Since 1983

Seven o'clock in the evening, conference room.

The facilities are very simple. There are a few tables in front of it as a podium, and a row of large benches underneath. Those who don’t have a seat have to stand against the wall.

There were more than twenty actors, almost all young girls. Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoxu sat in the middle, looking around from time to time.

"Hey, look at that."

He poked the girl and said, "That man is so pretty."

"Um?"

Chen Xiaoxu stretched his neck and glanced at a girl obliquely in front of him. She had distinct facial features, natural phoenix eyes, and a round and majestic face, exuding a very natural flying and sexy, completely different from the temperament of this era.

She is also very stylishly dressed, sitting there with her legs crossed, no matter who looks at it, she can find it in the crowd at a glance.

"She's so beautiful!"

Chen Xiaoxu stared at her, and murmured: "It's beautiful and special, it stands out from the crowd."

"Don't say that, chickens are beautiful too."

Xu Fei was upset, chatted a few words in a low voice, and saw a group of people walking in, led by Wang Fulin and Ren Dahui.

One is the director and the other is the production director, which are the two cores of the crew. They sat down in front of them, almost seeing people, Wang Fulin cleared his throat and tried to raise the volume as there was no microphone.

"Okay, be quiet, let's have a small meeting. I won't introduce myself. I've seen it before. I'll just talk about the preparation of "Dream of Red Mansions". After all, this work is not only our task, but also yours. You should understand the mission.

In the play "Dream of Red Mansions", there are more than 150 characters with names and surnames. We selected more than 60 actors to play the main roles. Some have not arrived yet, and some are still communicating with their units or families, but most of them are about the same.

In fact, it is an exaggeration to say that he is an actor. You are all screened out one by one by me. I know the basics. Most of you have no experience in film and television performances, and even work in completely irrelevant jobs. But it doesn't matter, the purpose of our study class is to make up for this.

The study class is initially estimated to be three months, and there may be a second period. So in these three months, everyone's main task is to study. I would like to make a few strict requirements. First of all, you must read the original work well. Secondly, have your own understanding on the basis of familiarity, and finally integrate into the role.

"A Dream of Red Mansions" is a masterpiece, if we haven't even read the original work, how can we talk about artistic expression?

We will invite some experts and scholars to give lectures to you. They are all respected old gentlemen, so you must cherish the opportunity and don't let down their painstaking efforts.

Let me say one thing first, there is no role yet, including us. In the end, who can play whom depends on your own performance.

As for the shooting time, we are scheduled for the second half of the year, and most of the locations have already been selected.

After Wang Fulin finished speaking, Ren Dahui took over the topic again, saying: "Director Wang is in charge of art, and I am in charge of the crew and life. So if you have problems in art, you can go to Director Wang, and if you have problems in life, come to me .

Then I will talk about the schedule of the study class, everyone listen carefully. "

Swipe!

As soon as the words fell, the people below opened their small notebooks one after another, and Xu Fei also took out a notebook to record.

"Starting tomorrow, I will wake up at 6:30 in the morning. I don't need to wash up after waking up. The teacher will take me to the morning run. After the morning run, I will go to the garden to practice exercises, stretch the muscles, learn the shape, and then wash up and have breakfast.

The arrangement in the morning is to listen to the lectures of experts, but there are not enough people now, so we can wait until they are all together. For the afternoon arrangement, you rehearse the sketch by yourself, that is, whichever role you want to play, you just choose a segment, find a partner, and design it yourself. Don’t worry if you don’t understand, we have several tutors…”

As he spoke, he introduced them one by one, "This is Teacher Li Jie (Jia She), this is Teacher Li Ting (Mother Jia), and teachers Xia Minghui (Mrs. Xing) and Wang Gui'e (Youshi). Be sure to ask, don't hold back."

Several teachers also stood up and bowed. Among them, Li Ting was the longest, 63 years old.

Immediately, Ren Dahui introduced several important people, including screenwriter Zhou Ling, cameraman Li Yaozong, makeup Yang Shuyun, costume Shi Yanqin, composer Wang Liping...

That's right, "Dream of Red Mansions" held training courses, and even learned makeup, costumes, and composition. How dare you think about it thirty years later? ? ?

"The arrangement for the evening is to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Because many of the young girls in the Grand View Garden are eloquent and knowledgeable. We don't know anything wrong, at least we can write a few words and play a few sounds correctly.

Let’s talk about life, we have three meals a day, no subsidy, one day off every Sunday, you can go shopping in the city, but you must come back at night, and you are not allowed to stay out overnight. If there are special circumstances, you must ask for leave. "

Why take a day off? Because it is still a single holiday now, the double holiday was only implemented in 1995.

