Chapter 24 Blind Well
Seeing the three handsome men and beautiful women go away, Xu Kun breathed a sigh of relief, but he couldn't help but feel a little secretly proud.
After all, she is still the Golden Horse Best Actress, and she takes the initiative to ask for her phone number in front of others. How can she still pay for this?
It's a pity that she looked at her differently not because she admired her acting skills, but because she beat the Hong Kong people.
This somewhat made Xu Kun feel that there was something wrong with it.
It would be great if one day, I could win the favor of beautiful women with my acting skills.
It wasn't until he got into the taxi that Xu Kun gradually put aside his distracting thoughts and returned his attention to the movie he was about to audition for.
Originally, he thought that he would play an important role earlier than Baoqiang, but who knew that Baoqiang would rise to the top in one fell swoop.
Although not much is known about Bao Qiang's future, as expected, this movie should be Bao Qiang's most famous film.
From this inference, the quality of this movie is definitely not bad. If I can play an important role in it, I will definitely take a step forward in the industry.
After this set of logic fell into place, Xu Kun was full of expectations for the next audition, and at the same time a little nervous.
Although his acting skills have improved a lot in the past three months, is it a bit big to suddenly go from a TV drama special actor to a main actor in a movie?
But then I thought about it, Baoqiang had a bigger leap this time. Since he didn't even bother, there was no reason why he couldn't get over this hurdle!
The address given by Baoqiang is near the Beijing Film Studio. It is a famous fly restaurant.
It was just after eight o'clock in the evening when Xu Kun arrived, which was the busiest time in the restaurant.
"Brother Kun, it's over here!"
As soon as he entered the store, he was spotted by Bao Qiang, who was looking around in the private room. Looking at the baby's purple face, Xu Kun thought he was already drunk. Only when he entered the private room did he realize that there were four dishes and one soup on the table. It's all neat and tidy and hasn't been touched at all.
The reason why Baoqiang's face turned red was purely out of excitement.
Just by the fact that the food was intact, Xu Kun first had a good impression of the director who stood up to greet him - Bao Qiang's iconic baby face always makes people look down on him, and this director But he could wait for him for so long for Bao Qiang's sake.
However, the other party looked at Xu Kun and couldn't help but frown secretly.
After sitting down, under Bao Qiang’s introduction, both parties introduced themselves.
The director's name is Li Yang. He is a turtle who returned from studying in Germany. He has made several documentaries and a TV series, but he is not well-known.
At the beginning of last year, he accidentally came across a novel called "The Divine Tree". Li Yang was amazed by the book's portrayal of complex human nature and its description of morality and money.
So he decisively bought the film and television adaptation rights of the novel, and spent a year and a half raising the funds to film the film and completing the filming procedures.
But just when Li Yang was so ambitious and wanted to go to Shanxi for filming, the originally scheduled starring role fell apart.
First, the young protagonist, who was a child actor, backed out after hearing that he was going to go to a small coal mine for unsafe on-site filming, and then even the other main villain also went against his promise.
Later, Li Yang tried to contact several child actors, but they were all declined. Some of them were because they were afraid of taking risks, and some of them were not allowed to go by their families.
He had no choice but to advertise for talents outside the Beijing Film Studio, hoping to find a young actor who grew up in the countryside, was not tall, had an immature face, could endure hardships and was courageous.
In the end, Bao Qiang, who came after hearing the news, stood out. Not only did his appearance meet the requirements, but his acting skills were also significantly better than the others.
Xu Kun never expected that Bao Qiang's appearance, which has always been a hindrance, would one day become a stepping stone for him to play the leading role in a movie.
While sighing, Xu Kun also tentatively brought up the topic: "I heard that our crew is still missing two important villain actors?"
"This, actually only one is missing."
Li Yang pursed his lips in embarrassment, but still admitted frankly: "When Bao Qiang mentioned your conditions, I thought you were quite suitable, but..."
"only?"
"You are too young."
Li Yang shook his head helplessly and said: "According to Bao Qiang's description, I originally thought you were around 30 years old, and that would be barely enough with old age makeup, but... you are 25 this year?"
