Chapter 31: Audition

"Empty Room" is much more complex than "On the Beach at Night Alone"; Cao Yang found quite a

The original producer, Cheng Jianye, cooperated well last time, so this time he was made the production manager, in charge of the life production and outreach production teams.

According to Cao Yang's requirements, the outreach production team had already gone to Ludong Island in advance to find suitable exterior locations.

He asked for two assistant directors; one is the actor assistant director, still the previous Liu Shan.

In addition, he asked for an on-site assistant director named Li Mingyi, who is also a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy and was recommended by Old Tian; he had previously worked as an assistant director with Old Tian.

This time, the coordination, costume team, makeup team, lighting team, and art and set design team were all found from professional personnel at the Qingying Studio; no students from the Beijing Film Academy were sought.

For this film, Cao Yang wants to try using more lens language. After all, the students from the Beijing Film Academy have no experience and definitely won't be able to handle this; professional personnel must be fully equipped.

Today is the date for the male lead's audition. Cao Yang did not post recruitment information like last time; that was because there was no other way. Today is different from the past; the audition invitations he sends out already have very great appeal.

This time, a total of three audition invitations were sent out, two from the Beijing Film Academy and one from the Central Academy of Drama. All three came, and they all came early.

When Cao Yang actually sent out the auditions, he deliberately staggered the times, but who knew they would all come early and run into each other.

As the actor assistant director, Cao Yang had Liu Shan handle the contact.

Generally, those who don't know the inside story think that an actor assistant director in a crew has great power, but in fact, that is not the case; they are generally only responsible for finding minor actors and special guests.

Cao Yang also handed the matter of contacting actors to Liu Shan.

Liu Shan came in and told Cao Yang the situation. Cao Yang also didn't expect that everyone would come so early, so he let Liu Shan take them to the lounge first and audition when the time came.

Fu Dalong can be considered famous at a young age; he started acting in films at the age of 8, and by the time he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy in 1994, he had participated in many films during that period, so he can be considered experienced.

He had bad luck; he graduated in 1998, just in time for the downturn in the domestic film market, and the number of films decreased sharply, which has continued until now, and there are fewer and fewer films he can participate in.

When he received the audition call two days ago and found out that the role to be auditioned for was the male lead in Cao Yang's latest film, he was overjoyed at the time.

Look at the few famous domestic directors; whether it is the National Master or Xiao Gangpao, almost all have their own fixed teams, so roles in big directors' films are scarce resources.

Although the outside world does not yet regard Cao Yang as a big director, he is young, and no one can say for sure whether he will become an international big director like the National Master.

The key is that he has not yet formed his own fixed team, so his films are also scarce resources.

Today, Fu Dalong arrived at the audition location more than half an hour early. He didn't expect that not long after arriving, he would see Chen Kun, who is two years below him, also arrive.

He knows Chen Kun; there are only those few people in the acting department, and as long as they haven't graduated yet, who doesn't know whom?

"Kun, are you here for the audition too?"

"Brother Long, yes, are you too?"

Although Chen Kun is two years below Fu Dalong, they are the same age, but since the other is two years ahead, he still has to call him Brother Long when they meet.

"Ha, I came half an hour early; maybe your audition time is earlier than mine." Fu Dalong probed.

Chen Kun was silent for a moment and said gloomily, "I came more than an hour early."

Why come more than an hour early? It was just to see if he could find out more useful information to have a better chance at the audition.

At this time, another young man was brought in. Chen Kun and Fu Dalong looked at each other; is this another competitor?

"Are you here for the audition too?"

Fu Dalong knew that Chen Kun didn't like to talk much, so he took the initiative to ask.

"Yes, hello."

"Hello, I am Fu Dalong from the Beijing Film Academy." Fu Dalong introduced himself, also meaning to probe the other's background.

"My name is Liu Ye, from the Central Academy of Drama." The person who came didn't say much, spoke in a low voice, and looked a bit shy, which was a bit incongruous with his height of over 1.8 meters.

So, Fu Dalong probed again, "Did you come early too?"

Liu Ye smiled a bit embarrassedly, actually with a bit of feminine shyness, "I've been quite free lately, so I came two hours early."

Fu Dalong and Chen Kun breathed a sigh of relief at the same time; he shouldn't be that kind of pre-determined connection-based person. Perhaps he was recommended by a teacher at their school?

Liu Shan walked in, nodded to the three of them, and then said to Fu Dalong with a smile, "Fu Dalong, you are the first one, come with me."

"Okay, Teacher Liu, sorry to trouble you." Fu Dalong followed and said.

As a director at the school-run Qingying Studio, many people at the school know him, and both Fu Dalong and Chen Kun know him.

Liu Shan knocked on the door, and after hearing "please come in" from inside, he signaled for Fu Dalong to go in and reminded him softly, "We are all from the same school, no need to be nervous."

Fu Dalong took a deep breath, pushed the door open, and said first, "Hello, teachers, I am Fu Dalong."

Then he looked up; there were four people in the room: Cao Yang, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Li Mingyi, and Li Xiaoran.

!

Fu Dalong's mind turned; could the female lead still be Li Xiaoran?

Cao Yang didn't waste words and said directly, "We are all from the Beijing Film Academy, so you don't need to be nervous. It's called an audition, but it's just to see if you meet the conditions. Follow Xiaoran... it's a dance, practice for twenty minutes. It doesn't matter if you can't learn it; what I want to see is the feeling of your dancing."

Old Tian beside him followed up, "I'll give you a few prompt words: loneliness, freedom, soul release, madness."

Li Xiaoran stood up and said, "The movements are very simple; you'll learn them after doing them with me a few times."

Last night, Cao Yang taught Li Xiaoran the movements the male lead needed to do by gesturing and describing. Li Xiaoran took less than ten minutes to fully perform the movements Cao Yang imagined; she is indeed a dance major.

So he asked her to come over today to help out.

Don't say, those who study dance are different. Cao Yang also thought of quite a few movements, and last night, half-pushed, Li Xiaoran also performed them, which opened Cao Yang's eyes.

After a break, Li Xiaoran said, "Do you also make her do these shy movements?"

Somehow, Cao Yang was actually a bit excited at the time, so the break ended.

Sigh, I've been led astray.

Cao Yang couldn't help but reflect; it's all Li Xiaoran's fault. He actually had a kind of excitement of stealing; he can't have such thoughts, he must change next time!

Twenty minutes later, Fu Dalong danced according to his own understanding. The movements were a bit stiff, but quite mad and very masculine.

Cao Yang didn't brush him off and said directly, "Dalong, you are the first one. I can't give you a definite answer right away, but I will definitely give you news within two days."

"Okay, Director Cao, thank you."

Not long after Fu Dalong went out, Chen Kun came in.

It was the same process as Fu Dalong, but this time Li Xiaoran taught more seriously; after all, this is her close friend, which is human nature.

Twenty minutes later, Chen Kun also danced according to his own understanding.

His movements were very smooth, almost identical to Li Xiaoran's, and actually a bit graceful; he is indeed from a song and dance troupe.

But precisely because of the grace, it lost the eeriness and madness.

(End of chapter)