China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 243 Auditions
Fortunately, "One Day Trip" is a realistic theme, so there are few areas that need to be redone in the later stage, which can save a lot of time. Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible to complete a work in 5 months.

The schedule was tight and the task was heavy, so He Hua quickly arranged the work. While convening the crew to do preliminary preparations and perfecting the storyboard script, he continued to send out invitations to find people to come over for auditions.

Just the first step of assembling the crew was a problem.

"Can't work on this project for the time being? What, you want to take a vacation?" He Hua asked Su Lun with a frown.

Su Lun has been with him since the filming of his first movie. After three movies, He Hua has been very comfortable with it, so she was the first person who thought of when setting up the crew. It happened that "Xiu Chun Knife" had already entered As expected, Cao Dun was also there to help, so he simply transferred her out.

Unexpectedly, when He Hua told her about the work arrangements, she always said that she could not participate in this project, and this was the reason why He Hua had questions.

If you really want to take a vacation, then you have to talk about it. At a young age, I don’t want to work hard to improve myself. How can I just think about having fun? Look at me, a big boss, and I am ready to work overtime during the New Year. Can you learn from this spirit?He Hua silently prepared his next words in his heart.

But Su Lun's next words left him speechless. She waved her hand:

"It's not a vacation, it's. It's. It's"

He Hua's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and her expression became more impatient, forcing her to adopt a risk-taking attitude:
"It's Qian Yifei who asked me to make a movie. I want to try it."

"Ah?" He Hua was a little confused: "What movie?"

""To Our Perishable Youth" is a youth film. It is not very difficult. We are currently working on the script."

Okay, I understand, I dug a hole for myself.Isn't this the project that Zhao V discussed with his girlfriend? If she was not allowed to take care of Zhao V, she would start the project and work on it herself, poaching me.

Go back and take care of her!

He Hua suddenly didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Looking at Su Lun, who was still a little nervous in front of him, he could only encourage him:
"Okay, if you want to move up, then go for it. If you need help along the way, just ask."

He can't stand in the way of his subordinates' progress.

"Thank you Director!"

After Su Lun left, He Hua was a little worried. The company was carrying out several projects at the same time, and the manpower was already a bit insufficient. In addition, it was not easy to find an assistant who could quickly understand his intentions.

The next day, while he was looking for capable executive directors/assistant directors in the company, he also contacted teachers at his alma mater and asked them to help recommend some talents.

The teachers of the Directing Department of China National Theater are as happy as if a pie has fallen from the sky. You must know that the chance of students in the Directing Department to become talented is really very low, and it takes at least ten to twenty years to grow up. Most of the students end up dead. You may never get the chance to direct in your life.

This industry requires so much talent. The only time some people become directors may be when they are filming their graduation works. After graduation, most of them enter the media field and work in advertising shooting. A small number of them can join the crew if they have connections. Slowly go from executive director to assistant director to group director.

Moreover, the Directing Department of China National Theater is not as well-known as the neighboring Nortel, and the opportunities for students are naturally less than others. This situation has always troubled the directors of the Directing Department.

Now that there is such an opportunity, it is of course a great thing for students to have more exposure to shooting with He Hua.

Maybe after three or five films, you will get the opportunity to direct independently. Isn’t this how many Hong Kong directors come out?

This will greatly speed up the growth of talents. If more people become famous in the future, maybe their own difficulties will be solved.

Therefore, in the eyes of department leaders, this is a major event and should not be taken lightly.

Within two days, He Hua met Zhou Shen and Liu Lu, who were recommended by China Drama, and received the school recommendation letters from them. He was a little funny: Why don't we make it so formal?

I don’t understand the leader’s intention to normalize this recommendation model at all.

Zhou Shen wrote and directed the short play "Canon" when he was in school. When he graduated with a master's degree in 2007, he co-directed the small theater play "The Bald Singer" with Liu Lu, and won the 1st BJ Youth Theater Festival New Director Award for this play.

Liu Lu, Zhou Shen's classmate, also wrote and directed "Chess Game" when she was in school. In 2006, he co-directed the small theater drama "Miss Julie" with Zhou Shen. In 2008, they collaborated again in the musical romantic drama "If, I'm Not Me".

Yes, these two people, but why are they all dramas? What I want is a director?

"Director He, this is a new script we prepared before we came here. Please correct me." Seeing He Hua's hesitation, Zhou Shen quickly spoke and handed over a manuscript.

