Chapter 394: Fighting for the heroine
After the audition for the heroine selection, several people present who were in charge of the interview gave their opinions.
Several department managers spoke first and basically voted for the two first-line actresses. Even Hu Rui, the artist department manager, also voted for one of them.
Only Xu Wei, the manager of the planning department, voted for Zhang Yuxi. He also gave his reasons, which was that compared to the other two, the salary was lower, his acting skills were online, and his appearance was good.
After several department managers expressed their opinions, it was the turn of the three female executives of the company, Sun Wulu, and Zhao Guoqing, the company's art director.
Zhao Guoqing first stated that based on his understanding and impression of the heroine of the script, among the three, Zhang Yuxi's personal appearance is undoubtedly more suitable in terms of character compatibility. In addition, the salary is lower than the other two.
But in terms of acting skills, Zhang Yuxi is the worst, and relatively speaking the least famous.
These three have their own advantages and disadvantages, but after comprehensive weighing, he felt that he should choose Zhang Yuxi.
As the company’s artistic director, Zhao Guoqing made such a statement, and Sun Xiaorui also echoed: “I also think Zhang Yuxi is the most suitable. Her acting skills may not be as good as the other two, but she looks good. She is the most beautiful, fits the role of the heroine well, and the pay is also the lowest.”
After the remaining Wu Mengting and Lu Sijia looked at each other, Wu Mengting motioned for her to speak first, and Lu Sijia was not polite. , said directly: "As Director Zhao said, the three of them each have their own advantages and disadvantages. If I had to choose one of the three, I personally tend to choose Zhang Yuxi." At this point, she glanced at Chen Feng, who was sitting in the middle. After a quick glance, he paused and continued, "But in my opinion, Zhang Yuxi is not the most suitable, so let's take another look and wait. Let's look around again and send audition invitations to several other actresses."
Wu Mengting also looked at Chen Feng at this time and asked: "Boss, what do you think?"
Chen Feng thought for a while and said: "I think Zhang Yuxi is pretty good, the best value for money, and her acting skills are also good. I think it's OK. Give her a chance. Also, I won’t hide it from everyone, her agent is private. I have been contacted below and she is personally willing to buy shares with her salary. We can discuss the specific share. I think you can give her priority.”
It was Chen Feng and Zhang Yuxi who bought shares with their salary last night. When discussing the script, Zhang Yuxi took the initiative. The reason is not only that she really wants to get this heroine role, but she is also very optimistic that this drama will be a hit in the future.
If it were someone else, Chen Feng might not be very willing to let the other party buy shares, but at that time Chen Feng had already communicated with her in depth and felt that she was really sincere before he agreed.
Of course, he was vaccinated in advance. Although he is the boss of the company, the real ones in charge of the company now are not him, but Lu Sijia and Wu Mengting. If they all objected, there was nothing he, the boss, could do.
Zhang Yuxi was quite sensible and nodded to express her understanding of Chen Feng's difficulties.
What Chen Feng said now undoubtedly means that he has chosen Zhang Yuxi. Lu Sijia, Wu Mengting, and Sun Xiaorui were not surprised by this.
However, Lu Sijia still insisted: "I think we can wait a little longer. After all, we have only auditioned three people now, and we need to audition at least three more people before comprehensive consideration and selection."
< br>Chen Feng glanced at Lu Sijia and nodded: "Okay. Let's wait a little longer."
Wu Mengting did not express her position. Obviously she was not very satisfied with Zhang Yuxi.
Chen Feng didn't want to be too obvious, lest people suspect that he was having an affair with Zhang Yuxi.
After the audition for the heroine here ended, Chen Feng was too lazy to stay in the company. Chen Feng was too lazy to take care of other casting matters, including the male lead, and left them all to Lu Sijia and Wu Mengting to have full control and decision.
After he came out of the company, he immediately went to the hotel room where Zhang Yuxi was staying, which was quite close to their company.
Zhang Yuxi made an appointment with him last night and will meet again after the audition today. And he was very discerning and sent away all the assistants and managers who were following him early.
“Brother Feng, what did they say?”
As soon as Chen Feng entered the room, Zhang Yuxi hurriedly came over to ask, with a look of nervousness and expectation.
No wonder she is like this, her reputation has been declining in the past two or three years. Originally, her main focus was on singing career, but now the record industry is in recession. She finally released a new album last year, but her sales were not as good as before. She could only rely on some advertising endorsements, commercial performances, and occasional appearances on TV. Show your face and participate in some television entertainment programs to maintain your popularity.
