Chapter 2 Audition
The next morning.
There is a hint of coldness in the air, and the sun shines on the earth, covering it with a golden coat.
In the quiet house, Jin Qixuan was standing on the treadmill for his morning jog.
Forty minutes later, the morning exercise ended.
Stretch, bathe, eat, change clothes.
She looked pretty in front of the mirror for a while.
Jin Qixuan was about to go out and take the subway to TVN TV station.
“Cha, chat, chat…”
Jin Qixuan stepped out of the corridor and raised his eyes inadvertently.
I saw a black, blue and white magpie chirping happily on the branch.
Eight thirty.
Jin Qixuan arrived at the TVN TV building.
After notifying the security at the door.
The staff guided Jin Qixuan down to the audition room on the 12th floor.
Sign in with a pen, then sit on a chair and wait quietly.
Don’t look at the fact that Jin Qixuan came half an hour early.
But there are many actors waiting to audition.
They just nodded and said hello to each other, without any extra communication.
They were all waiting silently for their names to be called.
Nine o'clock sharp.
As the audition staff arrived.
The staff with their work badges pushed open the ceramic door of the audition room and walked out.
Holding the list in his hand, he read the names of the audition actors to everyone.
"Ryu Junyeol xi, please come in and audition."
"Inside!"
……
"The next one, Li Donghui xi, please come and audition."
"Inside!"
……
"The next one, Choi Seung Won xi, please come to the audition."
"Inside!"
"The next one, Ahn Jae Hongxi, please come to the audition."
"Guilty!"
The actors present were called in to audition one after another. Some stayed inside for five minutes, and some stayed there for half an hour.
Jin Qixuan raised his wrist and looked at the time.
It's almost noon.
It hasn’t happened yet.
I felt inexplicably anxious.
Five minutes later.
The last actor who auditioned leaves the room.
Not for a while.
The staff member Jin Qixuan had met several times came out again, holding a form and shouting:
"The next person, Jin Qixuan xi, please come to audition."
"Inside!"
Hearing the staff's paging, Jin Qixuan stood up instantly.
Take a deep breath.
Smooth your folds and smile.
Da walked into the house.
As soon as you enter the house.
Jin Qixuan saw clearly the signs of the four people at the table.
[Producer Lee Myung-han], [Director Shin Won-ho], [Screenwriter Lee Yoo-jung], [Screenwriter Kim Sun-hee]
Bowed to say hello and handed over his resume.
"I am Jin Qixuan, a new actor who auditioned. This is my resume."
Jin Qixuan's face was handsome and unique, and the four of them could not resist taking a few more glances.
A pair of standard grape eyes are like two shining black gems, clear and bright, revealing a deep and fascinating light.
There was a faint smile hanging on his smooth and white cheeks. That smile seemed to have some kind of magic, making people unable to look away for a while.
The four of them have met countless handsome actors.
But the indescribable temperament exuding from Jin Qixuan made them feel a little fascinated, as if they were being pulled by an invisible force.
“Please have a seat.”
"Inside."
Director Shin Yuan-ho lowered his head and flipped through Jin Qixuan's resume:
"Jin Qixuanxi is 23 years old this year?"
"Guilty."
"A graduate of the Theater Performance Department of Chung-Ang University, but I see on your resume that you have not appeared in any productions."
"Enlisted in the army for two years while studying, and after being discharged from the army I have always focused on my studies and only auditioned after graduation.”
Screenwriter Li Youjing nodded and handed the script to Jin Qixuan:
"Then, please read the lines first."
"Inside."
Jin Qixuan took the lines with both hands and began to read them attentively.
As a newcomer auditioning, he was not assigned a specific role, but had to deal with the scripts randomly assigned by the director and screenwriter.
Normally, only those actors who are proactively invited by the production team have the opportunity to access the script content in advance.
At this moment, the plot in Jin Qixuan's hands describes that after Deshan's grandmother passed away, Deshan's father was drinking alone in front of the house, recalling every bit of his mother's life, just as Aze returned from get off work.
The character Aze is based on the Go master Lee Chang-ho. He lost his mother when he was young. He spent most of his time on the chess board and participated in Go tournaments across Asia. Therefore, he did not receive formal school education.
He is dull and introverted and not good at expressing emotions.
After listening to director Shen Yuanhao's brief introduction to the character, Jin Qixuan nodded and began to mentally figure out and analyze the character's characteristics.
He believes that Aze’s mind should be relatively mature because he has been dealing with adults for a long time and has no experience of going to school.
At the same time, because he has been dependent on his father since he was a child, he may lack emotional expression due to lack of maternal love, which also leads to his less talkative and introverted character.
Considering these factors, Jin Qixuan speculated that Aze's timbre should have some cold feeling, giving people an impression of being unapproachable.
However, due to the limited script information in his hand, he is currently unable to make more in-depth reasoning and analysis about Aze's other character traits.
Five minutes later, Jin Qixuan had constructed the basic outline of the character in his mind.
