Chapter 63 Assisting in Auditions
After initially completing the analysis of the character, Xu Kun turned his attention to the lines in the following scene.
There is not much content, just two paragraphs in total.
The first section is about Emperor Shunzhi who has just taken over the throne and wants to cancel Princess Horqin's marriage, which triggers collective opposition from the ministers.
At the critical moment, Jidu stood up and confronted Yue Le, who defended the emperor, and exposed Shunzhi's intentions in public.
Jidu believed that Shunzhi's refusal to marry Horqin's princess was actually because the marriage was decided by Dorgon during his lifetime. He hated the marriage and broke off the engagement regardless of the overall situation.
All civil and military officials in the dynasty knew this very well, but they just didn't dare to say it out.
When Shunzhi heard Dorgon's name, he became furious and angrily rebuked the ministers who agreed with Jidu as domestic slaves of the three surnames. They were first officials of the Ming Dynasty, then surrendered to Dashun, and now they became officials of the Qing Dynasty, and they were not qualified to give him advice. .
Shunzhi fined the salaries of two ministers, but when facing the instigator, Prince Jian, Jidu, he barely suppressed his anger and only said the word "retreat from the court."
This plot is obviously about whether the actor Shunzhi Emperor Fulin who was auditioning for the role in the examination school can show enough explosive power and line skills, and whether he can calm down after the explosion.
The second section is a scene where Jidu teaches his niece Tong Layue archery. Tong Layue's hands and feet are weak, and the arrow she shot fell to the ground as soon as it left the bowstring.
She acted coquettishly to Jidu and wanted to skip class, but Jidu insisted that she finish practicing.
After Tong Layue failed again, she simply sat aside with a pout.
Jidu encouraged Tong Layue that if she wanted to stand out in the palace, she must have something that others could not match. Moreover, the emperor particularly liked riding, shooting and hunting. Once she got her way, no matter how charming and charming others were, they would not be able to catch her. On the head.
Tong Layue strengthened her belief and took the initiative to practice archery.
This scene seems relatively plain, but in fact, from being aggrieved and impatient, to being coquettish and unsuccessful, to self-destruction, to firm belief, the mood changes continuously in a short period of time, which is also quite a test of the actor's skills.
After watching these two scenes, Xu Kun discovered that in addition to being an actor auditioning for the school, he was actually testing his acting skills.
Exposing Emperor Shunzhi on the spot showed Jidu's strong and magnanimous side; facing his niece Tong Layue, it was a comprehensive expression of helplessness, disgust, pampering, and expectations, and many emotions.
If he had not experienced the struggle in "Conquest", this second paragraph would really be a bit troublesome for Xu Kun.
But after going through the training of "Conquest", especially the experience of acting with the child star [Liu Huaqiang's daughter], Xu Kun is confident that he can still hold up the scene.
After all, there are many things that can be learned from the emotions that were brewing over and over again at that time.
Instead, it was a scene opposite Shunzhi. Xu Kun read the lines and action descriptions again and found that this part seemed simple, but in fact it was a bit troublesome.
Because the description of Jidu throughout the article is that he is strong, but there is no conclusion on the specific extent and level of strength. This seems to give a lot of freedom, but Xu Kun always feels that something is not right.
After hesitating for a moment, he carefully read the previous character plot and found that this paragraph should have happened after the emperor compared Ji Du to Zhou Yu in person, and compared Yue Le to half Zhuge Liang + half Guan Yu.
As we all know, the Manchus read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" rather than "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", and their evaluation of Zhou Yu was naturally far lower than that of Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu.
In this case, Jidu should be dissatisfied and planned to contradict the emperor.
This level of strength should be slightly higher, but it cannot overflow. After all, this is the early stage of the plot. At this time, Jidu should not have made up his mind to break up with the emperor.
After smoothing out this idea, Xu Kun felt much more at ease.
Anyway, he was the youngest in the room, and his reputation was basically at the bottom, so he had nothing to take care of, so he started practicing in front of the mirror.
With the young man Xu Kun taking the lead, the other elders also took action, and for a while the room was filled with the sound of high or low lines.
After he became a little more proficient, Xu Kun formed a mutual aid group with Wang Hui. Hao Lei originally volunteered to help him rehearse, but was kidnapped by He Saifei halfway.
After all, the queen and Jidu have almost no rivalry, but the concubine played by He Saifei is inextricably related to the queen.
Just like that, after more than half an hour, the audition finally officially started.
Those participating in the audition today are all young actors who are interested in playing the male lead, Emperor Shunzhi. The actress is scheduled to audition two days after tomorrow, which means that Xu Kun will have to work as an assistant for at least three days.
