China Entertainment: Sister, I don’t want to work hard anymore

Chapter 2 Giving Gifts
After smoking a cigarette, Chu Hui stretched and moved his muscles, then got up to wash up and clean the room.

Chu Hui's rental house is a bit small, but the location is quite good. It is in a small alley within the Second Ring Road of Yanjing, not very far from Tian'anmen. A little further ahead is his alma mater, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. School of Drama.

As early as a few years ago, when Chu Hui was a junior at the Central Academy of Drama, he rented a house here. At that time, it was also for the convenience of studying and reviewing the calligraphy of Kun with his schoolmate and ex-girlfriend Gao Lu. .

In the late Qing Dynasty, this was a two-bedroom courtyard house, but it is now divided into 20 households. Chu Hui lives in the south room, which is where the servants used to live. The rent is yuan a month.

But although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. As soon as you enter the entrance, there is a shoe cabinet specifically for shoes. Above the shoe cabinet is the clothes drying area. One step forward from the clothes drying area is Chu Hui's living room.

The bathroom is on the far left of the living room. The bathroom is less than 3 square meters. There is no toilet and only a squat pit is used to save space.

But the bathroom can only use the small one. If Chu Hui wants to use the large one, he has to go to a public toilet.

On the right side of the bathroom, Chu Hui built a kitchen with two stoves, one for cooking and one for making soup.

As for the bed where Chu Hui and Li Xiaoran slept last night, when friends come over, they usually roll up the bedclothes and put a small tea table in the middle for making tea and entertaining guests.

In general, the space of this house is still a bit small, but because of his acting job, unstable income, and frequent economic crises, Chu Hui does not consider changing houses for the time being.

After finishing the cleaning work in the room and hanging the clothes to dry, Chu Hui did not go out to have breakfast. Instead, he cooked a simple, economical and affordable bowl of egg, meat and tomato noodles in his room.

"Puch!"

Chu Hui tried to take a bite and felt that the taste was very unusual, but it could barely fill his stomach.

Although he still had 1600 yuan on him, Chu Hui still felt kidney pain when he thought about buying a gift for Zhao Baogang later. This was the hard-earned money he had earned by driving piles thousands of times last night.

However, reluctant to let his children trap the wolf, Chu Hui gritted his teeth and spent nearly 1200 yuan to buy two Huazi and a bottle of Feitian Moutai in order to win the favor of director Zhao Baogang.

9 p.m., KTV in Mansion No. .

Under Li Xiaoran's recommendation, Chu Hui met director Zhao Baogang as he wished, as well as screenwriter Shi Kang, as well as many creative staff of "Struggle" such as Tong Dawei, Wen Zhang, Wang Ludan, and Li Xiaolu.

The lights in the box were a little dim, but Zhao Baogang still recognized Chu Hui at a glance, because Chu Hui had gone to his company for an audition and left a deep impression on him.

Zhao Baogang looked at Chu Hui for a while, then asked calmly: "Are you the friend Xiao Ran said?"

Facing the aura-filled Zhao Baogang, Chu Hui was relatively calm and nodded: "Yes, director, my name is Chu Hui, and I am a friend of Sister Xiaoran."

Zhao Baogang then asked: "Which school did you graduate from?"

Chu Hui replied: "Central Academy of Drama."

Zhao Baogang nodded happily and said, "Are you from Yanjing?"

"No, director, I'm from Guangfu."

"Have you ever acted before?"

"Acted."

"Whose play have you acted in?"

"Soldier Assault" directed by Kang Honglei, and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" directed by Zhang Jizhong."

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes? Are you playing Yang Guo?"

"I don't dare, I'm playing Yelu Qi."

"..."

Seeing that Zhao Baogang seemed to be very interested in Chu Hui, Li Xiaoran hurriedly interjected: "Director, I think his image and acting skills are not bad, and he is also down-to-earth and dedicated. He is just one chance away, so give him a chance." Zhao Baogang thought for a moment and said: "He looks very energetic, and he is a graduate of the Chinese Opera Department, and his acting skills are guaranteed. However, we have already decided on the male lead and the second male lead. Will Huazi play the third male lead?"

In fact, before "Struggle" was ready to start filming, director Zhao Baogang was involved in the casting process. He personally selected more than 200 actors.

For the drama "Struggle", Zhao Baogang's ideal cast is the young Sun Honglei or Wang Zhiwen playing Lu Tao. Their respective strengths are just right;

Xia Lin should be Xu Jinglei when she was 22 or 3 years old. Her temperament that no one from Yanjing would accept is the most suitable for Xia Lin;

The role of Xiang Nan belongs to Tong Dawei. In Zhao Baogang's opinion, he can show off his unique lazy temperament and match him with a quirky wife.

