother sent her, but when they drove on the road, Chen Xiaoyao found that this road was not the route to the train station.
"Dad, this doesn't seem like the route to the train station, right?"
"Didn't you say it's too tiring to take the train for a day and a night? Yesterday, your dad didn't buy you a train ticket, but bought a plane ticket, girl, you will take a plane back today, save some time and go back to tidy up, and you won't be very tired. ”
"Airline tickets are expensive." Chen Yaoyao frowned and said with some pain.
In addition to going on a business trip, she is reluctant to take a plane at other times, who knows that her father will be willing to spend more than 1,000 to give her a plane ticket.
"It's not expensive, it's just a one-time ride, and it's not a plane every day, it's fine." Dad Chen said with a smile while driving.
When he arrived at the waiting area of the airport, Chen's father handed the plane ticket to Chen Yaoyao.
"You've got everything, right?"
"Well, take it." Chen Xiaoyao nodded,
Chen's mother carefully counted the things she took for Chen Yaoyao again, making sure that there was nothing to take less, and then took Chen Yaoyao's hand and said to Chen Yaoyao: "Do you know that your ID card and air ticket should be loaded?" After going back, you should pay attention to rest, don't stay up late, eat less junk food, exercise more, and be good for your health. ”
"I see."
Chen's mother and Chen's father have been telling her, although many words have been repeated hundreds of times, but Chen Yaoyao is not bored.
After saying goodbye to Chen's father and Chen's mother, Chen Yaoyao reluctantly stepped on the return plane.
From his home to Chengdu, Chen Yaoyao took more than four hours to arrive by plane, and it was more than two o'clock in the afternoon.
After having an in-flight meal on the plane at noon, Chen Xiaoyao didn't feel very hungry.
She got into a taxi and went home, packed her luggage and stuff, and Chen's mother filled her with two large jars of meat sauce, which she carefully stored in the refrigerator, these things were her favorite foods when she was a child and the most gluttonous when she grew up.
Because it is still quite far away from the Chinese New Year, Chen Yaoyao doesn't know when he has time to go home for such a long time, so he has to save these two jars of meat sauce.
These two cans of meat sauce are full of love from mom and dad for her.
Chen Yaoyao looked at the two cans of meat sauce with satisfaction, and smiled and bent her eyes.
The next day, Chen Yaoyao arrived at the place according to the address given by the director.
The location set by the director is a high-end hotel, Chen Yaoyao has been here once or twice before, this hotel often hosts some celebrations and finale banquets and other activities, Chen Yaoyao is also the main creator, so sometimes he will come to participate.
But this is only a rare case, because Chen Yaoyao's personality is still relatively homely, and he doesn't like to go out on such occasions very much.
Because such an occasion is to put it bluntly, it is a vanity fair with a glass of glasses, which seems to be a scene of laughter, but in fact it is a filthy quagmire, Chen Yaoyao just wants to engage in his own creation with peace of mind, but he doesn't want to be involved in these occasions and doesn't want to be pulled into this muddy water.
This time, the director called her and asked her to come, otherwise she wouldn't want to come.
She actually understands that when it comes to casting, in fact, many roles have been set by investors or producers a long time ago, and some small supporting roles are also selected.
It's true that she is a screenwriter, but she doesn't have a lot of right to speak.
It's just because she and the director have worked together three times, and they are old friends, knowing what kind of personality and temperament she has, allowing her to play freely in script creation, and will respect her opinion more.
In fact, there are not many good directors like this.
In the screenwriter circle, many screenwriters are led by the nose by the director or producer.
People give the screenwriter an outline or an idea, and then let the screenwriter create.
Either it is an adaptation of the novel, and then the original owner is thrown to the screenwriter and the screenwriter is allowed to modify it on the basis of the original book.
Basically, the plot of such a script is not very eye-catching, but there will be one or two more outstanding characters, and most of these roles are filmed for actors who have been set by investors or producers.
To put it bluntly, this script is just written specifically for the stars that people want to praise.
So now there are a lot of TV series and movies that are not very good-looking, and the key to movies with low ratings is here, everyone thinks that they can make money in these two fields, and then they frantically cut leeks and stuffed some stars who were not in this line of work into movies and TV series, hoping to earn fans, earn traffic, attract attention, and gain popularity, without paying attention to the importance of movies and TV series themselves.
This phenomenon is somewhat of putting the cart before the horse.
So now many people on the Internet are talking about the cold winter of film and television, and these account for the vast majority of factors.
Chen Yaoyao knew this, but there was no way.
After all, those who do their job, to put it bluntly, are also doing things for others, and it is naturally best to be able to create freely, but in order to get money, they can only do things according to orders, which is also very helpless.
