It is agreed that the 18th line will be top-notch?

The next day, a lot of people gathered in the beautiful environment of the set.

Executives from Kuiguang Group and Mag, who flew in overnight, were all present.

"Sir Yang, not only are you going to select actors this time, but you're also going to sign a few of them? The cost of signing a contract here is not low."

It’s like saying that the cost of signing a contract in China is lower.

Mr. Yang complained in his heart and waved his hand: "I want to develop overseas branches, not just open domestic operation nodes abroad. The two are not completely equivalent."

If you just open an operating node, the main business will still be various domestic projects - such as how to sell best-selling domestic peripherals to foreigners, and how to make the images of stars such as Shang Qianyu and Luo Ruyin deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

To put it bluntly, it is still an act of expanding the market for old goods.

But opening a completely overseas branch has a completely different logic - the group will choose subject matter that is more in line with local culture and preferences, select actors that are more in line with local cultural aesthetics, and use stories that locals like more to write scripts.

In other words, apart from the different boss, this is a completely localized work, which will incorporate some of the Kuiguang Group's own things and add some improved plots, but the main core will not be shaken.

Mag nodded in agreement: "Yes, Sir Yang has very ambitious ideas! From the actors present today, we can see that you are very special."

Following Mag's gaze, Yang Ruoqian saw rows of handsome men and beautiful women on the set, waiting for auditions.

These actors who came for the audition all had their own characteristics and personalities, but from their attire and expressions, you could tell how much they valued this audition.

If you can seize this blue ocean market that has finally appeared, you may be able to become an international superstar. If you fail to seize it, you may never get such a good opportunity in your lifetime!
"This life" is definitely not an exaggeration.

Only after they were met with setbacks in the entertainment industry with great joy and enthusiasm, did they realize that the four words "fair competition" themselves are a luxury and scarcity.

Some people, even if they know nothing, can easily join the crew without even an audition. Some people can make countless people who have not yet started to show their abilities lose hope with just a phone call from afar.

In the entertainment industry, people will be reported on which foot they step with first when leaving the house, what they say, and what brand of food they eat. But in fact, for most actors, the only thing that will be reported on is their self-destruction and spiraling upward.

To many people, it is completely incredible and incomprehensible that a company like Kuiguang Group can bring everyone together and choose the leading role, supporting role and extras relatively fairly.

A superstar with guaranteed acting skills and fame comes with all kinds of publicity and promotion resources and a luxurious team, just for this one resource. Who would refuse?
Don't you have to cultivate from scratch like looking for a needle in a haystack, and only rely on the content of the movie to attract audiences instead of the fame of the actors, aren't you just messing with yourself?
Actors selected through auditions can only bring highly uncertain acting skills, while superstars who have already become famous can bring countless more benefits on top of their acting skills.

So when the Kuiguang Group announced in the international market that they would be auditioning actors, the entire entertainment industry was in an uproar.

How many people traveled thousands of miles from different countries and flew here urgently?

Those actors who were unable to obtain visas in time due to personal problems even sent emails to the company specifically, with sincere words and humble attitudes, just hoping to be given a chance to audition online.

There are actually not many resources that can flow out of a movie, and compared to such a large group of actors, it seems even less.

In fact, most of the people who come to audition know that after this round of auditions, they will most likely remain as they are and will not get any benefit at all.

But... at least it's fair, at least the opportunities are entirely up to the actors themselves.

If the Kuiguang Group had not been here, they would not have been able to see Mag even if they broke their legs, let alone get so many bigwigs in the entertainment industry to calm down and watch their every performance quietly.

"But with so many people, how are you going to choose, Sir Yang?" Mager glanced at the crowd below and asked, "Does everyone only have one chance? If so, the actors who perform later will have a harder time getting selected."

Because there are limited places in a crew, many times when a director sees a good actor, he will recruit him first because he is not sure if there will be better actors later.

This means that if there is an actor who is equally good as him, he will be eliminated.

"There are too many people, and we have to eliminate most of them first." Yang Ruoqian explained, "But in this round of auditions, I will not limit the number of places for the crew. They can have as many people as they want."

“During the second round of screening, they will decide how many of these people to select based on the resources of the crew.”

Mag nodded: "That's a very good method... Sir Yang, no wonder you were successful. You actually had the patience to watch the audition on the set."

In fact, this kind of audition is far more boring than you might imagine.

"Is such that."

There is no way. Once the business grows bigger, it is difficult to lose money.

……

Not far away, yesterday’s bar trio was sitting in the lounge area, waiting for their number to be called.

“All you have to do is wait for a notification on your phone, and you don’t have to stand at the entrance of the studio and squeeze in with the crowd. There are also free drinks and food to take.” A man said with emotion, “At first I didn’t believe that this company could be so humane.”

"So you see, there are so many people competing with us for the same position."

"Oh, it's good to be able to eat and drink. It's a good opportunity to show your performance. Look at all the actors who entered, but how many of them can get the green card in the end..."

Among so many actors auditioning, only those who are recognized by the director can get the green card, and getting the green card only means entering the second round of screening.

You can imagine how fierce the competition is.

"Natalie, why are you so silent today?"

Blonde-haired Natalie looked down at the information in her hand, pointed at one of the roles and said, "I think this role is very suitable for me. I can play it very well."

She looked up at the two friends who came just to try their luck, took a deep breath, and emphasized: "I want this role."

