I'm the director, I'm not bad

Chapter 781 778. Upright
In the corridor where the two of them were, there were already twenty or thirty Asian faces sitting there.

Yang Mi didn't know if there were actors from the Celestial Dynasty, or if they were all Asians living in the local area.

She wasn't crazy enough to think that no matter where she went with this face, someone had to recognize her, come over and ask for an autograph... That's not enough.

But the problem is... being recognized by a Japanese is outrageous.

What's more... This person even met his husband.

Is this world so small?
Her eyes were full of surprise.

But after reacting, he immediately stretched out his hand:

"Hello. I'm Yang Mi."

Two hands held together.

"Can I call you "Once"?"

Rinko Kikuchi asked.

"Uh... yes, it's my honor."

Yang Mi was a little insincere.

In fact, she didn't understand at all why the character "Qingyi" was so popular there.

Obviously just a high school monitor, nothing more than studying better...

How did she become a "Miss".

It's like she doesn't understand why her husband's "The Untold Secret" is re-screened every summer in Japan.

Don't the people over there get tired of looking crooked?
Now if she is asked to go back and wear JK, knee socks, and small leather shoes to act as the monitor of the high school, her goosebumps will fall off like dandruff.

After agreeing to the title "Once upon a time", Yang Mi took advantage of the opportunity to invite her to sit next to her.

The two picked up the topic of the audition and chatted there.

[I received an email from the Screen Actors Union asking me to come here today. 】

【ah?Are you from Tokyo?Coincidentally, I come from Yanjing. 】

[Then we are the same, I also know that the title of the film is "Sea of ​​Silence", and I don't know anything else. 】

【what? 】

When she heard Kikuchi Rinko's sentence "I heard it's a science fiction film", she looked surprised.

It's not that the other party was surprised when she told her it was a sci-fi movie, but because...she found out that she had guessed it right.

After being surprised, she nodded:
[This film is a script from Legendary Pictures.Legendary Pictures mostly makes sci-fi films, so it's normal to say that, and this director named Guillermo Toro has made "Blade Warrior" and "Hellboy"... How do you know? 】

【Then your brokerage company is very powerful, I don't know anything about it...】

In fairness, she owed the other party a favor.

Because the other party provided her with a direction.

Even, she guessed it in advance.

After confirmation, once there is a direction, then the actor is at least mentally prepared before getting the audition book.

It can be said that it helped her a lot.

In contrast, the audition said a thousand things and ten thousand things, and in the end everyone struggled with nothing more than acting skills and backstage.Although she also understands this truth, she is unwilling to owe favors to others.

Even if it's a small favor.

And at this moment, her phone vibrated.

A message came.

Seeing her pick up the phone, Rinko Kikuchi turned her head politely.

Yang Mi turned on the screen and found that it was a WeChat message.

My husband sent me a 30-second video.

She was a little puzzled and clicked the buffer.

The video format is quite large, and it takes about two to three minutes to download.

She glanced at Rinko Kikuchi and asked:

"Shall we take a photo together? Send it to Xu Xin."

Rinko Kikuchi nodded subconsciously.

Then, while other Asian actors were holding their breaths to adjust their status, the two directly took selfies.

There were two clicks, and after the two photos were taken, Yang Mi also used the software to perform automatic beautification. After whitening Rinko Kikuchi's skin that was at least two shades behind her own, she sent it to Xu Xin.

"?"

Xu Xin called with a question mark.

"Does it look familiar?"

Yang Mi sent a message.

Soon, Xu Xin replied:
"A little bit, I seem to have seen it somewhere. Where are you? Didn't you go for an audition?"

"Well, I'm at the audition scene."

In the time of sending the message, the video sent by Xu Xin was also downloaded.

The moment Yang Mi clicked on, she began to adjust the volume of the phone.

I found out that my husband was probably shooting the video in front of the monitor. On the monitor, Duan Yihong and Liu Zhishi were sitting at the dinner table, and Liu Zhishi was laughing wildly.

At first, he laughed hahaha, and even slapped Duan Yihong.

But with a smile, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared.

Tilting his head directly, he looked at Duan Yihong with serious eyes:
"&*&..."

"*&@#@￥"

Duan Yihong didn't look at Liu Zhishi, just drinking the soup with a bowl in one hand and a spoon in the other.

The two of them should have said something, but Yang Mi couldn't hear clearly because of the radio and mobile phone volume problems.

It's just that Liu Zhishi, who was still smiling, asked a serious question, followed by Duan Yihong's casual answer, her body was obviously driven by psychological activities, and she felt a sense of uneasiness.

