Huo Jianqi not only did well at Yan Dian, but also at Zhongxi.
Zhou Yan drove the car to the entrance of the Central Theater. Huo Jianqi got out from the passenger seat and handed a cigarette to the guard. After saying a few words, the guard let them in without even registering.
The Chinese Opera is located in Nanluogu Lane, and the area is very small.
It is said that Yangyin is small in area, but if compared with Zhongxi, Yangyin is considered big.
The campus is square and square, about 200 meters long and 60 to 70 meters wide. The total area is only about 20 acres. The playgrounds of many universities are larger than those of China National Theater.
If you walk quickly, it only takes about five or six minutes to walk around the center.
If it weren’t for the sign hanging at the school entrance, it would be impossible for ordinary people to regard this place as a university. Even a slightly larger primary school would be bigger than this place.
After entering the school, Zhou Yan found a place to park the car, and the three of them walked towards the teaching building.
Huo Jianqi took Zhou Yan and Xiao Can to an office on the second floor.
Arrived at the door of the office, Huo Jianqi raised his hand and knocked on the door.
At this moment, there were three people in the office, two men and one woman. They all raised their heads when they heard the knock on the door. Huo Jianqi greeted them one by one, "Teacher Tian, Teacher Huang, Teacher Chang."
" Director Huo, why did you want to come to our school today?" Tian Youliang, who was sitting outside, asked with a smile.
“I’m not here to visit you.”
“You have a new movie, right?” Tian Youliang said halfway when he suddenly saw Zhou Yan’s face clearly and said unexpectedly, “ This is."
"Oh, this is Director Zhou Yanzhou, and Director Xiao Canxiao," Huo Jianqi helped introduce.
The three teachers present were a little surprised when they heard it was Zhou Yan. They didn't expect Huo Jianqi to bring Zhou Yan.
Although Zhou Yan has been in the film industry for many years, he had little contact with the China Theater Company before. Even Zhou Yan's movies used very few actors who graduated from the China Theater Company.
At least until now, none of the protagonists in Zhou Yan's four feature films graduated from the Chinese Theater Academy. The role with the most roles should be the protagonist played by Li Naiwen.
Of course, from the Yanjing Film Academy, Zhou Yan was used very rarely, and the main role was the former Yu Feihong.
However, Zhou Yan still has a close relationship with Chinese Opera, and it can even be said that his performance is an inheritance from Chinese Opera.
At that time, on the set of "Raise the Red Lantern", Zhou Yan had two teachers when he was learning to act. One was deputy director and performance coach Gao Jinwen, and the other was Gong Li.
As for these two people, one is a professor of Chinese Opera and the other is a student of Chinese Opera.
Gao Jinwen was the acting director for several of Zhou Yan's later movies. Even if he didn't play a role in the movie, he would often consult Gao Jinwen to learn acting when he found time.
Zhou Yan smiled and greeted, "Hello, teachers."
"Hello, hello." Chang Li, who was sitting in the back, said with a smile, "Yesterday I was talking to the students I compliment you on your acting skills in the new movie and your rapid progress. I got to meet you in person today.”
"Teacher Chang laughed at me. I became a monk halfway and still need to study more."
"Don't be too modest. You did a really good job this time. Of course, more importantly, the role suits you better. You I haven’t played many roles in total. It’s very impressive to be able to improve so quickly. Many people who specialize in learning may not be able to compare with you.”
Huang Dingyu on the other side took over the conversation, “But. Having said that, Wang Zuxian surprised me this time. I have never seen her play this type of role before, and I didn't expect that she performed very well this time."
"The script this time is also very suitable for Wang Zuxian. And I have always said that in a film, the performance of the actors is not something they can decide. The bigger part depends on the level of the entire team, especially the director." Tian Youliang said.
Chang Li squinted her eyes and said, "Don't let the students hear this, otherwise they will have an excuse for not performing well in the future."
In fact, everyone knows that actors can decide less than ordinary people think.
When a play comes out, the audience always says this one is good and that one is not good. Many times, it is not the actor’s fault. Even the actors don’t know how they are performing when they are acting. You have to listen to the director.
Especially in today's era, when filming, the director cannot see the actor's performance in the camera. The photographer can see some, and many times he can only rely on experience.
