Chapter 47: The Candidate for Female No. 2
In the conference room of Huayi Brothers Film and Television Group, Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei brothers, as well as the heads of the production department, marketing department, finance department, and artist management department are all in a meeting.
"Let's all say it, Li Mu has already rejected our proposal!" Chairman Wang Zhongjun said slowly, his face was expressionless at this time, and everyone below knew that their chairman was really angry this time. But think about it, the largest film and television company in China was rejected by a small studio that had just been established for a year, so it's no wonder that he wasn't angry.
Everyone looked at each other, after all, other people's TV series had already been filed, and even the filming permission had been applied, and it was too late to make a fuss about it.
For a moment, the room was eerily quiet.
"Could it be that we can't even buy a small studio with a dignified Huayi!" Seeing that these people below were silent, Wang Zhongjun's face became even more ugly.
In the end, Wang Jinghua spoke.
"Chairman, I have an idea, you see if it's okay!"
"Director Wang said to hear it!"
"We also know a rough idea of the script of that TV series, isn't it about a man from an alien who falls in love with a female star, this is actually an idol drama, but the male protagonist is replaced by an alien with superpowers. We can also shoot a film with the same theme, didn't he Li Mu start filming at the end of the month, let's hurry up and hold a start-up press conference on the 25th, and then the filming progress will speed up a little bit, and it will be broadcast before him. Wang Jinghua said confidently.
After listening to Wang Jinghua's proposal, everyone felt that there was a lot to be done, as long as the filming started and the broadcast was broadcast first, they could bite back and say that Li Mu had plagiarized their ideas!
"What Director Wang said makes sense, I promise to shoot the TV series as quickly as possible, and I will definitely play it before Li Mu. The manager of the production department said with confidence that this is the confidence of a large company.
"I agree with Director Wang!"
"I agree!"
Wang Zhongjun thought for a while and felt that this proposal was feasible, plus everyone agreed, and then said: "Since everyone agrees, then according to Director Wang's proposal, the screenwriting team will write the script as soon as possible, Director Wang, you arrange the actors, the finance department will make a budget, and the marketing department will start publicity. ”
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At one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Mu and Chu Fei came to the studio, and they were busy until eleven o'clock in the evening last night, and the two received a total of more than 200 resumes, most of which were students from some film and television academies in Beijing, and some had graduated but had not yet signed a contract with a brokerage company, but some were from other places, and the farthest one was a girl from Xichuan Film and Television Academy, a distance of two years. This also made Li Mu have to admire their perseverance.
Among these people, Li Mu also saw some "acquaintances", like Yang Mi, Yuan Shanshan, Liu Shishi and others, in another world, some of these people on the earth have acted in many film and television works, but in reality, they are still studying in school.
More than a dozen suitable actors were selected and sent them audition notices, and a conference room was set aside in the studio where the audition was arranged.
When Li Mu entered, he found that the studio was already crowded with people, and even the corridor outside was full of people, which caused the employees in the company next to him to look at it frequently. There were men and women, and most of them were accompanied by someone who looked like an agent or assistant.
"Li Mu is here!" I don't know who shouted, good guy, all of a sudden, like a group of sharks smelling the smell of blood, they quickly surrounded them, and Li Mu's and Chu Fei's water were blocked.
"Damn, what's going on, didn't I just send invitations to a dozen people, what's going on with so many people here!" Li Mu thought to himself.
"Mr. Li, we are from Guangxian Media, do you still need actors for your new drama, just have lines!"
"Mr. Li, I am from Chengtian Entertainment, and I have acted in many film and television dramas, do you think there is a role suitable for me?"
"Mr. Li, why did you specify an actor who has not signed a contract with a brokerage company? Are you going to sign it for training, why do you want to find a newcomer to play such an important role?"
"Mr. Li, will your studio involve artist brokerage business in addition to film and television production in the future?"
"Mr. Li... Mr. Li..."
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Li Mu was drowning in the sea of people all of a sudden, but fortunately, Xu Zheng saw that the boss was surrounded and immediately led people to break away from the crowd and rescued him.
"What's going on, why did you let so many people in?" Li Mu was angry.
"I'm sorry Mr. Li, at first we blocked them out and didn't let them in, but there were too many of them to crowd the outside, and they were all about to squeeze to the elevator, and several companies next door came to complain, and the people from the building also came, and we had no choice but to let them in. Xu Zheng said apologetically.
