Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 28 Meng Bai, you are actually planning this

The five minutes of preparation time passed in a flash.

"Is it okay?" Wu Bai asked.

When Chen Ruoxuan heard the question, he took a deep breath and nodded.

"Do you need a recital?"

"Okay, please."

If the scene involves multiple characters acting against each other, in order to ensure the actors' performance during the audition, a staff member will usually be asked to hold the script and speak the lines to the auditioning actors.

Of course, don't expect the crew members to have a good level of dialogue. Most of them are ruthless line-reading machines. The auditioned actors still have to rely mainly on their own sense of belief.

However, the actors who auditioned today were treated well, because this plot was a rivalry between the male and female lead, and the female lead happened to be on the scene.

"Then let me do it." Li Qin said eagerly.

She was not interested in acting with the auditioning actors, she wanted to experience the plot of the second season that Meng Bai mentioned.

Although it is just a small fragment, it may contain a lot of information.

Another reason that she didn't say explicitly was that she wanted to take this opportunity to show Meng Bai the results of her recent efforts in preparing the script, so that this guy wouldn't keep complaining about her poor acting skills.

Li Qin stood up and walked to Chen Ruoxuan, comforting him: "Don't be nervous."

"Thank you." Chen Ruoxuan thanked her. Although he didn't know who this girl was, since she was able to attend the audition with the director and producer, she must be a member of the crew's management.

But why does it feel a little familiar? Never mind, I'll just take the time to find my emotions.

"Okay, come on, 3, 2, 1, start!"

Following Wu Bai's order, the two prepared people quickly entered the plot.

Chen Ruoxuan first squatted down, then slowly stood up, glancing at Li Qin, and asked in a suppressed tone: "Where are you?"

"what?"

"I ask you where you were at that time? Where were you when the Japanese invaded? Were you watching from heaven? Aren't you the gods of China? Don't we all believe in you?"

"..."

The scene prepared for today's audition was a scene involving an emotional outburst. After all, a web drama is not a movie, and it requires the actors to express more emotions.

Meng Bai is indeed not very proficient in acting. The most he can do is to see whether the actors' acting skills are in place and whether the lines are emotionally expressive.

In order to better showcase the performance of the auditioning actors, the plot is mainly focused on the male lead.

But even so, he could clearly feel that Li Qin's acting skills were much better than Chen Ruoxuan's.

It's not necessarily very contagious, but at least the emotion and tone are on point.

It seems that this girl really didn't lie. Her acting skills are more than enough to handle TV dramas, idol dramas, etc.

The audition plot was not long, with each person only saying about five or six sentences, and the two finished the performance quickly.

Li Qin returned to her seat and looked at the script in her hand thoughtfully, not knowing what she was thinking about.

Chen Ruoxuan stood in front of everyone, anxiously waiting for the result.

Naturally, the review would still have to be around 500. After all, as a director, he knows better the talents and abilities displayed by the actors.

"First of all, the dialogue is quite emotional, and the character's emotions are well understood."

Wu Bai first praised the other party's strengths, but no one responded because they knew he would definitely say "but" next.

"But I have a few questions. One is that the basic skills are not solid. When the lines are shouted out, the mouth is not strong enough, so some words are not clear.
Then there are also problems with breathing. When I get to the emotional part, I can’t get up.
Another thing is, you probably don't have much actual acting experience... none, right? That's right, your overall acting and expression are very immature, and there's a sense of 'acting on purpose'."

Every time Wu Bai said this, Chen Ruoxuan's mood became lower. By the end of the conversation, he had completely given up.

There's nothing I can do. It's true that I'm not strong enough, and there's nothing I can do to make up for it.

It's a pity that I missed such a rare audition opportunity. I thought I could go home after that, but Wu Bai continued, "Although the male lead can't hold up, it's still okay to play a supporting role in any unit."

Meng Bai, who was standing by, raised his eyebrows, leaned closer to Wu Bai and asked in a low voice, "You think highly of him?"

