The direct flight from Brazil to Beijing takes a whole day, plus the nearly twelve-hour time difference between the two countries, Shen Yu boarded the plane from Brazil with An Wei and Tang Yuan the next morning after finishing the ceremony. It was late at night in Beijing when we got off the plane.
Wearing a mask and pushing the luggage out of the airport, Shen Yu felt a little top-heavy due to the long journey and jet lag. Fortunately, Mary had already arranged a special car waiting for the pick-up, and directly took the three of them out of the airport.
"Brother Yu, how do you feel after reading those books?" The car drove all the way to the gate of the villa area where Zhong Simo lived, and An Wei suddenly remembered to ask before getting off the car.
"I like the criminal investigation drama better now, you can try to get in touch to find out the details." Just now on the plane, Shen Yu had roughly read the scripts given by An Wei.
"Okay, then I'll make arrangements. Brother Yu, take a good rest and contact me when you wake up tomorrow." An Wei nodded and said, as an excellent agent, her work may sometimes be busier than Shen Yu's .
"Pay attention to rest, don't be so anxious about work." Shen Yu thought for a while and instructed.
"Yeah, I know Brother Yu, you are Buddhist." An Wei couldn't help laughing, "Go home and rest, see you go in and Tang Yuan and I will go back too."
Shen Yu pushed his luggage back to the villa alone, he opened the door and went in, it was deserted and he was the only one, Xiaoyu and Wanzi were sent to a pet foster care agency to pick them up tomorrow, fortunately, the room should always be cleaned by a special cleaning lady, you can directly check in.
After washing up, Shen Yu replied to Zhong Simo's question about safety, drank melatonin to help sleep and lay on the bed, and checked Weibo hot searches before going to bed. Nothing major happened in the entertainment industry, but the financial industry There has been a lot of trouble in the circle for the past two days.
Starting from the building materials business, the well-known Zhou family in the Beijing circle had problems. The buildings under its construction were found to be of low quality and had potential safety hazards. The relevant departments intervened in the investigation, which led to a lot of corruption.
Zhou... isn't Zhou Chuzhi's background? Shen Yu thought of the well-known rich second-generation first-line star who had troubles during the audition before, and he didn't seem to have heard much about him recently.
Shen Yu wanted to take a closer look, but sleepiness hit his brain. He yawned, put down his phone, temporarily forgot about this economic news that seemed to have nothing to do with him at the moment, and fell asleep with his head tilted.
After a few months, he finally returned to the familiar bed. The effect of melatonin had subsided and Shen Yu slept until noon the next day before waking up dizzy.
Taking the mobile phone that he forgot to charge and turning it on, An Wei has already made several calls.
"Hey, An Wei. Is there anything urgent for me?" Shen Yu immediately called back.
"Brother Yu, you finally answered the phone, I was planning to go directly to you..." An Wei was relieved when she heard his voice, and then her tone became brisk, "Happy event!"
"What?" Shen Yu was taken aback, his sleepy head couldn't feel the joy in An Wei's words.
"Do you know Director Yan?" An Wei put it off.
"Of course I know, such a famous director." Shen Yu said after hearing the words.
Director Yan is one of the famous directors in China. He is more focused on the TV drama market than movies. Every drama his team releases has a good reputation and popularity, and is also well-known throughout China. The variety show "Wow! In "Director", he is one of the remaining three guests.
"Director Yan is preparing to shoot a Republic of China spy film recently, and the funding script team has all the filming locations in place, but the male lead suddenly has an accident, so he has to be re-selected urgently. Their team sent me an invitation for the afternoon audition in the morning , Brother Yu going?"
"In such a hurry?" Shen Yu suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked, being able to act in a drama directed by Yan is absolutely of great significance to a film and television actor. If movies are to improve word-of-mouth strength, TV dramas are the way to truly improve nationality .
Especially for directors like Director Yan whose productions must be high-quality goods, who have only made a drama in a few years, no matter how many first-line artists line up, they can't get a chance. incredible.
"The main reason is that the scenery is set up, and one day's delay is a day's money. The male lead suddenly had an accident and the crew was anxious to re-select someone." An Wei explained, hearing the voice as if she was still searching for something quickly, "But immediately There are not many qualified male actors who can come up with a schedule, and we are also lucky."
"Then I'll pack up and leave right away." Shen Yu immediately decided that he had just returned to a day of intense work, but he was very happy, and his whole body was sober. As an actor, there is nothing more gratifying than receiving a good show.
