The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 293 I Found the Female No. [-]
Today is a special day. A group of young and beautiful female artists came to Liangmahe Building. Most of them are in sportswear, but they are still very eye-catching and attract attention.

These female artists are the actresses who came to Fenghua to audition. There are about 70 people in total.

Not only the mainland, but also Hong Kong Island and Wanwan actresses.

Li Shengyao looked at the list of audition actors in his hand, and saw many familiar names.

Such as Qin Lan, Han Ling, Tang Wei and so on.

Qin Lan is Brother Xiaoming's girlfriend now, cute, can she punch?
Curious in his heart, he let the actors enter one by one in order.

The first female artist to enter is Zhong Xintong from Hong Kong Island, one of the female members of the twins.

When Li Shengyao saw the list, he was a little surprised.

At this time, the twins are popular in Hong Kong Island. It can be said that they are the female artists with the most box office appeal in Hong Kong Island at this time.

"Thousand Machines 12", "My Girlfriend", "The Magic Lamp Alaka" and so on.

The twins are very popular, Yinghuang attaches great importance to them.

In such a situation, Zhong Xintong was actually arranged to come over.

"Hi Director Li, my name is Zhong Xintong, I am Yinghuang's artiste, I have filmed some fighting scenes before, and also practiced some boxing skills."

Her Mandarin is not very standard, but she can basically understand it.

She didn't lie, she did film a lot of fighting scenes, but was it effective?
It's like candy is sweet and hip-hop dancing, soft and weak.

Of course, since people come to audition, they always give people a chance to show off.

"You do a set of punches."

Zhong Xintong nodded, looked left and right, saw that there were only Li Shengyao, two assistant directors, and an assistant here, and there were no other outsiders, so he blushed and punched a set of combined punches humming and haha.

She did practice, straight punches, punches, and steps that look good.

But the foundation is too weak, and the punches have no speed and strength.

Li Shengyao said directly: "Miss Zhong, you are not suitable for our role, let's work together again in the future."

Zhong Xintong nodded, turned around to leave, but turned back, "Director Li, I'm not in good health recently, if it takes ten days and a half months, I can play better."

It's clever, but not offensive.

Li Shengyao nodded with a smile, "Okay, I understand."

Zhong Xintong understood Li Shengyao's meaning, sighed secretly, and then left.

The second person who auditioned was Xue Kaiqi. In Li Shengyao's previous life, she was in her 40s and still created girl characters, and she was the last girl in the Hong Kong circle.

It sounds funny, TVB actually has many young actresses every year, more girls than her, but they don't market them.

"Ah, ah, ah."

Xue Kaiqi waved his fist and shouted coquettishly.

Hearing this voice, people who didn't know thought that something indescribable happened here.

She also played very badly, not even comparable to Zhong Xintong.

Zhong Xintong lacked strength and speed, but his posture was correct.

There was nothing wrong with Xue Kaiqi, the fists he punched were like a couple fighting.

After she finished practicing, she opened her big eyes, pouted slightly, and looked at Li Shengyao with a cute face.

Li Shengyao didn't like this kind of thing very much, he didn't like Miss Yu, and he didn't like Loli either.

Fake loli don't like it even more.

"Miss Xue, you are not suitable for our play."

"Director Li, I can improve."

"I understand, let's talk later."

After Xue Kaiqi left, Li Shengyao glanced at the assistant. These people entered the stage in the order of the assistant. Did this guy think that Li Shengyao preferred female artists from Hong Kong Island.

"Director, I thought you would consider the Hong Kong Island market."

The assistant noticed Li Shengyao's gaze and hurriedly expressed his attitude.

Co-productions are a big trend now, "House of Flying Daggers" and "The Promise" can both be counted as co-productions. If Zhong Xintong or Xue Kaiqi were chosen, it would really help sell the film, and the assistant's consideration was not wrong.

Upon hearing this, Li Shengyao nodded, "Okay, let's call someone in."

The third female artist who auditioned is still from Hong Kong Island, but she is not well-known. Her name is Chen Ziyao.

But it's pretty long.

Her face was plump, and Li Shengyao thought it was cuter than Xue Kaiqi.

As someone who had seen Chen Ziyao's photos in his previous life, Li Shengyao liked her very much.

"Hi Director Li, I'm Chen Ziyao from Hong Kong Island. I haven't practiced boxing before, but I just learned it for a while in the past few days."

"Okay, let's start."

Chen Ziyao started to practice afterward, she was worse than Zhong Xintong, but much better than Xue Kaiqi.

Of course, it's still not suitable for "Let's Punch, Dad", these actresses don't have the strength to punch.

Li Shengyao naturally still said that it was not suitable.

The actresses in the back entered one by one, and Li Shengyao asked them to fight the simplest set of punches, but most of them were at the level of Chen Ziyao.

That is, beginners who have practiced for a few days.

Like Zhong Xintong, there are very few actresses with standard postures, and none of them can fight vigorously, with both speed and strength.

Li Shengyao picked up the thermos, drinking water, thinking that if there is no suitable person, he will go to the martial arts school to find out if there are any good seedlings.

