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Chapter 4: Act it out(1/2)

Duan sat on the sofa, narrowly entered, staring at the person in front of him, but his eyes were not focal. He saw that he was wandering outside the sky.

"Director Du, what do you have any comments?"

Shu Yu next to him asked him.

Duane's eyes moved and then came to his senses.

"No."

He said casually, twisting his neck boredly and looking around.

This is a coffee shop called Starbucks. The environment is well decorated. There are many potted plants in the store, which not only decorate and isolate the sight. This also makes their area very quiet, and many curious eyes are blocked.

When he was in college, he heard of this foreign chain coffee shop. He was busy working at that time but he had no money to come in. Unexpectedly, he also had the opportunity to come in by casting today.

"Director, do you think I'll succeed?"

The man opposite with a shoe-horned face looked at Du An expectantly.

Duane responded vaguely and said, "Well...you go back and wait for the notification. We will notify you if there is any news."

So the man in front of him left with disappointment.

"This is the sixth recommended by the Actors' Union."

Shu Yu opened the information book, glanced at it, and said this. She paused, turned her head to look at Du An, and asked, "Director Du, what kind of actor do you want?"

Du An was full of confusion and didn't know how to answer this question, so he had to throw himself back into the sofa.

Damn it, how could he know what kind of actor he wants? He didn't even know why he wanted to continue sitting here!

After Rising's investment intention was reached, Duane signed a contract with them, but the expected 200,000 yuan of funds did not fall into his hands, but was taken away by the woman beside him.

It was only then that he knew what the producer was doing: that was the butler of a movie, managing all the funds, and as a director, he could not touch that money at all!

For this 200,000 yuan, the only right he has is the right to use: for example, if he temporarily needs a prop and needs to buy it, then he has the right to ask for it. Only by letting the producer calculate the cost and compare the planned cost will he draw a part of the funds out of the funds for purchase.

In other words, he couldn't even imagine that he could not even secretly deduct it as Liu Shancai said!

The producer who killed thousands of swords!

Duane cursed the woman beside him with a painful expression.

At this moment, he was already desperate. The only reason to support him to sit here was the contract - according to the contract, he needed to finish the movie.

Fortunately, this is also a job, so he is also paid.

According to the contract, when the movie is completed, he will be rewarded with 5,000 yuan and 5% of the box office dividend.

I don’t expect dividends. He himself doesn’t believe that this movie can have a box office, and he is not sure whether it can be released. However, the temptation of the five thousand yuan is still very strong, so he is sitting here now and pretending to be casting.

But from 200,000 to 5,000…

No wonder Duane is in such pain now.

"Hello, is it a Rising company's production?"

The voice in front of him pulled Duane's attention back.

A man in his thirties stood in front of him, with a simple smile on his face, which made people feel very fond of it at first glance.

Shu Yu nodded and waved his hand to signal, "Please sit down." After the man sat down, he said to him: "This is the director of our drama, Director Du, and today's interview will be hosted by him."

The man politely reached out to Duan, "Hello, Director Du!" But a hint of confusion in his eyes could not escape Duan's eyes.

This is the seventh time Duane has seen such a look today.

There is no way. In the current film industry, a director who can shoot movies independently has to go up to thirty. For example, the director Jia Zhangke, who is now famous, did not start to officially shoot his first work until he was 27th. You said the previous movie "Going Home to the Hill"? What kind of thing that can be considered a movie and a short film, I won't mention it.

And compared with these directors, how old is Duane?

Twenty-two, at the age when he had just graduated from school, many directors who graduated from junior college had never even helped film, but this young man began to serve as the director and film independently.

Can he take pictures?

This is the unified idea of ​​the people who came to interview today, including the man in his thirties in front of him.

Du An couldn't care about this much. He didn't even ask the man in front of him to try to perform. After shook hands with him, he made a straightforward decision.

"Okay, that's you."

"My name is Zhang Jiayi. I have filmed two TV series before. One was broadcast last year, called "Doctor Pamir"..."

Before Zhang Jiayi could finish his words, he was cut off by Du An's inexplicable words.

The man in his thirties looked at Du An in amazement, his pupils slightly dilated.

Just being decided?

Shu Yuzhe next to him was still calm, but she sighed lightly indifferently, and then reminded the director next to her responsibly.

"Director Du, you haven't let him take a test yet."

"I won't try it, it's him."

Duane stubbornly maintained his decision.

He had enough and figured it out: Hurry up and end it all!

He picked a few actors and finished the movie quickly. He quickly got the pay and left - all this should be completed within one month.

