Chapter 29 The story behind the gate of the mansion
Capital, night, seven o'clock.
The dimly lit prosperity shines in the capital, like an arrogance that no one can stop, as if the entire earth is filled with a sense of arrogance.
But the place where Shao Yingxiong and Zhang Wan drove to seemed out of place with the entire city. Shao Yingxiong never expected such a famous director to live in such a place.
It is not a mansion or a villa. There is an old building in a particularly ordinary community that is 50 years old. When Shao Yingxiong and Zhang Wan walked into the unit door, the cement floor under their feet was cracked, and some of the cement floor fragments were even broken by some naughty kids and then taken away.
On the third floor, when Zhang Wan knocked on the door with a puzzled look on his face, a lazy voice responded: "Who is it?" Zhang Wan, who is also versatile in the circle, put away the look of his face and replied like a dog-legged: "Director Guo, we are Huayi. I have talked to you before. You said you would like to see if our actors are suitable for Bai Jingqi."
Click.
The oil-deficient door lock sounded particularly loud when it opened. A man in a sweater and a reporter's green vest stood there with a look of vicissitudes of life, as if continuing an era, and the folds were like traces of the past years.
"Yo, come in quickly, come in."
Shao Yingxiong knew this man. He once saw his cameo role in "The Mansion Gate". This man was Guo Baochang. However, he saw a sense of dissatisfaction on the man's face, which was the dissatisfaction he did not fall in love with at first sight.
Zhang Wan pulled Shao Yingxiong into the room with a smile on his face. This was an old house that was not well-decorated, with concrete floors, large white walls, and even the door was very dilapidated. After entering the room, there was an aisle, next to the aisle was a toilet, and a few tiles could be seen in the toilet. In front of it was a kitchenette less than seven square meters. Shao Yingxiong was led into the living room by the old man. Apart from a sofa and a TV on the combination cabinet, there was only one bed in the living room. The place next to it was supposed to be the bedroom was converted into a small study.
This is Guo Baochang's home, the home of a young master who could get 40 yuan in pocket money when he was in poverty in his teens.
Shao Yingxiong was asked to sit on the sofa, Guo Baochang obviously disliked them and had to speak for their face, and said politely: "Have you read the script?"
No chance.
Just from the director's expression, Shao Yingxiong knew that there was no show. This was not the attitude of trying to examine his acting skills. It was easy to see that Director Guo did not have the feeling of seeing Bai Jingqi at all. At least, this feeling was not found in him.
"Look." Shao Yingxiong replied.
Guo Baochang nodded, and the two sides fell into silence again.
Shao Yingxiong understood why Guo Baochang didn't think he could play Bai Jingqi, because Bai Jingqi's original form was the head of the Tongren Hall of the Capital, and Guo Baochang's adoptive father.
This is a story that everyone who has read "The Great Mansion" knows only a little bit. In "The Great Mansion", the adopted son of the Bai family, that is, the person who later forced his adoptive mother to donate his property was Guo Baochang himself!
The real story is a bit different from the TV series. Guo Baochang's original name is Li Baochang. His adoptive mother Guo Rong was bought by the Le family. At that time, the head of the Le family was over 70 years old, so Guo Rong could not have children. In order to give herself a hope, Guo Rong bought Li Baochang and changed her name to Guo Baochang, which is the will of God in "The Great Mansion".
What Shao Yingxiong understood even more was that Guo Baochang was not a talkative director. How could he be so bored when a real Beijinger could play Beijing movies one by one? In fact, Guo Baochang was just thinking about the reason for rejection, just like the companies that rejected one after another over so many days.
"Uh, then, just act casually, act some of the plot you have seen."
There was no polite words, no tea, and no agent Zhang Wan introduced the actors he received to start the show directly. This proved that the atmosphere at that time was not a little embarrassed.
Shao Yingxiong looked up at Guo Baochang, very serious. After he finally regained his dignity and returned to the entertainment industry, he was once again looked down upon.
"Director Guo, I can't act."
As soon as Shao Yingxiong was said, Zhang Wan reached out to stab him from under the bottom. Zhang Wan wanted to turn Shao Yingxiong into a mute.
What does it mean to be unable to act?
Can't you play the role of you flying from Huangpu to the capital to join in the fun?
After saying this, Guo Baochang smiled instead, and the atmosphere on the scene became much more relaxed in an instant.
This is experience!
Shao Yingxiong’s unique experience in dealing with people and things.
"Old Guo, this drama is yours. It can be said that over the years, you can live to this day entirely due to this story." Shao Yingxiong's face remained unchanged, without worrying about gains and losses, nor was he discouraged from failure: "In your heart, no one can play Bai Jingqi in this drama, because it is a person you remember that no one can replace. He can keep the pharmacy shop and grow bigger and bigger in that chaotic era, and can defend the family business in that era where fate cannot be controlled, and gather a heart of a family that cannot be guessed by the whole family. I can't play it, even you can't play it yourself, because it's too real."
"At that time, the glass wine glasses on the dining table, the eight large dessert lacquer plates with desserts, and the brightly glazed vases. These things are now called antiques. In the door of the house at that time, they were at most 'goods'. Those scenes are all in your eyes, and you can see them as soon as you close your eyes."
Guo Baochang held the glasses on the bridge of his nose with his hands. He felt that the young man had at least done some homework: "Well, let's just chat today. I also want to know how much you understand that era."
Shao Yingxiong ignored Guo Baochang's love and spoke to the other party, and finally saw some hope. For this person who has experienced all kinds of hardships and tasted all kinds of tastes, it is impossible for you to do something that can touch his heart.
