Divine Lucky Star
Chapter 414 - Chapter 414 Chapter 413 Gone Hurt pride

Chapter 414: Chapter 413: Gone! Hurt pride! Chapter 414: Chapter 413: Gone! Hurt pride! “Yeah,” Chen Li rubbed his hands excitedly and said, “We not only save on monetary costs, but these high-quality students come with some performance skills. They won’t make low-level mistakes like flubbing lines or breaking character, which effectively reduces our costs even more. Sigh, if I’d known, I wouldn’t have bothered hiring those freelancers who have no professional spirit at all.”

By this time, it was already eight in the morning, students who had finished their breakfast were gathering at the school gate, talking in small groups.

“Hey, I wonder if there’ll be a film crew recruiting today. I hope I get a chance.”

“No kidding, I heard that Zhang Haifeng from Class Six, Year Three of the Performing Arts Department landed a role with two lines, five hundred a day! The director was so pleased that he introduced him to another film crew on the spot, and he got a small part just like that!”

“Ah, that’s what you call luck, starting off with a small part. If he does well, he’s definitely going to have a big future!”

“That’s right, that’s right, I definitely want to land a role with lines today!”

As the crowd was buzzing with conversation, Chen Li and Wang Hao arrived at one of the actor gathering spots. Chen Li pulled out a loudspeaker he carried with him and blared out–

“Casting call for extras, interested parties come quickly!”

Damn, a film crew’s here to recruit extras!

As soon as they heard that, a whole swarm of students from the academy crowded around, each one yelling–

“Pick me, pick me! I’m up for it, I’m up for it. As a performing arts major, I have the right expressions and movements. I definitely won’t disappoint you!”

“Choose me, I’m a senior in the performing arts department, about to graduate. I’ve got solid fundamentals, and I’m good at understanding character psychology. You definitely won’t regret picking me!”

“Dude, pick me, check out this body, absolute big boobs, slim waist, and perky butt. I can play a white-collar worker, a gold-collar worker, a female knight, or if it comes down to it, even a bar girl. Worst case, the ** are also worth considering, right?”

Wang Hao: “…”

Damn, these students are too terrifying…

“Don’t rush, take it easy, one by one,” Chen Li continued to shout loudly, “One at a time, can’t hear clearly when there are too many people.”

That made sense, and the crowd quickly quieted down. Finally, a leader emerged and asked, “Big brother, we are all third and fourth-year students with plenty of time and solid basics. You won’t go wrong choosing us! What production are you from?”

“We’re from ‘The Legend of the Swordsmen,'” Chen Li replied with a smile, “It’s great if you’ve got some basic skills.”

Hearing the name ‘The Legend of the Swordsmen,’ the students instantly got excited–

“The Legend of the Swordsmen! That’s a big-time production!”

“Yeah, I heard Lan Zihuang is part of that crew, a big-budget production, total investment rumored to be a hundred million!”

That’s when the leader quickly asked, “Big brother, my name’s Liu Xiaolin, are you recruiting for extras? What roles do we have to play?”

“Extras, of course, play bit parts,” Chen Li lit a cigarette and replied, “What else did you think, major roles? That’s definitely not happening.”

“So it’s bit parts,” Liu Xiaolin thought for a moment before asking, “What kind of bit parts? Guests? Clients? Swordsmen?”

Chen Li said, “Not guests, not clients, not swordsmen. You’ll be playing beggars.”

Hearing that they would be playing beggars, everyone instantly became disappointed.

“Play beggars? Forget it, that’s just pure extra work with no future, no future at all. Let’s go, let’s go.”

“Exactly, playing a beggar is image suicide. I wouldn’t do it even if I were beaten to death!”

Click, several people left.

After all, when going to shoot a film, you have to consider your role. Jumping in to play a beggar just ruins your image, of course, they wouldn’t do it.

“Big brother, what kind of beggar do we have to play?” The leader, Liu Xiaolin, asked, “Will the extras playing beggars get any screen time? Any lines?”

“Afraid not,” Chen Li shook his head again, “you’ll be playing a group of beggars that get beaten to death, from the Beggar’s Clan.”

Liu Xiaolin’s eyes bulged, “Playing corpses?”

Chen Li nodded, “That’s right.”

“Dammit, playing beggar corpses, I’m out!” Liu Xiaolin turned and left, “It hurts my self-respect!”

Click, another big group left.

In the end, only a few oddballs remained. One of them asked, “So, what’s the deal? Can you tell us about that?”

This time, Chen Li thought for a moment, “A hundred bucks a day, there’s lunch provided, and the crew has a water dispenser.”

Whoosh, a big group instantly retreated. The one who had asked earlier looked utterly disappointed, “Let’s go! Too much of a blow to my dignity! Playing a beggar is one thing, but just a hundred a day!”

“Exactly, guys, let’s not do this. Playing corpses, beggar corpses at that! I heard from a senior that playing a corpse means getting beaten, beaten until you look like a pig’s head, and at the end, it’s embarrassing to be let go. He even broke up with his girlfriend over it.”

“Damn, let’s get out of here quickly, better to earn more bussing tables at KFC!”

“Right, why don’t we go play ‘Chaotic World’ instead? Maybe we’ll get lucky and score some epic gear.”

“After all this, thought it was a big production, turns out it’s just playing dead bodies, a hundred a day isn’t even enough for a proper spa treatment.”

In the blink of an eye, the place was deserted, leaving only Wang Hao and Chen Li staring at each other.

“This…” The two exchanged glances, and Wang Hao asked in a low voice, “Mr. Chen Li, should we… look for more?”

“Finding more will go over budget,” Chen Li now also seemed troubled, “This film has named characters, forget that, but the unnamed extras are dime a dozen! If we raise the price, the costs will just skyrocket!”

Wang Hao thought for a moment, “Indeed, this film wants to be good, and we’ll need a fair number of actors…”

While the two were discussing this, out of nowhere, a Honda Odyssey came hurtling toward them!