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Chapter 20

Cao Ye and Liang Sizhe opened the car door and got into the car, sitting in the back of the car. Zheng Yin took them to the audition venue.

This is the second time Liang Sizhe has taken this off-road vehicle. Compared to the last time, the atmosphere of sitting with Cao Ye is obviously much more relaxed and bright.

"Have you ever played a real-person CCS battle?" Cao Ye was no longer sleepy at this moment, and excitedly pulled Liang Sizhe to chat.

"No." Liang Sizhe said.

"It's fun, super exciting," Cao Ye turned to look at him with his eyes bright, "Next time, you go with me? If you replace Li Zheng, he will always drag our team down, causing us to lose."

"I haven't played it before, so I'm not necessarily much better than him."

"Why are you better than him! As long as you don't kill me, you don't know that Li Zheng actually shot at me. He and I are in the same team! And I am the main force. It can be imagined that without me, our team lost too badly in the game."

"Then you shoot in the next game and knock him down." Liang Sizhe said lazily on the back of the seat, unable to tell whether he was interested.

"Brother, I see you are a werewolf!" Cao Ye bent his elbow and put it on his shoulder, "I'll go together next time, I'll agree."

Before Liang Sizhe could speak, Zheng Yin spoke in front and said with a smile: "Cao Ye, you are really... You don't ask Sizhe if you are interested in your child's stuff. Isn't this a forceful way?"

"How can you know if you don't try it? Besides, what are children's things? Uncle Yin, go and have a look. Many people as old as you are playing, why don't you be with us next time?"

"I'm not interested," Zheng Yin smiled and shook his head, "You can know without trying."

The car drove into a film and television base. The two got out of the car and followed Zheng Yin in. There were several dome houses in the base, all of which were used as shooting venues. Zheng Yin took them into one of the buildings.

On both sides near the door are several simple-decorated houses for actors and crew members to rest. When you walk in, you will see today's audition venue - the theater is very large and looks a bit empty. All the curtains are tightly pulled to block out the natural light from the outside. In the center of the venue is a light light carefully arranged by the lighter. As soon as you enter, the dim lights make the entire theater environment look a bit dull and depressing. Sewage remains on the bumpy ground. I don't know whether it was deliberately sprinkled or left by the previous crew, which reflects the various colors of light in the theater.

Cao Xiuyuan sat behind the monitor and watched the video in the camera. There were seven or eight men and women standing and sitting around him, of varying ages, and was talking in a low voice.

There were several boys standing next to the theater, all of whom were about sixteen or seventeen years old, some of whom came by themselves and others accompanied them.

"You guys stand here for a while," said Zheng Yin, "I'll go over and say."

Zheng Yin walked over, stopped behind Cao Xiu's far side, bowed down, supported his thighs with both hands, and leaned into Cao Xiuyuan's ear and said, "Brother Yuan, I've brought Xiaoye and the others here."

Upon hearing this, Cao Xiuyuan turned his face and looked in the direction of Cao Ye and Liang Sizhe.

I heard that Cao Xiuyuan's son Cao Ye came over, and the other main creators of the crew who were sitting around Cao Xiuyuan also turned around and looked over.

Liang Sizhe put his hands behind his back, and reached the leg in front of him slightly bent. Cao Ye put one arm on his shoulder, his head slightly tilted, as if he was saying something to Liang Sizhe. The two beautiful boys stood together, and the scene was too eye-catching, making the others beside him look pale.

The person next to him turned his head and moutoed Zheng Yin, and secretly asked with Cao Xiuyuan on his back: "Which one is?"

Zheng Yin pointed to the left with his finger and also replied with his mouth: "Short hair."

At this time, screenwriter Zhou Ru spoke aside and smiled and said, "Oh, the young master is here. The real person is better than the photos."

"Yes?" Zheng Yin also smiled.

"It doesn't look very much like Director Cao, do you look like Teacher Li?" said the deputy director next to him. The "Teacher Li" he mentioned refers to Li You, Cao Ye's mother, an internationally renowned violinist. Although this marriage has not been made public in the media, everyone in the circle knows that Li You is Cao Xiuyuan's wife.

"The face and eyes look like mothers," Zheng Yin looked up at Cao Ye and said with a smile, "but his nose and mouth are exactly the same as Brother Yuan."

"Really president." Someone said.

"Who is the boy standing with him?" Zhou Ru asked the thoughts of the others present. Although there was no dazzling halo like "Cao Xiuyuan's son", Liang Sizhe, who was standing beside him, was not blocked at all. He just stood there casually, talking to Cao Ye in a random manner, which looked special enough and not inferior. "It looked quite a bit convincing at first glance," Zhou Ru recalled in an interview later.

"It was also Brother Yuan who chose to audition." Zheng Yin did not introduce it much.

"Then keep going," Cao Xiuyuan said, "try the others first and then try them both."

The staff standing outside looked down at the list in their hands and walked towards the boys next to them. "Xu Qisheng, come over, it's you." One of the boys responded, quickly walked to the camera, stood still, a little at a loss.

"Go ahead." Cao Xiuyuan said behind the monitor.

The boy looked a little nervous and immediately took a step forward and asked tentatively: "Can you do it?"

Cao Xiuyuan said again: "I'll take a look when I lift my hair up."

The boy quickly raised his hand, stroked his bangs on his head and pressed them with his palms.

