I, the emperor, aspired to the top of the entertainment industry

Xie Mingzhou was dressed casually, with a black sports coat and a pure white t-shirt, his delicate collarbone was looming, and he walked slowly into the shed with his hands in his pockets. female star.

"It's Xie Mingzhou! Ah, why is he here!"

"He looks better in real life than on TV! Ah, he smiled!"

Seeing the young man in black walking by, Shu Qian froze when she wiped her face.

The young man glanced at her, and his beautiful peach blossom eyes were slightly bent down.

Xie Mingzhou did the same last time, brushing the hair beside her ear with his fingers, and his fingertips slipped past her ear as if there was nothing there.Shu Qian became hot from the bottom of her ears to the bottom of her heart.

Xie Mingzhou swept across the crowd calmly, and walked straight to Director Fang and the two assistant directors.

Seeing that Xie Mingzhou's gaze didn't stop at him, Fu Yan felt inexplicably annoyed.

"Hello, two directors." Xie smiled lightly.

"You're here." Director Fang took the script and looked up and down the young man in front of him.In the past, Xie Mingzhou was always dressed in a noble black dragon robe or black shirt, which gave people a sense of distance. It was the first time I saw such a casual dress, but he looked unruly and handsome.

But what impresses him even more is Xie Mingzhou's affectionate and seductive eyes, as well as the few fighting scenes in "The Spring and Autumn of Ming Dynasty" - the first time he sees it, he thinks of the character in the script, This impulse made him invite Xie Mingzhou, even though the role was almost decided by default.

Whether to choose or not is another matter, but he just wants to see what effect Xie Mingzhou can perform.

Director Fang didn't say much, and asked his assistant to take Xie Mingzhou to the dressing room to change.

Xie Mingzhou and Wen Tao followed behind the assistants. The venue of "The Legend of the Dragon" was more than ten times larger than that of "The Spring and Autumn Period of the Ming Dynasty", almost covering most of the streets in the shooting area. "Spring and Autumn" has doubled.

Xie Mingzhou followed his assistant into the dressing room, and the makeup artists gathered around in an orderly manner, and they didn't talk much about changing clothes with Xie Mingzhou.Compared with "The Spring and Autumn Annals of Ming Dynasty", the staff members are a bit serious and tense.

He looked down at the script in his hand.He has been familiar with this script since half a month ago, and he is also immersed in the hearts of the characters.

According to the description in the script, "The Legend of the Dragon" mainly talks about the five kingdoms in troubled times, and the male protagonist sweeps up the four kingdoms in the troubled times and pacifies the original script of the Central Plains.

And his role is the assassin leader hiding in the market place. His family and country were swept away, and his relatives were killed. In order to get revenge and seek his own "freedom", he ignored the precepts and embarked on the way of assassination.As the saying goes, when a scholar is angry, blood splatters five steps.

He had fought many such characters in ancient times. The madness and paranoia beyond ordinary people could not be understood by ordinary people.But the irony is that the opposite, the emperor or politician who is also paranoid to the extreme and yearns for innovation, feels very empathetic.

This paranoia is an important reason why this character attracts him.

But after all, it is a script, and it is more dramatic than history - this murderous and invisible leader of the assassin met someone he shouldn't have met during the mission, and a pair of affectionate eyes led to a love-hate relationship between him and the hero hatred.

"Brother Yan...do you remember me? I'm Wu Haoran, and I met you in the crew of "The Legend of Shu Yu" before."

Outside the arena, a handsome young man who had changed his costume walked up to Fu Yan with a smile on his face and a tone of... admiration.

Fu Yan turned his head and watched it for a long time before he remembered that this Wu Haoran played his younger brother in "The Legend of Shu Yu" a few years ago. Chuan Chuan switched to movies, and only returned to the TV drama circle in the past two years.

Fu Yan looked at the young man who was as tall as him in front of him, his eyes were full of admiration, and he immediately recalled the scene when he first met Xie Mingzhou five years ago.

The young man has bright eyes and bright teeth, wearing a jade crown on his head, with admiration in his clear eyes, softly calling him brother Yan.

"Brother Yan?" Seeing Fu Yan staring at him complicatedly, Wu Haoran asked.

"Yeah." Fu Yan came back to his senses, the corners of his lips curled slightly, and he touched the young man's head, "I'm taller than five years ago. I've seen several of your movies, and the fighting scenes are very exciting."

Seeing the aloof Fu Yan's admiration for him, Jun blushed.

