Lu Xinyang straightened his back
Idol dramas are deceiving us again!
Lu Xinyang briefly reflected on himself. Although he was very handsome, he shouldn't be so eager to meet a flatterer who fawned over him as soon as he went out, and the flatterer was... so good-looking.
He followed Ji Rongyu upstairs step by step, his eyes never leaving him.
The words "suitable for turning me gay" might sound like a joke when spoken by others, but to Lu Xinyang it was the truth from the heart, and it was the greatest compliment he could think of to his homosexual partner.
He really thought Ji Rongyu was amazing. Not only could he write such exciting stories that he could stay up all night to read them, but he was also handsome and tall, a man of both talent and good looks!
If we have to say that Ji Rongyu has any shortcomings, it is that his skin is too white and his muscles do not look strong enough, which may be due to lack of exercise.
Maybe these literary and artistic workers don’t like to go out very much. They stay in the house writing every day, so their skin tends to be white, and... oh, their hair tends to be white too.
But can his hair wait until the day it turns white?
I heard that artists are particularly prone to baldness.
Lu Xinyang glanced at the back of Ji Rongyu's head with special concern. Well, it looks like his health bar is quite thick. I hope he can last for a few more decades.
The three of them walked to the reception room. Zhou Xiaoqing and Chen Feng were stunned when they saw Lu Xinyang. Although Chen Feng knew that Tang Lin had asked for an audition list, he did not expect that the real person would condescend to come in person.
Zhuoxing Media follows the high-quality route in the circle, and can produce an excellent film or television work every two to three years on average. Its contracted artists are well-known for their good looks and acting skills, and artists from other companies even reduce their remuneration to ask for cooperation.
In addition, with the Lu Group as a powerful backer, it can be said that as long as Zhuoxing Media wants to promote someone, there is no one they cannot make popular.
What's more, this time it's the genuine eldest son of the Lu family who has parachuted into the entertainment industry. The lineup and configuration are very generous. The entire production team of the crew is very strong. Several world-renowned composers were invited to compose the theme song and background music alone.
These are good resources that others can't even ask for, but now they have to be put together to serve as a nanny for the young master of the game world... It shows how difficult this young master is to serve.
Chen Feng sucked his teeth with a sour taste. If he really couldn't refuse, he would not want to get involved in this thankless job. Director Gao Jian, who was needed to coach the actors, had not shown up once so far.
It is said that after he learned about the sudden appearance of Young Master Lu, he packed his luggage overnight and climbed up to the ancient temple in the mountains. He is currently burning incense, fasting, chanting scriptures and meditating. He will not come down the mountain until he has cultivated the temperament of a bodhisattva.
After a brief moment of surprise, Zhou Xiaoqing was the first to recover and politely extended her hand to Lu Xinyang: "Nice to meet you. Hello, I'm screenwriter Zhou Xiaoqing."
"Hello, Sister Zhou, I'm Lu Xinyang, and I'm here to play the male lead." When he smiled, his snow-white front teeth were exposed. Seeing that this young master seemed easy to talk to, Chen Feng slowly shook the hand he extended.
Very good, it seems that everyone is very strong.
Lu Xinyang didn't know what he was laughing at. As soon as he sat down and stretched his legs, his eyes were still idle and followed the people present to check their hair volume one by one.
Very good, it seems that everyone’s hair is very thick.
Lu Xinyang rubbed his head proudly, inexplicably filled with confidence in the entire crew.
Several people sat down on the sofa and the audition continued.
The boy who came in this time was number 23. He had heavy makeup on his face that made it difficult to distinguish his facial features, and his performance was very forced. Ji Rongyu closed his eyes as soon as he saw him, and he didn't even have the interest to make fun of him.
He flipped through the pages of the notebook that were filled with swear words again, and saw out of the corner of his eye that Zhou Xiaoqing had deleted the information of No. 23 from the list.
Ji Rongyu pretended to rub his eyes, but actually turned his head to look at Chen Feng, and raised his eyebrows behind his hands and swung them at him.
Before the audition began, the three of them had agreed to take turns playing the bad guy to interrupt some of the overly bad performances. This time it was the assistant director's turn.
Chen Feng received Ji Rongyu's look, nodded to indicate that he understood, and then cleared his throat tactically.
However, Lu Xinyang spoke first, questioning with full energy: "Wait a minute, classmate, who are you playing now?"
Number 23 swallowed the rest of his words and looked at him in confusion: "I... am the bodyguard, Fu Qianyu."
"How can you be a bodyguard?" Lu Xinyang sat up straight upon hearing this and asked him in disbelief, "You and those candidates outside, are you all going to play bodyguards?"
