Chapter 65

International Airport East Gate.

A slender girl walked out of the airport lobby wearing sunglasses. Passengers flocked to and fro. If you caught a glimpse of her by chance, you would look back a few times because of her star-studded appearance.

Liang Youyou waited several hours at the airport and finally waited until the phone rang, and immediately hung up the phone and poked his head out of the car window.

“Hey, miss Bo.”

After seeing Liang Youyou, Bo Yiqing hung up the phone, took off his sunglasses and walked to the side of the car, “What’s the matter, Miss Xiaojing?”

“Hey, girl.” Liang Youyou got out of the car and opened the door for her, with a bright smile on his face, “I just returned to China, it’s not too late to think about Xiaojing later, now take a place to rest and change your mood , let’s talk about Xiaojing later.”

Bo Yiqing looked at the time, with a disapproving look, “I don’t want to go anywhere, let’s tell Miss Xiaojing what’s going on first.”

“Tsk.” Liang Youyou looked at her in surprise, then put away his weird expression and asked with a smile, “Then, if you say you don’t listen, don’t you tell me?”

“Then call Tang Yu and ask Tang Yu.” As he spoke, he was about to pick up the phone.

“Hey, I said that he doesn’t know anything, but don’t startle the snake. How did we discuss it before? We can’t let the third person know. This is a secret, understand? This is a secret.”

Bo Yiqing looked at her serious appearance, and said slowly, “I always feel cheated.”

“Liang Youyou never cheats.” After talking, he glanced at her again, “But why are you here even if you suspect that you have been cheated?”

Bo Yiqing probably didn’t really want to answer her, so he was silent for a while before saying, “I’m worried about Miss Xiaojing.”

Liang Youyou took a deep look at her, and finally couldn’t help but said, “I thought Gu Xizhi was the biggest weirdo I’ve ever met.”

Bo Yiqing didn’t seem to be bothered arguing with her, “Should we talk about it or not?”

“Speak.” Liang Youyou looked at the time and sighed, “But I have to have a meal with you first.”

“Yes.” Bo Yiqing also retreated a bit.

“That’s great, let’s get in the car.” Liang Youyou opened the door for her and smiled, “The flowers on the car are a gift for meeting.”

“Flowers?” Bo Yiqing was puzzled.

“uh-huh.”

Bo Yiqing got into the car rather hesitantly.

Liang Youyou watched her get into the car and closed the door for her, humming a little tune and got into the car.

The weather forecast said that it would snow during the day, but it sure turned dark in the afternoon.

The cold air casts a gray tone on the whole city. No matter how dazzling the tall buildings in the distance are colored, when the dark clouds cover them, they are just like a pile of cold and emotionless hard rocks.

On the twenty-seventh floor of Times Media, Tian Youlan made several phone calls in a row, hung up the phone again, looked through the phone book on the desktop, raised her head and said to Gu Xizhi who was opposite, “One piece of good news, some bad news, The good news is that Scarlett Lee decided on the script, and one of the bad news is that the background of the story is the university.”

“University?” Gu Xizhi frowned suddenly.

“I heard from her assistant that one of the so-called national castings is to choose a new actress who is about 20 years old, and the other heroine is to be an award-winning actress. The age cannot exceed 30 years old.”

Gu Xizhi lowered his gaze, the slight hope in his eyes was somewhat shattered.

Tian Youlan looked at her, and said, “Do you know why you wanted to dig her here when you were still in China Entertainment International?”

Gu Xizhi said calmly, “There are not many movie actors who are nominated every year, and there are parts that can be tapped.”

“You’re half right.” Tian Youlan put down the phone book in her hand, “Actually, I went to the same school back then, maybe I don’t remember it, but I have a deep memory.”

Gu Xizhi frowned, obviously surprised.

“That year the school arranged a thesis, and the thesis I wrote was published in the school newspaper. I still remember the title of the thesis. The name is “On the Application of Alienation Effect in Chinese Drama.”

Gu Xizhi probably also recalled the scene at that time, nodded, “Indeed.”

