Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Please introduce yourself."

Lin Daoqiu looked at Tom Cruise as if he were a stranger.

"Hello everyone, my name is Tom Cruise. I am an actor. I am honored to get this opportunity for a re-examination. I will take advantage of it."

Tom Cruise seemed a little nervous, after all, this was his first time facing a big producer like Lin Daoqiu.

What Tom Cruise didn't expect was that besides Lin Daoqiu, there was also a big shot at the scene.

"I am Lin Daoqiu, the producer of "Tomb Raider", and this is Mr. Longmeyer, the president of Universal Pictures."

Today Longmeyer also made a special trip to participate in the selection. After all, "Tomb Raider" is also a movie that Universal will strongly promote next year.

And when Lin Daoqiu finished saying this, Tom Cruise froze on the spot, so frightened that he couldn't even move his eyes.

Longmeyer didn't say anything and just nodded towards Tom Cruise. After all, with his status and identity, he didn't need to be polite to such an actor.

But even so, Tom Cruise still tensed up and became more nervous than before.

Compared with big producers like Lin Daoqiu and big figures like the president of Universal, Tom Cruise's level is much higher.

Feeling that the pressure on Tom Cruise was enough, Lin Daoqiu pulled out a piece of paper and motioned to Tom Cruise to come and get it.

This piece of paper that Lin Daoqiu gave to Tom Cruise is from a scene in "Tomb Raider".

Although there are not many lines, it is a very important scene, and the performers need to use short lines to perfectly present the scene.

For 21-year-old Tom Cruise, he still has too little acting experience. Although he had a background in stage plays before, he has also acted in two plays.

Moreover, in front of big figures like Lin Daoqiu and Langmeyer, they were already extremely nervous and could not calm down and devote themselves to the performance.

Sure enough, after being NGed twice, Tom Cruise's heart has sunk to the lowest point.

"Okay, thank you Mr. Cruz, you can go back and wait for the notification."

Lin Daoqiu did not let Tom Cruise continue to act, because his performance was actually not important to Lin Daoqiu at all.

However, when Tom Cruise heard Lin Daoqiu's words, he mistakenly thought that he had been sentenced to death by the other party.

"Thank you everyone."

After Tom Cruise finished speaking, he left the scene in a daze. He felt that it was absolutely impossible for him to be selected into the crew of "Tomb Raider".

And when Tom Cruise left, today's re-examination officially came to an end.

For Lin Daoqiu, today's re-examination was quite effective, and he liked several of the actors very much.

Regardless of appearance or performance, he gave it high marks in his heart.

"How's it going? Have you decided yet?"

After looking at it today, Longmeyer felt that there were a few actors who performed very well, but whether Lin Daoqiu would choose them was not what he needed to care about.

After all, Longmeyer will not interfere with the "Tomb Raider" movie, let alone interfere with Lin Daoqiu's creation.

"It's not bad. There are a few candidates that I really like, but I still need to go back and think about it."

Lin Daoqiu had actually roughly decided on a few candidates in his mind, but he still needed to go back and think about it.

Because for Lin Daoqiu, the movie "Tomb Raider" really needed to be carefully crafted.

After all, he plans to make this drama into a series. If the first drama does not perform well, it will affect the filming of the sequel.

In order to get "Tomb Raider" off to a good start, Lin Daoqiu had to calm down and prepare everything before he could start filming.

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"Tom, I know you're frustrated, but that's how it is sometimes. Your performance on the spot sometimes doesn't necessarily lead to satisfactory results."

Ever since Tom Cruise came back from the re-examination, he looked depressed.

As his agent, Wagner has been trying to find ways to enlighten him, but it seems that he still has little success.

"Wagner, I'm fine, don't worry."

Although Tom Cruise said so, judging from his appearance, it is really hard to reassure anyone.

Lying on the sofa and looking at the ceiling, Tom Cruise's eyes were very blank. This defeat was a big blow to him.

Wagner also knew that it was useless to say anything to Tom Cruise at this time, and it would be better to just let him think about it on his own.

Fortunately, the other party is still very young, so the recovery period will not be long, which is something Wagner does not need to worry too much about.

At this moment, the phone in the room suddenly rang. Tom Cruise was motionless, so Wagner had no choice but to walk over and help answer the phone.

"Hello, I'm Tom Cruise's agent. It's not convenient for him to answer the phone right now. Is there anything wrong?"

"Mr. Tom Cruise previously participated in the re-test of "Tomb Raider" and has been successfully selected to play one of the roles in the movie. Please come over tomorrow to discuss the contract."

After listening to what the other party said, Wagner subconsciously replied "OK" and then put down the phone.

Tom Cruise didn't ask who called, and the conversation was very short, so he thought it was nothing important.

At this moment, Wagner suddenly walked over and sat down opposite Tom Cruise.

"Tell you good news..."

"Hmm...what good news?"

"You were selected."

Tom Cruise didn't understand what Wagner meant. He turned to look at the other person with doubts written on his face.

Looking at Tom Cruise's confused expression, Wagner explained with a smile.

"The crew of "Tomb Raider" just called and informed us to come over tomorrow to discuss the contract."

Tom Cruise, who was still lying there, looking like he was dying, suddenly jumped up from the sofa after listening to Wagner's words.

"Oh my god, Wagner, are you kidding me? Is this true? I was cast in Tomb Raider? Is this a joke?"

Tom Cruise couldn't believe what Wagner said.

Because he remembered that when he took the re-examination, his performance was a mess. At that time, he had already sentenced himself to death, but he did not expect such a reversal.

"How could I make a joke about this? Although I don't know what Mr. Lin and others think, but I guess you should fit the characteristics of one of the characters, so you were selected."

This is the only reason Wagner can think of for a relatively unknown actor like Tom Cruise to be chosen for such a big production.

Apart from that, he could never think of a second reason why Lin Daoqiu would choose Tom Cruise.