NIP #376 - Adam becomes Mr. Lu's fanboy: You will play the leading role in the movie! (2 in 1 order
#376 - Adam becomes Mr. Lu's fanboy: You will play the leading role in the movie! (2 in 1 order
At the same time, Liu Mengyuan and the other girls from the company were strolling and having fun in Hengdian World Studios.
They moved through the bustling commercial street, their laughter and cheerful voices attracting the attention of tourists around them.
Goodness, which film company is this? So many beautiful and vibrant girls!
Suddenly, a female employee, staring at her phone, said excitedly:
“Hey, have you heard? At the studio, President Lu is going to personally demonstrate a performance!”
“Oh, shouldn’t we go and support him?”
“Really?”
Liu Mengyuan's eyes sparkled. She secretly thought that perhaps she could catch a glimpse of another side of Lu Yu.
After all, it would make her proud if her boyfriend knew many things.
However, while a surge of anticipation arose, she was still a little apprehensive. She was afraid that Lu Yu would mess it up.
With all sorts of complex emotions, they arrived in front of the studio. By this time, the studio was crowded with employees from the game department who had come after hearing the news.
……
Finally, in the long-awaited moment, the camera turned on, and a tall figure appeared in everyone's view.
Lu Yu had changed clothes with Shen Muliang, and he looked calm and composed.
“Look, President Lu is here!”
The employees screamed excitedly, their faces full of anticipation.
Liu Mengyuan was no exception. She stared unblinkingly at Lu Yu's every move.
On the stage of the studio, Lu Yu was completely surrounded by fill lights. He frowned slightly, looking somewhat helpless.
“Why are there so many people?”
Please, he didn't want to perform well. He came here today to interfere with the filming schedule.
Sighing, he began to ponder how to slack off in his performance.
If possible, he wanted to get through it as perfunctorily as possible, so that the entire performance process would end as soon as possible.
He moved his feet casually, without any precision in his movements, as if wandering around the stage at will.
“Hiss… What is President Lu doing?”
The employees below the stage began to feel that President Lu was a bit strange, and they couldn't help but exchange glances.
Lu Yu deliberately made his movements even more scattered. He sighed softly from time to time, and looked around, as if he had no interest in the entire performance.
“Ah, how scary.”
Reading the lines in a flat tone, his expression was also indifferent, without any emotional expression, making people unable to feel any dramatic tension.
The employees and onlookers felt embarrassed and uneasy.
Goodness, Peach Garden Township had already lost the initiative with Adam. Unexpectedly, President Lu's performance was also really lackluster. Wouldn't this be even more embarrassing?
Lu Yu secretly rejoiced in his heart. Good, you can just follow my example in the future!
At this moment, the system popped up a warning:
[Detected that the host is engaging in unexplained negative work, please correct!]
Damn it, the system can even detect this?
Lu Yu clicked his tongue.
Now, he had to show real fear, but he didn't want to perform too brilliantly.
What could he do?
Lu Yu thought for a long time, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration!
He thought that he could recall some things from his previous life that made people feel fear and despair!
In this way, he could both perform the emotions required by the director, and not get too into the act.
And to say what is the most frightening and despairing, it is naturally…
Lu Yu began to close his eyes, recalling his past experiences of constant internal competition in the game company:
In his previous life, as a game producer, Lu Yu had been in a state of high-intensity work for several months, working more than twelve hours a day, with almost no rest time.
Moreover, in the middle of development, he was often required by his superiors to work overtime to complete tasks, working until 12 o'clock in the evening. Even if he was exhausted, he could not refuse…
Due to the chaotic internal management of the company, Lu Yu had repeatedly encountered problems such as the loss of game project data and delays in progress in his previous life, which seriously affected the progress of his work.
And the most, most, most painful thing was that the deadline for the version update was approaching, and at this time, the software package sent to the app store was sent back for repackaging and re-examination!
……
Thinking about it, Lu Yu subconsciously completely immersed himself in that involution life.
He saw those long nights of overtime, the dim lights in the room, the desk piled with documents and notes, time seemed to stand still, and he felt endless boredom in the trickle of time.
He also felt the suffocating feeling of being unable to breathe, as if time was slowly contracting around him, enveloping him in darkness.
He tried to control his emotions, trying to suppress this fear, his body trembling slightly, his eyes revealing a trace of confusion and unease.
Slowly, his lips turned slightly white, as if all the strength had been drained, leaving only a trace of weakness and powerlessness.
