Chapter 121: Dan Yuyue Wants to Act

The audition location was right in the office building of Xu Heng's company.

For this audition, Xu Heng specifically rented a small office of over 150 square meters next to the original location, with a monthly rent of two thousand yuan, including water and electricity.

He intended to use this as the location for the branch of Xianwan Entertainment; currently, it only contained the existing interior decoration and paint, along with a few tables and chairs left behind, with everything else being empty.

However, this made the space appear much larger, and it was perfectly fine as an audition venue.

Xu Heng had already had Ren Man send the required script segments to the actors for the audition.

Because the main drama of the entire film centered on the female lead, the supporting roles did not have much screen time, and given it was a low-budget film, aside from a few shots, there was no need for much roadshow promotion either.

Therefore, logically speaking, the auditions for the roles in Love is Not Blind should not have been difficult to handle.

But of the twelve supporting roles originally expected for the audition, only nine actually showed up, and Zhang Jiayi, the actor for the key supporting role of Da Laowang, did not come either.

The role of Da Laowang required some acting skill and age; originally, Zhang Jiayi was a very suitable candidate—not very famous, low salary, and good acting skills—but as soon as he saw that Xu Heng's film was not gaining traction, he immediately changed his tune and refused.

Of course, even with three people missing, the auditions had to continue.

The other supporting actors arrived one by one, and since the number of people coming to audition was insufficient, neither Ren Man nor Xu Heng made things difficult for them.

Basically, as long as they wanted to play a role and their acting was passable—not the "open mouth and stare" style of acting like Baby—they passed.

"Which roles are still missing?" Ren Man asked Xu Heng, frowning while holding the script.

"Wang Xiaojian, Da Laowang, CICI, and Guangdong Zai," Xu Heng replied.

"The other two roles can be changed or deleted, but Wang Xiaojian and Da Laowang are both important characters; if we can't find candidates, the film can't start shooting."

Ren Man rested her right leg on her left, the contact between her two legs appearing quite fleshy, and paired with black silk stockings, it gave off a sense of uniform temptation like in the movies.

Facts proved that it wasn't that the posture of crossing one's legs was unrefined, but rather that the person crossing their legs wasn't a handsome man or a beautiful woman.

Like Ren Man crossing her legs, she looked like she had the temperament of a beautiful boss.

It was a pity that Xu Heng had no heart to appreciate so much right now; the film was about to start shooting, yet a bunch of supporting actors were missing. He had a headache just thinking about it, so where would he find the time to look at Ren Man's legs?

Ren Man glanced at the sky outside the window; it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was about to set.

"Let's continue looking for people to audition tomorrow; perhaps we can lower the standards a bit more and target those students who have just entered film academies for further studies," she suggested.

Students who have just entered the industry usually don't care about whether the film is a success or how high the pay is; they are just happy to get a role to act in.

Lowering the standards like this would indeed make it easier to find actors to play these roles.

Xu Heng nodded and said they would look again tomorrow.

But just as they were packing up to go eat, a girl's voice came from the hallway outside.

"Yes, I'm here to see your boss. Who is your boss? Xu Heng, right? We are university classmates! Hey, let me in!"

Outside the door, Zhuang Xiao and Wei Wenhan walked in with looks of helplessness on their faces, followed by four girls.

"Sister Ren, we tried our best to stop them, but they said they knew President Xu..." assistant Zhuang Xiao said apologetically.

Hearing this, Ren Man turned her head to look at Xu Heng.

Xu Heng also saw the few girls outside the door at this moment, smiled, and said, "They are my classmates, let them in."

"See that? Your boss admitted it! You hooligan, you were just pulling my clothes; I'll have Xu Heng fire you later," Dan Yuyue said, hands on her hips, huffing with anger while glaring at Wei Wenhan.

"Yueyue," Dong Xinxin pulled her, signaling that they weren't that close to Xu Heng and not to act like she was the boss's wife.

But what kind of person was Dan Yuyue? If she suffered a loss, she had to get back at them.

She ran to Xu Heng, aggrieved, pointed at Wei Wenhan, and said, "This employee of yours just bullied me! Help me get revenge."

"He is not my employee," Xu Heng said, speechless.

Wei Wenhan also introduced himself at the same time, saying he was Ren Man's subordinate and had come to Jinling this time to discuss a partnership with President Xu.

Dan Yuyue was immediately dumbfounded; she opened her mouth and said awkwardly, "Did I affect your business talk?"

"What do you think?" Xu Heng said, finding it amusing.

"How about I apologize to him?" Dan Yuyue was a tough girl who dared to act and take responsibility; she would lower her head to admit her mistake if she knew where she was wrong.

However, Xu Heng reached out and stopped her: "No need to apologize. Brother Han, do me a favor and don't hold it against a little girl like her."

Wei Wenhan smiled and nodded from the side: "It is an honor for me to do a favor for President Xu."

"Speaking of which, what are you all doing here?" Xu Heng asked, his peripheral vision catching sight of Ying Ziyun at the very back.

It was within expectations that Dan Yuyue would come to join the fun, but he hadn't expected Ying Ziyun to come along as well.

"The fact that you're shooting a film recently has caused quite a stir in our school. We saw the recruitment for audition actors online and came over. Big Boss Xu, can you pull some strings and arrange a role for us too? Look, everyone in our dorm is a beauty; I guarantee it will raise the average attractiveness of your film," Dan Yuyue said with a cheeky grin.

Xu Heng laughed: "The director of this film is right here. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to openly say you want to pull strings right in front of her?"

"Director?" Dan Yuyue was stunned. She looked around the room and found that, aside from the two employees guarding the door, only Ren Man fit the image of a director. Her expression immediately turned serious as she bowed to her, "Hello, Director! I want to act!"

Ren Man looked at her with a calm expression: "What role do you want to play?"

"Is there a script?"

Xu Heng casually tossed the script for Da Laowang on the table to her.

After flipping through two pages, Dan Yuyue said with surprise: "I'll play this one!"

"Are you sure you want to play a man?" This time, it was Xu Heng who was stunned.

"Is Huang Xiaoxian a man?" Dan Yuyue asked, confused.

"This is the script for Da Laowang," Xu Heng said, annoyed.

Dan Yuyue was a complete novice; she couldn't even tell who the core character of the script was.

"Oh, then can I play Huang Xiaoxian?"

"No, Huang Xiaoxian already has a candidate."

"Why not? I think I'm very suitable for this role."

Boyfriend cheating, a person suffering from a breakup—wasn't this a true portrayal of her? Dan Yuyue felt that she overlapped highly with Huang Xiaoxian, and she would surely be like a fish in water playing the part.

However, Xu Heng ruthlessly refused: "Huang Xiaoxian is the female lead of this film. The investment is ten million; if you mess it up, will you compensate me with yourself?"

"Uh..." Dan Yuyue put the script back on the table, crestfallen. "Then forget it. See if there are any passerby roles—the kind that don't require very strong acting skills will do."

Goodness~

Ten million~

Not only her, but the three girls including Dong Xinxin were also shocked by Xu Heng's grand gesture.

Ten million to make a movie; if this loses money, wouldn't Xu Heng end up owing a mountain of debt?