Chapter 05
Wu Yuan would come to the audition from time to time to follow up on the progress after he had been appointed as the first lead actor role of 《Tang Zhuan》. The most difficult part of filming a historical drama is thorough research on the subject, followed by the actors. His qualifications were high enough, the thing he was lacking for was his popularity that had presently been hovering at the critical point for a long time recently. 《Tang Zhuan》is a work he was going to work hard for. He had studied every role of the play carefully, and he also paid special attention to the selection of the supporting roles.
Upon entering the auditorium, his first reaction was —— how was it so quiet today?
There were many people sitting in the hall as usual, however, the silence that wrapped the hall was to the point of the sound of a needle falls to the ground could be heard. Wu Yuan heard the crispness of his heels touching the ground and he immediately stopped to look around awkwardly. He found that it may just be that the hall was too dark that no one noticed his presence.
The lights were all focused on the open space in front of the judging table. Wu Yuan's attention was soon captivated by the youth standing in the centre of the light, just like the people around him.
Luo Ding liked to look straight at his opponents when acting, a habit that was likely to be laughed at but had kept it since his first act. It made him have the illusion of blending with the characters in the play and eased his mind to enter the play. But such a habit was not so wonderful for his opponents. As Luo Ding's acting becomes more and more refined and powerful, people who looked at him in front of the camera were easily led away by the emotions in his eyes, and then they would be overwhelmed by his aura.
When auditioning, no one was right for the play, so he cast his eyes on Zheng Kezhen's face and imagined that Zheng Kezhen was the lobbyist who would persuade him to be an official in the royal court.
Zheng Kezhen only felt that he was sucked in by those deep and bottomless pupils, unable to touch the heaven or the earth, and his feet became soft. At first, Luo Ding just looked at him indifferently, and then he seemed to hear something funny. The muscles in the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, which led to an arc that could not even be counted as a smile: "Scram——" as if he was not attached at all. After he said this, his arm swung a subtle arc, as if wearing an invisible wide-sleeved robe, and his steps were so light as if he was going to ascend to become an immortal in the next second. Zheng Kezhen subconsciously wanted to extend his hand out in his direction yet before he was able to do so, the other side suddenly stopped.
He halted his steps, his head slowly lowered, not knowing what he had heard, and his mind seemed to be weighing up what he had heard.
Zheng Kezhen had slowly stood up and unconsciously repeated the speaker's lines in his heart. His lips began to wriggle slightly to repeat the chanting in his heart.
When he was about to finish reading this sentence, Luo Ding suddenly quivered, like a scoff from his back.
When he turned around, he still had a smile on his face. The unreal feeling like standing on the cloud was getting increasingly stronger. The light and strange smile that one was unable to interpret. This time, Luo Ding didn't lock his gaze with Zheng Kezhen's eyes.
Zheng Kezhen's eyes quickly swept around his face. His eyes were deep black as if he was hiding a secret that could not be said. He said: "Li..."
He quickly realised his mistake, and his eyes flashed with a trace of disgust. He changed his tongue and went on stiffly: "Your —— Majesty, do you really mean what you said?"
Hearing the other's answer, his eyes became more subtle: "So concerned about the people..." At the end of the sentence, with a barely audible smile in his voice, eyes filled with confusion, "Great."
This short exchange, the same lines with Hu Xiao, but as long as one is familiar with the plot, they could easily feel the contradictions and bias in one's heart.
Afterwards, Luo Ding was shocked again. After three seconds, he took back his sight from the distant sky, pursed his lips into a smooth line and restored his usual cold image.
"I'll come with you."
As soon as his expression was wiped away, the immortal spirit surrounding him instantly disappeared without a trace. He stepped back and bowed to the judging panel: "I'm sorry for controlling the play just now, Director Zheng, Director Deng. My name is Luo Ding. I'm going to audition for the role of Fu Zhu in 《Tang Zhuan》."
As he finished his part, the silence of the scene was suddenly broken, and the staff in the rear began to talk with their tongues wagging. Zheng Kezhen's mouth was opened for a long time, but he didn't say a word but finally uttered: "Fu..."
