The King of Celebrity Unspoken Rules - Chapter 352: Investing in the Filming of A Chinese Ghost Story

Following Lin Junyi's instructions, Lin Chi-ling first placed advertisements in Hong Kong's three major newspapers recruiting actresses for television dramas. Then, she broadcast the recruitment notice repeatedly on TVB's programming channel. The main point was that ATV was producing a period drama and needed several lead female roles, hence the open auditions. Successful applicants would not only get lead roles but also receive a contract with Empire Film Company. The recruitment slogan was—"The bigger your heart, the bigger your stage!"
As expected, the recruitment advertisement went viral, driving all the women in Hong Kong who wanted to be stars into a frenzy. A constant stream of people flocked to Empire Film Company to apply. The media dubbed this frenzied recruitment a "Fairytale Glass Slipper Phenomenon," meaning that Empire's recruitment was like the "glass slipper" in a fairytale; whoever passed the recruitment assessment would be given the magical shoes and instantly become a dazzling princess in the television industry.
After Lin Junyi defeated Song Hye-kyo five times in the afternoon, he immediately participated in the second audition for actress recruitment.
The audition was held in a relatively spacious hall, with bright lights in front, and the camera, tracks, and other necessary props were all in place according to the standards of filming.
The general manager of Empire Film Company was Raymond Wong, whom Lin Junyi hired at a high salary. (Raymond Wong: a Hong Kong film industry professional, formerly a film producer, screenwriter, and actor at Cinema City. Raymond Wong is a prominent figure in Hong Kong. He entered the Hong Kong entertainment industry as a screenwriter, and his screenplays for films such as *Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?*, *Aces Go Places*, *Why Me?*, and *All About Ah-Long* earned four male leads Best Actor awards. Later, he also worked as a director and actor, and five of his directorial works broke Hong Kong box office records. He is also a representative figure of Hong Kong Lunar New Year films, having participated in over 200 films and discovered stars such as Wu Chien-lien and Beyond. Tsui Hark was appointed by Lin Junyi as the director of *A Chinese Ghost Story*. Both are experts in their fields, so without Lin Junyi needing to say anything, everything was arranged very well.)
On the stage, Raymond Wong, Tsui Hark, and Lin Junyi sat upright, with the auditionees' information, paper, and pens in front of them, preparing to score the applicants. Lin Chi-ling, dressed in an elegant white-collar uniform and wearing gold-rimmed glasses, stood beside Lin Junyi, briefly explaining the details of the audition. Everyone quickly got into the swing of things, and the stage manager then invited the first applicant in.
He is short, has short hair, and wears glasses.
According to the information, the other party is a female college graduate who reportedly had acting experience during her time at school, playing the role of Juliet in a Shakespearean play.
However, the girl in front of me still seemed very nervous, and she kept rubbing her clothes with her hands.
"Hello, please have a seat."
Lin Junyi greeted him warmly with a smile and invited him to sit down. "I am Lin Junyi, the president of Empire Film Company."
"You are Mr. Lin...?"
Today, Lin Junyi is a well-known and talented self-made entertainment tycoon, which undoubtedly has a great appeal to dreamy young girls.
Seeing the girl's surprised expression, Lin Junyi smiled as usual and said, "As for the two people next to me, one is director Tsui Hark and the other is manager Raymond Wong, so you don't need to be nervous."
"Okay, I'm not nervous."
The girl pushed up her glasses; her face was quite pale, so pale that her freckles were clearly visible.
"Then please introduce yourself first, like what's your name?"
Lin Junyi said.
"Huh? My name is Not Nervous!"
The girl misspoke in her excitement.
"Hahaha!"
Raymond Wong and Tsui Hark couldn't help but laugh.
The girl seemed even more reserved.
Lin Junyi, on the other hand, seemed quite calm. After all, it was understandable that the girl, being the first to audition, would be more nervous than the others. Besides, in his view, everyone who came with a dream should be respected. So he comforted her, saying, "Take a deep breath; it will help you calm down... Okay, let's get straight to the point. What kind of role in our 'A Chinese Ghost Story' do you want to play this time?"
"Oh, I want to play the female lead who is as beautiful as an angel, with unparalleled charm."
