Chapter 480 Lao Xiao, You Really Know How to Choose

After Zhou Yan's name appeared, more and more people gathered around him. Huo Jianqi turned around and said with a smile, "Director Zhou's name is the most effective. It immediately became overwhelming."

"I think you have a good tongue." Xiao Can muttered, but he still blamed Huo Jianqi for attracting people.

According to Xiao Can's plan, he would just walk around the school in a low-key manner, or he would go to the director of the performance department to help organize it.

Now they are surrounded by students in the cafeteria, and their plans are disrupted.

To be honest, Xiao Can now regretted agreeing to let Huo Jianqi be his producer. Why didn't he realize that Huo Jianqi was not very controllable before?

Xiao Can himself is a person who doesn't like to have his plans disrupted. He is now afraid that when the filming of the movie starts, Huo Jianqi will cause some trouble for him.

The students who came around were all very excited when they saw that it was really Zhou Yan. A female classmate squeezed in and asked, "Director Zhou, are you going to make a new movie?"

Zhou Yan smiled and pushed Xiao Can forward, "It's not me, it's director Xiao Can. He has a new movie in the works."

He didn't forget Huo Jianqi, "This is Producer Huo. We came here today to see if there are any suitable actors."

"What kind of actors are needed?" A boy asked with courage.

This question is also what most students present want to ask.

In fact, Xiao Can and the others didn't have any fixed goal when they came here today. They just wanted to take a look around and maybe see a few students they liked.

If it weren't for Zhou Yan's free time today, Xiao Can wouldn't be ready to come out today. He wasn't ready for the casting yet.

Speaking of characters, there are many in the new movie, such as several young teachers in the school, young people from the same village as the protagonist who go out to work, and some "veterans" in the den of thieves. They are all suitable for these students.

Xiao Can thought for a while and said, "There are many roles, but not every role has many roles."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, as long as there is a role to play."

The students are not picky, as long as they have a role to play, they are satisfied.

Yanjing Film Academy is relatively relaxed about students going out to act in movies, and students are also more yearning and more positive about going out to act in movies.

Regardless of whether they are acting students or not, they all want to be selected by the crew to act.

On the one hand, you can accumulate experience, and on the other hand, you can make extra money.

Needless to say, for acting majors, being able to play a role in a movie is a good practice. If you are not an acting major, you can also go to the crew to see what goes on behind the scenes and learn from the crew’s experience.

If you're lucky and get a good role, your career after graduation will be easy. You don't even have to wait until graduation and you can become famous while still in school.

Although the director of this new movie is not Zhou Yan, Xiao Can is also the assistant director of "Spring of the Cowherd Class" and "Time Travelers", and Zhou Yan personally accompanied him to select the actors. This shows that Zhou Yan attaches great importance to this new movie. In this case, students are certainly unwilling to give up the opportunity.

Seeing how enthusiastic the students were, Huo Jianqi smiled and said, "Old Xiao, why not just register the interested students today, and then make an appointment for them to go to the studio or factory for an interview."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Let's go to the studio for the audition. The factory is not easy to get around now."

Office space at Yanjing Studio has always been in short supply. Although Zhou Yan would definitely be able to help Xiao Can get a crew office if he asked, but since the studio is spacious, there is no need to compete with Yanjing Factory for space. .

Although his studio is not decorated, there is a lot of space, so it will definitely be no problem to hold auditions for them.

"Okay." Xiao Can nodded, and then said loudly, "Students, if you are interested in the new movie, you can sign up with me and go for an audition later."

With that said, Xiao Can took out a pen and a small notebook, preparing to record information for them, while Huo Jianqi began to maintain order at the scene and let the students who were willing to sign up line up.

Soon, a long queue formed in the canteen.

Many students just entered the cafeteria and were a little confused when they saw the long queue.

After asking the students in the team, I found out that a director was in charge of the casting.

"Which director?"

"The three directors are here, Zhou Yan is here too."

Knowing that Zhou Yan was also here, the new students joined the team without even eating.

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Xiao Can originally planned to record information for the students one by one, but after writing a few, he found that the speed was too slow. If he finished recording everyone, he didn't know how long it would take.

