This star is from the earth

In the evening, the magic capital was drizzled with drizzle, and the sky was blue and purple. Sitting in the car, people felt chill and tired at the same time.

The car was driving in the rain, and the tires ran over the rain and made a squeaking sound. Weng Nanxi closed the window, and the carriage formed a closed and quiet space. The wiper was like a hypnotic clock, sweeping the raindrops from right to left.

After about ten minutes of silence, the mobile phone in Weng Nanxi's pocket suddenly dinged, breaking the silence.

Weng Nanxi seemed to be awakened and broke away from meditation, but she ignored the phone. She adjusted her sitting posture and asked the manager sitting in the co-pilot: "What are the arrangements for tomorrow?"

The agent opened the small book that had been prepared and replied: "From 8:40 to 9:00, there is an interview; at 10:00 is the monthly meeting of the clothing company; at 11:40 noon, there is a press conference with England TV Come over, interview while having lunch, the location is booked at [Foolish Old Man] Lu’s store..."

Weng Nanxi listened silently, and had long been used to the densely packed itinerary that was accurate to the minute.

After making adjustments to some of the details, Weng Nanxi then asked what she needed to know about what happened in the circle during the days when she was not in China.

Asking this question is not only for the purpose of increasing conversation resources, so as not to be ignorant when being interviewed, but also to grasp information and understand the dynamics of resource distribution in the circle.

Now she is not only an actress, but also a major shareholder of a brokerage company and the boss of many companies. Recently, all businesses have developed rapidly, requiring her to operate on multiple lines, and her energy is inevitably limited. She uses the broker as a secretary, and let the broker summarize the affairs in the circle Tell her after screening.

The agent skillfully took out his mobile phone, drew out the documents, and told Weng Nanxi one by one from new to old.

"Several companies and platforms have come together to prepare a variety show of electronic music. The scale is quite large. It is said to be an electronic music version of "The Voice."

Weng Nanxi sighed: "It seems that the current variety show industry really can't find any new ideas."

The four elements of music: rhythm, melody, harmony, and timbre. The emergence and development of electronic music is a breakthrough in [timbre]. However, electronic music has always been popular in Europe, and it has been unable to squeeze into the Chinese market for many years. Because the listening habit of most Chinese people has always focused on the lyrics, followed by the melody. It is difficult for a song that cannot be hummed or expresses the heart to become popular. This time, a company in Huaxia is eyeing this piece of cake, and wants to make the electronic music market bigger, just like cultivating and mining the rap and hip-hop market. Weng Nanxi is not optimistic about the result.

It is impossible for those companies and platforms not to understand the risks she knows, but they still choose to gamble, mostly because it is getting more and more difficult to produce popular shows in the variety show market.

"There are only a few popular types of variety shows, and they are all dominated by old-fashioned shows. There are too few talents who support a variety show with an idea like Jin Daoluo. Now to break through and innovate, we can only explore niche areas. , "The agent echoed his opinion, "Talk shows, rap, hip-hop, and now even escape rooms, amateur blind dates, and lawyers' daily work can be turned into variety shows..."

Weng Nanxi rarely watches variety shows. The few times I watched it were also for the purpose of investigation or observation. For example, the last few times I watched "The Chaser", it was only because the clothing brand under her name sponsored this show that focuses on chasing and tearing famous brands.

The manager suddenly thought of something, resisted the urge to turn his head, and said, "Speaking of which, Director Wang who filmed "My Love" has become quite famous in the variety show circle in recent years. He recently opened a new Variety shows are still related to movies.”

"It's related to the movie?" Weng Nanxi was a little surprised, "Isn't it a relationship?"

Director Wang can be said to be the variety show director Weng Nanxi is most familiar with.

As a variety show director, he is world-renowned, and his famous and representative work is the pairing of Han Jue and Zhang Yiman. Known as the No. 1 pendant on Han Jue's thigh, the kind that can't be shaken off no matter how hard it is, it relies on the excellent dog food processing technology. At first hearing that his new work did not hug Han Jue's thigh, it really makes people feel that something is wrong.

"They said they wanted to cooperate with [Tinder]," the manager added.

Cooperate with 【Tinder】?

No wonder.

Weng Nanxi immediately felt relieved. Director Wang is still very clear about his own advantages.

"How to cooperate specifically?" She became interested.

