reborn star

The audition for the role of Ruan Xiangdong has already started. Including Li Mingrui and Fu Xian, there are a total of four people who auditioned for this role. Li Mingrui waited in the field for a while before being styled by stylist Sally. She is a well-known stylist in the industry and has short blonde hair. , with thick brown eyeshadow on her eyes, slender eyeliner, and bright red lips, she looks cold to everyone, and she hasn't heard a word since she entered the room, but her hands and feet are nimble, Makeup and styling are very fast, and the work efficiency is high.

Although the other three had personal stylists with them, they didn't know much about the styling of the roles they were going to play, so they were all designed by Sally, the stylist hired by Director Chen. After sitting on the chair for about four to ten minutes, Li Mingrui finally got everything in order. ready.

Li Mingrui said politely, "Thank you."

Sally worked continuously for several hours, shook her sore arm, nodded without necessity, and turned to enter the lounge.

Li Mingrui was the last of the four of them to audition. At this moment, Fu Xian had just been notified of the audition, and he was practicing his lines in his mind. Except for him and Fu Xian, the two actors who auditioned for this audition were not simple roles. The actor is a young man of his physical age, with outstanding appearance. Unlike him who is just a fledgling, that person has played villains many times. He can play villains with complicated backgrounds very well, and often makes the audience cry. Fell in front of the TV.

Another actor in his 30s is an actor with more than ten years of acting experience in the entertainment industry. This is an open matter in the industry. It is conceivable that playing this role is basically his true self. At that time, he will feel as if he is on the scene at the time of shooting, which is unmatched by others.

"Li Mingrui, it's your turn!" the staff shouted.

Li Mingrui was taken aback, and asked in confusion, "Why so fast?" Because of the location of the shooting, the scene had to be changed once during the shooting, which made it take at least half an hour for each person to shoot, and now only one of the three people finished shooting. Hours passed.

"The first two barely finished filming, but they were both scolded by director Chen, and the third director didn't let him continue filming before changing locations."

"what happened?"

The staff explained to him, "The first one said that it felt like an eight o'clock emotional drama from a police drama with a tight plot. Director Chen said that what he wanted was to shock the audience's soul, not to cry and lament the characters." Miserable. The second director allowed him to film until the end, but criticized the portrayal of the characters’ emotions as nondescript, saying, “Where did you get that arrogance from yourself? If you don’t understand the character Ruan Xiangdong, find a rich woman to take care of you, and then go to prison.” Slip around and come back!'”

When Li Mingrui went out, he happened to pass by the second actor, only to hear a word from that person: "Damn!"

No, since the filming of these two actors is over, what about Fu Xian?He then asked the staff who went out with him: "Then Fu Xian?"

The staff's face was a little stiff, and they looked around seriously, and seeing that there was no sign of Fu Xian, they said in a low voice: "Director Chen said that he is a sissy, go play the little girl..." The staff said As soon as he spoke, his tone changed, and his red face suppressed a smile.

Even though Li Mingrui felt embarrassed in his heart, he still smiled unkindly.

The shooting location is a desolate suburban street. Chen Ye is a picky and serious director. For example, this audition is a real shooting, and the scenes played by the selected actors will be directly edited into the movie. It was a [-]-point effort.

This scene is the beginning of the film, and it is a memory about the past. Ruan Xiangdong was just released from prison at the age of 30 for killing the rich woman who raised him. After many years of prison life, he has dealt with different people, and he is no longer the impulsive teenager he used to be.

Chen Ye frowned the moment he saw Li Mingrui. This person's information stated that he was 26 years old, which was too different from the age of Ruan Xiangdong who was nearly forty in the later part of the film. The life experience of a person often determines the temperament of this person from the inside to the outside. A white and tender young man in his twenties and a gangster man who is nearly forty years old do not quite match...

In this scene, Ruan Xiangdong didn't say a word, but expressed his feelings with body language.