"22 [False years]." Seeing Li Yang sighing helplessly after hearing his actual age, Xu Kun felt depressed in his heart, not to mention that he didn't expect to fail in the audition before he came, but he didn't expect it. To the point that I will be dismissed because of my age.
After thinking for a while, he said without giving up: "Director Li, can I read the script?"
"sure."
Li Yang was easy to talk to. He took out the script from his briefcase and said, "Actually, the other supporting characters in our film also have their own highlights."
Obviously, although he does not plan to let Xu Kun play the main villain, he still hopes that Xu Kun can join the crew and shine for this movie.
"director."
At this time, Baoqiang mustered up his courage and said, "I think Brother Kun is quite mature. You can let him try it out."
Li Yang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The character Tang Chaoyang is set to be a middle-aged man in his forties. His son has graduated from high school. This is more than twice the difference..."
Baoqiang looked at Li Yang, then at Xu Kun who was immersed in reading the script, and then lowered his head with a tangled face.
Xu Kun spent almost twenty minutes quickly browsing the script.
The general plot of the story is that Tang Chaoyang and Song Jinming, in the name of being able to introduce high-paying jobs, tricked migrant workers into pretending to be their relatives, and then took them to the mines to wait for opportunities to kill them, making it look like they were killed in a mining accident.
Then they took advantage of the mine owner's eagerness to settle the matter, and one of them was a good person and the other a bad person, and took away the accident compensation.
When Tang Chaoyang selected the leading actor Yuan Fengming as his next target, Song Jinming felt pity for Yuan Fengming because he was similar in age to his son, and also discovered that Yuan Fengming's father seemed to have died at the hands of the two of them. heart.
So Song Jinming tried to force Yuan Fengming away with a bad attitude, but instead of succeeding, he was further moved by Yuan Fengming's simplicity and kindness.
Finally, in the mine, seeing that Song Jinming was reluctant to take action, Tang Chaoyang first killed Song Jinming in anger, and then prepared to get rid of Yuan Fengming.
Fortunately, Song Jinming survived his injuries and killed Tang Chaoyang at the critical moment.
Yuan Fengming was so frightened by this scene that he escaped from the mine, while Song Jinming and Tang Chaoyang were left in the mine forever.
Afterwards, although Yuan Fengming repeatedly refused, he still took away 60,000 yuan in compensation under the coercion and inducement of the mine owner.
There are many detailed descriptions interspersed during this period, making the whole story both true and cruel and full of black humor.
And just like what Bao Qiang said, the two villains have more scenes than the protagonists. It is not an exaggeration to say that all three of them are male protagonists.
After reading the script, Xu Kun had an idea in mind.
Gently pushing the script back to Li Yang, he said seriously: "Director Li, I have a somewhat immature view on the role of Tang Chaoyang."
Although Li Yang was not optimistic about Xu Kun's role as Tang Chaoyang, he still moved his upper body slightly forward and assumed a listening posture.
Xu Kun also pulled the chair closer, and then talked to Li Yang: "You see, according to the script, Song Jinming felt compassion for Yuan Fengming because he was about the same age as his son.
Although Tang Chaoyang also had a son, he was indifferent. Moreover, Tang Chaoyang's son who did not go to college only appeared in their phone calls and one casual chat.
In general, Tang Chaoyang's son and family did not play any practical role. In fact, deleting it did not affect the plot at all.
Since the family background is false, his age does not need to be so certain. As the saying goes, "old people in the world are timid." In fact, young people who are carefree and alone are often more capable of being ruthless. "
After Xu Kun finished speaking, he observed Li Yang's expression and saw that he was thoughtful and did not directly object to his words, so he struck again while the iron was hot: "I think this can be modified and set Tang Chaoyang to twenty." As a seven or eight-year-old bachelor, let him laugh at Song Jinming for being dragged down by his family. His wife and children are all debt collectors!
It's better to be like Tang Chaoyang, who took the money and went to live happily, eating, drinking, whoring, gambling and having fun! In this way, the two people's concepts collide in advance, which can also pave the way for the subsequent split - Director Li, do you think this is true? "
After all, being forty and twenty are still different. If he were in his early twenties in his previous life, Xu Kun would definitely not be able to make up these things.
(End of chapter)