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After a night of silence, Lu Heng was woken up early the next morning by the ringing of the phone.

Brother Lu Chi, who had been busy all night, kneaded the middle of the brow bone and the bridge of the nose, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice, "Well, what do you want from me?"

The slightly sluggish voice was full of weariness. Lu Heng originally wanted to ask the representative of Huanqiu, but when he heard the voice of the elder brother who seemed to be very uncomfortable, he immediately asked, "What's wrong with you, elder brother?"

"I've been busy these days." Lu Chi didn't seem to want to talk about his current work, and asked again: "How are you doing?"

Sensing his elder brother's attitude, Lu Heng obediently changed the subject, repeating what the Huanqiu representative said at the premiere of "Flower and Sword" yesterday.

Lu Chi on the other end of the phone smiled slightly when he heard this, and said, "So it's this matter... I did mention this matter in front of Mr. Abel. Universal Pictures will spend [-] million M gold in the second half of the year to create a magical movie Among them is the role of an elf archer, which I think is quite suitable for you. I recommended it to Mr. Abel. He promised to give you a chance to audition."

"Of course, the main reason why Mr. Abel made this decision is that you have two films that were nominated for the Cannes main competition unit at the same time this year. Universal Pictures believes that your participation can enhance the promotional ability of the film. Again In addition, your box office influence and image in China are very suitable for the role... But I heard that there are still many actors who want to audition for this role, some are second-tier stars in Hollywood, and actors from other countries, I heard After the news that Mr. Abel agreed to your audition spread, artists from Country R and Country B are also trying their best to make public relations with the crew of "Demon Slayer"... But I believe that my brother must be the best."

Lu Chi told the information he knew in the simplest language. Although he is not a professional filmmaker, Lu has enough ability to influence the big boss of Universal Pictures. As long as Lu Heng's audition can meet the requirements of the role, he will It can guarantee that the crew will not pass Lu Heng casually for other reasons.

Although Brother Lu Chi is not a professional filmmaker, he believes in his younger brother's acting skills - Lu Heng is a winner of Best Actor, will his acting skills be bad?

As for whether the actor's appearance fits the character's image, the brother-in-law Lu Chi is even less worried-is there anyone more like an elf lost in the world than his younger brother? ? ? ! ! !

Because of such self-confidence, Lu Chi didn't put other competitors in his eyes at all.

"Don't worry, I heard that the elf archer you are going to audition for has a lot of martial arts moves during the filming, so during the audition, the director will try his best to ask the audition actor to be agile, handsome, and elf-like I believe you must be the best among all the audition personnel."

Brother Lu Chi's self-confidence comes from a very simple source. He believes that his family's Lu Heng is not only good-looking, but also has both civil and military skills.So the actors who came to audition were either not as good as Lu Heng or not as good as Lu Heng, or not as good as Lu Heng or not as good as Lu Heng.

All in all, his younger brother is definitely the best~(≧▽≦)~

Even though he stayed up until midnight due to work, brother Lu Chi patiently chatted with his younger brother on the phone for more than half an hour, and then urged his younger brother to have breakfast.

After putting down the phone, a glass of whiskey with ice cubes was handed to him. Lu Chi reached out to take the whiskey, looked at Mr. Abel who was standing behind him at some point, and said with a slight smile, "Thank you."

"It seems that you have a good relationship with your younger brother." With a delicate white beard, the well-dressed Jewish boss suggested with a smile: "If you want, we can give this role directly to him without going through the audition. Your brother. You know, Charles is a very stubborn man, and he has very high demands on actors."

Charles Robertson, a famous Hollywood director, was invited to be the director of "The Demon Slayer" at the sincere invitation of Universal Pictures.He is also the person who opposes Chinese actors' participation in the filming of "The Demon Slayer" most firmly.After learning that Mr. Abel strongly recommended Lu Heng to audition for the Elf Archer, the big Hollywood director even broke into Mr. Abel's office and patted the table to protest, thinking that Mr. Abel's decision "would ruin the movie." .

The smiling Jewish boss thought of the director's stubbornness, and added with a smile: "In every sense."

Lu Chi smiled slightly. Of course he knew the great Hollywood director's dissatisfaction, but he was fearless: "Lu Heng will conquer Hollywood."

The brother-in-law smiled awe-inspiringly, and said confidently: "Lu Heng's charm is unstoppable. He just needs a platform where he can display his strength."

"It's like you conquered Wall Street. Your charm on Wall Street is also irresistible." Mr. Abel raised his glass to Lu Chi and invited again: "I hope that after this 'war' is over, you can come to my group. I appreciate capable young people very much, and I prefer to train them. If you are willing to come over, I can give you the position of assistant to the president..."

