Movie tycoon

Chapter 517 Casting
In fact, Chen Xiaotang was right. The only way for movie stars like Hong Kong to get to know mainland people in the early 80s was through TV series, such as "Shooting the Condor", "Shanghai Beach", and "Rogue Tycoon". People in mainland China may not necessarily buy into many big names in Hong Kong who have really become popular.

For example, Chen Xiaotang himself is very popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Taiwan, and Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, etc., but for the closed-off mainland people, his popularity may not be as good as that of Li Lianjie. A little bit, so if the show "Jing Wu Heroes" relies on his popularity to dominate the mainland market, it will undoubtedly be dangerous, but now that a mainland "big star" like Li Lianjie is joining, it is undoubtedly tantamount to buying insurance.

Next, Chen Xiaotang officially introduced Li Lianjie to the crew of "Jing Wu Heroes". Everyone got to know each other and greeted each other. Since Li Lianjie himself speaks Cantonese very badly, everyone talked to him in the same way. , so I didn’t say much when we got together, but the director Xu Xiaoming pulled Li Lianjie aside, gave him the script and said: "Research and study, it will start up in three or four days at most!"

Only then did Li Lianjie know that he had become a real actor in this play.

Here after Li Lianjie finished the screen audition, Chen Xiaotang packed up the materials and began to interview other people with the director Xu Xiaoming.Including some of the actors and actresses of this drama.

Especially in terms of actresses, Guan Zhilin originally played the Japanese girl in the film. In addition, there is another very important female role, which is the woman in the brothel who has a relationship with Huo Tinge.

In the original version, Cai Shaofen played this role, but now a newcomer has to be selected to fill it.So when the audition started, the hallway was full of people.

This large group of actors who came to apply for the job lined up from the gate of the interview hall to the downstairs, winding between corridors and corridors, forming a long queue of people.

And the actresses who come to apply for the job can be said to be of all kinds, some are old, young, painted, coquettish, and people are dazzled.

At this moment, Chen Xiaotang, Xu Xiaoming and others who just auditioned for Li Lianjie last night were sitting in the interview hall again.They had auditioned no fewer than thirty actresses in succession.But there are still a large group of people waiting for interviews and auditions.

Seeing so many people, Xu Xiaoming couldn't help but rubbed his temples, and complained to Chen Xiaotang: "Tang Zai, there are too many people here, and we have only interviewed less than a quarter of them so far, so you can't ask too much." If it’s too high, we need to speed up the efficiency!”

"That can't be too sloppy. A big reason for the success of a play comes from the actors in it. If the actors don't perform well, ghosts will like it!" Chen Xiaotang said with a smile.

As an actor himself, Chen Xiaotang understands the importance of "actor" in a play better than anyone else.

Xu Xiaoming was really dissatisfied with Chen Xiaotang's "serious" attitude in doing things.Then the two of them had to bite the bullet and interview other actresses again.

On the rostrum of the interview hall, Chen Xiaotang and the others sat upright, with the materials of the audition personnel, as well as paper and pens in front of them, planning to give marks to the comers.A room full of people hurriedly entered the interview state, and the staff in charge of the field recorder invited in the applicants.

She is not tall, has short hair, and wears short-sighted glasses. According to the information, the other party is a female college student who has just graduated. It is said that she has acting experience in school, playing the role of "Juliet" in Shakespeare's play.However, the girl in front of her still seemed very nervous, and from time to time she rubbed her skirt with her hands.

"Hello!" Chen Xiaotang smiled and beckoned her to sit down, "I am Chen Xiaotang, the president of Moying Entertainment Company. Don't be nervous, please treat it as if you are at home..."

"You are the big star Chen Xiaotang?" The girl looked at Chen Xiaotang short of breath, her eyes shining.Now Chen Xiaotang is well-known, talented, self-made, versatile in film and television, and a superstar in the entertainment industry. Therefore, for those girls who love to dream, they are undoubtedly very attractive.

