Hengcheng, a small county town, originally did not have much popularity, but because of the development of the film and television industry, it gradually began to become more popular.

And Hengcheng has slowly become a place where many group performers with dreams of being actors gather.

Of course, although countless actors come here every year, there are still very few people who can really get ahead and embark on the road of professional actors.

Even so, there are still countless young people who come here to chase their dreams.

For them, every day they want to be able to be watched by the director, and then soar to the sky and become a household name star actor.

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"The crew of "The Dragon King's Son-in-law" really doesn't treat our group performance as a human being!"

"Not to mention the money given, the lunch box at noon turned out to be rancid."

In a group rental house in Hengcheng, a group of professional group performers were chatting at this time.

"The crew gave so little money, you even went back?"

Someone listened to this complaining and couldn't help but speak.

"It's good to have money, but I haven't lived lately anyway."

"I'm not Liu Baofeng, and I still pick and choose the play."

At this time, someone spoke with a little nostalgia:

"Before I thought about it, I joined the crew of Xu Ji's "The Legend of Sword and Fairy II", and the treatment was ...... tsk."

"It's a pity that Xu Ji's crew didn't stay long in Hengcheng."

"I haven't met such a conscientious crew since then."

……

While the man was talking, a young man who was not tall and unattractive walked into the boarding house.

"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao."

After someone muttered, everyone's small talk officially ended.

The room was quiet again.

Liu Baofeng was also accustomed to this phenomenon, and walked to his bed and sat down.

Unlike other places that seem dirty, Liu Baofeng's bed looks much neater.

And he also made a small table next to the bed, on which were a bunch of books related to actors, as well as a lot of notes he made himself.

"Brother Feng, how is it?"

"Did you get anything today?"

At this time, someone walked up to Liu Baofeng's side and asked.

Liu Baofeng shook his head in frustration after hearing this question.

"Nope."

"I still didn't pass the audition."

Hearing Liu Baofeng's words, the other people in the room showed mocking and gloating expressions.

"Brother Feng, or let's be a group performer."

"You said how much time you wasted when you went to auditions for the crew every day?"

"How can a small group like ours with no background get a scripted role so easily?"

"It's good to have two lines to show your face."

"And Brother Feng, your conditions ......"

This young man who looked younger than Liu Baofeng spoke.

Hearing the other party's words, Liu Baofeng shook his head.

"You can't be a group performer all the time."

"If I can't pass one play, I'll try a hundred."

……

Liu Baofeng seemed a little out of place with the others in the room.

In fact, this is also the reason why he is not very popular with others.

When he first started, maybe everyone else thought the same way.

But most people's ambitions have been completely destroyed by reality in less than a month.

Moreover, coupled with the mixed personnel in Hengcheng, there are also many old brothers who quit gambling bars, and the basic requirements of these people are just to live.

In such an atmosphere, although everyone still has the illusion of coming out, most of them are daydreaming while messing around.

People like Liu Baofeng, who always insist on going to auditions every day to find roles, and who also study and want to improve their acting skills, are the so-called outliers.

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"If you want me to say, it's better to save more money, and then leave and go home decently."

"This has a scripted role, which round to get us, everyone should see the reality clearly."

"Our own conditions are here, which director can see our appearance?"

……

Everyone in the room seemed to be laughing at themselves, but these words were obviously for Liu Baofeng.

The yin and yang weird words didn't make Liu Baofeng feel much in his heart, he was used to it.

"Brother Feng, don't listen to them."

"I think you're going to make it!"

"There will definitely be a director who will use you!"

……

The young man spoke.

In his opinion, Liu Baofeng is a little different from others.

There's a lot of energy in him, and he's not like anyone else who came here on a whim.

"Let's hope so......"

Liu Baofeng was not so optimistic at this time.

He had long since fallen into self-doubt.

With such a good look, can he really become an actor?

If he can't get a scripted role, Liu Baofeng is probably ready to return to his hometown in the countryside.

Although he came to Hengcheng, he often sent money to his home.

But in the end, the money earned as a group performance is still too little.

His parents asked him to follow his uncle out to work. Be able to earn more.

……

There was nothing to say all night, and Liu Baofeng got up early the next day.

