"z" sent a string of silent ellipses, and Chi Ying quickly replied with several messages explaining and apologizing, but "z" ignored her.
Yue Shao's personality is very similar to Song Qingfeng's. He is not stubborn or serious. It is very comfortable to get along with him and there is no need to deliberately manage.
Chi Ying didn't think much and took Chi Cheng to wash up and go to bed.
The little guy has been jumping around tirelessly all day, but he is finally tired.
Mother and son kissed each other goodnight as usual, and Chi Cheng snuggled into Chi Ying's arms and fell asleep.
Chi Ying lay on the bed, resting on Chi Cheng's even breathing, unexpectedly tossing and turning.
Because it is an IP adaptation of a popular novel, this audition provided the actors with the background and information of the character in advance.
Chi Ying's facial features are bright and stunning, which does not match the image of the second female lead who has low self-esteem and is fragile.
So on the day of the audition, she put a lot of thought into her makeup.
The highlights are just right, making the facial features look slimmer and three-dimensional.
The eye makeup is waterproof and smudge-proof, and the ends of my eyes are droopier than usual.
His face was paler than before, and his lips were duller.
She looked in the mirror with a different temperament.
Lost in thought, as fragile as glass.
When he smiled, his eyes were like water, soft and quiet.
Chi Ying's makeup was so realistic that even Chi Cheng frowned and pulled her clothes, "Mom, Mom, are you sick?"
He spoke urgently and worriedly, sounding like he was about to cry.
This actually made Chi Ying feel heartbroken. She held the little guy's face and told him seriously, "No, mom is just wearing makeup."
Chi Cheng looked unconvinced.
Chi Ying realized that her expression was too serious, and turned to smile brightly, with bright eyes that seemed to be shining like stars.
Chi Cheng said "Ah" with a childlike and pure voice. He opened his eyes wide and asked curiously, "What is makeup? Is it something mom does after brushing her teeth every day?"
Chi Ying did not deny it. Chi Cheng was still young and she didn't explain to him the difference between skin care and makeup.
Chi Cheng still seemed worried. When Chi Ying was packing her things, he ran to her side again, raised his little face and said, "But Mom, you look so sad."
Chi Ying stopped what she was doing and looked at him tenderly, "Mom is not really sad. Mom is an actress. She is just pretending to be sad."
Chi Cheng shook his head, expressing disbelief. His big, dark eyes were filled with worry.
Chi Ying told him repeatedly, "What you saw today is all fake." Chi Cheng nodded doubtfully.
After Chi Ying sent the little guy to kindergarten, she rushed to the audition location.
Qi Hongcheng was waiting for her at the stairs.
Chi Ying is calm and calm, and her steps are elegant. She is like a gentle wind that heals people, but makes Qi Hongcheng suffer the most.
Although she was still young, her aura was not inferior to that of a popular star, which he never expected.
After a few words of greeting, Qi Hongcheng took Chi Ying to the audition room, where there were many judges and teachers.
Chi Ying bowed and handed them her resume.
The person in the photo is so beautiful that she is flamboyant and bone-crushing, which is completely inappropriate for a female lead.
But when Qi Hongcheng raised his head and looked at her in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh.
For Chi Ying with beautiful facial features, exquisite makeup can change her temperament.
Chi Ying quickly entered the state.
If Qi Hongcheng had any luck before this, all of them disappeared at this moment.
The woman was pale and thin, her lowered eyes were as full as water, and she seemed to be shedding tears.
Her eyes were light red, and she was about to cry, and her emotions were moving.
She lost the calmness and elegance she had shown when introducing herself a moment ago. As a character, she looked cowardly and helpless in every move she made.
The script progressed, and the tears in my eyes burst out of my eyes almost instantly and rolled down.
Thrilling.
There were exclamations from all four seats.
Qi Hongcheng had mixed feelings.
Staring at the pale and haggard Chi Ying in the audition room, Lu Jingyan's heart ached as if hit by a boulder.
His lips lost blood in an instant, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
It was exactly the same as his nightmare last night.
Lu Jingyan has always been in good health and never neglects his fitness career no matter how busy he is at work. His face turned dark blue for a moment, and his thin lips were pursed tightly. Jiang Chong was at a loss for a moment, and it took him a while to stammer out: "Mr. Lu, are you okay?"
Lu Jingyan's voice was hoarse, "It's okay."