Seeing the girl's surprised and inexplicable expression, Chen Xiaotang smiled habitually, and said: "As for the person next to me, it is Mr. Xu Xiaoming, the director of the movie "Jing Wu Heroes", and he is also the interviewer who scored the interview. So , don't be nervous, just perform well!"

"Okay, I'm not nervous!" The girl pushed her glasses, her face was quite pale, so white that the freckles on her face were clearly visible.

"Well, please introduce yourself first, such as what is your name?" Xu Xiaoming, the main interviewer, said.

"Ah? I'm not nervous!" The girl misunderstood when she got excited.

"Hahaha!" Xu Xiaoming couldn't help laughing.

The girl looked more reserved, couldn't help but adjusted her glasses, and smiled embarrassingly, revealing her braces, a bit like "ugly women are invincible".

Chen Xiaotang seemed very calm. After all, as a person who came to audition just after graduation, it was inevitable that the girl would be more nervous than the others.In addition, in his opinion, those who come with dreams should be respected.

So Chen Xiaotang comforted her again and said: "Take a deep breath, it will help your mood. Alright, why don't we just turn to the topic, what role do you want to play in our movie when you come to the audition this time?"

"Oh, I want to play the heroine who is as beautiful as a fairy and a national beauty." The girl subconsciously adjusted her glasses again before she said it, looking a little embarrassed.

"The heroine?" Director Xu Xiaoming, who was drinking water next to him, spouted out a mouthful of water, and a few drops of tea splashed onto the skirt of the "four-eyed girl".

"Then, then supporting roles are fine too!" Four-eyed girl didn't care about being sprayed with water, Ren Xu Xiaoming embarrassedly took out a tissue and handed her to wipe it.She seemed to care about Chen Xiaotang's reaction, and hurriedly lowered her request incoherently.

"Please miss, which role do you want to audition for?" Du Kefeng, the photographer who patted the four-eyed girl sitting next to him, asked helplessly. He probably was tired from this posture, so he couldn't help but urge him.

"Ordinary characters, but also good characters! Of course, it's better to have a line or two of dialogue...anything is fine!" The four-eyed girl looked very uninitiated, which reminded Chen Xiaotang of the youthful Maggie Cheung.

Today's Zhang Manyugui is a little Huadan in the film and television industry, and Chen Xiaotang and Chen Xiaotang get together less and leave more, but they seem strange.When filming this movie, Chen Xiaotang also considered Zhang Manyu, but Zhang Manyu's agent said that there was no time and declined.Chen Xiaotang didn't know whether it was her manager's idea or her own, but one thing can be confirmed, Zhang Manyu is really popular now, and she doesn't need the support of a super big name like herself.Thinking of the last time he was "f*cked" by Zhang Manyu in the men's room, Chen Xiaotang felt very depressed. It seemed that this woman would change a lot once she entered the entertainment industry.

Shaking his head, Chen Xiaotang pulled himself away from these chaotic thoughts, facing the shy four-eyed girl in front of him, Chen Xiaotang was even more tolerant, after all, no one can become a big star all at once.

"Don't be afraid, whatever you want to play, you just play whatever you want... audition for the heroine? Then simply go and put on makeup first, and then come here for an audition." Chen Xiaotang said with a good temper.

So the makeup artist quickly took out a set of costumes from the Republic of China period, as well as some cosmetics, and helped the four-eyed girl to dress up.

After a while, everything was over, and the four-eyed girl was "rejuvenated" by the makeup artist. Not only did she lose her four eyes, but she also showed a little beauty.

The staff politely lead her to the good camera.

Auditions begin.

"Now please face the camera and us. We will conduct an audition." Director Xu Xiaoming politely asked her to stand in the middle of the open space, and then photographer Duke Feng followed up to take a close-up of her.

"Okay, okay!" The four-eyed girl became more cautious in front of the camera, standing upright.

"Hehe, take it easy!" Xu Xiaoming said to the four-eyed girl.

"Well, I think you should sit down first." Seeing that she was really nervous, Chen Xiaotang had no choice but to let her sit down first.Xu Xiaoming asked Du Kefeng, who was the photographer, to adjust the lens accordingly.

The four-eyed girl sat down obediently.

