Chapter 177

The drama "For Whom the Bell Tolls" was invested by Huahai Film and Television. As early as three years ago, Huahai Film and Television bought the copyright of "For Whom the Bell Tolls", but it has never started filming.

This time the filming started mainly to promote Liang Yi, the new star of Huahai. It has been said before that there are many actors in the entertainment industry who have both traffic and certain acting skills.

Niu Xiang is one of them.

But when talking about Niu Xiang, most people still count him as traffic. As for real actors, they don't look down on him. For example, Yang Feng, Niu Xiang is extremely contemptuous.

As for Liang Yi, he is better than Niu Xiang. He has been acting in serious dramas since his debut. When he was 17 years old, his first drama "Why Me" was the third male, but he made his mark and gained a lot of fans.

Of course, what really made Liang Yi popular was the martial arts drama "The Unknown Thief" he took on when he was 25 years old. This drama was Liang Yi's real leading role, and in the drama, Liang Yi played a cynical thief who carried a blood feud quite well.

Even now, many people say that "The Unknown Thief" is the peak of Liang Yi's acting skills.

That's right.

Many people originally thought that Liang Yi would further realize his leap with "The Unknown Thief", and it is true that Liang Yi's acting career has achieved a leap.

But Liang Yi's acting skills will always stay at the age of 25.

Liang Yi is 34 years old this year. He is older than Lin Xing, but his acting skills have always been mediocre. How bad is it? He is better than the traffic actors.

But how good is it? It's not entirely true.

It can only be said that Liang Yi's previous works made him more popular with passers-by, plus he has never had any negative news, and he often does charity work and knows how to package himself.

But Liang Yi is 34 years old after all. He wants to go further. You know, the golden age of actors is still very long. He has already said goodbye to idol dramas, but he is always a little short of serious dramas.

Last year, the ratings of "A Little Thing in Childhood" starring Liang Yi were not good, and the reputation was not good. In this drama, Liang Yi played an ordinary person.

But because of his image, Liang Yi played an ordinary person but gave people the feeling of a rich kid. In the drama, he played an office worker who had a gap with his father, all because of a small thing in his childhood.

This is a period drama, and childhood, adolescence, and youth are played by three people. Unfortunately, Liang Yi did not perform that feeling.

Then Huahai Film and Television summed up the experience and lessons. They thought that since Liang Yi could not play an ordinary person, then we can play a rich kid? ?

The elegant son of the Republic of China.

Isn't the Republic of China style popular on the Internet now? ?

Saying that if you want to marry, marry a young master of the Republic of China.

In this case, Huahai Film and Television is ready to launch the "For Whom the Bell Tolls" project.

At present, the director of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is Dong Deng, the screenwriter is Xia Ying, and the male lead is Liang Yi.

In addition, the other actors have not been determined.

"Originally, I wanted to fight for Zhao Yining to play the female lead, because the female lead of this play has not been determined yet, but now..."

Ding Chunling said to Lin Xing: "Although Liang Yi is the absolute male lead in this play, the role of the male second is also outstanding. At present, there are many auditions for the male second in "For Whom the Bell Tolls", but they haven't found a suitable one yet..."

Lin Xing talked about what happened last night at this time.

"That's really a coincidence."

Ding Chunling smiled and said: "Ren Shuai is from Hami Film and Television, and Ren Shuai's agent Anan has a good relationship with Dong Deng, so if he wants to play the male third, it is indeed a done deal..."

"Let me take a look at this script first, and we will talk later."

Lin Xing roughly understood what Ding Chunling explained.

At present, Lin Xing only has three episodes of the script, but in addition to giving Lin Xing the script, Ding Chunling also gave Lin Xing a copy of the original book.

Lin Xing first read the three episodes of the script.

"It's really a group drama."

Lin Xing found that the first three episodes of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" have already contained a huge amount of information. At the beginning, the four parties, Wang Puppet Regime, the Nationalist Party, the Communist Party, and Japan, were opened.

There are many lines, but the pace is fast, and there is no drag.

After reading the scripts of the first three episodes, Lin Xing finished reading the script of "For Whom the Bell Tolls".

The original work has a total of 180,000 words, and it was already noon when Lin Xing finished reading it.

