Chapter 370 I heard that you plan to terminate the contract with the company?

Before, Xiang Tianlei had indeed never even looked at Liu Yue straight in the eye.

Even if the other party has really gotten angry.

In fact, the two started from the same starting line, and even when he was still in the lead, Liu Yue had already overtaken him by a large margin.

But Xiang Tianlei still has the same idea.

That is, Liu Yue is a little too stupid, and he will definitely not be able to survive in the current entertainment industry.

It’s just that now, when Liu Yue has become really famous, he is still the same as always, so dedicated and attentive to the role, which really makes him feel different.

Although Liu Yue may have auditioned for supporting roles with few lines before, or even roles without any lines.

Now he has become the male lead.

But Liu Yue still hasn’t changed much.

They all take it so seriously, and there is not the slightest bit of arrogance or conceit.

This was indeed a big shock to Xiang Tianlei.

……

It was a pity that he had actually thought that Su Meng or Xu Kong would come to invite him personally.

It now seems that the crew of the company’s new drama has no shortage of actors.

And compared with them, I have no advantage at all.

Since graduation, Xiang Tianlei has not studied acting seriously for quite a long time.

Although there have been some roles that seemed like good opportunities.

But Xiang Tianlei didn’t take the performance very seriously.

Most of the time I think about roles like this, I can just play them casually, and when I really become the leading man, it will be too late to take it seriously.

But this leading male role had been drawn into a rosy situation by the company’s top executives since Zhu Changyun even left Fengge.

Now that almost all of these people have left the company, there is obviously no possibility of fulfilling their promises.

……

“It’s our turn!”

Liu Yue didn’t think so much.

On the contrary, I felt that the chat with Xiang Tianlei was quite pleasant.

The main reason was that in the past, Xiang Tianlei always liked to deny him constantly, or simply didn’t listen carefully.

But after not seeing him for a while, he really seems like a different person.

I became able to calm down and listen to him.

In the past, Xiang Tianlei was considered by him to be a person worthy of learning from.

After all, the other person is younger than him, but has a higher talent for acting than him.

Liu Yue is often quite envious of those professional acting graduates who have graduated from professional schools.

Liu Yue is really satisfied to have the opportunity to communicate with Xiang Tianlei now.

Although he was the one talking and the other party was listening most of the time, Liu Yue also felt that he had benefited a lot.

……

“Don’t be nervous. It’s okay even if you don’t pass the audition. We can take it slow…”

The agent was keenly aware of Xiang Tianlei’s abnormality.

It is completely different from the arrogant and proud person in the past. Now it is more like a depressed state where he has suffered a great blow and has lost all his self-confidence.

Xiang Tianlei didn’t say anything, but followed Liu Yue into the audition room.

Because the audition was not conducted in the so-called pre-arranged order but in the order of on-site queuing, it was natural that he and Liu Yue were assigned to the same audition.

There were three other actors who auditioned together.

Two of them are familiar faces, they should be artists under Feng Ge himself. Xiang Tianlei has never seen the other one before. He might be a newcomer signed by the company, or he might really be an actor from outside company who came for audition as the agent said.

……

“It seems that in addition to our own people, there are also many actors from other companies…”

Xu Kong looked at the large number of audition actor information on the table and spoke subconsciously.

“We didn’t have an open audition, but word got out and a lot of people came on their own initiative.”

“But since they are here, we have to give them a chance.”

Su Meng started to explain.

Of course, she knew that for Fengge at present, with the large number of well-known first- and second-tier actors leaving.

The importance of training new people is almost a top priority.

Therefore, including the several dramas written by Xu Kong, almost all of them used a large number of Fengge’s own new actors.

For now, Liu Yue has become popular in “The Beginning”, which is a good start.

But to be honest, the many veteran actors who were signed to the company by Chen Shuang were the ones who benefited the most.

Because these people appear in several important supporting roles in “The Beginning” and the currently popular “The Bad Kids”.

