Entertainment 1998

Chapter 3 Chapter 3, Audition

Director Zhao Baogang has a habit in selecting actors. First of all, he cares not about acting skills, but about eye contact. Eyes refer to the eyes, and connection refers to fate. In other words, you want him to feel very comfortable at first sight!
The TV series directed by Zhao Baogang this time is called "Never Close Your Eyes". The screenwriter is Haiyan, a well-known writer. The requirements for the male lead are that he must be a college student, sunny and handsome, so I recommended you three.

However, Xiao Ming, your back is still a little hunched. Please remember to stand up straight when you meet Director Zhao Baogang later.

Director Zhao Baogang likes to take an unconventional approach when auditioning. For example, he usually does not ask the actors who come to audition to act according to the script, but extracts an emotion from the script for them to express.

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Cui Xinqin is really a very good teacher.

In this snowy weather, he not only personally sent Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun and Jiang Feng from school to Jiuxianqiao, but also kept introducing the selection criteria and working style of Zhao Baogang, a well-known TV drama director, along the way.

By the time she finished explaining, the taxi carrying the four people arrived at No. 4 Jiuxianqiao North Road.

No. 9 Jiuxianqiao North Road

Its predecessor was the factory area of ​​Beijing Matsushita Color Picture Tube Co., Ltd., which had a large-scale low-rise building complex designed and built more than ten years ago. In 95, the company went bankrupt and these buildings became vacant.

Since it is a vacant building, the rent is naturally cheap, so Zhao Baogang, a well-known director who has directed many popular TV series, rented a house here as the office location for his newly established Xinbaoyuan Film and Television Company.

Xinbaoyuan Film and Television Company is not large in scale and is a red three-story single building; however, it has a good location, right next to the gate of this abandoned factory. It is said that it used to be the cadre canteen of Beijing Matsushita Color Picture Tube Co., Ltd.

Jiang Feng, who came here with Chen Kun and Huang Xiaoming, could even smell a faint smell of oil smoke.

"Hey..., you three are students from the Beijing Film Academy, right?"

As soon as I entered the door, a beautiful girl came to greet me.

"Correct!"

At the end of 1997, Huang Xiaoming did not yet have the domineering attitude of "I don't care what you think, I only care what I think" that he would later have. Walking in front, he heard the beautiful girl's question and smiled shyly after answering it.

"Hello, sister. My name is Chen Kun, and I am a student in the 1996 undergraduate class of the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy."

Compared to Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun is now a little more mature. At least he knows how to introduce himself in front of beautiful girls.

"Hey... why don't you introduce yourself?"

The two handsome guys in front were very respectful to her, but Jiang Feng, who was walking behind, was too lazy to speak, which made the beautiful girl feel very curious.

"You are also an actor here for audition, and I am also an actor here for audition. Why should I introduce myself to you?" Jiang Feng asked back directly as the beautiful girl started to ask.

"Uh…"

"How do you know I'm an actor here for an audition and not an employee of this film and television company?"

The pretty girl was a little confused, she paused, blinked and asked.

"Isn't this simple?" Jiang Feng smiled faintly.

"This is a new company that has just been established in Beijing. The paint on the floor is not even dry yet. Even when recruiting company employees, they will recruit nearby. Although you speak Mandarin, your Mandarin is mixed with a strong Northeastern accent and Shanghai dialect.

Considering your age, if I’m not mistaken, you should be a girl from Northeast China studying at the Shanghai Drama Academy.

A girl from Northeast China who was studying at the Shanghai Drama Academy showed up in the lobby of the newly established Xinbaoyuan Film and Television Company. You said you were not here to audition for an acting role, so what else could you be here for? "

"Clap clap clap..."

As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, people in the company's lobby started applauding.

"Young man, your observation skills are excellent!"

Hearing the applause, Jiang Feng, Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun and others who were standing in the lobby chatting immediately turned their heads towards the sound, and at this time, everyone saw Zhao Baogang, the famous director in the TV drama industry.

"Desire" and "The Story of the Screenwriting Department" are both written by him. "Hello, Director Zhao!"

"Good director!"

"Good director!"

"Um…"

In response to everyone's greetings, Zhao Baogang just nodded slightly, glanced at everyone, and then looked directly at Jiang Feng.

"Are you Jiang Feng?"

"Yes, Director!"

Facing this legendary director in the industry, Jiang Feng was neither humble nor arrogant.

"Hey..., you're not nervous when you see me?"

"Of course I'm not nervous." Facing the question, Jiang Feng smiled easily.

“When I came here, our teacher Cui repeatedly said that Director Zhao Baogang is a very amiable person. Even if you are just a new actor, he will make you feel warm when talking to you.

So, I just relaxed.”

"Hahaha…"

As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, Zhao Baogang threw his head back and laughed.

"This Lao Cui, can he really speak in plain language?!"

However, after laughing for a while, Zhao Baogang's face suddenly became serious. He pointed upstairs and said, "Since everyone is here, let's go to the meeting room upstairs. We'll start the audition now."

Xinbaoyuan Film and Television Company's conference room

It is on the second floor and the area is not small, about 2 square meters. In front of the conference room, there is a long oval table. There are more than a dozen brand new chairs scattered around the table, and two of the chairs are still in their packaging.

When Jiang Feng and his group came in, there was a handsome young man busy in the conference room. He first unpacked the outer packaging of the chair, and then put the foam used for packaging into a large black plastic bag.

"Lu Yi, stop busying yourself. Time is a bit tight. Let's start the audition now."

"Okay, director."

Hearing Zhao Baogang's call, the handsome guy named Lu Yi agreed, but he still insisted on removing the outer packaging of the last two chairs and putting away the garbage. Then he came to the back of the conference room, an open space of about 50 square meters, and stood side by side with Jiang Feng, Chen Kun, and Huang Xiaoming.

Jiang Feng, who once wrote entertainment novels, is very familiar with the audition process for actors.

Several cameras were set up, the director, producer, and screenwriter were seated, the executive assistant director explained the storyline to everyone, and then asked the audition actors to perform in front of the camera one by one...

But when Jiang Feng really came to the audition as an actor, he found out that he was wrong, because every director has his own unique style, just like Zhao Baogang in front of him, he is very casual.

He casually pulled over a chair, sat casually in front of everyone, and then said very casually:
"'Never Forget' is a TV series about drug enforcement. The hero, Xiao Tong, was originally a young, handsome and sunny college student. In order to pursue his beautiful girlfriend, a female drug enforcement police officer, he willingly became an undercover agent..."

Zhao Baogang introduced the background of the story in detail, and Jiang Feng listened attentively. Although it was a little different from the TV series he had watched in his previous life, this difference was still understandable.

After all, the filming of this TV series has not officially started yet.

Just as Jiang Feng was making the comparison, Zhao Baogang suddenly changed the subject.

"Well, the four of you can use your imagination to act out what happens when Xiao Tong has a drug addiction attack. Don't worry about others, just act out your own performance."

(End of this chapter)