In the group five years ago, he had always admired Fu Yan, but every time he wanted to talk to Brother Yan, he was snatched away by that kid Xie Mingzhou. Later, this uneducated bumpkin used Brother Yan to hype him up, but he turned over. He also mobilized his fans to help Yan Ge vent his anger.

In the past few years, he has also been silently paying attention to Brother Yan's movements. He heard that Xie Mingzhou came to audition again this time, and it was obvious that he came for Brother Yan again.

Wu Haoran secretly clenched his fists and started playing. Xie Mingzhou hit him with a gun this time. He has been honed in so many movie theaters, and he has also specially studied swordsmanship. How can his level be compared with these delicate idol stars.

What's more, Mr. Wang had already made it clear to him that the role had already been assigned to him, and the casting was just a passing scene.

"I'll show Brother Yan my progress over the past few years." Wu Haoran smiled confidently.

Fu Yan hooked his lips.

It would be great if Xie Mingzhou was so obedient now.

While thinking, the door of the dressing room was pushed open.Xie Mingzhou was wearing a black close-fitting night suit, with his ponytail raised high, revealing his seductive face, and his waist was extremely tight. The staff beside him all had their eyes wide open, and even Fu Yan looked a little... dry mouthed.

Wu Haoran looked at Xie Mingzhou, who was dressed similarly to himself, and frowned in doubt.Not seeing each other for five years, he always feels that Xie Mingzhou's temperament is completely different from a few years ago.

"Brother Yan, I'll go to the audition first..." He turned his head, but Fu Yan's eyes were still on Xie Mingzhou.

A trace of displeasure flashed in Wu Haoran's eyes.

Director Fang glanced at Xie Mingzhou, turned around and walked to the seat next to the camera, chatting with the screenwriter beside him.

The screenwriter of "The Legend of the Dragon" is also considered the top in the country. The script in his hand has won the Huace Award in China, which is regarded as a first-class script award in China. For this "The Legend of the Dragon", he has great ambitions. He not only wants to write a biography The thousand-year-old emperor wants to convey some thoughts of ancient Chinese imperial power, freedom, and common people.

"Come here when you're ready!" The assistant director greeted the two audition actors.

Xie Mingzhou glanced at Wu Haoran who was walking towards him, he seemed to have met this person in a certain film crew, but he didn't have a deep impression, so he nodded lightly.

Wu Haoran also made a superficial effort, nodded indifferently, and walked to the side of the assistant director.

"In a while, the two of you are robbing the treasure chest in the carriage as two parties. Both parties don't know the details and situation of the other party, so just improvise." actor.

"The ones who play against you are all professional martial arts instructors, so you don't have to be restrained. You two can play independently, don't pay too much attention to each other, and try to show your strengths."

"Good director!" Wu Haoran replied first, the more he played with professional people, the more he could show his solid skills.

Not only did he have to show Director Xu, but he also had to catch Fu Yan's attention when he glanced at the arrogant Fu Yan in the distance.

Glancing at Xie Mingzhou at the side, a trace of mockery flashed in his eyes.

Xie Mingzhou looked calm and asked, "What is my role?"

"Of course it's an assassin." The assistant director gave him a puzzled look, "Didn't you read the script?"

"Just to confirm." Xie Mingzhou nodded slightly.

"When everything is ready, go to the center of the stage and stand there. If you want any props, go to the props team to get them." The assistant director waved and directed.

Xie Mingzhou and Wu Haoran walked to the sidelines together, Xie Mingzhou walked into the infield without picking at all, Wu Haoran gave him a suspicious look, then picked it up on his own.

The shooting location was behind a courtyard wall in the ancient street.

Wu Haoran greeted Uncle Guo, the martial arts instructor on the set. The two had worked together in a certain movie before and knew each other very well.

Uncle Guo smiled and patted Wu Haoran on the shoulder: "Kid, play well, let me see if you have improved!"

Director Fang deliberately let him play, just to let him explore the two's acting skills.

"No problem." Wu Haoran smiled, and glanced at Xie Mingzhou who was silent at the side.

"Stand up, ready to start!" The assistant director shouted.

Xie Mingzhou closed his eyes, as if recalling the previous script.

"Three, two, one, Action!!"

The night was dark and windy, and the clatter of horseshoes sounded in the empty streets.

A carriage carrying royal treasures passed through the street, and four guards stood in front of the carriage.

The carriage turned the corner of the street, the dust on the ground was blown up by the wind, and after a sharp neighing, the white horse suddenly stopped.

