Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 42 Casting
Huo Siyan takes the route of a pure and innocent girl.

The role of Zi'er in "Seven Fairies" made her really famous, but she also knew that the pure and innocent image would not last long, so she became famous by stripping off her clothes in "I Want to Be Famous" last year!
This movie has not been released in mainland China, but people in the circle already know her. She was so brave that she even performed the nude scenes herself!

In the past two years, if you dare to take off your clothes, you can really become famous, but in a few years, you won’t have such a good opportunity.

But don't be fooled by her pure and cute appearance on the screen. She is very open and capable in real life. She can drink a lot and two or three men may not be able to drink more than her.

With her beautiful looks, sociable personality and excellent alcohol tolerance, she became Wang Zhonglei's favorite based on these three points. She would be present at every banquet held by Huayi. Because of this, she had constant resources and developed well in the past two years.

Huo Siyan drank the 200-liang cup in one gulp, which made Li Qiutang and Cao Dun stunned: "Should I drink it or not?"

It's not that I don't drink in moderation, it's that I've never drunk like this before.

Wang Zhonglei came out to smooth things over: "It's okay, it's okay, she's like that when she drinks, I can't even drink more than her, let's just be casual and eat our food."

Li Qiutang and Cao Dun didn't drink too much, only about 20 or 30 grams, and said they still had a lot of work to do tomorrow. Huo Siyan, on the other hand, kept showing off, and drank at least 1.5 jin (42 grams) of wine and two bottles of beer during the meal, but her face was only slightly red.

They both praised her for being amazing.

When leaving, Wang Zhonglei wanted to see Li Qiutang off. Huo Siyan also said that she had a few more questions to ask him, but Li Qiutang asked his assistant to drive him off: "Mr. Wang, please see Lao Cao off. He can't drink much."

Cao Dunsui and Huo Siyan took Wang Zhonglei's car and left together.

When they arrived at Cao Dun's house, Wang Zhonglei saw Cao Dun's blushing face and laughed at him for not drinking much but still looking pretty red. Then he said, "Xiao Huo, please take him home."

Huo Siyan and Wang Zhonglei's driver sent Cao Dun home. Wang Zhonglei was smoking alone there. A few minutes later, the driver got off alone and the two left.

So, five days later, Huo Siyan got the script of "Arrogant" and Ni Yan's contract from the crew as she wished.

Wang Zhonglei brought it here personally, and the meaning couldn’t be clearer.

Ni Yan is a typical action movie vase heroine, who is only responsible for giving the protagonist's actions the initial impetus and being pretty. She has neither too many nor too few scenes, the focus of the play is not on her, and she does not have any particularly outstanding performance.

Such a mediocre role would of course be handled internally by Huayi.

Huo Siyan has acted in movies, but she is not a movie star. What is there to be dissatisfied about for a top new director like Li Qiutang to have a vase heroine? These days, acting in a movie is better than others.

If you tell others, she is a serious heroine.

Li Qiutang knew that her temporary assistant had also been targeted. In the past few days, he had been saying good things about Huang Xiaoming in her ear, saying that he had good acting skills, was handsome, and was very popular.

It is true that he is handsome and popular, but how does he have good acting skills? Huang Xiaoming's current acting skills are at best adequate, and it depends on the cooperation of the crew and the director's guidance.

Li Qiutang estimated that even the deputy director of his own preparatory group had accepted gifts from Huang Xiaoming.

Finally, Li Qiutang agreed to meet Huang Xiaoming again and give him a chance to audition.

In fact, Li Qiutang didn't know that Huang Xiaoming was not very willing to audition for "No One in My Eyes". He wanted to act in a movie and play the leading role, but he didn't want to play the role of a blind man who was blind, dirty and not very good-looking.

I have millions of followers in the Ming Cult. How can I explain to my fans if I dress ugly? It won't matter if I don't act in "No One in My Eyes".

His agent Zhou Siwei forced him to take this role, and his agent was also in charge of all the arrangements from start to finish.

Accompanying the assistant director to drink and take a bath, giving gifts to Li Qiutang's assistant, and inviting Cao Dun to sing K and go to the sauna were all done by Zhou Siwei.

Now the director has finally agreed to let him audition, and Huang Xiaoming just says he won’t go?
Now Huang Xiaoming still has to listen to his agent who has been with him since 03.

