Actor: Thank you.

Zeng Jia stood in the office and just watched.

Look at Zhang Yuan and the director, talking and laughing with their arms around each other's shoulders.

She glanced at her phone.

It has been less than five minutes since I entered the door.

This was the first time Chen Jiashang met him, but he was already so pleased with his flattery that he laughed so hard that his eyes were almost squinted.

I sigh in my heart that there is a reason why others are successful.

Given the current situation, I wonder how familiar he and Chen Jiashang are.

Compared to the one she had led before... Zeng Jia shook her head.

People are afraid of comparison.

"Producer Pang."

"Director Chen, thank you very much for giving me this audition opportunity."

"I will definitely do my best."

"If there are any areas where I haven't done well enough, please forgive me and give me more opportunities."

"Of course!" Pang Hong replied immediately.

He didn't expect that this popular young actor would be so polite.

Not only did he come as soon as we contacted him, he also came without saying a word and without refusing.

You know, this movie was very hard to make.

Needless to say, finding Zhen Zidan took a lot of effort and several months.

Then he also found Zhou Xun.

Brother Xun is very busy when he arrives.

In order to attract investment, producer Pang Hong is also very busy.

So the first time the two met was in a small restaurant at the airport.

We just chatted for a few minutes.

When Zhou Xun heard that he was going to play a fox spirit, he was actually a little reluctant.

Especially when I heard that there were two female protagonists, I was even more hesitant.

We only chatted for about half an hour before leaving in a hurry to catch our flight.

Pang Hong did not give up and made an appointment for a second meeting.

This time he was prepared. Knowing that Brother Xun was from Zhejiang, he specially asked someone to buy a lot of good rice wine from her hometown and transport it to the capital, intending to have a good talk with the other party over the wine.

When Zhou Xun saw that there was wine, rice wine, he also became interested.

Because here in the imperial capital, everyone drinks white beer, and few people drink yellow beer.

A local from Panghong City, Ningxia, he claims to have an unrivaled drinking capacity.

When you taste this rice wine, it has a sweet taste and a flavor of fermented grains.

It doesn't have the spicy taste of white wine at all.

I thought to myself, shouldn’t I drink this thing from the box?
The result was bottle after bottle.

He has never drunk it, so he doesn't know that rice wine can make him drunk.

And unlike liquor, it gets you in the head instantly, and the taste is particularly deceptive, and by the time you react it's too late.

As a result, when they met for the second time, this guy fell down before the deal was even concluded.

After waking up, I was laughed at by my friends.

He went to the palace three times and finally persuaded Zhou Xun to come for an audition and read the script.

This is not over yet.

In order to find Zhao Wei, he asked her again and again.

I wanted to find Sun Li, but the other party was also hesitant.

This film is now set to have two male protagonists and two female protagonists.

In addition to Pang Yong, who plays Zhen Zidan, there is also Wang Sheng, who is required to have a handsome appearance.

What I want is to create a contrast with Zhen Zidan.

One satisfies the audience who likes kung fu, and the other attracts the audience who likes looks.

The person who asked Zhang Yuan to audition was of course Wang Sheng. After all, the role of Zhen Zidan could not be changed and was considered to be decided.

And more than one person was invited to play the role of Wang Sheng.

There are other popular young actors.

When I found another one, I was also hesitant and took a long time.

Everyone has this reaction because they are actually worried about Ning Film Studio, a "small workshop".

So after contacting Zhang Yuan, the producer was stunned.

Because the first response I got was not "I'll think about it", but "Let's make an appointment and meet as soon as possible."

He even doubted whether he had heard it wrongly.

It was not until he saw the other party come promptly and be very polite that he was sure that he had not heard wrongly.

Zhang Yuan knew that many works that became famous in later generations actually encountered many difficulties and were not smooth during the creation stage.

This film is actually.

"Look, why don't you change your clothes first so we can take some photos, okay?" Chen Jiashang asked.

"No problem. I'll go right away."

He turned around and walked out.

"Boss Zhang."

He had only walked a few steps when he heard someone calling him. It was a friendly girl.

"You're here too."

Zhang Yuan turned around and saw Sun Li with her neat short hair.

"Yes, you are here for the audition too?"

"Yes, Wang Sheng's position."

Zhang Yuan knew that the person taking the test should be the third female candidate.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that Sun Li always plays the leading female role in TV dramas and becomes famous as soon as she debuts.

But the film industry is a level higher than the TV drama industry, and she has no competitiveness in front of movie actors.

After all, she has no works that can prove her box office appeal.

Sun Li was a little surprised when she met him, but after thinking about it, she felt that he was indeed the right person for the role of Wang Sheng.

Ancient costumes, military uniforms and fighting scenes all require a good image.

He meets all the requirements.

"By the way, why call me Boss Zhang? Just call me by my name, otherwise it will be so awkward."

"Okay." Sun Li replied with a smile, and a sly look flashed in her eyes. Then she said, "Zhang Yuan, have you read the script?"

"I only read the outline and the part about Wang Sheng."

