China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

Chapter 4 As expected of Gao Qiqiang

With Hu Qingquan's full support, everything went smoothly.

Equipment, venue and actors.

Anyway, the school has everything.

Soon, a preliminary crew structure was discussed and completed.

For lighting, photography and other personnel, Teacher Hu contacted several senior students and teachers in the school.

Among them, Lu Pingping named Ning Hao for photography.

This is the old tool man among time travellers.

Hu Qingquan made a lot of phone calls and finally made an appointment to meet in three days. It was done!

In terms of actors, there are three that are more important.

The protagonist, the fat man who talks to the protagonist at the beginning, and the murderous old lady.

In addition to these, there are also some guest roles, such as the striptease girl.

Let’s put these things aside for now, the first thing is to get a few starring roles.

The murderous old lady said that Lu Ping'an belonged to Grandma Rong and Teacher Li Mingqi.

However, after contacting her, Hu Qingquan expressed her regrets. Li Mingqi is very busy now. After "Returning the Pearl" became a hit, she passed the stage when she was most scolded and has now started to take on other roles.

Li Mingqi has no schedule, but Lu Ping'an's favorite actress Wu Yanshu is doing well.

Wu Yanshu's name is very unfamiliar, but her face is extremely familiar. She has acted in many movies and TV dramas. Lu Ping'an's first impression of her was the "grandma" in "BJ Meets Seattle".

After thinking about her, Lu Ping'an thought that she was actually more suitable than Li Mingqi.

Mr. Li Mingqi's acting skills are good, but in the current national impression, he is a ruthless character who sticks to the needle.

Wu Yanshu looks very kind and close, and she feels like a grandmother at a glance.

So when the time comes to show it in "The Tuner", Wu Yanshu's effect will be much better.

"The old lady will come over tomorrow. The friendly price is 2,000."

Putting down the phone, Teacher Hu asked Lu Ping'an again, "Will you play the leading role yourself or find someone else?"

"Find an outsider."

Lu Pingan answered after thinking.

On the one hand, Goldfinger obviously wants him to be a director in the future, so for this first film, it is better to grasp the main task.

On the other hand, even if he wanted to act, he couldn't.

It's not okay to waste such a good film at that time.

"Okay, let me recommend a few to you."

"Okay, right!"

Lu Pingan suddenly thought of someone, "Don't bother, I have someone."

"What is your name?"

"Zhang Songwen."

"Oh, I'm from a higher vocational school. I'm in the same class as you. This kid is pretty good. In order to improve his accent, he practiced with stones in his mouth for more than half a year in the advanced training class."

"That's why I looked for him."

"Yes, a good film requires a good talent. Do you want to contact me?"

"Okay, I want to audition."

"Okay, I'll contact you later."

Teacher Hu wrote various notes to Lu Ping'an as he spoke, "You really don't need help with money?"

"It won't be needed for the time being. It's just a short film. It's worth hundreds of thousands at most. I still have it."

Hu Qingquan nodded: "If that's not enough, come to me. This film is a good one. The deadline for short film submissions in Berlin this year is mid-December. If you have time, try to win the top three European awards."

"Don't worry, teacher."

The three major European film festivals, Cannes, Berlin and Venice, are the most important in the world.

And all three of them have short film awards, and the awards are also trophies such as the Golden Bear and the Golden Palm, but they are not sculptures, but cards.

Although it looks shorter, it is actually quite heavy, especially in China in this era.

Foreign pheasant prizes can be regarded as treasures, let alone the three grand prizes.

He doesn't know if "The Tuner" will win an award.

But it has been made clear that short films that cannot be screened will have nowhere to go if they are not competing for awards.

So if Hu Qingquan said he wanted to rush, then go ahead.

As soon as the matter was settled, Hu Qingquan helped contact Zhang Songwen.

Lu Pingan also stayed in Hu Qingquan's office to prepare for the audition for a while.

Zhang Songwen's acting skills will be very good in the future, but he may not be able to do so now, so everything must be considered based on the performance of the other party.

. . . . . .

At this time, Zhang Song Wenzheng and Zhou Yiwei were eating at a small restaurant outside the school.

Zhang Songwen is a senior in this performance class. In addition to him, Che Xiao, Jiaqian Jushi Yiwei, and Lin Jiachuan, who played the rogue Tang Xiaolong in "Hurry", are also in this class.

Zhou Yiwei finished the last bite of his meal, took a deep breath of Arctic Ocean, and burped hard. When he got over it, he cursed in a low voice: "Fuck!"

Zhang Songwen, who was opposite him, did not follow the curse, but just put down his chopsticks, sighed, and his eyes were dull.

Zhang Songwen and Zhou Yiwei were in bunk beds and had a good relationship.

Just yesterday, the two of them heard that a film crew was auditioning. They felt that they had been studying in school for almost a semester and it was time to go to the film crew to exercise, so they went this morning.

When I went there, I happened to meet the director, assistant director, and four or five investors together.

When Zhang Songwen and Zhou Yiwei came in, the director said to the investors that I would like to educate you on who should not be an actor.

The director pointed at Zhang Songwen and asked if you are from Cantonese? Zhang Songwen answered yes.

The director said he couldn't be an actor because he was a dwarf and his forehead was too big like an ape.

Then he pointed at Yiwei Yi and said that he couldn't be an actor because he was a big fool and had a sausage mouth.

When they returned, Zhang Songwen and Zhou Yiwei were speechless. They even forgot to press the button for the floor they wanted to go to when they entered the elevator.

