Chinese Entertainment: Top-Tier Boyfriends of Young Actresses

Chapter 91 Casting (Seeking First Subscription)

The song "Birds and Cicadas" not only brought Su Yu popularity, but also brought more attention to his upcoming drama "Someday or One Day".

During this period, many celebrities in the industry have inquired about the roles in this drama, especially the female lead role, which is highly sought after.

Although Su Yu's studio had already announced the role requirements, some female celebrities who did not meet the criteria still tried to submit their applications.

Even Yang Mi's side had someone call to ask if their Dilraba could give it a try, and they were very polite throughout the whole process.

It's all good to be famous. In the entertainment industry, once you're famous, everyone around you is a good person.

No wonder the emblem was so ethereal back then; Su Yu can now truly empathize with it.

If Guo Degang were to interview him now, he would want to say to Guo Degang: "Brother, things are going very well for me too!"

"The casting director has already shortlisted a few suitable candidates for the male supporting role. Which one do you think is suitable?" Huo Xiaolan handed several resumes to Su Yu.

Su Yu was mainly concerned with the choice of the female lead, since the male and female leads were the soul of the drama.

As for supporting roles and second male lead, he gave the casting director his requirements and then didn't care anymore; he just needed to get the final confirmation.

Su Yu glanced at the options and found that there were two candidates for the second male lead, Mo Junjie: one was Bai Jingting, and the other was Peng Yichang.

Upon seeing Bai Jingting's name, Su Yu frowned slightly.

This guy's reputation didn't turn out very well afterward.

He gained a lot of fans through "Who's the Murderer", but later, He Chen, the former chief director of "Who's the Murderer", left with the core writing team to start a new program on Tencent Video, and Bai Jingting went with him.

It's worth noting that during the most difficult time for "Who's the Murderer," many guests disregarded their schedules and returned to help.

Bai Jingting, who became famous through this variety show, left during the most difficult time, which many people see as a real betrayal.

Furthermore, netizens later discovered that many of his high-IQ moments on "Who's the Murderer" were actually due to his girlfriend, who was a PD on the show at the time, revealing the script in advance.

The key point is that this person especially likes to grab the center position, and the "Haruyama Gakuin" incident is the best proof of this.

Most importantly, this guy really loves creating on-screen couples, and he's into anything and everything, whether it's a man or a woman!

Afterwards, his "achievements" were turned into memes by netizens. He had been paired with eight different couples in eight years since his debut, earning him the nickname "Sugar for Eight Families," which was used to satirize him for "treating everyone equally and letting everyone have a taste."

He had a fling with Gui Gui in "Who's the Murderer", with Zhao Jinmai in "The Beginning", and with Zheng Hehuizi in "Rush to the Dead Summer" —

Many of the couples he created were during his relationship with Song Yi, making them pure artificial sweeteners.

What's most outrageous is that he also created a CP (couple pairing) with Wei Daxun, which was quite difficult to maintain, and he created the CP wherever he went.

Su Yu didn't want to get involved with this kind of person. If this person tried to create a CP (couple pairing) with him, he really wouldn't be able to hold back and would curse.

So he was immediately rejected, since Su Yu didn't want to work with that kind of person, nor did he want his production team to get involved in such trouble.

"Let's choose Peng Yichang." Su Yu put Bai Jingting's resume aside.

I had a good impression of Peng Yichang in my previous life; he has solid acting skills and is low-key. He just gained recognition in 2017 with "Our Shining Days".

He was nominated for Best Actor at the Shanghai International Film Festival's Asian New Talent Awards, and later gave a remarkable performance in "The Birth of an Actor," proving himself to be an actor who lets his talent speak for itself.

As for the actors playing the Xie brothers, Su Yu chose Wang Yanlin.

This guy played Yuwen Huai in "Princess Agents," a ruthless, treacherous, and vicious illegitimate son of a noble family. He portrayed the character so vividly that even his own mother "disliked" him and wouldn't let him come home. Netizens exclaimed that "this role is too different from his previous ones."