"Now let's do some simple projects. You just need to make emotional, sad, and sad expressions in turn. Of course, you can use gestures or make sounds like sighs, but no lines are allowed."

"Oh, let me think about it." The four-eyed girl lowered her head in thought, and said after a while, "Okay, can we start?"

"OK, you stand up and turn around first, and then every time you turn around to face us, make an expression. Remember the sequence is joy, anger, sorrow, joy..." Chen Xiaotang looked at her and said.

Xu Xiaoming and Du Kefeng really didn't understand what Chen Xiaotang was thinking in their hearts. They thought that there was no need to be so troublesome for a girl with no qualifications, but Chen Xiaotang only had one thought, and that was --- respect every auditioner!
Neither the actor nor the queen is born!Who can be sure that there is no future white swan among these ugly ducklings? !
And as far as Chen Xiaotang knows, both Schwarzenegger and Stallone in the previous life failed several times because they were too nervous in front of the camera, so Chen Xiaotang must treat each audition carefully, since they can enter the audition after a series of selections. When it comes to the audition, they still have potential.

"Can we start?" The girl obediently stood up and faced the window, with her back to Chen Xiaotang and the others.

After slightly adjusting her mood and state, the four-eyed girl began to turn around to Chen Xiaotang and the others. Of course, her body was still straight, and she hurriedly turned around, making a smile like an ancient woman looking back at Chen Xiaotang and the others, and smirked 1 minute, then turned back in a panic and turned away from them again.

"Hehe!" The director Xu Xiaoming was snickering again. This kung fu director seems to have a good sense of humor, but seeing how guilty, stiff, and weak the four-eyed girl was when she laughed just now, even Chen Xiaotang wanted to laugh. However, he held back desperately and said, "Continue——"

After ten seconds of adjustment, the four-eyed girl slowly turned back, her eyes fluttered, and after looking at Chen Xiaotang and the others for three seconds, she suddenly twisted her waist, stomped her feet, and turned the chair in front of her over. Oh, that aura really looks a bit "angry".

Chen Xiaotang and the others were dumbfounded, but the four-eyed girl turned her head back to face the wall in a panic.

"The word anger is not bad, but it's a pity that the chair fell hard!" Chen Xiaotang praised her in his heart, and then ordered the staff: "Go and help the chair up!"

As soon as Chen Xiaotang finished speaking, the four-eyed girl turned around and came back, holding her orchid in her hand, her eyes filled with tears, and sighed softly, and when the sigh was over, she wiped her tears with a gesture of self-pity. Resenting the appearance of resenting women for thousands of years.

Du Kefeng, who was the photographer over there, gave Chen Xiaotang an OK gesture to express his appreciation.

The four-eyed girl turned around for the last time and faced them, "Hey, hey, hey!" She giggled for a minute, then continued to turn and face the wall.

"Ahem, mouse head, snake tail, leopard belly!" Chen Xiaotang couldn't help but said, "Okay, you can turn back."

The four-eyed girl turned around, facing Chen Xiaotang and the others stood upright again.

Chen Xiaotang beat her up in her heart. Although her anger and sorrow are very good, happiness and happiness are the most common expressions of actors. Happiness and happiness are also compulsory courses for actors. She was very at a loss for both of them. , maybe because of nervousness...

Next, Chen Xiaotang prepared some clips from "Heroes of Fist of Fighting", and let the four-eyed girl play the role of the big girl in the brothel, not to mention, it looks silly.

After the audition, the four-eyed girl was excited and incoherent again, saying how much she likes acting, and hoped that the magic shadow company would give herself a chance.

It was inconvenient for Chen Xiaotang to say anything, but the director Xu Xiaoming told her that if the audition was successful, he would call her personally so that she should not worry.The four-eyed girl reluctantly left.

Interviews and auditions continue.

After working for almost two hours, from 11:30 am to [-]:[-] am, Chen Xiaotang's mood was mixed with joy and worry.

The joy is that today's actresses are all simple, which may have something to do with the fact that they have not experienced the glitz and luxury of the entertainment industry, and they don't use tricks to help themselves become famous like the actresses of later generations.They just stand in front of you honestly and do some corresponding performances according to what you said.

