Chapter 437 A Small Mound of Earth Grew Dogtail Grass, Which Swayed Gently when I Passed By.

The next morning, Chen Xiao, along with the producer, casting director and others, took a nanny car to Orange Entertainment.

Chen Xiao sat in the second row of independent seats and looked through the materials in his hand.

The role of "Legend of Sword and Fairy III" was basically determined, but "Hachiko's Story" still lacked the most important leading actor - Hachiko.

The Orange company he was going to now had overlapping business areas with Dongchuan, but Dongchuan focused more on real-life entertainment, while Orange Entertainment focused more on artist brokerage and animal actor brokerage.

A few days ago, the crew had already determined with the professional team of the animal actor brokerage company that the breed to be cast would be the yellow dog among the Chinese pastoral dogs, also known as the Shiba Inu. It has a gentle personality, is easy to raise, and is highly loyal.

The two sides selected 45 puppies from the preliminary screening to enter the audition environment.

Today, these 45 puppies were auditioned and scored in the young, middle-aged, and elderly puppies.

Then, the veterinarian took the puppies with outstanding performance for a health check. He didn't have to go to this step.

Tomorrow, he will go to the company with others to refer to the inspection results and audition performances, and determine the three puppies and three backup doubles who will play the roles of young, middle-aged and old people.

The papers in his hand made a rustling sound.

The nanny car turned a corner and drove into a spacious training ground.

Chen Xiao closed the materials and looked out the window.

Outside the window was a green lawn, with jumping obstacles, tunnels and other training facilities in the open area in the center. The lawn was surrounded by verdant trees.

The nanny car stopped in front of an office building. I got out of the car and walked towards three middle-aged men in formal suits.

Behind them were two head trainers in blue and black training suits, one man and one woman. There were many pockets on their clothes, which seemed to be used to carry training tools and reward items.

The leading man stepped forward and extended his hand to Chen Xiao, "Hello, Director Chen, I am Zhao Ze, the director of the animal actor agency department."

"Hello, Director Zhao."

Director Zhao turned around and introduced the two trainers behind him, "These two are the trainers who will cooperate with the crew in the filming later."

He put his five fingers together and pointed at the male trainer in his thirties and said, "This is Teacher Xu Jie, who has twelve years of training experience and has won awards in many international animal training competitions."

"Hello, Teacher Xu."

Director Zhao turned to the female trainer with a ponytail next to him, "This is Teacher Shen Si, she is very experienced in training film and television animals, and has participated in TV series such as "Young Detective". She is also a well-known animal blogger, and can also help promote our movie by the way."

"Hello, Teacher Shen."

After a brief introduction and communication, everyone came to the casting location.

The casting location is in the center of the training ground. The soft lawn is the stage for the puppy performance. The staff came to set up the camera in the morning.

In front of the stage stood two large connected shade tents with two rows of seats for them to sit and observe.

In the fenced area not far away, trainers and staff were comforting small yellow dogs of all sizes.

Chen Xiao looked at Minister Zhao, "Let's start as soon as possible."

"Okay, Director Chen, please take a seat."

The sun above gradually moved westward, and the time soon came to 9:30 in the morning. Everyone had completed the casting of the young Hachiko. They were enjoying a short break.

After several leaders exchanged a few words with Chen Xiao, considering that he had confronted reporters and kicked out the top stars in the casting, they all slipped aside to make phone calls based on the principle of "better not to say, not to say wrong".

Anyway, they couldn't change jobs. If Dongchuan needed small animals, they would find them for cooperation. There was no need to take risks to build relationships, so they should just hide a little.

At the edge of the sunshade, the ponytailed trainer was thinking, secretly glanced at Chen Xiao, held the mineral water bottle tightly, and looked away.

I really want to ask a question.

When her eyes swept over the dog in the distance, she sighed with melancholy, and her curiosity grew stronger and stronger.

