superstar director

Chapter 617 Auditions
Naturally, there is no concern about the media. Ning Sheng naturally didn't forget about it, but because he was still thinking about what kind of movie he should make.

On this day, after sending Xinxin off to school, Emma was practicing yoga in Gobi's room, while Ning Sheng was lying on the sofa and watching TV casually, thinking about what work to use instead to win the Golden Tripod Award!

"The old coach of a boxing gym in Shanghai passed away yesterday due to myocardial infarction. It is a pity that this old coach had taught many well-known boxers in the professional boxing circle before his death, but he was alienated from his only daughter because of his work. so that in his later years he could only spend his days in a dilapidated boxing gym. The saddest thing is that when the old man suddenly fell ill at night, there was no one around him, and he was not discovered until the next day. This incident tells us- -"

The voices in the news were still going on, but Ning Cheng's eyes lit up suddenly, and he clapped his hands and said, "It's you!"

Ning Sheng started writing the script that day, and the next day asked the studio to set aside 5000 million from the finance department, and also called the bosses of Lotte Film and Television and Hantang Film and Television, asking them if they would like to contribute to their new movie, and directly stated that "I'm going for the Golden Tripod Award for this film, so the box office will definitely not be as high as those commercial films before. It's not bad if it can keep its capital."

The two bosses didn't say a word, and immediately asked people to transfer the money, each of them had 500 million, which was considered to have raised the production cost of the film!
After that, Ning Sheng started to gather his old crew members, and then began to think about casting.

And the second day after Ning Sheng's funds were in place, the media first exposed the film that was still in the preparation stage!
"The subject of Ning Cheng's new movie has been decided!"

"Ning Cheng's new film has officially started preparations!"

"Ning Cheng's work for the Golden Tripod Award has been confirmed!"

"Ning Cheng's production cost for his new film has hit a new low, only [-] million. Perhaps he has completely given up on commercial considerations—"

Following the exposure of the media, Ning Cheng's phone calls instantly became popular. Even Young Master Rong called to inquire. For a suitable role, Ning Sheng will naturally call.

As for some other film and television companies, agents, or some artists who called in person, Ning Sheng rejected them all on the grounds that the casting had not yet started.

Finally, after Ning Cheng completed all the preparatory work for a week, Xingtong Studio directly publicly announced that the casting of Ning Cheng's new play has officially started!
The movie that Ning Sheng is going to compete for this time is "Million Dollar Baby" which won four Oscars, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor in another time and space.

Of course, Ning Sheng changed the name to "Life Boxing" after modification. He felt that this name was more suitable for the theme. As for the heroine, she considered it for a few days, but there was no suitable candidate, so she could only find a needle in a haystack. It's time to choose someone!
Ning Sheng's movie is still the heroine.This made many actors so happy that they signed up one after another, thinking that they could be spotted by Ning Cheng at a glance, and they would fly up to the branches and become phoenixes from then on!
The location of the audition was set in the conference room of Xingtong's studio.

There was a long table. There were three people sitting behind the table. They were Ning Sheng, his assistant director Lao Wu, and a staff member named Liu Chunyu sent by the Screen Actors Union. A video camera was set up next to it.Ning Sheng and Lao Wu are today's chief examiners, while Liu Chunyu is sent by the actors' union to supervise the audition process to prevent bad incidents and protect the rights and interests of actors.

Because in many of Ning Cheng's films in the past, he pre-appointed the leading role, and then went through a simple audition for the supporting roles. The last time such a large-scale casting was done, probably dates back to when he was filming a TV series!

In addition to these three people, two other employees from the company were temporarily arrested. One was in charge of shouting at the door, and the other was assisting inside, that is, doing errands, and they might even make a guest appearance temporarily to accompany the performance.

Liu Chunyu brought him four documents, two for him and Lao Wu.Among the two documents, one is the list of actresses who are confirmed to be able to participate in the audition today and agree with Ning Sheng's request, a thin stack, and the other is all those who are registered in the actors' union and are willing to participate in the audition, but have not met Ning Cheng's requirements. The list of requested actresses' information was a thick pile. Ning Cheng compared it with his fingers, and it was almost as high as a knuckle.

Ning Cheng just looked at this stack, and then looked at that stack, and he didn't know what expression he had now.

Seeing Ning Sheng's actions, Liu Chunyu chuckled, "Director Ning, it's not that everyone doesn't want to come, it's because actresses, especially Asian actresses, can meet your requirements. More people will come to audition."