The agent thought about it, and the news about Wang Dao's new work is actually not complete. It is still in preparation, and it just released some rumors, which are only circulated in the industry. The agent originally wanted to wait until the news was confirmed before telling Weng Nanxi. But Weng Nanxi expressed curiosity now, so it's okay to say it now.

[Tinder] has been committed to building bridges (being a leading party) since its establishment; helping those filmmakers who have talent and ideas but no opportunities to gain a foothold in the Chinese film and television industry (low-cost employment of talents). The year before last, the "Huo Miao Project" was launched, which brought a group of young foreign directors to China. After a long period of training and study, the sixteen directors of the first batch of "Huo Miao" are now graduating. The graduation work was their first feature film in China.

Director Wang's new variety show intends to focus on this [graduation assessment].

The process of these young directors completing their graduation works, from preparation, project approval, team building to post-production, will be filmed as a program and put on TV. The founder of [Tinder], Jalens, participated in the supervision throughout the whole process, and was responsible for guiding all directors, threading needles, activating the atmosphere, and giving help. Han Jue, Sun Xian, Zhou Yibo, Xia Yuan, Wang Zhi and other veterans of the company are in charge of the assessment at each stage. Directors who are finally qualified can have their works screened in theaters, or even participate in exhibitions and competitions.

"Interesting." Weng Nanxi expressed his admiration. This is not only good from the perspective of the audience, but also very good to see this project from the perspective of the producer.

Showing a variety show that makes a movie from scratch is unprecedented in the history of variety shows.

Someone may have thought of doing this, but later found that the partner is extremely difficult to choose. If you find a small company, the filming may be a bunch of student works; if you find a large film company, the personnel are complicated and the involvement is extensive, and many things are not suitable to be put on the bright side.

[Tinder] is a new unicorn in the film and television industry in recent years. It is young, powerful, and adventurous. The internal environment is pure, efficient, and well-connected. In front of and behind the scenes, there are a group of people with distinctive and interesting personalities. They are simply an Internet celebrity company, so they don't have to worry about the effect of the show at all.

Weng Nanxi couldn't help thinking of "Let's Fall in Love" which was broadcast for two months, and suspected that the visit of Zhang Zishang and Jiang Qi [Tinder] was probably a well-thought-out temptation.

And the results of the trial were very gratifying.

Needless to say, Han Jue and Zhou Yibo are masters and apprentices, and no one finds it strange that they are members of the Comedian Association.

Jalens, the founder of [Tinder], because of his different thinking from ordinary people and his talent for comedy, he quickly became an Internet celebrity after the show was broadcast. A bunch of people on the Internet made a fuss, asking him to shoot the police movie with gunfights and drag racing, and then stop watching it.

Xia Yuan, the real mainstay of the company, has been dug out of a wealth of life experience. She was a guzheng player, a war reporter, a bartender, and a magazine deputy editor...Someone even found a video of her fighting in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu arena. At the moment when women's voices are getting louder and louder, it is no surprise that they are regarded as role models by many women.

In the show, those foreign young directors who have passed away in a flash are equally impressive. The shoehorn-faced director who was coerced by Jarrence to change the script had a miserable face, and countless professionals felt the same way; They made introductions respectively. This one is the assistant director of a certain episode of "Black Mirror", and this one is one of the screenwriters of a certain episode. With the effect of slow motion, when a group of people come, the aura is almost the same as that in the campus animation. The student union is arrogant and domineering like traveling, exuding the breath of a strong man.

When foreigners come to China to make movies, the arrogant Chinese people don't really care about it, or even take it seriously. But foreigners in [Tinder] are different. They traveled across the ocean and came to China with their families. They are genuine dreamers. After many screenings, they studied hard in the college and the crew, and then survived the cruel test (Jarence's finger pointing), every one of them All have considerable strength.

"This is a half-documentary and half-variety show, and the director is filmed as a draft star." Weng Nanxi said from the height of the producer: "It's also a promotional film. And it doesn't cost a penny, and in turn makes a lot of money." That kind of long-line propaganda."

In Weng Nanxi's view, this program already has many elements of success. As long as Director Wang doesn't fail and the competition system becomes more interesting, another top variety show will be born.

