234: Director Chen came to Beijing Film Academy to cast actors!

"Then why are you here looking for me? I don't believe you're just here to catch up on old times, kid," Dean Wang said with a face full of disbelief.

Seeing this, Chen Le spoke with some helplessness, "It's nothing much, it's just that my new movie is about to start filming, and I'm still short on some supporting roles. I thought I'd give back to my alma mater and find some good prospects from here to nurture."

Hearing this, a smile immediately appeared on Dean Wang's face. "So that's it! I was wondering what it was. How many supporting roles are you still missing for your new movie? I'll help you find them. Our school doesn't have much else, but we have plenty of good prospects."

"Uh..." Chen Le felt a bit embarrassed hearing Dean Wang's words.

"Hey, don't disbelieve me. Although there haven't been many good prospects these past two years, there are still quite a few. Even if they can't compare to your class, they're still considered pretty good compared to previous years," Dean Wang said immediately upon seeing Chen Le's expression.

With Yang Mi and Chen Le in that class, students from other years simply couldn't compare.

Because the two of them were simply too formidable.

Yang Mi had achieved immense success as an actress, while Chen Le had achieved immense success as a director.

Crucially, the two of them also had a very good relationship; they were a couple.

"Alright, if you have any good prospects to recommend, I'll take a look then. If they're suitable, I'll arrange for them to join the Film Crew," Chen Le nodded slightly.

"Good, I've got it covered," Dean Wang said with a smile.

After finishing the discussion about finding supporting actors with Dean Wang, the two of them chatted about other things.

For instance, Chen Le winning awards a while back, and the massive success of living buddha ji gong.

Now that Chen Le's career was flourishing more and more, Dean Wang couldn't help but feel sentimental.

In just a few short years, Chen Le had gone from an obscure little director to a well-known Great Director in the industry.

He was earning more and more money; all of this felt as if it had happened just yesterday.

"When you were filming your first movie, you even came to me for help. Now, you're the one helping me," Dean Wang looked at Chen Le with a smile.

Chen Le coming to Beijing Film Academy to find good prospects for supporting roles was, in fact, helping him. After all, with so many students graduating every year, not many could truly achieve something. Most graduates could only slowly struggle their way up from the bottom of the entertainment industry.

Those with good luck might become third or fourth-tier stars; those with bad luck might end up as extras.

There were also many graduates who, after graduating, did not work in the entertainment industry and went into other fields instead.

For Dean Wang, Chen Le providing these good prospects with acting opportunities was also helping them.

After all, Chen Le was now a well-known Great Director in the industry. As long as they had acted in Chen Le's Film Crew, even if it was just a supporting role, it would be a very good resume. In the future, no matter which Film Crew they went to, as long as they said they had filmed in Chen Le's Film Crew, others might hire them.

"I am their senior after all; I can at least provide this much help," Chen Le waved his hand upon hearing this.

He was naturally very willing to help with such simple matters.

Moreover, compared to people already in the industry, students from Beijing Film Academy were like blank slates, easy to mold.

And since they were professionally trained, their talent certainly wasn't bad. As long as they had practical opportunities, they could quickly apply what they had learned to their acting.

The main thing was that these college students didn't have so many complications.

Furthermore, rather than looking for supporting actors one by one himself, it was better to just outsource it to Beijing Film Academy and let Old Wang help him find them.

After Chen Le and Dean Wang agreed on the matter of finding supporting actors, Chen Le went back.

He now needed to go back and list the number of supporting roles needed, then hand it over to Dean Wang.

Dean Wang would then send photos of the good prospects he found to Chen Le for him to make his selection.

Although there weren't any particularly high requirements for these supporting roles, he still had to pick and choose.

Quality over quantity, even if Chen Le trusted Dean Wang very much.

But there might be times when one's judgment is clouded.

A few days passed, and Chen Le received the photos sent by Dean Wang.

After checking them one by one, Chen Le found no issues and finalized the candidates.

On the other side, at Beijing Film Academy, once Dean Wang received the confirmation from Chen Le, he informed the selected students of the news.

When they learned they had passed Chen Le's screening, every one of them was very excited.

The selected students included both men and women; they were all top students from the Acting Department with excellent grades.

Not just in grades, they were outstanding in all aspects, each of them being someone who could sing and dance.

Grades were just the most direct aspect.

For them, this was a very rare opportunity. Once missed, there wouldn't be a next time.

After all, nobody knew if Chen Le would continue to come to Beijing Film Academy to select people for his Film Crew next time.

Soon, the news that students from Beijing Film Academy had been selected for Chen Le's Film Crew spread instantly. Netizens online heard this news.

For a while, everyone began to discuss it.

"Chen Le went to Beijing Film Academy to pick student actors. Is he going to film a new movie?"

"Probably, it's almost the end of the year now."

"Chen Le's new movies are usually released in the summer. If he films now, by the time it's finished and edited, it'll be just in time for summer."

"Does anyone know what Chen Le's new movie is called?"

"Who knows? It hasn't even started filming yet."

"We'll know once filming starts, it's still early."

...The netizens' discussion was intense, but it didn't last too long.

After all, the selection was just news of people being chosen; it didn't say filming had started.

The selection only let them know who would be participating, but for many netizens, they were speculating whether Chen Le would continue to use newcomers as lead actors.

After all, in his previous few movies, Chen Le had basically done exactly that.

With every movie he filmed, a newcomer would become a massive hit.

So in the industry, quite a few people had fantasized about how great it would be if they could be chosen by Chen Le to be a movie lead one day; that way, they could soar to the top in one go.

Only, this was nothing but their fantasy.

Of course, fantasy is also a form of self-consolation.

At the same time, the buzz on campus was even greater.

Beijing Film Academy was only so big; this matter couldn't be hidden from the gossip-hungry students at school.

Moreover, quite a few people were selected this time, and someone shared the news on their campus forum account.

It immediately attracted many students' attention, and the post quickly became the top pinned headline on the campus forum.

Chen Le himself already had high popularity on the campus forum; as soon as there was news about Chen Le, many people would flock to see.

Now hearing that someone had been selected to join Chen Le's new movie's Film Crew, many students were filled with envy, jealousy, and hate.

They only hated that they didn't study hard enough and work more diligently; maybe then they could have been selected.

The selected students also received messages from their friends. A friend's success is what makes people most envious.

Of course, for good friends, there were also congratulations.