Chapter Thirteen The Gloomy Director
Ren Heming had the most tiring day in his history.
Extremely exhausted.
It’s not like I’ve never done continuous filming before, but I’ve never been so exhausted. It felt like I’d been devastated both mentally and physically.
But he was so exhausted that he couldn't sleep even if he was asked to sleep. He could only endure it like this, tired and tormented.
The atmosphere on the set was tense and dull.
The whole day of filming today was not going well. The original plan was not completed. The director looked gloomy and was at a loss to coordinate.
Han Lin bought midnight snacks for the crew, but it didn't relieve him much. He was sitting in Ren Heming's nanny car, feeling exhausted and depressed.
It wasn't until evening that the atmosphere on the set became noticeably more lively.
The two saw the director talking energetically to the producer, and several people were talking around them.
Han Lin opened the car window, and the excited voice of the director outside came in, "It's Yang Ming, Director Yang! My idol! What we studied most in college were his movies, and we took apart the films and analyzed them day and night!"
Another person said: "And director Wang Fengchun, I like the sharpness in his comedy."
The two of them didn't understand what was going on until another sentence from the director came, "I want to work for Xu Yunhan as an assistant director!"
"..."
It was just one day and one night, but the two of them had an inexplicable stress reaction to the name Xu Yunhan, the same as PTSD.
Ren Heming's cell phone was broken by him, and he opened Weibo with his new phone.
Han Lin's movements were synchronized with his.
They didn't know why, but when they heard that Xu Yunhan was on Weibo, they subconsciously felt that Xu Yunhan was trending on the topic.
Sure enough, they saw it in the hot search.
Jiang Huiyin took over Xu Yunhan's script.
Ren Heming looked complicated, "Jiang Huiyin actually accepted a gay movie?"
Their world is becoming more and more tolerant and accepting of homosexuality. The popularity of gay-themed film and television dramas is increasing year by year, and the collection rate and box office are rising year after year. However, actors in the circle still have some scruples when faced with gay-themed scripts, especially those with high status. An actor who pays special attention to his image.
To say that the actor with the best image in the industry is undoubtedly Jiang Huiyin, who is no longer just good, but high, aloof Bai Yueguang.
Why did he take this movie?
Han Lin asked: "Is this script particularly good? Otherwise, why would Jiang Huiyin accept it? He is a well-known pick in the industry."
Ren Heming pressed his temples hard, "I don't know."
Han Lin was surprised, "You don't know? Didn't Xu Yunhan show you the script?"
Ren Heming said irritably: "As soon as I saw it was about same-sex subjects, I threw it to him, but I didn't look carefully!"
Han Lin held his breath and looked at Weibo again, "What's going on with Xu Rongjia being the producer?"
How did Ren Heming know? He wanted to ask Han Lin, "What's going on with these directors? Xu Yunhan has never been in contact with them!"
The two looked at Weibo and fell into confusion and pain again.
The script that Ren Heming threw out at that time, now not only Jiang Huiyin has taken the initiative to play the male lead, Xu Rongjia is the producer, but also a large number of famous directors and screenwriters have come to support it. The whole network is paying attention and looking forward to it.
It made him look like an ignorant fool.
He was confused and unable to accept it, and he was unwilling to admit that he regretted not reading the script carefully at that time.
Han Lin sat on the sofa and remained silent. He didn't know what he was thinking. After a while, he called Ren Heming.
"There is no way out, but there is no way out." Han Lin said to him with very bright eyes: "I have thought of a good way that can solve our predicament and break the bottleneck of your career, allowing you to take a step forward. .”
Ren Heming: "What can we do?"
Han Lin: "Jiang Huiyin said on Weibo that he is one of the two male protagonists, right?"
"Yes." Ren Heming opened Jiang Huiyin's Weibo again, his eyes moved slightly, as if he understood what Han Lin meant, but he didn't say anything.
Han Lin: "Go and tell Xu Yunhan that you should act in this movie."
Ren Heming remained silent.
Han Lin: "Judging from Tao Tao's words, Xu Yunhan must have something to do with you and gave it to Tao Tao. He wants you to act in this movie. If you act in this movie, you can dispel his resentment and at least stabilize him." .”