First restlessness, then restlessness.

Then, get up and leave.

He slapped the chopsticks on the table with a "snap" and left the table angrily.

The 30-second scene is over.

After reading it, Yang Mi replied:
"How is she doing?"

"Surprisingly good."

Xu Xin replied:

"As far as the role of Iguxia is concerned, her overall score in the movie is only 70 points, and the strength of her performance is just right."

"That's fine. But you still have to encourage her, she has always been concerned about the role of Iguxia..."

"Well, I see, how are you doing?"

"They're lining up."

"Who is the person in the photo with you? It looks familiar."

"chrysanthemum……"

Yang Mi typed here, thought about it, and changed the word "Ju" to "Ju".

"Judy Linzi."

She didn't know if the translation of the other party's name was this, so she could only give a general idea.

Then Xu Xin ruthlessly replied:

"Who? No impression."

"She said she met you at the Venice Film Festival."

"...?"

After a while, Xu Xin replied:

"Remember, I asked Director Li. Director Li filmed "Norwegian Forest", she was there. Rinko Kikuchi, we had a drink together."

Yang Mi was taken aback.

After thinking about it, she patted Rinko Kikuchi and opened Xu Xin's 30-second video.

After reading it, Rinko Kikuchi looked puzzled.

Yang Mi explained:
"Xu Xin and director Li Pingdong are making a movie together."

"what?"

Kikuchi Rinko's eyes lit up:
"Director Xu and Teacher Li are working together again? Is it the movie we talked about in Venice last year?"

Although Yang Mi didn't know what the situation of their party was at that time, she still nodded:

"Well, it's called...Sunspot, sunspot."

The two started chatting about "Scorching Sun".

It was completely different from the concentrated preparations of the people around.

It seems that these two people are just here to have a joke.

After chatting for a while, finally, a staff member came over and shouted:
"Actor 001..."

Hearing this, Yang Mi stood up, smiled and waved to Rinko Kikuchi:
"I'll go first."

"Okay, you've worked hard. Stubborn~"

"Thank you."

Yang Mi nodded, and followed the staff into Guillermo Toro's studio calmly and calmly.

Following the guidance, she came to a door, knocked on the door, and walked in directly.

In an audition hall about [-] to [-] square meters in size, six people sat near the window.

Leading the way was Guillermo Toro, whose photos hung in the hallway.

2 women and 4 men are all looking at her.

And there was another person on her left, holding a stack of notes that looked like invoices.

With a calm face, Yang Mi walked to the middle of the audition hall, bowed politely, and introduced herself:
"Hi everyone, I'm Yang Mi, 25 years old. My height..."

After introducing her basic information, she finally said:

"I'm here to audition for the role in "Sea of ​​Silence."

Several others, including Guillermo Toro, remained silent, but the blond woman sitting on the far right who seemed to be in her 40s spoke:

"Hello, Yang. You have an amazing resume~"

She looked at the information in front of her and said.

"Thank you."

Yang Mi nodded politely.

He heard the other party ask again:

"Do you know KONGFU? Karate? Jeet Kune Do? Sanda? Or..."

"Basically, I am in line with your Chinese KONGFU techniques, as well as similar action moves including Woo Ping Yuen, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li. And if you want to see more realistic moves similar to fighting and killing techniques, I can do it too."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Including the woman who asked the question, when everyone heard the "killing technique", they all showed a bit of astonishment.

Guillermo Toro, who is fatter than the photo looks, his eyes lit up.

"Are you good at using weapons?"

Yang Mi glanced at him and nodded slightly:

"Good at. The best are spears and long knives."

Hearing this, Guillermo Toro asked again:

"Do you know anime such as Transformers, Gundam, Ultraman?"

"I've seen them all."

"If you were asked to drive a mech and fight Kaijo... monsters like Godzilla, what method would you choose? What weapon?"

She keenly noticed the other party's words.

"KAIJO" sounds like the pronunciation in Japanese anime.

But the other party seemed to be afraid that she would not understand, so he used "MONSTER" instead.

In other words... monsters?

Yang Mixin asked, could it be that the film to be shot this time is Godzilla or Ultraman?

Or...Gang Damu?

While pondering, she said:
"I'll use my fists first."

"..."

Guillermo Toro was taken aback:
"why?"

Then I saw the actor in front of me baring his teeth, and said in an extremely sunny tone:

"Because... the mecha and monster fight to the flesh is the romance that belongs to men."

"Uh……"

At this time, several other people subconsciously raised their heads.