Ning Cheng smiled and said, "It's better to have less, we can get off work earlier!"

"Okay, let's officially start!" Ning Cheng coughed lightly, his expression returned to seriousness, he took the first one from the small stack of audition lists, and signaled the staff member by the door to call out.

"Number one!"

After a while, a girl walked in.

Zhang Tiantian, from Northwest China, 28 years old, 168 cm tall, 459 kg in weight——
Ning Cheng browsed through the information briefly, looked up at this girl, his eyes lit up: this Tiantian looks really good, if her acting skills are good, she should be trained a bit, she is a good candidate.

"Hi director, hello examiners, I'm Zhang Tiantian, I graduated from Magic City Academy of Performing Arts, and I used to be in—"

Zhang Tiantian chattered about introducing herself, her voice was nice, and she could hear that she had practiced it, but it was a little too sweet, which didn't meet the requirements for the heroine.

However, the sound is important and important, and it is not important if it is not important. You can find someone to dub it in the later stage, so Ning Cheng is still satisfied until now, but he is a little puzzled: This girl has a good appearance, how do you look at it? According to the information, he only acted as a small supporting role in some small-produced TV series?Especially at this age.

While thinking, Ning Cheng wrote two 90s on Zhang Tiantian's information sheet, then interrupted him and said, "Okay, I need you to perform now. Well, assuming you are a boxer, on the stage of the final You were tricked by your opponent, not only lost the game, but also became a paraplegic, and you can’t move anything except your mouth in this life, what will you do?”

Zhang Tiantian thought for a while and asked, "Director, can I brew my emotions first?"

Ning Cheng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give you 3 minutes!"

After 3 minutes, the girl nodded and said, "I can do it!"

Ning Cheng then shouted "Start".

Zhang Tiantian first looked confused, as if asking, "Who am I, where am I? Where do I come from, and where am I going?"

After a long while, it seemed that he finally understood the state of his body, and his face suddenly changed, as if he had transformed from a simple and cute girl into an aunt who bargained in the vegetable market in a second, shouting, "What's going on, where are my legs?" ! My hands! My waist--"

Seeing this scene, Ning Cheng's teeth ached.

Then I saw Zhang Tiantian performing more excitedly.

"Did I win? Did I win the race? Am I the champion? Where's the cunning slut? Is the referee blind? - woo woo woo - what am I supposed to do? I'm fucked, I The rest of my life!" After reading this, the veins on Zhang Tiantian's face popped out, obviously she had put in too much effort!
And Ning Sheng's teeth became even more sour.

Watching Zhang Tiantian's performance patiently, he finally understood why this girl is still playing an unknown supporting role at this age despite her good condition.

"Director, how am I doing?"

Zhang Tiantian asked expectantly.

"Not bad, not bad, courage is commendable!" Ning Cheng told the truth politely, as for whether the other party would listen or not, that was none of his business.Then he said, "Go back and wait for the news. We will call you to inform you of the specific interview results."

After dealing with Zhang Tiantian, the next few actresses were all in the same situation. Either they were good-looking, or they were in good shape, but they all failed in their acting skills. This also made him realize again that the entertainment industry has always been There is no shortage of beauties, what is lacking is the kind of beauties with acting skills and characteristics, that's why there are so few good actors.

After more than a dozen interviews, Ning Cheng's hand holding the documents suddenly paused.

This is interesting!

Di Liba, from northern Xinjiang, 27 years old, 168 cm tall, 47 kg in weight, graduated from the Acting Department of Shanghai Drama Academy, and has acted in TV series——
Stunning and exotic, this is Di Liba's first impression on Ning Sheng.

Ning Cheng unconsciously tapped his fingers on the table twice, and said, "Stand up, please? Miss Di Liba."

She stood up according to Ning Cheng's words, and then showed the left side and the right side respectively according to the words, and finally Ning Cheng said, "give me a smile."

So she laughed, her eyes were curved, her eyebrows were curved, and her white teeth were exposed, like a ray of sunshine, warm and shining, but with an exotic style, giving people a tough feeling.

"Very good." Ning Cheng gave a rare compliment.

So far, Di Liba has met his requirements in terms of body, appearance, and temperament, especially when she has such a tough and heroic spirit, which makes him very satisfied, and he is looking forward to such an experience if she plays the heroine What kind of brilliant effect will there be if a female boxer who understands all kinds of life.

