Entertainment: 1990

Chapter 343 Dance Troupe Audition [Part 2]

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yan announced that the interview would be postponed for an hour until the Beijing Film Studio's cameramen arrived. At that time, Yuanmeng would ask a professional dance teacher to help with the evaluation.

Then he said to Wang Luyao, "You and Sister Chang should mainly record things that are hard to capture with a camera, such as the atmosphere of the scene."

He wanted to record it with a camera, firstly for the sake of fairness, and secondly because he could see that Wang Luyao was feeling guilty and didn't want her, the head of the dance troupe, to look weak in front of others.

Wang Luyao nodded quickly, secretly relieved that she no longer had to show off her skills in front of Guan Yu.

Then Zhang Yan specifically apologized to Zhang Huihui and asked her to stay for a second interview.

The students were initially dissatisfied with the sudden one-hour delay, but seeing that Mr. Zhang had casually borrowed a camera from the director of the Beijing Film Studio, no one dared to protest.

Besides, this was all for the sake of fairness and justice, so after venting a few complaints, it was over.

After half the people went back upstairs, Wang Yan took the initiative to walk over, bowed slightly to Zhang Yan and said, "Mr. Zhang, may I ask you a few questions?"

Her voice clearly carried a hint of ingratiation, after all, she was the one among all the interviewees who knew Zhang Yan's status and position best.

"of course can."

Zhang Yan nodded first, then joked, "But if you ask me about dancing, I can't answer that. I'm a complete novice in your line of work."

"No, no, no, I wanted to ask about film and television."

Wang Yan quickly explained, "Actually, I graduated two years ago. I started as a dancer in the railway art troupe, and then I ended up acting in a few films and TV series by chance."

"is it?"

Unexpectedly, his idea of ​​"those who excel in dance can become actors" has already produced a typical example so quickly. Zhang Yan couldn't help but ask curiously, "What kind of works are they?"

"Uh~"

In front of so many people, Wang Yan was a little embarrassed and lowered her head slightly, saying, "At first, I played a little maid with only a few lines in the Qiong Yao drama 'Plum Blossom Mark'."

Then I played the teenage version of the female lead in "So Long, My Son"—the adult version of the female lead was played by Ms. Pan Hong.

Finally, last year, I starred in a martial arts film called... "The Strange Heroine and the Pretty Girl Make a Scene in Rehe."

When she mentioned the last film title, her face became even more flushed.

"It is indeed quite pretty."

Seeing this, Chang Jihong chuckled and asked again, "What question did you want to ask President Zhang just now?"

"Nothing else."

Wang Yan hurriedly said, "I just wanted to ask if, given my situation, after joining Yuanmeng, I can continue to work part-time as an actress?"

"of course can!"

Zhang Yan had already made up his mind: as long as the girl's acting skills weren't too bad, he would mold her into a role model for the dance troupe, thus preventing the dancers from all rushing to compete for positions like principal dancer or lead dancer.

He then added, "We have five TV series that we plan to film this year. We have already cast actors for one of them, but you can try to get the rest."

Wang Yan's eyes lit up immediately. Although she had long known that Yuanmeng was an extraordinary company, practically the leader among private film and television companies, she hadn't expected them to have such great courage.

Then someone else asked, "Can those of us who have never acted before also audition for a role?"

"This one……"

Zhang Yan looked troubled: "It's best if everyone lays a solid foundation first. After all, there are many things in common between dancers and film and television actors, such as facial expression management, body language, and camera presence."

If one truly possesses this talent, it shouldn't take long to master the basic methods of performance.

While this answer may have disappointed some people, it aligns with common sense for most.

Moreover, the number of main actors needed for so many TV dramas is significantly more than the number of principal dancers and lead dancers in a dance troupe, so many people who aspire to switch careers and become stars have become more determined in their ideas.

After this incident, several more people approached him to ask him questions.

