This star is going to the moon

Chapter 7: Landing the Audition for Wolf Warrior 2

Beijing, "Wolf Warrior 2" preparatory team.

After lunch, Wu Jing and several audition leaders gathered together to discuss the audition candidates.

"At the moment, it seems that only Zhang Hanhai meets the requirements. The others are too unknown to add any value to the film."

"There's nothing we can do. When the famous young actors heard there were action scenes, they turned down half of them. When they heard the pay was low, they turned down the other half as well."

"I also think Zhang Hanhai is suitable. He even reduced his salary to only 100 million."

"Indeed, although he's not a movie star and his film salary isn't as high as the tens of millions for TV dramas, it's still at least a few million. Just one million is really sincere."

"His acting skills are good enough to play a rich second-generation military fan, but he needs a body double for the action scenes."

"Using a body double isn't a big deal. It doesn't cost a fortune. At most, using a body double will compromise the shooting angle and the impact of the image..."

After hearing everyone's opinions, Wu Jing asked the casting director, "Are there any other outstanding candidates? Our movie will start shooting in the middle of next month. If not, we can only choose Zhang Hanhai."

"Yes, there's a new guy named Lu Yun who's very popular recently. He'll be here for an audition this afternoon."

The casting director showed everyone a photo of Lu Yun. "He's the most handsome guy on campus at Jinling University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Because of his good looks, he was invited to play the second male lead in the TV series 'The Best of Us.' The series is about to reach its finale, and the number of views is currently approaching 20 billion."

"The movie he starred in just came out today. It's 'So Young, You Are Here,' starring Wu Fan, who's been involved in the recent 'date scandal.' He plays the second male lead in it."

Everyone present laughed when they heard the casting director say this. It was indeed quite popular.

"But he also has a lot of problems," the casting director continued. "He's not a film and television major. When he was a student, it wasn't a problem for him to play a student, but he has too little filming experience, and his acting skills are very immature..."

Wu Jing waved his hands when he heard this: "Don't worry about the actor's immature acting skills. Zhuo Yifan, the 'rich second-generation military fan', is not a complicated character to begin with. We thought Zhang Hanhai was good just now, not because of his good acting skills."

"If we feel that Lu Yun is more suitable after the audition, we can even add a 'student' attribute to 'Zhuo Yifan'."

Wu Jing is not only the leading actor and director of "Wolf Warrior 2", he is also the screenwriter, so he is fully qualified to say this.

At this time, another screenwriter and military novelist spoke up: "Hey, maybe this Lu Yun himself has the attribute of a 'military fan', because Jinling Aeronautics and Astronautics University has many retired fighter jets on display."

"This school has also participated in some aircraft, rocket, and missile research missions. The 'Changkong' series of target drones used to test missiles were developed by them."

Wu Jing had already thought Lu Yun was quite good after seeing his photo, and his eyes lit up when he heard this: "His image is perfect for playing a tall, handsome, rich second-generation kid. How could these attributes match perfectly?"

The producer nodded, then stroked his chin and said, "Besides, Lu Yun is still a newcomer. Newcomers' film salaries are not high to begin with. We can also use Zhang Hanhai's one million as an excuse. We should be able to reduce his salary to 300,000 or 400,000. The remaining money can be used to add several special effects shots!"

"Wolf Warrior 2" had limited funds, and it had to be upgraded to a blockbuster. Wu Jing even mortgaged his house, so the producer wanted to spend every penny in half!
"As long as Ro-Woon's acting can...reach 70% of Jang Han-hae's, I will support him!"

There was nothing wrong with what the producer said. After learning about Lu Yun's information, the others present also thought that Lu Yun was good.

It has such popularity since it just started this year. It can’t be that it will become a obscurity by the time "Wolf Warrior 2" is released next year, right?
As they were chatting, a staff member knocked on the door and said, "Ro-Woon is here for the audition."

Everyone's expectations were raised and people arrived, which is both a good thing and a bad thing.

Anyway, after Lu Yun came in, he felt that the way these people looked at him was a little strange, and there was a strong sense of scrutiny.

"?"

But he was soon attracted to the hot man.

He is Wu Jing, the man who is already 42 years old this year, but still has some traces of baby face as long as he doesn't grow a beard, and he insists on playing the role of a tough action guy!

"Lu Yun, right? The boy is really handsome."

"Thank you, Brother Jing, I..."

"Come on, come into the house with me!"

"Hey?"

Lu Yun was 10 years younger than Wu Jing in his previous life. In addition, Wu Jing was destined to leave a mark in the history of domestic film, so Lu Yun planned to get close to him so that he would look better when he took the "pot of gold" from him later.

Unexpectedly, the actual situation was the opposite. Wu Jing was even more enthusiastic than Lu Yun.

Without Lu Yun introducing himself, Wu Jing said directly: "We have reviewed your information, but there are some questions that are not listed in your information. Are you a military fan?"

Although the situation did not go according to the routine, it was not difficult for Lu Yun, who had "ten years of work experience".

He quickly adjusted his attitude and said calmly, "I'm a bit of a military fan, I'm just interested in weapons and equipment, and I've played some military shooting games."

