"Maybe he wants to establish his say in the crew by influencing Yao Weiwan's casting."
Yan Xianjue frowned as he listened.
I sent a message directly to Ji Xi and asked him to check who poached these two people.
Then he said to Lei Xuan angrily: "I remember I gave you the right to fire me directly if you are not satisfied."
Lei Xuan still had one hand on the steering wheel, and raised the other hand vaguely: "Don't just scold me, wait until Yao Weiwan comes and scold me too."
Yan Xianjue was interrupted by him: "We're still sharing the joys and sorrows, right?"
Lei Xuan thought for a moment and said, "We may not be able to share the good times, but we can share the bad times."
Yan Xianjue rolled his eyes.
But Lei Xuan was right about one thing, that is, there are people who deserve to be scolded more than him.
So he accepted Lei Xuan's suggestion that he and Yao Weiwan would be scolded together.
The two got out of the car together, and Lei Xuan led him to the lobby of the casting site.
Yan Xianjue did not go there immediately, but found a corner nearby and sat down to observe how they selected people.
As soon as he sat down, his brows furrowed again: "Why is Zhuang Yushu here too?"
Lei Xuan looked up when he heard that.
He sat next to Yan Xianjue with a small temporary notebook at hand.
Occasionally I would simply write a few words on it.
Yan Xianjue didn't know what he was remembering, nor did he care much.
He now wants to know why Zhuang Yushu is so idle.
Lei Xuan: "Oh, he's here to act alongside the protagonist."
Yan Xianjue was speechless and complained: "Is he addicted to playing the emperor?"
Lei Xuan shrugged: "It's because I've never acted before that I really want to act."
"Just like an actress who often plays a vicious female supporting role will really want to play the leading role, and a leading actress who often plays a concubine will really want to play the queen."
“People always want what they don’t have.”
Yan Xianjue glanced at him, feeling that there was something else behind his words.
He continued reading.
After a few people passed by, he realized that something was wrong.
It is normal for someone in a directing team to play the roles of the good guy and the bad guy.
But there is no need to make people's faces turn red and embarrass themselves during the audition.
This kind of deliberate nitpicking is absolutely abnormal.
What we know is that he deliberately went against the director and used the actors as pawns.
If you don’t know, you might think he was sent by the rival to attract hatred from Yan Xianjue.
He pondered for a while, and when the actor in front was about to leave the stage, who had met the height requirement but was obviously young, Yan Xianjue stood up.
Seeing that he was about to go forward, Lei Xuan quickly called out to Yao Weiwan.
Yao Weiwan turned around and saw Yan Xianjue, and stood up to greet him, "Mr. Yan, you're here."
Yan Xianjue nodded reservedly: "Come and see."
The people around Yao Weiwan also stood up one after another to greet him.
Yan Xianjue simply nodded casually and picked up the five thin scripts on the table: "The script for today's audition?"
Yao Weiwan: "Yes, one out of five."
In fact, Yan Xianjue casually pulled out another book and asked someone to give it to the actor on stage: "Try this part again. Five minutes to prepare."
When the actor heard the time, his heart tightened.
He is not a professional actor, so the preparation time is really tight.
When he opened the script, his eyes lit up and he felt a sense of relief at the unexpected turn of events.
He quickly assured himself that he could.
Yan Xianjue just nodded casually as if he understood.
"Go to the conference room and have a short meeting."
Without waiting for anyone to speak, Yan Xianjue gave the order directly.
Everyone present was stunned.
As one of the people who knew Yan Xianjue's intention, Yao Weiwan reacted in just a second or two and said, "Okay, I'll make the arrangements."
In the conference room, Yan Xianjue sat in the main seat and asked, "Why, your casting still discriminates against actors from opera families?"
His words were so harsh that no one present dared to respond.
Even if you really feel it in your heart, you can't show it on your face.
If word of this gets out, those opera families will really tear them to pieces.
"No one is talking?" Yan Xianjue sneered. He directly pointed at the two directors who had just commented on the actors.
"Didn't you guys make that harsh comment just now? Tell me, what are your thoughts?"
The two of them looked at each other, hesitating for a long time, and neither said a word.
They also didn't expect that Yao Weiwan would actually invite Yan Xianjue over.
As far as they know, the top executive in the company never really takes charge of things.
The entertainment company is temporarily managed by Ji Xi, but as old hands who have been in the entertainment company for so long, how could they not know that Yan Xianjue will make the entertainment company independent sooner or later.
The two of them came from Bixi Entertainment, so they naturally formed a group. According to their observations, Lei Xuan was just a lazy rich second generation.
If they want to get promoted, their biggest rival should be Yao Weiwan.
But this time the company arranged for the two of them to be Yao Weiwan's assistants. Isn't it just to give the young people a warning?
But it is not easy to say such things to Yan Xianjue.
They didn't say anything, and Yan Xianjue didn't say anything either. The atmosphere in the meeting room was so low that even Lei Xuan secretly threw away the lollipop in his mouth and tried hard to wink at Yao Weiwan.
Yao Weiwan was like blind.
Instead, Yan Xianjue asked him, "Do you have a cramp in your eye? Do you want me to send you to the hospital?"
Lei Xuan shook his head repeatedly.
Are you kidding? Judging from Yan Xianjue's tone, it sounds like he wants to send him to the hospital to have his eyes gouged out.
One of the directors seemed to have finally found a half-hearted excuse: "This actor auditioned through the backdoor. I simply can't stand people like that."
Yan Xianjue snorted and laughed: "Why, just because Yao Weiwan is younger than you, you think she's easy to bully, and because I'm young, you treat me like a fool?"
"Aren't the roles at Bixi Entertainment pre-selected with a fixed price? Why can't you accept it as a random entertainment?"
"Or do you think that you automatically receive the Senior Artist Card and Teacher's Certificate just because you've reached that age?"
Yan Xianjue shook his wrist and threw a stack of documents on the table in front of the two men.
He asked coldly, "What are the duties of an assistant director?"
The two of them were as silent as saw-mouthed gourds.
Yan Xianjue sneered: "Yao Weiwan."
Yao Weiwan spoke clearly, enunciating each word as if reciting a text: "Assistant directors are divided into on-set directors and casting directors. The on-set director is mainly responsible for the director's writing of the storyboards and assisting the director in directing the scene."
"Who among you is the casting director?"
This time it was Lei Xuan who spoke up: "There is no casting director in the crew. I said that when the project team was established, the casting power is entirely in the hands of Director Yao and me."
Yan Xianjue also turned his attention to him: "So what are you and Yao Weiwan doing now?"
"With only one director and one screenwriter, can't the crew hold up?"
"If you can't hold up, don't waste money. Just tell Ji Xi that you can't do it and go to the finance department to settle the bill tomorrow."
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