But whether she can do it or not depends on her acting skills.

"Okay, let's act out next. The scenario is as follows: Suppose you are paraplegic because of boxing, and you can only spend the rest of your life in bed. At this time, your family comes to divide the property you have earned and wants to completely divorce you. Clear the boundaries, what would you do? Give your thoughts."

Ning Sheng also found someone to be her family member as a training partner. Di Liba thought for a while, then brewed up her emotions, and made an OK gesture.

"Let's start!" Ning Cheng shouted!
After Ning Sheng called "Start", Di Liba didn't react as violently as those girls before - she barely moved, just glanced at the staff in front of her, her eyes seemed to have something to say, but she didn't say it, instead What he got was a bitter shocked expression full of sadness.

Ning Cheng's eyes lit up when he saw this.

very good!Although the performance is still a little immature, she really figured out the role she gave and took it into it, reflecting the entanglement of reluctance and disappointment for family affection, which is what he wanted.As for the girls before, they just kept yelling!I'm sorry, you're not Roaring Emperor, you're not acting!
The staff on the opposite side looked at Di Liba stupidly at this moment, Di Liba didn't speak and he didn't speak, so the two of them froze there.

"stop."

Ning Cheng also saw that the staff member was no longer a qualified actor, so he called him down, and after thinking for a while, he walked up and stood in front of Di Liba.

"Now I'm here to play with you, let's do it again. By the way, you have to say a line later, "Mom, have you watched my game?"what do you think? ""

Di Liba nodded, and after Old Wu yelled "Start", Di Liba repeated the performance just now, and Ning Cheng followed up in good time, "Son, hurry up and sign! You can only write with your mouth, come on!" , Open your mouth!"

As he said he put the pen in his hand to the other party's mouth, Di Liba Jinjin closed his mouth and looked at Ning Cheng, tears flickering in his eyes, the tears here were a little too fast and too easy, like a wronged child, The acting here can take its time, though.

Seeing that Di Liba didn't open his mouth, Ning Cheng had no choice but to take the pen away. Di Liba asked with red eyes, "Mom, have you watched my game? What do you think?"

Ning Cheng, the most ruthless mother in history, took it for granted, "Do you know how I felt about that match? You lost, I heard it wasn't your fault, but you lost! The most important thing now is to put your Lose the rest, come and sign!"

Di Liba's eyes were full of disbelief and tears. The treatment here is a little too shallow, but you can take your time later.

Ning Cheng made an evaluation in his heart, handed over a tissue, praised with a smile, "Good job." Then he walked back to his seat.

Di Liba returned to the chair and sat down, stroked her hair, and her nervous heartbeat began to slowly recover!
"Miss Liba, if there are no accidents, the heroine should be you."

Ning Sheng lowered his head and said while continuing to browse Di Liba's information.She feels that this person is very suitable for her role as the heroine. Although her grades in the information are not outstanding, she has only filmed a few TV dramas, and she is not popular, but as long as she thinks it is good, she can learn the rest after joining the group!

"Do you still have any questions?"

Ning Cheng raised his head from the file and asked for the last time.

If nothing else, the heroine should be her.

Di Liba thought for a while and asked, "May I first know what the story is about, and will there be any special training after joining the group?"

"Of course!" Ning Sheng first introduced the story, "This is a poor person who came from the bottom of the society, worked hard, supported a family of lazy people, and was abandoned by his family after being paraplegic. Boxing is—"

After talking about the story, Ning Sheng said again, "For special training, it doesn't have to be on the set, it mainly depends on your schedule, it's best to train before joining the set, although it doesn't have to be like a muscular man, but the muscles on the arms Muscle is still needed, it must be a boxer, the body is too weak to do it!"

Di Liba thought for a while, then finally raised her head and said, "Sorry, director, I can't act."

Ning Cheng couldn't help asking "Why?" He hadn't met an actor who rejected him for many years. Di Liba didn't answer, but said apologetically, "I'm really sorry". It was Liu Chunyu who quietly answered his doubts. "Guide, why don't you change the script? You don't need to touch your main thread, just change the heroine's identity." Only then did Ning Cheng understand what the problem was.

Di Liba doesn't want to become a muscular girl!In today's age when appearance is justice, too much muscle is not a good thing for a female star!
(End of this chapter)