Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 193 I Can Fly a Plane
"Actually, there's no need for me to tell you this. They have strong backing and their acting skills aren't that bad. But after all, we've dealt with each other before, so I still have to tell you.

Be prepared. I'll be there, but I know Ou Hao and we have a good relationship. As a judge, I'll just vote for who has better acting skills and who has greater ability."

"I understand, Director Liu. Thank you very much, but I am also very confident in myself."

"That's good. You can go in now. I'll wait here for a while."

Zhou Le nodded.

Speaking of Ou Hao, Zhou Le naturally knew about it.

His resources were so good that Hai Qing even said in public, "You are my God."

The other party did play a major role in "The Founding of an Army" back then.

But Zhou Le was quite surprised by what Liu Weiqiang had just said to him. After all, he and Liu Weiqiang didn't have much friendship, and logically speaking, the other party should be closer to Ou Hao.

But under such circumstances, Liu Weiqiang still said this to himself.

Regardless of whether he can keep the role in the end, Zhou Le has to do this favor.

However, after entering the room, Zhou Le discovered that one of the two people sitting in the middle was someone he knew. It was Yu Dong, whom he met through Wu Jing when he went to attend the film festival organized by the Film Association.

In fact, speaking of Yu Donglai, this is not the first time Zhou Le has met him. He also starred in the filming of "My Motherland and Me".

And the other party also made a guest appearance in "Speeding Life".

Among the producers of "Flying Life", Yu Dong is the second producer after Han Han.

"Before, they only said that senior executives were coming, but they didn't say it was such a high-ranking executive. Even the boss came."

But speaking of Yu Dong, he is also quite interesting. Many bosses actually just like making money and culture, but Yu Dong is different. Yu Dong is keen on playing cameo roles in the movies he invests in.

After coming in, Zhou Le chatted with the producers, investors and Yu Dong present for a while, and Ou Hao also arrived.

The two of them sat opposite those people, like elementary school students about to take an exam.

But in this scenario, there are seven or eight invigilators in total, but only two students.

The purpose of the two appearing here at the same time was obvious, so Liu Weiqiang did not keep anyone in suspense and spoke directly:
"You two are both quite suitable for the role of Xu Yichen, so you need to compete among yourselves. Here are leaders from the Civil Aviation Administration, the CEO of Bona, executives from Alibaba, and people from our crew. We only have one principle, and that is whoever is capable gets the role.

However, we have already learned about your previous awards and the works you have starred in, so now you can talk about your strengths. "

Zhou Le and Ou Hao looked at each other.

However, there was not much hostility in the eyes of the two. First, they both felt that they could perform; second, Zhou Le felt that Ou Hao was considered to be a manlier-looking artist among the younger generation.

Ou Hao has a similar idea. After he came out of the talent show, he has been leaning towards being a tough guy.

"How about you come first?"

Ou Hao nodded, he felt that it was advantageous to speak first.

After I have said everything I can say, when Zhou Le speaks, people will have a preconceived notion. Once what Zhou Le says is repeated by me, people will definitely be more inclined to agree with me.

Moreover, before coming, Yang Tianzhen had already helped him prepare all the questions that might be asked and all the answers.

"Hello everyone, my name is Ou Hao. I think I am very suitable for this role, both in terms of appearance and personal preference. In fact, I have wanted to be a pilot since I was a child, but later I did not pass the assessment due to some physical reasons.

But whether in work or life, I have always held myself to very strict standards. Of course, I feel very honored to compete with Mr. Zhou Le for this role. After all, Mr. Zhou Le is also an excellent actor. "

Ou Hao didn't say much, but he basically said everything that needed to be said.

Zhou Le was a little surprised when he heard the other party say this.

"Thank you. I feel very honored as well."

Experience value +3.

Although Zhou Le did not dislike Ou Hao as a person, he still hated being replaced at the last minute.

Either don't look for it in the beginning, or when you're about to take the final step, you say you want someone else to take the kick. Isn't that disgusting?
Liu Weiqiang listened to Ou Hao's words and wrote and drew on paper for a long time, writing down all the advantages.

"What about you, Zhou Le?"

Zhou Le had already been confident about this.

Saying that you have a good image and that you are interested in aerospace is as empty as a newly graduated student writing on his resume that he is hardworking, likes traveling, listening to music, and watching movies.

