"Surprise?" McCann asked curiously, "what are you talking about?"
"I''m sorry," Xiao Yao said in English with an apologetic smile. "I just asked Mu why he didn''t tell me that Jin also participated in the audition."
"So you and Miss Zhou know each other?" McCann understood immediately and said happily, "that''s great! At the first audition, both Mu and I thought Miss Zhou was the most suitable actor for this role, but Mr. Mu insisted on waiting for you to come and have a second audition before deciding. "
"Don''t blame wood. We have already agreed that there are several actors who have to wait for me to see them." Xiao Yao explained with a smile, "I''m also a director and producer!"
"I know!" McCann nodded and then said, "since you and Miss Zhou know each other, you should know about her. She has been a well-known actor in the United States, and has appeared in three films and two plays. In one of the series, she is one of the main characters and has played for three seasons. She has a lot of experience in acting
"Yes," Xiao Yao nodded. "We''ve known each other for a long time. We''re very good friends. I know all about her."
"Since you are friends and you know her situation very well, can this role be determined?" McCann asked.
One of the purposes of the existence of the trade union is to avoid the black box operation and insider trading when the cast members choose actors. It does not mean that the director can not choose his friends as actors. Not all of the actors competing for this role are from the actors union of the United States, and it has been several years since Zhou Jingyi entered the performing arts circle in the United States, and she has long joined the actors union of the United States. McCann thinks that the most suitable candidate is Zhou Jingyi, who is also a member of the actors'' Union. McCann hopes that this role can fall on Zhou Jingyi.
"What do you think?" Xiao Yao looks at muying road.
"Since I told her to audition, of course, I think she is qualified for the role." Muying shrugged.
"And you?" Xiao Yao asked Zhao Rui.
"Don''t ask me," Zhao said with a smile. "I''m not a director. I don''t care about casting. I''m here to watch today!"
"Then follow the procedure." Xiao Yao thought about it, turned his head and looked at Zhou Jingyi. He formally waved his hand to an empty chair beside the table and said, "please sit down!"
"Thank you Zhou Jingyi sat down with a smile.
"In this movie, only three actors don''t need auditions. Others, even Tiffany (Chen Xiaoting), have to go through auditions," Xiao Yao said. "You should know why?"
"Yes, of course I know!" Zhou Jingyi nodded with a smile.
"Then you should know why the three of us don''t need auditions." Xiao Yao then said, "I''ve seen all the movies and dramas you''ve played in, and I''ll..."
"Really?" Zhou Jingyi interrupted with a smile.
"Er ~" Xiao Yao choked and nodded, "yes!"
"Thank you Zhou Jingyi said with a smile, "I''m very honored!"
"What''s the relationship between them?" McCann leaned up to muying and asked in a low voice.
"Friend!" Mu Ying put out her hand with a smile.
"Well," Xiao Yao waved his hand, "what I want to say is that I''m quite satisfied with your acting skills, so I don''t need you to perform a scene in the script to test your acting skills. But, as you know, our film is an action movie, and it''s a special action movie. Your audition role is a member of the leading role team and a Parkour expert, so... "
"You want to see me show Parkour live?" Zhou Jingyi asked with a smile, "is it here?"
"Yes Xiao Yao nodded.
Their outdoor cafe is located in a community square with stone steps, railings, stones, slopes and an entrance to the underground passage. It is a very suitable terrain for Parkour. They choose to audition here, so that the audition actors can show Parkour technology on the spot.
"Good!" Zhou Jingyi nodded and stood up, took off her thin coat, put it on her seat with her shoulder bag, and walked to the side steps.
Under Zhou Jingyi''s thin coat is a sports underwear. After taking off the coat, people can see not only the curve of Zhou Jingyi''s chest, but also the beautiful muscle lines of her arms and abdomen.
"Nice figure!" Zhao Rui couldn''t help whispering praise.
Zhao Rui met Zhou Jingyi twice, one after the kidnapping of Xiao Yao at New York Fashion Week, and the other in Los Angeles a few months ago. It was winter in New York Fashion Week, and they all wore thick clothes. It was Valentine''s day in Los Angeles, and the temperature was only over ten degrees. The party held by Dean''s family was not a pool party. Everyone wore long sleeves and trousers, so it was Zhao Rui''s first time to see Zhou Jingyi''s good figure.