The wind was howling, and on the dark street ahead, a black figure stood in the center, with a face hidden in the darkness, and a bright long sword in his hand gleamed coldly in the night.

The eyes of the four guards shrank, and their hands immediately reached for the sabers at their waists.

In the next second, before a few people could clearly see the face of the person coming, the man in black flashed in front of them and swung his sword forward.

Uncle Guo was born in martial arts, not to mention swordsmanship, he drew his sword neatly, and received Wu Haoran's attack steadily, the sound of the sword resounding in the air.

The stars and staff members who watched from the side were stunned. In the past, the martial arts director would buckle the actors frame by frame.

The two swordsmen attack and defend with ease, which is pleasing to the eye.

The actresses who auditioned were all unbelievable. It turned out that this is Director Fang's play. The actors are all professional to this level, no wonder they all won awards.

"I used to watch Director Fang's play, and the play was smooth and flowing. It turns out that the actors are so good!"

"It's so handsome, this is the real fight!"

"Haven't you seen the fighting scene in Wu Haoran's movie, let me tell you!"

"He is Zhao Jingwen's apprentice, who is Zhao Jingwen, the light of domestic martial arts!"

The assistant director's eyes were straightened, such a martial artist is rare for their crew.He looked back at Fang Dao, Fang Dao remained calm.

Wen Tao sweated, Wu Haoran was so in the limelight, but Brother Xie, why didn't he see Brother Xie——

He looked up and saw that Xie Mingzhou was dressed in black and was lazily sitting on the top of the wall looking down at the few people fighting in the arena, with one leg curled up and his elbow resting on his knee, like an eagle crouching in the dark.

A black hood was worn on the head to hide that beautiful face.With the faint moonlight, I vaguely glimpsed between the slightly hooked thin lips, which is lazily holding a branch in its mouth at this time.

In his hand, there is no weapon.

After not seeing Xie Mingzhou for a long time, Wu Haoran fought more and more vigorously, as if wanting to show off his skills, he turned around and fought with the other three instructors. The sword skills were like a gust of wind, dazzling people's eyes, and the winning streak was praised.

"If you don't choose him, who will you choose? There is no suspense!"

"Pfft, did Xie Mingzhou get frightened? Hahahaha, he didn't dare to come down from the wall!"

"I guess he didn't expect Wu Haoran's swordsmanship to be so realistic! I guess he regretted coming to make a fool of himself!"

Uncle Guo, who had withdrawn, took advantage of the chaos to take two steps back according to the script given to him in front of the stage, took the opportunity to retrieve the treasure in the car, and then quietly ran out of the arena.

In the camera, the wind blows Xie Mingzhou's hood, a pair of peach blossom eyes meandering and seductive.Xie Mingzhou looked at Uncle Guo below, as if he saw prey, his eyes suddenly sharpened, he stood up, and made a bold leap——

There was a soft "pop", and the heartbeat of the audience was suffocated.

Everyone only saw the elegant man jumping straight from the wall to the ground full of weeds, his foot was extremely stable, like an eagle.

Uncle Guo was defenseless, a gust of wind blew by, and his back felt cold——

Being overturned in the weeds at once, the wrist of the man behind gracefully stroked his neck artery.

quietly.

Uncle Guo opened his eyes wide. If the man had hidden a knife in his cuff, he would have died by now.No matter how tall a swordsman is, it is difficult to prevent backstabs in the air.

Director Fang stared at the close-up of Xie Mingzhou's hands in the camera, his eyes were startled, and it took him a long time to understand Xie Mingzhou's intentions - he didn't carry any weapons on the surface, but what he actually wanted to express was that he had hidden a knife in his sleeve, a fatal blow.

With a set of movements flowing smoothly, Xie Mingzhou turned over neatly with a cold smile on his face, opened the curtain of the carriage door abruptly, weighed the box in his hand, and left gracefully with his hands closed.

Everything happened in a blink of an eye. Uncle Guo, sweating coldly, turned his head hastily, only to see the man's tall and straight shadow disappearing into the night, and he couldn't see his face clearly from the beginning to the end.

Wu Haoran heard the sound from here, and also followed the reputation - only saw the car curtain blowing in the wind, and the distant figure blending into the night.

Fu Yan looked complicated, staring at the black shadow in the field for a moment.Although he didn't want to admit it, Xie Mingzhou's performance really caught his eyes. He was neat and unrestrained. He obviously didn't have a single line or a dazzling play, but he firmly caught the eyes of everyone in the audience.

