This actor doesn't look like a good guy

Chapter 154 A Pair of Embroidered Shoes
For Jiang Bai, this is actually a gamble. If he loses the bet, his cash flow will be cut off, and he will have an extra TV series in his hand, but if he wins, he will make a net profit of 500 million.

But until the last step, the money cannot be regarded as earned.

Fortunately, nothing went wrong in the end. In the end, Jiang Bai took the TV series Conquer to Yanjing TV and signed a contract with the other party.

Then I waited for Yanjing TV to broadcast this work on the screen, and then I could get the money.

It's just that as soon as the front foot finished the matter and came out of the TV station, Xu Qingdong called on the back foot.

"How is it? Is the contract signed?"

"I signed Director Xu, thanks to you this time, do you have time today? I would like to treat you to a meal."

"Hahaha, yes, but you don't need to eat outside, just come to my house to eat, and Wang Qian is also here."

"Okay, then I'll go there later."

Then Jiang Bai drove straight to Xu Qingdong's house, and the other party helped him so much, Jiang Bai thought that after he got the money, he had to give part of it to the other party.

Too much is inappropriate, but too little is not good-looking, about 50.

On the way, Jiang Bai bought a lot of supplements and fruits. After all, you can't go to other people's houses empty-handed.

Not long after, Jiang Bai went downstairs to Xu Qingdong's house, went up and knocked on the door, and soon Wang Qian came to open the door.

"Sister Qian." Jiang Bai greeted warmly.

"Here, come, come, come in, Director Xu has been waiting for you for a long time."

Jiang Bai hurried in: "Hey, you come here as soon as you come, what else do you bring? Every time you come, you bring so much, we can't finish eating at home."

Jiang Bai smiled and put these things on the table: "It's okay, just eat slowly."

"Okay, then you sit down first, and I'll make some tea for you."

Jiang Bai came to the sofa in the living room, and Xu Qingdong was already waiting.

"Director Xu, thanks to you this time, otherwise I would have missed this TV series."

"Hahaha, it's all trivial."

"Director Xu, you can't say that. It may be a trivial matter for you, but it can be said to be difficult for us. I will thank you very much later."

At this moment, Wang Qian came over to pour tea for the two of them, and Jiang Bai hurriedly got up to take the teapot: "Sister Qian, I'll be fine, you can rest for a while."

After Jiang Bai raised his hand and poured three cups of tea, Xu Qingdong said: "It's no need to thank you, why are we still talking about these things, if you can help me, you must help me, but have you done it this year?" What schedule? I still have a TV series I want to shoot."

Jiang Bai didn't think about it when he heard this, and nodded immediately: "The time may be tight from this month to the middle of next month, but there will be nothing else to do after that, and Director Xu is going to film, since you are willing to find me, Then I have to make time even if I don’t have time.”

Xu Qingdong waved his hand: "That's not necessary. Anyway, if you have a schedule, come and take a photo with me. If you're busy, forget it."

"Director Xu, what kind of drama is this?"

"It's a spy movie, I want to ask you to be the male number one."

"Spy movie?" Jiang Bai thought about it. He had made costume movies, crime movies, and comedy movies before, but he hadn't made a spy movie yet.

"What is the role of the leading man? Is it an undercover agent?" Jiang Bai was still looking forward to it when he said this. He loves playing undercover so much, and every time he feels like he is on the scene.

"No, the number one male is a decent person."

Hearing this, Jiang Bai couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, because usually such a positive character is not difficult to play.

But even so, he still plans to take over this drama, no matter what, Xu Qingdong is his noble person on the road of actor.

Even if it is to repay a kindness, I have to agree to it.

"Our TV series is called a pair of embroidered shoes, and it belongs to the genre of spy war and thriller."

"A pair of embroidered shoes?" Jiang Bai has heard of this name before. There was a movie with this name 20 years ago that was also an anti-special detective film, but the content was quite horrifying. After the script was published in a magazine, readers They also rushed to line up to buy, and even more than 70 domestic drama troupes have staged the drama, and there are more than ten types of dramas, so this IP can be said to be quite popular.