Although the role that Lin Xing is going to play is the second male lead, he does have more scenes, and the most important thing is that there is more room for performance.

Three identities.

No.

To be precise, it is four identities.

The first identity is his original identity, the eldest son of the Chen family, the eldest brother.

The second identity is his public identity, holding an important position in the Wang Puppet Regime.

The third identity is the chief of the Magic City Intelligence Department of the Military Control Commission.

The fourth identity is the person in charge of the underground party in Magic City.

It can be said that this character is the most tired person in the whole play, and is also the most cautious person in the whole play, and the person who disguises the most.

As Ding Chunling said, although this role is the second male lead, there is a lot of room for development, and it is also a focus of the whole play.

"I have finished reading it, and I am interested in this role."

Lin Xing had lunch with Ding Chunling at noon, and he said to Ding Chunling: "I want to know how many competitors I have now? ?"

"One thing is that the casting director for this drama is my best friend. He could have made the decision directly, but now something unexpected happened. Someone recommended Lu Yue to Dong Deng."

Ding Chunling sighed and said: "Lu Yue's acting skills are quite good. Chen Xuewen in the key drama is already 37 years old. Lu Yue is just 38 years old. His acting skills are also quite good, so Dong Deng has already regarded him as a An alternative..."

Speaking of this, Ding Chunling was afraid of putting too much pressure on Lin Xing, so she quickly said: "But you don't have to be too anxious, A Xing. Apart from other things, I know him quite well in the acting industry in "Bad Kid"..."

"I understand, you can make arrangements and see when you can audition."

Lin Xing nodded lightly: "Whether you succeed or not, you have to work hard."

Just like the original "Strike", although he was replaced by a resource player, it didn't matter. What Lin Xing needed was to firmly grasp the opportunity when it came.

That's all.

Even if Ding Chunling didn't remind Lin Xing, Lin Xing would not feel that this role was already in his pocket or that he could not compare with others.

There is a saying in the industry that it is difficult for actors to act young, because some actors have to play the role of 20-year-olds who have wrinkles on their faces and end up smoothing them out like crazy.

But it's easy for an actor to act old, as long as he can keep up with his makeup and his acting skills.

What this refers to is that your acting skills must be up to par. You must know that pretending to be an old man is not just about putting on makeup. You must have the acting skills and the energy to perform.

Fortunately, Lin Xing just needs to act like a 37-year-old, so Lin Xing is really not worried.

After all, I am only 37 years old, not 73 years old.

"Okay, I'll contact you right away."

Ding Chunling's face showed joy.

This was Ding Chunling's first move as Lin Xing's agent, and she had to get things settled.

How else could she prove her worth? ?

As Ding Chunling said this, she was about to pick up her cell phone and call her best friend.

"Sister Ling, there's no need to worry."

Lin Xing waved his hand and said, "It's not too late to finish eating first and then make a phone call."

"That won't work. I heard what I, Ah Hao, said. Now their crew wants to hire all the actors as soon as possible..."

While talking, Ding Chunling dialed the phone.

"Ah Hao, yes, our Ah Xing wants to try out this role. When can we give it a try? It's 2 o'clock this afternoon, no problem. I'll rush there with Ah Xing later..."

At this time, Ding Chunling listened to Ah Hao on the other end of the phone and said, "Okay, thank you Ah Hao, I understand. Don't worry, I will never embarrass you."

After saying that, Ding Chunling hung up the phone. Her expression was a little serious: "Axing, we will go there after dinner in a while. Have you read all the scripts?"

"Well, I've finished reading it all, and I've also finished reading the original work."

Lin Xing smiled and said: "Going to audition in the afternoon??"

"Well, their crew happened to be interviewing actors together, and Director Dong was also there in the afternoon, so we happened to go over and meet..."

Ding Chunling said with a headache: "It's hard to say what Director Dong's character is. I heard from Ah Hao that Director Dong is already interested in Lu Yue, so we have to come up with something of our own for the audition in the afternoon..."

"Let's go."

After hearing what Ding Chunling said, Lin Xingze stood up and said.

"Axing, let's rush over for an hour and it's enough. It's a bit early to go here now. Do you want to take a rest first..."

Ding Chunling said quickly.

"No, I have to do a look first."

