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Editor: Sai Hiroto

After the audition, Su Xinghe went home happily to meditate and chant sutras.

But the crew of "Silence" was worried.

The director and producer are now very troubled.

Because they did not expect that an actor better than Liu Yuanzheng would appear in the audition.

But they had already decided on Liu Yuanzheng. If they regretted it now, it would be difficult to explain the connections and capital behind Liu Yuanzheng.

The key is that the investors did not agree to change people at all.

The producer said to Lin Shen with great entanglement, "Su Xinghe did perform well, but..."

Although he did not finish the latter words, everyone understood what he meant.

Although Liu Yuanzheng is not as good as Su Xinghe in acting, he is more suitable than Su Xinghe in other aspects.

The capital behind him is used to cooperating with them, and his connections are also in their circle. These two points are enough for them to choose Liu Yuanzheng.

Lin Shen's words to Liu Yuanzheng before that he still needs to consider it was already the most extraordinary struggle.

In short, in this game, if only acting skills are involved, then it is indeed not enough.

Lin Shen sighed. He should be the one who wanted to choose Su Xinghe the most among the three parties, because for the director, a good actor can really add luster to the work, but for the producer or investor, the actor himself is not so important. They need to consider more things.

"Let me think about it." Lin Shen said.

After the others left, Lin Shen opened the interview video again.

Su Xinghe's performance really touched him, but he was not the only one who had the final say in the crew. Sometimes the director had no say in what kind of actors to choose.

He was sighing at home when the phone rang.

The person who called was one of his students, Wei Yun. He said he was a student, and he was 30 years old this year. He had made two movies before, and the results were not very good. But in Lin Shen's opinion, there was nothing wrong with the movie itself, but the subject matter did not fit the current market.

Wei Yun himself was a very talented director, otherwise, he would not have valued him so much. After the two of them exchanged greetings, Wei Yun finally told the purpose of this call.

"I want to ask the teacher for his comments on the newly polished script."

Lin Shen said directly, "Then come over."

When Wei Yun arrived, Lin Shen was still playing the interview videos of Liu Yuanzheng and Su Xinghe.

"Come on, let's watch it together." Seeing Wei Yun coming, Lin Shen called him.

Wei Yun sat on the sofa and started watching Liu Yuanzheng's video directly.

According to his standards, Liu Yuanzheng's acting skills were already qualified. He doesn't know why Lin Shen is still watching these things over and over again. Could it be that he was dissatisfied?

When Su Xinghe's interview video started playing, he understood why.

Liu Yuanzheng's performance was completely incomparable to Su Xinghe's.

Wei Yun's eyes lit up immediately because Su Xinghe's performance directly touched his heart.

He is a smart man, and of course, he guessed Lin Shen's distress. Based on his understanding of this circle, Su Xinghe's chance of getting this role is too small.

After all, whether the second male lead's acting skills are 90 or 80 points will have an impact on the entire movie, but it will not convince investors and producers.

Wei Yun looked at Lin Shen and said, "Teacher, this actor is the male lead of the recently aired "The Universe", right?"

Lin Shen nodded and simply told him about his troubles.

Wei Yun became more and more excited as he listened, and after listening, he said bluntly, "Teacher, please take a look at my script first."

Lin Shen was stunned and then heard Wei Yun say, "I think Su Xinghe is very suitable for the male lead of my movie. If your crew doesn't want him, I will go to his company to talk."

Lin Shen never thought that his student's brain circuits would be so strange. Shouldn't he join him in denouncing this tragic world where directors can't make all the decisions?

How did it become poaching from him?

However, he still took the script handed over by Wei Yun. If Su Xinghe could have another good movie to act in, he would not be so upset.

More than half an hour later, Lin Shen returned the script to Wei Yun.

"This story is really good." Lin Shen told the truth.

"But," he changed the subject, "Can you get investment?"

