196. Gunman Scumbag (13) (1/2)

Not only Chen Miaoyi, but even Xu Xinyue herself was shocked.

She stood up in surprise: "Director Miao? What did you say?"

Director Miao looked at her and asked in surprise, "Why? You don't know yet?"

The screenwriter has great power. Basically, if the screenwriter of each crew has any preference, they will discuss with the director and decide on a few roles. Director Miao has been in a state of excitement since he finished watching "The Way of Heaven". He was about to ask for the phone number of the author Yan Ming to discuss with him how they should shoot this "The Way of Heaven". The other side said directly that Yan Ming asked Yan Ming to designate the actor of the role of the little girl in the book.

Director Miao was still a little unhappy at the time. Although this circle is such a trend, in his opinion, Yan Ming may be a great god in the online literature world, but in the screenwriter world, he is a pure and thorough newcomer.

Since his debut, he has directed countless movies and TV series, and basically every work has been well received by the audience and the market. It is because of his meticulous temperament and strict requirements for the artists who play the roles that he has achieved what he has today.

If Yan Ming wanted to insert an insignificant minor supporting role, Director Miao would not go against him. The problem is that the little girl is the core character in "The Way of Heaven".

It can even be said that in the eyes of many die-hard readers, she is more important than the protagonist. If this role is ruined, the book "The Way of Heaven" will also be ruined.

Director Miao has no doubt about Yan Ming's writing ability. After all, he has finished reading the book himself. The sophisticated writing style and the ups and downs of the plot without losing the sense of excitement really make it hard to believe that this is just the author's first book.

But a good author does not mean that he can also be a good screenwriter.

This is a genius. He will definitely become a good screenwriter in the future, but now, Yan Ming is just a newcomer.

If they can make friends, it will be a good thing for both parties. However, Director Miao's first step in establishing peace encountered obstacles.

About who will play the little girl.

According to Director Miao's original idea, the actress who plays the little girl must be the kind of person who looks pure and elegant, and has a good dancing foundation. Of course, it would be even better if she is not afraid of hardship and doesn't cry and shout about pain when hanging on wires.

She must be good at acting, even if she is not perfect, she must be trained. If she looks good but has average acting skills, Director Miao would rather give up the role.

Everyone knows how big a crime it is to ruin the original work.

If it is really not filmed well, especially now that "The Way of Heaven" is sweeping the entire Internet, those readers who are hotly discussing the start of filming of "The Way of Heaven" are now excited and looking forward to it, and they will be so angry when "The Way of Heaven" is officially released.

Director Miao is old, and he has worked hard to maintain his reputation until now. He doesn't want to capsize in the gutter when he is old.

He has heard the investor say Yan Ming's age, and he felt a little uneasy before the discussion started. After all, men of this age are not very mature in the strict sense, and can even be said to be a little willful.

Maybe the star Yan Ming wanted to designate to play the role of the little girl was the star he liked. Director Miao thought about the appearance and temperament of several popular stars in his mind, and his heart became even heavier.

He was not sure that he could convince Yan Ming. After all, Yan Ming himself was the biggest investor in this investment. Director Miao couldn't wait to take over the play after reading the book. How could he bear to let go of such a good script?

In the end, Director Miao decided to tell Yan Ming that at most, he would designate the role of the heroine.

He himself was also half a fan of the book, and he knew very well that the consequences of ruining the role of the little girl were much more serious than ruining the heroine.

Before calling, he tossed and turned, repeatedly thinking about the draft in his mind, and prepared a lot of arguments to convince Yan Ming.

Before he called, Mrs. Miao looked at her husband's anxious look with worry, and was afraid that he would get angry, so she specially made a few dishes to reduce the heat.

As a result, Director Miao didn't come out for a long time, so Mrs. Miao simply went to the study to call him. As a result, when she opened the study door, she saw her old man looking at a pure and beautiful girl on the computer in a thoughtful state.

Mrs. Miao: ... This old man, his occupational disease has come back again.

