There’s No God in Show Business

Chapter 4

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Han Xiaonan, as a senior house girl, has been active in the forefront of "trends" in this era of entertainment. Every night after get off work, she turns on her computer to check the latest big news.

Tonight, she first went to the homepage of Qiandu.com to check the latest news. The biggest headline on the homepage was yesterday's "Heavenly King Fell to Death".

Although she knew this Heavenly King and had seen several of his movies, she personally preferred beautiful and delicate boys. The Heavenly King who died was never her cup of tea, so she didn't pay attention to this matter. But when she opened the homepage of Fox.com, she found that, as expected, the falling incident was also the theme, and she also carried out a follow-up report with an atlas.

Being bored, Han Xiaonan clicked on the link and propped his chin to read it boredly, clicked the pictures with the mouse, and quickly browsed one picture after another, curling his lips to speed up in boredom.

She pressed the left button with her finger again, and because her hands were too fast, she simply scanned the general content of the picture, and the webpage had already jumped to the next one. When Han Xiaonan came back to her senses, her fingers had pressed several pictures mechanically.

Han Xiaonan held the mouse tremblingly with his right hand, moved the mouse to the icon returning to the previous one, and whispered repeatedly: "Dizzy, dazed..."

"Ahhh!" Han Xiaonan's Apple face was flushed, and he slammed the mouse hard, only to hear a "click-" sound, and the mouse, which had been working hard for many years, died of old age and ended its glorious mission.

But at this time, Han Xiaonan didn't have any thoughts about changing the mouse. She leaned in front of the laptop screen and looked carefully at the people in the picture, from the wind-blown hair on the top to the The floor under his feet, and finally his eyes returned to the smiling face.

As if God used the finest paintbrush to measure millimeter by millimeter, the curvature of the eyeliner, the curvature of the bridge of the nose, and the curl of the lips, every part is impeccable to the point of convincing.

Looking at those clear light amber eyes, the smile in his eyes seemed to overflow the screen, he took a love bow and arrow and shot Han Xiaonan in the heart. She covered her hot cheek again, clenched her teeth tightly to stop the scream in her throat but couldn't stop the arc of laughter at the corner of her mouth.

So handsome, so handsome! Please kneel and lick! ! !

At this moment, at the other end of City B.

Li Rongrong, who just got off work, didn't feel tired from stepping on high heels all day long. As soon as she got home, she turned on her computer excitedly, and couldn't wait to howl in the group of her friends, "There are beauties".

Egg Yolk Crisp with Lotus Seed Paste: Ahhh!

Xiao Qiqi: Rongrong is so excited, did she get a raise

Egg Yolk Crisp with Lotus Seed Paste: Ahhh, I was deducted from my salary by the manager... No, that's not the point, ahhh Xiao Qiqi, guess who I met today

Xiao Qiqi: I am so happy to deduct wages...

Singing Xuanbi: Rong Rong works in CX Entertainment, ah, could it be that...you saw Zhu Qing? !

Xiao Qiqi: Oh, I wish the king of heaven!

Egg Yolk Crisp with Lotus Seed Paste: Nope, I saw an invincible and beautiful boy today! Zhu Qing what, compared with him, Zhu Qing is a scum with five negative combat effectiveness!

Sing Xuan Bi: ... I remember that Rong Rong was still a die-hard fan of Zhu Tianwang yesterday...

Xiao Qiqi: +1

Egg Yolk Crisp with Lotus Seed Paste: Humph, go check out my Zhalang Weibo, and I just took a picture of her back, I almost want to kneel and lick it!

And as the big V account "Lian Rong Egg Yolk Crisp" who verified "CX Entertainment's front desk", five minutes ago, he uploaded a photo with a low pixel count and a slightly shaky camera.

The photo shows a tall and thin back, and the beige long windbreaker can cover the thin shoulder blades, but even though the 1.8 meter tall is thin, the shape of this Burberry trench coat can be fully displayed.

In the picture, only the mottled to light yellow hair under the sunlight can be seen, but such a blurry back unexpectedly has a meaning of concealing it, like a small feather hooking people little by little heart, hiding the true face of the master from behind.

Just when Lin Xi was working hard to read the script, he didn't know...he was already popular.

He took a pen and drew little by little on the script that had just been printed, tied his half-length hair into a bundle behind his head, rubbed his temples to relieve his fatigue, and looked up at the clock hanging on the wall , Only then did I realize that it was almost 11 o'clock.

Having roughly understood the script, Lin Xi stretched his waist and put down the script, deciding to rest and catch up on sleep.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the high-rise building, the neon lights of the city at night make most of the sky dyed crimson, and there is not a single star to be seen. The sky is not covered by clouds and mist, and the lights cover the stars but cannot cover the bright moon in the middle of the sky.