He tried to control his emotions, trying to express this despair and fear. His voice was weak and trembling, as if suppressed by an invisible force, unable to make a sound.
“This… this is…” he stammered, his voice with a trace of tremor,
That suffocating feeling brought about by the involution world…”
……
Director Adam's team was dumbfounded. They did not expect that the CEO of Peach Garden Township had such superb acting skills!
“Great, great, this kind of heartfelt despair and fear, President Lu, you are really great. Even professional actors can't perform like you!”
Adam was very excited and quickly issued instructions to the staff around him: “Quick, cooperate with President Lu's actions and finish this scene directly!”
The actors on the stage instantly entered the state, as if they had become real zombies. They roared and rushed towards the camera.
The picture on the monitor became extremely shocking, and the terrifying aura of the zombies almost broke through the screen, making people shudder.
After presenting an almost perfect set of shots, Adam waved his hand and signaled: “Cut!”
The actors on the stage stopped their movements, their faces flushed, some panting uncertainly.
Adam walked over excitedly and shook Lu Yu's hand tightly: “I didn't expect you to be a natural actor. Your expression just now was as if you had really experienced the zombie apocalypse.”
Recalling the terrible project management and overtime hell in his previous life, Lu Yu complained:
“No, because I have experienced things more terrible than zombies…”
[Your boss, Lu Yu, has triggered the bottom line of performance practice, and 'performance skills' have been upgraded to lv2]
Liu Mengyuan looked at the system prompt with a complex expression.
The surrounding employees of Peach Garden Township had already burst into fierce cheers and applause!
President Lu came today, it really gave them face!
……
After that, Adam dared not neglect Lu Yu anymore and quickly let him sit aside and be responsible for supervising the film shooting together.
After Lu Yu sat down, he continued to smile:
“Director Adam, if you have any dissatisfaction at the moment, just tell me.”
Director Adam hesitated for a moment, and examined a pile of props placed on the stage with a displeased expression. These props included weapons, guns, artificial blood, and zombie costumes.
“President Lu, please allow me to complain, the design of these props is really too bad!”
He frowned in dissatisfaction, “What I want is realism, not these cheap toy-like props!”
Spielberg quickly stepped forward to explain:
“President Lu, the budget for our film project is really limited. The money must be spent where it counts.”
Lu Yu was overjoyed when he heard this?
Oh, if you didn't say it, I wouldn't remember that there is also a trick to spend money on the handle of the knife!
……
A few days later, Lu Yu came to the studio again.
“Mr. Adam,” Lu Yu said, “perhaps you will like this.”
With that, he signaled the staff to hand a black coat to Director Adam. Director Adam took the coat, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
“This is what I asked an old craftsman in Hengdian to rush to make. If this is the case, can you accept it?”
This coat looked very special. Its fabric seemed to be made of zombie skin, with a gloomy atmosphere. The buttons on the coat were inlaid with blood-red gems, exuding a strange light.
“This… where did you get this?” Director Adam couldn't help but wonder.
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“This is modeled and restored by our game department,” Lu Yu explained with a smile, “I think that in zombie movies, a sense of terror and realism are very important. So I specially designed this coat. If you are satisfied, we will directly mass-produce it, and the budget is not a problem at all!”
Director Adam pondered for a moment, then raised his head, his eyes flashing with excitement.
“Very good, I like this design!” he said, “This kind of terror is exactly what we need!”
“What else are you dissatisfied with?”
Director Adam's gaze turned to the other side of the stage, where the shelves were filled with some supporting actors' costumes.
“The costume design of these human actors is too ordinary!” Director Adam criticized, “What I need is a unique and avant-garde style!”
Lu Yu nodded with a smile:
“I will invite designers to bring the latest fashion trend designs, and there are no restrictions on the plan until you are satisfied!”
Adam: “In addition, the set of this carriage is also relatively ordinary. I want a carriage that can vibrate constantly.”
Lu Yu: “No problem!”
At this moment, Spielberg pulled Lu Yu aside and advised:
“President Lu, these points raised by Director Adam, we can completely solve them with post-production special effects. Moreover, there is no need to pay too much attention to the clothes of the supporting actors who only appear once. There is always a feeling that we are spending the budget and energy in strange places.”
An assistant also said aside:
“Yes, President Lu, I heard that Adam is a live-action maniac in Hollywood. We don't have to listen to him in everything.”
