Chapter 947 943 Three Actors

Chapter 947 943. Three Actors

The 15th, the Lantern Festival.

It passed by inadvertently.

Even watching the Lantern Festival Gala, Xu Xin only realized something belatedly.

This year...what did I do?

It seems that I did a lot of things, but it seems that I did nothing.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, the box office of "The Burning Sun" finally fell, falling to 92.13 million.

It is more or less back to normal.

Otherwise, with 100 million rolling every day, everyone always feels inexplicably "uneasy".

After the New Year, Yang Mi became busy.

Busy in the true sense.

Took Sun Ting straight to Los Angeles and started the preheating promotion of "Pacific Rim".

In fact, it is called preheating, which is nothing more than participating in several local American programs. This movie is an original science fiction mecha movie, and there is no accumulation of fans in the early stage.

What's more, the heroine has an Asian face.

Even if it is a title of one of the three major European film queens, the audience in the United States does not recognize it particularly.

Instead, people in the industry knew her and sent her some invitations for Asian roles.

But she declined them all.

I have to make capital in China, how can I have time to develop in the United States?

No family?

No children?

As soon as she left, Xu Xin became a full-time dad.

Anyway, the children will go back to school in a week, and he will be free if he can bear it.

…

March 1st.

Finally, after the long winter vacation, the kindergarten started.

The two children were obviously still a little uncomfortable. They were crying with their grandfather in the car, but when they arrived at the school... According to Yang Dalin, they jumped out of the car happily after seeing other children.

It was like drinking Wangye milk.

As soon as the children left, Xu Xin was quiet.

He finally started the project of "Silent Witness".

The first thing was to prepare the crew.

This was not difficult.

Director Xu waved his hand, and the crowd naturally swarmed in.

Assistant directors Li Haiping and Xue Yong.

Photographers stood in a row.

The styling and scenery are still in the mode of old and new. There will always be different people's names appearing in the staff list, and there will also be the same people in charge of various important departments.

Xu Xin didn't worry about this matter, Li Haiping and Xue Yong just need to do it.

He began to invite actors.

The film "Silent Witness" actually doesn't need so many people, one village chief, one idle man, and one Chang. After these three people are together, the others can be selected through auditions.

And his first call was to Jiang Ju.

"Second brother, happy new year."

"Hahahahaha~"

Jiang Ju's side made a lively chat.

The two actually haven't seen each other for a long time, but they are not estranged.

The reason is also very simple. Yang Mi has never been bad at etiquette during festivals.

Let someone send it, say "Director Xu is busy, asked me to send it to you personally", and then Xu Xin will say again on WeChat that he is busy with XX things and other words, and the relationship can be maintained.

Although this behavior seems very utilitarian at first glance, in his current position, he has to be grateful to his subordinates and save face to his superiors.

For equals, the relationship will never be alienated.

What is important is not the etiquette, but the attitude.

With the attitude, many things will go smoothly.

"You know, my wife and I talked about you this morning. We cooked millet porridge for several meals during the Chinese New Year, and it suits our taste. Hey, why is your millet so fragrant? It's almost gone, so I asked her to buy a box of this "Four Sisters" brand online. It's also yours, but the taste is a bit wrong..."

The gossip came from the other end of the phone.

Xu Xin was happy:

"Haha, why do we still need Taobao? Just tell me and I'll have someone send it to you."

"That's too much trouble. Taobao is so convenient now."

"That's right, but you can't buy this on Taobao. Fourth sister also collects, processes and packages from farmers. But these in my family are all planted by people hired by our village. The highlight is that they don't use pesticides, they grow naturally, and the fittest survive. After the grain is harvested, it is sent to them for processing. We keep the processed ones ourselves and use them as gifts. Don't look at this Xiaomi second brother as ordinary. It is really born and raised. It is absolutely not sprayed with pesticides. Just hiring people to remove insects and weeds costs more than 700 yuan per acre."

"Wow~"

Jiang Ju finally understood why the millet from the same factory had such a big difference.

Xu Xin said in his sigh:

"I will ask my assistant to go again and bring you a few boxes. You can also send them to the elders at home. This millet is grown by the people of Xujiawan. And the land is not in the mining area, but on the hillside by the river. The mountains and water are good. The villagers specially rented the land to grow their own food."

"..."

Jiang Ju on the other end of the phone really didn't know what to say.