"Yeah, Brother Yu, I sent you the specific content of the audition. I feel that Director Yan is very optimistic about you. Let's try to make a decision directly!"
"No...is it related to Zhong Simo again?" Hearing An Wei's cheerful voice, Shen Yu suddenly asked more questions.
"Pfft, Brother Yu, where are you going?" An Wei was amused when she heard the words, "The boss is still busy filming on jet lag abroad, how can he be so clever and immediately know that director Yan's play is going to be replaced. And Yan Don't you know the temper of the director in the industry, even the boss may not be able to speak."
"It's my fault." Shen Yu was a little embarrassed.
"Brother Yu, don't think too much. With your current popularity and resources, you are definitely worthy of Director Yan's new drama. In addition, the schedule is suitable. It is not surprising that they found you. And according to my information, Director Yan watched that naki drama. promotional video, I think you are very suitable for the role in his play."
After An Wei finished talking about the situation, she hung up the phone hastily and prepared for other matters. Shen Yu immediately got up and tidied herself up. She went to the audition location together.
After cooperating with Zhong Simo to make a movie, Shen Yu's acting skills have improved a lot. The handling of many details is more reasonable and explosive. nodded.
"Let the agent sign the contract, and I will take care of it in the future." Director Yan is in his fifties this year, his hair is mostly gray, and he smiles like an ordinary old man with a kind face and kind eyes. If you release it directly, everyone will definitely not believe him It will be a famous director.
"Director Yan is polite." Shen Yu adjusted his sloppy expression in the play, stood up straight and said hello politely.
Whether it is out of admiration for his predecessors or respect for the elders, he respects this famous director from the bottom of his heart.
"It's okay, it's okay, you have a much better temper than Zhong Simo." Director Yan said with a smile, before Shen Yu's nervous expression appeared, he added, "Fortunately, his artist is not like him, otherwise I would probably be angry life-saving."
Shen Yu has long known in his heart that any director who can get into this position is not a human being. Before "Wow! After such a stir in "Director", Director Yan, who is also a guest, has definitely understood the relationship between him and Zhong Simo. Fortunately, Director Yan also knew how to measure, so he didn't say much.
Shen Yu followed him to the lounge and sat for a while, seeing that An Wei had gone to stare at the contract and hadn't come back for a long time, he chatted with Director Yan.
As a famous director with countless excellent works, Director Yan has his own unique views on many things. Although the feeling is different from Zhong Simo's sharp and powerful, it is also different. When chatting with him, Shen Yu couldn't help Concentrating on it, I feel that I have learned a lot of useful things and benefited a lot.
"By the way, Director Yan, who is the actor... who you have appointed?" Shen Yu asked curiously after getting a little familiar.
The actor who can take over the male lead in Director Yan's new drama will definitely not be an ordinary artist, but he hasn't heard any rumors that any first-line artist has an accident these days.
"Want to know?" Director Yan took a sip of water from the enamel mug-like teacup and asked with a smile.
"I'm just curious. If Director Yan finds it inconvenient, just pretend that I didn't ask." Shen Yu said embarrassedly, a little uncomfortable. An Wei didn't even get a clue about this matter, and it was probably still in the confidential stage, so it was reasonable for Director Yan not to say anything.
"You and Zhong Simo's personalities are just compatible." Director Yan laughed when he saw this, "If he is here, he will try to pry my mouth open."
"You have a good relationship with Director Zhong, so don't make fun of me." Shen Yu pursed his lips and said, Director Yan and Zhong Simo obviously have a good relationship, so they kept making fun of them.
"Hahaha, smart." Director Yan touched his chin when he heard the words, "Actually, I have nothing to keep secret here. This is a headache for them."
"They?" Shen Yu was taken aback.
"You are already my third protagonist in this drama." Director Yan said that he felt helpless here, "I don't know if Feng Shui is not good. When the time comes, ask a master to take a look."
"..."
Director Yan looked at Shen Yu's speechless expression and smiled, "People of the older generation like to believe in something, and they don't really think it is. Take it as a comfort, do you understand?"
"I understand, my dad also likes to count beads and strings in the past two years." Shen Yu nodded, and couldn't help laughing when he recalled his father's circle of friends.