He made a gesture to Shen Yuanhao to indicate that he was ready.
Immediately afterwards, Jin Qixuan quickly switched to the character state, as if he had transformed into a character in the play.
His shoulders drooped slightly, showing a tired posture, and his eyes were half-open and half-closed, revealing a deep tiredness.
Seeing how quickly Jin Qixuan integrated into the role, Shin Yuanhao nodded slightly, full of approval in his heart.
Then with a pretended relaxed tone, he read out Deshan’s father’s lines:
“Master Aze, are you off work now?”
Upon hearing this call, Jin Qixuan's originally dazed state changed instantly. He tried to open his eyes, straightened his body, and bowed respectfully to say hello.
His voice was deliberately cold, as if he was still a teenager who was not very good at dealing with strangers.
However, in the slowed down speech rate, one can still hear his fatigue at the moment.
"Aniha Seyo," he responded politely.
"Pour uncle a drink."
"Gui." Jin Qixuan responded, blinking at the same time, looking down for props.
At this time, screenwriter Li Youjing handed over a bottle of mineral water. He took the bottle and simulated the action of pouring wine, looking well-behaved.
Seeing this, Director Shen couldn't help but sigh:
"When did you become so sensible? Time flies so fast, and we, Ze, have all grown up before we know it."< br>
Jin Qixuan put down the water bottle and looked at Director Shen with a worried look in his eyes, and then his state and tone changed back to that of meeting an elder. He put his hands between his legs, shook his body slightly back and forth, looked apologetic, and said softly:
"Agassi... I heard that your mother passed away. I'm sorry. None of them were able to attend the farewell ceremony.”
Director Shen's tone became lower:
"Forget it, don't say these words, I'm almost crying... Oh, when you mention it like this, I miss my mother again."
Then Director Shen asked instead: "But when does our Ze miss our mother the most?"
His emotions and tone were spot on.
At that moment, Jin Qixuan seemed to have entered the situation of his previous life.
Recalling his mother, his nose felt sore, his eyes gradually turned red, and he slowly lowered his head.
Seeing that Jin Qixuan didn't answer, Director Shen asked softly again: "Huh?"
Jin Qixuan slowly raised his head, and the teardrops in his eyes reflected the tiny light, revealing his deep sorrow.
He opened his mouth and said with a trembling voice:
"Every day... I miss my mother every day."
As the words fell, tears burst into my eyes.
“cut.”
In Jin Qixuan's performance, his emotional control and interpretation of the timing of tears were perfect, which made Director Shen's eyes shine.
He immediately stopped, handed Jin Qixuan toilet paper, and apologized at the same time:
“I didn’t mean to make you cry.”
Jin Qixuan took the tissue, wiped away his tears gently, smiled and waved his hands to express his innocence:
"It's okay...it's okay."
The atmosphere in the room was a little heavy for a while, and everyone watched Jin Qixuan silently.
Upon seeing this, Director Shen decided to adjust the atmosphere and joked: "Are you okay? Do you want to say something dirty to lighten the atmosphere?"
This humorous remark immediately broke the dullness and made everyone present endure it. Jin Qixuan couldn't help laughing, and Jin Qixuan also smiled.
“Can you speak dirty words?”
Director Shin asked further.
Jin Qixuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded honestly.
Then Director Shin asked: "What about smoking and drinking?"
Jin Qixuan replied: "Not really."
Director Shen smiled and joked: "That's not possible, how can we make you drink in the future if you don't drink well?"
As soon as this statement came out , everyone burst into laughter again.
Jin Qixuan seemed to have guessed something while laughing.
At this time, screenwriter Li Youjing handed over the next script.
Jin Qixuan intercepted it and read it carefully.
The plot describes Sun Woo's first shave, but he chose to lie because he didn't want his mother to know that he was sad because he didn't have his father's guidance.
The reason behind this lie stems from the cigarette in Ms. Leopard's clothes that her sister Pearl brought back by mistake, which triggered the worry and sensitive reaction of Sunwoo's mother, and the two had their first quarrel.
Jin Qixuan lowered his head and read the plot carefully while listening to screenwriter Li Youjing's in-depth explanation of the character.
He learned that the father of the character Sun Woo died three years ago in the timeline of the play.
The family conditions are average. My mother has no job and relies on my father’s pension to survive. I also live in a house inherited from my father.
Due to the death of his father, Shanyu became very sensible and became the mainstay of the family. Not only did he have excellent academic performance, he was filial and considerate to his mother, and he also took good care of his younger sister.
After listening to Li Youjing's story, Jin Qixuan nodded with deep feeling.
The experience of this character was similar to his experience in his previous life, which caused his newly calmed emotions to stir again, and his nose became sore unconsciously.
Five minutes later.
Jin Qixuan has successfully inserted himself into the role of Sun Woo, and made an OK gesture to screenwriter Li Youjing, indicating that he is ready to start acting.