"Besides," he stood up and tapped Jiang Huiyin's Weibo on Ren Heming's phone, "This is Jiang Huiyin."
"Do you know what it means for you and Jiang Huiyin to play the two male leads in a movie?"
"Step on him to get coffee."
"You know what a rare and precious opportunity this is, right?"
"Besides, the popularity of movies is so high now. Are you willing to give up this piece of cake? If someone else takes it, won't you regret it?"
Han Lin's words reached Ren Heming's heart word by word. His eyes became darker and darker, and he licked his dry lips, "I'll think about it."
One more scene was filmed, and today’s filming is over.
Han Lin took Ren Heming to apologize to the director. The director was telling the producer what to say, and the two of them stood in the other corner and waited quietly.
There were people on the set talking about the hot search just now. When two field staff passed by carrying a prop cabinet, one person said: "The original male lead was Ren Heming. He is regretting it now, hahaha."
They all thought that Ren Heming was in the nanny's car and was about to leave, so the two of them gossiped uncontrollably.
Another person said: "So what if he regrets it? That's Jiang Huiyin. He is so awesome in our crew. How can he compare with Jiang Huiyin?"
The two of them carried the cabinet and moved slowly. When they turned a corner, they saw two people hidden in the dim light. They didn't notice who it was at first. One of them took a closer look and saw Ren Heming's extremely ugly face.
"..."
Ren Heming: "Don't you know that Director Xu's movie has two male protagonists?"
He left these words sternly and turned around to leave, ignoring the eyes of the people around him.
The director heard the commotion and turned around and asked, "What do you mean? He means he is another male lead? Playing the male lead with Jiang Huiyin?"
Han Lin patted his head and hurriedly chased after him.
He could understand what Ren Heming would say.
In the first few years, it didn't matter that Ren Heming had no resources. He often laughed humbly at wine parties.
He could tolerate it all those years, but when he became famous, his self-esteem that had been suppressed seemed to rebound, and he jumped very high, unable to bear the slightest disdain from others.
It was not easy for him to endure it all day on the set today, and now he couldn't control it anymore.
"Now we have to contact Xu Yunhan about starring in his movie." Han Lin caught up with him and said.
Ren Heming said "hmm" with a secret expression.
Back at the hotel, Han Lin immediately contacted Xu Yunhan in order to have a good sleep tonight.
Xu Yunhan blocked them, and then found his assistant's cell phone to make a call.
Both of them were tense, afraid of hearing the sentence "The user you dialed is temporarily unavailable."
Fortunately the call got through.
"Hello?"
Hearing Xu Yunhan's voice, Ren Heming, who was sitting on the sofa next to him, trembled for some reason.
In fact, it had only been one day and one night, and he felt like he had experienced many things in a very long time.
Han Lin also paused for a moment, not knowing what to say.
He went back to the feeling of calling those directors when Ren Heming was not popular.
However, this is Xu Yunhan.
Xu Yunhan was the one who put all the resources in front of Ren Heming without him having to say anything.
"Um, Director Xu, I'm Han Lin."
"Han Lin? Why don't you call me on your mobile phone?"
"..."
Why don't you use my mobile phone to call you? Don't you know?
"You don't think I've blocked you, do you? Did you call me last night? Sorry, there were too many calls last night and I turned off my phone."
"..."
The two didn't know whether to be relieved that they hadn't been blocked, or to be embarrassed that they had been exposed and called him.
There was silence for a few seconds.
Han Lin said: "I was worried about Director Xu and made a call last night."
He quickly brought up the topic, "Director Xu, Ren Heming has been having a hard time filming the past two days. He is still ill and his temper will inevitably be bad. Don't worry about what happened last night."
Su Qingyu didn't answer.
Han Lin said "haha" in embarrassment, "Director Xu, you know, Ren Heming has always wanted to act in your script. He has always told me that the script you wrote yourself is the quality assurance."
Su Qingyu still didn't answer.
Han Lin couldn't speak anymore. He was stuck for a while, and then he simply said, "Ren Heming actually wants to star in your movie."
"OK."
Han Lin was stunned for a moment. After experiencing the silence on the other side and the torture of this day and night, he heard these two words like the sound of nature. He had never thought Xu Yunhan's voice was so beautiful.
