606 【Audition】
Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City.
A shabby car followed the bus in front toward the gate. The bus entered smoothly, but the car was blocked by the horizontal railing at the door.
"Hello, please show your ID." The guard next to him came over.
The car window rolled down, and Ouyang Zhenhua stretched out his chubby head and asked, "Do you still need a certificate? We are here to audition for Mr. Kang's new film."
The guard said, "No vehicles that are not allowed to enter unless we are in our group or are invited. Sir, please turn left. There is an underground parking lot there."
"Oh, thank you." Ouyang Zhenhua drove back and searched for a while, and then found a sign with a parking lot on the side of the road.
After parking the car in the underground parking lot, the three of them took the elevator in the parking lot and had already arrived in the film and television city.
Ouyang Zhenhua closed the parking license plate and whispered: "Kang Jianfei is really stingy. He is so rich. He has to charge for a parking lot."
"How can you make money without being stingy? The same is true for Tycoon Shao." Wu Zhenyu complained.
"I heard that the actors here are paid more," Liu Qingyun looked at his watch, "I still have a scene in the afternoon, and I can't even ask for leave. Hurry up and try the camera back."
Ouyang Zhenhua said: "The time is very enough. From here, I drove to Qingshui Bay, and it was in the blink of an eye."
Liu Qingyun said: "I'm afraid that the broken car you borrowed broke down halfway."
Wu Zhenyu did not talk nonsense with them, and ran to passers-by to ask the direction of the destination without delay.
Not everyone can participate in the audition for Kang Jianfei's new film. After submitting the registration form and basic information, it must be screened through the casting director Chen Bingkun, and then after Kang Jianfei's own approval, you can get the opportunity to audition.
The audition advertisement was only published in newspapers for three days. Chen Bingkun received more than 5,000 registration forms, and even actors from Taiwan and Singapore registered.
If it were other directors who chose actors, it would be considered a big name if there were two or three hundred people to register. These more than 5,000 registration forms not only made Chen Bingkun very tired, but also scared the others. The number is really too large.
Kang Jianfei doesn’t talk about his popularity and influence, but only his ability to support celebrities is obvious to all. Who is the actor who has been the male and female protagonists of his movies now?
Li Shan, who starred in Kang Jianfei's debut work "Happy Ghost" with Li Saifeng and Wen Bixia, even though she did not continue to be an actor and film. She also became the middle-level manager of Oriental DreamWorks because of her identity as a veteran - the first clerk and front deskman at DreamWorks.
Among the more than 5,000 registration forms this time, only more than 300 people have actually acted, and most of them are supporting actors. The remaining thousands of applicants have never even seen the camera. They only signed up for the sake of becoming a star.
Chen Bingkun picked out more than 200 people for Kang Jianfei. After Kang Jianfei's screening again, there were only more than 40 lucky people who were able to audition today, and Wu Zhenyu and the others all passed the test.
The audition place was arranged in a studio. The three of them searched for directions for a while. Liu Qingyun looked around and said, "The Tseung Kwan O seems to be bigger than the set of Qingshui Bay."
"It's quite big. I heard that this land alone is worth 200 million to 300 million now. Kang Jianfei only spent more than 10 million when he bought it." Ouyang Zhenhua sighed repeatedly, "It's much easier for people to make money than us."
Wu Zhenyu smiled and said, "It's easy to say. The real estate market collapsed in those two years. I wonder how many real estate companies went bankrupt. If it were you, would you dare to spend more than 10 million to buy hundreds of acres of wasteland?"
"Yes," Ouyang Zhenhua laughed, "If I had 10 million, I would use it all to deposit it in the bank for interest."
The three of them walked all the way and suddenly saw a sightseeing car in front of them stopping, and there were many people getting out of the car. Liu Qingyun said regretfully: "It turns out that we can take the bus here. We have been walking for so long, so we would have taken the bus if we knew it."
"Just think it's coming here to stroll," Ouyang Zhenhua comforted, "Don't worry, you're going to rush back to film."
Wu Zhenyu walked over and caught a man who had just got out of the car and asked, "Brother, is Mr. Kang's movie audition in it?"
The man turned around and looked at Wu Zhenyu, raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes, you have good luck. If you are picked by Mr. Kang, then you will be well developed."
The tone of this man's speech was a bit strange. Wu Zhenyu recognized him at a glance. This was Huang Qiusheng, who once played the second male lead in "God of Gambling".
Huang Qiusheng's encounter was really awkward. He became popular for a while after filming "God of Gambling" with Kang Jianfei, but he has never been up or down in recent years and is always a little bit away from first-tier stars.
Now Kang Jianfei is choosing the male lead in a new film, Huang Qiusheng has some thoughts and asked someone to recommend himself to Kang Jianfei, but Kang Jianfei's answer was: You are so handsome!
