The Eye of the Storm

Those who participated in the investment of "The Darkest Choice" were all Cao Ye's friends, and they didn't really team up to tear him up. It's just that friends belong to friends, and business belongs to business. After chatting for a long time, no one took the initiative to mention the reshoot Things that require additional investment.

"So are you thinking about the candidates for the reshoot?" Lin Yan asked, "Who are you thinking of now?"

"All of them..." Cao Ye frowned slightly, recalling the few candidates that Xu Anqiao had mentioned to him in the morning, but apart from Liang Sizhe, he had completely forgotten the other two names, so he turned his head and asked Zeng Ran, "Who is here that you talked about this morning?"

"Zhao Qian, Yan Jia, and Liang Sizhe." Zeng Ran said.

"Ha, Liang Sizhe is good!" Zhao Chengdong, who was sitting next to Lin Yan, took the initiative to bring up the matter of additional investment, "Let me tell you, if you really can invite Liang Sizhe to make up the shoot, I will double the investment. arrive."

"That's not easy to invite," Lin Yan said with a smile, "How expensive is Liang Sizhe now?"

"You have to invite it, no matter how expensive it is," Zhao Chengdong said in an excited tone, "Think about it, if you invite Liang Sizhe, the topic of this film will increase, and the attention will also increase. Not to mention the final film effect. Why do we have to worry about it? It’s a business that can make money without losing money.”

He Fangwen, who was sitting opposite him, had always looked down on him, so he interrupted coldly: "You put it simply, you can hire Liang Sizhe if you have money? I have worked with Liang Sizhe before, and he likes it." Movies are willing to come if you pay for it, if you don’t like it, you can throw it over with hundreds of millions, and he can throw it back for you.”

Zhao Chengdong's face was swept away, and he raised his voice towards He Fangwen: "It's just an actor, and I can still get it—" Cao Ye interrupted him before he finished speaking: "Okay, okay, such an unreasonable thing , It’s getting more serious. Xu Yunchu has already rejected it, so there’s no way.” He stood up, “I’ll withdraw after the matter is over, I have a headache, and I don’t want to listen to your quarrel.”

Lin Yan raised his head and said, "Such a big incident has happened, why don't you come together to appease us?"

"Who will appease me?" Cao Ye smiled, "Another day, remember me first."

On the way back to the company, Cao Ye sat in the car with his eyes closed, trying to sleep, but his mind was so full of messy things that he couldn't fall asleep.

I simply started to think about making up the change of roles.I went through all the actors I could think of, but I still couldn't think of a suitable candidate.Except Liang Sizhe.

I have to say that aside from other factors, Liang Sizhe is indeed the best candidate for this reshoot.It's no wonder that the name Liang Sizhe came to his ears no less than twenty times this morning.

When Hong Kong star Huang Qianshi announced his entry into the mainland market two years ago, several media outlets predicted that there would not be too many days left for Liang Sizhe to be self-willed.Some media even compared and analyzed the two from multiple angles, and concluded that within two years, Huang Qianshi will become a cost-effective version of Liang Sizhe, gradually eroding Liang Sizhe's popularity and market in the mainland.

There is no other reason, awards, acting skills, appearance, temperament, Huang Qianshi seems to have all the necessary hard conditions, but because his development has been shackled in Hong Kong in the past few years, and he has lost so much audience popularity in the mainland.

One of the paid media said that Huang Qianshi, who has just entered the mainland, is polite and willing to cooperate, and never makes the scene too ugly. Liang Sizhe, Huang Qianshi, who keeps his own way, will obviously be more popular with the management.

It's just that I didn't expect that the tune was too high, and after two years, the "safe" Huang Qianshi would fall so thoroughly that his reputation was completely ruined.

Liang Sizhe, on the other hand, is still the self-willed look of two years ago. It can't be said that he won the favor of the management, but no management will say that they don't want to cooperate with Liang Sizhe.