Today, he still plans to audition for a role in a certain crew.

But before that, he needs to go back to the ensemble in the morning.

Earn money to support yourself.

In the afternoon, after arriving at the crew, Liu Baofeng was actually well prepared.

even went to see the original book of this adaptation.

Wrote a biography of the role he auditioned for.

"Thirty-four, Liu Baofeng!"

Hearing the crew call his name, Liu Baofeng entered the room a little nervously.

"Hello director, this is my resume."

After the middle-aged balding director saw Liu Baofeng, he subconsciously frowned.

Liu Baofeng finished reading the script of the audition, and was preparing to enter the mood and start his performance at this time.

He quickly entered the play, but before he started, he saw the director throw his resume directly into the trash can next to him.

He waved his hand impatiently:

"Next next, next."

Liu Baofeng was stunned for a moment, then bowed calmly, walked to the trash can to pick up his resume, and turned to leave.

After all, it costs a few dollars to print this resume, and Liu Baofeng is reluctant to be thrown like this.

And if you don't pick it up, it's equivalent to being denied by the director once, and self-denying again.

……

"Brother Feng, have you heard?"

"Xu Ji's new drama plans to come to our Hengcheng to recruit the number one male!"

"And this time there are no requirements, you can go to the audition."

Liu Baofeng had just returned to the boarding house when he heard the young man younger than him speak with some excitement.

Liu Baofeng was originally quite interested.

But after hearing the male number one, he returned to normal.

There is not much hope for this at all.

Xu Ji is a well-known film and television drama director, and the male number one is not what he dares to think of at all.

He didn't expect to really soar into the sky.

Some of the roles auditioned before were not male leads, not even the so-called second male and third male.

It's some supporting roles with scenes, or villains.

……

Although Liu Baofeng didn't hold out much hope, the other group performers in Hengcheng were very excited.

That's Xu Ji, and every drama of the debut director is a hit.

The supporting roles in Xu Ji's drama can all be popular, not to mention the so-called male lead.

Even if Hengcheng is a group performer, he is best at daydreaming.

Therefore, for a while, the place where you signed up was crowded, and there was even congestion.

Liu Baofeng didn't care much about the people in the group rental house who seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood,

I still look for auditions at my own pace every day.

Even he thought that the actors had gone to Xu Jina, and when he auditioned for other dramas, there would be less competition.

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In a hotel in Hengcheng, Xu Ji's face was a little ugly.

Xu Ji has been coming to Hengcheng for almost a week with a group of crew members this time.

But there is still no progress in the casting of Xu Sanduo.

It can really be described as no progress, and not even a candidate actor has been found.

This is not good news for Xu Ji.

The number of group performances in Hengcheng is obviously the largest.

But the quantity is large, but the quality is somewhat unsightly.

Many of these group performances who came to audition didn't even have acting skills.

A complete layman.

Seeing the audition scene of these people, Xu Ji had a headache.

When Xianjian auditioned before, they were all professional actors in the entertainment industry.

In comparison, I don't know how much the overall acting skills are better.

Xu Ji knew at this time that he was a little too optimistic before.

The act of selecting actors from among amateurs is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.

It is estimated that the prophecy will take much longer than previously expected to determine the actors.

However, Xu Ji did not plan to give up.

The choice of actors is very important to the whole play.

There is no way to compromise on this.

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"The actor hasn't been decided yet?"

"I'm afraid this trace is not here to have fun, right?"

In the boarding house, someone spoke.

The news that Xu Ji came to find the male lead in the new drama made everyone's excitement boil from the beginning.

Now that everyone has been eliminated, it has become less concerned by so many people.

"Who knows."

"These well-known directors are idle."

"It's been more than a week, so many people, he can't look at it?"

……

Before, everyone heard that Xu Ji planned to find the male protagonist from the amateur performances in Hengcheng, and the group performers praised it.

Now when it comes to Xu Ji, it has become quite a whisper.

"By the way, have we all gone in this house?"

Hearing this, everyone looked back at the room.

Then I heard the youngest young man say:

"Brother Feng hasn't gone yet."

Hearing Liu Baofeng's name, everyone was a little disdainful.

"It's good that he didn't go, otherwise he would have been hit again."

