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"Uh..." Masao Eda frowned, "All? How many are there in total?"

"The quantity is average. Oh, by the way, before Sister Jianqi leaves, there are a bunch of plans that need to be filled out, don't forget." Yin Ze nodded with satisfaction. Unexpectedly, the task finally fell on the leader's head. Thinking about it carefully, the boss made it himself, and it broke. He couldn't blame others, right? The semi-permanent non-stick pan buff that office workers want most is actually blessed in this way!

"Ah? So fast?" Masao Eda scratched his head. He was still a little unaccustomed.

"Everyone's schedule should also be prepared according to the date. If there are any conflicts, communicate with Party A. Remember to prepare the materials for next month three days in advance, so as not to delay." Yin Ze reminded, "The dynamics on the official website must also be updated. Remember to report this to the media operation guys."

"There will be an event in Matsuoka at 4pm tomorrow. You can go if you are free. Of course, it is best to go. Some things need to be discussed with the agent because he is on the scene. He may not be able to make decisions on some event arrangements without the agency." Yin Ze said, "There are several projects now. You need to follow up and say hello to the other party, saying that the agent has changed and the contact number also needs to be changed."

"And most importantly, when someone goes out to participate in an event, commutes back and forth, eats and drinks, ask them to collect the invoices and claim the expenses when they come back, otherwise they will lose money." Yin Ze emphasized, touching his chin, "That's about it. Am I clear enough? Do you need me to explain it in more detail?"

"..." Masao Eda continued to scratch his head. He usually said these words. Especially the last sentence. A leader with low EQ would say "Do you understand?" A leader with high EQ would say "Did I make it clear?" It's over. He made promises every day, but when it's his turn to eat them, he felt that they were tasteless!

A doctor cannot treat himself, and a pie in the sky cannot be eaten by oneself.

"Do you need me to write a memo? Upload it to the cloud?" Yin Ze saw that the president was thinking about something and said thoughtfully.

"No need." Masao Eda came back to his senses and waved his hand, "I know all these daily tasks well."

"Okay, okay. The power-on password for the workstation computer is Money. The handover is completed. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first." Yin Ze smiled.

Who set this password? It's so vulgar!

"Wait a minute." Masao Eda called out.

"Please continue." Yin Ze nodded.

"Besides daily quests, are there any dungeons, secret realms, or other activities in the near future?" Masao Eda hinted wildly. He didn't want to just sit there and do nothing, he wanted to play high-end games.

"Yes!" Yin Ze responded, "I'm going to audition for a movie!"

"Oh! It's a challenge indeed!" Masao Eda was delighted when he heard that. "Tell me more! Do you need support? I'll grit my teeth and spend some money. Maybe I can make additional investments and let you bring in money to move up in rank..."

"Oh, no, no, you've already got the audition opportunity for the leading role. Whether you succeed or not will depend on your performance then." Yin Ze said quickly.

"..." Masao Eda was silent, feeling depressed that his ultimate skill had cooled down but he couldn't use it. "Okay, can you share some information about the movie?"

"It's from Shochiku Films, a movie adapted from a novel," said Yin Ze.

"Hmm, Shochiku, that's strange, when did you get this script?" Masao Eda couldn't help but ponder. Opportunities from big companies like this are usually taken up after a few rounds, especially the cake for the leading role, which will not be left at all unless there is a large audition. The mainstay of the station is not backed by an entertainment company, and Kashiwai, a former Dentsu employee, has also left. How can he still be so sharp and seize the resources first?

"I've had it for a while. I've read the original work and studied the script. I'm just waiting to make a fool of myself." Yin Ze sighed.

"Okay, as long as the situation is clear, it's OK. Do I need to go with you?" asked Masao Eda.

"There's no need to go to so much trouble. The leader doesn't have to accompany us." Yin Ze said.

"Then is there anything I can do?" Masao Eda asked unwillingly.

"A lot, didn't we list many daily tasks before?" Yin Ze was surprised.

"..." Masao Eda.

