This top guy only treats celebrities as his job

Chapter 401: No Face, Go to Heaven
Lin Xing had actually heard of Qi Ning, but this was not because Qi Ning's works were so awesome. On the contrary, it was because Qi Ning, as a screenwriter, often complained about the current market.

The most important thing is that Qi Ning and Kong Shan are different. Kong Shan only dares to complain about young and handsome actors, and he doesn't even dare to complain about the big screenwriters in the circle.

But Qi Ning was different. He really complained about them all one by one.

In his opinion, no means no.

There is something fundamentally wrong with today's TV dramas and movies. The screenwriters are not good, the directors are not good, the actors are not good, and then the capital still wants to promote ugly people.

It's just about packaging a work and then thinking about deifying it.

Qi Ning has said a lot over the years. He even thinks that many capable screenwriters should cherish their reputation and not always look for trouble.

That's right.

Qi Ning really doesn't like some old screenwriters controlling the market, or even outsourcing work at various levels.

It is precisely because of this that Qi Ning is really not liked by people in the circle. The few works he wrote as the screenwriter are quite good, so he has a certain say.

Qi Ning and Ren Yi have known each other for nearly ten years. It was in a script written by Qi Ning that Ren Yi made a cameo appearance. Later, in another script written by Qi Ning, Ren Yi played the leading male role.

After a few interactions, the two of them found that their personalities were quite compatible, so naturally they became more and more familiar with each other.

This time Ren Yi was filming a drama, Qi Ning came to Jiangcheng to collect materials, and then came to visit Ren Yi on the set.

So this little gathering came about.

In addition to Ren Yi and Qi Ning, there were two actresses present. Ren Yi introduced them both. One was his senior, Qi Qiuyu, who was also studying at the Film Academy, and the other was his junior, Ji Qin, who was also studying at the Film Academy.

"Hello, Brother Xing, I really like you so much..."

Ji Qin has not yet graduated from the Film Academy. This time she plays Ren Yi's daughter in this drama.

Speaking of which, Ji Qin should call Ren Yi uncle, because Ji Qin's father Ji Jue and Ren Yi are good friends, and they used to be brothers who shared the upper and lower bunks.

Ji Qin is a second-generation star. When she was a child, she participated in variety shows with Ji Jue. However, Ji Jue did not want his daughter to enter the entertainment industry too early, so Ji Qin had never acted in a play before.

This is Ji Qin’s first acting debut, and Ji Jue thinks that his daughter is now a junior and it’s time for her to act.

As I said, the starting point of some people is the end point of countless people.

Feng Qing was like this in the past, and Ji Qin is like this now.

Of course, as to whether one can make a breakthrough in the future, that is hard to say. After all, in this circle, becoming famous depends on luck, while becoming slightly famous depends on support.

Take Ren Yi’s senior Qi Qiuyu for example, she also started from a very high level, but she really didn’t have many opportunities in recent years and could only play some roles like mother-in-law.

In a few years, she even felt that she would have to play the role of a grandmother.

"Ah Xing, why did you come to Jiangcheng?"

After Ren Yi finished introducing Lin Xing, he looked at Lin Xing with some confusion and asked, "I heard Zheng Zhou say a few days ago that he wanted to get together with you, but Zheng Zhou said you were not in Beijing anymore. I thought you were filming some drama again..."

"No, filming Sunspots was really exhausting. My spirit was always on edge. And you know I'm an experientialist..."

Lin Xing smiled bitterly and said, "So I haven't recovered yet..."

"Axing, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you sometimes work a little too hard."

Ren Yi naturally understood Lin Xing's character. Ning Ping could describe him as a drama maniac, which meant he was too fierce. So Ren Yi advised Lin Xing from the perspective of an older brother.

We are young now and can work hard, but how many people end up getting sick from working so hard? ?

Being an actor, especially an experiential actor, is often the most prone to depression or being unable to get out of the role.

But Ren Yi knew that Lin Xing broke himself down again and again when filming, and then reassembled himself. Let's not talk about the distant past, just take "Killing Ading" and "Sunspots", two art films, how did Lin Xing do it? ?
You see, he is completely connected with Lin Xing's previous roles, and you may not even recognize Lin Xing.

That's why Ren Yi was worried about Lin Xing's health.

Few actors could withstand such a crazy experience.

"Thank you, Brother Yi. I know. So I'm going to take a break after the Sunspots roadshow ends..."