The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became. After leaving him, what spurred Xie Mingzhou to become like this?

The female stars present were stunned for a moment, blushing and discussing in low voices.

"Oh my god, this is the real assassin!"

"Flick off your clothes after it's over, and hide your achievements and fame deeply, so handsome, oh my god!"

"So handsome, so handsome! The moment he stood on the wall and jumped off, I died!"

Director Fang stared at the camera firmly, with a rare seriousness. He looked back at the screenwriter, who also had probing... and surprise in his eyes.

The screenwriter's eyes are getting brighter, waiting for opportunities, assassinating in the air, blood not staining clothes, this is the code of conduct for ancient assassins in his conception.

"Warring States Policy" records: "The wrath of the emperor will lay down millions of corpses; but if the soldiers will be angry, lay down two corpses and bleed for five steps."

And the script described: "The leader of the assassin, acts treacherously, kills princes, and the emperor is afraid of anger."

He did not describe in the script how Rongxiu assassinated, with a sword or a knife.But Xie Mingzhou explained this in a very shocking way——

Once the Hidden Knife is closed, it is a revolution.

This is the true way of an ancient assassin.

"Card!"

Director Fang, who had been silent all this time, shouted, and the audience paused for a second before the staff stepped up to wipe the actors' sweat.

As soon as Uncle Guo walked to the sidelines, he heard a respectful voice: "Uncle Guo, you just offended me."

Uncle Guo looked up, the young man had a handsome face, it turned out to be Xie Mingzhou just now.

Uncle Guo smiled for a while: "That's right, young man, I've practiced martial arts for so many years, and it's been a long time since I've felt the chill down my back!"

Wu Haoran withdrew his sword and let his manager and assistant come over to wipe his sweat. He heard the manager tell him about the scene of Xie Mingzhou jumping over the wall just now.

"I'm so laughing, I can jump over the wall too." Wu Haoran took a sip and asked, "How was my movement just now?"

The manager smiled and said, "It's very good. I think both Director Fang and Fu Yan were scared by you hahaha. Don't worry, let's just go through the motions. President Wang has made arrangements."

Wu Haoran smiled and looked up at Fu Yan.

However, Fu Yan's gaze remained on Xie Mingzhou, thoughtful.

Wu Haoran frowned, unconsciously clenched the water glass in his hand.

"Brother Xie! It's amazing!" Wen Tao and Xiaoye came up and handed Xie Mingzhou a towel and his favorite latte.

Xie Mingzhou wiped his sweat and looked at Fang Dao with complicated eyes.

Of course, like Wu Haoran, he can use fighting to convince people. After all, the martial arts learned from the royal swordsman is not for nothing.But he wants to convey something deeper, his understanding of the role, and what he has really experienced. The extreme beliefs pursued by ancient assassins have almost been lost in modern times, but I don't know if Fang Dao has experienced it.

He was soberly aware that the entire crew was looking towards Fu Yan, and that he would rarely stand out here, not to mention that according to Wen Tao's news, even the role of Rong Xiu had almost been hired by default, and the relationship between the management and management was complicated.

But he just wanted to take a gamble. The reason why Director Fang is called a "ghost" director must have his own pursuit, a pursuit that will not be influenced by others.

In the middle of the arena, Director Fang was rarely a little confused, discussing something with the screenwriter.

After a long time, Director Fang walked up to Xie Mingzhou and Wu Haoran, and patted their shoulders encouragingly: "Thank you for your hard work, the shots are wonderful."

Wu Haoran asked suspiciously: "Then Director Fang?" Has the role been settled?

Although the second half of the sentence was not asked.

Director Fang smiled, with a subtle look on his face: "You two go back first, and I will call to inform you later."

Wu Haoran and his manager were taken aback at the same time.

Didn't Mr. Wang make an appointment with them?

Xie Mingzhou was very calm, and said with a smile, "Thanks, Director Fang."

Wu Haoran suppressed the discomfort in his heart, pretended to be polite and said to Xie Mingzhou with a smile: "The performance was wonderful, thank you for your hard work."

Xie Mingzhou nodded: "It's hard work."

Seeing the two of them walking back to the dressing room, Fu Yan slowly walked to Dao Fang's side.

"How is it?" Director Fang glanced at him and asked, "How do you feel?"

"The acting is very personal." Fu Yan commented, "But Xie Mingzhou——"

Director Fang asked, "What happened to him?"