After finishing the conversation with Wei Mingyan, Director Miao took great pains to find the few scenes of Xu Xinyue's face with lines and compared them one by one. After watching them for an afternoon, the more he watched, the more he looked forward to Xu Xinyue playing a little girl.

How come I have never heard of such an artist who has good looks, temperament, and acting skills before.

After checking with old friends, Director Miao also roughly understood.

After understanding, it is a pity that there are too many unspoken rules in the circle. Those who have no acting skills but only a face can get promoted, while artists who are quite excellent in all aspects are suppressed like this just because they are unwilling to sell themselves.

Director Miao was filled with regret. If he had discovered this pearl earlier, he would have allowed her to bring out her greatest charm in his works.

But it is not too late now. With him and Yan Ming protecting her, it is difficult to cover up the brilliance of this pearl.

I thought she was a person who got promoted by her appearance, but I didn't expect that she had everything. It was like she was tailor-made for the role of the little girl. Director Miao was very happy for several days. During the audition, he also checked the little girl as usual.

The check means that the role has been decided. The previous routine was probably to audition as usual, and then a group of artists worked hard, and then the original actor was decided behind the scenes. Since an artist was rejected by the internal decision after the audition and angrily posted this unspoken rule on Weibo, the circle simply changed the rules.

We don't pretend anymore, we will directly make the internal decision.

This role is here, no one should come to audition, anyway, whether the internally decided actor performs well or not is up to the audience, and it is useless for other artists to be jealous.

In general, except for the famous stars, the roles that are generally decided are basically some minor supporting roles that are not very eye-catching, and most of the artists who play them have backers behind them.

Chen Miaoyi had also relied on her bed and her ability to act like a spoiled child to pester several sponsors to help her get a role. Although it was impossible to get the female lead, every time she could join the crew without having to audition and figure out the role, while others were still struggling to memorize the script, Chen Miaoyi was so proud.

Maybe it was because she had been admired for her looks since she was a child. She was used to looking down on others from a high place. No matter how hard others tried, they could only watch her get the role. Chen Miaoyi felt that she would never get tired of it for a hundred years.

It was of course cool to stand on a high place, but this time, she was standing at the bottom, looking up at Xu Xinyue, who had been stepped on by her.

Chen Miaoyi almost lost her composure.

"The Way of Heaven" had a huge influence. It was not that she had not looked for sponsors she had served before in order to join the crew, but this time, none of them could get Chen Miaoyi into the crew.

Director Miao himself doesn't like internal appointments. This time, the majority of investors are with the screenwriter. Although the film and television copyright is not in Yanming's hands, they can't get involved in the company that bought "The Way of Heaven".

Helplessly, Chen Miaoyi, who has no privileges, had to read the book "The Way of Heaven" honestly, and then auditioned with other artists very reluctantly.

Just now, when she was inside, Chen Miaoyi first looked at the list of confirmed internal appointments and was happy. Chen Miaoyi was 100% sure that Xu Xinyue would definitely audition for the role of the little girl. Today was the first day, and the news had not been released. Xu Xinyue had no connections and resources, so she definitely didn't know about this news.

I didn't expect her luck to be so good. The only crew that couldn't get involved, Xu Xinyue couldn't get ahead.

Chen Miaoyi finished the performance in a good mood.

She played a character who didn't appear much but was called the most beautiful in the book. Chen Miaoyi was very confident, but Director Miao asked her to play the part where this character died.

Chen Miaoyi was not good at tragic dramas, and she was just happy that Xu Xinyue didn't get the role, so her expression was a little stiff.

At the end, she could see that Director Miao didn't think much of her acting skills, so Chen Miaoyi was anxious. When she went out, she gritted her teeth and bent her chest towards Director Miao.

From that angle, Director Miao should be able to clearly see her white skin under the light-colored underwear.

As long as Director Miao had a little lust, Chen Miaoyi was sure that she could sleep with him.

