Tokyo is the most important world-class city in Asia and is traditionally one of the four world-class cities in the world. Countless stories are staged every day within this small 2,190 square kilometers.
"Who has taken care of my feelings, treated me tenderly, and kissed my wounds..."
The Great Condor was sitting on a seat by the window of a noodle restaurant, with a straw in her mouth that had been twisted and deformed by her bite. She leaned against the window with her earphones on and her eyes drifted outside, looking at the busy metropolis in a daze. Although she has been here for almost four years, she still prefers the environment in her hometown of Hokkaido. Tokyo is still too impetuous for her.
In a country like Japan, which is heavily surrounded by the Tokyo economic circle, you will clearly feel the difference between Tokyo and non-Tokyo. There is a big difference. When she was in Tochigi Prefecture, what she saw was a place where time flowed slowly, slowly and unhurriedly. But in Tokyo, what you see in subways, buses, convenience stores, people passing by, cars, and skyscrapers is a faster and more modern city, and foreigners can be seen everywhere such as Ginza Akihabara.
Outside the window, a girl wearing a JK uniform walked past her with her arms around a boy who appeared to be from the same school wearing a uniform. The big condor's eyes were locked on the two of them until they disappeared from her sight.
'That's great~'
Every time she saw a couple, she had to sigh.
Falling in love is really something out of reach for her. If she hadn't joined Nogizaka, she would have a boy who likes her now. The two of them go to school together, go out to play together, and enjoy the beauty of youth.
Instead of waiting here for time to audition at the right time. Thinking about the study materials and homework sent to her by the school, she felt even more dizzy. The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became. She almost chewed the straw in her mouth.
"I said Shizuka, don't do this kind of audition without any suspense."
Holding her chin with one hand, the Great Condor and Shizuka Sato, who was sitting opposite her, complained.
"So confident?" Sato Shizuka sipped the noodles she was sucking and raised her head to look at her.
"What kind of confidence... I mean, according to what you said, this is a production team from China, and it is a big director. This role is not mine. There must be many companies recruiting people. Let’s not embarrass ourselves.”
Even though she was lucky enough to have starred as the heroine in Kore-eda Hirokazu's movie, she was not arrogant. She kept her identity as an idol in mind. Although she thought her acting skills were passable, compared with other professional actors... she was not. Don't want to make a joke.
"Tsk, that's what I said." After saying that, Sato Shizuka wiped the oil stains on the corners of her mouth with a tissue, and continued: "I have some confidence in myself. I dare say that among the group of people who came here, I dare not say that you are the most famous. There are definitely top three.”
"Ha." The Great Condor smiled disdainfully.
"You are also lucky. This audition was given to us by Shueisha as a favor. It was said to be a remake of Takakura Kenso's "Pursuit". Not to mention, this time the male lead is Fukuyama Masaharu! It can also be released abroad. , this kind of precious opportunity, even if it is only one in ten thousand, you have to try hard, right?" After speaking, Sato Shizuka herself became excited.
"Why do I feel that you are more excited than me? Thinking about Fukuyama-san, you can't hold it back anymore?" The big condor said teasingly, holding a straw in his mouth.
"What do you, a little girl, know about the charm of a mature man?" Sato Shizuka rolled her eyes, "But to be honest, although this is a supporting role, it is also very competitive. This film is a rare joint production team from two countries. A masterpiece, regardless of its quality, it has surpassed many other works in terms of popularity. You should pay more attention to it."
"Anxin, I have always taken my work very seriously." The Great Condor waved his hand.
Time slipped by while they were talking. They ate at a noodle shop and waited for the audition time. The two came out of the noodle shop and walked straight into a nearby building.
Following Shizuka Sato, I met the person in charge of docking, and the Great Condor was introduced into a room. There were a lot of people in the room, including her, there could be about ten people.
The Great Condor silently nodded to the others, whispered "Please give me your advice" in a low voice, and huddled on a chair in the corner. The rest of the people nodded symbolically.
After waiting for another thirty minutes, the auditions began one by one. During these thirty minutes, some more people came one after another. The audition took place in another room, and everyone was familiar with this process. They all sat quietly in their seats and stood up when their names were called.
"Okami-san." A man knocked on the door and read into the room.
"はい."
Hearing his name, the Great Condor stood up and walked towards the door.
"plz follow me."
After walking out the door and following the man, I turned a corner and arrived. The audition room was not far from the lounge. The man pressed the handle and opened the door, and the big condor followed him in.
"Bang."
After closing the door, the Great Condor took a look at the situation in the room. There were only five people sitting on chairs at the long table that could seat more than ten people.
She bowed deeply and then said: "This is the first time we meet, please take care of me. My name is Great Condor."
"she says..."
As soon as she finished speaking, the man who had just brought her in turned around and relayed it to the other people sitting on the chairs, but the language was not in Japanese, but in Chinese, to be precise, Cantonese.
The Great Condor was stunned for a moment. The words came out of nowhere, but they were also inexplicably kind. Judging from the accent, it's not quite the same as the vernacular spoken by her mother. As expected, she should be from Hong Kong.
"Please sit down. Have you only appeared in two movies?" The translator relayed the meaning of several other people.
She bowed slightly, nodded, pulled out the chair, and sat down.
"Forget it, that's three parts. I just finished shooting the third one not long ago." Da Shenying said slowly, but he didn't speak in Japanese, but in Cantonese.
She hasn't spoken Cantonese for a long time, so she was a little stuck at first. It was also thanks to her listening to Cantonese songs earlier today to review, otherwise the words she spoke would definitely not be able to follow the next sentence.
This fluent Cantonese sentence shocked the other six people in the room with their eyes wide open. They looked at each other, and then looked at the resume of the great condor in their hands.
"Did you learn Cantonese by yourself?" The woman sitting in the middle put down her resume and looked at the Great Condor.
"No, my mother is from Cantonese." Da Shenying shook his head and told the reason why he could speak Cantonese.
"Oh. You speak very fluently." The woman was not stingy with her praise.
"Thanks."
"Can you speak other languages? For example, Mandarin?" The woman's accent changed to broken Mandarin in the second half of the sentence.
"Yes, Mandarin is fine." The Great Condor nodded, "English is OK too."
The woman raised her eyebrows and nodded, picked up a page on her resume with one hand, and continued: "Write here that you have participated in an idol group..."
"Yes. But I will give priority to shooting." The Great Condor quickly added. "It won't delay the filming progress."
"Ah..." The woman nodded, as if that was not what she wanted to ask, "Can you tie your hair up so I can see?"
None of the actors who can come here for interviews are amateur actors. They all have a certain foundation in acting, so there is no need to worry about acting. Compared with acting skills, in film and television, the first thing to look at is temperament, whether it matches the temperament of the character in the script, and the second thing is acting skills. If you can't even fit the role, then no matter how good your acting skills are, it won't matter.
In terms of drama, acting skills are more important than temperament.
"OK."
The Great Condor held up his shawl hair with both hands, took out the headband he carried with him from his pocket, and simply tied it into a ponytail. The ears and white neck that were originally hidden behind the hair were exposed, making him look particularly capable.
"Okay, thank you." The woman nodded.
After asking some more innocuous questions, the Great Condor followed the man who was responsible for translating before going out.
