This actor needs more money

After resting at home for a while, Ding Xiu returned to the company again and found that the way the guys looked at him was a little different.

"Hello brother Xiu!"

"Hello brother Xiu."

"This is Brother Xiu, it's different from what you see in the cinema."

"Don't mention it, the muscles are quite developed. It's not difficult at all to pick up Fan Binbin."

"It can be seen that I practice squats a lot."

Being pointed at from behind, Ding Xiu's face darkened. He wanted to turn around and explain a few words, but he didn't know what to say.

Is it his fault that he dedicated his life to his art?

That’s right!

These people are so nasty.

In the office, Zhao Liying, who went to work early in the morning, was busy cleaning.

"Brother Xiu, good morning."

"Good morning."

"any drinks?"

"Plain water, there will be a fitting fitting for Langya later."

"OK."

In the entire company, Zhao Liying should be the calmest person facing Ding Xiu after the release of Apple.

Because she was on set when the filming took place.

Nowadays, the excitement seen in movie theaters is not even one-tenth of the level of excitement seen in person.

When she heard female colleagues whispering about Ding Xiu's figure, she didn't bother to participate. It was too childish.

If she told the scene she was filming at that time, their jaws would probably be shocked.

Turning on the computer, Ding Xiu searched the Tianya Forum, clicked on one of the sections, and a serial novel called Ghost Blowing the Lamp popped up.

He has been reading this novel for a long time, but the author is slow to update it. I don’t know if all the people who write novels are this virtuous. He only updated it for half a month and finished it in a short time.

"If the author is not good enough, find a novel website to publish and change the fee. Your current update speed is very slow."

"Are you saving us money?"

"Why don't we all crowdfund and buy the copyright? If we have money, we can work full-time."

"Brother, there is a brother next door who saw that you were slow to update, so he wrote a tomb robbing notebook. Did you know? His update speed is much faster than you."

The novel was published on the forum, and everyone could read it. Ding Xiu flipped through the floors, and most of the readers urged it to be updated.

The author doesn't know what he does in real life. It doesn't seem to be a full-time job. Writing novels is just a hobby, so updates are very slow.

Ding Xiu followed the tomb robbing notes mentioned by netizens and soon saw this novel in other sections. It has been updated to over 100,000 words.

At Ding Xiu's speed of reading novels, it took him more than an hour to read more than 100,000 words. After reading it, he left a few words, "Good job, come on."

Glancing at the time in the lower right corner of the computer, Ding Xiu raised his head and said to Zhao Liying, "Have the people from the clothing company not arrived yet?"

Zhao Liying put down the book An Actor's Self-cultivation and said, "It's on the way. I'll be there soon."

"Alas." Ding Xiu sighed, thought for a while, and turned his attention to the computer. He scrolled through the comment area for a while, and finally found the QQ group of Guixue Deng. There were quite a few people in it, thousands of people.

"Where is the author's home? I would like to send some souvenirs."

"Hahaha, another reminder. The author hasn't gotten off work yet. Come back in the evening."

"Let's wait for the update on weekends. The author only has time to type during that time."

"Why isn't this novel published on the novel website?"

"I had a chat with the author yesterday, and I should post it in a while."

"I'm doing math for the author. It's 3,000 words an hour, 24 hours a day. Even if you code for five hours, you can get 15,000. What the hell is 8,000 words this week?"

"The novel is good. When the author comes out and tells him how much his monthly salary is, I will give him double it and let him update it every day."

"Dare you ask your local tycoon brother's name?"

"Don't inquire about social affairs."

A few thousand yuan a month is just a drop in the bucket for Ding Xiu. If you go to a better hotel, a meal will cost more than this.

Spending a little money to buy happiness is not something he can't do.

…

"Brother Xiu, raise your hand."

"How about this outfit?"

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation."

"Brother Xiu, we also want to design your hair. Do you think this is okay?"

"Don't hold your head back. It's easy for the audience to get into trouble and cut your hair into pieces."

"The suit should be cheaper and the quality should not be too good. The character of Abu is a desperado and does not need good clothes."

"Perm and dye your hair. I like a little yellow."

After more than two hours of thinking, the first version of Langya Abu was finalized. He had long, slightly yellowish hair, wore an ordinary suit, a black short-sleeved shirt, and a Langya necklace around his neck.

When Ding Xiu was trying on clothes, people outside were watching through the transparent glass.

It was the first time for the company to undertake such a project, and everyone was a little curious.

Behind the crowd, Yuan Shanshan stood on tiptoes to join in the fun. She could barely see Ding Xiu's back and couldn't squeeze in. She took a few steps back and stood on the edge.

After a while, Ding Xiu left and the crowd dispersed. She approached Yang Siwei, who had just finished watching the excitement.