"Good!" He didn't have time to say anything, it took him a while to be able to open his mouth but the sudden noise of applause and shout from an insensitive person at the back frightened Zheng Kezhen and withdrew the words he was about to say. Then he looked back and saw that the person was Wu Yuan. He couldn't get angry with Wu Yuan just because he was interrupted. He could only frown and chatted with Luo Ding with a throb in his heart.
The present Luo Ding appeared like a completely different person from him just a while ago. Although the countenance have not changed, no matter the look or expression, or even the indescribable temperament around him, all of them have lost that layer of unattainable immortal aura, which made him looked much more freshness and firmness. Compared with the haughty attitude which screamed "don't get close to me" written on every hair on his bodt, the present Luoding is obviously much more real and could easily make people feel good about him.
He and Deng Jian, who had just been taken in, had a meaningful look in their eyes. They could see the same surprise and ecstasy in the other's eyes. As a matter of fact, when the ancient people compiled their stories, because of the simplification of words, they tend to overexaggerate the description some of the characters' attributes. Just like Fu Zhu, the book says that this person is refined, handsome and elegant. These four words were easy to understand, but were clearly imaginary. The correct way to interpret them left even Zheng Kezhen himself a little confused. His original goal was to find an actor who could perform the refined and elegant flavour then add some lighting in the later stage to produce similar visual effects . However, he really did not expect that someone in the world could actually perform that kind of heavenly immortal aura on the spot!
Luo Ding!
They've never heard of the name. It's too incredible. With such acting skills and appearance, he could denifitely make a big name by finding a movie that flatters him, alright?
Wu Yuan walked slowly from the rear to the front of the stage. The closer he got, the more surprised he was.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that Luo Ding's short performance had brought him into the play with an ancient town setting.
Wu Yuan has been in the performing arts circle for more than ten years. Starting from a child star, he rised to the top of the male stars in the today's TV circle, relying on the accummulation of his hard work over the years. Even if there were over thousands of rivals, there were not many who were worthy to be his opponents that he had worked with. Even some of the film industry's elders who have come to the stage to take part in the TV show have met with him. However, the shock he had just received at this moment was unprecedented since his debut.
The delicate countenance, the graceful temperament and the subtle but incisive little movements of psychological display showed in the brilliant display was no petty trick. In that way, Wu Yuan was ablet to distinguish exactly the characters' feelings that he wanted to express on the stage while acting alone. Wu Yuan wondered if he should step down gracefully to avoid losing even his pants.
After the other side's play, the abrupt change into a gentle mood pricked Wu Yuan's curiousity even more. No matter how few opportunities there were, it's impossible for the other party to be so unknown while having such ability as it was now. It's really hard for someone in the entertainment circle to rely on their friendly relationship to ask for assistance, but as long as you have enough strength and talent, there would always be people who cherish talents willing to pursue and flatter them.
When he got close enough to be able to shift his attention from his opponent's temperament to his facial features, Wu Yuan was amazed.
The most important thing in the entertainment circle is it was not lacking in handsome men and beautiful women. Even Wu Yuan is a handsome man who could be recognized by people at a glance when walking on the street. However, there were very few who could have a very delicate and refined facial features, like deliberately carved to perfection such as the person in front of him. Amongst the women, Wu Yuan could think of several top beauties, but among men, except for those using cosmetic surgery, he couldn't remember another fresh existence that was as outstanding except the one in front of him.
"Are you new?" Wu Yuan was so surprised that he rushed in front of Luo Ding's face. He couldn't help looking up and down on him carefully. This was a defiance of the natural order! The eyelashes were so long, just like wearing false lashes, even Pan Yiming could die smitten after seeing it!
(TN: apparently, Pan Yiming is a pianist/conductor. Can search on Spotify lol)
Luo Ding recognized the other party at the first sight. He and Wu Yuan have had face-to-face exchanges at various awards parties in his last life. They had known each other's character from offline interaction and in private, so he took a step back quietly: "Hello, Wu ge, my name is Luo Ding. I used to be a singer. For acting, I could be regarded as a newcomer indeed."
