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Chapter 92 The abstinent boss (two in one)

The cast of "Fireworks on Earth".

Assistant director Ma Di was waiting eagerly on the set early in the morning, with worry on his face.

Zhou Dingran's arrogant and domineering look yesterday was still fresh in his memory. After so many years of working as an assistant director, this was the first time he met such a fierce newcomer. The most important thing was the director's intention. It seemed that this drama was missing everyone. Yes, but Zhou Dingran is indispensable.

This made Ma Di wary of Zhou Dingran, but at the same time he felt weak in his knees and wanted to nod and bend in order to fawn over him.

It’s impossible not to fawn over!

Director Lu has already said that if Zhou Dingran is not brought back, he will no longer have the position of assistant director.

God knows how much effort he put in to become the assistant director of this show.

Although it is just a role that has always been a handyman, it can add a lot of color to his resume. After all, the leading male and female lead in this drama are both popular actors.

Coupled with the director Lu Tao, the originator of modern emotional dramas, conventionally speaking, it is difficult for this drama not to be a hit.

Just judging from what Director Lu meant, it seemed that Zhou Dingran, the second male lead, was more important than the first male lead, Huang Junsheng.

So after humbly going to apologize to Zhou Dingran yesterday, Ma Di waited anxiously at the entrance of the studio early this morning, looking around the streets of Hengdian from time to time, hoping to see Zhou Dingran.

Just as the morning sun was rising, there was a commotion in the distance. Ma Di looked up and saw Zhou Dingran walking slowly from a distance.

Along the way, he was like a big star, attracting the attention of passers-by. When some well-known actors and producers in Hengdian saw Zhou Dingran, they greeted him enthusiastically and proactively.

This made Madi dumbfounded.

Is it possible that Zhou Dingran really has a background that he doesn't know about?
Although he is a practitioner in the entertainment industry, he is on a 2G network and is not sensitive to network hot spots, so he does not know that the short video Zhou Dingran posted yesterday has almost become popular in the industry.

Not to mention that Zhou Dingran is now favored by some well-known brands, and some international big names are even exploring the possibility of co-producing short videos with Zhou Dingran.

But even if he didn't know anything, seeing the way people around him treated Zhou Dingran, Ma Di paid more attention to Zhou Dingran. When he trotted over, he smiled and imitated others, and said, "Brother Ran, come here." Are you at work? I've signed in for you, just go directly to the set with me. The crew has specially opened a new lounge for your arrival, Brother Ran."

Zhou Dingran looked at the assistant director Ma Di, who had a completely different attitude from yesterday, nodded slightly and said, "Lead the way."

"okay!"

Ma Didang happily led the way, and the two of them arrived at the set one after another. At this time, the crew had just arrived, and some makeup artists, stylists, etc. were hurriedly putting makeup on the actors while eating breakfast.

After Ma Di arrived at the scene with Zhou Dingran, he immediately clapped his hands and said, "Stop, stop."

He cleared his throat and introduced Zhou Dingran to the staff and actors present: "Brother Ran came to work on his first day today. He plays the second male lead Ning Chen on the set. Everyone calls him Brother Ran!"

"Brother Ran!"

"Brother Ran!"

Some actors greeted Zhou Dingran cheerfully.

Some people even recognized Zhou Dingran, and everyone said in surprise: "Brother Ran, I just came across Douyin. The video you took is really great. I liked it and reposted it several times!"

"Yes, yes, our family group was still discussing your moonwalk yesterday. As expected of the grandmaster, it's so silky smooth!"

Patriarch?
Zhou Dingran was stunned for a moment, but then nodded with a smile, "What kind of ancestor? Don't yell, I'm just filming for fun!"

Can you be so popular while filming and playing?
When a group of people heard this, they immediately fired another rainbow fart.

Although some people on the set had never seen Zhou Dingran's short video, let alone any of Zhou Dingran's works, they saw that the assistant director Ma Di, who usually looked arrogant and looked down upon by everyone, was so complimentary to Zhou Dingran. They also vaguely knew about this young man's personality. It's amazing, so the beautiful words about not needing money are always blurted out.

Zhou Dingran has been on the set for 20 years, what kind of monsters and monsters have he not seen?

But a gentleman is easy to deal with, but a villain is hard to guard against. Unless he is full and full, Zhou Dingran will not offend these people for nothing. Therefore, he will talk to people and tell lies. Soon he will start talking to these actors and their work The staff were chatting and laughing.

"Brother Ran, you have a separate lounge, I will take you there." Madi reminded with a smile.

When everyone heard this, they looked at Zhou Dingran with envy.

Those who have a separate lounge are all famous actors, and they are also important players in the crew.

