Chapter 1103

After a few simple greetings with Yang Zhiqing, Xiao Yao invited the old man into the audition room.

After entering the audition room, Xiao Yao was not in a hurry to ask Yang Zhiqing to perform. Instead, he asked him to sit down and talk with him about the script of the movie. He listened to him talk about his understanding of the role of principal sun.

When Xiao Yao decided to make the film, the script outline had been sent to radio and television for review and filing. Xiao Yao gave the script to the casting studio when he handed over the task of casting in the early stage. Yang Zhiqing is an actor who has been contacted by casting studio for a long time. He has got the script of the film almost a month ago.

Old actors like Yang Zhiqing are not well-known, but their quality of life is not bad, and their achievements are not low. They are willing to come to Xiao Yao, the little boy's crew. What they like is the script and the role.

An experienced old actor is interested in the script and the role, and has been given the script for a long time. Of course, there is no problem in understanding the role. Yang Zhiqing talked to Xiao Yao about his understanding of the role of principal sun. Some things were not even taken into account by Xiao Yao when he wrote the script. He also gave Xiao Yao some inspiration on the scene.

Of course, the performance of an actor is also a kind of artistic creation. In film and television works, the main actors are included in the category of "main creators". It is not uncommon for actors to think more deeply and comprehensively than writers and directors when they study roles through scripts.

After talking with Yang Zhiqing about his understanding of the role, Xiao Yao chose a play in the script for Yang Zhiqing to perform live.

In the script, principal sun is basically a group play, and there is no one-man play. Xiao Yao chooses a play in which principal sun prevents Pei Kuishan from locking up Zhang Yiman before the Americans come.

Sun Tingting, who plays Zhang Yiman, has not come back. The actors of Pei Kuishan and Zhou Tienan have not been determined. There are no actors who cooperate with Yang Zhiqing on the scene. Xiao Yao can help to say that the lines of the three characters are opposite to Yang Zhiqing's lines, but as a director, he needs to observe Yang Zhiqing's performance, so he can't get off the stage. Sitting on one side and saying the lines of the three people is more weird and easy to make people play. Therefore, he can only let Yang Zhiqing perform in the air, which is more difficult.

But Yang Zhiqing's performance is very good. When performing in the air, you have a good feeling of expression, language, body movements and the overall rhythm of the performance.

Xiao Yao felt that Yang Qingzhi was quite suitable for the role, but he didn't make a decision immediately. According to the information given by casting studio, they have selected three suitable candidates for the role of principal sun. Xiao Yao wants to see the performances of the other two before making a decision.

According to the materials, the three actors who want to audition for this role are all experienced but not very famous veteran actors. Although Yang Zhiqing has the highest status among the three artists, Xiao Yao doesn't want to decide that Yang Zhiqing will play the role just because he enjoys the state subsidy and holds the title of two artists' Association members. Anyway, Xiao Yao didn't plan to use Yang Zhiqing as a publicity point in the future.

After the trial of Yang Zhiqing's play, Xiao Yao sincerely praised it and told the other party that he wanted to see the auditions of the other two actors before deciding the role. After Yang Zhiqing expressed his understanding, Xiao Yao changed his identity from director to producer. He talked with him in advance about the shooting location and the living conditions that the crew could provide when shooting, and asked about the other party's ideal remuneration.

When Xiao Yao asked the casting studio to help him with his casting, he gave a rough range of the amount of money for each role's actors. Casting studio can contact Yang Zhiqing for an interview, which means that his value is in line with Xiao Yao's salary range. However, when it comes to the specific salary of a movie, it is still up to the actors and the crew to negotiate.

Yang Zhiqing said there was no problem with Xiao Yao's description of the shooting environment and the living conditions of the crew. When it comes to the issue of film payment, it should have been decided and then let the agent talk to the crew. However, people like Yang Zhiqing are somewhat different from ordinary stars in their style. Their agents have limited influence on him, so they didn't bring their agents to audition today. Since Xiao Yao asked, he also gave a reward amount. This amount, of course, is also within Xiao Yao's expectation.

After talking with Yang Zhiqing, Xiao Yao was very comfortable and relieved for a long time. Judging from the performance of the first audition actor, it seems that the casting studio has done a good job. If every audition actor is like this, Xiao Yao's job will be much easier.

Unfortunately, not every actor who came to audition was like Yang Zhiqing, and Xiao Yao's good mood didn't last long.

When Xiao Yao saw Yang Zhiqing off, he found that the waiting room was still empty. Then the casting studio told him that before the second audition actor arrived, Xiao Yao's mood was not beautiful.

The casting studio informs the actors to come for the audition. It has the approximate audition time.

