Huayu: What the heck is it that the actor gave me CS skills?

Hengdian, China World Trade Center.

Inside the meeting room.

Li Jun, the chief director of the Peace Hotel, is staring at a projector not far away, watching the audition videos of the actors.

Pan Chen and Wu Gang helped him answer the questions.

"Zhang Zhishu is a professionally trained actor, but he's a bit rigid and his understanding of the character is too far off."

Li Jun nodded, glanced at the video, and immediately passed on it.

"This Zhang Wen, he came from the Hengdian training class, and he has basically been acting in war dramas."

Li Jun shook his head, indicating it was a direct pass.

Although Peace Hotel is a war drama set in the Republican era, it's just a facade.

Essentially, it's a show similar to the escape room game "Werewolf".

This type of drama demands very high acting skills because the actual filming location is the Peace Hotel, which was built on a temporary site, with very few outdoor scenes.

Zhang Wen has always acted in war dramas, which is basically a formulaic acting style; his acting has been completely defined.

Otherwise, how could an actor be content to play the same type of role all the time?

Li Jun continued scrolling down and finally saw Yu Su's resume.

He frowned, held up Yu Su's resume, and questioned, "Why put in someone like this, a mere extra?"

Pan Chen was taken aback, and his gaze involuntarily fell on Wu Gang beside him.

The latter sighed: "Director, I was the one who recommended him."

Li Jun remained silent.

Referrals happen in every industry; he just wanted to find out who had recommended him.

"Let it go."

Wu Gang was, after all, a martial arts instructor, so Li Jun decided to give him that much face.

If it really doesn't work, then pass.

Pan Chen pressed the projector button, and Yu Su appeared on the big screen.

Why use a projector?

Because on a big screen, you can see whether an actor's acting skills are subtle, and some small movements can be seen very clearly.

Other production teams don't need it, but this production team does.

When Yu Su came out, Li Jun only glanced at him casually.

But when he suddenly heard Yu Su's rising tone at the end of his voice, "Stop!", Li Jun raised an eyebrow and his expression became serious.

Before reviewing the script, the director will first determine the overall style and then draw the storyboard.

To some extent, Li Jun had already pre-defined the scenes from the script in his mind.

He was surprised to find that Yu Su's performance had many more layers than he had expected.

Yu Su's lines have been clearly changed, but that's not important.

The important thing is that he transformed what was originally a monotonous interrogation scene into a tense atmosphere with just a few words of entanglement!

This is what truly caught Li Jun's eye!

Why do people get nervous?

Because of unease.

What is the cause of this unease?

If you put it in the Peace Hotel, you can't predict what the enemy will do next.

Just like the assistant in the video.

If he were truly a suspect from the wartime era, he would inevitably be nervous encountering someone like Yu Su, whose tactics are unpredictable.

When a suspect is nervous, they are more likely to expose details of their disguise.

However, Yu Su's performance didn't involve much exaggeration. The constant use of the word "stop" brought the tension of the scene to its extreme!

This perfectly matches the overall tone that Li Jun wanted.

Unlike other war dramas, Peace Hotel condenses all forces into a single hotel.

What he needs is not grand, sweeping emotions, but rather a performance that builds tension through small details within a confined space.

After reading it, Li Jun pondered for a moment and then asked, "What do you guys think?"

Pan Chen looked somewhat surprised.

He had followed Li Jun for a long time and knew his habits.

If it doesn't work, just pass on it.

The fact that he could ask this question proves that Yu Su has gained his approval.

Pan Chen hesitated for a moment and said, "I think we could give Li Guangjie the role of his deputy."

Li Jun looked up at him and fell into deep thought.

Li Guangjie is one of the three main characters in Peace Hotel, and he is a character who is both righteous and evil.

His deputy, in a sense, is a valuable supporting actor.

It belongs to the type that always appears alongside the main character.

This role is very important, and Li Jun hesitated.

Seeing this, Wu Gang suddenly spoke up: "I think we should let him try it out first. Maybe his performance will fluctuate a lot?"

Both of them were stunned for a moment upon hearing this.

Li Jun frowned, not understanding what Wu Gang meant.

People used your back door, and now you've closed it, handing the initiative back to me...

Li Jun, being of a position of power, didn't need to guess Wu Gang's thoughts, so he simply asked directly, "Wasn't this the person you found?"

Seeing the director's expression was off, Wu Gang quickly went over to explain.

"He's the nephew of a martial arts choreographer friend of mine. I was worried that if he wasn't in good condition, it would slow down the filming schedule later on."

"...Do you think he's not suitable for this role?"

"It's not that he's unsuitable, it's just that I'm not sure if he can maintain his current condition."

"That's all?"

"That's all!"

"No other ideas?"

"Of course not, Director! We've only met that person a few times, so we're not very familiar with each other..."

Wu Gang stopped there.

The truth is, he felt he had done too much of a favor, and he was losing out.