Fu Yan thought for a while, then smiled calmly: "He has only acted in one famous "The Spring and Autumn of Ming Dynasty" in the past two years. Although he is very clever, he still lacks experience, so he may not be able to play against me."

In fact, he has selfish intentions. Xie Mingzhou's impromptu performance just now can be said to have played the role of Rong Xiu to the extreme.

But he didn't want to be in the same crew with such an eye-catching Xie Mingzhou.

Director Fang nodded thoughtfully, but did not speak.

The next morning, the secretary pushed open the door of Mr. Wang's office.

"Mr. Wang, Xie Mingzhou actually came to audition for our company's drama, and he still auditioned for the role of Wu Haoran!" The secretary hurried in and said.

Wang Shi'an was stunned.Director Fang had already agreed to use Wu Haoran, so why would he send an invitation to Xie Mingzhou?

Wu Haoran is obviously better than Xie Mingzhou in terms of appearance, force, and acting experience.

"Say hello to Director Fang, just kick him off." This kid Xie Mingzhou dared to deliver it to the door himself, so teach him a lesson.

Wang Shi'an didn't care much about fiddling with the documents in his hand, on which was Wu Haoran's profile picture.

Since Xie Mingzhou refuses to be his puppet, he will support the next one to take over Chen Xu's position.

"But Mr. Wang, you also know that Director Fang is different from other directors..." The secretary said tremblingly, "He is famous, has a high status, and has a good temper. It is probably difficult for us to influence..."

At the beginning, Mr. Wang also cooperated because of Director Fang's talent, but since he is the leading director in the circle, he also has a lot of say in casting.

"Go and try it." The corner of Mr. Wang's mouth was mocking, it was useless.

No matter how great the director is, it still depends on their Wang's attitude.

On Saturday, director Fang's anger came from the lounge of "The Legend of Yulong".

"Kicked what?" Director Fang held the phone with a serious face, "When I signed the contract, I said that the casting is unilaterally decided by me. I have already backed down on Wu Haoran's matter, and you still want to intervene?"

"No, Director Fang, you misunderstood. We are only doing it for the good of the crew. For such an inconspicuous character as Xie Mingzhou, it doesn't matter if you just remove it." On the other end of the phone, the secretary comforted.

"Secretary Wang, go back and tell Mr. Wang whether you will take it or not. In the end, I will have the final say." Director Fang was very firm, "Please don't interfere with my choice, this is my rule of thumb for filming."

After hanging up the phone, Director Fang rubbed his temples wearily. The matter of Wu Haoran and Xie Mingzhou had caused him a lot of trouble, but now Mrs. Wang came to put pressure on him again.

But fortunately, Wang doesn't dare to do anything to him because of his reputation. If he were to be an unknown director, he would probably be suppressed by the management and can't hold his head up. The current entertainment industry is really...

He sighed and looked at the two lists of actors in his hand, Xie Mingzhou and Wu Haoran, both of them had their own strengths yesterday, Wu Haoran played brilliantly, Xie Mingzhou's interpretation of ancient characters and scripts was shocking, and the assassin's way conveyed It also touched him and the screenwriter deeply.

But objectively speaking, as Fu Yan said, Xie Mingzhou's experience is not as much as Wu Haoran's, and it is very risky to use it, and it will cause Wang's mess.

On the big weekend, Director Fang still closed his eyes in distress.From this point of view, it is indeed the best choice to remove Xie Mingzhou.

But Xie Mingzhou stayed at Fu's house this morning and didn't go to the set. One is that there is no news about "The Legend of the Dragon", and the other is that he promised Fu Chengu today to go to the antique auction site to help identify antiques.

Fu Chengu and Xie Mingzhou stood at the gate of the iron gate, waiting for Secretary Li to drive the car out of the garage.

Xie Mingzhou looked at the man in suit and leather shoes with a tough face, and said with a smile, "Why did you think of asking me to go to the auction house today? Want to buy new antiques?"

"Well, I haven't bought a new one for a long time." Fu Chengu gave him a light look, "Today's auction is an old-fashioned auction in the antique circle."

It is also the most famous trade fair in the antique circle. The transaction price has never been lower than [-] million, and only old antiques are eligible to participate.

Xie Mingzhou has been in Modern Times for so long, and this is the first time he went to an auction in such a serious manner.His eyes lit up, he curled his lips and said with a smile: "Just go and see, what's new?"

Fu Chengu raised his eyes, saw Xie Mingzhou's expectant face, a smile flashed in his eyes, and said after a while, "Well, Director Fang will go too."