A few friends knew what Natalie looked like when she was serious, so they leaned over with some curiosity and looked in the direction of her finger.

Then everyone fell silent.

Because Natalie Finger's character is one of the two female leads in this movie.

To put it bluntly, she is the heroine.

Her friend immediately couldn't help but complain: "Uh, this position, don't tell me you want it, I want it too. If the director is willing to give me this role, I will go for sex reassignment surgery tomorrow, without delaying for a minute."

"Hahaha, just think about it, it's hard for us to get the leading role. Look at Mag above, maybe she's recommending her favorite actors to Boss Yang. Do you think you can compete with them? Even if you can, can you compete with Mag?"

"If there's no Mag, there will be others...Don't even think about it. I'm lucky enough to get a good supporting role."

Natalie frowned when she heard this: "But other supporting roles are not suitable for me. I can't play them well."

"Natalie, we don't have the right to choose, we only have the fate of being chosen." After a few casual words, one of them received a message on his mobile phone, indicating that it was his turn to audition.

"Then I'll go first and gather some information for you."

As he said that, he picked up his phone, trotted to the audition site, and after verifying his identity, he disappeared from the sight of the two people.

He just said it nonchalantly, but from his actions and eyes, it was obvious that he really hoped to be shortlisted.

“I hope he can succeed…”

Unfortunately, more than ten minutes later, the two waiting people saw him walking out of the set somewhat discouraged, without the sign symbolizing promotion on his body or in his hands.

In other words, he was eliminated.

These three people can be friends, so their abilities are not too bad, but they still cannot be shortlisted...

Natalie looked at the character that made her heart so excited, and even though she was extremely confident, her heart began to beat fast.

"Alas, we didn't make the cut... The competition was too fierce. None of the five people in our group were selected!" The defeated opponent sighed and took a few sips from a bottle of Coke. "The director's requirements are really high. You have to adjust your expectations."

"Let's try it..."

Another twenty or thirty minutes later, Natalie received a notification on her phone - she could go prepare for the audition.

She took several deep breaths again to calm herself down as quickly as possible, and walked to the waiting passage.

After the first batch of actors get the results, the next batch of actors can go in.

Two minutes later, with a "swish", the door of the studio was opened from the inside.

Among the five people inside, four were dejected...but the only actor who got the promotion card was so excited that he almost jumped up on the spot!

Even though he knew it was not good to shout loudly in front of so many eliminated contestants, he still had trouble controlling his emotions and kept muttering something about "God" under his breath.

"The elimination rate is really high... Generally speaking, only one actor in a group can be shortlisted. Sometimes there will be none, and sometimes there will be at most two."

After Natalie and everyone else had left, she was the first to step onto the set and received a clip from the director.

The five people need to play the above roles to prove their acting skills.

Behind the director are Yang Ruoqian and other executives who are silently looking down at all the actors... Among them are some big names in the international entertainment industry like Mag.

If it were someone who wasn't in a very good mood, they would probably be so nervous that their legs would be shaking.

Natalie looked at the role she played and felt a little disappointed - this role was not really in line with her temperament.

But she knew that these roles were assigned to her randomly, and even if they were not suitable, she had to do her best to play them.

Being able to show yourself in front of so many big guys is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so there is no room for being picky.

After two minutes, and after making sure all the actors knew what they were supposed to do, the director casually said, “Let’s get started.”

Following the director's calm words, all the actors got into the mood and began to play the roles they were required to play.

"..."

This role requires not only completing an action or a scene, but also involves acting with other staff members, and there may be sudden unexpected situations.

In short, except that the role itself is not tailor-made for the actor himself, this selection has fully taken all aspects into consideration.

A few minutes later, the actors on the stage completed their audition performances one after another.

The set fell silent again.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for the people above to make the final "judgment" on them.

The scene was so quiet that one could even hear the discussion of the next batch of actors queuing outside...

After hesitating for a moment, the director at the top took out a green card and walked down from his seat.

The actors' eyes suddenly widened, and sweat broke out on their palms unconsciously, hoping that the director would give them this precious qualification.

Natalie watched the director walking towards her, and a strong hope arose in her heart - could it be her?

However, the director ended up passing her over and gave the sign to the actor next to her.

"Okay, you can leave the set now."

A strong feeling of disappointment suddenly surged into her heart. Natalie lowered her head unconsciously, trying to comfort herself in her heart that it was normal to be eliminated.

Just as she was about to turn around, the director spoke again without warning: "Natalie, you stay. The next batch of actors will wait outside for a while."

This sudden change surprised Natalie a little. As soon as she raised her head, she saw the director's assistant handing her a document.

"Your acting just now can only be considered barely acceptable." The director glanced at the curious eyes outside and explained, "But your temperament doesn't match the role you play. This is actually unfair to you."

"I think you'd be suitable to play another role in the movie."

"So, I'm going to give you another chance."

"You have five minutes to get familiar with the role you have, and then use your best acting skills to present this role to me and the bosses behind me."

"The countdown starts now. You have 4 minutes and 59 seconds left."

"..."

Natalie took the document somewhat bewilderedly and opened it with trembling hands.

The character design above is exactly the heroine that she has been studying for a long time.

ps: Oral ulcers are real... They don't cause you to go to the hospital, but they make you sick for a week or two. They hurt when you eat or touch them. How can they heal so quickly? I tried the Eko patch and it didn't work at all. (End of this chapter)