"Oh... so what do you think of this play? Does it have potential?"

Zhang Yuan was very surprised. He didn't expect her to ask this, and to ask him at that.

But on second thought, I realized that this was a smart man, so I kindly answered truthfully.

"Not bad, has potential, I highly recommend it."

"Okay, thank you for your advice."

After hearing what he said, Sun Li felt much more at ease.

I was originally hesitant about whether to act or not.

Because she auditioned for the role of Xia Bing, the exorcist.

He doesn't have many scenes in the film and is overshadowed by the two female leads.

Her appearance is also relatively neutral, which is a bit different from her usual image.

The key reason is that because she is a TV drama star, she expected that the other party would definitely lower her pay.

In addition to starring in this drama, she may have to turn down one or two TV drama female lead positions and a large amount of film remuneration.

Going back and forth, if the film fails, her loss will be huge.

But after meeting Zhang Yuan, she had an idea.

"There is no work he has participated in that is not popular."

"There is no movie he invests in that doesn't make money."

"His presence here means..."

I think I have a good relationship with Zhang Yuan, so there is no reason for him to fool me.

Zhang Yuan likes to deal with smart people, and this guy is one of them.

"Okay, I'll get busy then. We'll meet again when we have time."

"If we're both lucky, I'll see you on this set later."

"Hey, see you on the set."

This is a straightforward distinction. Smart people don’t need any nonsense, just understand it.

Bring the assistant, makeup artist and Zeng Jia to the dressing room.

Zeng Jia thought that there was no news about "The Warlords" for the time being, so at least she had to deal with the crew.

Otherwise, every time I do something unlucky, it would be too unlucky for me to come to Zhang Yuan's place.

Zeng Jia was just thinking about something when she entered the dressing room and looked up, she was stunned.

The face gradually became distorted.

Because it was too coincidental, or too uncoincidental.

The person in the room was also stunned.

"Brother Kun, what a coincidence."

Zhang Yuan stepped forward, held the other person's shoulders and greeted him.

But in contrast to his enthusiasm, Chen Kun, who had been sitting in front of the makeup mirror early in the morning, couldn't smile at all at this moment.

His face is so cold!
In fact, before meeting Zhang Yuan, he was chatting and laughing with his assistant.

But when Zhang Yuan came, he took away his joy.

Logically speaking, the two are friends.

I recognized it as early as when I watched "The Story of a Noble Family".

But the premise of being friends is that there is no conflict of interest.

But the conflict of interest between Zhang Yuan and him is too huge!

He has been crowded with endorsements alone, including several big ones!

Destroy people's wealth and kill their parents.

Even if we are friends, it is not okay to have financial conflicts.

"Oh." Facing Zhang Yuan's enthusiastic greeting, he just replied with a single word, and then stared at Zeng Jia who entered the room with Zhang Yuan through the reflection in the makeup mirror.

“This is my agent’s assistant!”

The second point that made him look cold was here. Li Xiaowan had previously arranged for Zeng Jia to be in charge of Chen Kun's agency work.

The person hanging on the head is the agent, but Brother Kun thought it was the agent's assistant.

After all, Chen Kun is the boss, and he only recognizes Li Xiaowan as his agent.

Not only did you steal my endorsement, you also stole my person!

KunKun felt like there was something green on his head.

"Hello, Brother Kun." Zeng Jia also greeted awkwardly.

"Haha, you are quite flexible. You changed your allegiance in a blink of an eye." Kun Kun said sarcastically with some dissatisfaction.

Zeng Jia was just wondering how to answer when Zhang Yuan spoke.

"Yes, people always go to higher places."

Phew... Zeng Jia tried to hold back her laughter.

If I move to a higher place, then Chen Kun will become a lower place.

It's him who suffers the loss.

Zeng Jia sighed inwardly.

People are afraid of comparison.

But in terms of conversation, Chen Kun is no match for Zhang Yuan.

Kun Kun was choked and couldn't speak, he just snorted.

Zhang Yuan also noticed it.

Just like Boss Jiang, friends and enemies are just a thought away.

He doesn't want to make the relationship awkward.

But the other party has shown his attitude, so I cannot show weakness.

Besides, they are now direct competitors.

The same role was tried.

It is impossible for me to give up my role just for the sake of friendship.

Brother Kun put on his makeup, changed his clothes and went for the audition without even saying hello to Zhang Yuan.

"Don't worry." Zhang Yuan also comforted Zeng Jia: "We are of similar strength and are rivals."

"We are so far apart in strength, but we can still be friends."

"He'll figure it out."

Seeing Zhang Yuan's confident look, Zeng Jia remained silent.

Soon he finished his preparations.

As they were replaced in batches, the armor made a slight sound.

He was very familiar with armor, after all, the set used by the crew... that "replica" was in his house.

Let's go to the photo room.

What a coincidence.

On his way there, Brother Kun happened to be returning after finishing his photo shoot.

The two passed each other in the corridor.

"Brother Kun is done."

"Yeah." Chen Kun still responded in a monosyllable.

