This director is vindictive.

Chapter 94 Jing Tian: Reporters are all big mouths!

"What about the other characters? Chen Ruoxi?" Fan Binbin asked again.

Chen Mo glanced at Fan Binbin and frowned slightly. He didn't expect her to be so persistent.

"You can audition for this role, but as you know, there are several investors for this drama, and I can't guarantee it." Chen Mo did not continue to refuse, but only gave her a chance to audition.

In "Search", the most outstanding characters are Ye Lanqiu and Chen Ruoxi.

But this answer obviously cannot satisfy Fan Binbin.

However, she didn't say anything else, as she knew that continuing to pester him would only backfire.

"Thank you, Director Chen. I'm looking forward to working with you." Fan Binbin picked up the red wine glass, clinked it with Chen Mo, and then drank it all in one gulp.

As soon as Fan Binbin left, Yang Mi came over.

"Is she here to take the female lead as well?" Yang Mi asked.

Chen Mo glanced at her and nodded: "What? Is it strange?"

"You agreed?" Yang Mi asked with a sour tone.

Chen Mo couldn't help but smile and jokingly said, "Why do you care so much about her? It has nothing to do with you."

"This woman is very powerful. Am I not just concerned about you?" Yang Mi said unhappily.

"Thank you. I'm not familiar with her, so how could I give her the female lead role in just a few words?" Chen Mo said with a smile.

"That's good. However, she is indeed amazing. Her works are obviously just so-so, but she has been hyped up to become an international star. Wow." Yang Mi said with envy and admiration.

"That's not right! If you didn't promise her anything, why does she look so happy?" Yang Mi suddenly looked at Chen Mo suspiciously again.

"I agreed to let her audition for the role of Chen Ruoxi," said Chen Mo.

"Haha, men are really pigs. You just want her body." Yang Mi said sarcastically.

Just at this moment, Wang Jun from Huayi came over with a female star.

Only then did Yang Mi stop talking about this.

"Director Chen, let me introduce you. This is Yao Cheng from our company."

"Director Chen, I've heard of you for a long time. You're even more handsome than I imagined. It's a pity that Director Chen has stopped acting, so the entertainment industry has lost a male idol. However, it's a blessing that the director circle has gained a great director." Yao Dazui praised.

"You're too kind. Ms. Yao is very good at speaking. No wonder she became the queen of Weibo." Chen Mo said lightly.

Some people might like Yao Dazui's big mouth, but Chen Mo really couldn't appreciate him. On the contrary, he felt a little disgusted when he saw this person.

Although Chen Mo didn't know the truth about Yao Dazui's cheating, he didn't like it anyway.

Wang Jun brought Yao Dazui here personally at this time, obviously he wanted Yao Dazui to play a role in "Search". Well, she played Chen Ruoxi in the original version.

But that was poet Chen’s choice, and definitely not Chen Mo’s choice.

No matter how it's performed, if I don't like it, I just don't like it.

Chen Mo chatted awkwardly in a disjointed manner, while Yang Mi beside him was quietly eating melons and said nothing, but there was a strange glint in her eyes.

Of course, she could see that Chen Mo was not at all interested in this enthusiastic loudmouth, which was completely different from his attitude towards Fan Binbin before.

Of course, Wang Jun couldn't just ask Yao Dazui to play Chen Mo's role. If he brought up this matter on the spot and was rejected, how embarrassing would that be?
So this trip is more about bringing them here to familiarize themselves with each other, so that it will be much easier when the time comes to actually decide on the roles.

After sending Wang Jun and Yao Dazui away, Yang Mi looked at Chen Mo with a strange expression and asked, "You don't seem to like her very much? Has she ever offended you?"

At present, Yao Dazui has not taken off her vest yet and is still the queen of Weibo. After the stars of Huayi leave and some set up their own companies, she will become the number one star of Huayi in the future. No wonder Wang Jun personally brought people here.

And judging from Yang Mi's reaction, it's obvious that she has a better attitude towards Yao Dazui than Fan Binbin.

"I don't even know her, why would I offend her? I just don't like her." Chen Mo said lightly.

"Tsk tsk, it turns out that men are animals with lower bodies. You didn't treat Fan Binbin like that just now." Yang Mi said with disdain.

