Chapter 109 Leading the Audition
Xu Kun didn't know why. While he was struggling with his worries, Zeng Lai had read the script sent by Li Yixiang and was also a little hesitant.
Overall, she still likes the character of Tang Ruoxuan very much, especially the fact that she has a clear distinction between love and hate in the end, and did not do anything stupid just because the enemy who wiped out her family was the man she liked.
Moreover, the gimmick of a 2000 million production is quite attractive to her.
Although the production costs of TV series are rising steadily now, the investment in the TV series she has participated in has not exceeded 1000 million, and even in these low-cost productions, she is mostly not the leading female role.
Now that such an opportunity is right in front of us, it would be a lie to say that I am not tempted.
But the problem is that she just confirmed her relationship with Li Yixiang, and she went to play a couple with his little brother, and it was a large-scale combination of kissing scenes, bed scenes, and bathing scenes...
This made her feel a little confused.
It was not until Li Yixiang sent her a new script that was based on her and had been fine-tuned, and encouraged her again and again, that Zeng Lai finally made up her mind to take on the role of "Tang Ruoxuan".
Since Zeng Lai was confirmed to play the leading female role, Huo Siyan naturally had to settle for the second female role, Huang Xiang.
As a result, when Xu Kun contacted Huo Siyan, he found out that she had already signed with another crew for a costume fantasy drama called "The Miraculous Doctor and His Lover", in which she played the second female lead, and filming would start at the end of next month.
"Don't think that I'm only the second female lead. I snatched the role from Gao Yuanyuan. If the first female lead wasn't Jia Jingwen, who was strongly supported by Wanwan, I would have snatched the role directly!"
This is also the follow-up impact of "The Young Emperor" being broadcast on Beijing Satellite TV. Although "Dark Cloud Pearl" is still overshadowed by the queen played by Hao Lei, Huo Siyan still received a lot of attention.
Coupled with the bonus of playing the female lead in "The Legendary Healer 2", she replaced Gao Yuanyuan and won the second female role in "The Legendary Healer".
When Huo Siyan heard that Xu Kun raised investment and put together a film crew, she was not surprised. She just thought that the Ge family was behind it.
But she was very dissatisfied with the fact that she could only play the second female role, and directly asked on the phone: "Is your buddy's girlfriend more important, or is I, your 'good friend', more important?"
"Of course my brother is more important."
However, Xu Kun didn't tolerate her at all, which made Huo Siyan so angry that she hung up the phone.
Now I have to find a new second female lead.
In fact, the second female lead has a funny personality, so Li Xiaolu is quite suitable to play it, but the two have had little contact recently. I heard from Huo Siyan that she and Li Chen are getting along well recently.
Xu Kun didn't bother her.
Later, Xu Kun found Yang Rong, with whom he had worked before, and it turned out that Yang Rong was also filming in the crew.
"The Young Emperor" was released ahead of schedule, and it was released on Beijing TV, which had a ripple effect. Even Yang Rong, who mainly developed in Shanghai, reaped the benefits.
After repeatedly hitting a wall, Xu Kun simply gave up looking for his acquaintances and simply delegated the casting rights to Liu Haibo. Doesn't this show that he respects the director?
But Liu Haibo is also a man who knows how to behave. He definitely cannot abandon Xu Kun, the producer and male lead, and act on his own. The two of them were polite to each other for a long time, and finally went to the Central Academy of Drama and Beijing Film Academy together.
The first place they went to was the Central Academy of Drama, because they had already contacted people in advance. After arriving at the Central Academy of Drama, the two of them temporarily rented an office as a temporary audition location.
In order to make the casting more suitable for the characters, the two also brought four sets of ancient costumes, two male and two female, as well as simple headgear to match the costumes.
The Central Academy of Drama also sent a counselor to sit in on the lecture, partly to show its presence and partly to avoid any scandal in the school.
The first to audition were actresses, among whom the more outstanding ones were Tang Wei and Zhang Xinyi from Class 01, and Tang Yan, Bai Baihe, Tong Yao, and Bai Jing from Class 02.
Several outstanding students from Class 99 are currently taking on acting jobs outside.
