Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 265 Jiang Qiming

The people who came for interviews the next day did indeed behave differently than those who came the day before.

Although these actors are far less famous and well-known than those from yesterday.

However, these people's performances were far from satisfactory.

For example, Qin Hao looks refined and gentle, but with just a slight change in his expression, he instantly exudes a cold and evil aura, making him seem like a complete bad person, or even a pervert.

Zhang Zhen, Zhang Hanyu, Zhou Yiwei, and others also gave outstanding performances. Even though they didn't look like villains, once they got into character, they immediately brought out the wickedness.

Zhang Heng felt that the actors today were so much better than those from yesterday.

Of course, Zhang Heng didn't really know much about actor auditions. He just felt that all the actors performed quite well, but it was difficult for him to say who was the best, and why. He was the one who should be chosen.

However, Li Boda had not initially intended to let Zhang Heng make the decisions, so he was not surprised that Zhang Heng lacked his own opinions.

"Qin Hao's performance was good; he was bad enough, but not crazy enough." Li Boda circled Qin Hao's name, indicating he was temporarily undecided. If Qin Hao's acting was good, and there weren't more suitable actors later, they could consider him, perhaps with some further guidance during filming.

"Zhang Zhen's face is a bit too upright. Although his acting skills are good, he can't portray the madness of Zhao Zhuikong." Li Boda drew an X after Zhang Zhen's name, eliminating him from the competition.

“Zhang Hanyu looks too old and doesn’t fit Zhao Zhuikong’s image.” There was also an extra cross after Zhang Hanyu’s name.

"Zhou Yiwei is not bad at playing a villain, but he lacks the madness to truly embody the character. He's not as good as Qin Hao." After hesitating for a while, Li Boda circled his name and decided to leave it for now, though his chances were not as high as Qin Hao's.

"Wu Jing – Her acting skills are lacking. She developed a bad habit of trying to look cool in Hong Kong, and she can't portray the feeling of Zhao Zhuikong. Eliminated."

"Liao Fan - His image is too poor and does not fit Zhao Zhuikong's character."

"Feng Yuanzheng is too old. Eliminated!"

"Zhang Yi, although his acting skills are good, is more suitable for comedy. He has a natural comedic effect and is not suitable for Zhao Zhuikong."

"Duan Yihong – His acting is good, and his appearance isn't bad either. Especially during the audition, he portrayed the image of a psychopath very well through his eyes and body language. However, his face looks a bit too bitter. Let's put it on hold." Li Boda circled Duan Yihong's name.

"..." There were also some actors whose names had either an X or a circle next to them.

After this round of auditions, well, among these actors in their thirties, there are indeed some with excellent acting skills, and some of them are even capable of playing the role of Zhao Zhuikong. However, Li Boda always felt that these people might not be able to handle the role of Zhao Zhuikong very well.

However, among actors in their thirties and forties, these are the ones widely recognized as having the best acting skills in the entertainment industry. Therefore, the role of Zhao Zhuikong will likely have to be chosen from among these people.

After all, actors, unless they are exceptionally talented or have a special kind of inspiration, usually reach true maturity in their acting skills after the age of thirty.

However, these people did not give Li Boda the feeling that Zhao Zhuikong could not do without them, so Li Boda thought, why not relax the conditions a little more?
As a result, many more people subsequently qualified for auditions.

That's right, it's about getting the right to audition. In reality, most people wouldn't even be qualified to audition for Li Boda's roles.

After another round of audition slots were released, this time many of the auditionees were not very famous and were in their twenties or thirties.

An actor named Octopus had good acting skills, but his image didn't fit Zhao Zhuikong, so he was immediately rejected.

Aruna has a fierce expression, but unfortunately, her face is too plain, or rather, too rustic, and she's not suitable for Zhao Zhuikong, so she's out.

Wu Xiaoliang has decent acting skills and a passable appearance. Although his eyes are a bit small, he is fairly suitable for the role of Zhao Zhuikong. Li Boda has placed him in the pending selection list.

However, when an actor named Jiang Qiming appeared in front of Li Boda, Li Boda immediately decided that he was the one.

