Chapter 779 Should we accept it?

Ye Wanxi was stunned, and Feng Tianyu also looked surprised.

"If the two of us are together, who should I be with?"

"Who else could it be?" Gao Min glared at her, annoyed. "Do you have another boyfriend?"

"But... but why? My brother isn't in the industry, and he's not an actor either. Didn't you say that Director Wang is very strict with casting? He even conducts on-site investigations beforehand for a small supporting role. How come my brother just made a decision and put it out there as a requirement?"

Ye Wanxi was full of questions and wished she could immediately accuse someone of "double standards".

Gao Min herself found it rather speechless, so she didn't correct Ye Wanxi's statement.

"The reason Director Wang has his eye on your man is purely because of what happened last night."

"yesterday?"

“Last night you went to participate in a local competition for a thousand yuan prize, and then there was an accident, right? The video was edited and posted online, and Director Wang and the screenwriters of their crew saw it.”

"And then?" Ye Wanxi had a bad feeling.

"Then, it is said that the scriptwriters of their production team had a burst of inspiration and added an extra guest role that very night, and specifically requested that your man play the role."

Ye Wanxi was speechless: "The director and screenwriter of this production team are so capricious, adding people whenever they want. Aren't they afraid that the audience and the actors in the production team will have objections?"

"What opinions could there be? Didn't I just say? This is an original script, there's no source material, the screenwriter is the author. Before the movie was filmed, besides the screenwriter and the crew, who knew the specific content, let alone whether there were extra or missing characters? As for the other actors' opinions..."

Gao Min paused, then smiled and said, "That's what makes Director Wang's crew so amazing. Most of the actors in his crew have worked with him several times before; they're old acquaintances and their character is decent. As for the newcomers, their opinions aren't taken into consideration. If they just do their job properly, there's always another chance to work together. Otherwise, they might miss this opportunity altogether."

To put it bluntly, most of these newcomers are people with connections who were put in by the investors. Filming always requires investment; costumes, makeup, locations, actors—all of these cost money.

However, Director Wang's film crew has a unique characteristic: no matter how much investment they attract, the director must maintain complete control over the entire production.

You can send people to my production team, but they can't play the lead role, and they have to behave themselves. If they're promising, I'll do them a favor and give them a hand.

But if this person with connections is still addicted to cooking, and the investors can't get their place and try to interfere in their production team's internal affairs, then sorry.

Three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged investors are plentiful—that's the source of a great director's confidence.

Therefore, there is never any need to worry about actors adding scenes in Director Wang's films. The only possibility for his crew to add scenes is that some actors perform so well that a certain character becomes so charming that even the screenwriter is influenced and unconsciously adds scenes for him.

Feng Tianyu's current situation is similar. The screenwriter accidentally saw the video from last night, got carried away, stayed up all night, and insisted on adding a character, even specifying that he was the only one who could play the role.

But he's not even in the industry; he's a CEO, a big spender. Do you think you can just hire him whenever you want?

In order to achieve their goal, the production team had no choice but to focus their efforts on Ye Wanxi, who was already a popular candidate and a lucky reserve.

"As for the acting skills you just mentioned, Director Wang also said that although your partner is not in the industry, there are advantages to being an outsider. Not having received professional training and not being from a formal acting background means he is not limited and has a natural talent. Besides, this role was originally tailor-made for him, and he can play it naturally without any effort."

"..." Good grief, he's said both the truth and the sarcasm he wanted to say, what could she possibly say?!

Ye Wanxi was not convinced by Gao Min's explanation; instead, she felt terrible.

She gripped Feng Tianyu's hand tightly, her expression complicated, and said, "This production crew is really strange. I suspect that Director Wang has ulterior motives towards you. Maybe we shouldn't take the job."

Seeing her nervous expression, Feng Tianyu found it amusing and nodded reassuringly, "Alright, alright, you said you wouldn't answer, so you won't."

Gao Min's eyelids twitched; she really wanted to kick over this bowl of dog food.

"You're just going to refuse like that? Aren't you going to ask what roles he's assigned to you two?"

"What is it?"

"You two play a couple who have been living in seclusion for many years, and you are also highly skilled martial arts masters, representing the pinnacle of martial arts prowess in the entire film."

Ye Wanxi: "???"

"Reclusive for many years? Are you sure you didn't misread that? If you've been in seclusion for so many years, how can you be called a senior? You must be getting on in years, right? Do we two look like we're suitable for this kind of role?"

"It is said to be related to the cultivation techniques they practice. If they succeed in cultivating these techniques, they can maintain their youth and remain as young as they were before they die."

"..." With such an amazing skill, it would cause countless people to fight over it as soon as it appeared in the world. It would be a miracle if someone could live in seclusion comfortably under such circumstances.

Perhaps Ye Wanxi's speechlessness was too obvious, so Gao Min frowned and chose a simpler explanation.

"Just think of it as two immortal cultivators sneaking into a martial arts film. You can't possibly beat them, right?"

Ye Wanxi was taken aback for a moment, thinking to herself, "I know this one well!"

Such a character definitely won't have many scenes, otherwise she'd easily steal the spotlight from the male and female leads. Most importantly, the two are a couple...

Ye Wanxi had just been adamant about not taking the role in this movie, but after hearing Gao Min's explanation, she felt that it was... alright.

"Well, how about we still film it? It's rare to have such a discerning director who sees through the surface and gets us to film this kind of script. We should just reluctantly... cooperate?"

Feng Tianyu: "..."

Gao Min: "..."

After a brief silence, Feng Tianyu chuckled and replied good-naturedly, "Okay."

Gao Min, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore: "Don't spoil her so much. She does whatever she wants. You've spoiled her rotten."

Ye Wanxi blushed, turned her head to look out the car window, and didn't say anything.

Feng Tianyu didn't say anything, but just smiled and stared at the person next to him. His eyes clearly said, "I'm happy to spoil you like this."

Gao Min was left feeling awkward and amused, yet helpless.

"Then it's settled. I'll get back to them in a bit."

"Wait a minute," Ye Wanxi hurriedly stopped her, "Did they say when they would give us a reply?"

"No, they just asked me to ask you two what you think first. I'll give them a reply within a week at the latest; they probably won't be able to wait any longer."

(End of this chapter)