Imperial City, No. 77, North Third Ring Road Middle.
Beijing Film Studio, the leader of Chinese film studios, is located here.
This place was originally the Third Studio of the Central Film Enterprise Company of the Kuomintang. After the liberation of Peiping in 1948, the state took over the place and transferred a group of literary and artistic backbones from Yan'an to completely transform the place. .
In April 1949, Peking Film Studio was established on this basis. In October of the same year, it was renamed Beijing Film Studio on the day of the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China.
So, this place was born and rose together with the Republic.
It's just that when the People's Republic of China was founded, the area around this place was quite deserted, but now it has become an urban area.
Times have changed, and the studios of Beijing Film Studio can no longer meet all the shooting tasks of domestic blockbusters. At best, they can only be used as a shooting location for some indoor or small outdoor scenes.
One of the distributors of "City of Golden Armor" is China Film Group, so the crew naturally used this place as the office location for auditions and preliminary preparations.
And it can be seen from the distributors that in addition to China Film, there are also Sony, French New Cinema, and Anle Film.
Sony is responsible for island countries and countries, and New Film is responsible for Europe.
Behind Anle Films is Hong Kong distribution boss Jiang Zhiqiang, who controls many theater resources in North America and Oceania.
Lao Mouzi still has great reputation, and overseas issuers are industry leaders.
Unlike "The Banquet", the Wang brothers had to go to film festivals to woo foreign companies.
Of course, in addition to Lao Mouzi, it is also the credit of Gong Huang that we can find the support of so many big-name companies.
In 1997, he became the first Chinese to serve as a judge for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2000, he became the first Chinese to serve on the jury of the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival.
In 2002, he became the first Chinese to serve as chairman of the Venice Film Festival jury.
The films you star in can participate in the three major film festivals. If you win this award, you can be called an international movie star in China.
What should we call someone like her who has served as a judge at three top film festivals?
Coupled with the subsequent chairmanship of the jury of the Tokyo Film Festival and the Shanghai Film Festival, this Light International Class A Film Festival judge has served five times.
Zhang Ziyi was awarded the title of International Chapter and Gong Li's successor.
But in fact, both in terms of acting skills and popularity at home and abroad, they are at least one level behind Gong Huang.
This is why Zhang Weiping still couldn't refuse Lao Mouzi to use her as the heroine even though he had a grudge against Gong Li.
As long as she is here, foreign film producers are willing to pay.
As soon as Zhang Yuan entered Studio No. 2, he saw a row of bodyguards pulling out the human wall and separating them through a passage, as if to greet someone.
"Hey, it's the Queen after all. The pomp is so grand." Zhang Yuan automatically stepped aside.
Although he is very popular among young audiences now, compared with Gong Li, he is still in the sky and on the ground.
Of course, this is not shameful, and Zhang Yuan is also convinced.
Zhang Yuan and his assistants were watching, and they saw a white business car stop steadily at the door of the studio. Several assistants and bodyguards in black suits stepped forward and stood up suddenly. He opened a few pure black umbrellas and blocked the car door.
Waiting until the barriers were tight, the car door slowly opened.
Zhang Yuan glanced around and saw that there were no outsiders here, just some professional media and actors auditioning.
Although Gong Li is indeed a big name, is this a bit too much?
While he was thinking about it, a figure wearing a white POLO shirt and sneakers of the same color got out of the car.
This man had sunglasses hanging on his nose and oily hair on his head. He walked quickly past everyone with an expressionless face.
"Thump thump thump, thump thump thump..." The theme song of "God of Gamblers" automatically played in Zhang Yuan's mind.
"It turns out it's not Gong Li, it's Brother Fa..."
"Brother Xiao Ma doesn't look very handsome..." the assistant beside him, Zhao Xuexuan, said with a frown.
After the bodyguards and the wall of people dispersed and the commotion passed, Zhang Yuan planned to move on.
However, at this time another vehicle stopped at the door.
The people inside opened the door and jumped out.
Wearing pink sportswear and carrying a small white schoolbag, she walked in with brisk steps.
Many staff members recognized her, and this one smiled and waved hello with a friendly smile and enthusiasm.
This is the arrival of the real queen!
Zhang Yuan took a look, and Gong Li brought a female assistant with him. He walked around in a hurry, and there was no bodyguard to protect him.
She even took the initiative to post photos with fans, without any airs of being the number one Chinese actress.
Zhang Yuan calculated with his fingers that this person should be forty this year.
