"President Ning, this is Chen Si, the director of Ningyu Entertainment. As planned, the university casting tour for 'Deep Palace' has begun. Starting tomorrow, auditions will be held at various universities."
This drama is a major IP for Ningyu this year, and it is very important for enhancing the brand.
If your schedule allows, could you go to the university to support and encourage the students auditioning?
Ningyu Company was created by Ning Mochen after he took over the Ning family business. It is a comprehensive company integrating novels, audiobooks, film and television and games. It also has a number of signed artists, truly achieving one-stop production.
However, the artists under its management, while popular, are all too familiar faces.
Once you have a fixed image in front of the audience, it's hard to give people a refreshing feeling.
The drama "Deep in the Palace" is quite innovative in terms of character design and plot. It not only needs to use veteran actors to take the lead roles, but also needs to select a wave of fresh blood to stimulate the audience's aesthetic fatigue.
Especially the two female leads, one a dashing and unrestrained heroine, the other a gentle and pitiful innocent girl. They enter the palace together and each uses their own methods to compete for the emperor's favor. After they gain a foothold, the two favored concubines fight like cockfighting, having a small fight every three days and a big fight every five days, vying to outdo each other.
Unfortunately, both the emperor fish and the bear's paw were equally fond of each other, and neither could bear to part with the other, so they remained in the middle, trying to smooth things over.
So, the two who seemed to be at odds suddenly formed an alliance, outwardly fighting but secretly working together to overthrow the emperor and become the winners in the harem.
This open casting call mainly focuses on the female lead and second female lead, as well as some supporting roles with significant screen time.
This major IP project was also personally overseen by Ning Mochen.
Therefore, he couldn't possibly be indifferent, so he hummed in agreement: "Which university is the first stop?"
Upon hearing this, Director Chen on the other side knew there was hope and couldn't contain his excitement. "President Ning, the first stop is Beicheng Film Academy! There were 198 applicants. After our initial image screening, we've narrowed it down to 68. We'll try to finish the auditions in two days and then select 8. Finally, they'll compete against the winners from other universities."
The eight members were chosen because Beicheng Film Academy has a great reputation and produces many talented people.
The remaining universities each have only 5 spots available.
After listening, Ning Mochen had a small voice in his mind: Beicheng Film Academy?
Isn't that the school Chu Yuan attends?
Unable to control himself, his lips parted, uttering two words: "What time?"
Chen Si was flattered and spoke faster, "Ah, okay, President Ning, I'll send the time and location to your secretary later so he can coordinate your schedule."
"Okay." After hanging up the phone, Ning Mochen felt something was off.
Is he being overly concerned about that surrogate mother?
After moving, Chu Yuan treated Xu Yan to dinner.
As she ate, she sensed Ning Mochen again... a very subtle feeling.
It's like she's a kite soaring in the sky, and Ning Mochen is the string that pulls on her every now and then.
If she flies too high or too far, she will naturally pull Ning Mochen back.
However, what pulls them back and forth is not a tangible thread, but an intangible "emotion".
Seeing this, Xu Yan tapped the rim of Chu Yuan's bowl with her chopsticks, "What are you thinking about? Why are you suddenly smiling like a doting aunt!"
"It's nothing," Chu Yuan said, feigning ignorance.
Xu Yan knew she didn't want to talk about it, but she didn't mind.
After finishing the last bite, he took out a small A4 poster from his bag.
"Look here."
Chu Yuan took it and placed it on the table, glancing at it a few times, not understanding why Xu Yan wanted to show it to her.
"A big IP, are you interested? It's a pity the registration period has already passed."
Everyone here is studying acting, and they're all incredibly eager to be the lead, like moths drawn to a flame.
They always want to seize opportunities.
Therefore, whenever there is such an audition opportunity, even if it is not in school, many people will compete for it.
If she sees it within the deadline, she will sign up without hesitation.
After all, the original owner's third wish was to have her own career, and there was also the trigger quest "Become a Big Star".
Xu Yan smiled and pointed at the poster. "An ancient palace drama, with the Ning family's top screenwriter and director team working together. Are you interested?"
Chu Yuan rolled her eyes at Xu Yan, "Of course there are, but the registration period has passed, Miss, please don't provoke me!"
"Hehe." Xu Yan chuckled mischievously.
Chu Yuan inexplicably sensed something was amiss.
Sure enough, the next moment she confessed, "My darling Yuanyuan, I knew it, I understand you best. Don't worry, I already handed over both of our information when I saw it before!"
Chu Yuan's eyes widened in surprise.
My goodness, what an amazing friend!
Without hesitation, she immediately grabbed the last piece of meat from the pot. "Yan, thank you so much! I'm bowing down in gratitude. Come on, eat more meat! You've lost so much weight since I last saw you!"
Xu Yan glared at her, "Get lost, I'm on a diet!"
"Besides, were you too full to eat, but didn't want to waste it, so you pretended to be 'kind' and let me eat it?"
Chu Yuan, of course, denied it.
After arguing for a while, Xu Yan's expression fell. "Sigh, although I've registered, I don't think I have a chance."
"How so?"
"Preliminary selection! Not everyone who applies is qualified to audition; they still need to undergo preliminary screening."
You know, the two of us have done a lot of part-time jobs to pay for our tuition, but we have very little real acting experience.
What are the chances of being elected?
And the audition is tomorrow, it's almost 8 o'clock now, and I still haven't received a text message!
That's not a good sign.
However, Chu Yuan hadn't held out much hope, so she quickly adjusted her mindset and started to persuade Xu Yan.
Just then, both of their phones beeped at the same time.
A text message came in...
Xu Yan instinctively turned around and reached into her bag, but then realized something and stiffened as she turned back.
"Yuan, a text message! They're together! Do you think it might be..."
Chu Yuan had already picked up her phone and was about to look at it when Xu Yan snatched it away.
Chu Yuan, "..."
"Give it to me. What are you guessing for? Let me see it and I'll know."
Xu Yan looked miserable. "Yuan, I'm nervous."
Chu Yuan stretched out her hand, "Are you too nervous to watch? I'll watch first. If it's good news, I'll say something; if it's not, I'll stay silent. Is that alright?"
That's just how people are; the higher their expectations, the greater their disappointment.
She can only remain so calm in a virtual dimension.
However, after reading it, Chu Yuan's eyes lit up, and she said with a smile, "Yan, eat some meat! You'll need the strength to run for election!"
But Chu Yuan really didn't expect that one of the judges would be Ning Mochen!
The role she applied for was the second female lead in "Tea Talk".
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