"It's your first day at work. How was it? Are you used to the food? It's not bad."
"Yes, I almost forgot. You are going to the crew to do logistics, so you don't have to worry about what to eat."
"Don't limit yourself. You can eat well as much as he pays for meals, eat and drink when you should, and rest when you need to."
"Other people have a fixed number of working hours every day. Don't work overtime without permission. You have no money and no favors. Do you understand?"
"Where are you staying? A three-star single room? It's okay. If there's any problem, don't hide it, you know?"
"I'll assign you another task. Let me help you look at James and this director's character..."
After chatting with Meng Dong for almost an hour, I found out that there was no need for me, but overall, I felt more relieved.
…
Early the next morning.
"Don't blame me for not reminding you. Xia Yu and I both have veto power in today's audition. No matter you have any favoritism, sympathy, appreciation, or subpar acting skills for Raymond or Vivian, we will not do it because of them.
Choose to stay and keep them."
At 8:25, when going downstairs, Zhuang Ling warned Ashley.
Ashley rolled her eyes, "I know, I know, I will abide by the rules of the game that belong to this circle..."
Zhuang Ling and Ashley were used to coming to work early, having breakfast and a cup of coffee at the bankrupt sister's apartment——
Refreshing and refreshing.
After a night's rest, Ashley was full of energy. She changed from yesterday's sleepiness and looked like she was going to conquer Hollywood.
On the contrary, Zhuang Ling, who returned home with the first draft of "Twilight", looked unchanged, but compared to yesterday's pure makeup, today she put on a layer of makeup cream, and she should also have applied concealer around her eyes?
Unlike young people like Xia Yu and others, Zhuang Ling looks like she is not even thirty yet, but is actually in her fourth year.
Staying up late was still a bit burdensome for her, and the slight bloodshot eyes showed that she didn't know if she stayed up all night last night, but at least she stayed up late.
Moreover, this night was late at night, and it was even later than usual until two or three o'clock -
"It's good to know!"
Zhuang Ling clasped her hands behind her neck, her shoulder-length hair was slightly disheveled, messy yet beautiful, and she wore a pair of black-framed glasses, giving her a youthful look.
Xia Yu watched the two bickering and finally understood the mentality of those who were addicted to CP among his fans.
If this kind of thing doesn't happen to you, it would be really interesting, wouldn't it?
Eight twenty-six.
Several people came to the downstairs of another office building nearby.
This is an office building where audition studios, recording studios, post-editing and other equipment are located.
Abbreviation.
[Equipment Department Building of Bankrupt Sisters Film and Television Company]
"Who stipulates that an office building with only four floors cannot be called a building?"
This was what Xia Yu told Ashley at that time, and she couldn't refute it for a while.
Emotionally, she is sharp-tongued, but at work, she is much inferior.
I happened to meet Brian Zhou riding his bicycle into the company. Although the bicycle was not new and the model was probably a few years old - but overall it was well maintained by him. It looked like he cared for it. It was parked inside the building.
A corner of the parking lot.
He carried a bag on his back and an old cloth bag in his hand, which must have been lunch. There was also a thermos cup hanging next to it.
He glanced at the three of them lightly, nodded slightly to express friendship, and then ignored the three of them and went straight into the equipment department building.
Xia Yu didn't want to say what he felt. Anyway, he glanced at Ashley first, and then looked at Zhuang Ling.
'Look, isn't it true that you have no regrets and are moved by other people's efforts?'
Ashley turned her head and sensed the half-smiling gazes of the two people, and spoke righteously.
"Isn't your hard work worthy of praise?"
"worth!"
The two of them didn't say a word.
'It's worthy of praise and appreciation, but don't be moved. Others work hard for themselves, not for the boss!'
Of course. If some people know how to be grateful, are talented, and are willing to work hard, they don't mind being a bole.
Ashley was not stupid, so she rolled her eyes and said, "After yesterday's lesson, I already understand. Don't worry, I won't be stupid anymore!"
"It's best." Zhuang Ling gave a thumbs up.
The audition studio is on the second floor, and the recording studio is on the third floor. When the three of them arrived, the small conference room next to the audition studio had already opened its door and the window. Raymond and Vivian were sitting on the left and right.
In the corner, I was flipping through my printed script...
