"Mr. Zhang...What do you mean?"

Wu Cole looked confused and looked at Zhang Jin for a moment at a loss.

This kind of crampedness only happened when he first met Zhang Jin. Later, as the relationship between the two grew, Zhang Jin became closer and closer to him. He had not felt this way in front of Zhang Jin for a long time.

Zhang Jin calmed down his anger, calmed down and said, "You don't have to think about this drama. I will cast a drama for you in the next half year. I will support you with whatever type you want and how you want to make a breakthrough! But you must protect your fans, they are your greatest wealth, do you understand?"

"I understand! I understand!"

Wu Cole nodded repeatedly, looked at Zhang Jin, smiled tentatively, and asked, "Well, if Li Zhifan..."

"No if!"

Zhang Jin narrowed his eyes and looked at Wu Coke, "No matter whether this play was thrown by Lei Shanhe or not, he would never use you!"

"I……"

"Don't say anything more, go ahead and go!"

Zhang Jin waved his hand and drove away Wu Cola.

After leaving Jinxiu Group and getting into the special car, Wu Coke was still puzzled, so he asked his assistant: "Why? Isn't Mr. Zhang and Lei Shanhe a good relationship?"

"I don't know either!" the assistant said embarrassedly, "But I can ask my friends in the technology circle and ask if the two of them have any recent situation."

"Yes!" said Wu Kele, "If it is true, then we will try to avoid and walk around the investments of Leishanhe in the future."

Wu Cola turned out the window, and the face of Li Zhifan during the audition was inexplicably revealed on the window glass, recalling the expression and tone, Wu Cola seemed to understand something, rubbed her eyes, "Let's go!"

...

On the other side.

The auditions have been going on in an orderly manner.

The actors who came to audition were all very old, from experienced supporting actors and veteran actors in their fifties to the new generation who had just graduated from college in their early twenties.

There is only one review standard, that is, to be able to pass the acting skills, be dedicated to your career, and be praised by the insider for excellent performance.

As for popularity, it's useless here.

So some familiar old actors decided on the spot, asked them to go back and prepare, and then started the filming and went straight to the group.

As noon approached, Li Zhifan and his six ordered takeout and ordered lunch boxes to the audition actors who were still waiting outside.

At this time, a boy with handsome and serious eyes came in.

"Hello!" Wang Yue asked first, "What's your name?"

"My name is Cheng Xiaodong!"

The boy said, "I graduated from the Shanghai Art Academy and was a model before. After entering the entertainment industry, I have filmed some idol dramas, but I want to challenge myself and try some styles that I have not covered before."

"Um!"

Li Zhifan nodded. He knew exactly where the other party came from, but since he treated everyone equally, he would not go out directly because of his relationship with Guo Siwen. The audition opportunity would still be given.

But whether he can play depends on himself. The other is whether he is willing to condescend to his noble character.

If it weren't for Guo Siwen's incident, Cheng Xiaodong would have been so popular now, which is similar to Wu Coke's current status.

However, Cheng Xiaodong did not have the luck of Wu Coke. After Guo Siwen was imprisoned, he did not have a rich man who was sought after him like Wu Coke, which led to his popularity falling from the second line.

"Then try this character!"

Li Zhifan searched in a bunch of scripts in front of him, then took out a page of paper and handed it to Cheng Xiaodong.

Cheng Xiaodong hurriedly took it, feeling scared, but because of his stiff expression, he couldn't see it very well. Only his eyes could convey some meaning.

After reading the script twice, Cheng Xiaodong looked up and asked, "Is this... affair?"

"What, have any questions?" Li Zhifan narrowed his eyes at him.

"No, no!" Cheng Xiaodong said hurriedly, "Let me try it!"

Li Zhifan nodded: "Then let's start!"

Cheng Xiaodong looked at the script again, then placed this piece of A4 paper on the table, took a chair and sat down by the table, then picked up the cup lid on the table, pretending to be a chess piece.

"Director Yu...hehe, don't torture me!"

Cheng Xiaodong lowered his head, raised it sometimes, showing a helpless look on his face.

But because of those faces that are nearly paralyzed, the expression is very stiff, which makes you feel uncomfortable but not in place.

However, it was this expression that made Wang Yue, Zhou Shilei and others stunned.

Unexpectedly, facial paralysis also has the benefits of facial paralysis, which makes the character's embarrassing, ashamed and unwilling expression just right.

"Director Yu, I, I know everything, your wife told you!"

Cheng Xiaodong lowered his head, bowed his head at a 45-degree angle, and recited the dialogue.

After a few minutes of silence, he raised his head and looked at Li Zhifan with tears in his eyes. His face, which was nearly paralyzed, kept shaking, and it was obvious that the stiff muscles were floating up and down.

