540: Xu Lu: What are you afraid of? You can learn if you haven't acted before. Besides, this isn't even considered a career change.

“What? Da Xu Culture’s entry for the anti-gambling public welfare film is called 'god of gamblers'? Are they crazy?!”

The young man, Brother Min, was stunned after receiving the news.

Although they were entering a public welfare theme, they weren't aiming for perfection in the film's content; they just wanted to get it over with.

But a company like Da Xu Culture, being so perfunctory right from the film title, was truly unprecedented.

“Does that guy surnamed Xu even know the rules? An anti-gambling theme, and he names the film 'god of gamblers'.

Oh my god, that’s just too shocking, hahahaha, I have to say, this is truly hilarious.”

Brother Min couldn't help but burst into laughter.

At the same time, he felt a huge weight lift from his heart, and his previous minor worries vanished without a trace.

In this situation, not only did he have connections on the judging panel who could offer great help.

Even if he had no connections at all, just with Da Xu Culture's film title, Brother Min was confident he would win.

Even if the film he made was inferior in quality and content to the opponent's, at least it was 'ideologically sound'.

Unlike Da Xu Culture, which was simply outrageous!

“Brother Min, what do you think that guy surnamed Xu was thinking, coming up with such a film title? It’s truly jaw-dropping!”

The other young man, who was also present, exclaimed.

Brother Min nodded, smiling, and said:

“Who cares about him? The more he courts death, the more beneficial it is for us. god of gamblers? Hahahaha, only that guy surnamed Xu could come up with that!”

Hearing this, the other person echoed:

“Exactly, that's why they say 'professions are separated by mountains,' and it’s really true.

That guy surnamed Xu might make movies that earn a lot at the box office, but he can forget about winning awards for public welfare projects like this.

It still has to be us. We originally thought we had a strong opponent, but it turns out they've crippled themselves.”

“Alright, since that kid has walked himself into a dead end, he's no longer worth our attention.

Our planned 'Lost and Found' is also about to start filming. Although we don't need to worry too much about quality, it at least has to exist!”

Brother Min said in a deep voice... On the other side, Director Zhao Fu, who had been following this matter, was somewhat speechless.

“god of gamblers?” He murmured these two words, shaking his head helplessly.

He had previously thought of regaining some confidence through Director Xu, but now it seemed that plan had completely fallen through.

Zhao Fu clearly realized.

Since Da Xu Culture dared to name the film 'god of gamblers,' it meant they weren't aiming for any awards at all.

Nor were they doing it just to get a task done, and certainly not to flatter anyone.

From the film title 'god of gamblers,' it was clear that Director Xu's primary consideration was still the box office.

Since box office was the consideration, Zhao Fu didn't believe Director Xu would fail.

It was important to note that since his debut, he had never made a money-losing film.

What was terrifying was that films produced by Da Xu Culture only had distinctions between 'hit' and 'blockbuster'.

The word 'flop,' which countless directors feared, had never appeared in his dictionary.

“After all, I was too young, thinking Director Xu had lost his head this time.

But I didn't expect Director Xu to be very clear-headed. Instead, it was us who wanted to watch the show who were played for fools!”

Zhao Fu sighed:

“Perhaps the film industry really isn't for me anymore. Moreover, as long as Xu Lu is in the industry for one more day, I won't have the courage to direct films. It's time to retire!”

...In fact.

Regarding Da Xu Culture's preparation for the 'god of gamblers production team,' industry insiders and netizens were also quite vocal:

“How should I put it? I feel like Director Xu has tricked us again this time. 'god of gamblers'... hahahaha!”

“Yeah, I originally thought Director Xu was trying a different approach this time, or had other motives.

But now it seems his goal is only one: box office. Everything else is secondary.”

“Honestly, just hearing the words 'god of gamblers,' I'm already very interested in this new drama.

Suddenly I'm a bit confused why no one ever used such a film title before. It's really strange.”

“A film with two protagonists, this should be Director Xu's first attempt at this type of film, I'm a bit excited!”

...“I heard that Wang Zuxian, who starred in 'a chinese ghost story' last time, is again the Female Lead in the new drama. It seems Director Xu is planning to heavily promote her.”

“Wang Zuxian is excellent, isn't she? Just the role of Little Ghost, I think it's very classic.”

“That's right, Director Xu's eye for choosing Actors is indeed impeccable.

Last time, I thought choosing Liu Yifei or Reba as the Female Protagonist would be good, but in the end, I found that the Wang Zuxian Director Xu chose was even more fitting for the character in the drama.”

“I wonder how they'll cast the two male leads this time. I heard Director Xu is one of them, but who is the other one?”

...In fact, even the staff within Da Xu Culture were very curious about this matter.

Everyone had already reached a consensus: as long as you starred in Director Xu's film, becoming famous was inevitable, and becoming popular was a matter of course.

And this new drama was even a dual-male lead model, so one could imagine how attractive it was to those artists.

However, probably no one could have imagined that Our CEO Xu would make a jaw-dropping decision at this moment.

And the first person to hear this decision was none other than Producer Feng.

He, of course, was no exception and had his jaw dropped by what Xu Lu said!

“CEO... CEO Xu, what did you just... what did you just say? I didn't mishear, did I?”

Feng Xiaoxia was shocked, feeling like he was dreaming.

But Xu Lu shook his head and said:

“Xiao Xia, you didn't mishear. To control the cost of the new drama, I think it's more suitable for you to play the role of 'Chen Xiaodao' in the drama.”

“But CEO Xu, I'm a Producer, and I haven't acted before, this...”

Feng Xiaoxia's first reaction was to refuse.

He was doing perfectly fine as a Producer, suddenly going to act as a male lead, even if it was just one of two male leads, it was too strange.

Although as someone in the film industry, he had yearned for acting, and in fact, Feng Xiaoxia had even formally studied it.

But he had been involved in production since he entered the industry, so suddenly hearing Xu Lu tell him to play an important role, Feng Xiaoxia was truly unprepared mentally.

Xu Lu smiled and said:

“What's there to be afraid of? If you haven't acted before, you can learn. Even Uncle Jiu switched from being a chef. You, as a Producer, are at least an insider in the industry, and you're not even changing industries.”

Xu Lu was very keen to make this happen.

Because if they were to cast Liu Dehu as Little Blade according to the original script, the cost would be too high.

Another reason was that with CEO Xu there, the other protagonist was essentially a tool character.

So it didn't seem to matter who was chosen, so he might as well let Producer Feng accept this honor.

Feng Xiaoxia had been diligently working behind the scenes for several years, and Our CEO Xu felt he still owed him a role.