fringe artist

Chapter 23 23. The Stubborn Brother Kai (for further reading, for collection)
The courtyards in Beijing don't seem to be hot in summer. There is a very lush ginkgo tree in the huge courtyards.

There are still many white flowers blooming in the green leaves, but now it is June, most of the flowers have withered and grown into young fruits.

There is also a stone table under the shade of the tree, which is dusty and looks very old.

Chen Li'an and Shu Qi were in Cheng Kaige's courtyard at this time.

"Didn't you say it was just a recommendation? Why did you come to Cheng Kaige's house?" Chen Li'an asked curiously.

Shu Qi narrowed her small eyes under the transparent lenses, and said a little arrogantly: "I'm not... um... thigh, I can also be considered a calf. What kind of adjectives are you talking about, it's weird."

"Okay, Mr. Shanks, I hope I, a young actor, can succeed in the audition." Chen Li'an chuckled, and then noticed a woman coming out of the east room of the courtyard.

Shu Qi briefly introduced: "Xu Feng, the producer."

Chen Li'an nodded, knowing this person's name, her husband is very rich.

The Fengyue crew is still in the stage of creating the story and building the location, so the brainstorming of several screenwriters is at Cheng Kaige's house.

The producer, Xu Feng, was naturally there too, but she didn't look very happy, she was standing under the eaves and making a phone call.

Seeing Shu Qi bring Chen Li'an in, she just nodded, and then continued to make calls.

Chen Li'an heard two sentences, which seemed to be that there was a problem with the work of setting up scenes in Shanghai.

In order to make a movie, a street in old Shanghai was specially built. The producer is not a local tyrant who can't do this.

But this is because of Cheng Kaige's face, so Tang Chen is willing to pay the money. If Wang Xiaoshuai is an underground director, no one will pay any attention to him.

Shu Qi brought Chen Li'an to the front of the study, opened the door and took Chen Li'an in.

In the room, Cheng Kaige was chatting with Wang Yi'an, and when he saw Shu Qi coming in, he immediately said excitedly: "It's just in time for you to come back, I want to change the role of Yu Zhongliang again, and add a scene between him and Duanwu, at the end of the movie. Standing shoulder to shoulder and looking at each other, the two men who were both abandoned by Ruyi, in the end, there is hatred and sympathy."

Wang Yi'an sat beside him and didn't speak, as if he had long been used to Cheng Kaige being the same for a while, but Shu Qi had a headache.

"If you change it like this, you will have to move ahead, and the rivalry between Duan Wu and Zhongliang will increase in the front."

Shu Qi's words made Cheng Kaige frowned slightly, and then said: "I don't think it's necessary, the previous ones are already good, and the last one won't affect it."

Shu Qi glanced at Wang Yi'an and wanted her to say a few words, but Wang Yi'an had tried it before Shu Qi came in, and now she didn't want to talk at all.

"Yi An also agrees." Cheng Kaige looked at Shu Qi and added.

Shu Qi's expression was slightly startled, she looked at Wang Yi'an with questioning eyes, Wang Yi'an smiled slightly, and then there was a trace of helpless compromise in her eyes.

Wang Yi'an has already given up her plan to persuade Cheng Kaige, as long as the story can go on, then she doesn't care.

Now her attention is more on Chen Li'an, and she always feels that Chen Li'an is very similar to Yu Zhongliang who demolishes the White Party in the story, rather than Duan Wu who came to audition.

After working together for a month, Shu Qi understood Wang Yi'an's attitude in seconds, but he still didn't want to give up, so he said to Cheng Kaige: "Zhongliang and Duanwu are different. What do you want to express by the feeling you mentioned?"

"The persecution of women's rights by men's rights, whether it is a servant or a former lover, at this moment they all choose to destroy Ruyi." Cheng Kaige still insisted on his views.

Shu Qi stopped talking, if the dispute continued, Cheng Kaige would say that famous saying again, this is mine.

After being silent for a while, Shu Qi said, "Okay, I'll add it later."

After speaking quickly, Shu Qi skipped the topic that bothered him, and said to Cheng Kaige: "This is Chen Li'an, I told you, come to audition for Dragon Boat Festival."

Chen Li'an hasn't read the current script yet, so he doesn't know if what they are talking about is the one he saw last, but he is a little surprised by Cheng Kaige's ego and stubbornness.

He could see the perfunctory and compromise in Wang Yi'an's eyes, and he could also see that Shu Qi was telling the truth, but Cheng Kaige didn't seem to "discover", or didn't care?

Chen Li'an even felt that he asked Wang Yi'an and Shu Qi to come here just as tools to provide him with inspiration and reference.

