The expressions of Oze Mingguang and Nakamura Shujo also became serious. Once they became serious, all the staff in the room stopped smiling. The previous actions of quietly chatting were also stopped. No one wants to be unlucky. And all this was just because Ping Qingshan had a blank expression on his face. To some extent, he did have basic control over the crew. If the director is very serious but the people below are still joking around. Then this crew is probably finished. Just when everyone was serious, Sakurajima Mai came in. Ping Qingshan's expression softened a lot. Chapter 40: Sakurajima Mai's Strength
"Hello, teachers. I'm Mai Sakurajima. I'd like to compete for the role of Chigusa Takako. Please give me your guidance." Chigusa Takako's plot line is not complicated. The biggest highlights in the whole plot are two scenes. One is that after learning the rules of the battle royale, he still went running the next day with self-discipline. In the original plot, the director pointed out the girl's character relationship through the girl's fantasy while running, using the detail that Hiroki Sugimura was riding a bicycle beside her and handing her a towel. The second scene is when Takako was resting on the steps, she met Shinida Shige, who tried to force her to have sex with him with a crossbow. The two clashed, and Arai Dashi shot a crossbow and scratched Chigusa Takako's face. Extremely angry, Guizi took out a folding knife and killed him. The original actor's performance in this section is very good, giving the feeling of a crazy beauty. Ping Qingshan is also looking forward to seeing how Mai Sakurajima will perform. "let's start." Mai Sakurajima nodded, told the staff on the sidelines that she needed some lines to coordinate with, and after pointing out the lines in the script, she lowered her head and fell silent. When she raised her head again, her entire temperament had changed drastically. "If you leave now, I can pretend that nothing happened. Otherwise, I will fight back with all my strength!" "Beep~ This is a warning." Mai Sakurajima played the role of Takako Chigusa at the breaking point of the story, which is the scene where she clashed with Arai Dashi and fought back. The girl's expression was very serious and her tone was just right. Fully display the emotion that even though you are holding a crossbow, I don't care about you and I have the confidence to kill you. "Do you think I'm joking? I dare to kill people, so what else can I not do? Don't force me!" The stage manager next to him read out Arai Dashi's lines. Ping Qingshan immediately frowned, the lines in this scene were read so poorly.
Fortunately, Mai Sakurajima was not affected by this. She stepped forward and shouted into the air. "Then come!" After shouting, he turned to the left, touched his face, and then put his hand in front of his eyes with a look of disbelief and anger. It seemed as if one really saw an arrow piercing her face. Daze Mingguang had been sitting there with his arms folded, somewhat absent-mindedly, but now he sat up straight involuntarily. If we give Mai Sakurajima a close-up of her face at this moment, the rich changes in micro-expressions, the messages conveyed by these expressions, and her big eyes that are calm and dark, combined with her long hair, must be very shocking. After a performance. "clap clap" In the quiet audition room, Ping Qingshan's applause was heard. Although he had guessed that as a big star in the anime, Mai Sakurajima's acting skills should be good, he did not expect her to perform so well. Although Mai Sakurajima's performance still has some flaws, it is still very contagious overall, especially the second half, the feeling of a beautiful girl going crazy. It's not easy to become the protagonist of an anime. The role of the girl was decided very easily. Everyone also unanimously agreed that this role belonged to her. After the eye-catching appearance of Mai Sakurajima, the rest of the time became quite torturous for Hira Kiyosama. It’s not easy to pick young actors who are cheap and easy to use, so we can only pick the best from the short ones. I was busy from morning until 5pm. Except for a light lunch at noon, I spent all the rest of the time on interviews. I finally selected some useful ones. The rest is up to Nakamura Sakejo, who has to sign contracts with these actors and coordinate their schedules. Well, even though these actors probably don’t have much time available, the work still needs to go forward. ~~~ "Ah, it's finally cleared." After all the audition actors left, Ping Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief. I wanted to ask Sakurajima Mai to discuss acting alone in the evening, but there were too many things to do. Then I thought, after these people signed the contract, I would have to film a movie with this group of newcomers, and I felt even more tired. Instantly all desires disappeared. "Um, Director, the AKB people are here." Ping Qingshan was stunned for a moment, then he remembered. Yes, after talking with Yasushi Akimoto yesterday, I asked Atsuko Maeda and Mayu Watanabe to audition.