He Hua took it and looked at the cover: "The Donkey Gets Water"

The name is quite strange, but after opening it, he was quickly attracted by the wonderful story:

It turns out that this is how the name Donkey Deshui came about: in order to earn free money, a private school falsely reported a donkey as a teacher named Lu Deshui.

This beginning alone was very dramatic and conflicting, and a series of thoughts popped up in He Hua's mind:
"What if someone from above comes to check?"

"Are we going to have to resort to fraud during the inspection?"

"How many lies do you have to pay to cover up the truth for such a thing?"

There are also some other thoughts:
"Is Lu Deshui's existence good or bad?"

"How should we arrange the ending? Isn't this thing difficult to pass the review?"

With these thoughts in mind, he continued to read, and after he actually finished reading the script, he praised: "Wonderful, wonderful, this script is really good, the story is good, the plot is cleverly arranged, and there is still thinking in it."

These two people do have their own uniqueness, but they may have less opportunities to be exposed to film shooting. Some parts are still more stage play mode and need to be modified.

People must stay, but this script requires asking about their plans.

Zhou Shen was also very happy to hear that the two of them could stay. After all, some people in the industry have called Youhua the 'cradle of young directors', and they will definitely be able to realize their film dreams here.

But when asked about the script, he felt a little uneasy. He could see He Hua's love for the script, but he couldn't do the behavior of using the script to please others:
"We still hope that we can direct this script ourselves in the future. After all, it is our hard work."

After saying that, he clenched his fists like a suspect about to be tried.

He Hua noticed his nervousness and smiled to ease the atmosphere:

"Okay, okay, let me see your level with two movies first. If there is no problem, the company will invest and help you make this movie."

Participate in film shooting, have the opportunity to direct independently, and even invest without having to worry about it. No director can afford such a big pie.

The two of them were really overjoyed and kept thanking He Hua for the opportunity.

He Hua waved his hand, not bothering to say any more polite words, and directly handed the script to the two of them: "This is the next project, the time is tight, it may be hard for a while." "We have no problem!" Zhou Shen and Liu Lu said in unison.

There are not many main actors in "Good Dreams Day Trip". In addition to the male protagonist Ge You, we also need 'wife' Zhou Beiyan, 'wife's new partner' Li Zhao, 'actor' Zhou Bei, and 'good dreams director' Feng First, and a bunch of supporting actors.

What came over today were two female role actors.

Liu Bei, Zhou Xun, Yin Tao, Yan Bingyan.

These people were much more senior than He Hua, so he simply met with them in the training room of the artist company.

"This is the place where our company's actors are trained in acting. We have a small class, and we usually invite some teachers to come over and make up lessons." He Hua introduced as he led everyone in.

Liu Bei walked around carelessly, and soon found the curriculum on the wall: "Hey, there are Teacher Tianchi and Zhang Songwen this week."

He Hua smiled and replied: "I'm not sure about that. I don't come very often."

"Well, I should come less often." Zhou Xun also nodded.

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After a brief chat, the audition began after the photography team set up the equipment.

"Then I'll go first." Liu Bei stepped forward generously and looked directly at He Hua.

He Hua thought for a moment and pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Zhou Shen. Zhou Shen gave it to Liu Bei. Liu Bei frowned after looking at it for a few times.

The scene chosen by He Hua should be the most difficult scene for the character Zhou Beiyan in the whole play:
After the good dream ended and he returned to real life, Yao Yuan told Zhou Beiyan all this and at the same time left her his paintings during this period.At night, Zhou Beiyan was flipping through these paintings on the bed. The past events appeared in his mind like fragments, and his heart, which had been dry for many years, was filled with inexplicable emotions. I don't know whether it was jealousy or recalling the beautiful love between the two, and tears flowed out uncontrollably.
What Liu Bei wants to perform is this silent crying scene.

After waiting for about 5-6 minutes, Liu Bei stretched out his hand to indicate that he was ready.

I saw her sitting directly on the floor next to the wall, as comfortable and comfortable as if she was resting on a soft bed at home. However, as she flipped the manuscript in her hand, her expression began to change, as if she was in a trance and familiar, and it took her a long time to get closer to the paper. Look carefully.
As the sheets of paper were flipped, her expression changed more. She smiled at first, but soon she began to have tears in her eyes when she looked at the empty bed next to her. The tears fell, and Liu Bei wiped them with the back of his hand. Go, then open the painting again and look at it intently.
"OK, Sister Bei is very good." He Hua applauded in affirmation.

