What?
Lu Yuan froze, looking at the two men in front of him with uncertainty.
One of them, called Gu, was in his forties, wearing a Yankees baseball cap, and was quite gentle looking, like an intellectual. The other was in his twenties, more like an a*sistant, wearing a Knights’ championship van cap.
These two men looked like they were not in the same category as the folk who were gorging themselves on food and drink at the moment.
“Sorry, we seem a bit abrupt, so I’ll start by introducing myself. As for me, my name is Gu Chuang, I’m a director.” With that, he pointed to the youth next to him, “This is my a*sistant, called Yang Zhen. I haven’t asked you sir?”
“My name is Lu Yuan.” Lu Yuan didn’t quite understand what they meant at this point, but seeing that they didn’t look malicious and their attitude was quite nice, he didn’t feel much resistance.
“The most important thing is that we are in the process of casting for a TV drama, and since you are a young person, you know that there are a lot of bad movies out there. I have been observing Mr. Lu for quite a long time, and I think that Mr. Lu is quite suitable for the lead role in our drama, so Mr. Lu might as well consider it.” Gu Cong said.
Lu Yuan was a bit stunned, this was a bit too fake, right?
He had just carried bags of cement from the construction site for most of the day, his body was covered in dust, and not many ordinary people looked at him squarely.
And at this time, someone actually came up to him out of the blue and told him that he wanted to be the male lead in the drama, this was something only a fool would believe, right?
“Oh, Mr. Lu, you don’t think this is a trick, do you?” Gu Barging also seemed to have guessed Lu Yuan’s thoughts and smiled, “Then I’ll be straightforward, in fact, this free dinner invitation is what I’ve come up with.”
Saying that, Gu Chuan pointed his finger around and circled around, “Here is the shed I specially had someone build, and ordered the food from the hotel for you to eat for free.”
Lu Yuan was stunned, so they had made all this up.
“The reason why we messed up like this is actually for the purpose of finding you.” Gu Beng said.
“Huh?” Lu Yuan looked at Gu Barging in confusion, not knowing what they were actually up to.
“Because the male protagonist of our drama is a down-and-out rich kid, he used to live a very extravagant life, then his family had a change, he was reduced to a pariah overnight, living a miserable life, but although he is living a miserable life, he still has the kind of temperament of the former rich kid in his body, that is to say, when acting, he has to play a The people who can come here to eat must be the workers on the construction site. We just want to find a person with a natural aristocratic temperament among these really poor people. ”
Mr. Lu is also a civilian worker, but you give me a very different feeling from the others, you are not in a hurry, you are not impatient, you have a natural aristocratic aura in your actions, you act as if you are floating clouds in the sky, you move as if you are flowing water, ordinary people may not be able to see it. I think there is no one more suitable than you to play the male lead.
Hearing this, Lu Yuan also felt that Gu Chuan really didn’t seem to be lying anymore.
A movie?
Lu Yuan had never really thought about this kind of thing.
But Lu Yuan also knew that filming was much more profitable than carrying cement bags.
Not to mention the male lead role?
“Mr. Lu, don’t worry about the pay, even if you are a newcomer, the pay will be a little lower than a star, but it will definitely be over a million.” Gu Cong said.
A million or so was certainly nothing to the old Lu Yuan.
But for his current self, that was a really big amount.
Especially after being wrongly accused of stealing a dress last time, Lu Yuan felt the importance of having money.
With money, one could only make people look good and protect Zhou Yun from being bullied!
“Good.” Lu Yuan took a deep breath and nodded his head.
“That’s good, Mr. Lu, you come with us in the car first, I’ll take you to the set, get familiar with the environment, and then you’ll have to sign the contract’s.” Gu Cong looked happy.
It was also true, after all, for a drama, the main character was the most important, and now that the male lead was confirmed, of course he was happy.
As expected, there was a black car parked at the entrance, the brand was quite low key, Buick Grand Prix.
Getting into the car, the car drove towards the film city on the outskirts of Jincheng.
Half an hour later, the car turned into a large courtyard, which was huge, stacked with all kinds of filming supplies and props, as well as some sets, and people coming and going.
“That, Lu Yuan, you go into the building first, wait for me in the lounge inside, I’ll go and see if the sets are set up in the crew, I’ll be right there, yes, take this sign, there’s security when you enter the building, only crew members have the sign to enter freely.”
When he got out of the car, Gu Chuan handed Lu Yuan a small sign, and pointed to a building south of the courtyard and said.
That building was where the crew and actors took breaks and rehearsed scenes when the production was filming.