But with this casual and beautiful outfit, no one would doubt her even if she was thirty.
"No wonder Lao Mouzi was so obsessed with her back then..."
Even now, this person can't be regarded as still charming, but in good condition.
“Ah, this is Gong Li!” Zhao Juexuan opened his mouth and said in surprise.
"She looks so big in the movie, but she is tall and thin in real life, and her face is smaller than that of ordinary people."
Zhang Yuan nodded.
Yes, the camera will make people "fat", so generally those who appear thin on the screen will be "poor ribs" in real people.
When Gong Li passed the opera test, his performance in cultural subjects was 11 points below the admission threshold.
It stands to reason that there is no qualification for admission.
It was the teachers of the Chinese Opera who jointly submitted a letter to the Department of Education of the Ministry of Culture to give her special approval to enter the school.
You know how valuable this person’s appearance and abilities are.
It wasn't until Teacher Gong Li disappeared at the end of the corridor that the two of them put away their attention gifts.
Zhao Xuexuan muttered again: "We are also big stars, why did Sister Gong Li come here by herself, but Brother Fa made so much noise..."
Zhang Yuan smiled and patted her shoulder. : "The Hong Kong area is like this."
It's just that the glory will not last for a few years.
The two came to the lounge.
After all, it is a big crew, and there will be cameramen recording interviews before the auditions.
Convenient for publicity or documentary use.
For Lao Mouzi's play, if the company can get the opportunity to audition, many actors will flock to it.
Therefore, the dressing room is extremely lively and crowded.
Seeing that it would be a while before it was his turn to put on makeup and try on costumes, Zhang Yuan simply went out to get some fresh air.
"Woooooooo..."
Walking around, I found a corner to smoke. When I turned the corner, I saw someone squatting on the ground crying.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhang Yuan asked kindly.
Unexpectedly, this person heard someone calling, wiped away his tears, stood up and ran away, completely ignoring him.
"Huang Xuan..." Zhang Yuan glanced and recognized this young and familiar face.
“He is also an unlucky guy.”
Zhang Yuan looked at his leaving figure and shook his head.
The person who originally auditioned was the third prince in the film.
They all passed the preliminary examination and entered the re-examination. Unexpectedly, Lao Mouzi suddenly changed the setting and lowered the age of the third prince to fourteen.
The group of people who auditioned before only received the notice before arriving today.
"I guess this guy still wants to fight for it, but he is quite brave and dares to rush to the studio."
Zhang Yuan knew that the role of the third prince was later given to Qin Junjie.
This half-sister Li Yue is an actor and is very familiar with Beijing circles.
In addition, the Qin family is a large local family in Putian, with money and resources.
So I was able to win this role, probably because of some PY transactions with Zhang Weiping.
Zhang Yuan has nothing to do with this matter. He is not qualified to audition for the third prince anyway.
"Zhang Yuan!" He had just lit his cigarette and was pacing back and forth in the corridor, thinking about how to behave for a while when a male voice with a Baodao accent interrupted his thoughts.
Chou walked towards him head on.
He also had two bodyguards with him.
But he really needs it because it’s so popular.
Not to mention the staff, even the actors who came to audition for small roles gathered around him when they saw him arriving.
"Oh, you're here."
"Are you auditioning for this movie too?" Jay Chou fist bumped with him and then asked.
"Yeah, I'm waiting in line for makeup."
"I have a separate dressing room and makeup artist, go to my place."
"Okay."
Two The people then walked away arm in arm.
The young actors on the side cast envious looks.
"Zhang Yuan is already famous, but I didn't expect him to know Jay Chou."
"You are stupid, they filmed "Initial D" together."
"Sure enough, Only popular people will only make friends with popular people."
"When can I go to Jay Chou's dressing room..."
In the independent dressing room, the two of them. Sit still.
"What's the role you're auditioning for today?" Jay Chou asked cautiously.
“What do you think?” Zhang Yuan looked complicated and deliberately teased him.
"Uh..." Jay Chou felt a little guilty.
He heard that the producer contacted the company to invite him, but the director was not very satisfied with him.
The tentative role given to him is the second prince, and this role has a lot of fighting scenes.
Jay Chou really wants to film a costume fight movie, he has a kung fu dream.
But he knows better that Zhang Yuan really knows kung fu!
If he competes with himself for a role, then he will be at a huge disadvantage in both acting and action scenes.
And he thinks Zhang Yuan is a friend, but he doesn't really want to "kill each other."
