Chapter 30 Zhao Li Still Has to Be Zhao Li
"Leave us your or your agent's contact information, and we will give you an answer before tomorrow night." Meng Bai said to Zhang Ruoyun.
In the second round of audition performances, Zhang Ruoyun obviously understood Meng Bai's hint, suppressed his own momentum, and successfully won the approval of the main creative team.
The reason for not giving an answer on the spot is, first, as Wu Bai said, to give the subsequent auditioners a chance; the other is to say something to He Leshi, especially Gan Wei, which is also a favor.
But generally speaking, if there are no unexpected circumstances, then the final male lead should be him.
"Thank you director, thank you teachers." Zhang Ruoyun also vaguely felt the change in the attitude of the main creative team. While he was excited, he also solemnly thanked everyone in turn.
"By the way, I have a question that I'm curious about. If you don't feel comfortable, you don't have to answer it." Seeing that Zhang Ruoyun was about to leave, Meng Bai suddenly asked, "Why don't you continue to work with your father Director Zhang? You know, the opportunity to be on a satellite TV show is rare."
Zhang Ruoyun looked at Meng Bai and saw that the other party was indeed full of pure curiosity, without any other obscure expressions.
After thinking for a while, he didn't rush to answer, but asked first, "Teacher, what is your name?"
"My name is Meng Bai, and I'm the producer and main screenwriter of this show."
"Meng Bai..." Zhang Ruoyun muttered to himself. After thinking for a while, he seemed to remember something and looked at Meng Bai and said, "So you... you are Meng Bai."
Now it was Meng Bai who was surprised: "Do you know me?"
"No, but I've heard of your... story."
Wu Bai on the side looked at Meng Bai. He didn't expect that this young producer of his own crew seemed to have some reputation in the circle. I didn't know or pay attention to it before, so it seems that I have to ask someone about it later.
Li Qin on the other side was also a little shocked at first, but she soon realized that the "story" Zhang Ruoyun was talking about should be the "soft ban" incident that Li Shaohong had mentioned to her before.
Meng Bai also didn't expect that his story would be so widely spread, but then he thought of the other party's family background, which was normal.
"Rather than calling it a 'story', it's better to call it an 'accident'." Meng Bai said self-deprecatingly.
Zhang Ruoyun didn't care about Meng Bai's joke, and said quite seriously: "When I heard about your story, I felt very impressed by your courage and approach. At the same time, I asked myself, if I faced the same situation, what would I choose?"
"So?"
"So you asked me why I didn't shoot my father's drama, and my answer was that I also wanted to make the same choice as you."
"Ah..." Meng Bai nodded, sighed, and asked again: "To be honest, how much of the reason you just gave was because I was the producer?"
"... A little bit." Zhang Ruoyun was embarrassed.
Meng Bai smiled: "Thank you for your honesty."
"..."
After seeing Zhang Ruoyun off, Meng Bai looked at today's audition list - there were three people left, one was auditioning for the male lead "Xia Dongqing", and the other two were auditioning for "Ferryman Zhao Li".
While discussing the crew with Wu Bai, Meng Bai's phone suddenly rang. He took a look, stood up and said to everyone: "You guys chat first, I'll go out to pick someone up."
As he said that, he picked up his phone and walked out of the audition room.
Li Qin on the side was curious, thinking that the person who came at this time should be one of the remaining auditioners. But I don't know who it is, and Meng Bai actually went out to pick him up in person.
She wanted to follow behind and take a sneak peek, but there were too many people in the room, and she was afraid of ruining her image, so she could only guess silently in her heart.
Meng Bai walked out of the room, looked around, and soon found the person she was looking for in front of the door of the "convenience store" next door.
"Brother Yi!" Meng Bai called out, and walked over quickly.
The man turned around when he heard the voice, and saw Meng Bai approaching, with a smile on his face, and said jokingly: "I'm here for an audition, and you, the producer, are here to pick me up in person."
Meng Bai had already walked up to him at this time, and laughed when he heard the words: "Brother Yi, you are willing to help me, and I, the person in charge, must be polite."
The man in front of him is called Yu Yi, and he is also a middle-aged actor who has been filming for many years. Although most of the roles he played are supporting roles, there are also many impressive roles.
For example, Gu Chaohua, who was laid off and switched to a lawyer because of the "doctor-patient relationship" in the medical drama "Mind Game", and "Er Yatou" in the period anti-Japanese war drama "Dog Beating Stick".
He and Meng Bai knew each other mainly because they were fellow villagers from Landao.
Meng Bai asked him to come mainly for the last important role in the three main characters of "Pendulum" - "Soul Ferryman" Zhao Li.
"Didn't you tell me at the time that you wanted me to play the male lead role?" Yu Yi joked to Meng Bai: "But when I look at the script you gave me, I feel that the male lead should be 'Xia Dongqing'?"
"Hey, the double male lead is also the male lead." Meng Bai waved his hand: "Now we are only in the first season of the story, so from the perspective of 'Xia Dongqing', it will be more suitable for the audience to understand. But the role of 'Zhao Li' is definitely the most important 'core character' in this whole story."
At this point, Meng Bai began to paint a big picture again: "I can say in advance that starting from the second season, the background and setting of the character 'Zhao Li' will be richer. I even plan to add a special episode, and these stories will all be developed from the perspective of 'Zhao Li'."
"Well, it's quite lively." Yu Yi nodded, looked at Meng Bai and said: "But are you sure there will be a second season?"
"Hey, it all depends on how you perform, Brother Yi." Meng Bai said, "If you perform well, the show will be good; if the show is good, the results will be good; if the results are good, I can naturally go to the investors to discuss the second season."
"... Didn't you feel a little embarrassed when you said that?"
"No."
"OK, you win, let's go for the audition."
Meng Bai smiled, but in fact, he really didn't mean to Meng Yuyi. From the name of "Soul Ferry", it can be seen that the role of "Zhao Li", as the "soul ferryman", must be the most critical existence in the whole story.
But at the same time, this role is really not easy to play, because he is full of a sense of contrast between "good and evil".
Most of the time, "Zhao Li" is very frivolous, hooking up with female ghosts to drink with him, queuing up to buy the new mobile phone designed by Jobs in the underworld, and arguing with Dongqing Xiaoya when he has nothing to do.
But at the critical moment, he is always reliable, always able to stabilize the situation, and gives people a sense of security when he appears.
At the same time, he also has a sense of vicissitudes of life of "seeing all the world" and a mysterious sense of having a shocking secret.
If I have to say, he is a bit like a "talkative version" of Kakashi.
The difficulty of performing this role is far beyond that of the male lead "Xia Dongqing" and the female lead "Wang Xiaoya", so the actors naturally have to be experienced and have superb acting skills.
And Meng Bai thought of Yu Yi as early as when he just started to prepare the crew.
Thanks to the big brother "Yiqing Liuyun" for the reward, thanks to "Bloodthirsty Nero" and "Long Pang 188" for the monthly tickets, thank you all for your support, (`) heart
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