Compared with "Actors Please Stand By" and "I Am an Actor", Director Wang's new program is larger in scale, more watchable, and more influential. If this program is successful, then the program's influence in the film and television industry can almost be said to be "The Voice" in the music industry. The second and third seasons will continue in the future, and the scope of the companies that attract cooperation will expand. At that time, Director Wang can be said to be a variety show director of the level of Director Jin of "Extreme Man" and Director Luo of "Three Days and Two Nights". up.

"I heard that [Ai Du] will also join." The manager said.

"[Aidu]?" Weng Nanxi asked, "[Aidu Music], or [Aidu Films]?"

"Yes." The agent said, "[Aidu Music] participated in the soundtrack and episodes. [Aidu Films] sent actors to participate in the casting." After speaking, he added, "I just heard that it is like this , is not sure yet.”

Weng Nanxi didn't speak. I know it's probably true.

"Follow up." Weng Nanxi said, "Actors from our company can also try."

The broker was a little surprised. [Tinder] and Director Wang's project is now being followed by many companies in the industry. The reason why he didn't pay that much attention was because he knew that the relationship between his company and 【Tinder】was not very good.

Weng Nanxi faced the car window and said, "Everyone who can go should try it. Anyway, there will be no loss."

The manager's doubts did not show on his face, he just responded with a smile: "That's right."

Weng Nanxi lowered her eyes and looked out the window.

The raindrops outside the window fell obliquely on the car window, stubbornly drawing a long water mark, much like the pleading gesture of an abandoned person.

The short-lived alliance between the two sides half a year ago has jointly resisted the crisis of public opinion, but this does not mean that she and Han Jue have become friends or partners. On this point, she and Han Jue knew it well, and they both had a tacit understanding. Later, Han Jue, as one of the founders of the [Me Too] movement, got caught up in the [Hacking Gate], and almost half of the movement’s reputation and credibility were ruined. Weng Nanxi also felt a headache for a while. Although he didn’t make trouble later, he didn’t share the same hatred . Because she knew that the other side didn't like to involve her too much. The relationship between her and Han Jue is at best not to become enemies, and she will never be able to become friends again.

But others still have a chance. For example, the cousin is still Han Jue's friend. Other actors in the company audition for [Tinder] without fear of reprisal or unfair treatment. Han Jue never blames another person for one person.

"Xiaoyao should have a good chance." The manager suddenly thought of Weng Yao: "[Tinder] is notoriously nostalgic, and likes to find used actors. Xiaoyao can be regarded as an acquaintance after filming "Love Letter".

Weng Nanxi was noncommittal. Turn to the situation of "Love Letter".

The agent replied that Weng Yao participated in the script reading half a month ago, and it ended last week, and he will join the group in ten days.

Weng Nanxi nodded, and then listened to the agent talk about other industry news, all the way to the downstairs of the house.

When we got home, the rain had lightened. Weng Nanxi got off the car directly on the ground floor and walked into the apartment without an umbrella, carrying a bag and a suitcase. building.

When I came to the door of the house, before entering the password, I first observed the happiness tree placed outside the door, and felt that the tree had grown taller. It seems that my cousin took good care of them during the two months I was away.

Enter the door and smell the aroma of food.

Weng Yao came over to take the suitcase and handbag, and said that the dinner was ready and ready to eat.

At the dinner table, Weng Yao reported the changes in the family in the past two months, as if reporting work to his superiors. For example, she changed the flowerpot for a certain plant; the old juicer broke down, and she bought a new one; she received an advertisement for an air humidifier last month, and the manufacturer sent one over to try to see if it works...

Weng Nanxi turned her head to look at the changes in the house, and asked, "When are you going to move out? I can't let go of all these messy things at home."

"We can live in a bigger house." Weng Yao didn't care about being rejected by his cousin, "Anyway, we don't have a boyfriend."

Weng Nanxi lowered his head to eat, too lazy to talk.

"By the way, sister, didn't you buy a lot of houses? Why do you still live here?" Weng Yao felt strange. Since his cousin made money, she has bought many houses in succession across the country. There are no less than three residences. Even if it is an investment, you can live in a better house first, and then deal with other vacant ones. But no matter how many high-end houses my cousin owns, it is always here where she rests, eats, sleeps, and reads.

"The feng shui here is good." Weng Nanxi said casually.

Weng Yao curled his lips: "You are perfunctory."

Weng Nanxi responded with a smile: "Think about it, did my career suddenly improve after I lived here?"

Weng Yao thought about it carefully, it really was like this!