Lu Yuan nodded and went to the building.
The lounge was on the ground floor of the building and when Lu Yuan walked in, there were quite a few people inside.
Most of them were dressed in fashion, and at a glance they were from the entertainment industry.
The women were exquisitely made up, and the men all had make-up on too.
Moreover, from the distribution of positions, one could also see the status of these people.
On the middlemost sofa, an extremely good-looking young woman sat with her legs crossed, and next to her stood the a*sistant-like woman in a professional dress.
All around her, gazes were directed at her.
When the young woman speaks, everyone looks at her and says something, and when she tells a joke, everyone around her, too, laughs.
It was obvious that she was the centre of the place and, by the looks of it, should also be a star, but Lu Yuan didn’t really know her, after all, Lu Yuan didn’t pay attention to that at all.
When Lu Yuan entered, the people inside were listening to what the young woman was saying, and not many of them noticed Lu Yuan entering.
And Lu Yuan just stood quietly by the wall, and didn’t disturb anyone.
“What’s going on, what is this man, how did he get in here!” Suddenly, a woman appeared in front of Lu Yuan, with a pair of disgusted eyes, looking up and down Lu Yuan’s.
This woman was also young and pretty, a bit baby-faced, but when she saw Lu Yuan in his dirty civilian clothes, she even covered her nose.
Originally no one had paid attention to Lu Yuan, and Lu Yuan had no intention of being noticed, he had just listened to Gu Chuang and waited here quietly for him to return.
But now when she was called out by this woman, the eyes of the crowd instantly shifted to Lu Yuan’s body.
“Who’s this?”
“Dressed like this, this isn’t one of our crew, is it?”
“A civilian worker from a nearby construction site? Throw them out, people like that are making the place dirty!”
At once, the crowd looked displeased.
“Ah, I’m here to apply for the role of an actor.” Lu Yuan said and took out the sign that Gu Chuang had given him earlier.
He didn’t say he was the male lead either, after all, the contract hadn’t even been signed yet, so in theory, he wasn’t the male lead right now.
Once she saw the sign, the woman had nothing more to say.
“Just like you, you’re probably just a temporary group actor.” The woman muttered, “Really, a group actor also came here to take a break, that, go and get me a cup of coffee!”
The woman pointed to the coffee machine in the corner of the lounge and said.
Lu Yuan frowned, he didn’t like this woman’s attitude.
But Lu Yuan was not a grumpy person, it was just a cup of coffee, it didn’t matter. Besides, if he was to shoot a movie here in the future, he would have to work with these people.
With that in mind, Lu Yuan went to the coffee machine, made a cup of coffee and brought it to the woman, “Here’s your coffee.”
“No eyes, what’s the hurry, you carry it for me first.” The woman was pulling out her make-up case to fix her make-up, she didn’t even give Lu Yuan a glance and said.
Lu Yuan was also helpless, but it had come to this, Lu Yuan did not say anything, so he stood to the side with his coffee, waiting for her to finish her make-up.
“Yo, Liang Xue ah, you really look like a big lady.” Just at this time, Gu Chuang came in with his a*sistant, and as soon as he entered, he saw Lu Yuan standing beside the woman with his coffee, while the woman was impatiently complaining at Lu Yuan while putting on her make-up.
“Director Gu, you’re back!” As soon as this woman called Liang Xue saw Gu Chuan, her face instantly showed that kind of flattering smile with a few points, then she hurriedly said, “Director Gu really loves to joke, I’m just a character playing a maid, how can I look like a grand lady, I don’t have the temperament of a grand lady.”
“Is that so, then how did you get Lu Yuan to serve you coffee?” Gu Beng said.
“Ah, he ……” Liang Xue didn’t understand Gu Barging’s meaning for a moment, this civilian boy called Lu Yuan? It’s normal for this kid to serve me a cup of ah coffee, right?
“Oh, you may not know it, Lu Yuan is the one I picked to play the male lead in the play.” Gu Beng said with a smile, “You’re now letting him serve you coffee like a servant, if you’re not Missy, who is Missy?”
“What?!”
Liang Xue was instantly dumbfounded, “He, he’s the leading man?”
“Yes, Lu Yuan is the male lead, you play his personal servant girl in the play, inside the play you are to serve him, I didn’t expect that now he would have to serve you, haha.” Gu Barging laughed heatedly.
Ah?!
Liang Xue stammered and couldn’t speak at once, and she didn’t dare to take the cup of coffee anymore, hiding to the side with an overwhelmed look on her face, looking preoccupied.
