superstar director

Chapter 281 Interview (Two in One)

In the north at the end of March, the ice has not completely faded, and the cold wind blows people trembling.

On the Hengdian studio, Wang Qiang and the other co-stars had just finished a dead man scene. Those who didn't have any new plays for the time being found a sunny place, sat down on the steps, basking in the sun, bragging and spanking.

"Hey, Wang Qiang, don't you have a brother-in-law who is the boss? Why are you still hanging out with us? Let you get some money from your brother-in-law, the protagonist can't do anything, can you always get a supporting role? Is it better to get together and kill people?" said a small man in his 30s, smoking a cigarette.

"That's right, Wang Qiang, the other day when your sister came to look for you, we all saw it. The clothes she was wearing were all famous brands. They must have cost tens of thousands of dollars, right?" Another tall, thin man in his 20s envied her. Said.

"My sister is my sister, and I am me. Besides, my brother-in-law is a small company and can't make much money." Wang Qiang has the honest face of a farmer's son, and he is not angry when he hears friends' teasing. He just explains with a smile with.

Although his brother-in-law's Lotte Film and Television is a small company compared to those well-known film and television companies in the country, he has independently filmed many TV series and movies, but he has always been strict with his mouth. Everyone only knows that his brother-in-law is the boss of a small company, but I don't know what his brother-in-law is doing, but he feels a little rich from his sister's clothes.

As an honest man from the countryside, Wang Qiang has been full of enthusiasm for the actor industry from the very beginning, and his sister and brother-in-law are also very kind to him. At the beginning, he also thought that with the help of his brother-in-law, he could walk in the actor's field It's a little smoother, maybe he will become a big star soon.

However, under the arrangement of his brother-in-law, he has joined dozens of crews in the past five years, including TV dramas and movies, and even got several supporting roles with lines and scenes. However, he Amidst the ear-piercing ridicule of the people around her and the discussions behind her, her star dream gradually became a joke.

"Look at his bumpkin, he doesn't look like a prince even if he wears a dragon robe. He's just a fool dug out of the earth, and he will smirk. If it wasn't for one of his brother-in-law's investors, would he be able to get a supporting role? I'm afraid no one wants the tricks, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense, that person's image is also a characteristic. For example, if you play a beggar, a fool, or an idiot, that's acting like a person, and you don't need the director to talk about the play. There is an absolute fault—hahahaha——"

"It's a pity that there are fewer and fewer rural dramas this year, and it's almost a stunt. Otherwise, a miracle might really happen. It's a pity, he has a problem with his brain, and he always seems to be in idol dramas and urban dramas with his stupid appearance. , and don't look at whether it is appropriate for him to stand with other people?"

"Hey, no matter how much we say, it's useless. Who will let someone have a rich brother-in-law? I don't know how his sister hooks up with his brother-in-law. A big boss will always like a village girl from the countryside?"

"Then who knows, maybe they have special skills at night?"

"Hey, what I'm talking about is, maybe what that woman did before, what she did—"

Wang Qiang beat those two third-tier actresses to the hospital that time. His brother-in-law paid him a lot of money, and then settled the matter privately.But after that, Wang Qiang stopped going to the crew arranged by his brother-in-law.

His sister also talked to him, saying that she would invest in him to open a store, or go to work in a company, or do other jobs, but Wang Qiang just likes acting, he just likes to stand in front of the camera and be watched , I like the different lives in each drama, so he went to Hengdian to start his career as an actor.

Wang Qiang leaned against the pillar, listening to the voices in his ears, under the warm sunlight, suddenly there was no cold wind blowing, Wang Qiang was in a daze as if he was about to fall asleep, and suddenly he was awakened by the vibration in his trouser pocket.

He took out his phone and saw that it was his sister again. Wang Qiang got up to answer the phone.

"You brat, why didn't you answer your brother-in-law's phone call?" His sister questioned her head and face, Wang Qiang scratched his head and said, "I don't want to go back to work, you tell my brother-in-law not to tell me those big truths, I just like acting, I don't need you guys to arrange roles for me, I'm pretty good by the side, I want to fight on my own—"

"Fart you struggle, you have been to school for a few days, you haven't graduated from junior high school, you can't even write a composition well, you still want to be a star? How many people graduate from the film academy every year, and they all disappear. You are a person who doesn't even know what acting is, what do you know?" The sister was obviously very angry at Wang Qiang's unrepentant attitude.

