Even Zhang Guoshi felt his head ache when choosing, because he could never find the right person in his heart.
Instead, when Liu Ruyan came in to audition for the role of Sister Hua, Zhang Guoshi's expression was quite something.
He looked at Su Yu, meaning to ask: "What do you mean?"
"Sister Ruyan, let's act out a scene, this very one." Su Yu didn't explain, but instead asked Liu Ruyan to perform a scene, letting her strength speak for itself.
Su Yu handed Liu Ruyan a small card with the script written on it, so she could familiarize herself with the plot.
And hearing this, Zhang Guoshi also became interested.
Liu Ruyan's starring movie was still playing at the Tianxing Cinema, and he had taken the time to watch it.
He felt that Liu Ruyan genuinely had acting skills, but could she really play this Sister Hua well?
The scene Su Yu gave Liu Ruyan was the famous "Because you are a good person" moment of Sister Hua.
Zhang Guoshi naturally knew this scene, but it was Liu Ruyan's first time seeing it.
So, in such a short time, whether she could satisfy both of them would entirely depend on her acting.
Time quietly passed as Liu Ruyan read the script.
Ten minutes later, Liu Ruyan adjusted her emotions and looked at Su Yu and Zhang Guoshi: "I'm ready!"
There were no props here, so Liu Ruyan pretended to hold a gun in both hands, one pointing at her own head, and the other pointing at Su Yu, who was playing "Zhang Mazi."
Liu Ruyan, already in character, stared at Su Yu with a furious expression: "Second Brother left without a word, and now Third Brother is leaving too; you've torn us apart!"
"Are you doing this for Second Brother or Third Brother?" Zhang Guoshi interjected a line.
"Shut up!" Liu Ruyan yelled angrily, threatening Zhang Guoshi with the gun to shut him up, then pointed the gun back at her own head.
"I understand what your left hand means, and I understand what your right hand means, but when your left hand and right hand are combined, I don't understand," Su Yu said, looking at Liu Ruyan.
Liu Ruyan just stared fiercely at Su Yu, not speaking.
"Were you bought by Huang Silang?" Su Yu asked.
"Yes," Liu Ruyan replied.
"Did he ever hit you?"
"Yes."
"Did I ever hit you?"
"No."
"Do you hate him?"
"Yes!"
"Do you hate me?"
"No."
At this moment, Su Yu was also already in character, and he laughed in anger, loudly questioning: "Then why aren't you pointing the gun at him, but at me?!"
"Because you are a good person," Liu Ruyan answered righteously and as if it were obvious!
"What?!" Su Yu abruptly stood up, raging: "What the hell kind of logic is that?! Good people deserve to have guns pointed at them?!"
The scene ended here, but Zhang Guoshi's eyes were shining.
Because besides feeling that Su Yu's appearance was too handsome, his lines and expressions were truly very suitable for playing this character.
Having been a director for so many years, he could naturally tell at a glance whether an actor had acting skills or not.
Zhang Guoshi felt that Su Yu's acting skills were much more powerful than Liu Ruyan's, probably not inferior to some veteran actors.
This was a bit unbelievable.
"I think she'll do," Su Yu said, composing himself and looking at Zhang Guoshi.
"I think you'll do too! Do you want to play this Zhang Mazi?" Zhang Guoshi, however, spoke his true thoughts.
Although Su Yu's handsomeness and youth were not suitable for the role, they could be compensated for with makeup techniques.
It just depended on whether Su Yu wanted to act.
"I can't play this role, the audience might be taken out of the experience after watching it. Director Zhang, what do you think of Jiang Wen? I think he fits the image of Zhang Mazi quite well."
Su Yu stopped pretending. After auditioning all morning, there wasn't a single person suitable for the main cast.
He might as well just directly provide the standard answer given by System Miss.
"Him? You know what, he really could! What about Huang Silang? Do you have any suitable recommendations?" Zhang Guoshi thought for a moment, then instantly became cheerful, and continued to press.
"How about Fa Ge?" Su Yu countered.
"No problem! I can get him! What about Tang the Advisor? Let's hear it all at once." Zhang Guoshi's eyes lit up even more.
He also felt that Su Yu actually already had candidates for the main cast in mind, but out of respect for him, the director, he hadn't overstepped.
"Old Man Ge!" Su Yu no longer held back, answering with a smile.
"Hahahahaha, perfect! Absolutely perfect! You should have said so earlier, if you had, would we have had to go through all this trouble with casting?"
After hearing the last person's choice, Zhang Guoshi burst into laughter.
He could already imagine what kind of chemical reaction would occur when these three people came together.
Meanwhile, Liu Ruyan, who hadn't left and had been listening the whole time, was now at a loss for words.
Goodness, these three were all big names, even titans, in the industry.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she grew up watching their films.
And her? Was she about to film with these people? This was simply too thrilling and exciting!
The main characters were set, and the subsequent auditions were all for supporting roles.
Su Yu could feel that Zhang Guoshi's heart was no longer there; he was probably thinking about how to get these three to join the crew.
However, given Zhang Guoshi's status and his relationship with the three, getting them to join the crew wouldn't be difficult.
He might even get a friendship price.
The only fear was that these three wouldn't have availability.
After the audition, Zhang Guoshi immediately called the three of them to discuss filming.
As a result, except for Fa Ge, who was shooting a movie and needed half a month to finish, the other two were available.
Isn't that just a coincidence?
The initial set construction for the filming would still take some time, and once Fa Ge finished his project, "let the bullets fly" could start shooting directly.
Things were just that smooth.
...
On March 6th, the fourth day of "beautiful fate"'s release, the box office, as expected, began to decline, but it still pulled in 91 million.
This resulted in the movie's box office reaching over 340 million after four days of release!
This was already close to matching the box office record for domestic romance films.
On March 7th, the fifth day of release, the box office was 85.1 million.
The cumulative box office exceeded 400 million after five days of release, directly breaking the domestic romance film box office record.
However, this record would continue to be raised indefinitely by "beautiful fate."
When the time came to March 9th, the box office results for the 8th were also released.
To the surprise of countless people, the single-day box office, which had been declining for two consecutive days, actually grew against the trend, breaking 100 million for the second time!
It achieved an astonishing single-day box office of 121 million.
Well, who knew that day was Goddess Day?
Even Su Yu hadn't expected that releasing this movie during this period would have such a chemical reaction.
From this day on, the box office of this movie in Blue Star China became uncontrollable.
Because after only six days of release, the 500 million box office target Su Yu had mentioned at the premiere had already been achieved.
And what about Wen Hao's "the great era 2"?
After six days of release, its box office was also quite good, reaching 130 million.
It still had a good chance of breaking 200 million before its run ended.
But breaking 500 million? That was a joke.
These past few days, Wen Hao had been ridiculed by netizens to the point of becoming reclusive, but what could he say? What dared he say?
It was his own fault for speaking so boastfully without thinking back then.