Lin Xi's footsteps paused, looking at the moonlight in the sky, which seemed to be within reach, his lips curled up, his eyes burning with fighting spirit.

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The next day, Lin Xi went downstairs on time, and saw Wang Fang, the little fat man, and Ji Chengshu, who was only wearing a thin white shirt, standing downstairs waiting for him. Wang Fang held a plastic bag containing a few buns, approached with a silly smile, and handed it to Lin Xi.

"Boss, I knew you hadn't had breakfast so early."

Lin Xi was taken aback when he saw this, and seeing the little fat man's honest and smirking face, he had to silently accept the hot buns and thank him.

Looking at this scene, Ji Chengshu snorted and didn't speak.

This time, of course, it wasn't the fat man's old and damaged car that Lin Xi even suspected was older than him, but the black Buick LaCrosse that Ji Chengshu drove over.

Sitting in the driver's seat and holding the steering wheel, Ji Chengshu looked at Lin Xi through the rearview mirror, and found that Lin Xi looked good, so he nodded secretly satisfied, and asked, "How did you read the script yesterday?"

Lin Xi sat in the back of the driver's seat, put the three hot big meat buns aside, nodded seriously, and said, "I've finished reading it all. Although I can't understand the script thoroughly, I have probably grasped the characters."

Ji Chengshu was taken aback when he heard the words, the glass lens covered the surprise in his eyes, and asked, "Which role do you want to try?"

When hearing Ji Chengshu on the phone yesterday asking him to choose a random role, Lin Xi probably guessed it. Ji Chengshu is absolutely sure that he can choose a role to audition at will. I am afraid that if he wants to choose the male lead, Ji Chengshu can also negotiate clearly with the director and give himself a chance.

However, after reading the script of "Ling Shen", Lin Xi thought about it and chose a male supporting role as his first step into the entertainment circle.

"I think Qiu Huan is a good character."

Ji Chengshu also nodded in agreement: "It really suits you. How is the role mastered?"

"Although Director Li has always been very demanding, it shouldn't be a problem." Lin Xi leaned back on the leather seat and closed his eyes to rest, gathering energy for the next audition.

Ji Chengshu looked at Lin Xi in the rearview mirror strangely, the latter was resting on his back and didn't notice Ji Chengshu's gaze. On the contrary, Wang Fang gave a strange snort, and asked bluntly, "Hey boss, when did you know that Director Li?"

The eyeballs under the eyelids rolled, Lin Xi obviously didn't notice the loophole in what he said just now. He calmly kept his expression unchanged, explaining seemingly indifferently, but kept his ears up paying attention to Ji Chengshu's movements: "Oh, I checked the information about Director Li on the Internet yesterday."

It is easy to hide from Wang Fang, but it is a bit difficult to hide from Ji Chengshu.

But after waiting for a long time, he didn't hear Ji Chengshu's reaction, so Lin Xi felt relieved after thinking about it. Even if Ji Chengshu had any doubts, he would not suspect the resurrection of the dead. At most, he thought that he and Shu Shan or someone else had told him about Li He.

Director Li is also a very important famous director in the entire Chinese dynasty. Although he has filmed TV dramas for more than 20 years and has not been on the big screen yet, the fact that his movies have been popular since 20 years ago is enough to prove that he is Strength.

Lin Xi had collaborated with Director Li shortly after his debut. At that time, he was still a rookie who had just filmed a movie, so he was really scolded a lot. Fortunately, I have a good temper, know the rules, and understand that Director Li is doing it for his own good. Otherwise, if he were a newcomer with a tougher temper and a reckless personality, he might have quit the job long ago.

Director Li's new film, Lin Xi, has heard about it before, and it is said that it is going to be a fantasy film that has never been seen before in China. It is invested and supported by CX Entertainment, and specially hired special effects artists and special effects teams from Hollywood. , just to shoot visual effects that have never been seen before.

After reading the script last night, Lin Xi also broke into a cold sweat for Director Li's ambition.

It's not that the drama "Ling Shen" is too bad, but... the script is so well written, it's so good that it may be difficult to reach the level required by the script with the current camera and director skills.

There are many Western fantasy movies and TV series, and all of them stand out from big directors and big productions, and some of them can't even get back their money. The same goes for Director Li's film, which has very high requirements for special effects and special effects shots. If you want to make a good production, then the funds must be poured down like water. If you want to save money, then the audience must be dissatisfied.

But fortunately, from Ji Chengshu's tone, it seems that CX Entertainment spent a lot of money in this movie this time, which is definitely no less than a big-budget movie. Lin Xi also breathed a sigh of relief, and thought to himself: Probably only the Chu Group has such strong strength to spend money on a TV series, but Tianyu definitely doesn't have the courage.

It was not yet nine o'clock when the three of them arrived at the audition scene, but the scene was already full of people, and everyone was busy at their posts. Not many people came to audition, Ji Chengshu got a number for Lin Xi and handed it to Wang Fang to line up instead of Lin Xi, and then took Lin Xi to the backcourt to find Director Li, who was dripping with sweat.

