Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 938 You are selected
"Please introduce yourself."

Lin Daoqiu looked at Tom Cruise as if he was looking at a stranger.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Tom Cruise. I'm an actor. It's a great honor to have this opportunity for a re-examination. I will take it seriously."

Tom Cruise looked a little nervous, after all, this was his first time facing a big producer like Lin Daoqiu.

And what Tom Cruise didn't expect was that besides Lin Daoqiu, there was another big shot at the scene.

"I'm Lin Daoqiu, the producer of "Tomb Raider", and this is Mr. Langmeyer, the president of Universal Pictures."

Langmeyer also made a special trip to participate in the selection today. After all, "Tomb Raider" is also a movie that Universal will push next year.

And when Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Tom Cruise froze in place, so frightened that he couldn't even move his eyes.

Langmeyer didn't speak, but nodded to Tom Cruise. After all, with his status and identity, he didn't need to be polite to such an actor.

But even so, Tom Cruise tensed his body, becoming more tense than before.

Compared with a big producer like Lin Daoqiu, a big man like the president of Universal has a much higher level in the eyes of Tom Cruise.

Feeling that the pressure on Tom Cruise was enough, Lin Daoqiu pulled out a piece of paper and motioned for Tom Cruise to come and get it.

The piece of paper that Lin Daoqiu gave to Tom Cruise is a scene in "Tomb Raider".

Although there are not many lines, it is a very important scene, and the performers need to use short lines to present this scene perfectly.

For the 21-year-old Tom Cruise, he has too little acting experience. Although he was born in a stage play before, he has also acted in two plays.

And in front of big figures like Lin Daoqiu and Lang Mayer, they were already too nervous, and there was no way to calm down and devote themselves to the performance.

Sure enough, after being NG twice, Tom Cruise's heart has sunk to the bottom.

"Okay, thank you Mr. Cruise, you can go back and wait for the notice."

Lin Daoqiu did not let Tom Cruise continue to act, because his performance is actually not important to Lin Daoqiu at all.

However, Lin Daoqiu's words were heard in Tom Cruise's ears, but he mistakenly thought that he was sentenced to death by the other party.

"Thank you all."

After Tom Cruise finished speaking, he left the scene in a trance. He felt that it was absolutely impossible for him to be selected for the crew of "Tomb Raider".

And when Tom Cruise left, today's retest officially came to an end.

For Lin Daoqiu, today's re-examination was quite fruitful, and he liked several of the actors very much.

Regardless of appearance or performance, he gave high marks in his heart.

"How about it, have you decided?"

After Langmeyer looked at them today, he felt that there were a few actors who performed very well, but whether Lin Daoqiu would choose them was not what he needed to care about.

After all, Langmeyer will not intervene in the movie "Tomb Raider", let alone interfere with Lin Daoqiu in the creation.

"It's not bad. I like a few candidates, but I need to go back and think about it."

In fact, Lin Daoqiu had roughly decided on a few candidates in his mind, but he still needed to go back and think about it.

Because for Lin Daoqiu, the movie "Tomb Raider" really needs a lot of work.

After all, he intends to make this movie into a series. If the first movie does not perform well, it will affect the shooting of the sequel.

In order to give "Tomb Raider" a good start, Lin Daoqiu had to calm down and get everything ready before shooting.

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"Tom, I know you're frustrated, but sometimes that's how it is. Sometimes the impromptu performance doesn't necessarily lead to satisfactory results."

Since Tom Cruise returned from the retest, the whole person has appeared to be depressed.

As his agent, Wagner has been trying to enlighten him, but it still seems to have little effect.

"Wagner, I'm fine, don't worry."

Although Tom Cruise said so, judging from his appearance, it is really hard to be reassuring.

Lying on the sofa and looking at the ceiling, Tom Cruise's eyes were very dazed. The defeat this time was quite a blow to him.

Wagner also knows that it is useless to say anything to Tom Cruise at this time, it is better to let him think about it.

Fortunately, the other party is still very young, so the recovery period will not be very long, which is something Wagner doesn't need to worry too much about.

At this moment, the phone in the room rang suddenly, and Tom Cruise didn't move, so Wagner had to go over to help answer the phone.

"Hello, I'm Tom Cruise's agent. He's not available to answer the phone right now. What's the matter?"

"Mr. Tom Cruise participated in the re-examination of "Tomb Raider" before, and has been successfully selected to play one of the roles in the movie. Please come over tomorrow to discuss the contract."

After Wagner listened to the other party, he subconsciously answered yes, and then put the phone down.

Tom Cruise didn't ask who was calling, and the conversation was very short, so he thought it was nothing important.

At this moment, Wagner suddenly walked to Tom Cruise and sat down.

"I have good news for you..."

"Hmm...what good news"

"You're selected."

Tom Cruise didn't understand what Wagner meant. He turned his head and looked at him with doubts written all over his face.

Seeing Tom Cruise's blank expression, Wagner explained with a smile.

"The crew of "Tomb Raider" just called and told us to come over tomorrow to discuss the contract."

Tom Cruise, who was still lying on the ground, looking like he was dying, suddenly jumped up from the sofa after listening to Wagner's words.

"My God, Wagner, are you kidding me? Is this true? I was cast in Tomb Raider? Is this a joke?"

Tom Cruise couldn't believe Wagner's words at all.

Because he remembered that when he was in the retest, he performed in a mess. He had already sentenced himself to death at that time, but he did not expect such a reversal.

"Why would I make a joke about this matter? Although I don't know what Mr. Lin thinks, but I guess you should fit the characteristics of one of the characters, so you were selected."

This is the only reason Wagner can think of for an unknown actor like Tom Cruise to be selected for such a big production.

Besides, he couldn't think of the second reason why Lin Daoqiu would choose Tom Cruise.

(End of this chapter)