The people who participated in the investment in "The Darkest Choice" were all Cao Ye's friends, but they didn't really join forces to tear him up. It's just that friends are friends and business is business. After chatting for a long time, no one took the initiative to mention reshoots. Things that require additional investment.
"So are you considering the candidates for the reshoots?" Lin Yan asked, "Who are you thinking of now?"
"All..." Cao Ye frowned slightly, recalling the few candidates Xu Anqiao told him in the morning, but except for Liang Sizhe, he completely forgot the other two names, he turned to ask Zeng Ran, " Who did you talk about this morning?"
"Zhao Qian, Yan Jia, and Liang Sizhe." Zeng Ran said.
"Ha, Liang Sizhe is good!" Zhao Chengdong, who was sitting on Lin Yan's side, took the initiative to mention the matter of additional investment, "I tell you, if you can really invite Liang Sizhe to re-shoot, I will double the investment, and I will do it. arrive."
"That's not easy to invite," Lin Yan said with a smile, "How expensive is Liang Sizhe now?"
"It's expensive to invite," Zhao Chengdong said with a wealth of wealth and excitement, "you think about it, please come to Liang Sizhe, the topic of this film has become more popular, and the attention has also increased, not to mention the final effect of the film, the box office. Why do we need to worry about it? A business that can make a profit without losing money.”
He Fangwen, who was sitting opposite him, couldn't look at him, so he interjected coldly: "You put it simply, Liang Sizhe is someone you can hire if you have money? I have worked with Liang Sizhe, and he likes it. If you don’t like the movie, you can throw it back with hundreds of millions, and he can throw it back for you.”
Zhao Chengdong was swept away, and raised his voice at He Fangwen: "It's just an actor, but he can still be dragged to-" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Cao Ye: "It's okay, it's alright, such a ridiculous thing, It's more serious. Xu Yunchu has already refused, and there's no drama." He stood up, "I'll withdraw after I've finished talking about the matter. I have a headache, and I won't listen to your arguing."
Lin Yan raised his head and said, "If such a big thing happens, won't you come together to appease us?"
"Who is going to appease me?" Cao Ye smiled, "Another day, remember me first."
On the way back to the company, Cao Ye closed his eyes and rested in the car, wanting to sleep, but his mind was filled with all kinds of messy things, and he couldn't sleep.
I simply began to think about making up for the change of angles. I went through all the actors I could think of in my mind, but I still didn't think of a suitable candidate. Except for Liang Sizhe.
I have to say, aside from other factors, Liang Sizhe is indeed the best candidate for this reshoot. It's no wonder that this morning, the name Liang Sizhe appeared in his ears no less than twenty times.
When Hong Kong star Huang Qianshi announced his entry into the mainland market two years ago, several media outlets predicted that there would not be much time left for Liang Sizhe's willfulness. There are even media that compare and analyze the two people one by one from multiple perspectives, and the conclusion is that within two years, Huang Qianshi will become a cost-effective version of Liang Sizhe, gradually eroding Liang Sizhe's popularity and market in the mainland.
There is no other reason, awards, acting skills, appearance, temperament, Huang Qianshi seems to have all the necessary hard conditions, just because his development has been shackled in Hong Kong in the past few years, and he has lost so many audiences in the mainland.
One of the media that collects money said that Huang Qianshi, who has just entered the mainland, is polite and willing to cooperate. Liang Sizhe, Huang Qianshi, who keeps his own feet, will obviously be more liked by the capital.
I just didn't expect that the tune was too high. After two years, the "safe" Huang Qianshi would be planted so thoroughly that his reputation was completely ruined.
On the other hand, Liang Sizhe is still the self-willed appearance of two years ago. It is impossible to ask the capital to like it, but no capital will say that it does not want to cooperate with Liang Sizhe.
I asked Liang Sizhe to come over for reshoots, but it’s not that I can’t try it. The script has been sent, and I can come if I can. If I want to refuse, I will refuse. It’s a very simple thing to say, but… Cao Ye closed his eyes and sighed, but it really happened. It's as simple as that.
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In the afternoon of the next day, Cheng Duan sent a list of candidates for reshoots. Almost all the male actors of the right age in the entertainment industry were included in the list. .
He typed two words into Cheng Duan: "think again."
Cheng Duan replied with a miserable expression, and the kneeling villain had three big characters above his head: "Ancestor hey..." The tone was exactly the same as Xu Anqiao's, presumably the two shared the emoji package resource.
Cao Ye put his mobile phone aside and his eyes fell on the new quarterly financial statements on the computer screen.
After a while, the mobile phone on the table vibrated again, Cao Ye glanced down, and Cheng Duan sent a new message: "It took three feet of digging to come up with this list, if you think it's not good, then I No way."
Cao Ye thought for a while, then sent a voice message in a lazy tone: "Then you will persuade me."
A few minutes later, Cheng Duan opened the door of Cao Ye's office, and he didn't hesitate when he came over: "This person, once you have a favorite candidate, all the other candidates will be yours," he said. Sitting across from Cao Ye's desk, he pushed the printed candidate list in front of him, "Today's chicken soup, boiled for a day, does it taste good for you?"
Cao Ye tapped the piece of paper a few times with his fingers: "I don't think I like Huang Qianshi."
Cheng Duan shrugged: "Huang Qianshi is cold, I'm not talking about him."
Cao Ye nodded, and there was no surprise in his expression: "Oh."
