Chapter 25 "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle"
Capital, Beijing Railway Station.
After dozens of hours, Gan Tao, who had traveled from Haishi to Beijing, walked out of the station with the crowds with fatigue.
This was his first time to come to the capital city, and it was also the farthest time he was from home.
The endless stream of vehicles and unfamiliar faces on the road indicate that there is a vibrant city in front of you.
Under the bus stop sign, he took out a piece of paper and handed it to an aunt, asking, "Which bus is on at this address?"
The aunt spoke Mandarin that was not so easy to understand. He asked again and again, but after listening to it, he said thank you, and then scratched his head and left.
Fengxian, outside a dilapidated 4-story building.
Wang Shuai, wearing thick-framed glasses, groped his chin and looked at the boy who was constantly moving around on the mountain bike.
The wonderful performance of the rear wheels sometimes raised, sometimes prohibited instantly, and sometimes jumping, made the audience on the sidelines nod continuously.
After a few simple conversations with the people, Wang Shuai waved to the boy on the mountain bike and said, "Li Bing, it's OK, it's OK."
Although his new film requires actors to play bicycles, it is not a documentary movie after all, and it is enough to play bicycles to this level.
The director had no objection, which means that the young man who asked Li Bing to play a certain role was a foregone conclusion, and he only needed to communicate the salary briefly.
Gan Tao, who was walking around, arrived hurriedly at the stall where several people were about to return to the house.
After he introduced himself, Wang Shuai, who had been on the steps, thought for a long time, and suddenly realized: "I remembered that I said this to Lou Ye. Did he introduce you?"
He nodded: "Well, I just arrived from the train station."
It was his first role interview.
When filming "Suzhou River", Lou Ye may have seen him squatting in the corner of the wall and feeling pitiful. He did not mention any requirements for him, so he was just a rush to put it on the shelves.
"Wulin Waishi" just a simple test of the bottom set and meets the main creator, but no one asked him to have an improvisation or something.
Therefore, he was a little nervous when facing the upcoming interview.
He didn't know what kind of drama this was, but it didn't prevent him from trying to seize this opportunity.
The entertainment industry is like a pyramid. He is still at the bottom of the road. It is necessary to work hard to climb up. If you want to climb high, you cannot miss any opportunities. What’s more important is that he has no money on him.
The interview office was very simple, with three people sitting in front of a long table, Wang Shuai was in the center.
He stood in front of the three of them and said nervously, "It's ready."
The camera on the tripod turned on, and the green flashing lights told him that he was not the only candidate for the role.
Without any twists and turns, Wang Shuai came up and said directly: "Play a feeling after the thing he likes is gone."
He asked, "Which age group?"
The composition setting range is too wide, and his thoughts for a moment were: if it was a child, he would definitely cry and make a fuss, and the young people might be cursing and chaotic. After some trouble, the older middle-aged people may just sigh with annoyance.
Wang Shuai glanced at him: "It's just a role of your age, three minutes."
The small interview room seemed to be a prison for Gan Tao.
He pursed his lips tightly, tossed and turned, and looked around. If he was a director of observation reports, he would find that his Adam's apple was squirming from time to time.
The search speeded up, and his eyebrows tightened until he sighed and sat down on the ground.
The "puff" sound scared Wang Shuai and the other two, but he seemed to be fine, stretched out his right hand and pinched his cheeks on both sides, and changed his original handsome face, then pushed his long black hair and scratched it hard.
After a performance, Wang Shuai did not give him any rest time and continued: "You, in your adolescence, peek at the expression of a beautiful mature woman, remember that it was peeking."
Gan Tao asked again: "One person or several people?"
Wang Shuai smiled and said, "I decide for myself."
Sitting on the ground, he changed to a bent over and half-squat position. His slightly lateral face and his black and white eyes looked to the side desperately, making people feel like this guy was looking at someone through the crack of the door with one eye.
Before Wang Shuai could stop, he took a small step in an instant and changed his serious expression.
After the interview, he was unsure whether he could participate in Wang Shuai's new drama.
But he felt that the two short plays he performed just now were much better than his performance in "Suzhou River" and "Wulin Waishi".
Among the three interviewers, a young man with a strong Taipei accent said: "If you have a phone call, we will tell you the result in three days at the latest."
He waved his head: "My pager."
Leave a pager number, he carried his bag and walked aimlessly onto the boulevard.
I was not familiar with the place here. He walked around several streets in a row before he found a relatively cheap private hotel that could take a shower.
After taking a shower, he was so refreshed that he had just lying on the bed when the pager rang, which made him shudder.
A string of numbers from the capital made him jump out of bed. He now regretted not being cruel to buy a Chinese display, otherwise he would know whether the interview would be passed.
He walked to the hotel front desk with his slippers hanging down and called according to the number.
Before he could speak, the other person said something inexplicable: "When did it arrive?"
