Huayu 97: The Beginning of a Marriage Fraudulently

As the company grows larger, the competition becomes more intense.

When Li Xiaoping was in charge of executive affairs at Enlight Media, the company was relatively laid-back in terms of signing actors.

The actors signed by the company are basically all people connected to Chen Siyuan and his associates.

Li Xiaoping's focus remains on content creation.

However, since Cai Yinong joined Enlight Media, the strategy has completely changed.

Any new actor that Cai Yinong approves of will be signed.

Then nurture them slowly and see who can rise to the top.

To put it bluntly, it's like raising a venomous insect, where the winner takes all.

Therefore, the number of new actors at Enlight Media is still quite alarming.

They can rival the number of trainees at major companies in South Korea.

Although Enlight Media has a lot of resources, they are not much when divided among various entities.

Therefore, Cai Yinong also worked with senior executives at Enlight Media to develop an actor evaluation system.

Resources will be allocated based on the results of the evaluation system.

Players like Shi Shi, Yang Mi, Tangtang, and Sun Li all occupy the top 5 positions within the same system.

Of course, this system is not the only standard.

Each specific situation will be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

Data is just the foundation, but it's not everything.

Other projects are one thing, but popular IPs like "Chinese Paladin 3" that come with their own hype are something everyone wants to compete for.

This includes both the actors themselves and their agents.

Therefore, Enlight Media also started internal auditions first.

The judges were Chen Siyuan, Wang Changtian, Cai Yinong, Li Guoli, and... Liu Yifei!

Yang Mi firmly believed that this was just a formality.

But she still took it very seriously and even had the makeup artist from Guangming do her makeup as Tang Xuejian.

Wearing makeup during auditions is always a plus, no matter where you are.

So when they saw Yang Mi come in, Chen Siyuan and the others nodded secretly.

Yang Mi, however, was taken aback when she saw Liu Yifei.

When Liu Yifei played Xiaolongnu, she played Guo Xiang.

What now?
Liu Yifei was even one of the interviewers.

However, Yang Mi is not a complete novice.

So I quickly adjusted my mindset.

It's just an audition; it's not like Yang Mi has auditioned for the first time.

Chen Siyuan and the others also noticed Yang Mi's change in that instant.

This is a plus.

"Yang Mi, first tell me your understanding of Tang Xuejian."

Li Guoli was the first to ask the question.

Yang Mi is an actress that Li Guoli has high hopes for, so asking this question can be seen as giving Yang Mi an opportunity.

Yang Mi blinked. "Tang Xuejian, in the game 'Chinese Paladin 3,' is a character created by the goddess Xi Yao using the fruit of the divine tree as her heart, the branches and leaves as her body, and herself as her model, and then brought into the human world. In terms of personality, Tang Xuejian is a lively and mischievous girl who is strong on the outside but soft on the inside, quirky and clever, kind-hearted, willful and independent, and outspoken."

Yang Mi spoke very quickly, without a single stutter, clearly indicating that she was prepared.

Liu Yifei also looked at Yang Mi with a smile.

Because the role that Li Guoli and the others gave Liu Yifei was the goddess Xi Yao!

Li Guoli pulled out another page of the script and handed it to Yang Mi.

Although it was an internal audition, the necessary procedures still had to be followed.

"Mr. Chen, how about you and Yang Mi act together?"

The script that Li Guoli gave him was the story of Tang Xuejian and Jing Tian's first encounter.

Chen Siyuan smiled and nodded; he was already very skilled at acting together.

Yang Mi was overjoyed at the sight and quickly started memorizing her lines, not wanting to lose face in front of her godfather!
Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

Yang Mi confidently put down the script.

Chen Siyuan naturally didn't memorize his lines; he just read them from the script.

When other people audition for roles, they usually just read their lines without any emotion.

This is deliberately designed to increase the difficulty!
After all, actors encounter all sorts of situations while filming. However, Chen Siyuan brought Jing Tian to life in the given script scenarios with remarkable vividness.

This isn't just acting together, it's practically carrying Yang Mi along!

With Chen Siyuan's help, Yang Mi also performed perfectly.

Wang Changtian chuckled to himself: Old Chen's chivalrous nature is incurable.

The show is over.

The people on stage immediately held a discussion on the spot.

"Yang Mi, when you get back, study the script carefully and analyze the character of Tang Xuejian thoroughly, understand?"

The result was announced by Cai Yinong.

There was no waiting for news; the results were announced on the spot.

"Thank you, President Cai; thank you, President Chen; thank you, President Wang; thank you, Director Li; thank you, Senior Sister!"

Yang Mi expressed her gratitude with great enthusiasm.

His attitude towards Liu Yifei, in particular, is quite interesting.

Despite being older than Liu Yifei, she naturally addressed her as "senior sister".

After Yang Mi left, the other actors came in one after another to participate in the audition.

Overall, it was played one character at a time.

The main characters have basically no disagreements.

Yang Mi, Tangtang, and Shi Shi are all leading by a wide margin.

Yang Mi won over Tang Xuejian.

Zixuan ordered candy.

Shi Shilai plays Long Kui.

This audition merely confirms that their initial choice was not wrong.

However, it's a bit harder to cast some of the supporting roles.

Compared to the main characters, they are definitely insignificant.

However, this is still a very important opportunity for these new actors from Enlight Media.

So when there are several suitable newcomers, Li Guoli and his colleagues will argue about it.

Chen Siyuan and Wang Changtian rarely spoke; the main point of contention was between Li Guoli and Cai Yinong.

In addition, there's Liu Yifei!
Chen Siyuan never expected that Liu Yifei would dare to "give orders".

Liu Yifei has really grown up.

This internal audition lasted quite a long time.

The auditions weren't finished all morning, so I just grabbed a quick bite at the company for lunch and continued auditing in the afternoon.

By the end of the day, all the matches that were roughly compatible had been finalized.

If there are no suitable candidates, then external auditions are the only option.

Especially in the area of ​​male actors, Enlight Media's reserves are still insufficient.

But it doesn't matter, sometimes it's necessary to share the cake.

Otherwise, becoming a lonely person is not a good thing.

The national auditions were held the day after the internal auditions.

That scene was even bigger.

Among them were some veteran actors who auditioned.

It took two whole days to complete all the auditions.

The final results were also surprisingly consistent.

Wallace Huo still landed the very important role of Xu Changqing.

Wallace Huo is very capable in period dramas.

Lam Chi-chung plays Xu Maoshan. Lam Chi-chung is considered a top-notch supporting actor, so playing Xu Maoshan is no problem for him.

Others, such as Liu Jiahui, Yue Yueli, and Fan Ming, have also been cast in their respective roles.

With this, the cast for "Chinese Paladin 3" has been finalized.

Starring Hu Ge, Yang Mi, Tangtang, Shi Shi, Wallace Huo, and Yuan Hong!
Liu Yifei makes a powerful cameo appearance!
The great poets of the Tang Dynasty in the Chinese entertainment industry have all gathered in one drama.

Chen Siyuan wanted to ask, "Who else?"
(End of this chapter)