How can you ascend to heaven when you are a star?

Chapter 148 Becoming a More Suitable Candidate

"Teacher Zhang!"

Suddenly a voice sounded behind him. Zhang Wen turned around and saw that it was Director Chen Yang. He had come out of the room at some point and was looking back and forth between him and Du Wenjuan.

"Director Chen, what's the matter?" Zhang Wen asked as he put away his phone and walked over.

Since he has already planned to sign Du Wenjuan in his personal name, he cannot let the people in the company know. If someone intercepts him, wouldn’t all his efforts be in vain?

Chen Yang glanced at the actress who exchanged contact information with Teacher Zhang. Although she had a good temperament, her appearance was not outstanding. He really didn't understand what Teacher Zhang liked about her. He even went to the audition venue to pick up girls. Isn't he afraid that Agent Gao would find out?
"Teacher Zhang, this way."

Chen Yang withdrew his gaze, pointed to a room next to him, then pushed the door and walked in.

Zhang Wen didn't understand why, but he followed anyway.

There is no one in the room, they must be from the crew.

"Teacher Zhang," Chen Yang said after entering the room. "I've already discussed this with Director Lu. If there aren't any particularly suitable candidates for the fourth male and fourth female roles, we'll choose someone from the trainees you brought with you. To avoid being discovered by the other auditioning actors, have your trainees line up with them. I'll let Director Lu know when the auditions are scheduled."

Zhang Wen was delighted when he heard this. Although the roles of the fourth male and fourth female actors would not have many scenes in the movie, they were still much better than extras. What's more, the actors he brought with him were all newcomers with no filming experience, so he definitely gave them enough face.

"Thank you, Director Chen." Zhang Wen said gratefully.

"Teacher Zhang, you don't have to be so polite. It's just a small favor. We should strengthen our contacts in the future and cultivate more outstanding artists for the company." Chen Yang said.

"Director Chen is right." Zhang Wen nodded in agreement.

After chatting, the two walked out of the room.

Zhang Wen returned to the nine trainees, but he did not tell them what Director Xu had just said. First, there were people on the other side of the wall and he was worried that outsiders would hear it. Second, he was worried that the trainees would become proud and lazy.

Since it is a real combat, there must be a real combat atmosphere, so that you don’t have to say that you have no experience during the next audition.

He took another look at the team in front of him. In addition to Du Wenjuan, there were several other actors whose performance skill points exceeded 50, which was only 1 or 2 points lower than Zhou Chuyuan and others. He didn't know whether they were suitable for the role in this audition.

After all, Director Chen said that if there is no particularly suitable candidate, then we can choose from the trainees he brought in. There is a premise here, that is, if there is no particularly suitable candidate...

What makes a particularly suitable candidate?
Is it the right looks, the right personality, or the right bed?
I'm afraid only the director himself knows this.

The line moves forward slowly, with the auditioning actors divided into groups of five. Those waiting to be selected will remain in the room for multiple comparisons with the auditioning actors who enter later, while those who are eliminated will leave on the spot.

Not long after, Du Wenjuan and four other people entered the room.

Zhang Wen stared at the door intently, feeling very conflicted. He hoped that Du Wenjuan could pass the audition, but he also didn't want her to pass the audition.

A few minutes later, the door opened and all five audition actors who had gone in earlier came out.

"!"

Zhang Wen was shocked. Did he fail the audition?
It's understandable that the other four actors didn't make it, since their acting skill points weren't above 50, but why did Du Wenjuan fail? She should have been at least considered pending, right?

Zhang Wen couldn't help but walked towards the other person, "Why did you come out?"

"I failed the audition." Du Wenjuan said lightly, her expression very calm, as if she was used to it.

"Why?" Zhang Wen asked curiously.

"They asked me to play a silly and innocent role. Do you think I look like one?" Du Wenjuan asked back.

"Uh……"

Zhang Wen opened his mouth. There was really no way to defend the other party. No matter how high his acting skills were, it would be difficult to give full play to his acting skills when encountering a role that did not fit his image.

This is life!

He thought about it and finally could only comfort her: "It's okay not to act. You are not suitable for such a role, and such a role will not be of any use to you, so there is no need to be sad or upset."

Du Wenjuan didn't say anything, but just blinked silently, as if to say: Do I look sad and upset?

Zhang Wen smiled bitterly and shook his head. It seemed that he was worrying for nothing.

That's right, this woman doesn't even have any primary negative personality traits. She is positive and strong inside. If she gets sad over such a small thing, wouldn't she have become Lin Daiyu after so many years?

"I will contact you after the agency contract is drafted." Zhang Wen said.

"Yeah." Du Wenjuan nodded.

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Zhang Wen looked at the woman's departing back. If he hadn't been able to see her skill panel, who would have thought that her acting and dialogue skills would be so high?

"The real person never reveals his face!" Zhang Wen couldn't help but sigh.

