Chapter 17: Auditions
As soon as the news that the second generation of stars Li Moyan was going to write and direct the second TV series in his life was exposed, it attracted a lot of attention in the entertainment industry, and most people still questioned his ability, and they all felt that the success of "Family with Children" was all because of Li Guoli, Li Moyan is a puppet, and Li Guoli is the real director behind the scenes!
When I learned that the crew of "Wulin Gaiden" was going to interview for the second female lead, although I questioned Li Moyan's directing ability, but when I saw that Li Guoguo's name was written in the producer column, many actresses still hoped to be able to star in this TV series, after all, with Li Guoli here, this drama is still guaranteed, and it may not be that this TV series can be as successful as "Family with Children", and then they will be able to gain fame and fortune.
Li Moyan knows that he can only break the doubts of others by continuing to succeed at present, although he is a little pressured by this, but he is more confident.
After all, with more than ten years of directing experience in his previous life, Li Moyan is not even able to shoot a sitcom!
Early this morning, Li Moyan came to Splendid Media Company very early, and today is the audition day for the second female 'Guo Furong' in "Wulin Gaiden", which is located at 301 on the third floor of the building!
When I came to Splendid Media, it was exactly half past eight, and the audition time was set at 9 o'clock, Li Moyan and another interviewer, Jiang Ming, his assistant director, sat in Li Moyan's office on the seventh floor of the building and chatted.
Jiang Ming is a contracted director of Splendid Media, graduated from the directing department of Beijing Film, and is not very old, only in his early thirties, but he has rich experience and is very talented. It is said that the company will soon invest in his first work and make him a director.
I have to say that with Jiang Ming's escort, this is really convenient for Li Moyan, although Li Moyan is a traverser, but after all, he is not a superman, if he is in charge of everything, it is simply difficult for a strong man, it is necessary to have an assistant director with excellent ability, and he can do a lot of things for him.
After Li Moyan asked Zhao Xiaoying to come in with two cups of coffee, Jiang Ming, who was sitting opposite Li Moyan, said with a smile: "Are you okay? So many people question your ability! If it were me, I would have been depressed a long time ago." ”
Jiang Ming also questioned Li Moyan at the beginning, and he didn't want to be Li Moyan's assistant director at all. What can he learn from being an assistant director for Li Moyan? If it weren't for the company's investment approval for his TV drama project, he would have refused the company's arrangement to make Li Moyan an assistant director.
But after a long period of contact, Jiang Ming found that 'seeing is believing', this sentence is not wrong at all. After communication, Jiang Ming found that Li Moyan, who was originally in his impression of the 'second generation of straw bale stars', was so strong whether he was good or talented, and even he was a little ashamed of himself as a genius.
Li Moyan took a sip of coffee and said calmly: "It's okay, I can't even bear this pressure, what qualifications do I have to direct!"
Jiang Ming smiled and nodded.
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Just when Li Moyan and Jiang Ming were resting in the office, there were already a lot of auditioners coming intermittently outside the interview office on the third floor, and there were about 20 at a cursory glance.
Except for Chen Yuanyuan and Su Qi, who personally sent out invitations, the other actors who came to interview for 'Guo Furong' all signed up, of course, this has also been screened by Splendid Media, otherwise the actresses who came today would have gone to the sea! You must know that a female number two is also very competitive in the entertainment industry.
At this time, Chen Yuanyuan and Su Qi also came, and nodded to each other to say hello, after all, they were not very familiar. It's just that the treatment of the two is really different, Su Qi came alone, and she didn't even have an agent, and Chen Yuanyuan Although she hit the street on the big screen, she still belongs to the TV series, the agent not only came, but also four assistants followed to serve, which formed a stark contrast to many actresses who only followed by agents.
When the time came to 9 o'clock, Li Moyan and Jiang Ming took the elevator and walked into the 3rd floor together.
Seeing Li Moyan and Jiang Ming coming in, the auditioners all stood up.
