To be honest, Xiao Ran really hated this kind of knowingly asking questions, but he had to do it. Liu Qingyun took a deep breath and said doubtfully: "My name is Liu Qingyun, and I have a good appearance. When I applied for the wireless training class, I almost missed it.
Because the appearance was painted off!”
Obviously, Liu Qingyun still misunderstood Xiao Ran's meaning and thought he was laughing at him. Xiao Ran didn't want to leave a bad impression on Liu Qingyun, so he quickly defended: "I mean, acting is naturally very particular about appearance. But
, if everyone is a very handsome Prince Charming, what’s the point? Why can’t there be a Prince Dark Horse! Do you understand what I mean?”
Liu Qingyun, who was wearing costume, stood silently thinking about these words. He thought so, but it was not as clear as Xiao Ran said. The more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became. Xiao Ran secretly smiled. He thought Liu Qingyun must
You won’t be depressed because of this, because hope is ahead.
Xiao Ran gave his phone number to Liu Qingyun and said with a smile: "If you have anything, you can come to me and I will definitely help you!"
In Liu Qingyun's confused eyes, Xiao Ran and the other three left the shooting spot. For Xiao Ran, now that Liu Qingyun has been found, there is no other meaning here. After walking far, You Zhi couldn't help but ask: "Aran
, why are you so... so enthusiastic about an ordinary actor!"
Xiao Ran turned to look at You Zhi and Wei Jiahui, and stunned them with a simple and plain sentence: "Everyone has a chance, as long as you seize it, you will be extraordinary. Besides, I firmly believe that Liu Qingyun will never be an ordinary actor.
It’s like I firmly believe that you are not ordinary.”
Next, we visited several filming locations and met a few familiar actors, and Xiao Ran got to know them one by one. It wasn't until they came to the filming location of a costume drama that Xiao Ran saw the person he wanted to see the most - Zhou Xingchi!
The future comedy king, Chow Sing-chi, left Hong Kong movies alone when Cheng Lung and Chow Yun-fa left Hollywood. "Shaolin Soccer" and "Kung Fu" successively grossed more than 60 million in the local box office when the Hong Kong movie market was at its bleakest.
It has successively broken box office records for Hong Kong films. Especially "Kung Fu", the box office of this single film in Asia was far higher than the total box office of Hong Kong films in 2005.
This is a real box office myth, a myth that has repeatedly refreshed the box office records of Hong Kong films, and created the master of nonsensical comedy. Not only that, this man is also a very talented director. He is a representative of Hong Kong’s grassroots class, and he is also a
A grassroots myth.
When Xiao Ran saw Zhou Xingchi, he was entangled with a man. Xiao Ran did not disturb Zhou Xingchi, but asked Wei Jiahui and You Zhi to wait quietly, while he quietly approached to listen to what they were talking about!
"Brother Xiong, please help me. Give me a role. I will definitely be able to perform it well this time, believe me!" Zhou Xingchi begged, just for one role.
"Fuck you, are you fucking annoying? If you don't get out of here, I'm going to call someone!" As the man yelled, Zhou Xingchi still stubbornly asked for only one role, even if there was no dialogue or scenes.
role.
When Xiao Ran saw this, he already felt endless sadness. Aren't all of this exactly the scene in "The King of Comedy"? It is this future King of Comedy who, for an inconspicuous role, went to
People beg and beg just for the sake of acting.
A long time ago, Xiao Ran knew that "The King of Comedy" was an autobiographical film by Zhou Xingchi. But he did not expect that Zhou Xingchi, who is now the host of the show, would be so miserable. Moreover, so many plots in the film were actually
Real. In fact, when Xiao Ran thought about it carefully, he knew that this was true, because many people knew that most of the materials for Zhou Xingchi's films were taken from the folk and people around him.
The year before last, Zhou Xingchi went to Xinyi City to sign up for a role, but a woman without eyes secretly scolded him: "This man looks like a dog!" This sentence became a line in "Westward Journey",
Either it's self-deprecating, or it's an inspiration.
Xiao Ran couldn't stand it anymore. No one could watch their favorite actor being humiliated like this. He stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Xingchi who was kicked away by the man. Before Zhou Xingchi could ask questions, Xiao Ran attracted him with one sentence.
"Follow me, I have a show for you!"
After saying this, Xiao Ran suddenly realized that his words were so similar to Wu Mengda's dialogue in "The King of Comedy", and couldn't help but feel sad. Zhou Xingchi stumbled with Xiao Ran to Wei Jiahui and Wei Jiahui, who were becoming more and more strange.
In front of You Zhi, Xiao Ran carefully looked at Master Xing, who was still very young!
Zhou Xingchi was indeed still very young, and what was worse was that he looked very immature at that time, which may have limited his acting potential. Xiao Ran also knew that it was this very childish face that made him a child.
The program host was also not accepted by the directors.
Xiao Ran had seen a video of TVB's TVB celebration in 1982, in which there were Liu Qingyun, Chow Yun-fa, and Stephen Chow. In the video, Xiao Ran could vaguely see that although Zhou Xingchi was thin at that time, he was also a little childish. He didn't expect it to take three years.
Zhou Xingchi is not much different from what he was three years ago. He is still thin and childish. I think he must have had a very difficult time in these years.