Wei Yun's story this time is indeed different from the previous ones. It is very well written, and even he likes it very much, but it also has a fatal flaw - this is a movie with a science fiction background, and the special effects used in many scenes may not be made in China at present, and they have to be made abroad.

If Wei Yun was more famous, like him, with several successful movies, he could still find investors, but Wei Yun's first two movies were so bad that he almost lost money. In this case, I'm afraid no fool would invest money.

"And this is a series of movies. Even if we find investors for the first one, the second one..."

Lin Shen didn't continue. He actually had confidence in Wei Yun's directing ability and believed that Wei Yun would shoot well, but if the special effects of a science fiction movie were not good, no matter how well the director shot it, it would not be successful.

Wei Yun did not dwell on this question but continued to ask, "Then teacher, do you think Su Xinghe is suitable for my protagonist?"

Lin Shen sighed and said, "Indeed, he is very suitable."

This is a heroic movie, but the hero is not a hero in the ordinary sense. In modern times, he is a dangerous criminal, but in the context of the time, he became a savior.

There are many successful series of heroic movies in foreign countries, one after another, which is simply a money-making tool, but there are no such examples in China.

Because it is not only a waste of money but also very difficult to shoot, not to mention that Wei Yun's movie is set in a sci-fi apocalyptic background, and investors may want to run away as soon as they hear it.

After all, some science fiction movies have flopped in the entire Chinese entertainment industry—Note: All special effects are 50 cents.

Lin Shen finally persuaded Wei Yun after a long time, "Su Xinghe may be willing to shoot, but who will invest? I suggest you think about it carefully."

Wei Yun has thought it through. He and his team have been polishing this script for three years. He even went abroad to find connections and learn from the team. He is confident that as long as he has money, he can make this movie into China's first hero series movie.

So Wei Yun handed the script to Tiancheng the next day.

However, Tiancheng did not hand over the script to Su Xinghe because the director of this movie was a street director, and the investors were nowhere to be found. There was no one and no money. A script like this could not even pass the initial review, let alone give it to Su Xinghe.

Wei Yun also knew this result, and he was not discouraged. He simply blocked the company. A few days later, he finally blocked President Qin.

Qin Xuan was in a bad mood these two days because "Silence" chose someone else.

He introduced this movie to Su Xinghe, but he didn't expect it to fail in the end. The reason for the failure was not because Su Xinghe himself was not good enough, but mainly because their company was not good enough.

Tiancheng has no foundation in the film industry, and no one will buy his money even if he has money.

Moreover, "Silence" already has investors, and his money is not needed at all.

This severely hit the self-esteem of President Qin as a domineering president.

At this time, Wei Yun ran into the muzzle of the gun.

But President Qin didn't lose his temper, he just called the security guard over coldly.

Poor Wei Yun could only tell Qin Xuan the story he wanted to shoot before the security guard came over. He emphasized that Su Xinghe was the most suitable male lead.

Qin Xuan didn't make any response but asked someone to pass Wei Yun's script to him after returning home.

He spent a whole night reading the entire script.

It is indeed a very good story. If it can be filmed, it will definitely be more popular than "Silence".

But Mr. Qin is not a reckless person. He was able to invest in "The Universe" with a keen eye before, not because he was gifted but because he did enough homework.

So Assistant No. 1 soon received a call from President Qin. One of their next important tasks was to do a feasibility analysis of film investment.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Xuan was finally not so angry.

The film industry won't let him play? Then he will play by himself!

Anyway, the boss has plenty of money!

Su Xinghe soon learned the results of the audition. He was not too surprised about the result because Zhang Qing had already vaccinated him.

He just felt very sorry that he had no chance to play the role of Yu Hanyan.

He looked at the several newly bought suits in the mirror and sighed heavily.

Zhang Qing comforted him, "It's still very rewarding."

Indeed, when preparing for the role of Yu Hanyan, Su Xinghe received a set of photos, and this set of photos received a lot of screams. Amid the screams, he received a first-line magazine cover and intentional contact with a high-end brand.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the popularity of "The Universe".