"Director Yu! Actually, I..." Cheng Xiaodong suddenly stood up and shouted.

Li Zhifan pressed his hand and signaled him to sit down: "Don't be excited, say it slowly!"

Cheng Xiaodong sat in the meeting in place, lowered his head and sobbed, "Director Yu, actually I really like Mrs. Ma... Chichi, when Ma Kui was still there, we... we... had it!"

As he said that, Cheng Xiaodong stood up and took two steps to Li Zhifan's side, and said "bang" and then knelt: "Director Yu, we are not stealing!"

Cheng Xiaodong grabbed Li Zhifan's arm, pursed his lips, looking very aggrieved and unwilling, and then lowered his head and sighed: "It's love!"

"Okay, get up!"

Li Zhifan patted his shoulder and reached out to help him.

But Cheng Xiaodong was obviously too immersed in the show, and grabbed his hair in annoyance. After a long time, he came to his senses and said, "Sorry, it's a bit too much!"

"It's okay, it's pretty good!"

Li Zhifan said, "You are just being hurt by this face. Others can express it with just a little effort. You have to work hard and use all your strength! But at least you still have a soul in your heart, and you also have your own understanding of acting. You performed very well in this part just now."

"Yes! For more than half a year, I have been learning how to really act, instead of posing in front of the camera to pretend to be cool. Unfortunately, my mouth still has problems, and my lines have been unscrupulous."

Cheng Xiaodong's slightly slow mouth, speaking of the dialogue really makes people want to beat him up, and it feels like a fool is reading the text.

This has a lot to do with plastic surgery. A lot of the muscles on both cheeks were removed, and the rest was also affected by hyaluronic acid, causing his pronunciation to change.

"It doesn't matter, you can find a voiceover!"

Li Zhifan said, "The role you got just now has not many roles, but it is crucial. To put it bluntly, it is a guest appearance. Would you like to try it?"

"Yes! Yes!" Cheng Xiaodong nodded repeatedly, his expression still very stiff.

"Okay!" Li Zhifan said, "When the script comes out, the date of joining the group will be set, I will send you an email! It's getting late, they have ordered a lunch box and have a meal together!"

"No, no, I'll eat outside!"

Cheng Xiaodong waved his hand quickly and nodded to the people in the room again and again, "Thank you everyone, thank you Director Li! Thank you!"

After he left, Li Zhifan looked at Wang Ye and Zhou Shilei and asked, "How is it?"

"Oh, it's facial paralysis after all!" Wang Ye smiled bitterly, "Otherwise, he would definitely be a good actor."

Zhou Shilei said: "This is at most half-face paralysis, and at least he can make some expressions. Nowadays, many young and handsome guys in the entertainment industry are not even as good as this. When you are angry, you will know how to frown, when you are happy, you will know how to pursed your lips and smile, and when you are sad, you will know how to droop your eyelids and take your eye drops. You can't do the joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness of normal people."

"It's all because of the image. I have surgery on my face and never make a fool of myself when filming. Some artists signed a contract with the crew and stipulated that shooting should not be ugliness. Except for scenes that require showing their faces, all other scenes are easy or dangerous, and they are all substitutes."

Wang Yue complained for a long time, then asked, "Zhifan, do you really want to use this Cheng Xiaodong?"

"Just give him some food."

Li Zhifan spread his hands and said, "If Guo Siwen knew his former favorite player and came to me to play a small role, I wonder what he thought?"

"As long as he can act, I don't think it's a problem to use him."

Zhou Shilei said, "The posture is so low that the questions we gave can be completed smoothly. It's just that the lines are a little more troublesome, and he has to find a dubbing for him."

Li Zhifan knocked on the table and looked at the casting assistant director: "Old Chang, if there is no problem, please contact his agency to see how much money you want, the price should be reasonable and fair!"

"I understand!" Lao Chang nodded and wrote down Cheng Xiaodong's name in the small notebook in front of him.

...

Outside the door.

Cheng Xiaodong breathed a sigh of relief after coming out.

He didn't have much hope today, and his goal was not the protagonist from the beginning. It would be great to give a supporting role for the male number eight.

Although I don’t know how many scenes he wants to play Secretary Hong, what Li Zhifan said should be a very ordinary supporting role, but even so, he hopes to treat this as the beginning of his return to the entertainment industry and seize this opportunity.

"Xiaodong, is it out?"

A few of the actors who sat with him before had not left. Seeing him coming out with an almost expressionless face, they all had answers in their hearts, some were laughing secretly, some were regretful for him, and some were openly asking for some people who wanted to ridicule him.

"Um!"

Cheng Xiaodong withdrew his thoughts and smiled slightly.

"Don't be discouraged!"
To be continued...