Lin Xing shook his head and said with a smile: "I have to convince the crew that I can play this role in terms of image."

Calm and calm.

This is a label for this character.

In this case, Lin Xing had to change his appearance first. This role is not the so-called domineering president. He is a government official. Although he is within the system of the Republic of China, he still needs to change his appearance.

So, half an hour later, Lin Xing changed his hairstyle to a slightly more stable hairstyle, and at the same time, he changed into a dark gray suit at Ding Chunling's suggestion.

Focus on calmness.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Xing arrived at the Capital Flower Hotel on time. ’

Here, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" occupied the first floor of the hotel and used it mainly for meetings and auditions.

"Sister Ling, here..."

When Lin Xing and Ding Chunling appeared, the one called A Hao waved at them.

"male??"

Lin Xing looked at the casting director in front of him for a moment, then suddenly realized.

understood.

Boyfriend.

This is also common on film sets. For some actresses, they prefer gay staff members, and many stylists, cameramen, etc. also try to make themselves appear less masculine.

However, the Ahao in front of him seems to be quite normal now.

"Hello, Teacher Lin, hello, I really like your character Zhou Bo..."

After seeing Lin Xing, Ah Hao smiled and said: "My sister Ling is a good person and has strong abilities. I believe she will be able to bring you better resources..."

"Yeah, I believe it too."

Lin Xing smiled and nodded and said: "Brother Hao, just call me Axing. I don't dare call me teacher."

"Hahaha, okay, let's go up, Director Dong is already waiting."

Ah Hao obviously liked Lin Xing in front of him.

The love here is pure appreciation.

You should know that Ahao had contacted Zhao Yining before. Zhao Yining was a person who didn't know how to respect the bottom and didn't even treat his staff as human beings.

Only Ding Chunling was willing to take Zhao Yining and even support her. Ahao had suggested Ding Chunling several times. Zhao Yining was obviously an ungrateful person.

It's a pity that Ding Chunling didn't listen to him.

"This Lin Xing is good."

When Ahao heard that Ding Chunling was going to take Lin Xing, Ahao also agreed.

The reason is very simple. This circle is actually very small.

Whether it is a casting director, assistant director, executive director or any other director, everyone has a circle.

Those who have worked with Lin Xing before all praised Lin Xing.

Then it proves that Lin Xing is really good.

An actor may pretend on stage, but he often doesn't pretend for long off stage. There is a saying that details show a person's character. At least since "Only Waiting for You", no one who has worked with Lin Xing has said that Lin Xing's character is not good.

"Sister Ling, go to the reception room over there and take a rest..."

When they arrived at this floor of the hotel, Ahao asked Ding Chunling to take a rest in the reception room next door, and he took Lin Xing to meet Dong Deng.

Strictly speaking, this was Lin Xing's third audition.

In "Just Waiting for You", Lin Xing played the role of Du Fei without an audition. This is because the role of Du Fei does not have many scenes, and Lin Xing is a special one, so he almost does not need an audition.

Lin Xing auditioned for "Sweeping Black Waves", and he even successfully won the role with his outstanding audition.

After that, whether it was "Picture Hunting Murderer" or "Bad Kids", Lin Xing did not audition, because he helped them to raise their profile in these two web dramas.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Xing auditioned for "Power and Intrigue". He also did a lot of homework, but it was useless because his audition was doomed to fail from the beginning.

The crew wanted to attract fans of Lin Xing.

In the past few days, even Niu Xiang’s fans on Weibo have been belittling Lin Xing. After all, no matter from which aspect, Lin Xing failed the audition.

The loser has no right to defend himself, because defending yourself means that he cannot afford to lose.

This time, it was Lin Xing’s second audition this year and the third audition in the past year.

“Director Dong, Lin Xing is here.”

Lin Xing did not go in first, because Dong Deng was still auditioning other actors, and Ah Hao went in first and talked to Dong Deng.

Dong Deng asked, “How do you feel???”

“Director Dong, I still say the same thing. I think there is really no problem with this Lin Xing. His acting skills are good, and although he is a few years younger than the role, I think he is fully capable of doing it…”

Ah Hao said several words in one breath for Lin Xing.

Dong Deng suddenly laughed, “Did you receive Lin Xing’s money? Why are you speaking for him like this?”

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