Chapter 44: Auditioning for *The Family of Gold*

"His actor resume can't even be called thin; it's a blank sheet of paper!"

Liu Guoquan wore glasses and pointed to a paragraph on the data sheet for her son:

Actor experience, CCTV *Legend of the Condor Heroes* crew, Yin Zhiping.

Li Dawei's mouth twitched, racking his brains to think of what other reasons to use to deceive his old mother, when the door was suddenly knocked, it was the crew's assistant.

"Director, Mr. Lu is here."

"Oh, please invite him in."

With outsiders present, Liu Guoquan naturally had to give her son enough face; this was a play she used to "help him on the horse and send him a ride," which could not be lost.

Seeing Lu Kuan entered the office and met the scrutinizing eyes of the two directors.

Liu Guoquan: Sword eyebrows and star eyes, eagle-eyed and tiger-walked, handsome and extraordinary, with a firm face; it is indeed good material for playing progressive students.

Li Dawei: Is this the kid who asked for the role by paying for the favor of Qinqin?

The love seed of the future had a bumpy life, and passed away in 2018 at the age of only 47 due to cholangiocarcinoma.

It is said that when he was dying, the name he kept chanting was exactly this first love, Jiang Qinqin, which is also sighing.

"Hello Seeing Lu Kuan, we are starting the audition now; please talk about your understanding of the role of Ouyang Yujian first."

Li Dawei graduated from the Beijing Film Academy photography department and had a family background; he had been immersed in this line of work following his mother since 1997, and his business was quite skilled.

"Okay, his identity is Leng Qingqiu's teacher, a patriotic youth with progressive thoughts, knowledgeable, and has high attainments in poetry; he fell in love with his student Leng Qingqiu, which made him a rival in love when Jin Yanxi pursued Leng Qingqiu..."

Liu Guoquan nodded: "It seems that he has done some homework; the character biography is well done; let's try the play again."

"Okay."

After the narration of the character understanding just now, Liu Guoquan saw the professionalism of his breathing rhythm and lines, and was determined to use a close-up lens with high difficulty to test his play.

This is the reaction after Ouyang Yujian learned that Jin Yanxi and Leng Qingqiu were engaged; first a close-up facial monologue, then pushing the door to meet Jin Yanxi, there is a rival play between the rivals in love.

"Prepare and start."

Li Dawei read the narration: "Old Seven is getting married, we should always send something."

"Married? With whom?"

"Qingqiu."

Seeing Lu Kuan, who was beside the desk, was stunned when he heard this, pursed his lips imperceptibly, seemed to be trying his best to suppress a certain emotion, looked around, pushed the door and walked out.

Li Dawei handed over the script: "Ouyang, invite you to attend our wedding."

Seeing Lu Kuan frowned slightly and took the invitation, somewhat relieved, somewhat regretful: "Congratulations, treat her well."

The performance ended.

As soon as it ended, Liu Guoquan couldn't wait to say: "Little Lu, are you a professional actor?"

"No, I just participated in the art exam this year and applied for the directing department."

Liu Guoquan adjusted her glasses: "Oh, directing department, Seeing Lu Kuan..."

"Eh? Are you the candidate who criticized Zhang Yimou's script to pieces during the fourth round?"

She suddenly reacted; the Beijing Film Studio and the Beijing Film Academy are separated by a wall; the gossip that happened in the fourth round half a month ago is still being talked about in a small circle.

Zhang Huijun is Zhang Yimou's biggest anti-fan, and he is the one who spreads it most diligently, but of course, it is for the purpose of propaganda for the school.

The brothers were brothers with their feet to feet in the dormitory, and their friendship was deep.

Li Dawei wanted to say a few good words for Seeing Lu Kuan; he really felt that this young man's acting skills were good now; if he knew that this was just Seeing Lu Kuan's impromptu performance, he would be even more surprised.

However, looking at his mother's tightly locked eyebrows, he was a bit afraid that it would be counterproductive...

Liu Guoquan sighed for a long time: "Little Lu, your performance is very good, frankly speaking, it is beyond our original..."

"Wait, Director, I have another thing I want to communicate with you."

Seeing Lu Kuan knew the opening dialogue of her kind, and usually, a "but" would follow.

Perhaps the original actor's relationship was also relatively complicated, and his excellent performance alone could not make the scales of victory tilt toward him.

He simply interrupted directly and threw out another bait: "After reading the script, I wrote a theme song for *The Family of Gold*; why don't we listen to it first?"

Li Dawei understood the meaning: "Director Liu, Little Lu is a famous music talent now; this song is worth looking forward to; why don't I call Sanbao to come over?"

Previously, they had entrusted the theme song and soundtrack work to the veteran composer Sanbao, who was a legendary figure who had created the theme song for the Beiping Asian Games.

Sanbao was scoring for another movie at the Beijing Film Studio, and rushed over after receiving the call.

He was not very proficient in surfing the Internet, nor did he pay attention to gossip, and lacked understanding of Seeing Lu Kuan, but he did not resist listening to the demo brought by this young man first.

Artists speak with works; besides that, saying more is redundant.

The prelude began, and the combination of a large number of string and piano elements created an elegant atmosphere.

Sanbao frowned; it was not that it was not good, but that it was too good, and very familiar; it seemed that this young man's creative ideas were the same as his own.

Seeing Lu Kuan chuckled at his expression; copying songs to the original author, Sanbao's evaluation was unquestionable; he wouldn't look down on his own work, right?

Director Liu Guoquan was still much more experienced than her son; she directed her debut *Hijack* in 1983.

When filming *Butterfly Lovers* in 1991, she creatively interspersed modern popular songs into historical stories, which was very creative at the time.

Therefore, this female director of the Beijing Film Studio had a much deeper understanding of the dubbing and soundtrack of film and television works.

After the song ended, Sanbao took the lead in applauding, and scattered applause sounded in the office.

"Seeing Lu Kuan, right? Can you talk about your creative philosophy?" This producer who graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music was very curious about his arrangement ideas.

Not exaggerating, he saw many of his own shadows between the lines of the song!

Seeing Lu Kuan pondered for a while and said: "Strings are to increase the sense of hierarchy, and the piano is to establish a gentle and lyrical tone."

"This is a play about love, family rise and fall, and social change, and the lyrics and meaning of *Dark Fragrance* complement the theme of the play; the loyalty and persistence expressed in the song coincide with the main love line in the story, and the fit will be very high."

A few words made not only Sanbao nod repeatedly, but also Liu Guoquan and her son couldn't help but praise.

Li Dawei curiously observed this young man who seemed to have suddenly appeared in the domestic entertainment industry.

But this young man is also too omnipotent, right?

Not only did he perfectly point out the script errors of the domestic first director in the Beijing Film Academy fourth round, but he also had excellent acting ability.

He could also create a theme song that was so fitting for the play.

Oh right! Isn't he the little god who is spreading wildly in the entertainment industry now!

Why not ask him to calculate his own and Jiang...

This infatuated director looked at Master Lu, who was tongue-tied and waving his words, and fell into deep thought.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 45 =====