"It seems that I don't need to say more, we all know who the best candidate is. I said Mr. Cao," Cheng Duan looked at him, grasping the balance between his words, "Why don't we try it? The best plan is no play. Then we will consider other alternatives. We will not mention anything else, we will send the script to him to see, I will send it, I have his contact information, whether he will come or not is his own business... "
"It's not that simple for Cheng Duan," Cao Ye pushed the candidate list aside, sighed, and raised his eyes to look at Cheng Duan, "When the film was about to be cast, you all proposed that you want to test Liang Sizhe's role. Will, I didn't raise any objections at that time, right? But now it's different. It involves many aspects, such as reshoots, gambling agreements, online public opinion... It has changed its taste. If Liang Sizhe agrees now, Do you think he would agree only because of the film itself? It's unfair to him. With Liang Sizhe's position, there is no need to go through this muddy water. It can even be said that we sent the script to Liang Sizhe under this circumstance. Sending him an invitation to make a reshoot is not a deal, it's more like... a kind of human use and kidnapping, you know what I mean?"
"I understand," Cheng Duan nodded with a wry smile, "but the problem is, there are human deals everywhere in this circle, Mr. Cao, you know this better than anyone else." Seeing Cao Ye shaking his head on the opposite side, he didn't interrupt himself Then, go on, "Besides, we just let him take a look at the script, how do you know that Liang Sizhe will definitely accept the invitation? Maybe he will refuse? Or maybe, he accepts it, just because he likes the script and the team is not bad... "
Cao Ye interrupted him at this time, ignoring the second half of his sentence: "He will come."
Cheng Duan couldn't help but be a little curious: "Why are you so sure?"
At this moment, the mobile phone on the table vibrated with a buzzing sound. Cao Ye picked it up and took a look. Then his expression changed and he scolded, "Fuck."
"What's wrong?" Cheng Duan's heart skipped a beat, "What happened again?"
Cao Ye didn't answer. He frowned and stared at the screen of the mobile phone. After a while, he turned his eyes to Cheng Duan's face: "It's okay, as you wish, Liang Sizhe will come."
Cheng Duan was stunned: "Come to make up for "The Darkest Choice"?"
"Well, 90% of the time, he's reading the script."
It was obviously good news, but Cao Ye didn't see a trace of relief on his face, but instead added a layer of concern. In this way, although Cheng Duan was a little excited in his heart, he could only restrain himself from showing it on the face.
"Ah." He briefly expressed his inner feelings, but he couldn't help but snapped his fingers under the table. With a crisp sound of "tuk", the joy in his heart was self-evident.
Seeing Cao Ye look up at him with a bad expression, he immediately said, "I'm leaving, you are busy with yours."
As soon as he came out of Cao Ye's office, Cheng Duan couldn't help showing a smile on his face.
Thinking about it, I also know that if Liang Sizhe really accepted the invitation to make up the film, how the public opinion on the Internet would change dramatically, and how would those people who put wax on Weibo early in the morning would be stunned.
This is a textbook blessing in disguise.
- That's Liang Sizhe.
Cao Ye's assistant Meng Xianxi caught a glimpse of his high-spirited look and asked curiously, "Mr. Cheng, what's going on?"
"How do you know something good happened?" Cheng Duan asked with a smile.
"You look different now than when you entered ten minutes ago."
"Ah, it's a good thing, a great thing," Cheng Duan nodded with a smile, "but I can't say it now, wait for your little boss to announce it personally."
In the room separated by a door, Cao Ye propped his forehead with one hand, and the fingers of the other hand were on the screen of the mobile phone, swiping up and down in small increments absentmindedly.
On the unextinguished screen are the few messages that Lin Yan just sent:
"Cao Ye, I just contacted Liang Sizhe and he agreed to read the script."
"He didn't seem to be interested at first, so I had to mention you, but don't worry, I didn't mention Director Cao, I just said that this movie was your main cast."
"I borrowed your face without saying hello, but it's good news anyway, isn't it?"
is a fart. Cao Ye thought to himself. After a while, he slowly typed a few words with his fingers: "What did you say?"
A few seconds later, Lin Yan sent two screenshots of the chat, he and Liang Sizhe—
"The situation is probably like the above, so now there is only one option for reshoots. Yesterday, a few investors from us got together and proposed a few candidates, but we couldn't reach a consensus, so we had to come to you with a cheeky face."
"This is the project book. Although it is a supplementary filming, the script and the team are top-level configuration. Would you like to take a look at it?"
Liang Sizhe's reply was obviously Tai Chi: "Okay, I'll forward it to my manager Xu Yunchu, and she will contact you later."
"Si Zhe, I understand this is an excuse. Let me tell you the truth, Cao Ye's company contacted your agent early in the morning, but she has already refused, so I had to bypass her and contact you directly."
After a screenshot of the chat came to the end, Cao Ye's complexion sank obviously, he endured the anger in his heart and drew the second one:
Liang Sizhe: "Cao Ye's company also voted for this film?"
Lin Yan: "I didn't tell you, Si Zhe's news is too late."
Liang Sizhe: "I have been filming abroad for nearly a year, and I really haven't paid much attention to relevant news."
Lin Yan: "Okay, Cao Ye did vote for this movie, and he is still the main cast. This movie also involves the gambling agreement of their company's listing. He has been very worried these days."
Liang Sizhe: "...you guys are really lucky."
Lin Yan: "Who said no."
Liang Sizhe replied after a few seconds: "Okay, send the script to me to see."
The second chat record is also drawn to the end, and Cao Ye's heart is already in his throat.
This is called "only mentioned"? Who is this guy Lin Yan fooled by
This is obviously just about saying "Cao Ye asked me to beg you", right? !
Thousands of thoughts, anxious to attack the heart, in Cao Ye's heart a sentence came together, he typed a few words like a flying finger and sent it - "Lin Yan, I'll fuck you uncle."
After the news was sent out, a few seconds later, Lin Yanjian replied with a whimper: "Yezi, I'm so happy for you, you can see that you are not afraid of the same thing. When I go home tomorrow, I will definitely ask me for you. Uncle, does the old man have this interest?"