“Well.” Tian Youlan continued, “Compared with the West, which strictly appreciates dramas, our Eastern dramas have always respected Stanislavsky’s experiential acting technique and advocated pretending to be gods and ghosts. All dramas require actors and It is best for the characters to be integrated in order to achieve the effect of giving the audience a sense of reality and arousing the audience’s sympathy. This kind of rigid ideology allows the audience to be completely controlled by the characters as the drama changes in joy, anger, sorrow and joy without putting themselves Think rationally as an appreciator watching the fire from the other side. To be honest, when I watch a movie, no matter how good or deep the character is, as long as I think that there is a camera in front of him, I will find it boring. But as I said, sitcoms That’s all, if you want to use the alienation effect in the main play, not only may you not be able to deal with the true meaning of Brecht’s alienation effect on the artistic level, but the audience will not buy it, so it is very difficult.”

Gu Xizhi nodded, and asked with some confusion, “These are too theoretical things, does it have anything to do with the current movies?”

Tian Youlan smiled, “You know, although Li Scarlett wants to use award-winning actresses, there are quite a few actresses who have won awards, but there are very few actresses under the age of 30 who are suitable for her role. , and the schedule may not be so suitable.”

Gu Xizhi made up his mind and seemed to agree with her statement, “That’s true.”

“Whether she has won an award or not? Given the lack of resources, I don’t think she will hold on to it, so it’s not a big problem to use her relationship to get an audition. But she knows it. She is usually easy-going, and she is especially good when it comes to filming. Strange, outside of movies, you can impress her in various ways, but when it comes to movies, you can only rely on acting.”

“The ones who are competing with her are actresses. Even if I am confident that my acting skills are not bad today, I may not be able to beat them to win her favor.”

“But I forgot one thing.” Tian Youlan slightly bent her lips, drawing a beautiful arc, “Li Scarlett, she likes to take a slanted edge.”

Gu Xizhi narrowed his eyes slightly.

“Artists like to be looked at with amazement, and at the same time, they look at things with a very strange eye.” Tian Youlan said with a smile, “In three days, she will choose the actors herself. No matter how everyone wants to audition, it depends on whose performance is better. It made her like it, anyway, she felt that if she could write the theory beautifully, she could act beautifully. Her “Calamus” has always been a movie queen in her heart, and…” There was a long pause, “That film by Li Scarlett was because of many The reason didn’t work in the end, and with her character, it’s impossible not to feel guilty at all.”

Gu Xizhi seemed to be touched by her words, and said seriously after a long silence, “I know what to do.”

Three days later.

Audition scene.

“Crack.” Not long after the call to a halt, the staff brought an actress into the studio. Excluding the time for makeup and changing clothes, an actor only had a limited performance time of five minutes at most.

For a script, the most suitable thing is never the performance but the actor’s image and temperament. An actor wearing character costumes and standing in front of the camera can know whether he can stay without any acting director. Of course, for Li Scarlett, both are indispensable. .

Gu Xizhi was led by the staff to put on makeup at ten o’clock in the morning. Only then did she know that Tian Youlan was right. Except for the four actresses who had won various awards and were of sufficient age to participate in the casting, the rest of the audition actors were Among the six film queens, the others are actors who have not been nominated for any film festivals but have become popular on the screen in the past two years.

This world has always been flexible, it just depends on whether there is hard work in place.

“Next, Miss Gu Xizhi.”

The last actor’s audition was over, and the staff finally signaled Gu Xizhi to enter the audition set. It had been more than two years since he had appeared in front of the film camera.

The staff on the set performed their duties, and the atmosphere at the audition scene was not easy. Li Scarlett on the set looked at each actor as if they were looking at a commodity, as if sleeping with her on weekdays was a strange item at the moment.

An actor in the front complained that the title given by the director was too wild and arbitrary. Sure enough, seeing Gu Xizhi standing in front of the camera, Li Scarlett just glanced at her image in the camera and said casually, “The female college student who plays sees her mother crossing the road alone. I was nervous and wanted to tell her to stop, but a truck knocked down my mother, and soon my mother was killed, very sad.”

It was a scene with more emotion than action, and it didn’t sound complicated at all. Gu Xizhi didn’t act immediately after hearing the topic, but stood still and thought. Only then did Li Scarlet look at the camera again, and said to the assistant director on the side, “The image with long hair is more suitable for Xiao Yu.”