Later, when Xiao Ran and Zhou Xingchi got acquainted and met Du Qifeng, he mentioned something to Xiao Ran. When Zhou Xingchi played Song Bingyi in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he once proposed to the director at the time something like "The King of Comedy"
His request for acting was just not that exaggerated. Of course, the director ignored him, and the director at the time was none other than Du Qifeng.
While he was sizing up Zhou Xingchi, Zhou Xingchi was also sizing up him and Wei Jiahui. Wei Jiahui and You Zhi really couldn't understand Xiao Ran. Things like this happened every day, so why should they be so fond of a childish guy.
"Who are you?" Zhou Xingchi's voice is indeed a bit weird. Of course, this weirdness means that it doesn't have a very mellow voice. No wonder he is not favored. At this time, there is doubt in his eyes, but more of joy: "You
Do you really have a play for me?"
"There must be some!" Xiao Ran didn't care about this promise. With Wei Jiahui here, it would be easy to give him a show. After thinking about it, he shook his head and pointed at Wei Jiahui and asked: "You know him, right?
He can help you!"
Hearing what Xiao Ran said, Wei Jiahui quickly pulled him aside, glanced at Zhou Xingchi, who had not yet shown his superstar demeanor, and said, "Aran, you're not kidding me, are you? I'm just a script reviewer, not a big producer! What?
There is a show for him!"
Xiao Ran clicked his tongue, waved his index finger in front of his eyes a few times, and said with a wicked smile: "Xiaobao, no, it's not difficult for you to find a role for him. If you want to shirk it like this, it's a bit meaningless!"
"
Wei Jiahui shook his head and said seriously: "If it were you, it would be no problem to get a leading role for you. But he, you have nothing to do with him, why bother for him..."
"Xiaobao, believe me!" Xiao Ran interrupted Wei Jiahui and said seriously and solemnly: "I think he will definitely succeed in the future. If you help him, just think of it as helping me. However, there is no need to give him anything important.
Just give him some supporting roles or unimportant supporting roles. I want to train him hard so that he can be used in the future! And it’s not just him, the ones I just saw need to be trained!"
Wei Jiahui felt dumbfounded. Xiao Ran was only twenty years old, but he actually said that he wanted to train others. This was really ridiculous. He said with a grimace, half joking and half serious: "A Ran, aren't you kidding me?
?How can I take care of so many people?"
"Yes, you're right!" Xiao Ran laughed, and Wei Jiahui immediately knew that he had fallen into the trap. Sure enough, Xiao Ran said with a smile: "Then just help me take care of two people, he counts as one, and Liu Qingyun!"
Don't worry, this is only temporary! When I become a director, I will take them in!"
"You kid, you know how to deceive me!" Wei Jiahui helplessly poked Xiao Ran, and he knew that Xiao Ran was bargaining with him: "You want to be a director? Isn't that difficult?"
Xiao Ran shrugged but said nothing. He turned around and walked to Zhou Xingchi, patted his shoulder with a smile and said: "I told him, do your best. Your appearance is not as good as others, you only rely on your acting skills and characteristics.
win!"
As usual, he exchanged phone numbers and addresses with Zhou Xingchi, and Xiao Ran was satisfied and planned to leave the set. He definitely gained a lot from this trip. The only regret was that he didn't meet Wu Zhenyu, presumably because there was no announcement today. Xiao Ran didn't
Worry, Wu Zhenyu only became slightly famous in the film industry in the 1990s.
As he was walking out of the studio, Xiao Ran suddenly thought of something and quickly asked Wei Jiahui: "Xiaobao, you just said that being a director is not difficult? Is that true? Tell me how you can get investment to become a director."
As soon as Xiao Ran said these words, he immediately knew something was wrong. Because he immediately saw Wei Jiahui and You Zhi looking at him with wide eyes, and Wei Jiahui burst into laughter: "You don't even know this? You, a newcomer, are really
It’s so new that people have nothing to say! Ayou, tell Aran!”
Of course, You Zhi is not as arrogant as Master, but he also looks like he wants to laugh but is embarrassed to laugh. Xiao Ran sighed repeatedly and complained deliberately: "You know that I am a newcomer, and you still play tricks on me like this. It's really not fun!"
"No, no!" You Zhi quickly judged, holding back his smile, looking at the very talented Xiao Ran walking in front of him, who seemed to know everything, but also seemed to understand nothing, and explained: "Actually, it's not difficult to be a director.
Take you as an example. If you are a screenwriter, then you can write a good script and go to the big boss to get investment. Maybe the other party will like it and be willing to invest money, and then the director will naturally be you!"
"Is there any other way?" Xiao Ran didn't like this method at all. It seemed too stupid and he couldn't get enough benefits for himself.
"Yes, of course." Wei Jiahui interrupted: "You can write an award-winning script. When the time comes, you won't have to look for it, someone will come to you to write the script. At that time, you can legitimately ask to be a director.
Yes, it will not be rejected under normal circumstances.”
"It's easy to make money by making movies now, but being a director may not be as easy as imagined. You know, as an actor, photographer, or screenwriter, you can run several shows a day, but you can't be a director." You Zhi.
He continued to explain: "And people who want to be directors are very cautious. The debut film will affect the director's career. Everyone needs to think very clearly before they dare to do it."