Their main goal was to find out if joining Yuanmeng (a singing competition) really guaranteed a spot on the Spring Festival Gala—most of those who didn't want to change careers for the time being came for auditions specifically for the Gala. Zhang Yan was confident about this; the singers from Yuanmeng were releasing albums this year, creating even more buzz than before. They had invited Yuanmeng singers to the Spring Festival Gala for the past two years, and they would definitely invite them again this year.

In particular, Ren Xianqi from Taiwan has basically secured a spot.

Since there are singers on stage, wouldn't it be natural to have their own dance troupe accompany them?
Of course, the dance troupe's skill level must be up to par.

About fifty minutes later.

A taxi stopped at the gate. Seeing the figure get out of the back seat, Jiang Wu, who was feeling bored, immediately went out to greet him and asked in surprise, "Yu Dong, what brings you here?"

"Of course I'm here to run errands."

The future founder of Berna Films bent down and carried a large toolbox out of the car, then gestured to Jiang Wu with his mouth: "There are film reels in the front seat, come with me and carry them in."

After the two carried their things into the hall.

Zhang Yan also felt that Yu Dong looked familiar. After recalling for a moment, he remembered that the other party seemed to be a senior student in the Department of Management at Beijing Film Academy. He had also participated in the Dream Realization Campus Recruitment and performed quite well, but in the end, he did not go to Tianjin to sign a contract.

So he joked, "No wonder you didn't come to fulfill our dream; it turns out you climbed up to Director Han's high branch."

Please don't misunderstand.

Yu Dong hurriedly put down the camera and said with an embarrassed smile, "The main reason is that my parents are reluctant to let me leave Beijing. There's nothing I can do. I was born and raised in Beijing, so I can only intern at the Beijing Film Studio."

"I have to tell Director Han this."

Zhang Yan made another joke, then asked, "How much is the travel expense? I'll reimburse you first, since this isn't exactly an official business trip."

"No, no!"

Yu Dong quickly waved his hand: "My leader instructed me to come here and follow orders, but I must not take a single needle or thread from you."

"Haha~"

Zhang Yan patted Yu Dong on the shoulder, asking him to temporarily work with Jiang Wu as the cameraman. Although both of them were amateurs, they didn't need any special techniques; they just put the camera on the pole and let the lens follow them.

By the time the camera was set up and the interviews resumed, it was almost 9:30.

Fortunately, without Wang Luyao's painstaking critiques, the interviews were conducted much faster, with each interview taking about eight minutes.

By 12 noon, 17 students had already been interviewed. After a one-and-a-half-hour lunch break, all 31 dancers had finished their interviews by 5 p.m.

Most of the students performed in their everyday clothes, but some prepared special costumes—those who were more enthusiastic about joining the dream-realization program were the ones Zhang Yan had Wang Luyao mark.

The most outstanding among them was Li Xiaoran. After all, she had been training in the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe for more than half a year, so she had more experience than her juniors. Her porcelain-like skin also added a lot to the dance.

Wang Yan's performance was mediocre. She has the most experience, but recently she has been focusing on acting and has not been practicing as diligently as before. She is relying entirely on her old skills to get by.

Zhang Ziyi performed the worst.

Perhaps due to her overconfidence, she even made two serious mistakes in the middle, but her mental fortitude was quite good, and she managed to finish the performance amidst laughter.

After Zhang Ziyi finished her dance, Wang Luyao told her to wait for notification, just like she had read from the script.

She raised her head and said loudly, "No need. I am a first-year student at the Affiliated High School of Beijing Dance Academy, and I have no intention of signing with a company at the moment."

Then she looked around and declared, "When I'm a senior in six years, I'll definitely outperform you all!"

Perhaps intimidated by the girl's imposing manner, it wasn't until she left with her companions that someone shouted back, "Little brat, you'd better get into university first!"

After Zhang Ziyi left, there weren't many interviewees left.

After everything was over, Zhang Yan stood up, stretched, picked up his mobile phone from the table, and was about to contact a restaurant to book a banquet to treat everyone, and also invite Zhang Yunfeng along.

Suddenly, they discovered two slips of paper under the mobile phone. There was nothing else written on them except for the pager number.

(End of this chapter)