"Sister, even if you call just to scold me, I still have a job here. If you have nothing else to do, then I'll hang up first. Bye--" Wang Qiang is also used to being scolded by his sister, and he also has own way of coping.

"Hey, I still have—"

Before my sister finished her next sentence, she hung up the phone directly, as if I was really busy with something.Then holding the phone, I just watched my sister call over and over again, but he just didn't answer. After a while, my sister would naturally know that he was busy and wouldn't call again.

Even so, he didn't dare to turn off the phone or set it to mute, because they had to wait for news at any time, and it would be a pity if there was another show and they missed it because they didn't look at the phone.

After more than ten minutes, my sister finally stopped calling. Wang Qiang was about to put the phone back in his pocket, thinking that this time my sister called for too long. Suddenly, the phone vibrated and a message was sent. come over.

Open it and take a look, "Boy, your brother-in-law's new investment in a movie, I asked you for an interview opportunity, you hurry back, agreed to interview in the afternoon, don't delay, this time the director is your idol Ning Sheng, your brother-in-law said that whether you can get in depends on whether the director is satisfied with you. We can only create an opportunity for you. Whether you can win or not depends on yourself. If you really want to act, Then hurry up, the opportunity is rare, your brother-in-law said, the character image this time fits you very well, don't miss it!"

Looking at the text message, Wang Qiang hesitated for a while, but his desire for acting overwhelmed his other thoughts. This time it was not the same crew as before. The director was his idol Ning Sheng. He knew a lot about Ning Sheng, especially His brother-in-law had several successful collaborations with Ning Cheng, so he knew very well that Ning Sheng was the only one who could make decisions in the film crew. Even his brother-in-law never had the right to make decisions, only the right to make suggestions.

Thinking of this, he naturally couldn't give up such an interview opportunity. Wang Qiang turned around and ran away, shouting to the sidekick friend over there, "I have something to do, so I'm leaving first." Then he ran away like a gust of wind!

At five o'clock that afternoon, Wang Qiang arrived at Xingtong's studio in the car arranged by his brother-in-law.

This time, Ning Cheng has finished interviewing ten more actors, but still none of them are suitable, especially, some people look like a little boy, which is completely different from the burdock role he asked for. I really don't know if they are Knowing how to read, but still not being able to understand the photo notice, Ning Sheng asked Lin Ling very bluntly to expel all the interviewees who did not match the honest and rural image.

It's a pity that in the film and television industry, handsome men and beautiful women are the most indispensable in the past, but it's hard to find such distinctive actors, especially when such distinctive actors have no place to survive in other dramas, it's even more difficult. Hard to find.

Just like the character "Niu Geng" that Ning Cheng is looking for now, there are all kinds of characters in the old dramas, good guys, bad guys, good and evil, majestic, and frivolous, but a character with the image of a simple farmer is rare one sight.Even if there are such roles occasionally, they are mostly side effects or supporting roles, and they find extra actors to mess around with them.

Therefore, it is difficult for Ning Cheng to choose an actor for this meeting. It is really limited by the situation in the Book of Songs. Just like Ning Cheng's "baby" in his last life, if many of his movies do not have him as an actor, no matter how good the acting skills are, everyone will see him at first glance. When you go up, you will know that you do not match the identity of the role. If the fit is not enough, it will have a great impact on the perception of the work. For example, people will think that the role is fake and they will not see it at all.

Now that Ning Sheng has everything, it's okay to switch to another movie. There is no suitable candidate for the role, so it's really impossible to make it.

"Director Ning, someone said that Mr. Liu from Lotte sent him here for an interview." A staff member knocked on the door and asked.

Ning Cheng remembered that this was the case, and immediately said, "Let him in."

After a while there was a knock on the door, Ning Cheng said "Come in", and then a man in a suit who looked like a migrant worker appeared in front of him.

"Director Ning, hello, my name is Wang Qiang, I am your fan, I really like your songs, and your director's TV series, I also like them very much, I—" Wang Qiang was a little excited and a little nervous Standing in front of Ning Cheng's desk, he spoke quickly.

Ning Cheng looked at him and smiled, and then comforted him, "Don't worry, sit down first and tell us about your hometown, your occupation, and your understanding of our role."

