"Didi!" In the morning, a small minivan stopped at the entrance of the Clearwater Bay Studio. The driver honked the horn twice and said, "Brother, open the door, we are here for an audition!" "Wow, you auditioned to drive a truck?" "It's just for business at home. I'm bringing my daughter here. Do you care about that much?" The gate opened and the minivan drove in and parked in the small square in front of the main administrative building. As soon as the car door opened, 10-year-old Zhu Yin jumped out. She was petite, her skin was a bit dark, but her skin quality was particularly good. She had long, shiny black hair, excellent facial features, and lively eyebrows. Wearing a long skirt, she held her mother's hand and suddenly said: "Mommy, can we not participate?" "Didn't you come here because of the noise?" "I suddenly felt a little scared!" "You're here, let's go in and see how many pieces of meat there are."
The driver, her father, took his daughter's hand and entered the main building. Their family owns a cake shop, and they are not big cakes, but cakes packed in gift boxes that look like tourist souvenirs. It can't be called rich, but it can be considered a well-off family, with no worries about food and clothing. Zhu Yin was still in elementary school and loved movies, TV and music. When she saw news about auditions for children, she came to take a look. They are outsiders, generally regardless of whether they are left or right, as long as they can film. What's more, he's still a child. The three people went in, received a script sheet, and were told to wait. Zhu Yin observed that there were seven or eight groups, no more, no less, all accompanied by their parents. Some of the girls were beautiful, and some were average. Don't believe the bullshit of those female celebrities saying "I never thought I was good-looking". They are all just to please the audience. Beauty is born with self-awareness. She has known that she is beautiful since she was a child and is very confident in her appearance. She was holding a line sheet and had no experience at all. She just wanted to memorize the content. The little girl in "Orphan" is set to appear to be 9 years old. The original actress was Isabella Fuhrman, who was 12 years old when she was cast. She must be older, otherwise she may not be able to communicate, but she can't be too big either. The image doesn't fit. Zhu Yin is 10 years old and is at the lowest level. ………… On the other side, in the office. Chen Qi and Fu Qi are both here, and the director has not yet been selected. They will go through the young actors first, select a few alternatives, and then study it in detail after the director is decided. In fact, Chen Qi has a director in mind, but it's just a little troublesome. "Mr. Fu, can we start?" "How many groups are there in total?" "Eight groups." "It's still a little short, forget it and let's get started!" The assistant handed the information to the two of them and went out to call someone. After a while, the first little girl came in. She had to be accompanied by her mother, otherwise she would be scared. Chen Qi felt uncomfortable at first glance, so he asked politely, read a line, and let them go out.
The second one is similar. The third one was even worse, a little chubby girl who started crying as soon as she entered the door and left immediately. "Otherwise, scenes with children and animals are the most difficult to shoot. It's so difficult to find a child actor!" "Then let Zhizhi try it? She has a good image." Chen Qi said with a smile. "No, no, even though she is my daughter, I can't serve the public good for personal gain. Zhizhi is not suitable for this role at all. Next!" Immediately afterwards, another person came in. Came in on his own. He looks eleven or twelve years old, slim and tall, with short hair and obvious baby fat on his face. He looks like a tomboy with a rebellious streak. "Yuan Jieying?" "Yes!" "Your family members are not accompanying you?" "No, I decided to audition on my own." "Then read a line and you can follow the script." Out of concern for children, everyone can take the manuscript, but Yuan Jieying refuses to take it. It seems that she is deliberately showing that she is good, but she is stumbling and emotionless when carrying it, and she feels guilty as she talks about it. "Okay, go back and wait for news!" Taking her out, Chen Qi said: "Techniques can be practiced and experience can be accumulated. I have a good intuition about her. If I can't be the protagonist, I can play a classmate or something like that." "I have similar thoughts, let's make a backup plan." Chen Qi made a check in his notebook and couldn't help but smile. Even when Hong Kong was full of stars, Yuen Jieying was considered a very special person. She was discovered by Huang Pak Ming when she was a teenager, formed a "Happy Girls Group", and filmed the "Happy Ghost" series, as well as "The Invincible East" and "Tai Chi". Zhang Sanfeng", "Integrity Pursuit" and other works. Not now, when you grow up, short hair will be very handsome! In fact, he prefers Li Lizhen and Wen Bixia to play the role. Unfortunately, they are both 15 years old and too old. There are 8 groups in total, and we soon arrived at the last group. Chen Qi looked at the information, raised his eyebrows, and stared at the door expectantly. Not long after, a girly version of Fairy Zixia came in, vaguely looking like she was at her peak, and her smile was shy and sweet. "This girl is good!" Fu Qi's eyes also lit up. "My name is Zhu Yin. I am 10 years old and in the fifth grade of elementary school. I like performing very much. I hope you can give me this opportunity!" She was obviously very nervous as she recited the words. Chen Qi also asked her to read a line, but he also stumbled and said nothing and let her go back.
"Let's make some backup choices. Most children don't know how to perform. I think we need to train a few people for a period of time and keep the one who performs best." "I'm worried that they won't be able to teach it. This role is the core. If you don't choose well, it will be useless." Fu Qi said. "It can be taught!" Chen Qi smiled and said, "I don't tell them what they are acting or what the script is like. They don't need to understand at all. I break down what I want and let them imitate one expression and one action. Whoever imitates the most will act. Uncle, I'm telling you the truth. Your filming pace is too slow. It's good to strive for excellence, but in the environment of Hong Kong, some things should be changed. Although this way of acting is simple, it is enough most of the time. If there is a rare good play that really needs actors to experience life and practice it, then we will take it slowly. The most important thing for us now is to increase production." "..." Fu Qi is not a stubborn person. He sighed, "The old directors of the company are used to filming slowly, such as Zhang Xinyan. I can't ask them to change anything. But the directors invited from outside usually film very quickly. What I am worried about now is that if we commercialize it completely and lean towards the market, it will deviate from the original intention. Making money is a way to survive, not a root. The original purpose. " "You want to do realistic themes? Sure, when we have a stable channel for earning foreign exchange, then we will do realistic themes. Aren't we going to earn foreign exchange now? To be honest, we don't have time to deal with Hong Kong yet!" "You look so confident..." Fu Qi smiled and said, "Let's decide on the director first. We don't even have a director yet." "Yes, I have a candidate. How about Tsui Hark?" "Tsui Hark? That's from Xinyicheng!" Fu Qi shook his head and explained, "Xinyicheng is completely leaning towards the Taiwan market. It has a good relationship with the Liberal Association and is very exclusive of leftists. They will not lend Tsui Hark to us." "Uncle, I think it's like this..." Chen Qi said, "It's not that they say we are leftists, we are leftists, but whoever we say is leftists is leftists! Leftism is not decided by them, but by us!" Fu Qi was stunned and said, "What do you want to do?" "Leave it to me, I will talk to them in a friendly manner, and everyone is reasonable."