I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 576: 574. Wrist Shake

Chapter 576 574. Shake the wrist

In the afternoon, the second round of auditions officially began.

Film auditions are not actually competitions, it’s not about whoever plays well will win.

It's like a sort of... filtered comparison.

Those who can be shortlisted, except for the relationship outside, the other actors are Xu Xin who thinks they are suitable, and their acting skills are also in line with expectations.

The choice of these people, after the second round of makeup, is actually more about choosing people who are closer to the image of their inner characters when everyone is good.

Strictly speaking, it has little to do with acting skills.

It depends on the overall feeling and the effect after applying makeup.

A few makeup artists from Headwind brought all the team members here.

In addition to Wu Ming's management, the clothing director brought a bunch of clothes.

The entire 10th floor seemed very busy.

"Old Tang."

After finishing her makeup, Xi Wei stood behind Tang Yan with a smile.

At the moment the make-up artist is giving her a hairstyle.

Director Xu's requirement is to be a "lady", but not too delicate.

This is the requirement for makeup.

After giving the make-up artist a rough sketch, her make-up artist drew a little slower in order to fit the image, which was far inferior to Xi Wei's light makeup.

And Xu Xin's requirement for her is to wear an ordinary girl's makeup, not to be so beautiful, but to look more ordinary. And bring a wig, the one with bangs is over.

Although Xie Wei was still quite dazed that she was able to advance to the next level.

But she has a carefree personality. After finishing her makeup, she didn't read the script like everyone else, but she moved to Tang Yan's side.

"Um."

Tang Yan kept his head motionless, and even talked with his mouth pursed, for fear that the makeup artist would be affected by the muscles on his face when he spoke.

"Seventh brother, don't you read the script?"

"Well, I just took a look around. Hey, life and death are fate and wealth is up to God."

While talking, Xi Wei stared at her makeup, and asked suspiciously:

"Who are you playing?"

"..."

Hearing this, Tang Yan glanced at her wig with bangs...

replied:

"Li Ke."

"Oh~~"

Xi Wei suddenly realized.

Then, carelessly, she showed her delicate side.

She directly changed the subject:

"Are you free tonight? Looking for a place to have a drink? Lao Lin came with me, can you call someone?"

"..."

The corner of Tang Yan's mouth twitched.

On the one hand, it was because Seventh Brother knew to hide it for himself, and on the other hand, it was because she still exposed the news of her love affair.

But she still said:

"Okay...Old Lin is here?"

"Well, I came here specially this time with me. You are familiar with Modu, arrange a place?"

"Well…"

Tang Yan thought for a while and said:

"Four people on a date... Then we need to find a good place. Let me arrange it~"

"Okay~ Then I'll tell Lao Lin."

Seeing Xi Wei nodded, Tang Yan couldn't help but glanced at her face again.

Brother Seven is really pretty...

Such a beautiful girl, how on earth did she become a lesbian...

I don’t understand.

And the makeup artist who put on Tang Yan's makeup was actually quite puzzled when he heard the two of them chatting.

Old Lin?

Who?

It can't be Lin Xunxin, can it?

…

After preparing for more than an hour, at almost 4 o'clock in the afternoon, all the actors had finished their makeup and put on the costumes provided by the crew.

And this time it was no longer a solo audition.

Whoever has a relationship with whom, and whoever is in series with whom, then directly partner on stage.

The content of the performance is no longer fixed. It is good for everyone to perform according to the paragraphs that have a plot connection between themselves and their partners.

More than two hundred people, less than 50 people were selected in total.

Xu Xin sat on a chair and watched.

Swipe while watching.

Tick the ones that are suitable, tick the ones that are not suitable, and leave the ones that are not suitable for further observation.

And this time, there is a video.

Soon came the plot of Tang Yan and Wang Sicong.

The content of the performance chosen by the two was selected by Tang Yan, and it was actually a replica of the performance in the morning. One advantage of this play is that Wei Yiran, played by Wang Sicong, has very few lines.

The opening sentence is "Sorry, I asked you to make a special trip." and "Li Ke's Mandarin is very good, many people can't tell that she is actually from the mainland."