Lin Xing said with a smile.

"That's good too. Relax and have a good rest."

Ren Yi didn't say anything more. Originally, Ren Yi wanted to introduce Qi Ning and Lin Xing to each other, and Qi Ning had a script for Lin Xing to read.

However, since Lin Xing wanted to take a break for a while, Ren Yi didn't mention it anymore.

"Brother Yi, is there something wrong?"

Lin Xing had just heard Ren Yi say something on the phone, and now it sounded like Ren Yi had something else to say, so Lin Xing smiled and said, "There's no need to be polite between us. Just say whatever's on your mind."

Ren Yi also smiled as he listened to Lin Xing's words: "There is indeed something. Qi Ning wrote a movie script. I wanted to let you take a look at it to see if you are interested..."

In recent years, Qi Ning has been writing scripts, especially movie scripts. He doesn't want some directors to modify his scripts anymore, he wants to direct them himself.

Yes.

Qi Ning wanted to be a director himself, and he had been writing this script for a long time. He went to various places to collect materials and thought about perfecting the script.

Let me put it this way, Qi Ning gave up a lot of work for this script.

Hearing that it was about the script, Lin Xing refused without a second thought: "Brother Yi, Teacher Qi, I really don't want to think about this for the time being, because I don't plan to take any more roles in the next two months. I just said that I just want to relax..."

Qi Ning said hurriedly: "Teacher Lin, I am still in the preparation stage for this script, and it will probably take a few months to shoot it. If you have time, you can take a look at it. It's okay if you are not interested. I heard from Brother Yi that you are more familiar with the script. You can give me some advice when the time comes..."

Lin Xing said: "Teacher Qi, you can just call me Ah Xing. I really can't take on the role of teacher..."

"I said, do you two have to be so polite?"

Ren Yi was a little speechless: "We are all friends, don't call me teacher anymore, Ah Xing, just call Qi Ningning brother..."

"it is good."

Lin Xing nodded slightly, and then said: "Brother Ning, please send me the script later. We can add each other as friends first, but I may not have time to read it recently..."

Qi Ning said: "Okay, no problem."

After that, they just ate and chatted. Ji Qin also added Lin Xing as a friend and took a photo with Lin Xing.

"Brother Xing, can I post it online?"

Ji Qin is still a child after all. When she feels that she has succeeded in chasing her idol, she naturally thinks of posting it online.

Lin Xing smiled and said, "Don't post it for now. I just want to stay away from the spotlight..."

"what?"

Ji Qin was slightly stunned, but still said, "Okay."

"Axing, how many days do you plan to stay in Jiangcheng?" Ren Yi asked Lin Xing.

Lin Xing said: "It's almost time to leave. I've been here for more than half a month..."

"I was thinking of you visiting my group, but forget it. Since you want to stay away from the spotlight, it's not appropriate for you to visit my group at this time..."

Ren Yi thought for a moment and said, "Then I won't see you off when you leave. Let's meet again when we return to the capital..."

"It's not that exaggerated..."

Lin Xing was a little amused: "I want to stay away from the spotlight, but that doesn't mean I can't visit the crew. And my visit today doesn't mean that your crew has to use me for publicity."

To be honest, Lin Xing just came out to relax, and when visiting the crew, he felt that it didn't matter as long as this part was not publicized.

Besides, what if it is real propaganda?

Lin Xing just wanted to stay away from the spotlight. He was not dead. In fact, it wasn't that no one knew he came to Jiangcheng. Some people even took some photos.

He just didn't want to be on the hot search list again, which was also the reason why Lin Xing didn't let Ji Qin post photos.

If Ji Qin really posts a group photo, Lin Xing really doesn't overestimate his own traffic. He might become a hot topic again in an instant, and that would be terrible.

The TV series that Ren Yi filmed this time is called "Long Time No See" and was directed by Ding Fei. Ding Fei has filmed many classic TV series before, but they have all failed in recent years so there are not many good scripts left.

This time in "Long Time No See", Ding Fei used his own connections. He invited Ren Yi to play the leading male role and Miao Wei to play the leading female role. In addition, he also invited veteran actors like Qi Qiuyu.

All in all, the cast of "Long Time No See" is still good.

But all of this was done by Ding Fei using his own connections and resources, especially the favors he gained.

But favors are something that tend to become less and less each time they are used. How does the saying go?