It can’t be said that they have become popular again, because most of these veteran actors have never really become famous.

Before, apart from some viewers who felt they looked familiar, not many viewers could actually call out their real names.

But after these two hit dramas, it is obvious that the number of fans and the popularity of the actors themselves have increased tremendously.

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“But even though there are a lot of people, there really aren’t many suitable ones right now…”

Xu Kong spoke a little helplessly.

In fact, there are not many restrictions on the casting of the male lead Hu Bayi.

Although the characters in the play are not too old, they are not very young either.

So actors in their twenties to thirties are totally available for selection.

However, the biggest problem was that after watching the performances of probably hundreds of thousands of actors, Xu Kong still couldn’t find anyone with the temperament of Hu Bayi.

Of course, the auditions have just begun, so Xu Kong is not too worried about the casting.

If that doesn’t work, he can just go and perform it himself.

Of course, this is the last resort. After all, this time “Ghost Blows Out the Light” is not just a drama of the same scale as “The Beginning”.

Instead, it is very likely that the series will last for nearly eight seasons, and I don’t know how many years it will take to shoot in total.

If he really acted in it, there would be no way he would quit halfway.

I can only play it all the way to the end.

That would be too tight on schedule.

Xu Kong was still somewhat reluctant to make himself so busy.

……

“Let me introduce myself first.”

Xu Kong and Su Meng were both looking carefully at the relevant information of the auditionees in front of them.

Of course, the one I’m most familiar with is definitely Liu Yue.

After all, when they were in the crew of “Beginning”, the two of them spent some time together and played many rival roles.

The impression Liu Yue gave him was that he was not a talented actor.

This is for sure, otherwise I wouldn’t be almost 27 or 28 years old now, and I wouldn’t have acted seriously for such a long time without any outstanding roles.

But at the same time, in terms of hard work, Liu Yue is among the best among the people Xu Kong knows, even if both lifetimes are combined.

When he was filming “The Beginning”, he spent most of his time studying his role except for eating and sleeping.

The results of Lu Di’s scenes at the beginning were quite average.

But Liu Yue was making progress at a very slow pace.

In the end, even Xu Kong couldn’t find any fault with it.

……

Although Liu Yue has become famous, he actually had no idea how many roles he had auditioned for before that.

In terms of experience in this area, Jedi was very experienced. In fact, he was quite familiar with the people on the scene, including Xu Kong, Su Meng, and several assistant directors.

Because they are all the same people in “The Beginning”.

So there is no pressure at all and it seems very natural.

Compared to him, several other actors who were auditioning at the scene were more or less nervous.

Xiang Tianlei is even more obvious among them.

He was so confident before, and most of the time when he mentioned Xu Kong, he called him by his name.

But now that he really saw him in person, even though Xu Kong was indeed younger than him, he still got stuck when introducing himself.

Fortunately, this is not an exam and no one cares about it.

However, Xiang Tianlei didn’t hold out much hope, thinking that he might not be able to get the role this time.

……

In fact, Xu Kong and Su Meng’s attention was indeed focused on Liu Yue at this time.

When the decision was made to shoot “Ghost Blows Out the Light”, Su Meng’s first suggestion was to use Liu Yue.

Because the other party is of the right age, and I have worked with him before, I know his personality inside out.

In addition, Liu Yue can be considered as one of the most popular newcomers among Fengge.

With the popularity base of “Beginning”, there are actually advantages to choosing the other party as the protagonist.

Maybe in the future Fengge will have another stable first-line actor.

But the only problem is that, although Liu Yue is good in all aspects, his image is indeed not quite suitable.

The other person is of fair complexion.

And the overall body shape is relatively thin.

It is indeed somewhat inconsistent with Xu Kong’s impression of Hu Bayi.

……

But it was about a month or two later that I saw Liu Yue again.

Xu Kong and Su Meng were both shocked.