This millet...if it is sold by jin, just hearing that the land is rented and people are hired, I'm afraid it's not at least 10 to 20 yuan per jin?

But...

He just remembered that the call was made after the New Year, and the other party was definitely not here to send him millet.

Laughed:

"Look at me, I forgot, do you have something to talk to me about?"

"Yes, do you have a schedule in the first half of the year?"

"Yes."

"Then I'll send you a script, would you like to take a look?"

"Okay, no problem, just send it, I'll send it to you via my email."

Hearing that he agreed so happily, Xu Xin smiled and said:

"Okay, I'll send it right away."

"Yeah. No problem, then I'll read the script first, and then we'll talk about it in detail?"

"Okay."

First, he didn't mention the salary, second, he didn't talk about any treatment, and third, he didn't even have any concerns.

Hearing Xu Xin speak, he agreed directly.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Xin directly sent the script with the character name "Chang Wannian" marked on it.

Then, he made the second call to Wang Yanhui.

"Teacher Wang, Happy New Year."

"Hahaha~"

The same hearty laugh.

And Xu Xin's communication with him was much simpler.

As early as when filming "The Burning Sun", Xu Xin mentioned "Silent Violence" to him.

Now, after hearing Xu Xin's invitation, he agreed without hesitation:

"Okay, I play the village chief?"

"Yes, the village chief. At first glance, he is a villain, but in fact, he is a... very complicated good person."

"Okay. Send the script. Do I need to learn the Shaanxi dialect?"

"Yes, I need to have a little accent."

"Okay."

"Haha~"

Hearing this not-so-authentic dialect, Xu Xin had an idea in his mind.

And the reason why he was chosen as the village chief was because Xu Xin was deeply impressed by the role of Xiong Lao San in "The Glory of Fury".

From the perspective of a director and an audience.

Wang Yanhui actually looks like a "bad guy".

Even if he does nothing, you won't think he is good just standing there.

But Xu Xin wants this feeling.

Looks bad, but good.

But good is awkward.

And the last person... he gave a name... that others would find very strange.

Hu Xiaoguang.

Seeing this name, 99% of 100 people have never heard of him.

But in fact, he is an authentic old actor.

Born in 1965, graduated from the Beijing Film Academy.

He also played the old man in the movie "Red Sorghum". The sedan bearer in the beginning was him. He was the first, Jiang Wen was the second, and the eldest brother of Songyang Sect in "Sword Rain" was also him. He also played the movie "Killing" played by Huang Bo last year, etc.

He looks rough and tough.

But his acting skills are superb.

He is even a "colleague" of Xu Xin...

He has been teaching at the Beijing Film Academy since 1991.

But if you mention this to others, many people may still not know who he is.

And his most well-known representative work is the funny anti-Japanese war movie "Raise Your Hands".

Yes, it is the comedy movie played by Jason Guo and Statham Da.

And he played the villain Watanabe Taijun who rode a pig to charge and got his balls exploded.

Xu Xin wanted to invite him to play Li Shuiquan.

Unlike the group drama of "The Burning Sun", "Silent Explosion" is more like Yang Mi's one-man show.

Therefore, he needs to make the face of each character give the audience a preconceived first impression. To this end, he has been polishing the candidates for each main role in his mind for many years.

The actor of Li Shuiquan, a idler who doesn't look like a good person, let Hu Xiaoguang play it, the audience will have a very natural innate impression.

Rough, full of flesh, doesn't look like a good person. And there is an age difference between him and his wife.

It perfectly fits the image of an idler in the village, idle and unscrupulous.

First use the face to leave an impression.

Then shape the character bit by bit through behavior and plot.

Finally, let every image live vividly in the hearts of the audience in a movie, even if it is a one-man show.

This is Xu Xin's first goal.

He has more or less played enough with the lens language.

This time, he wants to focus on the carving of the character.

Is Shaanxi beautiful?

Of course it is beautiful.

That is his dream home.

But... Shaanxi in March and April is really not beautiful.

Withered grass, loess, and the wind that seems to blow endlessly in spring, and the little snow hidden in the corners of the mountains...

To be honest, the film "Silent Witness" was rushed.

It can't be said to be rushed, but the only scene he wants to pursue must be completed in spring.

That is the green trace that grows tenaciously in the loess all over the mountains and embellishes the loess plateau.

The texture of those grasses, he grew up there, until the vigorous vitality that hits his face, what kind of hope will it bring to people.

