Chapter 93: Do You Know Who I Am?

The deputy sitting next to Wu Yuchen followed the previous practice and said: "You introduce yourself first."

"My name is Li Xiaoran, 20 this year, before..."

Wu Yuchen waved his hand directly to interrupt her. What is Li Xiaoran's situation, can he not know?

Wu Yuchen stared at Li Xiaoran in front of him and asked:

"Your hair, when did you do it?"

"I went to do it last night." Li Xiaoran was not timid, and even shook her head slightly, showing it to Wu Yuchen.

Wu Yuchen nodded silently. Li Xiaoran's original shoulder-length long hair was cut off by more than half, and she specially went to get this outfit. Looking at her unyielding eyes again, he already had the answer in his heart.

Next, he let the deputy continue to audition according to the process, and didn't say anything more. Half of his mind was watching Li Xiaoran's audition, and half of his thoughts had already thought of some other things.

For 99% of domestic actresses, the most wanted to be is probably a "Mou girl".

The three most successful "Mou girls" should be Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, and Zhou Dongyu.

Gong Li was selected by Zhang Yimou by flipping a coin. At that time, he hesitated between Gong Li and another actress Shi Ke, and finally the coin selected Gong Li.

Gong Li actually took the college entrance examination for Central Academy of Drama three times, and even her third college entrance examination score was 11 points short, and she was finally admitted by special approval of the school. In the class, she was not the one with the best performance, and she was rejected by directors many times during the period. After she was selected as the heroine of *Red Sorghum*, there were actually quite a few gossips in the school, feeling that her level was not good. As a result, the film was shot and won an award, slapping a group of people in the face.

Zhang Ziyi, as she said, was at the bottom of their class and didn't know how to act at all when entering the crew. Even after experiencing life for a month, the first shot of the shooting was still NG 45 times. Later, she couldn't cry in the crying scene. In the evening, Zhang Yimou asked people to withdraw and left Zhang Ziyi alone on the mountain. She was scared to cry when she heard the wolf howl. But after coming out of the *The Road Home* crew, Zhang Ziyi opened up.

The little yellow duck Zhou Dongyu was really selected as a pure amateur. She was also known as extremely spiritual, but during *Under the Hawthorn Tree*, a shot was still polished by Zhang Yimou more than 100 times.

One thing must be admitted: Zhang Yimou is indeed very capable of digging into the potential of actors, and after tempering, he can make an actor reborn.

For a film, the initial casting is certainly very important, but the shaping of many excellent roles, or the growth of many excellent actors, is inseparable from the director's polishing and help to them.

Certainly, Li Xiaoran's acting skills now, let alone compare with Ning Jing, even compared with Yu Lan and others, are a cut behind. But from the unyielding eyes she just saw, seeing her not hesitating to cut off her long hair and dye it into a fiery red explosion head, one can know her desire and determination for the role of Luo La in her heart.

The temperament she is radiating now is indeed getting closer and closer to Luo La.

Wu Yuchen thought so much, in fact, the most important point is that Li Xiaoran is his woman. Having done this step, how can he bear to refuse her again?

The original director and heroine of *Run Luo La Run* are also boyfriend and girlfriend, right? Others can support their girlfriends, what's wrong with him letting Li Xiaoran act?

When the little yellow duck Zhou Dongyu was selected to be the heroine, didn't she still attract a bunch of people to scold her?

From the appearance alone, although Li Xiaoran has a bit less sense of power than Yu Lan, she has more vitality, and the fit with the role is higher than the second-ranked Chen Shasha, Mei Ting, and other women.

Wu Yuchen just treats it as changing the 1 million salary that was going to be given to Gong Li into film costs, and accompanying Li Xiaoran to grind there!

Outside the conference room, Jiang Qinqin and Chen Shasha were waiting there.

Chen Shasha's face was already a bit anxious and depressed. It was really the girl who passed by just now that left a very deep impression on her. She couldn't get it out of her mind. She could feel that she was more suitable than herself at a glance. Even she thought so, then how would the director feel?

Although Jiang Qinqin didn't show it on her face, her heart was equally restless. The girl's whole body outfit was exactly the same as the description of the heroine Luo La in the script. How could this be a coincidence?

She must have read the script in advance!

Where did she see the script? Is she some kind of hard relationship household? Or is she herself related to Wu Yuchen?

These questions kept spreading and flying in Jiang Qinqin's mind at this time, making her feel a bit restless unconsciously.

Unknowingly, the door opened, and Li Xiaoran, with a fiery red head, came out, attracting everyone's attention again.

However, Li Xiaoran didn't care about these, walked to the wall outside, crossed her arms and hugged her chest, then leaned against the wall, one foot supporting the ground, and the other foot sticking to the wall, a feeling of doing whatever she wanted.