His face has distinct features; although he's not conventionally handsome, he has a unique charm. His acting skills are also quite good. But the key is his face. These innate features make him ideal and very suitable for playing a crazy and perverted character like Zhao Zhuikong.

When Jiang Qiming learned that he had been chosen by Li Boda, he was completely stunned.

Although he was lucky, he got the audition for Zhao Zhuikong despite having little fame and no notable works.

However, Jiang Qiming never imagined that he would get the role of Zhao Zhuikong.

He came to the audition partly to try his luck and see if he could get lucky, and partly to simply show his face to Li Boda, even if it was just to leave a tiny impression on him. That way, when a suitable small role came up in the future, perhaps Li Boda would choose him based on that tiny impression.

Therefore, it can be said that Jiang Qiming was selected by Li Boda without any preparation, and he was completely dumbfounded after receiving the news.

"Director Li, you said I... I was chosen?" Jiang Qiming couldn't help but point to his nose and ask.

“That’s right, you’ve been chosen. You’ve been chosen to play the role of Zhao Zhuikong.” Li Boda nodded with a smile.

"I...I was really chosen?" Jiang Qiming still felt like he was dreaming, but he kept expressing his gratitude and bowing repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you Director Li, thank you Director Li for choosing me, I, I..."

"Alright, that's enough. When you get back, think carefully about the character Zhao Zhuikong. You should have read the novel 'Infinite Terror,' right?"

"I've seen it, I've seen it at least ten times."

"Then you should have some understanding of Zhao Zhuikong. Think carefully about the differences between Zhao Zhuikong and his clone. Also, you need to train hard in martial arts..."

Jiang Qiming left with deep gratitude.

After Jiang Qiming left, Li Boda announced the results of the audition.

When Lu Han and the others learned that Li Boda had chosen an unknown, obscure actor to play the role of Zhao Zhuikong, they were quite puzzled and even quite angry.

Unfortunately, they didn't dare to say anything. After all, even though Lu Han was a top-tier celebrity, he was nothing in front of a big shot like Li Boda. If he really lost his temper and offended Li Boda, he might not be able to have a comfortable life in the entertainment industry in the future.

However, although they dared not target Li Boda, they dared to target Jiang Qiming, ordering people to investigate Jiang Qiming and then trying to smear him.

After all, it would have been fine if top stars like Lu Han hadn't auditioned, but they did, and the role was snatched away by this unknown 18th-tier actor. That's practically equivalent to Jiang Qiming climbing over them to get ahead.

If Lu Han and his group don't make any moves, they'll be seen as easy targets.

Driven by this group of top celebrities, a lot of negative information about Jiang Qiming has appeared online.

However, these negative rumors had absolutely no effect on Jiang Qiming. He was originally an unknown, obscure celebrity, with few people knowing of his existence. Now, by being smeared like this, he has actually entered the public eye and become known to more people.

Then, Li Boda chose him. He wouldn't give up on him because of those inexplicable scandals. He would continue to play the role of Zhao Zhuikong.

Such a role is almost enough to make Jiang Qiming a second or third-tier actor in China. If Jiang Qiming knows how to promote himself, he might even be able to rise to the ranks of first-tier stars.

Therefore, at this time, many film and television companies and talent agencies in China took the initiative to approach Jiang Qiming, wanting to sign him before the movie "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team" even started filming.

However, Jiang Qiming was not stupid. Instead of signing with domestic film and television companies and brokerage firms, he took the initiative to approach Mofang Entertainment Company, expressing his desire to sign with them.

To be honest, although Magic Cube Entertainment has upgraded from a studio to a company, it still doesn't have many signed actors.

They only signed one or two actors.

Therefore, within Magic Cube Entertainment, these actors had virtually no competition, because they had so many resources.

In the entertainment industry, countless celebrities want to sign with Magic Cube Entertainment. However, Magic Cube Entertainment's main business is investing in and producing film and television dramas, and it doesn't really involve the training of celebrities.

Many people were turned away.

Logically speaking, Magic Cube Entertainment would most likely not want an unknown nobody like Jiang Qiming.