When the plot finally came to the point where Qiu Xuan Immortal Lord and the entire fairy world were enemies, the audience went crazy.

They just love this kind of powerful, crazy beauty. Coupled with the breakup of Qiu Xuan and Qi Zhi, the recent climax of "The Universe" is one after another.

"The Universe" is also on the hot search every day. Some of them are bought by Tiancheng and Orange Network, but some of them are forced to be on the hot search by the audience.

It can be seen how popular this drama is.

The second round of satellite broadcasting has basically been negotiated. It is a prime time for first-tier satellite TV. Many dramas cannot get this condition for their first broadcast, so "The Universe" is a real hit this year.

In this case, as long as Su Xinghe's personal image is in place, it is not a strange thing to get high-end endorsements and first-tier magazine covers.

When Lin Shen saw the group of photos of Su Xinghe later, he sincerely regretted it again.

In terms of image, temperament, and acting skills, Su Xinghe is really the most suitable person for Yu Hanyan.

But the entertainment industry is like this. No matter how powerful the capital is or how popular the star is, some roles cannot be obtained and some plays cannot be performed. Who makes this industry have too many people and too little porridge?

Mr. Qin is very efficient at work. After analyzing the investment capability of this movie project, he immediately made a surprising decision: he wanted to invest in a science fiction movie.

Zhang Qing even suspected that Mr. Qin was irritated by those people in the movie industry.

Although this matter really hit his self-esteem, is Mr. Qin's self-esteem too expensive?

Su Xinghe was also shocked after knowing this. The investment in "The Universe" before made him sleepless at night. The money to invest in this new movie could almost kill him.

Qin Xuan said, "I am only the main investor, and I will definitely look for other investors."

Su Xinghe said, "Even if there are other investors, this movie will cost too much money."

He has read the script, and it may not be as deep as "Silence", but if it is well made, the box office will definitely beat "Silence", but the premise of this conclusion is that the special effects must be very beautiful.

But special effects are too expensive. They are all expensive, and the current film industry would rather give money to big stars as film pay than spend it on these.

After all, the former can bring traffic, while the latter is just an unknown variable.

Qin Xuan's behavior is seen by others as an amateur who does the opposite because he chose a director with a poor performance, a protagonist who has never played a movie, and special effects that burn up most of the budget.

Each of these three can make people suffocate, and the three together are even more suffocating.

Although Qin Xuan is very confident, Su Xinghe is not at all assured, so he is a little absent-minded when the two visit the museum.

If only he had money, or if he could also attract investment.

The failure of this audition actually hurt not only Qin Xuan but also Su Xinghe himself.

Su Xinghe sighed, but his face was completely covered by the mask, so no one noticed his depression.

But sighing is useless, it is still important to do business, so Su Xinghe took out his secret weapon—the glasses of the ancestors.

The exhibits he and Qin Xuan were looking at were the things they had dug out in Zhongqu Village. They had just walked around and didn't find anything strange.

So it was necessary to wear glasses now!

Su Xinghe went to the second floor and put on the glasses of the ancestors.

The next moment, the whole museum changed into another look in his eyes.

Various colors rose up, and the most eye-catching one was the rich, unknown black surrounding the porcelain bottle in the middle.

Su Xinghe's heart skipped a beat, because in addition to this exhibit, the other exhibits also had a little gray, and this situation could only mean one thing.

Su Xinghe approached Qin Xuan and grabbed his clothes tightly.

It is clearly the end of the Dharma era, why are there still ghosts in this world!

Such a strong breath made the hair on his body stand up.

What's even more terrifying is that there's not even a ghost around such a strong aura, so where did all this ghost energy go?

These exhibits haven't been exhibited for decades, is it also related to these ominous black auras?

Su Xinghe is more certain of his guess that Qin Xuan's Yin-Yang eyes are definitely related to the cultural relics unearthed in Zhongqu Village.