"Miss Zhou was a hip-hop dancer before she became an actor. What she was good at was action drama!" McCann said to Zhao Rui, "she and her team once won the fourth place in the national hip-hop dance competition. Because of her excellent performance in the hip-hop dance competition, she was attracted by the choreographer and director of a film, so she became an actress. Her first movie role was as a hip-hop dancer. "Although Zhao Rui is not the director who has the right to decide, he is one of the action directors of the film, and it is obvious that Xiao Yao also attaches great importance to his opinions, so Macken also began to introduce Zhou Jingyi to Zhao Rui.
"Yes, I have." Zhao Rui nodded and looked at Xiao Yao.
Xiao Yao didn''t react to the conversation between Zhao Rui and McCann. He just looked at Zhou Jingyi walking to one side.
In the conversation just now, Xiao Yao found that Zhou Jingyi was quite confident. Based on the mutual understanding between him and Zhou Jingyi, he believes that Zhou Jingyi should know that she will not give the role to her just because of the friendship between him and Zhou Jingyi, otherwise she will not be required to show her Parkour skills on the spot. Well, the reason why she is so confident is mostly because she has been prepared.
At the party at Dean''s house one day after Valentine''s day this year, Xiao Yao and Mu Ying introduced Parkour movies to you, and Zhou Jingyi was also present at that time. If Zhou Jingyi wanted to participate in the role audition at that time, Xiao Yao guessed that she should have started Parkour practice at that time.
"After a few months of practice, will you be qualified for this role?" Xiao Yao said in his heart.
A few months is enough time for Zhou Jingyi to learn the posture and movements of Parkour well. However, if she only has a model, Xiao Yao will not easily hand over the role. As a member of the starring team, Xiao Yao needs the actor of this role to be a real Parkour expert.
Zhou Jingyi casually found a place to start, warmed up a little, moved her joints, and started to run.
When Zhou Jingyi started to run, Xiao Yao''s eyes were full of prudence and critical. But when Zhou Jingyi ran down, Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui couldn''t help but stare.
After a lap, Zhou Jingyi took a sip from the water glass on the table and asked Xiao Yao with a smile, "director, what do you think?"
Xiao Yao did not answer, staring at her for a few seconds, suddenly said: "you definitely not only learn for a few months!"
"Er ~" Zhou Jingyi was stunned, then said with a smile, "I didn''t say that I only studied for a few months! I''ve known Nathan a long time ago, the year we took part in the American hip hop contest
"You?" McCann said strangely, "Mr. Shaw has also participated in American hip-hop competitions? I remember that game was only allowed to Americans
"We were not allowed to take part in that year, but later, because of him!" Zhou Jingyi pointed to Xiao Yao with a smile.
"My God, Mr. Shaw has participated in American hip-hop competitions?" McCann was surprised. "With Miss Zhou?"
"It doesn''t matter!" Xiao Yao waved his hand, looked at Zhou Jingyi and said, "but that time you just learned a few moves from Nathan, and you didn''t run at that time. After the game, you go to make MV and movies, and it''s impossible to learn from them. Before returning home, I went to Nathan and played with them several times. I never heard of them saying that you went to them to learn Parkour. "
"Guess what I did? Who did you learn from? " Zhou Jingyi said with a smile.
"It''s still Nathan and them, but not when I was in America!" Xiao Yao thought about it and turned to ask Mu Ying, "mu, did you tell her in advance that we are going to make a Parkour movie? Have you even shown her the unfinished script? "
The film was planned two years ago. If Zhou Jingyi started learning two years ago, it would make sense to reach the level she just showed.
"I''m not to blame!" Mu Ying raised her hands with a smile and said, "you introduced me to Jin and asked me to teach her how to perform. Once, when she came to me, she happened to meet us in a video chat about the script. Later she asked me, "can''t I lie to her that there''s no such thing?"
"But why do you keep it from me?" Xiao Yao asked.
"Kim''s idea!" Muying said with a smile, "she said that this is your yrf movie, you will not agree to let her invest, and she, like other people, always has to audition in the end, so there is no need to let you know."