However, Jiang Qiming was lucky; not long ago, he was selected by Li Boda to play the role of Zhao Zhuikong.

Since they were chosen by their boss, they might as well sign Jiang Qiming.

Thus, Jiang Qiming transformed himself into an artist under Magic Cube Entertainment Company.

Jiang Qiming was overjoyed.

After joining Magic Cube Entertainment, the company immediately arranged a large number of courses for Jiang Qiming.

The main focus is on developing the character Zhao Zhuikong.

First, there's Jiang Qiming's temperament. The acting coach focused on training him, teaching him how to portray Zhao Zhuikong's crazy and perverted temperament. Then there's the martial arts course, which was also designed to train him in the same way as Zhao Zhuikong.

It can be said that all of Jiang Qiming's courses are arranged around the character Zhao Zhuikong, striving to bring the character of Zhao Zhuikong to life.

Although this kind of training was a crooked path, Jiang Qiming was not at all averse to it, and even thought it was a good arrangement. After all, for him, at present, only the role of Zhao Zhuikong was the most important, and everything else was secondary.

……

Although the role of Zhao Zhuikong has been confirmed, filming for "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team" will not begin so quickly.

First, they just have to wait for the filming of "Infinite Terror 6" to be completed.

Because the actor who plays Zheng Zha, the clone of the protagonist in "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team," is currently filming "Infinite Terror 6." He can only come to this set after he finishes filming his own scenes.

However, this period of time is also a good opportunity to cast actors and train them.

Meanwhile, if they want to film "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team", then Li Boda needs to participate. Even if Li Boda doesn't want to be the director of this movie, there is a clone of Chu Xuan in this movie, so Li Boda still needs to act in it.

However, the filming of this movie was disrupted due to Li Boda's influence.

Normally speaking, the United States would be the most suitable location for filming this movie, or rather, filming at the original site of the movie "Friday the 1993" would be ideal.

However, given Li Boda's situation, it is clearly not suitable for him to go abroad. If he were to go to the United States, he would probably be greeted by American fascists as soon as he gets off the plane.

Of course, this is normal.

However, this situation would be considered abnormal for Li Boda.

Officially, the official statement released by Li Boda and the production team of "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team" was that Li Boda himself would not be going abroad due to some special reasons. Therefore, during the filming of "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team", a stunt double would be used to complete the filming first. After the movie was finished, Li Boda would reshoot his scenes and use special effects technology to add his scenes.

That's the message that's been released to the public.

However, the truth is that after the filming of "Infinite Terror 6" was completed...

When it came time to film, Li Boda took a plane and flew directly to the United States without any attempt to conceal himself; he didn't wear a mask, sunglasses, or a hat.

However, even so, no one recognized Li Boda, because he had only cast a small spell to confuse people. When others saw Li Boda, in their eyes, Li Boda was not Li Boda at all, but someone else.

Then, under the guise of being Li Boda's personal double, he arrived at the set of "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team".

After arriving at the film crew, because he was nominally Li Boda's stunt double, the crew members, including the director, treated Li Boda with relative indifference and distance, as if they were facing a stranger.

Of course, that is indeed the case.

In the eyes of Yan Kuan, Fan Bingbing, Jiang Qiming and others, Li Boda at this time was just a stunt double with a similar build to Li Boda.

Besides Yan Kuan, Fan Bingbing, and Jiang Qiming, there is also Shu Chang, a domestic actor. However, Shu Chang plays Luo Li, but her role is quite small, about the same as Fan Bingbing's role as Ming Yanwei.

One was humiliated to death, and the other chose suicide to prevent being humiliated.

With just a quick take, these two characters can be filmed and the project is done.

Almost no one in the entire crew paid any attention to Li Boda. The reason I use the word "almost" is because there was one person who came to see Li Boda every day, and that was Jiang Qiming.

Because Jiang Qiming's status is too low now, he is considered a marginal figure in the production crew.

Although there were some foreign actors playing minor roles in the crew, they couldn't get along because they were foreigners.

Therefore, for Jiang Qiming, only this actor who served as Li Boda's stunt double was someone he could rely on for support.

(End of this chapter)