I'm just an actor

Chapter 162 Experience
Liu Jiang feels that in the past two years, he has been at home.

As the saying goes, a director who doesn't want to make a movie is not a good director.

Liu Jiang thought to himself that he should be regarded as a good director no matter in terms of attitude or technique. Besides, as a person from Beitel, since the day he first stepped into the school, he has made blockbuster movies, become a master, made a lot of money, married beautiful women, etc. The school motto lingered in his ears day and night.

It was just his first attempt, and the cruel film market poured cold water on him.

The debut film released last year, "Depart Now", barely managed to make a profit. If producer Zhang Guoli hadn't hired Fan Wei at a friendly price, his first experience in the film market might have turned into a nightmare.

The box office is not even a fraction of that of "Painted Skin", which was released at the same time.

After this incident, after learning from the painful experience, he felt that he was completely enlightened, finally grasped the pulse of the market, and found the ultimate password of the market.

Before making blockbuster movies and becoming a master, you must first invite big names!

Because in his opinion, "Departure Today" is excellent regardless of the subject matter, script or starring role, but the strange thing is that it is only popular but not popular.

After a careful analysis, he attributed the problem to the cast. Fan Wei's professional ability is naturally not mentioned, but for the main consumer groups in the film market, his appeal is not enough.

But in the bottom of his heart, he still has some ideals. It's ridiculous to talk about ideals when he is middle-aged, but the fact is true. In the profession of director, he is indeed pursuing a little bit.

In addition, the school motto also mentioned "becoming a master" before "earning a lot of money and marrying a beautiful woman". Therefore, before deciding to return to the TV drama market again, he invited Xu Rong, who became popular the year before last, to be the male lead, and specially revised it for him. Aftertaste ages.

Xu Rong's current momentum is beyond his expectation. He just wants to find an actor who has passed the test of professional ability and has a certain market appeal at the same time.

But for an ordinary first-line salary, you want to direct the number one niche in the Mainland?

This is simply taking the money from selling cabbage, but holding the heart of selling white-fans, do you think you can recite it?
On the first day, he only rehearsed two scenes for Xu Rong, and the filming schedule was three months, judging from the length of the script, there was plenty of time.

Last year Xu Rong starred in the hottest play, "Harbin Under the Night", he didn't finish it, he only watched it once. In his opinion, the fire of "Night" can be attributed to three points, one is the platform of CCTV And the huge audience, the second is the blessing of Xu Rong and Zhao Baogang's names, and the third is Zhao Baogang's consistent exquisite painting style and a group of handsome men and women that attract young audiences.

In comparison, "Paper Drunken Gold" does not have the momentum of "Night", but he finished watching this drama without a single episode, because the more he watched it, the more he felt that Xu Rong's performance in this drama should be his debut peak ever.

The film market has collapsed, and Liu Jiang does not allow himself to fail in the TV drama market.

He hopes that Xu Rong's performance in "Daughter-in-law" can surpass that of Wei Duanben, and even if it is not good, it will be equal. Therefore, the first filming week did not arrange many scenes for Xu Rong, mainly to find him a state and run in with other actors. , especially the tacit understanding with Haiqing.

His original intention was to find an actress that Xu Rong was more familiar with to play Mao Doudou, such as his classmates or actresses he had worked with.

It's a pity that Xu Rong is in the same school as himself, and his group of female classmates are second in age, and he is really worried about their professional ability.

After eliminating Xu Rong's female classmates, he began to pick up the actresses he had worked with one by one.

At first, his ideal candidate was Niu Li. I heard that she and Xu Rong had a close relationship. The most important thing was that they had acted as husband and wife. But when he called and asked, she had no schedule at all, and her main energy was concentrated on the family. .

The others who worked with Xu Rong, Zhang Xinyi, Sun Li, Song Jia, and Yan Ni, did not have the label of "daughter-in-law" on them, and they did not dare to label themselves as "daughter-in-law".

Under the age of 40, no actress will easily take on the roles of "daughter-in-law" and "mother".

In the end, he settled for the next best thing and found Hai Qing, who was highly recognized as a "wife".

Although Mao Doudou has more dramas, he is very clear that under the influence of traditional concepts, aftertaste is the core of this drama, just like "Night", no matter how epic the love between Yuzhi Ichiro and Lu Qiuying is, Wang Yimin's revolutionary The identity of the author is destined to be the core role.

He didn't finish filming the first one, and he felt that he could memorize it. Why did he sign two movies with him in a daze?

