Becoming a Global Superstar Starting as an Idol Trainee

The phone rang three times "beep", "beep", "beep" before being answered.

"Hi, hello, this is Lu Mengying. I'm Chen Minhao, is it convenient for you to speak now?"

A hearty female voice came from the microphone, "Hello, hello, I'm Lu Mengying, Mr. Zhang has just told me about the role of Siyuan in "Detective", thank you for giving me this opportunity, when will I audition? ah?"

"Of course, the sooner the better. But the crew has already started filming in Curry Country, and the director is currently in Curry Country, so you need to come to Curry Country to audition."

"Ah, going to Curry Country?"

Chen Minhao was worried that due to the location problem, he would miss a potential actor who could play Siyuan, he hurriedly added: "We must come to Curry Country, and the follow-up filming will basically be in Curry Country.

However, no matter whether it is successful or not, the crew will bear the cost of the audition, so you should book the air ticket first, keep the invoice, and ask the field manager for reimbursement afterwards. "

After a pause of more than ten seconds, Lu Mengying asked, "For the ticket, can you book it for me first?"

Chen Minhao explained helplessly: "Don't worry, you buy it yourself first, keep the invoice, and the crew will definitely reimburse the money. If they don't report it, you can come to me."

Lu Mengying chuckled lightly and said, "I'm not worried about reimbursement, I'm worried that I might not have enough money to pay for the air ticket."

Chen Minhao laughed, and said: "OK".

After Chen Minhao hung up the phone, he lay on the bed, looked at the ceiling, and thought to himself: After buying a 30 million house with leverage, I was really a little drifting, and I stopped taking money as money. When I was in college in my previous life, my money did not exceed four figures. But now tens of thousands of dollars don't feel like money.

Due to the absence of Siyuan's actor, the entire crew of "Detective" entered a state of suspension, so Chen Minhao had time to go to the airport to pick up Lu Mengying in person.

There were many tourists from China at the airport in Curry Country, so Chen Minhao covered his face tightly - he wore a pair of sunglasses and a mask.

Hearing the arrival of the flight from Kyoto, Chen Minhao cheered up. He suddenly saw a girl wearing a dress and dragging a suitcase looking around. However, the distance between the two was quite far, so although Chen Minhao had seen Lu Mengying's photo, he was still not sure if the girl in front of him was Lu Mengying.

Unexpectedly, the girl came straight to him and took the initiative to say hello:

She smiled naturally and said, "Hello, junior, I have known you for a long time. I saw a person wearing sunglasses and a mask when I got off the plane and I guessed it was you. I didn't expect you to come to pick me up in person."

Chen Minhao smiled and said: "It happens to be time to pick you up, why don't I? Curry country is fine, I dare to go out wearing a mask and sunglasses. If I am in China, if I go out casually, My manager will beat me to death. So coming to pick you up is also a reason for me to come out to breathe."

In fact, Chen Minhao didn't mention another level of consideration: after all, Lu Mengying was an actor introduced by the head of the department, Zhang Guoping. Even if the audition was unsuccessful, she still had to be considerate in entertaining her face.

This is not for Lu Mengying's face, this is for Zhang Guo's face.

Taking advantage of the time when the two were exchanging pleasantries, Chen Minhao carefully looked at Lu Mengying for a few times.

She combed her bangs back, revealing her smooth forehead. There is no makeup on her whole face. From the perspective of plain makeup, even in a school like Beijing Film Academy where there are many beauties, her appearance can still be regarded as a relatively capable type.

Her clothing is also relatively simple, a light blue dress with a vertical ankle position, a pair of yellow Converse sneakers on her feet, and no accessories on her body.

Chen Minhao took her luggage and said, "This is not a place to exchange pleasantries, let's talk in the car."

As soon as she got in the car, Lu Mengying flicked her hair around her ears and said, "I'll send my mom a WeChat message to tell her that I've arrived. This is the first time I've traveled so far by myself. My mom is a bit nervous." worried."

After speaking, she took out her mobile phone from the canvas bag she was carrying.

Chen Minhao accidentally glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that the screen of her mobile phone was broken.

Lu Mengying seemed to have noticed Chen Minhao's gaze, so she waved the mobile phone in her hand gracefully, and said with a smile: "The screen of the mobile phone was broken last month, but I have no money to replace the mobile phone, so this audition opportunity I am I will definitely work hard to get it, after all, I want to make money to change my phone."