"See you later." Zhang Yuan still showed basic respect.

But Chen Kun's expression became increasingly cold. After walking a few steps, he stopped and looked back for a while.

He just happened to notice that Zeng Jia was looking back at him.

He immediately turned around and walked away.

Zeng Jia also turned around, thinking...

Zhang Yuan is stable!

People are afraid of comparison.

Now he is wearing the same clothes, armor, and the same outfit.

Zhang Yuan is half a head taller than Chen Kunzu!

Moreover, one is a martial artist and the other is a literary actor, so the physique difference is too big.

Compared with Zhang Yuan, Chen Kun's armor looked like it was rented.

It looks like it doesn't fit or match.

Looking at those few steps again, the gap is even greater.

Wang Sheng is set to be a military general in this film and the commander of an army.

As the man walked by, Zhang Yuan's aura completely overwhelmed Kun Kun.

He had just finished playing the role of Jade Border God of War, and his opponents in the fighting scenes were big guys like Li Lianjie and Chen Long, whose mentality was completely different.

Zhang Yuan entered the room and started working. The director and producer also noticed the difference and nodded repeatedly.

On the other side, Chen Kun returned to the makeup mirror with a gloomy expression.

He is very angry now.

The source of the anger was not that Zhang Yuan came to challenge him again.

But after meeting in the corridor just now, he found that he subconsciously felt inferior to the other party.

How can we play if we both feel that we are not as good as the other person?
He also discovered the problem that Zeng Jia noticed.

Not only that, Zhang Yuan's makeup is also better than his.

"He also brought a personal makeup artist." Brother Kun got a headache just thinking about it.

"Endorsement grab."

"The agent's assistant grabbed it."

"Now we have to fight for roles too..."

"Is there any chance of survival?"

"Isn't this bullying the honest people?"

Seeing his brother mumbling to himself, he was obviously unhappy.

The new assistant, who replaced Zeng Jia's position, hurried to comfort her.

"Brother Kun, listen to my advice."

"Although you are not as tall as Zhang Yuan."

"In terms of heroic spirit, he is not as good as Zhang Yuan."

"You are definitely not as good as him in fighting scenes."

Chen Kun stared at her and asked, "Who do you belong to?"

"Who are you speaking for?"

Is this advice to me or a scolding to me?
"Don't be anxious, just listen to me." The agent's assistant shuddered.

"Let's not talk about these. In fact, you have a huge advantage over Zhang Yuan."

"Oh, what's the matter?" Brother Kun was lacking in confidence.

When they heard that I still had huge advantages, they became interested and perked up.

"Your advantage is that you are much cheaper than him."

Chen Kun: …

"I'm going to NMGB..."

"You fucking bastard..."

Kun Kun was so angry that he cursed for five minutes, but the content could not be broadcast and had to be cut out.

After cursing, he kept gasping for breath.

But as he panted, he realized that his assistant was right.

He knew the film had a low budget.

And I heard that Zhang Yuan’s current film pay is over 100 million US dollars.

Well, you know what, this is really my only advantage.

But after realizing this, Kun Kun became even angrier!
"My only advantage is that I am more despicable than him..."

Zhang Yuan finished the trial shoot and as it was the first round, both the director and the producer were quite satisfied.

But Pang Hong also raised this question.

"Zhang Yuan, I heard your pay is..."

"The pay is negotiable." Zhang Yuan did not give a direct answer.

“I mainly focus on the quality of the work.”

"As for the price, we can discuss it in detail once we both have our opinions."

Pang Hong and Chen Jiashang looked at each other.

They understood that Zhang Yuan had no intention of lowering the price.

According to his current market price, his salary would be at least 7 or 800 million, and at most thousands, which the crew cannot afford.

But in terms of fame and reputation in the film industry, he is indeed much greater than Chen Kun.

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that he has starred in the masterpieces of Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou, all of which are costume masterpieces, is something Chen Kun cannot do.

Plus the bonus of Hollywood gilding…

I want to use it, but I am short of money.

"Okay, let's talk about it." Pang Hong thought to himself, I have tricked Zhen Zidan into coming here, so what else do I need?

Give it some time and continue with the ideological work.

However, Zhang Yuan's idea was completely different from his, and he had his own little plans.

"The crew has no money and can't pay me."

"There are many ways to get paid for a film, and it's better if you can't afford it!"

He values ​​this film mainly to maintain its popularity.

You must keep appearing in popular blockbusters every year in order to continuously improve your position in the industry.

After talking to the director and producer, he went back to the dressing room to pack up.

I wanted to say goodbye to Brother Kun, but I found that he had left quietly.

"This guy..." He shook his head helplessly.

After changing clothes, the makeup artist packed up her gear and prepared to go home.

I have to arrange a welcome party for Zeng Jia later.

But as soon as they went out, they heard someone swearing in Cantonese in the next room.

Then there was a "bang" sound of kicking the door, and a short figure rushed out of the house.

Zhang Yuan recognized it at first sight.

It was the film's lead actor, Zhen Zidan... (End of this chapter)