"Action—"

Ruan Xiangdong came out of the prison and walked on the desolate street in autumn. He was wearing a worn white shirt and jeans dragged to the floor. Decadent, his nose bridge is high, his eyes are deep, his thin lips are tightly pursed, his face is cold, his steps are long, but each step is very slow.

He passed by a stall on the street, and when he saw a store selling cigarettes, he paused for a moment, then walked in, his eyes glanced at the smoke under the counter glass, pointed to one of them, and pointed to the lighter, He pulled a piece of money out of his pocket and threw it on the counter.

The shopkeeper took out the cigarette and the lighter, but when he saw the money on the cabinet, he said with a strange expression: "How can this little money be enough..."

Ruan Xiangdong raised his head expressionlessly and glanced at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper felt the cold gaze and the low breath on Ruan Xiangdong's body, and felt uneasy in his heart. The shopkeeper said with a dry smile, "Then I'll give it to you."

Ruan Xiangdong picked up the fireworks and went out in silence.

After he left, the shop owner complained bitterly: "I have to lose money selling a box of cigarettes. The price of this cigarette was more than that ten years ago. This is a robbery..."

Ruan Xiangdong lit a cigarette, squinted his eyes and took a deep breath, and then exhaled a series of smoke rings. His whole body seemed to be surrounded by white smoke. Suddenly, a car drove up on the street and stopped in front of him. A man in a black suit.

"Is this Mr. Ruan?"

Ruan Xiangdong stopped in his tracks, his eyes fixed on the face of the speaker.

"Boss Wang asked us to pick you up and cleanse you up."

Ruan Xiangdong was silent, then took a few deep breaths of the cigarette, the cigarette butt was thrown on the ground, and the soles of his shoes stomped out the sparks.

"Card--"

Li Mingrui returned in an instant. He looked at Chen Ye and was ready to accept Chen Ye's venomous tongue. Unexpectedly, Director Chen didn't even look at him. Staff rest first!"

Li Mingrui was stunned, Director Chen didn't even say a word to him, what's going on?

He hesitated for a while, walked up to Chen Ye, and asked, "Director Chen, how did my performance just now..."

Chen Ye interrupted without raising his head: "There will be a phone call for the audition results, let's go!"

Li Mingrui didn't know anything about him. He didn't know Director Chen well. He was the only one who was not approved among the four auditions. Either Director Chen admired him and planned to use him as a supporting actor, or Director Chen thought he was a bad actor and was too lazy to treat him. Wasted saliva, he packed his things and prepared to leave the venue.

Xu Lishan, who was about to go on stage, saw Li Mingrui's acting process from a distance. She had the intention of taking advantage of Li Mingrui from the beginning to the end. If it wasn't for this film, she would never get close to such an unknown little actor.

But when she got close to Li Mingrui, she was touched for a few moments, thinking that if she really became his girlfriend...

A sneer appeared on the corner of her lips, dispelling her thoughts again. If she met Li Mingrui when she was 15 years old, maybe she would fall in love with Li Mingrui without hesitation, but she is no longer a young and ignorant girl, even if she is in front of the public The image of her is pure and sweet, and she has a lively and cheerful personality in the circle, even acting like a baby occasionally in front of Li Mingrui, but only she herself knows how sober she is.

No matter how good Li Mingrui is, it's not her destination.

When Li Mingrui was about to leave, she was about to step forward to say a few words, when suddenly someone patted her on the shoulder.

Xu Lishan turned her head to look at Fu Xian, looked at the fake smile on the other's face, and was disgusted in her heart. In her heart, Fu Xian was as disgusting as a poisonous snake. The effect is good!"

The smile on Fu Xian's face broke for a moment, and then he said with a light smile: "I heard that you have been enjoying a good life recently, the female supporting role of "Infinite Pursuit", haven't you been busy competing for the female lead before?" Did that idiot Li Mingrui help you?"

