Chapter 222: The

Many things happened that night.

Even though Gu Cheng was out running promotional events, his phone never stopped vibrating; all calls were handled by his assistant, Xiao Tong.

Compared to the unknown Director Yan Jianqiao, the stars and companies in the industry placed much greater importance on the fact that Gu Cheng was acting in this film.

Gu Cheng publicly posted a recruitment notice on his social media, and by explicitly stating he would be the lead, he was essentially using his own influence to expand the circle.

Xiao Tong's hands were flying as he worked: "Hello, I am Gu Cheng's assistant, Xiao Tong. Gu Cheng is currently attending a promotional event and cannot answer the phone. You can communicate with me first regarding any matters."

"Yes, Gu Cheng is the lead in this film. You don't need to worry about that. The female lead has more screen time, but the promotional focus will be tilted toward Gu Cheng."

"The capital chain is broken? You don't need to worry about that even more. This drama is invested in by Tianding Entertainment; it won't break no matter what. Besides, Gu Cheng is filming in it too!"

"Casting audition? Gu Cheng is just an actor; he doesn't have the authority to manage who the female lead is. If you want to finalize it, you still need to contact Director Yan. I'll give you his number..."

Xiao Tong hung up that call, picked up some water to drink, and was drenched in sweat.

The air conditioning in the car was on full blast, but he couldn't stop feeling hot; communicating with others required a lot of energy.

However, the number of people looking for Gu Cheng was actually considered low. Xiao Tong glanced out the window; Zhang Guang, the manager of Sanyuetian, was standing outside, and his phone hadn't stopped ringing either.

He opened the window to listen.

"Yes, he is the male lead, but his screen time isn't much."

"You don't need to worry about that, but it can't go through theatrical channels; it can only be released as a web movie."

"Tianding will help screen the female lead, but finalizing the candidate is the director's business."

"Gu Cheng can't manage that, and Tianding can't manage that either."

After Zhang Guang hung up that call, another call from someone waiting in line cut in. He glanced at it; it was a senior executive from an entertainment company, and he couldn't afford not to answer.

Seeing this, Xiao Tong couldn't help but think: Could it be that everyone interested in this drama has come to find them?

I wonder what the harvest is like on Director Yan's side?

For Yan Jianqiao, the harvest was naturally enormous.

Unlike the group asking Zhang Guang and Xiao Tong, those who approached Yan Jianqiao were mostly newer actors and companies.

For one, these people didn't have Gu Cheng and Zhang Guang's contact information, and for another, even if they did, they wouldn't dare to ask. After thinking it over, finding Yan Jianqiao was the most appropriate choice.

Yan Jianqiao was desperate to find a suitable actress; he turned no one away and was willing to give a chance to everyone who agreed to come for an audition.

Even in the early hours of the morning when he was sleeping, people were calling him, and he registered them all.

The next morning.

Yan Jianqiao walked into the crew with massive dark circles under his eyes. Although Gu Cheng had also stayed up a bit last night, his body could still handle it, and he looked fresh and clean when he arrived to film.

Seeing the director's state, he hesitated: "Director Yan, are you alright?"

Yan Jianqiao wiped his face and sighed deeply: "I won't die!"

He was under great pressure, sleeping in a half-dream, half-awake state, and coupled with people calling him from time to time, that was why he ended up in this state.

If he still couldn't find a female lead, Yan Jianqiao felt he might get internal injuries from anxiety.

He handed a list from his bag to Gu Cheng: "These are the actresses who contacted me from last night until today to audition. I don't know how many I can pick out from them."

Gu Cheng didn't take it and said without even looking: "You just handle it; I'm not picky."

Yan Jianqiao's eyes widened: "You aren't willing to share the burden for me?"

Gu Cheng: "I don't have the time; I have many promotional events to run. If you really want to find someone to share the burden, then find my manager."

Yan Jianqiao put the list away: "Then I'll just pick them myself."

He gave the list to Gu Cheng just to test him and see if Gu Cheng would interfere. If Gu Cheng wanted to interfere, then he would have to make some adjustments to his arrangements in the crew.

Gu Cheng not interfering was a good thing; he was still the one calling the shots in this crew.

As for that manager Zhang Guang, he wasn't an easy person to get along with. Asking him for help was equivalent to voluntarily handing over the right to speak, which was absolutely out of the question.

His crew, his film, he called the shots.

Eight o'clock in the morning.

Jin Li opened her Maozhao livestream right on time.

She said eight o'clock, so it was eight o'clock; not a minute or a second could be missed.

【First!!!】

【Good morning, Carp, you look like you're in good spirits!】

【I am struggling to crawl out of my quilt...】

【Thanks for the invite, I'm brushing my teeth, and the "Five-Three" is laid out in front of me.】

Jin Li didn't waste words. She gave the netizens a few minutes to enter, then lowered her head to start working on the problems. She said she would work on them for two hours, so she would work on them for two hours.