Jiang Ming looked at the people who stood up and pressed their hands slightly, and greeted: "Today is the audition site of the second female 'Guo Furong' in "Wulin Gaiden", I won't waste everyone's time with more nonsense, start now, please come in with the actor who reads the name! ”
Hearing Jiang Ming read Chen Yuanyuan's name, everyone has nothing to do, the entertainment industry is such a reality, Chen Yuanyuan is a popular figure, her feelings must be taken care of, the rest are newcomers and celebrities who are not in the stream, if you wait for you, you have to wait, if you can't wait, you can quit the audition!
After Jiang Ming finished speaking, he and Li Moyan walked into the audition room.
After entering the audition room, the two sat down, Jiang Ming signaled to the staff at the door, and Chen Yuanyuan was called in first!
Looking at Chen Yuanyuan, who looked against the sky in front of him, Li Moyan nodded.
Li Moyan stood up and stretched out his hand to Chen Yuanyuan and said, "Hello Miss Chen, I am Li Moyan, the director of "Wulin Gaiden", and I am very happy to meet you!"
"Hello Miss Chen, I'm Jiang Ming, the assistant director of "Wulin Gaiden", it's nice to meet you!" Jiang Ming also stood up and greeted Chen Yuanyuan.
Chen Yuanyuan shook Jiang Ming's hand first and said, "Director Jiang, hello." He shook Li Moyan's hand again, and said with a smile: "Hello!"
The three of them shook each other's hands and sat down again, but Li Moyan secretly raised her eyebrows and shook hands with the assistant director Jiang Ming first, and she didn't even call herself 'director', it seems that Chen Yuanyuan doesn't agree with herself very much!
After thinking about it for a while, Li Moyan opened his mouth and asked Chen Yuanyuan to perform the plot of 'Guo Furong' in the play, and after Li Moyan explained the plot, Chen Yuanyuan performed 'Guo Furong' as a goddess and a female nerve just right!
Li Moyan was silent, and nodded secretly in his heart after seeing Chen Yuanyuan's performance, he was completely acting in his true colors!
Jiang Ming probed over and whispered to Li Moyan: "Director, what do you think?"
Li Moyan did not answer Jiang Ming's question, but said to Chen Yuanyuan: "Sister Yuanyuan, in fact, we are most optimistic about you playing the role of 'Guo Furong' in "Wulin Gaiden", I believe that Sister Yuanyuan has also seen the general character design of "Guo Furong", this is definitely a very brilliant role, I believe it can become your life's masterpiece in the future, but our crew has limited funds, I don't know if Sister Yuanyuan can compromise a little bit in terms of price!"
Chen Yuanyuan stared at Li Moyan's handsome face for a while, and said with a smile after half a sound: "I really like the role of 'Guo Furong', but I don't know much about salary, Mr. Li Moyan can wait to talk to my agent!"
Li Moyan frowned when he heard this, although Li Moyan knew that the salary was discussed with the agent, after all, such a star did not come forward, even if the deal failed in the end, it was still benevolent, but Li Moyan said the difficulty of insufficient funds, Chen Yuanyuan also planned to go through formal channels, and obviously there would not be too much compromise in terms of salary!
Of course, Li Moyan knows that this is because of his director, so Chen Yuanyuan is not very optimistic about "Wulin Gaiden", so he doesn't want to compromise very much, otherwise he will change to a famous director casually, for the sake of such an excellent character, the salary will definitely drop again and again!
Speaking of which, Li Moyan is not qualified enough to let people take the initiative to lower his salary, after all, the wicked Li Moyan looks really unreliable, Chen Yuanyuan doesn't believe that he is excusable, it is estimated that if it weren't for the fact that the producer is Li Guoguo, Chen Yuanyuan probably wouldn't even come to the audition!
Li Moyan didn't show any expression when he saw the failure of the lobbying, after all, he still waited to talk to her agent, isn't the price just the game you shouted me to pay back!