Until now, he looks like a walking zombie when eating, with no sparkle in his eyes at all.

After a long silence, Yiyiwei asked: "Awen, are we really not suitable to be actors?"

Zhang Songwen sighed. What happened in the afternoon made him suddenly feel like slapping himself.

If you don't work as a good tour guide, you'll just be an actor!

But this mood has eased a lot now.

He comforted: "Don't be discouraged. Think about it, we have just started learning. How dare ordinary crews hire us? Besides, even for undergraduates, except for those with particularly outstanding conditions, none of them will audition for several or even dozens of crews." To get a role? So this is the first time we have been rejected, which is actually normal."

"You're right, but I still can't swallow this breath!"

Zhou Yiwei was still angry, "Sausage mouth, stupid big guy, dwarf, good guy, who does he think he is? He is not what a director should be like!"

"Calm down, you just finished eating, don't get angry, it's not good for your health."

Zhang Songwen continued to persuade, and Zhou Yiwei slowly calmed down, but his mood was naturally not much better.

The same goes for Zhang Songwen. Such a blow was really big. Although he has recovered, it is really difficult to heal the scars for a while.

At this time, Zhang Songwen's cell phone rang, and it turned out to be an unfamiliar number.

"Who?"

Zhou Yiwei asked.

Zhang Songwen shook his head: "I don't know."

"Could it be from the crew?" Zhou Yiwei's eyes lit up.

He still had hope. At this moment, he felt that the crew's sarcasm to them in the morning was actually just a test, and now it was time to give them carrots.

Although Zhang Songwen is not as naive as Zhou Yiwei, after all, he is 24 years old, unlike Zhou Yiwei who is only 18 years old.

But he also had hope, what if it was something good?

So he answered quickly.

After a few minutes, hang up the phone.

Zhou Yiwei hurriedly asked: "What's going on? It's not really the crew, is it?"

"It was the teacher from the directing department who called me over. I won't know until I get the specific situation."

"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up!"

The two hurriedly paid and ran to school.

. . . . . .

Soon, the two came to the door of Hu Qingquan's office.

Zhou Yiwei encouraged Zhang Songwen: "Relax, you can do it!"

Zhang Songwen took a deep breath, then knocked on the door and entered.

In the office, Teacher Hu and Lu Ping'an were already sitting there waiting.

Hu Qingquan explained the situation directly without any nonsense.

"This is Lu Ping'an, a student in the directing department. He has a work he wants to star in. I recommended you, Songwen. If you are interested, you can audition first."

Zhang Songwen's first reaction was that this teacher actually knew me? The second reaction was that it turned out that this young man next to me wanted to audition me?

Although he felt a little contemptuous in his heart, he did not dare to neglect, and his attitude was still correct.

He knows that the most important thing for him at this stage is to accumulate experience.

So it doesn’t matter whether it’s a student work or an outside crew.

Moreover, this project is guaranteed by the school teachers, so there will generally be no problems.

Of course, an audition is an audition, and in the end it’s up to you to decide whether to accept the role or not.

He still has certain pursuits, and he is not willing to accept every role.

So he nodded and said: "Thank you, teacher, I can try it."

"Okay, let's get started."

Lu Pingan took over the words at this time and motioned for Zhang Songwen to sit down.

Soon, the audition began, and Lu Pingan said:

"How would you act if you were blind?"

Zhang Songwen quickly adjusted his condition and then performed in a decent manner.

I saw that he had set up a situation by himself. He did not roll his eyes, but just kept his eyes empty. He groped on the table with his hand movements, and seemed to have touched a kettle. Then he used both hands to pour the water carefully.

The details are also very good, because one of Zhang Songwen's fingers is bent, which is used to measure the water level.

When the water level reached, he immediately stopped pouring water, and then began to drink water, and before drinking, he also sucked his fingers.

Very lifelike!

Lu Pingan nodded, expressing satisfaction.

In fact, he didn't know that the subject of blind people was not new. It was included in the courses of the acting department. Zhang Songwenxian's performance was actually just excellent, the result of practice.

But his request is naturally not that simple.

"Not bad." After Zhang Songwen finished his performance, Lu Ping'an praised him, and then asked, "If it was a person pretending to be blind, how would you act?"

Zhang Songwen became interested as soon as he heard it.

If he was just a blind man just now, to be honest, he would be interested, but definitely not as much as he is now.

So I quickly decided that if the role was really that interesting, I would definitely win it.

So he quickly began to adjust his condition.

Then the show begins.

I saw that he was still pouring water in the same way as before, and he was just like a blind man.

However, his expression changed significantly.

At a certain moment, his eyes suddenly focused, turned slightly left and right, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised a little, as if he had seen something interesting.

But soon, his expression returned to its original state, and his eyes lost focus again, and then he continued to drink water. Only at the moment of toasting, his seemingly lifeless eyes actually looked at Lu Ping'an. Come on, I can see you!

"Okay, not bad!"

Lu Pingan applauded immediately.

He is indeed the future Gao Qiqiang!

Although he is not as sophisticated now as he was later.

But at least it was much better than those little stars later.

At least for this part, he is the right one to go to!

Hu Qingquan also applauded.

He had read the script of "The Tuner".

So he has been using scripts before.

And Zhang Songwen's performance did not disappoint him.

The tuner chose him, yes.

"My performance is not good enough, please forgive me, two teachers."