Who would dare to say that they don’t love aerospace if they want to play this role?

Anyone who dares to say that will be kicked out on the spot.

And you can tell whether the image is good or not just by standing here.

Of course, he did have to admit that Ou Hao's image was more than enough to play a pilot, but Zhou Le felt that he was not much worse.

When it comes to being handsome, Zhou Le has never been defeated by anyone.

So Zhou Le doesn’t plan to talk about these things that everyone knows.

If only the investors and the crew were sitting opposite each other, Zhou Le could only go through the process. After all, the investors and the crew had absolute say in who to use.

There's no point in trying to get it yourself.

But now I also know the people on the Bona side, and more importantly, there are leaders from the Civil Aviation Administration there.

Zhou Le looked straight ahead and quickly scanned the few people.

He only said one sentence when he opened his mouth.

"I can fly a plane."

Zhou Le was not talking nonsense. The driving proficiency rewarded by the system naturally included flying an airplane.

Not to mention civil aviation, as long as the leader dares to nod, Zhou Le can even fly a fighter jet. Of course, the prerequisite is that he has to receive professional training. After all, the knowledge is in the brain, and the body must be able to adapt to various situations during flying.

When these words were spoken, everyone laughed.

Because in their opinion, Zhou Le's words were too exaggerated.

"Have you ever been exposed to this before?"

"No." Zhou Le told the truth.

"But I often play live games that simulate flying an airplane, and all the operations are based on real airplanes."

"You've never been in contact with it before, you've only played games. How dare you say you can fly a plane?"

Zhou Le smiled.

"The leaders of the Civil Aviation Administration are here, so there's no need for me to lie. I'm very familiar with flying, both in theory and practice."

The leader of the Civil Aviation Administration smiled and asked Zhou Le a few questions casually.

Zhou Ledu answered fluently.

The leader didn't expect Zhou Lezhen to be able to answer it, because the question he asked was actually difficult in nature.

Even some novice pilots may not be able to answer this question.

Seeing this, he turned around and asked Ou Hao, but Ou Hao couldn't answer any of these questions.

"Boss, my idea is to get the license at least between the filming period and the release of this film. This will not only help to enrich the character design, but also facilitate the promotion of the film before and after its release."

Zhou Le added.

Anyway, it's a broken jar, so I believe it if I want to, and I don't believe it if I don't want to.

This is all I can do.

The worst that could happen is that people will think you’re bragging and you won’t get the role.

Anyway, we are already standing here. Zhou Le suddenly came up with this move, catching Ou Hao off guard. He didn't expect Zhou Le to dare to say such a thing in order to get this role.

The leader then asked more than a dozen questions, and Zhou Le answered each one very beautifully.

This suddenly piqued the leader's interest.

At least as it stands now, even as a fan, Zhou Le has definitely put in a lot of effort to understand what he said.

"How about this? There's a pilot training simulator here. Why don't we let Xiao Zhou give it a try? If he can really fly as skillfully as he says, I think we can reconsider it."

When the leader speaks, naturally others have nothing to say.

Moreover, Bona’s representative Yu Dong was also well aware that Zhou Le had a stronger box office appeal advantage than Ou Hao.

"Speeding Life" and "The Wandering Earth" released this year are the best proof.

With Zhou Le's support, the box office of these two films has been greatly increased, at least 700 to 800 million more than the predictions of those professional institutions.

Regardless of whether he invested money or not, Zhou Le really worked hard to promote the movie.

And the effect is remarkable!

If the movie can make money, it means that he, the investor, can make money.

Alibaba also has the same idea. Although Tencent is behind Zhou Le, the investment director of Alibaba's film and television department also has KPI tasks. The better the performance, the more bonus he can get.

Whether it is from Tencent or not, although it certainly has an impact on Alibaba's development strategy, but for him personally, Ou Hao is not an artist from their Alibaba system anyway, so it is better to let Zhou Le go on stage and get higher box office.

"I think it's okay."

"I agree too."

"Yeah, why don't we let Xiao Zhou give it a try? We don't have anything to do right now, so why don't we go together?"

For the leaders of the Civil Aviation Administration, going to the training base for a test flight is just a matter of making a phone call.

