You are a star, why do you have all the skills from the underworld?

the next day.

Li Xun rushed to Xu Yi's courtyard early in the morning. When he saw Xu Yi, he couldn't wait to say: "Old Xu, what you said yesterday is true, right? I took the audition for that online drama I was pushed, you can’t shake me!"

Xu Yi smiled:

"Don't worry, follow me soon."

"What kind of movie crew?" Li Xun asked again.

Xu Yi thought for a moment, and then explained: "Operation Red Sea, a military action film. It's normal if you haven't heard of it. The film hasn't been announced yet. It was just approved not long ago."

Hearing this, Li Xun said in surprise:

“You’re ready to start shooting as soon as the project is approved?”

Generally speaking, film project approval begins relatively early. Many movies take one or two years to start production before they are ready for production. That's why Li Xun was curious. In such a hurry... he couldn't be a grass-roots team, right?

"You'll know if you see it later?" Xu Yi didn't bother to explain to Li Xun and said directly: "What you have to do now is to adjust your mentality and prepare for the audition later."

"Okay! No problem!"

Li Xun patted his chest and said confidently.

However, just after stopping for three seconds, he couldn't help but ask:

"By the way, Lao Xu, how do you know each other?"

"Is it the director's fault or the screenwriter's fault? Or do you know the producer?"

Xu Yi rolled his eyes at Li Xun and said, "I know their investors!"

Li Xun obviously didn't believe this, he chuckled and said:

"Don't bother, I won't ask, just don't ask."

After Xu Yi had finished cleaning up, he turned back to Li Xun and said, "Old Li, call a taxi. Let's take a taxi."

"With your status, I think you should buy a car." Li Xun took out his mobile phone and suggested while calling for a car. "Where are we going? You have to tell me the location, right?"

Xu Yi: "General Army Art Center."

This name is obviously a bit unfamiliar to Li Xun.

He frowned, raised his head, and looked in the direction of Xu Yi: "What art center? Say it again, why does it sound strange to me?"

"General Army Art Center, General Manager's General, Military War Army, General Army." Xu Yi took it apart and explained it.

Li Xun hesitated while typing:

"No, Lao Xu. Is this place definitely the crew?"

"Why does it sound like it's a place that ordinary people are not allowed to approach?"

Xu Yi smiled and said, "Has the car been called? If you keep mumbling like this, I won't take you there."

Li Xun is not stupid and knows that there are some things you can ask and some things you cannot ask.

Dang even put away the doubts in his heart and said immediately:

"almost there."

……

Half an hour later in the taxi, we arrived at the General Army Art Center in a leisurely manner.

Xu Yi led Li Xun, showed his work badge, and entered the compound directly. The casting of the crew was arranged at the General Army Art Center to save venue fees. Although the investment funds have now been collected, Lu Yilian, in the spirit of frugality that "there will be a lot of expenses for post-production", is not unreasonable in this province.

"Brother Xu is here?"

Everyone saw Xu Yi and greeted him warmly.

When Li Xun saw this, his doubts became even more serious. He couldn't help but pull Xu Yi's sleeves and asked softly: "Old Xu, where are you from? Why does coming here feel like entering your own home?"

"As I said, I know their investors."

Xu Yi was careless.

Arriving at the conference room where actors were auditioning, Xu Yi knocked on the door and said to the director: "Director Lin, I have a friend who also wants to come over and audition. He was an actor before. Although his acting skills are a bit exaggerated, he is not a bad person. ."

Lin Chao met Xu Yi and said quickly:

"Teacher Xu is here!"

"This is such a big deal. Just tell me which role your friend wants to play. If you can ask Teacher Xu to come over in person, your acting skills will definitely be fine. My side is OK. Teacher Xu, is this your friend?" "

Looking at Li Xun next to Xu Yi, Lin Chaoxian naturally understood that this was the investor's friend.

Xu Yi has never interfered with the work of the crew.

Now I just want to squeeze someone in, which is really not a big deal. Lin Chaoxian didn't even give Li Xun an audition before he decided to join the cast and asked Li Xun to choose a role by himself.

What kind of treatment is this?

Isn’t this how the top movie stars are treated?