However, Director Miao glanced at her unconsciously and immediately shifted his gaze to other places, refusing to look at Chen Miao again.

Chen Miaoyi then remembered that Director Miao and Mrs. Miao had a good relationship. They had been married for 30 years. As a well-known director in the circle, Director Miao had never been involved in any scandals. People in and out of the circle said that he was clean.

She used to sneer at him, thinking that men are all lustful animals, how could they not be moved by beauty? Director Miao had not been exposed to any scandal, but he was just clean.

But after what happened just now, she was half-believing and half-doubting.

How could any man resist her temptation? Was Director Miao pretending?

It was because of this idea that Chen Miaoyi wished that Director Miao was looking for her when he came over.

She deliberately raised her attitude a little higher, so that Xu Xinyue, the woman who had always been trampled under her feet, would know that the clouds in the sky and the mud on the ground are different.

But in the end, Director Miao actually came to look for Xu Xinyue.

She was actually the actress who was scheduled to play the second female role.

How could it be possible?

How could this be!

In the past few years in the entertainment industry, Xu Xinyue had no connections, no resources, and even only a few hundred fans.

When Chen Miaoyi goes out, she is surrounded by assistants and bodyguards. Xu Xinyue only needs to wear a mask when she goes out. No one will recognize her anyway.

How could she become the designated second female lead?

Why should it be Xu Xinyue!

The smile on Chen Miaoyi's face was stiff, and it was hard to tell whether there was more jealousy or resentment in her eyes.

Director Miao ignored Chen Miaoyi intentionally or unintentionally, and focused on Xu Xinyue, "My assistant just said that he saw you outside, but I still didn't believe it. Why hasn't your company notified you yet?"

Xu Xinyue subconsciously looked at Sister Qing, but saw that she was still in a daze.

She had to bite the bullet and answer, "I haven't received any news here, maybe..."

Just when she was talking, Sister Qing's phone rang. She quickly made an apologetic gesture and walked back a few steps to answer the phone.

"Yes, yes, I already know about it. Okay, I will take good care of Xinyue."

Although they didn't know what was said on the other end of the phone, seeing her mention Xu Xinyue and the happy look on Sister Qing's face, everyone present guessed what the person on the other end was saying.

Sure enough, after hanging up the phone, Sister Qing's trance and disbelief faded, and she returned to Xu Xinyue with joy in her eyes.

"Xinyue, the notice has come down. This time, the role of the second female lead in "The Way of Heaven" has been confirmed to be played by you."

Even though Xu Xinyue has always been a calm person, her heartbeat could not help but speed up when she heard these words.

In her mind, she remembered the phone call she had just received.

Mingyan said that he wanted to give her a surprise.

Did he do all this?

Director Miao smiled and glanced at Chen Miaoyi, who seemed to be unaware of the assistant's quiet reminder and looked more and more ugly.

Of course, he has been able to stand firm in the circle for so many years, relying not only on those works, but also on personal connections. Director Miao is a real old fox.

Since Xu Xinyue was confirmed as the second female lead, Director Miao has been thinking about her relationship with the author of "The Way of Heaven", whose real name is Wei Mingyan.

Xu Xinyue had offended someone because she refused to sell her body, and she has been suppressed until now. He spent so much effort to find the scenes for Xu Xinyue to play, but it took no more than an hour and a half. It is too unlikely to say that Wei Mingyan is a fan of Xu Xinyue.

And if it is an old acquaintance, with such a talented old friend, how could Xu Xinyue fall to such a miserable state.

Wei Mingyan must have met Xu Xinyue recently, and was willing to use this privilege for her.

Director Miao followed the road and went to Weibo.

"The Way of Heaven" has not started shooting yet, but it has been on the hot search for several days, and Director Miao is confident that the "The Way of Heaven" he shot will definitely stay on the hot search for a longer time.

He went to the author Yanming's Weibo.

