Qianying Entertainment 14th Floor, Liu Xu's Office

Liu Xu had already known from Xiao Pang that Du Yuanzhe would come today, so he was not surprised to see him. He pushed up his glasses and said with a smile, "How could Yuanzhe bear to come to the company?"

Du Yuanzhe sat opposite Liu Xu and went straight to the point: "I have watched "Legend of Yunlan" and plan to play Luo Xun."

Liu Xu was shocked and asked, "Are you sure?"

As a dedicated agent, Liu Xu also watched "Legend of Yun Lan". He knew that Luo Xun was the character with the most scenes besides the male and female protagonists, but he never thought of letting Du Yuanzhe play this role.

Luo Xun is the biggest villain in the play, and he is also a paranoid. This role is not easy to play. If you don't handle it well, it is easy to play it as a so-called psychopath.

Du Yuanzhe said: "I wouldn't joke with Brother Liu about this."

Liu Xu sat up straight and said, "Yuanzhe, you should know that "The Legend of Yunlan" has an original novel. Luo Xun's fame in the original novel is no less than that of the male lead. Even after the news that it was going to be adapted into a TV series came out, many fans left messages asking the screenwriter to change Luo Xun to the male lead."

"Playing Luo Xun will certainly increase your popularity, but this role is too complicated. If you fail to meet the audience's expectations, it will easily backfire, and then the image you maintain now will collapse in an instant."

Fans are a very complex group. When they like you, they will praise you to the sky and will not tolerate anyone saying a bad word about you. But when they don’t like you anymore, they will devalue you as if you are worthless. There is no such thing as nostalgia at all.

Liu Xu was afraid that this rich young man could not bear the situation of being blackened by the whole network, so he continued: "Yuanzhe, if you want to play a role with more scenes, we still have many options. I have several campus drama scripts in my hand. Even if you want to play the male lead, it is not impossible."

In the end, capital has the final say in the entertainment industry. Although Du Yuanzhe is not very popular, his family background is strong. Although the Du family has never been involved in the entertainment industry, he is just a leading actor. Liu Xu believes that many people will be willing to give the Du family face.

Du Yuanzhe understood Liu Xu's concerns, but he did not intend to change his mind. He smiled and said, "I am a graduate of the acting department after all. Brother Liu doesn't believe me?"

Liu Xu was speechless for a moment.

Based solely on the original owner's performance over the past three years, Liu Xu really couldn't find a reason to believe him.

Du Yuanzhe also knew the original owner's character and said, "Brother Liu, I have played small roles in recent years, which basically do not require acting skills. It is unfair for you to reject me like this."

Liu Xu sighed helplessly. He didn't know what was wrong with this rich young man. He changed his previous passive and lazy attitude and actually wanted to act seriously.

But this thing is not something you can do well just by being serious.

Du Yuanzhe also knew that he couldn't convince Liu Xu with just words, so he continued, "How about this, I'll go for the audition, and if the director says I can do it, then it'll be settled, how do you say that?"

Among the many agents of Qianying Entertainment, Liu Xu can be ranked in the top three. Du Yuanzhe needs his connections. Unless necessary, Du Yuanzhe does not want to have a bad relationship with him.

And Liu Xu is doing this for his own good. The consequences of messing up the role of Luo Xun are indeed very serious. It's not like Liu Xu has to believe him just because he says he can do it. Anyone can talk, but the key lies in whether he has real skills.

Liu Xu knew that he could not change Du Yuanzhe's decision. Seeing that Du Yuanzhe was willing to try out the role and was not too reckless, he said, "Then do as you say."

"You also know that 'The Legend of Yun Lan' is a project of our company. Normally, auditions will be held within the company first. In addition to the male and female protagonists who have already been determined, all others are on the audition list. The time is in three days. You can use this time to prepare. I will take you to the audition then."

There is an unwritten rule in the industry that for any project of the company, no matter which director they work with, they must first select actors from within the company. After all, the money should be kept within the company. Only when the company cannot find suitable ones will it open auditions to the entertainment industry.

