"Yo, we'll be the adults who will come down to pick the actors in person, and I'll let them arrange a place for you earlier." Kim Tae-hee has been an interview examiner for a long time, and he was about to go to the coffee shop in the hall to buy a cup of coffee, but as soon as he came out, he saw Lee Kyung-myung chatting with the interviewer, "I said before that it was inconvenient to choose co-actors as a leading actor, why did you change your mind now?" ”

Li Jingming did say before that he was not suitable to appear behind the interview table as an examiner, because he was used to playing tricks when he was a chief of cultural property before, as long as he sat behind the conference table and had a teacup in front of him, he would not dare to speak loudly if he was asked to be the examiner. When LAD recruited the first batch of trainees, Li Jingming personally served as the chief examiner, which was to select his own artists, and he had to sign a long-term contract, of course, he had to choose those with good psychological quality and strong ability to work under pressure, and now it is to choose supporting roles for the movie, as long as he has acting skills and is obedient, it is better to select them quickly.

"Nuna, it's not that I said you, it's too grinding to do things, you gave me the plan a year ago, but as a result, I haven't been casting until now, and even the casting is slowly swallowing, and I'm anxious to see it." Lee Jingming also hoped to finish the film as soon as possible and go home to take care of his wife and children, but now looking at the situation, like Kim Tae-hee and their methods, I am afraid that they may not be able to finish until the end of the year, plus the necessary publicity of the film, he will not be able to get out of it for a long time.

"Nolan has been preparing a movie for several years, and you're impatient after only half a year?" Kim Tae-hee also knew that her work efficiency was not high, but she felt very shameless when Li Jingming said this, and there were so many juniors and even newcomers watching next to her, she couldn't help but talk back as soon as her face was hot.

"Poof, Nuna, your heart is quite big, this doesn't have an official director's title yet, so you want to compare with Nolan?" Li Jingming couldn't help but laugh all of a sudden. Although I think Nolan is a bit stupid to hold on, he really admires other people's skills, if he really doesn't have a few brushes, he wouldn't have the capital to confront the "mainstream" at all, let alone grab a lot of hardcore fans, "People write their own scripts, and they find their own actors and distributors, you are different." ”

Kim Tae-hee just wanted to say that she also participated in the adaptation of the script, but thinking that the previous script was criticized by Li Jingming to be almost useless, he held back that sentence again, and looked at Li Jingming for a while before squeezing out a sentence: "Isn't it like this for the first time." Think about this, think about that, get busy with everything, how can there be any efficiency at all, is it the first time that you can solve the battle in a few minutes? ”

"Of course, a man like me must have done it overnight, where did it take a few minutes...... Well, it's actually quite a long time. Lee Kyung-myung originally wanted to brag that he was born to be a director, but he looked at Kim Tae-hee smiling. Only then did I realize that there was a trap in her words, and the first time she said could be the first time of that, "What is Nuna going to do when she comes out, it's definitely not to chat with me." ”

"I was feeling a little tired. If you want to go to the coffee shop in the lobby and buy a cup of coffee, but who makes you attractive, a woman can't walk as long as she passes by you. Kim Tae-hee knew that Lee Kyung-myung was driving himself away, so he waved his hand at him. I went to buy my own coffee.

Lee Kyung-myung looked at Kim Tae-hee's back and scratched his head, obviously there was a coffee room on each floor, but he forgot that Kim Tae-hee liked to drink pumpkin latte. And you can't make a pumpkin latte in a coffee room.

Buying coffee was supposed to be just a matter of asking the assistant to do it, but Kim Tae-hee probably didn't go in person just for coffee, but also for a walk. This is the case during casting, different examiners have different considerations, and it is very normal to have some small friction between each other, and it is also necessary to take into account the feelings of the actors, because not all of the people who came to apply this time are Kim Tae-hee's seniors, and it is normal for her to feel the pressure.

Lee Kyung-myung is much more relaxed than before this time, and he completely lets go of Kim Tae-hee to operate, even if the other party is older than himself, but he can only use the other party as a student in terms of filming movies, and he has always held the mentality of pointing. A lot of skills and experience in filming movies can only be learned by standing in the position of a director, just let Kim Tae-hee give her a hand, she will never be able to make a movie by herself, and since Kim Tae-hee has the idea of wanting to transform, Lee Kyung-myung will naturally not let her waste time and become a half-ass.

As soon as the film plan was announced, the letter of investment intent flew over almost like snowflakes, and Lee Kyung-myung handed it over to CJ Entertainment, his "own person", who sent someone over to participate in the casting, he already knew that there would be friction with Kim Tae-hee, but he ignored it, because he wanted Kim Tae-hee to be sharpened a little, and he became a professional director in the future, so he inevitably faced this situation.

The positions of the male and female protagonists have been digested internally by LAD Entertainment, and it was decided early on that it would be Lee Kyung-myung and Han Hyo-joo to star, so those who came to the interview were all applying for supporting roles, but even if they were only supporting roles, they were also very sought-after. For example, there is a role of a palace maid in the film, Kim Tae-hee secretly let out the wind, saying that there will be a lot of rivalry with Lee Jingming, and hinting that there will be intimate contact scenes, but as a result, such a palace maid role actually provoked many second-tier or even quasi-first-line actresses to compete.

