Chapter 136 The First Female Artist Signed by the Company

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But don’t think there are many people, because in fact the crew has few roles to recruit.

First of all, the male protagonist Ahua and the female lead in the previous "The King of Gambling" will continue in the second part, but their roles will also change.

For example, the male protagonist Ahua became the second male lead Ahua, and the original female lead became a supporting role, a pregnant and kidnapped tool person, and there are not many roles in total.

Secondly, Sheng Yixia’s exclusive actor group will also join the crew.

Gu Yonghan will play the three-time King of Gambling Chen William, and this role can give full play to his veteran acting skills.

And Yu Zi was internally selected as Murata Mei, which is more in line with her figure and temperament.

As for classmate Chi Yu, his role is very small. He plays a Korean chaebol youth who is good at gambling in Han Country and was eliminated by Murata Mei in the round of 16.

But this does not affect anything. Chi Yu's popularity has soared because of his big star. Not only does he have constant acting offers, but he has also started to appear on various variety shows under the arrangement of Sister Zhang Qing. After filming this movie, he will also participate in a music variety show called "Masked Singer", obviously preparing to develop in both singer and actor lines.

Moreover, since he has participated in this movie, the theme song or OST will definitely have his songs.

In fact, it is not just Chi Yu, Gu Ge and Yu Zi are also full of schedules, and their pay is not low.

However, Zhang Qing took the initiative to squeeze out the water for the pay of the second crew of the King of Du, and it was not the kind of inflated price reported to the outside. This is not deliberately squeezing their value. In fact, this is also an excellent opportunity for them to show their faces.

Today, the second King of Du is already the biggest hit online movie this year. It is rumored that it will be released simultaneously on Station A, Station Y, and Station T. All three stations have promised to provide corresponding resources for promotion, and the advance resources provided will be written into the contract.

Of course, this is only the initial resources. The subsequent promotional resources will depend on the actual sales of the film. Those video websites have their own relatively mature operating mechanisms. It is impossible to spend all the promotional resources on a film with a very low return rate.

After all, resources are limited. Every resource invested naturally needs to have an expected return.

Sheng Yixia naturally understands this very well. Just like a bad film like "The Legend of Sword Immortal Conquering the Demons", no matter how many resources are invested, it will not be promoted.

In addition, there are actually many variety shows that want to invite Sheng Yixia to participate through Sister Zhang Qing. The prices offered are very high, but Sheng Yixia declined all of them after careful consideration.

The reason is simple. At this stage, there is no benefit for Sheng Yixia to participate in variety shows except to get some money. Not only does it consume mystery and waste time, but it also cannot draw skill cards.

In Sheng Yixia's plan, even if he goes on variety shows in the future, it is likely to be for drama promotion or movie promotion. As for other things, unless he can draw cards, forget it. With that time, he might as well do scientific research or brush up points.

Sitting on the podium.

Sheng Yixia's mind was full of thoughts, and he seemed a little absent-minded and bored.

In the past, I thought casting seemed quite interesting, sitting on the podium and watching the actors trying their best to perform in front of me, even being respectful and flattering, and I could decide whether they stayed or went, or even developed, which seemed very impressive.

But when I really did it, I found that it was really boring.

Just like the actress in front of me who was trying hard to flirt and pose, playing Zhang Meili, Sheng Yixia not only felt bored, but also had a strong urge to kick her out of the audition room.

Her acting skills were too bad, even worse than when he, Sheng Yixia, was a rookie. Except for her mediocre looks, she was completely useless.

But Sheng Yixia, Zheng Baokun, and Zhou Shuyue, the three casting representatives, still waited patiently for her to finish her performance. The reason was very simple. This was a "talent" recommended by a certain investor in the crew, and now the investors who can occupy a share of the funds in the crew are not just rich investors, so they still have to respect her.

After she finished, Sheng Yixia regained consciousness and threw the dirty work to Zheng Baokun, saying, "Director Zheng, you are well-informed, so you should make the decision."

Zheng Baokun was startled and came back to his senses. He knew that the boss asked him to do the work, so he showed a kind look: "Your image is good, but it does not meet the requirements of our crew for the heroine."

But the actress refused to do it when she heard it, saying, "I just performed alone without props, and I am not very comfortable. Why don't I play a rival scene with Teacher Yixia and try it again, just the hug and kiss at the bow..."

Damn it!

Now it was Sheng Yixia's turn to be shocked.

What a joke? She is not interested in the wine~

Immediately, his face turned cold and he said directly: "Don't waste time, next one."

This kind of role is obviously a puppet of the capital, and he felt sick just thinking about it.