"Hello, my name is Yuan Shanshan, and I am a student in the Performance Department of Nortel. Is your company still recruiting artists?"

She submitted her resume online, and HR asked her to come to Yang Siwei for an interview. With the attitude of giving it a try, she came.

It's just that Yang Siwei's appearance disappointed her a little, and she thought that the person who could be Ding Xiu's manager would be a strong woman who was resolute and full of aura.

Who knew that at such a young age, he would still like to eat melons and join in the fun.

"Hire." Looking Yuan Shanshan up and down, Yang Siwei said, "I have seen your resume. You are in the same class as Yang Mi, right? You have no acting experience, and your specialty is dancing."

"It's not just dancing, I'm also interested in poetry recitation." Yuan Shanshan took out her resume from her bag and handed it over with a smile: "I won an award in the poetry recitation just held at the school. In addition, I am also the captain of the cheerleading team and have participated in it since I entered school. Many events.”

Yang Siwei didn't even open her resume. He was playing with a ballpoint pen in his hand and said, "I don't read anything in school. If you come to our company, you can only start from the bottom."

After hesitating for a few seconds, Yuan Shanshan gritted her teeth and nodded: "As long as I have the opportunity, I am willing to start from the bottom."

Yang Siwei chuckled: "Everyone has opportunities, it depends on whether you can seize them. Our company's management is a bit strict. I will tell you a few rules and see if you can accept it..."

The company is looking to expand the number of agents, so it has recently planned to recruit a group of new people, and Yuan Shanshan just happened to do so.

To be honest, she has a good appearance, unique looks, and good dancing skills, which are all plus points.

Yang Siwei put her on the bottom floor to exercise for a period of time. Firstly, he wanted to test her temperament, and secondly, she wanted to exercise.

There are many people with good foundation in the entertainment industry. If you want to go far, it depends on whether your character can endure hardships, whether you have strong willpower, whether you are good enough for yourself, and whether you have ambition.

If the eldest lady has a bad temper and has no ambition, putting energy and resources on her is a complete waste of time.

After finishing the makeup work, Ding Xiu put on his coat and got ready to get off work. Passing by Yang Siwei's work station, he smiled and said, "Xiao Yang, are you bringing new people?"

"I came here to report today. I don't know how many days I can stay."

"You can help me take care of Xiao Zhao when you have time. Our Xiao Zhao's conditions are also pretty good."

"Brother Xiu, please stop joking. If Xiao Zhao enters the artist department, who will take care of you? I have searched the whole company and can't find anyone who is more clever than her."

Ding Xiu thought for a few seconds and said, "Yes, let's take a look again."

Looking at Ding Xiu's back, Yang Sisi thought deeply and picked up his phone to send a text message to Zhao Liying.

"Have you offended Brother Xiu recently?"

"No, what's wrong?"

"It's okay, busy with you."

…

"Who is this big brother?"

In the evening, Ding Xiu was lying at home reading the script. Someone sent a message on QQ on his mobile phone, saying that the author of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" was online.

Zhang Muye is the author of Ghost Blowing Lamp. He just went out to the group after get off work today when he heard that he was being kept.

Being upright and upright, he immediately contacted Ding Xiu.

Ding Xiu typed with one hand and asked, "What do you do and how much does it cost per month?"

"Investment bank, do some futures, earn a little money to support your family."

"Stop it, quit your job and write a novel."

Zhang Muye was in a dilemma: "Brother, my monthly salary is several thousand, why don't you just stop working if you don't want to do it?"

Putting down the script, Ding Xiu said: "I bought the copyright of your novel. Starting tomorrow, you will type at home and submit the manuscript to me regularly."

Zhang Muye was overjoyed: "The boss is awesome. What's your name? I'll arrange a role for you, with a beautiful woman. If you don't like that role, tell me and I'll write it to death."

There were many readers urging him to update, and there were also many people who scolded him.

But the number of people who give rewards is only a small number. Facing this small number of readers, Grandpa always makes donations.

Ding Xiu is now his grandfather. The sponsor's father bought the copyright, so of course he has to listen to him and write whatever he wants to see.

"No, just write according to your own ideas and submit the manuscript on time every day. I'll give you the price of fifty per thousand words. What do you think?"

Fifty thousand words, updating 6,000 words a day is 300 yuan, easily over 10,000 yuan a month, crushing 99% of online article authors, this business is going to be successful.

Without thinking, Zhang Muye agreed: "Boss, is there a word limit? My novel may be a bit long."

If possible, he wanted to write it for the rest of his life. Even if he died, he would not announce his funeral secretly and leave it to his son to write so that his son could earn Ding Xiu's money.

As for selling copyrights for millions, he has never thought about remaking TV series or anything like that.

Not to mention his serialized novels on the Internet, even those famous writers who write about tradition can hardly sell millions of copyrights.

