He plays Feng Yuxiu, and his girlfriend is a fairy-like beauty.

same.

The night Chen Shuting appeared, Gao Ye's phone went off the hook.

Her first scene in "The Storm" was a tea room mediation.

Wearing a minimalist black cheongsam, she sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, a thin cigarette between her fingers, and behind the smoke, her eyes exuded an imposing aura.

Her voice wasn't loud, but every word she spoke was like a nail driven into the knees of every man present.

The screen was filled with comments at that moment.

"Sister-in-law!"

"Chen Shuting has such an aura, she's a natural-born talent."

"I automatically shut up the moment she opened her mouth."

......

Gao Ye was actually extremely nervous when filming this scene.

The cheongsam was finalized after the stylist made three changes at the last minute. The cigarette in her hand was a prop; she doesn't smoke at all, and her fingers were trembling when she lit it.

But it's not visible on the monitor.

Ye Mo wanted that state of being relaxed on the surface but tense on the inside, which perfectly combined with her own tension, and the result was absolutely amazing.

the next morning.

Her agent called, his voice filled with an excitement he hadn't felt in a long time.

"Sister Gao, there are three scripts, not cameos, but important supporting roles. One of the directors specifically asked for you, saying that after watching Chen Shuting's tea room scene, he said that this actress has a rare kind of composure in her eyes."

Gao Ye held his phone, leaning against the hotel window.

She is thirty-six years old this year.

She's been acting in the industry for over a decade, playing roles ranging from fourth female lead to third female lead, and then from third female lead to important supporting roles, and then she's stuck there.

After I turned thirty-five, I received fewer and fewer scripts each year, and the age of the characters I played became younger and younger each year.

For a time, she even felt that her acting career might just end there.

There are three scripts lying on my phone right now.

She sent Ye Mo a message.

"Director Ye, the role of Chen Shuting is the best gift I have ever received in my life."

Aruna's reaction was even more enthusiastic than Gao Ye's.

At the dinner party in Mang Village, Li Hongwei's statement, "My name is Li Hongwei!" was met with the response, "So what if you don't appreciate my kindness? Do you even know where the 'Mang' in Mang Village comes from?"

It was turned into a parody video, and its views on Bilibili exceeded one million overnight.

In the video, his face was photoshopped into various scenes.

He slammed his fist on the table at the United Nations General Assembly, and at Hogwarts, he told Dumbledore, "My name is Li Hongwei."

At Avengers headquarters, he said to Thanos, "So what if you don't appreciate my kindness? Do you even know where the 'Mang' in 'Mang Village' comes from?"

After watching the absurd video, Aruna laughed for a full five minutes, then reposted it to her Weibo account with the caption: "Do you know where the 'Mang' in 'Mang Village' comes from? I want to know too."

The comment section was flooded with thousands of replies instantly.

"Don't push your luck!"

"Tell me exactly how you got it!"

Aruna's smile vanished for a moment as she looked at the last comment.

He put down his phone and picked up the script from the coffee table.

This is the third audition invitation he has received today.

He used to receive less than three a year.

the other side.

After the scene where Su Xiaoding's character, Gao Qisheng, dies aired, his name remained on the trending topics list all night.

In the drama, Gao Qisheng transforms from a timid scholar into a complete madman.

Especially the scene where he chases after Li Hongwei with a frozen fish.

He's been dubbed the "Frozen Fish God of War" by netizens.

Then the screen was filled with comments like "Su Xiaoding's acting is amazing".

When Su Xiaoding saw this scene in her hotel room in Hengdian, she was startled by her own reflection on the screen.

He was completely immersed in the role when filming this scene, and after filming, he squatted in a corner of the set for a long time.

Ye Mo walked over, handed him a cigarette, and squatted down next to him without saying anything.

Looking at Gao Qisheng on the screen, he suddenly understood why Ye Mo hadn't said anything back then.

Some things don't need to be said.

The next morning, his agent sent him a message.

"Three announcements, two scripts, one of which is for the second male lead. You've finally got your chance."

Su Xiaoding stared at the message, her finger hovering over the screen for a few seconds.

Then he opened the "Raging Storm" cast group chat and sent two words.

"woke up."

Jia Bing replied instantly.

"What do you mean 'wake up'? My wife dragged me out of bed at 5:30. She said she dreamt about Xu Jiang last night, which scared her so much that she woke up in the middle of the night and then woke me up. I'm not Xu Jiang!"

The group chat was filled with laughing emojis.

Aruna followed up with a message.

"Songwen, I heard your schedule is booked until next month? Share your secret!"

Zhang Songwen replied after a while, his tone neither hurried nor slow.

"The secret is to listen to Director Ye. What about you? Your parody videos are almost as popular as the actual movie."

"Songwen, are you watching that meme too?"