……

Tsukiji 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

The Boat Compilation, which won both the Best Book Award and the annual sales ranking, is a novel with a rather unpopular theme. It is hard to imagine how a story about a man who spent more than a decade in an office compiling dictionaries can be written to make people feel warm, profound and passionate. It is also hard to imagine how the film scenes will be presented if it is adapted into a movie.

The subject matter and core almost destined it to be just an art film. After all, compared with popcorn commercial films with car chases, explosions, and gun fights, it really lacks market persuasiveness.

Shochiku Corporation itself also has a clear positioning. It does not expect the film to be a big hit at the box office, but instead regards it as a work to impact the next awards season.

If you choose an art film, you must be mentally prepared to give up the box office, and also be prepared to meet the stringent demands of film critics and high-end movie fans in terms of quality.

This film is directed by the young director Yuha Ishii. Ishii, who once successfully made it into the top ten of the Junpo with "Little Miss Clam", is undoubtedly a talented filmmaker. Yuha Ishii, who is usually working in the niche field, this time got the opportunity to be released in theaters. He is ambitious and wants to show his skills.

With the strong support of Shochiku, we will definitely be able to put together a very high-level production lineup.

It has been positioned as an art film, so the casting has to be cautious. This is not like other films where you can just bring in a supporting actor... The film itself lacks any intense highlights, and letting an unscrupulous young actor pretend to be profound and force tears, isn't that torturing the audience and ruining its own reputation?

I didn't expect too much from the box office, so even if the reviews are bad, it would all be in vain.

Under these circumstances, the crew was very strict in selecting actors.

The female lead currently locked in is Miyazaki Aoi, who debuted at the age of 4 and starred in "Artificial Paradise" and "Pests" when she was a teenager. She went to Cannes. She is the youngest star in the history of Taiga dramas. NHK's "Atsuhime" set an annual average of 24.5% of the highest ratings, which is the highest ratings record for Taiga dramas in the past ten years. A very plastic actor. It has always been common to have craftsmanship, but it is rare to have aura. She has aura.

The supporting roles also make up three generations, including the veteran actor Kato Tsuyoshi, who is known as the "second generation Nakadai Tatsuya", Odagiri Joe, who has both temperament and acting skills, and Kuroki Hana, who has a strong foundation and looks like a queen of the screen. Even the other minor supporting roles, which don't have many scenes, are all senior backbones who are familiar to the audience but not easy to call out by name.

In simple terms, there are no slackers.

The male lead is left... There is no need to say more. If his ability is mediocre, even if he is lucky enough to join the group, he will not be able to act together. The gap in ability cannot be made up by impulsiveness. If you want to cram at the last minute, you have to get closer to the Buddha first.

Ishii Yuye picked up the information, turned a page, and saw the next actors scheduled to audition.

The content of his resume can be said to be quite good, and the photo should be a few years old. He has a delicate face and a handsome face, as if washed by moonlight, with the charm of flowing water. But the director did not think he was a person with nothing but appearance.

Takizawa Satoru is not an unknown extra, but a powerful shaping force as his fame grows.

Talent is something that is hard to explain sometimes. He debuted midway through his career, but has grown by leaps and bounds with each performance. His potential is amazing.

Chapter 101 Beware of Rapid Temperature Drop

dong dong dong.

"Please come in." Ishii Yuye said loudly.

A young actor in casual clothes pushed open the door and walked in. He introduced himself and greeted people. His words and actions were very natural. He was not nervous. He was full of energy, smiled appropriately, behaved properly but not rigidly, and had a good temperament. He was the type of handsome young man that the elders would appreciate. The young man glanced at the chair but did not sit down directly.

"You're welcome, please take a seat." Seeing this, a middle-aged man in a suit next to the director said in a calm tone.

"Thank you." The up-and-coming actor then sat down, placed his hands flat on his thighs, faced forward, and calmly met the scrutinizing gaze from HR.

"I am the director, Yuye Ishii. This is Mr. Katsuhiro Takahashi from Shochiku Kaisha, and the other one is Mr. Watanabe, the screenwriter." Director Ishii gave a brief introduction.