He simply went to borrow some pen and paper and asked the students to write their own personal information. After writing, he just handed it over to him.

Zhou Yan helped collect the students' registration lists and saw the names of the students, making sure that he did not admit their mistakes.

Yan Danchen was very courageous. After handing in the registration form, he asked Zhou Yan, "Director Zhou, when will there be news? How did you find us?"

Zhou Yan looked at Yan Danchen's registration list with a smile, "Isn't the information you left on it very detailed? Don't worry, I will definitely find you."

The information on her registration form was indeed very detailed, including name, gender, height, major, grade, dormitory number, class teacher's name... She wrote densely on the tofu-sized piece of paper.

"If...I mean if, Director Zhou, you accidentally lose the registration form, can I go find you?"

Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay."

"Then where can I go?" Yan Danchen asked again.

"Did you know there is a state-owned electronics factory next to the Third Ring Road?"

Yan Danchen shook his head, "I don't know."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know. When the time comes, you can leave your school, walk a few hundred meters west along the Third Ring Road, and find someone to ask where the old electronics factory is. Someone will definitely give you directions. My studio is over there. "

"Electronics factory, um, I remember it, thank you, Director Zhou."

"You're welcome. Under normal circumstances, I won't lose your registration form."

Yan Danchen smiled and said, "Hehe, I'm just afraid of what might happen."

In addition to Yan Danchen, other students will also talk to Zhou Yan, but basically they will not ask about the audition. They are more interested in Zhou Yan himself.

Especially since "Space Traveler" is currently in theaters, they will definitely ask about this movie.

There are quite a few students who have watched "The Lovers of Space and Time". After all, this is a film school. The students here watch movies more often than the average students, and "The Love of Time and Space" is indeed very suitable for the tastes of young people.

"Director Zhou, the music in "Space Traveler" is so nice. When will the soundtrack be released?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "It will take some time, at least until the movie is released."

"There are many songs in it. Will there be a complete version of each song?"

Zhou Yan shook his head and said, "It is definitely impossible to include the complete versions of all the episodes in the original soundtrack, but if the demand for some of the episodes is high enough, there may be a single or another album later."

There are too many interludes in "Time Traveler". If a complete version of every song was made, the soundtrack would be too long. From the beginning, Zhou Yan was not prepared to include the complete versions of all the songs in the soundtrack, so When those singers were asked to record the songs, they were not allowed to finish the recording.

Later, when the song is released as a single or album, it may not necessarily be the singer who sang the interlude before, but may be replaced by someone else.

"Oh, that's a shame."

"Yeah, the album should come out soon."

"Will these songs hit the charts in Europe and the United States? Director Zhou, all the English songs you wrote before have been on the Billboard."

Some students have some knowledge of European and American music. They know that there are charts and bulletin boards there, and they also know that Zhou Yan’s previous songs performed well.

Zhou Yan nodded, "I will select some songs one after another and release them as singles."

"Director Zhou, where was the hero's home in "Space Traveler" filmed? It's so beautiful."

"It's at the end of Jiaochang in Pengcheng. It's a seaside town. Although it's a bit far away from Yanjing, you can go there if you have the chance. Tourism development is underway there, so it will be convenient to visit in the future."

"Haha, I just want to see the pier where I got married. It would be great if I could get married there in the future."

The person who said this was a girl. After she finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter next to her. Of course, the laughter was not malicious. Everyone just felt that it was too early for her to consider getting married.

"Director Zhou, you look much better in person than in the movie. Are you not photogenic or are you wearing makeup on purpose?"

Before Zhou Yan could say anything, a classmate next to him smiled and said, "Of course it's makeup. Director Zhou is very photogenic. All the roles he played before were very good-looking."

"I just remember the commercial that Director Zhou and Chen Hong acted in before. It was very beautiful."

"Yes, yes, I remember it too."

"The commercial with Xiaoxian was also very nice."

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A group of students gathered around, and at first Zhou Yan was chatting back and forth with them, but later the students themselves were discussing it, and Zhou Yan couldn't even get in the middle of the conversation.