Huang Qiusheng, who is in his twenties, is really handsome, and is definitely a handsome guy with mixed race.
But is it my fault to be handsome?
Huang Qiusheng was speechless about this. If he could play the male lead in Kang Jianfei's new film this time, he would rather be ugly.
Huang Qiusheng felt unhappy, so he naturally spoke in a bad tone. After saying that, he turned around and left. The two friends who were very good at each other in time and space ended their first meeting.
When Wu Zhenyu and the other two arrived at the studio, more than 30 people had gathered here, and more than half were young actors or employees of Oriental Group.
Liu Qingyun suddenly found an acquaintance and walked over to say hello and said, "Hey, Amin, are you here too?"
The man was also a student from the wireless training class, named Wu Qiming. He smiled happily and said, "I signed up with Ekin Cheng, but he was defeated. It seems that those who are not handsome are also encountering good things."
Ouyang Zhenhua also smiled and said, "Qingyun and I are not handsome. You and Wu Zhenyu are both handsome guys, so we have a better chance of audition this time than you."
Four TVB supporting actors communicated with each other, and the others also gathered together to talk in groups of three or three, and the scene was in a noisy place.
"Smack it..."
Not long after, Chen Bingkun stood at the door and slapped everyone's attention and spoke: "Everyone is quiet, Mr. Kang is coming soon. When you hear the name, you will enter the room inside for an audition."
A few minutes later, Kang Jianfei finally walked in, followed by him were deputy director Ang Lee and Wang Shuxian, the heroine.
"Mr. Kang!"
"Hello Miss Wang!"
“…”
The actors who came to the audition went over to say hello, trying to leave a good impression on Kang Jianfei and Wang Shuxian in advance.
Wu Qiming also wanted to come over, but after taking two steps, he came back and asked Wu Zhenyu and the other two, "Why don't you go over?"
Wu Zhenyu rubbed his teeth and said, "What did you do in the past? Dozens of people were blocking there, so Kang Jianfei could remember the one or two in front."
Liu Qingyun said: "If you give me a good message in the past and leave a good impression, then Mr. Kang won't have to choose actors for a select number. There are many male actors under him. Whether he can be selected depends on his performance during the audition."
Kang Jianfei, Wang Chuxian, Ang Lee and Chen Bingkun quickly entered the room inside. An employee of DreamWorks was guarding the door and opened the roster and shouted: "Chen Junlin, is Chen Junlin here? You are the first to audition, Ke Xuncheng prepares."
Four TVB applicants stood aside and waited. Some people came out disappointed after going in for dozens of seconds, while others stayed for several minutes, and they looked happy when they came out.
Needless to say, those who were disappointed were killed directly, and they didn’t even have the chance to show their acting skills. Because when I was screening the registration form, I relied on photos. Now after seeing the real person, Kang Jianfei felt that it was too outrageous and would directly ask someone to leave.
"Wu Qiming is your turn, Zheng Duo is ready!"
More than ten minutes later, Wu Qiming, among the four, was called first. The kid stayed in for more than three minutes before he came out happily.
"How is it?" Ouyang Zhenhua asked quickly, and the others waiting here also inquire.
Wu Qiming smiled and said, "It's okay, I just took a page of the script and asked me to play the opposite scene in front of the air. After the performance, Mr. Kang said that I was doing well and asked me to go back and wait for news."
Ouyang Zhenhua patted Wu Qiming on the shoulder and said, "If you become a big star, don't forget us old friends."
"No, no, I may not be able to be selected." Wu Qiming smiled so hard that he couldn't stop, as if he was really selected to be the leading actor.
After more than ten minutes, it was finally Wu Zhenyu, Ouyang Zhenhua and Liu Qingyun. Since they squeezed out the registration form at the same time, they were also close together during the audition.
The first person to enter was Ouyang Zhenhua. He came out with a depressed look on his face in less than half a minute and said speechlessly: "I'm too fat, and I also said that the photos I sent were not honest."
Wu Qiming comforted: "It's okay, there's still a chance in the future."
Then he entered was Liu Qingyun. Ouyang Zhenhua thought that this dark skin would go in like him and then come out, but he didn't expect that he would perform for several minutes.
After Liu Qingyun came out, he said without waiting for them to ask, "Mr. Kang said that I acted too tactfully and was not suitable for his requirements."
Wu Zhenyu patted Liu Qingyun's arm to show comfort, and then walked towards the small room where the audition was conducted.
"Wait a minute," Liu Qingyun called Wu Zhenyu and said in a low voice, "Zhenyu, I just read a short script. The male protagonist is the kind of honest person who needs to be a little funny in clumsiness, but he cannot be too slick. I will only think about these things clearly after I come out, and you need to pay more attention."
"Thank you." Wu Zhenyu wrote down his words, then took a deep breath and went in.
Chapter completed!