Chapter 10: Northeast Ruthless Person

Sun Honglei was overjoyed upon hearing this; he actually came to Beijing in May this year to be an actor, but at that time all recruitment work was basically over, and only the musical theater class of the Central Academy of Drama was still recruiting, so he entered the musical theater class.

But now a senior from the acting class and a senior from the Tao Jingying Academy directing department came to find him to act; this made him too happy!

"Willing, willing! Thank you both so much for being able to look up to me!"

Sun Honglei directly shook hands with both of them one after another, making Duan Long somewhat embarrassed.

"Two seniors, how about this: it's meal time soon. If it's not too much trouble for you, wait for me for a while; I'll go change clothes and come back. I'll treat you two to a meal tonight! Let's talk in detail!"

"Okay, we're not in a hurry; take your time." Wu Yuchen smiled; it was only with Sun Honglei that he experienced the feeling of being flattered as a director.

Watching Sun Honglei's back running away quickly, Wu Yuchen was in a good mood to be able to invite Sun Honglei so smoothly.

Actually, in Wu Yuchen's heart, there were two people in the Central Academy of Drama who were quite suitable, one was Wang Qianyuan, a junior, and the other was Sun Honglei, who had just entered school.

Both had acted as bullies and robbers; he considered it and felt Sun Honglei was more suitable because he was older.

Sun Honglei, who had just entered school as a freshman this year, was actually already 25 years old; this age was more suitable for a robber.

On the other hand, Sun Honglei's bad guy image was indeed deeply rooted in the hearts of the people; he was directly told by an old man on the side of the road: "Your hooligan acting is too like it!"

The robber in the original *Bus 44* was Li Yixiang, who was currently a senior at the Tao Jingying Academy, who was actually not bad, but with Sun Honglei there, Wu Yuchen naturally chose him first.

Sun Honglei moved quickly, washed up, wiped randomly, and put on clothes, running back in a hurry, his hair not even dry, afraid of making people wait too long.

Wu Yuchen said to Duan Long: "You look again now."

Then he turned his head to Sun Honglei: "Honglei, don't smile; straighten your face and be a little fiercer."

Sun Honglei probably guessed what the other party was doing, so he cooperated and put away his smile.

Duan Long looked at Sun Honglei, who was standing in front of him in ordinary clothes, and just by tightening his face, he made people feel a fierce look on his face, and a murderous spirit revealed between his eyebrows.

This damn was a big bad guy!

Duan Long nodded dully; this time he was convinced by Wu Yuchen's vision!

In a restaurant with decent decoration, Sun Honglei ordered seven or eight dishes at once, until Wu Yuchen stopped him.

Wu Yuchen knew that Sun Honglei at this time was not short of money.

In the 80s, breakdancing became popular in China, and Sun Honglei became crazy about it, and he really had talent.

In 1987, Sun Honglei participated in the Heilongjiang Breakdancing Competition and won first prize; the following year he participated in the national competition and won second place in the country.

Relying on his exquisite dance skills, he quickly became popular in Heilongjiang, and at the same time was selected for the China Breakdancing Star Art Troupe, affiliated with the China Opera and Dance Drama Theater, with 30-40 performances every month, and he could get 100 yuan per performance.

That is to say, he could earn thousands a month in the 80s; later, the 40,000 yuan Motorola was directly taken down.

He did live very comfortably in his hometown and saved quite a lot of family wealth. However, he later fell into a period of confusion—plainly speaking, he was tired of living—and this year, after hearing someone's introduction, he threw away everything in his hometown and killed his way to Beijing to take the exam for the Central Academy of Drama.

Duan Long blurted out upon hearing Sun Honglei's self-introduction:

"You are that Northeast ruthless person?"

"Northeast ruthless person?" Wu Yuchen asked strangely.

Duan Long saw Sun Honglei didn't mind, so he explained to Wu Yuchen:

"Around May or June this year, it was said that there was someone in our school who didn't eat the school's food every day, only drank soup, and then ran and jumped every day, losing 36 jin in a month, and was finally recruited by the school! It spread throughout the school at that time, calling him 'Northeast Ruthless Person'."

Sun Honglei smiled pretentiously: "Hey, I was forced to have no choice at the time. I told the teacher when I saw him in May that my body shape and foundation were not up to standard, so I made a bet with the teacher that I would definitely lose weight after the exam in a month, and then give me a chance."

Wu Yuchen gave him a thumbs up upon hearing this; not many people could be so ruthless to themselves.

Sun Honglei was also extremely happy in his heart after reading the script!

Sun Honglei was actually a bit inferior in his heart after entering school; essentially, he was just an auditor because he was recruited additionally and didn't take the cultural course exam, so he didn't have a graduation certificate when the time came, only a completion certificate. And this musical theater class was a junior college class, the kind that only took classes for two years.

Don't think this quota was rare; four months ago, 700 people competed for this additional recruitment quota, and Sun Honglei was the only one who killed his way out. It had to be said that his perseverance in losing weight on the campus of the Central Academy of Drama for a month left a deep impression on the teacher.

In this day and age, everyone attached great importance to academic qualifications and status; he, Sun Honglei, was just an auditor in a junior college class, and meeting two undergraduate seniors, Wu Yuchen and Duan Long, coming to find him to act—let alone a bad guy, even if it was just a bit part, he felt it was people looking up to him!

Not to mention the script was so good!

Sun Honglei wasn't after money; he just hoped to earn an opportunity to prove that he could do it too.

Originally, this meal should have been paid for by Wu Yuchen, the director; after all, he was the one inviting others, but after eating, he went to pay the bill and was stopped by Sun Honglei, who wouldn't let him.

Wu Yuchen looked at the two "crouching tigers and hidden dragons," Duan Long and Sun Honglei, beside him, and suddenly had a few more points of confidence in *Bus 44*!

In the evening, after returning to school, Wu Yuchen first went to find Jia Zhangke; he had already collected the crowdfunded money on his side and was keeping it for the time being.

As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Fatty Wu and Chen Er gathered around:

"Wu Yuchen, how is it?"

They also knew that Wu Yuchen was running around for the preparation of *Bus 44* and were also quite concerned about the progress.

"Everything is under control~

The camera and post-production are basically solved, and the male lead and the robber have also been settled!"

"So fast!"

Their reactions were similar to what Old Jia heard before, all feeling that Wu Yuchen's movements were fast. Things that might take others at least a week or two were settled by him in one day.

"Tell us quickly~"

They were all studying directing and were very interested in the whole process of film preparation, even if Wu Shixian had already studied for two years in the United States, he hadn't independently shot any works.

Having witnessed the scene of Wu Yuchen's crowdfunding before, they were already very impressed, and now hearing him progress so fast, they naturally wanted to inquire and learn well.

Except for the matter of Huang Lei and Sun Li, Wu Yuchen had nothing to hide and told everything he did in detail. As for the actor selection, he said he had long had a draft and had wandered around the Tao Jingying Academy and the Central Academy of Drama many times to look for candidates. ===== CHAPTER 11 =====