And because of its own horror attributes, it also adds a bit of mystery to it.

It's just that Jiang Bai didn't expect Xu Qingdong to actually plan to remake this theme.

"Okay, when will director Xu's TV series start filming?"

"April, and there are only [-] episodes in total. It won't take long to shoot. I'll send you the script to have a look later. You're playing Ye Dalong in this drama."

"no problem."

In this way, Jiang Bai stayed here for lunch, chatted with Xu Qingdong after dinner, and left.

It's just that he was just about to call Zhao Zhe, and before he picked up the phone, he heard the phone ring first.

"Hey, Jiang Bai, where are you now? Come to the company quickly, there is something urgent!"

"Brother Zhao, what's the hurry? I'm also preparing to go back to the company now."

"It's hard to say on the phone, you should come back first."

After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone, so that Jiang Bai didn't even have time to say that he had picked up another movie.

After Jiang Bai drove back to the company, he saw Zhao Zhe smoking there as soon as he entered the door.

"Oh, you are back."

After seeing Jiang Bai, Zhao Zhe directly pressed his half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray, got up and came to Jiang Bai's side, and said after pulling him to sit on the sofa.

"What's the matter? Brother Zhao? What made you so anxious?"

"I took a play for you, it's awesome, better than any play you've taken before."

"What show? Bragging so much?"

"The Matrix."

Jiang Bai: "???"

"The Matrix? Isn't this a Hollywood movie?"

"Yeah, that's why I said it's awesome. This movie is one of the most successful sci-fi movies in Hollywood so far. I don't need to tell you about its gold content. Although you played a supporting role this time, even if It's just such a supporting role, and it's better than the male lead in some TV series you played before."

Seeing Zhao Zhe chattering over there, Jiang Bai began to ponder: "Then why did they come to me? If you want to say that Chinese actors have international influence, shouldn't you go to Li Lianlian?"

And obviously Zhao Zhe also asked this question with the other party: "Because they approached Li Lianlian at the time, but Li Lianlian didn't answer, saying it was because of the schedule."

After Jiang Bai heard this, he thought about it. He had just talked with Li Lianlian on the phone some time ago. Obviously, the other party has been idle recently and did not make a movie. Moreover, Li Lianlian didn't seem to take any scenes to shoot this year, that is, last year's filming I filmed a hero, and filmed the Deadly Cradle directed by Andre, which was just released some time ago.

Thinking of this, Jiang Bai immediately stopped Zhao Zhe from continuing, but took out his mobile phone and called Li Lianjie.

"Hey, Brother Jie, are you busy?"

"Not busy, what's the matter? Is there a problem with the house?"

"No, no, the house is fine. This time I called to ask Brother Jie something. Did the Matrix want you to participate in the show?"

Li Lianjie was taken aback when he heard this: "They're looking for you too?"

"Yeah, the boss of our company told me just now that the Matrix found me and wanted me to play a role. I thought that based on the popularity, they should look for you first, but my boss said they I approached you before, but you refused because of the schedule."

"Yes, they approached me before, and I also read the script at the time, and it was okay. Although the character was playing a villain, the character setting was quite good, and it was a big IP. At that time, I prepared Signed it, but they sent the contract later, and I saw that there were some problems with some clauses.

The shooting cycle is nine months in total, but the live-action shooting is only three months in total, and the remaining six months are spent in the studio. "

"Because they have more special effects?"

"There are many special effects on the one hand. The reason why I have to stay in the studio for six months is because they want me to do all the kung fu I know, and then they use computer motion capture to record these movements. Come down, so that they can all be used in the future.

I've spent my fucking life making movies and learning kung fu for decades, if they take it all away, what am I going to do? "

Only then did Jiang Bai learn the real reason, and when he and Li Lianjie called, Zhao Zhe also heard it. After hearing this, Zhao Zhe's eyes also became hesitant, because for the For an action actor, kung fu is the cost of eating.

If they were all taken away, it would be equivalent to killing the chicken to get the eggs.

