Reborn in the Entertainment Industry: This Top Star Has Real Achievements

Two days later, Director Zhang arrived at the film set with the last batch of crew members, as well as the female lead, Little Yellow Duck, and other main actors.

With everyone settled in, the formal script reading was immediately scheduled.

But this reading raised new questions—though for Li Xiang, it wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

The entertainment industry is generally more tolerant of newcomers.

But when she was sitting next to renowned veteran actors such as Xi Meijuan, Li Xuejian, Sa Rina, and Wang Jinsong, this tolerance instantly became a "mirror of truth".

The veteran actors' delivery of lines is impeccably solid; not only are their pronunciations clear and accurate, but their emotions are also full and rich, making every word seem perfectly natural and integrated with the character.

Li Xiang himself, relying on his exceptional memory and rigorous training during this period, also steadily met Director Zhang's requirements in terms of lines.

However, this makes the little yellow duck's shortcomings particularly obvious.

It's clear that she has indeed put in a lot of effort in training these days, but compared to Li Xiang, who is the same age as her, the difference is immediately apparent.

While other actors' lines seem to flow from the soul of the character, hers sound stiff and unnatural, like reciting a memorized text. Not only is it stumbling and awkward, but the emotions feel like scratching an itch through a boot, failing to touch the core of the character.

Although her timid and reserved demeanor somewhat matched the shyness of the character in the play,

However, if the effort is too deliberate, even the most basic fluency of the dialogue cannot be maintained, which is really unsatisfactory.

Director Zhang was clearly prepared for this.

After all, the initial audition was intended to discover new talents, so the current situation did not disrupt his rhythm, and he continued to push forward the group's reading according to the original plan.

Li Xiang was pleased to see Director Zhang being lenient with the little yellow duck at this moment. At the same time, he knew in his heart that now was not the time for him to exert his influence...

It's just unknown what would happen after training an actress as exceptionally talented as Zhang Ziyi.

What will this great director feel when he encounters such a naive newbie who is overshadowed by veteran actors?

The thought was fleeting; his priority at the moment was to seize the opportunity to humbly learn from the veteran actors.

After all, the crew members are all top-notch actors. Learning a few more skills before filming officially starts can make the later scenes even more unsightly.

Moreover, if he was busy consulting with his seniors, it would be reasonable for him not to have time to interact with the little yellow duck.

Otherwise, if we really want to get to know each other well, or even become good friends, it won't be so easy to secure a role in a film in the future.

Therefore, even after joining the film crew, he still didn't interact with the little yellow duck, focusing all his attention on honing his acting skills and seeking advice from senior actors.

As for the outcome, it was naturally good.

After all, those who can get into this production team are all people in the industry, and they all have some idea of ​​what they should and shouldn't know.

His background as the male protagonist, and his connection to the Wang uncle behind him, were naturally taken into account.

In addition, Li Xiang is humble, has a sweet tongue, and is the male lead in Director Zhang's movie, so his future prospects are clearly bright.

These veteran actors were naturally happy to offer him some pointers, partly out of appreciation for his talent, and partly to build a good relationship with him, as there might be opportunities to collaborate in the future.

Meanwhile, Little Yellow Duck, seeing Li Xiang, the male lead, fawning over the veteran actors whenever he had free time, felt both disdain and envy.

The reason I look down on him is because I had already heard from Zhang Weiping that Li Xiang got the role of the male lead in the movie by pulling strings with the director.

For someone like her, who fought her way through the auditions, such opportunistic and back-door tactics are what she despises most...

People are always like this: when they see others easily obtain something that they have worked so hard to get, they inevitably feel great hostility.

Not to mention that during the script reading, Li Xiang stole the show, making her, the carefully chosen female lead, seem like a fool, which made her feel even worse.

Furthermore, Li Xiang is not from their own company, so in the eyes of Xiaohuangya and her mother, this film is likely to be their first and last collaboration.

After all, having signed with New Pictures and become a "Zhang Yimou Girl," how could she possibly have any respect for a "small fry" like Li Xiang?

Moreover, it's a well-established fact in the industry that most of the male leads in Director Zhang's films are destined to be "background characters," with only a handful actually making it big.

To take a recent example, consider "The Road Home." Zhang Ziyi was incredibly popular back then, but what about Zheng Hao? Few people probably remember his name now.

Therefore, due to a combination of factors, the mother and daughter's attitude towards Li Xiang remained lukewarm.

Director Zhang, on the other hand, seems to be intentionally maintaining the unfamiliarity between the two, believing that this will leave more room for development in future scenes together.

This resulted in the male and female protagonists of this pure love movie actually disliking each other deep down.

Compared to Li Xiang's worldly sophistication honed through two lifetimes, Little Yellow Duck's thoughts are so shallow that they are basically impossible to hide.

So whenever Li Xiang chatted and laughed with Xi Meijuan, Li Xuejian and others, discussing acting, the little yellow duck in the distance would always cast a contemptuous glance.

Once or twice is fine, but over time, and given that actors are naturally sensitive, they will naturally notice some clues.

Gradually, everyone realized that the female lead, whom New Pictures was heavily promoting, looked down on the male lead from the bottom of her heart.

It's quite common for celebrities to have disagreements about their personalities.

But the little yellow duck's shy and innocent demeanor in public, coupled with its completely different attitude behind the scenes, makes it all the more amusing.

Only then did everyone realize that this new "Mou Girl" was not as innocent as she appeared; in reality, she was quite cunning and not at all like the innocent girl she seemed.

As a result, everyone naturally started to distance themselves from her, keeping their distance completely.

After all, everyone has their own scales, and they can distinguish between what is close and what is far.

Although Director Zhang has a history of returning to his two leading ladies in previous years, collaborating with them time and time again, this one is different; she has signed with New Pictures.

The subtle and ambiguous relationship between New Pictures and Zhang Yimou's studio can only be truly understood by the long-time employees who have served Director Zhang.

Looking at Director Zhang's side, on the one hand, he intervened to prevent his old friend's nephew from signing with New Pictures, but on the other hand, he completely ignored the female lead's contract situation...

The nuances and underlying ideas behind this can be discerned by a little thought.

As for the mother and daughter ducks' undisguised disdain, Li Xiang saw it and was actually happy to see it happen.

In fact, deep down, he secretly hoped that the little yellow duck would cause an even bigger commotion—

He only needs to play the role of a sunny and cheerful young man, and pretend to be deaf and dumb to those subtle hostility, and he can naturally win the favor of more people.

As long as he continues to be this outstanding on set, sooner or later he will completely enrage Little Yellow Duck and make her reveal her true colors.

I wonder if Director Zhang will regret his decision to choose her.

However, this also better demonstrates Director Zhang's skill in training actors. Besides, isn't there the male lead to support the show?