"My daughter sent this to me. She's been saying in class every day that Gao Qiqiang knows Li Hongwei, and I can't explain it to her."

Gao Ye added a comment, his tone slightly teasing.

"Teacher Songwen, is it convenient for you to go out to buy groceries now?"

"It's inconvenient. Yesterday I went to the supermarket, and the lady selling fish recognized me. She insisted on giving me a two-dollar discount and said, 'It's my honor to have you buy fish, Brother Qiang.' I was too embarrassed to tell her that when I was slacking off on the set, it was all fake, all an act."

Jia Bing added a comment from behind.

"You're alright. After I went back to my hometown, the neighbors all avoided me, saying that this family was a criminal gang. My wife almost cried on the spot. I quickly explained that it was all acting! I'm a skit actor! Then the neighbors got even more scared and said that skit actors can be even more perverted when they play psychopaths."

The group chat was filled with a whole row of "hahahaha".

Aruna suddenly blurted out a sentence.

"To be honest, in the past, when I finished filming in other productions, I would add people on WeChat at the wrap party and never really keep in touch with them. But in our production, no matter how long it's been since filming wrapped, the group messages haven't stopped for a single day."

Gao Ye replied.

"Because other film crews have work groups, this one is a family group."

The group chat was silent for a few seconds.

Then Zhang Songwen posted a message.

"Well said."

......

Online discussions about Ye Mo's casting choices reached a climax this week.

Someone compiled a table showing the resumes of all the main actors in "The Storm". The left side shows their popularity before starring in "The Storm", and the right side shows the increase in popularity after the show aired.

In the table, the right side of each person's chart is significantly higher than the left side, and the growth curves are almost all straight lines.

"Ye Mo has an excellent eye for casting; not a single actor is superfluous."

"Zhang Songwen waited for over twenty years, Gao Ye was stuck in a bottleneck period for supporting actresses for ten years, Jia Bing was a sketch comedy actor, Aru was a newcomer, and Su Xiaoding played minor roles for over ten years. All these people together are a chronicle of the buried talents in the Chinese entertainment industry. Ye Mo unearthed them all with one drama. He's a casting genius!"

In the comments section, someone also brought Deng Chao into the discussion.

"Don't forget Mad Donkey! That famous scene with Michael Jack the Donkey, starring Deng Chao, was also directed by Ye Mo! The scene where Deng Chao visits the set and gets his head shaved and thrown into jail is trending on social media now!"

"Who came up with the nickname 'Michael Jack the Donkey'? It's so catchy."

When Deng Chao saw this comment at home, he jumped up from the sofa.

Sun Li was leaning against the headboard reading a script when she heard the noise and looked up.

"What are you doing now?"

"I'm trending! Mad Donkey! Michael Jack the Donkey!"

Sun Li lowered her head and continued reading the script.

"Don't you already have enough nicknames? You've got a bunch from Running Man, and now you have another one, Michael Jack Donkey. How many nicknames are you planning to accumulate?"

"This is different. The nicknames on Running Man were just for variety show effect, but this one was tricked into being one of my characters by Ye Mo. I'll let my work speak for itself!"

"You consider having your head shaved a work of art?"

"That's called sacrifice! Sacrifice for art!"

Sun Li closed the script and looked at him intently.

"Have you noticed that you've been mentioning Ye Mo more often than me lately?"

Deng Chao's mouth opened and closed, closed and opened again.

Then he chose to shut up.

Inside the interview room.

Zhang Songwen sat in front of the camera, wearing a dark blue shirt.

This is his first media interview as the lead actor.

The reporter was a young woman wearing glasses; she had the interview outline beside her but didn't look at it much.

After asking the first few routine questions, she asked a question that wasn't on the outline.

"Teacher Zhang, how did you get the role of Gao Qiqiang?"

Zhang Songwen remained silent for a few seconds.

"Director Ye put the script in front of me and said, 'Teacher Zhang, this role is yours.'"

His voice was steady, but the fingers gripping the armrests of the chair tightened and loosened rhythmically.

"I've been in this industry for over 20 years, and this is the first time someone has trusted me so much. In this industry, trust is the most valuable thing, more valuable than any amount of money he pays me. He is my mentor."

The reporter paused for a moment, then put down his pen and said very softly.

"Gold shines wherever it is."

Zhang Songwen lowered his head and smiled.

"Gold also needs someone to dig it out of the ground, and Director Ye is that person."

After the interview ended, Ye Mo's phone rang.

The caller ID showed it was Mr. Hou.

"Six satellite TV stations are vying for the second-run broadcast rights of 'Raging Waves.' CCTV wants to strike while the iron is hot and do an exclusive interview with the main creators. You lead the team, and Zhang Songwen, Jia Bing, and Gao Ye will all come."

There was an undisguised sense of satisfaction in Old Hou's voice.

"You little rascal, you've really succeeded this time."

......