Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 761 Audition in Progress Gong Huang's Determination

the next day.

The news that the Chinese military science fiction blockbuster "The Battle of Nantianmen" has started auditions firmly topped the list, but the following news also attracted a lot of attention.

It can even be said that the news of ranking second shocked many people in the circle.

"It is reported that mainland film and television star Zhao Weihao spent 30.88 billion Hong Kong dollars to purchase shares in Ali Pictures, officially becoming the second largest shareholder."

The following are:

"Internationally renowned actor and Kung Fu Emperor Li Lianjie officially serves as a non-executive director of Ali Pictures."

"The second part of the Beiyang Trilogy directed by Jiang Wen, One Step Away, was released yesterday evening. The cumulative box office of the film is as high as 12.83 billion..."

“It is reported that after Ali Pictures released the announcement, its Hong Kong stock price soared!”

Gu Wei, who was sitting at the table, naturally saw the news. "Tsk tsk, it's worthy of the capital market. An announcement made Alibaba's stock price rise by billions."

However, it can also be seen from this that more and more celebrity artists are flocking to capital. For example, Zhang Ziyi invested in Wanda in the name of her mother, and Sun Li has just invested in Hairun.

Miss Liu, who was sitting opposite, was drinking her porridge in a daze and didn't care about these at all.

Miss Liu also has an audition today, so it’s a rare occasion that she didn’t sleep in.

After finishing the porridge, Miss Liu saw Gu Wei still watching the news, and seemed to have thought of something, "What time will you finish your work tonight?"

"Huh? What's wrong?" Hearing this, Gu Wei put down his phone and asked.

"Sister Gong Li invited me to dinner, are you going?"

"They're really fast." Gu Wei muttered to himself, but said, "I don't know how long they'll be busy until. It depends on the situation."

"Okay." Miss Liu served another bowl of porridge, drank it, stood up and set off with Gu Wei.

...

News on the Internet can be seen but not touched, but today at the gate of Xingchen Film and Television Company, reporters gathered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Early in the morning, the employees who came to work were all confused.

"Tsk tsk, it's even busier than the vegetable market."

"I estimate there are hundreds of reporters. It's so scary."

"Shh, keep your voice down, hurry up, you're going to be late."

Some employees were originally planning to watch the fun, but when they were reminded, they immediately quickened their pace.

The reporters gathered at the company's gate naturally didn't care about these ordinary employees. Their targets were all the celebrity artists and executives of Star Film and Television Company.

"Hello, Mr. Song, I am a reporter from Sohu Entertainment. May I ask..."

"Hello, Director Jiang, I am..."

As soon as Song Ge and Jiang Xueruo got out of the car, they were surrounded by reporters. Looking at the reporters who kept asking questions, both of them felt a little numb.

Fortunately, the protagonist appeared.

"Director Gu Yifei is here." Someone suddenly shouted.

Gu Wei, who had just got off the car not far away, was stunned and almost pulled his feet back into the car.

Fortunately, security personnel arrived in time and kept many reporters outside.

After the two entered the company, in the RV in the distance, the assistant was reporting the situation to Gong Li.

"Sister, Director Gu and Yifei have gone in."

"Okay, park the car here, let's go over."

...

"Oh my god, it's so scary." In the chairman's office, Miss Liu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the lively scene downstairs like a spectator.

"Xixi, I'll go first. You're the second one. Don't forget, it's 9:20." Gu Wei took a few documents from the bookshelf and said with his head tilted.

"Haha, I'm second? Who's first?" Miss Liu said without turning her head.

"Your idol." After saying that, Gu Wei's mouth corners slightly raised and he went straight to the meeting room.

.........

The conference room on the ninth floor was also extremely lively at this moment.

Because of the audition needs, the huge conference room had already been rearranged.

There are separate fitting rooms, a small performance stage, a large floor-to-ceiling mirror, and so on.

In the lounge opposite the conference room, more than a dozen celebrity artists have arrived. They are chatting and laughing in groups of three or four, creating a harmonious scene.

"Ding." As the elevator door opened, Gu Wei strode out, followed by four or five assistants, each holding something in their hands, including a file bag and a thermos cup.

"You all came quite early." Pushing open the door of the conference room, Gu Wei greeted everyone with a smile.

"Hi boss."

"Good director."

The responses came one after another.

"Director, it's not too late." Guo Fan came up and took the document from the assistant and said.

"Xixi got up very early today, so I couldn't sleep any longer, haha."