But after a few seconds, she realized that she was not telling the truth. After all, my cousin never believed in Feng Shui, horoscope, fortune and so on. She is not a red-haired woman, nor is she a young girl who just came to the big city three or four years ago and has never talked about the world.

Just as I was about to ask again, I heard a voice:

"Ding--"

Weng Nanxi's mobile phone on the table rang, indicating that there was news.

Weng Nanxi took a look at it, then covered it again, and continued to eat.

Weng Yao rolled his eyes, pretending not to be curious and asked, "Who is it?"

"Eat yours, don't ask too much."

"By the way, sister. Let me tell you something. Last time I went to record a show, a host was very nice to me. I thought he liked me, but after the filming ended, he came over and asked me , Why can’t I always get in touch with you, and asked if your mobile phone is lost.” Weng Yao said: “I don’t know if he is short-hearted.”

"Ignore him."

"Oh." Weng Yao nodded and asked, "Does he want to chase you? Or is he already chasing you?"

Weng Nanxi stared at the cousin, feeling that the cousin had become a lot more courageous since she moved back to live, and she dared to say some things that she didn't dare to talk about in the past. She felt that it was necessary for her cousin to recall what an older sister's majesty is, so she asked:

"You will be joining the group in ten days. How is your character preparation?"

Weng Yao was pinched seven inches at once. Like a student whose homework is checked by the teacher by name.

After getting the script, she never dared to invite the sister from the church. On the one hand, she knew that Weng Nanxi was busy and didn't want to disturb her.

"I'm still preparing a biography." Weng Yao's voice became more honest.

After the script reading last week, two days later, she received the final version of the script. Before joining the group, her job was to recite the lines and figure out the roles. To figure out the role, follow what you learned in the acting class, write a biography of the character, do a character analysis, and design small movements and habits.

However, Weng Nanxi listened, but said: "Let's put the biography first, this is not urgent."

"Why? Isn't this very important?" Weng Yao didn't listen to the order immediately, but waited for his cousin to give the reason.

"It's not that it's not important, but it's not particularly important for actors at your stage." Weng Nanxi put down his chopsticks: "I have seen many actors, and they worked hard to write very detailed biographies of characters. Character analysis, a lot of eloquent analysis, but in the end it is one thing to write it out, and another thing to act it out.”

Weng Yao thought for a while and asked, "Then how should an actor at my stage prepare for a role?"

Weng Nanxi said: "No matter what stage an actor is, he must first figure out the director's thoughts and intentions, and understand his image expression. Otherwise, it means that he has not figured out the direction, and the prepared role is just a waste of homework."

Weng Yao nodded, and the fog in his heart dispelled a little.

She recalled the exchanges and discussions in the script reading meeting.

The two heroines of "Love Letter" correspond to the two tones.

On one side is Du Xiaobai who has lost his lover, discussing how the living face the loss of their lover. The overall atmosphere of the story is as cold as the ubiquitous snow in the play.

Corresponding to it on the other side is the female Tang Jingshu's memories of her past youth. The tone of memory is clear and warm, soft like the sunshine in spring.

Weng Yao plays Tang Jingshu, the girl in memory.

It can be said that most of the scenes of "Nuan" fell on her. If she can't act well, then the contrast between "cold" and "warm" will be out of balance, and the movie will lose its power.

"I don't know if my acting skills are good." Weng Yao had a bitter expression, worried that he could not act well: "I have only studied acting for a year."

"I've talked to your acting teacher. You can control your facial features and your emotions are vivid and natural. You have already entered the threshold of acting. At this stage, your technical acting skills are enough." Weng Nanxi still had that plain expression expression. She can always find out what is the shortcut to achieve one thing. Even if it is a performance, she can peel off layers of "artistic" and "sensual" coats, and see the truth at a glance:

"For an actor, acting skills are very important, but not that important.

"When discussing whether an actor's acting skills are good or bad, we can't just judge from the technical point of view. We should also look at whether the actor's portrayal of the character is successful, whether the character he portrays has completed the task, whether the performance is harmonious in the whole film, whether the performance Does it impress the audience? To complete this part, you have to move the perspective away from the character. Just like painting, if you pay too much attention to the part, the closer you get, the easier it is to draw a failed work.