When it was their turn, Tang Yan and Wang Sicong stood on Xu Xin's left.

"let's start?"

Hearing Tang Yan's words, Wang Sicong took a deep breath and nodded.

Wearing a blue casual suit with a pure white T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers inside. Look relaxed and decent.

And on his wrist is a piece of Richard Miller known as the "Billionaire's Club".

Not to mention... this watch is really suitable.

All the temperament of the rich is highlighted at once.

Especially Tang Yan was standing on his left, and when he got his response after saying "Start", he directly took his arm.

After the left hand with the watch is bent, all the outlines of the watch are highlighted, and the smell is even stronger.

The two began to walk forward.

But just after taking a step, Wang Sicong suddenly burst out laughing.

"Sorry sorry, wait."

He waved his hand, and Tang Yan also loosened his arms in coordination, and retreated to the original place.

Then I saw him start to take a deep breath again, and began to mutter in a low voice:

"I don't have to act..."

"I'm just rich..."

"None of you exist..."

"..."

Xu Xin subconsciously covered his chin and rubbed it.

He wanted to laugh, but he was afraid of disturbing his friend's state, so in the end he could only suppress the smile by rubbing his mouth with his palm.

But the reactions of others were more realistic.

After hearing his grunt, everyone agreed.

That's right, brother, you are indeed a rich man...

And he hypnotized himself for more than a minute. When he opened his eyes again, he didn't know whether it was because of his psychological quality or something else. His tense body immediately relaxed.

The appearance also returned to the original idleness.

"OK!"

Seeing him nodding, Tang Yan took his arm again.

Xu Xin glanced at Wang Ying who was watching from the side.

The two began to walk.

It takes only five or six steps from the starting position to the two rows of seats.

Tang Yan cooperated and led Wang Sicong forward step by step. When he reached the fourth step, he waved his hand to the air:

"Hello~"

The moment she got the signal, Wang Sicong also smiled in the direction of her greeting:

"Sorry, I asked you to make a special trip."

The tone is very polite.

Just like usual, he is no different in private.

Or exactly the same cultivation.

After saying this word, his face was completely red.

Obviously, inner activities are not as calm and normal as they appear on the surface.

But fortunately, after this line, the rest are Tang Yan's lines. So after taking his seat, he followed his most natural state. The moment he sat on the chair, he came out in the usual posture of leaning back on the chair and raising Erlang's legs.

At the same time, he shook his legs twice.

But he seemed to realize something, so he quickly stopped shaking, and instinctively glanced at Xu Xin again.

Actually, from this point on, if this performance was shot normally, it would be NG.

Your actor’s eyes are guided by the camera in any direction. What director are you looking at?

Then there is no show?

But Xu Xin didn't stop.

Because he is very satisfied with the appearance of the old man.

As an amateur, he can express his appearance in life, even when he is nervous and embarrassed, naturally and unpretentiously, which is already great.

And his kind of "I'm polite to you on the surface", but in his heart, although he doesn't use his status as a rich person to overwhelm you, he still shows his sense of existence all the time, which is the kind of feeling Xu Xin wants.

Quality is a kind of self-cultivation, and it has nothing to do with whether you have money or not.

But the status gap is a reality, and it doesn’t exist just because you like it or don’t like it.

This smell is right.

So he didn't care at all about his friend's wrong performance.

It's the first time, I don't have much experience.

It will be good if you get familiar with it in the future.

So, when the two performed smoothly, Xu Xin nodded:

"Yes, Not Bad."

After giving the most genuine compliments about Li Ke of Tang Yan and Wei Yiran of Da Lao Wang, he waved his hands:

"Next."

…

"Huh...haha, Miss Tang, thank you."

Taking a deep breath, Wang Sicong, who was completely relaxed, thanked him in a low voice.

In Wang Ying's sweet smiling eyes, Tang Yanxiao was polite and restrained:

"Brother Cong did a great job, thank you."

"Haha, are you free tonight? Let's have dinner together? I feel like I made a few mistakes just now... I even glanced at Lao Xu, as if... You can't look at other people when you're acting, right? Teach me again... Then do I have to prepare for the big part of the line after that?"