The assistant director looked at her for a moment, then shook his head, “I think she is Xiao Xiao.”

While speaking, Gu Xizhi had already turned his head to face the distant camera.

The photographer was obviously taken aback when she looked at the camera.

The several cameras at the audition scene have always been working. Most of the actors she auditioned in the past used close-up shots and close-up shots to complete the performance after getting the topic. This is easier to express the emotions of the characters in a limited time. Gu Xizhi was a little surprised when he first used the long-range lens.

The range of performance in the close-up and close-up shots of actors has always been different. The long-range shots focus more on the performance of the external body, and the close-up shots are of course reserved for facial expressions to express the inner world. The topic given by the director obviously focuses on “nervous” and “sad” inner dramas. Normally, the five minutes should be reserved for close-up shots to express emotions, rather than long-range shots.

The photographer looked at the director, but the director didn’t speak, but Gu Xizhi’s clear-cut movements made it clear that she had entered the role.

For Chang, when the director gives the identity of a female college student, the actors often rely on their own makeup and dress up like a female college student to directly substitute themselves into this identity, but the image characteristics of each are different, just like the old ones usually faltering , and children are too lively.

Gu Xizhi walked a few steps in front of the camera, but did not step out of the camera. Her steps were brisk and her body was very relaxed. Although it was only a few steps, she looked very energetic.

The photographer froze for a moment, and immediately understood what she meant.

That’s right, the symbol that a female college student should have is vigorous and full of energy. She didn’t directly regard herself as a female college student to enter the inner scene, but first showed her identity with body language. Although there was no line or expression, she was on the spot Seeing her performance, he immediately understood that she was a female college student at the moment.

The requirement of the plot is to see the mother is very nervous when crossing the road. This kind of moment will be elongated in the movie shot. Not only does the actor’s expression and eyes be delicate, but also the physical reaction in some situations is also required.

After Gu Xizhi finished his identity performance, he inadvertently raised his head to look at the camera, lowered his head and then raised it quickly, his pupils shrank slightly, and the relaxed expression on his face disappeared all of a sudden.

With a subtle expression, the viewer immediately understood that she was shocked by something.

After this expression ended, Gu Xizhi glanced at the camera, making it look like she was observing the situation on the road, and soon she frowned, and opened her lips slightly, as if she wanted to say something.

She was at a loss for a moment when she moved, she obviously didn’t know where to put her hands, the lines on her face were tense because of her anxiety, and everyone’s mood seemed to be pulled along with her emotions.

The expression lasted for a few seconds before being replaced by a shocked expression with the pupils contracting again. Everyone already knew that the character’s mother had been knocked down by a car at this time.

As far as the previous performances are concerned, her performance looks as good as the previous actors with better performances, so the final highlight is also very exciting.

The so-called highlight, of course, is the last crying scene.

For an ordinary person, when his mother suddenly died in front of him, his emotions should be shock and disbelief, followed by crazy pain or abnormal silence. Looking at Gu Xizhi at the scene, it seemed that he was ready to wait for her emotional breakdown when dealing with virtual objects and hear her cry.

Indeed, the normal way of acting in this situation should be to find the mother, and beside her, she tries to express her pain with facial expressions, lines, and big tears, so that the character’s mood at the moment is clearly revealed, and the audience can feel the same tear. Heartbroken.

This is the essence of experiential acting techniques. To play a role, one must deeply understand the inner feelings of that character, and then bring everything about the role to the audience.

Everyone thinks that Gu Xizhi should act like this and he can act well. Everyone knows that the character should be extremely sad at this time.

But Gu Xizhi didn’t do that.

Under the gaze of the crowd, she turned her head to face the camera.

Everyone was stunned.

“What is she doing?”

“Is this still acting?”

“It’s not acting, but she didn’t stop, and the director didn’t stop either.”

“The atmosphere in the front was created very well. It’s a drama all of a sudden. I don’t understand it.”

…

…

There are whispers.

Li Scarlett looked at the camera quietly.

Gu Xizhi faced the camera for a few seconds, and then used his conceptual performance to coherently show the process of eye sockets gradually turning red, eyes moist, and tears falling.

