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

"Time's up, let's begin!"

Shen Ao reminded Guo Pinchao.

"yes!"

Guo Pinchao put down the script, took a deep breath, and began to perform the scene according to his own understanding.

As soon as the performance began, Lin Bufan couldn't help but frown.

"Alright, go back and wait for our notification!"

After waiting for the other party to finish performing, Lin Bufan waved his hand.

He's still acting like a typical idol drama character, just trying to look cool for the sake of looking cool, with no substance in his acting at all.

After Guo Pinchao came Wu Zun, Ming Dao, and Yan Chengxu.

Yan Chengxu became a household name across the country with his role in Meteor Garden, and he has quite a few fans. However, his acting skills are, to put it mildly, very awkward. He can barely manage to look handsome in some idol dramas.

The same goes for Mingdao. He only became popular because of idol dramas like "The Wedding Dress of Heaven" and "The Prince Who Turns into a Frog". His acting skills are only about the same as Yan Chengxu's.

"Hello Director Lin, my name is Luo Zhixiang, you can call me Little Pig."

Luo Zhixiang entered the audition room and bowed very respectfully to Lin Bufan.

"Okay! This is the script, let's familiarize ourselves with it first."

Lin Bufan glanced at the other person with interest.

In a sense, the two belong to the same type of person, the "playboy." The biggest difference is that Luo Zhixiang likes to play the roulette wheel, while Lin Bufan prefers to eat alone.

Aside from that, Lin Bufan greatly admired the other party's various performances in "Go Fighting!"

"Yes, Director Lin!"

Luo Zhixiang took the script and looked at it carefully.

As Lin Bufan had expected, his acting skills were only suitable for idol dramas, at least for now; he simply couldn't handle this role.

"These Taiwanese male actors, really..."

Shen Ao, standing to the side, shook his head helplessly, wanting to complain but giving up after thinking about it.

I really don't know who gave them the courage to audition for the role of Kuang Yumin, an actor who debuted in idol dramas.

If they really had the ability, that would be one thing, but their acting was absolutely terrible.

In fact, his acting skills were inferior to those of the actors who auditioned for Liang Runsheng earlier; they were simply not on the same level.

Among the Taiwanese actors who auditioned, only Juan Jingtian had truly impressive acting skills, though he was the best of a bad bunch.

His portrayal of Chen Guilin in Ruan Jingtian's later work, "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils," proved his acting skills, but that was nearly 20 years ago.

Aside from Juan Jingtian, even Wang Lihong, a singer, has better acting skills than the other idols. However, Wang Lihong's acting skills are just so-so; he hasn't escaped the category of just looking cool.

"Director Lin, hello, my name is Zhang Weijian!"

After the Taiwanese actors auditioned, it was Hong Kong's turn.

Cheung Wai-kin is undoubtedly one of the top male stars in the Hong Kong entertainment circle. Because of this, he has absolute confidence. He believes that if he auditions for a supporting male role, he will definitely get the role.

Finally, someone with decent acting skills!

Lin Bufan breathed a sigh of relief; the auditions of those idols had really tortured his eyes.

However, Lin Bufan's relief came a little too soon.

After Zhang Weijian finished his performance, Lin Bufan was even a little dumbfounded.

That's it?

I had assumed that since the other person had played Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West" and had also acted in classic TV series and roles such as "Clever Little Master" and "Young Zhang Sanfeng," their acting skills would be a pleasant surprise.

As a result, after he finished performing, Lin Bufan realized that he was wrong, and very wrong.

How should I put it, does Zhang Weijian have any acting skills?

It's safe to say, yes!

However, his acting skills are almost identical to those of the Taiwanese idol stars mentioned earlier. They all use the idol-style performance, with exaggerated expressions. They laugh when they are happy and cry when they are sad. Their performances are superficial and lack any depth.

Of course, to say that his acting skills are on par with those idols would be an understatement; they are indeed a bit better, but only by a limited margin.

After Zhang Weijian came Gu Juji.

His role as He Shuhuan in "Romance in the Rain" made him famous throughout the country. He can also sing well, but his acting skills are really not good. He is slightly worse than Zhang Weijian, but slightly better than idols like Yan Chengxu.

Raymond Lam, this wealthy young master from the Hong Kong entertainment circle, is best remembered by Lin Bufan for his role as the young Ying Zheng in "A Step into the Past," where he truly captured the charm of a young emperor.

His acting skills are far superior to Zhang Weijian's.

However, although his acting skills are good, he is not suitable for the role of Kuang Yumin.

In particular, he failed to portray Kuang Yu-min's simple, passionate, and patriotic ideals.

Lin Bufan had a lot of ideas about the character Kuang Yumin.

In fact, in his mind, this role was not much lower than Mr. Yi's; it just depended on whether anyone in the industry could portray it.

"Hello, Director Lin!"

Nicholas Tse walked in.

"kindness!"

Lin Bufan nodded casually. The two had met more than once or twice and were already quite familiar with each other.

Even before Nicholas Tse auditioned, Huo Wenxi had tried to secure a role for him by personally calling Lin Bufan to inquire, but Lin Bufan refused on the spot.

The only time Xie Tingfeng's acting skills impressed Lin Bufan was in the role of Qiu Gang'ao in the later "Raging Fire". In all his other movies and TV series, wasn't he just showing off his good looks?

As for his acting skills now, they're about the same as Zhang Weijian's.

In fact, Huo Wenxi had already told Xie Tingfeng, but he didn't believe in superstition and thought he could do it himself, so he insisted on trying it out, and the result was obviously disappointing.

His acting skills naturally did not meet Lin Bufan's requirements.

At this point, all the male stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan were eliminated by Lin Bufan without exception.

……

"See? These Hong Kong and Taiwan actors didn't look too good when they came out. They must have all been eliminated by Director Lin!" Tong Dawei nudged Huang Xiaoming.

"The rest is up to us to fight for!"

As Huang Xiaoming spoke, he glanced at the remaining people.

The others weren't stupid either; they all understood the situation. They were all competitors, especially Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei, Lu Yi, and Liu Ye, who posed the greatest threat.

"Yin Xiaotian!"

Bai Bing came out of the room.

"They're here!"

Upon hearing his name called, Yin Xiaotian hurriedly ran over. The others glanced at him and felt a little nervous.

Yin Xiaotian is now one of the four most popular young actors in mainland China, and he is very competitive.

"Hello Director Lin, my name is Yin Xiaotian!"

Yin Xiaotian auditioned for the role of Zhao Huai'an during the filming of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate". Although his acting skills were good, he was rejected because his temperament did not match the character of Zhao Huai'an.