As soon as he said this, the incessant questions in his scene was instantly solved. Zheng Kezhen also took a long, deep breath. He doubted, how could such a performance that look like this have always been unknown? It turned out that he had chosen the wrong path to walk with and thoughtlessly mingled in the music business instead. This thought only last a moment and he immediately realized something in the next second —— this is a new man!?
How could such an acting with that presence be a new person?! Zheng Kezhen himself is a director. How could he not understand what this meant? How many old actors and actresses have been tempered for decades did not necessarily have such sophisticated performance such as Luo Ding a few moments ago. Such fine lines with subtle expression changes made even him felt unwell from the beginning but he couldn't figure out where the dissonance was. After Luo Ding answered Wu Yuan's words, his thoughts suddenly became clear —— Luo Ding this guy, regardless of his relaxed temperament or his skillful acting skills were out of line with his face!
Wasn't this guy a monster?
Zheng Kezhen slapped the table and shaked the pen away, forgetting what he didn't have for a while.
He reached for Luo Ding and said, "It's you! Fu Zhu! "
Luo Ding seemed to be not surprised. He took a step back to show his face and smiled. He was still calm and gentle: "Thanks for Director Zheng patronage, I will certainly live up to your expectations."
Since knowing that the director was Zheng Kezhen, he knew that his audition was going to be a foregone conclusion. Zheng Kezhen's stubbornness and aloofness were as famous as his talent. Which of those classic documentaries was not supervised from head to toe by him? This kind of director was the hardest to get along with. However, as long as one had the strength, for his own work, he must be more afraid of the appearance of black screen and dark box than the actors.
The atmosphere was peaceful. The group of artists who joined Luo Ding in the audition lamented for a long time. The lines they recited for a long time did not even had the opportunity to be brushed off. Although this kind of situation was very common, it could make people felt depressed and half dead each time.
Luo Ding looked down and listened to Zheng Kezhen's advice on the subsequent signing of the contract, and suddenly felt a bunch of eyes like needles pricking him.
Subconsciously, he looked in the direction of that eyes. In the dark, he could only see the gleaming eyes with unclear emotions from Hu Xiao.
Chapter 05
Wu Yuan would come to the audition from time to time to follow up on the progress after he had been appointed as the first lead actor role of 《Tang Zhuan》. The most difficult part of filming a historical drama is thorough research on the subject, followed by the actors. His qualifications were high enough, the thing he was lacking for was his popularity that had presently been hovering at the critical point for a long time recently. 《Tang Zhuan》is a work he was going to work hard for. He had studied every role of the play carefully, and he also paid special attention to the selection of the supporting roles.
Upon entering the auditorium, his first reaction was —— how was it so quiet today?
There were many people sitting in the hall as usual, however, the silence that wrapped the hall was to the point of the sound of a needle falls to the ground could be heard. Wu Yuan heard the crispness of his heels touching the ground and he immediately stopped to look around awkwardly. He found that it may just be that the hall was too dark that no one noticed his presence.
The lights were all focused on the open space in front of the judging table. Wu Yuan's attention was soon captivated by the youth standing in the centre of the light, just like the people around him.
Luo Ding liked to look straight at his opponents when acting, a habit that was likely to be laughed at but had kept it since his first act. It made him have the illusion of blending with the characters in the play and eased his mind to enter the play. But such a habit was not so wonderful for his opponents. As Luo Ding's acting becomes more and more refined and powerful, people who looked at him in front of the camera were easily led away by the emotions in his eyes, and then they would be overwhelmed by his aura.
When auditioning, no one was right for the play, so he cast his eyes on Zheng Kezhen's face and imagined that Zheng Kezhen was the lobbyist who would persuade him to be an official in the royal court.
Zheng Kezhen only felt that he was sucked in by those deep and bottomless pupils, unable to touch the heaven or the earth, and his feet became soft. At first, Luo Ding just looked at him indifferently, and then he seemed to hear something funny. The muscles in the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, which led to an arc that could not even be counted as a smile: "Scram——" as if he was not attached at all. After he said this, his arm swung a subtle arc, as if wearing an invisible wide-sleeved robe, and his steps were so light as if he was going to ascend to become an immortal in the next second. Zheng Kezhen subconsciously wanted to extend his hand out in his direction yet before he was able to do so, the other side suddenly stopped.
