I'm not illiterate

Chapter 54 Forming an Indissoluble Bond with the Slingshot (4.6k for further reading)
Rongcheng and Xu Mu started to pack their luggage.

Just now, after they called Jiang Hongye to confirm their participation in the audition for "Little Journey to the West", Jiang Hongye immediately sent over the address and itinerary.

"The filming location, Jin Province..."

"Audition time, August 8~August 20."

"When you arrive, show your face and report my name."

"Don't be idle these two days, try to figure out the role."

At this moment, Jiang Hongye stopped teasing Dong Fei, but told him seriously that the role he auditioned for was Nine-Headed Insect.

Jiang Hongye's way of getting along with Xu Mu and Dong Fei is not the same.

In his opinion, Dong Fei is more fun.

Xu Mu, beat him.

"Time is a bit tight, shall we leave tonight or tomorrow?" Zhang Yue asked.

Today is the 23th.

Xu Mu and the others looked at each other, but Dong Fei spoke first: "Why don't we leave tomorrow, let's make preparations."

"What preparations?" Xie Chen asked.

Dong Fei: "I want to do a biography of the characters."

At the same time, he looked at Xu Mu: "That's right, Brother Mu."

Zhang Yue rubbed her forehead with her hand, she knew Dong Fei had this habit since he was stimulated by Xu Mu last time.

Xie Chen looked at Xu Mu, and seeing that he had no intention of objecting, he nodded, "Then leave tomorrow."

"Buy books buy books."

When the time was set, Dong Fei's first reaction was to drag Xu Mu to buy books.

To put it bluntly, everyone has watched the TV series "Journey to the West", but not everyone has read the original book.

This afternoon, Xu Mu and Dong Fei bought books and even bought two children's toys.

A crescent shovel, a three-pointed two-edged knife.

According to Dong Fei's words: "Play in advance."

Just for this matter, Xie Chen changed them both to bigger rooms.

After eight o'clock in the evening, after everyone finished their meal and went back to their respective rooms, Xu Mu also took out the materials.

Erlang God is actually familiar to everyone, but Xu Mu really hasn't carefully read the part of Erlang God in "Journey to the West", so there is still homework to be done.

"Shushuashua", he began to flip through the books.

He checked the information in advance, and Erlang Shen didn't appear many times in the book.

In the sixth chapter "Avalokitesvara Goes to the Meeting and Asks the Reason, the Little Sage Gives Power to the Great Sage", Erlang God appears for the first time, and there is also a description of his appearance in the book.

The Great Sage saw him, "he is really strange, and he is well-dressed."

"Qingqi..." Xu Mu drew a circle.

So Erlangshen should indeed be handsome.

Look at the next paragraph: "The appearance is delicate and the appearance is dignified... Wearing a light yellow collar."

"Golden boots lined with coiled dragon socks, jade belt with round flowers and eight-treasure makeup. A slingshot crescent moon is worn on the waist, and a three-pointed two-edged gun is held in the hand."

and many more.

Xu Mu seemed to be triggered by the keyword: "Slingshot?"

Why is Erlang playing with a slingshot?

There is another sentence at the end: "The ax smashed Taoshan once to save the mother, and the palm and the double phoenix were beaten."

It shows that Erlang God in Journey to the West really plays with a slingshot.

Xu Mu flipped back again, and found the section where Erlang God beat the Nine-Headed Insect, which read: "Erlang immediately took the golden bow, put silver bullets on it, pulled the bow full, and hit it up."

In fact, many people have not noticed that even in the classic "Journey to the West" on earth, in the part of fighting the Nine-Headed Insect, although Erlang Shen is holding a bow in his hand, there is no arrow on the bow, but a projectile.

Xu Mu didn't pay attention before.

"Check."

Xu Mu became excited all of a sudden.

This is no longer a question of whether to play Erlang Shen, but a question of a man suddenly discovering that there is a weapon that he hadn't noticed before.