Chen Minhao nodded with a smile. He suddenly felt that the girl in front of him was quite different from most of the girls in Beiying.

Whether a girl wears makeup or not, there is no difference between good and bad, but Chen Minhao thinks he can tell the difference between a girl without makeup and a girl with light makeup, and Lu Mengying must have no makeup.

And when it comes to things like having no money, she always speaks out generously. In this era when the rich are "stingy" and the poor are "generous", she is much better than some people who have swollen faces to pretend to be fat. In Beiying, there are many girls who save money on food and expenses, and open Huabei and Borrower just to buy a big-name bag.

In addition, Lu Mengying is very sensitive, she can detect her own gaze just by glancing at her casually. The profession of an actor needs to be sensitive. It requires a person to be able to capture a lot of information in life, and sometimes this information needs to be used in one's own performance.

But even so, Chen Minhao was skeptical that the girl in front of him could play the role of Siyuan well.

Teacher Zhang Guoping recommended her during the phone call, and Chen Minhao didn't go further to ask what works this senior sister had performed. After all, there are all kinds of coercion when asking for help, and all kinds of doubts are very unflattering behaviors.

However, after Chen Minhao finished the phone call with Lu Mengying, he went to Baidu to find the information of this senior, but found nothing. That is to say, this senior basically didn't take any decent works. Even so, Chen Minhao still has a certain amount of confidence in her.

After all, Director Zhang Guoping mentioned a sentence at the time: He felt that Lu Mengying's character was somewhat similar to Si Yuan's.

During the moment of thinking in Chen Minhao's mind, Lu Mengying and Chen Qiang had already started chatting about family matters.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Chen Minhao shook his head imperceptibly: Lu Mengying is cheerful and generous, with a relatively strong affinity, but Siyuan's heart is dark and hidden. For a while, he didn't see any similarities in their personalities.

Lu Mengying and Chen Qiang had a feeling that they hated seeing each other late. When Chen Qiang drove the car to the hotel, the two of them were already chatting.

Chen Qiang turned the steering wheel and asked curiously: "Sister Mengying, have you acted in any works before?"

"It's mainly drama, and I have never touched the movie."

Chen Qiang subconsciously asked: "What about the TV series? What TV series have you acted in?"

Lu Mengying smiled shyly, and said: "A few days ago, I received a script for a TV series, but after two days of filming, the crew failed, and then Teacher Zhang said that there was a lack of an actress, so I came here to audition. "

Chen Qiang was at a loss for words for a while, not knowing how to answer these words.

Lu Mengying also seemed to be aware of the awkwardness in the atmosphere, and said: "But I used to play a similar role in a drama. So after I read the script a few times, I feel quite sure.

Chen Minhao felt a little vain. Recently, Tian Lin and Hu Defa have successively recruited more than a dozen actresses to come to Curry Country to audition, but in the end they were all rejected by director Hu Defa. Can Lu Mengying pass it?

Chen Qiang forcibly changed the subject and asked, "What day did you buy your ticket? Actually, you can buy it for a few more days in the future.

What Chen Qiang meant was that he didn't think Lu Mengying could pass the audition. He had been Chen Minhao's assistant for more than a year. He also has a simple understanding of the entertainment industry, in his opinion. Recently, many well-known and talented female stars came to audition for the cast, but they all failed, so he was not optimistic about this pure rookie at all.

And Lu Mengying didn't seem to feel offended at all, instead she asked Chen Qiang excitedly: "Where have you been in Curry Country for the past few days?"

Chen Minhao was about to give up the treatment, when his cell phone rang suddenly, it was Kang Hui.

"Hey, Chen Minhao, do you have any idea about the role of Siyuan in your crew?"

Chen Minhao glanced at Lu Mengying, who was discussing with Chen Qiang about the high-quality and cheap souvenirs in Curry Country, and he didn't know how to answer this topic for a while.

Fortunately, before Chen Minhao could speak, Kang Hui continued to speak:

"Hey, this is the disadvantage of making a movie with a famous director. Director Hu has high requirements for the quality of his works, and he certainly doesn't want to just find an actor to do it perfunctorily." Kang Hui sighed and continued: "But which one is better? Actors will worry about filming. There is no reason to audition today and join the filming tomorrow.

