After the filming was completed, I awakened my superpowers.

Chapter 69 I am a Great Magician (Two in One, please give me a monthly ticket)

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As for Sheng Yixia, she didn't even look at Yu Zihao.

He really looked down on this kind of clown and never regarded him as his competitor.

The rest of the people at the scene also perked up and prepared to watch a good show.

It can be said that a considerable part of the reason for this open casting is that Sheng Yixia and Yu Zihao each have their own backers and are at a stalemate, so the production team had to let them compete for the role of Zhao Xingyao in this way.

Producer Yu Haiyang has a very good relationship with Zhang Qing and owes Zhang Qing a big favor.

Therefore, when Zhang Qing gave Sheng Yixia's various conditions and asked her to play Zhao Xingyao, Yu Haiyang agreed by default.

In his opinion, although the acting skills of the newcomer Sheng Yixia are not that good, his other qualities are very suitable for this role. According to Zhang Qing, he is still working hard and actively honing his acting skills. When the time comes, as long as he is trained and polished in the crew, he will be able to control Zhao Xingyao.

But even Yu Haiyang did not expect that something unexpected would happen at Modu Entertainment. Zhang Qing took Sheng Yixia away in anger, and Modu Entertainment also asked Yu Zihao to replace Sheng Yixia to play Zhao Xingyao.

Even Director Chen was very supportive of Yu Zihao, because Sheng Yixia had left Shanghai Entertainment, and giving this role to him would cause the production team to offend Shanghai Entertainment.

However, at this time, Yu Haiyang insisted on using Sheng Yixia.

Firstly, Sheng Yixia has grown very fast and is now very popular. His appearance and other conditions are more suitable for the role than Yu Zihao. Secondly, he owes Zhang Qing a favor and he has to repay it. Thirdly, he, Yu Haiyang, is also a very famous producer. He can't just do whatever Director Chen says, right?

Does he still want authority?

This is the side effect of having both the producer and the director be strong, and both sides will always unconsciously compete for the right to speak.

In the case of a stalemate, the only option left is for the candidates to compete.

Whoever is stronger should go first, and no one should talk nonsense.

However, there were originally only three referees. In addition to Yu Haiyang and Director Chen, they also invited Mr. Zhou from the major investor to do the final notarization.

But Yu Haiyang did not expect that at the critical moment, Modu Entertainment actually sent Shao Jingqiu to disrupt the situation. This made Yu Haiyang very unhappy. Although he still smiled on his face, he was already MMP in his heart, feeling that Sheng Yixia was in great danger today.

But Sheng Yixia's loss also meant that he and Haiyang lost the initiative in the fight for the right to speak.

This naturally made Yu Haiyang look very ugly.

It was also at this time.

The assistant director began handing out scripts to the five candidates, and said, "You will all be performing the same scene. I will give you half an hour to prepare, and you will choose the order of appearance by drawing lots."

"In addition, there is a dressing room in the small conference room next to it. You can go there to change into some clothes that fit the scene and increase your sense of immersion when performing."

The expressions of the other three candidates suddenly became serious, only Yu Zihao and Sheng Yixia were relatively calm, as if they were confident.

After a draw.

Yu Zihao drew number one, and Sheng Yixia drew number two.

The three candidates were all overjoyed when they saw this. This way, they would have more time to prepare.

Although they themselves knew that their chances of competing for the role of Zhao Xingyao were slim, if Yu Zihao and Sheng Yixia both performed poorly and they performed better, they might be able to make a comeback and get the position.

Next, the five of them read the script silently, trying to figure out the plot and characters.

This audition was about the magician Zhao Xingyao's appearance on stage.

The story begins with the magician Zhao Xingyao performing magic on the street to attract the attention of the local landlord Huang Laocai, and then he uses the alchemy to seduce him step by step. In the end, he exchanges ten carts of grain with the miser with an ancestral alchemy box and a bag of gold.

After Zhao Xingyao left, the miser found that the alchemy box was malfunctioning when he was showing off his alchemy skills in front of his wife. He then realized that he had been scammed and led his men to chase Zhao Xingyao. When they caught up with the convoy, they found that it was actually made up of terrifying paper people and paper cars.

At this time, Zhao Xingyao had already secretly transported ten carts of food to the refugee camp, and he and his companions cooked porridge to help the refugees.

It was at this time.

Zhao Xingyao received a call to action!

It turns out that the male protagonist has been secretly observing Zhao Xingyao, and after careful consideration, he decides to include him in the big plan of robbing the warlord.

Of course, this audition only required performing the first paragraph.

Time flies.

Half an hour later, Yu Zihao went to change his costumes, but his costumes and props were all tailor-made ones that he brought with him, making him look very handsome.

Huang Laocai, who plays with him, is also a gold medal veteran actor specially invited by the crew to play supporting role.

In the spotlight of everyone.

Yu Zihao began his performance.

I have to admit that his performance was smooth and natural. Although the magic trick of taking out a pigeon from a hat had some major flaws, his performance was very good. It was obvious that he had practiced hard with an expert in this field.