Before speaking, the freckled woman touched her glasses, looking a little embarrassed.
"The female lead?"
Director Tsui Hark, who was drinking water nearby, spat out his water, and a few drops of tea splashed onto the freckled woman's clothes.
"Then, a supporting role it is. A supporting role is fine too."
The freckled woman didn't seem to mind being sprayed with water. As Tsui Hark apologized, he handed her tissues to wipe herself, as if she was more concerned about Lin Junyi and the others' reactions. She quickly and incoherently lowered her demands.
Which role are you auditioning for?
The photographer, who was crouching down to take pictures of the freckled woman sitting down, was exasperated. He probably thought she was tired and couldn't help but urge her on.
"A minor role, even a minor role is fine, preferably with one or two lines of dialogue... anything is fine."
The freckled girl's indecisiveness reminded Lin Junyi of his naive self in his past life, which made him a little more tolerant of her. After all, no one becomes a big star overnight.
"Don't be afraid. What you think is what you want to be. You're auditioning for the female lead, right? Please do some simple makeup first, then come over here for the audition."
Lin Junyi said in a very good-natured manner.
So the makeup artist quickly took out a set of ancient costumes and a wig to help the freckled woman get dressed.
In no time, everything was finished. Thanks to the makeup artist's "miraculous touch," not only were the freckles on the woman's face covered, but she also revealed a little bit of her charm.
The staff politely led her to the prepared camera lens.
"Now, please face the camera and us. We're going to do an audition."
Lin Junyi politely asked her to stand in the middle of the small open space, and then the photographer followed up to take close-up shots of her.
"Okay, okay."
The freckled woman became even more reserved in front of the camera, standing ramrod straight.
"Hehe," director Tsui Hark couldn't help but laugh again, "Relax."
He said to the freckled woman.
"Hmm. I think you should sit down first."
Seeing how nervous she was, Lin Junyi had no choice but to let her sit down. Huang Baiming then asked the photographer to adjust the camera angles accordingly.
The freckled girl obediently sat down as instructed.
"Hehe, don't be nervous. First, we'll have some simple tasks. You just need to make the expressions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness in turn. You can use gestures or make sounds like sighs, but you're not allowed to have any lines."
"Oh. Let me think."
She lowered her head thoughtfully for a moment, then said, "Okay. Can we begin?"
"Okay. Here's what we'll do. Stand up, turn around, and every time you turn to face us, make a face. After that, turn back to face the window, and when you turn back to face us again, make another face."
Lin Junyi adjusted the interview method in a timely manner, giving the other party a break to adjust herself—Lin Junyi could see that she was really too nervous.
Tsui Hark and Raymond Wong truly didn't understand what Lin Junyi was thinking. They felt it was unnecessary to go through so much trouble for a girl with little talent. But Lin Junyi had only one thought: to respect every auditionee!
Moreover, as far as Lin Junyi knew, Schwarzenegger and Stallone in his previous life had failed several times because they were too nervous in front of the camera. Therefore, Lin Junyi had to treat each auditionee carefully. Since they were able to go through a series of selections to enter the audition, it meant that they still had potential.
"OK."
She obediently stood up, facing the window with her back to Lin Junyi and the others.
After a slight adjustment, the freckled woman turned to face Lin Junyi and the others, her body still straight. She hurriedly made a gesture like an ancient woman turning her head back and smiling gently, giggling for a minute before hurriedly turning back to them with her back turned.
The character "喜" (xi, meaning joy/happiness) is complete.
"Hehe," Tsui Hark chuckled again. This director, a scholar of period dramas, really loves to laugh. But looking at that freckled woman's guilty, stiff, and weak smile, Lin Junyi also wanted to laugh. He desperately held it in.
After a minute's adjustment, the freckled woman slowly turned back around, her eyes darting around as she stared at Lin Junyi and the others for thirty seconds. Then, suddenly, she twisted her slender waist and stomped her foot, knocking over the chair in front of her. Her aura was truly one of "anger." Lin Junyi and the other three were dumbfounded, while the freckled woman hurriedly turned back to face the wall.