Soon, the security guards on the scene asked her to leave.

He was not afraid of offending the investors. The biggest goal of the investors was to make money. Pushing her here for an audition was probably just a means of transaction.

Moreover, the investors were begging to invest in the crew. If they really wanted to withdraw, there would be a lot of funds eager to come in. Even if there was no money, Sheng Yixia could buy it all.

After taking this position, Sheng Yixia found that many actors were actually very poor in level. Even he really didn't like them. Zheng Baokun was even more disgusted. This made Sheng Yixia feel that his acting skills were still good.

At least, he has now left the poker face category, and when he encounters a role that fits him well, he can perform beyond his normal performance.

After the actress was asked to leave, the next one came in and started auditioning.

Generally speaking, if the performance is really not good, they will be asked to leave after one audition or less, and they will continue to audition if they are still good.

Although Sheng Yixia felt bored, he did not slack off. After the audition, he threw away the resumes of those who were not good, and marked the ones that were good and kept them temporarily.

In the busyness, a stack of resumes was lost unknowingly.

Just when Sheng Yixia asked an actor to leave and prepared for the next one, the door of the conference room was pushed open.

A group of people entered the conference room under the leadership of Zhang Qing.

The leader looked to be in his forties, and his steps were a little bit unrecognizable. He looked very proud. If he hadn't been holding a thermos cup in his hand, he would have been a villain entering the scene.

Undoubtedly, this was the director of the Thieves, Chen Youde.

Behind him, followed the male lead He Yunqiu and the female lead Xiong Yike.

Seeing this, Sheng Yixia hurriedly stood up and greeted him, smiling politely: "Director Chen, why are you here?"

He then greeted He Yunqiu and Xiong Yike, saying: "Brother He, Sister Yike."

The latter two also hurriedly greeted him with a smile.

Even Sheng Yixia went to greet him, so Zheng Baokun and Zhou Shuyue naturally followed and stood on Sheng Yixia's left and right sides, like door gods.

Director Chen looked Sheng Yixia up and down, and after a moment, he sighed: "He is really worthy of being the talented actor I liked at first sight. It has only been a short time, but he has already started to stand on his own and soar to the sky."

After a pause, he talked about business: "Hasn't our thieves group finished post-production? It will be launched tomorrow night. I took Yunqiu and Yike out to do some activities and publicity. I just happened to know you were here, so I came to see you."

So fast?

Sheng Yixia was also slightly surprised: "Is the time for post-production a bit tight?"

"Actually, it's okay. We worked overtime in the post-production, mainly to take advantage of your popularity." Director Chen smiled and said, "Your bionic girlfriend is as popular as a big star. The investors are urging us to put it on the shelves every day. We have to hurry up, but don't worry, I'm watching, and the quality will not be a problem."

For this film, the crew was so busy, and of course he had to watch this last hurricane, and he would never let the film have any problems.

Sheng Yixia was relieved.

He still attaches great importance to this film that produces the magician character card.

Although this character card is not suitable for daily use, once it is used, it means that you are ready to fight or make a final decision.

Naturally, he wants the Thieves to sell well, so that the character cards can be upgraded as much as possible, and the magician character card, the trump card, can be as strong as possible, so that if it is time to fight, there will be more security.

In response, Sheng Yixia said, "Director Chen, how about I go with you to promote it?"

Firstly, he wanted to build momentum for the Thieves, and secondly, he really couldn't stay in this broken place any longer.

Director Chen looked around the audition meeting room full of people, patted Sheng Yixia on the shoulder very considerately and said, "Leave this kind of media promotion to us, you are busy yourself, take care of your own things first, and before the official launch, you can just forward it on Weibo."

"Yes, Yixia, you go ahead and do your work, we just came to take a look, we won't bother you." He Yunqiu was also very polite, and even beat his chest with his hand, making an expression that said everything.

Then, the three of them really came and left in a hurry.

This made Sheng Yixia want to cry without tears.

He just wanted to go with him to promote it, wasn't it okay to escape from the audition site?

Helplessly, he could only continue the audition.

However, not all actresses are bad. After being eliminated one by one, there are always some good ones. Zheng Baokun also temporarily marked them to see if there are better ones later.

Especially some third-tier or even second-tier actresses who are out of fashion, they are more or less good. Sheng Yixia nodded secretly to some of them.

But at the end of the audition.

Zheng Baokun immediately took a fancy to a girl who was a junior in the Magic Drama. This girl is still in school and has not debuted, but she is a fan of Sheng Yixia and came to the audition with her classmates today.

