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

"director……"

After Leonardo DiCaprio left, Gong Li glanced at Lin Bufan with a flirtatious look.

Ever since Gong Li learned that she could maintain her appearance by cultivating with Lin Bufan, she couldn't help but be attracted to him whenever she saw him.

There's a saying that goes, "I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light."

If you've never gotten younger, that's fine.

She can accept getting old; after all, who doesn't grow old?

She has the mindset to accept these things.

But how could she possibly tolerate the fact that she had the opportunity, and was able to achieve it, without any side effects, to become younger?

This doesn't seem like a cosmetic procedure.

Even with today's technology, and even with technology 20 years from now, there's no guarantee that cosmetic procedures will be completely risk-free.

This is especially true for actors, and even more so for film actors.

Television actors can say that because it's a small screen, cosmetic procedures don't have a significant impact, or if they do, it's not a major one.

However, for movie actors, even the slightest facial expressions on the big screen can be noticed.

……

"Brother Teng, I wish you all the best in landing the role!"

Inside the barbecue restaurant, Allen, Mary, Chang Yuan, and Wei Xiang raised their glasses and looked at Shen Teng.

Thank you all for your kind words!

Shen Teng accepted all comers without hesitation.

"This meal is going to cost a lot of money..." Wang Qi muttered to himself.

Of course, she wasn't stupid. Although she was dissatisfied and grumbled inwardly, she kept her voice down so that no one could hear her.

"Brother Teng..."

Mary raised her glass, about to speak, when suddenly the phone rang.

"Feed?"

Mary put down her wine glass, took out her phone, and glanced at it.

An unfamiliar number.

But after thinking about it, I answered the phone anyway.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Shen Teng?"

Chen Yu's voice came through the phone.

"No, wait, who are you?"

Mary was about to deny it when she suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked.

"This is the Kyoto Group. Is Mr. Shen Teng here?"

"Brother Teng, it's for you."

Mary hurriedly handed the phone to Shen Teng, her face full of joy: "It's a call from Kyoto."

"What?"

Shen Teng's face lit up with joy, and he quickly answered the phone: "Hello, this is Shen Teng."

"Yes, okay."

"Understood, I'll be there tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, Ms. Chen."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Teng couldn't stop smiling.

"Brother Teng?"

Allen and the others looked at Shen Teng with inquisitive eyes.

"I got the role!"

Shen Teng looked at the group with excitement.

"real?"

Congratulations, Teng Ge!

Ai Lun, Chang Yuan, Song Yang, and Wei Xiang were also happy for Shen Teng.

As members of Happy Twist, we've always had a good relationship because we've been rehearsing plays, mainly due to the lack of competition.

"Really?"

If we're talking about who's the happiest, it has to be Wang Qi.

"The call just now was from Director Lin's secretary, Ms. Chen, asking me to come to the company tomorrow to sign the contract," Shen Teng nodded.

"Very good!"

At the same time, Tang Guoqiang also received a call from Kyoto.

……

Two days passed in a row.

The roles of Iron Warrior and Viper have also been finalized.

Ultimately, the role of Iron Warrior, the pilot of a heavy mech, went to Chris Hemsworth.

After careful consideration, Fan Shaohuang was chosen to play the role of Viper.

This role, being a reconnaissance and raid type, requires some action, and Fan Shaohuang happens to be a good fit for the role in terms of both acting skills and other aspects.

In the end, only the Doctor, Aruo, and Yun, the male protagonist, remain.

The role of the doctor was ultimately won by Wu Zhenyu, a role that actually requires a very high level of acting skills.

Because the character of the doctor is somewhat crazy, Wu Zhenyu is just right to portray this crazy and mad feeling, but without making people feel disgusted.

Next up is the second female lead, the character A'Ruo.

Everyone already knows that the female lead, Ni, is played by Gong Li, and that's acceptable to everyone.

Regarding the character of Aruo, because Aruo is somewhat innocent and naive in the movie, her age absolutely cannot be too old.

Therefore, when the audition was first announced, it was stated that the actress playing the role of A'Ruo could not be older than 25.

Regarding age, they are very strict.

Normally, a naive and innocent character like this should be between 15 and 18 years old, but Lin Bufan also considered the acting skills involved.

Therefore, we can be a little more lenient regarding age, but absolutely not any more.

Compared to the audition scene a few days ago, there weren't many people auditioning today.

The main reason is that Lin Bufan was too strict about the age limit, so many second- and third-tier actresses from Hollywood came, but none of them met the requirements.

This included Kate Winslet, who came with endless anticipation, only to find out upon arrival that the lead role had already been cast.

She had originally planned to compete for the second female lead role, since she had been relying on her past success with "Titanic" for the past few years and wanted to make a comeback.

However, to everyone's surprise, when the audition requirements for the second female lead were released, age became the strictest requirement.

More than a dozen actresses from Hollywood came, but only one met the requirements: Emma Watson. At this time, the Harry Potter movie that made her famous should have been released.

The reality is that the adaptation rights to this novel have already been acquired by Extraordinary Pictures, and there are currently no plans to start filming.

Only three women from Japan and South Korea—Yui Aragaki, Yun-er Lin, and Yuri Kwon—meet the age requirements.

Six people from Hong Kong and Taiwan: Chung Chia-hsin, Lu Ching-shan, Kuo Tsai-chieh, Chen Yen-hsi, Wang Hsin-ling, and Yang Cheng-lin.

The largest group is from mainland China, consisting of 11 people: Liu Shishi, Tang Yan, Huang Shengyi, Wang Ziwen, Yuan Shanshan, Jing Tian, ​​Kan Qingzi, Zhang Jianing, Mao Xiaotong, Song Tie, and Lou Yixiao.

In total, there were only 21 people, several times fewer than the number of people who came to audition in the past.

"Number One!"

Zhang Tianai stood at the door, looking at the group of female celebrities outside with a calm expression.

"Here!"

Zhang Jianing's weak voice rang out as she raised her hand and approached Zhang Tianai.

"Okay, let's go in!"

Zhang Tianai glanced at the number plate in Zhang Jianing's hand and nodded.

"Hello, Director!"

After entering the audition room, Zhang Jianing stood somewhat reservedly in front of Lin Bufan, Gong Li, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Huo Wenxi.

Zhang Jianing is a student from the Central Academy of Drama, class of 05. She is a senior this year. Born in 89, she is only 19 years old, which is quite fitting in terms of age.

At this time, she had not yet made her debut. She would officially debut next year with the role of a literary soldier in the TV series "Little Aunt Duohe".