A few lines shouting with emotion and emotion is simply nonsense in front of Guo Baochang. This is not a fictional story. The prototype of the character has existed in his mind for decades. Who can say that he can act in his heart?
After sorting out the language, Shao Yingxiong smiled self-deprecatingly: "It is unlikely to understand much. The computers played in this era, the bird cage in the hands of that era, and the insects that can make crisp sounds in the gourd until winter. The huge difference between the two eras cannot be smoothed out by acting and understanding. My understanding of this story is just the things that people who have seen this story understand for the first time, but Director Guo, my understanding and your understanding of your heart may not be comparable to others."
Guo Baochang smiled, with a little ridiculous meaning: "Let's see, tell me."
Shao Yingxiong didn't care about these words and continued: "Director Guo, then we won't tell this story. After telling this story, you never dare to write something you dare not shoot."
"You went through the college entrance examination as a young master of the zodiac, but in that era, you almost killed you. At that time, several famous colleges and universities in the capital didn't want you. In that special environment, if it weren't for the special period of the Beijing Film Academy, Teacher Tian Feng, who was not responsible for anything else, said that you wouldn't even get into the Beijing Film Academy. What's the end? In the end, you were both criticized in the literary and cultural era, and you didn't even dare to speak when you met on campus."
Guo Baochang lowered his head, really lowered his head.
"This is the pain in your heart, like a knife cutting."
Shao Yingxiong continued: "I was detained for capital - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Shao Yingxiong's words are not exaggerated at all. This is what a young master of the occupian family suffered during that period.
Guo Baochang took off his glasses and sighed. He would never forget that scene in his life.
"After persuading your adoptive mother to fail, you can go home to visit again, forcing your adoptive mother to tell her biological parents, you don't want to know your life experience, you want to take off the hat on your head."
"This is your guilt, a guilt that you will never forget in your life. The Le family raised you, but you did such a thing. Until now you want to kill yourself."
"When the times change, the elderly adoptive mother lost everything due to the reasons caused by the times. She lives alone in a house less than ten square meters and lives by the seller's back. When you are about to be unable to survive, you are released. When you come home, the first thing you do is to ask your adoptive mother, "Are you wrong?" You put the pressure on you by the times on your adoptive mother, thinking that your experience is the result of your origin and your adoptive mother's failure to donate your property."
Shao Yingxiong sighed: "In the end, the old man died of blindness and depression. The knife in your heart is getting deeper and deeper. This is the main reason why you have to get this notebook after decades..."
"Director Guo, I understand you, understand the humbleness of an incompetent young master in a special era who wants to take off his hat. You don't want to eat pig food, and you don't want to turn into a day when you want to hang yourself. At that time, this is the only thing you can do. Finding your biological mother to prove that your origin is not to peel it----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"I am not qualified to comment on the right or wrong of that era, nor do I have the right to comment on whether after your life's hardships...but, I understand you. If I had experienced that era and your identity, I might be worse than these. That era makes people lose their ability to bear it, and the house you miss and care about becomes a sustenance, and then I survived."
Guo Baochang kept sighing, tears remained along the lines of tears, and spitting between his lips and sticking to them.
This is his story. The story after "The House of Mansions" is more suitable for being brought to the screen than "The House of Mansions" may never appear on the table.
"I disturb Director Guo, I can't understand the stories in the house, but I can understand the stories in your eyes, so I said I can't play Bai Jingqi. Unless I can listen to those stories day and night by your side and soak myself in the stories."
Shao Yingxiong reached out and grabbed Zhang Wan, whispered: "Let's go."
Before Zhang Wan could recover, Shao Yingxiong had already gotten up. When the two walked out of the room, they gently brought the door to the room, leaving an old man crying in the room.
"Hey, Shao Yingxiong, you're too much. How easy is the company to win you this opportunity? Are you giving up now?" Zhang Wan couldn't understand Shao Yingxiong's behavior outside the car.
Shao Yingxiong smiled and took out the phone under the night sky, and dialed the phone number with the company's car: "Su Bo, thank you Fu Biao for me. I don't have his phone number. If it weren't for the inside story he heard, I would probably have no drama at all."
"How is the situation? It's almost the same as ten."
After hanging up the phone, Shao Yingxiong got into the car directly.
This is his ultimate skill. If you want to play in this drama, you must have acting skills. What is more important is how to understand the director and understand the director's ideas. Guo Baochang cannot let someone who doesn't understand him play Bai Jingqi at all. Oh, maybe it was possible before, but after today, Guo Baochang will never let the script he destroyed twice in more than 40 years suffer a little grievance.
"No, you're almost inseparable from anything?" Zhang Wan quickly got into the car, but he hadn't reacted yet.
Shao Yingxiong said in the car: "Teacher Fu Biao is from a military compound and can tell you the truth about the old capital, so I did some more homework. If I play a play for Mr. Guo according to the script today, I would have completely lost this opportunity. Because in his eyes, no one of the heads of the Le family in this era can play, especially those of me, it is impossible to play Bai Jingqi. The key is that he can't find an old man who has experienced that era in his seventies or eighties to play. Do you understand?"
Note: This chapter cannot be written in too detailed, and there are too many sensitive words that cannot be written. However, after "The Great Mansion Gate", it is more realistic than "The Great Mansion Gate". If anyone wants to know this story in detail, you can search for the video of Mr. Guo in "Lu Yu Youyou" by himself, which is clearer.
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Chapter completed!