"When the roles are finalized and you are confirmed to be in the filming group, we will sign a contract, including bed board fee, food allowance, filming remuneration, etc..."

hum!

As soon as these words came out, there was quite a commotion, and many girls were surprised.

Because some people thought it was a national task before they came, and they came here to do voluntary labor, but they didn't expect to be paid back!

Xu Fei scratched his head. In his impression, Jia Baoyu seemed to have the most, 80 yuan per episode, and 2,000 yuan after the filming. Daiyu is sixty yuan, and the small role is twenty or thirty yuan.

After Ren Dahui finished speaking earlier, Wang Fulin said again:

"I would like to add that we will probably go through three rounds of screening, what is the format?

Don’t you usually arrange sketches? Every month, we have to videotape you, and what we record is sketches. Then we discuss with the advisory group and decide which one is suitable.

These three rounds of screening are like going through three checkpoints, everyone must be mentally prepared. You are all about the same age, get acquainted as soon as possible, in fact, this place is like a university, everyone is a companion, and you are usually more tolerant..."

Wang Fulin's personality is relatively gentle, nagging and telling every matter, it took a long time to announce the end of the meeting.

…………

Maybe it was because of the bed, Xu Fei didn't sleep very well, and fell asleep in a daze after rolling around in the middle of the night. It didn't seem long before he was awakened by a harsh whistle.

"call out!"

"call out!"

He trembled all over, only feeling uncomfortable, and his consciousness couldn't keep up with his body's reaction, "What's going on? The spirit energy has recovered again?"

After a delay of two minutes, I realized that the whistle was blowing in the morning and we were about to gather. He hurriedly dressed, wiped his face hastily, and by the time he ran downstairs, everyone was already in their seats.

The mental state is not good, I guess it is nervous and excited.

"Have you washed?" Chen Xiaoxu asked quietly.

"Just wiped my face."

"Didn't brush your teeth?"

"without."

"Go, don't touch me."

She pushed the guy, and then said: "I got up at six o'clock, why are you so lazy?"

"I recognize the bed..."

"Xu Fei, Chen Xiaoxu, stop chatting!"

Ren Dahui personally led the team to stop this dishonest behavior, "Everyone is here, everyone line up in two lines and follow me."

As he spoke, he jogged and led the way with a few physique teachers, and everyone followed behind. They left the guest house compound, passed through the round gate, and arrived at the Yuanmingyuan.

The Old Summer Palace is very desolate right now, with only trees and paths, and a dry lake, anyone can enter. In September of this year, the government decided to vigorously build, renovate Fuhai, store water and release ships, dig lakes and make up mountains, etc.

It was not until June 29, 1988 that it officially became a scenic spot and reopened for ticket sales.

Everyone ran laps around the lake first, the first lap was fine, the second lap was okay, and on the third lap, Chen Xiaoxu quit.

"Hey, I'm going to hide, and you can call me after you practice."

What annoys her the most is sports. She glanced at Ren Dahui and was about to abscond halfway, but Xu Fei grabbed her as soon as she took a step.

"what are you doing?"

"Give me a good run."

"I don't want to run."

"You have to run if you don't want to. You are in poor health, so you need to exercise more."

"you!"

Chen Xiaoxu bit his lip, unable to break free, the friends around him were all amazed. She didn't want to talk about it, so she had to compromise, "Let go, I'll just run away."

Only then did Xu Fei let go, and after running five or six laps, Ren Dahui stopped and lined up on the shore of the lake, and the physique teacher began to teach. Stretching the legs and stretching the muscles, learning to do exercises and walking are all simplified from the opera body, how to walk, how to look up, how to look at people, etc...

Most of the girls belong to the art theater troupe, they have the foundation and get started very quickly. It was difficult for Xu Fei, his old arms and legs were as hard as Iron Man.

After practicing, I ate a hard-to-swallow breakfast, no class in the morning, and free activities for the time being.

On the second day, many people came to report. Chen Xiaoxu has an extra roommate with a great name, Dongfang Wenying. She is the same age as Hu Zehong, in the Jiangcheng Children's Theater, and is a couple with Li Yaozong.

At the beginning Wang Fulin asked Li Yaozong to be a cameraman, but he refused to do it, saying that he would join the filming group for three years, which would delay my marriage. Wang Fulin gave the green light, saying that you should also find a partner, and you two can get married after filming.

Only then did Li Yaozong agree - but later divorced.

Xu Fei's room was also assigned, and there were two more roommates, both of whom looked familiar.

One is Hou Changrong and the other is Sun Shiwan.

(role established...)