"Fuck, An Jiahe!"
After Xu Zeyuan's meeting, he just returned to his office and suddenly heard a loud shout, which startled him.
"Baosteel, how are you doing?"
At this time, Zhao Baogang was staring at the script angrily, as if he was about to rush in and fight the characters in it.
Seeing Xu Zeyuan come in, he exhaled first, then picked up the cold tea on the table and took a sip to calm down.
"Director Xu, I'm sorry, I lost my temper."
Xu Zeyuan actually laughed, "Do you feel that An Jiahe in there is too bad?"
"yes."
"The creation of this character is indeed successful, but Baosteel is also an experienced director. You have read countless scripts, large and small, and you know how to write them. Why do you still have such a big reaction?"
Zhao Baogang nodded. Indeed, if you look back and think about it carefully, all the designs in this script actually have regulations, and the purpose of the screenwriter is also obvious.
But when he was watching it just now, he was taken in immediately and had no time to judge it from a professional's perspective.
After thinking about it, Zhao Baogang said, "This script is well written."
"Want to pick it up?" Xu Zeyuan asked.
"Take it..." Zhao Baogang suddenly hesitated because he thought of the other party's conditions, "Does Feng Yuanyi have to play the male lead?"
In fact, what Zhao Baogang was thinking about was to find Wang Zhiwen. After all, he is an old partner, and since "The Fun" became popular, Wang Zhiwen is now very famous. If he cast the film with him, the ratings would be guaranteed.
"The other party said it very firmly. Do you have no confidence in Feng Yuanyi?"
"It's not that I don't have confidence. Feng Yuanyi still has less experience. I think it might be better to find Wang Zhiwen." Zhao Baogang expressed his thoughts, "How about, Director, you go talk to Deep Space Company again.
If it doesn't work, go talk to Teacher Yu Dong. To be honest, I still don't understand why he appointed Feng Yuanyi, there must be a reason, right?"
Xu Zeyuan glanced at Zhao Baogang, and then changed some tea leaves for himself, "I suggest you to try Feng Yuanyi first to see if he is qualified for this role. Don't you understand why Teacher Yu Dong appointed him?
Maybe you’ll know the reason after you try it.”
Zhao Baogang pondered for a while and patted his head, "What you said is also a method. I will go to Renyi tomorrow."
…
Liu Jingyun just went to work in the morning and saw Zhao Baogang standing at the door of his office.
"Xiao Zhao, why are you here?"
Zhao Baogang said with a smile, "Let's see you."
Liu Jingyun smiled, opened the office door, "Come in, I'll pour you a cup of tea."
"No." Zhao Baogang waved his hand, "I have something to do, so I won't drink tea."
"Didn't you come to see me?"
"I came to see you, I have something urgent to do."
Liu Jingyun nodded, "Okay, if you have anything to do, tell me."
"I want to try out a play with Feng Yuanyi."
Liu Jingyun smiled and said, "I don't think it's a big deal. Xiao Feng is already here. You can just go find him."
"He is a soldier under your command. Of course, if I want to borrow it, I must report to you first. Then I will go find him. I will come back and report to you after everything is finished."
"I won't have to report to you. I'll come over and have tea after I finish."
Zhao Baogang nodded and went directly to find Feng Yuanyi. At this time, Feng Yuanzheng had just started working, and his butt was not even hot from sitting, when he heard someone shouting at the door of the office: "Feng Yuanyi."
He looked back and saw Zhao Baogang standing at the door, looking at him with a smile. Zhao Baogang was very familiar with Renyi. Basically all the actors in Renyi knew him, and Feng Yuanyi was no exception.
"Director Zhao." Feng Yuanyi stood up with a smile, "Are you looking for me?"
"I'm not looking for you. Are you busy right now?"
"Not too busy."
"If you're not busy, come and try out a show."
"A trial?" Feng Yuanyi was stunned for a moment. Was it so sudden?
However, he was also an old actor, so he felt confident in facing such a sudden scene. He nodded and followed Zhao Baogang.
The two of them randomly found a conference room. Zhao Baogang took out a page and gave it to Feng Yuanyi: "This is the script. I will tell you roughly the whole story and your character. This is a drama about domestic violence. What do you think?"
The male protagonist played is a..."
Zhao Baogang explained carefully, but Feng Yuanyi felt something was wrong as he listened. The male protagonist was a bad guy, and he was very bad in a special way. When he heard the middle part, he looked at Zhao Baogang and was a little confused as to why Director Zhao asked him to try this movie.