It was said above that the prototype of the role of the little girl was his fiancée, and the pure-looking, clear-eyed Xu Xinyue in front of him, just standing here, without saying anything, Director Miao's mind would automatically replay the description of the little girl's expression in "The Way of Heaven".

Similar, too similar, no, not similar, exactly the same.

Even if Wei Mingyan didn't say it, this old fox was already 80% sure in his heart.

Xu Xinyue, it is very likely that Wei Mingyan's fiancée.

And he has a hunch that in the future he will have more dealings with this author who is about to transform into a screenwriter after becoming a god with his first book.

What else is there to say, more people, more roads.

When Director Miao came out to the toilet and saw the girl standing there, his eyes lit up.

This girl is much more beautiful in real life than on the screen.

But it's also true that they are all cannon fodder roles, it's good enough if they don't make them ugly, how can they make them look good?

Director Miao was about to go up to say hello, when he saw Chen Miaoyi, who had just tried to seduce him but was ignored by him, coming up arrogantly.

Although he couldn't see what they were talking about because he was far away, he could guess what this woman with no brains but beautiful face was doing just from Chen Miaoyi's facial expression.

It must be said that with Chen Miaoyi's personality, if she wasn't good-looking and her agent behind her was so resourceful, how could she have been so successful in the entertainment industry until now.

Anyway, Director Miao looked down on her, but he didn't bother to offend the sponsors behind her for Chen Miaoyi. At most, he would just ignore her.

As a result, he was too lazy to pay attention to Chen Miaoyi, and Chen Miaoyi started to make trouble herself.

Not to mention that Xu Xinyue has been acting calmly and quietly in the entertainment industry for the past few years, which makes people easily like her, just the fact that Wei Mingyan behind her made Director Miao couldn't help but take action.

He didn't have to do anything else.

Let the assistant listen to what Chen Miaoyi is saying, and then he will step forward and say Xu Xinyue is the second female lead.

Perfect solution.

As a result, he was waiting for the assistant who pretended to pass by a few women to come back, and then he received a call from Wei Mingyan.

They are definitely a couple, otherwise how could they be so nervous?

After defining it, Director Miao went up and slapped Chen Miaoyi in the face, stepping on a woman he didn't like to get the favor of a screenwriter who wrote excellent works.

Isn't this a good choice?

Director Miao still had a smile on his face, pretending not to see Chen Miaoyi's stinky face.

Anyway, he didn't know anything. If this woman dared to lose her temper with him, Director Miao would let her know why he has been standing firm in the circle for 35 years.

Of course, Chen Miaoyi didn't dare to get angry at Director Miao.

She could be arrogant and vent her anger at small artists with no foundation, but she really didn't dare to offend Director Miao.

So no matter how much she wanted to get angry, she still held it back, greeted Director Miao with a stiff expression, and left without looking at Xu Xinyue.

Seeing Director Miao's cold reply, Chen Miao felt almost depressed.

She looked at Xu Xinyue again, thinking about how proud this woman might be, but when she looked over again, Xu Xinyue didn't notice her at all.

She didn't even look at her. For Chen Miaoyi, Xu Xinyue was using this method to show that she looked down on her.

So she was so depressed that she was about to explode, but in front of Director Miao, she still had to leave step by step with an elegant posture.

Xu Xinyue!

Wait for me!

Xu Xinyue didn't notice Chen Miaoyi at all. Her mind was full of what her boyfriend had just said.

Did Mingyan really play this role?

She subconsciously didn't believe it. After all, the two of them had told each other about their family backgrounds, and Mingyan said that his family was a very ordinary family.

If Mingyan really did it to make her happy, then he must have paid something.

Xu Xinyue was a little worried that her boyfriend had paid a price for her to get this role. Although she wanted to stand out and play the role of a little girl, if her role was obtained by Mingyan at a price he couldn't afford, she would rather not have it.

Director Miao looked at the girl in front of him with a smile.

She didn't look very old. Although the information showed that she was in her twenties, because of her appearance, it would be no problem for her to put on makeup and play a twenties.

