Huayu is here for you

One of the most crucial factors for a film's success is its actors, but most of the famous movie stars today are from Hong Kong, while most of the famous TV stars are from Taiwan. Mainland China is currently lacking leading figures in film and television, which is quite similar to Lin Yu's previous life.

Although the directing professors told Lin Yu that when casting, they should try to "take care" of the students from the acting department of Taipei Film Academy, especially the class of 01, since they had only been at Taipei Film Academy for a year and didn't have much fame or opportunities.

Upon closer inspection at Lin Yu, he saw what kind of deities they were—Jia Nailiang, Huang Shengyi, Yao Di, Ma Su…

Lin Yu felt a chill run down his spine looking at the resumes of the 01 acting students given to him by his mentors. However, since the mentors had spoken, Lin Yu had to choose one, after all, it would both give the mentors face and save money! No shivers.

"Wang Luodan, hmm! Tang Xiaolian has decided on this person. Next, we need to contact Xu Zheng, this He Sanshui. He is the soul of this movie, and he is an ambitious person. He is currently very popular. He became famous for his role as Zhu Bajie, and this year he has another movie, 'Li Wei the Magistrate.' However, he should be relatively 'idle' right now."

Based on his memories from his past life, his current situation should be rather awkward. If given a lead role in a movie, he'd probably be embarrassed to ask for much money! Although Lin Yu is currently a nobody, he's still a film director, after all.

"As for the remaining characters—Little Steel Teeth Li Junwei, the boss lady, the robber, and the tire—Lin Yu doesn't have many options yet. However, he does have someone in mind for Zhu Liao in the movie. Besides, at this time of year, many good actors are still playing minor roles, like Huang Bo…isn't that perfect?"

Huang Bo's life in 2002 was quite difficult. He failed the entrance exam for the Beijing Film Academy three times and finally barely got into the vocational program. His dream now is to become a singer.

Huang Bo, who had just finished singing at a bar, dragged his tired body back to a tiny rented room that was probably no more than 10 square meters. He was about to take out the leftovers from the morning and heat them up to make do with dinner when there was a knock on his shabby little door before he could even light the fire.

Bang bang bang!

Who is it?

Bang bang bang!

"Is this person crazy? They just knock on the door and don't answer?"

After thinking about it for a few seconds, Huang Bo got up and opened the door. What he saw when he opened the door was a "child" who looked like he wasn't even an adult yet.

"Young man! What's wrong?"

Lin Yu carefully examined this "average-looking" future billion-dollar movie star. To be honest... he really wasn't good-looking!

"Hey, what's up? You're Huang Bo, right? Want to make a movie?"

Huang Bo: ?

"I'm a director, and I'm here to ask you to make a movie."

Huang Bo: ? ? ?

"I'm not a liar! It's true, I..."

Snapped…

Lin Yu looked at the door, which was only 1 centimeter away from him, and suddenly felt like he had been bitten by a dog.

"Bang bang bang! Hey! Huang Bo! I'm really not a liar, I'm also from Beijing Film Academy, open the door for me!" Lin Yu pounded on the small, dilapidated door in front of him.

Ten minutes later…

Lin Yu sat on the only small chair in Huang Bo's house, glaring resentfully at "Huang Tianyuan," who was constantly forcing a smile in front of him.

"Hehe... Director Lin, you... hehe... it's my fault, it's mainly because you're too young, you don't look like it at all. And the things you said, it sounded like you were selling insurance. Hehe..." Huang Bo rubbed his hands together and chuckled awkwardly.

Lin Yu rolled her eyes at Huang Bo: "Do you believe me now?"

"I believe it, I believe it. Even the professors at Beijing Film Academy are vouching for you, so it must be true."

"You wasted my phone bill, deduct it from your paycheck!"

Huang Bo: ? ? ?

Lin Yu couldn't help but chuckle at Huang Bo's bewildered expression: "Just kidding! Here! This is your script. I can't pay you much, but the roles are pretty simple. Six thousand! Is that okay?"

Lin Yu's estimate of 6,000 wasn't arbitrary. After all, Huang Bo's salary for filming "Crazy Stone" was only around 10,000, and that was back in 2002. Besides, he didn't have to climb through sewers or anything like that. Moreover, Huang Bo's salary for filming "Get on the Bus, Let's Go" in 2000 was only 5,000. Huang Bo hadn't played any important roles since then, so Lin Yu felt that this price was relatively reasonable.

"Okay! No problem, Director Lin, when do we start filming?"

"Let's do it early next month! I need to go and discuss the filming location first. The cast is pretty much set; I'll pick you up in July," Lin Yu said after thinking for a moment.

"Hey, Director Lin, no need. You can just tell me where it is and I'll go myself. How can I make you come all that way yourself!"

"Alright then! Meet me at the entrance of Beijing Film Academy on the afternoon of July 2nd. I plan to film the supermarket scene near Beijing Film Academy, so I can find students to act as extras and add some fun."

After securing Huang Bo's approval, Lin Yu headed to the Beijing Film Academy. Unlike his previous life, where "Nightclub" was filmed by building a supermarket directly in the studio, Lin Yu in this life had to choose to shoot on location to save money.

Fortunately, Kyoto has a vibrant nightlife, and there are plenty of supermarkets nearby. Since the scenes in this drama are all filmed at night, it won't affect the supermarkets' daytime operations. In fact, it can even give the supermarkets a little boost. Lin Yu felt that the supermarket owners wouldn't refuse such a good deal; they could just give them some money.

Heaven was relatively kind to Lin Yu. When he found the ideal supermarket for filming, nothing dramatic happened. The owner was very generous, not charging a penny. The actors could even take food for free if they wanted. This thrilled Lin Yu, who was short of funds. However, Lin Yu wasn't so tasteless as to pay for the food. He would give the owner a big red envelope after filming was over.

After about two weeks of preparation, Lin Yu's first film was about to start shooting at a place called "Yangyang Supermarket" about one kilometer away from the Beijing Film Academy.

He Sanshui is, of course, played by Xu Zheng, and surprisingly, he didn't ask for a salary? This surprised Lin Yu a little. Although Xu Zheng didn't ask for a salary when filming "Crazy Stone" in Lin Yu's previous life, he was a supporting actor. But in "Nightclub," he's definitely the male lead. There's also the issue of Lin Yu's age as a director; as the saying goes, "a young man's words are unreliable." Under these circumstances, this "pig brother" agreed to act without pay, which shows he's really eager to enter the "movie" industry.

Li Junwei, nicknamed "Little Steel Teeth," was handed over to Hu Ge by Lin Yu. Don't ask why Lin Yu would specifically travel from Kyoto to Shanghai to find Hu Ge; the answer is simply that Lin Yu was willing.