Zhou Dingran did not refuse and followed him immediately.

On the way, Madi said: "Brother Ran, does he have a personal makeup artist?"

"No."

"Okay, when Qingqing goes to work later, I will ask her to do your makeup in person. Qingqing is the top makeup artist and stylist of our crew. He will design your makeup and style individually based on your character characteristics in the play."

Ma Di said enthusiastically: "By the way, you may not have a role today..."

"Huh?" Zhou Dingran glanced at him.

Ma Di's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately added: "I'm not telling a lie. I looked at the schedule. Today we mainly shoot some scenes for the hero and heroine in some specific places in Hengdian. It's true that you don't have any scenes - maybe this You don’t have too many scenes in a week.”

"We are an urban workplace drama, so we will shoot on location most of the time. Being in Hengdian is just convenient for the crew to recruit extras. Once the recruitment of actors is completed, the crew will leave Hengdian and go to Qiantang City, where most of the filming locations of the crew are."

Qiantang City is not far from Hengdian, and it is mostly within the scope of Zhejiang Province. Zhou Dingran did not express any objection.

But he didn't expect that the crew really didn't have a role for him recently.

So when Ma Di asked him to go back and wait when he reported yesterday, it was not without purpose...

"I'm sorry, I wrongly blamed you yesterday." Zhou Dingran admitted his mistake and his attitude was neither humble nor overbearing.

Ma Di said quickly: "What the hell, my attitude was wrong and Brother Ran misunderstood. I am the one who should say sorry."

After a pause, he continued: "Although there haven't been any scenes with you in the past few days, Director Lu Tao and Lu Lu have already given instructions yesterday. When you come to the crew, you will be asked to meet him. He said that it was a trial scene and that he would go through the process. Something like that, so please put on your makeup later and pick out some clothes to look like."

Zhou Dingran nodded.

It was just a trial, he didn't take it to heart.

Soon, the crew and crew arrived, and director Lu Tao and the male and female protagonists also arrived on the set one by one.

Zhou Dingran did not immediately go to say hello to the director, but stayed in the corner for a while and watched the filming process of the male and female protagonists.

"Human Fireworks" tells the story of Qiantang Fire Station Chief Chen Yan and emergency physician Ning Yu reuniting after ten years of separation.

Today's scene is very important for the male and female protagonists. The scene to be filmed is the first meeting between Chen Yan and Ning Yu after ten years of separation.

In an emergency fire incident, the professional abilities of firefighter Chen Yan and emergency doctor Ning Yu need to be demonstrated.

Zhou Dingran watched more than a dozen plays from morning to noon. He didn’t have much to say about the performance of the extras. Even if some people’s acting skills weren’t up to standard, after all, there were so many extras that they could be edited at will. , as long as there are no particularly big mistakes in the group performance.

But the acting skills of the actor Huang Junsheng who played the leading role made Zhou Dingran frown.

He just read Huang Junsheng's resume.

It has been nine years since his debut. Three years ago, he starred in a hit online game idol drama, which directly pushed Huang Junsheng to the position of a popular niche. Now three years have passed, and all aspects of maintenance have been very good, making Huang Junsheng what he is today. 's popularity is still at its peak.But the acting skills can't be said.

Zhou Dingran watched the scene for a long time and realized that the director found Huang Junsheng to play the male lead, which was definitely a failure.

Huang Junsheng is 30 years old, and he may have become famous at a young age. As a result, he has been living in the adulation of people around him, so Huang Junsheng has a perverted narcissism in his perception of his appearance.

No matter what kind of scene he is filming, he always keeps his jawline straight.

The most important thing is the left side of the face, which should always be given to the camera.

In addition, when facing the camera, he will deliberately raise his eyebrows, blink, smile crookedly, and bite his lips.

Being a fire station chief is obviously a serious and great profession, but this guy insists on holding anything in his mouth, acting like a gangster.

You have to change three or four postures to drink water. Do you think you are taking a photo?

The actor's performance of his lines even gave Zhou Dingran goosebumps.

One word, oil!

"Pretending to be showy."

Zhou Dingran muttered: "The upper limit of this drama is not high. It seems that it is a work that only wants to gain traffic without any dreams. No wonder Huang Junsheng has not won a single acting award since his debut almost ten years ago."

Compared with the leading actor Huang Junsheng.

The acting skills of the heroine Shen Qi are much more refreshing and can be regarded as remarkable.

In terms of popularity, although she can be considered a popular starlet, she is still a little weaker than Huang Junsheng because she is only 25 years old and has only made her debut four or five years ago.

Shen Qi has the appearance of a standard idol drama heroine, with soft face lines, fair and smooth skin, and a sweet smile, especially those eyes that are like talking, bright and piercing, even if she is just standing there quietly, alone, Based on his eyes, the audience may imagine an emotional drama.