"Oh, right...right?" Number 23 was stunned by his question and stammered, "We're here to audition for the role of bodyguard...isn't that okay?"
"Of course not!" Lu Xinyang said, "I'm supposed to play the bodyguard!"
As soon as he said this, Zhou Xiaoqing and Chen Feng looked at each other in surprise. Ji Rongyu couldn't even sit still anymore and raised his voice in an unbelievable manner: "Who are you playing?"
Tang Lin was used to being tormented by Lu Xinyang, so he was the first to come to his senses: "Brother Lu, are you mistaken? The role we decided on is not a bodyguard, but the painter Bai Qingheng."
Although Fu Qianyu in the novel appears by the painter's side and protects him at all times, his personality is fickle and changes from moment to moment. In comparison, although the painter, whose family has fallen on hard times, has a complicated experience, his character arc can be appropriately reduced, and the difficulty can be reduced to retaining only a naive and simple trait, and he can also get away with it by adding some emotions.
At worst, I can just rely on my looks to attract fans.
In addition, the role of Bai Qingheng has almost no fighting scenes, the filming difficulty is low, and the related plot will not cause any controversy, so Lu Xinyang's agent helped him to decide on this role.
Unexpectedly, Lu Xinyang himself quit.
"I'm not wrong. I don't want to play a painter. He looks dull and boring," Lu Xinyang said, immediately offending the original author. "I want to play a bodyguard!"
The original author glared at him, thinking, "It's hard enough playing Bai Qingheng, and you want to play Fu Qianyu? Then how can we live anymore!"
At such a critical moment, Ji Rongyu of course stood up to defend his own son without hesitation: "Bai Qingheng's personality is not boring, it's just that he has suffered a huge change and feels insecure, so he is used to hiding a lot of things in his heart. However, throughout the development of the plot, his emotional changes are actually very interesting. I hope you will consider it carefully."
To this, Lu Xinyang responded with only one sentence: "Do you think I look like an insecure person?"
Ji Rongyu: “…”
Looking at his face, which seemed to be stunned by a huge golden spoon but was still unscrupulously handsome, Ji Rongyu really couldn't say the word "similar" against his conscience.
Ji Rongyu had nothing to say, and Lu Xinyang won a great victory.
The victorious man patted his butt and stood up. He took a few steps to the bewildered No. 23 and without hesitation, he hooked his hand around the man's neck, pulling the head, which was half a head shorter than his, so that his chin bumped against his own. "Let's stand together. Do you think you can protect me?"
The full highlight on No. 23's forehead left a very obvious mark on Lu Xinyang's chin.
Number 23 looked at the mark and shook his head cautiously.
Lu Xinyang was very satisfied with this answer. He pressed the issue further, "Then do you think anyone out there looks like they can protect me?"
Number 23 continued to shake his head.
"I knew you had good taste." After eliminating all the competitors in a series of questions and answers, Lu Xinyang straightened his back with a refreshed look. He waved at Ji Rongyu with pride, but he didn't know what he was proud of. "Teacher Ji, can the bodyguard be named Lu now?"
Ji Rongyu almost couldn't breathe. He turned his head and cast an extremely intense look at Chen Feng, wishing he could ask him to get a few big and strong obstacles right away.
The experienced assistant director did not disappoint him: "Well, Xiaolu, if you want to change the role, we will have to start over again, which is time-consuming and costly, and..."
Before Lu Xinyang could finish, he stabbed him in the face: "Do I need money?"
Chen Feng: “…”
The second knife followed quickly: "If I were to play a painter, and during the fight scenes the bodyguards couldn't even beat me, and I ended up getting beaten up anyway, that would be a waste of time, money, and manpower!"
Chen Feng: “…………”
Is this a threat? This is a threat!!!
The assistant director, who was used to strong winds and waves, was dizzy by the even bigger ones and almost wanted to call Gao Jian to help him book a futon.
Chen Feng also shut up, and Lu Xinyang's persistent gaze was fixed on the last survivor.
Zhou Xiaoqing didn't object outright, but instead gave him a thoughtful look. "Now that you've changed roles this time, you can't change back. Are you sure you won't change again?"
Lu Xinyang nodded decisively: "Very sure."
"Then let's change it," Zhou Xiaoqing tucked her shoulder-length hair behind her ears. "We'll recast the role. Go talk to your agent."
It was Lu Xinyang's agent's idea to cast him as the painter, and presumably, Lu Xinyang's career plans for a long time were tied to this role. But now that the lead actor has been cast in a new role, all subsequent plans have had to be readjusted.