Fu Xian and Li Mingrui are under the same agent. He has seen Xu Lishan chasing after Li Mingrui a few times. He looked at it from a distance as if he was watching a joke. Of course he knew that Liu Yan was Li Mingrui's friend, and he also knew that Xu Lishan was behind him. The reason why Li Mingrui didn't want to let go was that he and Xu Lishan knew each other too well, and while loathing each other, they had to often...do that kind of thing together.

Xu Lishan's face was gloomy, and his words contained sarcasm: "Are you busy recently? Why don't you worry about me? Why don't you spend more time serving the boss? The boss said that your waist is softer than that of a big girl, and your butt is softer than a woman's." It's all twisted."

The plan to use Li Mingrui failed, so she could only continue to serve the boss who disgusted him. The boss was not as tall as her, was as thin as a skeleton, and had perverted hobbies. He always liked to torture her with various props. Whenever possible, she wanted to stay away from this boss, but who made her ask for help, who made that boss be an investor!

Fu Xian's face turned pale, and he said coldly: "You and I are each other, why bother to laugh at each other, my supporting actor is the opportunity that the boss gave me, isn't your female supporting role different, she is also serving the boss , you are nobler than me?"

"I'm not nobler than you, but at least I'm a woman. The boss said that the heroine has already gone down. No one can resist Chen Ye's temper. He will give me the heroine of the next film. As long as I go to audition, this supporting actress will definitely be mine. "

She glanced around, but Li Mingrui was nowhere to be seen. She managed to see Li Mingrui, but was disturbed by the people opposite. She said, "You, you can do it yourself." Then she straightened her clothes and turned to go audition.

Fu Xian looked at her slender back with disdain in his eyes.

At midnight, inside a coffee shop.

Liu Yan yawned and sat on a chair in the coffee shop in a daze. This shop is open 24 hours, but few people come here to drink coffee in the middle of the night. The quiet atmosphere and the yellow light made him dizzy Sleepy, his chicken coop-like hair drooping by his ears, he had already drank three cups of coffee in a row, fortunately they came to a coffee shop, if it wasn't for the refreshment of coffee, he would have been unable to hold on to dozing off.

With a forced smile on his face, he was coping with the sudden 'crazy' of the man across from him in the middle of the night.

That's right, it was Comrade Xiao Yan who was sitting opposite him sipping coffee leisurely. At three o'clock in the morning, while he was having a sweet dream, he was awakened by the ringing of his mobile phone. Do business with him.

Talk about business?Do business with him?After he hung up the phone and disturbed a few friends, he was sure that the number was really Xiao Yan himself. Until he drove to the coffee shop and saw Xiao Yan, he still had the illusion of sleepwalking.

"I really don't understand business issues. You can contact my dad, or my two older brothers, any of them know better than me. You can come to me for food, drink, and fun, but I am really powerless in terms of business." So let go pass me!

Xiao Yan hooked the corners of his lips, "Your father and brother are all experts in the mall, and you are the third son of the Liu family. How could you not understand? You don't have to be humble. I will go over your family and find you personally, because I I think we are closer, after all, I am Li Mingrui's friend, you are his friend, aren't you? I think it is more convenient for the two of us to talk about this matter, what do you think?"

Liu Yan was speechless, Xiao Yan and he were just acquaintances in the past, when did they start to be friends of friends?If it were an ordinary person, he would have turned his face away long ago, but the person opposite was Xiao Yan, he didn't bother to flatter but he didn't want to offend.

"It's early in the morning, does Second Young Master Xiao have any important business to discuss?" If not, let me sleep, Liu Yan muttered inwardly, and squinted at the opposite side of the window sadly, which happened to be a five-star hotel , he thought listlessly, when Xiao Yan let him go, he must go to this hotel to catch up on sleep, immediately, immediately, without delay...