Play? He has never played a similar role before.
The key point is that he and Zhao Baogang are acquaintances, not familiar at all. Just now Zhao Baogang asked him to try out a role, and he thought he was looking for a supporting role, but he never expected that he would be the protagonist and a villain.
After Zhao Baogang finished speaking, he said, "How about I give you half an hour to familiarize yourself with this section, and then we'll start later?"
"Time is no problem, but this scene is with the heroine..."
"It doesn't matter, I'll play the heroine."
When he heard that Zhao Baogang wanted to play the heroine, Feng Yuanyi didn't say anything and nodded, "Okay, I'll make preparations."
Zhao Baogang gave him half an hour, but Feng Yuanyi didn't dare to blame him, so he used up the half hour without missing a minute.
The difficulty of this scene is not low. The male protagonist comes home and finds the female protagonist talking on the phone. He questions her, then beats her, and finally apologizes to her. The emotional changes are very complicated.
"Director Zhao, I'm ready, shall we start now?"
"I'll just sit here and pretend to be on the phone, and then you come in from the outside."
Feng Yuanyi nodded and walked out. Inside, Zhao Baogang began to read the heroine's lines to the script. Feng Yuanyi was outside listening to the door. When he heard Zhao Baogang speak, he gently pushed the door open.
It’s just that this door is not very powerful. No matter how gently or slowly it is pushed, it will make a harsh sound. After all, it has been like this for a long time. What is written in this paragraph is that the protagonist’s process of opening the door is basically silent, so that when he is opening the door, it will make a harsh sound.
The female protagonist on the phone didn't even notice the male protagonist coming back.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When such a situation occurred, Feng Yuanyi did not panic at all. He walked slowly inside as if he could not hear the sound of the door opening.
In addition to this, Zhao Baogang's performance will also affect Feng Yuanyi's performance. Because he has to pay attention to Feng Yuanyi's performance, Zhao Baogang is reading his lines while staring at Feng Yuanyi.
But Feng Yuanyi had to act like Zhao Baogang hadn't discovered him yet, until Zhao Baogang finished reading his lines, Feng Yuanyi looked at him coldly.
"Who are you calling?"
"Jiahe, listen to my explanation."
Feng Yuanyi didn't show many changes in his expression, all the drama was in his eyes, "I don't want to hear your explanation, I know who you are calling..."
At this moment, Zhao Baogang felt the tension in Feng Yuanzheng's performance. The character of An Jiahe was very twisted, worried about gains and losses, insecure, and even mentally ill. But usually, he was a normal person, even a good person in the eyes of some people.
I have a decent job, I treat people gently, and I look good in every aspect.
He is not an impatient young man, so when performing this part, his emotions cannot come up all at once, but he needs to advance slowly and step by step.
Watching Feng Yuanyi's performance, Zhao Baogang almost forgot that he still had lines to read. He paused for a moment before starting to read the heroine's lines, "Jiahe, you misunderstood."
At this time, An Jiahe... Feng Yuanyi slowly squatted down and looked at Zhao Baogang, "Xiaonan, I didn't misunderstand. I made more than a hundred calls..."
Zhao Baogang was paying attention to Feng Yuanyi's expression throughout the process. When he saw a faint smile on Feng Yuanyi's face, he was frightened. This was not a smile, but a person restraining his inner anger and anger.
Facial changes caused by impulse.
With such an expression, coupled with Feng Yuanyi's low voice, the terrifying nature of this character was immediately highlighted. For a moment, Zhao Baogang felt that An Jiahe had walked out of the script.
The audition continued, and the heroine played by Zhao Baogang kept struggling and shouting. In the end, An Jiahe took action.
At this time, Feng Yuanyi's face was ferocious and terrifying.
Zhao Baogang shouted quickly, "No, stop it, stop it."
Feng Yuanyi didn't stop at all and continued waving his hand. Zhao Baogang pushed him and quickly moved away.
After running for a while, Zhao Baogang looked at Feng Yuanyi who was in a daze and said, "Didn't I tell you to stop?"
Feng Yuanyi said with a smile, "I thought you, Director Zhao, were still in the play, speaking the heroine's lines. Isn't there a section at the end of the play where the hero has to apologize after beating the heroine?"
Zhao Baogang waved his hand, "That's it. You don't have to try it later."
There is really no need to try. Zhao Baogang has already seen everything he wants to see in the previous paragraph. Feng Yuanyi's performance is very good. There is no doubt that in such a short preparation time, he can master the role to such an extent that Zhao Baogang
very shocked.
