Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 259: Try harder, Liu Yifei

Yeah, can it be the same?

Especially for Yang Mi, who currently regards Liu Yifei as her target.

Many people said that her position as the heroine fell into the hands of Guo Xiang because Xiaolongnu went to Japan to film a movie.

Moreover, seeing that The Wind is selling well in China, Liu Yifei, as one of the female protagonists in it, acted with Fan Binbing and competed with Chen Nuo and Jiang Wen on the same stage.
It seemed that the gap between us was not narrowing, but getting bigger and bigger.

How could Yang Mi not be anxious?

If you want to catch up with each other, starring in this legendary movie is undoubtedly a shortcut to success.

It seems like it could be acted out, just like in the plot of The Return of the Condor Heroes, Guo Xiang finally got her wish and became Madam Yang, while Xiaolongnu returned to the ancient tomb and was sad alone!
Yang Mi felt excited just thinking about it.

As luck would have it, hard work paid off. On the day Yang Mi was about to leave, someone finally came to the school.

Led by an assistant director from a film crew, they took photos of all the girls in their class, just like they would do in an art exam, from the front, left, right, side, and back. They also recorded a VCR, introducing themselves, their height, and weight.

Afterwards, Yang Mi returned to Hengdian and began a long wait while filming.

At the same time, a total of eight groups of people selected nearly 10,000 female students from major art colleges across the country. Photos and videos of those who met the requirements were brought back one after another and compiled somewhere in Beijing.

Zhang Yimou happily but with great difficulty selected from them, and finally shortlisted more than a hundred people. He asked the assistant directors to find them for the second round of video shooting.

By early November, more than twenty people were selected and notified to come to Beijing for auditions.

After two more rounds of screening, we finally entered the final two-choice stage in mid-November.

One of them was a girl that an assistant director accidentally bumped into on the street in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, and Director Zhang was very attracted to her.

"Or maybe it's her?"

Zhang Yimou rubbed his eyes. After repeated rehearsals, although he was full of energy, he couldn't help feeling a little tired after a busy day.

After the crying scene just now, Zhang Yimou felt that it was 50% similar to the scene in his mind where the heroine "Jingqiu" sobbed beside the sickbed of "Laosan".

Zhang Weiping frowned and said, "What about Nini? Are you not considering it?"

Zhang Yimou hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head and said, "Nini is also very good, and actually meets my requirements. But she has acted with Chen Nuo before, and I am afraid that the audience will think we are filming the sequel of "The Dumb's House". The fruitless love between Zhang Dumb and Xiao Zhu left a deep impression on people. I am afraid that the audience who have seen it will not be able to get rid of that existing impression."

Zhang Weiping nodded in understanding, then thought for a moment and said, "Mouzi, when you are casting for a movie, I normally don't want to interfere. But this time, you really have to think about it carefully. Just like you told me before, the success or failure of a movie is actually half determined during the casting."

"This little girl named Zhou Dongyu really fits the kind of pure and immature feeling that Jingqiu wants. However, this is to put her in a separate place."

"If Chen Nuo is included..."

"To be honest, I just imagined what it would feel like for Chen Nuo to stand next to her. As a viewer, I find it hard to believe that a boy like Chen Nuo would fall in love with a girl like this. I think this will be a big problem when the movie is finally released."

Zhang Yimou frowned and said, "What do you mean? Do you think Nini is suitable?"

Zhang Weiping said: "Nini, if you think it's not possible, we can take our time to choose, how about that?"

Zhang Yimou pondered for a long time and finally nodded.

The casting of "Under the Hawthorn Tree", which had already entered the final round, had to start all over again.

It has not been finalized until December 12th.

That evening, Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping watched the Golden Horse Awards ceremony on Taiwan's CTS at the former's home in Beijing.

As for why Director Zhang’s home can watch Taiwanese and Hong Kong TV stations and even HBO and BBC, it is all because of artistic needs.

In short, the two were filled with emotion after watching it.

Zhang Weiping laughed and said, "It also won the Best Film. How many awards did The Whistleblower win this time? Six or seven? Wow, that's really amazing. I don't know how the newspapers and media will report it tomorrow. How old is Qi Yuntian? He was able to give a speech at the Golden Horse Awards to accept the Best Film award."

"Young people achieve success. This kind of story is very common in China from ancient times to the present." Zhang Yimou said with a smile.