There are more scenes between Ning Chen, the second male lead, played by Zhou Dingran, and Ning Yu, the female lead, played by Shen Qi.

So after finishing filming at noon, Shen Qi walked directly to Zhou Dingran in the corner and said with a smile: "Zhou Dingran? It's you indeed. I am Shen Qi, and I play your sister Ning Yu in the play."

"Hello."

Zhou Dingran smiled and said: "Please give me more advice in the future."

"No, no, no, I'd like to ask for your advice. I watched those two acting assessment videos of yours at Nortel. Really, I feel like I won't be able to develop that kind of acting skills even if I give it ten years."

Shen Qi admired him and said: "Later I heard that you played the second male lead in "Fireworks of the World". I was so surprised that I thought I could learn more from you on the set. By the way, can you add me on WeChat?"

"Okay." Zhou Dingran nodded.

The two immediately exchanged WeChat messages.

Shen Qi is quite tall, about 174cm tall, so she attracts attention wherever she goes on the set.

She had just communicated with Zhou Dingran for a while when director Lu Tao and male lead Huang Junsheng noticed this scene.

Lu Tao looked here a few more times, and when he saw Zhou Ding, he smiled and nodded at Zhou Dingran from a distance.

Because I was watching what was just shot on the monitor, I didn't get up to meet Zhou Dingran yet.

When Huang Junsheng saw Shen Qi talking to Zhou Dingran with an adoring look on his face, he felt sour in his heart and snorted coldly.

Of course he knew Zhou Dingran.

Because his younger brother Huang Boran is now also a member of the Miracle Boys.

It's just that they occupied Zhou Dingran's quota.

It turned out that it was impossible for Zhou Dingran to stand up.

But who knows what kind of bad luck the other party got into, to be favored by Chen Daozhou and support him...

Otherwise, Zhou Dingran might not even be able to pay the rent in Peiping now.

the other side.

After watching the picture on the monitor, Lu Tao took off his headphones and walked towards Zhou Dingran.

"It just so happens that Shen Qi is here, come and set up a show for Zhou Dingran!"

"Zhou Dingran, although there is no part for you today, I have admired your acting skills for a long time. How about we warm up first and try out a scene later?"

After arriving in front of Zhou Dingran, Lu Tao said straight to the point.

After hearing this, Shen Qi was slightly stunned, and then became excited: "Okay, what Director Lu said is exactly what I want. I am very willing to play for Zhou Dingran!"

It was Shen Qi's only dream to compete with masters in acting and help herself grow.

Zhou Dingran shrugged and said with an indifferent expression: "I can do it."

As soon as they heard that the lead female lead and the second male lead were going to have a public audition on the set, the entire crew was excited.

Because everyone who has read the original novel "Fireworks in the World" knows that the female lead and the male lead are actually two siblings, and there is an indescribable forbidden love between them.

Although there is no way to film this kind of plot on TV, nor can it be explained clearly, it is more of a test of the acting skills between the two brothers and sisters.

How to express that kind of obscure emotion through acting is a difficult problem that the two actors must overcome.

In Lu Tao's words, whether this drama will be popular or not, the emotional drama between the male and female protagonists is actually not very important, because it is too routine. In the current wave of idol dramas, there is no way to create a hit point, so it can only rely on the male and female protagonists. The popularity has come to support it.

On the contrary, the looming forbidden emotions between the second male lead and the female lead can stimulate the audience's adrenaline surge.

"You have already understood the script and character design details in advance."

"Remember, the look between you two is all about restraint!"

"Is Qingqing here? Give Zhou Dingran a new suit, one that is ascetic, and also wear the gold-rimmed glasses that were set for him in advance!"

"Shen Qi doesn't need to change, just keep her makeup and hair like this!"

After giving the instructions, Lu Tao looked at Zhou Dingran: "What you want to play is an ascetic tyrant. You must not act too greasy. As long as you show the kind of acting skills you performed in class, that's it. No merit, no fault, if you can show tolerance and inner darkness, that would be better!"

It is obvious that as a director, Lu Tao has a thorough understanding of the script characters.

Zhou Dingran's eyes were strange when he heard the director specifically tell him "don't be greasy".

Seemingly understanding Zhou Dingran's eyes, Lu Tao had no choice but to glance at the male lead Huang Junsheng sitting in the distance, and said in a low voice: "No way, the investors arranged it, the popularity is really high, no matter how bad or greasy the acting skills are, We have to accept it too..."

After saying that, he patted Zhou Dingran's shoulder again and comforted him with a pun: "Thank you for your hard work."

(End of this chapter)