Chapter 67 Suspense Drama
The crew of "Hidden Suspect" is now all in this small rehearsal room.
It's called a rehearsal room, but it's actually a converted garage.
At this moment, everyone was anxiously waiting for news: "Lao Zhang, what did your schoolmate say?"
The screenwriter known as Lao Zhang was staring at his phone without blinking, typing on it non-stop.
It wasn't until a ding-dong sound came from the other side that he saw the message clearly. He felt completely dejected. "My schoolmate studied acting and is now doing skits. She makes a thousand a day, which is better than us!"
"So what do we do now?" Everyone looked at Lin Huo. After all, he was the backbone of this play. He was the director and the most powerful person on the crew.
Lin Huo said, "Lemon Entertainment contacted us before and said they would invest in us, but the female lead had to be one of their artists."
"How can this be? This is your masterpiece. Who would use someone with connections to produce their debut work? Even if we lower the standard a bit and ask for someone from a sophomore or junior year of art, it will be fine. Aren't you afraid that someone with connections will ruin your hard work?" said the other brothers.
They used to live in dormitory 403, which was a well-known dormitory for talented students in Yanda.
All of them were enthusiastic members of the drama club. After graduation, they set up a company and wanted to make films.
However, the first step of selecting actors was difficult, as they were all newcomers to the filming.
So the actors had to be experienced and highly collaborative. Several of them hadn't even made a cent yet. Director Lin Huo sold his used car from college for 80,000 yuan to finance the film, leaving very little for the actors.
He believed that everyone would be impressed after reading the script. After all, his script had been evaluated by the industry and was worth a million dollars.
But he wanted to take pictures of it himself.
Now we have borrowed the lighting master and cameraman from a photography company, and we are just waiting for the new movie to start shooting.
This first step has been stuck for a long time.
All of them gave up campus recruitment and took a brave risk.
A victory is urgently needed to boost morale.
But they were too young, and no one believed they could produce any good works.
Lin is under the most pressure here.
Because everyone present was his brother, and because they believed in him, they had staked their futures on him. He had to be responsible for the work, and also for the friendship between them.
Before, he hated backdoor dealings and people being led by capital the most.
Other media companies were also the first to propose this idea.
He rejected them all. But now he can't wait any longer.
Lin Huo forced himself to suppress the emotions churning inside him and said, "I've decided on this matter. No need to say more."
He is now in a difficult situation. If he doesn't lower his standards, he doesn't know how long he will have to wait, and they can't afford to wait.
We can’t just wait until this moment and tell everyone that the project is disbanded and everyone should go home!
He was determined to approve the project and start filming immediately. It would be finished in three months.
This way, the brothers can still catch up with the national exam and autumn recruitment in the second half of the year. He is really afraid of the entertainment industry.
He has no problem risking everything himself, but he can't drag his friends into this, as he can't take the responsibility.
Once I made up my mind, I didn't care about anything else.
No matter how many people advised him to think it over and not be so impulsive, he had made up his mind.
I called him and he seemed very interested and said he would come and talk to him today.
Even though he bowed his head, the other party did not immediately agree to his proposal. Instead, they continued to discuss the script.
He had no choice but to agree.
Since becoming a novice director, he found himself being rejected many times.
The pride I had developed at Yan University was shattered bit by bit.
In the afternoon, when the car stopped outside and they could see the sign clearly, one of them immediately opened the half-closed rolling door.
Almost simultaneously, everyone looked over, thinking this might be their heroine. If she was from the investor, she should at least be pretty.
The result disappointed them. The woman who came was a sister who was about 40 years old. Although her skin was in good condition due to good maintenance, the traces of time on her nasolabial folds and corners of her eyes could not be hidden.
Lin Huo suddenly felt that although project establishment was important, there was still a bottom line: "Auntie, we..."
"Who are you calling auntie?" Sister Hua immediately frowned and looked at her coldly.
Lin Huo immediately said, "Sister, are you here for an audition?"
Sister Hua gave her a look of disdain and said, "I'm saying, with that look in your eyes, can you be a director? It's not me, it's her." Then a young girl walked out from behind her.
She was delicate yet a bit stubborn. Her most distinctive feature was her eyes, which were incredibly bright. She wasn't particularly good-looking, but she did have a very malleable face.
There is a feeling of surprise spreading from the bottom of my heart.
Lin Huo said, "Oh, welcome. Is there anything you want to discuss?"
"I read your script before coming here. I think you shouldn't use a gloomy acting style to play the suspect. It would be too easy to identify him. You should use an innocent acting style, which would be more creepy." Xia Dan said.
Screenwriter Lao Huang complained: "That's easy to say." Now anyone can criticize the script.
It's not that he was stressed, but it was too arrogant to change the script right after he came on stage.
If they change something today and something tomorrow, will the final story still be what they want to shoot?
Xia Dan wasn't particularly good at speaking. Then she said, "How about I use the same scene and perform it in comparison, and you can see."
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone raised their heads: "Okay." Lin Huo said.
The director took out a clip of the audition.
Xia Dan picked it up, looked at it for a few seconds, and then started performing immediately.
It would be presumptuous to use two methods to perform a scene, but Xia Dan used three.
The screenwriter was dismissive at the beginning, but his mouth opened into a capital O after watching the end.
This... is this the acting of a resourceful person?
She was far more talented than the acting student they were looking for. Her acting was so delicate and affecting that it was practically perfect.
The first performance was shocking enough, and she presented it in three ways.
The screenwriter was breathing heavily.
After Xia Dan finished her performance, the screenwriter excitedly shouted, "Lin Huo, holy shit, we're so lucky." He even forgot that the protagonist who made them so excited was right in front of him.
Lin Huo pretended to be calm at this moment, but his fingers were trembling slightly.
Maybe God tortured him for several months and finally gave him a little sweetness.
His face gradually turned red, and the great excitement and happiness made him unable to even utter a word.
Sister Hua was watching these brats from the side. Don't think she didn't know. She looked down on them at the beginning.
Now, Xia Dan has shattered their prejudices with his acting skills. It is such a pleasure to lead such an artist.
"We have no problem, we can sign it. We can start filming right away. As for the distribution channel, we plan to invest in a suspense project on the Kiwi portal website, and shoot it as eight episodes. If all goes well, it will be released soon."
Sister Hua looked at the group of young men and said, "Do you want to make a movie?"
These words were like the whisper of a devil, instantly making everyone's heartbeat quicken.
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