Chapter 49 Heroine

The leader of the three kidnappers, 'Brother Bei', was confirmed to be Lei Jiayin, and the other two were easy to deal with.

The "Vietnamese boy" with an afro was chosen to be Zhao Yingjun, and the tall and burly "King Kong" was chosen to be Sang Ping.

Both of them are special actors, relying mainly on their body shape and appearance to use their special features to create laughs.

As for the actor 'Li' who plays the murderer in the play, Gu Wei thought about it and decided to use the original Pan Yueming.

It is only the beginning of 2013, and this is the time when Pan Yueming was being blackened by the entire Internet. His ex-wife Dong Bailian reported that he was addicted to gambling and had a bad temper, and her agency instigated netizens to swarm around and scold him online.

It's already a problem for him to even get a role. After all, the film and television company also has to consider whether casting Pan Yueming will cause audience disgust.

Although he was later "vindicated", his life is still in darkness.

Gu Wei chose him because he was impressed by his character and believed in his acting skills.

The most important point is that Pan Yueming’s agent is Chen Zhixi, so it can be considered as a favor to her.

Sure enough, after Pan Yueming received the invitation, he personally called Gu Wei to thank him for his appreciation of him and said that he would definitely act well.

The main actors of the crew have been almost selected.

The actor who plays Sinuo is still Zhang Zifeng from the original version. In addition to her, Guan Xiaotong and Zhao Jinmai also auditioned for this role.

Among them, Guan Xiaotong, who was born in 1997, grew fast and has long legs. She looks like an adult now.

Zhao Jinmai is one year younger than Zhang Zifeng, and her acting skills are more immature. Well, maybe this is the difference between playing "Balala the Fairies" and "Aftershock" since childhood.

After comprehensive consideration, it is finally decided that little sister Zifeng is more suitable.

"Brother Gu, goodbye."

"Goodbye~" After deciding on the candidate, Zhang Zifeng also left the company with her mother.

All that remains is to determine the female lead.

The door was pushed open and a graceful figure walked in. She had a slender figure and was wearing a light yellow dress.

"Hello, director. I'm Liu Shishi, and I'm here to audition for the role of Ah Xiang." Liu Shishi said.

Gu Wei turned his head and looked at Lu Yang beside him.

"Ahem~ Mr. Cai from Tangren and I have some friendship, so just give Shishi a chance to audition." Lu Yang said in a low voice.

Gu Wei looked at Liu Shishi in front of him. She was indeed a woman of excellent temperament and as gentle as a chrysanthemum.

Unfortunately, Ah Xiang is the most beautiful woman in Chinatown. She has the beauty and charm of a mature woman, which is a far cry from Shishi's temperament.

Since the people were here, we tried out a scene as usual.

After Liu Shishi finished her performance, even Lu Yang, who was beside Gu Wei, shook his head and said nothing more.

"Senior Sister, you are Nazha's senior sister. Nazha and I are very good friends. We are family. I won't hide anything from you.

Your acting is very good, but your temperament is quite different from the character in our movie.

The most important thing for the character of Ah Xiang is that she has to have the charm of a mature woman, a bit of a social persona, and be beautiful and coquettish.”

Gu Wei explained to Liu Shishi with a smile.

Liu Shishi was a little disappointed at first, but she smiled again after hearing Gu Wei's explanation.

"It's okay, director, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I hope I'll have the chance to work with both directors next time." After saying that, he walked out of the room with light steps.

Then several female artists from the circle came, some of whom became very famous in later generations.

It was beautiful enough, but Gu Wei always felt that something was missing.

Some of them have a temperament that doesn’t match the look, some are coquettish enough, but don’t have that stunning feeling that you get when you first see them.

The next auditionee knocked on the door.

She has a tall figure, and a light brown skirt that highlights her seductive curves. She has a high waistline, long legs and black high heels, and her long wavy hair falls on the plump upper body.

Although she has a hot body, she has an ascetic and beautiful face. After seeing her face, you will no longer think about her body because your attention is completely attracted by her face.

The beautiful woman walked in with a cold expression.

"Hello, director. I am actress Zeng Li." A slight smile made all the flowers bloom.

