"You said I have to apologize if you ask me to? Haha, I can apologize if you ask me to. Pick a car here and if it wins, I'll apologize!"
"Stop!" Guo Liangcai called a halt, then said to the actor who had just spoken his lines, "Go back and wait for notification."
After waiting for everyone to leave, Guo Liangcai lay down on the recliner and said helplessly, "Who are these people who come to audition? Is the character he just played a rich second generation? He's just a gangster and a bully, isn't he?"
After the last preliminary negotiation, Feng Xiaoyun quickly signed a contract with Guo Liangcai and Huang Peng. Half of the money has been transferred to their account, and the new script has also been sent over.
Guo Liangcai and Huang Peng are now selecting roles. The name of this play is very simple, it is called "Racing Girls".
Needless to say, the female lead has already been confirmed to be Yan Zi. In Guo Liangcai's version of the script, apart from the female lead, the others were just tools, just cameos, and were all supporting roles.
Now there are many more characters in new scripts. Although Guo Liangcai is not well-known and the film and television company that Huang Peng set up to promote his girlfriend is also a fake, they still have an investment of 200 million yuan registered with the Film Bureau.
That’s right, it was 200 million yuan, of which 100 million yuan was invested in the early stage. Then, because it was a racing movie, there were many supercars in it, and many of them were limited editions. The rental fee was calculated to be 60 million yuan, and there was another 40 million yuan for publicity and promotion.
Anyone who has been approved to start filming by the Film Bureau will be blacklisted if the actual investment amount does not reach 80% of the registered investment amount. This is also a way to combat money laundering.
This is to prevent someone from claiming to have invested 500 million yuan but actually using 50 million yuan.
If the actors' salaries, equipment, venue rental and other expenses are too far from the market price, relevant departments will intervene to conduct an investigation at any time to prevent those who use movies to launder money or evade taxes.
Therefore, when Guo Liangcai sent invitations to various entertainment companies, there was an endless stream of people coming to audition.
After all, every company has so many new talents waiting to come to the fore, and it is not easy to come across a movie with an investment of over 200 million yuan.
"How many actors have been confirmed now?" Huang Peng asked. During this period, he had been hanging out on the crew every day, following Guo Liangcai to audition people, just to leave a good impression on Feng Xiaoyun. Now Feng Xiaoyun had risen to the level of his idol.
"Well, minor supporting roles are easy to deal with, but the main roles besides the heroine and her mother have been confirmed." There was no other way. One of the two was originally a marginal director who made some music videos and campus short films, and the other was an outsider.
If these two people who have no connections in the circle are asked to choose roles, they can only audition one by one like looking for a needle in a haystack. But every newcomer thinks that he will be the future movie emperor, and those who come to audition are prepared to play the male lead or the second male lead.
"Next." Complaints are fine, but work still has to be done.
"Hello, director. I'm Zhang Youming from Yihai Company. I hope to be interviewing for the role of Liao Chuan." A boy came in. He was quite handsome. After all, those who were not handsome could not enter the entertainment company.
"Oh? Liao Chuan?" Guo Liangcai suddenly became interested. This character didn't have many lines in the play. He was considered a follower of the second male lead, the female lead's rival. He didn't expect that someone would take the initiative to ask for an interview for this role.
"Can you tell me why you chose this role?" Guo Liangcai asked curiously.
"Because..." Zhang Youming rubbed his hands awkwardly and said, "Because I often played assistant in school. I'm not a professional actor, so my agent suggested that I start with roles that I can play naturally."
"Okay, have you memorized Liao Chuan's lines?" Guo Liangcai asked. Just now, someone came to interview the second male lead, the rich second generation Wu Qi, but he didn't even memorize Wu Qi's lines. Such a person actually wanted to get the role. Does he have to wait for him to count during filming?
"I've memorized it."
"Okay, then you and I will perform a scene together." Guo Liangcai pulled out the script and read it aloud: "Liao Chuan, give her the key."
"Wu..." Zhang Youming's already flustered expression became even more flustered. He wanted to say something but didn't dare to. He timidly took out the key and said, "Brother Wu, tell her to be careful."
After saying that, he glanced at his car keys, then made up his mind not to look at them again and lowered his head.
Not bad, Guo Liangcai nodded with satisfaction. This kid really acted out the mood of a follower. On the one hand, he was reluctant to part with his car, but he was even more afraid to offend Wu Qi. In the end, he simply turned a blind eye.
"Zhang Youming, right? Ask your agent to come over tomorrow to sign the contract."
"Really?" Zhang Youming hadn't expected to be accepted after just one take. He happily shook Guo Liangcai's hand and said, "Thank you, Director. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I'll definitely continue to study this character when I get back. Thank you, thank you."
"Okay, work hard."
After sending Zhang Youming away, the two finally breathed a sigh of relief and ticked Liao Chuan's name on the character list.
"Brother Cai, you know what, although following you these two days is tiring, it feels much more fulfilling than hanging out outside before." Huang Peng sighed.
Originally, he called him Brother Cai reluctantly for the sake of his brother's face. But now, since his idol sincerely called Guo Liangcai Brother Cai, what right did he have to put on airs?
"You've made your brother worry a lot." Guo Liangcai and Huang Ming have been friends for many years. He has noticed the recent changes in Huang Peng and is willing to give him some advice: "If you can help Xiaoyun make this movie well this time, you've seen his strength. You can just continue to run your film and television company and make more than enough money for yourself."
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