"Hello, teachers." The emerging actor said politely.

"How do you like the script?" Ishii Yuye asked first.

One of the classic opening moves of HR is: Please briefly introduce yourself. When he says this, it may mean that he has never read your resume before. The director now skips several routine lines and directly talks about the project, because he does not doubt the ability of the actor, but only thinks about whether he is suitable for the film.

"I've finished reading both the original work and the script." Yin Ze said seriously.

"Really?" Shochiku's Takahashi Katsuhiro suddenly asked, "Would you mind asking me a few questions about the original work?"

"Of course." Yin Ze nodded.

Ishii Yuye also planned to sit in and observe.

"So, um... in the novel, Mr. Araki went to look for the right editor and met the protagonist, Mitsuya Madi. At that time, Araki asked the protagonist about his last name. How did the protagonist answer?" Katsuhiro Takahashi said, "Please answer me using the protagonist's lines in the original text."

Ishii Yuye was stunned, thinking, how could you ask like this? Wouldn't this back-slapping be too tricky and embarrassing?

"Well, let me think about it. It's 'I was born in Tokyo, but my parents are from Wakayama. It is said that in the Edo period, the local post station was called Madi.'" Yin Ze said.

Katsuhiro Takahashi flipped open the novel he brought with him, quickly checked it, and nodded, "It's exactly the same. So, after the protagonist joins the editorial department, where are they going to hold the welcome party?"

"Qibao Garden." Yin Ze replied.

"In the novel, Mr. Matsumoto set a limit for himself and only drank a few times a week?" Katsuhiro Takahashi insisted.

"Once." Yin Ze said neatly.

"What didn't Mr. Matsumoto like to eat at the welcome party?"

"preserved egg."

“?” Ishii Yuye.

"What is the explanation for the fourth appearance of the word in the novel?"

"Another name for a post station."

"Hmm..." Takahashi Katsuhiro pondered for two seconds, as if he was a little bit unconvinced. "Paragraph 67 of the opening chapter, please recite it for me."

"Wait, wait." Ishii Yuye couldn't hold it in any longer, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and hurried to smooth things over, "Mr. Takahashi, no matter what, you shouldn't ask like that. Aren't you just deliberately making things difficult for me?"

"Oh, sorry, that last one was just a joke." Takahashi Katsuhiro closed the book and couldn't help saying, "But he got all the previous questions right. He knows them by heart. I don't have any questions next, director, you go ahead."

Ishii Yuye really didn't know how to start, and his train of thought was a little disrupted. He wanted to talk about the script, but after the quick questions and answers just now, he felt that it was unnecessary. Did he really memorize it? Let's not talk about memorizing the whole text... Is this how you audition? If you don't get selected, won't it be a waste of effort? Are you so determined?

The scene was a little still.

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"Mitsuya Madi is a character who is not good at speaking, and his withdrawn personality is almost like Asperger's syndrome." Ishii Yuye said, "Such a type that seems to require no acting, and only needs to sit there with his head down and not say anything, is often the most difficult to act. You have played a similar role before, and it should be very convincing, but this is also what I am worried about."

The reference here is to Koichi Tanabe in "The Woodpecker and the Rain", a frustrated, cowardly and unmotivated director.

On the surface, they are the same type of characters, but if you dig a little deeper, they are completely different. Tanabe Koichi's inferiority complex comes from his normal concept, which has changed after completing mutual fulfillment. But in this movie, Madi Mitsuya is much purer. He voluntarily abandons his personal time and immerses himself in the ocean of words. Once he meets someone he admires, he will muster up the courage to express his feelings. His loneliness comes more from his serious personality.

In Ishii Yuye's opinion, this new actor who debuted halfway through his career is really talented. He is a pretty boy in idol dramas who can be played just by looking good, but he has played many roles that require acting skills. For those roles, his appearance has become a burden.

Tanabe Yukiichi is a good example, but precisely because he was successful, would you want to pick it up again and use it as a dual-purpose card?

Performance is a complex thing, and it is also prone to homogenization.