At this moment, Jiang Qinqin couldn't help but look at Li Xiaoran carefully again. Under the fiery red hair was a very beautiful face, and what attracted Jiang Qinqin's vision more was her hot figure. At this moment, her towering chest supported by her arms made Jiang Qinqin feel inferior unconsciously. But it also made a stronger sense of threat in her heart.

Just at this time, Li Xiaoran seemed to have noticed something, tilted her head slightly and met Jiang Qinqin's vision, and then the action of chewing gum in her mouth slowed down unconsciously.

The two women looked at each other, looking at each other, maybe five seconds, maybe fifteen seconds, and withdrew their vision at the same time.

Seeing that Li Xiaoran still didn't leave after the interview, Jiang Qinqin felt even more restless, let out a long breath, and then said to Chen Shasha beside her:

"Shasha, why don't you go back first, I'll tell you as soon as there is news."

Chen Shasha hesitated. Originally, she wanted to wait until the end to see if she could continue to brush her face in front of Wu Yuchen to deepen her impression, but at this time, hearing Jiang Qinqin say so, she nodded.

After waiting for another hour, everyone had finished the interview, and those who should leave also left. Wu Yuchen walked out with a few people, and was still explaining to them about the male lead and supporting role interviews tomorrow.

"Alright, those who haven't been contacted before, go and try again, the process will follow today's."

As a result, just after walking out of the door, he found Jiang Qinqin and Li Xiaoran standing in the corridor. His heart couldn't help but thump. Why didn't these two leave?

Jiang Qinqin saw a few people beside Wu Yuchen greet him and left, so she walked to his side in two steps and asked in a low voice: "Who is that girl over there? How does she know the full outfit of Luo La?"

Just as she was asking, Li Xiaoran also walked over with her long legs.

Wu Yuchen saw Li Xiaoran also walk to his eyes, held his breath for a moment, and then smiled easily on his face:

"This is my sister Ranran.

Sister, this is Jiang Qinqin."

Hearing Wu Yuchen's introduction, Jiang Qinqin suddenly flashed in her mind, remembering that on Wu Yuchen's birthday last year, he called a sister Ranran and said that it was his cousin.

She suddenly felt relieved in her heart, all the restlessness just now dissipated, and then it was a sense of embarrassment. The look she had just looked at people carried quite a bit of hostility.

And this is the first time to see Wu Yuchen's relatives, so she must make up for it, and can't leave a bad impression!

Jiang Qinqin hurriedly switched to a slightly embarrassed apologetic smile: "Hello sister Ranran, I didn't know it was you just now, otherwise I would have greeted you long ago!"

Li Xiaoran raised her eyebrows upon hearing this, looking at Jiang Qinqin who was a bit humble in front of her, and then hearing this "sister Ranran" in her mouth, she actually felt a sense of pleasure inexplicably!

However, she still asked: "Do you know who I am?"

Jiang Qinqin smiled sweetly:

"Wu Yuchen's cousin, he mentioned it to me once, but he didn't tell me that you are also an actress. I think sister Ranran, you are really suitable for playing the heroine. At first glance just now, I thought it was Luo La walking out of the script!"

Li Xiaoran listened to Jiang Qinqin praising herself to her face, and really felt strange and comfortable. She nodded to her, and then looked at Wu Yuchen playfully.

Wu Yuchen saw that Li Xiaoran didn't say anything, and hurriedly said to Jiang Qinqin beside him:

"Qinqin, you don't have to wait for me, I still have to discuss some things about the heroine with sister Ranran."

Jiang Qinqin nodded obediently. Originally, she wanted to ask for Chen Shasha, but as soon as she heard this, she knew that the heroine was probably this sister Ranran, but she didn't have any jealousy in her heart. They are family!

Seeing Jiang Qinqin leave, Wu Yuchen took Li Xiaoran to a room in the hotel. For the interviews these few days, he specially opened a room to stay and rest.

As soon as she entered the door, Li Xiaoran rushed up. She, who had been dancing, had strength in her legs. She jumped into the air and clamped on Wu Yuchen's waist, hooked his neck and gave a fierce hot kiss.

Wu Yuchen hugged her against the wall. I don't know how long it took, the two had already rolled onto the bed.

Lying in Wu Yuchen's arms, Li Xiaoran patted his claws that were making trouble on her chest:

"Cousin? Is there any cousin who treats you like this?"

Wu Yuchen's claws didn't loosen, giggling:

"There are many, let alone decades ago, even now there are quite a few cousins getting married in local areas."

"Shameless~" Li Xiaoran scolded him with a smile.