Some seem to have some touches and feelings about her performance, but I can’t say it for a while.

At the same time, her body began to tremble, her breathing seemed to be a little difficult, and she obviously looked like she was about to faint.

“Crack.”

Li Scarlet yelled to stop before she fell down.

Gu Xizhi immediately stopped performing.

Li Scarlett nodded to indicate that it was all right, and then said to the staff, “Next.”

The staff showed Gu Xizhi the way, and Gu Xizhi bowed to Li Scarlett’s position, and then left the set.

Li Scarlett turned her head while changing actors and said to the assistant director, “What was she thinking when she jumped into the role just now.”

“As a director, why would she think of acting like this? For the director, what other methods can be used to use the alienation effect in the main drama without losing the original flavor? As the audience, I want her to jump out of the role to convey the communication. I thought of encountering such a thing. What kind of mood is it?”

“But a lot of people will find it inexplicable.”

“I believe that there is a lot to appreciate. The thinking brought about by the alienation effect is far more meaningful than blindly putting emotions into illusory dramas.”

Scarlett Li turned her head and smiled, her pretty short hair made her look wiser, “So she is the assistant director of this drama.”

**

It has been cloudy and snowy for the past few days, and the cloudy weather in the daytime has become a bit harsh at night. The whining north wind broke off the fragile branches on the street, and there was light snow in the sky, which quickly disappeared on the wet ground.

It has been snowing for two nights, and a thick layer of pure white has accumulated on the houses and trees. Gu Xizhi is sitting in the living room watching TV, even with his right hand in his pocket, he is still holding the phone.

There were commercials playing on TV all the time, but she didn’t seem to notice, her gaze was always on the large display screen.

When the phone rang in a hurry, Gu Xizhi took out his phone and put it to his ear, “Director Tian.”

“There is a result, which is considered good news.” Tian Youlan’s voice appeared on the other end of the phone, “It is true that a new actor has been used for the role of Yun Xiaoxiao. The actor is only twenty years old and a college student. Li Scarlett decided for Qin Shiyu’s role. Two, one is, and the other is She Jia who became popular in court dramas. According to her assistant, She Jia was arranged by the management, not Li Scarlett’s original intention, but she is quite satisfied with She Jia. I’m thinking about it, and now I’m afraid that the management will put pressure on it.”

Gu Xizhi was a little depressed, “The investor has no right to interfere with the production and director’s selection of roles.”

“The current general situation in the industry is like this. After some inquiries, the investor this time is also a film company that was established in the past two years. It has only invested in two films before. It only has a certain financial strength to cooperate with Li Scarlett. This film The president of the company is surnamed Lu, and he asked for a relationship to find him, but he is very difficult to deal with, and he doesn’t even ask for money, and I always feel that it is very troublesome to start with him.”

Gu Xizhi thought for a while, “What’s the relationship between She Jia and him?”

“Don’t think about it. After all, the producer and director are both as decent as Li Scarlett. Could it be that you are sending yourself into the jaws of investors?”

“Then…” Gu Xizhi hesitated, “Is there another way?”

“I also feel very puzzled when I say it.” Tian Youlan sighed, “It is only after checking the information of Huaxing Film Company that I found out that it is actually a subsidiary of Huatian Group. The chairman of Huatian Group is Qu Tingxiang. This The entrepreneur started his diamond business, but he has been concentrating on the diamond business for so many years. He didn’t even set foot in the real estate when it was so hot. He was curious about why he set up a film company, so he checked him a little more, and found out that his daughter is Jinding. Actress Qu Xizhi.”

Gu Xizhi frowned, his expression suddenly became a little complicated.

“I know Qu Xizhi. She usually likes to help everyone. She thinks that if she can use her mouth to find Qu Tingxiang, the surname Lu will not offend the chairman of the group for a woman. During the phone call, she politely declined the request, saying that the group never interferes with the operation of the branch. Now it is very strange… Is it true that there is a festival with her like the rumors?”

Gu Xizhi held the phone, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Tian Youlan added, “It’s hard to be able to be left by Li Scarlet for so many years, even if the chance of missing the opportunity is only 1%, there are three ways, the first is to find someone surnamed Lu, but I think he is 90% Nine is a pervert, the second is to find Li Scarlett, but she still considers the role, and now it is easy to cause her disgust if she goes to find her, and the third is to find Qu Xizhi, but if you really have a festival, let’s pretend that this is not mentioned .”

