Chapter 459 Opportunity or Missed Opportunity?
Xu Yue is still filming in Hengdian, while Shen Xuewei and Xiang Guoping are already busy casting for the Changsheng Tu series.
Shen Xuewei was determined not to let other capital interfere with this drama, and all casting decisions would be made by her and Xiang Guoping.
Xiang Guoping has such a lot of influence this time, and he's even more proactive than when he was filming his previous dramas combined.
For the older characters in the drama, he went through all the actors he had worked with before and called them to invite them.
These veteran actors have been acting for decades. Those he invites are basically people he has worked with before and whose acting skills are consistently good.
By May, most of the roles had been finalized, with only a few remaining undecided.
With a major IP and significant investment, Tide Media has explicitly stated that this is the company's most important project this year.
In no time, Xiang Guoping's inbox was flooded with resumes from self-recommendations, making him dizzy from looking at them.
After discussing it, the two decided to hold an open audition for the roles that hadn't been decided yet.
It's a competitive selection process; whoever performs best gets the job.
On the day of the audition, a large group of people arrived in droves.
Shen Xuewei, Xiang Guoping, Xu Yue, the casting director, and the producer acted as judges, interviewing one candidate after another.
In the end, only the male lead and two or three important supporting roles remained to be decided.
Five people came to compete for the male lead role.
One of them, upon hearing that there would be an open audition and that the other candidates would compete based on their acting skills, simply didn't come, leaving only four candidates.
One actor is good at acting, but he's a bit old... No matter how well he takes care of himself, he's forty years old, and he doesn't look like the character in the novel at all.
Of the remaining three, one had terrible acting skills, and the other acted reasonably well, but was a complete newcomer, so the producer wasn't very optimistic about him.
As for the last one... Xiang Guoping looked at the male actor, then at Xu Yue.
"Xu Yue, go down and rehearse your lines with him, let's take a look."
This actor is a second-tier actor; he's a decent person, and his acting isn't bad either.
He and Xu Yue played mother and son in a drama before...
Upon hearing this, Xu Yue got up and went to the center of the stage to act with the male actor.
As soon as the two started acting, the eyes of the people above lit up simultaneously.
They didn't seem like much before, but now that they're acting together, they actually have great chemistry.
Even the picky Shen Xuewei nodded; this one did indeed look much more suitable than the previous ones.
Xiang Guoping and the producer turned to look at Shen Xuewei. "President Shen, what do you think of this?"
Shen Xuewei looked at the male actor and replied, "Not bad."
Upon hearing this, the two understood that this meant they were satisfied.
The producer calculated the budget for the show and found that the actor's salary was just within the budget, and immediately felt that this person was the chosen one.
With the male lead cast, all that's left are a few important supporting roles.
After that, I interviewed a few more, but I wasn't particularly satisfied with any of them. One of them had such bad acting skills that even Shen Xuewei, a layman, could tell at a glance that he was terrible.
Unfortunately, he also lacked any sense of propriety.
Seeing that Shen Xuewei and the others did not immediately decide to use his idea, his smiling face froze, then returned to normal.
"I am very happy to be here today to participate in the audition for the Changsheng Tu drama. I was recommended by Uncle Mo. If there is anything I did not do well, I hope the judges can give me some pointers."
He meant that he had powerful connections and wanted the production team of the "Eternal Life Picture" series to be sensible and give him the role he was competing for.
Having grasped the meaning behind his words, the director and producer were not very happy.
Who are they to rely on here? They're trying to intimidate them with that guy surnamed Mo, but they have a bigger boss sitting right here than Mo!
They all looked at Shen Xuewei at the same time, and Shen Xuewei was a little confused.
"Why are you looking at me? I don't know many people with the surname Mo."
She only knows two people with the surname Mo, and they are both teachers. How could they possibly have anything to do with the entertainment industry?
The producer, who worked for Tide Media, quietly reminded her when he saw this.
"Mr. Shen, the person he's talking about is Mr. Mo from our company."
Shen Xuewei then remembered that the company had a shareholder surnamed Mo.
However, he only owns 7% of the shares, making him just a minor shareholder.
When Shen Xuewei bought shares in Chaoxi Media, she also wanted to buy his portion, but he was unwilling to sell.
Shen Xuewei figured that since she already had enough shares to control the company, she didn't bother to buy them from him.
This guy is a shareholder of the company, but he doesn't hold any position in the company.
There used to be one, but this person used to engage in underhanded practices within the company.
After gaining control, Shen Xuewei's first action was to have Shen Zhiwei remove him from his position.
Unspoken rules are commonplace in the entertainment industry, but Shen Xuewei cannot tolerate such practices by the executives of her own company.
If artists want to take shortcuts and do so voluntarily, Shen Xuewei will not stop them.
After all, you can't stop someone like that even if you want to, so why be the bad guy?
Coercion won't work.
Threatening someone by using a minority shareholder?
Sorry, that's not enough.
Shen Xuewei looked at him and announced directly, "You're out. Please leave."
The man was so angry he jumped up and down, "Why don't you use me? Why should you be the one to decide?"
Shen Xuewei discovered that there were an astonishing number of fools in the world who couldn't see their own place in the world.
He wanted an explanation, and Shen Xuewei actually gave him two explanations.
"In this production team, I'm the boss. I decide who gets used, and if I say you're out, you're out."
Looking at the man whose feet seemed nailed to the ground and wouldn't move, Shen Xuewei recalled his performance just now, and a genuine look of disgust appeared in her eyes.
"Also, with so many people in the audience, you're actually quite impressive."
The man was taken aback, thinking that Shen Xuewei was about to praise him.
The next moment, Shen Xuewei's disdain was not hidden at all and was directly overflowing.
"You are the only person among all the people I've interviewed recently who I can count on my toes the size of a house in my shoe."
Those who understood the meaning behind Shen Xuewei's words chuckled softly, then quickly suppressed it.
Xu Yue lowered her head, her body trembling. If you looked closely, you could even see that her cheeks were puffing up.
It wasn't until Shen Xuewei kicked her in anger that she barely managed to hold back and raised her head again with a serious expression.
After a brief pause, the man realized that Shen Xuewei was mocking his poor acting skills...
He wanted to say something, but then the phone rang, and he looked down to answer it.
He glanced back, but ultimately left unwillingly.
Shen Xuewei raised her eyebrows slightly. It was good that the guy wasn't too slow to react. He didn't even look at the person who had asked him for favors, and how bad he was.
The interviews continued until all the interviews were completed. Then, everyone took their actor introductions and began to select and assign roles.
"Is this person... an artist from HeYu Century?"
After verifying the other party's information, the producer nodded affirmatively.
"Yes, it's from Heyu Century."
Shen Xuewei picked up the other person's resume and put it into the pile of invalid ones.
"That's a real shame."
Sometimes luck is like that; even if you perform well, opportunities may still slip away.
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