Huang Xiaoming had just finished filming "The Deer and the Cauldron". His head, which had been shaved bald specially for wearing a braid, now only had stubble left. This made it convenient for him to wear a wig that looked like a blind man.

He changed into a blind man's wig and clothes, and then picked up a knife.

Li Qiutang looked at him and smiled, "There's nothing wrong with his image." She kept praising him for being handsome.

He decided at the beginning that Cheng Xiazi would look for a professional action actor, and he gave Huang Xiaoming this audition just to give Huayi an explanation. After the explanation, Huang Xiaoming could be dismissed, but seeing Huang Xiaoming with makeup on, Li Qiutang had a new idea: "Go change into Yu Wenying's clothes for me to see."

In order to show the contrast between Yuwen's handsome appearance and vicious heart, the crew tried to make him look like a nobleman and lent him many beautiful robes.

Huang Xiaoming changed into Yuwen Ying's clothes, and the effect was indeed better than when he dressed up as a blind man.

Li Qiutang said, "Cheng Xiazi, I am looking for a professional action actor. You are not suitable for the role of Cheng Xiazi, but your image is very suitable for the role of Yu Wenying. However, he is a villain, a cruel and ruthless villain. Can you play this kind of role?"

Although Huang Xiaoming was dragged to the audition by his agent, he also knew that he had to seize the opportunity. There are many roles that you have to take for the sake of work whether you like it or not.

"Act!" Huang Xiaoming agreed without hesitation. He needed all kinds of opportunities now.

"Okay, the role of Yuwen Ying is yours. Talk to our producer about the rest."

Audition over, leave.

Two of the four roles have been decided, and both are from Huayi, which is considered to be a fair deal for Huayi. Moreover, they were both chosen by Li Qiutang, and the cooperation between the two parties has been pleasant so far.

Li Qiutang now spends a lot of his energy on choosing the right person to play the blind protagonist.

Huayi still refuses to give the leading role to an outside actor, and the producers often recommend Huayi's actors or external actors who have vested interests in Huayi to try out the role.

Li Qiutang would meet some of the candidates in person, and would hand over others to the assistant director and Cao Dun and others. He would come back to watch the audition videos and then eliminate the candidates.

Li Zonghan and Li Chen were both eliminated by him.

That day, he drove alone to a luxurious community to meet an actor.

As soon as Li Qiutang got off the car, she was warmly welcomed by Zhao Wenzhuo, who was waiting at the door. As soon as Li Qiutang got off the car, she came over and shook hands with him.

Zhao Wenzhuo hasn't acted in a movie for many years, and he didn't know Li Qiutang. When he suddenly received a call yesterday, he thought it was a scam.

Li Qiutang came prepared. He brought the script, the character design drawings of Cheng the Blind, and even Cheng the Blind's wooden stick and sword.

Zhao Wenzhuo had no doubts after seeing all this: "My agent told me about this play. I wanted to give it a try, but I didn't expect to trouble the director to make a personal trip."

He did not underestimate the young director in front of him. His debut film sold 3000 million, surpassing Ning Hao, and his future was definitely promising.

Zhao Wenzhuo took a quick look at the script and found that Cheng Xiazi had more than a dozen fighting scenes, big and small. He secretly decided to take the role. Action movies are very hard to find nowadays, and it is even harder to find an action movie that can fully display his skills.

But he also had his own concerns: "Will Huayi release it?" It was a very realistic consideration.

Li Qiutang didn't take it seriously: "Huayi doesn't have any action actors. None of them can perform Cheng Xiazi's moves. There's nothing we can do if he doesn't do it."

“They can practice.”

"No." Li Qiutang shook her head. "The crew will enter Hengdian at the end of April and start filming in early May. We will have at most three months of training time. Non-professional action actors can't train to become blind in three months. Besides, most of Huayi's actors are young, and their age is not suitable. I want to find a real middle-aged actor to play the role."

At this point, it was a bit confusing if Zhao Wenzhuo didn't accept the role: "Okay, I'll take this role."

"Okay, find a time to sign the contract. After you sign the contract, our martial arts team will send someone to train you." Professional action actors also need to receive training before filming.

Zhao Wenzhuo agreed.

Before leaving, Li Qiutang apologized to him: "I'm afraid Brother Zhuo won't have a good New Year this year."

"It's okay, it's work. Actors don't have holidays." Zhao Wenzhuo has long been accustomed to this kind of thing.

Li Qiutang said goodbye and finalized another actor, feeling very satisfied.

(End of this chapter)