But it can’t be played out the same way here.

"You can't repeat the past, nor do you have to explain this genre, you just have to be Mitsuru Mata. Do you have the confidence?" Ishii Yuye asked seriously.

Yin Ze thought for a few seconds, then nodded, "Yes."

"Okay. Please do a simple makeup first." Ishii Yuye said immediately.

The process of changing clothes for the audition was unremarkable, everything just went on in an orderly manner.

Finally, Ishii Yuye held a photo in his hand, which was a photo of himself after putting on makeup, which he had taken earlier for reference.

There was also a resume on the table, and in the headshot attached to the page, there was a particularly deep look at the young Tan Ge and an impeccable Bai Yue.

In the photo in my hand, the suit is too big to fit and does not show any temperament. The glasses on the bridge of his nose are square and shapeless. His hair is parted, and his eyes and smile seem to come from the old times, so peaceful, like the person in the attached picture of the book page.

Look at the time, it flows back and falls in front of the mountain of books on the table on the shore.

What is flourishing is the art, what is lonely is the Tao, and therefore the responsibility of scholars arises.

It was indeed a book, an old book with a title on the title page and notes written all over the margins.

Ishii Yuye pondered for a long time. After thinking for a while, he put the photo down and slowly circled a circle on the list.

……

Yin Ze stood outside the corridor, brushing off the hair on his clothes. He had put in a lot of effort in this audition, and had spent quite a while preparing for it. Even if he failed, he could still give an explanation to the old dean.

"Are you leaving? Not staying a little longer?" Katsuhiro Takahashi said at this time.

"It's nothing, it's the same if I go back and wait." Yin Ze didn't mind much.

"Haha, actually, we are not strangers." Katsuhiro Takahashi smiled.

"Have you worked together before?" Yin Ze was a little surprised.

"You probably still remember Little Forest, right?" Takahashi Katsuhiro said with a smile, "That was also a Shochiku movie. I was the producer and producer of the summer and autumn chapters, and also the distribution manager for this one. And I was the executive producer of the winter and spring chapters. So, we have been connected for a long time."

"That's true, look at me..." Yin Ze slapped his forehead and realized it. "Little Forest" was indeed produced by Shochiku, but the subject matter of the movie was a bit strange. He said he was the male lead, but in fact his role was almost equivalent to a minor supporting role. When filming in the mountains, I only thought about the tractors in the village, just like I was visiting a farmhouse. How could I care about who the producer was?

"At that time, Director Mori Masaichi said that you will definitely stand out in the future, and it really came true." Takahashi Katsuhiro said with emotion, "Gal is really a dark horse."

"No way, that's all thanks to the creative team. I just happen to be in charge of the front-stage position." Yin Ze shook his head.

"You did a great job today. My questions were small and detailed, almost targeting people, and I'm glad you answered them all." Takahashi Katsuhiro paused, "This movie is a project that Shochiku is paying more attention to, so I'll leave it to you."

"Has this been announced? Huh? Is it confirmed?" Yin Ze was curious.

"I'm not being sentimental. Director Ishii is a professional we recognize. Since we already trust him, we shouldn't doubt his level. And peers always have a ruthless eye for peers," said Katsuhiro Takahashi. "In short, I'll leave it to you professionals."

"Thank you all teachers for your recognition." Yin Ze bowed very politely to express his gratitude.

"If you have any other questions, you can also consult me. If it's career-related, Shochiku Entertainment is always welcome to you." Katsuhiro Takahashi said firmly.

It’s another day of receiving offers.

Yin Ze walked out of the company building, rode on the blond foreign horse parked nearby, and habitually took out his mobile phone to check.

Wow! More than a dozen unread messages! They took up two large pages.

The caller turned out to be Okita Shuji?

I was just auditioning and my phone was of course on silent, so I missed everything. However, Okita Shuji also sent a text message saying that he was currently waiting at the agency and hoped to come over for a chat.

What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?

Yin Ze typed and replied to the text message, then stepped on the accelerator and rushed towards the office.

Tokyo, Yoyogi.