After a play was over, even the veteran supporting actor praised him, saying, "Young man, you're great."

Ge Minhong was the first to applaud, followed by a round of applause from the audience.

Zhang Qing's face was a little gloomy, and she stared at Ge Minhong with an unfriendly look.

We are all savvy people in society, and everyone knows how good Yu Zihao is. If he could perform at this level normally, would he only have this little traffic and popularity now?
He...got today's test papers in advance, studied hard at home for a while, and made sufficient preparations.

Ge Minhong felt timid when she looked at her. She didn't dare to look her in the face. She turned her head away and continued to applaud.

Zhang Qing didn't say anything else, but glanced at Yu Haiyang in the referee's seat from a distance.

Yu Haiyang's face didn't look very good either. He looked at Director Chen through President Zhou and Shao Jingqiu without saying anything.

"Cough cough!"

Director Chen avoided Yu Haiyang's gaze, picked up the water cup and tactically took a sip of water, then laughed and praised, "Yu Zihao's acting is really good. It fits the role of Zhao Xingyao in my mind. President Zhou, don't you agree?"

When Director Chen said the last sentence, he looked at Mr. Zhou, the lead investor.

"Haha, it's good, especially the magic of transforming into a pigeon. It's so real." Mr. Zhou's chubby face showed a Maitreya Buddha smile.

Yu Haiyang saw this scene.

My heart skipped a beat and I thought to myself that something was wrong.

He originally thought that Mr. Zhou was at least neutral, but he didn't expect that he was on the same side as Lao Chen!

In addition, Shao Jingqiu, who is also from Shanghai Entertainment with Yu Zihao...

It was as if a thousand alpacas were galloping through Yu Haiyang's heart.

Mahle Gobi!
Are you playing tricks on me?

But he didn't notice that Shao Jingqiu's eyes narrowed slightly and he looked at Sheng Yixia from a distance.

She was not in a hurry to express her opinion, as if she was waiting for something.

It seemed that as long as Sheng Yixia felt that the audition was unfair, that there was a big conspiracy, or that she had been wronged, she would jump out to help slap him in the face and turn the situation around.

With her influence as a film queen, she can definitely do this.

In fact, considering all the ups and downs Shao Jingqiu has experienced along the way, today's situation is just a small scene. She has experienced many more dangerous things than this.

If she were to encounter similar things, she probably wouldn't feel much emotion. But somehow, she just couldn't stand seeing these people bullying Sheng Yixia, which made her feel angry.

however.

Shao Jingqiu wasn't the only one watching Sheng Yixia's attitude.

Even Zhang Qing was watching how Sheng Yixia would react. She had already made up her mind in silence. As long as Sheng Yixia expressed her opinion, even if she didn't want the role of Zhao Xingyao today, she would not let Ge Minhong, Director Chen and others get away with it.

Zhang Qing has been roaming the world for more than ten years. Has she ever been afraid of anyone?
This is how the world works. You have to be tough when you need to be tough.

Otherwise, others will treat you as a lump of dough and knead you however they want.

However, Sheng Yixia did not look at them, but stood up and bowed slightly to the referee team: "Dear teachers, I also have some props and clothes with me. Thank you for waiting for a moment."

As he said that, he picked up the backpack that Chi Yu had thrown in his hand and entered the small meeting room.

After a while, he came out wearing a swallowtail suit with a vest, a wide-brimmed top hat, and holding a walking stick.

This civilized staff was in the prop room, so he just picked it up.

The scene fell silent.

Even the three candidates who felt they had no hope had strange looks in their eyes.

Isn’t Zhao Xingyao a magician from the Republic of China?
How did he end up wearing the outfit of a foreign magician? Well, he even gave himself two yellow mustaches...which actually covered up his original handsomeness.

In the referee group.

Before Yu Haiyang could say anything, Director Chen's expression turned slightly unfriendly: "Sheng Yixia, did you misunderstand the word 'magician'?"

This movie was originally an imitation of Now You See Me.

The production team is afraid of being criticized, so they have been weakening the word "magician", replacing it with "juggler" everywhere to highlight their own domestic originality.

Director Chen in particular, he thought, as a great director, how embarrassing it would be to be scolded as a plagiarist every day?
Therefore, he tried his best to weaken the presence of Now You See Me and injected a lot of folk culture and charm of the Republic of China into the film.

Sheng Yixia dressed in a Western magician's suit to play the role of a magician, which naturally touched his sore spot.

move.

Even Yu Haiyang felt that Sheng Yixia was being a little unwise.

Although we are bound to lose this time, can we lose gracefully?

Isn't this just handing a knife to Lao Chen?
Alas, Yu Haiyang sighed secretly.

Only Shao Jingqiu looked interested: "Sheng Yixia, do you have any special intention in choosing this outfit?"

She thought she knew Sheng Yixia very well, and knew that with his usual intelligence, it was impossible for him to do something illogical. This sentence was meant to support Sheng Yixia, but also out of genuine curiosity.

