Those Years I Employed Non-Humans as Actors

Chapter 83: Audition

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"Director Zhong, Wan Lian and I watched your variety show together yesterday. You are preparing a new movie in the variety show. Will you use the company's actors?" Zhong Hongqian also asked after spending some time with the Villa Ghost. They began to follow them and call Zhong Jiudao Zhong Dao.

She was really not familiar with Zhong Jiudao, and Zhong Jiudao didn't grow up with other peers.

The other children were named Jiudao according to their genealogy, with the word "Hong" in the middle. Only Zhong Jiudao, after discussion with the elders in the family, adopted the name Jiudao and treated him separately from the other children.

Zhong Jiudao has been designated as the future head of the family since he was born. Zhong Hongqian always tried to treat him as a cousin and asked Director Zhong to feel more comfortable.

"It's not confirmed for the time being," Zhong Jiu said. "It's too troublesome to use non-human actors. Qi Wanlian's fans now send me private messages every day asking Qi Wanlian to hold a fan meeting. If there are enough funds, I will Try not to use non-humans.”

Qi Wanlian became excited when she heard about the fan meeting: "I think it can be done."

"Give up, you have mostly female fans, but a few male fans." Zhong Jiudao saw through her thoughts.

"Female fans, that counts." Qi Wanlian lowered her head listlessly.

"Is there any difference between female fans and male fans?" Zhong Hongqian asked her.

"Men can find ways to breathe life, but women don't like to smoke." Zhong Hongyi nodded to Qi Wanlian, "Please save yourself, our meeting will pay attention to security, and we will keep you away from the crowd. "Open, we will never let you come into direct contact with fans."

"Forget it, it depends on my interest in absorbing life recently." Qi Wanlian said lazily.

‌Affixed ‌QR code on her body, her resentment became less and less ‌.

Zhong Hongyan asked: "Didn't you just get your share of the box office of "Falling House"? How come you don't have enough funds? Can we work hard on filming?"

Zhong Jiu said: "I received some money, but the lease term of this villa is about to expire. I plan to buy the house, which will require a lot of money."

This villa has been very popular recently. If it had not been haunted, countless people would have visited it. The agent would definitely not be willing to rent the house at a low price next year. It is very likely that this villa will become an Internet celebrity. Place.

Zhong Jiu Dao can indeed take away all the ghosts, but this place carries too many memories for them. There is a commemoration of Zhong Jiu Dao's first movie, and he wants to buy it.

This house is too big, has a long history, and is in City S. I'm afraid it won't be affordable at ordinary prices. It is not easy to get a bank loan for such a big house, because Zhong Jiudao has a stable bank flow and may not be able to get a loan on time, so it is best to buy it with the full amount.

Even if the owner of the house is willing to sell it at a low price, Zhong Jiudao would still be a bit embarrassed to buy the house in full with the money in his hands.

After buying it, he will become poor again.

After hearing his words, the ghosts stopped what they were doing and looked at Zhong Jiudao quietly.

Although they want to escape and gain freedom, they do have deep feelings for this house. This is a place of bondage and a destination.

"We have to pay to rent the studio. In the future, more and more people will come to us to talk about things. We can't bring them to the villa to talk." Zhong Jiu said, "Luo Huai will pay for renting the office." ‌He will also be one of the shareholders of the company in the future.”

"Wouldn't it be a waste of money to make a movie?" Zhong Hongyan asked.

"It is estimated that I can have 10 to 20 million left, which is much better than when I was filming "Falling House"." Zhong Jiudao said optimistically, "And I can find people to invest, but it's always easy for investors nowadays. When I make a movie, I may assign an actor to play a certain role. The main cast of my movie must be the person I want to use. If that doesn't work, I'll just use a small-budget actor. Keep picking from the company.”

"When looking for investors, it is inevitable that there will be a phenomenon of flattery." Zhong Hongyi also sighed.