Su Yu felt that casting him as Xie Zongru, who appeared normal on the surface but was twisted on the inside, would allow him to capture the chilling essence of the character.

The other supporting characters were also confirmed one by one, and Huo Xiaolan noted them down.

"Oh, right," Huo Xiaolan took out a thick stack of resumes from her bag and placed them in front of Su Yu, "These are the resumes of students from various colleges and performing arts schools that I have received. Take a look and see if any of them suit your taste."

Huo Xiaolan had previously sent people to various art colleges to send out casting notices.

Because of Su Yu's current status, those schools were very enthusiastic and submitted the resumes of their most outstanding female students.

She not only contacted universities, but also many secondary schools and art exam training institutions.

After all, the role of Huang Yuxuan requires the actress to have a girlish feel, but also a certain level of maturity. The age range is large, and a pure college student may not be able to pull it off.

But among those promising students who are still honing their skills in art exam training institutions and are about to take the art exam, there may be even more suitable candidates.

They received over a hundred resumes in total. Huo Xiaolan had them screened first, eliminating those that were clearly unsuitable or had a significant difference in appearance. In the end, only about ten resumes remained in Su Yu's hands.

Su Yu took them and flipped through them one by one.

The faces on these resumes are all quite young, mostly current students at Beijing Film Academy, Central Academy of Drama, and Shanghai Theatre Academy.

There are also some top students from art exam training institutions, all around seventeen or eighteen years old. Their profile pages have meticulously edited ID photos attached; some have sweet smiles, while others have a cool and aloof demeanor.

He looked at each one very carefully, because the role of Huang Yuxuan was too difficult to cast. She needed to be able to portray the independence and competence of a mature working woman, as well as the aloofness and gloom of Chen Yunru.

He and Huo Xiaolan had compiled a long list of candidates, but they still hadn't found one they were completely satisfied with.

When he turned to the second to last copy, his fingers suddenly stopped.

A passport photo was pasted in the upper left corner of the resume. The girl in the photo had a simple ponytail, an oval face, and delicate yet unassuming features. Her eyes and brows exuded a clean and spirited charm.

He flipped the resume over, and on the information page was written her name: Hu Lianxin, born in 2000, from Lingnan (SZ), currently studying acting at an arts exam training institution in Beijing, preparing to participate in next year's arts exam.

According to the information, she has been learning piano, painting and dance since childhood, and has a solid foundation in art. She is already recognized as a top student by the teachers in the training institution.

"This girl is pretty good!" Su Yu's eyes lit up immediately, and his voice unconsciously rose a few decibels.

Hearing the commotion, Huo Xiaolan came over from the side to take a look.

She looked the ID photo up and down, then nodded slightly: "Indeed, her bone structure is very clean, and she has a very dignified appearance. So you've taken a liking to her?"

Su Yu nodded.

Huo Xiaolan paused for a moment, then carefully chose her words, "She hasn't even taken the art exam yet. Strictly speaking, she's not even a formally trained student. Her acting experience is limited to what she learned in training classes. Are you sure you want her to try?"

"Don't you think she looks a lot like some female celebrities in the industry?" Su Yu pushed the resume in front of Huo Xiaolan.

Su Yu felt that this girl looked like a sea of ​​people, and that her face resembled many other famous female celebrities.

Huo Xiaolan looked down at the ID photo again and nodded slightly: "Indeed, upon closer inspection, it has a bit of Jin Zhiyuan's resemblance. The facial features are three-dimensional, and the charm between the eyebrows and eyes is very similar. It also looks a bit like Jing Tian, ​​but it is more refined than Jing Tian."

She paused, then added, "She also looks a bit like Zhang Baizhi. Her face has a lot of stories to tell, and she looks like she's made for the big screen."

Su Yu almost lost his composure when Huo Xiaolan said that.

This girl not only looked like Zhang Baizhi, but her later experiences were also very similar to Zhang Baizhi's.

Su Yu clicked on the girl's introductory video and watched her earnestly introduce herself, a slight smile unconsciously creeping onto his lips.

"Let her give it a try."