I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 240: God-level transition! From youth to middle age...

"Welcome to your new home, son!"

Su Wanyu opened the door, and Chen Xianqi followed closely behind, holding a salute in his hand.

boom!
He aimed at the top of Chen Jin's head and fired directly, the flower paper sprayed all over Chen Jin's body, catching him off guard.

Chen Jin was shocked.

"It's just a token of my appreciation. Of course I want it!"

Chen Xianqi was smiling, and Chen Jin brushed off the fireworks above his head and said unhappily, "Dad, could you have informed us in advance?"

"That's the feeling of surprise I want. How about it?"

“Do you feel the atmosphere of your new home?”

I really felt it.

It's quite unique and has a sense of ceremony.

Chen Jin changed into slippers and walked in. Looking at the cleaned living room, she couldn't help but ask, "Mom and Dad, are you satisfied with this house?"

"Satisfied, satisfied. Your dad has been excited for several days!"

Su Wanyu closed the door, and Chen Xianqi grinned: "It seems like you are not excited at all!"

The table was already filled with sumptuous meals and the TV was new. In Chen Jin's words, in addition to the hard furnishings, all the soft furnishings, furniture, appliances, etc. must be replaced.

It wasn't a big deal, so it only took a month in total.

There is also the issue of buying houses. In February this year, the capital city just introduced a new policy - purchase restrictions.

You have to have five years of social security before you can buy it. Fortunately, it is not as strict as in the future. I got a temporary residence permit in Didu and was able to buy the house.

However, this certificate is not available to ordinary people. It requires academic qualifications and seals from the company and relevant units.

Of course this is not a big problem. This is Chen Jin’s first house, and the one given by Evergrande has been given to Chen Xianqi.

From now on, Lao Chen can let it go when he quarrels with Empress Dowager Su.

That’s what Chen Jin thought.

"Wash your hands and eat!"

Su Wanyu was urging him. After washing his hands, Chen Jin looked at the wine glasses on the table and laughed: "Mom and Dad, you guys are a bit too ritualistic!"

"Your mother said this is a villa, and she has never thought about it in her life!"

"But since you've bought it, you have to decorate it well. Since you're not planning a housewarming, it can only be done this way!"

There was still incense burning in the kitchen.

As I get older, I seem to automatically start to believe in certain things.

Chen Jin can totally understand.

I would rather trust it to have it than to trust it to have nothing.

After filming "Life Events", Chen Jin had a deeper understanding of this sentence.

"All right!"

“First meal in our new home!”

"cheers!"

Su Wanyu gave Chen Xianqi enough face this time. Since these words were spoken by the "head of the family", Chen Jin did not compete with him.

"Country Love" was playing on TV, which was also Chen Xianqi's favorite. Old Chen felt that his life had reached its peak.

"Don't be so cocky, your son's lifelong event hasn't been decided yet!"

Su Wanyu picked up the dishes. Chen Jin didn't expect that he would be put under a tight control just after moving into a new home.

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

Su Wanyu asked very directly.

Chen Jin did not hide it: "Yes!"

"Oh?"

Chen Xianqi, who was watching TV, also glanced over: "Is it true?"

"Then there are fake ones?"

Chen Jin smiled, and Chen Xianqi couldn't help but say, "It's hard to say. Who knows what's true and false in your entertainment industry?"

Su Wanyu also echoed: "Yes, are you just playing around or are you serious?"

"Mom, what are you saying? Your son is not a scumbag!"

"What scumbag?"

None of Su Wanyu's Chinese teachers had ever heard of this term.

"He's the kind of man who has multiple girlfriends at the same time!"

"That doesn't have to be the case!"

Chen Xianqi suddenly said: "Men, you still need to talk more--"

"Just watch your TV. Eating can't stop you from eating!"

"You talk too much!"

Su Wanyu's eyes narrowed, and she picked up the chopsticks and was about to raise them. Chen Xianqi quickly blocked her and said quickly, "Son, it's okay as long as you know what your father meant. I told you that when we were little!"

Well, a man needs to experience several relationships before he can grow.

Lao Chen’s classic motto.

"Do you think your son is the same as you?"

Su Wanyu finally hit the chopsticks, and Chen Xianqi hurriedly got up and went to the kitchen to get another pair.