"To put it bluntly, you just think she's not as pretty as Fan Binbin." Yang Mi added.

"Thanks for the exaggeration. It shows that my aesthetic taste is still very normal." Chen Mo didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"You big pig's hoof! What do you think? Tell me, who do you want to play the role of Ye Lanqiu?" Yang Mi asked curiously.

Chen Mo did not hide anything from Yang Mi and whispered Da Meiyuan's name.

Yang Mi suddenly understood.

"So it's her! However, her words do seem to be quite suitable. But did you know her before?" Yang Mi was a little curious.

"I don't know him, we have no connection." Chen Mo shook his head.

"Then why is it her?" Yang Mi was puzzled.

Chen Mo was stunned for a moment. Yes, why was it her?

He asked himself the same question. It seemed like he had preconceived notions. In the original version, Gao Yuanyuan did play Ye Lanqiu very well. No, it should be said that this movie portrayed her Ye Lanqiu so beautifully.

Just like Li Ruotong in the old version of "The Return of the Condor Heroes", even though there was Liu Tianxian's Little Dragon Girl later, Chen Mo will always remember the stunning feeling when Li Ruotong's Little Dragon Girl first appeared on the screen in "The Return of the Condor Heroes". That is a feeling that Liu Tianxian's Little Dragon Girl could not give.

The fact is, apart from the role of Little Dragon Girl in The Return of the Condor Heroes, which amazed him, he really couldn't remember any of Li Ruotong's other works.

By the same token, Ye Lanqiu, played by Gao Yuanyuan in "Search", is also someone Chen Mo remembers very clearly.

It's a personal preference.

Chen Mo actually hasn't figured out how to shoot the movie "Search". The original version can be used as a reference, but he will definitely not be like Chen Shishi, who turned a cyberbullying movie into a movie about women's marriage and love.

Chen Mo thought that since this was a film about cyberbullying, it should have stuck to the theme. For example, Mo Xiaoyu, a supporting character, why did she have so many scenes? Just because she was the director's wife? But it was his own movie, and Mo Xiaoyu wasn't his wife. Why?

But he hasn't figured out how to make the changes yet.

Beijing, Shengshi Pictures, inside Chen Mo’s office.

I watched as the rich young woman directed someone to bring in a white writing board, and then she took a pen and wrote the names of the characters in "Search" on it.

Then take the printed photos and stick them on one by one with magnetic stickers.

"Snap!" She clapped her hands, then looked at her masterpiece, looking as if it had been accomplished.

Then he turned around and said, "Look, it's much clearer now!"

"What do you think?" she asked, looking at Chen Mo again.

"Where did you learn this?" Chen Mo looked at the rich woman's actions in surprise.

"That's how it's done in the criminal investigation dramas in Hong Kong. It's very clear at a glance, isn't it?" Jing Tian looked at Chen Mo as if he was about to praise me.

Chen Mo was confused. Please, this is a movie casting, not a homicide case handled by the serious crime squad, Madam Jing!
However, to be honest, it is indeed clear at a glance.

"Well, okay, it's indeed a good idea. Have you read the novel?" Chen Mo asked.

"Yeah, I've seen it. Ye Lanqiu is really pitiful." Jing Tian nodded.

"You don't have to consider me. Ye Lanqiu, which of these people do you think is suitable?" Chen Mo asked.

On the writing board, there were several photos in Ye Lanqiu's column, including those of Gao Yuanyuan, Fan Binbin, Yang Mi, and one of Da Tiantian herself.

The wealthy young woman thought about it seriously. She took down her own photo and said with a pout, "I can't play her."

Then she took down Yang Mi's photo and said unhappily, "She's not good enough!" She didn't say why. For some reason, she seemed to be particularly hostile to Yang Mi.

Then she looked at Fan Binbin's photo, then looked at Gao Yuanyuan's photo, and finally took down Fan Binbin's photo.

Only Gao Yuanyuan's photo was left on it.

"I think she is very suitable! What do you think?" Jing Tian looked at Chen Mo with anticipation.

Chen Mo gave a thumbs up and said, "We really have the same vision. I also think she is the most suitable."

"What about the other roles? Assign them to me and I'll take a look." Chen Mo said and simply let the rich lady start playing.