"Didn't I just send a dozen live invitations, why did so many people come, and many of them came with agents and assistants, what's going on?" Li Mu was puzzled.
"Mr. Li, you don't know, after you made the announcement yesterday, the studio's phone was about to be blown up, and these people were all self-recommended. Our TV series has not yet been filmed and it is so popular, they all want to show their faces in it, and there are some entertainment news reporters who want to see what news about our TV series, after all, we have not released any information about the TV series until now, and outsiders can only find the name of the TV series from radio and television. At this time, if anyone can get first-hand information, it will really be a scoop. But to be honest, these people are also very hard, some of them came in the morning, and they waited here for four or five hours, and they didn't eat. Xu Zheng said with emotion.
"So that's the case, no wonder, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, since they work so hard, I will give them a chance. Xu Dao, you go and tell them to disperse first, find a place to rest, go to eat when it's time to eat, and I'll choose a few more supporting roles at five o'clock in the afternoon. Li Mu said to Xu Zheng.
"Mr. Li, there are so many people here for your recruitment of an actor, if you recruit a few more, wouldn't there be more people coming over in the afternoon?" Xu Zheng was a little puzzled.
"Hehe, don't worry, they wish that the fewer people who came, the better, and they will definitely not release this news. I just decided on all the roles, and then I went to find someone. Li Mu said with a smile.
"Oh, I see, I'll go and inform them. After Xu Zheng finished speaking, he walked to the people.
Seeing Xu Zheng coming over, those people gathered around one after another, hoping to hear some good news from him.
"Everyone, listen to me, everyone has been waiting here for hours, you go to rest and have a meal first, we Mr. Li said, after the audition for the second female number two is over at five o'clock in the afternoon, there will be a few actors, both men and women, whether they have signed with other brokerage companies or not, everyone is gone, don't delay our audition. Xu Zheng repeated Li Mu's original words.
"Really, great, this trip was not in vain!"
"Sister Wang, hurry up and book me a hotel nearby, I want to make up for sleep, and I must get the role in the afternoon!"
Hearing Xu Zheng's words, these people left clean at once, and only a few people were still waiting there. Xu Zheng didn't care about this either.
The time soon came to two o'clock, and Li Mu also began the audition.
"Mr. Li, hello teachers, I am Yang Mi from Beijing Film Academy, twenty-two years old this year, and I previously starred in Guo Xiang in "The Condor Heroes". Yang Mi didn't expect that she was the first to appear, she had always been very arrogant, and they were a little nervous when facing Li Mu at this time.
Li Mu didn't expect that the first interview today was the later "Da Mi Mi", he was very impressed by Yang Mi, he started filming since he was a child, and once played Su Can's daughter in Zhou Xingchi's movie "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er", and in 2004, she became popular because she played the role of Xiao Guo Xiang in Zhang Jizhong's version of "The Condor Heroes", but she didn't expect that she had not signed a contract with a brokerage company.
"Yang Mi, right, I have seen the Guo Xiang you played in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and you played it very well, this time the role is the heroine's best friend, you can play this paragraph!" Li Mu said and handed her a page of the script, which was the scene where Liu Shimei watched Fang Wenzheng confess to Qian Songyin.
Hearing that Li Mu actually knew herself, Yang Mi was very happy, and she was not nervous for a while, but Li Mu's script began to read, there were not many scenes in one shot, she finished watching it immediately, and she was a little disappointed, it turned out to be similar to ordinary idol dramas, the second female likes a boy, and this boy likes the heroine, the cliché plot, what he wants to play is to see the person he likes confess to the heroine, which is a piece of cake for her. With almost no preparation, I put down the script and started acting.
I saw that her expression was first nervous and a little uneasy, her eyes stared at the side, and then she finally breathed a sigh of relief, with a little unwillingness, happiness and resentment.
is worthy of coming out of a professional acting school, and Liu Shimei was relieved to hear her sweetheart's confession to her rival, and she was rejected, and all kinds of small emotional transformations were expressed freely and without a trace.
"The acting is very good, you deserve to be a student of the Beijing Film Academy, the performance is three points, you go outside and wait first, and you will be notified after the audition. Li Mu said.
"Okay Mr. Li!" Yang Mi is also very satisfied with her performance, this level of performance is not even as good as the sketches and dramas she performs in school.