But she didn't expect that her classmate was eliminated, but she, the runner-up, was chosen by Zheng Baokun.

In fact, although she looks good, her acting skills are quite average. Sheng Yixia and Zhou Shuyue couldn't help looking at Zheng Baokun with suspicious eyes, as if Director Zheng, are you preparing to use unspoken rules?

Zheng Baokun quickly protested: "Mr. Sheng, don't blame me. I just look at the role of Zhang Meili from the perspective of a professional director."

"In fact, playing Zhang Meili does not require much acting skills. Although she is the heroine, the role is not difficult. The most important thing is her natural temperament... This girl has a good family background and has been pampered since childhood. She is clean and clear without any worldly airs. She is also a bit innocent, which fits the simple personality of the daughter of the richest man who is well protected."

Zheng Baokun said everything he should say in one breath to avoid being questioned by Sheng Yixia and thought that he was disrespectful to the elderly.

Sheng Yixia took another look at the girl.

I had only paid attention to her acting skills before, but after hearing what Zheng Baokun said, and looking at her eyes, it seemed that there was something clean and clear in her eyes, which is rare in the entertainment industry today, so I agreed with Zheng Baokun's statement. After all, he is a director. An actor's potential temperament is his professional skill.

When Zheng Baokun saw Sheng Yixia's approval, he added in a low voice: "And this girl hasn't signed with the company yet, why don't we sign her with Shengxia Film and Television and train her well, maybe she can become a star."

This proposal made Sheng Yixia slightly excited.

His career is about drawing cards and getting stronger. He cannot always work alone. He will definitely form his own team in the future. So, it is reasonable for the studio to sign its own actress, right?

The only small problem is that the scale of Shengxia Film and Television is still too small, and I don’t know if they will sign it?

"Okay, then Director Zheng, you can go talk to her." Sheng Yixia agreed after some deliberation.

But Zheng Baokun waved his hands repeatedly: "Mr. Sheng, please forgive me. Look at me looking like a middle-aged greasy uncle..." He pointed at his face and said helplessly, "I can only treat other people's little girls." I’m scared, I must think I have something up my sleeve. Mr. Sheng, it’s better if you are friendly and talk to me in person.”

Sheng Yixia thought about it, so he went out to find the girl himself.

She was still in the rest area and was talking to her classmates in a low voice. After the audition just now, she got the result that was pending, and now she was a little worried.

Seeing Sheng Yixia, she immediately stood up, lowered her head and was slightly nervous, a little at a loss.

"Hello, classmate Lu Muyu." Sheng Yixia greeted, "I have discussed it with Director Zheng and Producer Zhou. I hope you can join our crew and play the heroine Zhang Meili."

However, before she could show her joy, Sheng Yixia directly added: "However, we have a prerequisite, that is, you must sign a contract with my Shengxia Film and Television Studio and become an artist."

This wasn't that Sheng Yixia was taking advantage of others, but he didn't want the crew to reject a lot of people. After giving this resource to Lu Muyu, she turned around and signed with another company. Isn't this making wedding clothes for others in vain?

In fact, even if he wanted to enter the entertainment industry in Sheng Yixia, he had to sign with a company to get resources.

Otherwise, why should others give you resources?

In addition, relatively strict contract terms are also necessary. After all, it takes a lot of resources to cultivate a valuable artist. Don't spend several years cultivating a popular little girl, only to change jobs...

This will not only make the previous investment in vain, but also make competitors disgusted.

Even if Lu Muyu has a nostalgic personality and is relatively loyal, it won't work.

Because once a person becomes famous, there will be a lot of "kind-hearted and good people" around him. They are eloquent, good at confusing, and they seem to think about you in everything. You have an idea today, and they will have another idea tomorrow.

Over time, no matter how hard the wall is, it is impossible to guarantee that it will not be dug down.

Rather than leaving opportunities for others to poach, it is better to plug the loopholes in advance.

The two girls opposite were stunned for a moment. Before Lu Muyu could speak, her classmate said first, "It's okay to play a role, but our Muyu has to consider signing the contract. Her family is not short of money."

Sheng Yixia ignored the girl who spoke, and just gave her a gentle smile. Then she cast her gaze on Lu Muyu, as if waiting for her own answer. If she wanted to negotiate terms, she hoped she would talk in person.

If you are a person who just listens to whatever your classmates say, Sheng Yixia will have no choice but to give up. An artist with soft ears and no independent opinions is a big trouble, because you don't know when she will listen to others and come to you. The whole big thing.

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Lu Muyu thought for a while and then said: "In principle, I can agree to you, but for the specific conditions and signing of the contract, I need my lawyer to be present. Teacher Sheng, I believe in your character."

