I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 25 Audition
At the same time, Zhang Yimou Studio.

Lao Mouzi rubbed his temples, pinched his eyebrows with a headache, and leaned weakly on the sofa.

Casting has always been a headache for him.

Because of the overwhelming criticism directed at him for "Three Guns", Zhang Yimou has become quite cautious in what he does now; he doesn't even dare to work with well-known actors, and he still agrees with Zhang Weiping's statement of setting up his own agency.

But choosing suitable new actors is a bit of a choice-making problem for Zhang Yimou, who has always been very demanding.

What's more, now he has to choose not one movie, but two.

"Under the Hawthorn Tree" and "The Flowers of War".

Although the two films are not being shot at the same time, neither of them has been confirmed yet. In his opinion, the simplest task, the selection of the male lead for "Under the Hawthorn Tree", has also not been decided.

"If there is really no other choice, I can only go to Beijing Film Academy and pick one at random!"

His old classmate, Zhang Huijun, the current dean of Beijing Film Academy, called him several times personally and asked him to take care of Beijing Film Academy students when casting.

The gap between the acting department of the Central Academy of Drama and the acting majors of other colleges and universities is widening.

It has completely dominated the market.

As the dean of the Beijing Film Academy, he certainly hoped that Zhang Yimou, who also graduated from the Photography Department of the Beijing Film Academy, would use actors from the Beijing Film Academy as much as possible when making movies.

The most ridiculous statement being spread outside right now is that directors at the Beijing Film Academy like to use actors from the Central Academy of Drama.

Is that reasonable? Do you think that's reasonable?
The key point is that the story became more and more outrageous, and the Central Academy of Drama was left to laugh at it.

But the fact is that Zhang Yimou, the signature actor of the Beijing Film Academy's Photography Department, and the leading actors in all his movies are actors from the Central Academy of Drama.

"Hero", Zhang Ziyi in "House of Flying Daggers", Gong Li, Liu Huohua, Qin Junjie in "Curse of the Golden Flower", Sun Honglei in "Three Guns"...iron evidence.

So Zhang Huijun obviously wanted to make this call to him.

Moreover, parents of students studying acting see this and believe in the choices of great directors. They definitely hope that their children can be admitted to the best schools for art examinations, so the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama has no worries about the source of students now.

Beijing Film Academy recruited those who were eliminated from the Central Academy of Drama... This is of course not true. In order to dispel the rumor, this time Beijing Film Academy promoted Yang Zi and Zhang Yishan for the first time, but the two did not choose the Central Academy of Drama at all.

The two have now become the face of the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy, and reporters hound them with questions every day.

If Zhang Yimou continues to use actors from the Central Academy of Drama this time... Zhang Huijun will probably block the door of his studio. Anyway, he has already made his statement.

He can choose any student from Beijing Film Academy and can also audition on site at the school.

Now that things have come to this, Zhang Yimou has to at least give his old classmate some face.

Tuk-tuk-tuk!
The knock on the door startled Zhang Yimou, who was leaning against the door, and he sat up straight in an instant: "Come in!"

In front of outsiders, Zhang Yimou always looks energetic. Many senior media reporters have said that they have never seen Zhang Yimou yawning or dozing off. They don't know whether he is pretending or it is his character setting, or he really has a congenital energetic body.

"Director Zhang, I shot some more footage yesterday, would you like to take a look first?"

"Among them is an art student from Beijing Film Academy. I think he's pretty good!"

Fu Lulu was talking while holding the copied USB flash drive.

"Okay!"

"come and see!"

Zhang Yimou is most concerned about the role now. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the projection. Fu Lulu was adjusting it there.

"Oh, Lulu, there will be a group audition at Beijing Film Academy on the 5th of next month. You will have to work hard then!"

"Ok!"

Fu Lulu actually knew about this matter a long time ago.

All students in Beijing Film Academy have received a notice from their teachers that Zhang Yimou's new drama "Under the Hawthorn Tree" will be selecting the leading male and female actors at Beijing Film Academy, and anyone who is free can go and try out.

This is a "benefit" that was obtained personally by the dean Zhang Huijun.

"no!"

"This is not appropriate either..."

"..."The projection on the white wall showed the casting materials that Fu Lulu had shot in the past two days.

Zhang Yimou passed by each handsome image one by one, until a photo showing a big-toothed smile made Zhang Yimou suddenly reach out: "Hey, back out, the previous one!"

Snapped!
A full-length photo of Chen Jin standing there relaxedly, laughing heartily facing the sunset, caught Zhang Yimou's eyes.

"This is acceptable!"

Zhang Yimou smiled at Fu Lulu, and Fu Lulu smiled back and said, "I was actually talking about this student!"

She certainly didn't dare to say it in advance, as that would make Zhang Yimou think that there was something going on between her and Chen Jin.

Backdoor and unspoken rules and so on.

But if I add now, Zhang Yimou would recognize her casting ability.

“That smile is contagious!”

"What about the other photos?"

Fu Lulu immediately switched to several close-up, focused photos of Chen Jin.

"Can we try it? How many people are there?"

Zhang Yimou didn't look at it carefully, but just glanced and suddenly asked.

When it comes to auditioning and casting, you don’t need to look closely, it’s just a feeling. If it’s okay, it’s okay. If it’s not okay, it’s not okay... Especially for Zhang Yimou, who was a photographer, his eyes are always very sharp.

Chen Jin's smile was what caught his eye at first sight, it was what touched him, and it was also what made his photos different from those of other people.

Very special.

Among so many casting photos, he is the only one who dares to laugh heartily with his big teeth showing, which of course makes him very recognizable.

"Four, including these four!"

"Okay, are you a student from Beijing Film Academy?"

Zhang Yimou didn't take Fu Lulu's initial introduction seriously at all.

"Arts candidates!"

"He is a Beijing Film Academy art student!"

Fu Lulu hurriedly said, Zhang Yimou narrowed his eyes and laughed: "Ha, it's time for another art exam?"

“It’s been more than 20 years. Time has passed so quickly!”

He took part in the art examination for the Photography Department of Beijing Film Academy in 77, which was not called the Imperial Capital Film Academy at that time.

"The Film School of the Central 78th Arts University was only reestablished in . I was the oldest in my class, hahahaha!"

"At first I wanted to apply to the Academy of Fine Arts, and then Northwest Agricultural College... In 77, there was also an art exam, which was based on your photography skills..."

When talking about the art exam that year, Zhang Yimou talked endlessly.

Once he starts talking, he talks a lot.

In fact, the entire studio knew about these trivial things, including the fact that he sold blood at the National Cotton Mill to buy a Seagull 4 twin-lens reflex camera, which changed his life... but it was definitely not because of poverty.

His family also did not support him. His family was a wealthy family in Lintong, his ancestors were officers of the Kuomintang, and his uncle had been in Taiwan.

"That director Zhang, should I ask him to audition?"

Fu Lulu pointed at Chen Jin's photo.

"Okay, let's do it tomorrow. Let him go to the company tomorrow afternoon and I'll take a look first."

"Let's make an appointment with the others as well!"

“Saves me the trouble of running back and forth!”

As Zhang Yimou was talking, Fu Lulu immediately stood up: "Okay, I'll go inform them now!"

(End of this chapter)