Oriental Building.
A 5A-grade office building.
Among them, the top two floors were rented out.
The crew was filming on location.
It was an urban romance drama, most of which was shot in an office building, depicting romantic entanglements among office workers.
It’s just that the rent shouldn’t be cheap, right?
Chen Feng stood outside the filming area, surveying his surroundings.
There were quite a few people in the crew.
It was much larger than Zheng Bin’s small crew he had been with before.
The Director was Zhuang Chengwen.
He used to be an actor.
It was said that he acted for several years but never became popular, so he simply switched to being a Director.
He was Teacher Song’s student.
His resources were still quite good.
This urban drama was his debut work.
Around 30 million yuan was invested.
It was also a gamble.
The male lead was a somewhat faded male star named Chen Chuang.
Perhaps his name might be unfamiliar to everyone.
However, this actor had a label.
It was Howling Celestial Dog.
He once became popular all over the country for playing Howling Celestial Dog.
Unfortunately, apart from that image, he became just another face in the crowd.
In fact, he had also won the ‘Best Actor’ award with a period drama.
But in recent years, a strange phenomenon has appeared in the film and television industry, where resources are skewed towards ‘fresh meat’ (young, popular idols).
Coupled with the fact that this Best Actor-level figure, who rarely engaged in hype, never participated in variety shows to earn money, his presence gradually faded from public view, eventually reaching a point where he had no roles to play.
It was also tragic.
As for the female lead of this drama, she was a newcomer.
Like Chen Feng, she was a student of the Yan Film Academy, named Liu Rui.
She was the Yan Film Academy’s campus belle of 2023.
She hadn’t graduated yet.
It was said that both the male lead Chen Chuang and the female lead Liu Rui were found by Song Guohui through his connections.
It showed that Song Guohui’s capabilities were quite significant.
...
After waiting for more than ten minutes.
Finally, Song Guohui and Director Zhuang Chengwen walked out together.
“Xiao Chen, come here.”
Song Guohui waved to Chen Feng.
“Coming, Teacher Song.”
Chen Feng turned and hurried over.
He met Zhuang Chengwen, who had just come out.
First impression.
This Zhuang Chengwen was very thin, wearing a hat, with a face full of stubble.
His youthful, sunny image as an actor was no longer visible.
Like most Directors, he had a deliberately grown beard, dressed very casually, and his face was expressionless.
This was normal.
He must have known Chen Feng’s background from Song Guohui.
No matter how Song Guohui introduced and packaged him, Chen Feng was still just an extra, and the lowest kind of extra at that.
Logically speaking, Chen Feng should have gone in to see him.
But now, he came out with Song Guohui.
He must be a hundred percent unwilling, right?
Song Guohui, however, was very enthusiastic, and after calling Chen Feng to his side, he said with a smile, “Xiao Chen, this is Director Zhuang. Xiao Zhuang, this is Chen Feng, whom I told you about.”
“Hello, Director Zhuang.”
Chen Feng extended his hand proactively.
“Hello.”
Zhuang Chengwen remained expressionless, perfunctorily shook Chen Feng’s hand, quickly withdrew it, and casually asked, “Teacher Song recommended you to come. Will you audition later? If it works, stay; if not, don’t blame Teacher Song.”
“I won’t.”
Chen Feng smiled faintly.
Zhuang Chengwen didn’t say much more, turned around and shouted, “Qianqian, Qianqian, come here.”
“Coming!”
Soon, a girl hurried out.
She was clearly an assistant.
She was so busy that she was sweating all over.
She looked quite delicate, with a few freckles on her face, a standard oval face, and willow-leaf eyebrows.
She was just a bit short.
About 1.5 meters.
Zhuang Chengwen waved without looking back: “Take this… what’s his name again?”
“Chen Feng.”
“Alright, take Chen Feng to change his clothes. Later, let him audition for Liu Wenbo’s scene.”
“Okay.”
The girl named Qianqian quickly came to Chen Feng, smiled politely, and said, “Hello, Mr. Chen, please come inside with me.”
“Thank you.”
Chen Feng nodded politely.
“You’re welcome.”
The two went inside.
Zhuang Chengwen looked at Song Guohui and shook his head helplessly: “Teacher Song, he… is a bit too young. I don’t see a trace of arrogant and overbearing aura on him. Instead, he exudes a strong sense of poverty.”
“Just try, just try.”
Song Guohui smiled: “Didn’t you see the video from the audition site? He can portray an Addict to that extent; I believe he has that ability.”
“Teacher Song.”
Zhuang Chengwen frowned and lowered his voice, saying, “You’re not unaware of this circle. How many people are on drugs? You know it. Did he really act it out? Perhaps not?”
“Cough, cough.”
Song Guohui coughed twice, shook his head, and said, “Xiao Zhuang, I reminded you, no investigation, no right to speak. Don’t casually label people. Whether it works or not, try it first. Don’t you trust my judgment very much?”
“...”
Zhuang Chengwen didn’t say anything.
Song Guohui smiled and patted his shoulder, then turned and gestured to go inside.
Only then did the two enter the venue.
...
In the dressing room.
A makeup artist simply cleaned the oil off Chen Feng’s face and applied some light makeup.
Then, he changed clothes.
A very flamboyant pink suit, plus plaid trousers.
A pair of luxury brand leather shoes.
The watch he wore was Piaget.
Of course, it was a fake.
A gold chain around his neck.
His shirt collar was open, revealing a bit of his chest muscles.
Twenty minutes later, he was fully dressed.
Standing in front of the mirror, Chen Feng frowned.
What kind of image was this?
Was this the image of an arrogant and overbearing Rich Second Generation?
This was clearly the image of an idiot, right?
The arrogant Rich Second Generation in current TV dramas should be like Zhao Tai from “The Big Shot.”
To show that you are rich, to show your arrogance and lawlessness, you don’t need external appearance to set it off; a behavioral pattern alone can fully express it.
That is madness!
Lawless madness.
But wearing this outfit?
It would be strange if he could act out lawlessness.
Chen Feng kept shaking his head.
The assistant Qianqian beside him blinked, leaned closer, and asked doubtfully, “Mr. Chen, what do you mean by shaking your head? Do you think this outfit doesn’t look good?”
“It doesn’t just not look good, it’s extremely ugly.”
Chen Feng glanced at Qianqian and suddenly asked, “Can I style myself?”
“This…”
“Don’t worry, if Director Zhuang asks, I’ll tell him myself.”
“Then… alright.”
Qianqian nodded helplessly.
Chen Feng immediately went into the costume room and started to fix himself up.
At this time, Zhuang Chengwen and Song Guohui also arrived.
Soon, Chen Feng walked out of the costume room.
A very simple blue suit, white shirt, but paired with a red tie.
He had wet his hair himself.
Giving him a sense of decadence.
Zhuang Chengwen frowned at first glance: “Qianqian, didn’t I tell you to change him into Liu Wenbo’s clothes? What is this?”
Qianqian’s face turned pale.
Fortunately, Chen Feng immediately explained: “Director Zhuang, I changed into this outfit myself. To be honest, Liu Wenbo’s outfit doesn’t look like an arrogant Rich Second Generation; it looks more like an idiot.”
Zhuang Chengwen: “...”
His face grew even darker.
You, an extra, are saying my villain design is idiotic?
Are you really taking yourself for a star?