After the two left the museum, they went directly to Changchun Temple.

Su Xinghe certainly didn't tell Taoist Master Wang that he had a pair of glasses passed down from his ancestors but only told him about the anomalies he saw through the art of looking at qi.

Therefore, Taoist Master Wang's first reaction was not that there was something wrong with the exhibits in these museums, but that Su Xinghe, a young man who had just turned 20, could actually learn the art of looking at qi that he couldn't even learn.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Su Xinghe became more and more terrifying. People who didn't know him would think that he wanted to sell Su Xinghe directly.

"Taoist Master Master Wang, you have a wide network of contacts. Can you help me find out what happened to this batch of cultural relics before the exhibition?"

Taoist Master Wang didn't refuse and made a few phone calls directly.

About an hour later, he came back. He doesn't know what he found out, but the look he gave Qin Xuan changed.

"Something went wrong with that batch of cultural relics. The people who excavated them are basically dead, and the people who took over are also dead or crazy."

When this batch of cultural relics was excavated, no one realized that it was a precious treasure left by ancient culture. The villagers just subconsciously thought that these things were very valuable, so they sold them for money and food.

Later, these villagers and the people who took over had problems.

"What happened is confidential, so I can't find out." Taoist Master Wang said, "But we have already asked someone to solve the problem, so we dare to continue the archaeological excavation now."

"You are really lucky." Taoist Master Wang looked at Qin Xuan and said, "If the matter is really as serious as I have heard, you were just stimulated to open your Yin-Yang eyes, but you did not lose your life. This is a blessing in disguise."

After saying this, Taoist Master Wang said to Su Xinghe, "Among the people I just contacted, there is a person whose family once collected one of the exhibits, which is the porcelain vase on display now. Although it was later returned to the country, there are some problems in their family now. If you are willing, you can go with me to take a look."

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have been able to find out the news so easily. After all, others also needed his help, so they told him so clearly.

Su Xinghe agreed directly.

Qin Xuan finally couldn't keep silent anymore. He said to Su Xinghe, "I'm used to it. It's okay now. You don't have to..."

He was so afraid of ghosts, but he got involved in these dangerous things for him.

Although he felt satisfied and happy in his heart, he didn't want Su Xinghe to take risks for him.

Su Xinghe hurried to explain. In fact, he didn't do it all for Qin Xuan. After all, he had changed his mind a long time ago.

Although the Grandmaster didn't pay attention to him now, he had already opened the inheritance. The Grandmaster had so many good things, and he could always get one for Qin Xuan.

So it didn't matter if he couldn't find the reason, as long as the problem could be solved.

After opening the inheritance, Su Xinghe instantly felt confident.

As for the cultural relics in Zhongqu Village, since he knew and saw them, he couldn't just ignore them.

So in the final analysis, as a Taoist priest with a good family background, he must fight against all the evil spirits that affect human health.

But President Qin didn't believe this reason.

After all, his calendar had been crossed enough, and he couldn't imagine adding a few more calendar days.

So the three of them went to the Ma family mentioned by Taoist Master Wang the next day.

But he didn't expect that when the door opened, it turned out to be someone Qin Xuan knew.

It was the culprit who didn't take President Qin to play in the film industry—Ma Qi, the largest investor in "Silence".

Ma Qi was a little embarrassed.

He had never expected that the expert he had invited would actually bring a colleague from the entertainment industry, and he had just rejected him.

Mr. Qin was no longer embarrassed and instead felt that the remaining anger had disappeared.

Taoist Master Wang did not notice the abnormality between them and quickly introduced the situation of both parties.

He also considered bringing Su Xinghe here. Ma Qi was considered a high-quality pilgrim of Changchun Temple. It was heard that his family was engaged in film investment. Every year, the movies with good box office can be found in their family. Therefore, Taoist Master Wang took this opportunity to expand Su Xinghe's network.

After all, no matter what industry you are in, knowing one more person means one more way.