"Okay, let's talk about it. Other terms of the contract can be negotiated, but it must be a ten-year long-term contract." Sheng Yixia said seriously. He would not squeeze artists, but he still had to have the long-term contract guarantee. .

When he heard ten years, Lu Muyu frowned, but when he thought that the entertainment industry now generally has long-term contracts, they are like this everywhere, and for some newcomers, ten years is considered a short time.

Seeing this, her classmate wanted to speak, but Lu Muyu stopped her, but nodded and said, "If the terms are okay, I can agree."

"I believe it will satisfy you." Sheng Yixia smiled and shook hands with her, "I will let my agent Zhang Qing contact you for the specific terms. I hope we can become colleagues."

Lu Muyu shook hands with him and became slightly excited: "Mr. Sheng, I really like watching you play Dr. Wu. I read the comments and comments and said, are you still a graduate student in Aurora?"

"Yes, you don't expect me to help you with math problems, right?" Sheng Yixia teased.

"No, no, our cultural class is not that difficult." Lu Muyu waved his hands repeatedly, feeling a little at a loss.

Sheng Yixia chatted with her for a few more words, and after roughly feeling about her family situation, she asked Sister Zhang Qing to come over to help negotiate the contract. The other party was not ambiguous and directly called her father's lawyer.

Sheng Yixia appreciates this. After all, it is better to do things in advance than to argue about it later. This girl probably learned it from her family.

More than two hours again.

The interviews for the other supporting roles have also been completed and they have all been confirmed.

What was a little surprising during this period was that Shao Jingqiu called and said that they had completed the first training session and could temporarily leave the training camp to work.

As a result, as soon as she was released, she heard that the crew of Sheng Yi Xia was recruiting people, so she called directly to ask for a guest role.

There is no doubt that this is Shao Jingqiu's show of kindness to him.

After all, if a movie queen joins a major network, even if it is just a guest appearance, it will have a sensational effect and can bring huge traffic to the film.

Naturally, Sheng Yixia would not refuse such kindness.

To this end, Sheng Yixia also discussed with Director Zheng and Ning Tianyi and decided to give Shao Jingqiu the role of the female prime minister of Dai who is responsible for cooperating with Zhang Shaofu and coordinating the fight against the financial crisis.

This role is of great importance, but there are not many scenes, only one or two minutes. It is difficult to choose an actor, because the actor's own aura needs to be able to overpower the role, and Shao Jingqiu is the most suitable one.

After completing the interview, Zhang Qing and Lu Muyu had already negotiated the terms. Although some of the terms caused objections from the other party's lawyer, who believed that they were too restrictive and the liquidated damages were too high, etc., they suggested that the contract should be carefully considered.

But Lu Muyu knew that the contract of Midsummer Film and Television was already very loose in the entertainment industry, at least there were no pitfalls. Therefore, she decisively signed the contract before her father arrived at the scene.

When her father, an old man about the same age as her old man, with good aura and a successful man, arrived at the scene, he knew that the contract had been signed and the situation was irreversible. He immediately glared at Sheng Yixia.

That posture made it seem as if Sheng Yixia was not her daughter's new boss, but a brat who had deceived her daughter's emotions and body.

Regarding the aggressive female colleague and her father, Sheng Yixia decisively called him: "Uncle, don't bully the younger ones. Your daughter has a father to protect her. I didn't grow up in Qidian Orphanage. Otherwise, You talk to him, and don’t hinder us young people from doing their careers here.”

Uncle Grandpa was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that Sheng Yixia would use this move.

Glancing at his precious daughter who was amused by Sheng Yixia, he looked furious and immediately dialed Sheng Laoden's phone number, trying to pressure Sheng Yixia's father to terminate the contract.

After a few incomprehensible conversations, the two began to chat with each other.

After a while, my uncle's attitude became very polite. Since Mr. Sheng came to H City, he must have a meal together.

After a while, he hung up the phone, and when he came to look at Sheng Yixia, his eyes became a little complicated.

"Ichika, Mu Yu will be left to you from now on. Don't bully her. When you have time, come over to the house and have a meal or something."

Then, he left...

These words made Sheng Yixia sweat on her forehead.

Is this uncle’s tone so awkward?

Fortunately, these are just minor episodes.

After finishing all these things, it was already getting late, so Sheng Yixia went straight home.

In the evening, Sheng Yixia was very busy and arranged for her parents to have dinner with her mentor, Ling Xudong, and his apprentice Li Haibo.

