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Chapter 209 When will you cry for me? (asking for monthly tickets)

The movie "The Piano in a Factory" made Qi Hao evolve from a well-known actor to a well-known director.

The box office was 30 million, and the word of mouth was explosive.

Although many people still think that "The Piano in a Factory" was directed by Zhang Meng, Qi Hao has both the script and the money.

Therefore, when "A Little Thing Called First Love" was being filmed, second-generation actors like Lu Yang and Zhang Ruoyun, as well as students from professional schools, all tried their best to join the crew.

Now Qi Hao has started filming his third movie.

Although this movie did not cost three million to buy the script like "The Piano in a Factory", nor did it cost 240 million like "A Little Thing Called First Love", but the script was bought for 150 million from Bang Bang, so it also has enough gimmicks.

At most, some domestic screenwriters denounced Qi Hao for being pro-Western.

If there are no decent black spots and they are hard and black, it is generally a conflict of interest.

It’s not like Qi Hao hasn’t bought domestic scripts before.

Of the three scripts he bought, the most expensive one was the domestic version of "The Piano in a Factory".

There are very few roles available for open auditions this time, the most important of which is this one requiring a little girl around nine years old.

For young actors of this age, even if they are not playing the young life of the heroine, they can only make cameo appearances at best, and have very few opportunities to appear on stage.

Qi Hao's new script clearly states the minimum number of screen times that the actors must appear on screen.

Definitely the leading female role.

This makes eligible young stars in the entertainment industry, or girls who aspire to enter the entertainment industry, and their parents extremely excited.

I was busy for two consecutive days, doing one audition after another.

The first few are child stars with works, but most of the ones after that are amateurs.

Many don’t even know what acting is.

Qi Hao could only try his best to find a young girl who could play the role in her true colors.

"Can you introduce yourself?"

The little girl in front of me is obviously younger than the others, so this mainly tests her thinking ability, comprehension ability and expression ability.

If there is no communication and understanding, no matter how suitable it is, it will not work.

"Hello, uncle and auntie, my name is Zhao Jinmai, my nickname is Maimai, and I am from Shenyang, Liaoning..."

The little girl answered quickly.

"When did you arrive in the capital? Did you come by plane or by train?"

Qi Hao interrupted her directly.

"We arrived the day before yesterday. We took a plane."

After being interrupted, the little girl answered the question without much hesitation.

"Well, continue."

Qi Hao highlighted her age.

September 2002, 9, so now he is only seven years old, which is slightly different from Qi Hao's requirement of nine years old.

In the past, people in China used to calculate age based on their lunar age, with one year added after each Lunar New Year.

However, nowadays it is more common to calculate based on age, which is the complete number of years or birthdays from birth to the time of calculation.

It's still August, and the little girl's seventh birthday is still a month away.

However, she is not without advantages.

Eyes are big and bright.

It must be very impactful if it is dug out.

"What's your favorite fruit?"

Qi Hao interrupted her self-introduction again.

"..."

The seven-year-old girl was once again interrupted while reciting her familiar self-introduction, but she did not burst into tears. Instead, she thought for a while and named a few fruits.

"Mom said I can't be picky eaters and I need to eat a variety of fruits to get the most nutrition."

"Call Uncle Wang for me to hear?"

"Uncle Wang."

"Now, you are being embarrassed by others, but your beloved Uncle Wang chooses to turn a blind eye to you. Do you know what it means to turn a blind eye? You are looking at me with a wronged and slightly angry look."

After almost a whole day of auditioning, it was the first time that Qi Hao asked so many questions in person.

Lu Yang understood that Qi Hao was attracted to this girl.

However, seven years old is a bit too young. It doesn’t matter for the plot. Xiao Xiaomi’s young age does not affect the plot at all. The main thing is that it is difficult to communicate because she is too young, which is also troublesome during filming.

Feeling aggrieved and angry?
When the little girl heard this request, she immediately stopped holding it in.

You asked me to introduce myself, and I did so obediently, but you interrupted me again and again.

Not polite at all!
I feel wronged and angry now!
"Show your fear and helplessness. I am a bad person and I am going to take you away now."

Qi Hao thought that the little girl's performance just now was very good, so he temporarily added a test question.

"ah!"

Zhao Jinmai took a step back.

"Play more restrainedly, like me. Can you try to play like this?"

Qi Hao demonstrated it without too many body movements, and the focus of the performance shifted to the eyes.

Not to mention children of six or seven years old, many professional actors in the entertainment industry who are in their twenties and thirties may not be able to imitate the essence of Qi Hao on the spot.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Zhao Jinmai actually imitated it about 30% to 40%.

This made Qi Hao and others' eyes light up.

It’s pretty good to see such results after just teaching it once.

His acting is no worse than those child actors at the beginning.

Those child stars are all in their early teens.

Don't underestimate children.

Many children’s acting skills can beat not only adults, but even adults who have received professional training in acting.

Qi Hao's talent is not very high, and his acting skills were extremely poor when he first debuted.

He spent a long time observing different groups of people in order to improve his acting skills.

At the beginning, he thought the old man's performance would be the best.

So I focused on observing the elderly. It cannot be said that there was no gain, but it was far less than I imagined.

Later, when he gradually matured, he recalled that time and realized what mistakes he had made. It is difficult to be moved after experiencing too many people.