Gu Beng also ignored Liang Xue and dragged Lu Yuan to the middle of the lounge.
He is a director and honestly knows a lot of things about the entertainment industry.
As soon as he came in, he saw Lu Yuan standing next to Liang Xue with his coffee, while Liang Xue was putting on her make-up and talking coldly, he understood what was going on at once.
So, just now it looked like he was joking, but in fact, he was not moving to give Liang Xue a warning.
When he came to the middle of the lounge, Gu Cong directly told the crowd about Lu Yuan’s identity.
As expected, the crowd also looked at each other in shock.
Yes, to use a migrant worker from the street as the lead actor?
This was too surprising.
“Director Gu, you’re being too casual, pulling a random migrant worker to play the male lead, have you ever thought about my feelings? Besides, a civilian worker, what kind of acting would he know? Can he have the rich young man’s temperament? A person’s temperament is determined by his origins, I don’t think, how can a folk worker covered in filth, whose upbringing itself is that of a hanger-on, act out that kind of down-on-his-luck rich kid?”
The extremely pretty woman in the middle of the lounge finally stood up at this time, clearly displeased.
She was indeed quite elegant, a long dress set off as if she was a lotus flower out of the water, with an icy muscle and jade neck and a willow.
“Zhang Ying, don’t get excited.” I chose Lu Yuan carefully, his temperament should be the most consistent with the setting of the male lead, you believe me, let Lu Yuan perform, to ensure that this drama is superb in word-of-mouth box office. Come on, you two, the couple in the scene, shake hands.”
It turned out that this woman was the female lead and was playing a couple with Lu Yuan in the play.
Gu Chuang said, pushing Lu Yuan forward.
Lu Yuan understood Gu Chuan’s meaning and took the initiative to politely extend his hand.
“A toad wants to eat swan meat, I won’t play a couple with a civilian worker.” Zhang Ying frowned, a disgust on her face that she really couldn’t hide and apparently she didn’t want to hide, and turned around and left.
Her accompanying a*sistant, hastily following her, also hurried away.
“It’s alright Lu Yuan, I’ll convince her, come on, let’s go up and get the contract signed.” Gu Chuang said, and took Lu Yuan upstairs to sign the contract.
After Gu Barging explained a few more things.
“So, Lu Yuan, next Monday our crew will start filming officially, you can just come over then, now, I’ll send someone to drive you back.” Gu Beng said.
“No need, Director Gu, I’ll just take the bus back.” Lu Yuan also didn’t let Gu Barging send him, and took the bus back by himself.
After he left.
In the lounge, Liang Xue, on the other hand, was now on edge inside.
“What should I do, how do I know that that kid is actually the male lead chosen by Director Gu? I’ve just offended him, what should I do now?” Liang Xue kept stomping her feet in anxiety, with a feeling of being at her wits’ end.
“What are you afraid of? Didn’t you see just now that Zhang Ying doesn’t even see him, so it’s not sure if he can really play the lead role.” Next to her, Liang Xue’s friend said.
“Even if Zhang Ying is a big shot, it’s still up to Director Gu. Director Gu has taken him upstairs to sign the contract, so it’s definitely him.” Liang Xue scratched her long hair, “Alas, although he is a newcomer and still a civilian, but as long as he acts, he will surely rise to fame soon, I am a third-rate small actress, still playing his maid in the play, if he wants to give me small shoes to wear, then I will be finished.”
“Well, I do have an idea.” Her friend said with a sudden twinkle in her eye.
“Ah, come on, tell me!”
“You go to a hotel tonight and get a room, then ask him to come to your room and say it’s to discuss the plot, then when he arrives, you find a way and push him over! That way I guess he won’t do anything to you in the future, and maybe, you’ll even be able to hook him.”
“Is that, okay?”
“If it wasn’t for Director Gu’s interest in him playing the lead role, he would still be just a bricklayer, whereas you are at least an artist, and in his eyes, you are like a goddess, so if you take the initiative to fall for him, he will definitely accept it. And you have to hold on tight, he has only just signed a contract now, he is still a hanger-on inside, so it’s still easy to push him down, and if after a while, he has already adapted to his status and has fame and fans, at that time, he probably won’t be able to see you.”
With a word, she reminded Liang Xue.
“You’re so right! But how do I contact him. Director Gu said that filming won’t start until next Monday, so how am I going to find him in the meantime?”
“I saw him go out just now, it seems he went to the bus stop, you hurry up and drive, follow him, see where he lives, then you go over and find him ah.”