Gu Xizhi thought for a long time before saying, “Let’s think about it.”

**

In the cold season, there are still many people who are not afraid of the severe cold on the riverside. On the bridge, there are cameras to capture the snow scene at night, and there are also sad people who are not afraid of the severe cold drinking by the bridge, and more couples are quietly feeling the snowy night.

The snow fell quietly, and the enchanting snowflakes disrupted the whole world. Gu Xizhi sat in the car and quietly watched the night view of the river. Even though the car was fully heated, he still felt that the place was extremely cold.

The assistant has accompanied her to watch the night scene here for half an hour. Although this place made her feel very romantic at first, no matter how beautiful the place is, it would be annoying to do nothing and watch it for half an hour. It was just half past nine in the evening. The assistant looked at his watch and said to Gu Xizhi, “Miss Gu, can we go now?”

Gu Xizhi slowly looked back at Jiang Mian, looked up at the assistant’s expectant eyes, and said, “Go to Dongpu Road.”

“Oh.” Hearing that he could leave here, the assistant instantly felt happy wherever he went.

When the car arrived at No. 99 Dongpu Road, Gu Xizhi sat in the car and said to his assistant, “Don’t say anything later, just follow along.”

The assistant didn’t know what she was going to do, but just found it very novel, and kept nodding.

Gu Xizhi took a scarf to wrap it around, opened the door and got out of the car.

It is said that the house number of Qu Xizhi and Zhong Linshan’s house means love for a long time. After confirming that the house number is ninety-nine, and seeing the light in the house, Gu Xizhi rang the doorbell without hesitation.

The doorbell only rang before there was the sound of footsteps coming to open the door. When the door opened, Gu Xizhi’s expression was a little solemn, but when he saw the person who came to open the door, he immediately seemed much more relaxed.

“I’m sorry to bother you so late and let me see you. There is something I want to talk to you about.”

Qu Xizhi looked at her after opening the door, and then at the girl behind her, “Wouldn’t she complain if you let the assistant work with you at such a late hour?”

The assistant immediately shook his head when he heard the words, Gu Xizhi looked sideways at the assistant, then raised his head to face Qu Xizhi, “It would be better for her to come here with me.”

Qu Xizhi looked at her assistant, and opened the door slowly, “Then come in.”

Gu Xizhi walked a few steps into the house, and before he passed the entrance, he was entangled by a fluffy puppy. He didn’t pay attention to the dog. Gu Xizhi looked around the room and saw that there was no second floor on the first floor. Then he said to Qu Xizhi, “Is Miss Zhong upstairs?”

Qu Xizhi came out from the kitchen with tea, and when she heard that she hadn’t answered her question for a long time, she put away a set of tea sets before saying, “She’s going to a fashion show, and she won’t be back until next week.”

Gu Xizhi then turned his attention to the puppy, and asked, “What is this?”

“The stray dog ​​that was picked up.” Qu Xizhi poured three cups of tea, and motioned for Gu Xizhi’s assistant to sit down.

After the little assistant saw Qu Xi, she was a little confused about the direction of the matter, and now she only felt that standing was neither sitting nor sitting, and she was extremely cautious.

Gu Xizhi looked at her, then turned his head to Qu Xizhi, “You don’t have to be so polite, since you’re here, let’s get straight to the point.” After a pause, he met Qu Xizhi’s gaze and said, “I want to In Scarlett Lee’s new movie.”

Qu Xizhi put down the tea set, and said in a casual tone, “This should be Li Scarlett.”

“Know what looking for means.”

“I don’t think that meddling life interferes with the development of talents.”

“Of course you can be a complete bystander.” Gu Xizhi’s tone was suddenly not as calm as before, “But at least don’t give any stumbling blocks.”

Qu Xizhi looked at her quietly for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled ironically, “So I think that Huaxing Film Company is actually a manager, and the president Lu Zhenyou obeyed his words, and asked him to recommend She Jia to Li Scarlett. Casting is not going well, is it intentional revenge?”

