Chapter 10:
I invested all the startup funds my father gave me into a female-centric film called "Helan." I managed to gather well-known directors, a top production team, and acclaimed writers.
With this dream team, anyone who stars in it is guaranteed to rise to fame.
The casting process was put on hold after I finished a call with my father during a variety show recording.
The lead actress had not been decided yet.
This time, I had the casting director restart the selection process.
Since I am the biggest investor in this project, I personally participated in the casting process.
Within a week, various entertainment companies started submitting resumes of their actors.
And, as expected, there was one from Gu Yan.
She had achieved some success in TV dramas and was currently seeking a breakthrough.
How could she miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? I handed her resume to my assistant.
"Notify Huaran Entertainment and ask Gu Yan to come for an audition." "Okay." She still had a pile of resumes in her arms, and I keenly noticed a familiar headshot.
"Wait a minute, what's this..." I took out Qi Kai's resume.
"What's going on with these?" My assistant replied, "These are all the ones Director Wang selected." I glanced at Qi Kai's resume.
She was auditioning for the role of the third female lead, a courtesan character.
Putting aside everything else, her appearance is quite suitable for the role.
"Why was she rejected?" The assistant pondered for a moment and said, "Director Wang said she has too much negative material, which makes her look unreliable." I found it amusing and handed over my resume.
"Let Director Wang know and have her audition, I think she's suitable." The assistant looked at me and nodded, "Alright." Alongside Gu Yan and Qi Ke, we selected over a hundred actresses to come and audition.
The location was set on the top floor of Star Entertainment Company.
As the actresses entered the building, their accompanying assistants and agents were stopped on the first floor.
The actresses were isolated outside the audition hall.
The staff was busy setting up the scene.
"Director Xiao Cheng, can the live camera be set up here?" I nodded, "Yes, it can." The actresses auditioning had no idea that the auditions would not be conducted in a closed-off manner.
On the contrary, they would be fully open to the public.
Their performances would be broadcasted on Weibo.
The audience would rate them, and the final casting decision would be based on both the audience's ratings and other factors.
In the adjacent room, which also served as a live broadcasting venue, a signal jammer had been installed in advance.
The actresses were unaware of this live broadcast.