He heard that Xu Rong signed another film this year with a salary of [-] yuan.

It's twice as much as when he signed it!
Spending the money of one film to sign two films, how can there be any reason for this?
But in the afternoon, he could no longer be so complacent.

Many actors in the group live in the capital.

This saved a lot of food and accommodation costs for filming, but he found that many actors were not well prepared, and some were still reciting lyrics before filming started.

After thinking about it for a while, I probably guessed the reason.

Actors are human beings before they work as actors. They have the roles of children, parents, husbands, wives, etc. Then when they return home, the parents will inevitably be short-tempered and trivial. If they have children, they may have to go to school to pick up the children after work. , Cooking, homework tutoring, there is no time or energy to focus on the play.

In the middle of the afternoon, when Xu Rong finished filming two scenes and was about to leave, Liu Jiang hurriedly walked over, stopped him, and asked, "Mr.

Xu Rong took a sip of water and said, "It's not busy, the director has something to say."

Liu Jiang stroked the hair on his head that was already scarce, narrowed his eyes, and said, "I have an idea, that is, I hope everyone can live in the crew, and I will take everyone to read the script at night."

Xu Rong smiled, of course he was aware of the problem, and he was thinking about how to tell Liu Jiang, but now it seems that it is saved, and from his decision, it can be seen that Liu Jiang is serious about creating.

The reason why Liu Jiang sought him out was also obvious. If he didn't agree to move to live with the crew, it would be impossible for Liu Jiang's idea to come true.

"No problem." Xu Rong nodded without hesitation while smiling, "I'll go back and pack up the things I'll need. Director, you can arrange a room for me later, starting from today."

Liu Jiang hurriedly said: "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, tomorrow will be fine."

"No, I think it is very necessary. Familiarity with the lines is one aspect, and reading the script over and over again can also cultivate tacit understanding and mutual familiarity."

"Haha, Mr. Xu, thank you so much."

"Should be."

When Xu Rong took Wang Yaqin into the house, he found Xiao Zhang sitting on the sofa with red eyes. When he saw him coming in, he threw himself into his words and burst into tears with a "wow".

"What's the matter, yes, wasn't it fine when you went out in the morning?"

It's okay not to ask, but after he asked, Xiao Zhang cried even more fiercely.

Aunt Wang heard the voice, walked out of the kitchen wearing an apron, and said, "Xiao Xu is back, alas, the results are out."

Xu Rong knew it in his heart, and he was sure that Xiao Zhang's score in the postgraduate entrance examination did not pass the line.

"Teacher Xu, say no to me. Say no. I haven't passed it. Chick."

At this moment, he found the feeling of Yu Wei knowing Mao Doudou's feelings when she was a confinement wife, the feeling of guilt.

Xiao Zhang did not pass the exam, and he accounted for a large part of the reason, not to mention that he always teased Xiao Zhang when she was studying, and after October [-] last year, he dragged her home to live for two months.

Under repeated delays, it was reasonable and reasonable to fail to pass the exam with the brain on Xiao Zhang's shoulders.

Xu Rong patted her on the back lightly, and comforted her: "It's okay if you haven't passed. We were just taking the exam for fun. If we fail the exam, it won't delay our filming."

Xiao Zhang seems to have listened to his words, and pulled out of his arms, wiped his tears with his sleeve, and said, "Okay."

Xu Rong looked at Xiao Zhang, who seemed to be okay for a moment, looked at her with a strange expression, and asked, "Are you not sad?"

Classmate Xiao Zhang shook his head first, then nodded his head twice, and said, "It's sad, but you're right, if you fail the exam, it won't delay your filming."

Xu Rong vaguely understood, looked at her with a smile and said, "You are quite open-minded."

"Oh." Xiao Zhang sighed pretendingly, "But if you didn't pass the exam, you didn't pass the exam."

Seeing Xiao Zhang pouring a glass of water for Wang Yaqin, Xu Rong didn't mention it again. Xiao Zhang was not very enthusiastic about taking the postgraduate entrance examination. If he hadn't pushed her behind, she would have no plans to take the exam at all.

Just like her father's assertion at the beginning, the couple will be satisfied if they can be admitted to Nortel.

He was going to go back and talk to Liu Jiang that when the next film was filmed, he would reserve a role for Xiao Zhang.

Xiao Zhang's filming is now only a digital movie "Horseback Bank" and a TV series "Latent", which have not been released, and he has not signed an agent. If he wants to accept the film, he will either go for an interview as if he is lucky , or to sleep with him.