"Chairman Li, I didn't expect to meet you here, it seems that your company attaches great importance to this movie, and you have asked you to come and watch the casting in person." The more big-name and old-qualified actors are, the more they will be arranged behind, so Liu Chenglong only came to the interview place in the afternoon. As the double Best Supporting Actor at the Baeksang Awards and the Blue Dragon Awards, as a senior who debuted in 1986, the year Li Jingming was born, Liu Chenglong naturally has this qualification to come later, but when he saw Li Jingming himself, he still couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and unconsciously made honorific words when he spoke.

"As long as it is our company's work, we will attach importance to it equally, and our predecessors do not need to worry." Li Jingming smiled and said in an official tone, preventing the other party from climbing up the pole to affect the decision of the interview team, but he was still secretly proud in his heart, the actors who came over today were enough to support a film festival ceremony, and he didn't know if it was his big face. Or Kim Tae-hee, the first beauty in South Korea, has a big face, or both.

Li Jingming doesn't really care about casting, he just hopes to recognize more people, and then pry into the corners of other companies, compared to the strength of the music department, the acting department of LAD Entertainment is a bit unpopular. Almost all of the actresses are finished products, although their popularity is not bad, it is not easy to go further, and most of the character images are fixed, and it is useless to find a panacea at this time, which makes Li Jingming think of digging a few good seedlings and cultivating them by himself. In the song department, there are two vocal experts, Kim Chaohan and Park Jung-hyun, a man and a woman, staring. Therefore, the newcomers of LAD Entertainment have good singing skills, and they will definitely be able to travel a new force when they debut in the future, but there is no potential to tap on the actors' side, so it will not be possible for Han Hyo-ju and Gu Hye-sun to transform again.

"I heard that the competition for roles this time is fierce, and Chairman Lee doesn't know what type of actor he likes." Liu Chenglong is an old oilman in the entertainment industry, he made his debut on the stage of the drama "Random Fight" before, and he is very good at making friends, and he is not discouraged because Li Jingming pushed away the words of distance, if it weren't for the wrong occasion, maybe he would have handed over the cigarette.

"The type he likes is useless. It has to be the type I like. "Unlike the plot in movies or novels, there is no such thing as a newcomer always being cut in line and getting the interview at the end, and being kicked out when he enters, because newcomers are always very "in the way". With them, a lot of words and many things can't be shown outside, otherwise it's easy to be truthful, so the newcomers who came here today ended their interviews early in the morning, and Kim Tae-hee didn't need to be too scrupulous when he spoke. Kim Tae-hee walked out. It's to show respect for the seniors, but he talks and laughs freely and looks relaxed, and he doesn't look weak. As a director, she understands that she can't be as aggressive from the beginning, otherwise no one will listen to her when she enters the set, and besides, with Li Jingming by her side at this time, who else is she afraid of.

"Yes, yes, this director Kim is the key." Lee Kyung-myung pulled out the arm that was wrapped in Kim Tae-hee's arms without a trace, as if introducing it to someone who didn't know Kim Tae-hee, "Meet me, this is our LAD Entertainment's new director Kim Tae-hee Kim Director, please take care of me in the future." ”

"Hello Director Jin, I hope to give me a chance this time." Just when Liu Chenglong was about to make a joke and stir up the atmosphere again, a neutral male voice suddenly came from the corridor, he felt the threat and turned around to take a look, it was actually Zheng Yucheng, who was tall and domineering just looking at it.

Liu Chenglong knew that this could only be his competitor, his own wrist was big, but the other party's wrist was not small, so there was a look of vigilance in his expression and words, "Yucheng, I didn't hear that you were coming, why did the person who has always been the male protagonist suddenly want to grab food with our brothers who play supporting roles?" ”

Zheng Yucheng is indeed an actor who has been the male protagonist all year round, but he is different from Ha Jung-woo, Lee Jung-jae and others after all, because the model is born inferior, and there are only a few popularity awards in hand that can be taken out to meet people. This time to apply for a role to participate in the interview was suggested by Zheng Yucheng's agent, Li Jingming is notoriously disdainful of South Korea's major awards, and the works released by their LAD Entertainment will not talk about the quality first, just in order to balance the power, it will definitely be able to get a lot of cakes in the three major awards, remove Li Jingming, the male lead, and it is a stable thing for the second male lead in this movie to win the best supporting actor. Even if Li Jingming doesn't ask for it, the people in those committees will inevitably take the initiative to sell him this face, so applying for this male number two is basically equivalent to winning the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Big Bell Award or Baeksang Awards, who is not tempted? Anyway, Zheng Yucheng is tempted.

"Brother, what you said, there are Zhengzai here, where am I the protagonist, and besides, Chairman Li is Zhengjae in person, so it is also a supporting role." The second male Xu Yun in "Gwanghae, the Man Who Became the King", strictly speaking, is the villain, not the second male in the traditional sense, Zheng Yu has become the complete transformation to truly compete with Lee Jung-jae, Ha Jung-woo and others, and what is urgently needed now is the kind of role that is easy to show acting skills, so Xu Yun is very attractive to her, "By the way, aren't you a professor at Seoul National University of the Arts, with a lot of students?" ”

"Professors are just part-time." Liu Chenglong narrowed his eyes, and the atmosphere cooled down. (To be continued.) )