Chapter 129 It’s You, the Crooked-Mouth Dragon King!
It took Lin Cao more than ten minutes to finally digest the script and calm himself down.
Click.
With a few clicks of the mouse, the document and the computer were closed together.
He will have to go to the temporarily rented studio to interview actors later, and he can't be affected too much by the script.
As for the selection criteria for actors, Lin Cao is still confused...
However, although he did not have the ability to understand his boss, his ability to memorize things by rote was still there.
Didn't the boss say that the standard for the leading role is to have decent looks, and the standard for the supporting role is to have ordinary looks without any highlights? Then choose the actors based on this!
As for the acting issue, it is even simpler - whoever can make Lin Cao look more disgusting has better acting skills and should be hired.
It must be Mr. Yang's intention to make such a disgusting script deeply rooted in people's hearts.
After making up his mind, Lin Cao took a quick look at the number of people coming for the audition.
While Yue Mansion was recruiting extras, more than a hundred people chose to come to Kui Guang!
After a moment of surprise, Lin Cao suddenly felt that this was natural.
Kuiguang Company reimburses travel expenses, food and lodging, offers high pay, and even long-term agency contracts. For those small extras and actors who have been struggling to make ends meet for years, this is an opportunity that cannot be missed.
Not only does it make it possible to become famous, but it also means you will be able to have a stable job in the future.
What's more, this is a company with a good reputation, Kui Guang, that is recruiting people!
The person in charge of filming the web series at Yuefu is Zheng Weineng, who is in charge of the live broadcast circle. The leading actors are either seconded from the entertainment department or their own anchors who are trying to transform. It is impossible to leave any positions for the leading and main supporting roles for these young actors in the extras.
Of course, due to the system's restriction that only one person can be signed per month, Yang Ruoqian only issued one long-term contract to Lin Cao.
As for other supporting roles and extras, we can only sign short-term project contracts with them.
Lin Cao took a taxi to the rented studio. As soon as he got off the car, he saw that the place was crowded with people, including many actors who came for trial filming.
Jinhai is not particularly cold at the beginning of winter, but it is not comfortable either.
So many people are willing to come from far away, and even arrive half an hour or an hour early, just to fight for the few spots for actors.
In the entertainment industry, those who are thirsty will die of drought, and those who are flooded will die of flooding.
After all, he was a leader of a large company. Lin Cao immediately put on sunglasses, dangled a cigarette from his lips, and showed his imposing manner: "Everyone, register your identity and wait in line over there. Come over when I call your name."
Seeing Lin Cao coming, several staff members immediately surrounded him and made way for him through the crowd.
“Brother Lin!”
"Brother Lin, this way."
"Please make way in front, don't block the road."
These people are not employees of Kuiguang, but Lin Cao hired them to keep up appearances...
Lin Cao is not a director, but he cannot lose to anyone in terms of momentum. This is definitely not for his own face, but to maintain the great image of Kuiguang Company.
As for the real director, he should be inside Chengyu Media now, cursing loudly at Yang Ruoqian's outrageous plot.
Of course, it’s not just the director who has a headache, but also the screenwriter who changes the plot into a script… This short plot of just over 100,000 words is enough to make people feel sick just reading it, let alone adapting it.
Lin Cao sat down at the main seat, took out a piece of paper, and began to read out the names: "Li Na, Wang Bing, you two come over first and perform a duet. The others wait outside."
As soon as he finished speaking, a man and a woman walked out of the crowd.
The two looked at Lin Cao, with a hint of anticipation and nervousness in their eyes.
The girl, who was not particularly pretty but only delicate, introduced herself simply: "Hello, I'm Li Na, and I want to try out for the role of the second female supporting role."
"Hello, Director Lin. I want to try out for the male lead role."
Lin Cao nodded and motioned for the two to follow him into the set.
He turned on his computer and found a dialogue in the script: "Take a look at this line and perform it according to your own understanding."
Li Na and Wang Bing took the script and quickly read through it.
This is a plot in which a supporting actress and the protagonist have a conflict, and the plot takes place next to a car.
The male protagonist was already engaged to the female supporting role at that time.
After watching for a few dozen seconds, the two of them basically grasped the plot, so they nodded to Lin Cao to indicate that they could have the audition.
"Let's start." Lin Cao was not a professional director, so he spoke directly.
Wang Bing immediately got into the mood, with a neither humble nor arrogant expression, and said to Li Na, who played the female supporting role: "Wife..."
The two were walking side by side, but after hearing this name, Li Na flew into a rage and turned around, with the anger and contempt in her eyes vividly expressed: "What did you call me?!"
At the same time, a slap with a huge amplitude was thrown.
Of course it was impossible to really slap someone during the audition, but the amplitude of the action, the facial expression... Lin Cao's eyes lit up.
Wang Bing covered his face with his hands, looking shocked: "Old..."
Before he finished speaking, another slap came over: "What's your name?"
Li Na's voice clearly became lower, but the listeners felt that she was even angrier.
Wang Bing suppressed his anger and reminded: "We have already booked..."
Swish! Another slap flew into the air. This time, Li Na raised her voice to the highest pitch: "What did you yell?!"
"Su... President Su..." Wang Bing immediately lowered his head.