【A=3, B=A*A, A=A+B, B=B+A, what is the output result when the program runs: ()】

Jin Li chose B without thinking—12, 21.

【Swap two numbers a=2, b=3 so that a=3, b=2. Which of the following sets of statements is correct: ()】

Jin Li just glanced at it lightly and chose B again—c=b, b=a.

【Assignment statements are the most important statements. Which of the following is written incorrectly: ()】

Netizens only felt that they had just finished reading the problem in the video, and Jin Li had already written down the answer, almost without pause, as if she could guess the end of the answer just by looking at the beginning.

She chose D without hesitation—3.6=x.

If the reason for using multiple-choice questions was that they were relatively simple, netizens could accept it, but then Jin Li maintained almost the same speed when doing fill-in-the-blank questions, which forced netizens to re-evaluate Jin Li's IQ.

Smart is smart, not smart is not smart; this is actually visible.

For the same fill-in-the-blank question, those who are confident write the answer directly, while those who are not confident honestly do the calculations; this is the difference.

Although the answers written by both methods are correct, who is smarter is clear at a glance.

In the past, when Jin Li did problems, she used the "honest and cautious deduction method," but now, when Jin Li does problems, she already has the heroism of the "top student's sweeping method."

【666, has Jin Li become faster at doing problems?】

【Witnessing Carp becoming stronger step by step!!!】

【It's burning up!】

【Stop burning, she finished the problems before I could even see them clearly. I can't keep up with her speed at all. I tearfully placed an order for "Five-Three" on the shopping platform.】

【"Five-Three" owes Jin Li an endorsement!】

Some netizens had already started tagging the publisher of "Five Years of College Entrance Exam, Three Years of Simulation" on their blogs, posting pictures of Jin Li in the livestream, and teasing them to settle Jin Li's endorsement fee.

Because there were many netizens coming, it even rushed to the 30th place on the hot search. With such traffic falling from the sky, the publisher's blog operations staff took it very seriously and immediately downloaded Maozhao Livestream.

Every livestream of Jin Li had a screen recording.

The publisher discovered that the supplementary teaching materials she used were always "Five Years of College Entrance Exam, Three Years of Simulation" and she had never used others, which showed that this supplementary material was deeply favored by her.

Giving an endorsement fee was impossible.

They only did publishing and printing and could not cooperate with learning tablets or learning software for tutoring, but given that Jin Li really had a great driving force for netizens to purchase this textbook.

So the publisher solemnly issued a statement on the blog:

"Five Years of College Entrance Exam, Three Years of Simulation" Publishing Group: 【Thank you all for your strong attention to "Five Years of College Entrance Exam, Three Years of Simulation." We are overjoyed that the textbook can be loved by everyone, so we have specially prepared a small gift for @Jin Li, who has been using this textbook (Image. jpg)】

Netizens clicked on the picture and couldn't help but be amused.

It was the "Five Years of College Entrance Exam, Three Years of Simulation" from the first year of high school to the third year, and then to the final 100-day sprint version for the college entrance exam, with both liberal arts and science, plus the full set of test papers, which netizens jokingly called the "'Five-Three' College Entrance Exam Version Family Bucket Set."

The publishing group also stated: 【Given everyone's recent enthusiasm for livestreaming and doing "Five-Three," we will consider inviting the question creators, question editors, and difficulty testers of "Five-Three" to livestream together to explain various types of problems to everyone.

In addition, because the textbooks used in various regions are different, please carefully choose your region after placing an order. The national version, the People's Education Press version, the Zhejiang Education Press version... the corresponding problem types are all different. Please, please do not place the wrong order. The supplementary materials are heavy, and after-sales returns are a bit troublesome.】

Netizen's sharp comment: 【Is it the money for the shipping fee that I lack after placing the wrong order? What I lack is the brain that can solve those problems!!】

【The gift is great, don't give it next time!】

【It's over, I feel like my mom will follow this picture and order a family bucket set for me. I'm having such a hard time (tears streaming down)】

【Family members, who gives a full set of test papers as a gift? That person must be a devil!】

Jin Li had no way of knowing about the turmoil on the internet.

Because she didn't really check internet news and mostly received it passively, every time netizens came to see her, they could feel a calm and stable atmosphere.

After finishing two hours of problems, Jin Li felt that her state today was good, and then she opened the teaching video to watch the teacher's lecture.

The netizens who had been following Jin Li to do problems could finally take a break at this juncture.

Trying to keep up with Jin Li's speed was difficult and tiring, but being immersed in doing problems was also very refreshing.

On the other side, the "Assassination" crew.