"Thank you Mr. Abel for your cultivation." Lu Chi bowed slightly and nodded, neither agreeing to Abel's invitation nor refusing.I just thanked Mr. Abel for his favor with an absolutely respectful attitude belonging to the younger generation.

Seeing the sleek little fox in front of him, Mr. Abel shook his head appreciatively.

Lu Chi's performance in this "work" is really eye-catching, and he is not the only one who is eager for talents.Mr. Abel knew that this little guy from the mysterious East meant that there were rare goods to live in, but he was not annoyed.On the contrary, he very much agrees with Lu Chi's up for grabs.

A young man who has absolute confidence in his abilities and can use all the conditions around him to continuously increase his bargaining chips.Even if it's a little ambitious, it's definitely cute.

In a high position like Mr. Abel, facing Lu Chi who knows how to manage himself, not only does he not feel disobedient, but he appreciates it very much.

He patted Lu Chi on the shoulder, looked at the boy's bloodshot eyes from staying up late at work, and said with a smile, "Go take a hot bath first, and get a good night's sleep."

And in Cannes, country F, which is nearly six hours away from country M, Lu Heng, who was urged by his elder brother to have breakfast, slowly got up from the bed, and Wei Linxuan, who was awakened by the ringing of the phone, rubbed his eyes and lowered his head Looking at the time, he said in amazement: "This time... Country F should be past two o'clock in the morning, isn't our elder brother still asleep?"

"Brother seems to be quite busy." Lu Heng went to wash up and repeated the content of their phone conversation with Wei Linxuan.

Wei Linxuan ordered a breakfast in the room, and the two had a brief meal before going to the coffee shop downstairs.

Not long after, Thomas Steven walked into the coffee shop calmly.

"Good day, gentlemen." Thomas Steven greeted with a smile, and ordered a cup of Americano coffee.

Lu Heng, who hadn't heard anything on the phone, wanted to find out from Mr. Toman's mouth about the relationship between his eldest brother and Boss Huanqiu.

Thomas Steven smiled and said, "Mr. Lu is a young man whom the boss is very optimistic about."

Then he changed the subject and calmly brought the topic to the movie "Demon Slayer".

This is a standard Hollywood commercial blockbuster produced by Universal Pictures and several other investors at a cost of [-] million M.The script is adapted from a popular fantasy novel in Europe and America.The main story is that in the distant Bright Era, the Light God Sect led various races on the Bright Continent to defeat the demons who invaded the Bright Continent, and drove all the demons to the dark underground where there was no grass. The saint of the race seals the entrance to the mainland from the Demon Realm.

Since then, the Bright Continent has ushered in an era of no demons for thousands of years.However, the common struggle of all ethnic groups did not bring about real peace.After expelling the demons, the Guangming God Sect, which had formed a general trend, wanted to unify the mainland, and they began to conquer the races that did not obey them.And label all races that dare to resist as heresies.

So the dragons were driven to the west of the mainland, and the islands were heavily blocked by the sea. After the elves were expelled to the forbidden forest in the east of the mainland, the orcs were driven to the uninhabited wasteland in the south of the mainland, and the dwarves were expelled to the north of the mainland. Under the Wanli Glacier in the north.

The most prosperous and fertile land in the entire continent is occupied by human beings, and they reproduce in the center of this continent and live endlessly.And with the passage of time, I really thought that everyone except the human race was heresy, and completely forgot the other races that had worked hard for this continent.

However, tens of thousands of years later, when the seal of the demon world gradually loosened, the demons who were expelled to the demon world returned to the mainland again, and burned, killed and plundered the weak human race, and even used the magic energy to transform the entire continent into a place that is completely unsuitable for creatures. After living in the demon world, the human race who forgot the nature of fighting because of the peaceful time for thousands of years launched a resistance in order to survive.They want to follow the glory of their ancestors and drive the ferocious demons back to the Demon Realm again.

But expelling the demons is not something that the human race can do by itself.Under such circumstances, the human hero Bran, who has been familiar with the Bright Ceremony, decided to visit the four poles of the mainland, and implored all the races on the mainland to come forward to resist the demons.

This time, however, Brann has far more to work on than his ancestors.First of all, he had to find a way to eliminate the resentment of various races towards the human race.

The role that Lu Heng wanted to audition for was the best archer of the elves, and also the strongest patron saint of the elves, Kassel.Cashel means "glowing gemstone" in Elvish language.

Just based on the name alone, Kassel must also be a character who is handsome enough, slender enough, and beautiful enough to satisfy all the fantasies of book fans around the world.