Xiao Yao looks at Zhou Jingyi with complicated eyes.
"I agree!" Muying then said with a smile, "seeing your expression today, I think this decision is right. Ha
"What do you think, Mr. Shaw?" Kate McCann can''t help but ask Xiao Yao.
"Ms. McCann, is this a kind of secret operation or insider trading?" Xiao Yao did not answer, but deliberately asked Kate McCann, "will it be unfair to other auditors?"
"Well, not really!" Kate McCann shook her head and said, "it''s normal for her teacher to know the news and prepare for the film in advance. This is the embodiment of Miss Zhou''s own ability and contacts. "
Kate McCann didn''t know the details, but she understood the general meaning. It''s just an example of "first come, first served". There is no money or other immoral transaction in it. Of course, she has no opinion about it.
"Since our wood director has helped her so much, what else can I say?" Xiao Yao said, "Miss Zhou''s performance is very outstanding, unexpected outstanding.""So the role is settled?" McCann asked confirmatively.
"I want to emphasize one point," Xiao Yao said to Zhou Jingyi. "There is no double in our action play."
"But we''ll make sure they have enough insurance for you!" McCann added.
"If you want a stand in, do you still need to test Parkour''s technology on the spot?" Zhou Jingyi did not care about the way, "this I already know, no problem!"
"Then the character is sure to be yours!" Xiao Yao turned to Mu Ying and said, "you can tell other actors in this role that they don''t have to audition."
"I didn''t inform the other actors in the role at all." Muying said with a smile.
"You ~" Xiao Yao stares at Mu Ying.
"Thank you, director!" Zhou Jingyi stood up, bent over and stretched out her hand to Xiao Yao.
"Follow me!" Xiao Yaobai took a look at her, leaned back on the chair, deliberately held her chest with both hands, and turned a blind eye to her outstretched hand.
Zhou Jingyi didn''t care about Xiao Yao''s attitude. Instead, she stepped forward, bent down, stretched out her hands and hugged Xiao Yao. Then she sat back in her seat.
"I''m not going to talk to dor!" Zhao Rui came over and said in Chinese in a low voice with a smile.
"Go Xiao Yaobai gave Zhao Rui a look, "after duo''er''s concert, she will come to visit the class. This can''t hide from her ~ no, what can I hide from her?"
"We didn''t bring the contract today," Xiao Yao ignored Zhao Rui and turned to Zhou Jingyi. "We''ll sign the contract with other confirmed actors tomorrow."
"No problem!" Zhou Jingyi didn''t care.
"You''re definitely one of the stars. If you have nothing to do in the afternoon, you can stay and see the auditions of other actors. " Xiao Yao added, "give us some advice!"
"Good!" Zhou Jingyi nodded, "it''s OK in the afternoon. It''s good to see the actors who may be partners in advance."
"Wipe your sweat, put on your coat!" Xiao Yao took out some paper towels from the paper towel box on the table and handed them to him. "There''s sea breeze here. Be careful to catch cold!"
"Thank you Zhou Jingyi smiles sweetly, takes Xiao Yao''s paper towel, wipes the sweat on her forehead, and puts on her coat.
The auditions came one by one. Muying told each actor to come to the audition at an interval of 20 minutes. Zhou Jingyi sat for a while, then a second actor came to audition.
Today''s audition actors have all passed the first test of McCann and muying, and naturally they all know each other. After the second audition actor and Xiao Yao, Zhao Rui and Zhou Jingyi introduced themselves, Xiao Yao asked Mu Ying to turn on the camera before the formal audition.
In the audition, it is rare for actors to decide the role on the spot. Usually, the performance of the auditee is recorded with the camera, and then slowly watched and compared. Zhou Jingyi''s audition just now is obviously a special case.
Due to the temporary notice, only six actors can come to audition in the afternoon. The audition starts at 2:30 p.m. and ends at about 4:30 p.m.
The six actors who came in the afternoon were auditioning for several different roles, and none of the candidates for each role came together. So after all the auditions in the afternoon, Xiao Yao didn''t confirm the actors of any role, and was ready to wait until all the auditions in the morning to make the final decision.