Chapter 266: Everyone is Happy

For the filming of *Inception*, Cao Yang directly gave 16 internship spots to the Beijing Film Academy, and let these students come to the crew as assistants.

His film internship spots are the most sought-after resources in the school, none of them.

Having interned in his crew, at the current stage in the country, is a very amazing qualification.

Because Cao Yang is now a serious professor in the directing department, he directly waved his hand and gave six spots to the directing department, including two graduate students and four undergraduates.

Other departments shared the remaining ten spots.

And limited that undergraduates only accept juniors or seniors.

No way, if it weren't limited, many freshmen and sophomores with connections would likely grab quite a few spots.

Cao Yang set a limitation condition, and the school leaders responsible for these things would understand his potential meaning and wouldn't dare to go too far. Among the dozen or so spots, every time there could only be one or two "inserted" relationship households.

This is actually a kind of tacit understanding.

This kind of thing is hard to eradicate. Cao Yang couldn't personally go to the school to recruit and inspect for a dozen internship spots every time. That is unrealistic.

And setting a limitation condition is the optimal solution.

Of course, it's not that the leaders responsible for this are so selfless, only inserting one or two people each time.

As mentioned earlier, this is a tacit understanding. For the leaders responsible for this, the fewer spots that can be inserted through connections, the more precious it will seem, and the "power" in their hands will be maximized.

For Cao Yang, he would always add one or two extra spots on the basis of the internship spots given to the school, that is, the crew originally needed fifteen interns, and he would give the school sixteen spots.

The extra ones are prepared for the relationship households.

In this way, the original planned spots were not reduced, and most of these people were students with excellent performance in school.

Don't think Cao Yang is doing unnecessary things. Things in this world have never been able to get rid of the word "human feelings."

Even the Europe and America that are touted are the same, and even perform more nakedly.

It's just that people are better at packaging.

For example, in the country, if you take a company's money, that is corruption and bribery. In Europe and America, that is political donation, which is legal.

He didn't think about challenging the potential rules of the world alone. That is what a saint does.

Cao Yang doesn't think he is a saint, nor is he any hero. He can only try his best to ensure relative fairness, and it is enough to be worthy of his heart.

Besides that, he also tried his best to arrange for some people from the Youth Film Studio to come to the crew. In terms of staff, he had to admit that Hollywood people are more professional.

He wanted to cultivate as many people as possible.

In terms of big principles, it must be for the future of Chinese film.

Of course, there is selfishness. These people cultivated because of Cao Yang will naturally stand on his side, making his status in the film and television circle more secure in the future.

Today is the first day of filming. It was set to officially start at nine o'clock in the morning. Cao Yang arrived at the crew at eight o'clock.

Precisely because it is the first day, he had to come early. Even if he didn't do anything, as long as he was in the crew, the staff who hadn't been integrated would not pass the buck and be perfunctory, and the preparation work could be smoother.

Claire Danes didn't arrive at the crew early. When she arrived, it was already past eight forty.

If the assistant hadn't called her in time today, she didn't know when she would have slept until.

She felt that her sleep at night was very bad, as if she had experienced a person's life all night, and this person was the role she was going to play, the male lead's wife, Mal.

This made her spirit very exhausted.

However, what made Claire Danes wonder was that as long as she thought of Mal now, it was as if she herself was this person, and her understanding and perception of the role were incomparable.

It's like... it's like this is her own life!

Really f... k, how could she have such thoughts?

Claire Danes didn't understand very well. Clearly, yesterday her understanding of this role was limited to the surface.

This role used to study dreams with the male lead Cobb and became a pioneer in going to the limbo. Because she couldn't distinguish between dreams and reality, she jumped off the building and committed suicide.

But now her understanding of this role is completely different.

What jumping off the building and committing suicide, what couldn't distinguish between dreams and reality, how could Mal not distinguish!

Limbo is a magical place, where time is almost eternal, and time in some respects has lost its meaning there.

In other words, as long as you can stay there, you can get eternal life!

She just wanted to stay with Cobb, explore the limbo together, and live forever together.

Why did everyone, including Cobb, not understand her?

How did Cobb become...

Claire Danes hurriedly shook her head, as if to drive these thoughts out of her mind.

She looked at Cao Yang, who was discussing with cinematographer Gu Changwei, with a complex expression, not knowing how to describe her mood at the moment.

Before yesterday, she was still resistant to Cao Yang letting her write character insights. If it weren't for Cao Yang being a famous big director, she would have raised objections long ago.