Li Moyan smiled politely at Chen Yuanyuan: "It's me who is abrupt, please Sister Yuanyuan wait outside, and when we finish interviewing the rest of the actors, we will talk to your agent." ”
Chen Yuanyuan nodded at Li Moyan, bowed slightly to Jiang Ming and walked out of the audition office!
Jiang Ming saw the conversation between the two just now, raised his eyebrows and said to Li Moyan: "Even if Chen Yuanyuan hits the street on the big screen, she is still a big name in the TV series, and depending on her attitude, it is estimated that the salary will be discussed." ”
Li Moyan rubbed his temples and said: "Besides, wait and bargain with her agent, the budget of 'Guo Furong' is 35,000 per episode, I can accept a maximum of 40,000 per episode, and I would rather give up Chen Yuanyuan and choose Su Qi with one more point!"
Jiang Ming nodded at Li Moyan, after all, there are so many funds, and if the heroine spends too much, then the rest of the TV series will have to reduce costs, which is by no means a good director's approach!
If the salary for the role of 'Guo Furong' exceeds 40,000 episodes, then the other actors will definitely be overrun, so the shooting cost will have to be reduced, which is unacceptable to Li Moyan, if Chen Yuanyuan's salary is really beyond his expectations, Li Moyan would rather choose Su Qi, who was banned by Shengtang Entertainment!
Less than half a minute after Chen Yuanyuan went out, Su Qi walked in.
Ten minutes later, Li Moyan looked at Su Qi with a smile and clapped his palms: "Sister Su Qi's performance is good, she doesn't look like an idol drama actor at all, this short plot not only shows the heroine's changing personality to the fullest, but also adds a lot of your own understanding, it seems that you have really put in a lot of effort!"
Su Qi first bowed slightly to Li Moyan and Du Yang, and then sat down and said with a humble face: "Director Li has won the award, this is just my duty as an actor, and I also like the character of 'Guo Furong', not only the character is pleasing, but also the character is plump, I like this role very much, although it was only two days after I got the script, I still tried my best to interpret it, I hope there is no misunderstanding!"
I have to say that Su Qi and Chen Yuanyuan are actually competent for the role of 'Guo Furong', although Chen Yuanyuan's reputation is better, but Su Qi's attitude still makes Li Moyan give her a lot of points, after all, people have vanity, Su Qi's modesty makes Li Moyan very satisfied, at least no matter what she thinks in her heart, at least on the surface, she gives Li Moyan enough face as a director!
Li Moyan actually understands the attitude of Chen Yuanyuan and Su Qi at this time, even if Chen Yuanyuan hits the street on the big screen, she still doesn't have to worry about no filming on the small screen. For Chen Yuanyuan, she certainly likes the role of 'Guo Furong' very much, and if she can get the best, even if she can't get Chen Yuanyuan, she will not be too disappointed!
As for Su Qi, after three years of banning by Shengtang Entertainment, her heart has been smoothed out, and now she is in a situation where there is no drama to film, so although she is only a female number two, she cherishes this opportunity more than Chen Yuanyuan!
And although Li Moyan seems very unreliable, "Wulin Gaiden" has Li Guoguo like the previous work "Family with Children", which still makes Su Qi a little confident, and the script and hostess of "Wulin Gaiden" are very good, Su Qi likes the role of "Guo Furong" very much, so her modesty at the moment is not without reason!
Li Moyan chatted with Su Qi for a while and then asked her to go out and wait, after all, no matter how satisfied Li Moyan was with Su Qi's attitude, the issue of her being banned by Shengtang Entertainment was indeed a point that Li Moyan had to consider, if he could negotiate with Chen Yuanyuan's agent, it would be best if he could talk to him, and then talk to Su Qi if he couldn't get along.
Although it seems very unfair to treat Su Qi as a spare tire, the entertainment industry is so realistic, although Su Qi also knew that she was Chen Yuanyuan's alternative after she couldn't get along, she didn't have any dissatisfied expression, and walked out with a smile on her face!