Lu Yu was overjoyed again when he heard this.
“Hey, there are also benefits to live-action maniacs. Don't worry, I have my own plans.”
……
In the next few days, Adam's attitude towards the staff of Peach Garden Township took a 180-degree turn during the filming process. Not only did he greet them with a smile, but he was even somewhat flattering.
And what Adam and the staff of Peach Garden Township talked about the most was President Lu.
So, Zhang Fan, Shao Peng, Hao Shuwen, Pan Hao, Sun Rou, Zhao Yuhang…
One by one, the old employees began to take turns to brag to Adam about the various deeds of President Lu since he started his business,
What about remaining calm in the face of the suppression of major giants, and what about giving development hints at critical moments…
The old foreigners from Hollywood were stunned by such a bombardment of compliments.
Especially, when it came to the development process of "Final Line of Defense", Adam was very impressed.
Because, this big director just remembered that his old friend had already been planted in the hands of Peach Garden Township once!
He is Hollywood director Andrew Stevens.
He had previously accepted the invitation of the public relations department of Longteng Group to criticize "Final Line of Defense" on Weibo.
Unexpectedly, Andrew later told Adam that the small public relations deal he had casually taken had now suffered a fierce backlash. A large number of Peach Garden Township fans who were proud of themselves ran to Andrew's Weibo to fight back, causing his reputation in China to plummet.
Afterwards, Andrew once said to Adam that he never expected that he could be planted in the hands of President Lu!
Therefore, with Andrew's experience, coupled with the boasting of the employees of Peach Garden Township, Adam was a little confused.
Since President Lu has such business skills, why does he turn a blind eye to the behavior of his team in Hengdian?
Thinking of this, Adam suddenly had a jolt in his mind!
Oh my god!
He then realized that President Lu is quite knowledgeable about artistic expression, which can be seen from President Lu's acting skills!
So why is he so indulgent towards himself? It's all because…
President Lu truly loves the art of film!
Therefore, he will invest in his team at all costs, which is clearly a kind of sympathy!
And what did he use to respond to President Lu before?
Arrogance, that shameful arrogance!
Adam completely understood,
This time, he must never repeat the mistakes of his old friends!
……
In a subsequent performance, Adam once again invited Lu Yu to audition, performing an action scene of fighting zombies,
Lu Yu played Kitahara Kensuke fighting with zombies in the sewer. Each of his movements still continued the despairing fear and the burst of hope.
Director Adam stood aside in the studio, watching Lu Yu's performance intently, his eyes flashing with admiration and amazement.
In the performance, Lu Yu released himself to his heart's content, showing the fear and fear he had in his previous life because of the constant involution, showing amazing acting talent and dramatic appeal.
Each of his movements was full of power and tension, as if he was really on the verge of life and death, fighting with zombies.
Director Adam took a deep breath,
He has been making horror movies all his life, and this primitive fear is exactly what he has been searching for!
He was deeply attracted by Lu Yu's performance, and a strong impulse surged in his heart.
“Mr. Lu!” Director Adam stepped forward and said with a face full of praise, “Your performance is so wonderful! I believe you will definitely be the best actor in this movie! Please don't decline!”
Lu Yu was surprised by Adam's invitation, and after a moment of contemplation, he began to seriously consider it:
Actually... on second thought, it's not entirely impossible!
After all, I don't have any acting talent, nor have I received any training. My acting would definitely be a hundred times worse than Shinmoku Ryo!
He pretended to decline, but under Adam's persistent persuasion, he finally agreed.
At the same time, Lu Yu glanced not far away and noticed Liu Mengyuan looking at him with a doting fan-girl expression.
"Director Adam, I have a request. I hope to have my girlfriend, Miss Liu Mengyuan, participate in the filming of the movie as well, playing the female lead, Huimei. I believe she also has excellent acting talent and will definitely be able to handle the female lead role."
At this moment, Spielberg and the others standing nearby turned green.
Good heavens, the male and female lead roles were finally decided after much deliberation and costume fittings, and they were invited all the way from Japan. Is President Lu just dismissing them like that?
Besides, since when does the company CEO personally star in a movie? President Lu and CEO Liu have absolutely no acting experience. Will the movie even be watchable?
Director Adam, upon hearing this, revealed a face full of admiration.
"Of course!" he said excitedly. "As the saying goes, excellent people always attract each other. Since your acting is so amazing, I believe Miss Liu won't be far behind!"