"No problem, I'll go now!" Lu Xinyang hadn't thought about this, and only after she reminded him did he hurried out to contact his unlucky agent.
But it doesn’t matter, he is happy, he is the bodyguard of victory, he is willing to move forward bravely to defend his victory!
The door of the reception room opened and closed, and Lu Xinyang also pushed No. 23 out. In Ji Rongyu's view, this was to cut the weeds at their roots. Ji Rongyu could imagine that he would definitely drive away all the other candidates outside as soon as he went out!
What a deep scheming mind! He thought he was just a simple psychopath!
Ji Rongyu was so angry that he didn't even have time to open his little notebook. The dirty words were written all over his eyes: "Sister Xiaoqing, can I break the contract?"
He signed two contracts at the same time, as a screenwriter and a crew screenwriter. His original intention was to experience the filming life of the crew firsthand and accumulate materials for his future novels. He didn't expect that this would trap him.
He now regrets it very much when he thinks about working in the same group with that scheming psychopath for several months.
"Don't worry, the situation may not be as bad as you think. Since he's determined to play Fu Qianyu, then let him do it," Zhou Xiaoqing lowered his head and sent a message to the two actors who were on their way. "It just so happens that the looks of the two people I recommended don't fit Fu Qianyu's character, but if Bai Qingheng is replaced, it will be very close."
Chen Feng scratched his chin. "So, we don't need to continue casting. Your vision is definitely right."
Zhou Xiaoqing has been in the circle for so many years, producing good works and promoting good actors. She has always been famous for her accurate judgment of people.
"But this... this guy named Lu... can he really act?" Ji Rongyu gritted his teeth and pinched his wrist, not being optimistic at all.
"It's all acting no matter who you play. Forcing him to act all the time and act innocent isn't going to help, is it?" Zhou Xiaoqing sighed. "Let's try it out. At least in terms of pride, self-confidence, and egocentrism, he and Fu Qianjue share the same roots."
Ji Rongyu: “…”
What you said seems to make some sense.
In fact, breaking the contract was just talk. He thought about the balance in his bank card, compared it with the amount of compensation for breaking the contract, and decided to accept it.
Money is hard to make and shit is hard to eat. At worst, he can just cover his nose tightly and stay away from the set. Anyway, there are many sons of the rich man who want to serve him, so it will never be his turn.
"The divorced one isn't here," Zhou Xiaoqing said, staring at the replies on her phone, "but the married one is here."
Chen Feng listened to her words and suddenly remembered a name: "Are you talking about Wen Zhuo?"
"Yes, it's him." Zhou Xiaoqing nodded, got up and went downstairs to pick him up.
Ji Rongyu threw his pen on the table and couldn't help asking curiously, "Brother Chen, who is Wen Zhuo?"
"He's Xiaoqing's junior from the same school. He's acted in quite a few plays," Chen Feng said. "You might not remember his name, but you might think he looks familiar when you see him."
"Yeah?"
A moment later, Zhou Xiaoqing brought the man up, and Ji Rongyu found that it was true. As soon as he saw this face, he could remember that he had participated in some very famous TV series. Although he had not watched TV series for a long time, he could now immediately remember the names of several roles played by Wen Zhuo.
Ji Rongyu suddenly felt like he was being pleasantly surprised: "Hello, Teacher Wen, I'm screenwriter Rongyu. I've seen many of your TV dramas, and I'm glad you're here."
Wen Zhuo shook his hand and seemed to be very easy to get along with. "I don't deserve to be called a teacher. Nice to meet you."
Wen Zhuo is already 31 years old, but his eyes look young, so he looks like he is only 26 or 27 years old. His facial features are regular and handsome. Although his appearance is not very eye-catching, his temperament is very outstanding.
Zhou Xiaoqing joked with him as he opened the document: "Wait a moment, I'll pick a script for you first. Or you can prepare yourself and draw a picture on the spot. If it's good, the judging panel will give you five points."
She dragged the mouse to select a passage, then turned the laptop screen to Ji Rongyu. Ji Rongyu was so familiar with the script and the role that he nodded after just a glance.
The audition role was temporarily changed from Fu Qianyu to Bai Qingheng. Now there is not even a usable audition script on hand, but Zhou Xiaoqing was too lazy to print it out, so he just enlarged the text and let Wen Zhuo read it on the computer.
"Can I get five points for performing?" Wen Zhuo smiled. "How about I lower my pay a bit and try to get ten points."
Chen Feng said, "With your sister Xiaoqing here, your pay will definitely go to you, so come on and do a scene."
Wen Zhuo finished reading the script, put the computer aside very lightly, and said with a smile: "Here I come."
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