Zhang Weiping chuckled and said, "We didn't get any of the assembly numbers this time. Wang Zhongjun must be cursing right now. He has so much grudges with Chen Nuo. I think if he's smart, he'd better treat him to a drink as soon as possible and let it go."

"Also, Mouzi, I think Chen Nuo has a pretty big market in Taiwan. If we work hard this time, we might be able to break into that market and make a lot of money."

Zhang Yimou took a puff of his cigarette, sighed, and said, "We haven't decided on the female lead yet, and the filming schedule we agreed with him will start in January... He will go to the United States in April next year to shoot Twilight. To be honest, I'm really worried that I won't be able to make it in time."

Zhang Weiping was a little anxious when he heard this. "Jin Chen, Jing Tian, ​​Li Yitong, maybe Zhou Dongyu, Nini. Mouzi, I won't comment on it. You decide whoever you want this time. Or Zhou Dongyu is fine. Anyway, no matter what, the overall situation is more important."

Zhang Yimou nodded and said, "Actually, I still prefer Zhou Dongyu."

"Then it's Zhou Dongyu!"

Having said that, both of them made up their minds.

Although it took more than ten days to go around in circles and it seems to be back to square one, in the film production process, this so-called waste is actually a normal process.

So, after agreeing to have Zhou Dongyu come over to sign the contract tomorrow, the two stopped talking about it and started smoking and drinking together, and talked about their future work arrangements.

As they were talking, they mentioned the sudden applause at the Golden Horse Awards, and they sighed for a while.

Zhang Yimou, in particular, expressed many opinions on the current teaching model of film academies. He highly appreciated the bold approach of allowing students to venture out into the world in their freshman and sophomore years. He believed that this was indeed the way to go and that only by making practice a part of teaching could we truly cultivate some talents.

As they were chatting, Zhang Yimou's work phone suddenly rang. It was a very unfamiliar number.

Although it was almost 11 o'clock, filmmakers have always worked day and night, and not many people knew about this phone, so Zhang Yimou didn't think much about it and picked up the phone and said hello.

I heard a gentle voice from the other side: "Hello, Director Zhang, I'm Liu Yifei..."

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When Chen Nuo answered Liu Yifei's call, he was in the Hilton Suite in Central, Hong Kong, with his mouth stuffed with something soft.

Wen Yongshan went home to sleep, and his luxury suite was so empty that it was a little scary, so a vixen volunteered to come over and give him courage.

The way to boost your courage is very simple, just be extremely bold.

Chen Nuo actually realized it on the night of the award ceremony. The vixen didn't even bother to hide her desire to have sex with him.

If he hadn't sent a text message, Fan Binbing would have knocked on his door that night and wouldn't have cared whether Wen Yongshan was inside or not.

Even if Janice Man were there, she might be even more excited.

At another time, Chen Nuo might have some dirty ideas, but it was really not appropriate that night.

The fact that she didn't win the Best New Artist award was unexpectedly a huge blow to Janice Man. She started crying as soon as she entered the room, and cried until her eyes were swollen.

Chen Nuo comforted her for a long time before he finally got the girl to talk. It turned out that the girl was suffering from a sense of crisis and inferiority complex.

When he asked me, I hugged him and cried my heart out. I didn't fall asleep until almost three in the morning.

How could he dare to play those provocative games under such circumstances?

Therefore, it was only until the next day, after arriving in Hong Kong, that Fan Binbing could finally come and serve.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows on the 52nd floor where Chen Nuo lived, there was nothing but the vast night.

The air conditioner was on in the room and the air was a bit stuffy.

Therefore, the slightly cool glass pressed against Fan Binbing's chest actually had a cooling and nourishing effect.

Fan Binbing twisted her waist twice, bit her lip, turned around, and said, "Did you do this on purpose?"

Chen Nuo was very good at playing dumb, but the smile on her face betrayed her: "What's the matter?"

"What do you say? I told you to use more force! You bad boy."

Fan Binbing's voice was gentle and soft, her eyes were rolling, she rolled her eyes at Chen Nuo, and pressed her whole body against him. She put her slender hands around his neck, stood on tiptoes, and pushed his head down, "I'll suffocate you to death. Do you believe that I would murder your own husband?"

Liu Yifei's phone rang at this time.

"Hello." Chen Nuo's voice was as calm as usual.