The word "anger" is acceptable, but it's a pity about the chair; it was smashed quite badly.
Lin Junyi secretly admired her, then quietly instructed a staff member: "Go and help the chair up."
As soon as Lin Junyi finished speaking, the freckled woman turned back, her fingers trembling as she held her delicate hand, her eyes filled with tears. She let out a soft "Sigh—" and then pretended to wipe away her tears, looking like a self-pitying, resentful woman confined to her boudoir.
Tsui Hark gave Lam Chun-Yi an OK sign, indicating his approval.
The freckled girl turned around one last time to face them, giggling for another minute, "Hehe, hehe, hehe---". Then she turned back to face the wall.
"Ahem, rat's head, snake's tail, leopard's belly."
Lin Junyi said softly, "Okay, turn back now."
The freckled woman turned back to face Lin Junyi and the others, standing ramrod straight again. Lin Junyi mentally gave her a score of 78. Although her anger and sorrow were both excellent, joy and happiness are actually the most common expressions for actors, reflecting the essence of life. She seemed completely at a loss in both of these expressions, perhaps due to nervousness.
Next, Lin Junyi prepared some short clips from "A Chinese Ghost Story" and had the freckled woman act them out. The overall effect was just average; an actress like her could only play minor supporting roles like maids.
After the audition, the freckled woman exchanged pleasantries and began to declare how much she loved acting and how much she would cooperate fully. Lin Junyi told her that he would call her later if she was successful in the audition, and she reluctantly left.
At this time, several more people were waiting outside the door. The interview process was almost the same, except that the audition scenes for the female lead were different. Then Lin Junyi and his team interviewed three more girls, two of whom were high school students, only fifteen or sixteen years old. They were both pretty, but unfortunately, they gave off a too-immature feeling.
Another auditionee for the female lead was a cashier at a department store. She had a good sense of the camera and was very natural in front of it. However, her appearance was rather ordinary and did not quite fit the general expectation of a beautiful female lead.
Next, they interviewed a woman in her forties who claimed to be a film enthusiast and the owner of a dry cleaning shop. From the moment she entered, she launched into a long, enthusiastic monologue, pulling Lin Junyi and the others along the lines of Marilyn Monroe in America and Brigitte Lin in Hong Kong today. Seeing her enthusiasm, Lin Junyi felt awkward telling her that they didn't need an actress that old this time—this woman's expressions were more suited to opera, too exaggerated, and perhaps not quite right for television dramas. Especially period dramas, which demand a high level of understanding of the era's atmosphere from the actors, something she simply couldn't do.
Next, Lin Junyi and his team interviewed two girls who came together. They said they were employees of a small company and were colleagues. The pretty one auditioned for the female lead, while the plain-looking one said she was willing to be an extra. It turned out the pretty one was really bad at the job, but everyone agreed that the plain-looking one would be perfect for the role of the female lead's personal maid.
After the two girls left, it was already dark. Lin Junyi was a little anxious. He had auditioned so many roles, but all he got were maids, midwives, or wet nurses. There wasn't a single one who could play the female lead. It seemed really difficult to choose between "Nie Xiaoqian" and "Xiaoqing".
Just as Lin Junyi was sighing to himself, a staff member led in a new auditionee.
The girl had her head down, so her face couldn't be seen clearly. She seemed enveloped in a quiet, pure, and gentle atmosphere. She exuded elegance; she didn't even need to make a move to appear so refined, dignified, and noble.
The girl appeared to be around eighteen years old, dressed in a simple white long dress and black strappy high heels, with no other adornments. She had delicately arched eyebrows, long, slightly upturned eyelashes, and clear, beautiful eyes that shimmered with a faint mist, like gently rippling water. Her long, captivating eyelashes fluttered slightly from time to time. She possessed a beautiful, straight nose, full, soft lips, a delicate chin, and a fair, jade-like neck. Her waist-length hair was neatly combed and casually cascaded down her back. A few strands of hair swayed gently in the breeze over her forehead. The entire figure was so perfectly proportioned; without any one element, it wouldn't be complete. Li Jiaxin!
Lin Junyi recognized the beautiful woman in front of him at first glance and couldn't help but exclaim.

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