Chapter 485: Chapter 485: 271: New drama's leading actress joins, netizens' jaws drop, "Blink if you're being coerced."_2

“Expert at leveraging the information distribution capacity endowed by internet technology, binding high-quality talent resources across platforms to achieve deep collaboration, forming a combination punch to create a content ecosystem loop.”

Wei Wufeng was shocked, so was Zhou Mian, who both looked towards Xu Qingyan together.

Zhou Mian thought to himself, “When did I become so awesome?”

Without pause, Xu Qingyan continued to introduce, “This is the young and talented director with both looks and brains, Wei Wufeng, Director Wei.”

“Hello, Director Wei.”

“Hmm.” Wei Wufeng’s attitude, though still indifferent, was at least not quite as cold.

Before taking his seat, Zhou Mian quietly asked Xu Qingyan while pouring tea, “Brother Xu, what did all that stuff you said mean?”

“Oh, it’s like shaking people with WeChat.”

Zhou Mian: “….”

At the table, after Wei Wufeng watched Zhou Mian contact the crew members for scene setting, transportation, makeup, art, photography, lighting, stunts, and sound departments one by one.

For a moment, Wei Wufeng didn’t know whether to admire or criticize.

This primitive yet efficient style of assembling a team was really… the Pinduoduo of the film industry, a sudden loud noise in the sky, your phone shakes, and with just a call, work’s alive in three words.

It unavoidably reminded Wei Wufeng of the advice with a touch of emotion his father gave him when he entered the industry.

“This profession is quite traditional.”

Years later, he finally understood the essence of these words. The so-called crew recruitment and intermediary public account selection were all floaters; it all came down to the grassroots connections.

No one dilly-dallied; a phone call and they were ready to come over.

However, Wei Wufeng didn’t care about these, as he had his own directorial team. Once the filming date was set, they’d be there on call, his own left and right hand comfortable to use.

Compared to these, he cared more about the script.

“I’ve read the script, and to be honest, it’s a good script.”

“But?” Xu Qingyan prompted.

“But…” Wei Wufeng frowned, “The investment is only six million, and actually only around four million is available for early-stage use. I’m afraid we won’t even be able to pay the actors’ wages.”

“Ha, that… this is a low-budget sitcom. We’ll need Director Wei to think of a solution,” Xu Qingyan spread his hands with an expression like a pig not fearing scalding water.

Wei Wufeng immediately stood up and rebuked.

“That’s simply irresponsible! Nowadays, without money, which actor would be blind enough to work for free!”

“Right, Brother Xu, Director Wei has a point. These days a star’s salary could well exceed six million,” Zhou Mian nodded along, echoing.

Xu someone turned pale with shock, “Six million, what a joke, it would be better to sell me for cash.”

Before Wei Wufeng could reply, Zhou Mian spoke up again.

“Where is it expensive? It’s just this price nowadays, Brother Xu. But if we’re lacking the conditions, we can create them; cast actors who charge less.”

Upon hearing this, Wei Wufeng scoffed.

“Where do you find actors who don’t want money?”

At that, Xu Qingyan considered for a moment and lightly tapped his phone with his fortune-making little hand, making a call.

“Hello?”

Over the phone, after a second of static, a charming voice came through immediately.

“Teacher Xu, what’s up?”

The other two people present changed their expression—one stared fixedly ahead, the other looked up at the ceiling—as the center of attention, Xu Qingyan, was at a loss for words, realizing there had been a misunderstanding.

“Speak normally, cut out that cutesy act.”

“Oh, okay.” Jiang Ling readily agreed.@@novelbin@@

Before autumn, if someone told her that breaking into the music scene was difficult, Jiang Ling would probably just smile stiffly to save face and say the current environment is tough.

But now, if someone told her the music scene was tough, Jiang Ling felt it wasn’t difficult at all—in fact, she thought it was easy as pie.

It all came down to a small change she made last autumn. This change had only resulted in two song collaborations, and she was not content.

Money was no object, so long as she could become famous.

“I have a martial arts sitcom here; there’s a leading lady role that suits you. Are you interested in trying out?” offered Xu Qingyan straightforwardly.

“Ah, but Teacher Xu, I don’t know how to act,” Jiang Ling exclaimed in shock.

“No worries, didn’t you graduate from STAR Acting Academy?” Xu Qingyan wasn’t worried at all, “Playing a young heroine, only you could fit the role with your beauty.”

As soon as the words were out, “young” and “beautiful” instantly struck a chord in Jiang Ling’s heart.

But before she could agree, she heard a cold, slightly angry male voice.

“What a joke!”

Another male voice also rose, “Brother Xu, calm down, we can’t be this capricious with casting…”

With a beep, the call ended.

Jiang Ling was bewildered, and half a minute later, she received a message from Xu Qingyan.

“Insider problem, plan aborted. But you can sing the theme song.”

She read the WeChat message several times, somewhat amused and confused. Was Xu Qingyan joking with her? But acting was indeed challenging for her.

More concerned about the new song and seeing the phrase “theme song,” her eyes lit up. Indeed, choices were more important than efforts; Xu Qingyan wouldn’t let those close to him down.

“Teacher Xu, what’s the name of the new song?”

“‘Nemesis’.”

“Nemesis?” Jiang Ling was puzzled and muttered, “What a martial arts-style song title. The martial arts drama he’s shooting must be one of those with righteous feuds.”

…..

The casting issue was finally resolved. Wei Wufeng truly couldn’t bear to see the good script for “The Legend of Martial Arts” go to waste and couldn’t sleep a wink after thinking about it all night.

He sat up in his hotel room in the middle of the night and bellowed.

“Father is coming!”

In Capital City, Wei Darui was awakened by his son’s phone call. Only Wei Wufeng could make this call; even his other relatives couldn’t get through.

This showed just how much Wei Darui doted on his son, almost pouring his entire life’s heart into him.

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