Li Youjing nodded and began to act for Jin Qixuan according to the script. She frowned and asked:
"When did you start smoking?"
Jin Qixuan completely put himself into his own adolescence to understand the character of Sun Woo. That was the age when he could not be wronged the most.
Therefore, he frowned slightly and responded with a little impatience in his tone:
"I have said many times, this cigarette is really not mine!"
Li Youjing reached out and slapped the table, her tone became more severe:
"Everything is here, and you are still quibbling? Also, where did this injury on your face come from? You fight and smoke all day long and don't learn to learn well. You want to make me angry to death. "Don't you care about your mother's feelings at all?"
After hearing this, Jin Qixuan's anger reached its peak instantly.
As a vigorous young man, how could he bear such injustice.
So, he reached out and slapped the table hard, his brows stood up, he stretched his neck, widened his eyes, and shouted:
"Mom!"
Li Youjing was startled by Jin Qixuan's sudden outburst. Five seconds later, she responded with a fake cry.
Hearing the cry, Jin Qixuan's heart trembled and he panicked
. A strong sense of guilt and self-blame came over him, and his raised brows gradually became calmer, with an embarrassed apology on his face.
His tone changed and he stammered:
"Mom...the injury on my face was caused by accidentally shaving..."
"Mom, I'm sorry, I It’s okay. My friends all said that it was like this when I shaved for the first time, and it wasn’t because of my father, and the cigarette was really not mine..."
After listening to Jin Qixuan's words, Li Youjing's fake crying stopped.
Although her crying scene was much worse than before, even a little fake, even Shin Yuanho next to her was covering his mouth and laughing.
But in Jin Qixuan's ears, this cry revealed the mother's self-blame and guilt for her son's misunderstanding.
Therefore, Jin Qixuan's nose felt sore, and the tears rolling down his eyes instantly rolled down. His voice was trembling and hoarse:
"Mom... don't cry... you make my son feel so distressed... "
"Cut." Director Shen shouted, and then gave Jin Qixuan high recognition: "Jin Qixuan, xi, you performed the crying scene very well and had great empathy."
Jin Qixuan did not respond immediately, but lowered his head and covered his face with his hands. Tears flowed uncontrollably and sobs continued.
He is not a god. He cannot be separated from the role as soon as he shouts "cut".
Seeing this, Shen Yuanhao handed him a tissue and patted his back, trying to comfort him:
"If it's really hard to get away, just say a few curse words to adjust the atmosphere."
Jin Qixuan took the tissue, wiped his tears, and waited for a while before speaking to simulate the sound of the video silencer: "Beep beep beep beep ..."
Although his voice was trembling, this move successfully amused everyone.
"Pfft... Hahaha..."
The sad atmosphere was diluted instantly. Li Youjing looked at Jin Qixuan with satisfied eyes and asked curiously:
"Jin Qixuanxi, can I ask? What were you thinking about when you were feeling emotional just now? ”
Jin Qixuan scratched his head in embarrassment and replied:
"Well... I just feel that this character is similar to some of my own experiences, and I can also deeply feel the bond and dependence between the character and his mother. "
Director Shen lowered his head and drew a mark next to Jin Qixuan's name on the list of audition actors, then looked up at him:
"The two performances you just performed were indeed outstanding, but we still have some concerns about your role and need to discuss it further. Come again next week and I will contact you in advance."
Jin Qixuan's face lit up with joy. He raised his hand, then clenched his fist and lowered it, looking a little embarrassed:
"Um...Director Shen, actually I don't have an agent or an agency... …”
Director Shen was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "It doesn't matter, just come directly next week and I will talk to you in person.
"No. "Jin Qixuan responded respectfully.
"Okay, then look forward to our meeting in a week. Director Shen said with a smile.
"Thank you very much."
Jin Qixuan bowed again to express his gratitude, then turned and left.
After Jin Qixuan left, screenwriter Li Youjing turned his chair to look at Director Shin and raised his doubts:
"He's really excellent, but he's too handsome. It doesn't meet the director's usual casting standards, right? Aren't your standards only for choosing the right ones, not the handsome ones?"
Shen Yuanhao shook his head. , replied:
"He is not the cookie-cutter handsome we usually see. He has a positive and sunny feeling about him, which I like very much."
Then, a wilted smile appeared on his face, and he joked:
"And his performance is good, recommended by Professor Lin, his image is also very good, his crying scene is very empathetic, and he is still a newcomer. , the price is also cheap. As for appearance, it was 1988, let Qi Liu Haier seal him."
This sentence immediately caused everyone to laugh, and the atmosphere became relaxed.
"Hahaha..."
After the laughter, Li Youjing said:
"Okay, then I will show the audition video to the casting director and ask him to recommend which role Jin Qixuan is suitable for."
Shen Yuanhao nodded in agreement:
“Well, that’s a good idea.”
Then he turned to the staff and said:
"Notify the next auditionee."
"Inside."
The staff responded and immediately began to prepare to notify the next auditionee.
(End of this chapter)