Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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In the 1003 suite, the original neat furnishings now seemed a bit messy. For the convenience of living, even the coffee table near the window had been moved.
Huo Hanshan, wearing loose pyjamas, was eating with his legs crossed in Erlang pose[1]. The white plate in front of him was filled with buckwheat noodles, and beside it was a fruit pie and broccoli juice as a side dish, such a serving cost him one hundred and twenty, not because the price here was high, but because Huo Hanshan called room service, it was not takeaway or homemade, so it was naturally more expensive.
But what about this? Anyway, both the room and food expenses were reimbursed by the crew, just like the dozen or so staff he brought with him, it was all in the accounts of the crew.
He patiently ate the delicious noodles: “Have you not contacted Ning Qi yet?”
The agent who just came in frowned, “Contacted, but there has been no response from there.”
Now was the era of information circulation. Anything that was a little bit noisy could be made to fly all over the sky. If it were not for this reason, Huo Hanshan would have given the message, “I have him without him, He has no me “, and left to see how well things could be resolved.
Huo Hanshan shook his head, “You call them and say that if there is a chance to cooperate later, I am willing to reduce the price to work with them, as long as they no longer cooperate with Zhang Chenghu except this drama.”
He felt that he had taken a big step back, and the other person’s TV series had been put on the record for publicity, so he would be “thoughtful”, it was not difficult to be a human, but Zhang Chenghu wanted to be a full-time screenwriter in Dream Entertainment? Hehe, he really thought too well.
Huo Hanshan was very confident. He was a film emperor who could carry ratings. He could use the opportunity of cooperation to exchange for an indecent editor. Any cost-effective fool would know how to choose.
The Agent habitually said: “They must be very happy, what is Zhang Chenghu.” Huo Hanshan’s drama occasionally had a few bad reviews, but when it came to ratings, it had never been bad, regardless of high the asking price was, someone always waved bills to find him to cooperate.
As soon as he finished speaking, the tone of a message notification sounded.
The agent said with a smile, “This is definitely Ning Qi.” He picked up the phone and his expression froze immediately.
“What’s wrong?” Huo Hanshan frowned and drank the vegetable juice, and saw the agent look up at him for a long while without a word of silence.
“It’s better you reply …” He murmured.
“What did they say?”
Agent: “He said, he said that Zhang Chenghu is already a part of Dream Entertainment, in order to consider the physical and mental health of the company’s employees, starting today Dream Entertainment will …” He got stuck.
“What will it do?” Huo Hanshan was an acute child. “Why don’t you just spit it out!”
“Ning Qi said that Dream Entertainment will no longer propose any cooperation with you from now on.”
“What?” Huo Hanshan stood up directly and reached out to himself, “You mean, he said he would not cooperate with me in the future?”
“Yes.” The agent could only nod, always feeling that there were swords, mountains and seas around, and depending on the attitude of the other side, presumably the ones Huo Hanshan just said did not have to be sent, it would be a shame.
Huo Hanshan was getting more and more angry, walking around the suite: “It’s as if I need to work with them? What a joke, they don’t want to work with me, while I’m afraid that their productions will drag down my reputation.”
He couldn’t even stop thinking about it, and sat down beside the bed, thinking for a while: “Just go and inquire when are they going to start filming and when will it end? Didn’t you have a few good scripts delivered before? Let me have a look.”
Huo Hanshan sneered, he was so careful, but he would have his revenge, “The only requirement for the partners at this time is for the work to be released on the same day as their movie. I want to see who will be embarrassed at the end.”
It was just too late for them to regret it!
“Mountains Behind the Mountain” told the story of a middle-aged person which occurred in contemporary society where he had to face various middle-aged crises.
In short, a forty year old unemployed middle-aged man concealed his unemployment from his family, young and old, and worked hard to solve the problem. Each time a wave passed, another wave came up, and his good brother also betrayed him in order to be promoted, another person was tempted by the gentle beauty outside and derailed in his marriage; moreover even though the male protagonist had always claimed to be doing well outside, his marriage with his wife had long been having problems for many years. The couple often quarrelled, such that they would soon divorce.
When people reached middle age, the mountains on their backs kept towering up one after another, and if they turned over, there would always be the next one. But they could neither stop nor fall.
These roles had been fixed through Zhu Xufang’s connections and small-scale auditions, but the problem lied in the candidates for the three family members and children.
The first was Shan Jiao, the daughter of the male protagonist. She grew up like a little princess. For her, her father was a big mountain that she could rely on. When she didn’t know, her dependence slowly became pressure for her father.
The second was Wu Xiaoqi, the daughter of the derailed family. Sensitive, she discovered her father’s fault earlier than her mother. She tried every means to protect her family, whether it was hurting others or hurting herself.
The third one was Lin Lin, the son of the male lead’s sister. The thing he didn’t understand most in his life was why his mother always looked like a “shrew”. If it wasn’t for his mother, maybe the family could still be together.
This list was simple and clear, and the demand for acting skills was not high. Even gender… was not completely unchangeable.
The biggest problem was that most young girls, who were seventeen or eighteen years old did not come to perform at this age, but older children could hardly act this age.
Moreover, each child’s mental state and external performance were not static, and as time went by and changed after the early stage, it was another checkpoint.