"Yes, that's very good."

Wu Jing excitedly picked up the prop rifle on the table and handed it to Lu Yun, saying, "Try it and do some tactical shooting moves."

It's easy!
Lu Yun took the prop gun and checked a few key points, then performed actions such as finding cover, aiming and cutting corners, the whole process was clean and neat.

The other audition leaders nodded repeatedly while watching. Wu Jing paid more attention to a detail, which was that when Lu Yun was holding the gun, his right index finger was naturally and straightly placed on the side of the gun.

All the actors who auditioned before were placed in the trigger guard, and some were directly on the trigger.

Choosing them means extra time for training, and there's bound to be frequent mistakes during filming, which will delay filming for who knows how much time. "Time is money" is not just a saying for the crew; it costs a lot of money to keep the crew running.

Lu Yun’s knowledge of firearms and tactical movements is not that great, but at least it is enough for filming. It can save a lot of training time and it is not easy to make mistakes during the filming process.

This can save the crew a lot of money!
Wu Jingyue liked Lu Yun more and more, and picked up the prop gun and handed it to him: "Let's just do the scene where Zhuo Yifan appears. Put the gun to my head."

Lu Yun took the pistol and gestured to his thigh, saying, "I need to change into my costume. The script says that the pistol is drawn from the holster, and Zhuo Yifan is wearing camouflage combat uniform the whole time."

"No need to change, the previous ones..."

Wu Jing didn't finish his words. He looked Lu Yun up and down before continuing, "I always think that the drama is in the body, not in the clothes. What do you think?"

Lu Yun thought there was nothing wrong with this.

So he put the prop pistol in his trouser pocket, slung the prop rifle's belt around his neck, and retreated to the door.

【Physical Performance Level 3 (929/1000)】

open!

[Vocal Lines Level 3 (597/1000)]

open!

Lu Yun took a deep breath, and his expression immediately became three parts pride, three parts disdain, and four parts arrogance.

He looked directly at Wu Jing and said, "You? Save us?"

Lu Yun just changed his expression and said a few words, and all the audition leaders at the scene looked at him with surprise!
The person who auditioned before... Has anyone auditioned before?
Wu Jing, who was about to have a gun pointed at his head, was the happiest!

Some people even looked at the casting director with sidelong glances, and their meaning was obvious.

"Is this what you call immature acting?"

The casting director was also confused. What...what happened in these few months?
Could it be that Lu Yun is not busy writing his graduation thesis at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, but is going to the Film Academy for further studies?

But it’s impossible to do this after studying at a film academy for a few months!

Could it be that...Lu Yun is a one in a million acting genius?
At the same time, Yan Xinxin, who was waiting outside the door, was also a little nervous.

It’s just that the direction of the anxiety is different.

She had also felt that the interviewer's eyes were a little strange before. Thinking that this was Lu Yun's first audition and his acting skills were indeed immature, she was really afraid that her dear Lu Ge would give up on himself if he failed the audition.

Who will ask her for autographed photos of different stars from now on?
"No, I have to help my brother Lu. At the very least... I have to give some trouble to the one who poses the greatest threat!"

Thinking of this, Yan Xinxin searched for Zhang Hanhai on her mobile phone and quickly found the information she wanted.

Then she took out a fake mobile phone from her bag. There were ten WeChat programs on the interface of the phone. She clicked on the eighth one and found a fan group to ask for help.

[Sisters, Zhang Hanhai is competing with Feng Ge for the male lead in "Paris," and his fans are spreading false negatives about Feng Ge. Does he have any negative information? I have to go to the square and spread his negative information to slap his fans in the face!]

Don't so many people have any negative information about Zhang Hanhai? Are you just going to watch his fans spread false negative information about him and ruin his reputation? Are you doing this to Brother Feng?

Not only did she post this, she immediately changed her account to echo him.

[I know he's dishonest and even groped the actresses while filming!]

[He also had a history of driving violations and resisting law enforcement, and in the end…]

After she made such a fuss, the group immediately became lively, and some impulsive fans immediately went to the square to spread negative information about her.

And at this moment in the audition room...

"It's up to you!"

Wu Jing patted Lu Yun's shoulder excitedly: "Those who didn't audition later don't have to audition anymore. No one is more suitable than you!"

"Hurry up and notify your agent to sign the contract. I can't wait to see you on the set!"

"Cough cough~"

The producer came over and grabbed Wu Jing and said to Lu Yun, "Lu Yun, don't worry about it. New directors like him who just started out halfway through their careers are just bold and often skip steps."

"This audition was very successful. We look forward to working with you. You can go back and discuss it with your agent first..."

To be honest, Lu Yun felt that the producer was right. Wu Jing was indeed very brave and could not be compared with those old directors who just said "Isn't it very bold" verbally.

Maybe this is why Wu Jing can be made into an action blockbuster.

Then it’s time for Liu Chun to truly demonstrate his professional abilities.

Although his choice of scripts is terrible, it is still somewhat useful.

　Thanks to "山河万里伏" for the 2000-point reward~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)