Chapter 412: The Professional Extras in the Entertainment Industry 19
The next day, Yunyan and Su Fuying went to the audition venue together.
Zhang Xingsheng is not a well-known director, and the investment he brought in was not large, so not many people came to audition on site.
Yunyan drew a relatively early number and started playing soon after.
She performed steadily and also stayed up late last night to study the character in the script.
The live performance was remarkable. Zhang Xingsheng nodded slightly without saying much and talked with other directors.
Yunyan politely left the stage. She knew her cheap master. He usually had a stern face and no expression, which meant that he was quite satisfied with his performance.
Su Fuying was inexplicably nervous in the waiting room, and Yunyan was a little curious after coming back from the audition.
"Fuying, you look a little nervous, is that true? You've been in contact with big crews before."
Su Fuying smiled.
"I don't know what happened. I was very confident about this audition, but my heartbeat just accelerated for no apparent reason."
Yunyan smiled and comforted her, "Relax, just treat it as a normal audition."
Su Fuying took a deep breath and calmed down.
She didn't understand why her heart kept beating. Maybe she liked this character too much!
"No. 28 Su Fuying!" The voice of the staff came, and Su Fuying hurried into the audition site.
Yunyan, as a connected person, could naturally go through the back door to the staff's observation area.
She looked at Su Fuying who was standing in the middle, and thought that if she was still very nervous, she would put a calming talisman on her.
Unexpectedly, Su Fuying's audition performance today was exceptionally outstanding, as if she were a character in a play.
Yunyan was amazed but also felt happy for her from the bottom of her heart.
Zhang Xingsheng's expression at the scene was very kind, even kinder than when he looked at her, his own disciple.
"Actor No. 28, please go to the waiting area and wait. After all the actors have finished their auditions, we will announce the results on the spot."
Su Fuying bowed and returned to the waiting area. Yunyan followed her into the waiting area and teased her.
"You are really Versailles. You performed amazingly, but you told me that your heart was beating fast."
Su Fuying replied: "Oh, I really don't have Versailles. I just felt my heart beating very fast before the audition."
"To be honest, I felt dizzy after the audition. It felt like the person performing the role was not me."
Yunyan smiled and said, "Don't show off in front of me. The director is full of praise for you!"
Su Fuying had no choice but to keep silent and talk about another matter.
"My agent, Sister Qiu, has resigned from Tianchen Entertainment. She said that she must make me famous and let He Wenjing's mother see my strength."
"Sister Qiu is considered a top agent in Tianchen. To be honest, I am really touched that she gave up such a promising company for me."
Sister Qiu’s name is Qiu Ling. Yunyan had seen her before, but had never had much contact with her. She heard that she was a very capable woman.
But I was not very lucky. Several times, the promising candidates were poached by the company's connections.
"Well, if you trust her, then you can continue to let her lead you! Anyway, we are working alone now, so it's good to have such a capable person by your side."
After hearing Yunyan's words, Su Fuying made a suggestion.
"You've never had an agent, so why not let Sister Qiu take care of the two of us!"
Yunyan waved her hand: "I'm used to being free, not being controlled by others. Besides, Sister Qiu left the company because of you, so I won't distract her."
"You should let her take good care of you and try to make you an award-winning actress or something. Then I'll be so happy."
Su Fuying gave her a displeased look.
"Don't say such big words. How dare I, a new actor, dream of winning the Best Actress award? If I tell anyone, people will laugh at me."
"Since you don't want Sister Qiu to take care of me, then I'll let her be my personal manager. She's been dealing with chores at her previous company these past two days, so she'll be able to come over and take care of me in person in a couple of days."
Yunyan nodded, but still reminded: "Although I trust your vision, you still have to trust yourself first in everything. Remember to call me as soon as you encounter any problems."
Yunyan didn't say this without any purpose, but she inexplicably remembered what Wangcai said about Su Fuying being kidnapped in the later period.
Wangcai only talked about this key plot in the later stage, but how could it happen suddenly without any foreshadowing?
Many disasters that come out of nowhere are often hidden in unknown details from the very beginning.
Yunyan was not trying to suspect Qiu Ling out of ulterior motives. She just wanted to remind Su Fuying that no matter how reliable others were, they were not as reliable as herself.
Su Fuying smiled and said, "Look at you, why are you still suspicious? I know, I will definitely inform you first if anything happens."
Yunyan didn't say anything else because the staff from the director team had already arrived.
"Today's audition is over. Please follow us to the lobby and wait for the director to announce the results."
Small crews can cast quickly, unlike ordinary crews which have to wait for ten days or half a month.
Fortunately, there were only about 100 people auditioning today, so the director didn't have much work to do.
Director Zhang is not a person who likes to create suspense or drag things out.
He directly announced the list of actors who had successfully auditioned.
As expected, Yunyan and Su Fuying both successfully chose their favorite roles.
The filming of "The New Bride" was scheduled to start very early, and Zhang Xingsheng probably wanted to finish it before the Chinese New Year.
So the shooting was scheduled to start a week later.
Yunyan also went to other film crews to play supporting roles during this week. She took any job she could.
In addition, director Li Song and Zhang Xingsheng were both willing to take care of her, so Yunyan's work as an extra went smoothly.
Sometimes I have to run around to several crews in a day, playing roles ranging from dead people to living people, and then to ordinary people with only a few lines.
Yunyan also challenged himself to play a bandit king who raped a woman, and he had to overcome too many factors on the set.
For example, he had to act out intimate scenes with a cameraman holding a video camera, and sometimes he even had to ride on the cameraman to act out scenes of forcing women.
She also truly experienced what an actor's sense of conviction was. After all, it was really challenging to act obscenely in front of a middle-aged bearded photographer.
Fortunately, her dedication to her work has won her the appreciation of many directors in the crew, and some even want her to play important roles.
Yunyan could only refuse with tears in her eyes. She decided to just play a supporting role.
Every director has a different opinion on this.
Some people think that Yunyan is not utilitarian and wants to develop step by step in a down-to-earth manner.
Some people also think that Yunyan is a naive fool who doesn't know how to seize the opportunity and is a bit ungrateful.
Yunyan didn't care about all this because Zhang Xingsheng's "The New Bride" had started filming.
Zhang Xingsheng refused to let her take on other roles while performing this play.
It is said that Yunyan ran around every day, and even if she had 100 points of acting skills to play this role well, in the end she could only get 70 or 80 points.
Director Zhang cherishes his work so much that he naturally wants to present the best results.
So Yunyan, this wild child, could only stay in the crew of "The New Bride" for this month.