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In this scene, the second female lead didn’t have much emotional changes. She just looked at everything calmly after finding her life goals. Not crying or making a fuss was the most difficult to act, as emotions are the hardest to handle.
Director Zhang didn’t understand why Fang Ning wanted to act out this scene.
Fang Ning sat on a stool, gently supporting her head with her hands, pretending to be on a bus.
In the plot, the little girl who went to teach with her talked to her and asked if she was doing it for extra points in the future civil service exam.
”She” tilted her head slightly, as if she had pricked up her ears to listen to what the girl said.
After a moment, “she” shook her head lightly, turned her head, faced the camera, her eyes flickering, and her dark and deep eyes contained so many emotions. For a moment, “she” seemed to be reminiscing, and also seemed to be relieved.
”She” said slowly: “I was born in the most barren land. I struggled and worked hard to get into college and see the most beautiful city. I hope that the children from those barren lands can also shine in this world one day, find their way home, and be the sun that rises at eight or nine o’clock, bright and dazzling, instead of dropping out of school early to work and being eliminated by this world.”
As “she” finished speaking, her body leaned forward by inertia, indicating that the end of this journey had finally arrived.
———
After the performance, Director Zhang watched Fang Ning’s performance. It was the first time he saw such a spiritual performance. Fang Ning’s performance in this section did not have any drastic emotional changes.
However, she can use simple expressions to make the audience fall into the emotions she brings. She is born to be an actor.
Fang Ning’s performance is full of spirit, and the details of her emotions can stir people’s emotions.
Xia Qing’s acting is still too much, the routine is too heavy, when she first acts, you can see that she is Xia Qing, not the character herself; when Fang Ning performs, at first glance, you can see that she is not herself, but the person in the book.
This kind of person is really hard to come by.
Director Zhang walked over, and the praise in his words could not be concealed: “Not bad, very good, I believe you will be able to stand on the highest podium one day.”
Fang Ning smiled back at the director: “Thank you.”
The casting director was also very surprised by Fang Ning’s performance. He thought Xia Qing’s performance was good enough, but he didn’t expect Fang Ning to be even better.
Among the actresses in the same batch, Xia Qing was the only one who had good acting skills and recognition, but she was still far behind Fang Ning.
Not far away, Xia Qing stood straight, staring at Fang Ning and the director who were talking.
Xia Qing saw all of Fang Ning’s performance, and also heard what Director Zhang and Fang Ning said.
Xia Qing was puzzled as to why Director Zhang thought Fang Ning’s acting was good. Her performance was so dull and she had the same expression throughout. What was good about it?
Yes, she admitted that there were some merits in her performance of a few minutes, but it was just luck that she managed to perform well by accident.
After thinking for a while, Xia Qing took out his cell phone and made a call: “Hello, Uncle Chen…”
After hanging up the phone, Xia Qing clenched the phone tightly, and the worry in her heart disappeared instantly. Uncle Chen assured her that this role belonged to her. Fang Ning, she was still a little young.
———
After the audition, the director did not give an answer on the spot, and Xia Qing and Fang Ning left.
Director Zhang walked into the luxurious suite of the hotel and talked about this matter with the producer. Of course, as a director, he has absolute decision-making power in selecting actors.
He wanted to directly decide that Fang Ning would play the role.
But the producers don’t think so.
”Old Zhang, you know that Mr. Chen has given instructions, and he has also invested in this film. Are you sure you don’t want to consider Xia Qing?”
The producer and Director Zhang have known each other for a long time.
Of course he knew about Director Zhang’s past. If he hadn’t wanted Mr. Chen back then, there probably wouldn’t be the current Mr. Zhang now.
Director Zhang is a sentimental person, but at the same time he is also a very principled person.
Director Zhang was indeed struggling with this matter. He lit a cigarette, smoked it slowly, and tapped the table lightly with the lighter. The tapping sound was chaotic, without a trace of rhythm.
”It’s not that I haven’t thought about this, but that girl’s acting is so talented, I don’t want to give up.” Director Zhang took a deep puff of his cigarette, the spark of the cigarette butt faintly visible.
If he gave up on the actress Fang Ning now, he sure will regret it in the future. If he had not seen her performance, he would not feel so sad, but now.
It’s like you have discovered a dazzling pearl and have a clear chance to pick it up, but now you have to give it up and pick up the flawed pearl next to it.
This is even more painful than killing him.
As for Mr. Chen, I have helped him make so many movies over the years and he has earned a lot of money. He has already paid back what he should and shouldn’t have paid back.
Director Zhang put out the cigarette in his hand and said decisively: “I’ll take care of what happened with Director Chen. You go tell them the result.”
The producer smiled and said, “Okay, you’re the director, you’re the boss, since you’ve said so, you’ll be the one to hold up the sky, I’ll tell them now.”
———
Fang Ning finished her audition with Director Zhang and had nothing else to do that day.