After consulting the information, Xu Mu gradually learned about the slingshot, which is roughly similar in shape to a bow, but instead of shooting arrows, there is a leather pocket placed on the bowstring of the slingshot, which can wrap the projectiles used for firing.

Xu Mu watched for more than an hour, and saw the usage of the slingshot from the making of the slingshot.

"It's hard to see this thing."

Xu Mu sighed and sat down on the chair.

And the second after he sat down, a system voice suddenly sounded in his mind: "Congratulations host, you have read a lot of content related to the character Erlang Shen."

"Rewarded: D-level special skill - Slingshot (cannot grow)."

As the system's voice fell, Xu Mu's arms began to tremble, and some muscle memory began to appear.

For example, how to draw the bow, how to tilt the left hand to the side at the moment the projectile is released, so that the projectile will not hit your hand.

but!

"What do I want this thing for?"

But who would dislike a lot of craftsmanship, Xu Mu immediately smiled.

He got up and picked up the toy three-pointed double-edged knife, and as the C-level literati turned on the fan, the toy gun in his hand spun whirringly.

"Although there are only a few minutes of scenes, I have to be fully prepared."

After spinning the gun for a while, Xu Mu wanted to try the slingshot more and more.

I really didn't play it when I was young.

He sneaked downstairs, went to the convenience store to buy a rope, found a fresh branch in the grove downstairs of the hotel, and Xu Mu sneaked upstairs again.

Afraid of being seen, Xu Mu still walked up the stairs, but at the top of the stairs, he ran into Xie Chen who was smoking.

Xie Chen looked at the branches and leather rope in Xu Mu's hand, frowning: "What are you doing with this?"

Xu Mu: "I'll make a slingshot."

Hearing this, Xie Chen was stunned for a second, then his face changed drastically: "Xu Mu! You want to play!"

"Why is it that after the filming of the crazy scene is over, you still want to do the thing of hitting someone's glass with a slingshot?"

Xu Mu was dumbfounded, what the hell is this.

"I'll study the slingshot used by Erlang Shen."

Xie Chen: "Don't talk nonsense, when did Erlang God use a slingshot?"

You see, not many people know that Erlang God uses a slingshot.

Xu Mu explained for a long time before he calmed down Xie Chen, otherwise Xie Chen would take Xu Mu to see a psychiatrist tonight.

Back in the house, Xu Mu made a simple slingshot, kept turning the three-pointed double-edged knife in his hand, and practiced drawing the bow and string intermittently.

Because of the foundation of five-step boxing, Xu Mu's current movements are finally powerful and look better.

But this is not over yet, Xu Mu thought carefully about Jiao Enjun's Erlang God costume on Earth, and made some notes at the same time.

"Bright silver armor, black clothes..."

Use it or not, be prepared.

It was around eleven o'clock in the evening when Xu Mu finished all these things and lay down on the bed after taking a shower.

It is already twelve o'clock.

A voice suddenly rang on Xu Mu's cell phone, and Xu Mu glanced at it.

"The Association of Film and Television Practitioners reminds you that you can already make reservations for film and television after September 9th... entrance exam, please prepare in advance."

Seeing this message, Xu Mu sat up from the bed immediately.

"Finally we can make an appointment!"

He turned on the computer, logged on to the website, and entered his identity information.

Entered the test type selection interface.

Ordinary assessment, special actor assessment, child actor...

The film examinations in this world are very detailed and complicated. For example, the assessment of child actors is very different from that of ordinary adult actors.

The assessment of child actors has much lower requirements for acting skills, but the test of children's mental health accounts for a large proportion. The fear is that some children will be used by parents as a tool to attract money, which will lead to psychological problems.

There are also special actors, older actors, all have different standards.

Because it is a bit embarrassing to ask actors such as children or the elderly to pass the cultural knowledge class.

Some old people live their whole life with their eyes closed. They can perform crying and laughing as long as they think of the experience at that time, but they can’t write. Why don’t they let others act?