"Director Cheng, Teacher Wang."

Chen Li'an greeted him very politely, without being overly enthusiastic.

After Cheng Kaige looked carefully at Chen Li'an, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

It is beautiful and sunny, but it also gives people a very lonely feeling. Chen Li'an feels very contradictory to Cheng Kaige, and has a very strange attraction.

"You're not like Duan Wu, you're more like Zhong Liang, but you have a more masculine temperament, while Zhong Liang is more feminine." Cheng Kaige looked at Chen Li'an and said.

Chen Li'an frowned slightly, raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "It's normal for actors and characters to have deviations, and I don't audition Zhongliang."

"That's right, come and sit down and talk." Cheng Kaige sat down and beckoned Chen Li'an to sit with him, a little arrogant but also very polite in dealing with others.

Pride is his character, etiquette is his upbringing, and he is also a very interesting person.

Chen Li'an casually sat across from Cheng Kaige, this time he didn't enter the scene before the audition like the extremely cold audition, turning himself into a Dragon Boat Festival.

Chen Li'an's impression of Cheng Kaige is that he is extremely selfish. He must like an actor who can act according to his ideas.

People like Cheng Kaige are hard to figure out, if you are like the character, he won't like you.

What he wants is an actor, who has something in common with the character, but also allows him to splash ink wantonly on a good white paper.

Because he always comes up with new ideas at any time, actors who are too fixed are not suitable for him.

For the role of Dragon Boat Festival, Xu Feng originally recommended an actor from Treasure Island, but because the script was not finished, he never came to the mainland to audition.

If no one recommends it, the role of Dragon Boat Festival will not be cast, but Shu Qi and Cheng Kaige are friends. Shu Qi helped to make the overseas release of Farewell My Concubine, and this time she also came to be a screenwriter.

Naturally, he wanted to save face, and since Shu Qi praised Chen Li'an so well, Cheng Kaige also wanted to see what was so good about it.

"Have you read the novel?"

"Looked."

"Okay, then watch this scene and try it later." Chen Kaige found a page from the scattered script and handed it to Chen Li'an.

"it is good."

Chen Li'an looked at the scene to be auditioned later, and suspected that Cheng Kaige was fooling himself.

There is only one sentence on the paper, outside the Pang family ancestral hall, Duan Wu saw Ruyi for the first time after growing up.

Shu Qi came over and took a look, feeling that it was quite simple, so she whispered to Chen Li'an: "It won't trouble you, perform well, the most important feeling."

This kind of scene is indeed not difficult for Chen Li'an, it is a very simple scene, and the emotions of the characters do not change much.

Chen Li'an took a look and adjusted his mood.

"Ready."

Several people in the room immediately focused their eyes on Chen Li'an, only to see that Chen Li'an, who was originally a little lazy, changed his temperament instantly.

Honest and simple, with a trace of anxious expectation, like a young boy who is about to meet the person he admires.

Just at this time Xu Feng pushed the door and came in. Chen Li'an, who was just about to make a move, almost couldn't hold back his deeds, but in an instant, his years of drama stage experience made him react very quickly, and directly regarded Xu Feng as the wishful thing in the script.

Chen Li'an looked at Xu Feng with a flash of panic, mixed with excitement and admiration, but this admiration was quickly suppressed. The difference in status between the servant and the eldest lady made him dare not reveal his heart.

Chen Li'an retreated slightly to the back of the chair next to him, his fingers grasping the chair and his knuckles turned slightly white due to the force, as if he was very nervous inside.

It's just that the corner of his eye was still watching Xu Feng secretly. When Xu Feng continued to walk into the house, Chen Li'an immediately changed his position and kept the angle between himself and Xu Feng at an angle where he could see her side face.

Seemingly confirming that Xu Feng would not notice him from this angle, the expression on Chen Li'an's face was no longer controlled, the admiration and excitement in his eyes seemed to turn into real eyes, burning his back.

Xu Feng who just walked in was a little surprised why everyone was so quiet, and when he turned his head, he saw Chen Li'an staring at him.

What kind of look was that, envy, love, panic, annoyance, Xu Feng realized that she was trying to play, and then her eyes lit up.

This young actor seems to be very good!

Cheng Kaige and Wang Yi'an originally wanted to stop when Xu Feng came in, but how could they expect Chen Li'an's next performance to directly excite them.

"Great! Li'an, your acting is great. Although it's a bit different from the script I thought, this kind of careful probing and hazy feeling is really great!"

Cheng Kaige interrupted the audition in excitement, couldn't help but stood up and said, "This role is you!"

(End of this chapter)