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

Chapter 86 Chi Ling
Looking at Jin Chen, who had become familiar with his assistant Hua Yan and started chatting about "a few things about Teacher Meng and Boss Li", Meng Bai scratched his hair, feeling that he had really underestimated the other person's level of familiarity.

This girl is pretty, and lively, but as for this "cool and ethereal air"... I'm sorry, he really can't tell.

Meng Bai originally wanted to audition for a role called "Amber, the Goddess" in the second part.

According to the plot, in ancient times, a "goddess" descended to earth to guide the growth of the immortal "original man". Unexpectedly, during their constant interactions, a plague called "love" was born. Then the "goddess" was furious, cut off the pillar of heaven, launched a flood to destroy the "original man", and then recreated the short-lived "human".

It probably combines the "gods and men" system in the Classic of Mountains and Seas and ancient mythology, and mixes in some folk legends. Compared with the already somewhat common settings of "Heaven" and "Investiture of the Gods", it can be regarded as a slight innovation.

Since she is a "celestial being", she should have some qualities like "cold", "indifferent" and "ruthless".

But looking at Jin Chen again, Meng Bai couldn't connect these words with her.

It is common for the auditioning actor to not match the character's image, otherwise why is it called an "audition".

Generally, when a crew encounters this kind of situation, they will directly tell the actor on the spot that he is not suitable. If they are more tactful, they will first say "we will think about it" and then inform the actor that evening or the next day "I'm sorry, but you are not suitable."

The main focus is not to interfere with each other.

According to Meng Bai's idea, if it was an ordinary auditioning actor, he would have just turned it down.

But this girl is Li Yitong's friend after all, and when Boss Li replied to him, he also specifically described how "the company exploits her and doesn't give her resources" and so on. Anyway, he described her in a very miserable way, to the extent that it would be embarrassing not to give her a chance.

She didn't mean to exaggerate, but she felt that it would be a bit embarrassing if people came all the way here for her recommendation and were rejected in the end.

In other words, Meng Bai didn't know what she was thinking, otherwise he would have definitely sneered at her - in the circle, this kind of audition recommendation is a favor in itself, and even if you are rejected, it is the auditioner's own business.

I can only say that Boss Li is still too young.

Meng Bai would not force unsuitable actors and roles together just because of Li Yitong's recommendation. However, there was no need to refuse. It was a unit drama, there were many roles, so he could just change one.

Of course, this also depends on whether the other party is willing.

He did not hide the truth and told Jin Chen directly that the original role was not suitable. But if she was willing, there was another role of the female lead in the unit that she could try.

"Can I ask what the story is about first?" When talking about business, Jin Chen calmed down and asked after thinking for a few seconds.

"This is the first unit story of the second season, called "Red Ling." Meng Bai said.

"Chi...Ling?"

"Chi means red; Ling was a nickname for musicians in ancient times, and later it was used to refer to artists who performed songs and dances." Meng Bai explained: "Chi Ling can be understood as actors wearing red costumes, or artists with a sincere heart who 'dare not forget their country even though they are in a low position.'" "Did not forget their country even though they are in a low position..." Jin Chen said: "It sounds like a story from the Anti-Japanese War era."

"Yes, it's the background of the Anti-Japanese War." Meng Bai nodded and said, "To be more precise, it's a story about a patriotic man of humble status but with a heart for the country, who sacrificed himself to resist the invaders."

The story of "Chi Ling" takes place in the war-torn era. With the start of the full-scale invasion of China, the invaders not only burned and killed people wantonly on the land of China, but also set up various medical research institutions in the occupied areas in the name of "medical research". On the surface, they were "curing diseases and saving lives", but in fact they were secretly doing cruel "human experiments".

The heroine "Yulan" is a famous opera star, and a rare "actress", who is very famous in the local area. After the region fell, she was threatened with the life of the opera troupe by the invaders, forcing her to perform for the invaders. It was during many performances that she accidentally discovered the crimes of these "human skin newborns".

Yulan wanted to expose the brutal faces of these invaders, but as a woman and a lowly "actor", she had no way to escape the control of the enemy. Finally, she and the rest of the troupe came up with a plan to hold a "celebration ceremony" as an excuse to use Yulan as bait to gather the high-ranking officials of the invaders. Then they set the whole venue on fire, engulfing the invaders and Yulan and others in a sea of fire.

The ruins left behind were gradually forgotten as time went by. The descendants of the invaders bought it again and built a mental hospital, using the souls of the patients to feed the "spirits" of the past in an attempt to revive them.

Later, Zhao Li discovered something unusual here, and while investigating secretly, he accidentally lost part of his "soul". Xia Dongqing and "Ya", who had turned back into a celestial being, came to rescue him, and his soul accidentally traveled back to the past, witnessed that period of history, and discovered the conspiracy here. In the end, he defeated the murderer and freed the souls imprisoned here.

"Family, country and sacrifice." After listening to the plot summary, Jin Chen was silent for a long time, and then said with great emotion: "It's a very touching 'ghost story', which reminds me of 'One Night in Peking' in the first part."

"What's touching is not the story, but the history." Meng Bai said calmly.

Rubbing his eyes, Jin Chen sorted out his mood and returned to the present: "So, I am going to play this 'Yulan'?"

"Yes."

“But I can’t sing.”

"It's okay." Meng Bai said, "We have invited a professional 'opera master' to be your teacher. He will guide your manners and movements on site. You have a good dance foundation, so this shouldn't be difficult. As for the singing, we can dub it later."

Actions and the like can be "quickly mastered" with camera editing, but the "water-grinding work" of opera singing cannot be mastered in a day or two, so dubbing is inevitable.

This is not "unprofessional", it can only be said that it is a "cost-effectiveness" trade-off made by the crew.

The story was indeed very exciting and touching, and the character of "Yulan" was also very outstanding. Therefore, Jin Chen agreed to participate after only a brief thought.

Although the role he finally got was not the one he originally planned for, Meng Bai did not gain nothing.

In addition to deciding on the heroine for the "Red Ling" chapter, he also suddenly had an idea just now, which was whether he could add a soundtrack suitable for film and television to this chapter.

Or, just use this unit as the background and add a promotional song.

(End of this chapter)