Director Shen Zheng is undoubtedly the leading figure in domestic martial arts films.

A film critic commented that in Shin Jung's eyes, there is a free and unrestrained martial arts world, which is grand and boundless, yet has romantic details. Shin Jung's films are like a landscape painting in which every character exists eternally in the landscape, and nature and man are one.

Another critic commented on the characters in Shin Jung's films: "Each of them has a unique look. They may be vagrant knights or ordinary warriors, but the appearance of each character is just right, and each character has his or her own flash of humanity."

In China, Shen Zheng's name represents a golden signboard. As long as one can join Shen Zheng's crew and play a well-known role, it almost means that the actor has a classic role in his career that is worthy of praise.

For a person like Shen Zheng, there are countless actors who want to appear in his new film, so how could he easily send out casting invitations for his own film?

Li Cheng originally didn't know which script Shao Xingchen had taken. When he saw it clearly, his eyes rolled back, thinking that Shao Xingchen had gone crazy overnight and there was no way he could make it right.

Are you bloated?

Do we dare to think about Shen Zheng’s movie?

Li Cheng hesitated for a moment, but he didn't feel like complaining directly. Instead, he said tactfully, "Well, Xingchen, I heard some news about Director Shen's movie. It's said that the role he is going to cast is very complicated. He needs to be someone who seems to be passionate but also ruthless, or someone who seems to be ruthless but also affectionate... The reason why this invitation letter was sent to us is because the studio that casts Director Shen has collected all the people in the entertainment industry who meet Director Shen's requirements in terms of age, height, and appearance, and handed them to him. To put it bluntly, we received this invitation letter because your image is suitable for this role."

In other words, when they are doing the initial screening, no matter whether you look like it or not, who cares whether you are an actor or an idol, or whether you have acting experience?

Invite those who meet the appearance requirements first.

According to Li Cheng's description, if the character was just passionate, ruthless and affectionate, then such a character would not have become a regret that Shen Zheng could not forget many years later.

The film that Shen Zheng is going to shoot this time is called "Poetry".

"Poetry" says that in Jianghu, one kills one person every ten steps, and leaves no trace in a thousand miles.

"Poetry" says, Jianghu is like a leisurely drink at Xinling, taking off the sword and laying it across the knees;

"Poetry" says that the Jianghu is a place where ambitions swallow up the universe, and chivalrous spirits endure the wind and frost;

"Poetry Saying", Jianghu is like the beautiful woman Lin Ying in Baidi, dancing this song with great spirit.

These four lines of poetry are about the four characters in Shen Zheng's film, who are also the four protagonists of the film. They are respectively a cold-blooded killer, a seemingly romantic young man, a middle-aged knight with chivalrous ambitions, and the most beautiful woman in the world with graceful dancing skills.

The love-hate entanglement between these four people runs through the whole story and is indispensable. Each of these characters has its own complexity. The love and hate, obsession and letting go of the grudges and entanglements in the world of martial arts all flow between these four people.

It can be said that the importance of these four people in the movie is equal. If any one of them is weak, the film may be unbalanced.

In this film, Shin Jung has found suitable actors for the remaining three roles, except for the young and seemingly romantic nobleman. This role seemed easy to find, but Shin Jung could not find the role he had in mind no matter how hard he tried.

During the months-long preparation and casting period, Shin Jung only barely found an alternative, but he was still not satisfied with the alternative actor. That's why he made up his mind and asked the casting studio to directly screen a group of male stars in the entertainment industry who met the requirements in appearance and age. Regardless of whether they had acting experience, all of them were handed to him. He then picked out those who he thought were suitable in terms of image, sent out invitations, and invited them to audition.

The invitation letter and script clips in Shao Xingchen's studio were received under such circumstances. Initially, the members of the studio were very happy, but after a little inquiry and understanding of the details behind it, Li Cheng and Shao Xingchen at the time both judged that his current acting skills were not enough for this role. Once he decided to audition, given his current popularity and the fact that things were not completely smooth over with his former company, if the audition failed, it would definitely be used as an excuse to attack him again.

Therefore, for Li Cheng, this script was one that both parties had agreed not to use the day before. He never expected that Shao Xingchen would suddenly have the urge to go for an audition today.

Shao Xingchen smiled and said, "I just suddenly felt that my current acting skills are actually good enough for this role."

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Li Chengjian had a question mark on his face. He almost wanted to say, "Brother, my dear brother, don't I know whether you can act or not? It's only been a few days, and you are so confident that you can audition for a movie and pass it?"

Shao Xingchen thought about it and realized that if he didn't show Li Cheng his acting skills that satisfied him, Li Cheng would definitely not agree with his sudden idea.

Thinking of this, Shao Xingchen shook his head, then stood up calmly and walked to the windowsill of the office in the studio. His back was the same as always, but in Li Cheng's eyes there seemed to be a kind of leisure and laziness that was different from usual. He put one hand behind his back and played with the signature pen in the other hand casually.

But in a trance, Li Cheng felt that Shao Xingchen in front of him seemed no longer Shao Xingchen. The signing pen in his hand seemed to be playing with a long flute.

Outside the window, the afternoon sun was at its brightest. As the brilliant sunlight poured into the windowsill, Shao Xingchen glanced slightly at the profile of the person inside the room, with a touch of nonchalance and a touch of freehand elegance in his look.

It is the silhouette of a young man who is described as "Outing on a spring day, with apricot blossoms blowing all over my head. Who is the young man on the street so handsome?"

After glancing at Li Cheng, Shao Xingchen quickly retracted his gaze and looked at him with a smile on his face.