Correct.

It's a give and take, you help me once and I help you once.

But now that Ding Fei has failed, his resources have been downgraded, so his favors will be used less and less each time.

Take Ren Yi for example, he can help Ding Fei once this time, but he won’t do so next time.

After all, Ren Yi also needs to cherish his own feathers.

The same goes for the other actors.

It can be said that if Ding Fei was not the director of "Long Time No See" this time, it would be impossible for Ren Yi, Miao Wei and others to be invited to this script.

That's exactly what you're thinking about, and you can understand Ding Fei's mentality.

That is to use all means to ensure that this TV series can achieve good results.

Therefore, when Ding Fei knew that Lin Xing was coming to visit the set, his first reaction was to ask the crew to get ready and the assistant director to prepare for the entire shoot.

This is excellent publicity.

Especially since Lin Xing has been very popular recently, it would be great if Lin Xing could come to visit the set and make a cameo appearance in one or two scenes.

That's exactly the case. Ding Fei was really well prepared. He even invited several actors from the crew who had a good relationship with Lin Xing.

In short, in one sentence: I hope Lin Xing will give me face.

Half an hour later, Lin Xing arrived at the crew of "Long Time No See" and met all the actors in the crew.

"It's been a long time since we've had this show, and it's certainly been a long time since I've seen you all."

Lin Xing looked at everyone and said with a smile.

Several people present included Lin Xing’s former collaborators on “Bad Kids”, “Death Knell” and “Unbroken Line”.

how to say?

They are all acting veterans, but they are all actors with good value for money and not much fame.

Among them is Huo Li, who played Jia Ying in the filming of "If There Is No Tomorrow". She plays the second female lead in this drama.

From the third female lead in the web drama to the second female lead in the TV drama, it has to be said that Huo Li has achieved an upgrade in resources.

Everyone chatted briefly, and then Ding Fei said, "Axing, how about coming to film a scene?"

Lin Xing declined, "Director Ding, Brother Yi knows me. I just finished my roadshow and I'm on vacation. Besides, I haven't gotten over the drama "Sunspots" yet, so forget it."

"Ah Xing, it's just one scene, your role is just a temporary cameo..."

Ding Fei smiled and said, "And I think you don't even need to act, just show up for the main event..."

It was obvious that Ding Fei just wanted to use Lin Xing's fame, and it didn't even matter what role Lin Xing played.

If Ding Fei really has a role suitable for Lin Xing to guest star in, or even if he writes one for Lin Xing, then it might be a sincere role that Lin Xing would not be able to refuse and would play it.

But it was obvious that there was nothing going on, he just wanted to take advantage of Lin Xing's popularity, how could Lin Xing agree to this? ?

The moral blackmail is really useless to Lin Xing.

For this reason, Lin Xing said that he really wanted to work with all the actors, but at the same time he also said that he was not in good condition and he could not act because it would be disrespectful to the audience.

One hour later, Lin Xing's visit ended.

"Axing, don't take it to heart."

When seeing Lin Xing off, Ren Yi said helplessly, "Actually, Ding Fei has no other choice. After all, he is under too much pressure right now. If this movie fails again, he may only be able to shoot low-budget movies in the future."

Lin Xing nodded gently: "I can understand but I don't agree. It is precisely because of the pressure and the fear of failure that we should work hard on the script and try to find ways to make the show good, instead of thinking of taking shortcuts..."

Ren Yi smiled bitterly and said, "How can it be that easy?? And many times, the harder you work, the worse it gets. Just like Ding Fei tried very hard in his last drama, but the result was still not good, so he was anxious this time."

Lin Xing still disagreed: "I always think that the best shortcut is to be down-to-earth. If you fail once, then find a way to stand up again. Look at Dai An, didn't he fail in two films, but he didn't make do with the script for his third film."

Ren Yi laughed: "Diane should be grateful to have met you, but the movie "Killing Ading" is indeed good."

While chatting with Ren Yi, Lin Xing walked outside: "Okay, Brother Yi, don't see me off. We'll meet again in the capital when we get back."

"it is good."

Lin Xing nodded slightly.

On the way back, he took a look at the script. The name of the script was quite interesting. It was called "Going to Heaven", and it was actually about the funeral industry.

However, Lin Xing received a call from Ren Yi just after arriving at the hotel: "Axing, I'm sorry."

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(End of this chapter)