"Um... Xiao Xu, your performance just now really surprised me, it gave me goosebumps!"
Director, where did you find such a talented actor like Xu? Why had I never heard of him before?
At this moment, Wen Zhan, the male lead, also walked over and said with a shocked expression.
Director Zhong smiled and said:
"Brother Wen, you haven't missed the trending news these past few days, have you?"
"Trending topics?"
Wen Zhan paused, his expression as if he had suddenly thought of something, and pointed at Xu Lu, saying:
"Could this Xiao Xu be the protagonist of yesterday's trending topic about haunted houses? I knew he looked familiar, but I just couldn't remember him right away."
Oh, right, and there was that trending topic about a prank show where the pranker got pranked in return; the main character in that show was also Xiao Xu! I never thought I'd actually meet her in person.
"That's right, I saw Xiao Xu in the haunted house yesterday. I thought he was perfect for the second male lead in our drama, so I brought him into the crew."
It turns out my judgment was pretty good; Xiao Xu's acting skills are truly superb.
I can't speak for other types of films, but in the horror genre, well, Xu, I think you still have a little room for improvement..."
Wenzhan was stunned when he heard this.
Given that person's amazing acting skills were just now, how could you say there are areas that need improvement? That's just too outrageous!
Even though Wen Zhang is quite confident in his acting skills, he wouldn't dare say that he could perform as well as Xu Lu just now.
Fortunately, Director Zhong quickly filled in the gaps in his statement, saying:
"That means you need to hold back a bit when you're performing, you know? Even though we're making a horror movie and we're trying to scare the audience, we can't let the actors themselves get scared, right?"
That Zhou An from earlier was one thing, she was already annoying to look at, it's even better that you scared her away.
But if other actors come later, we can't let them run away after just one scene, otherwise when will we ever finish filming this movie, right?
Wenzhan nodded and agreed, "Xiao Xu, Director Zhong is right. You still need to be more careful and not be too scary."
"Speaking of which, it wasn't just Zhou An who was scared away just now; everyone standing around us felt a chill run down our spines. You can't be too frightening."
"Director Zhong is right, I will definitely pay attention in the future!"
Xu Lu nodded quickly, indicating that he would definitely follow the other party's advice and ensure that the performance would not be so scary in the future.
To avoid scaring away all the actors and creating rumors that one person ruined the entire production.
...
As Director Zhong said, there is never a shortage of actors in the industry.
Although Zhou An ran away, the next day, several more actresses auditioning for the female lead came to the 'Ghost House' production crew.
What's a little strange is that the audition for the female lead consisted entirely of acting in a scene with Xu Lu, the second male lead.
Although Xu Lu had already toned down his performance, some actresses were still scared and cried because they were too timid.
Director Zhong then selected the actress who performed better from the other two actresses who were not intimidated, and that's how the lead actress for the film was born.
This is probably the first time anyone has ever seen a drama cast based on the acting skills of the second male lead.
The female lead, 'An Ying,' who was selected through this process, treated Xu Lu much better than Zhou An did.
Although An Ying is much more famous than Xu Lu, people still refer to Xu Lu as Teacher Xu.
Of course, these are all things to be discussed later, so let's leave them aside for now.
For the next two weeks, Xu Lu spent most of his days on the set of the 'Ghost House' movie.
He works on set when there's filming, and comes to watch when there isn't. As the second male lead in the production, his contract states that he must be with the crew.
When the filming location of the haunted house was shown, the owner of the haunted house, Mr. Fang, turned pale when he saw Xu Lu appear.
It's not that the haunted house's business has worsened since it became a trending topic after Xu Lu's appearance on social media; on the contrary, the haunted house's business is much better than before.
It was only because Xu Lu led two young ladies through the haunted house that day that a large number of staff members resigned.
That's right!
Apart from Xiao Yu, who was persuaded by Boss Fang to stay, everyone else who went inside as an NPC that day, without exception, ran away afterwards.
In the words of one of the young men, Huang, they developed a psychological trauma from this experience and would never dare to work in the same industry again.
To prepare for an even more booming business, Mr. Fang had to painstakingly train another batch of new employees, and during this time his fat belly had even slimmed down.
So, it's no wonder that President Fang was in a bad mood when he saw the guy who caused so many of his employees to resign!
But the thought of that kid suddenly becoming the second male lead in the film crew made President Fang swallow his anger.
However, before Mr. Fang could compose himself, a voice appeared before him:
"Um... Mr. Fang, I want to resign!"
The person standing in front of Boss Fang at this moment was none other than Xiao Yu, the only long-term employee of the haunted house who had not yet resigned.
This really annoyed Mr. Fang, who quickly asked in a gentle voice:
"Xiaoyu, have you encountered any problems at work lately? Why are you suddenly thinking of resigning?"
Xiao Yu looked a little embarrassed and shook his head, saying:
"Mr. Fang, it's not really a problem, I just feel..."
Before he could finish speaking, Mr. Fang interrupted him:
"Xiaoyu, it's just a feeling, don't take it to heart."
As you can see, the haunted house is currently short-staffed, and you are the only long-term employee there. I will arrange more work for you from now on.
Similarly, your salary will increase significantly. Didn't you get a girlfriend and plan to get married next year?
Xiaoyu's expression clearly showed some interest, but he still hesitated and said:
"Mr. Fang, actually I don't want to leave either, but I always feel a little scared when that film crew is shooting here recently."
Not only are you a little scared, but I'm a little scared too!
Mr. Fang muttered a curse to himself, then patted the other person on the shoulder and continued gently:
"Xiaoyu, don't feel guilty. How about this, I'll give you a few days off first."
By the time you come back from your vacation, the film crew should have already left…
After finally calming down the last remaining long-time employee, General Manager Fang breathed a sigh of relief, but inwardly cursed:
"Damn it!"
That kid named Xu Lu almost scared all the employees of my haunted house away by himself!
No, once the crew leaves, I have to designate this guy as the 'most unwelcome person in the haunted house'.
"It's one thing if he comes once, but if this kid comes a couple more times, I don't have enough employees for him to mess with..."
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