Chapter 125 Forum Reaction

Everyone was waiting for the director's reaction.

The director was looking down, seemingly reviewing Meng Fanxi's information, or perhaps lost in thought.

About a minute later, Feng Mingxu spoke directly.

"He's the one."

"Shall we try the rest?" the staff member asked.

The producer said, "Let's give it a try. What if there's something better? Even if there isn't, we've already brought so many people here; we can't just let them leave."

Feng Mingxu said, "You guys keep watching. I have something to do, so I'm leaving now." With that, he got up and left briskly.

"this……"

The remaining people looked at each other in confusion, not even having time to call out to each other.

The producer sighed. He knew Feng Mingxu's temperament and said to the staff, "Go and call the next person."

So, of the remaining actors, except for a few 'insiders' they had planted who didn't audition, everyone else got an audition without a director.

After leaving, Meng Fanxi snapped out of character and prepared to get into the company car waiting there to go home.

Suddenly someone called out to him from the other side.

"You've finished your audition?" Qi Xiu hadn't left yet; he walked over from the other side, seemingly waiting for him.

"Yes, it's over. You haven't left yet?"

Hearing Meng Fanxi's respectful address, he laughed and said, "Don't call me that. Although I'm much older than you, I still have a young mindset. My car is on its way, and I'll wait here."

Meng Fanxi smiled and said, "Then I..." Just as he was about to say that he would go first, someone came from behind and called him.

The two turned around and saw Feng Mingxu.

Now, the director and Bo Jin actors from the previous life were all gathered together, and the scene seemed somewhat delicate to Meng Fanxi.

After stopping Meng Fanxi, Feng Mingxu stepped forward, seemingly only then noticing Qi Xiu, and coldly asked, "Why haven't you left yet?"

Qi Xiu wasn't annoyed, and instead asked, "Why didn't you audition? Why did you come out?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Fanxi knew that the two people must be very familiar with each other. It turned out that they hadn't met because of this drama, as he had thought.

Just then, Qi Xiu's phone rang, probably signaling the arrival of his car. He patted Meng Fanxi on the shoulder and said, "I'm leaving now, see you next time."

Meng Fanxi responded and watched him leave. He was actually a little puzzled by Qi Xiu's overly familiar manner from beginning to end, but he didn't have time to think about it in detail, since the director was still there.

Looking closely at Feng Mingxu, he seems even more handsome than some male celebrities in the industry today, and he could certainly gain considerable popularity as an actor.

Meng Fanxi: "Director, is there something you need?"

Feng Mingxu: "The complete script will be sent to you in the next few days. You're still in school, right? Make sure you manage your studies well. You won't be allowed to take leave after filming starts."

Did the director directly inform him that he passed?

"Okay, thank you, director." Meng Fanxi was quite confident after her performance, but she didn't expect to find out the result so quickly.

As for Feng Mingxu's statement that he is still in school, he said, "I'm preparing for exams during this period, and if everything goes smoothly, it definitely won't delay filming."

After reviewing his application materials, Feng Mingxu casually asked, "Which school are you planning to apply to?"

Meng Fanxi: "Yunli Drama University."

Feng Mingxu couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes, "You're planning to act in a play?"

Meng Fanxi hesitated for a moment before saying, "It's the directing department."

"Because of Director Feng?"

As expected, people in the circle are more well-informed. It seems that Feng Mingxu knows that Director Feng Huacan is teaching at Yunxi.

Meng Fanxi: "That's one reason, mainly because I also wanted a unique university experience."

Feng Mingxu, who had been somewhat aloof, finally showed a hint of interest: "Prepare well for the exam. Yunxi is very good."

Back at the company, Meng Fanxi went straight to his dormitory, intending to tell everyone the news in person. Unexpectedly, Wei Ye called him directly: "You passed?"

How did you know, so quickly?

"Feng Mingxu contacted me and sent me some materials for preparing for the directing major entrance exam." Wei was a little confused. "You two became so close just from one audition?"

Meng Fanxi: "...Don't ask me, I don't know anything."

When everyone returned at noon, they came to the dormitory as soon as possible. Seeing Meng Fanxi sitting in the room reading, Xu You immediately sat down next to him and put his arm around his shoulder: "How did it go? Did you pass?"

Ren Yuchen and Gu Huailang stared at his expression. Zhang Yang and Lin Ruohe were not there, but they had already made a live video call to them.

After Meng Fanxi gave an affirmative answer, cheers erupted both inside the room and in the video.

Lin Ruohe: "This is Fanxi's first film, we have to celebrate!"

Everyone agreed, and Gu Huailang had already started searching his phone for good restaurants.

Meng Fanxi quickly said, "No rush, let's wait until the school applications are finished and the written and oral exams are over. We can celebrate when everyone's schedules are set by then."

Meng Fanxi and the other two are applying to universities, Lin Ruohe is preparing to take on a role, Zhang Yang has received many invitations for music variety shows and is considering them, and Gu Huailang has also taken on a role as a younger brother. It would be better to celebrate after this period has passed.

