Since Chen Jialuo signed a contract with the film studio, he has been commuting to and from work on time every day like the company's clerks, in addition to the preparation of "A Chinese Ghost Story", more is to screen actors.

With the beginning of the Christmas holiday, the strongest series of films produced by Yidu Films, "Best Partner", won the box office again after the previous one, and "Best Partner: A Thousand Miles to Save the Poor Woman" began to be released.

Many media cheered for this film, claiming that it would once again refresh the box office record of Hong Kong and regain the box office championship of Hong Kong films over the years.

Chen Jialuo naturally went to the cinema to watch the fourth "Best Partner", directed by Lin Shanling, who is favored by Mai Tian, which is not bad, but it is definitely not amazing. According to the conservative estimate of the premiere box office, it is probably more than 20 million box office.

Compared with other movies, this box office is definitely impressive, but as far as this series is concerned, it has almost entered its old age, and compared with this year's highest-grossing "True Colors of Heroes", whether it is word-of-mouth or box office, it is too inferior.

"Brother, this Arlo is too difficult to do. According to his choice, no actor can make this film. Obviously, there are a few that I think are good, but he just doesn't agree with ......"

In the film studio, in Xu You's office, Chen Xiaodong was spitting bitterness at Xu You.

It has been three days since the casting of "A Chinese Ghost Story" began, and the outside world has already let out the wind. But after three days of casting, they were all denied by Chen Jialuo. It's no wonder that this new director is distressed, and he has always adhered to the principle that the actors are determined by the company, so he can't compete with Chen Jialuo, so he has to come to Xu You here for help.

This matter has been rumored in the studio for a long time. Many employees find it incomprehensible to Director Chen's stubbornness, especially the screenwriting team, who are also very dissatisfied with Chen Jialuo.

The main reason is because of the script of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

At the beginning, Xu You handed over the adaptation of this movie to Ruan Jingxiong, the old pen head of the screenwriting team, and asked to come up with the work within a week.

Ruan Jingxiong is also worthy of being a veteran screenwriter, and he really let him hold back the script within a week. Unexpectedly, not long after the script was sent to Chen Jialuo, a large number of circles were drawn and a lot of strokes were written, and then it was sent back, saying that it would be changed again.

This came and went, Ruan Jingxiong changed about three or four versions, and even Chen Xiaodong said that it was good, but he couldn't pass the level of producer Chen Jialuo, which caused the screenwriter to scold his mother in the office all day long.

Difficult Chen Jialuo, this is his new label in the film studio.

Xu You, who was sitting on the chair, was also the first two big, and at that time he handed over the script and actor matters to Chen Xiaodong and Chen Jialuo, hoping to see the two sincerely cooperate to become golden partners. Unexpectedly, before the film started, it reached this situation.

Looking at Chen Xiaodong who vomited bitterness, Xu You stretched out his hand and patted his forehead, and said, "Which actors have come to interview recently?"

"Wang Yu, Zhang Zetao, and the recently popular Qian Zhilong, etc., have all come to try on the male lead. In terms of heroines, several Hong Kong sisters, as well as Zhang Mengling and Xu Xihui, have all tried the heroine. There are several of them, all of which are signed artists under Yidu. ”

"Especially that Xu Xihui, I think the appearance is very good, and the acting skills are also there...... But Ah Luo couldn't see it, and said that there was no resentment, that kind of psychic immortal energy. I'm making a ghost movie, and it's easy to say that I'm angry, but what kind of psychic fairy energy do you want?"

As soon as he mentioned the matter of actors, Chen Xiaodong was furious. But every time I talk to Chen Jialuo, the other party talks about it in a set, and he is not his opponent at all.

If he could solve the problem by hand, it is estimated that Chen Xiaodong would have thrown Chen Jialuo out of the office a long time ago.

……

Just as Chen Xiaodong was venting his bitterness and expressing all kinds of dissatisfaction, the door of Xu You's office was pushed open.

I saw Chen Jialuo poke his head in, first smiled at Xu You, and then shouted: "Xiaodong, wait for the actor to try on makeup......!

“……”

Chen Xiaodong was shocked when he heard this voice, and could only say embarrassedly: "Okay, okay." ”

looked at Xu You on the other side, and saw the corners of his mouth twitch and said, "Xiaodong, you and A Luo will go to the actor interview! ”

"Good!"

Since Xu Youdu said so, Chen Xiaodong responded weakly, and was finally pulled by Chen Jialuo to continue to interview actors.

……

"Okay, Liu Sheng, we'll inform you when there's a result......"

"Okay, Miss Peng, thank you very much for coming to audition, we will inform you of the results when the time comes. ”

……

After three hours of interviews, I finally finished interviewing all the artists I made an appointment today. Chen Jialuo stretched his waist, a little interested: "Let's go, Xiaodong, go find Brother You's errand!"

"Huh?"

Chen Xiaodong, who has always been sitting on wax, heard this, and the whole person jumped up like a cat with a tail stepped on, and said, "Which one do you like?"

Originally, at the end of the interview every day, Chen Xiaodong was very enthusiastic to discuss with Chen Jialuo which actor was suitable and which actor was good. Among them, a few of them were recommended by his friends, and a few of them directly asked him for favors.

It's a pity that Chen Jialuo jumped out of trouble every time for various reasons, resulting in no illness.

Although the casting of Xiangjiang during this period is not as strict as Hollywood, and there is no multi-party supervision, as the first film directed by himself, Chen Xiaodong naturally hopes to blossom and have a good harvest.

Like Hollywood picking actors, our so-called 'unspoken rules' don't work at all. It is difficult to implement the trading of power and sex. The producer, the director and the investors of the production company all supervise each other, and the birth of a role must be possible only if the other party can pick up this burden, otherwise it is impossible.

However, there is not so much talk in Xiangjiang, and in most cases, the competition between big stars or some private trading and brokerage companies will occupy the key point.

For example, Chen Jialuo's 'self' before, isn't it an unspoken rule that there is a female number one.

But since it is now Chen Jialuo who is the gatekeeper of this movie, he will definitely not compromise as a last resort, and he is bound to put the most suitable person in the most suitable position.

In terms of actors, he has long considered it. The reason why he has done so many days of façade work is nothing more than to let people know that he is seriously checking the actors, and he really can't pick out the really good ones.

Facing Chen Xiaodong, who was already one head and two big, Chen Jialuo shook his head and smiled: "No, but I already have a candidate in my mind." ”

"Don't worry, Xiaodong, I will definitely cooperate well with the first movie you directed, and strive to create a classic together. ”

"In the end, I am still not satisfied......," Chen Xiaodong said weakly.

I don't know if it's because he is used to the position of martial arts instructor, Chen Xiaodong was at a disadvantage from the beginning. If you want to turn the situation back for a few days, you can't do it by getting angry.

It's not a matter if you can't pick out the actor and drag it all the time, and in the end, Chen Xiaodong pinned the solution of this problem on Xu You.

From the beginning of his weakness, he could only throw all the pressure of casting to Chen Jialuo.