Wang Qiang smiled awkwardly, the two rows of big white teeth that were not very neat showed sincerity, but gave people a trustworthy feeling.

Wang Qiang sat on the chair, changed the position of his hands several times, and finally put them together on his lap, and then said, "My hometown is in rural Shaanxi, because my family is poor and I don't like to study, so I stopped studying in junior high school. I went to the city with my sister, I worked on construction sites, I also worked in restaurants, and even worked as a security guard. Later, because I liked filming, I started playing tricks."

Wang Qiang didn't mention the supporting roles he had filmed because of his brother-in-law. Apart from not wanting Ning Cheng to think that he was an incompetent person who walked through the back door, he also really felt that the works during that period were incompatible with him, so it's better not to mention it.

"Okay, Mr. Liu has shown you the script, so tell me about your understanding of the character Niu Geng." Ning Cheng looked at Wang Qiang, who was eighty percent like the "baby" in the previous life, and his heart was already shaking. Make up your mind, this is your hero, but you still have to ask about the interview, which will help the future cooperation.

"I think Niu Geng is a person who is very optimistic about everything. He believes that there are many good people in the world, and there are few liars. Everyone should help each other. He is a simple, stubborn, but very persistent person. .” Wang Qiang racked his brains to say more four-character idioms, or parallel sentences, to make his words sound more sincere and credible.However, with his meager vocabulary, he really couldn't think of any high-level words.

Ning Cheng looked at him and said, "Next, let's try acting and lines, Sister Lin, you give him this line and let him act it out!"

Wang Qiang took the line and looked at it seriously——
At the same time, in the office of the boss of Lotte Film and Television, Mr. Liu and his wife were talking about Wang Qiang.

"If it doesn't work this time, then open a barbecue restaurant for Xiaoqiang. If you work hard, you won't be hungry. If you continue to play tricks, you won't even be able to find a daughter-in-law." Sister Wang Qiang said.

Mr. Liu said helplessly, "That requires Xiaoqiang to be willing to do it. Just like last time, you prepared the store well, but he didn't do it by himself and went to Hengdian to play tricks. What can you do? You can't tie him up. Ah, you are such an adult, we can't control it."

A pair of red phoenix eyes, a beautiful face of a noble lady, the sister who is completely different from Wang Qiang still complained to her husband angrily, "I don't know what kind of muscle that brat made a mistake, he insisted on becoming an actor, save him..." His appearance, his level of education, I don’t know what kind of movie he’s filming, he shouldn’t have asked you to assign him a role, now it’s all right, he’s completely stupefied in acting!”

Mr. Liu murmured in his heart, "You didn't ask me to arrange that, so it's my fault?" But he comforted him, "This time Ning Cheng's role is really suitable for Xiaoqiang, maybe it will work, if the interview is passed Now, with a genius like Ning Cheng at the helm, then our Xiaoqiang might really be able to survive! At that time, Xiaoqiang will become a big star, isn't it an honor for you to be a sister?"

"Hmph, that also depends on his life as a star! Don't think that I don't know. Ning Cheng is good at making TV dramas, but making movies is different. Few people in the newspapers are optimistic about Ning Cheng's movies. It's better to continue making TV dramas." Well, hey, you said talk to Ning Cheng, how about changing the movie into a TV series? Let’s pay a little more money and let Xiaoqiang be the protagonist, maybe it will really be popular. Look, the protagonists of the TV series that Ning Cheng made before are all popular. Understand!"

Mr. Liu looked at his wife speechlessly and said, "Who do you think Ning Sheng is, one of those little directors in our company? He has assets of more than one billion, and he has made several works of everyone. He has made several actors and actresses famous. There is no shortage of money and people in TV dramas, so we won’t be able to join us. This time the movie was given the chance to join because few people watched it well. Moreover, Ning Sheng has always been very accurate in choosing people. Even if the movie fails this time, But just because Ning Cheng let Xiaoqiang be the protagonist and is optimistic about Xiaoqiang, Xiaoqiang's popularity will rise sharply and his exposure will greatly increase. Afterwards, whether it is Ning Cheng opening a new TV series or participating in other people's crews, Xiaoqiang will naturally have more opportunities , and our company has this friendship and cooperation with Ning Sheng, when we can cooperate in the future, Ning Sheng will naturally think of us first, as the old saying goes, icing on the cake is never as good as timely assistance!"

(End of this chapter)