The moment she left, Su Wanyu secretly said, "However, your father does have some truth in what he said!"

"Do you think the other person is suitable? Bring him back to show his parents, and we will help you check it out!"

"Forget about those who are too pretty and too fancy!"

The expression on Empress Dowager Su's face indicated that "you can't control this kind of girl."

How much do you despise your son?

Chen Jin shook his head: "Okay, find some time!"

He started to eat and didn't want to continue discussing this issue; Su Wanyu obviously didn't take her son's girlfriend to heart. After all, the entertainment industry was a big place, and Chen Jin was considered good enough.

That Han Geng seems to change girlfriends all the time.

Su Wanyu had nothing to do recently so she liked to pay attention to entertainment news, and all she saw was about this big star who came back from Korea.

There is not much news about his son.

She didn't know there was such a thing as buying press releases. She just thought that whoever was popular would be in the news more often and would have all kinds of scandals.

He had just been asking a routine question, but he didn't expect that she would actually get him to tell something.

This guy really has a girlfriend?
So I couldn't help but say a few more words.

"Anyway, you can have as many girlfriends as you want, but you mustn't mess around with me. Do you hear me?"

Su Wanyu emphasized, Chen Jin nodded, and the mother's nagging mode started again; Chen Xianqi saw this and quickly changed the subject: "Son, when will your show be broadcast?"

"What show?"

"'China in Poetry', I saw it on Weibo, and several colleagues sent me messages asking about it!"

Chen Xianqi's expression didn't look like he was asking casually.

Chen Jin asked curiously, "Do you want to see it?"

"What you said is true. The Spring Festival Gala is so popular, of course I want to watch it!"

"Do your colleagues want to do that too?"

"Yup!"

Chen Xianqi looked at Chen Jin's puzzled expression and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing!" "Thought of something!"

Chen Jin ate his meal quickly, but he felt like he had grasped something in his heart.

According to future autobiographical films, the box office of "The Founding of a Party" was only over 4 million yuan, and its first day was not good, with only a little over 1 million yuan in the first weekend.

The subsequent box office growth was due to the long-tail trend and forced viewing.

The compulsory movie watching is easy to understand. "The Founding of a Party" is well-made, and various government agencies, universities, and students will organize viewings.

Yes, not all political films or positive energy films will receive this treatment.

It's not a movie that can do well at the box office by doing this.

For political tasks, the quality of the film also matters.

This only goes to show that the better the movie, the higher the box office will be if this is done.

What Chen Jin had never understood before was why "The Founding of a Party" could develop into a long-term series. A large part of this was due to the creation of the organs, but Chen Xianqi and even the older audience also contributed.

Young people generally rush into the cinema as soon as possible to watch a movie, and they are the main group in the first week.

The next step will be the second and third tier cities, as well as the older group.

Many movies basically fail after only three weeks of release.

However, "The Founding of a Party" still had a daily box office of over one million for two months.

“So, we have to capture this group of older audiences!”

"CCTV's group happens to overlap..."

Most of the viewers of CCTV-1 are middle-aged or even elderly, so "China in Poetry" can really attract a large group of people.

No wonder Han Sanpin is so concerned about it.

Maybe this life-long film "The Founding of a Party" can really break some record.

For many movies, if their first-day box office performance goes up, the overall box office trend will also go up; after all, box office comebacks are rare.

Moreover, Chen Jin also believes that he currently has more box office appeal than the original Liu Huohua.

It’s not because of fame. Chen Jin is more famous than Liu Huohua now, but his qualifications and awards are there.

It’s pretty awesome too.

It’s the Spring Festival Gala program, and the support of his previous works "Love Is Not Blind" and "The Hawthorn Tree". He currently has 33 loyal fans, which means he has earned more than 37 million in box office revenue.

Liu Huohua may not be able to achieve this level.

Many of these die-hard fans are attracted by his good looks, the college entrance examination, and his Spring Festival Gala performance... Anyway, Chen Jin's fans are of quite high quality.

After telling Chen Xianqi that she would record the show in a few days, Chen Jin went upstairs and started exercising directly.

……

Two days later, Chen Jin came to CCTV's variety show studio.

Countless staff members were busy setting up the venue. Liu Gang was quite happy to see Chen Jin: "Here you are, Teacher Tang will be here soon!"