Therefore, he also praised Su Xinghe, "Taoist Priest Su is the disciple of one of my senior brothers. He is very talented. Although he is only 20 years old, his achievements in the path of cultivation are no less than mine."

He was about to cite a few examples to prove his words when he heard Ma Qi on the opposite side surprised, "Isn't this Taoist Priest Su from the entertainment industry?"

He had a deep impression of Su Xinghe. He had auditioned for the movie he invested in before. Because of his excellent acting skills, the director even wanted to replace him. If it weren't for his strong position, this person might have really been replaced.

Just now he only saw Qin Xuan, the boss of the victim, and didn't realize that the real victim was here today.

If the person was not brought by Taoist Master Wang, he would have thought that this was a group coming to find trouble.

However, the embarrassment of the old man was short-lived, so Ma Qi immediately pretended to be indifferent and was surprised by Su Xinghe's identity as a Taoist priest.

Taoist Master Wang said with a smile, "Slash youth is popular now, and it's good to have a side job."

As for what the side job is, it must be being a star!

After several people entered the room, Ma Qi quickly ignored this strange combination of people and talked about the situation at home.

"The day before yesterday, the museum just started to exhibit cultural relics, and something happened at my home."

As one of the victims, Ma Qi's grandfather also talked about this batch of cultural relics at home. Before the exhibition, these things were placed in different Taoist temples in batches, so they have been in peace for many years.

But for some reason, the museum suddenly decided to exhibit these things, so they took them out of the Taoist temple.

They originally thought that these things would be fine after being smoked with incense for decades, but something happened to Ma Qi's grandfather that night.

"Grandpa, he hasn't woken up yet."

When they went upstairs, they saw that the old man was receiving IV fluids and was connected to a ventilator. There was also a nurse sitting in the room.

"The doctor suggested not to move the patient, so we had to invite the doctor and the nurse to our home." Ma Qi explained.

Taoist Master Wang frowned when he saw the old man's condition.

He asked Su Xinghe, "Did you see anything?"

Su Xinghe shook his head with a stern face, "No."

Ma Qi noticed that Su Xinghe had been very cold since he entered the door. He subconsciously thought that this was disrespectful to him. He never thought that Su Xinghe was just afraid of ghosts, but he couldn't show the power of an investor when he needed help.

So he could only continue to ask in a good temper, "Taoist Master Wang, do you think there is any way?"

Taoist Master Wang said, "The soul is gone, call it back."

Although we don't know why the old man lost his soul, it's always right to call it back first.

Su Xinghe wasn't familiar with the soul-calling business, so he simply said, "Can I go have a look nearby?"

Of course, Ma Qi didn't agree.

Qin Xuan accompanied Su Xinghe downstairs, "The room is very clean, there are no ghosts."

Su Xinghe nodded, there was indeed no ghost.

The two walked around the villa again but still found nothing.

But it would be abnormal if they found nothing. If the ghost was in the villa, the problem would be easy to solve, but if it was not in the villa and could make people lose their souls, then it was not a simple character.

At least not the kind of character who was oppressed by the big white pig and could only stretch out his fingers to ask for help.

Su Xinghe simply put on his glasses again and prepared to look for the problem in the villa.

Perhaps it was the blessing of the ancestors, and he really found something that was like the porcelain vase on display, exuding black air.

And this thing was in the old man's room.

Just when Taoist Master Wang felt that the soul summoning was not going smoothly, Su Xinghe came to his side and said, "I know what the problem is."

Ma Qi asked quickly, "Taoist Master Su, what did you find?"

The soul summoning had been going on for half an hour, but there was no progress. Master Wang had always handled these things easily in the past, but this was the first time such a situation had occurred. Ma Qi was simply worried.

So even though he had a bit of a complicated feeling about Su Xinghe, he could only pin his hopes on Su Xinghe now.

Su Xinghe did not disappoint him.