He quickly struck while the iron was hot and sent out an invitation.

It's like playing a new game that I found unexpectedly very interesting.

Hearing this, Tang Yan made a choice in half a second.

"I'm sorry, Brother Cong, I really have something to do at night, and I can't leave."

"Well…"

Looking at Wang Sicong's look of regret and disappointment in astonishment, Tang Yan naturally knew that the disappointment was definitely not about other aspects.

But…

From the very beginning, Tang Yan found that his words and deeds were closely watched, but he had to do so.

Even she knows that the opportunity to have dinner with Wang Sicong is really important...

But there is no way.

In this case... the risk outweighs the benefit.

Besides, just refusing is not enough, you have to add double insurance to let others understand that you have no intention of getting too close to the other party.

You have to express clearly that "we are just a working relationship".

So, she said as if she was ignorant:

"Xi Wei and I made an appointment to have dinner together. We have been dating since the last play "The Three Thousand Golds of the Xia Family". How about Brother Cong?"

"Ha ha."

Wang Sicong naturally wouldn't be with her.

Because the last sentence behind the other party is obviously an excuse.

So he shook his head slightly:

"Forget it. Anyway, Lao Xu is going to Canada to take wedding photos soon. I will also find a trainer in the past few days and work hard. Let's make an appointment another day."

"okay!"

With the regret of missing the opportunity in his heart, Tang Yan responded with a smile.

She didn't look at the girl named Wang Ying.

Not necessary.

Because she is separated from Wang Sicong, she is nothing.

But it happened to be such a person, but now it has become an obstacle...

It's really ironic.

…

6 o'clock early.

The second round of auditions is over.

But this time, Xu Xin didn't say anything.

Just after the audition was over, he walked out of the audition hall with materials and video discs, and returned to his office.

Other things will be explained to Xue Yong.

Backing to his office, he used the computer to watch the video footage in the afternoon, and started to make notes with the materials of these actors.

Huang Xiaoxian--Xi Wei

Lu Ran——Guo Jingfei

Li Ke—Tang Yan

Wei Yiran--Wang Sicong

Kind girl - Li Man

Big Pharaoh—translated by Zhang Jia...

Already knowing it well, he began to draw up the list of actors in his mind.

About half an hour later, Xue Yong knocked on the door and walked in:

"Director Xu."

"Well, Brother Yong, here we are."

Pushing the list in his hand forward, Xue Yong picked it up, looked at it, and nodded:

"Is this the end?"

"Well. The final list. Let Director Wu and the others start... I have to go back to Yanjing tomorrow, and then go to take wedding photos. The filming date is tentatively scheduled to be after the National Day. Let Wen Muye and the others make everyone's interior scenes in these two days The final plan is sent to me, and I will choose it. I don’t need to say the rest, right?”

Xue Yong responded with a smile:

"Well, just leave the rest to me."

"OK."

It took three days to finally settle the casting of the movie. Xu Xin, who had been sitting all day, stood up and stretched a lot.

"where are they?"

"It's all waiting for you."

"Okay, then let's go. I'm going to treat guests today and eat something good... By the way, when we were chatting at noon, what Xu Yang said... what is the name of the German chef's shop..."

The two of them talked and walked outside together.

…

"It's called Tai'an Gate." (Note 1)

Tang Yan held up the phone and said:

"I'll send you the address. I'll go back to pick up Qiu Ze now. See you there later."

"Okay, what's the environment like over there?"

Xi Wei's voice rang from the phone.

"Word of mouth is quite good. It was just opened. The chef is German and uses the layout of a western restaurant. It is now in the soft opening stage and only accepts guests who have received invitations. So there is no need to worry about being photographed by others. Photos or something."

Hearing Tang Yan's explanation, Xie Wei laughed:

"Haha, I'm not afraid. I'm just a little worried about your Qiu Ze..."

Tang Yan blinked quickly, as if Xie Wei had hit on her mind.

But immediately smiled and said:

"I'm not worried. If the two of us eat alone, then I might still have some concerns. After all, I don't plan to make it public now. But what about the four of us, and the three of us are in the same crew, so it must be fine."