It must be said that with such a beautiful face, he had never seen more than one hand in the thirty-five years in the circle, so it was no wonder that the rich businessman had an idea.

"Xinyue, our audition will be extended to another week. You should read the script carefully at home first. I'll leave you a phone number. If you have any questions, just ask me."

"Oh, by the way, it's the same if you ask Mingyan. He knows more than I do, and it will be more convenient for the two of you."

Looking at the kind director in front of her with his eyes narrowed in a smile, Xu Xinyue had to respectfully agree no matter how confused she was in her heart, and then watched Director Miao happily leave his phone number.

After he left, Xu Xinyue's uneasiness on her face was revealed.

What does it mean that Mingyan knows more, and why did Director Miao say this?

"This day is really..."

Sister Qing couldn't help getting excited. After she got excited, her IQ returned. "Xinyue, what's the matter with this character? What's the matter with Mingyan that Director Miao just mentioned?"

Mingyan...

Sister Qing immediately thought of Yanming, the original author of "The Way of Heaven". Could it be...

"Mingyan..." Xu Xinyue subconsciously clenched her phone, "Mingyan is my boyfriend, and I don't know what's going on."

"Boyfriend? When did you start dating? How come I don't know?" Sister Qing wanted to ask more clearly, but she saw that Xu Xinyue's face was even more confused than hers, so she had to swallow the rest of her words.

"You should ask him, Xinyue, this role is being watched by many people. I heard that someone wanted to bring money into the crew just for this female second role, but Director Miao refused. You have such an opportunity, so you should seize it."

Sister Qing said, and was afraid that Xu Xinyue was too arrogant, so she quickly added, "Since your boyfriend can give you this role, it means that he really likes you and feels sorry for your hard work. When you go back, act like a spoiled child to your boyfriend and thank him well, okay?"

Xu Xinyue was still confused, but after being told by Sister Qing, her face turned red for no reason.

Sister Qing excitedly went to drive. She brought so many artists, but none of them could join Director Miao's crew, of course, those ungrateful people didn't count.

If Xinyue really gets up, then her hard work over the past few years will not be in vain!

The girl who had been curled up like a quail since Chen Miaoyi came, and she didn't say a word, also came back to her senses from the shocking news at this moment, and she squeezed and rubbed to get up.

"Xinyue, congratulations, I'll go to dinner with you later, didn't you come down without eating this morning?"

Xu Xinyue didn't hear her compliment, to be more precise, she was still in a daze, shook her head, said she was leaving first, and left here.

Only the girl who wanted to curry favor with her and get a role in the meantime was left stamping her feet in anger.

What a proud thing!

Maybe she got this opportunity by currying favor with some old man!

After getting angry, she started to feel uncomfortable again.

How come such a good opportunity didn't fall on her head, why is Xu Xinyue so lucky!

Xu Xinyue went out and sat in the car, and Qingjie remembered that she forgot to take something and got off in a hurry, leaving her alone holding her mobile phone and hesitating for a long time, and then she decided to send a text message to ask her boyfriend uneasy.

She really couldn't figure out how Mingyan helped her get this role, so she had to ask clearly...

When she turned on her phone, it showed that she was on the phone.

Xu Xinyue then remembered that when Director Miao came just now, she was on the phone with her lover.

It had been so long, and Mingyan didn't hang up.

Xu Xinyue carefully put the phone to her ear and asked tentatively, "Hello?"

The other side responded almost immediately, and the man's gentle and smiling voice sounded, "I'm here."

It was just an ordinary sentence, but Xu Xinyue's nose was inexplicably sour.

It seemed to be always like this, no matter where she was, when she looked for Mingyan, he could respond quickly.

It was as if he was always protecting her.

She was about to ask her boyfriend how he did it, and she heard Wei Mingyan say with a smile: "Come on, act like a spoiled child, I'm ready."

The author has something to say: The first ten little angels will send red envelopes, and ten more will be randomly selected.

It's still two in one, good night everyone!