Earn 5,000 a month? No matter how you calculate it, it’s a high salary. As for what this movie will look like? What does it have to do with him!

He won't make movies anyway.

Shu Yu sat upright - she was already sitting very straight - then turned her body and looked at Du An quietly.

Duane also looked at her.

The two of them were shoulder to shoulder at this moment, very close to each other, and it was only at this moment that Duan truly saw her appearance clearly - the big black frame did not play much role.

This is indeed a beautiful woman with big eyes, white skin, pointed chin, melon-shaped face, and everything a beauty in the popular sense should have, but the big black frame gave all this a discount.

“As the producer of this video, it is my responsibility to guarantee the quality of this video, so I don’t agree with your hasty decision.”

Shu Yu just looked at him calmly and then stated in a calm tone, but it put a huge pressure on Duan.

Duane shrank his shoulders, looked away, and then chose to compromise without any hesitation.

"Then you show it."

Du An told Zhang Jiayi that he opened the script and found a random paragraph.

"Try this paragraph." He pushed the script to Zhang Jiayi.

Zhang Jiayi hasn't figured out what's going on in front of him yet. He didn't say "oh" until the script was pushed in front of him, and smiled honestly, taking the script and looking like it.

The story of "Saw" is simple: A psychopathic serial murderer likes to imprison people and force them to play a bloody and cruel survival game. The participants of this game are surgeon Jiang Wei and private detective Han Sheng - Jiang Wei must kill Han Sheng before 6 o'clock to survive. What will he do?

The scene Du An pointed out to Zhang Jiayi was a mid-scene scene where Jiang Wei recalled that he was watching the only surviving victim crying in the police station. The script indicated that it was necessary to show Jiang Wei's complex mentality of fear and sympathy at this moment, and even a little entanglement?

Duan frowned. Why did he have to worry about it? After thinking for a moment, he began to think about it.

This surviving victim not only did not hate the pervert who almost killed him, but was grateful to the pervert who gave him a chance to face life again and cherish his life more. This made people unable to understand whether the cruel murderer was a perverted killer or a spiritual mentor who saved others, so Jiang Wei was confused.

The description Du An needed Zhang Jiayi to perform is very simple, but Zhang Jiayi reads it very slowly and carefully.

He is in his thirties and has not had any fame at this age. It can be said that his future is bleak, so he cherishes every opportunity very much. Even though Director Du in front of him is too young, weird, and looks quite unreliable, this does not prevent him from being serious.

Du An saw that the guy in front of him had not moved for a long time, glanced at Shu Yu, thought for a while, and said to Zhang Jiayi: "This way, look at me, and I will tell you what the effect I need is."

Shu Yu has always been the producer of this movie. Although he is just planning to fool things, he will inevitably have to deal with it in the future. It is better not to make the relationship too stiff. He is doing this now, just to give Shu Yu a signal: You see, I am selecting actors seriously, not fooling me, so don’t be picking at me.

After saying that, Duane started acting.

He imagined the scenes he had seen in his dreams and then started performing them hard.

To be honest, this dream is too long and although it is impressive, it is indeed extremely difficult to recall a specific expression, so Duane can only add some of his own similarities.

Well, you need to have fear, sympathy, and you need to be entangled...

What would fear look like? What about sympathy? As for entanglement, it is the simplest. Every time my elder sister goes out to buy vegetables, she will be very worried about whether to buy some meat today. Du An has already remembered this expression.

Zhang Jiayi put down the script and looked at the young man who might be his future leader who was telling him a play with a smile.

To be honest, he felt that it would be better not to speak than to speak. He would read the script himself. None of the directors he had ever had any good acting skills. He acted simply and was just a good fit. He would stop after acting in such complex emotions. He could not point the actors in any direction. It would be better to speak with his mouth.

It's no wonder, the director, just be able to direct a good show. What should I do with such good acting skills? But since the young girl in front of me has a performance, he might as well cooperate and praise her after the other party's performance. It may increase the other party's favorability for him.

He believes that this is not flattery, it is just a means of expressing respect, and it is the awareness that an adult must have if he wants to survive in this society.

But as he looked, his smile gradually removed, and his eyes gradually widened.

The young director in front of him just sat there quietly without moving. With just one pupil contraction, he felt the other person's fear!

Duan's eyebrows slightly moved downwards.

This small change makes the temperament completely different.

Zhang Jiayi seemed to see an elder looking at him compassionately, but at the same time, this person was very scared. This feeling was so awkward.

Next, the most godly place comes.

Duan's eyes moved, his mouth opened slightly, as if he was about to say something, but immediately closed it again, and his eyes moved to a very small amplitude.
To be continued...
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