After discussing it, everyone agreed to Meng Fanxi's proposal.

A few days later, all the roles for "The Journey of Cloud Boat" were finalized. After the contracts were signed, the production team created a chat group and added all the actors to it. Meng Fanxi looked at the group members and realized that, compared to his previous life, only Qi Xiu had become him; the other members remained the same.

To facilitate future communication, Meng Fanxi, based on his previous acting experience, first added people he was certain he would interact with later, to avoid any issues arising when adding them later.

While he was waiting and refreshing the group chat to see who hadn't added him yet, someone unexpectedly added him.

Qi Xiu.

Why did this senior suddenly add him? Could it be that he's here to question him about the role?

Despite thinking this to myself, I still clicked "agree" and sent a message.

Fancy: Hello, senior.

Xiu: [Shakes hands] I said there's no need to be so polite.

Fancy: Haha [emoji]

Xiu: Congratulations on your successful audition. I felt that your state was very similar to that of Bo Jin in the second stage that day, and I guessed that you would succeed in the audition.

Fancy: Thank you.

Meng Fanxi breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed they weren't here to cause trouble.

Xiu: And thanks to you passing the audition, I'm finally free! [laughing and crying emoji]

Fancy: Huh? Why?

Xiu: I owe that guy Feng Mingxu a favor. He said that if they couldn’t find a suitable person on the spot, he would let me play the role, at least I would be able to do the role.

Meng Fanxi was taken aback. So that's how it is. No wonder he felt that Qi Xiu was always very attentive and familiar with him. In his previous life, he thought that Qi Xiu was a somewhat aloof senior.

Xiu: If I had actually acted in it, I would have been bombarded with criticism. Luckily, you're here. [rose emoji]

Meng Fanxi wanted to say, "Your intuition is right. You were indeed scolded a lot in your past life. In words: Senior, you are too modest. I have much to learn from you." [Rose]

Electronic roses, one for you, one for me, a give-and-take.

Qi Xiu seemed to enjoy it: Hahaha, I'll visit the set another day. Work hard, it's a good role, and you'll shine if you play it well.

Fancy: Okay [fist bow]

More than a month after filming began, the casting information had already been leaked, with various marketing accounts posting the rumored cast list online.

"The Journey of Cloud Boat" is a highly popular IP with a huge number of book fans. When it was first learned that Feng Mingxu was in charge of the filming, some book fans launched a boycott online because of his previous scandals, but most book fans expressed their anticipation.

After all, Feng Mingxu is a film-level director with impeccable aesthetic sense. If he were to come down to earth and direct a TV series, regardless of whether the plot would be drastically altered, the visuals would certainly be excellent, much to the delight of many book fans.

The list was naturally hotly debated on the forum, with many gossipmongers dropping in to share their juicy stories.

[Gossip] Meng Fanxi auditioned for a while and got the role of the young villain in "The Journey of Cloud Boat". My friend is a staff member on set, so this is true.

3L: I haven't read this book. Can someone tell me roughly which male character this is?

6L: Audition? I thought the first thing after a talent show is waiting for roles to come to you, but they actually have to do auditions?

16L replied to 3L: The villain is actually the second male lead, but this villain is played by three people. The third stage has the most screen time, and the one he took on has the least screen time in the three stages, with a proportion of about the fifth male lead.

20L: It seems that the so-called record-breaking debut is nothing special.

29L replied to 16L: Ah, your personal resources are so poor.

Meng Fanxi's fans naturally saw the message, and one commented: "Those who have read the novel know that this character is very well-acted."

Some immediately countered, "Who can guarantee they can act well? I see many book fans are already questioning it."

Members of the Meng Fanxi group urged everyone to stop replying to posts that were clearly malicious, as the group was essentially attacking Meng Fanxi.

After the show ended, many fans of contestants who didn't debut or ranked low, as well as fans of another show, were holding back their anger and wanted to vent it on VIER, especially Meng Fanxi, who debuted in first place.

So his fans could imagine this scene, saying that nobody on the forum cared and there was no need to reply to those negative posts to boost their popularity.

As a result, those people became even more arrogant, especially the fans of the opposing team, who all started posting to seek attention.

[Li Tao] Have 9Echo and Month already overtaken others by taking a shortcut?

The post stated: As we all know, all nine members of 9Echo have abundant individual resources now. They have all joined production teams and are playing roles that are at least third or fourth male leads, with the first being the second male lead. Not to mention Month, Han Jia is about to release a solo album, and Zhang Ruizheng even played the second male lead.

In contrast, VIER's individual resources are pitifully scarce. Now that they've finally gotten a role, it turns out to be a minor one with very little screen time, and it was only through an audition. It's really embarrassing.

3L: Mentioning 9Echo is a bit of a rip-off, but Month really did overtake them by taking a shortcut. Several members of the six-member group in Month hadn't even debuted yet, but now they're doing incredibly well. Tsk tsk tsk.