Asking Liang Sizhe to come over to make up the shoot, it's not impossible to try, send the script, come if you can, refuse if you want, it's a very simple thing to say, but... Cao Ye closed his eyes and sighed, it's just a matter It would be nice if it were that simple.

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In the afternoon of the next day, Cheng Duan sent another list of candidates for the supplementary filming. Almost all male actors of the appropriate age in the entertainment industry were included in the list. .

He typed two words to Cheng Duan: "Think again."

Cheng Duan replied with a miserable expression, and the kneeling villain had three large characters on his head: "Ancestor..." The tone was exactly the same as Xu Anqiao's, and the two must have shared the resources of the emoji package.

Cao Ye put his phone aside, and his eyes fell on the financial report for the new quarter on the computer screen.

After a while, the mobile phone on the table vibrated again, Cao Ye looked down, and Cheng Duan sent another new message: "This list was made after digging three feet, if you think it's not good, then I will It's gone too."

Cao Ye thought for a while, and sent a voice message in a lazy tone: "Then you can convince me."

A few minutes later, Cheng Duan opened the door of Cao Ye's office. When he walked over, his mouth was not idle: "This man, once there is a candidate that he likes, all other alternatives will become a mediocrity," he said. Sitting across from Cao Ye's desk, he pushed the printed candidate list in front of him, "Today's chicken soup, boiled for a whole day, do you taste good?"

Cao Ye tapped the piece of paper a few times with his fingers: "I don't think I have a crush on Huang Qianshi either."

Cheng Duan shrugged: "Huang Qianshi is cold, I'm not talking about him."

Cao Ye nodded, there was no surprise in his expression: "Oh."

"It seems that I don't need to say more, we all know who the best candidate is. I said Mr. Cao," Cheng Duan looked at him, grasping the proportion between his words, "Why don't we try? The best plan is useless Then we can consider other alternatives. If we don’t mention anything else, just send him the script, I’ll send it, I have his contact information, it’s his own business to come or not…”

"It's not that simple Cheng Duan." Cao Ye pushed the candidate list aside, sighed, and looked up at Cheng Duan, "When the film was about to be cast, you proposed to test Liang Sizhe's role. Willingness, I didn’t raise any objections back then, right? But this matter is different now, it involves many aspects, such as re-shooting, gambling agreement, Internet public opinion... It has changed, if Liang Sizhe agrees now , do you think he would agree only because of the film itself? This is unfair to him. With Liang Sizhe's status, there is no need to go through this muddy water. It can even be said that we sent the script to Liang Sizhe under such circumstances , sending him an invitation for a reshoot, this is not a transaction, it's more like... a kind of human favor and kidnapping, you know what I mean?"

"I understand," Cheng Duan nodded with a wry smile, "but the problem is that there are favor transactions everywhere in this circle, you know this better than anyone else, Mr. Cao." Seeing Cao Ye shaking his head on the other side, he didn't interrupt himself Then, continue, "Besides, we just let him have a look at the script. How do you know that Liang Sizhe will definitely accept the invitation? Maybe he will refuse? Or maybe, he accepted it just because he likes the script and the team is also good... "

Cao Ye interrupted him at this moment, ignoring the second part of his sentence: "He will come."

Cheng Duan couldn't help being curious: "Why are you so sure?"

The mobile phone on the table vibrated at this moment, Cao Ye picked it up and took a look, then his expression changed, and he cursed, "Fuck."

"What's wrong?" Cheng Duan's heart skipped a beat, "What happened again?"

Cao Ye didn't answer. He frowned and stared at the phone screen. After a while, he turned his gaze to Cheng Duan's face: "It's okay, as you wish, Liang Sizhe will come."

Cheng Duan was taken aback: "Come to make up "The Darkest Choice"?"

"Well, [-]% possible, he is reading the script."