Wearing only a simple white vest, there were sweat stains on the back, revealing a large sweat spot. Director Li, who was middle-aged and with a receding hairline, took a big cattail fan and walked in the cool and slightly cold autumn wind Fanning up and down, his gaze directly passed Ji Chengshu who was standing in front, and his eyes lit up when he saw Lin Xi, as bright as a 100W light bulb connected to electricity.

Li He walked over quickly in surprise, and stood straight in front of Lin Xi. He looked like an old man walking out of an alley in a sweater, big pants, and a pair of tattered flip-flops. He shouted: "Xiao Chen, come quickly, our Nuwa is here."

Lin Xi and Ji Chengshu didn't understand the meaning of Li He's words, they saw a beautiful woman in her thirties coming out of the room beside her. The other party stepped out of the antique black lacquered iron wood gate painted with creeper patterns, and walked directly towards Lin Xi. When his eyes touched Lin Xi, he paused for a moment, then put away the surprise in his eyes, and walked to Li He's side.

"Hey Xiao Chen, look quickly, our Nuwa has finally been found!" Li He said excitedly, pawing at the flip flops under his feet.

The corner of the mouth of the woman called Xiao Chen twitched slightly, then she looked at Lin Xi and Lin Xi with a little apology, sighed, but she spoke with a bold expression, which did not match her charming and mature appearance at all: "Lao Li, our Nuwa is a big girl, this is a pure man in front of you."

"..." Lin Xi naturally knew the role of Nuwa, and she was one of the important female supporting roles. In this fantasy world "Ling Shen", it is the most beautiful existence in the entire Three Realms.

Director Li seemed to have discovered the reality that Lin Xi is a man. He looked at Lin Xi's hair that was half-length on his head, curled his lips and said in disbelief: "If this young man comes to audition for Nuwa, he can still do it." What are you playing?"

At this time, Ji Chengshu couldn't hold his breath anymore, he pushed his glasses, his narrow eyes could only see a little shape under the reflection of the glass. He smiled and said, "Director Li, I'm Ji Chengshu. This is my newcomer named Lin Xi. He has acted in two plays before. Today he came to audition for the role of Qiu Huan. I hope you will take care of him."

"Ah Xiao Ji, when were you here, and you didn't tell me, brother?"

Ji Chengshu's mouth twisted and he almost fainted out of breath, but he also knew that Li He had this personality off the set, so he could only swallow his bitterness and said, "Director Li, Lin Xi has just joined our CX Entertainment, please give me your advice."

Director Li shy, as if he didn't see Ji Chengshu's embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Okay, my crew has just decided on a role now, and I will pay attention to it when I audition later."

Now that Ji Chengshu has raised the banner of CX Entertainment, Li He naturally can no longer act stupid. Anyway, this young man named Lin Xi is indeed handsome, and he fits well with Qiu Huan's character. As long as the acting skills are not too bad, it's fine to let CX Entertainment insert someone. Anyway, CX Entertainment pays a lot of money, and if they lose, it's their own. Li He was happy to do this favor.

On the other hand, the beautiful woman at the side looked at Lin Xi carefully several times, wondering what she was thinking.

The audition this time is just a name, and most of the roles have already been decided by default. So Lin Xi didn't go to the backstage to put on makeup, and went straight to the audition without even wearing the costume.

A simple black Panasonic HPX-3000MC was set up with a tripod in the southwest corner of the room, and recorded all the situations in the audition room. Lin Xi entered through a small door on the west side, only to see Li He and other five people sitting on chairs with their backs against the south wall.

At this time, Li He had already put on the jacket he found somewhere, and it was all zipped up, and Lin Xi couldn't tell whether he was still wearing the sweat-stained vest underneath. But this serious look is completely different from the middle-aged man he saw backstage just now. If he hadn't had some friendship with Li He long ago, Lin Xi even wondered if someone else was sitting here wearing a mask.

Li He sat in the center of the five people, and on the left was the woman called Xiao Chen. As Lin Xi walked to the center of the room, he squinted his eyes and saw the Shika on the woman's table.

Chen Yajing.

Lin Xi hadn't heard of this name before, but she seemed to have a very important position in the whole crew. Lin Xi basically knew everyone who was famous and famous in the entertainment industry. The sudden appearance of such a person surprised him a bit, but he didn't have any special reaction.

"Hi Director Li, hello everyone. I am Lin Xi, the auditionee No. 13, and the character I want to audition for is Qiu Huan."

Li He sat opposite and nodded solemnly, indicating that Lin Xi could start.

Lin Xi took a deep breath and let it out slowly. His gaze quickly swept across the entire room, and he paused in front of the dark camera, his tall and slender phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately entered the state.