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Chapter 42: It's ok to play a woman

What a coincidence, these three people are in the same place.

"It seems we have to go to Beijing." Huang Ze glanced at Zhang Jianya.

"Who is it?" Zhang Jianya asked curiously.

"Jiang Wen."

"As for him, I seem to have heard of him. He has good talent, but he looks a bit that. Our school didn't accept him, and he went to the Central Academy of Drama next door." Zhang Jianya nodded in sudden realization, "Not bad, with him as a partner, Wang Zhiwen also looks handsome."

"Okay, let's go together. It's a good opportunity to visit our alma mater, Beijing Film Academy."

"But..." Zhang Jianya frowned, "We need so many young actors this time, and you're using actors from the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy. What about the Shanghai Theatre Academy? Throwing them away? That's not a good idea."

"The remaining young actors, including the leading actress, are all used in the play, but they don't have many parts and are not as important as these few. Don't worry, we can find them later."

……

Among the four main actors, three are now in Beijing.

Director Huang Ze had no choice but to take a train to Beijing with Zhang Jianya.

After settling in the hotel, the first place I went to was my alma mater.

The two are very familiar with their alma mater.

I turned directly into the Department of Acting and found the office of the acting teacher.

"You two?"

"Huang Ze!" The acting department teacher, deputy director Liu Shibin, recognized Huang Ze at a glance, but when he pointed to Zhang Jianya, he really couldn't call him out.

"Zhang Jianya, from the Directing Department, Class of 78."

"Oh oh oh, Zhang Jianya." Teacher Liu had no choice but to call the name again awkwardly.

In fact, if Huang Ze hadn't appeared on the Spring Festival Gala and hadn't been around for a while in the academy, he wouldn't even be able to call out Huang Ze, he just felt that he looked familiar.

After all, they are not students in my department, and I am so busy, who would bother to remember their names?

"Are you two coming back to take a look?"

"It's like this, Mr. Liu. I want to be a director and shoot a movie. I want a student from our acting department to be the lead."

"Okay!" Teacher Liu slapped the table, "Anyone can do it."

"The school must give full support to directors who graduated from the school!"

After saying that, Teacher Liu began to analyze.

"All of you level 78s have been assigned."

"It just so happens that the class of 82 is now in its third year and has almost finished learning the basic courses. Who do you want?"

"Hey, you don't know it either, go and choose one." Director Liu stood up.

"Actually, there's no need to choose." Huang Ze scratched his head awkwardly, "I want Wang Zhiwen, the freshman from Class 84."

"Ah? A new student?"

"Yes." Huang Ze affirmed, "I have worked with him before, and his appearance and temperament are perfect for the protagonist of my new film."

"What's wrong, Mr. Liu? Can't freshmen make movies?"

If I remember correctly, there weren't so many rules in my alma mater.

You can’t film in your freshman and sophomore years, it’s more of a rule from next door.

"No, not really. Practice makes perfect. More practice is not necessarily worse than what you learn in the classroom."

"But, do you only want Wang Zhiwen? The other students are also excellent."

"I..." Huang Ze still wanted to use the remaining actors. They didn't have many scenes, so he should just follow the crew? Or should we shoot his scenes first? If you find someone from Beijing Film Academy, how much will the travel expenses be?

"Forget about me, let's go and see if there is anyone suitable." Teacher Liu didn't care about that and directly asked Huang Ze to go to the acting department classroom.

A bunch of students were letting go in the classroom. The teacher came over to chat with Director Liu, and when he learned that someone was selecting actors, he immediately called the students to stand in a row.

"Well, choose."

Glance over.

You know what, there are quite a few familiar faces in the Acting Department of Class of 84.

Hu Yajie will become famous in a few years with "Plainclothes Policemen".

Sun Song became famous all over the country overnight with the song "Desire", but I don't know whether this popularity is a good thing. After all, when he went to buy vegetables, the aunties ignored him.

Others include Wei Qing and Lu Jianming in "The Emperor Wu of Han".

Now it is still a handsome guy.

In addition, he is from Shanghai. If there were not so few scenes, it would be too troublesome for him to act. Huang Ze really wanted him to play a role.

"Wang Zhiwen." Huang Ze hooked his finger at him, "I've asked you to play the leading role. Do you still remember the promise you made before?"

"Of course I remember!" Thinking that he would be playing the leading role, Wang Zhiwen grinned uncontrollably, "I don't want a penny!"

"Okay, it was just a joke, but the pay still needs to be paid." Huang Ze smiled, "You should come with us today. It won't be long before we leave for the shoot, so you should get familiar with the character as soon as possible."

"You don't want anything else?" Director Liu said.

"Next time, I will definitely bring more people with me if I have the chance." Huang Ze complained, "Except for Wang Zhiwen, the other characters don't have many scenes. We may finish filming in one day. And we are filming in Shanghai. It takes a week to go back and forth, and we only shoot in one day. Don't you think it will delay the students' work?"

"Study hard, are you still afraid of not having opportunities in the future?"

"Okay, go and handle the formalities and take the people away." Director Liu smiled and patted Huang Ze, then signaled the teacher to continue the class.

After finishing his work at Beijing Film Academy, Huang Ze went to visit his former teacher and then went straight to the next room.

Li Baotian is a teacher at the Central Academy of Drama, so it was easy to find her.

He only started his acting career in 83. When he heard that he was wanted to act in a play with a big role and as the second male lead, he agreed.

As for Jiang Wen.

Although he had already graduated, Huang Ze still asked Li Baotian to find other teachers to learn about his current workplace, the Youth Art Theater.

When Huang Ze arrived at the theater and asked, he saw the man.

He looks a bit rough and like a gangster, and his two protruding ears are particularly conspicuous.

The hair is a little long.

You should have short hair!
"Jiang Wen." Huang Ze waved his hand.

"I heard you were looking for me?" Jiang Wen pointed at himself. "What's the matter?"

"Acting? The third male lead, right? You'll have a lot of roles, and I guarantee the audience will be impressed by you."

"Can you show me the script?" Jiang Wen frowned. Could Huang Ze's impressive performance be a trap for him? He had to know this in advance.

"Quite picky." Huang Ze muttered to himself, but after all, he was asked to be the director. Huang Ze could still accept it and took out the script and handed it to the other party.

After Jiang Wen finished reading it, his eyes lit up. "Oh my god, man, what a good script! Are you the director?"

"it's me."

"This role of the male protagonist's buddy is pretty good, manly enough, and very suitable for me. I'll play it."

"Okay, I won't audition, that's settled." Huang Ze took back the script and pointed at Jiang Wen's head, "There's one thing, when you're filming, you have to keep your hair short."

"No problem, it's just a buzz cut, you can just let me have a woman's hairstyle!"

"Why didn't you say you could sing a female role?" Huang Ze curled his lips.

"Hey, actually, if you don't mind, I'd rather play the role of the male lead's girlfriend."

"No! I mind!"

(End of this chapter)