Li Cheng swallowed his saliva, then picked up the glass of water on the table and took a gulp of the boiled water. Finally, he put the glass back on the table in a grim manner.

"Try! Go for an audition!" Li Cheng's eyes were filled with excitement: "Brother, you are really my brother! Why didn't you tell me earlier that you have such acting skills? Let's go, arrange the transformation plan, I will send you a message immediately to arrange the audition. Mad, I have a feeling that this role must be yours!"

Li Cheng was very proactive. He arranged an audition time for Shao Xingchen on the same day, and summoned the existing core staff of the studio to sort out Shao Xingchen's current work. He also announced that the transformation plan would be launched ahead of schedule. The previously prepared plans were far from sufficient, and different plans must be prepared immediately. The soothing, sorting and sedimentation work of the fan base also needed to be arranged and could not be left behind.

The core members of the studio were also surprised by the sudden launch of the transformation plan. They all advised Li Cheng to slow down the pace. After all, Shao Xingchen's idol label was still too obvious, and he was not yet fully prepared for his acting skills. If he suddenly changed his style at this time, it would be difficult and counterproductive.

The concerns of these members were exactly the same as what Li Cheng had worried about before, so he comforted them.

"We will start with the plan, but it will take some time before the actual plan is launched. We should be able to determine whether the transformation plan will be fully launched within the next month. Before that, we need to make two plans."

After a pause, Li Cheng thought of Shao Xingchen's current acting skills and his strong desire to change his style, so he added: "I can clearly say that the acting level is not a problem. Brother Shao also has a clear desire to change his style now, so

Regardless of the situation this time, a transformation plan must be prepared and put on the agenda."

This time?

The staff members all captured Li Cheng's words accurately.

Li Cheng thought that if there was any unexpected situation in the casting, the studio would definitely need to prepare a public relations and marketing campaign, so he said simply, "Your brother Shao has already signed up for the audition for "Poetry", and the time is scheduled for a week later. I have inquired, and there will be quite a few people auditioning at that time. Qiu Zhenhao and Huo Yi will be there, so a marketing campaign is inevitable. Everyone should be alert, contact those who should be contacted as soon as possible, and make a full set of contingency plans."

In the entertainment industry at this time, Shao Xingchen, Qiu Zhenhao, Wei Zinuo, Lu Fan, and Huo Yi were the five with the highest traffic. Among them, Shao Xingchen, Qiu Zhenhao, and Huo Yi were of similar types, and they frequently competed for resources and had fan wars with each other.

Qiu Zhenhao and Huo Yi both have big companies behind them, but Shao Xingchen became independent at the beginning of this year and established his own studio. For a while, due to the conflict with his former company, his overall momentum was slightly at a disadvantage.

However, Shao Xingchen's original popularity was high enough. Even though it has been affected to a certain extent during this period of time, it is still enough to compete with the other people.

At this time when Qiu Zhenhao and Huo Yi still had the capital behind them, although Shao Xingchen also had capital with good connections behind him, after all, the relationship with those two people who were employees of the capital itself was much worse.

These two people are now in the ascendant and are also relying on the power of capital to start trying to develop in the direction of film and television.

The two of them are naturally suitable for this role in "Shi Shuo" in terms of appearance. Under such circumstances, how could they not compete for it?

When the core members of the studio heard that their boss was going to audition for "Poetry", their faces changed, and they immediately sat up straight, saying that they would contact the marketing account immediately to ensure that their boss would not be affected in the slightest if the audition failed.

Not long after, Li Cheng waved his hand and asked everyone to disperse. At the end, he asked everyone to prepare well and think about how to control the marketing direction if Shao Xingchen got the role.

For the next week, Shao Xingchen studied the script over and over again. He completely put aside the "Poetry" filmed by Shen Zheng in his previous life's memory, and instead focused all his attention on the current version of the script in his hand.

Shen Zheng later said that because he couldn't find a suitable actor, he could only weaken one line of poetry in "Shi Shuo". This line naturally refers to the line that represents the romantic and handsome young man.

In the original four-character drama, the image of the nobleman was weakened in the end. He went from being one of the four main characters to a not-so-important supporting role.

This was also Shen Zheng's regret later on.

A week passed in the blink of an eye, and soon it was time for the scheduled audition.

Before Shao Xingchen left for the audition, it was noon time. He used his mobile phone to make a video call with Su Zhe. Looking at Su Zhe who was having a meal, he smiled tenderly.

Li Cheng knocked on the door outside the office and was so shocked when he saw the expression on Shao Xingchen's face that he forgot what to say.

It was not until Su Zhe said "Good luck in the audition" to him on the other end of the video that Shao Xingchen said goodbye to him with satisfaction and hung up the call.

Seeing Shao Xingchen's call was hung up, Li Cheng said in horror: "Damn it, are you really in love?!"

Who would have thought that after asking this question, he didn't get a good response. Instead, Shao Xingchen gave him a melancholy look.

"No, we're just friends."

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Li Cheng looked at Shao Xingchen in disbelief - who are you kidding? Just from the look in your eyes just now, you said we were just friends?

Shao Xingchen sighed, said nothing else, but stood up and walked out the door.

"Okay, time to go to the audition, right? Let's go."

The author has something to say: _(:3∠)_ Today, it’s full of big guys!!!

(…I had originally hoped to finish the extra chapter in December, but why is it taking longer and longer…I’m blushing)

I got home too late from get off work tonight, so this update is not long enough, so I will update it before midnight. There will be a second update with at least 6k words before 6pm on the 7th.

See you all tomorrow afternoon! Muah! Love you all!

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