I'm just an actor

Chapter 180
Xu Rong took a sip of the tea, but felt the taste was bitter. He paused when he flipped through the book, and glanced at the fresh green tea leaves in the cup. He doesn't like tea, and he doesn't drink tea. He can get along with tea a little. On the side, I only soak some wolfberry leaves occasionally, but I don’t drink it often.

Today, Liu Heping made some tea when he arrived at home. Liu Heping loves to drink tea and smoke. On the set, most of the time, he always holds tea in one hand and a cigarette in the other.

"This character setting itself is relatively close to you. Under the cynical appearance, there is a tough heart hidden."

"You're talking nonsense, when have I ever been cynical?"

"Haha, no no no no." Liu Heping glanced at Xiao Zhang and said haha.

Putting down the teacup, Xu Rong asked indifferently: "By the way, Lao Liu, how much is the total investment for this play?"

He has just read a few episodes, and the more he watches it, the more he likes it. He wants to play any character, especially the three roles of Xu Tieying, Fang Buting, and Zeng Keda. He really likes them so much.

Xiao Zhang sat quietly on the side, looking at Liu Heping curiously. This was the second time she saw him. The last time was when she was visiting the crew of "Da Ming".

But at that time, she had no interaction with him, not even a word.

She once heard that Teacher Xu had waited for him at his door for seven days in order to get the role of "Shen Yishi". When she first heard about this, she felt extremely uncomfortable and could not understand it.

Looking at the current situation, in just a few years, the positions of the two have changed silently, which is understandable.

Xu Rong didn't hear Liu Heping's reply, so he raised his head, saw Liu Heping's embarrassed expression, and asked tentatively: "No way, you haven't got the investment yet, have you?"

Liu Heping laughed twice, and said: "As long as you are in place, the investment will definitely be picked up. Now the script is only the first draft. I am going to Taiwan to check some information. Don't worry, after I finish the revision, the quality and level will be improved." It will definitely go to the next level.”

Xu Rong also laughed dryly twice, and said: "This is really a good book, really, but I estimate that it is not 5000 million, so it can't be written?"

Liu Heping didn't say whether 5000 million would be possible or not. He took a sip of his tea and said, "I'm going to invite the original cast of "Daming" to perform."

"hiss."

Xu Rong took a deep breath, Liu Heping's idea is really beautiful, when those people filmed "Da Ming", they all looked at Uncle Li's face and lowered their salary to star in, plus now he, 5000 million, I'm afraid even the actor's salary is not enough.

According to the market price, he and Chen Baoguo would take away almost 2000 million yuan, plus the tax they borne, which meant that the two would directly cut off more than half of their salary.

He gently closed the script, and said with a smile: "You really think highly of me, Lao Liu, I didn't hit you. According to your thinking, and Uncle Li's shooting habits, this drama doesn't have [-] million yuan. live."

"It's less, I guess it's [-] million." Liu Heping took a sip of water, "I came to you first, as long as you agree, I estimate that at least one-third of the funds will be in place. I will prepare one in two days. Let’s go to visit first, and then talk about investment.”

Xiao Zhang's face, following the conversation between the two, has become an emoji.

5000?
One hundred and three?

She had the illusion that the two of them were bragging.

Xu Rong tapped on the script and said, "Is there something in it that's too sensitive? I'm afraid it won't pass the review."

"It's up to people."

Seeing Liu Heping's smiling expression, Xu Rong understood what he meant. This was another big expense.

He suddenly remembered something and asked, "Speaking of Lao Liu, if I don't answer, who are you going to find to play the male lead?"

Liu Heping looked at Xu Rong hesitantly, and said, "Chen Kun, or Liu Ye?"

Xu Rong nodded, putting aside his personal friendship with Liu Heping, which should be the general opinion in the industry.

Although Chen Kun's publicity is not high, both the TV drama industry and the film market have considerable appeal. In the industry, he can be regarded as one of the leaders of the 70s generation.

But this one can't be counted on, he is determined to devote himself to the big screen and not accept TV dramas.

With "Nanjing Nanjing", Liu Ye swept away the decline of the previous few years and became famous for the second time.

As for him, after the battle with Du Zhun for the No. 80 niche came to an end, he established his position as the leader of the [-]s generation.