Hearing Liu Yifei's question on the phone, he gave a normal answer: "Didn't I tell you yesterday that you should wear a school uniform... What the hell, which country's school uniform is that? If you don't understand, ask Li Jing to buy it, the kind that Chinese high school students wore in the 90s."

".Yeah, I tied my hair into a ponytail and put on some light makeup. What am I doing? I'm not doing anything. I'm running."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Nuo looked down at Fan Binbing and said unhappily, "What's the matter? Don't you know I'm talking about business? As soon as you heard I was calling, you got excited again, didn't you?"

Fan Binbing stood up, licked her bright red lips, and said with a chuckle, "You asked Yifei to audition for Director Zhang's play, why didn't you say hello to Director Zhang on Yifei's behalf? Do you really want people to work hard on their own?"

Chen Nuo chuckled, "What else? I have nothing better to do than to joke with her?"

Fan Binbing said, "What's wrong with you? Why are you so cruel all of a sudden?"

"What do you know? Turn around."

"Then try harder."

Not only Fan Binbing wants Chen Nuo to use more force, Chen Nuo also wants Liu Yifei to use more force.

This Golden Horse Awards ceremony excited not only Janice Man. After it was over, Liu Yifei immediately found him and told him with a very serious expression that she wanted to do as Fan Binbing said and win the award one day in the future.

Chen Nuo gave her this idea.

Let her try her best to win the heroine in Under the Hawthorn Tree.

This is not because Chen Nuo feels that she can get it, but because Chen Nuo feels that she cannot get it.

Because Chen Nuo believed that no matter how big his reputation was, Zhang Yimou would not choose an actor who was completely unusable for him.

The purpose of his saying this was to let Liu Yifei experience the feeling of failing after trying her best.

Let her truly taste the bitterness of life.

If she really did this this time, Chen Nuo felt that this person could still be saved.

Otherwise, I still say that, just be a good idol drama heroine. After all, it doesn't matter whether you live like Yang Mi or Zhang Manyu, right?

So, at 12:10 p.m. on December 2th.

Zhang Yimou, Zhang Weiping, and other related personnel in Under the Hawthorn Tree met Liu Yifei, who was wearing a blue and white school uniform and a ponytail, in the audition room of New Picture Company.

Although Chen Nuo did not say much, Li Jing still gave Liu Yifei, who was wearing a school uniform, an idea and asked her to hold a middle school textbook in her hand.

Then it was obvious that this move had the desired effect.

She held her textbook in her arms, bowed to Zhang Yimou in the middle of the audition room, and said, "Hello, Director Zhang, hello, everyone."

Zhang Yimou looked her up and down and asked, "Hello, Yifei. Nice to meet you. Let me ask you a question. How old are you this year?"

"21 is old."

Zhang Yimou smiled and said, "I can't tell. You look very young and good looking. I thought you were only 18."

Liu Yifei tried hard to keep smiling and not let her nervousness show. "Thank you, director."

"Then Yifei, we are now conducting a live audition. Please show us the side, back, and front."

While testing the image, Zhang Yimou and others couldn't help but nod as they watched.

A good embryo indeed.

According to Director Zhang's usual statement, some people look good in real life, but may not look good on camera. Some people look good on camera, but are average in real life.

Only a very small number of people are good both on camera and in real life.

And Liu Yifei is obviously the third type.

Even Director Zhang was reflecting on whether he had fallen into some kind of misconception. It is not necessary to use an 18-year-old girl to play an 18-year-old girl. If someone is a little bolder, it is also possible for a 37-year-old to play a 22-year-old girl, not to mention a 21-year-old to play an 18-year-old girl.

In terms of appearance, everyone present scored either 99 or 100 points.

Next comes the acting.

Director Zhang has been busy preparing for the Olympic Games in the past three to five years and has not watched any movies or TV series. He only recently finished watching "The Whistleblower". Although he cannot say that he is very impressed with Liu Yifei's performance in the film, he feels that it is just barely acceptable.

So he really didn't expect that the students who were raised by their alma mater and honed through practice would be like this. It seemed a bit unexpected.

It’s very simple: cry, laugh, love, hate, hmm.

Director Zhang paid special attention to Liu Yifei's eyes during the process, because in this play, he required the heroine's eyes to be clear and transparent, dramatic, thorough, unique and vivid.

By 4:08 p.m., Liu Yifei's first independent audition in her acting career was over.

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