"Well, Jiang Bai, I can't advise you on this kind of thing, because everyone has their own choice, but you have to think about your future. I think among the action actors in China now, except us The older ones, that is, you, Wen Zhuo, Wu Jing, and Zhen Zidan are pretty good, among them you and Zidan are the most promising to shine in the world, so..."

Jiang Bai knew what Li Lianlian wanted to say, and the other party said it was really for his own benefit: "Brother Jie, what if you say I'm not that good at it?"

"Six months, it's been half a year, no matter how slow you shoot, how much can you hide? Even if you started practicing martial arts in the womb, how much kung fu will you know by now?"

Jiang Bai thought for a while: "I probably know more than 100 classes now."

"It means that you will be more than 100 now..."

But Li Lianlian said before he finished speaking: "You said you know more than 100 classes?"

"Basically, these 100 kinds can be played normally, and I am more familiar with them here. There are probably dozens of others left. I just saw others use them, so I should be able to remember them after thinking about them."

Li Lianlian reacted for a while before recovering: "Jiang Bai, I don't know if you are bragging when you say this, but I will take it seriously. If you really know so many things, you can try it. But it's better to bring out more niche things, so that if there are Chinese actors in the future, you won't be robbed of your job... Although it's hard to say, it's true, you Selling to them all the things everyone knows is tantamount to cutting off the way for future generations.

It is equivalent to being a martial arts instructor, who puts all his lifelong learning into the computer. When the director wants to make a martial arts film in the future, he doesn't need to hire a martial arts instructor anymore, just take out the video and play it. "

"Well, Brother Jie, I know what's in my heart, don't worry about that..."

"That's fine, I know you're a sensible person, and you're not stupid, fine, then let's do this first, and you'll get in touch with that side first."

"Ok."

In this way, Jiang Bai and Li Lianlian turned to look at Zhao Zhe after learning the specific situation.

"I didn't know it was because of this reason before, Jiang Bai, otherwise you should think about it carefully, if you think it's not suitable, we won't take this drama, and there will be more opportunities to go out in the future."

But Jiang Bai shook his head: "It's okay, brother Zhao, you can continue, I know in my heart, I will definitely not take out the real good things, those foreigners only know that our kung fu is good, but how can we If you know the routine yourself, just do something unimportant and deal with it.”

In this regard, Jiang Bai has full confidence.

As I said on the phone with Li Lianlian earlier, there are at least a hundred kinds of kung fu that Jiang Bai knows now, of which there are twenty or thirty kinds that are truly powerful, and fifty or sixty kinds belong to the middle school. It's some less popular kung fu, that is, the martial arts cheats I found from that kind of small sect.

And when Jiang Bai was on the phone, he thought about it again, besides what he knows now, he can create some new things based on the western martial arts by then.

Or you can combine some martial arts moves from other countries and teach them, so that you can break other people's paths instead of your own.

At that time, plus reasonable fishing, there is actually not much they can really get in half a year.

"Are you sure? Let's make money, but don't ruin your job."

"Brother Zhao, do you think I look like the kind of person who would give up the opportunity to make a lot of money in the future for a little immediate benefit?"

"Not like."

"That's right, so brother Zhao, you should contact there, and ask them to send the script to have a look first, if it is suitable, then ask them for a contract, or ask them to come over, if there is no problem, I signed a contract with them directly, just as my English has reached a bottleneck period, I need to practice my oral English more, and I will also earn money from foreigners."

Seeing that Jiang Bai had made up his mind, Zhao Zhe didn't say anything more.

But after talking about this matter, Jiang Bai suddenly asked again: "By the way, Brother Zhao, they didn't say how much they paid for this film. I'm almost dying of poverty now."

"As long as they can meet their conditions, they are willing to pay 500 million US dollars. At first, I only thought that these gringos were rich and powerful, but now it seems that most of the money is used to buy actions."

It's just that he just finished speaking and realized what Jiang Bai said just now: "You have no money? Didn't you just spend more than 300 million on buying a house before? You still have more than 500 million in your hand, why are you gone? You bet gone?"

"Oh, don't talk about it, I just bought a TV series a while ago and spent all the money, and now I'm poor."

(End of this chapter)