"Not bad, seems like I have some talent. Look, why don't you give me a small role to try."

Although Wu Bai is somewhat optimistic about Chen Ruoxuan and wants to help him, the final decision is still in the hands of Meng Bai, the "producer".

"Okay, I'll believe you this time." Meng Bai nodded.

After all, Wu Bai is also a director, so he is willing to give face for such a small matter. Anyway, there are plenty of small supporting roles in unit dramas, so it doesn't matter who plays it.

Chen Ruoxuan thought he had been eliminated, but he unexpectedly got a pleasant surprise. Although it was just a small supporting role, he was already overjoyed and hurried to thank everyone.

After leaving his contact information and being reminded again to go back and prepare well, Chen Ruoxuan left excitedly.

As for when he will come next time, we will have to wait for notification. After all, the crew has not yet completed the preparations, and the two bosses of the crew have not yet decided which role to give him.

Watching the young man leave, Meng Bai turned to look at Li Qin who had been thinking for a long time, and asked in confusion: "What are you thinking about here?"

Li Qin frowned and said, "I always feel that Xiaoya in the second season seems to be a little different from the first season. The emotions in her lines when facing Dongqing seem to be much more distant."

"Of course. Didn't you see what 'Dongqing' said in his lines? 'Xiao Ya' is a god, and the 'Kunlun God of War'. He must be different from the ordinary college student in the first season." Meng Bai said.

"Hey, it feels like the background of the second season has suddenly become much larger. Who is the character of 'Xiao Ya'? How did he suddenly become a god?"

Li Qin felt itchy inside. It would have been fine if she knew nothing about it, but now that she knew a little about the plot of the second season, she couldn't help but feel curious.

Meng Bai looked at Li Qin's expectant eyes and raised a smile: "Want to know the rest of the story?"

"Yeah!" Li Qin nodded quickly.

"Simple." Meng Bai said, "When we sign the contract for the second season, I'll give you a copy of the complete script."

"Hey——" Li Qin wrinkled her face: "So you were thinking of this!"

Her contract was only for the first season. If the show is to be filmed further, a new contract will have to be negotiated.

It is foreseeable that the salary will definitely increase a lot by then. After all, the fact that the second season can be filmed means that the performance of the first season is not bad, so the salary increase is reasonable.

Of course, another way is to change the actor. But generally the crew would rather kill the character directly than choose this path unless they have no other choice.

The audience already has preconceived impressions and feelings about the characters, and once a replacement is cast, it is difficult to empathize with them.

A typical negative example is the change of the actor who plays "Xiaoxue" in "A Family with Children".

In Meng Bai's opinion, even if the plot sets the later "Daxue" as the illegitimate daughter of Liu Xing's father, the effect will be better than directly replacing "Xiaoxue".

"Tsk, then don't tell me. Let's see if you'll come and beg me when we're filming the second season!" Li Qin secretly imagined the scene of "Meng Bai humbly asking herself" in her heart and almost laughed out loud.

After Chen Ruoxuan left, three boys came in one after another, all auditioning for the male lead "Xia Dongqing".

Among these three people, some were recommended by Wu Bai, and some were recommended by other staff members of the director team. Meng Bai didn't care and let them all try.

Unfortunately, the performance of these three people was not as good as that of Chen Ruoxuan, the first one to arrive.

Meng Bai privately told Li Qin that he probably discovered after arriving that the audition script was completely different from what he had known, and he was so confused that he couldn't react.

Meng Bai didn't take this kind of cannon fodder player seriously at all. There were many small supporting roles available for him if he was willing, so it wouldn't be a pity if he didn't want to leave.

After sending away several auditioners in succession, there was a long interval before the staff outside told us that there was a new person coming.

The door of the audition room was pushed open, and a man who looked a bit like a husky walked in. Meng Bai took a look and exclaimed in his heart.

This person is obviously different from the previous newcomers. Just looking at his aura, you can tell that he is a professional actor with a lot of experience.

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