Chapter 294 Theater Academy

At the Shanghai Theater Academy, inside a Room, Luo Xiao and Wang Bin were sitting in front of two desks, and in front of them was a sign advertising an actor recruitment.

"Brother Xiao, is there really no problem with changing the script like this?" Wang Bin asked, looking at the script in his hands with some worry.

At this moment, this version of the script could hardly be called a revision compared to the original; it was practically a new script entirely.

Even the title had been changed.

It was originally a story about subduing demons, but now it had turned into a fantasy world where humans and demons coexisted.

"No problem at all." Luo Xiao nodded confidently. Ever since he started revising the script, he discovered he loved rewriting scripts.

After going back to read some books about screenwriting, he realized the previous script was truly garbage.

A real script needed interesting twists, proper pacing, and structure, but the previous script had none of that; it was just very bland.

The two terrible films he had shot before were the same.

That was why he had overhauled the script this time, and he was very confident in the revised version.

Wang Bin watched Luo Xiao's confident expression and knew there was no way to change the script back.

Then, he said pleadingly, "Brother Xiao, it's fine if we don't change the script, but can you at least delete the part where I get pregnant, or change it so someone else gets pregnant? I'm a man! You're making me, a man, get pregnant, and it's a demon on top of that—isn't this too abnormal?"

Ever since he saw Luo Xiao's newly revised script, he had been arguing about this matter.

The story was bizarre and twisted, but starting it off with him, a man, giving birth to a little demon king was a bit unreasonable.

Luo Xiao watched Wang Bin's pleading expression, unmoved.

"What's unreasonable about it? It's already a fantasy demon world; you getting pregnant isn't strange at all. Besides, it's a cute little demon king. It's so dramatic; it will definitely attract many viewers."

"Fine!" Seeing he couldn't persuade Luo Xiao, Wang Bin had to give up.

Anyway, he was already playing the lead role; if he had to give birth to a demon king, so be it. Maybe, just as Luo Xiao said, this could attract viewers.

Seeing Wang Bin calm down, Luo Xiao also reached out to pick up the script on the table, flipping through it to see if there was anywhere else that could be modified.

As for why they came to the Shanghai Theater Academy, it was naturally to select actors.

After all, General Manager Chen had a requirement: the film's actors must be amateur actors.

After his own reflection, amateurs could undoubtedly be divided into three types: those who had never been exposed to acting, extras like Wang Bin, and students from theater academies.

After careful consideration, he first set his sights on these students from the theater academy. Although many of these students had never acted before, they had undergone systematic training and were no strangers to acting.

Therefore, choosing these students to be actors was always much better than those who hadn't even been exposed to acting, and filming could proceed more smoothly.

He was a graduate of the Shanghai Theater Academy, although he studied in the directing department. However, through his former teacher, he finally managed to get a Room in the academy.

"Brother Xiao, why hasn't anyone come yet? Could it be that those students don't want to come because they see our company has no fame?" Wang Bin said, looking at the empty doorway with some worry.

"Don't worry, they'll be here soon." Luo Xiao glanced at the time and smiled, shaking his head. It was almost time for class to end, so he estimated students would be coming soon.

As for the situation where no students would come, he wasn't worried at all.

After all, those students studied acting with the goal of becoming actors.

And now that a film crew was recruiting actors, how could they miss it?

Even if it was a supporting role with not many lines, they would be willing to try. After all, they were filming while still in school, and after graduation, this acting experience could be written on their resumes and become their calling card.

If they filmed well, it would be easy for them to be chosen by other film crews, and perhaps they wouldn't face the situation of having no roles to play in the future.

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"Tangtang, let's hurry over. This kind of acting opportunity is rare. It would be great if we could get a supporting role with more screen time." A woman with a hot figure pulled another woman dressed elegantly, quickly jogging forward.

"But class isn't over yet." Su Tang pulled the woman in front, saying with some worry.

It was still over ten minutes until the end of class, and they had snuck out from the back door. She was a bit worried the teacher would be angry.

"What class? Do you think the teacher didn't see us? They saw us long ago." Jiang Xue said quickly, her pace involuntarily quickening a few steps.

"Ah, then why didn't the teacher stop us?" Su Tang exclaimed.

Jiang Xue gave Su Tang a disdainful look.

"Are you stupid? The teacher doing that naturally means they tacitly approved. Let's go quickly; we don't know how many actors this crew wants to recruit. If we go early, we can pick a role with more screen time."

"Oh!" Su Tang nodded and followed closely behind.

Soon, the two arrived at the classroom where the crew was recruiting. After seeing the situation inside, both were stunned.

The crew recruiting people this time actually only had two people, and more importantly, these two people were very young.

Could it be that they went to the wrong Room?

Jiang Xue glanced at the classroom and found that she hadn't gone to the wrong place, so she walked in.

"Hello, we are here to audition." Jiang Xue said softly.

Luo Xiao looked at the two who entered and examined them carefully. Not to mention acting skills, these two people's external conditions were very consistent with the roles he wanted to cast based on his script.

Especially the woman dressed in simple attire, who very much matched his vision for the female lead.

"Hmm, there is a small script here with a short scene for each character. You can take a look. Whichever one you want to try, just act out that scene." Luo Xiao said, handing the prepared script to them.

Jiang Xue and Su Tang heard this and hurriedly took the script to take a look.

After seeing the content, both of them were stunned.

"Excuse me, can we choose any of the roles on here?" Jiang Xue looked up at Luo Xiao.

She had seen the scene for the female lead on this script, as well as several scenes marked as important supporting roles.

How could this be?

Usually, even if a film crew came to the school to cast, they wouldn't choose the lead roles.

Such important roles were usually taken by popular stars or powerful veteran actors.

She had never seen a case where they came to a school to pick an inexperienced student to play the lead role.

It must be that these important roles already had candidates, just that it wasn't crossed out. What they were supposed to choose must be the supporting roles with less screen time later on.

Jiang Xue thought secretly in her heart.

Su Tang looked at the script in her hand, and her heart thought the same thing.