"Hearing what you mean, it seems like I've been yearning for it for a long time."

"Sure, I've always wanted to go, but Qiu Ze has always been concerned. But I'm sure I'll be fine today, and we'll have a good drink later!"

"OK!"

The phone hangs up.

Ji Rujing, who had no intention of participating in it at all, asked:

"What's the matter with that girl you just said?"

"Wang Sicong's girlfriend."

Tang Yan leaned on the seat with a hint of disdain in his tone.

"The little girl guards against me like a thief. Today is a very good opportunity. We can act together. He has no acting experience. We can keep in touch with each other. Afterwards, we became friends and got closer. , at least the resources don’t have to be as stretched as they are now... Heh, little vixen, you smell all over your body.”

Hearing this, Ji Rujing thought for a while and said:

"Although the role of Li Ke doesn't have many roles, it's very important. Play it well, and then don't conflict with that girl. The wind around the pillow is terrible... Will she eat Wang Sicong to death?"

"It's deadly. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to agree to a meal. The problem is that I don't want to do anything..."

Looking at her still angry eyes, Ji Rujing quickly comforted her:

"Okay... Who doesn't know Wang Sicong's identity? It is a dream for any girl to hug the thigh of the patron's father. Don't underestimate her. If she has no wrists, she won't be able to make Wang Sicong obedient to her. Shun..."

Speaking of this, Ji Rujing suddenly paused, not knowing what to think, and asked a question:

"Do you think Yang Mi has seen her?"

"Who? The girl?"

"right."

"Ah…"

Suddenly, Tang Yan laughed.

The tone is full of sarcasm:

"It's not that I look down on her. If she dares to play with Mimi, she might die without knowing how to die."

"Then why don't you take a detour..."

"..."

Tang Yan was taken aback.

Then there was silence.

After being silent for about an intersection, she shook her head slightly:

"I can not."

"...?"

Ji Rujing was taken aback.

"It's not necessary...Mimi's side...we can only show our most sincere side in the future. Her eyes..."

Tang Yan seemed to recall something, and shook his head with a wry smile:

"She can really see if she is sincere. And this time Xu Xin can give me such a big preferential treatment... Especially that day when I acted like that, I can get it back... Sister Ji, you should understand what I mean."

"..."

Ji Rujing nodded silently.

understand?

I understand too well.

To put it in the most realistic way, Tang Yan doesn't deserve such great preferential treatment from Director Xu.

And she received these preferential treatments, including being able to get the script when the drama first opened... All of this is due to Yang Mi's kindness.

"Tang Ren, let's maintain the surface in the future."

Hearing her words, Tang Yan nodded:

"Well. Keep as little contact as possible, just maintain a superficial relationship...Phew. I'll call Qiu Ze, I'm so hungry."

She took the initiative to end these topics.

Leaning on the chair tiredly.

…

There are not many people eating together today.

Wen Muye and his gang didn’t come.

No way, Director Xu's death order, the final plan of the interior scene will be uploaded in the next few days.

Everyone wants their proposal to be selected.

On the one hand, it is an honor, on the other hand, it is also a manifestation of ability.

That represents the opportunity to stand out from the teacher's school, and a literati dispute.

Nobody wants to be left behind.

So there are only eleven or twelve people including Su Meng and Pingguo.

The place was chosen by Xu Yang. He met a German cook here before, named Stephen Tiller.

One Michelin star chef.

The children of Xujiawan who have been here for more than a year are no longer the unknown people who just came to Shanghai.

When Niufeng became famous because of Liu Momo, he and the others were also accepted by... saying that it was okay to say that they wanted to make friends.

In short, they also entered the circle with high threshold.

And the restaurant opened by the chef named Stephen Tiller, during the trial operation period, the guests invited were Xu Yang and the others.

Celebrities and Michelin chefs are a perfect match.

After Xu Yang participated in it once, he felt that the master's craftsmanship was really good, and the audition was done today, so why don't you all have fun?

Just come here to eat.

So, the mighty twelve people came directly to the Tai'anmen Restaurant.

There is no such thing as an appointment.

There are not so many customers for the trial operation, so after making a phone call, when these people arrived, there was already a long table with flowers waiting.

