Chapter 72 Those Flowers
As soon as Baoqiang received the script, he immediately immersed himself in it eagerly.
Xu Kun didn't bother him anymore and went outside to get acquainted with the actors who were taking the re-examination.
Unlike the initial audition, if there are no major problems with these people, they will at least play an important supporting role in the drama. They will be working together day and night on the crew, so they must get to know each other in advance.
There is no need to mention Deng Chao and Yang Rong.
There are two other male actors, one is Deng Chao’s junior Li Donghan, and the other is Wu Chao, an actor from the Coal Mine Art Troupe.
As for the actresses, they are Huo Siyan [some say it is Beijing Dance Academy] and Cui Bo, who graduated from Beijing Film Academy, and Chen Jie and Wang Ling, who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama.
Including Hao Lei and Yang Rong, the three major film and television academies in Central, Beijing and Shanghai are evenly matched.
This should be the crew with the highest average appearance of actresses among all the crews Xu Kun has been in. Six girls are competing with each other for beauty, it's almost like a beauty pageant.
Although they say they are selecting newcomers, in fact, these five girls who entered the semi-finals have all played some roles before. The most typical one is Wang Ling, who played the role of Wei Zifu in "The Emperor of Han Dynasty". Although she is not as popular as Huang Xiaoming and Jia Jingwen, she is also well-known.
Huo Siyan, a good friend of Big Mouth Milu, has also appeared in "The Happy Life of Poor Mouth Zhang Damin" and "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan" before, but her roles were not many.
Yang Rong, who seems to be not doing her job properly, is the only one among them who has played the leading female role, and more than once. Although they are not hit dramas, her seniority is enough to crush the others.
Because of Li Xiaolu, Xu Kun even greeted Huo Siyan privately, but the girl was so timid that she only touched her fingertips when shaking hands.
You may say that she looks down on Xu Kun, but I didn't see her getting close to the director or any senior colleagues during the re-examination.
"She is so stuffy!"
A big-mouthed elk who did not want to reveal his name commented: "She seems to be quiet, but in fact she is accumulating strength in her heart. When she breaks the window paper, you will know how daring she is to think and do!"
Xu Kun didn't know yet how bold and daring Huo Siyan was, but he could see that, at least so far, she had no intention of asking him to help her break the window paper.
So he tactfully kept a certain distance from Huo Siyan.
Another person who kept her distance from Xu Kun was Wang Ling. Perhaps because she had played the role of Wei Zifu before, she was indifferent to everyone in the crew and was far less active than the others.
Although Yang Rong was not that active, she was able to get along well with everyone, not to mention that she had the protection of her senior sister Hao Lei.
Because they came for Tong Layue, Yang Rong and Xu Kun spent the most time together.
Apart from Yang Rong, another famous person is Cui Bo, who graduated from Beijing Film Academy.
Although this girl had the longest legs in the entire crew, she had an overly weak face. During the first two days when she was competing with Yang Rong, she was clearly at a disadvantage.
Although Concubine Tong is portrayed as delicate and cute in the play, she is so delicate that people can't help but feel distressed and moved, which is why the eunuch Wu Liangfu is so excited.
Cui Bo obviously failed to grasp this balance. He either appeared weak and vulnerable, or timid.
This obviously did not meet Liu Heng's expectations for 'Concubine Tong'. Although he did not express it explicitly, anyone could see that the balance of victory was tilting towards Yang Rong.
As for the other candidate, Yang Jie, she has become completely invisible.
Cui Bo saw this and felt anxious, but he didn't dare to act with the senior actors, so he could only practice with his "uncle" Xu Kun. However, his efforts were not in the right direction, and the more anxious he was, the more likely he would go astray.
On the third day, when she faced Hao Lei, the queen, she played the role of a woman who was gentle yet strong, a rose with thorns.
But this is obviously wrong. The little bit of strength shown by Tong Layue was never in herself, but in her son Xuanye - and in this drama, Xuanye was not even born yet.
This evening.
Cui Bo felt depressed after dinner, so he decided to go to the yard to relax.
As soon as he went out, he saw Xu Kun and Yang Rong whispering in the corridor. Although they were not sneaky and did not deliberately avoid others, Cui Bo still disliked them. After Yang Rong left, he saw Xu Kun still in the corridor, seeming to recall something.
Cui Bo gritted her teeth and walked over, asking in a tender voice, "Uncle, what did you say to Rongrong just now?"
"nothing."
Xu Kun brushed off the non-existent dust on his pants and said in a gentle tone: "We are just acting."
This is of course a lie. In fact, the two of them were just gossiping about Hao Lei and Deng Chao.
If Yang Rong is leading in a certain period of time, then Deng Chao is crushing the opponent in all aspects. By integrating his eccentric personality into the role of Fulin, he has now secured victory.
In their usual acting scenes, he and Hao Lei often create sparks. The difference in their levels is similar. Both of them are beaten by their seniors, but also stand out among the younger generation.
Therefore, when I play opposite each other, I always feel very refreshed, and after a few days, it is obvious that I have developed feelings for each other.
As the two people in the crew who have the closest relationship with Deng Chao and Hao Lei, Xu Kun and Yang Rong were the first to notice this trend.
It's okay to gossip about this kind of thing in private, but Xu Kun will never reveal it to outsiders.
But this made Cui Bo even more certain that the two of them had some secret dealings.
In fact, the real problem is that she herself has been unable to get into the role, but how many ordinary people can do the "three self-examinations"?
So naturally, she began to suspect that Xu Kun favored Yang Rong and even deliberately highlighted Yang Rong's performance - this made Cui Bo feel annoyed, but she also began to face the man in front of her.
Although Xu Kun is not the core leading actor and is not even a professional actor, he has a lot of connections in the crew. Deng Chao, who has locked in the male lead, is on good terms with him, not to mention the relationship between him and the female lead Hao Lei.
Li Fazeng, who had the most respected position in the crew, was half a fellow countryman with him and often gave him advice.
Li Jianyi always keeps his younger brother by his side, making them look like a pair of "rootless and originless" father and son.
After thinking about it, Cui Bo couldn't help feeling a little desperate.
People like Xu Kun are always failing in their endeavors and are incapable of accomplishing anything. And he is obviously failing in his own endeavors!
But she finally got such an opportunity and now she has entered the second round of interviews, how could she be willing to give it up?
No matter what means we use, we must find a way to reverse this situation!
While Cui Bo's mind was racing, Xu Kun felt a little embarrassed being stared at by her.
"cough~"
He stood up and said, "It's getting late, I..."
"I want to act with you too!"
Cui Bo interrupted her halfway through her words. The long-legged girl seemed to have made up her mind. She sat on the railing of the corridor, turned her back to Xu Kun, and said in a trembling voice, "Eunuch Wu, help me!"
Huh? !
Xu Kun was stunned when he heard this, because this was not a scene where Tong Layue and Ji Du were competing against each other, but a scene where Tong Layue was extremely helpless and had to ask Wu Liangfu for help and become a partner of the old eunuch.
After all, he was an experienced driver who could start the car by simply pushing the gear lever, so he understood immediately. Seeing that there was no one around, he quietly put his hand on Cui Bo's back, and while tentatively stroking him, he said Wu Liangfu's line in the play: "What did you say?"
"Eunuch Wu, please help me, help me!"
There was originally a half sentence "Help my child", which was what Tong Layue really wanted, but it was not what Cui Bo wanted.
What else don’t you understand about this?
But Xu Kun's expression became strange, he silently retracted his Lushan claws, and asked bluntly: "Are you going to repay me in advance, or afterward?"
(End of this chapter)