The side they revealed in their lives had gone through layers of packaging, and that kind of complex acting was something Qi Hao could not learn at the time.

On the contrary, Qi Hao gained a lot from some children.

It's not surprising that a child of six or seven years old like this has some acting skills.

"Come, think about something that makes you unhappy and cry for me. Don't cry too loudly, cry slowly..."

Qi Hao added another question.

"Uncle Wang...can you show me how?"

The little girl was conflicted for a moment. She was very good at crying, but she didn't know what kind of crying method was "don't cry loudly, cry slowly".

"My name is Qi Hao, and Uncle Wang is a character in the movie."

Qi Hao corrected her, so this little girl is not a genius after all.

"Oh, Uncle Qi, can you show me how to do it?"

Zhao Jinmai asked cautiously. Her mother said that she should be obedient once she entered the room.

"Okay, look at me. I'll only demonstrate it once. Wait, have you ever studied acting? Acting?"

Qi Hao suddenly changed the subject.

"Yes, my mother takes me to acting classes every Saturday."

Zhao Jinmai nodded. Her mother did not tell her not to mention this matter.

"How long have you been studying?"

Qi Hao suddenly realized that someone had already given this child some enlightenment, no wonder his performance was so good.

The parents were a little scheming and deliberately did not write it in the introduction.

However, even if he had attended training classes, this level was very good at the age of seven.

He is a child who can make a living from this.

"I've been learning for almost a year." Zhao Jinmai answered honestly, and then asked: "Uncle Qi, when will you cry for me?"

"Don't worry, I need to think about it."

Qi Hao sighed, thinking that he was really shooting himself in the foot.

However, a performance of this difficulty was indeed easy for him, and Qi Hao soon burst into tears pitifully.

Although Xiaomi in the movie has many problems, he is really a very cute child.

In this kind of movie about an uncle and a little loli, the uncle is responsible for being handsome, while the most important thing for the little loli is to be cute.

"Uncle Qi..."

Zhao Jinmai shouted in a low voice, "Don't cry, your crying makes me feel uncomfortable."

"Okay, it's your turn."

Qi Hao signaled the little girl to start her performance.

Zhao Jinmai started to act imitating Qi Hao's behavior. Her acting was definitely not as good as Qi Hao's, not even a little bit worse.

However, for a grown man like Qi Hao, crying in an cute way is really unsightly.

The cute little girl was about to cry, and people couldn't help but want to hold her in their arms and comfort her.

"Alright, alright, you can go out and find your mother now. Tell her to wait for further notice."

Qi Hao waved his hand unmoved.

He kicked the little girl out of the house, who was crying and looking unable to bear it.

After Zhao Jinmai left, everyone started to discuss.

"Seven years old is a little too young. Eight years old would be fine."

Lu Yang could naturally sense Qi Hao's favor for the little girl.

In previous auditions of young girls, Qi Hao rarely asked so many questions, and sometimes he even did not participate in the interaction at all.

"He's only one month away from turning seven." Yang Liu emphasized.

"The child is quite sensible. I wish I had a younger sister."

Gao Fei seemed a little emotional. When she was young, her mother often asked her if she wanted a younger brother or sister, and she always said no.

Her younger brothers and sisters would snatch her toys away.

Later, her mother passed away, and she would never have brothers or sisters again.

"She is indeed a little young, so I'll keep her as a backup. In the filming of Aftershock, which started last month, Feng Xiaogang found a seven or eight-year-old girl to play the role. I'll ask Feng Xiaogang if he has any suggestions later."

Qi Hao is more inclined to ask Zhao Jinmai to play the role because his image is more suitable for the role, he has a certain acting talent and has received professional training.

The main thing is that there are no problems with communication.

This is very important.

Even if the actors can play the roles themselves, if they cannot communicate, filming will be very difficult.

For example, she would clamor to go home while being patted, or she would get angry after repeated NGs, or she would not understand no matter how I taught her.

After experiencing the filming of "Let's See", Hei Liu and Hei Qi made Qi Hao understand how difficult it is to capture the shot by luck alone.

The next day, another group of little girls around nine years old came to audition.

Zhao Jinmai is not the youngest, even those born in 2003 came to audition.

If Qi Hao's tone was a little harsh and he tried to make things difficult for her, she would be scared and start to cry.

The final options before Qi Hao were mainly concentrated on a few young girls.

Guan Xiaotong, Song Zuer, Zhao Jinmai, Li Landi, Zhang Xueying.

Two were twelve years old, one was eleven years old, one was ten years old, and one was seven years old.

Those who are eleven or twelve years old are a little old.

Qi Hao is not old enough, and if the age gap is not wide enough, it will easily give people the same CP feeling as in "Léon: The Professional".

This is what Qi Hao is trying hard to avoid.

He doesn't want to be accused of copper smelting, and there is no intriguing emotional line in this movie.

The ten-year-old age was just right, but his temperament wasn’t quite right, and his performance wasn’t able to compete with that of a seven-year-old.

After some discussion, Qi Hao finally decided to use the seven-year-old child.

The film started shooting in early September, which means it’s seven years old.

It’s just that the little girl likes to call him Uncle Qi, so it seems best to change the last name of the male lead in the script.

(End of this chapter)