Chapter 2496 - 2285: Can You Give Me an Autograph? (Part 3)
Chapter 2496: Chapter 2285: Can You Give Me an Autograph? (Part 3)
If you hadn’t seen it with your own eyes, you’d never believe that this shrew who’s slamming the table and yelling at the director is actually that top-tier domestic actress with god knows how many fans obsessing over her.
"Feng Yuzhi! What are you yelling at me for? You’re the only one who cares about face? I don’t need face? You think it’s beneath you to play the second female lead, you could’ve just not come. Did I invite you here? You’re the one who wanted to come. I already told you yesterday, the first time you came—if you want in, fine, I can give you the second female lead. Didn’t you agree back then? You already agreed, so what are you coming to me for now?" Zhou Yuanzhi’s patience had hit its limit. He slapped the table and shot to his feet, face flushed red, roaring at Feng Yuzhi in his hoarse, broken voice.
Feng Yuzhi was also stunned by Zhou Yuanzhi’s sudden explosion. Zhou Yuanzhi was known in the circle as a director with a good temper who rarely lost it, so she never expected him to actually slam the table at her over this Shen Jiayan. She’d only wanted to throw her weight around and pressure Zhou Yuanzhi, hoping to wrangle the female lead, but if he really got pissed, then forget the lead—she might not even keep a supporting role.
At the end of the day, it’s his project. He’s the director. Casting is his call.
Seeing Zhou Yuanzhi lose his temper, Feng Yuzhi instantly softened, putting back on a kindly smile and speaking to him in a soft tone: "Director Zhou, don’t get mad, let’s talk this out nicely. I just want our drama to turn out even better! I’m doing this for your own good, Director Zhou."
These words were exactly what Zhou Yuanzhi had said to her when she first walked in just now.
"You don’t need to say all that to me. I already told you, I chose Shen Jiayan as my female lead because I have my own reasons." Zhou Yuanzhi said to Feng Yuzhi.
"Director Zhou, we’re all in the same circle, what’s the point of trying to hide this from me? You think I won’t know just because you won’t say it? You’ve got the hots for her, don’t you!" Feng Yuzhi rolled her eyes at Zhou Yuanzhi.
Chapter 2287 Even If You’ve Got Heavenly-Level Backing
"What nonsense are you spouting? There’s nothing between me and Shen Jiayan. I want her as the female lead because I owe her boss a favor. Don’t go making wild guesses or running your mouth. I’m telling you, even if you’ve got heavenly-level backing, I’m the one shooting this film, so I have the final say. I plan to make Shen Jiayan the female lead. If you’ve got a problem with that, you can just not come. Worst case, I’ll pick another actress from Shen Jiayan’s agency to play the second female lead!" Zhou Yuanzhi’s words to Feng Yuzhi were completely blunt.
"Fine, fine, fine, I’ll let her have the lead. I’d love to see what the hell she can actually do with it!" Feng Yuzhi snapped, then stormed out of Zhou Yuanzhi’s meeting room.
"Look at that attitude! I’m not your sugar daddy, why the hell would I indulge your crap?" Zhou Yuanzhi shouted at the door Feng Yuzhi had just gone through.
Next up was the actresses’ audition.
Shen Jiayan’s acting was great, and Zhang Lijiao was an old hand in the Jianghu. Both of their role auditions went extremely well.
But Feng Yuzhi’s performance left Director Zhou somewhat dissatisfied.
The second female lead Zhou Yuanzhi wanted her to play was a textbook silly-sweet-innocent type, but Feng Yuzhi just couldn’t pull it off.
Because in her bones she’s that big-sister, tough-street-girl type; she just can’t play pure and innocent.
By comparison, even though Shen Jiayan and Zhang Lijiao differed somewhat in looks and vibe, their acting was solid. Whereas Feng Yuzhi, aside from being pretty and having a bad temper, basically had no other advantages.
After a few takes, Zhou Yuanzhi still wasn’t satisfied and called "cut" several times, which made Feng Yuzhi a little impatient.
"What the hell is that crew next door doing, why are they so loud? What are you staff even doing here? Go send someone to talk to them!" Feng Yuzhi snapped at the staff, pointing and glaring like they were her servants.
"Miss Feng, we’re really sorry, we’ve already communicated with the crew next door. They’re shooting a war scene and need to use explosives, so it’s pretty loud. But they’re almost wrapped. By the time we officially start shooting, the conditions on set will be much better than they are now." The staffer explained to Feng Yuzhi.
"And what good does that do me? I need to audition right now, and they’re blasting away over there nonstop. You expect me to shoot these dreamy, aesthetic audition scenes under these conditions?" Feng Yuzhi shouted at the staff at the top of her lungs, ordering them around like hired help.
"Miss Feng, we really are sorry. We’ve already negotiated with them, and they’ve been quite cooperative. They clearly said that in another five days, they’ll basically be done with their scenes. That’ll be just in time for us to start the new shoot, and it won’t interfere with us then. But there’s really nothing else we can do right now. We can’t exactly ask the crew next door to shut down their entire set just because we’re auditioning." The staffer said helplessly to Feng Yuzhi.
"Besides saying ’sorry,’ do you know how to say anything else? Think of a solution! With noise this loud, I can’t shoot!" Feng Yuzhi folded her arms and planted herself in the middle of the set, making it clear she was protesting and going on strike.
"Miss Feng, please try to bear with it. There’s really nothing we can do. Look, the other two actresses did their auditions under these same conditions, and they never complained about the environment here." The "other two actresses" the staffer mentioned were Shen Jiayan and Zhang Lijiao.