Because just as Su Xinghe picked up the peach wood sword and swept the vase on the bedside table to the ground and broke it, Master Wang's soul-summoning business made new progress.

Su Xinghe did not disturb Taoist Master Wang when he saw this, but squatted down and asked the weapon spirit in his mind, "What's going on with this thing? Why did you say that it would be fine if it was smashed? Why didn't Taoist Master Wang find out?"

Just now, the weapon spirit finally played a positive role. It told Su Xinghe how to destroy this thing, which was to directly carry out physical destruction.

But Su Xinghe was still confused and could only ask the weapon spirit.

The weapon spirit replied, "This thing is a low-end copycat ghost weapon. It just has a little aura. So if you break it with a peach wood sword, its aura will dissipate. The real ghost weapon cannot be broken."

The so-called ghost weapon, the weapon spirit has popularized them to Su Xinghe. It is something used to control ghosts. If used well, it may save people, but most of the time, it can only harm people.

"The Taoists nowadays are different from the past. It's the Dharma Ending Era. There is no spiritual energy, and cultivation is not good, so, normally, they can't find the ghost weapon."

Ghost weapons can be regarded as killer weapons in the era when Taoists were rampant, let alone now.

If Su Xinghe hadn't been wearing the glasses of the ancestors, he wouldn't have been able to find it.

Just as the weapon spirit was about to continue popularizing science, Ma Qi came up to get close to him.

"Taoist Master Su, is there something wrong with the vase just now?"

Su Xinghe said, "It's wrong, but it's okay if you break it."

"You can check where this vase came from."

The batch in the museum may also be ghost weapons and have a history, but where did this vase come from? It can't be an unearthed cultural relic, right?

Grandpa Ma would not leave the cultural relics at home.

As they talked, Taoist Master Wang finished the soul-calling ritual.

Taoist Master Wang wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt that if Su Xinghe hadn't been there today, he might have been in trouble.

"Xinghe, how did you find that the vase was wrong?"

How come he didn't see it at all?

Su Xinghe simply told the origin of the vase.

Ma Qi didn't understand, so he looked confused. Taoist Master Wang had heard of ghost weapons and was shocked when he heard it.

"How did this thing come out?" Logically speaking, ghost weapons are very rare, and it's not easy to come across them. Even if they are knockoffs, you have to have the chance of winning the lottery to come across them.

Su Xinghe shook his head, he didn't know.

The more Ma Qi listened, the more he felt that the fragments on the ground were like a death alarm, so he quickly had someone throw them away.

More than ten minutes later, the old man finally woke up.

Although he was still weak and couldn't speak, he was no longer in danger.

When Ma Qi sent a few people away, he also made a silent decision in his heart.

Next time if Taoist Master Su comes to audition for a movie he invested in, as long as his acting skills are good, he will support him!

Even if his acting skills are problematic, he still, he still insists on supporting him!

After all, there are so many talented people in the entertainment industry, but there are few talented people in the metaphysics industry.

If he really has a bad relationship with Taoist Master Su, what if he encounters the same troubles as his grandfather in the future and can't find anyone to help?

Who made their Ma family so unlucky? Ordinary people will never encounter these things in their lifetime, but his grandfather has escaped death twice.

What if he inherits his grandfather's bad luck?

He still has to make plans early.

And after finding the origin of the vase, he will have to trouble Taoist Master Wang and Taoist Master Su again.

After all, it is obvious that someone is targeting them.

If he doesn't solve this problem, he won't be able to sleep well.

Qin Xuan, who was observing silently, said that he had completely seen through Ma Qi's mind.

It doesn't matter, he decided to put aside the past and give Ma Qi a chance to show himself.

There is no need to wait for the next movie, he has a ready-made one in his hand.

He doesn't need Ma Qi to invest much money, what he needs is Ma Qi's connections and understanding of the film industry.

Qin Xuan glanced at Su Xinghe. Compared with him, the unqualified boss, Su Xinghe is a real sponsor.