Chapter 42 Audition
Just as he was talking, Huang Ke and Guo Fei rushed back.
In "The Butterfly Effect", he and Guo Fei switched jobs. He was the casting director, while Guo Fei and Han Yan followed Cheng Yu'an as on-set assistant directors.
Cheng Lingfeng had already communicated with Huang and Guo in advance, and after she negotiated the rights to "Legend of Sword and Fairy", she let them be group directors and officially started directing the film.
So the two of them have been working very hard recently.
Cheng Yu'an and Huang Ke organized the casting together. The company's conference room was too small, so they moved to the Mud Hotel—probably the most famous hotel in the entertainment industry.
The interviewers are: "Butterfly Effect" screenwriter and director Cheng Yu'an, assistant directors Huang Ke and Guo Fei.
The three of them sat down in the room, and before notifying the actors to come in, they were already discussing suitable candidates.
"I think Xiao Ming is quite suitable." Guo Fei said.
Huang Ke glanced at her: "I don't know what you are thinking, you just think he looks good."
"I just think he's good-looking. What's wrong? Besides, he's also suitable. What's wrong with his looks and acting skills?" Guo Fei argued.
"He's not tall enough." Huang Ke secretly stabbed him.
"You..." Guo Fei had nothing to say.
"Let's audition first to see if there's a suitable candidate, and we'll discuss it later." Cheng Yu'an interrupted the dispute between the two.
The first person who came in was an actress. No one expected her to come.
Dong Xuan.
As soon as Dong Xuan came in, he stared at Cheng Yu'an without saying anything. There was anger, grievance, and confusion in his eyes.
Huang Ke and Guo Fei looked at Cheng Yu'an and then at Dong Xuan, smiling and saying nothing.
Everyone in the class knows about them.
Cheng Yu'an coughed to cover up his embarrassment: "You two are auditioning, I'll go out first."
After speaking, he glanced at Dong Xuan and asked her to follow him out.
Huang Ke smiled at Dong Xuan and said, "Why don't you go out yet? I'm really here to audition."
Dong Xuan went to another room with Cheng Yu'an with a sad face.
This should be the first time the two have met alone in a year, and it is also the first time they have met.
As soon as Dong Xuan saw Cheng Yu'an, he clenched his fist and hit Cheng Yu'an. While beating him, he cursed: "I'll beat you to death, you heartless bastard, bastard!"
Cheng Yu'an pushed Dong Xuan away: "You could hit me like this before, but you can't now."
It was okay if Cheng Yu'an didn't speak, but once he spoke, Dong Xuan's tears couldn't stop flowing down his face.
"Don't cry. If you have something to say, why are you crying?" Crying was the most effective method for Cheng Yu'an.
Dong Xuan choked and said: "Yu'an, my father wants me to apologize to you on his behalf and say that he no longer opposes us."
Cheng Yu'an is very generous in other matters, but he is not so generous when it comes to emotions. When talking about this, he also gets emotional: "What's the use of apologizing now? I had prepared everything at the beginning. I bought a house, a car, even a car.
All the money was spent in front of your mother. But your father despises me because my family is not good. My father passed away and my mother disappeared. He despises me for not having a serious job. He also thinks that I am too young and not mature enough to take care of you.
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Cheng Yuan had more cruel words to say.
Dong Xuan cried while listening. She really regretted it, not because she saw that Cheng Yu'an had become a hit director.
But I regret not persisting in the first place. If I had been firmer in the beginning, even if I had a fight with my parents, the result now would have been very different.
"But...but..." The girl couldn't come up with anything for a long time.
"It's too late to say anything now. Do you want to audition today? If you want to audition, follow the procedures. If not, I will leave first." Cheng Yu'an just wanted to end the conversation quickly. He was afraid that Dong Xuan would cry in front of him again. He
It will really make you soft-hearted.
Dong Xuan shook his head, she didn't come here to fight for the role today.