And the first one called to join the scene was Xu Kun.
This is easy to understand. This scene where the emperor explodes directly in the court can best intuitively reflect an actor's explosive power and line skills. The final twist can also reflect the control of emotions.
Although it was close to the Chinese Opera, the first actor to audition was a student from Beijing Film Academy, Zhao Zhigang, a junior in his class. After Xu Kun was in place, Director Liu Heng gave a brief explanation and gave the middle table to Zhao Zhigang.
"etc!"
Xu Kun's clear voice immediately came in from outside the door. Then, he twisted the beads hanging down to his lower abdomen with one hand, crossed the threshold calmly, and arrived in the middle of the living room in a few steps.
Then he stood still and did not look at Shunzhi played by Zhao Zhigang, but looked at the empty place beside him, because his opening lines were not addressed to the emperor, but to refute Yue Le.
"The reason for breaking off the engagement is simple and everyone knows it."
When it came to the last four words "everyone knows", Xu Kun glanced behind the table with a mocking look on his face.
Then he turned to the other side, where Mr. Zheng Tianyong was standing: "The consequences of breaking off the engagement are not as serious as Mr. Chen and Mr. Gong expected, and it is reasonable."
Finally, he finally began to face Shunzhi, played by Zhao Zhigang: "But the key to this is to make those who have no faults get through, and those who have small flaws to have big faults. The emperor was furious for a moment..."
Having said this, he turned to Yue Le again with a cold face: "Others are adding fuel to the flames and making this trick to trap the Emperor in injustice."
When he said 'trap the emperor for injustice', his eyes slightly adjusted to the level of three whites, suddenly showing a fierce light like a wolf.
This time of singing, chanting and beating can be said to be just right.
Zhao Zhigang was already simmering with anger when he walked in from Xu Kun. When he saw 'Ji Du' finally finished speaking his lines, he immediately asked impatiently: "What do you mean the reason for breaking off the engagement is known to everyone?!"
Wrong, wrong acting!
The emotions were so intense that there was a comma after the words "You said you wanted to break off the engagement", but Zhao Zhigang connected the two sentences directly "out of anger".
However, the reason why Shunzhi was furious was because of the word "Dorgon". Before that, his gunpowder smell should not be so strong, or it should be said that it was still in the brewing stage.
Xu Kun slightly narrowed his eyebrows, weakened his ferocious aura, raised his head slightly towards Emperor Shunzhi, and said loudly: "The emperor hated the regent Dorgon, and after his death, he still couldn't understand his hatred, so he wanted to Is this Princess Horqin’s fault for canceling the marriage he decided during his lifetime?
"What Prince Jian said candidly..."
As soon as Xu Kun finished speaking, the minister [Drama Manager] jumped out to second his opinion.
"Shut up!"
After the 'minister' finished speaking, Zhao Zhigang immediately scolded him again.
His basic skills are actually pretty good. Whether it's emotional explosiveness or line skills, they are all above the standard.
It's a pity that he didn't grasp the core of the character. In addition to being moody, Shunzhi Emperor Fulin also had a cowardly and weak side.
The emperor played by Zhao Zhigang is not as aggressive as Shunzhi, but more like a tyrant.
When he finally managed to hold back his emotions, it seemed as if he had already made up his mind and was going to clean up his finances later - but that was not the case in the subsequent plot.
So as expected, after Zhao Zhigang finished his performance, Liu Heng just told him to go back and wait for notification.
On the contrary, after Zhao Zhigang left, Liu Heng specifically asked Xu Kun: "Xiao Xu, I remember that the script said: Jidu strode to Yue Le's side - how come you are so calm when you appear?"
Xu Kun quickly put on a humble face and said: "Director Liu, I saw that Jidu was very dissatisfied because of 'Zhou Yu's' comments earlier, and he also mentioned that Jidu and others jointly wrote a book to advise the emperor not to retreat. relative.
So I think that although he came with emotions, he also came prepared - this can be seen from the fact that after he entered the palace, he started with targeting Yue Le and finally ended with targeting Yue Le.
So I think he doesn't have to be so hasty when he comes in, and it's not too late to wait until he walks in. "
"Not bad, very good. No wonder Liping highly recommends you to play the role of Jidu!"
After listening to Xu Kun's analysis, Liu Heng was a little surprised. His biggest expectation was that Xu Kun could figure out the appropriate scale based on the context.
Unexpectedly, Xu Kun not only figured out the scale, but also made logical fine-tuning - the calm and graceful appearance just now can be described as "stunning".
(End of chapter)