"Teacher Zhang, do you like this type?" asked trainee Wang Yuxin.

Zhang Wen turned his head and glanced at the other person, "No, I like all beauties."

Wang Yuxin was stunned. She thought Teacher Zhang would deny and explain, but she didn't expect that he not only admitted it but also expanded the scope.

She is indeed the YYDS in the hearts of the trainees. "Teacher Zhang, do you think she is beautiful? I think she is just average." Zhou Chuyuan raised her pretty face as she spoke, as if comparing her cheeks.

"Maybe there's a difference in aesthetic tastes between men and women." Li Jiaran looked at the male trainees behind him and asked, "Do you think the woman who just spoke to Teacher Zhang is pretty?"

"so so."

"is acceptable."

"very special."

Although the answers of the boys were different, none of them mentioned beautiful. Obviously, they did not think that the woman was beautiful. As for being embarrassed to say it directly because of Teacher Zhang's presence.

"Superficial!" Zhang Wen said, "A woman's charm needs to be explored. One day you will know how dazzling she is."

The nine trainees were secretly surprised because they believed in Teacher Zhang's judgment. Teacher Zhang said that woman would be dazzling and that woman would definitely be dazzling in the future.

"Oh right." Zhang Wen suddenly seemed to remember something and looked at the five girls and asked, "Did you hear what she just said? The director asked her to play a silly and innocent role. I think the fourth female role should be a silly and innocent role. You should quickly think about what to do."

The expressions of the five girls immediately turned serious. They stopped thinking about gossip and started thinking seriously about their roles.

Another hour passed, and it was finally Zhang Wen's turn, while Zhou Chuyuan and the other five were assigned to the same group.

Zhang Wen was about to follow Zhou Chuyuan and others into the room when he was stopped by the staff standing in front of the door.

"Except for the actors auditioning, no one else is allowed to enter."

The person who spoke had a serious expression.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yang walked out and scolded the staff, "What do you mean by outsiders? Is Teacher Zhang an outsider?" Then he turned to look at Zhang Wen, "Come on, Teacher Zhang, come in quickly."

The staff who were originally blocking the door immediately hid aside, and the righteous words just now disappeared.

Zhang Wen didn't care and walked in.

The room was very large, with several middle-aged people sitting behind a long table, and a few young men and women sitting next to them.

Zhang Wen recognized him as the actor who had just come in for audition.

Chen Yang walked directly to an empty seat behind the long table and sat down, transforming himself from the director of the film and television production department to an audition judge.

As a film producer, he definitely has this power.

The other three judges exchanged glances, realizing that these were the trainees Director Chen had just mentioned, so their expressions relaxed a lot.

The assistant director sitting at the edge said, "Now we need you to act out a silly, innocent scene, using your understanding of these three words. I'll give you three minutes to prepare."

Under normal circumstances, the crew would give the auditioning actors one minute to prepare, but because they knew that some of them were from the production company, they extended the one minute to three minutes.

Zhang Wen ignored his students and turned his attention to several actors who were waiting to be auditioned, because these people were very likely to become the "particularly suitable" actors that Director Chen mentioned.

However, after seeing these people's skill panels, he immediately felt relieved.

It turned out to be just a few vases.

If we just go by their image, several of them are quite suitable for the role of the silly and sweet girl, but they are just unlucky and met him, and the silly and sweet girls he brought out all have acting skills.

Three minutes passed in a flash, and the audition officially began.

Zhou Chuyuan, standing on the far right, appears first.

She was obviously dressed very sexily today, but when she frowned and blinked her big eyes, she immediately gave people the impression that she had big breasts and no brains.

Sexy and cute, an alternative type of sexy and naive girl.

The second person to appear was Wang Yuxin. She had always had a cute style, so she didn’t need to do much movement. She just pouted her lips and made an innocent expression, looking like a pure, silly, and sweet girl next door.

Next was Li Jiaran. Because she was dressed like a queen, she took a different approach and directly played the role of a silly and sweet girl.

After all five people finished their performance, director Lu Jizhong began to doubt his life and thought: Are there so many different types of naive people?

Because Director Chen had already agreed in advance, he did not have high expectations for these relatives at the beginning, and even thought about making a decision by frying beans in a small pot.

But after watching the performance, his mind changed. He felt that Director Chen was not trying to use a backdoor, but was helping him and providing him with more and better options.

"Director Lu, what do you think of these?" Director Chen asked.

"Good, very good." Lu Jizhong nodded in satisfaction. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he said to the assistant director on the other side, "Let these people try out for the roles we decided on yesterday. After watching their performances, I think we've found more suitable candidates."

The five trainees were overjoyed when they heard this. They had been worried about not being selected, but now, they all have roles to choose from.

Zhang Wenye's glasses lit up. There was an unexpected gain?

He originally thought that others would be more suitable candidates, but he didn't expect that Zhou Chuyuan and others would be more suitable candidates than others.

I’m so lucky today!

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(End of this chapter)