"How much does it cost to make a movie?" Zhong Hongqian asked.

"For normal shooting, even if it's 100 million or tens of millions, nothing is expensive now." Zhong Jiu said.

"If it doesn't exceed ‌‌, my money is actually enough." Zhong Hongqian raised her hand.

Everyone looked at Zhong Hongqian, their eyes full of light. Zhong Hongqian hid behind Qi Wanlian and revealed half of her face: "If you are willing to wait, you can get 500 million. Although Wu Xingze married into the Zhong family, but the head of the Wu family is... Leave him a part of the inheritance, and I am his only legal heir. This amount should be 200 million. "

Only then did Zhong Hongyan realize that his cousin was different from him!

They gave up their family business to pursue their dreams and freedom, while their cousin came to relax.

Moreover, they have money on hand, and their property belongs to their parents. If they don’t give it to them, they won’t give it to them. Zhong Hongqian's money has been distributed to her by Zhong's mother. Even if she leaves the Zhong family now, the Zhong family will not take the money back.

This is actually a man with a lot of wealth!

"If you can finance it, that would be great." Zhong Jiudao extended his hand to Zhong Hongqian, "I will definitely make a movie that satisfies investors, and I will never waste your money. "

"It doesn't matter if it's a waste," Zhong Hongqian waved her hand, "That's Wu Xingze's money, and I don't really want it. But auntie, if you give it to me, even if I get it and throw it away, I won't throw it away. ‌No. In this case, just keep the money for filming. You can film without worrying about losing money!"

With the backing of such an investor who didn't care about money, Zhong Jiudao's back suddenly straightened out.

Years later, he contacted the homeowner to discuss purchasing the house.

After they filmed the movie here, the landlord was no longer afraid of the property and no longer wanted to rent it. But later, a haunting incident occurred during the filming of "Who Can Escape". Netizens did not believe it, but the homeowner thought it was definitely haunted, but the crew's yang energy suppressed it.

Now someone has taken over this haunted house, and the owner is happy to see it happen. The two of them discussed the price and decided on it. After the homeowner returned from abroad for a while, they went through the purchase procedures.

A few days later, Qi Wanlian returned to the crew to film. Zhong Hongqian didn't want to see too many people, so she stayed in the villa to make clothes with Fu Yue every day. Zhong Hongyan's training class started, so she stayed to give to her cousin and Fu Yue. Fu Yue took a video and watched them slowly making clothes.

The people over at Guansu finally found out the accounts of Zhiyin Film Industry and submitted the information to the relevant departments at the end of the year. At the same time, they bought several hot searches and Ming Zhiyin Film Industry suffered a loss. Due to the problem, the stock price of the film industry plummeted for a while, and its reputation in the industry was not very good.

Old Man Zhong was secretly happy watching the news on the Internet, thinking that his 100 million would be back soon.

Zhongjiudao also rents several offices as the company's office location. The office building he rented was often rented by celebrity studios, and the security was very good to prevent celebrities from being followed upstairs when they sometimes entered the company.

As soon as there was a venue, Zhong Jiudao began to form a team. He had already found two experienced assistant directors, and also selected a production company with a good reputation. He also called Luo Huai ‌Come back and start casting.

The play of Zhong Jiu Dao contains a total of two cases. There are many suspects and deceased in the two cases, and there are about ten main characters. The suspects and the deceased choose several acting skills based on the recommendation of the director. Well, there are actors who have left a stereotyped impression on the audience. The only actors left are the detective and the murderer.

These two roles have special requirements for actors. Zhong Jiudao specially arranged an audition for the characters and invited the lead actor Luo Huai to help with the scenes.

Those who are over 188cm tall, have a stable and mature face, and have a reassuring temperament will exclude many people. There are not many mature actors with such a body. Even if they can be found, actors may not have the time. Come to the audition. After picking and choosing, we could only find some people from the film and television academy to audition for the film.