The result surprised Chen Mo a little.

She actually put Yang Mi's photo under the name of the second secretary Tang Xiaohua. Well, it's understandable. She has never had a good impression of Yang Mi. And the character of Tang Xiaohua in the movie is really a very boring character.

Put Xiao Zhao's photo under Yang Jiaqi's name.

Put Yao Dazui's photo under Chen Ruoxi's name.

In the end, Fan Binbin’s photo was actually placed below Mo Xiaoyu.

Chen Mo asked curiously, "Why did you, Chen Ruoxi, choose Yao Dazui instead of Fan Binbin?"

Jing Tian looked at the photo and said as if it was a matter of course, "Chen Ruoxi is a reporter, and reporters are big mouths, so her big mouth is more suitable for reporters!"

Chen Mo felt surprised by this reason. You know what, after hearing what the rich lady said, there was actually some truth to it.

So in the original version, poet Chen used Yao Dazui because she has a big mouth?

Regardless of whether it is true or not, he has no intention of using Yao Dazui. He has no other intention, he just wants to annoy this person.

However, if you think about it carefully, you have to admit that, despite Fan Binbin, Yang Mi are two of the most outstanding female stars in the entertainment industry in their past and future lives.

But in fact, Fan Binbin’s film resources have always been poor. Yang Mi’s TV drama resources are good, but her film resources are also very poor.

On the other hand, Yao Dazui was regarded as a flower of evil in later generations, but people still continued to play music and dance.

Originally, Chen Mo was just chatting with Jing Tian about "Search" on a whim, but now he suddenly found it quite interesting.

He simply took out the restored version of the story of "Search" by poet Chen and gave it to Jing Tian.

He wanted to see what the rich young lady, an outsider, would think. However, no matter how Chen Mo thought about it, he felt like he was asking for advice from the desert. It was nothing else, the rich young lady seemed to have never had a very good taste in choosing movies.

The so-called Nan Jingtian and Bei Yihuan’s singing is not popular, but Zhuang Xingyan, um, forget it, it’s just a reference anyway.

Jing Tian was still very happy about Chen Mo talking to her about the script.

She looked at it very seriously, and her brows furrowed tightly as she looked.

It was just a story outline, without any dialogue or anything like that, it was mainly the story line, so she read it very quickly.

Looking up, Jing Tian hesitated, but still asked, "Why is Shen Liushu so easy to bully?"

"Ah?" Chen Mo looked confused.

What the hell? Shen Liushu is easy to bully?
"Shen Liushu is easy to bully? You think so?" Chen Mo was a little surprised.

"Yes, he's the chairman of a listed company, and Ye Lanqiu is her chief secretary and confidant. It can be said that he represents her to the outside world! Ye Lanqiu was framed by the media and cyberbullied, but he didn't care. They even accused her of being his mistress, but he didn't care. Isn't he too easy to bully?"

"Besides, he is a big shot who built his fortune from scratch. Is he so easy to bully?" the rich young woman asked seriously.

"Didn't he ruin Chen Ruoxi's reputation in the end?" Chen Mo asked.

"There's no need to go through so much trouble, right? You already know that you can sue the people from the Stab Cult for defamation, so why doesn't he know? Even if he doesn't know, his company's legal department should know." Jing Tian said with a look of confusion.

"Uh" Chen Mo suddenly felt a little confused. After thinking about it carefully, does it make sense?

It really makes sense. Now that I think about it, it's like Shen Liushu in the movie. He seems to be aloof and believes that those who are innocent will be innocent, but he ignores who he is. His character is the chairman of a listed company that he built from scratch.

Is it necessary to use that method to deal with Chen Ruoxi? It really feels a bit unreasonable.

"What else?" Chen Mo asked again.

"Also, isn't this a movie about online violence? Why does it seem like it's all talking about the relationship problems of Mo Xiaoyu, Chen Ruoxi, and Ye Lanqiu?" The rich young woman looked seriously puzzled.

"Do you think so too?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"You too? Hehehe." She immediately became happy when she heard Chen Mo's words.

"Then do you think Chen Ruoxi deserves to die?" Chen Mo suddenly asked again.