Seeing the three people arriving, they all nodded slightly, and Zhuang Ling rarely smiled at them.
"I'm glad that you didn't become a deserter, and I'm glad that you came early. I hope today's audition can go smoothly and successfully? I also hope that we can all get the results we want. What do you think?"
"So for the audition in three minutes, between the two of you, who will come first?"
Raymond and Vivian looked at each other, and Raymond said, "Ladies first, I choose to listen to Vivian's choice..."
Vivian was not pretentious. She said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Raymond. I think I'm not completely ready yet. Men first?"
"Okay!" Raymond thought of it and took a deep breath, "No problem."
Zhuang Ling looked at his watch and said, "Now that you have made your decision, the audition will officially begin in two minutes and thirty-five seconds. I wish you good luck."
After saying that, they didn't sit down in the conference room, and the three of them walked into the audition studio next to them.
It is said to be an audition studio, but it is actually a rehearsal room of less than 100 square meters. It was used by Feitu Film and Television Company in the past to form a crew for auditions.
Used for rehearsal.
It is said that it is not used very often.
After all, even for Hollywood TV series, not all crews use it, and those with small production costs basically don’t use it.
Because studying around the clock is also counted as working time, if you study around the clock for a week, a large amount of extra funds will be allocated for a month.
Feitu Film and Television Company strives for excellence in the early stage when they have money, and save when they can in the later stage when they have no money.
Because of the advance notice, the company's cleaning staff had cleaned up the audition studio yesterday afternoon and it was still clean.
Ashley set up the equipment, adjusted the angle, and sat on the seat instead of sitting back.
It's not that she can't sit still, she's quite out-of-the-box in private, but she's meticulous at work, she's just nervous.
Although she said just now that she would never be stupid again, yesterday's words from Raymond were like a "surrender note". It was the last time she was firmly chosen after experiencing betrayal again. Ashley accepted her own perspective on people.
No, but who doesn’t take chances?
She didn't mean to refute Zhuang Ling, she just felt that she couldn't recite it like this, right?
Zhuang Ling didn't have to complain about Ashley. Seeing her nervous state, he curled his lips and said, "If his acting skills haven't deteriorated in this year and passed the test, it shouldn't be a big problem. You don't need to be so nervous..."
"I hope so!" But she still didn't do it, even if Raymond arrived.
At 8:30, Raymond walked into the audition studio. His dress today was quite carefree.
He was dressed more casually, mainly wearing a pair of glasses, which was more in line with the roles he was auditioning for, which was a bit of a trick.
But having the brains to come up with such a small design shows that you put your heart into it.
Raymond bowed deeply and asked calmly, "Can the audition begin?"
Ashley, "Of course!"
The five script roles that Raymond got were a science fiction research expert, a murderer, a mental patient, a psychiatrist, and an old man living alone——
It covers a lot, and there are no real scripts for these five characters. The audition questions only give the identity, scene, and the rest of the content, such as the character’s identity, body shape, and personality, all depends on him.
A day of thinking.
For example, in the script of "The Heartbroken Murderer", Zhuang Ling's title was - a serial murderer who has just finished committing a crime and is evading police pursuit.
Location: night;
Plot: How to get away from the crime scene.
Raymond's performance was very good. He must have studied related films and TV shows, and his acting skills were much improved compared to those in "The Secret of the Werewolf". But afterwards, Zhuang Ling's evaluation was: "It took about one day, too much."
He was anxious. He failed to achieve a good balance among the five scripts - in his performance, there was a shadow of the performance in "Serial Incident", which resulted in the character of this script not being able to stand up."
But according to Zhuang Ling's evaluation of Raymond's acting skills, she gave this script a "c-", which is considered a passing grade?
Xia Yu gave a "c", while Ashley gave this role a "c".
Sci-fi scientific research expert, mental patient, and psychiatrist, in Xia Yu's opinion, these three are all quite satisfactory, and they can't even be called barely up to standard. He still has not grasped the concept of the character well. This shows that Raymond's exploration of the character is still very good.
There is a big shortcoming.
The scores of the three people are:
Zhuang Ling, "d,d,d";
Xia Yu, "d, d, d";
But this time, even Ashley couldn't take sides.
"d,d,d" she scored.