After another four and 10 minutes, there was still no female artist who met the requirements.

Including Qin Lan and Han Ling, they are all pretty cute when they fight.

Fifty actresses have passed, and 20 more to come.

Li Shengyao cheered up, and then let the people behind come in.

At this time, a tall woman walked in, "Hi Director Li, my name is Tang Wei."

This is the mainland female artist who later swept the peninsula's various actresses.

Tang Wei's face has a sense of story, which is very suitable for acting in movies.

But whether it is suitable or not, we still have to play a set of punches.

"Hu, hu, hu."

This time it wasn't a panting sound, but a normal breathing sound after punching out.

Tang Wei's overall performance is very natural, she is a very calm person.

The effect of her boxing is better than that of Zhong Xintong, and better than that of the previous 50 people. It can be seen that there are traces of training.

"Have you practiced before?"

Tang Wei nodded, "At the beginning of the year, I took on a modern drama. I played the role of a policewoman, and I have been practicing boxing since then."

"Okay, you wait outside first."

Tang Wei was actually not very suitable. Although she had practiced before, her punching posture just now was not good-looking.

Some people have beautiful bodies, and they look good when they dance and practice boxing. Some people are not good. Although they work hard, their postures are not good.

Liu Shishi belongs to the former category, Xie Na belongs to the latter category, and Li Shengyao thinks that Tang Wei also belongs to the latter category.

But it's not a limp fist, let's wait and see.

The female artists in the back hurried past one by one, and none of them were very suitable. When it was almost over, a slightly different girl came.

"Hi Director Li, my name is Guo Zhenni, and I'm from Yanjing Film Academy."

This will be a third-rate actress in the future, with average looks, but good acting skills. She plays some charming roles, which is particularly exciting.

"Okay, let's do a set of punches."

Guo Zhenni nodded, then clasped her fists in both hands and saluted, put on a full posture, and then practiced hahahaha.

The effect turned out to be very good, with good punching strength and speed.

And compared to Tang Wei, she looks better when fighting, and she has a feeling of beating a girl.

"Have you practiced before?"

"I have practiced dancing since I was a child, and I have never practiced boxing. But in the past few days, I have practiced for four hours a day."

I have practiced dancing since I was a child, but I have never practiced kung fu, but I look good in fighting. I am in the same category as Liu Shishi and Liu Yifei.

Li Shengyao nodded with a smile, "Okay, you wait outside for a while."

Not long after, the last few people auditioned, and none of them closed their eyes.

In other words, only Tang Wei and Guo Zhenni remained.

Li Shengyao winked at the assistant director at the side, "You go and teach them how to do tricks, let them practice for a while, and we'll see the effect."

Whether an actor is suitable for acting in kung fu movies depends not only on how well he practices, but also on whether he can perform tricks.

After all, it is not a real fight, as long as the moves and routines look good.

Twenty minutes later, two girls came in together, and Li Shengyao asked Tang Wei to practice with the assistant director first.

The assistant director had worked part-time as an action director in the crew before, and practiced a little bit.

So I practiced against Tang Wei, simple routines, after three or four movements, Tang Wei's back was no longer good.

Tang Wei then stepped back, and Guo Zhenni and the assistant director practiced against each other. This time, the effect of the two of them was much better, and they performed more than a dozen movements together, as if they had practiced for a long time before.

Guo Zhenni's talent in this area is obviously higher than Tang Wei's.

Li Shengyao nodded, and then asked his assistant to take Tang Wei down, while he communicated with Guo Zhenni.

"If you sign the contract, you still need to practice for two months. In addition, when filming, it should be very hard, and you might get injured. Are you able to bear it?"

Guo Zhenni saw that all the other auditioners had left, so she naturally knew that she seemed to be the final winner.

The hard training these days was not in vain, and the dance for more than ten years was not in vain.

She nodded excitedly, "I can."

Li Shengyao nodded with a smile, "Okay, since you can, then sign the contract, sign the contract early, and train early."

Not long after, Guo Zhenni signed a filming contract with Fenghua Film and Television Company. Li Shengyao gave her two days to adjust, and agreed to formally start boxing training in two days.

When he returned to his office, he leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes, pointed at the table, and thought about "Let's Punch, Dad".

Finally, the leading actors have been selected. Whether it is Lei Min, Guo Zhenni, or Li Youbin, none of them are movie actors.

In the vast majority of acting markets around the world, actors in movies and TV dramas are actually very clearly divided, and the audiences of actors in the two categories are different.

Whether these three leading actors will be recognized by the audience is really hard to say.

"Let's Wrestle, Dad" has at least one scene in Aamir Khan's town, and "Let's Punch, Dad" is not only a newcomer to the film actors, but also the director Lee Sheng Yew.

Under such circumstances, "Let's Punch, Dad" must show higher quality in order to form a good reputation and attract audiences.

Actor... Writer... Director...

Li Shengyao took stock one by one, and soon realized that he needed to find someone else.

This is an action movie, and it still lacks an excellent action director. This time he doesn't plan to find a newcomer for the movie.

(End of this chapter)