When Li Xun auditioned for an online drama in the western suburbs, he had to be picked on. When has he ever been treated like this? For a moment, Li Xun was a little flattered and didn't know how to answer the question.

Instead, Xu Yi insisted:

"Director Lin, don't care about what I think. Everything is based on the needs of the movie characters."

"We have to make a hit movie, and every actor is important."

"Just give him the role of the observer, Director Li. If you can use it, use it. If you can't, don't be polite to him. We are all our own people. Even if he is not selected, he will not have any objections."

Li Xun: Good guy, is this how you recommend people?

But why does the director seem to value Lao Xu's opinion? This guy doesn't really know the investors, does he? In other words, this investor is the capital behind Xu Yi?

Li Xun thought wildly for a few seconds, then quickly reset his thoughts and immediately entered the state of auditioning.

Xu Yi turned around and went out, sitting outside, taking out his mobile phone to surf the Internet.

His role has been decided and there is no need to memorize too many lines. With the memories of his previous life, and his previous experience of staying up for three days and nights to revise the script, Xu Yi can be said to be very good at the role of sniper Gu Shun.

In fact, Xu Yi had already guessed what would happen if he brought Li Xun over to audition.

No matter how good Li Xun's acting skills are, the director will definitely pass it. The role of Director Li does not require a special test of acting skills. Several major scenes are interactive scenes with the sniper Gu Shun.

While scrolling through his phone, Lu Yilian passed by the casting conference room and saw Xu Yi. He said, "Hey," and then said, "Brother Xu, why are you here today? The crew's logistical preparations are also in a state of flux. I I was planning to find you. Let’s plan a time and take advantage of the good weather to go to the overseas locations to complete the filming. The domestic locations will be filmed last.”

"I can do it. I'm always ready!"

In order to make this movie, Xu Yi turned down many small jobs.

Any variety show cast, any talent show mentor, any web series or TV series, they will all be rejected. Once he joins the crew and starts filming, he will be abroad for at least half a year, so he will not be able to take on these jobs.

Lu Yilian nodded and said:

"That's fine."

"I will inform you after all the actors have been selected and the location has been surveyed."

"It will probably take about a week at most before we can set off." Xu Yi hummed, "No problem."

After Lu Yilian left, Xu Yi secretly thought that he would leave overseas in a week and officially join the team. In this way, there are some scattered tasks that need to be settled with Sister Ju within this week.

When the time comes for her to go out, Sister Ju will definitely have to stay at home and deal with all matters in the studio.

Um...Is it time to get yourself an assistant?

This was the first time Xu Yi had the idea of ​​hiring an assistant. When he was at Yixiu Media, Fat Orange was the agent and was only responsible for Xu Yi's work schedule. The company's business work naturally has dedicated personnel to handle it. But now, Fat Orange's identity is no longer just a manager. She has a lot of tedious work on her shoulders, so some of the work must be taken away from Fat Orange.

Otherwise, if you take care of both ends, you will fail to take care of either end.

About twenty minutes later, Li Xun came out of the audition conference room with a happy face.

"Old Xu, it's done!"

He excitedly punched Xu Yi on the shoulder, and then said excitedly: "It's done, I can actually act in a movie! This is the first movie in my life!"

Xu Yi touched his shoulder and said disdainfully:

"I've never seen the world."

"It's done, it's done. If you have nothing to do, what will I do if you punch me?"

"Ah haha!" Li Xun didn't take it seriously at all. He took Xu Yi and said, "I was too excited and took too much action. Come on, I'm treating you today. You can have whatever you want!"

Xu Yi glanced at Li Xun: This guy probably doesn't know that I am the one who plays the sniper Gu Shun, right?

Row.

If you can kill one meal, it's one meal.

Xu Yi picked a decent place, and the price per customer was not cheap. After two people ordered it, it was initially estimated to be several thousand. But Li Xun didn't feel bad at all. To be able to join the crew of such a large-scale movie for thousands of dollars is just like the smoke coming out of the ancestral graves, right?

"Speaking of which, Lao Xu."

"I think Director Lin seems to be very polite to you. You shouldn't just know the investors, right?"