Chef Tiller didn't know who it was from Xu Yang, but he knew that the identities of these guests were very unusual, so he came out from the back kitchen to welcome them.

Watching this fat foreigner in his forties greeting Xu Yang, Wang Sicong turned his head and whispered to Wang Ying:

"When you shake hands for a while, you also shake his wrist."

"…ah?"

Wang Ying was taken aback.

Then I saw that after Xu Yang introduced Director Xu Xin, Director Xu took the initiative to take a step forward, and when the foreign chef reached out, he directly grabbed the other's wrist.

"Hello, let...shefu~"

"..."

Wang Sicong's mouth twitched.

But it didn't expose my friend's poor English.

He knew that Lao Xu was going to start learning English.

As an international student, I strongly agree with the language teacher named Ai Qing's point of view that "as long as you dare to speak, you will be fine".

but…

Old Xu.

They are so German.

Hello, can you become "GUTENTAG"?

After exchanging greetings, it was soon Wang Ying's turn.

Holding the wrist of the foreign chef, he smiled and said hello, and the other party personally arranged for everyone to sit down.

Wang Ying asked quietly:

"Why do you shake hands?"

"It's etiquette."

Wang Sicong whispered to her ear and said:

"When the chef is cooking, others come to shake hands. On the one hand, he has oil on his hands, which is inappropriate. On the other hand, there are bacteria on the hands of the guests, which is also irresponsible to the ingredients and diners. Although he returned to the back kitchen They also wash their hands and disinfect, but this kind of etiquette is an important evidence to distinguish experts from those who don’t.”

"oh oh…"

Wang Ying nodded, suddenly realized.

I see…

"How do you know?"

"Me? I knew it when I was studying abroad."

"Then how did Director Xu know?"

"...?"

Wang Sicong was taken aback.

Glanced at his girlfriend, thought for a while, and said in a low voice:

"Didn't you notice? Old Xu, Xu Yang, and Xu Zhi were the first three to greet the chef."

"Well, Xu is always the first, and Director Xu is the second..."

"So you can see a very interesting thing. That is...whether Lao Xu knows it or not, Xu Yang who was the first to say hello did it. He must know this etiquette, and after he did it, Lao Xu Xu Ye followed suit, followed by Xu Zhi...so you can look at this matter in several ways."

"I...don't understand~"

Wang Ying looked innocent, and then suddenly began to act like a baby:

"Don't call me stupid!"

"Ha~"

Wang Sicong's soul was almost hooked by this coquettish sound.

Eyes full of doting:

"If you don't understand, then think about it slowly. Some details can analyze a lot~"

"Then... give me some hints first~"

"Reminder...then let me tell you something. Xu Yang didn't care whether Lao Xu and Xu Zhi knew about it, he just made a sample. Let's assume that Lao Xu doesn't know this kind of etiquette, you can learn from this I can see his trust in Xu Yang from the matter. And the second point..."

Although he said "remind you a little", the young master who had already opened up the chatterbox continued to follow his girlfriend's adoring eyes and said:

"Believe it or not, there must be people among these people who don't know this etiquette. For example, you, but after everyone saw that these three people greeted each other in this way, they followed suit. You know What is this called?

This is called the role of the leader. Our "team" was led to complete the perfect etiquette without any shame. You can say it's overinterpreted, but there's something hidden in these details that you don't care about..."

"Wow…"

Wang Ying was amazed.

"Amazing…"

"Um."

Wang Sicong responded.

I have begun to consciously cultivate my girlfriend in these aspects, and strive to make her connotative and self-cultivated. Don’t be like Gong Xinliang, who was about to continue talking.

But I heard Wang Ying say:

"I say you, Da Congcong~"

"…ah?"

Wang Sicong was taken aback for a moment, and then met his girlfriend's eyes full of admiration:

"You can see so many details, it's so boring!!"

"..."

Wang Sicong blinked...

The love in the eyes is overflowing and boiling.

turned into a slightly smug chuckle:

"Ha~ I will teach you slowly in the future."

"Uh-huh!"

Wang Ying nodded cutely, her eyes full of admiration.