Ren Heming on the sofa also looked relaxed.
They thought at the same time that Xu Yunhan did all this to force Ren Heming to go back.
"Come to the audition." The other person continued.
The two of them were stunned.
Han Lin: "Try, audition?"
Xu Yunhan asked Ren Heming to audition?
"Yes, isn't this a normal process? Audition at No. 121 Qingrong Road, City A, at two o'clock the day after tomorrow."
No matter what their mood was, Su Qingyu hung up the phone in a good mood and continued to check the form sent to him by his assistant.
Xu Yunhan himself does not like to socialize and has an assistant to handle external work.
His assistant knows his temperament well and will not disturb him unless it is important work.
Now what she is sending to herself is the person who contacted her from last night to tonight and is interested in acting in this movie.
Mostly tonight.
What is interesting and completely expected is that after Jiang Huiyin posted on Weibo, more actors came to contact him, and several of them were big names. Not only contacted his assistant, but also contacted him directly.
Su Qingyu poked a name on his phone and said to 527 in his mind: [At that time, Xu Yunhan took the script to Qu Huining. He disliked the script and now he is rushing to act. 】
[The same goes for Ren Heming, hum! ] 527 didn’t know what book he was reading from and raised his head, [Host, I understand. After a breakup, instead of focusing on the scumbag, it’s better to make yourself better. When you become excellent and powerful, you are the one who makes the scumbag regret the most. 】
Su Qingyu: "..."
What good-natured chicken soup article is his stupid white sweet system reading?
He can only say: [There is nothing wrong with improving yourself. 】
As for the rest, he will show it through actions.
As he spoke, he clicked on the phone number on his phone.
The phone call was quickly answered.
Su Qingyu: "Qu Huining?"
Qu Huining immediately replied: "It's me. Hello, Director Xu."
Su Qingyu said: "I saw you said you wanted to try other roles in my script."
Qu Huining: "Yes! Can you please guide me?"
Su Qingyu: "To tell you the truth, my copy was originally divided into a male lead and a second male lead. After the modification, the second male lead also had many and exciting scenes, so I set it up as a double male lead."
Qu Huining: "Yeah!"
Su Qingyu: "The second male lead, one of the two male protagonists now, I thought you were the best candidate when I was writing it. I told Ren Heming last night that I wanted to ask you to play this role."
It is no exaggeration to say that Qu Huining was so surprised that he was speechless.
This is no longer pie in the sky, but diamonds.
Qu Huining debuted the year before last. At that time, his traffic was very high. The company promised him a lot of benefits and asked a gold medal agent to take him. He signed with this company in a heartbeat.
But that year, the company signed several popular stars, and even though he had a gold medal agent, he couldn't get any great resources. At first, his acting skills were not very good, and the response to his first TV series was mediocre.
He really wanted to act, and he has been working hard on his acting skills ever since.
But the first part didn't work, and resources were limited later on, and his agent didn't pay attention to him anymore, so he never got good resources.
He seems pretty hot now, but the downhill road is actually in front of him.
He was anxious and in urgent need of a life-saving straw. Unexpectedly, he came to a ladder to the sky.
This is the male protagonist of a movie that became popular before it was aired, partnered with Jiang Huiyin, co-directed by Hui Rongjia and Hui Yunhan.
"But." Just when he was overjoyed, Su Qingyu said: "Ren Heming originally didn't plan to act in this movie, so Jiang Huiyin took over the script. I don't know why Ren Heming said he wanted to act again just now."
The smile on Qu Huining's face froze.
Why else? Ren Heming must have watched Jiang Huiyin's performance. If he regrets it, he will play another male lead.
Qu Huining panicked. He knew that Xu Yunhan and Ren Heming had been working together and had a good relationship. Xu Yunhan would probably choose him.
Su Qingyu seemed distressed, but his voice was gentle and he whispered: "I have been friends with Ren Heming for ten years. I should... But, when I wrote the script, I wanted you to play it. This role is really related to you. It’s very sweet, you will definitely do well in the role.”
"After much thought, I still can't bear to give up, so I decided to let you audition together the day after tomorrow to decide who will play the role."