It may be that someone brought her into the door in the past, and then won a lot of awards, so she received fewer constraints in this regard, which can be regarded as a blessing.
On the elevator, Chen Yaoyao was just about to close the door, but someone said: "Wait a minute, wait a minute." ”
Then Chen Yaoyao pressed the open button again and asked the family to come up.
As a result, there was not one, but seven or eight people.
These people surrounded a tall man with a mask and entered the elevator, and directly squeezed Chen Yaoyao next to the elevator.
A lean woman with glasses and a suit and skirt glanced at the elevator floor.
"You're also going to the 18th floor, but it's a coincidence."
"yes, yes."
Chen Xiaoyao smiled reluctantly, and then moved his feet.
A group of people suddenly broke in just now, I don't know who pushed her, and then I didn't notice that her foot twisted, and now her ankle hurts a little.
The woman looked at Chen Yaoyao's gaze with obvious contempt, and snorted softly almost inaudibly.
The tall man glanced in Chen Yaoyao's direction and did not speak.
The elevator closed its doors and gradually climbed the floor.
"Mo Shao, when you see the director, you must behave better, you must take down the actor of this script." The bespectacled woman instructed.
The man said impatiently, "I know, you've said it thousands of times." ”
The voice...... Isn't it Mo Heng's?
Chen Xiaoxiao immediately raised his head and looked at the tall man standing in the middle of the group, his hands trembling slightly.
The man seemed to notice her gaze, glanced at Chen Yaoyao, and then immediately set aside in the next second.
Isn't this eye Mo Heng's? Chen Yaoyao was still doubting just now, thinking that she had heard it wrong, but these eyes, these gray eyes, how could she be wrong?
This is Mo Heng!
But Mo Heng's eyes were cold and indifferent when he looked at her, as if Chen Yaoyao was a stranger he met for the first time.
Chen Yaoyao suddenly felt that her excitement and joy disappeared all at once.
It was like a basin of cold water being poured down, and she only felt that she was cold from head to toe.
Mo Heng, didn't you recognize her?
After arriving at the 18th floor, Mo Heng was surrounded by a group of people and got off the elevator, and after Chen Yaoyao waited for them to leave, he walked out.
After Chen Yaoyao got out of the elevator, his mobile phone rang.
"Are you here?" It's the director's call.
"I'm here, where am I going to find you?"
"Don't go blind, just wait for me at the elevator, I'll look for you."
Then the director hung up.
Chen Yaoyao moved his feet a few times, and his ankles were so sore that he probably twisted them just now.
It didn't take long for the director to pick her up.
"Let's go, casting is about to begin."
"Okay."
The director is a fiery character, and he walks very fast, but Chen Yaoyao's feet hurt at this time, so he can't walk fast.
When the director saw this, he asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”
"My foot just twisted a little and it hurt a little."
"Why was it so careless?" The director said reproachfully.
Although the director said this, in order to understand that Chen Yaoyao can't walk fast now, his walking speed has also slowed down.
When he arrived at the casting scene, Chen Yaoyao was supported by the director on a chair and sat down, and then he was busy doing other things.
After a while, a staff member brought her an ice pack.
Chen Yaoyao didn't have to guess this ice pack, and she knew that it must have been ordered by the director to get it for her.
After all, they have worked together so many times, and the two are now friends, and the director usually takes care of her more, although sometimes he won't say it.
"Thank you." Chen Yaoyao lifted one foot, and then applied an ice pack to his ankle, and the pain was a little less.
Chen Yaoyao looked around while applying an ice pack.
Some of the stars in it are old faces, and some have even acted in dramas written by Chen Yaoyao before.
Some of them are young faces that they have never seen before, and they look like they should be newcomers in the entertainment industry, and they want to be familiar with the characters strictly.
And the most eye-catching of them is Shu Moheng.
Mo Heng can be regarded as a little fresh meat who has risen in the past year or two, and he also has awards and popularity blessings, which can be regarded as the most outstanding among these stars.
Especially Mo Heng's pomp is big, there are seven or eight people who follow him, and it looks like a big card.
Many people next to him were staring at Mo Heng, but Mo Heng kept tinkering with his mobile phone, not looking up to talk to others, and not saying hello, looking very difficult to get along with and very cold.
Chen Yaoyao sat next to the director, and the director stood up and said something very official, and then introduced the main members of the director team and Chen Yaoyao as a screenwriter.
Chen Yaoyao stood up and nodded, "Hello." ”
Then he sat back in his seat.
"We cast according to the number plate in order, and when you come to audition, remember to report yourself and say which role you want to play."
The number plate was sent out by the staff early in the morning, and the number plate was issued in the order of entering the venue, and the director said that there were more than 50 of them, and it seems that there are still a lot of people auditioning this time.