Xiao Yan showed an apologetic smile on his face, without any fluctuation in his tone, "Sorry for disturbing you in the middle of the night, but it's an emergency, so I can only call you. My brother's company is going to develop new electronic products, but there are a batch of products The parts are unqualified, but my brother needs them urgently. The manufacturer we used to cooperate with cannot continue to cooperate. I thought of you. Your family happens to be in this business. I think we can consider cooperation. You can give me a preferential price. How about I repay you with a large order?"

Liu Yan, who was furious at the beginning, immediately shivered, and the drowsy bugs ran away. Xiao Yan was negotiating the price with him?

Well, he finally understands what Xiao Yan did to find him out in the middle of the night, to negotiate business with him when he was unconscious, to negotiate a price, to cheat him, and to squeeze benefits out of him. Fortunately, he was smart enough to find out. Flaws, did not fall into the trap.

So, for the first time, he had a sense of responsibility as the third son of the Liu family, and he was obliged to resolutely safeguard the interests of the Liu family, "Second son Xiao, I'm so sorry, I don't care about the price, you can ask my brother, and they will pay you again." It couldn't be clearer, and you also know that our Liu family is doing sincere business, so naturally we won't deceive you about the price."

So, for the next two hours, they practiced Tai Chi on the price issue, explaining their own reasons, neither blushing nor shouting loudly, but negotiating with each other with a smile on their faces, one side calmly, One side strictly guards the line of defense, although the topic has been separated by hundreds of thousands of miles from the initial stage.

Liu Yan's mouth was dry, so he ordered a few more drinks, and even added a little food to maintain his fighting power. He swallowed the food in his mouth and said with a smile: "You also know that the recent economic downturn in China, many enterprises They have all closed down, and every time I read the news in the newspapers, I worry about the future of the Liu family, hey, it looks like we have a little money, but in fact, we can barely cover our expenses, hey, business is not easy these days!" He babbled and continued to throw himself into the food fight.

Where Liu Yan couldn't see, Xiao Yan's phone vibrated, and it was a three-character text message, "Come out."

Xiao Yan turned his head inadvertently, looked through the window at the front of the opposite hotel, a man and a woman slowly walked out under the night, his eyes deepened, he flicked his sleeves violently, pretending to accidentally knock over the table cup.

Liu Yan raised his eyes and saw that the water on the table was still flowing, but Xiao Yan didn't respond, so he said in surprise: "Why don't you wipe it..." What caught his eyes was Xiao Yan's surprised expression, and the other party was looking straight at the table. Outside the window, he seemed to see something unbelievable, so he also followed Xiao Yan's gaze. "

A man and a woman stood outside the hotel. The lights in front of the hotel were brightly lit, so he saw two people opposite. They appeared at this place at this time, and the fool knew what it meant, but what really surprised him was that the woman was Xu Lishan, he had just finished filming with Xu Lishan for a few months, he was very familiar with Xu Lishan's figure, and she was wearing the coat worn by the crew, he was sure at a glance that the other party was Xu Lishan.

However, this was a matter of Xu Lishan's personal behavior and had nothing to do with him. He continued to lower his head and fight against the food, but Xiao Yan whispered in his ear: "Xu Lishan...seems to be very close to Li Mingrui!"

Liu Yan was stunned, yes, Xu Lishan had nothing to do with him, but he always harassed Li Mingrui, if he could find evidence of Xu Lishan's restlessness, Li Mingrui would be able to completely stay away from this hypocritical woman, he stood up abruptly and ran out of the coffee shop , ran to the other side of the road and grabbed the woman who was about to get into the car. His strike was so ruthless and powerful that Xu Lishan almost fell to the ground. The moment he saw Liu Yan, he was stunned.

Just as the boss next to Xu Lishan was about to speak, Liu Yan interrupted: "If you don't want your wife and children to see the news about your raising a mistress tomorrow morning, then just pretend you didn't see it. I'm just talking to this woman."

The boss hesitated, and drove away without hesitation.