But generally speaking, she has been resting on her laurels in the past two or three years.
She also entered the entertainment industry before. With the support of her contract company, she also starred in a costume drama and achieved pretty good results.
However, her acting skills at the time were indeed not very good. In addition, the contract company had limited resources, so some of her acting resources were transferred to other female artists in the company, and she was no longer praised.
Although some film crews outside the company also invited her to film, but either they wanted to cast her, or the script was too bad, or it was just a second and third female role with a broken personality, so of course she couldn't be willing.
As a result, her acting career was interrupted.
Now Fengmang Film and Television has suddenly emerged. Not long after its establishment, it launched the hit drama "Heshan Order", and another urban drama that has just been produced is also going to be broadcast on stars, which has attracted people in the industry. widespread attention.
Now that Fengmang Film and Television is launching a large-scale production, it naturally attracts the envy of many artists, including Zhang Yuxi.
Zhang Yuxi urgently needs to take off in acting and take her fame to the next level.
"Among the three of you, the main executives of the company are still inclined to choose you. But Lu Sijia is not very satisfied with you yet. In addition, she has also sent audition invitations to several other first-line actresses. She must wait until they have auditioned. "
Hearing Chen Feng's statement, Zhang Yuxi was a little disappointed, but she immediately stepped forward to hold his arm and asked with a smile: "Did you, the boss, take my stand yesterday? Have you told them about your investment in the company with your salary? "
"Of course, I have expressed my support for you and said that if there is no accident, I will still be optimistic about you. "
"What did Meng Ting say?"
"Well...she didn't express her opinion, but I think she still likes you the most among the three people who auditioned today. ”
"That... that's good. When you go back, say something nice in front of her for me."
"Don't worry. I will definitely try my best to help you win. The next actresses will come over to audition. , I will definitely help you reject it.”
Chen Feng didn’t say anything so generous last night. The main reason was that he was not sure about her acting skills last night, but he was sure today, plus two more. If you don't choose her for friendship, even salary and stock ownership, who should you choose?
"Brother Feng, you are so kind."
After hearing Chen Feng's words, Zhang Yuxi was naturally elated and immediately offered a sweet kiss.
Chen Feng stayed in the hotel until 12 noon before leaving. It wasn't that he didn't want to have lunch with her, but it was just that it was not very convenient here in the hotel. After all, she is now a quasi-A-list female star. He returned to Hongshu Bay, but neither woman came back for dinner. Mainly because the company was too busy with auditions and casting, so they couldn't leave.
Chen Feng had eaten lunch prepared by Sister Xue alone at home. He had just sat on the sofa in the living room and watched TV for a while when he received a call from Yang Ziying.
Chen Feng and her met when they were in Austria. Chen Feng even helped her, and then the two exchanged contact information with each other.
It’s just that Chen Feng was still unknown at that time and was just a fan of hers. After the two met that time, they never contacted each other again.
Unexpectedly, Yang Ziying suddenly called him now. After Chen Feng made a little guess, he knew that her identity as the boss of Fengliang Film and Television should be known to her.
Sure enough, as soon as Chen Feng was connected, Yang Ziying smiled and asked: "Is this Chen Feng, Boss Chen?"
"I am Chen Feng, Sister Yang, you suddenly gave me What’s the matter with my call?”
For Yang Ziying, a domestic first-line star, Chen Feng’s mentality has always been relatively stable. After all, we are all human beings, not to mention that he is now the boss of a film and television company. Facing a big star like her, Chen Feng is still very confident.
"Chen Feng, it's so hard for you to hide this from me. If I hadn't happened to know today that you are the boss of Fengmang Film and Television, I would still have been kept in the dark by you."
Yang Ziying came up directly and made Chen Feng frown slightly. To be honest, the two of them didn't know each other very well. Although she had some friendship in Austria, it was him who helped her. Rather than the other way around.
Of course Chen Feng didn't like her tone of questioning now. Of course, he also knew that this should be the reason why the other party wanted to get closer to him. He was not really angry. He just said calmly: "Sister Yang, I didn't hide anything from you on purpose. When I first met you, , Fengmang Film and Television has not yet been established.”
“Haha, what I’m talking about is that this time your company invited me to star in “The Sapphire Case”. You, the boss, didn’t contact me, but just asked the general manager of your company to contact me. Didn’t you deliberately hide it from me and treat me like a friend? I’m very sad. How are you going to compensate me?”
