Since finding actors was proving difficult, Peak decided to hold auditions to recruit new talent. This decision sowhat displeased Deng Cong, as he was reluctant to jeopardize his prestigious reputation. However, after hearing that the actors recomnded to Shi Lan had all found excuses to decline, his mindset underwent a drastic transformation. Since they had refused, he couldn’t very well keep pushing where he wasn’t wanted.
Deng Cong made this suggestion rely because he felt they were suitable, not because he believed they were irreplaceable. Besides, did these people not trust in Deng Cong’s capabilities?
But to fully accept newcors, he felt sowhat reluctant.
"If it were , I would trust her. Has she been just coasting along? Moreover, if she really wanted to find actors with great dramatic skills, there were many artists in Huahai she could have chosen from. Why would she bother with all this effort? I think she wants to create a completely new cinematic world."
Deng Lishan said this in front of Deng Cong.
Upon hearing this, Deng Cong was shocked as he looked at his daughter.
"Shanshan, you..."
"Was my performance achieved without rit?" Deng Lishan rolled her eyes, "Dad, don’t look at An Lan with the usual mindset, she’s different from other won."
After listening to his daughter, Deng Cong suddenly laughed: "It seems I was thinking too small."
Influenced by Deng Lishan’s persuasion, Deng Cong relinquished control over the selection of actors, but he had conditions: before filming comnced, he must approve of them.
Without hesitation, the young lady agreed; she naturally had the skills to convince Deng Cong thoroughly.
Subsequently, the news of the actor recruitnt was fully disclosed by Peak official press.
Amateurs and new teams, aside from Deng Cong, everywhere reeked of the scent of terrible movies, so renowned actors generally steered clear. Moreover, given Peak’s inclusion of amateurs in their terms for recruitnt, it only made so actors more uncomfortable; they wouldn’t lower themselves to compete with amateurs for a risky film. Therefore, the audition situation was not optimistic.
Given this situation, Tang Ze prepared to report to the bigwigs at Jinlan No.1 Courtyard. However, unexpectedly, Shi Lan went to Peak herself.
People hadn’t seen their boss for so ti, and with Tang Ze’s description, there had been many speculations. Yet now, their boss had co herself to dispel the rumors; her appearance and figure suggesting she neither looked ill nor pregnant.
"There are no good actors coming, and now industry insiders and public accounts are taking turns mocking us, we’re nearly becoming a joke within the industry," Tang Ze said, holding Peak’s research report, "Moreover, because of the massive hype by public accounts, good actors are now even more afraid to co forward, thus creating a vicious cycle."
"Boss, do we have any other ways to bring in good actors?" Sun Ling ant abandoning this traditional audition process and using other ways to break their deadlock.
"The more it seems like this, the more we need to stick to this traditional approach. So muster your patience, all we can do right now is to wait. As for those public accounts and marketing accounts, let them say what they want, and when the ti is right, we’ll even fuel the fire a bit," Shi Lan said.
"This way, no one will co."
"They will!" Shi Lan said confidently, "For this movie, the actors we’re looking for need to not only possess acting skills—acting skills aren’t even my primary requirent—but also the determination and courage to swim against the current. I hope that, as bricks of Diamond Film, they are all sufficiently strong and stable."
Actors were unwilling to co, let alone those swimming against the current?
But since Shi Lan said there would be, they believed there would be.
"Moreover, Zhou Yi must be jumping with joy these days."
"Not just joy? He’s practically standing at our Peak door, hands on hips and laughing," Tang Ze said, feeling they might have been a bit overconfident in their actions; if it weren’t for Shi Lan’s commanding presence, they might even feel like clowns right now.
"Let him laugh. After all, his professional career will be over by next year."
On this point, everyone agreed—after all, Shi Lan had sothing on Zhou Yi.
"But boss, you’ve got to give us a ti limit, right? We can’t just keep waiting like this indefinitely."
"Three days," Shi Lan stated outright., "provided our PR departnt’s flas blaze hot enough."
Everyone knew Shi Lan’s intention for making this movie.
She now needed those who had suffered from online harassnt to bravely step forward.
Three days was enough ti for such people to make their decision.
...
The ridicule from the outside world was incessant. Even Peak’s loyal fans thought that Shi Lan’s thod of selecting actors for her movie was a step down. Wouldn’t it be better to stay ho and pick her toes? Although Shi Lan’s capability had surpassed ninety-eight percent of the artists in the entertainnt industry, she was not omnipotent after all.
Getting involved in every industry, for them, seed overly ambitious.
Isn’t there a saying, overstretch and you invite ridicule?
Thus, under Peak’s official Weibo, there were all sorts of mocking and humorous comnts.
@I’m not Half-Moon: "If anyone can be a superstar, then how about taking a look at ? Hahaha..."
@Teacher Xiao is Handso: "I won a national performance competition for elentary students. I’ll go audition tomorrow."
@TT loves crab: "An Lan, why not rest in your husband’s arms?"
@F1 is a keyboard: "Ambitious won end up abandoned by the wealthy."
@Oil is second generation negative: "I respect Sister Li; she genuinely wants to do sothing good for society. Why all this malice? Just because you can’t do it doesn’t an others can’t either."
@Dessert Station: "To the person above, if you can do it, then you do it?"
...
The negative mockery and disdain directly spiraled out of control.
This was the first ti that Peak had faced such imnse scorn and pressure.
And it was because of this pressure that two days later, the person Shi Lan had been waiting for arrived...
A young man in his mid-twenties, with long hair, skinny as a rail, dressed very ordinarily, even sowhat dirty and disheveled.
When he sat in the Peak’s reception room, everyone was puzzled: could this man really fulfill their boss’s expectations?
Tang Ze called Shi Lan. Although he too found it unbelievable, and under any other agency, the man would have been thrown out long ago, Peak would not, never has.
Half an hour later, Shi Lan rushed over from Jinlan No.1 Courtyard and upon seeing the person, she smiled and said, "Xi Cheng."
At the ntion of the na Xi Cheng, the employees of Peak suddenly widened their eyes.
For this was the talented actor Huahai had nurtured years ago. But after starring in a cop film, he had completely vanished from the circle. Who would have thought that he would now appear before Shi Lan in this condition?
"Do you think I’ll do?" Xi Cheng lifted his head, disheveled and possibly just from so landfill, but those eyes still harbored the brilliance of a superstar.
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