Xu Lishan watched the boss run away angrily, and simply looked at Liu Yan calmly, "What do you want to expose me to scandal?" She asked the boss, of course she had to take good care of her, this was the second time they had rented a house recently, But I don't want to meet Liu Yan today, but he is alone without a mobile phone camera, who will believe a scandal?

Liu Yan didn't bother to talk to her, but threatened, "If you dare to leave, I'll take off your mask now and let the media come over." He called Li Mingrui, and when the other party answered, he said, "Hexing Hotel, hurry up!" Click here for something important."

Xu Lishan finally got a little scared, she looked at Liu Yan pitifully, "You... who are you looking for? Let me go, this matter has nothing to do with you." She roared angrily in her heart, she opened the house to hinder Liu Yan What's the matter, is there something wrong with Liu Yan's mind?

Liu Yan didn't follow Xu Lishan's tricks, he looked at the coffee shop opposite the hotel, there was no one by the window, Xiao Yan had disappeared, he was full of a sense of accomplishment, it seemed that Xiao Yan knew how powerful he was, Seeing that he could not get any advantage from him, he left. He proudly stood at the entrance of the hotel and blew the cool breeze with Xu Lishan for 10 minutes, and then he saw Li Mingrui.

Li Mingrui's expression was a little sleepy, but he still managed to come to the entrance of the hotel. When he looked up, he saw Liu Yan and... Xu Lishan standing together?He was full of doubts, how did these two people get together?

Liu Yanzheng had a lot of words, and when she saw Li Mingrui, she said: "Xu Lishan was caught by me and had a room with an old man. Now you know how bad her character is, and you know that my previous advice to you was all right. Okay, thank me, okay?"

Li Mingrui listened to Liu Yan's words in astonishment, and after a while, he said, "You came to me just to talk about this?"

Liu Yan nodded vigorously, then turned to Xu Lishan and said, "Am I right?"

Xu Lishan originally lowered her head, but just as she was about to refute, she received Liu Yan's warning eyes. She didn't dare to offend Liu Yan, so she raised her head with tears in her eyes, and her voice contained grievances, "I don't want to, I just..."

Li Mingrui had a headache, he raised his hand to stop Xu Lishan's words, "That's your business, don't tell me, you can go back." Without thinking, Xu Lishan knew that Xu Lishan wanted to talk about his difficulties, but he was not interested. Knowing Xu Lishan's personality, he really doesn't want to have any contact with this little girl, they are not the same people at all.

After Xu Lishan left, Li Mingrui looked at Liu Yan helplessly, "Are you bored?"

Liu Yan was still excited, feeling a sense of accomplishment tonight. First he hit Xiao Yan, and then successfully helped Li Mingrui see Xu Lishan's true face. He happily put his arms around Li Mingrui's shoulders, "I found out that my IQ is really good. After all Who is inherited, my grandfather and my father are both smart, and my mother is also smart in business, maybe it is inherited in the blood of our Liu family! Xiao Mingrui, you have to thank me for helping you recognize what is wrong with you People with bad intentions..."

Li Mingrui glanced at the time, it was past six o'clock, and said: "Well, thank you, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, Comrade Liu Yan has worked hard, keep working hard, but I still have a schedule today, and I have to go home now. Come here in a hurry and haven't washed yet."

"Let's go." Liu Yan waved his hand.

Liu Yan had already put aside "replenishing sleep", and of course he had to report such a brilliant record to his elder brother, so he dialed his elder brother's phone number, talked happily about the process of negotiating with Xiao Yan tonight, and finally concluded: : "The second child of the Xiao family is said to be very smart, but how can I be so easily deceived? He didn't get any benefit from me, hahahaha..."

The other party was silent for a long time, and said coolly: "We have established a cooperation with the Xiao family half a month ago, and their family does not operate an electronic product company at all." Then there was a series of beeps.

Liu Yan stood in the wind, maintaining a stiff smile on his face, holding the phone in his hand, and fell into a daze.