This morning, they were filming Gu Cheng's scenes. This scene was a violent scene that was quite important to the male lead. As mentioned before, Gu Cheng was attracted to the male lead because of his unique personality.

In "Assassination," this male lead was not a good person.

He might have become the female lead's salvation later on, but that kind of salvation is merely the pity one feels for a stray dog or cat passing by; once his own interests were involved, he could discard her at any moment.

The male lead had always been a bad person; in school bullying, he had always been the perpetrator.

This scene was the male lead beating up a supporting character.

The male lead of the crew was named Gu Xiude. His family background was very good, and he had been a little bully at home since he was a child. He was also a member of a gang at school, and he was incomparably majestic when he walked out surrounded by people.

This name corresponding to the male lead's behavior was a kind of irony.

And the parents' defense of Gu Xiude every time he did something wrong showed the unconditional doting of contemporary parents on their children, which was also a major point of irony.

At this time, Gu Cheng was filming a fight scene between Gu Xiude and the leader of another gang; it was to see who was stronger and whose fist was bigger and harder.

This scene showed Gu Xiude's extremely powerful dominance in school, as well as the students' fear of him, and it should have been left to Yan Jianqiao to film.

But Yan Jianqiao had more important things to do, so it could only be executed by the assistant director.

Right outside this school, a large tent had been temporarily set up. Every moment, new actors came, and new actors left.

Because it was temporarily built, there was no air conditioning installed, and they could only use fans blowing weakly.

Although it was already winter, once there were many people, it was still very hot.

Zhang Guang took a break, walked outside to breathe some fresh air, and smoked a cigarette by the way.

He thought his brain must be stupid; why did he come to see the audition scene?

It didn't matter which actor he favored; what mattered was which one Yan Jianqiao favored. In terms of casting, Yan Jianqiao was strictly guarding against him, not giving him a chance to interfere.

What the hell was he doing here then!

By now, he had already seen no less than 100 actresses, but none of them had any fame, and a heavyweight star was still missing.

If he picked a newcomer again... Zhang Guang didn't know what to say.

If he had known that Yan Jianqiao's filming style was like this, he would have stopped Gu Cheng's investment no matter what.

"Brother Guang!"

Suddenly, a clear voice came. Zhang Guang looked up and his eyes lit up: "Qiu Qiwen, how do you have time to come here?"

Qiu Qiwen smiled: "I came to audition. Seeing you outside, I came to chat with you to see if you could reveal some news to me in advance!"

Zhang Guang also smiled: "I would like to give you the bottom line, but this time it's too difficult. Tianding doesn't have the right to cast."

Qiu Qiwen: "Wasn't Jian Liting also decided by you?"

Zhang Guang: "Some problems arose during this period, so the director made concessions, but we can only decide on Jian Liting and cannot decide on others."

Qiu Qiwen felt a little regretful: "I was hoping to cooperate with Tianding!"

Zhang Guang: "As long as you keep acting, there will definitely be opportunities."

After Qiu Qiwen left, Zhang Guang thought for a while and shook his head gently.

Suddenly, the corner of his eye caught another actress who had just arrived, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Xu Wenwen actually came too?

Zhang Guang suddenly felt that this audition would be very interesting. It seemed that the industry still thought highly of Gu Cheng's drama.

The arrival of Qiu Qiwen and Xu Wenwen was like a fuse, and soon after, some first-tier actresses arrived one after another.

The atmosphere began to become tense.

Their auditions were all arranged for the afternoon. Yan Jianqiao intended to let them enter the school directly to audition and act with Gu Cheng in person to see if they could spark any chemistry.

By noon, Jin Li had finished her meal and rested for a while before going to Chenxi Entertainment for a meeting.

"No One Survives" had just finished filming, so there was nothing much to say; the main topic was the drama "Dream Builder."

Sui Lingfang's expression was a bit solemn: "The editing of this drama is slower than I imagined. Originally, I thought it could be launched during this year's National Day slot, but Director Zhong Wentai wants to strive for perfection, so the editing won't be too fast. I thought it could be launched during next year's Spring Festival slot.

But I communicated with Director Zhong a few days ago, and he indicated that half of the scenes had not been edited yet, saying that he might need to call you back to reshoot some scenes. In this way, I'm afraid the Spring Festival slot is out of the question; it might be dragged to next year's summer slot."

Jin Li said: "Director Zhong has high requirements for the quality of the film, which is something that can't be helped."

Sui Lingfang said with some worry: "It would be fine if these two works were broadcast one after another, but I'm afraid of a long silence, and then two are broadcast at the same time, which is not conducive to you accumulating popularity."

If two are broadcast at the same time, the data will fight.

If they are broadcast one after another, there can be a relay effect.

Of course, if one of them explodes, then it doesn't matter whether they are broadcast at the same time or separately. ===== CHAPTER 223 =====