The director said that the female lead is currently set, but the male lead still needs to be determined through casting, because this script is a script for a big male lead, and the male lead and important supporting roles need to be carefully selected.
This time, the director of the drama planned to use it to win the award, so the director attached great importance to this casting, and in order to be able to choose good actors to play, he specially called Chen Yaoyao and asked her to help with it.
Chen Yaoyao's eyes always fell on Mo Heng, and he was also a little absent-minded about this casting.
Although Chen Yaoyao sometimes gives his own opinions, but there are very few, and it is generally the director who determines the role and the final candidate.
The morning has passed, and half of the audition actors have passed, and the important supporting actresses and supporting actors have almost been decided, leaving the male lead undecided.
The director asked Chen Yaoyao in a low voice: "Are you hungry?" ”
Chen Xiaoyao replied: "It's okay, it's okay." ”
The director stood up and clapped his palms: "Okay, that's the end of the audition in the morning, continue in the afternoon, the actors who have already passed the audition can stay, and the actors who have not been there will cooperate in the future, please go back first, if there is a follow-up notice, I will tell you through the company or your agent at that time, hard work." ”
"In addition, there is no need for audition actors for roles that have already been set, so please return the number plates except for the actors who audition for the leading actor."
Then seven or eight more people handed over the number plate, and those people also pulled the director and talked for a while, meaning nothing more than thinking about what the characters could consider considering in the future.
Chen Yaoyao held her chin and watched the director deal with these people, and then said, "Okay, okay? ”
"Well, okay, I'll have someone order takeout, and I'll deliver it later."
"Okay."
Because of the ice pack she had just applied, she felt much better on her ankles.
"I'll go to the bathroom."
"Okay."
Chen Yaoyao took his bag and walked out.
After Chen Yaoyao came out of the bathroom, he happened to bump into the capable woman beside Mo Heng, this person Chen Xiaoyao guessed that it was probably an agent or an assistant or something.
She wanted to bypass this woman, but this person wanted to block her way.
"Excuse me, what's the matter with you?"
"Miss Chen Yaoyao, you are the screenwriter of this drama, I wonder if the actor can consider our family Mo Heng?"
Chen Yaoyao pushed his glasses, and then said businesslikely: "This matter, it depends on Mr. Xiamo's performance when he auditions, as well as his understanding of the role and the plot. ”
At this time, the agent lady had already put on a courteous expression, "But after all, you are a screenwriter, and the relationship between you and the director is not bad, so the director must have a few points of reference for what you say, right?" ”
Chen Yaoyao smiled politely, and refused to say, "I'm sorry, I can't help this." ”
Then Chen Xiaoxiao bypassed the woman and walked out of the bathroom.
As a result, as soon as she came out, she turned around and saw Mo Heng leaning against the wall.
This place is not far from the door of the bathroom, and Chen Xiaoyao estimated that Mo Heng had heard what she had just said to her agent.
Mo Heng just glanced at her indifferently as before, and then had no other reaction.
Looking at Mo Heng's face, which she could never erase in her mind, Chen Xiaoyao plucked up her courage.
Chen Xiaoyao bit her lower lip, she mustered up the courage to walk to Mo Heng's side and asked, "Do you recognize me?" ”
"Acquaintance." Mo Heng replied.
As soon as a glimmer of hope rose in Chen Yaoyao's heart, he was beaten back to the place by Mo Heng's next sentence.
"Aren't you the screenwriter?"
The smile on Chen Yaoyao's face couldn't be hung up in an instant.
She didn't know how she got back to the audition venue, and she didn't know who was the leading actor in the final audition.
Ever since that conversation with Mo Heng, Chen Xiaoyao had been in a state of confusion and had been absent all afternoon.
After finally returning home, Chen Yaoyao washed his face with cold water, and then he came to his senses.
Is this Mo Heng? Is this still Mo Heng?
Maybe it's just a stranger who looks exactly the same, Mo Heng, who belongs to her, may not have come to this world with her.
Chen Yaoyao in the mirror showed an ugly wry smile.
On the third day after the audition, Chen Yaoyao received a cast list in the WeChat group of the main creator of a TV series.
The male protagonist in the first place is Mo Heng.
Chen Yaoyao felt panicked when she saw this name, she was in no mood to continue to see who played other roles, so she turned off her mobile phone directly, and then fell asleep like a turtle with a shrunken head.
Chen Xiaoyao felt that she couldn't just be depressed because of this Mo Heng matter, she had to find a way to divert her attention, so that she could get out of the loss as soon as possible.
So she did her old job again and started writing new scripts.
Chen Xiaoyao opened the wo
After d, I remembered the series of things that happened to me before, and I had inspiration.
She wants to write these stories of her experience in the script.