Chapter 68 Evenly matched
Da La Wu, one of the godsons of the eunuch Wu Liangfu [Li Jianyi], is timid, kind-hearted, optimistic, and honest, but also has a hint of shrewdness.
In the early days, he couldn't bear to see the eunuchs being tortured and suffocated to death by wet paper. When Wu Liangfu [Li Jianyi] was executing the eunuchs, he poked holes in the paper and was scolded by Wu Liangfu.
Later, when Wu Liangfu [Li Jianyi] was subjected to the same punishment, he cried and poked a hole in his godfather's mouth, but was pushed away by Sony [Zheng Tianyong]. It may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that this was the finishing touch, but it can definitely be regarded as a coherent whole.
Xu Kun became interested in this role when he was discussing the script with Li Jianyi.
This character's personality is very similar to Bao Qiang's own traits. Even Bao Qiang's sharp voice became an advantage when he played the eunuch.
In addition, Baoqiang has made considerable progress over the past year, so Xu Kun feels that if he prepares well, he has a good chance of getting the role.
The premise is, don’t run into people with strong connections.
But if the relationship was strong enough, why would he play the role of a little eunuch?
As for some people saying that Baoqiang’s image is not good enough…
From the name Da La Wu, we can know that the physical characteristics of this character are that he looks weak, timid, and non-threatening - all of which are completely consistent with Bao Qiang's image.
Moreover, Wu Liangfu had no intention of sending anyone to the emperor, and even stated clearly: As long as I am alive, none of you can get close to the emperor.
Later, the reason why he recommended Da La Wu was not because Da La Wu was good-looking, but because Da La Wu was honest, kind, and filial.
After listening to Xu Kun's brief introduction of the situation, Bao Qiang's eyes widened. He picked up the script excerpt that Xu Kun had copied privately and returned to his room excitedly.
"Hey~ You kid, clean up the table first!"
Xu Kun shouted after him, and seeing Baoqiang rummaging through boxes and drawers to get out paper and pen, as if he was going to work late into the night, he turned back and spread his hands to Deng Chao and said, "I invited the guests, Baoqiang served the dishes, now it's your turn to clean the table."
Deng Chao: "..."
After clearing the table and sending the washed dishes back to the restaurant, Deng Chao returned to Baoqiang's room and saw Baoqiang lying on a folding table with a floor-length mirror opposite him.
Sometimes he would lower his head and paint, and sometimes he would look up and talk to himself and make faces in the mirror. He was completely immersed in the study of the script and had long forgotten about his guest Deng Chao.
Deng Chao sat on the bed opposite for a while, neither knowing whether to talk nor sleep, he just felt uncomfortable all over.
When he was in the school dormitory, he was the hardest-working and most crazy fighter among his classmates. Who would have thought that the situation would suddenly turn out to be the opposite today.
After a slight hesitation, he turned to Xu Kun's room next door.
At this time, Xu Kun had just called Zhang Yong to confirm the "gift". His hometown had previously left him with the impression of being dilapidated and having nothing in it. Who would have thought that it actually housed quite a few hermits and masters?
This time, the county invited Liu Fuchang to write calligraphy. He is a favorite student of the famous calligrapher Huang Qi. He has won many awards in China, and his calligraphy works have been sent to Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other places for touring exhibitions.
Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Fuchang is a native of RY and is currently working at the County Cultural Bureau. It is most appropriate for him to write this calligraphy.
After hanging up the phone, he saw Deng Chao coming in from outside and couldn't help but ask curiously: "What's wrong? We all work in this field, you can't be unable to sleep because of Bao Qiang's noise, right?"
"No."
Deng Chao pulled a chair and sat opposite Xu Kun - after Baoqiang moved next door, Xu Kun removed one of the beds, so the room became a lot more spacious.
After hesitating for a while, Deng Chao said seriously, "Can we act out the scene from yesterday's audition again? I was nervous at the time, so my acting was a bit sloppy."
Xu Kun originally wanted to continue studying the script, but seeing his earnest look, he readily agreed.
So the two of them moved the tables and chairs out, treated the yard as the throne room, and began to re-enact the scene of the confrontation between the emperor and his ministers.