In this way, the group quickly arrived at the flight base.

In fact, after arriving here, Ou Hao knew that he would most likely not be able to get this role. No matter how many people the company invited to dinner to help him get the role, for this role, the leader's words were the final say.

Looking at Zhou Le again, he was not panicked at all.

For someone like Zhou Le, how could he stand in this place if he was not absolutely sure?

Sure enough, after entering, Zhou Le was as familiar with all the operations as eating and drinking water.

Seeing this, the leader asked the people around him to add some severe weather simulations.

But Zhou Le still handled it with ease.

"So this is what System Bro really wants. I told you that just racing would only get you a little bit of attention and a spot on trending topics, but being able to fly a plane is what's going to get me the role."

Zhou Le couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The leaders also learned from previous information that Zhou Le's college entrance examination results were also very good. With this kind of brain, it would definitely not be a problem for him to take the aviation theory knowledge exam.

"Xiao Zhou, besides being able to fly a commercial airliner, you can do other things..."

"You can try other things."

Afterwards, the leader took Zhou Le and went to the other side to fly a fighter jet after signing a confidentiality agreement.

Zhou Le drove with ease and could even perform some stunts.

"You also know these?"

"Boss, I don't really like to brag. In my opinion, if I can do it, ... and if I can't do it, I can't do it."

"Very good, very good. You are indeed a talent. In fact, Mr. Yu from Bona praised you in front of me before, but I didn't expect you to be good at this."

"Thank you for your compliment, Boss. After all, the best way to play a role well is to become that role yourself."

Since they were already here, the leader arranged for them to undergo a physical fitness test, which included basic abilities and the ability to withstand weightlessness.

Zhou Le's performance is also far better than Ou Hao.

"Everyone, the result should be obvious now. So this character..."

"Let Zhou Le go, I think he's more suitable."

Everyone thought so, and Ou Hao was really at his wit's end. He hadn't expected that one person could be so strong.

"I also think that Mr. Zhou is more suitable for this role than me."

Ou Hao is a smart man. Rather than being squeezed out in the competition, he would rather give up the position on his own initiative.

Although the role is gone, at least I can still keep my face.

That's how the role was finalized.

Zhou Le also sighed. He didn't expect that a character could cause such a big storm.

But if he didn't do this, with Yang Tianzhen's management ability in the circle, even if he had better acting skills, he might not be able to compete with Ou Hao.

"Zhou Le, let's add each other on WeChat later. I'll recommend someone to you. If you want to get your driver's license, go find him. He can arrange everything for you. Although the process is fixed, he can also help you go faster."

Before parting, the leader made a special trip to say to Zhou Le.

"Thank you, leader."

In fact, the meaning of this statement is self-evident. With the other party's arrangement, the time it takes to become a pilot can be greatly shortened.

And there were cameras filming when I was flying the plane and doing the physical test.

After it is released, on the one hand, this ability of mine can bring topics and exposure to the film, and on the other hand, it can also show that the Civil Aviation Administration behind it has strict requirements.

Therefore, it is also a political achievement for the leader.

After coming out, Ou had nothing to say and could only express his admiration in front of Zhou Le.

As I said, if the leader is not there, everything is easy, but if the leader is there, then in some ways it depends on personal ability.

But when Zhou Le returned to the hotel, a friend request suddenly appeared on WeChat.

Zhou Le took a look at the notes.

Zhang Tianai.

He suddenly remembered that he seemed to have seen the other person at last year's Weibo Movie Night, but he was sitting too far back, and later many people came to his side during dinner, so he didn't go out to get to know him.

Accept friend requests casually.

"Hello, Teacher Zhou, I'm Zhang Tianai."

"Hello, sister, I have admired you for a long time, and I didn't expect to be able to add you on WeChat."

"Haha, don't be so polite, we will be colleagues from now on."

"Yes, sister, if I have anything I don't understand later, I will have to ask you for advice."

"Not really, not really. We can learn from each other."

"By the way, sister, are you playing a stewardess in this drama?"

"Yes, but I don't have the script yet, so I don't know what the specific part will be like. Actually, I'm quite looking forward to acting opposite you."

After hearing this, Zhou Le thought about it, and then went online to search whether Zhang Tianai had a boyfriend now.

(End of this chapter)