The company’s driver sent Fang Ning back to the Ji family villa. In the car, the agent gave Fang Ning several advertisements for her to choose from. No one knew what happened last night and what kind of stimulation the boss had received. She had been pestering him before, but the company’s boss was unwilling to give Fang Ning advertising resources.
Today, not only was I arranged to accompany an audition, but I was also sent a few advertisements asking me to pick for Fang Ning.
”I have sent the basic information of the advertisers to your mobile phone. Go back and study it carefully to see which one you want to accept. I don’t know what the stingy boss is thinking to suddenly give so many resources.”
The agent didn’t know the reason, but Fang Ning knew why. It must be because of what happened last night, since the other party had brought it to her doorstep.
Fang Ning certainly wouldn’t refuse: “Okay, I’ll go back and take a look later, and I’ll tell you when I’ve made a decision.”
Sister Qing nodded and touched the lady’s cigarette in her hand:
”Although there are so many resources, you still have to look carefully before making a decision. I will check it for you then.”
The two chatted for a while, and then they arrived at the Ji family villa. Fang Ning got out of the car and said goodbye to Sister Qing. Then Sister Qing and the driver left.
They set off at around ten o’clock in the morning. Fang Ning looked at her watch and it was already past three o’clock in the afternoon.
There was nothing else to do after that, and Fang Ning didn’t like to procrastinate.
She planned to go back and read through the information about the advertisers her agent had sent her, and then decide on one.
The money she makes now is never too little, and she never complains about having too much. It is a guarantee for her to buy a villa in the future when she retires and find a young and handsome male nanny to take care of her. She thinks that only if she make more and more money now, then only Fang Ning will feel much more at ease.
But when she walked to the villa, she actually saw Ji Xiangchen. Fang Ning stopped and was quite surprised.
During this period, she learned from the housekeeper’s sighs that the three siblings rarely returned home. Ji Xiangchen and Ji Xiangyi could not return to the Ji family villa many times a year. After all, they now had their own careers and were able to support their own lives.
Even if the housekeeper didn’t say it, she could still feel their rejection of this family.
Ji Xiangyi was unwilling to stay here for a night after sending herself back, and Ji Xiangchen was also in a hurry.
So she was quite surprised to see Ji Xiangchen suddenly appear here today.
She was alone in this huge villa and had no one to talk to. Seeing Ji Xiangchen, there was one more person to talk to her. Fang Ning was actually quite happy: “Ji Xiangchen?”
Not sure if it was because Fang Ning’s voice was too soft or something else, Ji Xiangchen did not respond.
Ji Xiangchen was wearing pajamas, his hair was a little messy, he was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, his eyes lowered, playing with his mobile phone, looking a bit lazy.
Fang Ning thought he was too engrossed in playing with his phone, so she called him again: “Ji Xiangchen.”
This time Ji Xiangchen reacted. He stopped what he was doing, looked up at Fang Ning, and replied indifferently, “Yeah.”
Ji Xiangchen’s voice and tone were really dull and bland, as if he was talking to a stranger.
A little angry and a little impatient.
Hearing this, Fang Ning was stunned. Something was wrong. In other words, something was wrong with Ji Xiangchen. His mood was very different from usual.
Compared to Ji Xiangyi and Ji Xiangzhou’s deep, expressionless personalities, their expressions wouldn’t change even if the sky fell.
Ji Xiangchen, on the other hand, is the opposite of the two of them. He is an extremely extroverted person and cannot hide anything when he encounters something.
So she was sure that something was wrong with Ji Xiangchen.
To be fair, Ji Xiangchen and I have been together for some time, so we can be considered half friends.
She had to resist her curiosity and ask what happened to Ji Xiangchen.
It seems a little difficult.
Fang Ning took off her bag, bent down and put it on the table: “When did you come back? Don’t the crew have to film today?”
Ji Xiangchen paused for a moment while playing the game, and a hint of dullness flashed through his low tone of voice: “Well, there is no part for me in the crew today.”
After finishing speaking, Ji Xiangchen had no other words and continued with his actions.
Ji Xiangchen’s answer really surprised Fang Ning. This time she was really sure that something was wrong with Ji Xiangchen.
”Did something happen to you?”
Ji Xiangchen did not answer Fang Ning, but looked up at Fang Ning, “Why are you so close to Ji Xiangyi? I heard that you even cursed for her last night.”
In fact, Ji Xiangchen didn’t know what this unhappy feeling about himself was. He thought he was a calm person who didn’t like to express his emotions.
He was very, very upset about why Fang Ning was so nice to Ji Xiangyi last night, and he didn’t quite understand his own emotions.
No, on what basis is this possible? What kind of magic potion did Ji Xiangyi feed her?
Thinking about Fang Ning’s double standard treatment last night.
As a result, he was in a bad mood the whole day, and he couldn’t figure out what this feeling was.
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