Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 9 Swordplay and Audition

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Shinozaki Ikumi stepped back slightly, but her expression became even weirder.

Flying sword style?
Isn’t that the swordplay in the script? We’ll just have to cooperate with the wire work during filming.

What else is there in reality?
The next moment, Shinozaki Ikumi's pupils trembled.

Su Yan squatted slightly, and suddenly kicked the wall sideways. His slender body seemed as light as a feather, and his calves were as explosive as a cat. His speed soared to an outrageous level in the blink of an eye.

He rose from the ground, walked on the wall as if it were flat ground, and when he reached the ceiling, he pushed hard, accelerating in the air, staring at her intently, and pulled his right hand in the air, as if he was drawing a sword, but in fact, Su Yan did not have a sword in his hand. This speed was so fast that although Xiao Qi Yumei saw it with her eyes, her body could not react.
puff!
Su Yan landed lightly on the ground with his feet, his palms clenched and pointed directly at Shinozaki Yumi. Her hair was blown back in front of her face by the wind, and she felt suffocated.

Su Yan knew very well that this was real sword fighting, even though he had no emotional or subjective intention to hurt anyone, and he didn't even hold the sword.

But even an ordinary person like Shinozaki Ikumi was stunned by this aura and was speechless for several seconds.

"Well, I don't have a sword in my hand, otherwise if I use a real sword, the movements will actually be more oppressive," Su Yan said, feeling the slight soreness in his arms and legs.

Although there is a system that has transformed his body functions.

But even so, Su Yan's physical fitness is definitely not as good as Kenshin in the comics. It was his first time using the system-style swordsmanship, and some tiny muscle groups protested after the sudden burst just now, but if he practices frequently, he should be able to get used to it.

"You, what is that?" Shinozaki Ikumi asked in disbelief.

"Swordsmanship!" Su Yan explained.

"Like I said earlier, I've learned martial arts and swordsmanship before, not fancy acrobatics. So I can't say the swordsmanship in the Kenshin script is that powerful, but I can definitely perform the moves in a standard way. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to volunteer to play the role of Kenshin."

In fact, the movie adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin in its previous life was already the ceiling of comic adaptations, but the light movements performed with wire suspension still looked uncoordinated.

Su Yan's movements were lighter and faster, but without that sense of fakeness.

Because that was real movement, Newton's coffin would never move at all.

"No, no, no, no. Let me think about it." Shinozaki Ikumi looked a little confused. She took a few deep breaths and then looked at Su Yan.

"You mean, the Hiten Sword Style is real? Those things in the script are moves that humans can perform?"

"Uh" Su Yan also felt that this kind of thing might be a bit too exaggerated, so he covered it up a little.

"I can only perform the movements. I have never actually killed anyone with this sword technique."

What's the difference?
If you really had a sword in your hand just now, I would have been dead considering the distance you landed from me.

Ikumi Shinozaki was complaining wildly in her heart.

The point is not how exaggerated Su Yan's movements are. In fact, if some parkour masters try his movements just now, they might be able to imitate them to some extent.

But the problem is, the speed of the movement is so fast and the pressure is so strong that it is definitely not as simple as making a good-looking pose.

She could clearly feel a life-threatening sense of crisis hidden in Su Yan's actions just now.

But if.
If Su Yan could really perform such an outrageous action in a movie, what would the effect be?
The script of Rurouni Kenshin keeps talking about how powerful Kenshin is and how invincible his Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu is.

The narration can never be as shocking as what the audience sees in person.

Never mind whether Kenshin’s plot can be recognized.

With these action scenes, are you still afraid that it won't be able to conquer those fans of the web drama?

She already had a slight feeling that this drama might be a hit.

Thinking of this, Shinozaki Ikumi's heart was pounding.

The look he gave Su Yan was as sparkling as a beggar seeing a mountain of gold.

"I understand. I agree that you can play the role of Kenshin." Shinozaki Yumi's fair face flushed slightly with excitement.

"In the next two weeks, we will select the actors and extras for Snow White, and prepare the filming location and equipment, and then..."

"Rurouni Kenshin has officially started filming."

Don’t underestimate Rurouni Kenshin as it is just a short web series with an investment of only a million dollars.

But in the Xia Kingdom dimension, there is also a large group of young people who dream of becoming superstars.

In addition to the three major television stations headquartered in Shanghai, Xiaguo also has several powerful regional television stations. Perhaps their overall strength is not as good as the three major ones, but they are not small fry either, and they also have a huge influence in Xiaguo's film and television industry.

Add to that some provincial TV stations, and they produce hundreds of TV series each year. As for online dramas, the number will not be small either.

But even so, there are more than tens of thousands of film and television-related graduates in Xiaguo every year. Compared with the number of practicing actors accumulated over the years, the number of TV dramas that have started filming is still far greater than the number of TV dramas that have started filming.

In early June, major TV stations began project planning and filming for their summer drama series.

The information about Rurouni Kenshin seeking a female lead for a TV drama has also attracted the attention of a large number of actresses or students who want to make a name for themselves.

The female leads in big crews will definitely be famous actresses.

