When Young Master Qi saw Bai Chen, he was also stunned. How could the woman who came in look so much like Jiang Xueying
He even thought that Jiang Xueying was released so quickly, and even changed her outfit, which won the appreciation of Director Wu.
But after a closer look, he was sure that the woman in front of him was not the same person as Jiang Xueying, they just looked very similar.
Of course Bai Chen also noticed the change in Young Master Qi's expression.
Although he seemed calm, I could still sense his unhappiness from the changes in his eyes.
As expected, he could see the similarities between his face and Jiang Xueying's.
"Xiao Yu, come and sit down." Director Wu stood up first, greeted him warmly, and then pulled the seat next to him.
After Bai Chen walked over and sat down, he introduced himself to the others.
Bai Chen then greeted and shook hands with everyone else.
This drama is indeed a big production, with an estimated investment of 800 million yuan, and they are determined to make a classic epic masterpiece.
The biggest investor was Young Master Qi, who sat in the center. He invested 400 million alone, and the remaining 400 million was divided among eight people.
Then, Director Wu asked his assistant to take out the contract, and then said:
"Xiao Yu was selected as the second male lead or the first female lead through the audition. If you have no objection, then we will officially sign the contract."
For a big drama with huge investment, the main actors not only have to get the nod from the director, but also from the investors.
This is something that everyone in the industry knows.
Some investors often try to insert people into a film crew, but they don't dare to randomly insert such challenging roles.
"No problem, she's really beautiful and very special." An investor looked at Bai Chen with sparkling eyes and exclaimed sincerely.
"Just from her appearance, she is very close to the character. I am looking forward to seeing how she will look on the big screen."
"Yes! That's true. I heard that you are good at martial arts, right?" Another investor also joined the discussion.
"Yes, I have some martial arts skills." Bai Chen nodded, looking very humble.
"Ms. Yu, is your skin naturally so good? Or do you wear light makeup? It's flawless, as if a filter was on." Another investor actually stretched his neck and put his face in front of Bai Chen, praising him sincerely.
"Ah! Ahem!" Bai Chen looked a little unnatural, "For this, I have to thank my parents."
The client's appearance mainly comes from her mother. Although her father looks good, he is not outstanding.
However, the tragedy in their family was caused by their mother's beauty.
Therefore, if a person only has beautiful appearance but no wisdom, her beauty may become a disaster.
"Haha! Miss Yu is really humorous."
Then other investors joined the discussion and had a lively chat, but only Young Master Qi remained silent.
Director Wu was delighted to see that the investors had no objections and was just waiting for Young Master Qi to speak.
As a director, although he has certain decision-making power in the selection of actors, the ultimate consent of the investors is still required.
However, most of the time, investors will respect the director's decision.
Especially a famous director like Director Wu, even an ordinary-investment movie cannot hire him!
Investors have to be polite when dealing with such a big-name director.
In fact, the filming of this drama was originally scheduled to start last month, but it was postponed for two months because the most important role had not been finalized.
As soon as the contract for the second male lead is signed, preparations for filming will begin intensively, aiming to get the film into major cinemas before the end of the year.
Time is very tight.
After a long while, Young Master Qi took Bai Chen's resume and started reading it with a very cold expression.
When he saw that Bai Chen only had an elementary school education, his brows furrowed so much that he could pinch a mosquito to death.
Because he has never seen an actor with only elementary school education.
Looking further, when he saw the resume that showed he had been someone else's stand-in for five years, he couldn't help but raise his head seriously, his pair of phoenix eyes narrowed into slits, staring at Bai Chen.
Just stare at me, without saying anything.
If she were an ordinary woman, she would have probably been scared by him.
However, Bai Chen was not scared by him. He just looked at him with an unusually calm gaze.
The atmosphere suddenly became weird, as if the largest investor had some objections.
But if you have an opinion, just say it! Why are you staring at people like this
Director Wu rubbed his scalp and his face turned unhappy. He felt that Young Master Qi was questioning his judgment.
The other investors all looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
After all, the money they invested was small, and they just wanted to have a taste of Fuzhi.
The real decision-making power still lies with Young Master Qi.
Bai Chen and Young Master Qi stared at each other for almost a minute without even blinking.
When a man and a woman looked at each other, there was no feeling of affection, only the feeling of gunpowder.
In the end, Young Master Qi took the initiative to look away, as if he had finally been defeated, and his expression looked a little unnatural.
He discovered that he actually saw a powerful aura in this woman's eyes, which gave him a strong sense of oppression.
It must be my own illusion.
Young Master Qi coughed twice in surprise, "Whose substitute were you?"
The tone was quite bad, almost like an interrogation.
Bai Chen knew in his heart that the fact that he was once Jiang Xueying's stand-in would really be brought up, but he never expected it to happen so soon.
"I used to be Jiang Xueying's stand-in."
Bai Chen's voice was calm and his expression was also very calm. He did not feel ashamed of having been Jiang Xueying's substitute.
"She's in jail, did you know that? And your face is so similar to hers, your presence will affect the box office."
Qi Sanshao hit the nail on the head with a single shot of blood, shocking the other investors.
Director Wu, in particular, opened his mouth with difficulty, because he had never thought of this.
Originally, he didn't think Bai Chen's appearance was similar to Jiang Xueying, who had been causing a lot of trouble recently.
But after Young Master Qi said this, I realized that the two people's facial features did have some similarities.
"She is she, and I am me. Her imprisonment is only related to her character, and should have nothing to do with me!"
Bai Chen said calmly:
“It’s true that I used to be her stunt double, but I don’t think that just because I used to be her stunt double, I can’t hold my head up high and live my life as a human being.
After all, we are completely different individuals.”
It seemed that Young Master Qi also felt that his question was a bit unusual, and he put on an unnatural smile.
“I didn’t say that it would be a problem if you were Jiang Xueying’s stand-in, but in this extraordinary period, it’s not okay for you to play such an important role.
We have invested so much money that we cannot take this risk.”
Bai Chen was speechless for a moment, because it was normal for him to have such concerns. The greater the investment, the greater the risk.
If a whole movie fails at the box office because of a problem with one actor, it would be totally unprofitable.
Therefore, Bai Chen’s worries were indeed not wrong.
Just because she has a face similar to that of the scumbag Jiang Xueying, it becomes a shortcoming in her development.