Chapter 42: A Small Company
"A few days ago, two girls quarreled for a male trainee, hey, you haven't seen it, you can talk so ugly for a man, and you almost did it."
"Two days ago, the teacher praised Bae Joo-hyun again, do you know Bae Joo-hyun...... I don't think she dances as well as I do, but Yan is so good-looking. ”
“………………”
Jiang Shiqi said a few interesting things in a complaining tone, and Chi Jingyuan laughed when he heard it.
In fact, some of the things she said were not funny, but with her vivid expression, it seemed funny.
The life of a trainee is really exciting, and I haven't experienced a little bit of regret.
"A few days ago, the company had a new trainee, who had studied abroad before, and it was also 94 years old." Jiang Shiqi mentioned.
"Oh? Friend? Chi Jingyuan asked casually.
"Ani, she's just here, and I haven't even spoken a word to her."
Jiang Shiqi shook his head: "I just heard that she is from the same year, so there is some feeling of closeness." ”
"Is it good-looking?"
"Ah, why do you boys always care about this?"
Jiang Shiqi frowned and looked at Chi Jingyuan.
"So what should I care about?" Ji Jingyuan's eyes were full of innocence and doubt, and he made a timid look, and asked tentatively, "Is her math score good?" ”
"......" Jiang Shiqi rolled her eyes, as if she had been defeated, and sighed: "It's very good-looking, it's cute in my eyes." ”
"Are trainees who have just come to the company easy to be bullied or excluded?"
Ji Jingyuan asked after thinking about it.
"Maybe, I just joined the company, I've been studying abroad, I don't have any friends, wow, she's the perfect target for exclusion."
Jiang Shiqi was very surprised when she summed it up.
"It sounds pitiful, if I meet you and you can help, I can take care of others, after all, it's the same year." Chi Jingyuan sighed, quite emotional.
"......" Jiang Shiqi glanced at him, his face full of suspicion: "Did you ask me to take care of her because of the same year, or because I said she was good-looking?"
I didn't know much about it when I first met, but after chatting for a few days, Jiang Shiqi had slowly realized some of Chi Jingyuan's true character.
Anyway, compared to the very good first impression when they first met, the current popularity king of EXO has a tendency to collapse in her heart.
"What do you think?" Chi Jingyuan gave her a look to experience it for herself.
"Cut."
The two chatted while walking, very pleasant, and when they were about to walk to the SM building, when they were about to say goodbye, Jiang Shiqi suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Jingyuan." ”
"What's wrong?"
"Do you remember Wu Saike?"
"Wu Saike......" Of course Chi Jingyuan remembers, but there has been no news for a long time since he left the company, so he almost forgot about it.
"Remember, what's wrong with him?" He is still a little curious about this senior who was squeezed out by himself.
"I heard a female trainee who Wu Saike had dated before say that he had found a new company as a trainee, and the boss was very optimistic about him, and it is estimated that he will have a chance to debut in the future." Jiang Shiqi said.
"Then he made his debut in the future, did he bow and salute after meeting me, and he wanted to call me senior?"
Chi Jingyuan thought about it and asked with interest.
"Poof...... Then he will definitely be angry, and if I were him, I would feel uncomfortable just imagining. Jiang Shiqi couldn't hold back her laughter and shook her head.
"Which company did he go to?"
"Seems to be called Bighit? I haven't heard much about it, it's a small company. ”
"Then good luck to him......"
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"Ne, Ne, I know, okay, don't worry, I'll arrange it, if it's appropriate, I'll definitely let him come."
Li Minghan hung up the phone, looking at the screen that had not yet gone black in some surprise, and was stunned for a long time.
"Li PD, what's wrong?" Shin Won-ho was a little worried when he saw Li Minghan's appearance.
Some members of the crew next to him, including fellow director Park Sung-jae and screenwriter Lee You-jin, all paid attention.
Recently, the crew of their "Please Answer 1997" really encountered some water reversal.
This is their first big move after switching to tvN, and everyone is treated with a posture of doing their best.
It's just that although I used to be a veteran of variety show production, I didn't have enough experience in the production of film and television dramas, and I encountered a lot of things in the preparation stage of the crew, including applying for filming regulations, renting cameras, selecting scenes, and many other aspects, none of these steps could be completed smoothly.
I finally got those things done, and I encountered problems with casting again in the past two days.
The supporting characters were selected smoothly through the interview and their connections, but they were stuck in the protagonist.
Their intentional actors didn't want to act, and several audition invitations were rejected, but some of them who took the initiative to come to the door couldn't look down on them.
Li Minghan, who is the core of everyone, looked a little flustered after answering the phone, which made them worry about whether something bad had happened again.
"Ani......" Li Minghan shook his hand and said with a strange expression: "A senior of mine who is very close to me called me and recommended someone to audition for the actor." ”
"This should be good news!" Shen Yuanhao shouted, and then asked worriedly: "Could it be that the artist introduced by the senior is very ......?"
He hesitated, and did not say the words 'unsightly' later.
"That's not true, I've heard and seen the people he recommended on TV, and it's definitely very good in appearance, although I don't know the Busan dialect, but the other party said that I can learn quickly, and it will definitely meet the needs of the crew, it's just ......"
Li Minghan briefly introduced the situation, but did not express his worries.
Because he felt that since the senior came forward in person, it was normal for the other party to find some better resources, and for them, a group of novices, no one should be optimistic about the crew.
"So PD, what are you worried about?" The people around him looked at him suspiciously.
"Yes, the few people I invited before all declined, the shooting date is close at hand, if you can't find a suitable candidate, there is only Xu Renguo, who debuted in the draft I fell in love with before."
Shen Yuanhao sighed: "It's just that he just has no choice......"
"In that case, let's schedule an audition for him, as soon as possible." Lee Myung-han made a decision.
"Then PD, do you need to send a script over?" An assistant asked.
"People can find connections to audition, how can they not get a script?" Li Minghan glanced at the assistant, thought about it and waved his hand: "Let's send a copy over." ”
"PD, who is the artist?"
"SM Company, Chi Jingyuan."