Huazi is Guo Donglin's perfect choice. After all, this cast is just an imagination of the director and screenwriter. Their common sigh is that there are too few good actors of this age group.

As for the role of "Hua Zi" in the drama "Struggle", many actors, including Zhu Yuchen, Ren Zhong, etc., have auditioned.

But director Zhao Baogang has never found a suitable candidate. He feels that Jiang Xiaofeng, Zhu Yuchen, Ren Zhong and other competitors are similar. Since Li Xiaoran personally recommended Chu Hui this time, he thought of simply doing it as a favor.

Chu Hui feels that "Struggle" is a TV series that will become popular. If he can play the third male lead, Huazi, it will also be of great help to his acting career.

Thinking of this, Chu Hui pretended to be excited and said: "Act, you must act. Only fools will not act in Director Zhao's play."

It is true that what Chu Hui said was a bit exaggerated, but the drama directed by Zhao Baogang was indeed popular among the actors, and it really made a lot of actors famous.

Not to mention the two early dramas "Desire" and "The Story of the Editorial Department" that were sold out to everyone, let's talk about the TV series "Enjoyed" later directed by Zhao Baogang. Although it was only 8 episodes, it also made Jiang Shan and Wang Zhiwen national celebrities at that time. The hottest star.

The TV series "Never Close Eyes" and "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" not only promoted Lu Yi as a super idol in the mainland, but Yuan Li, Chen Kun, and Zhou Xun also became famous.

Zhao Baogang saw that Chu Hui was decent and felt that he was suitable for the role of Hua Zi, the third male lead, so he did not deliberately embarrass him and said, "Sure, then you can play Hua Zi."

Chu Hui hurriedly said gratefully: "Thank you, director, for giving me the opportunity. Thank you very much. I respect you! You can do whatever you want!" After saying that, he raised his glass and touched it with Zhao Baogang, then raised his head and drank the wine in the glass. All.

Zhao Baogang didn't hesitate, just took the cup and drank it all in one gulp. Such a bold drinking style was quite suitable for the status of a great director.

Perhaps because he drank too much, Director Zhao Baogang's face was flushed at this time, and at first glance he looked like a ripe big apple.

Seeing that Chu Hui got the chance to perform, Li Xiaoran, the middleman, was relieved and took the initiative to toast Zhao Baogang and thank Zhao Baogang for supporting Chu Hui.

Since the several actors present were all about the same age and were basically actors with professional backgrounds, Chu Hui quickly became familiar with Tong Dawei, Wen Zhang, Wang Ludan, and Li Xiaolu.

Li Xiaolu heard that Chu Hui was about to play the role of Hua Zi in the drama "Struggle" and that he would have many roles opposite him, so he took the initiative to exchange mobile phone numbers with Chu Hui.

Wen Zhang and Chu Hui are alumni of the Central Academy of Drama. After learning that Chu Hui was two years older than them, they not only helped him order songs, but also called him "senior brother" one after another, not to mention how enthusiastic they were.

By the way, at this time, Wen Zhang was just a little transparent person in the entertainment industry. He was not well-known, and his posture was relatively low. Because he was relatively young, he called everyone he saw brother and sister, and he had a sweet and lickable mouth.

Zhao Baogang looked at Chu Hui who was chatting and laughing with the guys, and said to Li Xiaoran beside him: "If you were acting by yourself, you would be so interested in him. If I guessed correctly, this guy is your partner, right?"

Although Chu Hui never said that he and Li Xiaoran were in a relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend, but a pure relationship of nurturing and being supported, Li Xiaoran said a little embarrassedly: "Director, since you can see it, why are you still asking me? ?”

Zhao Baogang sighed and said earnestly: "You, you, you only know how to talk about love all day long, and you have no ambition at all. Can't you make more progress? If you can listen to the company's arrangements and act in a down-to-earth manner, you At least ten times more popular than now!"

Faced with Zhao Baogang's criticism, Li Xiaoran didn't know what to say, so he had no choice but to say: "Director, you have wronged me. When did I not listen to the company's arrangements?"

"Besides, I'm pretty solid in acting. As for falling in love, that's my freedom. Who says actors can't fall in love?"

Because Li Xiaoran was made famous by Zhao Baogang, Zhao Baogang knew Li Xiaoran's temperament and was a typical big girl from Yanjing, so he didn't bother to argue with her. He should drink and sing when he should.

(End of this chapter)