If he relied on his popularity and reputation to overpower the more powerful Zhang Yuan, he would also feel a little guilty.
"Hey hey hey, don't panic, I'm auditioning for the eldest prince, please call me brother."
"Shit!" Director Jay was relieved when he heard what he said.
Zhang Yuan said with a smile again.
“According to the plot, your mother is the queen.”
“The eldest prince is having an affair with the queen again.”
"So it's wrong to call him brother." Zhang Yuan put his hand on his shoulder.
"Lun'er, from now on, I will call you brother, you will call me dad, and we both have our own things to do."
Director Jay rummaged through his bag and wanted to take out some money. Come and whip Lao Mouzi with the nunchaku as part of his talent show. "Brother, what are you looking for? Dad will help you look for it..." Zhang Yuan helped him rummage through the bag.
For a time, the dressing room was filled with happy air...
Zhang Yuan will try out two scenes in total.
One scene is when the eldest prince mutilates himself and lies weakly on the bed.
In another scene, the queen revealed Jiang's identity, and the eldest prince learned that he had been having sex with his biological sister.
After changing into a golden antique costume, Zhang Yuan walked to the audition room.
When we came out of the door, the door just opened from the inside, and a tall and thin man walked out and met Zhang Yuan face to face.
The two looked at each other and gave each other a step.
"Hello." Zhang Yuan stretched out his hand to say hello.
"Oh, hello."
"Teacher Hu Jun often mentions you to me." Zhang Yuan said with a smile.
"If you are familiar with Jun, then we are friends."
The one who went out was Liu Ye.
Liu Ye glanced at the person in front of him.
Slightly one or two centimeters shorter than me, there is no obvious height disadvantage.
And the roles that are similar to mine should be for the same role that I am auditioning for.
Liu Ye knows Zhang Yuan and has heard about it on TV and from friends.
It is clear that he is a newcomer who has just emerged in recent years.
At this time, this person has already won the Golden Horse, Golden Rooster and Double Best Actor. If the protection barriers at the Academy Awards were not too strict, this person might have already won three gold medals.
Besides, he also has experience in participating in top domestic productions.
He plays the killer ghost wolf in "The Promise" which was just released.
In addition, he came to audition for this film and was introduced by Zhang Ziyi.
Because Zhang Ziyi and Liu Ye had the best relationship when they were in Class 96 of Chinese Opera.
It wasn’t because they were great, but because these two were the weakest in the class at that time, they cried together all day long because they couldn’t hand in their homework.
The friendship of a top student may be watery, but the friendship of a bad student must be more genuine than gold.
But after graduation, they got along best.
At that time, the top students in the class, Qin Hao and Zeng Li, were mediocre.
Just like in life, many bad students are very successful in society, while good students remain unknown after being successful in school.
Therefore, Liu Ye thought that he was much better than the other party in terms of honor, experience, and relationships.
So I didn’t pay too much attention to the smiling little brother in front of me.
"You're busy, I'll leave first."
"Okay, see you later."
The two greeted each other for a few words and then separated.
Zhang Yuan scratched his head: "How did he fascinate Brother Jun..."
Among the works played by Liu Ye, his favorite is "Unmanned Driving" .
Because in that film Li Xiaoran was wearing a vest in the kitchen, tsk tsk tsk... art, this is all art.
After entering the room, Zhang Weiping, Lao Mouzi, Wu Zhi Cheng Xiaodong, screenwriter Bian Zhihong, and Gong Li sat on the chairs.
Zhang Weiping and Gong Li were so far apart that they didn't even look at each other.
There is a camera set up on the side, which will film everyone's performance.
Zhang Weiping looked at Zhang Yuan with a smile. After all, he was the one who called the person here.
Zhang Weiping: You fool, you are happy to be a swordsman for me.
Zhang Yuan: This damn fat guy is a swordsman for me, and he looks pretty good.
Both of them have their own hidden agendas.
Zhang Yuan looked at Lao Mouzi, smiled and nodded.
Lao Mouzi also raised his hand to say hello.
Zhang Yuan did not see Cheng Xiaodong, but the old man nodded towards him.
After all, his good apprentice Ma Yuchen has collaborated with Zhang Yuan several times and mentioned Zhang Yuan’s name with this famous Chinese martial arts commander.
Gong Li was still wearing his sportswear and glanced at the people around him.
"Who is this kid? Lao Zhang, Yimou and Xiaodong all recognize him." Seeing this, the queen couldn't help but take a few more glances.
"Looking upright and upright."