"Have you read the script?"

"I'll just record the first three scenes, reviewing the Spring Festival Gala program, right?"

Although Chen Jin has not been here these days, he is very clear about the program procedures, documents, etc.

"Yes, but this is not the most important thing. The transition between you and Teacher Tang Guoqiang is crucial!"

Liu Gang instructed the others and brought Chen Jin to the side.

“All three acts have a moral!”

"The most important thing is the transition between you and Teacher Tang Guoqiang after the third act. I want it to go from youth to old age in one go, but the expressions of the two of you need to be well coordinated!"

"A god-level transition. If you can do this well, you're halfway to success!"

It is an instant transition from youth to middle age.

If the effect of that transition is good, it can give the audience goose bumps, which will be a great test of the acting skills of both Chen Jin and Tang Guoqiang.

Chen Jin watched Xu Ke's "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" in Venice last year. The movie was very bad, but there was a great transition in it.

Li Bingbing and Chen Xiao obviously look different, but the transition from male to female was so smooth that Chen Jin couldn't see any traces of editing at all.

It is the consistency achieved through makeup and light and shadow.

"Okay, I'll try it later!"

Chen Jin nodded, but asked: "Then will this transition be done through editing, or frame by frame? Or will it be a direct switch between makeup and light and shadow shots?"

Chen Jin's professional words surprised Liu Gang.

Finally, he smiled and said, "I haven't decided whether to change directly or with a transition. This depends on the creativity of the later stage, as well as the performance decision of you and Teacher Tang Guoqiang..."

"It would be easier if you two had similar makeup!"

"Okay, then I'll go and get some practice with Teacher Tang in a bit!"

This can only be achieved through communication between him and Tang Guoqiang to achieve the greatest possible consistency.

If the transformation and switching of characters can be accomplished through makeup and light and shadow, then the transition will absolutely be explosive.

Although the face shape and body shape are different from youth to middle age.

But the sudden and smooth change in facial shape from youth to middle-aged has a strong visual impact on the audience.

"Director Liu!"

Chen Jin was chatting with Liu Gang when he heard a very familiar and powerful voice.

His dialogue skills seem to have reached perfection.

The voice seemed to automatically switch to a ghostly one—"I have never seen such a shameless person!"

"Teacher Tang is here!"

Liu Gang smiled and hurriedly went to greet Tang Guoqiang. Chen Jin also hurriedly greeted him, "Teacher Tang!"

"Haha, Chen Jin, that's incredible!"

"I watched your Spring Festival Gala performance many times. It was a great performance!"

Tang Guoqiang smiled and shook hands with Chen Jin, and was so excited that he refused to let go. Chen Jin had to modestly say, "I've also read Teacher Tang's "Founding of a Republic" several times!"

"I have been looking forward to this cooperation for a long time!"

"me too!"

Tang Guoqiang patted Chen Jin's hand and said, "After I read the script the station sent me, I knew I had to come!"

"I watched your show specifically to get a feel for it!"

This is definitely not bragging.

When Tang Guoqiang knew that he was going to record this program, he specially watched "沁园春·长沙" again. The program was popular before and he was just happy when he watched it.

After some research, I found that Chen Jin's basic skills in lines, body language, etc. are extremely solid.

He had never seen such a powerful young man.

That's why I'm so polite.

"Let's put on our makeup. We can chat while we do it. I've called Master Qin over!"

Liu Gang was talking to the two of them.

Master Qin not only did the makeup for Chen Jin in "The Founding of a Party", but also did the makeup for Tang Guoqiang in "The Founding of a Republic".

He is almost becoming a special makeup artist.

"Okay, let's go!"

Tang Guoqiang walked towards the dressing room happily. Liu Gang thought about it and followed him in. He had to talk to two people about the change of location.

He was not worried about Tang Guoqiang's solo performance and poetry recitation "沁园春·雪" later, but the shot of switching between the two people was the most difficult.

One has to perform the spirit of youth, the other one is middle-aged, and their expressions are similar, but their temperaments are completely different.

Therefore, how to complete the transition in a harmonious manner is a very difficult task that tests the actors' grasp.

By then, the audience will be able to clearly distinguish the obvious change from youth to middle age!
(End of this chapter)