It can be said that in the book "Demon Slayer", which is popular in Europe and America, as a supporting role, although he has less playing time, his popularity is no less than that of the protagonist Brann.

Because of this, when Universal Pictures and director Charles Robertson selected the role, they never thought about letting an actor other than white perform the role.So after hearing Mr. Abel's decision, their attitude collapsed.

It is completely unimaginable what kind of uproar will erupt when book fans around the world learn that a yellow-skinned Chinese is going to play their favorite elf archer.

And with Thomas Steven's unhurried introduction, Lu Heng also slowly recalled in his previous life, the craze that this movie caused worldwide after its release——

Well, it's been too long, and I can't remember much.I just remember that the box office of this film was very high after it was released, and it also received more than ten nominations in the Oscars that year. It can be called a classic Hollywood blockbuster with both box office and word of mouth.As a result, Universal Pictures used this as capital to make a follow-up or prequel every few years to make money.

It is worth mentioning that just before Lu Heng was reborn, he also got a chance to break into Hollywood.The characters I wanted to audition for were the descendants of Kathel in "The Legend of the Demon Slayer", but at that time, with the frenzy of Universal Pictures, the plot had already been skewed to the point where the descendants of the heroes were cursed by the demons, and their souls Lost in the real world without magic ╮(╯_╰)╭

Combining the memories of the past and the present, Lu Heng's expression is unavoidably a little weird.

Looking in Thomas Steven's eyes, he felt that Lu Heng felt Alexander after hearing about the role he was about to audition for.

But this is normal, even Hollywood's most popular second-tier top stars are so excited when they receive the audition notice.What's more, it's a Chinese actor who hasn't even touched the door of Hollywood.

It can be said to have reached the sky in one step!

Thomas Steven sighed silently.Seeing that Lu Chi, a shrewd Oriental, is very valued in front of Mr. Abel, Toman Stephen calmly reminded: "Excuse me, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. At least Global Movies The industry intends to make this movie into a series. If you can get the approval of the crew and the approval of the global audience..."

Then at least in the next ten years, Lu Heng's Hollywood road must be the most shining.

Looking at the 17-year-old boy in front of him, with an unusually delicate and immature appearance, Mr. Toman slightly hooked the corners of his mouth. Being young is also very beneficial.

Thinking about it from another angle, if Lu Heng hadn't become disabled, with the unique anti-aging properties of oriental people favored by time, Lu Heng should not have changed much in the eyes of European and American audiences ten years later.

It really seems to be the ageless elves who are especially favored by the years.

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Because the whole crew is still in the process of preparation, the audition of the actors is uniformly arranged in early June.In other words, Lu Heng and other actors who want to audition still have more than half a month to prepare for the role.

After reminding Lu Heng again, Thomas Stevens left after drinking a cup of coffee.

Lu Heng and Wei Linxuan returned to the hotel room without saying a word.

As Lu Heng's agent, Wei Linxuan's first thought was to collect information on other competitors, and asked his domestic assistants to buy two sets of novels in the "Slayer" series translated into Chinese and English, which made people directly Fly the novel to Cannes.

At the same time, in view of the fact that the novel "The Demon Slayer" has been released in a total of seven volumes in a few years, Wei Linxuan specially assembled ten assistants to let everyone integrate all the fragments about the elf in this novel together.Then send it over by email, so that Lu Heng can understand it suddenly.

After all, in the absence of a script, it is the only thing all conscientious actors can do to figure out the characters through novels.

"Time is tight, and we may not be able to finish reading these seven books. But we can focus on the first book and the plot fragments they selected."

Looking at the plot fragments that had just been printed out, exuding heat and a strong ink scent, which was as thick as a dictionary, Wei Linxuan sighed helplessly and had a headache: "This foreigner can really write."

However, even so, there is not much time left for Lu Heng to figure out the role.

Because during the opening ceremony of Cannes, Lu Heng, who had two films shortlisted in the main competition unit at the same time, received a lot of attention. In addition to his two films "Flower and Sword" and "Brotherhood", there are other films Invitation letters were sent one after another, inviting Lu Heng to attend their premiere.

These movies are not lacking in the latest masterpieces of world-renowned directors. They were able to send invitation letters to Lu Heng because they also took a fancy to Lu Heng's potential and influence in the circle.

Of course, Lu Heng cannot turn a blind eye to the warm invitations sent by so many directors and producers who play an important role in the global film industry, as well as first-line superstars.Especially at this juncture when Lu Heng is about to step into Hollywood.