This is also the reason why many celebrities are determined to join big companies. Sometimes opportunities are much more important than strength.

Du Yuanzhe nodded: "Okay."

For him, as long as he could convince Liu Xu, everything else would be easy.

"By the way, the male lead of this drama is Zheng Xiao."

Zheng Xiao is a popular young actor of Huanxing Entertainment. Huanxing Entertainment is promoting him recently. Although "Legend of Yunlan" is a female-led drama, the male lead is also a very charming character, and male actors are more likely to attract fans. Huanxing Entertainment spent a lot of effort to get the role of the male lead, which shows its ambition. It is estimated that they want to promote Zheng Xiao to a top position in one fell swoop.

The reason why Liu Xu said this was mainly because the original owner didn't like people who enjoyed entertainment. Although the original owner hid the fact that he liked Wei Lingling very well, he never concealed his dislike for Jiang Chelin, and as a result, he also had no good feelings towards entertainers.

Liu Xu's words were a reminder to Du Yuanzhe that if he really wanted to play Luo Xun, he would have to work with Zheng Xiao, so he should be mentally prepared.

Du Yuanzhe didn't care about it at all. It was a joke. He was not the original owner. He didn't mind even if the crew was full of people who enjoyed entertainment.

As long as it doesn't involve Wei Lingling and Jiang Chelin, Du Yuanzhe doesn't want to care about it. He is a dedicated actor and will never add to the drama without permission.

......

Yancheng First Hospital

Xia Ningmi, who had a rare opportunity to get off work early, went to the hospital for a full-body check-up, focusing on her brain nerves and hearing. After all the checks, she was found to be healthy except for some waist problems caused by long periods of sitting.

Xia Ningmi fell silent as she looked at the medical report. Perhaps she needed to see Du Yuanzhe again. Since there was nothing wrong with her, then it must be Du Yuanzhe who had the problem.

After thinking about it, Xia Ning called her secretary and instructed, "Find out Du Yuanzhe's next schedule and tell me as soon as possible."

The secretary quickly responded. As the president's secretary, it was not too easy for him to investigate the company's artists.

A minute later, the secretary called Xia Ningmi back and said, "President, Young Master Du will audition for "The Legend of Yun Lan" at 2 pm three days later."

Xia Ning found out what she wanted and immediately decided, "Cancel the original schedule for 2pm that day and notify Director Wang in advance. I will watch the audition then."

"......yes."

Qianying Entertainment Top Floor Secretariat

Cheng Yu put down the phone in a daze, completely confused.

A colleague next to her touched her arm and asked curiously, "What task did the president assign to you that made you so upset?"

They are all Xia Ningmi's secretaries. They know very well that Xia Ningmi is a person who is extremely particular about efficiency and has a very low tolerance for mistakes. Everyone in the secretariat has to be extremely careful when dealing with Xia Ningmi and dare not slack off at all.

Cheng Yu opened his mouth hesitantly, then shook his head and said, "Nothing, the president just asked me to adjust my schedule for three days later."

Seeing this, my colleague didn't ask any more questions.

But Cheng Yu couldn't help but hold it in for a long time, so he pretended to be casual and said, "Yueyue, what kind of person do you think the president would like?"

It's really not her fault for being gossipy. She has been with Xia Ningmi for many years, and this is the first time she has seen her care so much about a man. She even changed her schedule just to see him.

Yueyue laughed when she heard that and whispered, "Are you kidding me? When have you ever seen a CEO show the emotions that a human being should have?"

Sometimes, they felt that Xia Ningmi was like a machine, running according to a set program day after day. The only thing that still resembled a person about her was that she still needed to eat.

Cheng Yu also thought so before, but Xia Ningmi personally broke this perception, but she couldn't say it directly, so she could only beat around the bush and said, "I heard that when the old president was in power, he was interested in marrying the Jiang family, and the president didn't refuse. Maybe..."

"No way."

Yueyue said firmly, "Don't forget the last time the president met with President Jiang."