"But he should be used to it."

"If you don't become a star, don't get a star's disease."

"In the end, you can't make much money from the group performance fee."

……

Liu Baofeng finally came to the audition site for Xu Ji's new drama.

After all, there are so many crews recruiting group auditions in Hengcheng.

It's not every day that you get an audition.

So in the end, only Xu Ji was left here and didn't try it.

Liu Baofeng didn't hold out much hope.

But I still put all my energy into preparation.

This is also Liu Baofeng's style all along.

No matter what the opportunity is, don't miss it.

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"Liu Baofeng ......"

Xu Ji looked at the resume in front of him.

It's not much different from many people's group performances in Hengcheng before.

Xu Ji has watched the auditions of these group performances in the past few days, and he is about to vomit when he sees it.

There are also all kinds of people who add drama to themselves.

Xu Ji often felt that his decision to choose an amateur was a waste of time.

The script for the audition is not exactly the plot of the play.

It is mainly used to test the performance of poor actors.

Whether the conditions for the permit are suitable.

The image is quite in line with the role of Xu Sanduo.

Xu Ji looked at Liu Baofeng carefully and judged in his heart.

But if it's just the image that matches, you definitely can't let Xu Ji decide.

After Liu Baofeng got the script just now, he was a little surprised.

Because the setting of the character is almost the same as himself.

is also from a rural area, and is also looked down upon by his father, and often beats and scolds.

was looked down upon by the people around him, and he wanted to prove himself with a breath in his heart.

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Maybe it's because of myself.

The role of this audition is the most dedicated one played by Liu Baofeng so many times.

Even after the performance, Liu Baofeng did not look at the director eagerly as before, wanting to judge the evaluation of his performance just now through the other party's expression.

And after Xu Ji started Liu Baofeng's performance, he couldn't help but say "huh" in his heart.

This actor seems to have a feeling that he wants.

And in terms of acting, it obviously has also pulled a lot of other group performers.

It's enough to compare with many professional actors.

"Can you please do it again?"

……

Hearing that Xu Ji asked him to audition again, Liu Baofeng was a little excited.

Obviously, the director is still very interested in his performance just now.

Liu Baofeng forced himself to calm down, and then began to seriously read the second audition script given by the staff.

"Let's get started, director."

Liu Baofeng said after taking a deep breath.

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"Brother Feng, how is it?"

As soon as Liu Baofeng returned to the boarding house, he heard the youngest young man ask.

Liu Baofeng showed a slightly bitter smile.

"I don't know."

"Let me come back and wait for news."

At this time, there are many people who pay attention to Liu Baofeng's side.

Although I didn't think that the other party would be able to audition successfully.

But it is inevitable to pay attention to Liu Baofeng, a person who seems out of place with the rest of the room.

After hearing the news of asking him to come back, the others were also relieved at this time.

Because in this case, it basically means that the audition has failed.

If Liu Baofeng is selected, although it will have no substantial impact on them, they will definitely be unbalanced in their hearts.

The human psyche is very strange, and most people will sympathize with people who encounter tragic experiences.

But if someone who is worse than himself suddenly soars, it will be even more uncomfortable.

……

Liu Baofeng actually knows very well what Xu Ji said to himself in the end.

After his performance, he was excited and felt hopeful.

But in the end the other party said so.

But he was completely disappointed.

It seems that there is still no hope, and this feeling is worse than being rejected outright.

Thinking silently in his heart, Liu Baofeng quickly adjusted and began to continue his previous rhythm.

But on the third day after returning from Xu Ji's, Liu Baofeng's mobile phone suddenly rang.

Liu Baofeng was eating at this time, but he picked it up without thinking and pressed the speakerphone.

"Hey, is it Liu Baofeng?"

Liu Baofeng felt a little familiar when he heard the voice on the phone.

But I didn't think about it for a while.

"It's me."

And after Liu Baofeng's words were finished, he heard a sentence that made him unbelievable.

"I'm Xu Ji, if you have time today, can you come to the place where you auditioned last time?"

After this sentence is said.

There was an eerie silence in the boarding house.

Everyone moved their eyes to Liu Baofeng, who had not swallowed the food in his mouth at this time.

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