Of course, this performance is still far away from He Hua's requirements, but this short 1-minute performance has fully demonstrated Liu Bei's acting skills. If she is given some time to prepare, I believe she can definitely do better.

"Sister Bei, I may need you to show more things during the shooting, such as jealousy of the person in the painting, jealousy of Yao Yuan being able to relive memories, frustration with yourself, etc. But you will have to study these carefully when you go back. Once we get the script, we’ll discuss it.”

He Hua did not hesitate and directly announced the results of the audition.He didn't bother to do that kind of sneaky propaganda method, and it was too despicable.

Liu Bei stood up and made an OK gesture.

The next step was the fight between the three remaining people. He Hua didn't hesitate and just played the last scene of this character, a scene within a scene.

When directors Feng Xian and Zhou Bei saw that Yao Yuan had recorded their moments together as paintings on a wall, they finally realized that they could no longer go on like this, so they designed a scene to arrange Zhou Bei's exit.

After the actor who played the young wife was replaced, an angry Yao Yuan asked other actors for Zhou Bei's residence. However, when he arrived here, he found:
Zhou Bei already has a family, a husband, and two children. Her hair is no longer the flowing long hair she had during the previous date, but has become a neat short hair.

Zhou Bei sat on the sofa and repeated Feng Xiankai's words in the headphones: "You have been immersed in the fragments of past love. I think you still love her very much, even though you are drifting apart now."

"You said she has changed, but so have you, and you are no longer what you used to be."

"Instead of chasing her in your beautiful memories, it's better to discover her current beauty, sadness and more things you haven't noticed, starting from this moment."

"We can't change others according to our own wishes, we can't control everything, so we have to accept each other's shortcomings, disappointments, etc., otherwise we can only live in memories."

"We have made a good draft, but we will lose the real life."

Yao Yuan knew that he should not disturb her real life, so he awkwardly praised the child for being cute, and then prepared to get up and leave.

But before going out, he still turned his head and looked at Zhou Bei seriously, as if he wanted to keep her in his heart.

There is a line here in the original work: "I think I'm in love with you, really." He Hua doesn't think it's necessary. Chinese people are reserved, especially a 60-year-old man who treats a young girl. He will definitely treat this. The feelings are hidden deep in my heart.

Silently blessing and no longer disturbing is also a kind of love.

What the three of them had to perform was Zhou Bei when he said that line. There was only the word 'cry' in the script, and the specific situation needed to be controlled by the actors on the spot.

They didn't say who would come first or whoever was ready would go. He Hua and the others just waited. He originally thought that Zhou Xun should be the first one. After all, her performance relied on talent, and the others might be less.

Unexpectedly, Yin Tao was the first to appear.

After she appeared on the stage, she faced He Hua, pulled a stool and sat down in the middle, and then started to speak. She didn't feel anything at first, but later on, as she spoke, big tears fell down her cheeks, and her voice when speaking the lines was also a little bit... Choking, this emotion lasted until the end.

"Whoa Whoah"

Everyone at the scene applauded, but other than that, there was nothing else to say.

Yin Tao's crying scene is very contagious, but this contagiousness is a bit redundant here. This is not what He Hua wants.

Next is Zhou Xun. Her voice makes He Hua smile. Will this hoarse and magnetic voice give the old man a unique charm?

Her line skills were excellent, and she was like a peach in the middle. Her voice began to tremble as she spoke, and tears quickly overflowed from her eyes, but she wiped them away, and her voice became firmer and calmer as she went on.

After the performance, others still applauded as usual, but He Hua stood up and walked quickly to the camera, called up the performance just now and watched it again.

I have to say that Zhou Xun's performance was much more delicate than Yin Tao's just now, and the handling of this tearful scene was more artistic and the camera feel was better.

Finally, there is Yan Bingyan.

To be honest, He Hua already had a certain tendency in her heart before her performance. Who said that an old man cannot be paired with a short elf?
However, he was shaken again when he saw the moment of trance when Yan Bingyan performed.

She didn't wipe her tears. She just stared blankly in front of her eyes after saying that, not knowing what she was thinking. After a while, she wiped her face.

"Teacher Yan, why do you think Zhou Bei is crying?" He Hua couldn't help but ask.

"I think she was crying to herself."

(End of this chapter)