Because the other person has become much darker and stronger overall.

As if to show these, Liu Yue still wore a short-sleeved shirt despite the slightly cold weather today, showing the achievements he has made during this period.

After exchanging a glance with Su Meng, the other party spoke:
“I did show him the script in advance, but I didn’t expect there would be such a big change.”

Xu Kong understood.

At this point, there was actually nothing for either Su Meng or him to hesitate about.

Just the dedication of getting a tan, exercising and gaining weight just for the role is hard to compare with other actors who auditioned.

The most important thing is that after this series of changes, there is indeed no trace of the character Lu Di in “The Beginning” in Liu Yue.

Although there are still some areas that don’t quite match, they are all insignificant and can be completely resolved by using costumes and makeup during filming.

……

Of course, the necessary procedures still need to be followed.

Su Meng asked the staff to hand a very simple script to the five people in the room.

Then he spoke:
“Perform the above instructions. I can only give you about five minutes to prepare.”

After seeing the requirements in hand, Xiang Tianlei didn’t think they were difficult.

It is to perform in a relatively relaxed state.

At the same time, explain some of the character’s psychological state and background.

But after thinking about it for a while, I suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Although being in a relaxed state is a requirement, one must also give people a feeling of being relatively poor yet upright.

These are all relatively minor points, easy to act out, and the few lines given are actually enough to present part of them.

But if you want to act well, it may not be that easy.

What’s more, it happened in just five minutes.

……

But at this time he observed the others. Needless to say, Liu Yue was the best. God knows how long this guy had been preparing.

How come other people didn’t notice these things?
Xiang Tianlei suddenly regained his confidence.

He does have some sense of superiority about his acting skills.

After all, he was definitely one of the best among the graduates of the same class as the Beijing Film Academy.

……

When the time came, someone quickly volunteered to be the first to perform.

The person acting with the other party is Su Meng herself.

Now it was Xiang Tianlei’s turn to feel bad.

This guy seems to be a pretty good actor, right?

It feels exactly like the performance I wanted to perform.

No, he was wrong. The reason why others were calm was not because they did not realize the difficulty of the audition, but because they had already prepared for it.

Just as he thought, the next two people were actors under Feng Ge’s own company.

Although he didn’t know her, they had met by chance twice.

But the other party’s acting skills were obviously beyond what Xiang Tianlei thought.

Are the acting skills of the actors under the company so good now?

One of them was not a professional, Xiang Tianlei remembered this.

The only explanation is that during this period, the actors in the company have all participated in Fengge’s internal acting courses.

But he had never been there once and had no basic understanding of these things.

I really thought that when Zhu Changyun was there, everyone could get the resources by just hanging around.

The competition intensity at Fengge now is far from what it was before.

If you don’t make progress, it means you will miss any opportunities in the future.

……

When it comes to Xiang Tianlei, you can actually see that he has some ideas of his own in his performance.

In particular, the design of some small movements accurately expresses some of the conditions written in the requirements.

But compared with the previous three, he is actually not outstanding at all.

After knowing that Liu Yue was the last to start, even Xiang Tianlei had to admit that he was almost the best performer among the few.

More importantly, Liu Yue doesn’t have any obvious acting traces at all.

On the other hand, he still maintains the performance experience he gained in school and has not made much progress so far.

……

“Okay, let’s stop here for now, everyone go back and wait for news.”

Su Meng spoke.

In fact, in her whispered conversation with Xu Kong just now, she was almost certain that there would be no particularly suitable actors to audition later.

The role of Hu Bayi is most likely played by Liu Yue.

“By the way, please stay with Xiang Tianlei.”

Xu Kong suddenly spoke.

Xiang Tianlei, who was already feeling a little disappointed, was stunned for a moment.

But when everyone else left and he was the only one left in the room, what Xu Kong said directly shattered the joy that had just emerged in his heart.

“I heard that you plan to terminate your contract with the company?”

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(End of this chapter)