But the commonality of the three is also obvious, expensive.

He didn't think about it for too long, and said: "Well, when you have a letter, you can tell me in advance, so that I can arrange a schedule."

"Are you ready?"

"Accept it, why don't you accept it? I will definitely accept such a good show." Xu Rong said with a smile, but he didn't shy away from it, "But having said that, Lao Liu, do you really think this thing can be done?"

Liu Heping was also not sure, and said: "Let's see, if the money is enough, I will shoot it, if it is not enough, I won't shoot it."

Originally, Xu Rong wanted to keep Liu Heping at home for a meal, but seeing that he didn't care at all, he said some polite words and sent him out.

Liu Heping stood at the gate of Xu Rong's community, looked at the community, and sighed with emotion.

Zhang Li's original prediction came true.

On the other side, classmate Xiao Zhang was discussing with Xu Rong the script that Liu Heping had brought over.

Liu Heping's idea is quite interesting. Under normal circumstances, after the producer gets the script or writes the script, he first seeks investment from the film and television company, and then decides the actors according to the investment scale. Liu Heping does the opposite, first finds the actors, Then go to pull investment.

Perhaps he also understands that the world is too crazy if he wants to attract hundreds of millions of investment just by relying on a script.

Xu Rong didn't take this matter too seriously. Liu Heping has been silent for too long, and the script is only a first draft and still needs to be polished. With Liu Heping's ink-stained nature, it won't take a year or so, and the draft cannot be finalized at all.

When the final draft is finalized, it is one hurdle to pass the review, and another big hurdle is money. The lessons learned from "Da Ming" are there, no matter how rich the owner is, he has to weigh it.

While eating, Aunt Wang asked abruptly: "Xiao Xu, I just heard that you are going to take on the show again. Why don't you let Ruirui take it?"

Since the broadcast of "Latent", many crews have also sent invitations to Xiao Zhang, some of whom were directly contacted by herself, and some were contacted by Jin Fangfang, but Xu Rong refused all of them.

Xu Rong said without thinking, "I'm not at ease."

Seeing that Aunt Wang was puzzled, he said, "Aunt Wang, the crew is not as simple as you think. Being scolded and angry is still a trivial matter, and some people don't know the details. If you pull you over, you will be blamed."

"If there is a suitable role, I will definitely come over."

Xu Rong is actually quite contradictory in his heart. A good actor must experience all kinds of things. His poor life of more than ten years before was an important source of material for his performances, but Xiao Zhang has never experienced these things at all. , She walked all the way, it was so smooth.

Some people, even if they are praised to death, they are not popular. The reason is still the lack of experience. The performance pays attention to emotional memory, but without experience, emotional memory is impossible to talk about.

Just like some actors who said in pain, "You don't even know what I've been through these years!", but what comes to mind is sensuality and joy, and the audience can't empathize with it.

Xiao Zhang was protected by her parents before, and now he is taking care of her. Rationally, he knows that she should go through a period of struggle and pain, but emotionally, he can't treat Xu Xing like that. Ruthlessly throw her to someone else.

He wasn't sure if he was doing the right thing, although he was thinking of what was best for her.

However, "for your own good" in this world is not necessarily acceptable to the parties concerned.

Xu Rong thought for a while and asked, "What do you think, Xiao Zhang?"

Xiao Zhang picked up the rice and asked, "What is it?"

"It's whether you want to keep filming with me, or go by yourself."

"I'll listen to you."

Aunt Wang gave a wry smile, her daughter was full of Xu Rong, looking at the situation, she would have to count the money if she sold it someday.

Xu Rong nodded lightly, unable to make up his mind for a while, so he could only take a step and watch.

Amidst this hesitation, the first rehearsal for the graduation show began.

In the drama, this is a very important stage, because of the different working methods of the directors, some people call it "putting on airs", which is to set up a general framework, some call it "walking the line of action", and some call it "walking the line of action", some Some see this process as an important step in "analyzing scripts and characters in action".

There are differences among the three, but the commonality remains the same, establishing a psychological-physical link and transforming the conceptual "verbs" in the script into practical actions.