Guo Fan put the documents away, and Song Ge looked towards the door and said, "Where's Yifei?"

"In the office." Gu Wei took the thermos cup and looked at the time. "Hey, where's Director Wu? Hasn't he arrived yet?"

"They should be there. They might be stuck downstairs." Guo Fan thought about the scene downstairs and guessed.

While they were talking, representatives from China Film Group, Golden Shield, Navy Political Department, Jinling Art Center, Wanda, Light Media and Warner arrived one after another.

Several investors did not participate in the audition and casting, but still arranged for people to come and take a look.

"Oh my goodness, there are too many people here." Wu Jing couldn't help but say loudly as soon as he arrived at the meeting room.

"Director Wu didn't make a speech?" Guo Fan joked directly after packing up the documents.

"I would like to talk about Wolf Warrior, but unfortunately no one wants to listen."

"Hahaha."

This made everyone laugh.

“Just tell them that the script of Wolf Warrior 2 is almost ready. This time we have to fight two wolves, which is very consistent with the theme.” Gu Wei unscrewed the thermos, took a sip of wolfberry water, and made a joke.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone burst into laughter.

After everyone chatted for a while, the representative of China Film Group received a call and then came directly to Gu Wei, "Director Gu, President Han said he would come over later to take a look."

After drinking the sweet wolfberry water, Gu Wei was refreshed. He nodded and looked at the time, then said, "It's almost time, let's get started."

Upon hearing this, the assistant strode out of the meeting room, and soon Gong Li came in.

The audition began and the scene suddenly became quiet.

"Tsk tsk, this is the first audition, and today's scene is quite a big one." Wu Jing muttered to Guo Fan softly.

"Yifei ranks second." Guo Fan also said.

The two looked at each other and gave each other a thumbs up.

"Hello, Director Gu!"

"Good morning, every body."

I have to say that this man's temperament and aura are beyond words, even greater than most of the men present.

"You're welcome, Teacher Gong. Let's get started." To be honest, Gu Wei was not very familiar with Gong Li. After all, she was not his idol.

But since it was the first audition, Gu Wei naturally would not lower the standards.

"Okay, Director Gu." Gong Li did not choose to sit down, but nodded in response.

"Shocked, angry, and determined."

"Teacher Gong, please think about it. We are not going to follow the script. Please perform these three emotions in a moment, including your eyes, facial expressions and body language."

Since "The Battle of Nantianmen" is a military science fiction film, war scenes are naturally indispensable.

The transformation of these three emotions represents the shock that the earthlings felt when they first discovered aliens.

Then comes the anger when seeing the other side start a war, and finally the determination to defend the country and the earth.

After saying this, Gu Wei added, "You have five minutes to prepare."

But as soon as he finished speaking, Gong Li began.

Speaking of Gong Li, Gu Wei's most profound impression of her was the role of Qiuxiang in "A Chinese Odyssey: Part One - Pandora's Box". After watching this movie, Gu Wei always felt that she was a little restrained during the filming.

In terms of acting, his performance was not as good as in the later films such as "To Live" and "Raise the Rock, Raise the Rock".

But after watching the other party's performance face to face today, Gu Wei realized that some people are really born to do this job.

In just less than a minute, Gong Li had perfectly portrayed three emotions, and even in the final moment of determination, she clenched her fists slightly.

Because there were so many people auditioning, Gu Wei only gave the first three artists twenty minutes each, and the rest only five minutes each.

However, in just less than three minutes from the time Gong Li entered the door, she had already impressed Gu Wei.

Wu Jing and Guo Fan next to them also nodded and stared at each other intently.

"Okay, Teacher Gong, please sit down and let's talk?" Turning his head to look at the two idiots next to him, Gu Wei almost laughed out loud.

"Okay." Gong Li sat on the chair next to her and looked at Gu Wei with a smile.

"Is the filming of 'Three Strikes on the White Bone Demon' going smoothly? How long will it take to wrap up?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Gong Li's eyes lit up, and other representatives of investors nearby also perked up.

"The progress is going smoothly. According to the shooting schedule, we expect to be finished in June." Gong Li told the truth. There was no need to hide this, as the other party would know it once they asked.

Hearing this, many people in the conference room turned their eyes to Gu Wei again. This time point was a bit late. After all, the filming should start in April or May at the latest.

Before Gu Wei could speak, Gong Li seemed to have made up her mind, "But I have discussed with Director Zheng and we can shoot the scenes in advance. If everything goes well, we can finish it around the Spring Festival."