Li Jun chuckled and looked at Pan Chen: "Let him come back today to try out the role again."

He wouldn't have acted so rashly if the two hadn't told him.

After all, this is a huge project with an investment of nearly 100 million yuan!

For a TV series to use this much is already considered quite high.

Li Jun naturally had to be cautious.

Pan Chen nodded upon hearing this and was about to take out his phone to make a call when he suddenly stopped, as if remembering something.

"Gangzi, why don't you notify them?"

Let Wu Gang handle the matter since he's already done me a favor; Pan Chen didn't want to get entangled in it.

Wu Gang gave him a grateful look: "I'll let you know, you don't need to worry about it."

"..."

Hengdian, Ming and Qing Palace.

Yu Su's eyelids were already drooping as he rode his bicycle to the film set.

Just as he handed the car to Old Deng's assistant, the assistant suddenly asked a question out of curiosity.

"Xiao Yu, how did your audition go?"

"good."

"Not bad? It worked?"

The assistant was somewhat surprised.

As Gao Zigang's assistant, he was naturally aware of Yu Su's movements.

But deep down he had no hope, and he even thought Gao Zigang had no hope either.

Because the general is in charge, Lao Gao has a say, but outside of this film crew, Lao Gao has little say.

Seeing this, Yu Su suddenly fell silent: "Why are you so surprised?"

Assistant: "...I was just worried about you."

Yu Su rolled her eyes, too lazy to call him out: "I feel fine, but these are things I can't decide."

After finishing his sentence, Yu Su rambled on for a few more minutes and then left.

He understood that his assistant looked down on him.

Actually, Yu Su had watched his own acting replay before and looked down on himself.

It's really terrible.

But now... sorry.

Standing before you is a rising star from Hengdian World Studios who fought his way up from A University.

On her way to the dressing room, Yu Su amused herself with these thoughts.

We passed by the film set on the way.

He caught a glimpse of Wang Churan filming, but after thinking for a moment, he didn't say hello.

Yesterday was another audition, and he stayed up all night again. He just couldn't take it anymore.

Yu Su buried her head in her hands, went to the dressing room, lay down on a chair, and fell asleep immediately.

"..."

After an unknown amount of time, Yu Su vaguely realized that someone was speaking in his ear.

"Yu Su... wake up... you passed the audition!"

"Yusu?"

"Yusu!"

Yu Su jolted awake.

He rubbed his eyes and looked in the mirror.

When he saw who it was in the mirror, he looked constipated.

"What's wrong? You seem down?"

Ren Yilun, dressed in a theatrical costume, sipped coffee with a mocking expression.

Yu Su was too lazy to pay him any attention.

Ren Yilun, however, wouldn't let him off the hook, teasing Yu Su and asking curiously, "I heard you've taken on a role?"

Yu Su frowned: "How did you know?"

Old Deng's assistant knew, and he wasn't surprised, after all, that guy had been with Old Deng for a long time.

But neither of them would tell anyone about this, right?

Ren Yilun paused for a moment, then explained, "That's what Xiao Zhang said."

"Xiao Zhang?"

"Zhang Zhishu..."

Upon hearing this name, Yu Su sighed.

"Didn't he finish filming?"

"They killed him, but the director wanted to reshoot a scene, so they called him back."

The minor actors have no human rights; being called back from filming is all within the scope of their contracts, and Yu Su is aware of this.

All he could do was lament his misfortune.

Seeing him like this, Ren Yilun couldn't help but ask, "Did it work out? Say something!"

"It's alright."

"Not bad? What do you mean?"

"I feel good, but whether it succeeds or not is not up to me."

Yu Su repeated this sentence again.

But that's really what he thinks.

Yu Su felt that his performance was good, after all, the practice clips posted on the music platform had been well received.

But you can't just get selected if you act well in an audition.

Ren Yilun understood this as well, took a sip of coffee, and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him.

"It's okay, everyone's like this the first time. My brother failed several times back then too."

"...I didn't say I failed."

"hehe."

Ren Yi smiled and did not refute Yu Su.

Stubborn.

This kid is just stubborn.

I can tell whether it will work out or not just by looking at your face.

Besides, how could he not know Yu Su's level?

Although I don't know why, recently his acting has suddenly become pleasing to the eye.

But Ren Yilun felt that he had gradually gotten used to Yu Su's performances and found the knack for it.

But since the auditions were for different roles, it would be difficult for him to grasp the core of the role in a short period of time.

"Alright, if you say yes, then yes. What I'm more concerned about is how far you and Chu Ran have progressed."

"..."

"You went out together yesterday, are you sure nothing happened?"

"Brother Ren, do you know why everyone hates crows?"

"A crow?" Ren Yilun was somewhat puzzled, but still subconsciously thought for a moment and tentatively asked, "Because it's unlucky?"

"No, because he shouts too much."

"..."