At this moment, the role has been decided, and there is no one else around. Li Xun still brings the topic to this topic: "Also, how did you get this antenna for the movie at the General Army Art Center? This is so awesome! Let me tell you, if I take this out, I can boast about it for a year!"

Xu Yi thought for a while, how did he get on this line?

It's all based on strength!

If it weren't for his incredible shooting performance, how could he have attracted Tan Feibai's attention? If Tan Feibai didn't pay attention to him, how could he introduce himself to the General Army Art Center?

So in the final analysis, strength is everything.

However, Xu Yi still said humbly:

"It must be a coincidence."

After a pause, Xu Yi suddenly felt something in his heart and asked Li Xun a question: "Old Li, let me ask you a serious question. Please answer it seriously. Do you think there will be a market for a film like "Operation Red Sea"?" ?"

"what?"

Li Xun obviously didn't expect that Xu Yi would ask such a question.

He thought hard and then gave the real answer:

"This problem is not our business, right?"

"We play our roles well and get our own remuneration. As for how much the final box office of the movie will be, who can say for sure? Of course, it would be best if it sells well, so we can be considered a star on the big screen. His reputation. If he is defeated...it doesn't seem to have much to do with us."

Haha, that has little to do with you, but it has a lot to do with me.

Xu Yi did not give up and asked further:

"Let me change the question."

"From the perspective of a viewer, would you be interested in this type of movie?"

Li Xun thought about it and said: "I...it's okay. The key is to see how the final film looks like, but this subject is indeed rare, so I should pay attention to it because of the subject matter. If the reviews are okay, then I will definitely go to the cinema. ."

Xu Yi nodded. Li Xun's reaction should be the same as that of most ordinary people.

I will pay more attention to new topics.

But whether it’s worth watching or not depends on the reviews.

In fact, in today's film market, reputation is becoming more and more important. If the quality of the work passes the standard, there will be more tap water, which will naturally lead to a large number of 'silent markets', thus pushing up the box office.

But if the work is too bad, no matter how strong the early publicity is, it will inevitably end up going high and going low, and eventually it will fail.

Seeing Xu Yi thinking about something alone, Li Xun couldn't help but smile:

“Why do you care so much about the market?”

"Is it possible that you also invested in this movie?"

Xu Yi avoided answering and just said: "I also participated in this movie. Didn't Director Lin tell you?"

Li Xun was shocked: "What?"

After the shock, Li Xun came back to his senses and asked:

"Lao Xu, are you serious?"

"That's right. Since you know the investor, there's no reason not to arrange a role. How about it, who do you play?"

"Sniper, Gu Shun." Xu Yi said it calmly.

Ok?

Li Xun looked at Xu Yi as if he had seen a ghost. Damn it, Lao Xu, Lao Xu, are you playing like this? The co-author has been here for a long time. Are you planning a plan to bring peace to the world?

You just want to trick me, so you let me play your deputy, right?

"Old Xu, you are not interesting anymore..."

"How could it be?" Xu Yi said seriously, "I have no acting experience, so I want to find someone with rich experience and good conversation skills to guide me. After thinking about it, I thought of you."

"Of course, if you are unwilling, I can go to talk to Lin Dao, and then choose someone again."

Hearing this, Li Xun immediately stood up angrily and poured a glass of wine for Xu Yi himself: "What are you talking about? This is a matter that has already been decided. How can you bother Director Lin again? I think Director Lin is also very busy. Yes, let’s leave it at that!”

"But... it won't happen next time."

joke!

After finally getting a chance to get in touch with the big screen, you just take the knife frame around Li Xun's neck, and he may not be loose.

The casting process did not take too long. It took Lin Chaoxian two days to finalize all the main actors. As for other staff, group performances, logistics support, etc., they are all moving forward in an orderly manner under Lu Yilian's dispatch.

Xu Yi was not idle here either.

Because the fourth episode of "Supernova Games" was finally broadcast as scheduled after much-anticipated updates. The event in this period is the 100-meter dash. Although this event has always been dominated by black people, the level of attention in Asia is no worse than that of the national football team.

And Xu Yi will also usher in the first real highlight moment of his life... (End of this chapter)