The same actor, placed in the hands of different directors, may perform completely different things.
No matter how good the actor is, if the director is not good and the script is not good, there is no way to make the movie good.
"Those bastards in our class, how can I tell them now that they all have their own things to do now." After saying that, Tian Youliang smiled and said to Zhou Yan, "Especially Li Naiwen, since he After the directing team came back, they had so many ideas."
Li Naiwen is a grade 93 acting major, and Tian Youliang is Li Naiwen's class teacher.
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Naiwen's acting skills are very good, and he is also down-to-earth. It can be seen that Teacher Tian has paid much attention to him and trained him very well."
"Director Zhou, please stop praising me. How can I not understand my own students? This kid is very irritable. Do you know, this kid has a nickname in school, called the drama killer, as long as he participates None of the plays with him were successful in the end."
This was the first time Zhou Yan heard that Li Naiwen had this nickname. He joked, "Naiwen also has this nickname, and Teacher Gao didn't tell me either. Come on, I'll have to ask Teacher Gao later on why he didn't tell me earlier that if "Time Traveler" doesn't do well, I'll have to put the blame on Naiwen."
Of course Tian Youliang could tell that Zhou Yan was joking. He laughed and said, "You don't have a chance, Director Zhou. I heard that the box office performance of "Time Traveler" was very good. They couldn't buy tickets a few days ago. Here we are.”
“So, Naiwen’s reputation as a drama killer can be taken off. It’s not worthy of the title.”< br>
"Hey, everyone is just joking. The main reason is that this kid is really unlucky. Every time he participates in a play, it is stopped due to various reasons. The matter has nothing to do with him, but it appears several times in a row. This time, he even murmured. "It's better now, the knot is gone," Zhou Yan said with a smile.
“Yes, his tail has been raised to the sky recently.”
"Space Traveler" is very popular now. Although Li Naiwen's role is not particularly large, it is still an important role after all, and it has brought him a lot of fame. During this time, he has become a celebrity in school. .
Of the three teachers, Tian Youliang was the most proactive, not only because of Li Naiwen’s relationship, but also because he was teaching the graduating class.
Chinese Drama has stricter management on students. In principle, freshmen and sophomores are not allowed to take roles, and the management is even stricter now than later. Basically, anyone who takes a role can only take the initiative. Dropped out of school or took a leave of absence.
However, in the third and fourth years of college, the school becomes much more relaxed about students, and even encourages students to get in touch with more good works, because practice is very important at this time.
Therefore, the class teachers of freshmen and sophomores have very different attitudes towards the director coming to school to learn roles from the class teachers of junior and senior students. Huang Dingyu is a bit better, he is a level 94 student, he is just a junior in college, and he can already start taking roles.
But Chang Li is leading freshmen from grade 96 who just entered school this year. It is impossible for these students to let them go out to act now.
So Chang Li was even a little wary when she saw Zhou Yan and the others. She was worried that the students would not be able to resist the temptation.
After all, with a great director like Zhou Yan in front of you, as long as you act in one of his movies, it basically means you can become famous, and ordinary students can't resist it.
Zhou Yan and Tian Youliang chatted for a while, and Huo Jianqi looked at the opportunity to tell them the purpose of their trip.
Sure enough, after hearing their purpose, the three teachers had different reactions.
Tian Youliang was very positive and said with a smile: "They are at the experimental theater now. If you want to see it, I will take you there in a while."
Huang Dingyu said, "Our class The students are in class right now, so you can wait until recess or after school to take a look."
Only Chang Li shook her head and said, "It's not like you don't know our school. According to the rules, in principle, freshmen and sophomores are not allowed to take roles. There are many good talents in the 93 and 94 grades. You can go and see them. The 93 graders are like their class president Wang Qianyuan, Li Naiwen, and Xin Baiqing, girls. You should all know Zhu Yuanyuan, and there is also Liu Mintao, who acted before she was in school. "
Zhou Yan really knows all the people she mentioned.
Needless to say, Zhu Yuanyuan became famous early and has always been famous.
As for Liu Mintao, Wang Qianyuan and Xin Baiqing, these are all late bloomers... Zhou Yan suddenly remembered that Li Naiwen was also a late bloomer.