During the dinner, Sheng Yixia naturally had a respectful attitude, looking like a good disciple of his mentor and a good junior to Ling Xudong, making him a happy guest and host.

The parents, the tutor, and Ling Xudong had a good chat, and soon they left Sheng Yixia alone and started chatting on their own.

The meal didn't end until three hours later.

After sending his mentor and Ling Xudong away, he sent his parents home, then packed up and went to the study to have a remote meeting with Ling Xudong and Gao Laodeng.

There is food to eat and work to do. The drone project still has many details that need to be worked out and finalized, and the workload is not small.

At the same time, Sheng Yixia was having a remote meeting with Ling Xudong and Gao Laodeng in the study.

In a prosperous area of ​​H City, there is a fenced-off construction site.

From the notices hung at the construction site, it was clear that this was a museum construction project in the old city. It was already midnight, so the construction site was naturally quiet.

Can be deep beneath the construction site.

At some point, an underground structure dozens of meters deep was dug out.

As we all know, H City was still a sea thousands of years ago. Therefore, it is more difficult to dig underground structures here than in the Central Plains. The altitude is too low and the groundwater level is too high. Pumping water, waterproofing, and preventing landslides are all big projects.

However, there is no sign of water seepage in this underground structure. It has been repaired and made clean and refreshing.

In the center of this underground structure, there stand two ancient and mottled stone buildings. Despite the passage of time, some of the majesty and majesty of the past can still be vaguely glimpsed.

The two stone beasts stepped on the ground, as if suppressing some ancient and evil existence.

Near Shi Suanni, there were two people in gray robes watching them.

One of them said: "In order to find the sealing place of Lord 'Holy Son', I spent too much time. At the same time, in order to dig this place, I used many methods, just to avoid letting this place be destroyed. The construction site involved the Green Light Society, so we spent a lot of effort because we were worried that once the Green Light would be exposed, it would affect the overall situation of the return of the Holy Son. "

The gray-robed man seemed to be talking about some difficulties: "I also know that the bishop is pressing, but it is really too difficult to do this kind of thing in a prosperous area like H City. Fortunately, with the blessing of my Lord, everything went smoothly."

This gray-robed man is naturally Chu Zhengming in the past, now John Liu, one of the gray-robed high priests of the Dusk Organization!

However, although he raised the difficulty in order to shirk some responsibility, in fact, this matter is really difficult, and he is not completely making it up.

Who would have known that thousands of years ago, the forbidden land where the Son of God was sealed was still a primitive low-lying swamp, but now it has become one of the world's famous top prosperous metropolises?

This undoubtedly made his task super-doubled in difficulty.

"But there are benefits, right?" A woman's excited voice came from another gray robe, "As long as we successfully remove the seal of the Son of God and let Him return to the world, there will be a huge population nearby for Him to enjoy. In a very short time, His strength will be restored to its peak."

"With the current distance between the star realm and the earth in the four-dimensional level, a powerful being like the Son of God cannot pass through the layers of void curtains and come to the earth in person. Now, this is a great opportunity for us!"

In layman's terms, it is equivalent to directly descending a mid-to-late version of the BOSS in the early version of the game. Who can withstand this?

"Are you ready to unlock the key?" The gray-robed woman calmed down a little. "Tomorrow night is when the tide is at its highest. You don't want to miss this opportunity and wait until next month, right?"

"It's ready." The gray-robed man said, "My people have tracked down the whereabouts of the 'key' and were very lucky to find that the owner of the 'key' is an extremely rare innate body."

"Good, very good. The great Son of God will definitely like the two great gifts we offer." Hearing this, the gray-robed woman's voice became excited again, "The power of the great Lord will return to this world and guide us lost servants to a new civilization."

"Tomorrow night, when the tide is at its highest, act on time. This time, don't let the bishop down again, my instructor."

"I definitely won't!"

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At the same time.

In the university dormitory building.

The little Taoist boy who was playing with his new roommates was about to hit the high ground of others' houses. Suddenly, his nose itched and he sneezed a few times, and shuddered.

But just this delay, the operation is a mistake, the opponent seized the opportunity to counterattack.

"My my, let's do it again." The little Taoist boy hurriedly apologized to his roommates, "I'll treat you to breakfast tomorrow."

Just as he was speaking.

His phone vibrated slightly, and he received a WeChat message from the first-year graduate student Gu Fengya: "Little handsome boy, come out for a drink, sister will take you to the bar to play."

The little Taoist boy shuddered all over and felt a chill.

This made him suspicious.

Could it be...

The fish is about to bite the hook?

But didn't senior Yixia say that senior Fengya would be fine?

...