If Feng Yuanyi hadn't acted well, Zhao Baogang wouldn't have had such a big reaction later on and would have asked him to stop directly.
But selfishly, Zhao Baogang still wanted Wang Zhiwen to give it a try.
After thinking about it, Zhao Baogang said to Feng Yuanyi: "Let's end it today. Whether I have decided on you or not, I will notify you later. It shouldn't take too long, within a week."
"Okay." Feng Yuanyi nodded. He didn't expect to be able to settle him today.
"Oh, by the way, the image of this character is very unpleasant. Is that okay with you?"
Feng Yuanyi shook his head again, "No problem, no matter what role, someone will play it."
"That's good, you go back first... By the way, there is one more thing. Do you know Yu Dong?" Zhao Baogang thought for a while and asked the doubts in his heart.
Feng Yuanyi said in surprise, "Director Zhao, the writer you mentioned is Yu Dong?"
"yes."
"Then I must know him. After all, he has become so famous in the past two years. It's hard not to know him. In our art world, many people like to read his books."
"That's not what I meant when I said acquaintance. Let's put it another way, does he know you?"
"He... he probably doesn't know me. I'm a young actor and I haven't been in any major dramas. Why should he know me? Why does Director Zhao ask that?"
Zhao Baogang shook his head, "Just ask."
…
After leaving Renyi, Zhao Baogang contacted Wang Zhiwen again and wanted him to try acting for a final comparison. If Wang Zhiwen had no problem, Zhao Baogang still wanted to try for Yu Dong.
But what Zhao Baogang didn't expect was that Wang Zhiwen had no schedule at all in the near future.
Ever since "Better Days" became popular, Wang Zhiwen has become famous, and invitations from various film crews have been pouring in. In the past two years, he has accepted four or five more dramas. If you want to find him, "Don't Talk to Strangers" may be
It needs to be pushed to next year.
Zhao Baogang couldn't wait any longer, so he had no choice but to settle on Feng Yuanyi.
But this also made him feel relieved. Sometimes a better choice can make people feel more relaxed. Besides, Feng Yuanyi performed well in all aspects except that he was not well-known. He was a very suitable candidate.
At the same time, Feng Yuanyi was appointed by Yu Dong. Since he could only be appointed, Zhao Baogang no longer had to go to convince Yu Dong to change his mind.
…
After accepting "Don't Talk to Strangers", Zhao Baogang made a special trip to Jinling.
When Yu Dong took him into the single dormitory, Zhao Baogang was quite surprised. He didn't expect that a great writer like Yu Dong would live in such a place.
Literati and wealth are not directly linked, but Yu Dong is different. Yu Dong should be the richest writer in China now. Before that, the richest person should be Wang Shuo. In fact, this is not correct. Wang Shuo may just make more money.
But he may not be the richest. After all, that guy spends money like water. He is the kind of person who spends all the money he earns in the morning before dark.
Although Yu Dong's room is cramped, it looks like a book, because books are everywhere in this room.
Zhao Baogang also noticed the papers piled in the corner, which were all the calligraphy that Yu Dong usually practiced.
Eight words suddenly popped into his mind: This is a humble house, but I am virtuous and kind.
"Teacher Yu Dong's leisurely and elegant manner is enviable." Zhao Baogang looked at the Four Treasures of the Study on the table and said with a smile.
Yu Dong waved his hand, "It's just graffiti."
Then he poured a glass of water for Zhao Baogang, and the two sat opposite each other. Yu Dong said again, "Director Zhao, what is the main reason for coming here this time? I didn't make it clear on the phone."
Zhao Baogang put down the tea cup, then took out a stack of information from his bag, "There are a few things, but the most important thing is the casting. Here are some candidates I have drawn up. You can see which ones are suitable."
"Casting?" Yu Dong took the information with doubts, "I don't know much about this casting, you can just decide."
Zhao Baogang smiled and said, "You are modest. The Feng Yuanyi you ordered before was very good."
"Oh, just because of this." Yu Dong also smiled, "As for Feng Yuanyi, I am just making a suggestion. In the end, whether you choose him or not depends on you. I have watched Mr. Cao Yu's play "Yanjing People" before
, Zeng Wenqing, played by Feng Yuanyi in it, impressed me deeply, so I mentioned him."
Zhao Baogang's expression was stagnant. He originally thought that Yu Dong was a screenwriter with a strong desire for control, but unexpectedly he misunderstood.
Chapter completed!