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

Chapter 54 Feeling uncomfortable

"Not bad, not bad. Your kung fu is really good! And you look handsome too. Not bad, really not bad! Mr. Cai, our company really has a treasure!" Li Guoli seemed very satisfied with Li Boda.

"That's right. Not long after Li Boda joined our company, he skyrocketed to fame. In terms of popularity, he's no less popular than a second-tier star. If he can consolidate his status with two more dramas, he'll be able to become a first-tier star." Cai Yinong smiled and nodded, as if she was really optimistic about Li Boda.

In fact, Cai Yinong values ​​the two from the Shanghai Theatre Academy more.

Before Li Boda filmed "The Four Famous Constables Meet in the Capital", Cai Yinong personally presided over a project "Dandelion", in which the two boys from the Shanghai Theatre Academy played the leading male role and the second male role, and even asked the company's top actress Sun Li to act with them.

"A push? It looks like Boda is going to become the number one in our company." Li Guoli said with a smile.

"Yes, that's enough, Boda. Director Li is very satisfied with you. Just go back and wait for notification." Cai Yinong said to Li Boda with a smile.

"Okay, Mr. Cai, Director Li, I will go back and wait for notification." Li Boda left the room respectfully.

After leaving the room, Li Boda saw Sister Wang waiting outside.

"Boda, how is it?" Sister Wang asked impatiently.

"Director Li seems quite satisfied with me." Li Boda smiled, revealing a row of big white teeth.

"As long as Director Li is satisfied with you, that's good. Director Li is the director of the drama [Chinese Paladin] and he has a lot of say in the crew. As long as Director Li values ​​you, I think it's likely that the role will be yours, unless there are special circumstances." Sister Wang also smiled happily. She believed that the role of the male lead Li Xiaoyao belonged to Li Boda and he would not be able to escape.

While Li Boda was talking to Sister Wang with a smile, and they both thought that the role of Li Xiaoyao belonged to Li Boda, inside the room—

"This Li Boda is really good. He has a good image and his kung fu is very good. It should be no problem to give him the role of Li Xiaoyao." Li Guoli said with a smile.

Cai Yinong shook her head. "No, although Li Boda's qualifications are quite good in all aspects, he's still a little lacking. He was the second male lead in [Snow Goddess Dragon], and although he was indeed more outstanding in [A Chinese Ghost Story] because the director gave him more scenes, in fact, the role of Qiye was originally positioned as the fifth male lead. He has no experience playing the leading male role, and it's a bit unstable to let him play the role of Li Xiaoyao directly. I still suggest that we invite someone more famous to carry this drama. In fact, I plan to invite Zhou Yumin from F4 to play the role of Li Xiaoyao. If he is not suitable, we can invite Lin Zhiying or Sun Xiezhi."

"... Li Boda is indeed much worse than them. However, our drama is adapted from a game, and they may not look down on the role of Li Xiaoyao. I think Li Boda is more suitable, and his fame is not bad either. After all, he already has two hit dramas." Li Guoli expressed his thoughts.

But Cai Yinong continued to shake her head: "If Lin Zhiying and the others don't like it, I plan to ask He Jiong -"

"He Jiong is just a host. He has never even filmed a TV series! I don't approve of him." Li Guoli shook his head.

"He Jiong is just a backup. Our first choice is Lin Zhiying and others. As long as we invite them, we naturally don't have to consider He Jiong." Cai Yinong said with a smile.

"What about Li Boda?"

"Him, let him play Tang Yu Xiaobao. He played the second male lead in 'Snow Flower Goddess' before, and the director gave him more scenes in 'A Chinese Ghost Story', so he is also the second male lead. The role of Tang Yu Xiaobao just fits his identity." Cai Yinong clapped his hands and made the decision.

"...Okay then!" Li Guoli looked at Cai Yinong and simply stopped talking.

After all, Cai Yinong is also a very stubborn person. It is usually difficult for her to change her mind about things she has made up her mind about.

Li Guoli thought that if Cai Yinong had cast Lin Zhiying, Zhou Yumin, or Sun Xiezhi to play the male lead, Li Xiaoyao, they would indeed be more suitable than Li Boda. Having Li Boda play Tang Yu Xiaobao would also be a good choice. Li Boda didn't know that the role of Li Xiaoyao he had in mind had already been rejected by Cai Yinong.

Li Boda just returned home and started to install the game "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

He planned to play the game several more times, trying to get a good understanding of the game and the characters in it.

After all, this is Li Boda’s first time taking on a role in his own company, so he has to be more serious.

Just after Li Boda had been playing games at home for several days, he received a call from Sister Wang.

"Boda--" Sister Wang looked at Li Boda and hesitated to speak.

"What's wrong, Sister Wang?" Seeing Sister Wang like this, Li Boda's heart skipped a beat.

"This is the script of [The Legend of Sword and Fairy]. The company has decided to let you play the second male lead, Tang Yu Xiaobao." Sister Wang handed the script to Li Boda and said with a sigh.

"The second male lead is Tang Yu Xiaobao? What about the role of Li Xiaoyao?" Li Boda frowned slightly.

To be honest, Li Boda was a little unhappy.

Because Li Boda is currently the most famous male actor in Tangren Film and Television!
Previously, Li Yapeng was the top star of Tangren Film and Television. However, after Li Yapeng filmed "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" and became famous, he filmed "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" right after that. After that, Li Yapeng began to look down on Tangren Film and Television. His contract with Tangren Film and Television has almost expired, and Li Yapeng is no longer considered a member of Tangren Film and Television.

Although there are other artists in Tangren Film and Television, no one is more popular than Li Boda.

Therefore, in Li Boda's opinion, the male lead of the project hosted by his own company should be him, the current top star in the film and television industry.

Although Li Boda also heard from Sister Wang that Cai Yinong liked the two actors from the Shanghai Theatre Academy more than him, the gap between him and those two was very large. If the role of Li Xiaoyao was given to one of the actors from the Shanghai Theatre Academy and Li Boda was asked to play a supporting role to the other one, Li Boda would be really unhappy.

"Boda, don't worry. President Cai has no plans to give the role of Li Xiaoyao to someone from the company. She plans to go to Taiwan to invite Lin Zhiying." Sister Wang explained.

Hearing the name Lin Zhiying, Li Boda was speechless.

Although Li Boda felt that it was inappropriate to give the leading role of the project hosted by his own company to an outsider instead of his own family, Lin Zhiying was indeed much better than him.

"Why give resources to outsiders? Isn't it better to give them to people in your own company? Other people's resources are given to their own family members, but we Tang people keep giving resources to outsiders." Li Boda muttered.

What Li Boda said is actually not wrong.

In Tangren's early TV dramas, almost all of them had their own artists play supporting roles, and divided the roles of the male and female protagonists, and even the second male and female protagonists, out. For example, Sun Li, as Tangren's top actress, almost never played the leading female role in Tangren's TV dramas, and even had very few opportunities to play the second female role, and that was only arranged after she became famous.

If Li Boda had not used his connections with Tangren Film and Television to star in "Snow Goddess Dragon" and "A Chinese Ghost Story", he might have regretted joining Tangren Film and Television.

(End of this chapter)