So you have to be mentally prepared, Tian Lin will soon be overwhelmed. Although Tian Lin has been "persuading" Hu Defa in various ways, the pressure of the entire film investor is actually on Tian Lin. After all, the purpose of investors is to make money, not to let the director pursue art.

But it was obvious that Tian Lin couldn't hold on anymore. Moreover, the investor had given Director Hu a lot of freedom, and now Director Hu has to consider for the investor. "

Kang Hui's words caused Chen Minhao to have a lot of doubts, but because Lu Mengying was in the car, Chen Minhao could only say vaguely: "Sister Kang, I'm in the car now, the signal is not very good, and I can't hear you clearly."

Kang Hui immediately understood what Chen Minhao meant, and hung up the phone.

As soon as Chen Minhao returned to the hotel, the waiter who helped Chen Minhao stop Wang Xueqing last time immediately greeted him and asked in English, "Hi, how can I help you?"

Chen Minhao asked the waiter to take Lu Mengying to check in, and told her to take a break, and after going to the crew to audition at 3 pm, he couldn't wait to go back to his room and called Kang Hui.

As soon as the phone was connected, Chen Minhao asked directly: "Director Hu is going to change the script?"

Kang Hui sighed and said, "That's right, otherwise what could he do?"

Chen Minhao asked rhetorically, "Is there a possibility that the crew will disband first, and then after finding a suitable actress, the crew will regroup and continue filming."

Kang Hui sighed softly and said, "Impossible, because all actors in the crew have a fixed time to sign. You are still in school so you have relatively more time. The schedule for the year has been exhausted, and there is no way to get in. Moreover, if the rewrite starts, the problem of coordinating the time of the entire crew will be faced. As long as one person is absent due to lack of time, then a large number of shots will have to be reshot.

Therefore, once the crew is disbanded, it will be difficult to determine the time to gather again, and the release time of the movie will be uncertain, and the investors are unwilling to see such a situation even if the quality of the movie is lowered. Completely in vain. "

Chen Minhao sighed and said, "Why did I have so many troubles when I starred in a movie for the first time? Is it because I didn't go well this time, or is it just so difficult to make a movie?"

After a few seconds of silence, Kang Hui said, "It's always like this. So look at how relaxed Wang Ruozhou is with his son in Curry Country these two days. You should also learn from him and calm down."

Although Kang Hui persuaded Chen Minhao to calm down, Chen Minhao could hear Kang Hui's anxiety, he smiled and comforted Kang Hui and said, "It's okay, I have two plans here, maybe they will work."

Chen Minhao briefly explained the matter of Lu Mengying and his plan B: by pulling Zhang Xinyi to the "Detective" crew, Su Xiao was then brought to the crew.

Kang Hui neither supported nor opposed, but just said plainly: "Okay. Just try."

...

Because the crew of "Detective" has already started filming, the audition will not simply be performed in front of the director, but very direct and cruel: let the auditioned actors enter the group for filming, if the filming is good, they will stay, and if the filming is not good, they will leave. go home.

Director Hu Defa asked all the actresses to audition for the scene in the hospital, which is basically one of the most important turning scenes in the entire movie. The character of Siyuan, a harmless little girl to humans and animals, will take off her innocent mask here, and the development of events has also begun to subvert the audience's initial thoughts.

This scene has extremely high requirements for the actors to handle delicate emotions. In other words, this is also the most difficult part of Siyuan's role. Director Hu is at this time, and he still insists on producing such clips for actors to audition.

But Chen Minhao could understand Director Hu Defa's thinking. If an actor can support Siyuan's other scenes, but if he can't support this key scene, the final result will be useless.

But looking at it from another perspective, if an actress can handle this hospital scene, then she can also handle other Siyuan scenes.

But the imagination is good, but the reality is cruel. None of the dozen or so actresses auditioned so far has passed, and none of them are even pending. They are simply not suitable.

When Chen Minhao brought Lu Mengying to the set, the crew had almost done the preparations. In the past two weeks, there have been at least a dozen auditions for these two scenes. The staff had high expectations again and again, and then were disappointed again and again. They greeted Lu Mengying lukewarmly.

Now all the staff of the crew are more or less numb, and all expectations have been overdrawn after repeated disappointments.

After Hood sent it over, he looked Lu Mengying up and down, and asked enthusiastically, "Do you still need to return the script?"

Lu Mengying shook her head resolutely, and said, "The crew is already in their minds, let's start directly."

After Hood nodded, he sat directly behind the monitor.