They were all elders around Xia Ningmi and had heard some gossip about Xia Ningmi and Jiang Chelin, so when they heard that Jiang's and Xia's were going to cooperate, everyone was very excited and wanted to see how Xia Ningmi would treat Jiang Chelin differently.

What's the result?

The entire negotiation process between the two was normal. For the benefit of their respective companies, neither of them made any concessions. Not to mention any feelings between them, they even forgot that they were old friends. It gave people the illusion that they would start fighting at the next moment.

If impartiality was the principle of the two parties during the negotiation, then the next scene made the people in the secretariat completely give up.

After the negotiation was over and the contract was signed, Jiang Chelin said calmly, "Grandpa mentioned you the day before yesterday. If President Xia is free, you can go and see Grandpa."

Hearing this, the already disappointed secretaries suddenly perked up and pricked up their ears.

Xia Ningmi's expression remained unchanged. She turned around and asked Cheng Yu, "Am I free later?"

Cheng Yu quickly checked his schedule, then said in embarrassment: "President, you have plans for the next month."

Xia Ningmi heard this and said simply, "I'm busy."

Jiang Chelin frowned, looking somewhat unhappy, and left after saying "It's up to you".

Thus, the legendary meeting between the prospective engaged couple ended.

Hearing Yueyue mention it, Cheng Yu recalled this scene and couldn't help shaking his head. How could they be an engaged couple? They were even strangers who were more familiar than them.

But Cheng Yu still didn't give up and continued to ask: "Maybe Mr. Jiang is not the type that the president likes."

At last, Du Yuanzhe's appearance came to her mind, and she added: "The president might like the kind of sunny and handsome guy. President Jiang is too cold and arrogant."

Yueyue turned her head to look at her and asked in surprise, "Why are you so keen on the CEO's gossip today?"

Cheng Yu said unnaturally: "It's rare that the president is not here."

Yueyue didn't delve into it and said, "I still think that the president only cares about work and it's impossible for him to like anyone."

Yueyue obviously had no interest in discussing this matter, and continued with her work. Cheng Yu was disappointed, but she couldn't reveal too much, so she had to keep it to herself. Finally, she couldn't hold it in any longer, so she opened Weibo and logged into her own secondary account.

@一只小橙子: I seriously suspect that the boss has some worldly desires, and I have evidence.

As Xia Ningmi's secretary, Cheng Yu needs to speak on behalf of the company in public when necessary, so she never posts on Weibo through her main account. But Cheng Yu is young after all, and she always has things she wants to talk about, so she created this small account. In fact, the creation of this small account is also related to Xia Ningmi.

Because her first Weibo post was: I can’t believe that even the boss’s mother has to make an appointment to see the boss.

When Cheng Yu first learned about this, he was shocked. On the one hand, he was shocked by Xia Ningmi's indifference to her relatives, and on the other hand, he couldn't help but wonder if they didn't see each other in private? So he opened a small account to complain.

Over the past few years, this account has posted some Weibo posts from time to time, which are basically all comments from office workers, and it has attracted office worker fans. Many people have complained about their own companies under her Weibo posts.

It was almost time to slack off before getting off work, and as soon as Cheng Yu posted on Weibo, someone responded to her.

@Period: Is this your boss who is said to have lost human emotions?

Cheng Yu responded with a nod.

@996万岁: Xiaochengzi, judging from your descriptions of your boss over the past few years, this kind of thing is even rarer than a flower blooming on an iron tree.

Cheng Yu made a gesture of spreading his hands: Who said it wasn't true?

@我爱吃瓜: I'm very interested, tell me more about it

Cheng Yu replied: Today my boss was surprisingly interested in a person of the opposite sex. Not only did he take the initiative to greet her, he also specially adjusted his schedule just to meet her.

Seeing her reply, a group of people below joined in the fun: True love, absolutely true love

After chatting with netizens for a while, Cheng Yu's desire to talk was finally satisfied, and he put down his phone with satisfaction to deal with the rest of the work.

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