Moreover, she once doubted Cao Yang's method, because she didn't feel that directing acting and writing character insights improved her acting skills.

This method can definitely be of great help in understanding the movie and the role, but it cannot improve the actor's acting skills.

In other words, actors with good acting skills can better interpret the roles they play after understanding the movie's connotation and role.

However, what about actors with average or poor acting skills? Even if they know this information, what can they do?

They still can't act it out!

Claire Danes always believed that although acting skills can be exercised, this is also an industry that eats talent.

Therefore, before yesterday, she felt that she had grasped Cao Yang's "secret."

This is also the secret of most directors.

Actually, it's not a secret. The trick lies in the actor's audition!

As long as you check this level, find actors with outstanding acting skills, and then tirelessly explain to them the movie content, connotation, and understanding of the role, you can let these talented actors exert their maximum potential.

This is also the reason why many directors are willing to cooperate with those fixed actors.

Because those actors were carefully selected by them, and they are actors who are very consistent with their cognition of acting skills.

Just like Cao Yang, why did he cooperate with Depp one after another in Hollywood?

Because Depp can understand what Cao Yang says, and can transform this thing into cognition, and can act out what he wants.

This is actually a very difficult thing. It is not easy to find actors who can understand and act according to the director's requirements...

At least before waking up today, Claire Danes thought so.

Now, Claire Danes suddenly became excited. Could it be that she is also the kind of actor Director Cao Yang needs?

Why did I fully understand the role? It's like I am this character myself!

Does Director Cao Yang know that I am the kind of actor he needs who can cooperate for a long time?

At this moment, Claire Danes seemed to see the Best Actress of the three major European festivals waving to her.

At this moment, Claire Danes seemed to see the Golden Globe and Oscar Best Actress bouncing towards her.

At this moment, Claire Danes couldn't wait for Cao Yang to start filming immediately, and immediately film her scenes, so that Director Cao Yang would know that she is his "true destiny"!

She couldn't help but look at Depp who was putting on makeup, as if she saw her future self.

Just when Claire Danes was full of ambition, Cao Yang received a call from Xiao Gangpao.

Taking the mobile phone from the assistant, he really didn't want to take this call. It was less than ten minutes before filming, and calling at this time was not adding chaos.

"Director Feng, what's the matter?"

As soon as Xiao Gangpao heard Cao Yang's tone, he couldn't help laughing, knowing that Cao Yang must be filming, because when he was filming, he also had this tone when receiving calls from outside.

"Brother, awesome. I just couldn't help it, I wanted to call to praise you."

Xiao Gangpao laughed, "It's just that you are not in Beijing now, otherwise I would stop filming the movie, and no matter what, I would treat you to a good meal, haha... simply satisfying!"

He was filming *The Banquet* in a studio in Beijing. He had a little free time before filming, so he called Cao Yang.

"Don't understand what you are talking about."

Cao Yang smiled and said.

"Hehe, if you don't understand, forget it, then I won't owe you this meal."

Xiao Gangpao laughed loudly, and then said: "They really thought that if they were old, they would be in power, and the Chinese film circle would be decided by them? Pfft, without influence, they are nothing!"

Cao Yang didn't want to pull with Xiao Gangpao, so he said: "Alright, I'm going to start filming, I won't talk to you."

Xiao Gangpao still laughed loudly and replied: "That's fine, I'm going to start filming too. Finally, brother still wants to say one sentence: You kid, satisfying!"

Hanging up Xiao Gangpao's call, Cao Yang shook his head. Xiao Gangpao is probably very happy now, right?

Yesterday, October 14th, the Golden Rooster Awards announced the nomination list. Xiao Gangpao's *A World Without Thieves* didn't get a single nomination.

Xiao Gangpao was so angry that he spoke without thinking.

"My current mood is like chasing a beautiful girl when I was young. I chased her diligently, but she never cared about me. A few years later, I grew up, and this girl is already a middle-aged woman in menopause. I only have one thought: avoid it!"

Not only that, Xiao Gangpao publicly declared that he swore he would never participate in the Golden Rooster Awards.

Maybe to save some face, Xiao Gangpao told the media that his *A World Without Thieves* had long been withdrawn from the participating films, so he didn't participate in the Golden Rooster Awards, so it was normal not to get any nominations.

The reason he called Cao Yang today to say so much is because yesterday, October 14th, the *Inception* opening press conference occupied almost all the hot spots, and almost no one paid attention to the Golden Rooster Awards nomination.

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