Chapter 172 Preparations
"So, now you are going to act in director Li Cangdong's work again?"
In the lounge dedicated to Chen Huansheng in the Twin Buildings, Jin Xuanhao sat in his office and asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Yes, I just passed the audition, and Director Li Cangdong has officially decided to cast me." Chen Huansheng shrugged and said with a normal expression.
"This..." Jin Xuanhao frowned, still confused, "How did you get involved with Director Li Cangdong?"
"I was originally going to find director Bong Joon-ho, but just a few days ago, I said there was a problem with the script." Chen Huansheng explained.
"Yeah, I know." Jin Xuanhao nodded.
"Director Bong Joon-ho made a mistake and gave me the script that director Lee Chang-dong gave him to revise. Then I studied it and found something was wrong, so I went to find it." Chen Huansheng showed a trace of embarrassment on his face.
"In the end, Director Bong Joon-ho asked me to talk about the script. I didn't know about it at the time, so I made a rather arrogant comment. Who knew that Director Lee Chang-dong was also in Director Bong Joon-ho's studio at the time and heard everything."
"ah?"
Jin Xuanhao raised his head in surprise, put it down after a moment, looked at Chen Huansheng and said seriously.
"Then can I make a statement? You have confirmed to join."
"Indeed." Chen Huansheng nodded lightly.
"buzz"
While Jin Xuanhao was rubbing his chin, Chen Huansheng's cell phone placed on the table vibrated. Chen Huansheng glanced at the screen, picked up the phone, and flashed it at Jin Xuanhao.
"Taeyeon's phone number."
"Take it." Jin Xuanhao said casually.
"Yeah." Chen Huansheng responded and slid the answer button. "Taeyeon?"
"What are you doing?" Kim Taeyeon's sweet voice came from the phone.
"I'm in the company and just came back from Director Li Cangdong." Chen Huansheng replied.
"Did the audition succeed?" Kim Taeyeon asked immediately.
"Successful." Chen Huansheng said.
"Oh, work is about to officially resume." Kim Taeyeon smiled faintly, and then continued, "By the way, Huansheng, is your penthouse in Building A still vacant?"
"It seems so." Chen Huansheng thought for a moment and said, "What? Are your family members moving here?"
"Ani." Kim Taeyeon denied, "I just met Wang Shuxi at the restaurant in Apgujeong. He said that he was temporarily transferred to Seoul again. It seems that he will stay here for a while and is considering looking for someone.
House for rent.”
"Oh, let me contact him later. Anyway, my place is vacant." Chen Huansheng said immediately.
"Let me do it, you concentrate on preparing for your new movie." Kim Taeyeon said with a sweet voice.
"Okay~" Chen Huansheng also smiled and said softly.
After hanging up the phone with Kim Taeyeon, Jin Xuanhao looked at Chen Huansheng and asked tentatively, "Is there someone else who wants to move here? Haven't you rented out everything here?"
"There are two apartments in Building A." Chen Huansheng pointed in the direction of Building A next door.
"Oh, so." Jin Xuanhao nodded, then looked at Chen Huansheng and asked casually, "Is anyone auditioning with you?"
"Well, Brother Yaren, I heard that Brother Hena has also auditioned." Chen Huansheng said calmly.
"Have you defeated Yoo Ah-in?" Kim Hyun-ho's tone rose a few points.
"You can't say that. I got the script earlier than Brother Biaren. Coupled with my previous explanation of my understanding of the script, I may have an innate advantage over Director Li Cangdong." Chen Huansheng shook his head and said.
"Oh, and also." Chen Huansheng suddenly thought, "I used to be a schizophrenic patient, so this may be an advantage."
"Can mental illness be considered an advantage?" Jin Xuanhao was puzzled.
"Because Director Li Cangdong wanted to show multiple endings and possibilities, the performance was very complicated, and one possibility is that all the stories were imagined by the male protagonist, who is not very similar to me." Chen Huansheng pointed at himself.
head, said with a smile.
"Yeah." Jin Xuanhao stared at Chen Huansheng for two seconds, nodded, and then asked, "Has the heroine been decided yet?"
"No, we are still auditioning." Chen Huansheng shook his head, "It will probably take a while. I heard from Director Lee Cangdong that there were thousands of people auditioning, and the scale is probably as big as when Director Park Chan-wook was casting Kim Tae-ri.
"
"After all, it is director Li Cangdong." Jin Xuanhao said leisurely, looking away, and after thinking for a while, he looked at Chen Huansheng again.
"When will the filming last?"
"It's next year, and we won't be able to start filming until spring at least, because the casting hasn't been completed yet, but we don't rule out shooting scenes with just me in September and October." Chen Huansheng said slowly.
"Yeah." Jin Xuanhao nodded, but then he became a little confused, "Then you said before that the script was strange, why is it so strange?"
"Ah, this." Chen Huansheng's face showed an awkward expression again, "Because of this script, I feel it is not easy to win the award."
"It's not easy to win the prize?"
"Didn't I think it was director Bong Joon-ho's work before?" Chen Huansheng explained. "But director Bong Joon-ho's last work was "Okja" in which I participated. It was an experimental work in itself, so I didn't plan to
I’m aiming for awards, but my next film should be aiming for awards, so I feel a little strange.”
"Then why is it not easy to win the prize?" Jin Xuanhao asked next.
"Because I pursue artistry too much." Chen Huansheng frowned slightly and said attentively, "Director Li Cangdong wanted to make a movie full of ambiguous thinking. There are no explosive points in the whole movie, so it is not suitable for the purpose.
The specifications of an award-winning movie. The core is there, but not deep enough. And... the subject matter is not easy for people to understand. In addition, there is no clear ending, and the sense of mystery is too heavy. There is a high probability that it will become the kind of film that many people applaud.
But in the end it was a fruitless movie.”
"Is that so?" Kim Hyun-ho also frowned, "What about the script from director Bong Joon-ho?"
"That script needs to be polished for a while. I've read it." Chen Huansheng said immediately, "That script has the potential to win awards, but it will be filmed the year after next no matter how soon. I don't think Bong Joon will be filming next summer.
Director Hao can complete all preparations."
"Okay, if you don't win the award, you won't get it." Jin Xuanhao lowered his head and said calmly, "Anyway, you have just come back, and I am already satisfied that you can go to Cannes with Director Lee Chang-dong, so work hard."
"Yes, I will." Chen Huansheng nodded.
At this time, the door of the lounge was pushed open, and Kim Taeyeon appeared at the door. After seeing Kim Hyunho inside the door, the girl with a smile on her face immediately stood at the door.
"Oh, Taeyeon, you're here, just in time, I have to leave too." Jin Xuanhao looked at Kim Taeyeon who was stopping at the door, smiled, stood up, and walked towards the door.
"You guys can continue the discussion..." Kim Taeyeon walked in slowly and looked at Kim Hyunho.
"Arnie, I've finished talking." Jin Xuanhao shook his head, walked to the door, turned and pointed at Chen Huansheng in the room, "He belongs to you now."
"Inside."
Chapter completed!