"One thing I discovered when I first entered the industry - if you passively follow the company's standards, you will be very tired every day, but if you walk faster than the company's standards, then you will be very relaxed. The same is true for acting .When you understand the work, keep up with the director's train of thought, or even a little faster than him, then acting will not be particularly difficult for you. Even at that time, lighting, sound effects, composition... will become your [ part of acting.”

"Huh~" Weng Yao felt that his spine was lifted, and the pressure on his body was reduced by half. But once again I felt the intellectual gap with my cousin, and felt deeply frustrated.

Weng Yao looked at his cousin hesitantly, and finally asked: "Sister, do you have time to wait?"

Weng Nanxi looked into his cousin's eyes and said nothing.

Weng Yao confessed honestly: "I want you to read the script for me. I'm worried that I don't fully understand the script."

"The performance teacher the company finds for you also includes script analysis in the fee."

""Love Letter" is a story about a woman, but the teacher is a man. Only women can understand women."

"You are amazing. Your words offend both men and women." Weng Nanxi glanced at his cousin, "When you are outside, don't express such superficial views. You will ruin your sister's present doing."

"Sister!" Weng Yao was half coquettish and half complaining.

"Okay." Weng Nanxi nodded: "Give me the script, I'll take the time to read it later, and talk to you tomorrow."

Weng Yao hurried to get the script, and then actively cleaned up the dishes on the table. Observing the cousin quietly, the cousin looked through the script as usual, and Weng Yao felt a little annoyed. At first, he was afraid that the script would irritate the cousin, so he didn't invite the church sister earlier. Looking at it now, I am not only guilty of being a thief, but also a bit of a waste of efficiency.

Weng Nanxi read a few pages of the script, put it aside, got up and went to the bathroom. After taking a shower, I went to the study, and after processing some reports and documents, it was already late at night.

Turn off the computer, take off the glasses, roam freely in the study room, and only then have the leisure to look at the study room after so many days.

No. The books are still these books, neither too many nor too few; there are no strange and superfluous objects added by the cousin around; the potted plants on the table are still alive...

Picking up the cell phone that had been silenced for several hours, as soon as she turned it on, she saw a lot of messages sent to her by strangers or acquaintances on the screen.

There's a whole line of tireless greetings, all from the same person. A fledgling comedian. one of her suitors. The latest message he sent was [Friend, are you already asleep? I'm going to bed, and I have to record a show tomorrow. Good night! ], from ten minutes ago.

Weng Nanxi was calm, but when he saw the word "friend", he was instantly taken aback.

They only met once on the TV station, and they didn't even meet each other, but the other party asked countless people and found out her number. Ask her directly if she has a boyfriend.

Weng Nanxi declared that she has no intention of falling in love. The other party still did not flinch, and his enthusiasm remained undiminished, and he bluntly said that he wanted to make friends with her.

It is said that it is making friends, but what is actually shown is actually no different from pursuit.

Sending good morning and good night morning and evening, caring about whether she has eaten three meals a day, sharing my life in detail in the middle, and sometimes sending her new jokes or interesting things in the show.

Weng Nanxi felt a little funny. Inside and outside the circle, there has been an endless stream of people pursuing her. After she launched the "Me Too" campaign, appeared on the covers of multinational magazines, and her business scale expanded dramatically, the number of suitors shrank by more than half. Facing her who is intelligent and powerful, most men feel ashamed of themselves after weighing it up, and most of them choose to retreat, not even daring to expect extravagantly. Those who stayed or joined the ranks of suitors were all famous figures, who either enjoyed high status or made great achievements in a certain field, including those in politics, business, academia, and show business.

Therefore, when a variety show comedian who has only debuted for a year suddenly pursues her vigorously, it is particularly conspicuous.

Weng Nanxi never blocked or deleted the other party.

This is very unlike her usual style, causing Weng Yao to think that this person may have hidden potential and advantages after knowing about it.

Actually no.

The other party has ordinary looks, ordinary family background, ordinary ability, and even the way of pursuit is also ordinary.

The reason why Weng Nanxi didn't delete the other party was because the other party reminded her of something.

Weng Nanxi turned off the light in the study, leaving only one desk lamp. She bent down, took out a stack of photos from the safe in the cabinet behind her, spread them out, and placed them on the table. Then, holding a wine glass, while drinking, he picked up these photos and looked at them one by one, looking at each one for a long time.

The photos have been seen several times.

Looking at these photos, what you see is not the people in the photos, but your own memories.