Chapter 319 Awakening Era (Ch 319)

Qi Jialu’s move shocked the foreigner Nigi Carlo.

After taking on the task of filming “Mulan”, she studied a lot of literary works about ancient China.

Among them, she was very fascinated by martial arts, so when she confirmed that Qi Jia really shot through the Coke can with just a toothpick, she was immediately amazed.

Thinking this was the legendary “Picking Leaves and Flying Flowers”, she immediately began to ask questions with great interest, calling Qi Jia “Master” in her tongue-burning Chinese.

After teaching her some tips on how to flick the toothpick, we returned to the main topic.

Since Niki Caro knew limited Chinese, she spoke the entire time, and Liu Yifei helped translate while Qi Jia listened from the side.

“This film is expected to start shooting in March next year. The role currently vacant is a soldier named “Chen Honghui”, who joined the army with Hua Mulan… The director is very happy that you are so popular in the mainland, so he plans to pay you 5 million US dollars after tax to play this role…”

Since there was no Chinese version of the script ready, Niki Caro only briefly introduced the start time, shooting cycle, roles, and salary.

After Liu Yifei’s translation, Qi Jia found out that in addition to her, Li Lianjie, Zhen Zidan and Gong Huang have also confirmed that they will participate in the filming.

When Qi Jia heard that he could act with so many big names, he could not hide his excitement.

In addition, the after-tax salary of 5 million US dollars is equivalent to more than 36 million RMB, which is basically in line with Qi Jia’s current net worth.

After considering it for a while, he was going to agree to it right away, but out of habit, he still wanted to read the script first before making a decision.

Niki Carlo was surprised and disappointed to learn that Qi Jia did not agree on the spot.

You have to know that this is a blockbuster produced by Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Just a supporting role is enough to make artists all over the world fight for it.

She couldn’t understand why this young Chinese actor named Qi Jia was still hesitating.

However, Qi Jia had left such a deep impression on her that she did not feel unhappy.

Instead, he stated straightforwardly that he would prepare the Chinese script as soon as possible and go to Shanghai in person to discuss it in detail with Qi Jia.

The four of them chatted until about ten o’clock in the evening before they dispersed.

The next day, after bringing Zhuang Dafei the soy milk she had been longing for, the two returned to Shanghai.

Although it was somewhat different from the expected situation of harmony bringing wealth, this trip can be regarded as achieving the strategic goal.

I thought Niki Carlo would come over soon.

Unexpectedly, the first people to come to her door were not her, but Zhao Junkai and Li Xuejian, whom she had just met not long ago.

Also accompanying them was Youku General Manager Fang Ke, whom they had met at last year’s Film Association Gala.

Qi Jia invited the three of them to the reception room. As soon as they sat down, Li Xuejian couldn’t wait to ask,

“Xiao Qi, do you have any schedule in March next year?”

March? Qi Jia paused while pouring the tea, thinking, could this be such a coincidence?

The three of them noticed the strangeness on Qi Jia’s face, and their hearts skipped a beat at the same time. They couldn’t help but get nervous.

“Why, have you already received the role?” Zhao Junkai asked.

After pouring tea for the three of them, Qi Jia sat back in his seat and said,

“It’s not really an offer. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is planning to film the Mulan movie next year.

A few days ago, I happened to meet the director. After the on-the-spot audition, he was very satisfied.

But I still want to take a look at the script before deciding, so I’ll wait for them to translate the Chinese script and send it to me in the next few days.”

“I know about this,” said the general manager of Youku. “I heard that Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is making a big move this time, casting all over the world. Liu Yifei, Gong Huang, and Li Lianjie are also participating.”

“What role have you been given? Do you have many scenes?” Zhao Junkai frowned and asked.

Qi Jia was curious. Didn’t these big guys come to him to arrange a scene? Why did they all care about Hua Mulan?

“I haven’t seen the script yet, but from what the director said, it’s a warrior who accompanies Mulan.”

After a pause, Qi Jia rubbed his hands a little embarrassedly, smiled shyly and continued,

“The main reason is that the after-tax salary is quite high, and I have to stay with the crew for two months, so I will definitely not be a minor role.”

After hearing this, the three of them lost all their excitement and looked depressed.

“What a pity. We came here originally because we had a script that we wanted to ask you to try out, but we didn’t expect that you had already received the script for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.”

Li Xuejian smiled bitterly and shook his head, his disappointment evident in his words.

Qi Jia was very curious about what kind of drama it was that could attract the attention of the three big bosses and make them come to visit him in person.

“Teacher Xue Jian, can I ask what play it is?”

“A major GM historical drama is our company’s key project for next year,” Fang Ke said, “but the investment scale is indeed not as large as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse’s Mulan.”

Qi Jia’s heart moved. Chen Yuwen had just told him to take on more dramas of this type. Isn’t the opportunity here now?

“Mr. Fang, I’m quite interested. Can you show me the script?”

Oh? Qi Jia’s words rekindled the hope of the three people who had originally planned to give up.

“Hahaha, there’s nothing wrong with that. I brought it here for you to see.”

Zhao Junkai laughed twice, took out a stack of scripts and handed them to Qi Jia.

There were only four big words written on the script:

The Awakening

“Which role are you going to let me try out?”

Qi Jia looked at the three people with a helpless look. They said nothing and he didn’t know what to look at.

To his surprise, Li Xuejian said,

“You can read the character profiles and choose the one you like, but this is just a preliminary selection. There will be a national election later. Once you are selected, the role is yours.”

National election! Qi Jia’s face was solemn. It had been a long time since he had tried such a strict casting. Li Xuejian’s words made him feel that this drama must be of great origin.

“No need to guess, it was supervised by the higher-ups.”

Without waiting for Qi Jia to ask any questions, Li Xuejian simply spoke.

Wow (Yu Qian)

Qi Jia was so shocked that his eyelids were twitching. He really didn’t expect that this drama had such a big background. No wonder the casting was so strict that even a national election was held.

I immediately gathered my thoughts and carefully read the character introduction.

Seeing this, his heart, which had just calmed down, began to beat wildly again, because he had learned about every character in the story in his history textbook.

Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu, Lu Xun… I never thought that one day I would have the honor to play them.

However, these characters are already middle-aged in the time setting of the script. Even if Qi Jia wants to play them, the higher-ups will not agree.

So he continued to flip through the pages, and after flipping through three pages of the list, suddenly a name caught his attention.

“Chen Yannian”

The person who designed the script was about the same age as himself. With reverence, Qi Jia carefully read the introduction of this martyr word by word.

Although there were only a hundred words, he read it over and over again, as if he wanted to experience the martyr’s heroic spirit from the lines.

Zhao Junkai and the other two were so impressed by Qi Jia’s serious expression that they even slowed down their breathing and sat there motionless, fearing that they would disturb him from reading the script.

Ten minutes later,

Qi Jia let out a long sigh, wiped the corners of his wet eyes, held the script tightly, and said seriously,

“I want to try the role of Mr. Chen Yannian!”