After seeing Dong Xuan off, Cheng Yuan returned to the audition room to continue casting.
Huang Ke and Guo Fei were very discerning and did not mention Dong Xuan, but only told him about the previous casting situation.
"Li Zhinan auditioned for the male lead, but we saw that his acting skills couldn't support him, so we just wanted to give him the teenage Irvine Li, and we had to find another one for the young Irvine Li."
The male and female protagonists experience three times in the play: childhood, adolescence, and youth.
This is also the difficulty in casting.
"Li Zhinan can't do it." Cheng Yu'an vetoed the casting, "He is 18 years old, which is too old. I want a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old."
"But for the role of Tang Hua (who was forced to set off the detonator), I thought of a very suitable candidate."
"who?"
"Shi Xiaolong."
"He." Shi Xiaolong seemed to think that everyone in the world didn't know him, "How old is he now?"
It must be because I have watched too many movies about young Shi Xiaolong, and I always feel that he must be very old.
"He was born in 1988 and is only 15 years old now. His age is quite suitable for young Tang Hua."
Maybe there is a complex, Cheng Yu'an really likes Shi Xiaolong to play this role.
"Does he have a schedule?"
"He has just finished filming Zhou Yi's "Water Moon Cave Sky". He should have time. I will contact him later." Huang Ke said.
Speaking of child stars, an idea flashed in Cheng Yuan's mind and he asked: "Has the filming of "Xiao Bing Zhang Ga" started?"
He thought of Zhang Yishan.
"This drama is a customized drama for CCTV," Guo Fei said. "I have heard that it will be filmed for a long time, so it should be soon."
"I have seen a young actor there who is very good. Go talk to him. He is named Zhang Yishan and ask him to play the role of young Alvin Li." Cheng Yu'an said.
Going up the pole, since we have Zhang Yishan, can we also have Yang Zi?
But what was Yang Zi doing at this time? Cheng Yu'an really didn't know.
Yang Zi put it aside for now, You Haoran needs to find it easier. Xiaopangdun made a public service announcement when he was 3 years old, and he was the one holding a basin and saying "Mom wash your feet".
Cheng Yuan intends to recruit the three siblings of the Xia family.
After making arrangements for the casting, the three of them left the hotel.
In the next few days, Cheng Yu'an prepared "The Butterfly Effect" leisurely while paying attention to the box office trend of "Sniper Phone Booth".
The time has come to August 8th.
A shocking event happened in the film industry.
Huaxia Film Distribution Co., Ltd. was established!
The second film company with the qualification to import films.
At Shanghai Film Group, Ren Zhonglun was so angry that his eyes were splitting. He had worked hard for several years to win the qualification to import films from China Film Group as the second company.
Unexpectedly, the superiors ignored my needs and directly parachuted a new company to take away the introduction rights.
The capable vice president walked into Ren Zhonglun's office: "Zhonglun, what should we do about this? This is too bullying. Are we the stepmother of Shanghai Film Academy?"
"What can I do? Huaxia Film has been listed for operation, and all our efforts in the past few years have been in vain." Ren Chonglun felt a sense of powerlessness.
Randomly and quickly adjusted the situation: "Call the director Cheng Yu'an in Beijing and say that we are willing to invest 7 million yuan in "The Butterfly Effect."
"7 million!" The vice president was anxious. It's not that Shangying couldn't get the money, but that's not how things were done. "Should you think about it again? This is not a small amount of money."
"No need to think about it. Among the directors who can sell money in the market now, Zhang Yimou is controlled by Xinhua Mian, Feng Xiaogang is tied to Huayi, Chen Kaige's "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" was criticized by the investors for losing money, and "With You" is not sold at all.
No matter how many times I count, Cheng Yuan alone can still sell at the box office, and Yuan Yuan has just started, and with 7 million to make friends with a young director with a bright future, I can still afford the money to go to the film studio."
Chapter completed!