What Chen Xiaotang was worried about was that all the actors had obvious stage performance styles.Watching them perform, you feel a little pretentious, a little artificial.They feel that they are performing, but from the perspective of an expert like Chen Xiaotang, it is obvious that they are not blending with the characters from the heart. To put it bluntly, they don't know how to perform life as it is, they are just putting on a show.

So, after working so hard for a long time, Chen Xiaotang only selected a few girls who could still be molded, and let them play some small roles in the play, hoping to give them more opportunities in the future so that they can grow up as soon as possible.

Lying on the boss chair, Chen Xiaotang rubbed his temples in a dizzy manner, and then said to Xu Xiaoming: "Brother Ming, it seems that you are right, we have to speed up, otherwise, if we continue at this speed, our play I’m afraid we’ll have to wait until next year to start filming.”

Xu Xiaoming laughed, "You finally know!"

At this time, there were several people waiting outside the door.

The interview process is almost the same, except that the person who comes to interview the heroine will have a different audition, the others are the basic skills of interviewing some actors, such as emotions, anger, sorrow, joy, etc.

Then Chen Xiaotang and the others interviewed three more girls, two of them were high school students, they were only fifteen or sixteen years old this year, and their looks were fairly pretty, but it was a pity that they felt too immature.

The other actress who came to audition for the role was a company white-collar worker. She had a good sense of the camera, and she was very natural in front of the camera, but there was one thing, her appearance was a little bit shabby, which didn't fit everyone's aesthetics. After all, she was filming "Jing Wu Heroes" , not filming "ghost films".

Then they interviewed an aunt in her 40s. She claimed to be a movie lover, and her job was to sell vegetables in the vegetable market. Because she was good at singing and dancing, people respected her as "Cauliflower Aunt".

Aunt Cauliflower began to spit and talk freely from the moment she entered the door, pulling Chen Xiaotang and the others to talk about everything from Marilyn Monroe in the United States to Lin Qingxia in Hong Kong today.Seeing her enthusiasm, Chen Xiaotang really didn't have the nerve to say that they didn't need an actor as old this time.

Of course, hearing her talk about the superstar Chen Xiaotang's talent, wisdom and martial arts, inheriting the past and opening up the future, bird raw fish soup... made Chen Xiaotang have the urge to add some role to her alone.

But when she finished the audition, Chen Xiaotang's impulse disappeared.

The expression of this cauliflower aunt is suitable for acting in operas. It is too exaggerated. It seems a bit unsuitable for movies, especially Kung Fu movies like this that promote the national spirit, which have high requirements for the atmosphere of the times performed by actors, and she just can't do it at this point.

Then Chen Xiaotang and the others interviewed two girls who came together. They said they were employees of a company and they were colleagues.The beautiful one came to interview the heroine, and the ordinary-looking one said that she would like to be an extra.In the end, the pretty one was too weak, but everyone agreed that she was pretty good as a supporting actress.

After the two girls left, it was already afternoon, and Chen Xiaotang felt a little impatient. After so many auditions, all the ones he got were maidservants, or the old bustards, and none of them could be the heroine.

Just when Chen Xiaotang sighed secretly, his elder brother's phone rang suddenly.

Chen Xiaotang was surprised, who would be calling at this time, I don't know if I am busy.

After answering the call, there was a very familiar voice on the other end, "A Tang, it's me, SAM!"

SAM, the song god Xu Guanjie? !
Chen Xiaotang couldn't help being taken aback.

You know, for Chen Xiaotang, the song god Xu Guanjie has some kindness for him. After all, when Chen Xiaotang was not popular, it was Xu Guanjie who invited him to sing in his personal concert. "Exaggerated", this is how Chen Xiaotang's earth-shattering upstart in the music scene came into being.

However, Chen Xiaotang's reputation in the music scene is obviously slightly louder than this song god. After all, Chen Xiaotang's sales of diamond records are not covered.But where is the name of the God of Songs, Chen Xiaotang still respects him very much.

(End of this chapter)