"Hahaha, Xiao Yu, I know you are a filial and good child when I see you." Director Yan became more and more happy, and he also called Shen Yu a lot more intimately. He is old enough to be Shen Yu's father, and his tone seems to be looking at his own junior.
"In fact, what I value more in filming is the cooperation between the script and the team. I don't use new actors very much. The actors in many dramas have old relationships with me."
Director Yan nodded while talking about Shen Yu. Director Yan did have a lot of familiar faces in many plays, and many actors valued them and kept using them.
"When this spy war drama first decided on the male lead, it also directly chose Su Yichen, who has worked with him several times, and it turned out..."
"Su Tianwang?" Shen Yu was taken aback. This name is too famous in the Huaxia entertainment circle. He is only 40 years old and won the film and television amphibious award. He is not lacking in strength, word-of-mouth and popularity. It is not a legend. Pass.
Shen Yu's deepest impression of him is that he used to be the heroine of Zhong Simo's famous novel "Green Plum", and he was also a "scumbag" who had been hanging on Jin Ke before and then suddenly married.
"The "Green Plum" more than ten years ago made a name for itself, winning Su Yichen and Jin Ke, and Zhong Simo is indeed a genius." Director Yan realized that he had strayed from the topic, and brought the topic back.
"Then about a week ago, I heard that something bad happened to Su Yichen. I guess there was something wrong, so I had to press down on the play first and find a new actor through someone's introduction."
"Who?" Shen Yu was a little curious, and couldn't help asking when he heard this. It's fine if one Su Yichen had an accident before the filming started, but why did the second one have an accident? Is there really any magic power in Director Yan's crew
"At the beginning of the week."
"..." Shen Yu was speechless, this name is really more familiar than the last one.
"I remember that Zhong Simo and Zhou Chuzhi seem to be in conflict, you know that too." Director Yan asked Shen Yu's expression wrongly.
"Well...it's not a big problem." Shen Yu recalled the audition at the time and said, in his opinion, the conflict between him and Zhou Chuzhi is not too big, but has this person continued to provoke Zhong Si? Mo is hard to say.
"At that time, the filming of the film was about to start, and I really couldn't find a few qualified actors. It happened that Zhou Chuzhi's manager asked someone to introduce me after hearing the news. I thought he had good conditions in all aspects, so I agreed. .As a result, you also saw it."
Director Yan didn't finish his sentence, but Shen Yu already knew what happened to Zhou Chuzhi. News about Zhou's group has been trending on the hot search every day these days.
"Will their family's affairs also affect the play?" Shen Yu asked after thinking about it.
In recent years, the Huaxia government has been very strict on artists' art and morality, and the works of artists with bad records are not allowed to be broadcast publicly, so that the casting crews are very careful in casting, for fear that their investment will be in vain, which is a big deal To a certain extent, it regulates the entertainment industry environment.
What happened to Su Yichen? Yan Dao didn't explain it. The gossip about such a big heavenly king, even a little bit of news would probably be publicized by the catchy marketing account. Yan Dao obviously used a special method to get the news in advance. Shen Yu tactfully Didn't ask much.
It's just that Zhou Chuzhi's career in the entertainment industry will be affected even though Zhou's group's corruption was exposed, but he didn't hold a position in it and didn't directly participate in the crime
"Oh, this matter is causing a lot of trouble. I have inquired about it. The higher-ups are going to conduct a thorough investigation." Director Yan stretched out his finger and pointed upwards lightly, "What is a thorough investigation? Once again, if Zhou Chuzhi is even a little unclean, his reputation will be ruined if he is found out on the Internet and combined with his family, not to mention he must be more than a little unclean."
"Anyway, that's how it is. I chose two roles, and both of them are expected to be finished soon." Director Yan spread his hands helplessly, "Everything is ready, but there are no actors. If there is another accident, I still can't shoot it. ?”
"I thought about it and read the artist profiles they compiled several times, and finally I suddenly thought of you." Director Yan said, touching his chin quite complacently, "I'm not familiar with those artists, but Zhong Simo is such a thief. His vision must be correct, and there will be absolutely no problems this time."
Shen Yu couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words, and didn't know what to say. Although he knew that Director Yan's words contained a joke, but the other party talked about the matter between him and Zhong Simo in such a relaxed and natural tone as if he was an elder in the family, which still made Shen Yu feel at ease.
"I feel like you have a lot of things to consider, Director Yan." Shen Yu said with a smile, one by one accidents happen in the casting of a play, it makes me feel speechless and interesting when I think about it.
