Chapter 40: Changing roles at the last minute
Although he worked hard for most of the night, Yang Hao woke up on time at around eight in the morning because of his regular biological clock.

Seeing Zhao Liying lying in his arms, Yang Hao sighed a little. It would be really nice to eat wild delicacies like Nazha every day and occasionally eat some seafood like Zhao Liying.

Looking through the filters of classic characters like Hua Qiangu, Xue Shanshan, Chu Qiao, etc., and then looking at Zhao Liying lying in his arms, Yang Hao actually felt that her little round face was quite pretty.

Zhao Liying was still curled up in his arms, sleeping soundly. Yang Hao gently pulled out his arm that was pressed by her without waking her up.

He took out his cell phone and left her a message, telling her that he had to leave first because of something, then he quietly put on his clothes and walked out of the hotel.

Come to the studio located in Sohu Building.

"Good morning, Mr. Yang," the girl at the front desk greeted politely as soon as we entered the studio office.

Yang Hao smiled, nodded, and walked into his office.

Yang Hao's personal studio has invested in many movies and TV series in succession, especially the movie "Charlotte's Troubles" which was a big hit. It is no longer the small company it once was. The company has rented an entire floor and has also expanded its staff.

Not only did the studio have two more girls at the front desk, but Yang Hao and Zhao Liying also had a little assistant. Yang Hao's assistant was Wang Caichen and Zhao Liying's assistant was Li Xin.

The looks of these two assistants are of the average female level. This is because Yang Hao specifically asked Yu Li to do this.

The salary for assistants is not high, and those who are too beautiful often have other intentions and only use this job as a stepping stone.

Some outrageous female assistants will even actively seduce male actors. There are too many such examples in the circle.

Some management companies are even afraid that their artists will have affairs, so they specifically provide them with beautiful female assistants to meet their physical needs.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some female assistants and male actors are true love (I won’t explain this, for fear that some people’s fans will criticize me).

Yang Hao has no shortage of women at all. There is no need to bury a mine next to himself. He just wants to find an assistant who can work steadily.
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"Boss, this is the cast list of "Legend of Lu Zhen",
Yang Hao had not been in the office for long when his assistant Wang Caichen knocked on the door, walked in, and handed a document to Yang Hao.

"What's going on? Wasn't the cast list for "Legend of Lu Zhen" finalized long ago? Why did you send us another list?" Yang Hao said, frowning.

The preparations for the cast of "Legend of Lu Zhen" were completed long ago. Except for the male and female protagonists, the other actors were basically recommended by Tangren and had been finalized long ago. Yang Hao had seen the list a long time ago.

The actors that Tangren had recommended before were all actors that no one had heard of. I think they were newcomers that Tangren had just trained.

But now another list has appeared, and Yang Hao is very confused about it.

"I heard from Sister Yu Li that this is Tangren's intention. We have already discussed it with the person in charge of Penguin Investment, and Sister Yu Li also agreed," the young assistant Wang Caichen told her everything she knew.

After the assistant finished speaking, Yang Hao understood that something must have gone wrong on the Tangren side, so he decided to change the role at the last minute.

Replacing actors at the last minute is very common in the entertainment industry. Not to mention that we have only taken the final makeup photos. Even if they have joined the crew and started filming, they will be replaced if the investors say so.

In the entertainment industry, there are always news reports of actors crying about being replaced at the last minute. It’s nothing uncommon.

After figuring this out, Yang Hao stopped worrying about the reason for the last-minute cast change and simply opened the file and looked at the cast list, and saw that the second male and female roles had become Yuan Hong and Nazha.

Yuan Hong and Nazha are probably the most outstanding actors in Tangren at present, besides Hu Ge and Xia Jie.

Seeing that the second male and female roles became Yuan Hong and Nazha, Yang Hao roughly understood what Sister K meant. At first, Sister K disliked Yang Hao's studio for its lack of strength and refused to cooperate. Later, when Penguin joined and the project was sure to make money, Tangren licked its face and got involved. At that time, the second male and female roles arranged by Tangren were all newcomers with little fame.

Now that his own "Charlotte's Troubles" has become a hit and his studio is thriving, he arranged for the somewhat famous Yuan Hong and Nazha to play the second male and female roles, which seems to be more sincere.

But this style of behavior is completely like that of a businessman. She will show as much sincerity as your ability, and it all depends on the person.

Yang Hao couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder Tangren's development became worse and worse. Judging from this style of doing things, we can only say that Sister K's vision is too narrow."

Suddenly Yang Hao thought of a crucial point: his girlfriend Nazha was going to join the crew of "Legend of Lu Zhen".

In this drama, he and Zhao Liying were deeply in love and showed their affection from time to time, while Nazha was staring at them with a death stare.

Yang Hao felt a headache when he thought of this scene.
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A few days after taking the final makeup photos, the crew gathered the main actors and invited some media to hold a press conference.

Afterwards, the crew posted the refined photos of the final makeup photos online, which is also a routine publicity for large crews before filming begins.

The actors also followed the crew's request and posted their makeup photos on Weibo to contribute their own contribution to promoting the crew.

Yang Hao has only over two million followers on Weibo, which is considered low among celebrities.

This was because "Charlotte's Troubles" became a hit not long ago, and Yang Hao's appearance is really good. His agent Yu Li often posted some handsome selfies of Yang Hao, which attracted many young female fans.

It may be because "Charlotte's Troubles" has only been popular for a short time, and the fans attracted by Yang Hao are all active fans. As soon as the makeup photos were posted, they attracted many comments from fans.

"Brother is so handsome"

"Oh, brother, I'm dying"

"Brother, what kind of drama is this?"

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From these comments, Yang Hao understood one thing: appearance is truly the primary productive force in the entertainment industry.

Compared with Yang Hao's Weibo fans, Nazha and Yuan Hong are too miserable. Because they don't have any representative works, their Weibo fans are only a few hundred thousand, and there are not many comments even after their makeup photos are posted for a few hours.

Overall, the first wave of publicity for "Legend of Lu Zhen" did not have much influence.
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As the days passed, "Legend of Lu Zhen" started filming in Hengdian as scheduled.

Due to the change in investors, the main actors of the previous life remained unchanged except Zhao Liying, while Chen Xiao, Da Rongrong and Qiao Renliang were all replaced.

Yang Hao replaced Chen Xiao, Yuan Hong replaced Qiao Renliang, and Nazha replaced Da Rongrong.

Thinking of Da Rongrong, Yang Hao felt a little regretful. He didn't have any other intentions, he just really wanted to cooperate with her once.

At the opening ceremony, Lin Yufen, as the director, and Yang Hao, the investor, stood in the C position, followed by Zhao Liying, Yuan Hong, and Nazha. Other supporting roles and behind-the-scenes staff were scattered on both sides, burning incense and worshipping the heavens in turn.

Afterwards, the crew distributed red envelopes to all staff members one by one and had a meal together. The opening ceremony was successfully completed.

(End of this chapter)