Chapter 24: The Male Lead
With a classic original version of "Shanghai Tang", Lu Yao successfully eliminated Xue Jingshu's worries and persuaded her.
Next, he began to write a new backstory for "What a Man".
He can assure everyone in the previous life: this is a new version of the ship that they have never seen before!
At the beginning, he had already thought about it:
"Da Ka is good, I am a scumbag, if I am a brother, I will come to anal me!"
It's magical to think about.
On the other side, Xue Jingshu devoted herself to preparation.
Find the crew, find the actors, and negotiate the price.
For Lu Yao, it feels great not to worry about these trivial matters.
A day later, Xue Jingshu returned with two young men and women.
"Hello director, my name is Tang Xiao, a junior at Yenching Film Academy. β
"Hello director, my name is Luo Zijun, I am in the same school as Senior Brother Tang, and I am a sophomore this year. β
The boy and girl greeted him respectfully.
This was discussed by Lu Yao and Xue Jingshu.
The main actors of the MV do not need to find more than one professional, but try to meet the requirements of good quality and low price.
So their final decision was: to find students from the city's film academy to participate.
For the rest, just find a few group performers.
Lu Yao looked at Luo Zijun.
The girl has a spiritual inch and a very neutral appearance, which is very much in line with his requirements.
He nodded in satisfaction.
He then handed the two manuscripts to the two of them.
It was a small snippet of the script.
"I'll give you five minutes to watch this scene, and then I'll perform it live after I'm done, and let me see your acting skills. β
Tang Xiao and Luo Zijun took the script and immediately studied it carefully.
At the first glance of the script, Tang Xiao frowned.
However, he quickly calmed down and continued to study.
Five minutes later.
"The time has come. Let's go. β
Tang Xiao and Luo Zijun glanced at each other and nodded.
In the blink of an eye, Luo Zijun's expression changed.
She looked sad and looked at Tang Xiao with tears in her eyes: "My dear, do you really, don't you want me?"
Tang Xiao turned his face away.
"I'm sorry, I really can't take it...... Let's be brothers!"
"Hehe!" Luo Zijun smiled desperately, "That's your answer?"
Tang Xiao was silent.
"I can see through it: you don't have a seed at all! You can't do what you say, what kind of man are you!"
With that, she turned and left.
"Smack, smack, smack!"
Lu Yao applauded slowly.
"OK! That's you!"
The two breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly expressed their gratitude.
"Okay, the rest of the things, such as signing a contract or something, will be discussed by Miss Xue with you. β
Lu Yao once again started to be the shopkeeper.
Back in the study, he was struggling to write, and Xu Pan limped over with a cane.
"Hey, you kid is too relaxed, right? don't care about anything, let Jingshu run, you see that our sister Jingshu is tired!"
He was upright and upright for Xue Jingshu.
"If she doesn't run, who will run?" Lu Yao glanced at him, "Sand sculpture! This kind of thing must be done by professional people! You don't understand anything, what's the use of running away? It will only bid indiscriminately and increase operating costs!"
"Forehead ......"
Xu Pan scratched his head, thinking about it, it was the same reason.
"So, what can I do to help?"
"You, if you don't help, you're the biggest help. Lu Yao hit him mercilessly: "I feel like you will only do you a disservice." β
"Uncle Draft!"
......
Three days later.
Everything was ready, just waiting for the filming to start, Xue Jingshu had a calm face, and brought bad news to Lu Yao.
Tang Xiao broke the contract.
Hearing the news, Lu Yao was speechless for a while.
"What reason?" he asked.
"He was selected by director Xiao Kai and got a supporting role in the new play, so he temporarily rejected us. Xue Jingshu said, "I have paid ten times the liquidated damages, and it seems that I paid for him over there." β
"Huh?" Lu Yao realized that it might not be that simple.
Director Xiao Kai and Bai Brothers Entertainment Company have always been in the same voice, and Yang Tianhao is the popular traffic singer of Bai Brothers Entertainment Company. β
Xue Jingshu gave an explanation.
No wonder!
Lu Yao suddenly realized.
Presumably the other party learned from Tang Xiao that he was going to shoot the MV of "What Kind of Man", since "Down the Beach" has been released first, this "What kind of Man is it", just listen to the name, you know that it is not good for Yang Tianhao.
So, they definitely have a reason to stumble secretly.
"This Tang Xiao, I must sue him to the ground, and I can't raise my head!"
Xue Jingshu looked rather annoyed.
"If he had other reasons, such as a broken leg in a car accident and couldn't shoot, I can forgive him for breaking the contract. But now, he has obviously violated the principle of confidentiality by revealing to the other party the secret that we are going to shoot the MV of "What a Man"!
Xu Xian was also very angry: "Yes, you must not let him go!
Lu Yao shook his head.
To be honest, he was also angry.
But he didn't plan to do anything to Tang Xiao.
He estimated that the other party must have found Tang Xiao in private, and used various means to coerce and induce him to choose to break the contract.
It is difficult for a college student to contend with this kind of strength.
"Tang Xiao's matter, let's talk about it later. He comforted Xue Jingshu, "Right now, the top priority is to add a new actor." β
Xue Jingshu sighed.
"Forget it, I'll go to the film school again. It's just that the shooting time may have to be delayed a bit. β
"No, we'll start filming today. β
"Filming starts today?" Xu Xian looked at him in surprise, "There is no male lead, how can you shoot?"
Xue Jingshu also stared at him suspiciously.
Seeing that the two girls were focused on their faces, Lu Yao smiled slightly.
He waved his hand: "No, No, No! The actor is absent for some reason, and the director is forced to direct and act in person, don't you think it's clichΓ©?
"Then who will be the actor?" asked Xue Jingshu.
Lu Yao shook his finger and stretched out his hand to Xu Pan, who had been boredly sipping melon seeds on the side: "Brother, didn't you ask if there was anything you could help before?"
Xu Pan's hand shook, and he was so frightened that the melon seeds fell.
"I, the actor?"
Xu Xian and Xue Jingshu looked at each other, their faces confused.
"He's not kidding, are you?"
"No kidding!" Lu Yao said: "I just figured it out: since the purpose of this MV is to scandalize the surname Yang, then there is no need for the actor to find a handsome guy, Xu Pan is just right!"
Xu Pan was furious when he heard this.
"What do you mean, surnamed Lu, are you saying that I'm ugly?!"
"Ah, no, I'm not targeting you, brother. I mean: If you heal your injuries and take off the gauze, Yang Tianhao is definitely not as handsome as you!"
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