"Fuck, this is too much." Gu Wei thought secretly. Half a year's worth of filming was compressed into half the time. Even if the crew agreed, his body might not be able to withstand the high-intensity work.

"Well, that's not necessary. Whether you're filming or not, your health is the most important thing."

"I'm confident and hope the director will give me a chance." Gong Li kept smiling but her tone was firm.

In front of so many people, Gu Wei obviously didn't want to continue to refute the other party. After a little thought, he said, "Okay, that's all for today. We'll talk later."

After Gong Li left, Gu Wei was busy writing something in his notebook.

In the lounge opposite, the arrival of Miss Liu attracted everyone's attention.

"Yifei, why are you here?" The sharp-eyed Zhou Xun came up to greet her immediately.

"Come for the audition." Miss Liu sat down casually and said with a smile.

"Oh, you have to audition too. Director Gu is too strict." Tang Yan joked when she heard the news.

"Yeah, that's right, Director Gu only knows how to bully me." Miss Liu's embarrassed look made the two of them laugh.

"When you go back in the evening, give him a good beating." In front of everyone, Zhou Xun drove away.

"Oh, I'm going to die, Sister Xun."

A few people were playing, chatting and laughing, attracting the attention of the whole audience. Those who were familiar with them came up to say hello and say a few words, while those who were not familiar with them could only stare and envy.

...

In the conference room, Gu Wei took notes and nodded to his assistant.

"Next one, Liu Yifei."

"Puchi." Wu Jing couldn't help but burst out laughing after hearing this.

For a moment, the conference room was filled with cheerful voices.

Although Gu Wei's expression was serious, the upturned corners of his mouth were harder to suppress than AK.

After a while, a beautiful figure wearing a pink down jacket appeared in front of everyone.

"Hello Director Gu, hello everyone...hahahaha" As she spoke, Miss Liu couldn't help laughing.

"Ahem." Seeing that he might not even have to audition if he continued, Gu Wei couldn't help but cough twice.

"Let's get started."

.........

outside world.

Since six or seven in the morning, there has been a continuous stream of news updates online.

"Gong Li appeared at Xingchen Films Company, suspected to be auditioning for the film "Battle of Nantianmen"."

"It is reported that among the candidates for today's audition is Liu Yifei, who is ranked second in the audition order..."

"Starting from 8 o'clock in the morning, a large number of celebrities in the industry arrived at Xingchen Film and Television Company, including Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun, Tang Yan..."

The auditions at Xingchen Film and Television Company were bustling with activity, but Wanda Pictures was in trouble.

The lawsuit between the man from Taiwan and the dead girl has just come to a conclusion. The latter was ordered to pay five million in compensation and to make a public apology.

After the results came out, hundreds of well-known screenwriters and film and television people in the entire circle liked, forwarded and commented on them.

Even the headline on the headlines read: "Justice is in the hearts of the people." A large number of netizens rushed to tell each other and cheered.

Immediately afterwards, the daily newspapers and CCTV all stood up and directly criticized him by name, causing public opinion to boil to the peak in an instant.

But the dead girl naturally would not give in. She directly stated her position on Weibo: I am not satisfied and I will appeal.

Wanda, one of the defendants, was ordered to make a public apology and pay a fine for its participation in the investment and production of "Palace Lock and Key".

Wanda Films office.

"Has Director Gu started yet?" Ye Ning asked casually while sitting in the boss chair.

"Well, I heard that the first person to audition was Gong Li, and the second one was Yifei, haha." The assistant reported with a smile.

"Yifei also went for the audition? Wow, that's really strict." Ye Ning thought he should make a note of this and praise Director Gu when they meet that day.

However, the smile on Ye Ning's face did not last long. He could no longer smile when he thought of the court's verdict.

"Mr. Ye, what do you think of our public apology?" The assistant naturally knew about this matter and came over to ask for suggestions for a solution.

"Go ahead. It's not a good idea to keep going in such a stalemate. Don't let it affect Director Gu." Ye Ning waved his hand and gave the order directly.

After resolving this matter, Ye Ning was not in the mood to deal with other things, so he called Lao Wang.

The two made an appointment and went straight to the audition site.

As more and more news updates came online, several investment bosses became restless.

Han Sanping, who was at the China Film Studio, didn't even return to the office after discussing matters with La Peikang. These people all wanted to see what the scene was like for Liu Yifei's audition.

The scene seems to be getting more and more lively!!!
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(End of this chapter)