Culture is not a diploma, nor can it just be equated with the amount of knowledge in textbooks, but should be a person's understanding and observation of the world.

Some people can act with experience.

In this regard, the film examination has a very detailed division.

What Xu Mu had to take part in was the most common assessment, cultural knowledge and acting skills.

Looking at it this way, the requirements for young actors are relatively high, but in fact, the culture test is just common sense, and the acting test is only able to express emotions and speak clearly.

What is common sense? Common sense is that it is impossible to make eight moves in backgammon, and this kind of line actually appeared in a certain web drama on earth.

Some people say that this is the screenwriter's fault. Could it be that the actor lost his mind when he said this?

Don't talk about some people who don't study but are talented enough to act, because there will always be people in this world who are better than you and study harder.

Xu Mu simply clicked on sign up.

The film examination time is September 9.

After signing up, Xu Mu lay on the bed and couldn't sleep.

Then he sent a message in the Four Heavenly Kings group: "Brothers, I signed up for the next film examination."

No other meaning, just want to tell them that I am indeed walking down.

But no reply was received.

On the other side, in Tianxing late at night, in a big office, the lights are still on, and there are heated discussions from time to time.

In the office, Zhao Junfeng, Tao Yiran, and Chen Yaoxing, who had already returned, sat side by side.

Opposite them is Zheng Sumei and two executives from the company.

In fact, at this point in the matter, there is nothing to talk about.

It's nothing more than the amount of liquidated damages, and whether the two sides look good or not.Simply put, one profit, one name.

In terms of liquidated damages, there are precedents in the industry, and there is always a general range.

As for face, the faces of Zhao Junfeng and the others are not important, but Tian Xing's.

"Do you know how much damage you have done to the company's reputation? Can you afford these losses?" one of the tall and thin executives shouted.

Zhao Junfeng yawned: "If what we are telling is a lie, you can show evidence, and your reputation will naturally come back."

"Zhao Junfeng, speak up! You're an artist, just talk to your superiors like this!" Zheng Sumei glared.

Tao Yiran next to Zhao Junfeng stood up suddenly and shouted: "Who doesn't speak well now? Shout out every now and then, you are fucking deaf!"

"I'm not going to be an artist now, call me a fart!"

Zheng Sumei and the others were obviously taken aback.

If it was before, these brothers wouldn't talk to them like this.

Obviously, their previous tricks couldn't hold these young men down anymore.

"Okay, let's not talk about this matter, the company has an arrangement now, I hope you can cooperate." The voice of the tall and thin supervisor was obviously much calmer.

"The company is going to give you a disbandment concert." Zheng Sumei added from the side.

Disbanding a concert is a classic operation of an entertainment company.

There are two functions, the first is to gather the last wave of wool.

The second is that everyone has a good face, at least when others look at it, the two sides did not completely tear each other apart.

After all, there is still a disbandment concert, isn't it?

Like the Huaer Band on Earth, they not only held a disbandment concert, but also invited many musicians from the industry to the scene.

The company can not only make money, but also look good. The industry leaders can also get money, and the company can also make connections.

How cool.

"Disband the concert?" Zhao Junfeng and others hesitated.

Sometimes people are hypocritical or sentimental, and they have reached the last step, and they actually want to give an explanation to the fans.

"Fix the liquidated damages first, then talk about the concert." At this time, the taciturn Chen Yaoxing spoke.

Tao Yiran: "Wait, I'll ask our lawyer to come over."

The flesh on Zheng Sumei's angry face was trembling.

How can these three goods look a little illiterate!

In the end, the two sides had a heated discussion for more than half an hour, and finally settled on a similar amount, and then everyone began to discuss the issue of disbanding the concert.

"The concert should be done as soon as possible. The company will be responsible for the venue rental and publicity... After deducting the publicity costs from the concert proceeds, we will split the accounts. The specific ratio..."