After hesitating for a moment, she mustered up her courage, turned around and walked to Chen Xiao, and tentatively said, "Hello, Director Chen."

Chen Xiao put down the coffee cup in his hand and nodded slightly, "Hello, Teacher Shen."

Shen Si was nervous to begin with, and this nod made her a little flattered.

He he he actually nodded at her!

No wonder his fans call him Xiaobao, so polite!

After a brief moment of daze, Shen Si pinched her right hand hard with her left hand, "Excuse me, I'm also your fan, can I ask you a small question?"

Chen Xiao was embarrassed to be looked down upon by her, but standing up seemed too serious, so he pointed to the empty seat next to him and said, "Please sit down, please speak."

Xiao Shen hesitated for a moment, sat on the chair, pinched his fingers nervously together, leaned forward slightly, and mustered up the courage to ask:

"I was very curious after receiving this notice. You have a cat, why are you making a movie about a puppy? Sorry, I usually spend more time with cats and dogs, so my curious questions are a bit strange. If you are not convenient to say, forget it."

Xiao Shen said, his voice trembling a little.

She had seen celebrities, but mostly from a distance.

She had never seen such a big star, sitting next to her.

Her heart was beating so fast that it was hard for her to breathe.

Ah!

Give up, stop beating, okay!

Oh no, beat it a little more gently, okay!

Other people around her also looked over, and pricked up their ears when they heard her question.

Another trainer also came over, scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and said, "Director Chen, I'm a little curious too."

"Convenient."

Chen Xiao closed the information in his hand, smiled faintly, sighed lightly, and his eyes fell on the A4 paper on his legs.

He lowered his eyes not to think of countermeasures, but... hehe, to make the change of mood look more natural.

He had expected someone to ask this question.

He had prepared the answer long ago, and thought he would use it when reporters asked questions at the opening ceremony. Since someone asked it in advance, it doesn't matter if he talks about it.

Chen Xiao sighed lightly and showed a bleak smile.

"When I was a child, I lived with my grandparents. There was a stray dog ​​in the community, but my grandma was allergic to dog hair, so our family couldn't keep it. But it knew me. Every day after school, it would wait for me at the intersection, run home with me, send me home, and occasionally play with me."

Chen Xiao paused.

In fact, not having a dog has nothing to do with this, it just hasn't met.

I had planned to raise two cats and two dogs, and the cats were all met by chance.

Huoyun wandered around hungry and was caught when he went to catch fish.

Xiao Kui was also miserable. Dad sucking mint, mom eating cat strips, sister waiting for vaccination, brother wanting to eat canned food, and her broken self. If I don't help her, who will?

I didn't raise a dog because I had never met one.

He sighed lightly, "I don't raise a dog... I can't bear it, I don't want to be separated like that again."

Xiao Shen's eyes moved, and her brows frowned slightly, "Separation, separation?"

The memory of death suddenly attacked her.

This separation doesn't mean death like Huahua and Xiao Huang, right?

Before she could think about it, she saw Chen Xiao beside her nodded heavily, "Yes, separation. Later it was gone."

Xiao Shen thought of the puppy she trained, and her breathing stagnated, "Gone?"

Then she saw Chen Xiao smile bitterly.

"It was too old to walk, but I was still alive and well."

"I remember the last time I saw him, he couldn't run anymore, and he limped along with me to the house, as if to say, I still want to run with you to the river, I want to see you teach me to pick up the ball again, I want to wait for you after school at the old place, I want to accompany you home. But I'm old and can't walk anymore. You have to grow up by yourself."

"Later, two days later, I found him cold on the lawn. I buried him on the mountain."

"The next summer, the short little mound of earth grew dogtail grass, and when I went over... it shook gently."

Xiao Shen covered her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes.

Damn! Did she break the law? I really shouldn't ask! This guy is Chen Daodao.

Ah, it hurts, it hurts too much.

I can't take it anymore, I'm going to cry, what should I do?