Liang Sizhe and Cao Ye stood beside him and watched the audition process. Suddenly, Cao Ye's arm was raised from Liang Sizhe's shoulder, and his hand was raised high, as if he was saying hello.

Liang Sizhe looked at him in the direction he greeted him. A boy of seventeen or eighteen walked towards them at this time. The boy looked pretty and not tall, at most about 1.75 meters tall, and looked very thin. He had just been sitting near Cao Xiuyuan, but was blocked by Cao Xiuyuan's tall figure.

"Hi, Zhang Minghan," Cao Ye's hand fell back to Liang Sizhe's shoulder and asked the boy with a smile, "Why are you here too?"

"I have no show to shoot recently. I'm bored at home and come to see Teacher Cao audition." Zhang Minghan also said with a smile.

"What's there to see..." Cao Ye said lazily, "Didn't you try this too?"

"It's always different to try it yourself and see other people's trials. Besides, aren't you there? I'll witness the superstar."

"You're called "provoking"? "Cao Ye said with a smile.

"I'm called "predicting things like a god," Zhang Minghan's eyes fell on Liang Sizhe next to him-their relationship looked quite close. He guessed that this person might be a rich young man who grew up in the same circle as Cao Ye, otherwise he would not have such a good temperament. "...Is this?"

"Oh, it's time to introduce you," Cao Ye patted Liang Sizhe's shoulder, "Liang Sizhe, like you before, is a newcomer picked by my father." He also introduced Zhang Minghan to Liang Sizhe, "I don't need to introduce Zhang Minghan, right? The male protagonist of "Missing is a River."

Liang Sizhe actually didn't know much about Zhang Minghan. Zhang Minghan played the protagonist of Cao Xiuyuan's movie two years ago and won the Best Newcomer Award at the film festival, which made him a little popular. However, since Liang Sizhe does not usually pay attention to news in the film and television industry, for him, Zhang Minghan is just one of the many entertainment stars who "really familiar with the name but don't match me."

After Cao Ye finished introducing, Liang Sizhe and Zhang Minghan shook hands briefly, and neither seemed to have any interest in having a deep relationship with each other.

I heard that Liang Sizhe was the newcomer chosen by Cao Xiuyuan, Zhang Minghan's attitude changed slightly. He put away his previous cautious attitude and began to look at Liang Sizhe directly, thinking: "The newcomer he picked... Is this movie actually a two-man protagonist?"

"We are guessing too." Cao Ye said with a smile. He grew up abroad, and the speed of Chinese characters is very slow. The script has been translated less than one-third. I wonder if there will be a male protagonist with the same role as Xiaoman in the plot. His eyes crossed Zhang Minghan's shoulders, "Why is this audition like taking the film academy?"

"It seems like you have taken the film academy." Zhang Minghan looked at him and laughed.

"I have a friend who told me...it's exactly the same."

"This is much harder than taking the film academy," Zhang Minghan looked back at the audition area in the middle. "Teacher Cao's eyes were very poisonous. After just looking at this moment, you basically know whether this person can play the role."

The audition went very quickly, and it took a few minutes for everyone to go up. Only Cao Ye and Liang Sizhe had not yet tried it.

"Xiao Ye, will it work for Brother Yuan?" Zheng Yin solicited Cao Xiuyuan's opinion.

"Director Cao's own son is still used to watch in front of the camera?" Someone was joking.

"Call Cao Ye and come first." Cao Xiuyuan pinched his chin with his fingers and looked at the screen of the monitor.

"Okay," Zheng Yin stood up straight, stretched out his arms and waved to Cao Ye. "Xiao Ye comes here," he gestured to the position in front of the camera with his chin, "Stand there."

"Then I'll go first." Cao Ye took his arm away from Liang Sizhe's shoulder, said to Zhang Minghan again, and then walked to the front of the camera.

"Take two steps forward, raise your chin a little... turn your head sideways, come back a little, don't be so big... OK, go sideways... Turn around, walk back, don't stop, keep walking..." Cao Xiuyuan issued a simple request behind the camera, and his attitude towards Cao Ye is no different from that of others.

Cao Ye seemed to act obediently according to his requests, but when he heard Cao Xiuyuan's voice, his mood became worse again. The more requests Cao Xiuyuan issued, the worse his mood became.

In the last few steps he walked away from the camera, he even had to doubt whether he was Cao Xiuyuan's biological child, otherwise how could he be as cold as others - he only stared at the screen of the monitor, and didn't even look up at him.

"Let's go back." Cao Xiuyuan said behind,

Cao Ye's face became very bad when he walked back. The young man who was usually energetic was filled with anger and dissatisfaction at this moment, and his emotions that could not be hidden were written on his face.

But this emotional change attracted Cao Xiuyuan's attention. Cao Xiuyuan's frown slightly stretched, his eyes stayed on the monitor screen for a few seconds, and then raised his head to look at Cao Ye from the air.

Cao Ye also looked at him. This glance was full of content, and he was full of questions, unwillingness, anger, and grievance. This emotion was too strong that the others present also felt something was wrong with the atmosphere.

But this confrontation seemed to be just Cao Ye's wishful thinking. Cao Xiuyuan raised his jaw and looked at Cao Ye with a slightly raised look on his eyes, and his fingers tapped his chin one by one, as if he was thinking. After a while, he turned to Liang Sizhe and said, "Sizhe, you stand here too."
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