In addition, Lu Heng has to participate in interviews with some world-renowned media and magazines, as well as the cover interviews of several of the world's most authoritative fashion magazines that have been finalized in China, as well as two of the most famous talk shows and variety shows in country F. programme……

The itinerary was full until the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival.

Wei Linxuan was so anxious that he was frothing. He was afraid that Lu Heng would not have enough time to figure out the role. He would be rejected by the crew during the audition. Not only would he not get the role, but even Brother Lu Chi's good intentions would be disappointed. ...

In contrast, Lu Heng, who had already fully prepared for the audition for a certain role before his rebirth, was not so nervous.

Or in the situation of powerlessness, Lu Heng could only force himself to calm down—after all, there was already Wei Linxuan with Ma Claw, and he couldn't follow Ma Claw.

Since you can't spare time during the day, try to figure out the role at night.Thanks to the blessings of his previous life, in order to express his sincerity, Lu Heng has read through the original novel of "The Demon Slayer" several times, and even memorized the classic dialogues in it in English.

Then Lu Heng combined his experience in this life—accurately speaking, the experience of participating in "Flower and Sword" to design a set of martial arts moves that combined parkour and archery for Elf Kassel.

Fortunately, Mr. Fang Qizheng, the world's most authoritative martial arts instructor, also followed the crew of "Flower and Sword" to compete in Cannes.There is such a big Buddha dangling in front of Lu Heng's eyes every day, of course Lu Heng can't let it go.So I often ask the old man for advice with the actions I designed.

The old man was delighted to see Lie Xin, and he didn't mind the issue of intellectual property rights, but he really treated Lu Heng as his own closed disciple, and taught him carefully.He also specially instructed Lu Heng: "When you go to the Hollywood audition, you must perform well. Among other things, at least you must perform beautifully in martial arts, and shock those ignorant foreigners to death."

For Fang Qizheng, who was educated in his family and spent most of his life in the sports industry.Even Hollywood is good anywhere, but only this one, he is more confident than martial arts instructors all over the world.

And the old man is also qualified to say this sentence, at least with his qualifications, even if he claims to be the only one in Hollywood, there are really not many people who dare to show their teeth.

Especially after "Flower and Sword" debuted at the Cannes opening ceremony, the film's unique martial arts scenes and fighting style once again aroused the popularity of action movie lovers all over the world.And because of the influence of this "Flower and Sword", China's martial arts style began to spread to the whole world.

Although the film has not yet been officially released and released globally, one only needs to look at the enthusiastic expectations of fans and film critics in newspapers and magazines to know how popular this film can be.

Of course, this is due to Mr. Fang's contribution, and Lu Heng's contribution is also indispensable.Especially the fighting scenes of the three small climaxes, in which many eye-catching images and actions were designed by Lu Heng.

Therefore, it is reasonable for the old man to regard Lu Heng as his closed disciple.

At least the disciples and grandchildren of the old man are not envious.

Not only envious not to come.He also had to take the initiative to call Lu Heng the younger brother and the younger brother, so as to express everyone's admiration for Lu Heng.

While Lu Heng was actively preparing for the audition and expanding his network, time passed quietly, and it finally came to the closing ceremony half a month later.

Compared with the male and female stars competing for splendor at the opening ceremony, the red carpet at the closing ceremony was also sparkling with stars and colorful.

Lu Heng and Wei Linxuan, who continued to design their own men's clothing, walked across the red carpet with smiles and entered the movie palace.

There were not as many people in the hall as there were at the opening ceremony, but the ones who could stay until now were either the nominees who were very likely to win the award, or the invited guests who came to present the awards.

By this time, the news that Lu Heng had received an invitation to audition for a Hollywood blockbuster produced by Universal Pictures with an investment of [-] million M gold also spread throughout the industry.

Actors and directors who were interested in this came forward one after another, while complimenting Lu Heng's good luck, while quietly wanting to inquire more and more specific details of the audition.

Of course, Lu Heng had nothing to say, he could only smile and mediate, and finally waited until the awards ceremony officially started.Lu Heng immediately followed the crew into the awards hall.

Although two films were shortlisted for the main competition at the same time, Lu Heng was only nominated for the best actor in "Brotherhood", so when he was seated, Lu Heng naturally sat with the crew of "Brotherhood".

This made Zhao Miao, who felt like a small friend, extremely dissatisfied.He even had the idea of ​​swapping places with the actors of "Brotherhood" and sitting next to Lu Heng himself.

And Zhao Miao's reason is also very good, anyway, he didn't get a single nomination.It doesn't matter where you sit.

Of course, Wei Linxuan couldn't let Zhao Miao act like this, and just chased him away like a young chicken.