During the meal, classmate Xiao Zhang raised his head very abruptly, and said coldly: "Mr. Xu, didn't you say that you will go to make movies in two years? What do you think of me taking the talent test?"

Xu Rong was almost choked by the words of Xiaozhan's classmates. In the past few decades, Renyi was regarded as a holy place for performance students of the three major colleges, and the difficulty was only higher than the postgraduate entrance examination.

But it's not easy for him to discourage her enthusiasm, and since she has nothing to do right now, she is idle, so she pretended to frown and think for a while, and said: "Well, your idea is good, I think you can try it. "

The reason for his support is not that he thinks she can really pass the exam, not to mention Nortel, but the graduates of Chinese opera and drama who pass the exam have a [-]% chance of failing.

The main thing is to find her something related to acting, don't forget all the basic skills.

Like other industries, acting also requires daily practice. Even the simplest breathing, if you have not acted all year round, it will not be a matter of time to pick it up again.

If you really pass the exam, it would be even better. There are a bunch of big names around. If Xiao Zhang can act in it for three to five years, and then come out to film later, his professional level will definitely improve a lot.

As for receiving the show, it was not a problem at all. Li Huangjie could take off while holding Qin Huairu's thigh, and Xiao Zhang only needed to hold his thigh tightly, so there was no reason for him to roll around on the spot.

Aunt Wang asked: "Xiao Xu, is the human art that Ruirui talked about easy to test?"

Xu Rong glanced at Wang Yaqin, who was a bit cautious, and said: "It's quite difficult, let's put it this way, at present, our textbooks are basically written by actors of Renyi, but the benefits are also obvious. In terms of Xiao Zhang's conditions , if you can play a role, after a few years of hard work and then come out, it will be very difficult not to be popular."

"Snapped."

Classmate Xiao Zhang slapped the chopsticks on the table, glanced around, and said firmly: "I have decided, I want to take the talent test!"

Xu Rong listened, and couldn't help but thump in his heart. Xiao Zhang's words seemed a little familiar.

About a year ago, when Xiao Zhang was preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, he seemed to have the same tone.

It took him a long time to say: "Then you have to prepare well, and I will ask Wu Gang what's going on later."

He said, remembering the main purpose of coming back, and said: "That's right, for the next three months, I should not live at home, and I will go to the set after dinner to pack up."

"In such a hurry?"

Aunt Wang glanced at classmate Xiao Zhang, and asked softly, "What's the matter, Xiao Xu, is it because Auntie's cooking is not delicious?"

Xu Rong smiled and said: "Aunt Wang, don't think too much about it. The production team asked to move to live there. Our business is like this. I can't stay at home for a few days all year round. I'm not bad. The company doesn't force me to make an announcement. "

"But it's not far away. It's just in the capital city. It takes more than half an hour to drive there."

He said, and told Xiao Zhang: "You should study hard, and the basic skills must not be left behind."

Classmate Xiao Zhang nodded heavily. She is serious this time, and she must be admitted to Renyi, which will make Teacher Xu look at her with admiration.

After packing up the clothes and daily necessities that will be used next, Xu Rong took advantage of the hazy night and rushed to the set.

Since the end of the new year, he has become more and more able to understand the aftertaste.

In the past, if he ate enough alone, he basically ensured that the whole family would not be hungry, but now he can't think that way.

At home, there are old people to take care of, and Xu Xing also has to worry about it. In addition, no matter what he thinks or does, he is still his father and mother.

He has already gotten through with Jin Fangfang on this matter. Since repaying a grievance with virtue, 100 million can't just be thrown out as paper. If you work hard, it's far more than what you can buy with just 100 million.

In addition, it is also to take vaccinations in advance, so as to be at the commanding heights of public opinion first, so as to avoid paying money and getting a bad name later.

Sun Li and her father's situation is not too different from his, but because she didn't handle it well in the early stage, she got a lot of negative news.

It is absolutely impossible to lose.

As for Xiao Zhang, he wasn't too worried about Xiao Zhang himself, but there were her parents.

But compared to Aftertaste, he was considered lucky, at least he didn't have a troublesome brother-in-law, and since Aunt Wang came to the capital, she never let him into the kitchen.

Looking at the first lanterns outside the car window, he sighed softly. He didn't know whether it was luck or misfortune. When he was about to play the role of "Aftertaste", his body formed a very natural shape unconsciously. similar external environment.

and inner experience.

(End of this chapter)