After the divorce, I became a rich girl

However, although Gu Yuze has only been in the industry for a short time, he has a great talent for acting. During the audition, his unique interpretation of the role and his lively and vivid performance immediately attracted Wu Zhian's attention.

Wu Zhian turned his head and glanced at Xie Xu beside him. It had been two or three days since Xie Xu and he had been selecting artists for auditions. He had some understanding of the meaning conveyed by Wu Zhian's eyes and actions.

Xie Xu watched Gu Yuze's performance carefully, thinking to himself that among all the artists he had watched audition in the past few days, Gu Yuze was the first actor who could make him see the shadow of the protagonist he was writing when performing.

Although he still felt regretful that Xiao Yi could not participate in the performance, after all, the protagonist of his novel was written based on Xiao Yi's image, but he had to admit that Gu Yuze did have a unique charm and huge potential. Although he was not as eye-catching as Xiao Yi and his performance was a little awkward, it might be his youthfulness that allowed him to bring unexpected new vitality to this fairy tale drama.

Finally, after multiple rounds of auditions, the main cast of this fantasy project was finalized. The male lead was played by Gu Yuze, the second male lead was played by Xia Canyang, the female lead was played by Xu Nian, and the second female lead was unexpectedly played by Yu Manqi.

Li Jiawei took the cast list handed to her by Ella. She had not watched the actor selection process before, mainly because she knew she could not give Wu Zhian and Xie Xu any constructive suggestions in terms of acting.

Moreover, considering the special nature of her own identity, once she is involved in the actor selection, the remarks she may make casually are likely to be over-interpreted by people around her, interfering with the professional judgment of Wu Zhian and Xie Xu.

So she only wants the result, and leaves the process to professionals.

Moreover, she has been managing the company for such a long time that she now has her own set of theories for handling things. She believes that a wise boss should avoid jumping to conclusions in areas that he or she is not good at, using his or her status to pressure others and interfere with the judgment of professionals.

However, when she saw Yu Manqi's name, she couldn't help but be slightly startled. This surprise was not due to her doubts about Wu Zhian's casting standards, but because she really didn't expect Yu Manqi to come for the audition and get the role of the second female lead in this project.

Although this fantasy project is daunting for artists from other companies, for artists under Universal Pictures, it is definitely the best project they have been able to get in the past two years.

Therefore, the competition for roles in this project within Universal Pictures is quite fierce, especially for those artists who have been newly signed or have been signed for many years but have not yet created any breakout roles.

After all, artists also need to make a living. It is difficult for them to survive in the entertainment industry, which is full of feasting and drinking and material desires, by just relying on a meager basic salary every month.

Therefore, if they can get any role in this fantasy project, no matter whether the project will become popular in the future, they can at least get a salary now. Although the amount is not generous, it is better than just living on that fixed salary.

Seeing that Li Jiawei had been staring at the cast list, Wu Zhian asked, "Boss Li, is there anything wrong with the casting?"

Li Jiawei looked up at Wu Zhian and expressed her doubts: "Director Wu, how is Yu Manqi's acting?"

Wu Zhian carefully watched the changes in Li Jiawei's expression. He has been in the entertainment industry for many years, and he has always paid close attention to all kinds of gossip in the industry. After all, as a director, when preparing for a filming project, it is essential to have a certain degree of understanding of the participating artists.

Although the risk assessment department is responsible for carrying out investigations on artists, as a director, you also need to be aware of the situation.

After all, the shooting cycle of a project often lasts five or six months, and including the time for post-production, it takes at least a year in total.

If any of these artists gets involved in a scandal, in serious cases even a year's work of hundreds of people in a crew may be wasted.

Therefore, people in the industry are well aware of the investigation of the risks associated with these artists. In particular, Universal Pictures suffered a serious setback in this regard last year.

You know, with the scale and strength of Universal Pictures at that time, even if Wang Han and Wang Zhe had problems, it would not have ended up like this. It was the scandals caused by those artists that made the audience and shareholders lose confidence in Universal Pictures.

Coupled with successive investment failures, if it were an ordinary company, it would have gone bankrupt and been divided up by other companies long ago. However, after being bought by John Leung, Universal Pictures was able to maintain its current size. It can only be said that Universal Pictures has thick blood.

Wu Zhian knew that Yu Manqi had once had an affair with Xiao Yi. After all, it had been on the hot search list for so many days, it would have been hard not to know about it.

At first, he did have some doubts about whether to use Yu Manqi. However, the second female lead in this fairy tale drama is a crazy female devil with a perverse personality, and her role is quite important.

He watched many female artists who came for audition, and after comparing them, he found that no one could perform better than Yu Manqi.

Wu Zhian also told Li Jiawei truthfully: "Boss Li, among the female artists in the company, after going through this whole audition process, she is indeed the most suitable candidate for this role at the moment."

Since Wu Zhian said so, Yu Manqi is the most suitable one, Li Jiawei did not say anything more, but just responded: "It's okay as long as you have the standard in your mind."

After the company officially announced the entire cast list, Yu Manqi saw her name listed behind the second female lead, and the uneasiness in her heart gradually dissipated.

Her whole body seemed to lose strength in an instant. She slowly squatted on the ground, then covered her eyes tightly with both hands, trying hard to restrain herself and not let the tears that were about to burst out flow down.

Ever since Wang Zhe got into trouble and was arrested, Yu Manqi's resources at Universal Pictures were cut by half at once, but in fact, she felt secretly relieved.

In the past two years, she no longer had an agent to help her take care of everything, and she had to run around to get projects on her own. Therefore, most of the work she could get was to play supporting roles in some variety shows, but even so, she still cherished every opportunity to appear on screen.

Thinking back to when she was Wang Zhe's lover, she was often beaten by him and was covered in wounds. Every time this happened, she would feel a strong sense of unwillingness. She was a person with flesh and blood and dignity, not a toy for others to manipulate at will.