Chapter 218: He Was Willing To Delay The Start Of Shooting By Three Months
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“This role is yours!” Zilong stood up excitedly, his face flushed red. “It has to be yours.”
“I heard from Director Deng that you’re still in school?” Zilong suddenly asked.
“Yes.” Jiang Xun nodded.
Zilong paced back and forth a little troubled. “This role has much more scenes than the Bi Yuewu that you had before. It’s impossible to finish filming immediately.”
“I’ll try my best to focus on your scenes first so that you can finish filming as soon as possible. You might need to take a month’s leave at most. I’ll try my best to finish your scenes in half a month.” Zilong said, “With your acting skills, as long as the other actor doesn’t do any NGs, you definitely won’t do NGs. Your efficiency will be very high.”
Zilong paced back and forth a few more times. “Is this okay? How many days of leave can you take?”
“I don’t think it’s doable.” Jiang Xun shook her head and refused, “Although this role is very attractive to me, I can’t let it affect my classes. I’m sorry, thank you for giving me this opportunity to audition, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to act in this role.”
It was already mid-March, and there were more than three months before the summer break.
And in these three months, she had to take a month off to film.
She herself felt that it was a little too much.
From the beginning, she had insisted on taking jobs properly without affecting her studies.
Zilong scratched his head in annoyance. Other than Jiang Xun, he could not find another actor who could interpret the role so well.
Even the male and female leads of this drama could not do it.
He quickly ran through all the current list actors in his mind, from the film industry to the television drama industry. Regardless of whether they would take the role or not, even if they would, he also didn’t think that there was one person who could match Jiang Xun’s performance just now.
Zilong thought about it, but he didn’t want to give up on Jiang Xun.
Since he had seen the perfect acting skills for Cheng Yao, how could he tolerate a second-class choice?
“Then what about summer vacation? I can wait for you until the summer vacation,” Zilong said.
The others were shocked when they heard it.
The movie was originally scheduled to start shooting at the end of this month.
That was why Zilong was so anxious to find a suitable actress for Cheng Yao.
Originally, Zilong had planned to lower his standards if he really couldn’t find one, just so that he could start shooting on time.
But now, starting the shoot on time was no longer important to Zilong.
He was willing to delay the start of shooting by three months for Jiang Xun!
“Is it okay to start the movie in the middle of June?” Zilong asked. “By then, you should have entered the revision stage and start preparing for the exam. You can go back for the exam midway and return to the production team after the exam.”
It was indeed Zilong’s greatest sincerity to delay the start of the movie for three months for Jiang Xun.
“That works.” Jiang Xun nodded. “Thank you.”
“No, no. It’s my turn to thank you. You’ve solved my headache,” Zilong said agitatedly.
What was delaying the start of filming for three months if he could secure Jiang Xun?
It was worth it!
As for the other actors who had already cleared their schedules and turned down other jobs to join the cast, Zilong did not care at all.
Those people were not irreplaceable.
If he changed the time, they would not be able to coordinate well. Because of the time conflict, they would not be able to join the cast. In that case, he would just have to replace them.
It was very easy to find new actors for the other roles!
Zilong turned to his assistant and said, “Remember to inform the other actors of the change of the start time. Let them adjust their schedules themselves. If they can’t join the crew, we still have three months to choose new actors.”
“Yes.”
Jiang Xun left. Zilong immediately called Deng Xu.
“Old Chen.” Deng Xu picked up, thinking that he was here to ask for Jiang Xun’s acting scenes. “I was just about to send you Jiang Xun’s scenes.”
“Hey, there’s no need, no need at all,” Zilong quickly said.
“You still don’t believe in Jiang Xun’s acting?” Deng Xu was anxious. “Hey! I was wondering why you’re so stubborn about Jiang Xun? Didn’t we agree that you will give her a chance to audition? Take a look at her acting first!”
“No, no, you misunderstood.” Zilong touched his buzz cut awkwardly and explained, “I’ve decided to let Jiang Xun play the role of the murderer with the anti-social personality.”
“Huh?” Deng Xu was surprised.
“That’s why I wanted to tell you that you don’t need to send me her scenes. I didn’t expect it to be too late. I let you waste your time cutting them out.” Zilong said embarrassedly.
“It’s not a big deal.” Deng Xu smiled indifferently. “Did you look for Jiang Xun to audition?”