But although it's an audition, there's nothing much to do for someone who's already been selected. It's just a formality. Just two people. Even if I work overtime, it shouldn't last long. "Okay, let them come in together." "Do you want to put them in together?" The staff at the door hesitated and confirmed with Ping Qingshan. "That's not it." ... One minute later. When Ping Qingshan saw a dozen cute girls standing in a row in front of him, bowing and greeting him respectfully, he really wanted to take out his cell phone and call Kitagawa Kenji. In fact, he did. Standing at the corridor, Ping Qingshan's tone sounded a little impatient. "Didn't we say that only Maeda Atsuko and Watanabe Mayu were wanted? Why are there so many people here? Are you not going to perform tonight?!" Kenji Kitagawa on the other end of the phone also looked helpless. "I don't want to do this either. It was Akimoto Yasushi who said that all the top actors should give it a try. What if there are some talented actors among them? Oh, just choose the concubine. If you like her, take her. If you don't like her, just reject her. Okay, I have something else to do. I'm hanging up now." Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Ping Qingshan seemed to see Akimoto Yasushi's big head in the sunset in the distance. You old thief Akimoto, this is how you play it, eh? ~~~ AKB's princess selection game is not fun. The idols who can make it to the top are all very good-looking. But acting... well, well, expecting idols to have acting skills is probably a bit wrong. They are quite good at posing and can change into more than ten postures in an instant, looking very cute and lovely. However, they are obviously not good at acting. I originally wanted none of them. But this group of girls obviously also received instructions from Yasushi Akimoto. Everyone has a very good attitude. Supervision, supervision, these sweet calls make people's blood sugar rise. In the end, Ping Qingshan also took into consideration the popularity of these girls, and thought that having one more person would mean more help when it came time to promote. He simply lowered the audition requirements, and in the end he was able to choose an extra girl.
Reina Matsui from SKE. This girl has a very unique sense of clarity. Even though his acting skills are not that good, since he is still at the age of a high school student, it is not a problem for him to play a marginal role by playing himself. From a pile of audition forms, I found Rena Matsui's and put it in a separate column. Get all this work done. The sky has completely darkened. Chapter 41 Opening Ceremony In the following week, Ping Qingshan's life returned to a simple routine. In the morning, he and An Shang Xiong Yi once again perfected the script and deduced the character's lines. In the afternoon, I reviewed the storyboards with Oze Mingguang, and occasionally I also had to pay attention to the progress of the contracts between Nakamura Sakami and the actors, as well as the crew's preparations for filming. At night, even when I get home, I can't relax. He also had to take the script that Bai Tian and An Shangxiong Yi had revised and have it reviewed by Kasumigaoka Utaha. It happened that Kasumigaoka Utaha was busy with the manuscript of her novel, and Ping Qingshan went straight to Kasumigaoka Utaha's house after get off work for several days in a row, and did not go home to sleep until midnight. Although I was very tired, I also gained a lot of benefits. First of all, after a week of adjustments, the script's lines became more concise and the storyboards were basically finalized. All that remained was to make some modifications during filming. Secondly, because they often visit each other, Kasumigaoka Utaha feels that it would be good for the two of them to develop slowly and restore their previous relationship. This made Ping Qingshan feel a lot more at ease. Finally on the last day of March. All is ready except for the opportunity. ~~~ Onjuku, Chiba Prefecture The filming base of the Battle Royale crew. It is said to be a filming base, but in fact it is just a village hotel. Or as Ping Qingshan himself said, this is a large farm stay. To save money. Nakamura Sakami and Heiwa Kiyosugi conducted a large-scale investigation throughout Tokyo and finally chose Onjuku Town, which is about 60 kilometers away from the center of Tokyo. The so-called town actually means town or street. According to the scale of Onjuku Town, Hirakiyosugi prefers to call it Onjuku Town There are many reasons to choose this place.
First of all, the plot of the battle royale is set on a small island, but in order to save money, it is impossible for Ping Qingshan to actually shoot on a small island. Otherwise, the logistics and ship rental alone would be a huge expense. But there are a lot of seaside scenes in the plot, so the shooting location must have the sea.