Therefore, large-scale audition had become an option that had to be faced, and this was also the first large-scale audition event since Dream Entertainment was incorporated.
The show’s requirements for actors were young, bland, and able to show character. The simple requirements led to a crowded venue, and the printed audition list had to be turned over several pages.
Lin Meng looked at the staff responsible for maintaining order and issued a number plate by name. It was almost time, and she walked to a small room next to the audition room.
When she entered the room, she felt something was wrong and blinked confusedly.
One, two, three, four … why one more person?
In addition to the male actor Wang Fangyi, only Zhu Xufang, He Fangming and her should have come to participate in the audition today, but she was not seated yet, so why were there already four seated people here?
Lin Meng looked at the man in a three-piece suit with hat, sunglasses, and a mask, who looked very suspicious, before she asked, “Who are you?”
Zhu Xufang covered his mouth with his hand and smiled: “General Manager Lin, come here first. This is one of my… associate directors. The specific situation is over. I will tell you.”
Lin Meng nodded and sat in a side position, still feeling strange in her heart, didn’t the director set He Fangming? Although the two associate directors were not incapable, did they fall from the sky? Why hadn’t she heard anything from Director Zhu before?
This audition was the idea that Zhu Xufang thought. He was very particular. There were three performance scenes written on the note: “As an ordinary student who has not graduated from high school, may I ask you when you encounter the following three scenes? What performance would you give? (Free play, free lines): 1. From childhood to adulthood, you think you have a perfect family, but one day, this perfection suddenly disappears. 2. You always seem to be walking a tightrope. It’s better than anyone else knowing that your parent’s marriage is having problems, but every day you pray that they don’t separate, and one day you find that your father has derailed. 3. You have always wanted to convince yourself that you love your mother, but you find that you have become more and more intolerant of her miserable temper and sympathetic with the pain of your father. When they divorced, you suddenly realized that you were relieved.”
Lin Meng, a versatile tool person, had worked many times for hours in her imagination, the audition should be no different from a normal interview, but after the actual start, she fell into a long silence.
First of all, when issuing “recruitment” announcements, most companies would make the requirements very clear, such as education, professional qualification. Only about 5% of people would thus come to try their luck.
However, at the audition scene, Lin Meng saw countless actors who had come to try their luck. She felt it was outrageous. Although the stars in the entertainment industry were mostly good at maintenance and generally looked younger than their actual age. However, this age ratio had a role to play, they didn’t even hesitate despite being a mature person. The key was comparing the reality with the resume photos they submitted, she actually thought that the person in the photo met the requirements but they looked nothing like their photo in reality.
Moreover, at the audition scene, there was no soundtrack, no props, and even no actors.
This also meant that the actors who came to the audition must perform air performance. Lin Meng saw most of the professional actors at the previous shooting scene. When they were performing, they were able to bring people into the show or minimize the interference from the surroundings. However, among the actors who came here this time, there were even those who roared and snarled and couldn’t help laughing, and their voices were so distressed that they could not shed a tear for a long time.
Lin Meng crossed the list while she looked. Then she looked around. The mysterious man next to her and Zhu Xufang agreed with her.
“General Manager Lin.” The mysterious man suddenly spoke.
“Yes?”
“Look slowly, the threshold of the public audition is low, all cattle, ghosts, snakes and gods are there, to rush for gold in the waves, this is the case.” He explained in a low voice.
Lin Meng said thank you, and there was another question mark in her heart. This voice was really strange. She was sure she hadn’t heard it before.
On this day, the auditions went from daybreak to dark, Lin Meng came to the back, and she was already rubbing her forehead in order to free herself from this embarrassing situation.
Fortunately, the gold rush in this wave was quite successful. When the audition ended, they could at least make a list of eight actors. Although the acting skills were not good, both Zhu Xufang and the other two people in the room thought that these people had room for cultivation. Now they just needed to synthesize their previous works, compare the dates, and choose the most suitable one.
“Director Zhu, can you tell me who this is now?” Lin Meng walked in front of Director Zhu with a smile and ended the audition with ease.
When Zhu Xufang patted his forehead, he reacted to forgetting: “General Lin, this is the case, this is…”
The man who had been covered all the time removed all the camouflages, Lin Meng could see that his forehead hair was wet with sweat, and it looked like he was too hot. As soon as he took off his mask, Wang Fangyi next opened his eyes wide causing her to look at him in surprise.
The man who had been covered before had a face of a cultural element. He was not only good-looking, in fact he was also a handsome man. He extended his hand to Lin Meng: “General Manager Lin, I don’t know if I have a chance to be the deputy director in this show? Or as a crew member, can I do anything?” He was sincere.
But Lin Meng was even more confused. She looked at He Fangming, and the other side was also shocked. She hesitated for a moment and asked, “I’m sorry, I don’t recognize your face. Who is this?”
Before the crew started, the cast would usually be announced one after another. The same was true for “Mountains Behind the Mountain”. They used the countdown method when they started.
On the third and last day, there were many supporting actors of ” Mountains Behind the Mountain” who were announced.
On the penultimate day, there were young actors who were playing the teenagers who were announced.
On the last day of the countdown, the lineup of parents based on the film emperor-“For middle age, forty.”
On the day of the official announcement, when many people were waiting at 8 o’clock in the evening, at 7:30, a hot search was directly airborne, attracting everyone’s attention.
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