"Anihazar, I'm Lee Ji-eun."

"Director Lu is good, screenwriter is good, deputy director Bai Wei is good, and Zhou Jie's seniors are good."

"It's a great honor to be invited to audition for the script of 'Tomie', I ......"

In the hotel arranged by the crew,

An unused room was used as a location for auditions.

It's still a long table, a few chairs, and a fixed seat, a mobile seat.

But this time, it was no longer Lao Zhang sitting next to Lu Zhengyi, but his student Bai Wei.

In addition to this, this time there is one more screenwriter.

Compared with before, the finalization of the actor selection is Lu Zhengyi's word.

This time, in addition to his opinion, he had to satisfy Ito, the screenwriter.

And in front of them, a woman with delicate makeup is carefully introducing herself.

In order to cater to the director, she still uses Tang language, which is quite proficient, and it can be seen that she has studied for a period of time before this.

Lee Ji-eun, a famous singer and actor in the Southern Dynasty.

Its fame is so great that it is even very famous in the Tang Kingdom.

But now, accompanied by her agent, she came to the Fujiang crew for an audition very solemnly.

"For the time being, let's improvise a piece of the story, there's no script." Lu Zhengyi nodded politely, and then said casually, "If the title is to play a woman who is so jealous that she goes crazy." ”

With his current situation, it is indeed unrealistic to find some young, unqualified, but capable actors as before.

This requirement was relaxed when he began to try to shoot some other styles of films.

invited some more famous, but also capable actors.

So this time on the side of the Southern Dynasty, almost all the actors who were invited to audition at the hotel were powerful actors who had a certain reputation here, or even won awards.

Hearing that there was no script, Li Zhien in front of him was a little stunned at first.

But years of experience as an artist still made her quickly calm down and think about the topic.

"Under what circumstances are you jealous?"

She asked cautiously.

"Anything goes."

Lu Zhengyi hesitated, "If you have to say it, then you see that the mother is very good to other children, so she is jealous." ”

So it's playing a child?

The astonishment in Li Zhien's eyes is even worse, playing a child, with her age, this dress, and this figure, it is not easy to act well and enter the play.

But no matter how difficult it is, you always have to give it a try.

"Yuanbin!"

She suddenly shouted to the side, her face furrowed, "That's mine!" ”

The sound was not so small that it was a little broken.

Lu Zhengyi has read her materials, and naturally has also seen some works, and this kind of "broken sound" shouting to highlight her agitated emotions seems to be the way she often uses interpretation.

No, this kind of interpretation should be common in the Southern Dynasties.

Well, they like to embody emotions through their voices.

……

"Hello teachers, I'm Lee Jong Suk."

Compared with Lee Ji-eun, the actor in the post-interview mirror is more direct.

After a simple greeting, I quietly waited for the topic.

But it is not excluded that Li Zhien, who went out before, gave people a thorough question.

"Okay, then we're not polite."

Lu Zhengyi was also very direct, and after discussing with a few people next to him, he said softly, "You just try to play a, an infatuated man." ”

"An infatuated man?"

Lee Jong Suk looked at him a little blankly, is this topic a little too simple.

"Before I start the audition, though, I have a question for you." Lu Zhengyi looked at him, "How is your mental capacity?" If you want to kill someone for the sake of acting in a play, can you accept it? ”

“……”

Lee Jong Suk, who was still dazed, paused suddenly, looked at the burly man opposite, felt the serious emotions conveyed in his eyes, and unconsciously took a step back, "Huh? ”

……

"Hey, I remember that this movie has been in theaters for a long time? How can there still be so many people. ”

"Because Lu Zhengyi seems to have come to us to film recently, many people have only recently paid attention to this movie."

"Lu Zhengyi, who? The actors? ”

"It's not an actor, it's the director of this film, haven't you heard the news recently? Then your news is a little ill-informed, it is a big director who is very famous in the world. ”

"It's true that my classmates have been mentioning it, and I just came here, and I always feel that if I don't read it, I can't keep up with the topic."