Xiao Yao doesn't mean to ask every audition actor to come here in advance to wait for him, but because he had a good chat with Yang Zhiqing about scripts and roles, Yang Zhiqing's audition took longer than originally expected. At the end of the audition, they actually exceeded the scheduled time for the second audition actor. Normally, before Yang Zhiqing left, the second audition actor should have arrived at the casting studio and waited outside. At this time, the other party did not arrive, obviously late.It's quite normal for an actor to spend more time than expected in the audition. Xiao Yao doesn't have any psychological burden. However, when the audition actors are late, they can basically play big names, which naturally makes Xiao Yao feel a little uncomfortable.

Generally speaking, auditions for actors competing for the same role will be arranged next to each other. In this way, the director will be impressed with the performances of the previous and subsequent auditions, which is more convenient for comparison and better for decision-making. However, Xiao Yao didn't worry about this, and the schedule and audition time of the actors had been changed, so he didn't do this again, and the casting studio didn't make this arrangement.

The second actor auditioning today is not an old actor auditioning for the role of President sun like Yang Zhiqing, but a young actor auditioning for the role of Zhou Tienan, a PE teacher. Although Xiao Yao, who is also a young actor, has always been reluctant to admit it in his heart, only in terms of the attitude of the first two audition actors today, Xiao Yao has to sigh that most of the young actors are not as good as the old actors in their attitude.

Xiao Yao waited in the audition room for about 20 minutes before the staff of casting studio knocked on the door to inform the second audition actor to arrive.

The second audition actor, Wan Haokun, 28, graduated from the performance Department of Huaxia drama academy and was only an actor. In the past few years, he has appeared in four films and six or seven TV dramas, but he is basically a supporting actor and has never played a leading role. Some of his films and TV works are very popular, but he is not very popular.

Although Wan Haokun is not very popular, he graduated from a professional class. His appearance and acting skills are online. With the accumulation of double-digit film and television works, he also has a certain popularity. At least in terms of the number of fans, he is much more than Yang Zhiqing, an old actor. In terms of market value and influence, his salary should exceed the salary standard set by Xiao Yao for this role.

Wan Haokun can audition, it shows that he is for this role to reduce the pay, plus Wan Haokun usually no messy news, Xiao Yao had a good impression of him, but this audition late, directly let Xiao Yao to his impression dropped a level.

Hearing that Wan Haokun had arrived, Xiao Yao directly asked the staff of casting studio to inform him to come in for an audition.

Wan Haokun is several years older than Xiao Yao, but Xiao Yao is earlier than Wan Haokun in terms of his debut time. When Xiao Yao won the Feitian Award for best newcomer, Wan Haokun was still studying in school, and he had not made his debut at all. In terms of fame and influence, Wan Haokun can't compare with Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao is kind to others most of the time in the circle, but it doesn't mean he has no temper. Xiao Yao likes to respect the elders like Yang Zhiqing. It's not a problem to be polite. If you meet someone who gives Xiao Yao a bad impression and is better than yourself, Xiao Yao doesn't abandon others. Wan Haokun is obviously inferior to him in all aspects. Of course, Xiao Yao won't be polite to each other.

After the door of the audition room was pushed open, Xiao Yao saw Wan Haokun come in with a young woman, and his eyebrows could not help but wrinkle.

"Hello, director Xiao. I'm Wan Haokun. I'm auditioning for Zhou Tienan's role today." After entering the door, Wan Haokun said to Xiao Yao, "I'm sorry, there was a traffic jam on the road when I came here, so I'm late."

"Oh." Xiao Yao light should a, the facial expression on the face is noncommittal.

"Hello, Mr. Xiao. I'm Haokun's agent. My name is li..." The young woman also introduced.

"Wait a minute," Xiao Yao interrupted with a frown and a wave of his hand. "Now audition, what's the agent doing in? Do you have to negotiate the terms before you audition? "

"No," said the young woman, shaking her head with a smile. "I don't think audition is just a show. You should talk about Haokun first. I'm afraid that there's something wrong with Haokun's reply. Come in and take care of him. When he was auditioning, I just sat on one side and made sure I didn't disturb him

"Well," Xiao Yao nodded and looked at Wan Haokun, "Mr. wan..."

"Mr. Xiao, you are both a director and a producer. You are welcome." Wan Haokun's agent interjected, "you can just call him Haokun."

"Good!" Xiao Yao took a look at the agent surnamed Li, turned to Wan Haokun and said, "Wan Haokun, I see that the information you gave to the casting studio is the same as that on the Internet. The column of height is 1.87 meters. I want to ask, "is this your real height?"

"This..." Wan Haokun hesitated.

