Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 319 Find a teacher to practice your lines

"Hello, teachers. My name is Hu Ge. I'm from Tangren Film and Television and graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy." Hu Ge also came to audition for "The Invisible Guest".

He is certainly a big name in the drama industry, but in the film industry, he is still an absolute newcomer.

"Today I want to audition for the role of Qin Lang, the male lead in "The Invisible Guest." Hu Ge stood in front of the casting team.

There is no problem with Hu Ge's image, which was also confirmed by Li Qiutang: "You are very handsome, so it should be no problem for you to play the role of the company president."

"Thank you, director."

"Have you had similar acting experience before? Don't talk about period films, talk about your modern fashion films, especially your experience in workplace films."

"Yes." Hu Ge introduced his experience in fashion films.

"Bitter Coffee", "Modern New Humans", "Invincible Masters" and the recently aired "Refresh 3+7" are all urban fashion films.

"You've acted in quite a few roles," said the producer.

Logically speaking, Tang Ren had no chance of getting the role of Qiu Qiu, but no one knew what magical power Cai Yinong had used to get the audition opportunity.

"Oh, yes. I've played too many ancient costume roles before, so I want to act in a modern film." Hu Ge answered honestly.

Li Qiutang was willing to give Hu Ge a chance: "How about this, you go to the back with our makeup artist to put on some makeup and change clothes, and we'll try out a scene and see how it works."

"Okay." The opportunity has been given, whether Hu Ge can seize it depends on his performance, "Thank you, teachers."

Hugo left, next one.

Liu Shishi.

Hmm? Tang Ren was able to bring two people here?
"Hello, teachers. My name is Liu Shishi, and I'm from Shanghai Tangren Film and Television. Today I'm here to audition for the role of the second female lead Xu Lin."

The producer laughed first: "Your Tang Ren is very capable." It is not clear whether he meant that producer Tang Ren is good, or that Tang Ren is good at inserting people.

And said:

"Why did you come here to audition? You should have no shortage of roles to play." I wanted to ask Hu Ge this question just now.

Liu Shishi should have prepared for this question in advance: "I want to try more diverse roles. It is my dream to work with such an excellent director like Director Li."

This is a cliché, and everyone here has heard it. It neither deducts points nor adds points.

Even if she said directly, "I want to act in a movie," Li Qiutang would feel that she was honest.

"That Hu Ge just now is also from your company, right?"

"Yes, we are friends and came here together."

"Okay, he's going to the back to put on his makeup. Can you act with him in a scene later? We'll see how you two perform together."

"Row."

After chatting with Liu Shishi for a while, Hu Ge came back after putting on makeup and changing his clothes.

The producer handed the two pages of the script to the two and said, "You have 10 minutes to prepare and discuss. You are friends and have acted together before, so you should have good chemistry. I am looking forward to your performance."

These are two full pages, telling the story of Qin Lang and Xu Lin before and after the car accident.

Both of them can perform well in this section.

The two men dragged two chairs and placed them side by side to serve as the main and front passenger seats of the car.

"...So we are in a good situation now." "Yes, but you can't have your cake and eat it too. Someone has to make sacrifices."

It's Liu Shishi's turn to speak here, but she gets stuck. The casting judges quickly realize the problem. Let's see how they deal with it.

Hu Ge reacted quickly, skipping Liu Shishi's line and continuing with his own: "We shouldn't do this, you know it's not good."

"Then let's break up."

Hu Ge stared at Liu Shishi in a daze: "I'm sorry."

boom!
Li Qiutang slammed the table as if it were the sound of a car crash.

The two people's subsequent performances, especially Liu Shishi's, made Li Qiutang almost lose control of her expression.

very bad!
This kind of improvisational performance requires the actors' basic skills, but Li Qiutang did not see Liu Shishi's basic skills, at least in this section.

The lines, expressions, and overall acting skills are not good.

Liu Shishi must have been affected by forgetting the lines just now. She also saw the puzzled and disappointed expressions of the three casting teachers.

This caused her performance to get worse and worse. After the car accident, she should have taken the lead and led Hugo forward, but she failed to complete her task.

"Okay." Li Qiutang called a halt. "I think you know how it went, so we won't talk about it. Okay."

"I'm sorry, teacher." Liu Shishi apologized first. This audition opportunity was really something Tang Ren had fought for her with great difficulty. She also knew that her performance just now was extremely bad.

"It's okay. You still have a long way to go in acting. Just study hard and hone your basic skills." Saying this was equivalent to eliminating her.

The producer said to Liu Shishi, "Looking at your resume, you graduated from a dance academy, right? I suggest you find a professional dialogue teacher to take a few lessons when you have time. There are problems with your dialogue. Practice hard, there's still time."

She is so popular now, how could she have time to find a teacher for lessons? She probably took time out of her busy schedule to come for the audition today.

Li Qiutang asked Liu Shishi to go out first and left Hu Ge alone.

Hu Ge chatted inside for another twenty minutes before removing his makeup and leaving.

On this day, Li Qiutang was invited to attend the premiere of "Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart". He had seen this movie a long time ago. Yan Bingyan gave the best performance in the Chinese film industry in recent years. This movie had nothing to do with Li Qiutang, but Li Qiutang still agreed to come to the scene to support the movie.

He told reporters at the premiere celebration: "I have seen the movie in advance and came here today to congratulate them."

After the film screening, Li Qiutang gave Yan Bingyan a bouquet of flowers. On stage, he praised Yan Bingyan as a "great actor" and said her performance in the film "deserves a Best Actress trophy."

He also promised that after the film is officially released, he would book a screening for his friends to watch such an excellent movie and such excellent actors.

At the end of the premiere, in addition to talking about the movie "Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart", Li Qiutang was also asked by reporters about seeing Liu Yifei off at the airport last month.

This matter had originally passed, and no one wanted to see the follow-up, but since Li Qiutang had shown up, let's get to the bottom of it.

"What is your relationship with Liu Yifei? Why did you send her to the airport? She even hugged you."

Li Qiutang responded: "Don't report nonsense. Yifei flew abroad that day to discuss cooperation on a play. This play was produced by our company, so I just sent her over on the way. It's that simple." Was there a word wrong in Li Qiutang's words?
"It's just a goodbye, just a hug. I can hug you now too." Li Qiutang said with a smile.

"Can you tell me what film Yifei is discussing while abroad?" Since there is no scandal, let's ask something else.

“I don’t know if I can appear on the show yet, it all depends on the director and producer’s choice, it’s not a good idea for me to say it in advance.

"Okay, today is the "Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart" event, so I won't waste your time."

Having said this, he left the event surrounded by staff.

(End of this chapter)