It was obviously good news, but there was no trace of relief on Cao Ye's face. Instead, it seemed that he had added a layer of worry.In this way, although Cheng Duan was a little agitated in his heart, he could only restrain himself from showing it on the surface.

"Ah." He briefly expressed his inner feelings, but he couldn't help but snapped his fingers under the table, and there was a crisp "duh", the joy in his heart was self-evident.

Seeing Cao Ye looking up at him with a sullen expression, he immediately said in a timely manner: "I'm leaving, you are busy with your work."

As soon as he came out of Cao Ye's office, Cheng Duan couldn't help but smile.

Thinking about it, I know that if Liang Sizhe really accepted the invitation to make up the shoot, the public opinion on the Internet will change drastically, and those who lighted wax on Weibo early in the morning will be stunned.

This is really a textbook blessing in disguise.

——That's Liang Sizhe.

Meng Xianxi, Cao Ye's assistant, caught a glimpse of his vigorous expression and asked curiously, "Mr. Cheng, what's the matter?"

"How do you know something good has happened?" Cheng Duan asked with a smile.

"You look like a different person now than when you went in 10 minutes ago."

"Ah, good thing, very good thing," Cheng Duan nodded with a smile, "But we can't say it yet, wait for Mr. Cao to announce it himself."

In the room separated by a door, Cao Ye leaned on his forehead with one hand, and put the fingers of the other hand on the phone screen, swipe up and down absentmindedly.

On the unlit screen are the messages that Lin Yan just sent:

"Cao Ye, I just contacted Liang Sizhe, and he agreed to read the script."

"At first he didn't seem very interested, so I had to mention you, but don't worry, I didn't mention Director Cao, I just said that you were the lead caster for this film."

"Borrowing your face without saying hello, but it's good news anyway, isn't it?"

It's a fart.Cao Ye thought.After a while, he typed a few words slowly with his fingers: "What did you say?"

A few seconds later, Lin Yan sent two screenshots of the chat, his and Liang Sizhe's——

"The situation is probably like the one above, so now there is only one option to re-shoot. Yesterday, several investors got together and proposed a few candidates, but they couldn't reach a consensus, so we had to come to you with the cheek."

"This is the project book. Although it is a supplementary filming, the script and cast are top-notch. Would you like to take a look?"

Liang Sizhe's reply was obviously about Tai Chi: "Okay, I'll forward it to my manager Xu Yunchu, and she will contact you later."

"Si Zhe, I understand that this is an excuse. Let me tell you the truth, Cao Ye's company contacted your agent early in the morning, but she has already rejected, so I had no choice but to bypass her and contact you directly."

At the end of a screenshot of a chat, Cao Ye's face sank visibly, and he held back the anger in his heart to scroll to the second one:

Liang Sizhe: "Cao Ye Company also voted for this film?"

Lin Yan: "I'm not talking about you, Sizhe, your news is too late."

Liang Sizhe: "I have been filming abroad for nearly a year, and I really haven't paid much attention to related news."

Lin Yan: "Okay, Cao Ye did vote for this film, and he was the lead caster. This film also involves a gambling agreement for their company's listing. He has been very worried these days."

Liang Sizhe: "...You guys are really lucky."

Lin Yan: "Who said it wasn't?"

Liang Sizhe replied after a few seconds: "All right, send me the script to have a look."

The second chat record was also drawn to the end, and Cao Ye's anger had already reached his throat.

This is called "just mentioned"?Who is Lin Yan fooled by?

This obviously means saying "Cao Ye asked me to beg you", right? !

A myriad of thoughts and urgency converged into a sentence in Cao Ye's mind, and he typed a few words like flying fingers and sent it - "Lin Yan, I'll fuck you."

The message was sent out, and a few seconds later, Lin Yanjian swished back: "Yezi, I'm so happy for you, you see that you are not homophobic anymore. When I go home tomorrow, I will definitely ask me for you. Uncle, does the old man have this kind of interest?"