Li Na then sneered and shouted hysterically: "Remember, you are the one who married into our Su family. You are not even worthy to call me by my name. Engagement? It's for outsiders to see. Otherwise, how can I accept your Lin family's assets?"
The script ends here.
"Cut, stop!" Lin Cao decisively called out the ending remarks, but did not immediately announce the result. He just ordered: "You two go out and wait, I'll notify you in a moment. By the way, call Qiu Rui and Zhao Ling in."
Lin Cao had actually already made up his mind.
This girl named Li Na performed well. Although her acting skills were a little immature and her performance was too flamboyant and exaggerated, this web drama was originally in this style and she fits the character's temperament very well.
Wang Bing is an average person, with no obvious shortcomings and no highlights. Let's put him aside for now and consider him again if we can't find a better candidate.
…
More than ten minutes passed, and groups of people came in and out of the set, anxiously waiting in the waiting area for Lin Cao to announce his own fate.
"Guan Yunpeng, Nie Xiaowan, Zhou Yu, Huang Lie. Director Lin wants the four of you to go in!"
Two more actors walked out of the set, looking disappointed.
Because both of them performed poorly, if nothing unexpected happens, they will probably be eliminated.
The four people whose names were called quickly stepped out of the line and walked into the set.
Most of those who can audition here are "old actors" who have been performing as extras for quite some time. They know the basic rules and don't need Lin Cao to explain more.
After a brief self-introduction, Lin Cao, as he had done before, selected a small passage from the script and printed it out for the four people.
"This is the clip you are going to act out, a scene between four people. Take a look at it. If you have any questions, you can ask me." Lin Cao said.
The four of them picked up the script and read it together.
This is a very simple scene, which is probably about an old lady who is suffering from leukemia and is in critical condition, and several people are arguing in the hospital.
Guan Yunpeng plays the male lead, Nie Xiaowan plays the female supporting role who is an overseas doctor, Zhou Yu is a senior doctor in the hospital, and Huang Lie plays the miracle doctor who is hired for 5 million yuan.
After watching the plot and exchanging a few simple words, the four nodded to Lin Cao: "Director Lin, we are ready."
Lin Cao, who had satisfied his desire to be a director, shook off the ashes from his cigarette and said, "Let's start."
Nie Xiaowan stood beside a table, looking like she was being scolded but unwilling to accept the consequences.
Zhou Yu said anxiously and angrily: "You are a great sea turtle doctor, but you can't even cure the old lady's leukemia! You even want to feed the first lady of Luo Province with gold juice. Do you know what gold juice is?! Ah? You don't know?!"
The image of a person who is angry and anxious, and throws all the responsibilities onto others even though he clearly does not have the ability enough, immediately emerges.
Nie Xiaowan lowered her head and murmured, "Shit...shit water!"
Swish, a slap came over.
"Sewage?!" Zhou Yu was furious. "If anything happens to Madam Hong, I'll make you drink it to death!"
Just as the atmosphere was tense, the camera turned to Guan Yunpeng.
"I can cure the old lady's illness..." He couldn't help but laugh.
"Guan Yunpeng, you, the son-in-law of the Hong family, are you qualified to speak?!" Nie Xiaowan, who was originally timid, acted like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and played the role of a bully who was afraid of the strong and bullied the weak vividly, "Get lost!"
Guan Yunpeng, who could have ended the play with just one hand, endured the humiliation, walked to the bedside, and said seriously: "You Western doctors call this disease leukemia, and it can't be cured! In traditional Chinese medicine, this is called evil spirit possession, and I can cure it!"
"Possessed?!" Nie Xiaowan laughed coldly, "If you can cure it, I will marry you now!"
"Okay!" Guan Yunpeng said as he made a gesture of picking up the Taiyi Divine Needle in his hand and was about to start casting a spell... and was about to start the treatment when suddenly the door outside was pushed open.
The God of Medicine Huang Lie walked in with a ruthless step.
"Stop!" Nie Xiaowan shouted hurriedly, "Master Huang, the God of Medicine, is here!"
"It's the Medical God Huang Lie!"
"Grandpa Huang!"
Huang Lie strode past these people and glanced at them confidently. Suddenly, his face changed drastically and he said in shock: "Leukemia! Chinese medicine also calls it evil spirits! Evil spirits enter the body, and this disease is difficult to cure!"
At this moment, Huang Lie suddenly saw what Guan Yunpeng was holding. His expression changed again and he asked in shock, "Taiyi Divine Needle? May I ask, is your last name Guan?"
As he spoke, he clasped his hands together and bent slightly.
"That's right." Guan Yunpeng said.
Huang Lie took a deep breath, knelt on one knee, and said excitedly: "Taiyi Sect, the 320th generation descendant Huang Lie, greets the uncle, greets the Dragon King!"
Everyone else was shocked.
"Uncle Master? This is the God of Medicine!"
"Meet the Dragon King?!"
"Could he be the legendary Dragon King?"
At the same time, Guan Yunpeng felt the emotions of the people around him, and the corner of his mouth suddenly tilted to the left, raised to the extreme, revealing an exaggerated smile comparable to a hook.
(Today's 10,000-word update is presented~)
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