After sending Chi Ying away, Qi Hongcheng sat slumped in the office.
With his mind free, Lu Jingyan's call came.
"President Lu" Qi Hongcheng broke into cold sweat, "The audition is over and we are making the final evaluation."
He was indeed still hesitating.
But the leverage in his heart was already tilted towards Chi Ying.
Lu Jingyan's voice was very low: "You are hesitating"
Qi Hongcheng was silent and did not dare to speak out.
"You don't have to worry about my face." Lu Jingyan's tone was cold and distant, "As a director, you should know better than me. You need to choose the most suitable actor."
Qi Hongcheng had a lot of thoughts.
Lu Jingyan is a capitalist.
Rarely will he act emotionally, and he will be reluctant to give up.
From the beginning to the end, it was impossible to tell from Lu Jingyan's tone that he and Chi Ying were familiar with each other.
Qi Hongcheng thought of the phone call a few days ago. Lu Jingyan's voice was extremely cold. Firstly, he didn't need a heroine, and secondly, he didn't need special care. He didn't show the slightest hope that Chi Ying would star.
Maybe Chi Ying had an inseparable relationship with him that made him unable to refuse.
Just like him and Shu Bai
Qi Hongcheng was startled by his own thoughts.
Qi Hongcheng is not a decisive person.
The lever was tilted again.
"Mr. Lu means that if there is a more suitable candidate than Chi Ying"
Lu Jingyan said solemnly: "Investment is for profit, and the success of casting is a necessary condition for profit."
"On the other hand, do you think it is a benefit or disadvantage to encourage artists?"
A character that attracts too much attention, if the strength and position do not match, will it be achieved or destroyed
After careful consideration, Qi Hongcheng decided to give the second female lead to Chi Ying.
Her acting skills are indeed more amazing than Shu Bai's.
He will find a way to make up for Shu Bai.
Funding is also available.
Qi Hongcheng was editing the audition results email, and Liu Pei asked him to meet.
His blood immediately surged, and she still had the nerve to see him
But Qi Hongcheng was so eaten up by Liu Pei that he walked uncontrollably towards the agreed place like a puppet on strings.
He comforted himself,
It's just a good opportunity to ask her.
Liu Pei was dressed in cool and revealing clothes and wore strong lipstick.
Although coquettish, she is beautiful.
"You" Qi Hongcheng's chest felt tight and swollen.
Liu Pei made it up indifferently, "Shu Bai's parents passed away just yesterday."
Immediately afterwards, she sent him a photo on her phone of Shu Bai with eyes swollen from crying.
Shu Bai huddled in the corner, his eyes dull.
"Don't be sorry for her. Shu Bai has been a jade for so many years before she handed it over to you." Liu Pei said casually, "Her parents still have debts that she needs to repay. Shu Bai really has no other support. She has You don’t know how much we need this position. You haven’t given her a definite answer after so many days. You don’t want to see the scandal of an eighteenth-tier artist falling from a building, right?”
"She is also sorry for you." Qi Hongcheng's heart suddenly hurt and his fingertips trembled, "You let me down so much."
"It's because you are distracted." Liu Pei stirred the teaspoon calmly, "Hongcheng, don't let me down."
Qi Hongcheng drank a lot more wine.
He didn't break the fragment, he just wanted to numb himself with alcohol.
But it was no use, his heart ached when he thought of Shu Bai crying.
Qi Hongcheng answered Lu Jingyan's call in a daze.
Lu Jingyan's voice was hoarse, "I've chosen."
Qi Hongcheng stabilized his voice and said, "I've chosen."
"I think Shu Bai is more suitable. Chi Ying's facial features are too stunning and inconsistent with the character of the second female lead. I will send you their resumes later."
If you hadn't seen Chi Ying's makeup that day, the credibility of Qi Hongcheng's words would be very high.
Chi Ying's beauty is too flamboyant, and some qualified directors will not consider her as a candidate for the second female lead.
But that day, she looked haggard and pale, which made Lu Jingyan's heart sting.
His eyes grew colder.
Chi Ying soon received another call informing her of the re-examination.
But this time it was not Qi Hongcheng who informed her, but Pei Yu's leader.
"The questions are the same as last time, just play normally."
Chi Ying came to Pei Yu's conference room. Senior executives, all in suits and leather shoes, sat down solemnly, and the air was a bit stagnant.
A re-examination for the second female lead alarmed so many senior executives, which really frightened her.