Deng Chao's performance this time was indeed much better than during the audition. Although he could not compare with veteran actors like Li Jianyi, he was on par with Xu Kun.
Deng Chao is better than Xu Kun in handling details and on-the-spot reaction, while Xu Kun excels in his imposing manner, and his every move and gesture is more powerful - this is the experience he learned from Sun Honglei.
The two performed three shows in a row, but still felt they had not had enough fun.
Deng Chao pointed at Xu Kun's script and asked tentatively: "How about we change it?"
This guy obviously had some plans. But now the two of them were familiar with each other, and Xu Kun was in high spirits, so he didn't mind him taking the opportunity to spy on the script.
In this way, the three of them made noise inside and outside the house until half past eleven, when they called it a day at Xu Kun's suggestion.
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The next day, Chen Xuebin came specially to see Xu Kun off and admitted that he was too impatient before and always hoped to have a piece of hot tofu in one bite. He would definitely not embarrass himself again in the future.
It's not that Xu Kun couldn't understand it. After all, Lao Chen is 37 years old now and has been in this business for seven or eight years. Who wouldn't want to make a breakthrough before the age of 40?
Arrived at Nanluoguxiang.
There is a group of beautiful girls in the courtyard again, and some of them are familiar faces - after being rejected for the role of Wu Yunzhu [Dong Efei] yesterday, she came to audition for the role of Tong Layue, the biological mother of Kangxi.
Although he has said it many times, when seeing the beautiful girls in this courtyard, Xu Kun still couldn't help but sigh that there are really many beauties in the entertainment industry.
In order to leave a good impression on his seniors, Xu Kun did not dare to stare closely, and went into the west wing as usual, studying the script while waiting for the audition of the supporting actor.
He originally thought that those who auditioned for the role of Tong Layue would be more likely to choose to play against the Queen and Wu Liangfu, after all, those two scenes were more conflicting.
But in fact, out of the twelve girls who auditioned in the morning, eight chose him as their 'uncle'.
This left Xu Kun very confused.
It was not until lunchtime that Hao Lei revealed the answer to him: "Teacher Li is obviously a veteran actor. Besides, in that scene... Tong Layue is the weaker party in front of me, the queen. Who else can they choose if not you?"
Xu Kun was speechless. He really didn't expect that he would be treated as a soft persimmon.
Although this kind of emotionally delicate scenes are indeed Xu Kun's weakness at present, among the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea in the morning, at least seven are obviously inferior to him.
There was another one who could barely keep up, and was kept by the director as a backup.
Xu Kun also realized in the past few days that Director Liu Heng planned to release two or three alternatives for each main role and then conduct a second round of auditions.
So as long as Hao Lei's junior schoolmate doesn't arrive too late, she still has a chance to squeeze in.
Because he went to bed late and got up early in the past few days, Xu Kun felt a little exhausted at noon and took a nap in a chair for half an hour.
When I got up and went outside to wash up, I saw that the actors auditioning had changed, with about four or five new people.
So he quietly asked Hao Lei: "Sister Lei, who is your junior schoolmate?"
"It's not here yet."
Hao Lei was obviously a little anxious. She put her legs together and rubbed her handkerchief, and said anxiously: "It should be time. What's wrong with that girl?!"
Tsk~
This girl changes every day. When she first came, she was a lively girl, but on the third day she already showed some nobility and some willfulness.
Xu Kun secretly retracted his previous judgment in his heart. Even if Li Xiaolu was acting in her true colors, she might not be able to defeat her.
As expected, Xu Kun performed two more shows in the afternoon and successfully plucked two flower buds that had not yet bloomed.
"I'm coming!"
Just as Xu Kun was about to return to the west wing to wait for orders, he was intercepted by Hao Lei in a hurry.
Behind her followed a dusty young girl, carrying a suitcase in one hand and a camera in the other.
Seeing Xu Kun looking at her, the girl stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and said in a soft and tender voice, "I'm sorry, I got here at exactly 12 o'clock, so I wanted to go to the Central Academy of Drama first, but I accidentally got lost."
As he said this, he subconsciously hid the camera behind him.
(End of this chapter)
