Depressive Screenwriter

Although it was their first time meeting Su Yan, everyone present looked extremely nervous.

In the Xia country's television drama circle, Su Yan is, if not the greatest of all time, at least the number one figure right now.

Perhaps Su Yan himself doesn't feel it that way.

But after collaborating with Su Yan, the fact that Shen Liqian rose from a washed-up, has-been celebrity to the most popular actress in Xia country's television drama circle with her role as Rika Akana has become a must-discuss achievement for various entertainment companies to share with their artists.

Not to mention the example of Gu Qingyuan.

So even though there were hundreds of people competing for a role at today's audition, and they all paid for their own flights to Tokyo, no one backed down.

After all, being the female lead in a Su Yan drama meant soaring to the top in the Xia country's television industry.

With a 1% chance of becoming famous, who would back down?

This is much better than Xia country's fraudulent welfare lottery.

Arriving at the audition room.

Yumi Shinozaki was already sitting in the main seat, organizing documents.

"Morning," Su Yan greeted.

"I brought you breakfast. Eat it quickly. If things go fast, I hope we can finish all these auditions before ten tonight," Yumi Shinozaki handed Su Yan a bag of small steamed buns and soy milk.

"Thanks," Su Yan said with a smile.

Then he took the documents from her and flipped through them casually.

"I've already marked the ones with potential."

"First of all, the nine people here have the most outstanding looks. Just in terms of appearance, they would be eye-catching even among celebrities. Then, in terms of acting skills, these few have experience in many dramas before. I've watched their previous performances, and they're very good. And these few, I have difficulty understanding the dignified aura you mentioned, but these few look like very righteous and beautiful girls at first glance."

Yumi Shinozaki didn't hold back at all, bombarding Su Yan with a bunch of information as soon as he sat down.

Su Yan listened for a long time and just sighed softly, feeling a little embarrassed.

This producer, Yumi Shinozaki, is much more responsible and dedicated than him, the screenwriter.

Su Yan began to look through the documents in his hand.

However, he didn't find any of the actor information organized by Yumi Shinozaki particularly impressive.

Beauty is secondary for the role of Saber. The most important thing is that aura.

Just through photos, because of different cameras and lens materials, many details can't be fully presented.

Some people are very beautiful in real life, but they look like short, fat, and round on professional lenses, while some people are the opposite. They're only eight-point beauties in real life, but they become nine-point goddesses on camera.

So Su Yan's audition today will not only have on-site observation, but also professional camera angles that will be shot and cut to his laptop to view the on-camera effect.

"Okay, let's start!" Su Yan said directly after looking at the time.

Soon, the auditionees outside the room received the notice.

[Lancelot.]

[It's all because of me.]

[I will one day obtain the Holy Grail.]

Regarding Saber's audition clips, Su Yan chose two scenes.

First, the scene when Saber appears.

The line [Are you my master?] is definitely a must-test question.

And, Saber's final regretful and tearful scene in the FZ storyline after the battle with Lancelot, returning to her own era.

These were the two scenes in FZ that impressed Su Yan the most.

There aren't many lines, only a dozen or so in total, but the performance requirements are extremely high.

The audition script elaborated on Saber's general psychology during the two scenes.

One by one, the personnel audition ended. The feeling Su Yan got from most of the auditions was unnaturalness.

These people are all beautiful, but just beautiful, and obviously not enough to play Saber well.

Although there were one or two people who gave Su Yan a bright feeling, there was still a gap between them and the Saber he imagined.

But this kind of thing was within Su Yan's expectations.

Anime works are extremely imaginative subjects.

In fact, every ACG fan will re-process anime characters in their minds. To put it bluntly, there will be character filters. Not to mention that live-action actors can perform 100% of the effect, it is good if they can perform 50% to 60%.

It is impossible to pursue 100% restoration.

Not to mention in Xia country, even in Su Yan's previous life, Artoria was just a virtual character.

The knight king in real history is a legend, a vaguely recorded, overly mythologized Arthur.

Where to find an actor with 100% compatibility?

Su Yan knew this very well.

However, when it really came to the audition, there were still many expectations.

In the evening, the audition ended.

Su Yan and Yumi Shinozaki sorted out the relevant information.