As for the newly enrolled Class 03, although the Central Academy of Drama has relaxed its policy a lot since the Mei Ting dropout incident, students are still prohibited from taking acting jobs in the first year unless they obtain permission from their class teacher.
During the audition, Tang Wei had the best temperament and her acting skills were also unique, but it was a pity that her costume look was a little lacking, and she wasn't lively enough when playing Huang Xiang.
Tang Yan’s costume look is the best, but she is a little dull, which doesn’t match the quirky temperament of the second female lead Huang Xiang, and she is not charming and hot enough to play the third female lead.
Bai Baihe's temperament was too strong, and Zhang Xinyi already had a film contract. After choosing and choosing, they didn't find anyone they were satisfied with, so they only considered Tong Yao and Bai Jing as backup.
A male actor has been initially selected, a weak-looking young man named Wen Zhang. Liu Haibo thinks he is more suitable for the third male lead in the play, Dawanzi, the junior brother of the second male lead Gu Hanyang.
Then in the afternoon, the two of them went to Beijing Film Academy. After auditioning only a few male actors, they found a good candidate - Zhu Yawen from Class 02.
In terms of acting skills, appearance, and temperament, Zhu Yawen basically meets the requirements of the second male lead Gu Hanyang.
When Zhu Yawen finished the audition and was taking off his costume, Xu Kun suddenly remembered the girl from his hometown, so he asked curiously, "Is Liu Yifei your classmate?"
"of course!"
Zhu Yawen said: "She is the most famous girl in our class!"
Looking at the shining look in his eyes, it is obvious that he has feelings for Liu Yifei.
Xu Kun asked curiously again: "How does she usually behave?"
"She usually..."
Zhu Yawen suddenly became alert when he was halfway through his speech and asked back: "Are you looking for Yifei to play the leading female role, or..."
"The leading actress has already been decided, I'm just asking casually."
"oh oh."
Zhu Yawen said "oh" twice and nothing else. He was probably worried that Xu Kun had "ulterior motives". This guy really wasn't afraid of offending the producer.
Fortunately, Xu Kun was just in a spur of the moment mood, and seeing that Zhu Yawen didn't want to talk about it, he didn't continue the topic.
Liu Haibo said at the right time: "You go back and wait for notification. If nothing unexpected happens, we will make a final decision within three days."
Zhu Yawen walked out of the temporary office used for auditions and just gestured to Zhang Haotian, who was dressed neatly, to go in for the audition. When he turned around, he was surrounded by several female classmates.
Among them are Wang Luodan and Bian Xiaoxiao from Class 01, and Jiang Yiyan from Class 02.
As classmates, Jiang Yiyan took it upon herself to pull Zhu Yawen aside and asked, "You've been in there for such a long time, have you been selected?!"
Zhu Yawen frowned slightly, and broke free from her hand without leaving a trace, then said: "Why are you so excited? The female lead has been decided, and the most you can do is to compete for the second female lead."
"Tsk, as if you were auditioning for the male lead."
Jiang Yiyan rolled her eyes. She originally had a good impression of Zhu Yawen, but the last time she went to the boys' dormitory, she just sat on the bed and was pushed away by Zhu Yawen. He also said that only Liu Yifei could sit on his bed.
This sentence made Jiang Yiyan very angry, and also deepened her resentment towards Liu Yifei.
But now was not the time to dwell on personal grudges, so she pressed on, "Was it Xu Kun who interviewed you? I heard that he was the one who built this crew, and he's only two years older than us, right? How come..."
"Why be afraid of growing up? The older you get, the more you know how to care for others~"
At this moment, someone behind me said something in a sarcastic tone.
Jiang Yiyan turned around and glared over, but saw several senior schoolmates huddled together laughing, and she couldn't tell who had been talking just now.
Jiang Yiyan envied Liu Yifei, but as she had already acted in a TV series since her freshman year, she was also the object of envy and jealousy.
Especially since there were rumors that Jiang Yiyan was able to act in the TV series because she was with director Yin Li, who was 25 years older than her, there were even more people who expressed disdain for her.
(End of this chapter)
