Run, Best Actor!

"Mr. Zhang, I'm so sorry, I've let you down!"

Upon seeing Zhang Zhao, Guo Xiaosi stepped forward with a look of shame to "apologize."

His words were sincere, his expression was emotional, and his reddened eyes looked like he was about to burst into tears.

Yang Mi, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement.

Goodness, this guy is actually a good actor!

Is everything this curly now? And the director's acting is this good too?!

"It's not your fault."

Zhang Zhao gently patted Guo Xiaosi on the shoulder, "Director Guo, I've seen all your hard work. What happened now isn't your fault."

After saying that, he looked at Chai Zhiping and his tone became colder, "Before I came here, I had already found out the cause and effect of this matter."

The matter was uncovered as a result of something else being done.

"Who's that annoying person? Is it someone on the set right now?"

Upon hearing this, Chai Zhiping perked up. "President Zhang, please be sure to tell me!"

Obviously, if it was a crew member who leaked the information, she could still act arrogantly.

However, Zhang Zhao's next sentence shattered her hopes: "Unfortunately, Producer Chai is not part of our 'Tiny Times' production team."

Wait for the official announcement; you'll know then.

To be honest, Zhang Zhao knew beforehand that some of the artists at Harbor were outrageous, but even this seasoned veteran didn't expect the reality to be this outrageous!

They really don't even know how to write the word "death"!

"Producer Chai, the current situation is that this matter has affected the normal production of our film. Therefore, in order for the film to be released normally, all the parts that the crew has already filmed will have to be reshot with different actors."

Zhang Zhao's words carried a different weight, so even if Chai Zhiping was unwilling, she had to agree.

"Also, I need Star Ritz to provide an attitude regarding the costs associated with this casting change."

Hearing him say that, Chai Zhiping's face paled.

Star Ritz is Chai Zhiping's talent agency in mainland China and one of the producers of the "Tiny Times" film series.

Clearly, Zhang Zhao wanted her to "bleed heavily" to cover the losses of the production team.

If it were only Guo Xiaosi who said that, she could still refuse.

The person who said this was Zhang Zhao of Le Vision Pictures, a bigwig in the mainland film and television industry.

Behind them is Jia Yueting of LeEco Group, an even more formidable figure.

So she had to agree to whatever Zhang Zhao said.

After all, it was one of her artists who caused the trouble. She brought the artist to the mainland, and now that the artist has run into trouble, she, as the "mastermind behind it all," cannot escape blame.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, I will give all parties a satisfactory answer later."

Chai Zhiping had no choice but to agree.

The main thing is not to affect the development of other Taiwanese artists in mainland China.

There are quite a few Taiwanese artists in the "Tiny Times" crew.

Seeing that Chai Zhiping had agreed, Zhang Zhao nodded slightly.

He then turned to Guo Jingming and said, "Director Guo, the most important thing now is to replace the actor as soon as possible."

"Mr. Zhang, I have several young male actors here. Once they are confirmed, they can join the crew immediately."

Before Guo Xiaosi could speak, Chai Zhiping answered first.

Clearly, Chai Zhiping still wanted to "keep the role in the same pot" and choose another Taiwanese male artist to take on the part.

"I'm sorry, Producer Chai."

With Zhang Zhao's presence and support, Guo Xiaosi's voice rose, "I think you still don't quite understand the current situation."

The incident that happened to our production crew will be officially reported soon.

After that, the reputation of your Taiwanese artists will definitely be affected for a while.

If, at this point, the successor to the role of Gu Yuan were still a Taiwanese celebrity, the public probably wouldn't accept it.

Just like the ancient costume martial arts drama "The Swordsman" adapted from a comic starring Wu Jing in later years, the original choice for the female lead, Ayuya, was an ugly woman, which was hard for many fans of the original comic to accept.

Fortunately, that guy's movie collapsed later, so Wu Jing took the opportunity to replace him.

Instead of replacing Shao Min, they chose Chen Lijun, a popular Yue Opera actress at the time.

Chen Lijun is quite beautiful.

And it's worth noting that this girl is Han Chinese!

The public is now satisfied.

So once the scandal subsided, everyone began to look forward to the movie again.

See? This is the way to cover up the scandal of the previous actor – choose someone who will satisfy everyone!

But who should we choose?

For a moment, Guo Xiaosi was at a loss.

Although I hate to admit it, that guy is indeed the most popular male celebrity in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in the past two years.

It's really difficult to find someone more famous than him.

The original "Monster Hunt" was produced by Huayi Brothers Media, which is why the role was changed to Jing Boran, an artist under their management.

That role was clearly a case of the show making the actor famous; as long as the acting was passable, anyone could become popular.

But in reality, Jing Boran's popularity was quite low before he starred in "Monster Hunt".

At the same time, four top celebrities emerged out of nowhere, filling the market gap left by their departure.

Now, things have moved up by two years.

During this period, neither the "Four Returned Sons" nor many young actors from mainland China had yet risen to prominence.

"Actually, Huayi Brothers has quite a few suitable options."

Looking at Zhang Zhao, Guo Xiaosi spoke very carefully.

"Don't even consider artists from Huayi Brothers."

Zhang Zhao refused outright, saying, "I don't get along with the Wang brothers. If I choose their artists, I'll have to accept their investment, and I don't want to give those two brothers a free ride."

Back then, Zhang Zhao left Enlight Media to join Jia Yueting in founding LeEco Pictures, all with the aim of dominating the Chinese entertainment industry.

From the very beginning, the chosen competitors were established companies such as Huayi Brothers, Bona Film Group, and Enlight Media.

Therefore, Zhang Zhao will never cooperate with these companies unless absolutely necessary.

Huayi's business practices are always unseemly, which has caused dissatisfaction among many of its peers.

For example, the film "Painted Skin II," which was released during this summer's movie season, was produced by Shanghai Film Group and Yanjing Century Film Studio, but this film was excluded from their production.

Huayi Brothers collaborated with Dunhuang, forcing their way into becoming one of the film's producers, and even arranged for several of their company's artists to join the cast.

Because this kind of thing keeps happening, many companies in the industry are now refusing to cooperate with Huayi.

Zhang Zhao didn't want LeEco Pictures to waste Niu Jin's project only to have it snatched away by the two brothers, so he simply avoided contact with Huayi Brothers.

"Um, Mr. Zhang, Director Guo, Producer Chai, I have someone in mind."

At this moment, Yang Mi suddenly raised her hand and said, "I think it's quite suitable. Could you consider it?"

"Hmm? Mimi, do you have any good candidates in mind?"

Guo Xiaosi asked curiously, "Can the popularity surpass that before the actor was replaced?"

"If we're just talking about popularity, the person I'm suggesting would absolutely crush most people in the Chinese entertainment industry."

Yang Mi said confidently.

"Oh, who is it?"

Zhang Zhao also became interested.

Looking around, Yang Mi slowly asked, "What do you guys think about casting Liu Taile as Gu Yuan?"