Jing Tian shook her head and thought about it seriously, then said, "In 'Death by the Net', she ended up jumping off a building and committing suicide due to cyberbullying. But that's too horrible."

"From Ye Lanqiu's perspective, isn't it gratifying that Chen Ruoxi, the abuser, eventually died from cyber violence?" Chen Mo asked.

"No, she is the perpetrator, but her crime does not deserve the death penalty! Besides, isn't there a law on cyber defamation now? Didn't you make this movie because you yourself were a victim of cyber violence and wanted to use this movie to serve as a warning? Then why not use the law to solve the problem?" Jing Tian asked back.

Chen Mo was silent for a moment, as if he suddenly understood something. Yes, although there was no clear explanation of the crime of cyber defamation when the novel "The Lost Internet" appeared, there is one now!
Isn't he the most obvious example?
Why did I choose to buy this novel? Wasn't it because I was once a victim of cyberbullying?
Suddenly Chen Mo had an idea!
Nowadays, there are still only a few cases of online defamation where private prosecutions are actually filed. So why don’t I use this movie to educate everyone about the law?

Regarding the character of Shen Liushu, Chen Mo actually always felt that as a self-made CEO, his so-called "the innocent will be innocent" statement was a bit too vague. In China, which boss who could build a listed company from scratch was easy to deal with?

He suddenly felt as if he had understood everything.

Moreover, this is Chen Mo's movie, not Chen Shishi's movie. He doesn't need to think so much and there is no need for him to be influenced by the original version.

"The Lost Internet" isn't a novel with explosive traffic, and this movie doesn't need to consider the influence of novel fans at all. Thinking of this, Chen Mo couldn't help but reach out and rub the little rich woman's nose affectionately, saying, "You really are a wake-up call!"

"Ah?" The young rich woman looked confused.

"Really? I was just saying it casually. This is your movie, you don't have to worry about me." She said with both surprise and worry.

"Tsk tsk, that's weird." Chen Mo looked at her and said with a strange expression.

"What's so strange?" The rich young woman looked puzzled.

"You sound very reasonable, but why is it that the movie you chose is..." Chen Mo was puzzled.

The little rich woman rolled her eyes, which was rare. Well, that was quite cute.

"Hmph, you're making fun of me, I won't say anything." She said, blushing a little.

"Okay, I don't mean to make fun of you. You're not short of money anyway, so just act casually and have fun." Chen Mo said dotingly.

Isn't it? Speaking of which, Jing Tian, ​​would you say she's ambitious? It seems not, but if you were to say she isn't, she's actually quite dedicated and serious every time she acts.

It's just that my vision seems to be a little lacking.

"Well, after we finish filming 'Search', we will film 'My Love from the Star'. You should stop taking random roles recently." Chen Mo said again.

He just didn't believe that he couldn't make the little rich lady popular. "My Love from the Star" is hailed as the most talked-about Korean drama since the advent of social media. If this trump card still doesn't work, then he can only use "Sito" which made the little rich lady popular in his previous life.

There is no reason why my rich lady is so unlucky!
"Yeah, I won't take the role. By the way, what preparations do I need to make to act in "My Love from the Star"? " Jing Tian naturally attached great importance to the drama "My Love from the Star" that Chen Mo mentioned, and asked seriously.

"There's nothing to prepare. This role is very suitable for you. Well, if I have to say something, it's just, forget it, I'll be there when the time comes." Chen Mo thought of the endless kissing scenes in "My Love from the Star". He could just direct them himself when the time comes.

He is not as generous as some directors who actually let his wife perform explicit scenes with other male actors in his own play. To be honest, Chen Mo really can't understand it.

Well, for example, Mr. Feng let his wife act out passionate scenes with a male actor in a movie. I don’t know if he is too bold, or too incapable, or if he has a special hobby?
There was also Wang, who had his wife perform a sex scene with the male lead in his own movie. Chen Mo couldn't imagine how Wang, as a director at the time, could have done it. Even more outrageous, he performed large-scale scenes with not just one male actor, but multiple actors in the film. His heart was too big to count.

Even his wife said frankly that she "couldn't bear it physically and mentally", but as a man, Wang actually complained that the scale was not big enough and asked for a larger scale of performance, which was out of line.

(End of this chapter)