Chapter 443: Chapter 442: Casting
“How’s it, not bad, right?” Wang Hao, with a grin, said, “Director Yang, this role seems perfect, why don’t we sign it now?”
“Let’s sign,” Yang Shoulin nodded directly, “Go find Teacher Tong. She handles the signing and specifics like salary. I don’t deal with that.”
“Sorted, no problem.”
That’s when Wang Hao walked into the hotel lobby with Xia Xueqi and Liu Xueyan.
Just as they reached the door of a small conference room, they saw a line of girls at the entrance, stretching over ten meters long, with about thirty women waiting. These women were all dressed fashionably, fair-skinned, beautiful, with slim waists and long legs, gathered in small clusters and chattering endlessly.
Wang Hao surreptitiously approached a girl at the end of the line, nudged her arm, and asked, “Hey, what’s the situation here? What’s everyone doing?”
“Are you new here?” The girl glanced at Wang Hao disdainfully and said, “Mind your own business, I’m here to apply, got it?”
Applying? Since when did this become a job fair?
“Applying for what?” Wang Hao was curious, “What job?”
“Are you blind?” The girl, while applying her makeup, answered, “This is the ‘Swordsman’ crew. They’re casting now! Casting for actresses. Actresses, you get it? Today, they are casting female disciples of the Heng Mountain Sect! Roles with lines and scenes!”
Do I even need to ask? Of course, I get it.
He took Xia Xueqi and Liu Xueyan by the arm and moved inside, “Let’s go take a look first.”
“Hey, don’t you know how to line up?” The girl suddenly became upset, “How rude can you be?”
“Ah, it’s okay,” Wang Hao turned and smiled, “I’m not involved in your business, heh.”
Entering the conference room with Xia Xueqi and Liu Xueyan, upon entering, Wang Hao saw a long table at the front with three people sitting behind it, two men and one woman. These were all crew members, typically the level of assistants handle extras casting, so no need for the big bosses to show up. The woman was Jiang Rong, Tong Tong’s assistant, who had a quite good relationship with Wang Hao due to Tong Tong.
In front of them, about a dozen girls stood in a circle in the middle of the room, surrounded by various types of beauty, and in the center, a girl was performing a talent act.
Wang Hao glanced around casually and couldn’t help but marvel.
This is truly a film crew, casually gathering such a mass of stunning beauties, and with those at the door, it’s enough to open a fairyland…
“No, no, next!” frowned the trio at the front, as Jiang Rong decisively waved her hand, “It doesn’t feel right.”
Taking advantage of the break, Wang Hao grinned and greeted, “Everyone’s busy, huh?”
Upon seeing Wang Hao, the three sighed in relief and smiled, “Is that Brother Hao? Come, come take a seat.”
“Yeah, just got back,” Wang Hao found a seat and mentioned, “I pulled a female actress from another crew today, Sister Jiang, what do you think of her look? I’m planning to cast her as Lan Fenghuang.”
“Lan Fenghuang?” Jiang Rong scrutinized Liu Xueyan thoroughly and nodded, “Her looks and figure are fine, but we’ll see after she changes her costume. So, Miss Liu, is it? Go and change into the costume first then try it on camera. Have you acted before?”
“Yes, I was previously with the ‘Fengyun War’ crew,” Liu Xueyan’s eyes turned red, and she spoke softly, “I ran into some trouble, and Brother Hao got me out.”
She didn’t want to mention her past right now, Jiang Rong, having been in the industry, understood the potential troubles just by looking at Liu Xueyan’s face and reassured, “Don’t worry, no one will bother you here. Go change and let’s see how it looks.”
As Liu Xueyan went to change, Jiang Rong asked everyone else in the room to leave, then sighed, “Brother Hao, you came at the right time. The three of us have been worried about this issue. We’ve auditioned over a hundred this morning, and no matter how we look at it, these people just don’t seem right. It’s not that they are unattractive or ill-shaped, but something’s off. Brother Hao, any ideas?”
“Ah? Over a hundred already?” Wang Hao’s eyes widened, “Aren’t today’s auditions for the female disciples of the Heng Mountain Sect? Is it this hard to find ordinary actors?”
“Yes,” sighed a male assistant, shrugging his shoulders, “It’s tough nowadays to find girls with a classical beauty. If we just cast anyone, those who are in the know understand it’s tough finding people, but those who aren’t would think we’re casting from some Heng Mountain spa center masseuses.”
At this, everyone in the room laughed.
Well, just like the impression I had…
“Actually, it’s simple,” Wang Hao thought briefly and understood, “Just have them go bare-faced. We are doing a historical Kung Fu film, and it’s the Heng Mountain Sect, a group with thick makeup just won’t do. Just bare-faced, and decently fresh-looking is fine.”
“Bare-faced?” They exchanged looks, “That’s a great idea! Let’s do it bare-faced!”
The male assistant who joked about the spa center ran out, “I’ll send out the notice right now!”
He rushed out, then the sound of the crowd outside exploded immediately.
“What?! Bare-faced?! How do we even go out these days?!”
“That’s right, how can we meet people without makeup? I haven’t even had plastic surgery yet!”
“Have to go bare-faced for a TV show, really… let’s go!”