Although Zhou Yan is a few years older than these students, and some students are even older than Zhou Yan, students are students and they are all very lively.

If Zhou Yan were thrown into the Yanjing Film Academy, if he hadn't spoken, others might have thought he was a student in the acting department. But when he spoke, he felt completely different from a student, with a strong sense of a teacher.

After a while, almost all the students who should register have submitted their registration forms. After Xiao Can packed up the registration forms, he said to the students, "Students, don't worry, we will notify you about the audition after a while."

After saying that, Xiao Can walked to Zhou Yan and said, "Director Zhou, it's almost done."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Let's go then? Do you want to go shopping again?"

"We have received so many registration forms, so it's better not to go shopping."

Huo Jianqi also said, "Yes, let's go to the Chinese Theater to see it again."

After the three of them made their decision, they waved goodbye to the students.

The students were also very enthusiastic, and they slowly dispersed after sending the three of them out of the cafeteria.

The three of them held their lunch boxes and wandered towards the Yanjing Factory.

On the way, Huo Jianqi asked, "Approximately how many registration forms have been received?"

"I received sixty-five copies here."

When Zhou Yan collected the registration list just now, he kept counting.

"I have about thirty or forty copies here," Xiao Can said.

"So, today's battle has been quite successful. A hundred people have signed up. Are there any of these people who are interested in it?"

Xiao Can thought for a while and said, "I think Jiang Qinqin from the '94 undergraduate class is quite good."

Huo Jianqi laughed and said, "Old Xiao, you are really good at choosing. This Jiang Qinqin is not a newcomer. She has already acted in many dramas."

"Have you filmed a lot of films?" Xiao Can asked doubtfully, "Why am I not impressed by her? What films has she filmed?"

"In the TV series "Xi Tzu" broadcast this year, she played the heroine Xi Tzu, and the director was Yang Jie."

"Oh, I don't watch this TV series much."

It's not that Xiao Can doesn't watch TV series much, but that he doesn't watch TV series at all.

It's not just Xiao Can. These people rarely watch TV series. When they have time, they watch movies.

Only some people will focus on TV series.

Zhou Yan just noticed Jiang Qinqin. She was not there at the beginning, but came later.

Jiang Qinqin is also the kind of person who stands out even in the film academy. She is tall, and her makeup and clothes are very fashionable.

In fact, it is easy to tell which girls in the film academy have acted in dramas and which have not. For example, Jiang Qinqin looks more like a star.

Not only because she looks good, but also because she has acted in dramas, and even played the heroine, so she has been exposed to different things and has different requirements for herself.

Now Jiang Qinqin should have set herself the standards of a female star.

However, although Jiang Qinqin has acted in dramas, it was a TV series after all. Xiao Can's movies are still very attractive to her, so she will sign up when she comes to the cafeteria later.

"It's better if she has acted before. You can remember this Jiang Qinqin and pay special attention to her later." Zhou Yan said.

Xiao Can nodded, took out Jiang Qinqin's application form and put it aside, and then said, "Zuo Xiaoqing from the 1995 undergraduate program also impressed me well."

Zuo Xiaoqing didn't leave a deep impression on Zhou Yan. Although Zhou Yan knew Zuo Xiaoqing, she looked ordinary today. It was Sun Li, who was in the same class, who impressed Zhou Yan more.

However, Xiao Can might think that Zuo Xiaoqing's image is more suitable for his movie, not just from the appearance.

After talking about the two female students, Xiao Can mentioned a few male students, but Zhou Yan was not familiar with the other male students except Zu Feng.

Xiao Can didn't mention Chen Kun and Fu Dalong, two boys who impressed Zhou Yan more, but it made sense when he thought about it. Chen Kun's image was indeed not suitable for Xiao Can's new movie.

"How are we going to the Central Academy of Drama later?" Huo Jianqi asked.

The Central Academy of Drama is not far from the Yanjing Film Studio, just a few kilometers away, but you can’t walk there.

“I’ll drive.” Zhou Yan said.

Huo Jianqi nodded, “Okay, let’s go wash the lunch boxes first, and then go there.” (End of this chapter)