After Shen Huai and Chu Meibo arrived, they found out who was auditioning for the female lead, Cheng Yanxin, and even Shen Huai was taken aback.
This audition alone included almost all of China's top and second-tier actresses. Some of them have been popular since they were child stars, some are rising stars who have become popular in recent years, and some have been working hard and have become popular from the stage to the big screen.
They may have become famous in different ways, but they all have one thing in common: they are all talented actresses with their own representative works.
Compared to them, Chu Meibo, who has only had one web drama as the second female lead and one variety show airing so far, is simply an anomaly.
However, Chu Meibo remained remarkably calm.
Everyone else thought that she was so relaxed because she felt hopeless.
Even if Chu Meibo's performance in "Honey" and "The Pear Garden" was outstanding, she was still just a supporting actress. She did not demonstrate the ability to carry the box office as a leading lady. Perhaps she will demonstrate such ability in the future, but for now, she lacks the qualifications to compete with these actresses.
For a newcomer like her to be standing here is already a compliment.
Chu Meibo didn't care; whether she had the ability or not would be proven by the audition.
As one female celebrity after another entered the audition room and walked out with a somber expression, the atmosphere became tense.
Among all the actresses, the most competitive one is Weng Tian. She is 26 years old this year, a professionally trained actress, and has already won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is currently in her prime. More importantly, her appearance is somewhat similar to Gu Mei, so there have been rumors that she is the most suitable candidate in Director Xie's mind.
Weng Tian herself also appeared very confident, after all, she also had ambitions, wanting to win the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress with the role of Cheng Yanxin, and become the first post-90s actress to win the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress.
For this role, she even found a teacher and studied Gu Mei's movies, so she was fully prepared.
During the audition, she was very satisfied with her performance, and even Director Xie's brows relaxed.
Just as Director Xie was about to say something, he heard a commotion outside the door. He frowned and gestured to the assistant director, "Go out and see what's going on?"
The assistant director hurriedly went out and saw several people surrounding a man in a suit walking towards him. He was about to tell the bodyguards to send the man away, but when he looked closer, he froze: "Mr. Guo? What brings you here?"
The person who arrived was Guo Wenyuan.
His gaze swept over the people present, pausing for a moment in the direction of Shen Huai and Chu Meibo.
There was a lot of discussion at the scene. Everyone knew that Guanrui was one of the investors in "Red Actress". Guo Wenyuan's face was also familiar in this circle. Now that the investor took the initiative to come, it was hard not to wonder what his purpose was.
Shen Huai and Chu Meibo exchanged a glance, they were also somewhat surprised, but they both knew that this Guo Wenyuan was not the same Guo Wenyuan. However, since Guo Wenyuan pretended not to know them, they would not take the initiative to go up and greet him.
Guo Wenyuan pretended not to hear the whispers around him and said with a smile to the assistant director, "I just happened to be scouting around here recently and happened to know that 'Red Actress' was auditioning here. I was curious, so I came to take a look. You guys are busy, don't worry about me."
The assistant director was absolutely furious. Anyone else would have just been sidelined, but this was a major client!
The assistant director could only call the producer immediately. The producer had just had a heavy drinking session last night and was still drunk this morning, so he rushed over.
"Mr. Guo, what brings you here?"
"Oh, I just came to take a look around." Guo Wenyuan repeated what he had just said to the assistant director to the producer.
Producer: "..."
The producer would swear on the bottle of Moutai he drank last night that this guy couldn't possibly have just "casually" come to take a look.
In fact, Guo Wenyuan was also quite helpless. He recently asked his assistant to find scripts for him, and the assistant did find a lot of them, even swearing that they were tailor-made for him. However, after reading them, Guo Wenyuan almost couldn't help but fire his assistant again.
That's terrible taste!
What the heck is this about a domineering CEO falling in love with me?! This guy's taste is worse than an elementary school student's!
Just then, he heard about the audition for "The Red-Robed Girl." Actually, he had some connection with "The Red-Robed Girl." He had a good relationship with Director Xie and had heard him say before that he wanted to make "The Red-Robed Girl," but the conditions had never been right, so it was put on hold. At that time, he was not yet ill, and Director Xie even said he would give him a role. Later, he died, and the matter was dropped.
But isn't he alive now?!
I wonder if Director Xie will still be able to keep his word now that he's in a different body.
Guo Wenyuan was itching to come over, and finally couldn't resist.
The producer lowered his voice and asked cautiously, "Mr. Guo, tell me the truth, what brings you here?"
Guo Wenyuan also lowered his voice: "I just wanted to come and audition."
Producer: "Hmm...hmm?!!"
The producer, upon seeing Guo Wenyuan's sincere expression, suddenly sobered up.
Chapter 92
The producer said with a mournful face, "Mr. Guo, you must be joking with me."
Guo Wenyuan's expression immediately turned serious: "I'm not joking with you! How about this, give me a chance, no matter the outcome, I'll invest another ten million!"
Producer: "Mr. Guo, this isn't about money..."
While the two were arguing, the assistant director had already sneaked in and told Director Xie what had happened.
Director Xie looked at the two of them, his expression not good: "What are you doing?"
Director Xie was naturally displeased when Guo Wenyuan came over. For a renowned director like him, the demand for autonomy in filmmaking is very high. Given his status in the industry, he could completely ignore the whining of a minor shareholder like Guo Wenyuan.
The producer was caught in the middle, unsure how to explain, feeling like he was caught in the middle and didn't know who to turn to.
Guo Wenyuan, on the other hand, darted forward, grabbed Director Xie's hand and shook it: "Director Xie, I've heard so much about you. I've always loved your movies, especially your 'The Long River of Time,' which is my favorite film."
Director Xie, who was still angry, paused for a moment: "You like 'The Long River of Time'?"
Even the assistant director looked at Guo Wenyuan in surprise.
Director Xie has made many films throughout his life, some of which have achieved extremely high box office returns and entered the 100 million yuan club, while others have won numerous awards. However, few people know that Director Xie's favorite film is "The Long River of Time," which he made in his early years.