The largest investor in "The Best Youth" is the Kiwi Platform, so Kang Hui asked Li Weijie of the Kiwi Platform to help bridge the gap.
Li Weijie is not a philanthropist. The reason why he was willing to help was because in "Artist Producer", he owed favors to Chen Minhao and Kang Hui due to copyright issues with "Sing If You Want".
Although the copyright of "Sing If You Want" was finally bought back by Mr. Zhang of Shenmeng Agency, this does not mean that the favor owed by Li Weijie has been written off.
When Li Weijie saw an opportunity to return the favor, he immediately set up a bridge and helped Chen Minhao make an appointment with Wang Danlei, the producer of "The Best Youth", to have dinner with him.
Dining with the producer is obviously a social dinner. Chen Minhao couldn't say he liked this kind of dinner, but he couldn't say he disliked it either. He just regards this kind of social dinner as one of the tasks that must be completed in his star career.
After the makeup artist Kevin finished applying makeup to Chen Minhao, he walked around Chen Minhao and said with satisfaction: "It's very good. It's a pity that there is no gift box and bow, otherwise I would have sent you away."
"It's not too late to prepare now." Chen Minhao said jokingly.
Kang Hui curled his lips and said, "Don't be poor. If the problem can be solved by sleeping, I will be relieved."
Kang Hui helped Chen Minhao straighten his collar and said, "Have you remembered Wang Danlei's preferences and experiences that I sent to you on WeChat yesterday?"
Chen Minhao nodded and said, "Remember."
Kang Hui sighed and said, "It would be great if "The Best Youth" had a male producer. After drinking a few bottles of white wine and drinking the atmosphere, everything would be easier to say."
Chen Minhao was just about to say, I guess I have already fallen before the producer fell. But he suddenly recalled that on the day the three-person group was formed, Kang Hui took the three of them to a big dinner and Kang Hui's dashing and heroic appearance at the dinner table.
For the dinner at six o'clock in the evening, Kang Hui and Chen Minhao arrived fifteen minutes early.
Kang Hui booked a Western restaurant on Huaihai Road, and the waiter led them to the reserved private room.
The private room is relatively large, but there is only a large square table and 4 chairs. The chairs are quite far apart, so it would be difficult to talk, let alone build a relationship.
The dishes were ordered in advance when Kang Hui ordered the meal. The Western restaurant, dishes, and red wine are all designed to cater to the preferences of producer Wang Danlei.
After a while, Li Weijie arrived with a middle-aged woman wearing a blue dress.
Before Chen Minhao could react, Li Weijie greeted him warmly: "Long time no see!"
Wang Danlei said with a smile: "This is Chen Minhao, he is so handsome, no wonder he is so popular."
Chen Minhao didn't like this sentence, which seemed to attribute all his achievements to his appearance, but he still smiled brightly at Wang Danlei.
"Sister Dan, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend today. Come and sit here," Kang Hui said and pulled out a chair.
Wang Danlei was not polite and sat on the chair pulled out by Kang Hui with a smile on her face, but there was a hint of alienation in her smile.
Chen Minhao opened a bottle of wine and slowly poured it into the glass. He gently rotated the goblet to allow the wine and air to fully ferment without spilling anything.
Wang Danlei said in surprise: "You still know about red wine?"
Chen Minhao grinned: "I know a little bit. When I'm not busy, I'll have a drink."
Chen Minhao's voice is frank and natural.
If he hadn't taught Chen Minhao how to pour wine last night, Kang Hui would have felt that Chen Minhao was telling the truth.
Kang Hui praised his artist's acting skills and thought it would be really useful to hire a teacher to improve his line skills.
Chen Minhao had no idea that because of his words, he would receive more acting training in the next period of time.
"Sorry, I don't feel well today and don't want to drink." Wang Danlei said softly.
Chen Minhao was stunned for a moment, wondering whether to continue pouring.
Wang Danlei chuckled and said: "Sit down, we won't drink today. I heard that the steak here is very good, let's just eat and chat."
Wang Danlei's voice was very gentle, but if you think about it carefully, it was gentle but also overbearing. She said that if she didn't drink, then others couldn't drink either.
"I'm a very direct person. You all invited me here today, so let's just talk about things directly." Wang Danlei cut a small piece of steak with a table knife and said: "The character Wu Yan in "The Best Youth" , many people are fighting for it, what do you think is your advantage over them?"
Chen Minhao sighed secretly in his heart. Wang Danlei was really direct, but this was considered to be a step into his own field - interviewing.
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As soon as the two got into the car, Kang Hui said: "You performed pretty well. If the perfect score is 100, I can give you at least 70 points."
Chen Minhao smiled awkwardly and said, "Sister Kang, please help me read other scripts. I feel like she doesn't like me very much, and even hates me a little."
Kang Hui asked doubtfully: "Why do you think so? It is impossible for the producer to express his position directly at a dinner like this. An old fox like Wang Danlei is always polite with a touch of alienation, but he also makes people feel I feel like I have some hope.”
Chen Minhao shook his head and said, "It's not a question of whether she expresses her stance or not, but she has a strong feeling that she doesn't like me."
As an orphan in his previous life, Chen Minhao was relatively sensitive to whether others were kind or malicious towards him, so he was not 100% prepared, but there would be nothing wrong in preparing a Plan B in advance.
Kang Hui nodded and said nothing.
The next day, Chen Minhao received a call from Kang Hui early in the morning.
Kang Hui in a furious state.
"Your feeling is right, Wang Danlei really doesn't like you." Kang Hui paused for a few seconds and said: "You refused to shoot a P2P advertisement in "Artist Producer", and that advertisement was actually approached by Wang Danlei. Come. She was unhappy with you at that time. The reason why she asked you to audition was just because of your popularity."
Chen Minhao understood immediately: "With my current popularity, being able to serve as the lead male lead in "The Best Youth" is news, but failing the audition is also news. She plans to use me as a springboard to use my failed audition to help "The Best Youth" "Youth" is very popular."
Chen Minhao sighed, "There is a cause, there is a result. Unexpectedly, the original rejection has now created new problems." But if time goes back and Chen Minhao is asked to choose again, he will still choose to refuse to shoot P2P advertisements.
Kang smiled back and said, "Yes, you are becoming more and more sensitive to things in the circle now."
The next second, her voice suddenly became serious: "Do you really want to act in this script?"
Chen Minhao thought for more than ten seconds and then said: "I really like this script and I want to act in it."
Kang Hui said: "Then you have been preparing for the audition of "The Best Youth" recently."
Chen Minhao asked doubtfully: "Didn't you say that the director can't decide on the choice of male lead?"
Kang Hui stepped on the accelerator and said: "The director really can't make the decision, but I once said something before. If my artist really wants to eat the Queen Mother's peaches, I must imitate Sun Wukong and go to heaven to steal the peaches. If he meets the gods, he will be killed." God, if you meet a Buddha, kill him!"
Kang Hui spoke with murderous intent. Although Chen Minhao knew that Kang Hui would never do anything against the law, he still couldn't help but ask: "Sister Kang, what are you going to do?"
"What can I do? Can I chop her to death with a knife? Remember to prepare well for the audition. This is the cornerstone of everything. Your audition is 1, and the work I can do is 0. There is no 1 , no matter how many zeros there are, it’s meaningless.”
(End of chapter)