The first four scripts really made Xia Yu and Zhuang Ling lack interest. There was nothing they could do about it. The understanding of the role of Raymond Duel was correct, and the performance was okay, but it was too formal. To be honest, this kind of performance would be caught by the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild.
a handful;
Even Ashley was a little worried and felt a little sorry for Raymond.
'If this kind of performance like an assembly line factory continues, then Raymond's career in the bankrupt Sisters Film and Television Company will come to an end...'
If you say you're not nervous, that's all false, but are you looking forward to it? Ashley no longer has too many expectations.
Until the last scene of the plot audition, Xia Yu and the three of them were really impressed——
In the last script, Raymond plays a lonely old man who has lost his wife and children;
If we talk about the first four roles, Ramon plays them just barely, but that’s really all.
Then the performance of this old man living alone is already above the passing mark.
His demeanor and behavior all have a hint of "himself", rather than the rigidity of the previous four characters. It's like using the script given by Zhuang Ling, but "reciting" other film and television characters.
The performance of the old man living alone is really amazing, but it's not that much. The main reason is that the first four characters are a bit thin. In contrast, it is much more exciting - I drank half of the clear soup and water, and suddenly got a drink.
I added sesame oil custard to the bowl, and I immediately felt appetizing.
When Raymond's performance ended, Xia Yu and Zhuang Ling looked at each other and saw the same meaning in each other's eyes.
Finally Zhuang Ling spoke.
"Raymon, you must have spent most of your time studying the script of this 'old man living alone' this day, right?"
Hearing Zhuang Ling's to-the-point question, Raymond showed no resistance in his eyes, with a look on his face that said, "I knew I couldn't hide this."
Raymond still had a bit of the shadow of an old man living alone. He slowly straightened up his rickety back, his eyes showed a slight trace of vicissitudes of life, becoming cloudy and clear. He nodded and told the matter very frankly from beginning to end.
He said, "I am very aware of my performance limits. I cannot think through all five scripts in one day. If I study hard, I will only be half-assed. I may not be able to perform the soul of any character."
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"So, I chose to take an unusual path. I gave up four other scripts, found four other movie characters that were similar to the scripts, and used one-fifth of the time to complete their performances."
"The remaining four-fifths of the time was spent on shaping the character of the script "The Lonely Old Man."
"I'm sorry, I didn't follow the steps you arranged. I feel very sorry."
There was indeed an apology on his face, but his eyes were quite calm and calm.
Only the squeezing of his hands from time to time revealed that there might be a trace of nervousness in his heart.
To be able to figure it out to this extent in one day, to be honest, both Xia Yu and Zhuang Ling actually feel that Leng Meng has reached the threshold where they want to continue signing the contract. In other words, both of them think it is a small treasure.
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In terms of Raymond's character creation, even in "The Lonely Old Man", in the eyes of the two of them, it was above average.
But that also depends on who you compare with.
Zhuang Ling is a professor at the Film Academy, and the students he usually teaches are either drama talents with strong expressive abilities, or they specialize in this field and have high attainments;
Xia Yu has taken many experience courses by himself, and the people he works with are Yu Junhao and Cheng Zhiqing.
In these years of cooperation, Wen Sui has the lowest performance level. Because of the perfect fit for the role, he played the role of Jiang Lan and was trained by Dai Chengbi, which was at a satisfactory level.
To put it bluntly, the quality of every crew she joins is top-notch not only in China, but also in Hollywood.
These talented professional actors cannot be compared with Ramon, who was born as a bit player. After graduating from high school, he worked in various Hollywood film crews. From a little transparent, to now, he has finally improved. People like him
There is so much talent in Hollywood.
There is a saying in China: Horses with a thousand miles are often found, but Bole is not always found - Ashley is the Bole he likes in this horse.
Of course, both Xia Yu and Zhuang Ling sincerely wish them success in each other's life one day.
If you are optimistic about Raymond, you must not show it, just review it normally.
As for being careful? Who doesn’t have some thoughts?
For the interpretation of the script "The Lonely Old Man", the three people's ratings are as follows:
Ashley, "b"
Zhuang Ling, "c"
Xia Yu, "c"
After understanding Raymond’s performance.
Zhuang Ling said: "The results will be available within one working day. You can have a good rest."
"Would you mind informing Vivian of her audition for us?"