Chapter 15: On Seniority
Zhao Mei, born in an ordinary family, came to Binhai City from a small city in third- and fourth-tier cities to take the art exam with her love for acting.
Finally, with her persistence and her own efforts, she finally got admitted to the Binhai Drama Academy, which she had always dreamed of. She was in her sophomore some time ago, and she heard that the director was going to choose a role in the academy.
After learning which drama it was, especially when she knew that it was a TV series adapted from a novel, she studied hard all night, figured out the character's mood, and kept mocking the performance.
The emperor pays off his best. Finally, after a while, Zhao Mei took over this character named Zhang Yu's childhood.
For this reason, she cherished this opportunity particularly. After receiving the performance notice, she came to the crew a few days in advance. Although she did not have her scenes, she helped people everywhere. The crew members all had a good impression of this girl.
When Zhao Mei came to this crew, her appearance alone completely destroyed her arrogance as a young man.
That person was Cheng Feng, an actor who was privately called a genius by the crew.
At first, Zhao Mei had some comparative thoughts in her mind. When she learned that Cheng Feng was not a few years older than her, she felt a little unconvinced.
She is among the top performers in their class and acting skills.
She wanted to see what the difference was about this senior named Cheng Feng. As a result, when Cheng Feng played the role of Zhang Dawei, the superb performance was completely shocked by her level of being fake and real.
Out of a certain jealous attitude, she pushed Cheng Feng's performance to special makeup.
But then, Cheng Feng was seen by her in private with several leading actors from time to time. It was common for actors to play against each other in private. At that time, Cheng Feng did not put on makeup. Looking at Cheng Feng like a real old man, a sense of frustration made this girl with good character and academic performance decadent.
Fortunately, Zhao Mei adjusted in time, and then she silently regarded Cheng Feng as her idol in her heart, took him as a benchmark, and set goals for herself.
Every time Cheng Feng performs, she watches silently outside the venue, and takes out her notebook from time to time to write down some key subtle points, including the processing of body movements, the characteristics of language and tone, facial expressions, etc.
Then, with these notes alone, he flipped through a large number of books and video materials, and thought carefully.
Today is the day when the first true film and television performance of her life begins.
"All is OK" is her first work in the true sense of the screen performance, and Zhao Mei has made great efforts to prepare for this.
Wan Tao saw this young actress working so hard, and didn't say anything, but he felt a lot of affection for the hard-working girl. After all, he has been growing up since childhood. When he saw this girl, he remembered when he was young and working alone.
In the parking lot, a red car stopped. The person was the actor who played the role of Zhang Dawei's wife, Shen Hao.
Under the guidance of her assistant, she came to the crew. Director Wan Tao greeted her enthusiastically: "Teacher Shen, I finally come here to look forward to you."
"Hello director, when will we start filming?"
"There are a few hours left, so I will introduce the actors who are acting opposite you first."
As he said that, Zhao Mei, who was already wearing a costume and wearing school uniform, came over and said to Zhao Mei: "Zhao Mei, this is a first-class actor, Shen Hao, Teacher Shen!"
Zhao Mei hurriedly bowed and shook hands and said, "Hello, Teacher Shen!"
"The little girl is pretty, how old is it."
"twenty."
"It's about the same age as Zhang Yu in the play, which school is from?"
"Binhai Drama Academy, sophomore this year."
"What job do parents do?"
"My parents are both employees of ordinary enterprises."
"oh……"
As he said that, Chen Hao no longer paid attention to the actor named Zhao Mei, but said to Wan Tao: "Director, let's start quickly, where is the dressing room?"
"Xiao Wang, come here to take Teacher Shen to the dressing room."
Zhao Mei, who was standing beside her, had already been ready and was waiting for the filming of the show to start. When the actor Shen Hao asked her what her parents were doing, his attitude suddenly became extremely cold.
Zhao Mei is not stupid, but she also knows that she is just an ordinary sophomore drama academy student, and some things can only be buried in her heart, pretending to be confused and not calculating. After all, the situation is better than others.
At this moment, Cheng Feng was closing his eyes in the dressing room to rest, and the makeup artist next to him was putting on him.
A sound of footsteps came, and the harsh pounding of a pair of high heels made Cheng Feng suddenly wake up from his sleep.
The makeup time is as long as one or two hours. In order not to delay the crew's shooting, Cheng Feng usually has to wake up several hours earlier than other actors, and he has to rush to the dressing room at dawn.
So he would take advantage of the time when he was putting on makeup in the dressing room and sleep for a while. The drama was in a hurry to be released. As the shooting progress accelerated, even the first-line actors such as Yao Cheng began to shoot with the crew. In addition to some very important activities, he discussed the shooting time with the crew and squeezed out the time to participate. The rest of the time was just overtime to finish the filming.
The relatively loose shooting schedule has become increasingly tighter, and Guo Haifei has chosen to eat and live with the crew.
Cheng Feng ignored the sound when he heard the sound. After all, he is putting on makeup now, and any subtle facial movements with special effects may leave traces of the makeup artist's efforts, resulting in the previous work being wasted.
So Cheng Feng was like a wood carving at this time and tried his best to cooperate with the makeup artist's work.
Chen Hao appeared in the dressing room and saw three or four makeup artists surrounding him. He was curious and thought about which domestic actor the other party was, so many makeup artists were needed to surround him.
Curiously, I walked up to the front and stopped to watch. When I saw the other person’s makeup on his face, I couldn’t recognize who the other person was, so I stopped paying attention. Instead, I was busy asking my makeup artist to put on makeup on myself.
Half an hour later, Cheng Feng's special effects makeup was finally completed. Cheng Feng enthusiastically said to the makeup artists responsible for his special effects makeup: "Thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work!"
"It's okay."
As he said that, Cheng Feng noticed an actor on the side was putting on makeup. He seemed to have seen her in some film and television dramas. He thought of greetings, but he was putting on makeup, so he planned to wait until she finished makeup.
So Cheng Feng chatted with several makeup artists, but Chen Hao was putting on makeup not far away. When he watched Cheng Feng chat with several people, he found that he was a naive face. No matter how he looked at him, he felt that the other person was a young man. The sense of incongruity seemed extremely eye-catching.
Thinking of whether she was dazzled, he asked the staff who was responsible for her makeup beside her: "Are I dazzled? How can that person think he is a young man?"
The makeup artist said while putting on makeup: "That's right, the actor is Cheng Feng, who plays your husband Zhang Dawei, who is only twenty-seven years old this year."
“Twenty-seven?!”
Chen Hao asked in a bad tone: "Is the director crazy? Is this person a newcomer?"
The makeup artist thought about it and thought that Cheng Feng was not famous yet and had never seen the scenes he had acted in before. It should be considered as such.
So he nodded, just when the makeup artist wanted to explain that the director was not crazy and Cheng Feng's acting skills were.
Chen Hao suddenly said disdainful: "Young people today are really big or small. They think they can act with some connections, but they like to ignore them when they see seniors in the industry.
I don’t think about qualifications. Some people eat more salt if they don’t have the seniority!
Chapter completed!