Shao Jingqiu spoke.

Everyone shut up for a moment and looked at Sheng Yixia.

"Teachers." Sheng Yixia smiled and nodded, and said calmly, "Based on my understanding of the supporting character Huang Laocai, it is unlikely to fool him with ordinary tricks."

"It is introduced in the character synopsis of the supporting characters that although Huang Laocai is a landlord, his family is wealthy and he once studied in the capital when he was young."

"The capital city at that time was a place where all kinds of cultures converged, with good and bad people mixed together, and all kinds of people were included. I believe that when he was young, Huang Laocai must have seen all kinds of magic tricks under the overpass. How could he be attracted by a small trick of turning a hat into a pigeon? And then fall into the trap of the golden box?"

These words left everyone stunned. They hurriedly flipped through their scripts and found that, as expected, this line was indeed in Huang Laocai's character summary!
This kind of minor supporting role who only appeared for a few minutes was so minor that even Yu Haiyang and Director Chen didn't pay much attention to his character outline.

At this point, Yu Haiyang suddenly became interested: "Sheng Yixia, so according to you, you deliberately dressed up as a Western magician so that it would be easier to control Huang Laocai?"

"Yes, Mr. Yu." Sheng Yixia nodded and sighed, "While preparing for the role of Zhao Xingyao, I specifically looked through various documents from the Republic of China period and learned more about the history of that period. I have to admit that at that time, foreigners were more popular. Anything with a foreign touch would be more popular. Matches were called 'foreign matches', kerosene lamps were called 'kerosene lamps', and even a peep show could attract countless people to watch."

"Interesting." Shao Jingqiu said with a smile, "You are planning to take advantage of Huang Laocai's admiration for foreigners and make it easier for him to fall into the trap."

"In fact, it's not just a mentality of worshipping foreign things. People are curious and naturally more likely to be interested in new things. After watching too many traditional catwalk tricks, Western magicians are more fresh to them." Sheng Yixia said.

"Yes, yes, domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers." Mr. Zhou laughed and added, his eyebrows flying with joy, "You are right. Now even KTVs are imported... uh, ha, forget what I said, Mr. Shao, don't look at me like that... I'm scared~"

Only Director Chen still looked unhappy. He said coldly, "So, Teacher Sheng still thinks there's something wrong with our script? Do you want to change the script for us right now?"

"Old Chen, it's no fun if you make a big deal out of it." Yu Haiyang began to perk up and said with a smile, "Yixia is just expressing his personal understanding. Why don't we let him give it a try and see how it turns out."

After saying that, he looked at the golden supporting actor who played Huang Laocai and jokingly said, "Teacher Wang, can you handle this role?"

"My last name is Tian!" Teacher Tian glared at him unhappily, but did not reject his proposal. Instead, he showed an interested look, "I think it's very interesting. Come on, young man, use whatever tricks you have. Let me see if you can trick me into taking away my ten carts of grain."

Is this the beginning of the drama?

Sheng Yixia nodded politely to him: "Please give me some advice, Teacher Tian."

Done.

next moment.

Sheng Yixia got into the state.

He swung his walking stick, and it rolled into the air with a "whoosh whoosh". Sheng Yixia, however, walked leisurely to the center of the stage. When Sheng Yixia stood still, he didn't even look at the fallen walking stick, but casually reached out his hand and placed it on the fallen walking stick.

"Shhhhh!"

The civilized staff danced dizzily in his hand for a few circles before its momentum disappeared. With a "click", the civilized staff landed firmly on the ground, with the head of the staff supporting Sheng Yixia's right hand.

This pose is really handsome and cool.

This scene.

It immediately caught the attention of everyone present.

Even Director Chen, who was full of disdain, froze in his tracks, his eyes fixed on Sheng Yixia.

"My fellow countrymen." Sheng Yixia took off his hat and put it on his chest, bowing to the people around him. He spoke in Mandarin with a strong pidgin accent, "I am John Masefield, a court magician from America. I was traveling in China but my money was stolen and I ended up in trouble in your precious place."

"I will now perform a piece of palace magic for the folks. Those who have money can pay for it, and those who don't can show their support by being present."

"Pfft!"

Shao Jingqiu couldn't help laughing. This sentence was neither Chinese nor Western, and he even imitated the poor accent of foreigners speaking Chinese.

The main thing is that he is the court magician of America... America is a federal country, so there is no court!
And what the hell is travel expenses?

This opening.

Even the veteran actor Mr. Tian was stunned.

According to the original script, when Huang Laocai, played by him, saw this scene when passing by, he would sneer with disdain and mutter: "This little country trick can only fool ignorant bumpkins."

Only after waiting for the next scene will one be attracted by the magician's excellent magic tricks and stop to watch.

But now, how should he respond to this line?

Veteran actor Mr. Tian simply can’t do it anymore!
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(Two-in-one, Monday, asking for monthly tickets~)

(End of this chapter)