Before the executive could finish speaking, Chen Yaoxing interrupted him: "Don't talk about splitting accounts. We've been in the industry for so many years. It's clear how flexible the cost of publicity is."

Tao Yiran chuckled: "What effect can your so-called propaganda achieve? It's okay to give 10 to a big V, or 20, but who knows if you will report 20, and then turn around from the big V?" Where does V get kickbacks? Going back to the concert, the income is 300 million, and you told me the cost was 500 million, why should I pay you back?"

Zhao Junfeng: "We don't need to carry out any publicity, as many people as can come."

There's no fucking way to talk about this.

"Then what do you mean?" The tall and thin executive's voice was already very low.

The three of Zhao Junfeng looked at each other, and Chen Yaoxing said: "We don't need a great venue for the concert, we don't rehearse for a long time, and we don't need to hire a great band, and then you give us a package price, if the concert If the income is lower than this amount, all the income will be yours, if it is higher than this amount, the rest will be ours.”

"That's impossible." Zheng Sumei said coldly.

"That's fine." Zhao Junfeng stood up directly.

"Wait." The other supervisor who hadn't said a word said, "Let's talk again."

For a concert, the rent for a general stadium with a capacity of 10 people ranges from 20 to 150. If Zhao Junfeng and the others don’t rehearse much, then the minimum rent will be four days, and the cost will be around [-] million, including the messy expenses.

But in Zhao Junfeng's current situation, the average ticket price is only three or four hundred per ticket.

Another executive tapped his fingers on the table: "Afterwards, we will sell the concert videos on the Internet, and the income may be a lot..."

That's two wins.

Those who are willing to spend money to watch it offline are all sentimental, spending hundreds of dollars.

Watching the replay online is just for fun, and it costs about ten yuan.

"If you have to set a number, 800 million to 1000 million."

Tao Yiran laughed and said, "Why don't you kill me and sell my organs?"

This number is not nonsense.

Then the two sides quarreled again, and the lawyer was called in.

The final figure was around 550 million.

"I have another question, that is, can Xu Mu come?" Zhao Junfeng finally asked.

Zheng Sumei didn't even raise her head: "He can't come, he is no longer a member of our regiment."

In fact, what she thought in her heart was that these three would no longer be in the entertainment industry, and use them to earn the last sum of money, as much as she could earn.

But Xu Mu is a member of the circle.

A disbandment concert is very likely to wake up the fans of the former illiterate group, and finally become fans of Xu Mu.

But Xu Mu is not under Tianxing's banner, and they can't cooperate with Qiming.

Why do you make wedding dresses for others?
Chen Yaoxing nodded: "It's okay, it may not be a good thing for him to come, he is still preparing for the film exam."

Speaking of this, Zheng Sumei suddenly raised her head and said, "There is one more request, Zhao Junfeng, you have to sing "Horse City"."

"We will discuss the issue of the right to use the song, and we will invite the Fool to your dissolution concert."

They are trying to win over fools.

Take the initiative to send you money, sing and witness your song being sung in Ten Thousand Sports.

Both face and money.

It's been a long time, why don't you come to our side?
Not only that, they have also been trying to contact the Fool these two days.

Zhao Junfeng didn't speak, because he also wanted to meet this fool.

"How do you plan to set the time for the concert?" Zheng Sumei asked.

There is really no special day in this period of time.

"Wait a minute." Zhao Junfeng took out his phone.

They saw Xu Mu's message just now, but they didn't bother to reply.

"Wu Mu, what day is your shadow test?"

It was already around two o'clock in the morning.

But Xu Mu really didn't sleep, he suffered from insomnia.

"December 9."

Seeing Zhao Junfeng's message, Xu Mu replied.

In the meeting room, Zhao Junfeng raised his head: "It will be September 9th."

So let's go to the next stage together.

ps: Let’s start with the big chapter first, Chapter 2 will be later.

(End of this chapter)