"How was it? Are there any actors you like from today's audition?" Yumi Shinozaki asked.

"Just these three: Natasha Benson, Uniel Smith, and Bettina Payton. Well, if the full score is ten, these two clips give me the feeling that they can get six or seven points," Su Yan said.

"Six or seven points, so low?" Yumi Shinozaki said in surprise.

"Although it's not high, it's not low either. Being able to get six or seven points is at least a passing grade," Su Yan paused and said.

"This is the female lead of a TV series with an estimated investment of over 100 million. If even you, the screenwriter, think that the score is only this high" Yumi Shinozaki frowned.

"How should I put it, we have to find an eight-point actor, right?"

"How about this. These three will be kept on the backup list first. We will distribute the Fate Zero audition script to the tutors and students of major film academies. If anyone is interested in this role, they can submit audition videos online," Su Yan paused and said.

"After all, it's just a slim chance of auditioning. Maybe some student actors with better qualities can't afford to fly to the scene for an audition due to economic reasons and lack of confidence. If there are more suitable candidates in the online submission video, then we will reimburse their round-trip expenses to come to the scene for an audition, how about that?"

"If you think it's necessary to make such a big splash for this role, then no problem," Yumi Shinozaki thought for a while and said directly.

"It's just that doing so will delay the filming progress of FZ. The FZ crew has already started, and some supporting roles are being filmed, but the female lead Saber can't be absent from filming for a long time."

"The time is set for this week. Before next Monday, no matter what the result is, a suitable Saber will be selected to participate in the role, otherwise" Su Yan picked up the information of the three actors he had previously selected.

"Just pick one from them."

And the facts proved that Su Yan's proposal really worked.

In the next few days, Yumi Shinozaki's mailbox received a large number of short videos every day.

Su Yan and she gathered together after get off work every day to study these.

The actor who could be worthy of the "ten-point" evaluation in Su Yan's imagination did not emerge inadvertently as he had imagined.

But after expanding the scope, he found four more auditionees who made his eyes shine more than the three actors promoted at the previous audition.

Although Su Yan felt that if he continued to expand the scope, expanding the target from Xia country to foreign countries, there might be better candidates.

But the time cost was too high.

Su Yan had an article in his previous life called "The Biggest Ear of Wheat!"

A group of people were looking for the biggest ear of wheat in a wheat field, but each person could only pull off one. Many people always found a relatively large ear of wheat, but they gave it up because they thought they could find a bigger one. However, this is a trap. After a certain moment, no matter how they compare, the ears of wheat they encounter again in the wheat field can't compare to the previous ones.

When the time came, the final result for many people was that they found nothing!

There are billions of people in this world, and it is impossible for Su Yan to observe each one and select the ultimate best.

Su Yan would not make this mistake.

Su Yan quickly made a decision, sent audition invitations to these four people, and then two of them were rejected because their on-camera effects were too poor.

Among the other two, after putting on Saber's knight armor costumes for them

At this point, Su Yan was able to confirm the candidate.

On Saturday morning, Su Yan no longer hesitated.

Zhuang Yuxin.

A student studying at the Imperial Capital Film Academy.

Her father is Xia country and her mother is a Western mixed race.

After she agreed to sign a contract and become an artist under Dimensional Film and Television Company.

On the official website of Dimensional Film and Television Company, on the FZ homepage, the personnel information about the female lead Artoria was also updated on Saturday.

On the same day, the information that Zhuang Yuxin, a sophomore at the Imperial Capital Film Academy, became the female lead of FZ directly topped the hot search on major video websites in Xia country.

Especially after learning that she sent an audition video to Dimensional Film and Television Company just to give it a try, and then Dimensional Film and Television Company reimbursed her expenses to go to Tokyo for a live interview, and then signed a contract in just less than five days, this made the Xia country film and television industry boil even more.

What is this, a natural koi carp?

So many first-line actresses have to work hard to compete for a female second role in Su Yan's drama.

And the female lead of FZ, a drama with an investment of hundreds of millions, was taken down by her, a student with no acting experience?

Su Yan, are you really so casual in choosing actors for your works?

A pure amateur as the female lead of an S-level drama is a first in the Xia country TV drama industry!