He halted his steps, his head slowly lowered, not knowing what he had heard, and his mind seemed to be weighing up what he had heard.
Zheng Kezhen had slowly stood up and unconsciously repeated the speaker's lines in his heart. His lips began to wriggle slightly to repeat the chanting in his heart.
When he was about to finish reading this sentence, Luo Ding suddenly quivered, like a scoff from his back.
When he turned around, he still had a smile on his face. The unreal feeling like standing on the cloud was getting increasingly stronger. The light and strange smile that one was unable to interpret. This time, Luo Ding didn't lock his gaze with Zheng Kezhen's eyes.
Zheng Kezhen's eyes quickly swept around his face. His eyes were deep black as if he was hiding a secret that could not be said. He said: "Li..."
He quickly realised his mistake, and his eyes flashed with a trace of disgust. He changed his tongue and went on stiffly: "Your —— Majesty, do you really mean what you said?"
Hearing the other's answer, his eyes became more subtle: "So concerned about the people..." At the end of the sentence, with a barely audible smile in his voice, eyes filled with confusion, "Great."
This short exchange, the same lines with Hu Xiao, but as long as one is familiar with the plot, they could easily feel the contradictions and bias in one's heart.
Afterwards, Luo Ding was shocked again. After three seconds, he took back his sight from the distant sky, pursed his lips into a smooth line and restored his usual cold image.
"I'll come with you."
As soon as his expression was wiped away, the immortal spirit surrounding him instantly disappeared without a trace. He stepped back and bowed to the judging panel: "I'm sorry for controlling the play just now, Director Zheng, Director Deng. My name is Luo Ding. I'm going to audition for the role of Fu Zhu in 《Tang Zhuan》."
As he finished his part, the silence of the scene was suddenly broken, and the staff in the rear began to talk with their tongues wagging. Zheng Kezhen's mouth was opened for a long time, but he didn't say a word but finally uttered: "Fu..."
"Good!" He didn't have time to say anything, it took him a while to be able to open his mouth but the sudden noise of applause and shout from an insensitive person at the back frightened Zheng Kezhen and withdrew the words he was about to say. Then he looked back and saw that the person was Wu Yuan. He couldn't get angry with Wu Yuan just because he was interrupted. He could only frown and chatted with Luo Ding with a throb in his heart.
The present Luo Ding appeared like a completely different person from him just a while ago. Although the countenance have not changed, no matter the look or expression, or even the indescribable temperament around him, all of them have lost that layer of unattainable immortal aura, which made him looked much more freshness and firmness. Compared with the haughty attitude which screamed "don't get close to me" written on every hair on his bodt, the present Luoding is obviously much more real and could easily make people feel good about him.
He and Deng Jian, who had just been taken in, had a meaningful look in their eyes. They could see the same surprise and ecstasy in the other's eyes. As a matter of fact, when the ancient people compiled their stories, because of the simplification of words, they tend to overexaggerate the description some of the characters' attributes. Just like Fu Zhu, the book says that this person is refined, handsome and elegant. These four words were easy to understand, but were clearly imaginary. The correct way to interpret them left even Zheng Kezhen himself a little confused. His original goal was to find an actor who could perform the refined and elegant flavour then add some lighting in the later stage to produce similar visual effects . However, he really did not expect that someone in the world could actually perform that kind of heavenly immortal aura on the spot!
Luo Ding!
They've never heard of the name. It's too incredible. With such acting skills and appearance, he could denifitely make a big name by finding a movie that flatters him, alright?
Wu Yuan walked slowly from the rear to the front of the stage. The closer he got, the more surprised he was.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that Luo Ding's short performance had brought him into the play with an ancient town setting.
Wu Yuan has been in the performing arts circle for more than ten years. Starting from a child star, he rised to the top of the male stars in the today's TV circle, relying on the accummulation of his hard work over the years. Even if there were over thousands of rivals, there were not many who were worthy to be his opponents that he had worked with. Even some of the film industry's elders who have come to the stage to take part in the TV show have met with him. However, the shock he had just received at this moment was unprecedented since his debut.
