I'm not a drama freak, I can really see through the script

Chapter 8, Zhang Jizhong: Secretly watching your audition
After getting a little familiar with his body, Li Xuan prepared to go for the audition for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

It's in a rented hotel not far from Hengdian.

This audition was like a "special training". Now that the cast of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was basically finalized, we came to see if there were any leftover materials.

The main characters have been confirmed, including the heroine Zhou Xun, the captain of the Southern Song Dynasty Li Yapeng, and Erkang who plays Yang Kang. As for the others, Li Xuan's memory is a little vague. After all, this "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is not as popular as the other two works of Big Beard.

After the success of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer", Zhang Jizhong wanted to replicate the success of Jin Yong's work.

Frankly speaking, the first version of Jin Yong's adaptation, "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer", was pretty good, but "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was more controversial. In fact, it was nothing more than the costumes, actors, and script.
However, even this mediocre work of the bearded man is a very good resource for Li Xuan.

At the moment, I'm probably at the level of 'Extra Power, Stage 3'.

At this time, Li Xuan followed the call and went to the third floor. After arriving, he got straight to the point.

"Hello, I'm here for an audition because of Director Gao's recommendation."

"Oh, Director Gao introduced it to me. I remember he mentioned it quite a bit."

A chubby-looking young man, probably in his thirties, bald and a bit overweight. He must be Wang Rui, the director of this film.
Well, for Li Xuan, Zhang Jizhong's TV series have a characteristic: the beard is always there, but the directors are always changing.
Almost every film uses a different team of directors. It can be said that anyone can see that producer Zhang Jizhong is probably not just satisfied with production, but also wants to get involved in almost all matters, big and small.

So much so that Wang Rui even came to audition for a small role.
"I heard from Director Gao that you're very good at playing nomadic characters. Come, show me. Two minutes at most, no longer."

Wang Rui was absent-minded at this time. The more important Mongolian characters like Temujin, Jebe, Wanyan Honglie and others had already been chosen, and they were chosen by Zhang Jizhong himself. There was no decent role for the young man in front of him.

Moreover, for Wang Rui, Li Xuan's appearance is not very Mongolian, which is not very satisfactory. He is too handsome, without any rough taste, without the rough feeling of the grassland people.
This is a disadvantage in appearance and a disadvantage in temperament.

However, some minor roles are not that serious. As long as they are a little bit acceptable, he can still get some minor roles to play.

For Wang Rui, this is just a matter of smoking a cigarette in a day that takes two minutes. In comparison, smoking should be a more important thing. By the way, why is the cigarette so damp today? It's a bit difficult.

For Li Xuan, this is a chance to show himself in front of the director and to express all his advantages in these two minutes.

"Hello, Director Wang. My name is Li Xuan. I've had quite a few acting experiences. Most recently, I was with the crew of 'The Emperor of Han Dynasty'. I've played roles ranging from Huns to eunuchs to Han soldiers. Other than that, my acting experience is in 'Little Baga' and 'Corpse'."

At this time, Wang Rui nodded. It was a very ordinary resume. Basically, there were not many highlights. It was basically a rubbish experience of being an extra.

However, seeing Li Xuan presenting his not-so-good resume without any arrogance or servility also made Wang Rui feel a little favorable.
After all, honesty and honesty are still positive words in this era.

Elsewhere, the bearded Tyrant Zhang was also in the Jiangbei Plaza Hotel, but on the other side, discussing the script of The Legend of the Condor Heroes with Zhou Xun and the lead actor Li Yapeng.

"Brother Jing."

Zhang Jizhong was particularly satisfied when Zhou Xun called out "Brother Jing" in a slightly hoarse and low voice.

"Not bad, not bad. Your acting talent is the best I've ever seen."

Although Li Yapeng, who was standing next to him, felt a little strange being called Brother Jing, his face showed no expression. However, his expression was originally a bit gentlemanly.
He didn't think Zhou Xun was bad. On the contrary, he thought this girl was pretty good, and even had a good impression of her.

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Li Yapeng once mentioned tactfully whether the heroine could use dubbing, perhaps the effect would be better?
However, the bearded tyrant turned a deaf ear to it. That's it. There's no need to change the other person's lines. What's the point of dubbing? It's a waste of natural resources!
It's not so easy for the tyrant Zhang to change, and Li Yapeng has nothing to say.
"Where's Wang Rui? Where did that guy go? Didn't we ask him to come and discuss the script together? Why is he gone now?"

At this time, Zhang Jizhong was looking for director Wang Rui with a little impatience.

Although Wang Rui is the chief director of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, everyone in the crew knows that the person who has the final say is Zhang Jizhong.
Li Yapeng said quickly.

"Director Wang is off to take care of some supporting actors' matters and should be back soon."

"Oh, tell him to hurry up. Never mind. I'll go find him. You guys go over the script again. Filming is about to start, so get ready."

Filming for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is about to begin in a week, and the remaining roles are mostly minor extras, the kind that should be equally effective regardless of who plays them, with no more than three lines.
I don't think it's that serious. This is probably just the director looking for an opportunity to be lazy and not want to face Zhang Jizhong.
The actors present probably had a respectful attitude towards Zhang Jizhong. After all, his personality was that of a true tyrant.
At this time, when Zhang Jizhong came to the third floor and planned to look for Wang Rui, he saw that he was indeed smoking here to relieve stress. However, he also saw Li Xuan who was auditioning in front of him.
Seeing that Wang Rui was really auditioning, even if he was just a small fry, the irritable Zhang Jizhong stopped, and Zhang Jizhong half-covered his eyes, secretly, secretly peeking at the side.
He may not respect anyone, but he will never disrespect art or his work.
Zhang Da Huzi was standing at the door watching Wang Rui test the young man in front of him.

"He looks pretty good, quite handsome, and has a kind of elegant temperament." After taking a look at Li Xuan, Zhang Jizhong gave his own evaluation, saying that he should be suitable for the role of a scholar.

As a result, Li Xuan did not play by the rules.
Immediately, a fierce grassland man's temperament rushed to Wang Rui's face.

Wang Rui was a little surprised.

Not far away, Zhang Jizhong, who was taking a peek, was also a little surprised.

With this seemingly ordinary handsome face and truly ordinary identity.

He actually has
Acting?

(End of this chapter)