Only low-cost web series like Rurouni Kenshin can use amateur actors.

Besides, the audition requirements for Yukishiro Tomoe were simple: pretty, cool temperament, and good acting skills.

Among these girls who graduated from film and television schools, who would think that their acting skills are poor or that they are not pretty enough? As for temperament and style, it depends on personal opinion.
Just two days after the recruitment information was sent out, Shinozaki Ikumi received information from more than two hundred actors who were interested in the role of Tomoe Yukishiro.

Some of them are contracted artists of entertainment companies.

Some are amateur students from performing arts schools.

Others are purely amateur actors who may have served as extras in certain crews, but in fact, have never studied acting systematically.

At this time, Ikumi Shinozaki began to conduct the first step of rough screening of these "job resumes".

At least, those who don’t meet the appearance requirements will be removed, those who are too fat or too thin will be removed, and those who don’t meet the age requirements will be removed.

On the other hand, after the project of Rurouni Kenshin was approved, Su Yan no longer had to stay in the TV station's scriptwriting department all day. He had his own spacious room in the office arranged by Shinozaki Ikumi, and next to it was a weapons rack moved from the TV station's warehouse.

There are all kinds of props and cold weapons placed on it.

While Shinozaki Ikumi was busy setting up the crew and staffing and arranging the shooting location, Su Yan was thinking about how to perform the moves in Rurouni Kenshin's fighting scenes during the shooting.

Instead of asking some incompetent martial arts instructors to create random moves, Su Yan decided to design them himself.

After he had the sword-fighting experience of the Flying Sword Style given by the system, his understanding of fighting was definitely better than those people.

"Hey, Su Yan, come and take a look."

At this time, Shinozaki Yumi knocked on the door three times, then opened the door and came in.

Su Yan also stopped his actions.

Ikumi Shinozaki placed a stack of documents on the table in front of Su Yan.

"What is this." Su Yan asked.

"These are the photos and actor information sent by actors who are interested in auditioning for the role of Tomoe Yukishiro in the past few days. Take a look first." Shinozaki Ikumi said.

"Unfortunately, I have invited several actresses in the industry who fit the image of Yukishiro Tomoe, but none of them responded to me. Therefore, the actor for Yukishiro Tomoe has been confirmed, and only new actors can be used to participate in the role."

"After all, it's a web drama, so we can't force it. Our competitors on Sakura Online at the same time won't be much better than us." Su Yan had been mentally prepared for this kind of thing.

A poor crew with a total investment of over one million yuan would have difficulty hiring a fifth-tier actor.

"That's not necessarily true. At least I heard that the crew of Kiyota Sanji's "Qingfeng" has invited a third-tier actress Yan Yaning and a third-tier actor Shen Junxuan to join." Shinozaki Ikumi sighed.

"Not only did they invest over 10 million yuan, but Tu Heng also has a lot of connections in the industry. Even if they are not top stars in the entertainment industry, they can still participate in the web drama."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. The configuration of other people's crews has nothing to do with us." Shinozaki Ikumi said to Su Yan when she looked at him.

"There are probably more than a hundred people's photos and information selected here. Your and my task this afternoon is to select no more than thirty people's information from them. The day after tomorrow, you, I, and Rurouni Kenshin's director Shi Peihua will hold a brief real-life audition meeting with these selected performers."

"For things like this, don't we need to call Director Shi Peihua over to make a decision together?" Su Yan suggested.

"Wouldn't that be a bit disrespectful to her?"

After all, even if it is just a preliminary screening, the director should have the right to decide.

"She is an old lady. She was called out of retirement by my mother several years ago. She is not as energetic as us. We don't need to trouble her with such things, but she will definitely be invited to the audition to choose the final female lead." said Ikumi Shinozaki.

In the room, Su Yan and Shinozaki Ikumi quickly focused their attention on the stack of documents in front of them.

Honestly.
Those who dare to submit their information and want to compete for the role of the heroine are always remarkable in terms of appearance, and can definitely be called beauties if they see them on the street.

But in the entertainment industry, many people seem very ordinary.

"What do you think of Chu Wenya?"

"The face is too round. No."

"What about this Iwase Chika?"

"Well, her cheekbones are a bit high, and her lips are too thin. She is good-looking, but I think she is more suitable for playing roles with strong desire for power."

"Hey, Su Yan, what you said is a bit biased. There are also many stunning beauties among movie stars with high cheekbones."

"But Xue Dai Ba is definitely not that kind of person."

"Hey, where is this person called Su Meimei?"

"Oh, this one is okay, keep it for now."

In the room, Su Yan and Shinozaki Yumi spent the entire afternoon screening the audition candidates. Then Shinozaki Yumi called each of the major entertainment companies and those who had submitted their resumes to inform them to come to the audition the day after tomorrow. She then sent them the electronic documents of the audition scripts one by one. It was all ten o'clock in the evening.

But selecting from photos would definitely have many disadvantages. At least acting skills can only be seen at the audition.

"I hope that the right actor can be selected in the audition the day after tomorrow."

Su Yan thought so before falling asleep tonight.

(End of this chapter)