This is really...
A big star, and she is also a woman, wants compensation from you like a baby, what should you do?
"I... I'll treat you to dinner next time. When you come to Xiuzhou."
Chen Feng was caught by her, and it was hard to deny it, so he could only be so perfunctory. He could totally ignore her, but she was a big star after all, and it wouldn't be good to offend her. And to be honest, for a big star to lower his body and talk coquettishly and cutely like you is enough to give him face.
The other party gave him face, so of course Chen Feng had to give the other party face.
"Well, you can treat me to dinner today. I'm in Xiuzhou now. What do you think of the evening? You can choose the location, I can do it."
When Chen Feng heard this When she said this, she immediately felt like she was being tricked. Sure enough, none of the female fairies in the entertainment industry are fuel-efficient.
It took just a few words to lure him in.
This has been said. It is not impossible for Chen Feng to regret it now, but it will definitely be very embarrassing, and both of them will lose face.
He is a face-saving person.
So, Chen Feng immediately pretended to be bold and said: "Okay. It's a food stall on Yongchang Road. What do you think?"
Yang Ziying chuckled: "Okay. If you really invite me to eat at a food stall, I will definitely accompany you."
Chen Feng had no idea. After so many years in the entertainment industry, it was really hard for Chen Feng to figure out how to be able to reach the top position now.
"Just kidding. I'll invite you to a private restaurant, Wenhuaju, at seven o'clock in the evening. What do you think?"
"Okay, guest is welcome. I'll do it today." I'm free in the afternoon and evening."
"Okay, I'll send you the address later."
...
After hanging up the phone, Chen Feng secretly shook his head. This woman is really... able to bend and stretch, and her emotional intelligence is very high.
Needless to say, the reason why she took the initiative to come to Xiuzhou and had dinner together this time was definitely for "The Sapphire Case". In addition, of course she also wanted to formally make acquaintance with Chen Feng, the boss of Sharp Film and Television.
In the past, Chen Feng was just a passerby, at most a fan with some money. Even though the two exchanged contact information, they never contacted each other again after parting ways.
Of course, what Chen Feng didn’t know was that she had some changes in her career and relationship some time ago, which left her physically and mentally exhausted and not interested in anything, so of course she didn’t think of taking the initiative to contact her. He is a fan with some money and connections.
It was only recently that she regained her energy and planned to start working again. It was because "The Sapphire Case" gave her the idea of contacting and contacting Chen Feng again.
At 6:30 in the evening, Chen Feng brought Sun Xiaorui and Wu Mengting to Wenhua Residence. Not long after, Yang Ziying also brought her manager Hao Xiaolian to the appointment.
After the two parties met for a while and exchanged affectionate greetings, they went to sit down in the private room and after ordering the food, Hao Xiaolian, who was a girl and a boy, looked at Chen Feng and said with admiration: "Chen Feng, you are really impressive. You contacted me to buy it back then. Film and television company, I thought you were just playing for fun, and I didn’t think you would achieve any results. Unexpectedly, you really achieved results and gave us in the industry a big surprise.”
< br>"This is really not my achievement. I just found and used the right people. Now my company is mainly led by Lu Sijia, and the two of them help me manage it together. Normally, I don't go to my company."
Hao Xiaolian shook his head and said: "This is your brilliance and power. As a boss like you, you not only work hard on yourself, but also use the right people to make the company prosperous. Ordinary people really can't do this. to.”
This seems to be true.
I have to say that Hao Xiaolian’s words made Chen Feng very comfortable.
Soon after, the various dishes ordered were served. Everyone was chatting while eating, and the atmosphere was lively. Yang Ziying, Wu Mengting, and Sun Xiaorui were talking and laughing like ordinary best friends, and would join them from time to time. There was a burst of laughter, and they looked like they were having a great time talking.
By the time the food was served, everyone had almost finished eating. Hao Xiaolian got down to business: "Before, we didn't know that Fengmang Film and Television was Chen Feng's company. When we found out later, we contacted you immediately. In fact, as long as Chen Feng calls me or Xiaoying, we will definitely agree. If you star in "The Sapphire Case", you won't be paid as much as I am now. After discussing with Xiaoying, we decided to give 20 million to star in this drama, and we are willing to use 20 million to invest in this drama. What do you think?”
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