In this way, these students in Class 93 are really late bloomers.
In fact, they are late bloomers and generally not very good-looking. This also shows that the overall appearance of the 93rd class of China National Drama Theater is not good.
Even Zhu Yuanyuan, who became famous earlier, is not the type of great beauty.
Compared with students from other classes, the image of this class of students is indeed quite different.
Zhou Yan came over mainly because he wanted to see the students in the 96th grade. After hearing what Chang Li said, he said, "Teacher Chang, although the students cannot take roles in their freshman and sophomore years, they should film during the holidays. It won’t affect it, right?”
“It won’t affect it, but usually, we can’t finish filming during the holidays.”
The Chinese Opera requires students not to take roles during their freshman and sophomore years, mainly because they don’t want to. Let students delay class time and affect their studies.
If the students can complete the shooting during the holidays, the school will naturally not care.
Moreover, if the students can really find a job to complete during the summer, the school will be very happy, because in this way the students will also practice.
“Director Xiao’s film has just started preparations and is expected to start shooting next year. The specific time has not been set, but if we really like you 96-year-old students, we can definitely adjust the time. Let’s let the students finish filming the movie during the summer.”
Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Chang Li was also a little shaken. When Huo Jianqi explained their purpose just now, he had already said that the character they were looking for would not know how to do it. is the protagonist.
Since he is not the protagonist, Zhou Yan’s words are more credible. The shooting time for ordinary characters is indeed not very long.
It would also be a good thing for the students if they can go for a short-term practice next summer.
The key is that the opportunity is rare.
Although the director of the new movie is not Zhou Yan, Xiao Can is the director of Yanjing Studio and has collaborated with Zhou Yan on "Spring of the Cowherd Class", so he must be trustworthy.
For Chang Li and others, "Spring of the Cowherd Class" is extremely valuable.
Being able to participate in a movie like "Springtime of the Cowherd Class" is an actor's dream.
Seeing Chang Li's relaxed expression, Huo Jianqi struck while the iron was hot and said, "We are just taking a quick look today and it won't take too long."
Chang Li pondered for a moment and then nodded, "Okay, the next class happens to be Teacher Gao's class. Director Zhou will go over and take up some of his time. He shouldn't have any objections."
Gao Jinwen and Zhou Yan have a good relationship, Chang Li Nature knows.
After taking care of the three head teachers, Zhou Yan and the others went directly to the students without wasting time.
The first stop was the Experimental Theater, where they met students from grade 93.
The students in Grade 93 were gathering to discuss the performance. Suddenly they saw three class teachers coming in with three people, and they all stopped the discussion.
Li Naiwen was the first to recognize Zhou Yan and the others.
"Director Zhou, Director Xiao." He shouted in surprise.
Listening to Li Naiwen calling Director Zhou and Director Xiao, some students had already reacted and knew that Zhou Yan was here.
The students who had been quiet began to whisper again.
Tian Youliang stepped forward and clapped his hands, "Everyone, stop for a moment. Let me say a few words. The people beside me are Director Zhou, Director Huo and Director Xiao. They are here this time to ask questions. Casting for Director Xiao’s new movie. Director Xiao will tell you about the general requirements of the role in a moment. If you are interested, you can communicate with Director Xiao and others on the spot.”
The students were very excited when they heard that Zhou Yan and the others were here for casting. They were about to graduate and were confused about their future.
Many students in this class have not acted in serious movies yet. Now they are waiting to see if they can be assigned to a good unit and survive for a few years to get ahead.
If Zhou Yan and the others were chosen to act in a movie at this time, they would have one more possibility.
Many students have focused their attention on Zhou Yan. They are more curious about Zhou Yan. After all, Zhou Yan is already a legend in the film industry at a young age.
Although it is generally believed that Zhou Yan's achievements and influence in music far exceed those in movies.
But in the eyes of these students of China National Opera, Zhou Yan's achievements in film are even more shocking.
Because they studied acting and have a deeper understanding of movies than the average person, they are better able to understand the value of Zhou Yan's movies.
When many students saw "Spring of the Cowherd Class" filmed by Zhou Yan, they shouted that it was outrageous. They did not believe that it was filmed by a director in his twenties. (End of this chapter)