"Are you busy lately? When will your TV series start filming?"
"Next Monday, what's going on?"
"Oh, someone in my group posted a job. It's a modern drama with a few lines. I wonder if you, a big star, are interested?"
Zhang Hu said jokingly.
"Oh, Brother Zhang, stop making fun of me. What a big star. If you make fun of me like this again, I'll ignore you!"
After a pause, he asked again.
"What kind of drama? I want to take on more dramas with dialogues these days."
"Metropolitan beauty, you should play a clerk who is fired by the heroine. If you are interested, I will take you there. It will only take one day to shoot."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Zhang. I'll go find you."
"Oh my god, you are really a movie star. You don't even ask for remuneration, you just film the scenes you have."
"I'll be where I usually stay. If you come over, we'll shoot. We'll pay 150 a day and take care of the food."
After a few more pleasantries, Zhang Hu inevitably called him a big star again.
After hanging up the phone, An Qi also felt that she seemed to be very greedy recently. She would participate in movies as long as they were available, not for the pay, but for her own rank.
Because I have already filmed two palace ladies, both of which only have 100 experience points, so I thought of upgrading based on quantity.
More than ten minutes later, An Qi followed Zhang Hu to a production crew.
Zhang Hu greeted him familiarly, "Director Guo, this is the group performance I brought, the quality is guaranteed to be high."
A director holding a loudspeaker glanced at An Qi and his eyes lit up.
"Not bad, the efficiency is fast enough, let's go, 150 a day."
An Qi quickly ran over and said, "Director, what else do I need to say?"
Director Guo smiled, "This is just a short clip. I thought I would just tell you about it when the time comes."
"You play a staff member. In order to highlight the heroine's ability to do things, you became the first person she fired after she joined the job. It was aggrieved."
"The lines are simple, manager, forgive me, forgive me, give me another chance, and then you take the box and leave the company."
"Okay, director, I understand!"
An Qi and Brother Zhang waved goodbye.
"Wait a moment, we need a few more extras, let's go together."
Director Guo said something and then made another phone call.
"Hey, are you okay? There's no one here yet."
The person on the other end of the phone said, "I'm sorry, Brother Guo, the extras for my modern drama are still in another crew."
"Hurry up and get me some people. There are so many on the ground. Find some good-looking ones."
As time passed, Director Guo also became anxious.
"Director Guo, I have a sister, can you introduce me to her?" An Qi asked weakly.
"Okay, call me over. The task given to me by the chief director is too tight."
An Qi quickly called Yanyan.
After talking about this matter, Yanyan said, "Wait for me" and immediately hung up the phone.
More than ten minutes later, a woman in casual clothes got out of a taxi.
He hurriedly ran to a production crew and looked around.
"Here, Yanyan!"
An Qi waved her hand and was already chatting with Director Guo in full swing.
Yanyan also ran over with a smile, filled with a warm smile.
"An Qi, is this your friend?"
Seeing the two of them chatting so well, I asked in confusion.
"No, no, Director Guo told me the plot, and then we started chatting."
"Director Guo, this is my best friend, Yanyan, who sings very well."
An Qi turned around again and introduced Yanyan to Director Guo.
"Well, hello, it's 100 a day, but since you are An Qi's friend, I'll give you 150." Director Guo also happily increased the price.
In Hengdian, 100 a day is the average price. If you are some special actors, you may be able to earn 200 to 300 a day without any problem.
"Thank you, Director Guo. Do you have any lines this time?"
Lines are another level for a group performer. Having lines means that you have more opportunities to perform and are more likely to be seen by talent scouts.
"Well, I have to..." Director Guo did not express his position clearly.
Instead, he looked at Yanyan meaningfully.
On the contrary, it made An Qi feel quite embarrassed. What was wrong with her girl today? It was taboo to ask if she had any lines.
"I'll get to the set soon and I'll arrange one for you."
Director Guo thought for a while and finally said.
"Ah, wow, thank you, Director Guo!"
Yanyan smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed into a thin line, and she hugged An Qi excitedly.
An Qi was also shocked by this scene and had a short circuit.
On the set, you can do whatever you are asked to do, such as things related to lines. It is always the director's request. Unless you are a first-line movie star or a higher-level actor, there is only one result for making this request.
That is to say, he was violently attacked by the director and was kicked out of the crew directly.
This is like asking the emperor for troops, power, and the throne, but Director Guo actually agreed.
After a while, a middle-aged man pulled several women over.
This middle-aged man An Qi and Yan Yan also know each other. He is the head of the urban drama group at the Hengdian Film and Television Base, and they rarely interact with each other.
Just like An Qi, she usually follows Zhang Hu, the group leader of costume dramas. Yan Yan follows the group leader of costume dramas named Chen Liang.
Generally, a type of film and television drama is monopolized by three or four group leaders. As for the extras without group leaders, they can only drink their leftover soup.
"Director Guo, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry for the few people I just pulled over." The leader of the group pulled Director Guo aside.
He kept bowing his head to apologize, secretly stuffing something into his hand, and then Director Guo patted him on the shoulder.
"Okay, you guys just follow Director Guo today, and you'll pay me your salary when you come back, 70 per person. If you perform well, you can continue with the group tomorrow."
After saying that, the group leader left.
An Qi Yanyan looked at these female troupes, their treatment was the same as hers, but they did not go to White Lotus. How much they earned was a secret and they would not tell it.
"Okay, everyone is gathered, let's go." Director Guo called everyone to leave.
In a bus rented by the crew, Director Guo took nearly ten people and sat in, and then began to make demands:
First, the place where I went to shoot this time was an office building. You were not allowed to run around when you entered.
Second, the venue was only rented for half a day, and there were more than ten clips to be shot. If something went wrong and the progress was affected, the consequences would be unaffordable.
Third, don't add drama to yourself. You are playing the role of office workers.
After saying that, Director Guo sat back down and closed his eyes to rest.
"Director Guo is so handsome." Yan Yan looked at the back of Director Guo's head with an infatuated look.
"Your vision is right, Yanyan, haven't you always been following Chen Liang? I thought you were following him." An Qi joked.
"Tch, I won't like him because he is neither a man nor a woman. You are making fun of me." He said, poking An Qi's waist with his finger.
The fight between the two attracted Director Guo's attention. Director Guo just wanted to turn around and teach her a lesson, but when he saw Yan Yan sticking out her tongue and making a face in a playful manner, Director Guo deliberately turned away with a straight face.
A rare smile appeared on the face that no one saw.