Chapter 88: Meeting the Director

An actor meeting a director is not a new thing, but for Lu Yan He, it was the first time.

To be precise, he wasn't even an actor yet.

Lu Yan He was very nervous on the way there. He even thought that if he were a Best Actor before transmigrating, it would be great, just like in many transmigration novels, having very strong capital, even if he transmigrated into an ordinary person, he would have the capital to make a comeback.

He... he felt that the only capital he had when he came to this world was the golden finger of the college entrance exam. Well, the books he read, the movies and TV shows he watched, and the songs he listened to before transmigrating also counted, but those were just memories left behind, which could neither be copied word for word nor immediately turned into a mature work, allowing him to crush the geniuses of this world with the status of an eighteen-year-old high school student.

Does meeting a director require an audition?

It seems they all do.

But he doesn't know how to act, so what should he do?

Lu Yan He felt uneasy.

But this was a very important opportunity, and he couldn't miss it.

No matter what, he wouldn't give up this opportunity because of this bit of nervousness and unease.

At worst, he'd just be rejected. If he's rejected, he'll just go back to livestreaming and studying!

Thinking of this, Lu Yan He breathed a sigh of relief.

That's right, at worst, he'd just be rejected.

One still needs a retreat, so that one can walk more calmly.

Actually, Lu Yan He didn't know where this retreat could lead in the end, but at least it wasn't a situation where he could only walk down one path to the end.

Luo Yuzhong had been a TV drama director for almost thirty years.

He had won almost all the major awards for Chinese TV dramas; he was a true big director, not the kind that was blown out.

The drama he was preparing was a story with a modern workplace theme. It had been in preparation for several years. Because there had been no suitable timing before, it hadn't been launched, but now it was finally officially on the agenda.

The heroine, Jiang Yuqian, had played a supporting role in one of his dramas. At that time, she wasn't famous yet and was a newcomer who had just debuted. Because her acting was excellent, she left a very deep impression on him.

Later, Jiang Yuqian became famous and became one of the most popular female stars. After Jiang Yuqian became famous, she didn't change her attitude toward him because of it; she sent blessing messages during festivals, and also sent gifts expressing her heart on some important days. This made Luo Yuzhong's impression of Jiang Yuqian always good, and he had always wanted to find an opportunity to cooperate with her.

But at their level, the requirements for projects were very high, and schedules were hard to match. It took two or three years to find a project they could cooperate on, and only then did they encounter this "Golden Age."

This morning, they met at a morning tea restaurant.

Because it was very early and it was Sunday, there were not many guests in the shop.

Jiang Yuqian saw that Luo Yuzhong was in a good mood today, so she temporarily proposed to call Lu Yan He over to let him take a look.

Luo Yuzhong said: "The role of Lin Xiangyu, although there are not many scenes, is your first love in the drama and has very important significance. This Lu Yan He you recommended, I see he hasn't acted before?"

"He hasn't, but the role of Lin Xiangyu itself doesn't need much acting. I just feel he is quite suitable. You meet him, and if you feel he is not suitable, then forget it," Jiang Yuqian said with a smile.

"I heard he was an idol before?"

"You could say that, but he hasn't been very popular since he debuted and hasn't been active much. If it weren't for the fact that he saved a girl who was almost kidnapped by a gangster two days ago and made it to the social news, many people wouldn't even know who he is."

"Then how did you notice him?"

"I saw the news, and there's another point: he is also from our company," Jiang Yuqian laughed. "But I recommended him to play the role of Lin Xiangyu, absolutely not because of this reason."

"Then what is the reason? Seeing that he is handsome?"

Jiang Yuqian lowered her head and smiled lightly before saying: "It's about that reason."

Luo Yuzhong pointed at Jiang Yuqian with his finger: "You."

When a heroine recommends someone to play a role with few scenes, in general, the director will give this face.

Even a big director like Luo Yuzhong is the same. In the field of TV dramas, although directors are also very important, from the perspective of others, the importance of a director to a TV drama has not reached that of a film director.

And a first-line big star like Jiang Yuqian who can carry the drama is the key factor that can make investors pay.

From this perspective, Luo Yuzhong would also give Jiang Yuqian this face, not to mention that his friendship with Jiang Yuqian was quite good.

When Lu Yan He arrived, Luo Yuzhong had already finished breakfast.

"Little Lu is here." Jiang Yuqian saw Lu Yan He enter, waved, and signaled him to come over.

Lu Yan He went over.

"Sister Yuqian, Director." Lu Yan He went over and called politely.

Jiang Yuqian signaled to the seat next to her and said: "Sit."

Only then did Lu Yan He sit down.

Luo Yuzhong had been observing Lu Yan He.

This kid is really quite handsome, and it's the kind of handsome with upright features.

Luo Yuzhong had some prejudice against idol-type actors because the dramas he filmed, whether modern or ancient, were still based on realistic expression techniques, which led to such aesthetic preferences for the actors' images. Generally, unless there were special role styling requirements, actors rarely had heavy makeup in his dramas.

When idol-type actors act, no matter what drama, looking good is the first priority. Luo Yuzhong had also used idol-type actors because of investors' recommendations, but after one drama, Luo Yuzhong was almost driven to a breakdown by these people.

Their attitudes were really better than the others, but no matter what you said, they absolutely didn't accept their image becoming ugly, and they didn't even dare to make big expressions. They didn't even have such basic literacy, let alone acting skills. So, Luo Yuzhong couldn't accept idol-type actors later and basically didn't use them much.

He knew he had prejudices, but he didn't intend to change them.

Seeing Lu Yan He today, to be honest, Lu Yan He's image passed in his heart.

On the one hand, Lu Yan He didn't paint his face to make it a perfect and flawless face, which gave Luo Yuzhong a good impression first. On the other hand, he was very polite but not pretentious, and he had a spirit of spiritual beauty but didn't make people feel feminine, but a kind of clear and rhythmic feeling, which gave Luo Yuzhong an even better impression.

He even thought of several costume dramas he had filmed before, which all had such spiritual young master-type roles. He imagined it for the first time and felt that Lu Yan He was also quite suitable.

Luo Yuzhong had gone through a lot in his mind, but he didn't say a word and was still observing Lu Yan He. ===== CHAPTER 89 =====