Chapter 48 Casting

In the conference room of China Film Group, more than a dozen celebrity artists sat on chairs with different expressions.

They had only received news from their company's agent in recent days and were coming to China Film Group to audition for a movie.

Chen He and Xiao Yang were also among them.

The ratio of male to female artists who came to audition was about 50-50, but what was interesting was that the men were basically all ugly, and there were many special-looking actors.

The women are all uniformly beautiful.

Detective Chinatown is a detective comedy, and the producers naturally chose actors based on the character's characteristics. Most of those chosen for auditions were comedians, and the roles they auditioned for were also quite varied.

Actresses are all aiming for the leading female role.

Some were invited by the producers, and some came to us on their own initiative after hearing the news.

After all, besides Gu Wei, there are three other investors in the film. They just want a chance to audition and use their connections to come here, so Gu Wei cannot but give them face.

As the heroine of a film with a huge investment of 70 million yuan, no matter what the final result of the film is, she is considered a high-quality resource by the actresses in the circle.

Chen Zhixi has already negotiated with Wang Baoqiang and can join the crew before filming starts.

After all, Producer Chen was the producer of Lost in Thailand, and they were acquaintances. Wang Baoqiang still had to give her face.

Moreover, Gu Wei was not stingy. He added 20% to Baoqiang's normal salary at this stage. Considering how greedy his agent is, he would probably take the role even if there were no personal connections involved.

Although Chen He and Xiao Yang asked them to come for an audition, they did not find anyone else for their roles. The main reason they were asked to come was to let Gu Wei see their condition.

Chen He was the first to enter the venue for the audition

Gu Wei, Lu Yang and Chen Zhixi sat behind the table respectively, leaving a space for the actors to audition and perform.

"Hello, Director. My name is Chen He. I'm here today to audition for the role of Huang Landeng."

Gu Wei handed her a piece of paper with the audition section on it.

There's no surprise there. Chen He's acting is excellent; he always looks mean no matter what role he plays.

But his acting style is quite suitable for the role of Huang Landeng.

After Chen He finished his performance, Gu Wei whispered a few words to Lu Yang.

"You've performed very well. Go back and discuss it with your agent and then come over to sign the contract. Keep some time in your schedule. We'll probably start filming this movie after the New Year."

Gu Wei said with a smile.

"Thank you, director, thank you!" Chen He hurriedly thanked him, bowed, and then went out.

Until now, Chen He has only been slightly famous for his role as Zeng Xiaoxian in "Love Apartment", and he had never acted in a movie before he became famous in "Running Man".

No one would look for him for any supporting role, no matter how marginal it was. This might be the backlash of "Love Apartment", which brought him fame but also restricted his development.

The next person to come in was Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang was very nervous. He was wearing a suit today and his hair was slicked back, which combined with his equally shiny face made him look particularly greasy.

Xiao Yang was a man who had a dream of making movies. His purpose of entering the film and television industry was to make movies. Unfortunately, his songs were very popular, but that was all they were.

With his image, no one wanted him to act in a movie. Now that such a big production has suddenly come to him, he still cherishes it very much. He didn't know that Gu Wei had already chosen him.

"Hello, directors. My name is Xiao Yang, and I'm an actor."

"Don't be nervous," Gu Wei saw his nervousness and comforted him.

"I've already sent you the introduction to the character you're playing. Have you read it?"

"I've seen it! I've seen it! I've been studying it since it was sent to me."

Xiao Yang said quickly.

"Your audition today is very simple. Come, say this paragraph again." Gu Wei handed him a piece of paper.

"Director, let me think about it for a few minutes." Xiao Yangjie took the paper and looked at it for a few seconds and said.

Xiao Yang's expression became nervous and excited, and he pointed his finger at the dot in front of him.

"I'm warning you not to talk nonsense! I'm going to sue you for defamation, do you know that?

I'm suing you for defamation!

He slandered me! ! ”

After saying a few simple words, he calmed down and said with a grin

"Director, I'm done with my performance."

Although the accents were not added, it already has the flavor of the original.

"Very good, this role is yours. Will you have a schedule after the Chinese New Year?"

"Yes, Director, thank you, Director, thank you, Director!"

Xiao Yang was very excited after hearing this, and he expressed his gratitude and bowed.

It can be seen that he cherishes this opportunity very much. It has been two years since "Old Boy" became popular, and he finally has the opportunity to embark on the path of acting in movies.

Xiao Shenyang didn't show up. Gu Wei asked the producer to send him the audition for the original robbers, but it seems he didn't like it.

But this is normal. Xiao Shenyang has been very popular in the past two years. Since he became a hit on the Spring Festival Gala, he starred in the movie "Three Shots Surprise" directed by Zhang Yimou. The following year, he starred in the action comedy movie "The Laughing Man". He can be said to be one of the hottest stars in the past two years.

The crew sent him an audition for a supporting villain role, but his team naturally looked down on it.

"Hello, Director. My name is Lei Jiayin, and I'm here to audition for the role of Huang Landeng."

Another audition actor came in. Gu Wei looked up and saw that it was Lei Datou.

"Who introduced you here?" Gu Wei asked

"Oh, I was introduced by Director Ning Hao." Lei Jiayin said a little naively.

"It was Xu Zheng who pushed this person over here, so I couldn't refuse." Chen Zhixi whispered aside.

That's right, Xu Zheng and Ning Hao have a very good relationship. Lei Jiayin has always followed Ning Hao and is considered Ning Hao's younger brother.

Lei Jiayin starred in the film "The Golden Robbery" released by Ning Hao last year.

I originally wanted to support my favorite little brother, but who would have thought that the movie would flop, and the Lei family returned to obscurity because they were not promoted.

In Ning Hao's movie "Lost in Thailand" which was released two years ago, Lei Jiayin played a small-time gangster, and the only line in the whole movie was "Nima!"

"The role of Huang Landeng has been chosen." Gu Wei said to him.

"Oh, okay, thank you for troubling me, director." Lei Jiayin looked gloomy after hearing this. He lowered his head slightly and turned to leave.

"Would you like to play other roles?" Gu Wei suddenly asked.

"Act, director, as long as you can act." Lei Jiayin replied immediately after hearing it.

"Try the kidnapper boss, Brother Bei."

As he spoke, he handed over a page of lines.

Lei Jiayin thought for a while and started to perform.

His expression was tense and fierce, and he was looking at the air in front of him.

“Where are the things?

Still pretending in front of me, huh?

It seems that my hint was not obvious enough.

I'm asking you about the gold!

"And there's a broken dragon tattoo on it, what the hell? I'm not asking about this broken chain, I'm asking you, after you killed Songpa, where did you take the gold?"

Because there was no one to act opposite him, Lei Jiayin could only imagine the other party's response and act out the kidnapping scene at his own pace.

Lei Jiayin is worthy of his background in drama. It is said that he was admitted to the Shanghai Drama Center with the first place. Years of drama performances have honed his acting skills to perfection. This kind of non-proprietary performance is not difficult for him.

"Brother Lu, what do you think?" Gu Wei turned around and asked Lu Yang.

"The performance was very good. You can see that he has solid basic skills and a strong foundation." Lu Yang praised.

"If you don't mind that the role is small, then it's yours." Gu Wei said to Lei Jiayin.

"Thank you, director, thank you, Director Lu." Lei Jiayin didn't have much hope when he came. It was just because he hadn't had any movies to shoot recently. He knew that this big production in the circle was recruiting actors, so he asked Director Ning Hao to come and try out for the role.

Although it was not the role he auditioned for, he was very happy to have a major supporting role.

(End of this chapter)