That scene is the only lens aesthetics he pursues.

Others will still be used in this play, but they will no longer be carved like "The Burning Sun".

After all... every play must have some changes.

When Hu Xiaoguang answered the phone, he sounded surprised:

"Hello, who is this?"

"Hello, Mr. Hu, I'm Xu Xin."

"...Ah?"

Hu Xiaoguang was obviously confused:

"Director Xu?"

"No, no, no, just call me Xiao Xu."

Emotionally, he is a senior, a senior.

Logically, he is an assistant teacher now, but he is a full-time teacher. No matter what his status is, Xu Xin has to be polite.

After a moment of silence, Hu Xiaoguang said:

"Just call him Director Xu, it's more natural."

"That's okay, Teacher Hu. I'm not disturbing you right now, right? It was Teacher Yu who gave me your phone number."

"Don't bother me. I'm just going to go to class. Do you want anything from me?"

Although he looks rough on the outside, he actually speaks quite slowly in private, which may be a habit he developed when he was a teacher.

Xu Xin was stunned.

ah?

School is back in session?

Oh, yes, it's already March 1st, so the university department must have started school.

Xu Xin, who had a sense of déjà vu for no reason, and a hint of shame, remembered it.

His teaching assistant class for this semester has not been scheduled yet.

Then he glanced at the time.

It's almost 9 o'clock.

The second class is about to begin.

After thinking for a while, he said:

"Well, Teacher Hu, how about you go to class first, and I'll go find you after you finish the class? I have a role here, and I want to invite you to try it."

He made his intentions clear.

After hearing this, Hu Xiaoguang was silent for a while and then said:

"Okay. Let's meet at school then, Director Xu."

"No problem, see you at school."

He responded politely and hung up the phone. He directly opened WeChat and sent a message to Su Meng:

"Mengmeng, come to my house and pick up four boxes of millet and send them to your second brother. Come here now."

After sending it, Su Meng replied almost instantly:

"Okay, Brother Xu."

"Well, I'm going to school. You don't have to come to me after delivering the millet."

"OK."

After sending the message, he got up and went back to the house to change clothes.

Soon, when I went out again, I already had a script in my hand.

Driving directly to school.

As he walked, he was still thinking about it.

By the way... when does school start this year?

When does the graduate school start?

Didn't I miss the check-in time?

With some things on his mind, and some traffic jams on the road, it was already early 10 o'clock when he arrived at school.

It's better to have a parking space. Cars can enter directly. Even if the parking space is a little far from the teaching building, it doesn't matter.

At least you don't have to worry about being fined 200 when you come out.

After parking the car in the staff parking area, he got out of the car, walked out of the parking lot and walked along the main road towards the teaching building.

As a result, after taking two steps, I heard footsteps behind me.

Subconsciously, I turned my head to look and was speechless for a moment.

"Nazha?"

"...??"

Wearing a long down jacket and black slim-fitting pants, a circle of snow-white ankle skin was exposed under the pants. Nazha, who was wearing a pair of training shoes, was stunned.

"Brother Xu?"

"...Why are you here?"

"I just went to audition for a role, and I quickly came back to class. Today is Director Cui's class..."

"Then go quickly. It's time for class."

"Uh-huh!"

Nazha responded first, then stopped:

"Brother Xu, what are you going to do later?"

"Well..."

These words really stopped Xu Xin.

After thinking for a while, I came up with the answer:

"Maybe go to the research institute and ask about the documentary project...what?"

"Then I'll call you after class later?"

"good."

Without asking him what he wanted, he agreed:

"No problem, go ahead."

"Uh-huh!"

Nazha nodded vigorously and continued running forward.

After running a few steps, she heard a voice from behind:

"Wear thicker socks next time! Aren't you afraid of catching a cold in the winter?"

"Hehe~"

The girl ran and looked back.

He bared his little white teeth.

Expert opinion, in one word: wait.

Stop losing weight, eat normally, work and rest regularly, don't overwork yourself, relax, and check again after half a month. It's different from the doctor's diagnosis. He said it doesn't look like ketosis, but if it's still 2 plus signs... tsk.

Then today is a normal update, and I will try my best to balance the time in the future. The previous chapter was 8K and this chapter is 4K.

Oh yes...there's one more thing. On the 29th, my editor asked me to go to Sanya to participate in the author salon from the 29th to the 3rd. Let’s talk about the new book.

Let me tell you something first.