She thought, she just didn't know if she was in good health... Teacher Gong Li's married life was not very happy.
“If you are ready, let’s start.” Lao Mouzi looked tired, but his eyes were still clear.
The director greeted him and he started performing according to the script.
I saw him quickly lying down on the ground. He didn't do any cleaning action and didn't care whether the ground was clean. He just lay down.
A few people nodded, not bad, not pretentious.
Like Liu Ye just now, start when you say start.
Lao Mouzi stared at him.
I saw Zhang Yuan's complexion darken visibly to the naked eye.
His eyes were obviously closed, but fatigue, weakness, and pain seemed to be pouring out from between his eyebrows.
"Yes." Lao Mouzi nodded: "Not bad."
"It's done as soon as it comes up, and the state is very accurate."
"And just now Liu Ye When performing this part, he has more small movements and expressions, but he is more restrained.”
"But on the contrary, this restrained acting method strengthens the reality of weakness."
This scene shows the eldest prince lying on the bed and moaning in pain after stabbing himself.
Liu Ye has rich acting experience and is good at thinking, so he naturally performs well.
But, he has no life!
Zhang Yuan knows too well what this kind of weakness and pain feels like.
After all, he was slashed to the left just a few months ago!
The feeling is still fresh in my memory, I just need to reproduce it, there is no need to perform it deliberately.
Gong Li was also surprised. Liu Ye was her fellow student at the same school and considered one of her own.
But even so, she had to admit that in this performance, Zhang Yuan's performance was indeed more realistic and delicate than her junior.
Gong Li thought for a while, then stood up, walked slowly, and moved in the direction of Zhang Yuan.
The others all sat upright and looked at Zhang Yuan carefully.
This scene is a two-person scene.
If you follow the script, it is a literary drama between the eldest prince and the queen.
However, auditions are usually a one-man show without any physical performance.
In addition, Gong Li is a top actress, no one thought that she would be a supporting actor for the audition.
Fa Ge turned around and left after the audition, and would never waste a minute with other actors.
This is the norm for big-name actors.
But Gong Li is different. Firstly, this person actually doesn’t have much arrogance. Secondly, he has the face of Lao Mouzi.
Gong Li came to Zhang Yuan's side, squatted down, and held his left hand.
Zhang Yuan:! ! !
He had his eyes closed, but just as he was about to say something, he felt his palm being held.
When he opened his eyes slightly, he saw the face of Teacher Gong Li.
Ordinary actors would be extremely nervous even if they were to perform in front of Gong Li, let alone encountering a "sneak attack" like this.
Zhang Yuan suppressed his emotions and immediately realized that this must be a small "show" put on by the crew.
It is actually quite common for the production crew to give the actors a lot of work during the audition, sometimes deliberately scaring the actors to see their reactions.
Zhang Yuan estimated that this should also be based on the on-the-spot reaction and performance status.
After knowing it well, he continued to act, turned his head to the other side, and said quietly.
"You must be hiding something from me."
"Why exactly?"
Teacher Gong Li said cooperatively: "I have to do this."
Huh... Zhang Yuan turned around and took the opponent's hands that were holding his palms in his hands.
Gong Li frowned, there was no detail of touching hands in the script.
He added this himself.
The first time we met and we were not familiar with each other, he dared to grab my hand.
Courageous enough!
Usually young actors panic when they see her, and she often has to calm them down.
It is indeed rare to be so unafraid.
And Gong Li knew that this action was in line with the character and the situation.
From a performance perspective, there is no problem at all.
Something wild... Gong Li thought in his mind.
A bit like what I was back then.
“I beg you.” Zhang Yuan continued to speak his lines without stopping.
“I’m doing this for your own good.”
“That’s it!” Lao Mouzi shouted to stop.
Zhang Yuan immediately tightened his expression and stood up.
Gong Li walked back to his seat and nodded towards Lao Mouzi.
Gong Li also did the same thing to other actors who auditioned for the eldest prince before.
Among the six or seven people who have auditioned before, Liu Ye’s performance was the best in terms of overall performance.
And Zhang Yuan is comparable to him.
And also added the small action of turning around and holding the opponent's hand behind his back.
Be more proactive.
The two have slightly different personalities and performance styles, but it was hard to tell them apart for a while.
Lao Mouzi touched his chin. It was hard to tell the winner. Could it be that this kid won.
After all, Liu Ye debuted earlier.
No wonder Biaozi also gave him a bottle of wine. This kid really has two brushes! (End of chapter)