Subsequently, she shook her head again, the shaking hair rubbing against Wu Yuchen's skin, and asked with a smile:

"Does it look good?"

Wu Yuchen tutted twice, and then said:

"To be honest, this craftsmanship is really not very good!"

Li Xiaoran's movements stagnated upon hearing this. She didn't know if Wu Yuchen was also saying that her performance didn't satisfy him and couldn't meet Luo La's requirements.

Wu Yuchen saw her expression was a bit dim, guessed her thoughts, and kissed her face again:

"Wait until before shooting, I will find a reliable makeup artist to redo one for you. This kind of street craftsmanship can't meet my requirements!"

"Really?!" Li Xiaoran was overjoyed upon hearing this, turned over and pressed Wu Yuchen, looking down at him from above, her big eyes full of excitement and joy.

"Don't you want to act?"

"Think think think!" Li Xiaoran said, her eyes couldn't stop smiling, and she kissed Wu Yuchen's face several times.

Wu Yuchen supported her and smiled:

"You, if you want it, just tell me! Why hide it and hide it from me? If you didn't pass the first round of audition, then I would have let you hate me unknowingly!"

"You were going to invite Gong Li and Ning Jing? How can I compare with them...

It's just that when you said later that neither of them could come and wanted to audition publicly, I couldn't help it anymore.

I like this Luo La too much. I have been running and exercising every day for these few days. While running, I think about what I would do if I were Luo La. As long as you are willing to teach me, I don't believe I act worse than others!"

Wu Yuchen smiled and rubbed her red hair. In terms of character, Li Xiaoran is indeed very energetic, doing everything regardless of others.

Acting skills are not important. Li Xiaoran is not an actor who is not progressive or teachable like the later "Angelababy" or some little flowers. Relying on her own exploration, her later performance was no worse than those professional actors from Beijing Film 96 class.

Isn't it just training actresses?

Wu Yuchen now has the capital to teach her how to act well. If the money is not enough, he can add more. How can he let her act Luo La well!

The next day, after the male lead audition, some people still didn't leave.

Sun Honglei pestered Wu Yuchen and begged: "Wu Dao, just give me a chance! I came out of the gangster pile before, I know too well how to act as a gangster!"

"If you act, you will be a black boss. If you have no money, you will directly become the boss. Your temperament really won't work!" Wu Yuchen waved his hand.

"That's definitely not, Wu Dao! I'm a coward, I can't be a boss. If you let me squat down, I don't dare to raise my head!"

Seeing Sun Honglei still wanting to fight for it, Wu Yuchen patted his shoulder, sighed and explained:

"Honglei, it's not that I don't give you a chance, it's your height and figure that first decided you can't act.

My film is Luo La saving her boyfriend. As the party being saved, the male lead cannot be taller and more powerful than the heroine. You are over the standard."

Seeing that Wu Yuchen had said this, Sun Honglei didn't continue, just sighed regretfully, and then put on a smiling face again:

"Wu Dao, then if there is a suitable role in the future, I am ready for you at any time!"

Sun Honglei acted in two of Wu Yuchen's works in succession. One *Car 44* made him a celebrity in school, and teachers and students gave him praise, and he no longer felt inferior because of his "auditing student" status.

Another *Comet* not only won the Best Film at the Sydney Film Festival but also achieved good box office and reputation after being released in China, which made some crews start to contact Sun Honglei.

Sun Honglei knew who brought such a big change to his acting career. Coupled with the news that Wu Yuchen won a big award from the Tokyo International Film Festival, he now has absolute trust and even worship for Wu Yuchen. As long as he can act in his works, he is willing to go!

After finally sending Sun Honglei away, Wu Yuchen also started to think about the male lead again.

This male lead is set as a little gangster. Because he lost the boss's money, he was threatened. If he couldn't find it back, he would be hunted down, so Luo La kept running.

In addition to what he just said that he can't be much taller than Li Xiaoran, the requirements for the male lead also can't be too handsome, and he must show the temperament of a little gangster, but he can't be too annoying. This degree must be grasped well.

In the end, from a group of auditioning actors, Wu Yuchen selected Fu Dalong.

His appearance conditions meet the requirements, and his acting skills are also great, and his age is just right.

In fact, Duan Long also came to participate in the audition, but to be honest, in terms of audition performance, the current Duan Long is really worse than Fu Dalong. Fu Dalong's many acting experiences from childhood to adulthood are really not comparable to Duan Long.

Fu Dalong can act as a retired soldier full of blood in *Dog*, looking extremely tall, and can act as a humble shop assistant Liu Zi in *Young Justice Bao*, really able to stretch and shrink, without making people feel any sense of violation.

After seeing his audition performance, Wu Yuchen had already decided that the male lead was him.