Xu Rong didn't observe carefully during the last meeting. After arriving at the school theater, Xu Rong discovered a problem keenly. Many students, especially the female students, looked a little different from before.

The change is not big, but it is definitely not caused by makeup. The most conspicuous thing is that some people's single eyelids turned into double eyelids at some point.

Some students have more natural faces.

He has heard people mention plastic surgery, but it has only been done and countless times. Once there is the first time, there will be the second, third, or even countless times until he has another face.

It's a pity.

Don't make it up, the director and producer don't like it at all, let's make it up, it can only be a vase in the future.

The mobilization of the limbs is not an easy task in the first place, if it is filled with padding, it will increase the difficulty out of thin air.

Sitting on the sidelines, he instructed Xiao Zhang to put on makeup for himself. Only then did he realize that he forgot to learn a craft.

make up.

For film and television actors, this is not a necessary skill, because the crew has special personnel in charge of this, but for drama actors, it is an ancient tradition.

Actors apply makeup to themselves.

Xu Rong didn't know when it started to rise, but he estimated that at the beginning, it might be for the sake of saving money.

Of course, the current explanation is to bring the actor closer to the character.

It is true that there is some truth to this statement, because if the actor has not established a mental image, or the mental image is incomplete, it will not be able to be transformed at all, or he can only fiddle with it.

After the first round officially started, Xu Rong felt a little bit regretful that he shouldn't have chosen "Tea House" in the first place.

"Hey, I'm a fool, playing bamboo boards, and I came to the big teahouse."

It is slightly different from the common scripts on the market today. The 79th version of the script by Renyi was chosen for the show, because the video data of this version is clearer and more classic.

It's just that the effect of the rehearsal is simply the scene of a large car accident.

Regardless of whether the lines are good or bad, low-level mistakes such as forgetting words appear frequently.

Xu Rong was also amused when he looked at the head teacher and several teachers in the department with dark faces like the bottom of a pot.

Among this group of students, many of them have never made a film, have never been in a film crew, or have some family connections. They always think that after graduation, filming is a very simple matter.

But even the lines of "Teahouse" can make mistakes, Xu Rong really can't imagine what kind of flowers such a person can perform in the crew.

Because this also means that their university may have been mixed up.

He also kept in mind Xiao Zhang's advice from the day before yesterday. If you don't lose your temper or even say a word, you are an adult and you have to learn to be responsible for your actions.

Of course, this learning is not active, but passive.

"He's been whipped to death alive."

When Xu Rong heard this, he hit the counter and slipped out all the way, lying on the table next to Li Xiaobing and another female classmate: "Hey, my lords, my lords, let's not talk about state affairs, you."

Speaking of "don't talk about state affairs", he stretched out his hand and pointed to the back.

A few seconds earlier, when Xu Rong walked out from the counter, Teacher Cui and several other teachers standing under the stage were stunned.

Xu Rong's figure is upright, his steps are not big, but quite light. His left arm is slightly bent and placed in front of him. The fingers curled less, and they swayed slightly at the side.

After a few steps, the teachers who were sitting and watching all stood up silently.

So much alike, so much alike.

Xu Rong almost copied Yu Zhi, and even the most subtle details, he imitated it exactly.

The only thing that made them feel uneasy was that Xu Rong's stature was much taller than Yu Zhi's.

By the time the audience finished lining up, there were already many people sitting in front of the theater, including teachers from the school and students from lower grades.

After the first row, Teacher Cui looked at the group of students standing on the stage, and criticized mercilessly: "You are simply the worst class of students I have ever taken care of. See what the row is like. You don't mind it." Shame on you, I will be ashamed on your behalf."

Xu Rong also lowered his head, he was too embarrassed, his mind was not on the show at all, he really didn't have the time and energy to prepare well, so just scold him, anyway, he didn't expect to rely on the show to take over the show.

Teacher Cui paused, and said: "Of course, there are also students who have done well, like Xu Rong, who almost perfectly reproduced every movement and every line of Teacher Yu. This needs to be praised, but I want to emphasize one point, you It's Xu Rong, not Teacher Yu."

"Continue to rehearse in the afternoon. If anyone makes another low-level mistake of forgetting words or wrong words, graduation will be postponed."

(End of this chapter)