……

Inside Lotte Studios,

As a bustling commercial area, there is not a lot of foot traffic, but in this noisy environment, Lu Zhengyi walked on the road, but he was able to easily capture some words related to himself and listen to what he wanted.

Although, they have already started preparing for the filming of 'Tomie'.

But Curse 2 is still in the stage of release.

Although the positioning of this movie at the beginning was not the market on the side of the Southern Dynasty, even in terms of language, the voice actors of the Southern Dynasty Kingdom were not invited to do additional packaging, and only the translation on the subtitles was done.

But now, except for the Tang Kingdom, among the various channels, their side has the highest box office data.

Tomie's audition process lasts a few days.

There are also many candidates, which need to be carefully screened.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was still time before the start-up, Lu Zhengyi came to the cinema here alone in his spare time, wanting to feel the evaluation of his works up close.

And the perception of the audience here is very similar to that of China.

Almost ...... One-sided praise.

This is somewhat surprising.

Lu Zhengyi's praise in China has been accumulated by relying on one work after another.

From the beginning of 'okay', to the later works of 'not bad', until the end of the award to win the 'excellent', 'classic' and other evaluations, there is a process.

Even on Heguo's side, the grudge just let some people in Heguo understand that there is such a Tang director and that's it.

But in the Southern Dynasties, this is obviously not the case.

For some people in this country, the impression in their minds of Lu Zhengyi seems to be that he is already a world-famous director.

In some words, it is as if you don't know yourself, which is such an incredible and outdated thing.

His career and reputation have developed to this point, but Lu Zhengyi has worked hard for a long time in China, so that people have such a kind of 'I don't know Lu Zhengyi, it's impossible, right?' I should have seen his movies'.

Can be ...... over here.

Do the two works make the people on the side of the Southern Dynasty so sought after themselves? He doesn't think he's that charismatic.

Even if it's a colleague, friend, family member close at hand......

The trust of each other has to be accumulated little by little, not to mention the relationship that has never even met in person.

"It's really a great way to help."

Although he is a big director in everyone's mouth, Lu Zhengyi walked in the theater, and others didn't hear it.

Of course, this is a deliberate attempt to lower his presence.

In fact, for the current situation, Lu Zhengyi can still guess the reason, probably because of the media on the side of the Southern Dynasty to praise him.

And the reason why they will pay so much is because of the terms of cooperation that Light and Shadow have set with them.

As long as they can occupy a larger proportion of investment in Curse 2 and the next Fujiang, they are willing to assist in the publicity and distribution work.

But Lu Zhengyi didn't expect that they would be able to do this.

In any case, I belong to an outsider, an outsider.

It's like when a foreign brand enters the country and seizes the market, its own people will more or less have a rejection mentality.

This is the same whether it is the Tang Kingdom or the He Kingdom.

But on the side of the Southern Dynasties, there seems to be no slightest 'territorial consciousness' at all, and they welcome Lu Zhengyi to bring his works into this market and take money out of the pockets of the people of the Southern Dynasties.

But the premise is that they can also get the money they take out.

……

"I've probably decided on the actors."

"Lin Zhouhuan and Liu Renna, these two are both well-known in the Southern Dynasties, and they ...... is relatively wide on the way to the play, but it is not so much in the audience's impression, with limitations. ”

"Coupled with Fumi Takahashi and Kyoko Kanda on the Wakuni side, the number of starring roles is enough."

In the hotel,

After a few days of simple auditions, Lu Zhengyi finalized the actor's choice.

"What's ...... A special place? Looking at the two people he listed, Ito sat opposite him and asked with some puzzlement, "Judging from their performance and materials, there doesn't seem to be anything particularly outstanding." ”

"Whether it's in terms of appearance or the number of fans."

"I'm sorry, because I haven't been involved in the production of film and television dramas, so I raised such a question."

Although he was working as a screenwriter, Ito did not work in this area.

His previous life was as a cartoonist.

He couldn't quite understand why he chose two people like this.

Forget about Takahashi Fumiko and Kyoko Kanda, they have acted in curses before.