Gu Wei stared at it for two seconds. It was his first time seeing it and he was really moved by its beauty.

Zeng Li is known as the beauty that appears once every two hundred years in the Chinese opera.

This is a bit of an exaggeration, but her beauty is indeed unquestionable.

When she was in school, she was recognized as the most beautiful one in the class. You should know that the female classmates in her class, including Zhang Ziyi, were called the Eight Golden Flowers of the Central Academy of Drama. They were all beauties with their own characteristics, but everyone still agreed that Zeng Li was the most beautiful.

Bao Jianfeng once said in an interview that being able to see Zeng Li's beauty is not because she is so beautiful, but because people who see it are very lucky, because Zeng Li is not photogenic and the screen really cannot present her real beauty.

After meeting Zeng Li in person, Gu Wei believed the rumor. She was indeed more beautiful than on the screen.

"Sister Zeng Li, thank you so much for coming to the audition. It's true that hearing about you is worse than meeting you in person. I've seen some of your works before, like 'Beauty and Talent' and 'Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio', and I thought you looked really beautiful in those roles. But meeting you in person today, I realized that you really don't take photos."

Gu Wei sighed, as if he felt sorry that the audience could not see this magnificent beauty in the camera.

Gu Wei's flattery made Zeng Li feel a little embarrassed. She came here for an audition, but she didn't expect the young director to be so enthusiastic as soon as they met.

“What the director said was too exaggerated. The things that were said about it being beautiful or not were just the praise from some of my classmates. It’s not that exaggerated.

I'm very grateful to Producer Chen for thinking of me and giving me this audition opportunity."

"Sister Li, you don't have to thank me. I was also considering the movie. I think you are quite suitable for this role." Chen Zhixi said with a smile.

"Well, our heroine, Ah Xiang, is the most beautiful woman in Chinatown. Sister Zeng Li will definitely have no problem portraying her beauty, but I'm not sure if she can portray Ah Xiang's worldly aura."

Gu Wei said.

"Well, Sister Zeng Li, let's try a scene."

"Okay, Director, I'll follow your instructions." Zeng Li agreed with a smile.

"Let's perform the first scene where Ah Xiang appears. The lines are very simple, only three sentences. The main thing is to see how you, Sister Zeng Li, feel about it."

After Gu Wei finished speaking, he handed Zeng Li two pages of paper, which detailed the environment in which Ah Xiang appeared, her clothing, and the conversation between Ah Xiang and Tang Ren and Qin Feng.

Of course, no one cooperated with her, so she had to perform the performance alone in the air.

Zeng Li looked at it for a while, then raised his head and said to Gu Wei

"I'm ready, Director."

"Let's get started, Sister Zeng Li."

Zeng Li first tied up her loose hair and put it behind her, then took off her high heels and walked barefoot on the floor. Her facial expression softened, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, her eyebrows became curved, and her figure was no longer straight. She supported her hips with one hand, and her whole person immediately became charming.

Then she threw one hand over her shoulder as if she was draping a towel, and supported her waist with the other hand as if she was holding a washbasin. She frowned slightly, twisted her waist, took two steps forward, and then turned and faced another direction.

"Who are you?" She sounded quite aggressive.

After a pause, he said doubtfully

"He's your cousin?"

Then he threw the empty towel forward and said coldly

"As lecherous as you are!"

After performing a scene, Zeng Li's expression calmed down, his body straightened, and he returned to his noble and cool state.

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

Gu Wei thought about it. Zeng Li's performance was beyond his expectations. He hadn't expected her to break through her own temperament and portray the character's mature and beautiful feeling. He also really liked Zeng Li's appearance.

He turned around and asked Lu Yang, "Brother, what do you think?"

"His acting is good, and now it seems his temperament is suitable." Lu Yang said after thinking for a while.

Gu Wei understood, and he said to Zeng Li, "Sister Zeng Li, we will contact you later and tell you the results of the audition."

Zeng Li smiled calmly and said, "Okay, Director."

After Zeng Li left, Gu Wei and the other three auditioned all the remaining actresses who were auditioning for the female lead.

"Sister Zhixi, please notify Zeng Li and ask her to come over to sign the contract. She's the female lead."

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