Yang Mi shrugged slightly:

"First use fists, then use hot weapons, and finally use cold weapons to end when hot weapons are ineffective. I noticed that the director called you "KAIJO" for monsters. Is it a Japanese monster movie? If there are such elements in it, Then, cold weapons must be used in the finale. Firstly, close combat is used to raise the excitement of the audience, in the middle is the collision of human technology hot weapons and monsters, and finally the more intuitive fighting of cold weapons detonates the excitement. This is my understanding."

"..."

"..."

"..."

No one responded.

Until Guillermo Toro nodded:

"Very clear ideas...great."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the staff next to Yang Mi.

After thinking about it, he said:
"The part you need to audition is that you are immersed in a painful memory, from the memory, to the immersion, and finally break out. You have 3 minutes to prepare."

When the staff on the side heard this, they silently stepped aside.

But Yang Mi thought for a while and asked:
"Director, have you seen EVA?"

Guillermo Toro was taken aback for a moment, then nodded subconsciously:
"of course."

"...Since it is a KAIJO movie, can I construct a story in my heart?"

"Of course. Do you need me to complete it for you?"

"No, you only need to see EVA."

Hearing this, Guillermo Toro thought she was embezzling a clip from an EVA.

It was originally intended to be a reminder.

But considering that the other party... seems to have his own understanding of the movie, in the end he just opened his mouth and then closed it.

He wanted to see the other party's performance before communicating.

This is one aspect.

On the other hand... Yang Mi closed her eyes after she finished saying this.

Time passed minute by minute.

1 minutes and 37 seconds later.

Suddenly, Yang Mi, who was standing there with her eyes closed, kept her head up all the time, drooping down as if the power had been pulled out.

It's like a free fall.

So much so that it makes people feel...absurd that she is afraid that her head will fall to the ground.

"..."

After two or three seconds, she raised her head again with blank eyes.

Look left, look right.

Very slowly in the observation around.

And when her head turned to the right and slowly returned to the midline position.

Her eyes met Guillermo Toro's.

frown.

doubt.

Puzzled.

Then, she looked around again.

After looking around, he turned his head again.

Looking at Guillermo Toro, the doubts in his eyes grew bigger and bigger.

But at this moment, her body squatted down suddenly, and her hands moved towards her waist.

But it was empty.

But when everyone was thinking about what she was going to express after acting like this, she looked in one direction.

This time, the head turned to look up.

It was like seeing a giant.

Immediately, a look of confusion appeared on her face.

With this puzzlement, she looked at Guillermo Toro again.

From the beginning of the performance to now, she has looked at each other three times.

And for the third time, she didn't avert her gaze.

The doubt and incomprehension on his face instantly turned into a kind of bewilderment.

In a daze, she seemed to remember something again, and suddenly became calm.

He looked at the other party calmly for nearly 10 seconds, and finally, that calmness turned into a chuckle.

"Yes."

She looked at Guillermo Toro, and said word by word in an almost raving tone:

"We can't find our father and mother, we are afraid, we are afraid. We cry helplessly...but fear has become their bait."

"No one came to our rescue, no one."

"Do you remember? I hid in the sewer, and the stench of the monster's saliva dripped on my face."

"I could only cover my mouth tightly and not make a sound. I couldn't call for help, I couldn't pray. I couldn't make any sound."

"Because it's useless. They won't let me go because of our cries for mercy. They won't forgive me because I'm young."

Speaking of this, the smile on her face gradually became a little... cruel, and the title also changed quietly:

"Since that day, you and I have understood that when facing them, fear, cowardice, and crying... are meaningless!"

"The only thing we can do is tear these sons of bitches to shreds!"

"Yes, little soldier. Take your weapons and crush them."

What she said was like raving, vague.

But after the words fell, suddenly, her head drooped again.

Then, two or three seconds later, raising her head again, she stretched her arms forward, grasping, as if holding some kind of joystick.

After blinking twice quickly, she made a movement of listening.

It seemed that others were asking her something.

Immediately afterwards, he shook his head with a relaxed but firm tone:
"I'm fine, it was just a dream. Come with me, soldiers."

Speaking of this, her eyebrows raised, and she usually looked forward.

There is a hint of confidence in the eyes, and the boiling killing intent:
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, don't hide behind and cry like a little girl. Take your arms and come with me..."

"Crush them!"

"My performance is over, thank you."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Six people, all in silence.

Not a word.

At this moment, everyone's minds are unified.

"whole"

Although it was just a fragment of the audition, the actor in front of him was complete, using a story to support the fragmented footage, and deduced a complete and incomparable story.