The delicate countenance, the graceful temperament and the subtle but incisive little movements of psychological display showed in the brilliant display was no petty trick. In that way, Wu Yuan was ablet to distinguish exactly the characters' feelings that he wanted to express on the stage while acting alone. Wu Yuan wondered if he should step down gracefully to avoid losing even his pants.
After the other side's play, the abrupt change into a gentle mood pricked Wu Yuan's curiousity even more. No matter how few opportunities there were, it's impossible for the other party to be so unknown while having such ability as it was now. It's really hard for someone in the entertainment circle to rely on their friendly relationship to ask for assistance, but as long as you have enough strength and talent, there would always be people who cherish talents willing to pursue and flatter them.
When he got close enough to be able to shift his attention from his opponent's temperament to his facial features, Wu Yuan was amazed.
The most important thing in the entertainment circle is it was not lacking in handsome men and beautiful women. Even Wu Yuan is a handsome man who could be recognized by people at a glance when walking on the street. However, there were very few who could have a very delicate and refined facial features, like deliberately carved to perfection such as the person in front of him. Amongst the women, Wu Yuan could think of several top beauties, but among men, except for those using cosmetic surgery, he couldn't remember another fresh existence that was as outstanding except the one in front of him.
"Are you new?" Wu Yuan was so surprised that he rushed in front of Luo Ding's face. He couldn't help looking up and down on him carefully. This was a defiance of the natural order! The eyelashes were so long, just like wearing false lashes, even Pan Yiming could die smitten after seeing it!
(TN: apparently, Pan Yiming is a pianist/conductor. Can search on Spotify lol)
Luo Ding recognized the other party at the first sight. He and Wu Yuan have had face-to-face exchanges at various awards parties in his last life. They had known each other's character from offline interaction and in private, so he took a step back quietly: "Hello, Wu ge, my name is Luo Ding. I used to be a singer. For acting, I could be regarded as a newcomer indeed."
As soon as he said this, the incessant questions in his scene was instantly solved. Zheng Kezhen also took a long, deep breath. He doubted, how could such a performance that look like this have always been unknown? It turned out that he had chosen the wrong path to walk with and thoughtlessly mingled in the music business instead. This thought only last a moment and he immediately realized something in the next second —— this is a new man!?
How could such an acting with that presence be a new person?! Zheng Kezhen himself is a director. How could he not understand what this meant? How many old actors and actresses have been tempered for decades did not necessarily have such sophisticated performance such as Luo Ding a few moments ago. Such fine lines with subtle expression changes made even him felt unwell from the beginning but he couldn't figure out where the dissonance was. After Luo Ding answered Wu Yuan's words, his thoughts suddenly became clear —— Luo Ding this guy, regardless of his relaxed temperament or his skillful acting skills were out of line with his face!
Wasn't this guy a monster?
Zheng Kezhen slapped the table and shaked the pen away, forgetting what he didn't have for a while.
He reached for Luo Ding and said, "It's you! Fu Zhu! "
Luo Ding seemed to be not surprised. He took a step back to show his face and smiled. He was still calm and gentle: "Thanks for Director Zheng patronage, I will certainly live up to your expectations."
Since knowing that the director was Zheng Kezhen, he knew that his audition was going to be a foregone conclusion. Zheng Kezhen's stubbornness and aloofness were as famous as his talent. Which of those classic documentaries was not supervised from head to toe by him? This kind of director was the hardest to get along with. However, as long as one had the strength, for his own work, he must be more afraid of the appearance of black screen and dark box than the actors.
The atmosphere was peaceful. The group of artists who joined Luo Ding in the audition lamented for a long time. The lines they recited for a long time did not even had the opportunity to be brushed off. Although this kind of situation was very common, it could make people felt depressed and half dead each time.
Luo Ding looked down and listened to Zheng Kezhen's advice on the subsequent signing of the contract, and suddenly felt a bunch of eyes like needles pricking him.
Subconsciously, he looked in the direction of that eyes. In the dark, he could only see the gleaming eyes with unclear emotions from Hu Xiao.