On the day of the audition, Zhong Jiudao, the casting director, and producer Qian Duoqun came to visit with a celebrity from the film and television company, and the address was arranged to be in Zhong Jiudao's newly rented office.

Zhong Jiudao sent script fragments to the actors in advance and asked them to practice them in advance.

There were ten actors in total. Zhong Jiudao frowned at the ten resumes, wondering which one he saw was not suitable.

The people who accompanied him in choosing roles had different opinions.

"Your requirements are too high. It is impossible for an actor to fully fit the role. This requires the shooting skills of makeup and hair teachers, makeup artists, and behind-the-scenes staff to make up for it. I think this number 3 is good, with a height of 189cm. The most important thing is that he was signed by Qian Tong Entertainment when he just started school. Qian Tong Entertainment owns a theater. By working with them, he can get a lot of money. Good schedule," the casting director said to Zhong Jiu.

‌Pin Ren‌: "As for theaters, our company also cooperates with the largest theater chain in China, so there is no need to consider the theater chain issue. I mainly recommend No. 5. He is a little shorter, only 183cm. , but you can use increased insoles, 5 centimeters is not a problem. "

No. 5 is an artist under the production company. Of course he mainly promotes his own artists, but if Zhong Jiudao is not satisfied, he means respecting the director. After all, the most important thing for the company to choose this movie is to make money.

Qian Duoqun touched his nose and said to Zhong Jiu: "Actually, I think Brother Eyeball is quite suitable for this role. How about we ask the head of the Zhong family to play the role of the detective's father? There is a pair that is as serious as the detective. Eye!"

"First choose the detective." Zhong Jiudao waved to Luo Huai, "Luo Huai, which role do you think is the most suitable? You are the protagonist of this movie, and the image of the detective is completely based on you. I think you are the one with the most say.”

The casting director and the taster immediately stopped and looked at Luo Huai. They vaguely felt that there was a strange aura between Luo Huai and Director Zhong.

Luo Huai looked at his 190+ figure and looked at Director Zhong, who was steady and gave people a sense of security. He said with some regret, "You can't tell much just by looking at your resume. Let's audition first."

There are two clips of the audition. One is at the very beginning when the detective runs to the bar and warns the detective not to compete with the police for clues. The other is when the detective and the detective high-five after the case is over, which represents their recognition of each other.

There are not many lines in the two paragraphs. If the actors have ideas, they are free to use them. The main reason is to see the aura compatibility of the two actors.

No. 1 and No. 2 performed mediocrely. They were students at the school and signed with a company. They just heard that Zhong Jiudao was recruiting actors, so they submitted their resumes. The information they had was only two short scripts, and they had little understanding of the character of the detective. In addition, the acting was really not good, and the filming was very dull. They just recited the lines according to the script, which was not suitable for this role.

No. 3 was the person recommended by the casting director. He had been with Zhong Jiudao for some time, read the script and character biographies, and had his own understanding of the character. ‌‌ According to the confidentiality agreement, the casting director will not leak the script, but he can have some understanding of No. 3 and guide No. 3’s performance style, so No. 3 has practiced it several times beforehand.

Not only that, No. 3 specially put on makeup and wore a uniform to match the role. The uniform adds a lot of color to him, which makes people's eyes bright.

Luo Huai unbuttoned his shirt and turned the table into a bar counter. He held a wine glass in his hand and was tasting wine.

At this time, No. 3 rushed in, grabbed Luo Huai by the lapel, pushed him against the wall, supported his arms on the wall, and said to Luo Huai: "I'm warning you, don't interfere with the police's handling of the case again." ”

No. 3's entire body was almost pressed against Luo Huai's, and the distance between the two was extremely close.

Zhong Jiu said: "..."

He seemed to feel that after Old Man Zhong changed his eyes, he felt displeased with Old Man Zhong.

"Isn't this a good performance?" the casting director asked, "That feeling has come."