Gu Xizhi looked away and didn’t speak.

“I’m sorry to make you feel so narrow-minded.” Qu Xizhi smiled softly, “I admit that my father will set up a film company because of his persuasion, and I also admit that China Star will invest in Li Scarlett. This film is a matchmaking, but my father He has always believed that there is a specialization in the art industry. He thinks that the current president of Huaxing, Lu Zhenyou, will be much better at managing the company. Therefore, he has always only known a thing or two about Huaxing’s management, and he never thought that he, an investor, would interfere with the director’s casting. , You must understand that I used to be an actor, and it is impossible to do something so bottomless that interferes with industry rules.”

Gu Xizhi lowered his eyes, and after a while, he seemed unwilling, raised his head and said, “But I don’t think that a dignified young lady of the Qu family will have nothing to do with the president of a subsidiary company of her own group. She is just perfunctory Tian Youlan.”

“Yes.” Qu Xizhi didn’t deny it, “It was perfunctory for her. If you didn’t perfunctory her, why would you be here now?”

She didn’t hide it at all, which made Gu Xizhi feel a little bad, “I obviously don’t want to see you, so what are you doing here?”

“What do you mean?” Qu Xizhi confronted each other.

Gu Xizhi looked at her, as if he couldn’t believe it, and his expression was extremely disappointed.

The little assistant who was standing by the side had long been dumbfounded, but now that the two were facing each other, there was a particularly weird atmosphere in the air, and she suddenly felt… If she didn’t leave, she who knew too much would die without a place to bury her.

“Yes… I’m sorry, my boyfriend is sick and waiting in the hospital, so let’s go first.”

Turn quickly and open the door to escape.

The sound of closing the door sounded, Gu Xizhi calmed down, and regained the courage to look up at her, “I don’t care about comparing with She Jia, but at least we need a fair environment, let’s talk, what do you want.”

“Stay here tonight.” Qu Xizhi wrote lightly as his eyes fell on her lightly.

Gu Xizhi didn’t seem to hear clearly, but also didn’t seem to understand, “What did you say?”

“heard it.”

Gu Xizhi frowned, as if he couldn’t believe it, but quickly put away all his expressions, turned his head and walked out the door with a sarcastic smile.

“What are you busy with?” Qu Xizhi paced behind her, “Ask me, why didn’t you go to look for Lu Zhenyou, but came to look for it?”

Gu Xizhi stopped and bent his lips, smiling weakly, “At first, I thought that even if we couldn’t even be friends, we could at least treat strangers like strangers. When Tian Youlan told me that he wouldn’t agree to help, he thought that so many strangers could help. , why is she so indifferent to her, yes, even if she has nothing to do with Hua Xing, even if She Jia doesn’t know anything about She Jia, but she is not so ruthless towards a stranger, yet she is so targeted, I want to know why.”

“That’s it.” Qu Xizhi looked at her back with a calm voice, “Do you understand now?”

“Understood.” Gu Xizhi’s voice was a little numb, “I hate it.” Turning his head to look at her, his expression was very calm, “I’m sorry for being so emotional just now. It’s not good, so I feel very hateful, and I thought about having a good talk with me to make my partner less resentful, but now it seems that I don’t need it, I just want to humiliate, of course, this humiliation has nothing to do with resentment, because Resentment has always been based on love, and it has long since been disliked at all.”

Qu Xizhi lowered his gaze and looked directly into her eyes, and said after a while, “Wonderful conclusion.” With a smile, the color in his eyes was indifferent, “Yes, I didn’t like it at all a long time ago.”

His eyes were a little dry, Gu Xizhi clenched the corners of his clothes tightly, and kept a calm tone, “Just pretend you haven’t been here tonight, forgive yourself for humiliating yourself, and please forget about the movie.” He strode towards the door.

“Gu Xizhi.” Qu Xizhi glanced at her back, “Ask again, why didn’t you go to look for Lu Zhenyou, but come to look for it?”

Looking at the thick night outside the window, Gu Xizhi said slowly, “I’ve already said what needs to be said. It’s already like this, let’s let it go.”

The thin figure melted into the wind and snow and gradually disappeared into the darkness.