She looked from a distance and saw Qi Hongcheng sitting in the corner with an expressionless face.
Also present was Shu Bai, who was standing not far from her, with her fists clenched and her cheeks as pale as hers.
Shu Bai didn't know that Chi Ying had successfully passed Gu Yuanchen's audition, nor did he know about the deal between Lu Jingyan and Qi Hongcheng.
But the more Chi Ying is confident and calm, the more frightened and fearful she becomes.
On the day of the audition, she didn't see senior Chi Ying.
Could it be that she also
Shu Bai looked in Qi Hongcheng's direction in horror.
Fortunately, this time, although Qi Hongcheng was in a bad mood, his eyes kept falling on her.
His eyes hinted to her not to be nervous.
After the casting began, dozens of stern looks were cast at them in the conference room at the same time.
Shu Bai's mind went blank and his teeth chattered with nervousness, but it unexpectedly fit the character's personality.
Chi Ying was much calmer.
She doesn't feel nervous because she easily enters the character's world.
This may be her inherent advantage.
Someone quickly pointed out: "Shu Bai is not in the right mood and is too panicked."
"She just didn't perform well today." A mentor in Qi Hongcheng's team defended, "It's natural for people to be nervous when auditioning in front of so many leaders. On Saturday, her acting skills were more than a hundred times better than today."
Someone here sneered, psychological quality is a necessary condition for an artist. It would be ridiculous to ignore it.
Qi Hongcheng let out a long sigh. The matter has come to this, and it is useless to say more. He took the initiative to take responsibility early and said, "Sorry, our judgment was wrong."
"Oh, really?" the chairman of Peiyu's board of directors scolded coldly, "Qi Hongcheng, you really disappoint me."
He has always turned a blind eye to the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry, but this is the most important work in Pei Yu's history, and it involves the life and death of Lu Jingyan's investment of hundreds of millions.
However, Qi Hongcheng remains willful. For his own selfish purposes, he takes advantage of the director's power to enjoy and indulge in sexual pleasures. This is very unforgivable.
Several photos of him and Shu Bai entering and leaving the hotel were shown in front of him. Qi Hongcheng was shocked, "It's not what you imagined."
It's a pity that I can't argue with you.
But Qi Hongcheng thought that since Shu Bai's acting skills still need to be polished, then her tears that day were real.
After reading this, he felt that his desperate sacrifice was not worth it.
Everyone present began to treat Chi Ying with respect.
Chi Ying became wary.
Finally, a contract was pushed in front of her.
Chi Ying read line by line, her eyes widened in shock, "So much liquidated damages."
"Yes, the cast will be exposed in advance this time. If the artist runs away, it will greatly affect the reputation." An executive of Peiyu Media said, "Don't worry, Ms. Chi, no one in the crew will make things difficult for you."
At this moment, Lu Jingyan, with the permission of President Pei Yu, had replaced all his production staff.
The director was replaced by Ou Shi's director, and the production was replaced by Ou Shi's production.
Pei Yukong has his own expression.
Jiang Chong knew that Mr. Lu blamed himself and regretted for many days when Ou Shi failed to take out the assassin, but he never gave up coveting this delicious food.
Peiyu blindly acquired the film and television rights of Qianji without considering its own financial strength and production strength. This was originally a mediocre and wrong decision by the leadership.
Not only is it not enough to become famous, but it may cause you to fall into trouble and become ill.
When Peiyu realized this problem, he was already riding a tiger.
However, they concealed everything from the outside world and created a well-funded corporate image. Even Liu Pei, who knew Qi Hongcheng well, did not find their internal problems.
Lu Jingyan's investment solved their urgent need.
Peiyu only holds a small part of the shares, but the profits generated by such a large production are enough to replenish their blood.
The most important thing is that Lu Jingyan promised Pei Yu to use their names, which was what Pei Yu wanted most.
Jiang Chong knew that all this was not that simple, but he was not worried at all.
He's worried about something else
"We are all our own people in the team. What if Ms. Chi finds out that the investor is you?"
"And Qi Hongcheng." Jiang Chong paused, "He might tell it."
Lu Jingyan half-smiled, and his stern face seemed to regain some color, "I found it when I found it."
Jiang Chong was afraid that he was hearing hallucinations.
When Chi Ying signed her name on the contract, Lu Jingyan's tightly pursed lips finally softened.
She couldn't escape.