She first entered her own memories.

In the memory, she saw herself as a child.

Facing some monsters, the girl was collapsing and crying loudly, exuding unparalleled fear all over her body.

And as the "she" who grew up, when she looked back at her childhood experience full of fear at this moment, her mentality had become... a brave, fearless and unswerving soldier.

She confronts her fears.

but defies fear.

In her memory, she told how helpless that little girl was back then.

He also said... how helpless he was back then, and how fearless soldiers are now, when fighting against monsters for human beings, the unswerving declaration of victory:

"Take up your arms and crush them!"

As the director said.

She was immersed in her own memories.

It's just that the memories that brought her infinite fear back then, at this moment, have become the nourishment for burning fearlessly.

Back then, she was afraid of monsters.

Now she just wants to kill them all.

These fears did not bring her any ill effects.

On the contrary, it strengthened her will to fight...

Mom...

What a monster cast.

How can something performed by an actress be more exciting than a tough guy?

Really are……

Endless aftertaste!

……

"Thank you for your performance. Please go back and wait for the notification. We will contact you as soon as we make a decision."

"Okay, thanks. Goodbye~"

After the six people watched the first actress who auditioned leave...

Guillermo Toro leaned on the seat and let out a long sigh of relief:

"Phew... she is simply a general."

No one refuted his words.

The screenwriter Travis Beecham next to him nodded and said:
"And she is a general who wants people to follow her... Even if she dies, she will follow her."

After hearing what the two said, Thomas Tull, the producer of Legendary Pictures, said:
"But...to be honest, her performance doesn't match the MAKO we need for the story. Her temperament is too gritty. It would be better if it was a man."

"But she hasn't read the script after all, so she doesn't know what kind of story we're going to film, doesn't she?"

After Joe Jashini, who is also the producer of the film, finished speaking, he picked up the document in front of him and glanced at it, then said with a smile:
"Her acting skills are impeccable in my opinion. And, she also has her own understanding of the story. We only gave her a range, but she gave us a complete story chain... really impressive An actress. And, I heard that she is quite popular in China, and she is very charismatic."

"Also, the Volvo ad got a good response."

"Yes, that's right."

As producers, they naturally don't have to focus on scripts and movies like Guillermo Toro.

They think more comprehensively.

And this is also the main reason why Yang Mi was able to receive this audition invitation.

That Volvo ad also set off a craze for The Matrix in North America.

At the same time, taking into account the importance of the Chinese market.

Since this script is related to Asians, although the story in the script takes place in Japan...but what does it matter?

With Japanese actors, that's in Japan.

If you use actors from the Chinese Dynasty, then you can just set it in the Chinese Dynasty.

A group of people are discussing in a hurry.

Guillermo Toro can also hear that the producers appreciate her.

He himself felt good too.

So, before the No.2 actor came in, he made a decision:

"Although it is No.1, I think we can list her as one of the candidates for the final audition list."

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other:

"agree."

"Should be."

"I have no opinion."

……

After walking out of the glass door, Yang Mi checked the time.

It was found that it was less than 10 o'clock.

I wanted to go home right away.

But just as she took a step to the left, her footsteps suddenly stopped.

After thinking for a while, he took back his steps, turned around and walked to the right.

Coming to the corner of the corridor, her appearance quickly attracted everyone's attention.

After all, he was the first audition person to walk in.

If the other party shows great kindness... Although it is a small probability event, everyone still wants to get some clues from her.

pity……

"RINKO."

Yang Mi shouted.

Rinko Kikuchi was taken aback for a moment, and seeing her beckoning to her, she quickly got up and walked over.

"お悲れ様でした."

Kikuchi Rinko said.

Meaning: You have worked hard.

Yang Mi didn't understand, but she probably understood the meaning.

After nodding, he leaned into her ear and said:

"It's a monster movie like Godzilla and Ultraman. Come on~"

Rinko Kikuchi was taken aback.

Then he smiled and bowed to her:
"ありがとうございます~"

This sentence, she understands.

It means thank you.

So he smiled and waved his hands:
"It's okay, you can do it too, I'm leaving."

When going out, every word and deed of every Chinese person represents the face of the country.And I am a great country in China, a country of etiquette, and everything is done in the right way.

Although the other party only told a piece of news that she had already guessed in advance.

But come and don't go indecently.

Even if the two are potential competitors, what does it matter?
If you want to lose, it means that your skills are not as good as others.

And to win...

It is fair and square to win!

(End of this chapter)