He didn't react for a while, and was stunned for a while before he remembered Mr. Zhou who was like an elf in the play but had a hoarse voice in reality.
The two of them have not seen each other for more than a year. If it weren't for the voice that he knew, it was a scorpion who shit - a single (poison), he probably would have to think about it for a while.
He said incrediblely: "How do you know I'm in the capital?"
"I also participated in "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle". I just had a meal with Director Wang."
After Zhou Xun finished explaining, he asked him, "It's still early, come out to gather?"
He said with a sarcasm: "Don't, if you hadn't called me, I would have fallen into a dead pig."
With a "bang" sound, the phone hung up.
He pinched his nose and went back to the room.
Zhou Xun is no longer unknown than his name a year ago.
In terms of movies: "Suzhou River" gave her the first international best actor.
In terms of TV series: Although the young Princess Taiping played in "The Palace of Ming Dynasty" is not well-known to Xiaoyanzi, she has also received unanimous praise from insiders and outsiders.
Now he has the title of four young actresses selected by Nandu Entertainment newspapers and magazines.
Today, Mr. Zhou is one of the most popular actresses in China.
Others have a bright future, but they are lying in a small hotel and are already in a two-world world. They should have a way of living in two worlds, let alone the most snobbish entertainment industry.
Maybe others don’t mind, and it may be just a matter of a meal, but he must be self-aware!
Lying on the bed, he hummed the lyrics in his memory: "The girl said to me, saying I am a thief..."
The waiting time was not long. When the sun set the next day, he received a notice that director Wang Shuai had already recognized that he would play the role of Xiaogui, a rural boy working in Beijing in "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" directed by Wang Shuai.
Jiang Bingrou, who received the call from Gan Tao, was puzzled.
If he hadn't seen him kicked out of the crew with his own eyes, Jiang Bingrou even suspected that he was a noble young man from a certain family in Beijing, otherwise how could he have received the male lead in a movie so easily?
This is not in line with common sense, or in addition to that handsome face, he also has an unknown, mysterious and mysterious personality charm.
But no matter what, this was a good thing, and she did not delay. She led her assistant to hurry north and talked to the producer about the contract.
In a very unique Chinese restaurant, when he saw Wang Shuai sitting alone, Gan Tao hurried forward and said respectfully: "Hello, Director Wang!"
Domestic crews have always been the director-centered system. As long as they are on the set, the director is the biggest. Unless they are new directors with no qualifications, they may be controlled by producers and supervisors.
Wang Shuai handed him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "You are here too early, and the agreed time for meeting with you is still half an hour."
He smiled and replied, "The capital is too big, it's my first time here, so I can only set out in advance, otherwise I'm afraid of going the wrong way."
After handing over the tea, Wang Shuai took out a stack of A4 paper from his bag and handed it to him: "This is the final script, and even if there is a change, it won't be too big."
He nodded and took it carefully, placed it on the table, and started to look around.
Xiaogui, a 17-year-old boy working in Beijing, is a courier who rides a mountain bike to travel through alleys in Beijing. His biggest dream is to earn 600 yuan and then buy a silver mountain bike that the company lends him to express delivery.
Day and night, work, regardless of wind and rain, finally changed to my beloved mountain bike.
But the good times didn't last long, and the car was lost. When he ran all over the capital and found his beloved car, the mountain bike had a new owner, Xiao Jian, a local boy in the capital.
When he was about to turn the page and continue reading, he played the role of Xiao Jian, a young man from Beijing in the play. In reality, Li Bing, who is also a master of bicycles, went to the restaurant.
"Director." Compared to Gan Tao's respect, Li Bing's attitude was more humble, and the bent one could reach ninety degrees.
Wang Shuai introduced to the two of them: "Gan Tao plays Xiaogui; Li Bing plays Xiaojian."
After saying that, he pointed to the position next to him and said to Li Bing: "You sit here."
Looking at Gan Tao reaching out to Li Bing who was a little restrained across the table, Wang Shuai reminded him: "Xiao Gan, you are a little too mature, and you won't be able to do it in the future. And you have to lose weight. Xiaogui's overall image is thin."
He nodded and promised, "I will definitely reduce it before the shooting starts."
Before he finished speaking, a crisp female voice came from behind: "Director Wang, sorry, I'm late."
The round face has a late blush, and the fluttering long hair is paired with a green dress and open-toed sandals. It makes people feel cool in the surroundings and their eyebrows are picturesque.
Gan Tao unconsciously drank a sip of cold tea. Although the girl standing beside him was very young, she was not as mature and intellectual as she remembered, and she had the signs.
He had no impression of the movie "Seventeen-year-old Bicycle", and he didn't know that in addition to Mr. Zhou, he had a part in the participation, there was actually Gao Yuanyuan, the goddess in the hearts of many wolf friends.
Chapter completed!