Before Ding Xiu raised the price, he was serializing on the forum for free. He didn't make a dime, and he even subsidized Internet fees. He didn't even think about making money when he wrote this stuff, it was just a hobby.

Now I can earn over 10,000 yuan a month, which is unthinkable.

"Write whatever you want, there is no word limit. I will let you know when I don't want to read it."

"Tomorrow I will ask the lawyer to sort out the contract and send it to you. You can sign it and send it back to me."

Buying the copyright of a novel is just a trivial matter for Ding Xiu after dinner.

But it was a big deal for other readers. When the group leader said that he would update every day in the future, the group went crazy.

"I'm sorry, I will work hard to make money in the future. When I see a novel I like, I will support the author directly and ask him to write it just for me to read."

"Is this the world of a boss? He bought the copyright just after a disagreement."

"Can we still watch it in the future?"

"You should be able to watch it, tell the boss, wait until the boss has passed the first hand, and then release it to make us happy."

"What was said upstairs is a bit weird."

…

One month after it was released, Apple released it. The mainland box office was 30 million. Adding the 8 million in Hong Kong, the domestic box office was 38 million, which was a direct hit.

The two protagonists, who became famous immediately, each received different opportunities in their careers.

Fan Binbin set up a studio and brought in a lot of resources to cooperate. Ding Xiu and Wu Jing studied the movie Wolf Fang every day.

In October, after applying for the pass, Ding Xiu came to Hong Kong Island.

In the evening, Wu Jing took him shopping. Walking in the night market on Hong Kong Island, Ding Xiu felt that the first thing he felt was that it was small, and the second thing that made him feel old.

It feels no different from an ordinary county town.

In his memory, these streets looked like this in Hong Kong movies of the 1980s and 1990s, and they still look like this now.

The only difference is that there are far fewer Young and Dangerous.

"There's actually nothing interesting here." Wu Jing said, drinking a cup of milk tea in his hand: "It's more about feelings. You can see the filming locations in the movie everywhere."

"The other thing is to relax. There are many street performers on Hong Kong Island. People are not surprised. No one cares about you when you run around in slippers."

Hong Kong Island is a small place with many artists, and the entertainment industry developed early. In the 1970s and 1980s, people were filming movies all over the streets. Over the past few decades, ordinary people have become accustomed to it.

"That's all." Ding Xiu sighed with his hands in his pockets.

No wonder Hong Kong films are in decline. The plates are too small, the actors have no fresh blood, and only a few people are acting over and over again.

"Our current place is called Causeway Bay. Young and Dangerous was filmed on this street. Do you want me to take a photo of you?"

"Forget it, it's not interesting. Let's go shopping and go back. I have something to do tomorrow."

"I know, you have to pay a visit to the pier, I understand, so why don't you buy some gifts and just go there empty-handed?"

"Take a taxi and go to Queen's Road."

Cheng Xiaodong and Yuan Bing are all in Hong Kong Island. We haven't seen each other for a long time. It's a rare visit. It's really not good to go there empty-handed.

The next day, Ding Xiu packed up his things and went to Cheng Xiaodong's company. He was dragged to have a drink until the afternoon. He didn't rest for a few hours. When it got dark, he was taken by Yuan Bing to experience Hong Kong Island. nightlife.

When I woke up at noon the next day, I felt like I was floating when I walked.

Before he could recover, Wu Jing took him to visit Cheng Long.

The director of Wolf Fang, Li Zizhong, is a member of the Cheng Jia Ban. He has worked with Wu Jing on Black Boxing before and they have a good relationship. This time, he specially borrowed him from the Cheng Jia Ban.

It's not so much borrowing as it is cooperation, because all members of Langya's martial arts team are members of the Cheng family.

When you hire someone else's director and someone else's team, of course you have to say hello to the boss. On this three-acre land, it's no joke to offend Cheng Long.

When they arrived at the appointed hotel, the two waited for more than ten minutes before Cheng Long showed up with his bodyguard Lu Huiguang and several members of the Cheng family class.

"Brother, long time no see."

"Long time no see Ding Xiu. I wish you a smooth start-up. If you need any help, just ask. Don't be polite."

"Thank you, brother. I feel relieved with your words."

"Hello, brother Xiu." Cheng Long's bodyguard Lu Huiguang smiled at Ding Xiu and nodded.

"Do you know each other?" Wu Jing was a little surprised.

"I know you." Ding Xiu stretched out his hand to shake: "Brother Guang is one of the few masters I have ever met."

The Muay Thai champion, they had fought against each other on the set of Shinhwa. They had not seen each other for a long time, and it was still a bit emotional to see each other again.

Lu Huiguang grinned and said, "I will introduce you to some experts some other time. I promise not to disappoint you."

"Okay." Ding Xiu's eyes lit up.