Chapter 9: Meet Zhang Bearded
"What do you think?"
After Ding Xiu left, he didn't let anyone in, and Yuan Bing and Huang Jianzhong started to discuss.
"Playing Lin Pingzhi is a bit hanging." Huang Jianzhong was a little more sad between his eyebrows, "It would be good if he graduated from the class, even if he didn't graduate in his junior year like Li Jie." ”
Yuan Bing retorted: "We are recruiting actors, not civil servants, is it so important to have academic qualifications?" Isn't it enough to have the ability? ”
"How many of the people who came out of TVB have academic qualifications? Liu Dehua is a hairdresser, Zhou Xingchi works in an electronics factory, Tony Leung is a salesman, and Gu Tsai has been in prison. ”
"My senior brother Sammo Hung, Cheng Long, and the jugglers in the troupe, they all have no academic qualifications, I think young people should be given opportunities."
Huang Jianzhong smiled bitterly: "The mainland is different from Xiangjiang, college students still have an advantage, and it is very troublesome for vegans to train." ”
"The freshman liberates his nature, understands the history of domestic and foreign films, goes to the stage to learn sketches in the sophomore year, the graduation play in the third year, and the internship in the senior year, and the undergraduate students are in school for one or two years, and what they learn is just the basics, which in my opinion is no different from most amateurs."
Although he is a native of Xiangjiang, when it comes to film school, Yuan Bing is like a treasure.
After a year or two in film school, the things I learned are limited, isn't it the basic knowledge, Li Xie and Ding Xiu are only half a catty.
Neither of them could convince anyone, and Huang Jianzhong no longer argued: "We don't count who we choose, leave it to the boss to make the decision." ”
Yuan Bing nodded: "I believe that Lao Zhang's vision is the same as mine." ”
The second male number is not a small role, the two really can't be the master, they can only propose, and it is Zhang Jizhong who makes the final decision.
Two days later, an interview list with a resume of the award candidates fell in front of Zhang Jizhong.
"Lin Pingzhi's role is quite popular." Seeing more than 70 candidates, Zhang Jizhong was surprised.
These are screened out, and I don't know how many there are until they are screened.
It can be seen how hot this drama is.
The top two names are Li Xie and Ding Xiu, Li Xie is very ordinary, a junior at Nortel University, and has acted in two plays, which is not an advantage in Zhang Jizhong's opinion.
"I have ten years of dancing skills, and I look good in ancient costumes...... Is there a hint of sinister poison in the eyes of kindness? Seeing Huang Jianzhong's evaluation, Zhang Jizhong smiled.
I'm afraid this is also the reason why Li Jie's resume appeared in front of him.
There are many people who have acted at the age of twenty-five, but there are not many who have ten years of dancing skills, which is very important for martial arts dramas.
Ordinary actors are very difficult to play, their movements are stiff and unnatural, many movements need to be substituted, and those with dance skills are different, and their postures are much more elegant and flexible.
opened the second resume, it was Ding Xiu's.
The first half is very ordinary, nothing eye-catching, except for being handsome, if you look closely, it's a bit of a dragon.
The later professional expertise is excessive, fifteen years of martial arts skills, proficient in fists and feet, swords, guns and sticks, and can also ride horses and shoot arrows.
In the evaluation column, Yuan Bing wrote: "I have a strong martial arts foundation, especially good at swordsmanship, although I have not studied acting professionally, but I am very talented in acting, and I have a deep understanding of the role, so I highly recommend it." ”
To be honest, Zhang Jizhong is a little curious about Ding Xiu, he knows Yuan Bing's character, he generally does not praise people easily, most of them are scolding, especially the actors can't meet the requirements of his design actions.
This will be almost boasted on Ding Xiu's resume.
Li Xie has ten years of dancing skills, Ding Xiu has fifteen years of martial arts skills, and can also ride horses and shoot arrows, the two are completely incomparable, and the latter turns the former into slag in seconds.
Li Jie's acting experience is not an advantage, he set the age of the actor at 20 to 25 years old, so he didn't expect to have much advanced acting skills, and he just adjusted it slowly after joining the group.
After thinking for a few seconds, Zhang Jizhong put Ding Xiu's resume aside.
He is not a person who chooses people by his academic qualifications, when he was filming the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, many actors had no academic qualifications, some were sanda athletes, some were commissary owners, some were models, and some were group performers.
He had only one requirement for casting, which was suitable for the role.
If Ding Xiu was like Yuan Bing said, he wouldn't mind giving the young man a chance.
……
After the interview, Ding Xiu waited in the rental house for three days, and three days later, he received a call from the crew at noon, asking him to go for an interview the next day, and the meeting place was no longer the hotel.
Still the same set of clothes, Ding Xiu took a taxi to the suburban horse farm.
The first person to see it was Yuan Bing, and the second was Zhang Jizhong, with his iconic beard, wearing an old Beiping sleeveless horse coat and mille-feuille shoes, and there is such a thing in the director world.
"Hello director, I'm Ding Xiu."
"Hello, hello."
After shaking hands, Zhang Jizhong's gaze did not stop, he was very satisfied with Ding Xiu's appearance, he was indeed a handsome guy.
"Yuan Dao said that your swordsmanship is very high, can you show it?"
"No problem."
Seeing Ding Xiu turn his head to look for something, Yuan Bing smiled and took him a sword prepared in advance: "I didn't have a broom to give you a scourge today, use this." ”
The sword is the unopened sports equipment of the unified system of the Wushu Association, which is the kind played by the old man and the old lady in the park.
Drew the sword, pulled two sword flowers, and after getting familiar with the feel, Ding Xiu played a set of swordsmanship at will, compared to the set of auditions a few days ago, this set is more ornamental and very handsome.
This is what he thought of after the fact, some swordsmanship is lethal, but it may not be good-looking, joining the group to act is not killing, and the director may not know the goods.
Or this kind of bells and whistles are a little useful.
Stab, split, flirt, point, hang, collapse, intercept, move and dodge, turn sideways 720 degrees in the air, a set of swordsmanship was played by Ding Xiu lightly and quickly, chic, elegant, anyone who sees it has to give a thumbs up and praise for being beautiful.
After collecting the sword, Ding Xiu clasped his fists, and Zhang Jizhong stepped forward and said: "It can be seen that the martial arts skills are indeed very high, and the resume says that you can also do kung fu with fists and feet, do you mind showing it?" ”
"You can show it, but the director, say it in advance, you call me, I put a few hundred yuan a day of drama and came over without filming, and it is swordsmanship and boxing when I come, if I don't pass the audition, I can be reimbursed for the round-trip taxi fare and lost work expenses."
Yuan Bing twisted his head to the side, and he really didn't have the face to look at it.
Zhang Jizhong laughed: "Don't worry, if you can't choose, I will definitely be reimbursed." ”
"Then I'll be relieved."
The long sword was returned to the sheath, Ding Xiu immediately played a set of punches, the fist style was fierce, the tiger was vigorous, the momentum was very strong, he could flicker the swordsmanship, the boxing technique was not easy to make up, he could only play really.
Just like the first time Yuan Bing saw Ding Xiu playing with a sword, Zhang Jizhong unconsciously put away his smile and became serious.
He has worked with many actors who know martial arts, and Ding Xiu has something that they don't have, he can't tell what it is, it's very unique and attractive, and it's hard to forget after watching it.