"Shall I stand up and compare with you?" Xiao Yao asked.

"No Wan Haokun shook his head and said, "the height on the Internet and my resume is fake. My real net height is 1.82.5 meters."

"Mr. Xiao, many stars lie about their age now. It's more common to lie about their height." Wan Haokun's manager said, "whether Haokun is 183 or 187, there should be no difference for him to play this role, right?"

"Of course there is a difference." Xiao Yao said, "Zhou Tienan's role is very tall in appearance. Of course, there are requirements for the height of the actors. In addition, he is not the only character in this movie. When he appears in the same frame with other actors, the difference in appearance and height will be directly reflected on the screen, and the effect will also be one of the factors I need to consider. ""So you mean, because he's four centimeters short of his height, there's no chance?" Wan Haokun's agent asked.

"It's not that serious." Xiao Yao said, "now the actors of other roles have not been completely settled, so I can't have an intuitive impression to consider whether 183's height is appropriate. I'm just going to confirm his real height first. Now that we're here, we're going to have an audition. "

"Now we officially start audition," Xiao Yao looked at Wan Haokun's agent. "Ms. Li, from now on, please don't disturb me, or I can only invite you out. I know your duty. When it's time to talk to you, I'll call you in again. "

"All right!" Wan Haokun's agent nodded seriously.

"Tell me about your understanding of the story and the character first!" Xiao Yao told Wan Haokun.

"Let's talk about the role of Zhou Tienan first," said Wan Haokun. "I think this is a man who looks very honest and has a hot temper, but in fact is a hypocritical and cowardly man. I understand why you need to find a tall actor to play this role, so that you can have a sense of visual impact... "

Wan Haokun said this, quickly let Xiao Yao in the heart to pull back some of his impression. It's not that Wan Haokun is right or profound. After all, everyone's understanding of the role may be different. As long as there is no obvious difference with the director in the general direction, Xiao Yao is acceptable. The main reason is that Wan Haokun has obviously studied the script in his mind. The way he talks about it is like what an attentive and professional actor should look like.

In view of Wan Haokun's analysis, Xiao Yao also took out his understanding of the role and discussed it with him. There are some arguments between the two in the middle, but on the whole, the atmosphere is good.

After talking about the script and characters, Xiao Yao, as usual, chose a play in the script for WAN Haokun to try on the spot. What Xiao Yao chooses is a scene in which Zhou Tienan kneels and kowtows to the special commissioner's muzzle when he faints and wakes up. Similarly, no one plays, and Wan Haokun needs to perform in the air.

It has to be said that people with professional background are very good. Wan Haokun knelt down and kowtowed without any psychological obstacle. He came to the scene immediately. Moreover, he seemed to understand the absurdity of the story very well. In his performance, he also showed a feeling of exaggeration that he did not have in previous TV dramas.

Overall, Xiao Yao is quite satisfied with Wan Haokun's performance. However, there are also three candidates for the role, and Xiao Yao did not decide on the spot.

When Xiao Yao also explained the situation, Wan Haokun's agent spoke.

"Mr. Xiao, when the casting studio communicated with us about the intention to participate in the performance in the early stage, it said the standard of film remuneration." Wan Haokun's agent said, "Haokun likes the script and the role very much, so he took the initiative to play it at a lower price. Our pay for this play may be less than half of Haokun's normal pay. Although I don't know who are the other two actors competing for this role, I dare say that they are certainly not as valuable and famous as Haokun. In the box office appeal, certainly is inferior to Haokun! Since you are satisfied with Haokun's performance, what else can you consider? "

"It's good that I have a limited pay, but since you don't know who the other two actors are, how can you know if others have reduced their pay to fight for the role like you?" Xiao yaoxiao looked at Wan Haokun's agent and said, "besides, Wan Haokun's box office appeal is not in my consideration at all."

"What?" Wan Haokun's agent does not believe, "which film crew does not consider the box office appeal of actors when selecting actors? Even if they first consider the quality of the film and whether the actors and characters are suitable, but when the actors are suitable, the higher the box office appeal of the actors, the better? "

"You have a point, indeed." Xiao Yao said, "but the three actors who have been identified in this movie are me, my girlfriend sun Tingting and teacher He Ying. With three of us in this movie, do you think I need to consider the box office appeal of other actors? "

"This..." Wan Haokun's agent is silent.

Indeed, in the film and television industry, Wan Haokun and Xiao Yao and He Ying are not at the same level in terms of popularity and status. Sun Tingting, the new couple, who holds the title of Xiao Yao's girlfriend and cooperates with Xiao Yao's lovers, is much more popular than Wan Haokun. When it comes to box office appeal, these three people are in the movie, and others can really be ignored.