He had seen the curse and had a good impression of the two, so he chose them, and he agreed.

But the first impression of these two actors from the Southern Dynasties is a bit ordinary.

If you are an actor, shouldn't you be more brilliant in terms of appearance? Otherwise, it's ugly, at least it has to make the audience impressed.

And these two people, who are not good looking or bad, can only be regarded as ordinary and ordinary.

It's not good in appearance, it's the next best thing, if the number of fans is more, it will also help the drama.

But these two people don't have that many fans in the audition list.

Like Song Joong Ki, Lee Jong Suk, Bae so Ji, Lee Ji Eun...... These people seem to have a higher number of fans and fan activity than them.

So why did Director Lu choose them?

"Xiaowei, you can explain it to Ito-sensei."

Lu Zhengyi looked at Bai Wei, who was sitting next to him, and intended to teach.

In the room, it wasn't just him and Ito.

As the first-time assistant director, Bai Wei was also present.

In addition, this time, the leading actor Zhou Jie was also there, but she only sat on the side, and she didn't mean to participate in the casting discussion at all.

"I think the secondary reason why Director Lu chose them is probably because...... The protagonist is Teacher Zhou Jie. Bai Wei pondered, "In the final analysis, the protagonist of Tomie's drama is a Tomie. ”

"As for the others, they are all supporting roles, and they are all attracted to Tomie, so they have the opportunity to appear on the screen."

"It doesn't matter if they look good or if they're famous, it's ...... They are able to let go of some of their baggage, adapt to the role, and make some performances that scandalize themselves. ”

"That's right."

Lu Zhengyi smiled and nodded, translated his words once, and said them to Ito.

"I see."

After listening to this, Ito recalled the performance of the actors who auditioned in the past few days, and nodded, "The more famous you are, the more you can't let go of your realistic self to enter the drama and enter the role, that's it." ”

With such a reminder, he did realize that some actors have no way to do it, and they definitely enter the play.

Even if they have acting skills, they can better highlight an emotional state that the role needs at that time.

But if you compare the two actors mentioned by Lu Zhengyi and the other actors, there seem to be some differences.

One is that he is acting well, but he can see that he is acting, and his demeanor, voice, and movements seem to have certain norms and methods.

The other is that he acted well, and he couldn't see that he was acting, and he showed it naturally.

It's the difference between letting go and not letting go.

"The main reason, I think, should be...... Psychological qualities. ”

Then, Bai Wei continued, "This should be more important in Director Lu's heart than acting. ”

"I remember that when every actor auditioned, Director Lu would ask a very special question."

"It's like, whether you are willing to kill someone for the sake of acting, and whether you are willing to fall from a building for the sake of acting, but only these two answered without hesitation, yes, and from the demeanor, very serious."

Yes, as a veteran employee who has been working together for many years.

Bai Wei feels that the important thing Lu Zhengyi considers in this audition is not his acting skills, not his image, but his courage.

After all, in this audition, the actors invited by their crew are all some more famous actors.

These actors can be recognized by the audience in a country with serious entertainment involution in the Southern Dynasty Kingdom, and they must have certain uniqueness in their acting skills.

Therefore, the content of Lu Zhengyi's real audition is not the difference in these acting skills, but the psychological quality of them.

However, this seems to be more elusive than ordinary auditions.

"But Director Lu, is there anything different about our shooting this time?" After sending Ito and Zhou Jie away, Bai Wei turned back to the room and asked curiously, in fact, since he came to the Southern Dynasty, he has always wanted to ask.

Because there is no Wang Xiaoxu in the list of people who traveled this time.

Yes, the biggest special effects artist in their crew, didn't he participate in Tomie's filming this time?

In terms of special effects, who is going to do it?

"It's not just this time, but there may be some differences in the future." Lu Zhengyi replied with a smile, "I have recruited another special employee, but he can't come over until the machine is turned on, which is considered voluntary labor." ”

"Voluntary labor?"

Bai Wei muttered this word, how could this sound like a person squatting inside.

(End of chapter)