"You have someone who is suitable, that's great. Director Lee is still interviewing students. It should be over. I'll call you later after a while."

"OK."

Hu Ge hung up the phone and walked into the venue.

That's right, what Hu Ge recommends is Jiang Liu, and it's also Jiang Liu's women's clothing that is too stunning, reminding Hu Ge of director Li's movie looking for a role in Qingyi.

Cheng Dieyi in the play "Farewell My Concubine" is originally a character that is difficult to tell whether male or female. Hu Ge has read the script. In the script, Cheng Dieyi has been confused about whether her identity is a man or a woman for a long time.

Isn’t this a character tailored for Jiang Liu?

Mountain City.

Sichuan Opera, more than a dozen students dressed in costumes gathered between the third floor of the library.

They were all waiting for the audition for "Farewell My Concubine". The audition started at 8 am and it was already 5 pm.

So far, fifty or sixty people have finished auditions, but the result is... it is hard to describe, and none of them have been spotted by the director team.

At this time, the door opened and another student came out. He looked at his dejected look, needless to say.

Then, another assistant director came out, "Today's audition ends here, let's all be broken."

"Is it over?"

"Director, I haven't auditioned yet?"

"I didn't audition, should the director give me a chance?"

The assistant director ignored it and returned to the room and closed the door.

this……

There were more than a dozen students outside, looking at each other.

After a while, the students had to leave.

In the room, director Li Kai was a little tired. After auditioning for a day, he was a little tired.

The main reason is that he is tired. There were fifty or sixty students in the audition, but none of them satisfied him.

"Director Li, Hu Ge just called and recommended a friend, saying that it is more suitable for playing Cheng Dieyi." The agent Sister Wang spoke.

"Hu Ge has a suitable candidate?" Director Li asked hurriedly.

Sister Wang nodded.

Director Li was energetic and picked up his phone and called Hu Ge's phone directly. After the phone was posted, Director Li was straight to the point, "Old Hu, it's me, do you have a friend who can play Cheng Dieyi?"

"Yes, I called your phone just now, and Sister Wang said you are still busy." Hu Ge said with a smile, "I met a friend today. I think his image and temperament are very consistent with Cheng Dieyi, so I recommend it to you."

"That's great. I believe your vision. Which friend of yours? Do you have any information?" Director Li asked hurriedly.

"You can look at the photos first."

"good."

As he said that, Director Li received a photo from Hu Ge on his mobile phone.

It was Jiang Liu's women's blue and white porcelain dress style on the Cannes red carpet.

"Why did Lao Hu send a photo of a woman?" Director Li was puzzled.

Sister Wang looked at her side, "Who is this woman, very beautiful?"

But, women can't do it.

Cheng Dieyi is Qingyi in the play, and the man plays a woman. What he needs is a male actor.

I have a question: since a man is dressed as a woman and the effect is in women's clothing, why not just find an actress?

The answer is no.

This is the tradition left by the Peking Opera industry. In the Peking Opera industry, the "dan actors" are like flower actresses, and Qingyi are both male actors who play cross-dressing.

The four famous actresses, Mei, Cheng, Shang and Xun, who are well-known to the people, are all male actors, and none of them are female actors.

The reason for this is the shackles of feudal ideas.

Although there were already actresses in Peking Opera in the late Qing Dynasty, it was not formal. Peking Opera only started to have actresses in 1914. Before that, Peking Opera had always been passed down by men but not women.

In fact, it is not only Peking Opera, but also many local operas in my country, and actresses appear very late. Generally, women started to sing operas in the Republic of China era. Because in ancient times, women were not allowed to show up in public, which would be rude.

So in the early days of Peking Opera, there were no actresses.

Of course in modern times, there are actresses starting to appear in the female role, and there is no such restriction.

"Farewell My Concubine" is a movie related to Peking Opera. The story takes place in the Republic of China period, when there were no actresses in the Dan actors.

Cheng Dieyi in the play is a role of Qingyi, and he can only be invited to play male actors.

"Haha!" Hu Ge laughed from his phone, and the phone was still on the phone, "Sister Wang, Director Li, you've misunderstood. It's not your fault. I'm just like you, and I haven't figured it out. You see the beauty in the photo. She is a boy who works in the cross-dressing process."

"What?"

"Is this a man?"

Director Li and Sister Wang spoke in unison, with an unexpected expression.

"Stop kidding, this is not a man, it is clearly a woman. Lao Hu is not April Fool's Day today, right?" Director Li complained.

Sister Wang leaned closer and looked carefully, and looked left and right without seeing any signs of a man.

There were two assistant directors in the room who also surrounded him and watched, "Is this girl a man a cross-dressing?" "Is this impossible?"...

At this time, Director Li received a few more pictures on his mobile phone, including photos of Jiang Liu's men's clothing, and then Hu Ge's voice, "Are you surprised? He is indeed a cross-dressing person? His name is Jiang Liu. Director Li, you should know him. He is a very popular Chinese-style young man. His women's clothing was just exhibited on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival. If you don't believe it, you can check the news online, and it should be on the hot search news."

"I'll check it." Sister Wang used her mobile phone to check it out and opened the hot search.

Alas, I saw it.

"Exciting! Jiang Liu's men dressed in women and stunning the Cannes red carpet in blue and white porcelain dresses!"

"Director Li, look, it's really!" Sister Wang said in surprise.

Incredible.

"Director Li." Hu Ge said again on his phone, "You see it. It's hard to tell whether his women's clothing is true or not. I also asked. Jiang Liu had learned Peking Opera performances, but Cheng Dieyi was tailor-made for him."

Director Li is still looking at the photos, comparing Jiang Liu's men's and women's clothes... The more he looks surprised, the more he looks, the more he feels happy.

"That's great!" Director Li said happily, "This is really a broken iron shoe. Lao Hu really wants to feel you this time."

"Director Li, we are friends. I'll send you these extravagant words. Do you need me to contact you or do you contact yourself?"

"You have helped a lot, so I'll contact me myself, and it seems sincere."

"Okay, I'll have some hang up beforehand."

"Okay, thank you. We will invite you to dinner when we meet again one day."

The call ends.

When Jiang Liu received a call from Director Li, it was already the next afternoon. He was in the car and headed to the Cannes Film Festival to attend the evening award ceremony.

His mother answered the phone first, "Hey, I am Jiang Liu's mother... You are director Li Kai, oh, hello, director Li, hello... My son is right next to him, I'll ask him to answer."

Jiang Liu was right beside him and took the phone, "Director Li, hello, I am Jiang Liu."
Chapter completed!