"People in our line of work, especially those who are famous, don't think too much about how it's possible." Director Yan held his own enamel jar, with a dialect accent at the end of the sentence, "Has Xiaoyu ever studied politics? 'All art is for political service', it is impossible not to pay attention to many things at that level. Not only me, isn't Zhong Simo the same?"
Seeing Shen Yu's puzzled look, Director Yan took a sip of tea and started the lecture. Anyway, he is not an outsider, so a few reminders are good.
"For a work that has been broadcast to hundreds of millions of people to watch and discuss, how can there be no special person to control the trend? Actors are only responsible for filming, and directors have much more to do. Various relationships outside of filming must also be considered. Zhong Simo compared I am more well-known internationally, and his works often represent the image and honor of the country, and there should be more of these relationships, it’s just tacit understanding.”
"Otherwise, do you think that his new film, filming soldiers, filming anti-drugs and filming the United States and Brazil, can be approved casually?"
"Xiao Yu, Zhong Simo is much more unfree than you think, but also much more serious than you think." After Yan Dao said this meaningfully, he turned to add water to the teapot.
Shen Yu sat on the sofa and remained silent for a long time. He had never thought about this before, he just thought that Zhong Simo was extremely talented and a movie genius, and at the same time he had made a lot of achievements in business, but he never thought that as an internationally renowned top director in China, he still In more and deeper aspects, the tree has big roots and deep roots.
It's no wonder that Zhong Simo's father, even though he is a rich man, still chooses to keep showing his favor to Zhong Simo...
Director Yan filled the cup with water, turned around and saw that Shen Yu had recovered, and smiled.
"Have you figured it out?"
"Well, anyway, I'm just a young actor who gets paid to act. It's good to film well and not do illegal or taboo things." Shen Yu curled the corners of his lips. No matter how powerful and unfathomable Zhong Simo is, he is also his lover isn't it
"He's a smart boy." Director Yan didn't say anything more, and raised the tea mug to Shen Yu, "I hope we can work together to make a good drama."
"Thank you, Director Yan, for your cultivation. I will work hard." Shen Yu also imitated Director Yan, raising the pure water bottle in his hand. The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
While Shen Yu was chatting with Director Yan, An Wei and Director Yan's team had roughly finalized the signing of the contract, and they waited for Shen Yu's signature to take effect.
However, the news of the change of roles spread to a certain mansion in the inner ring of Beijing, causing discordant voices.
"Damn it! What does Yan Shouzhong, the old man, mean? Regret it before signing the contract?!" Zhou Chuzhi angrily kicked over the air humidifier on the ground while talking on the phone.
"Your family's current situation, it's not incomprehensible for him to withdraw his hands when he sees the situation is wrong." Manager Zhao Tian's voice was cold.
"Who changed me? Who?!"
"Shen Yu."
Zhou Chuzhi was taken aback when he heard this familiar name, and then became even more furious, "What is Shen Yu, who dares to take my role?"
"Shen Yu is not much lower than you in terms of popularity and word-of-mouth." Zhao Tian stated the facts lightly, and added in his heart that he might be able to soar again when Zhong Simo's movie is released.
"Yan Shouzhong is just a bully, a cunning cunning, bah!" Zhou Chuzhi opened and closed his mouth a few times, and finally cursed unwillingly.
"Brother Zhao, help me see if there are any other notebooks. We don't care about this one. Change to another one." After venting, Zhou Chuzhi thought about his current situation, gritted his teeth and asked calmly.
If something really happened at home, at least he could make more money in the entertainment industry.
"Zhou Chuzhi." Zhao Tian's voice was too cold, "Now that the control over bad artists is so strict, director Yan has already rejected you, and other crews probably won't try themselves. How many of you are these days? Stay home and see if you can help."
"...Zhao Tian, what do you mean?" Zhou Chuzhi couldn't help but swear when there was no answer from the other end of the phone.
"You don't fucking want to jump into the sea as soon as you see the wind and the ship sinks, do you?! I told you that you are a beast—"
The phone was cut off immediately, Zhou Chuzhi glanced at the phone in disbelief, walked around the spacious living room angrily, kicking the furniture and plants from time to time.
Suddenly, the cell phone that was left on the sofa rang again, and Zhou Chuzhi glanced irritably, and found that the person displayed on the screen of the cell phone turned out to be an unexpected person—Bai Zhuzhen.