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Chapter 119 Zhao Zhetian makes trouble (please subscribe!)
  As the sun sets, the auditions for "Soldier Assault" finally come to an end.

After a whole day, there were many actors auditioning, and the thick pile of resumes on the table in front of Chen Dong and others was the best proof.

He flipped through it casually and found Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Yi, Chen Sicheng, Duan Yihong, Zhang Guoqiang, Li Chen...

"I think Wang Baoqiang is the most suitable for the role of Xu Sanduo. What do you think?" Kang Honglei asked for everyone's opinions, but Chen Dong found that he was looking at himself.

But before he opened his mouth, the screenwriter Mr. Lan expressed his opinion: "I think it's okay. If Wang Baoqiang plays Xu Sanduo, it can be regarded as his true character."

This sentence was unanimously recognized by several people in the room, including Chen Dong.

"Then this role is decided." Kang Honglei took out Wang Baoqiang's resume and put it aside, then picked up Zhang Songwen's resume.

There is no doubt that another starring role will be cast soon.

As for the other actors who came to audition today, such as Chen Sicheng... it is naturally their bad luck.

"The auditionees for Wu Zhe include Li Chen from Huayi and Zhu Yawen from Orange Sky 18 Culture..."

"Haha, there's no need to choose. Zhu Yawen is Director Chen's classmate."

……

From project establishment to launch, a movie needs to go through a lot of preparatory work, such as location selection, scene construction, customizing costumes and props, coordinating actor schedules...

After calculation, Chen Dong's team gave him a movie start time-October 10th.

He thought he was moving fast enough, but he never expected that on the 25th, he would receive an invitation to the opening ceremony of "Painted Skin" directed by Chen Jiashang.

And the other party set the date for the 27th, which happened to be the premiere of "Baby Project".

Chen Dong agreed to the latter in advance, but he also felt that it was too far to attend a movie opening ceremony in Xiangjiang, so he used this as an excuse to decline the offer.

Yang Mi appeared in "Baby Project". Although she was only a supporting actress, she was included in the main creative staff of "Baby Project" because she was an artist of Dongcheng Pictures.

However, the filming ceremony of "Painted Skin" in which she starred was held on the same day. She had no choice but to choose one side and reject the other.

This is actually not a difficult multiple-choice question, and the one she chose must be the opening ceremony of "Painted Skin".

What is really difficult is to refuse the premiere of "Baby Project" without losing face...

Zeng Jia's suggestion was to ask Yang Mi to call the crew of "Baby Project" in person and state the facts. She believed that they were reasonable.

But now that Yang Mi was holding her cell phone, she didn't dare to call.

"How about we go ask Manager Zhong? I'm afraid I'll mess things up."

In the general manager's office, Zhong Lifang looked at Yang Mi with appreciation after hearing her intention.

"That's right, you didn't do this on your own."

After commenting, she continued: "Okay, I will report this to Director Chen later, and he will help you explain it to the "Baby Crew"."

"Well, thank you, Manager Zhong."

Yang Mi thought for a while and added before leaving: "Can I please help Manager Zhong to thank Director Chen for me?"

……

Half an hour later, Chen Dong watched Zhong Lifang leave the office, took out his mobile phone, found Brother Cheng Long's number, and called him.

"The number you dialed is currently on a call..."

A few minutes later, the other party called back, and Chen Dong explained Yang Mi's problem to his elder brother on the phone.

"Haha, this is all a trivial matter, but on the day of the premiere, Director Chen will definitely be late."

Two days later, Chen Donglai attended the premiere of "Baby Project" and found that Yang Mi's name was still on their list of main producers and had not been removed. It's obviously not a mistake on the part of the crew, but intentional.

This is an action comedy that tells a series of ridiculous but touching stories about a pair of thieves who stole a child.

In this movie, Flip Flop played by Cheng Long is the undisputed protagonist, but Bai Datong played by Raku Furuda is also outstanding.

It is worth mentioning that Gu Tianle has been tanned by the 'sun' at this time, and is no longer the fair-skinned Yang Guo in the 95 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Two days later, "Baby Project" made 980 million at the box office on its first day. Although it was not as high as "The Banquet", investors laughed.

The reason is simple. The investment in this movie is much lower than that of "The Banquet".

With a first-day box office of 980 million and an unbeatable reputation, making money is inevitable.

Unlike "The Banquet", although it made nearly 80 million in box office within half a month of its release, it could not even recoup its investment cost.

Moreover, there is still a big gap, and losses are inevitable.

At the same time, this movie is also the only movie directed by Feng Xiaogang in recent years that lost money.

When interviewed by media reporters, he said that although the box office did not meet expectations, it was nothing. At worst, he would make money back by making another comedy film.

Very arrogant, right?

In fact, it is also confidence.

……

Because of Chen Dong's influence, the cast of "Painted Skin" has undergone some changes, such as Yang Mi replacing Sun Li as Xia Bing, and Fan Shaohuang replacing Zhen Zhidan as Pang Yong;
  But this impact is limited, for example, the other leading actors have not changed much.

The vixen Xiao Wei is still Wei Xun, Wang Sheng is still Cheng Kun, and Pei Rong is still Zhao Wei...

As a reborn person, Chen Dong's movie will not use Zhao Zhetian, but to him, he is actually just a stranger. The fact that she can get the role of "Painted Skin" is a matter between her and director Chen Jiashang. It had nothing to do with Chen Dong, and there was no need for him to deliberately target her.

but,

No matter how popular you are, you are still just an actor. What qualifications do you have to be a big name on the set?

Are you still asking the director to give you more scenes? Are you taking yourself too seriously? Or do you not take investors’ money seriously?

……

boom!
  At this time, Chen Dong listened to Zhong Lifang's report from the producer assigned to the "Painted Skin" crew by the company, and he hammered the table because of his rare anger.

"Is the situation true?" Chen Dong suppressed his anger and wanted to confirm.

"Our producer won't lie..." Zhong Lifang said halfway, "Why don't I contact Yang Mi and ask her?"

Before Zhong Lifang could act, Chen Dong took out his cell phone, found Yang Mi's number, and called her.

At this moment, the crew of "Painted Skin" has just started shooting for a week. They are not on vacation or filming in broad daylight. Instead, they have a strange atmosphere.

In the tent that Yang Mi was assigned to, she was looking through the script boredly, not paying attention at all, sometimes picking it up and sometimes putting it down.

A figure rushed in. She immediately looked up and saw that it was Zeng Jia. She quickly asked: "Sister Jia, what's going on with the crew now? Is the director really going to give her Zhao Wei an extra role?"

Zeng Jia took a deep breath, then nodded and said, "Most likely."

"Why? Just because she's famous?" Yang Mi was somewhat unconvinced.

Then he added: "I remember our company also invested in this drama... Sister Jia, do you think we should notify Director Chen?"

(End of this chapter)