The entertainment empire began with Liu Yifei's premarital pregnancy.

"Look at all these older male actors, every single one of them came here specifically for Lao Wu's role!"

Wang Zhiwen gestured to the male actors waiting for their auditions.

The audition for "Lust, Caution" announced that only three roles were auditioned: the second male lead, Kuang Yumin; the third male lead, Lao Wu; and the fourth male lead, Liang Runsheng.

Among them, only the role of Lao Wu, the third male lead, requires an older actor, while the roles of Kuang Yumin, the second male lead, and Liang Runsheng, the fourth male lead, both require younger actors.

Based on their age, all of these seniors were eliminated.

"It's a pity the male lead role has already been decided. Otherwise, given your role, Lao Wang, you could have tried to get the male lead!" Zhu Shimao looked at Wang Zhiwen with a regretful expression.

He came here just to try his luck, without much expectation, so he felt quite relaxed.

"By the way, do you know who's been chosen for the male lead?"

"Liang Jiahui!"

Wang Zhiwen spoke calmly.

"The Thousand-Faced Actor Liang Jiahui?"

Zhu Shimao nodded in approval after a moment of surprise.

As a longtime friend, Zhu Shimao was well aware of Wang Zhiwen's acting skills. If it were someone else, he might have even stood up for him.

But if it were Liang Jiahui, he thought it would be absolutely possible.

In the entertainment industry, if we're talking about the pinnacle of male actors' acting skills, then Leung Ka-fai is undoubtedly the one. He's known as the "Man of a Thousand Faces" for a reason.

From emperors to ordinary street vendors, there was almost no role he couldn't handle.

Many celebrities in the industry are said to have good acting skills, but they are only good at one type of role. For example, Chen Daoming is good at playing emperors. Apart from emperors and big bosses, he can hardly play ordinary roles.

But if we're talking about playing an emperor, many people would probably think of director Chen first.

There are many others, such as Zhang Songwen, who became a sensation in later years with his role in "The Storm." His acting skills are only suitable for certain specific roles, and he lacks some acting ability when he leaves those roles.

Not just anyone can be called a versatile actor; currently, there is only one person in the industry who can be called Liang Jiahui.

"Quiet down, the auditions are starting now. First up is the role of Liang Runsheng, the fourth male lead. Anyone interested in auditioning for this role, please line up over here!"

Just as Wang Zhiwen and Zhu Shimao were chatting, Bai Bing came out of the audition room and stood at the door.

As Bai Bing finished speaking, more than a dozen people stepped forward and began to line up at the entrance of the audition room.

There were more than 50 male celebrities present, most of whom came for the second and third male leads, while the fourth male lead had very little screen time.

Of course, he is still an important supporting role. For many male stars, if they are not confident enough to compete for the second or third male lead, they can only compete for the fourth male lead.

For example, Jia Nailiang is one of them.

Jia Nailiang is also from Beijing Film Academy, but he was a graduate of the class of 01, so he is Lin Bufan's senior.

Besides Jia Nailiang, there is also Zhu Yilong, a freshman at the Beijing Film Academy.

……

"Hello Director Lin, my name is Shen Teng!"

The actor who auditioned for the role of Liang Runsheng, the fourth male lead, came in and first bowed slightly to Lin Bufan and the other two.

"Shen Teng?"

Upon hearing the name, Lin Bufan looked up and carefully examined the other person.

It has to be said that Shen Teng, the school heartthrob of the PLA Academy of Arts, truly deserves the title. He is indeed very handsome. However, considering the future generations, one can only say that Uncle Teng's prime was too short.

"Okay, you can audition for this scene."

Lin Bufan put all other thoughts aside for the time being and picked up a script to hand to the other party.

"You have five minutes to prepare!"

"Yes, Director Lin!"

Shen Teng took a deep breath, picked up the script, and carefully flipped through it.

The scene is actually quite simple. The scene is that Kuang Yumin asks Liang Runsheng to take Wang Jiazhi to experience life and to show that kind of secret joy. However, this secret joy cannot be seen by others and cannot be shown too much.

"Director Lin, I'm ready!"

Five minutes later, Shen Teng took a deep breath and put the script down.

"We can begin!"

Lin Bufan leaned back in his chair, ready to see how Shen Teng would perform.

Lin Bufan had a slight expectation for Shen Teng's performance. After all, in his future life, Shen Teng was a box office star with hundreds of billions in revenue. From "Goodbye Mr. Loser" to "Hello Mr. Billionaire", "Crazy Alien", the "Pegasus" series, "Lone Wolf on the Moon", "Claw Machine"...

It can be said that the quality of a comedy film determines its box office potential.

For a comedy film, the name Shen Teng is a living advertisement.

However, after Shen Teng finished his performance, Lin Bufan frowned slightly.

Logically speaking, this scene should have been very simple, but Shen Teng's performance did not meet Lin Bufan's expectations.

In a regular movie, Shen Teng's acting was passable, but for the movie "Lust, Caution," his acting was somewhat lacking.

Moreover, he also realized that Shen Teng was not suitable for this kind of role.

"It seems comedy is his true talent."

Lin Bufan looked at Shen Teng and thought to himself, "Let's go back and wait for news!"

"Okay, Director Lin!"

As Shen Teng walked out of the audition room, he couldn't help but look back. He didn't know if Director Lin had approved of his acting skills.

Lin Bufan certainly approves of Shen Teng, but only of his comedic roles; he doesn't care about other types of characters. Moreover, Lin Bufan feels that...

If I remember correctly, Shen Teng seems to have signed with Happy Twist...

After Shen Teng left, Lin Bufan secretly plotted in the audition room.

Lin Bufan would definitely sign Shen Teng, a box office guarantee, to his side. However, he has already signed with Happy Twist, but that doesn't matter. He can always just acquire Happy Twist himself.

"Next!"

Just as Lin Bufan was lost in thought, Bai Bing called in the next person.

"Hello Director Lin, my name is Yang Yang."

Yang Yang, looking somewhat inexperienced, stood in front of Lin Bufan and the other two.

He's from the PLA Academy of Arts again, and he's the next most handsome guy at the academy after Shen Teng.

Unfortunately, his acting was too superficial, which was not what Lin Bufan wanted.

"Next!"

"Hello Director Lin, my name is Li Jiahang!"

"Hello Director Lin, my name is Lei Jiayin!"

"Director Lin, hello! My name is Sun Yizhou!"

"Director Lin..."

Next, it seemed to be a special session for the Shanghai Theatre Academy, with several auditionees coming from there.

It seems as if it were a pre-arranged agreement: after the Shanghai Theatre Academy, one would go to the Central Academy of Drama.

Wen Zhang, Chen Xiao, Dai Xu, and others, one after another.

In later generations, these actors will mostly be well-known male actors in the industry, but at this point in time, some of them have just graduated from school, some are still studying, and some have even just been admitted to various universities this year.