The two met at You Jingge, the Hong Kong restaurant owned by the eldest brother Cheng. They entered the private room and the dishes were served one after another. After some pleasantries, Liao Fan explained the purpose of his visit.
Key role.
Liao Fan rubbed his hands with eager eyes.
The third child is not very good at it. He really can't go any further. Let's see if the sixth child can think of something for him.
This guy graduated from a major and came from a family in the entertainment industry. Logically speaking, it should be an easy way to get involved in the entertainment industry, but he is too good-looking, with a fierce look, and a figure of 50-50. His experience is quite similar to that of Fang Yi's Yangxi opera senior brother Wang Qianyuan.
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Everything went wrong because of one appearance, but this is the most critical thing.
Those who are good-looking, like Fang Yi, but have good business skills, will rise in fame like a helicopter; those who are not good-looking, like Liao Fan, will be like Sisyphus pushing a stone.
Oh, keep doing useless work.
At the dinner table, Liao Fan told Fang Yi all about his half-life experience: Proverb
He was an undergraduate student of Shanghai Opera in 1993, and he and Li Bingbing were from the same class as Ren Quan. However, when these two classmates were both very popular, Liao Fan could not get any roles, and he only acted in one movie throughout his college career.
"The Story of Late Autumn" was written by the boss and there were no scenes at all.
After graduating in 1997, he couldn't find a job, so Liao Fan found a flexible job. Fortunately, it was not the hell mode to take public examinations at that time, so this guy got admitted to the National Theater. He finally survived starvation, but it was only at this level.
, he continued to be unable to receive roles.
In 1998, after all the hard work, he participated in the first idol drama in mainland China, "Love to the End". This film made a lot of celebrities famous.
But Liao Fan is not included, because he plays a dead man.
Later, he played clowns, women, and bandits... Ten years have passed quickly, and he has produced many works, but he has never been found.
Absolutely.
In 2011, while filming "The Founding of the Party", he fell off a horse twice, but he didn't take it seriously the first time, so God made him fall off a second time. This time, twelve steel needles were inserted into his shoulder, and he rested for half a year... As the saying goes
Liao Fan woke up and started doing what any unlucky actor in the entertainment industry would do 90% of the time.
Fortune telling!
There is no need to explain how to find someone to introduce him to. There are many people who lead him to the path. In short, the master explained the hexagram and gave a 14-character mantra: "When a dragon and a snake meet, they will be blessed in life, so that they can pour one to the river."
What's the meaning?
You have met a big shot, so you are somewhat lucky. With her, you have finally become a big shot.
Liao Fan came back and thought hard. He had met a lot of big people in his life. In "Let the Bullets Fly" alone, which one is not a well-known big shot?
Think of Fat Brother, with a salary of 40 million, the king of Hong Kong and mainland China, is he such a big shot? As the saying goes
Jiang Wen, the third person under Mou Kai, is also a first-line actor. Is he a big shot?
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But to let him borrow the light and make him feel worthy of this hexagram mantra, he actually only thought of one person.
"It's you, Director Fang."
Thirty-eight-year-old Liao Fan finished telling his story with a very low profile.
Fang Yi was amazed. He didn't expect Liao Fan to go through such a mental journey. At his age and his fate, Fang Yi couldn't refuse him, so he thought about it in his mind to see if he could find a role for him.
There really is one, "Embroidered Spring Knife". Proverb
This is a group drama, which requires a large group of male stars with good acting skills but poor careers to prevent costs from getting out of control. As a director, Lu Yang has his own regular team, which are the so-called royal actors and actresses.
For example, Zhou Yiwei was the male protagonist of Lu Yang's debut film "Cinema for the Blind", so he naturally joined the new film "Xiu Chun Knife". Zhou Yiwei also recommended his wife Zhu Dan, who is the host. After the audition, Zhu Dan also got the role.
...But these were far from enough, so Lu Yang also asked Fang Yi, Guo Fan and others for their opinions.
This itself is also used as a favor to Fang Yi, but Fang Yi doesn't care about this favor. Now that someone has come to ask for help, let's give him a chance.
Fang Yi asked Liao Fan: "Do you have any martial arts skills?"
Liao Fan said honestly: "I don't know how, but I am willing to learn."
"I have a film here that is expected to be completed in three months, but it requires two months of preparation. These two months are the time left for you and others to learn the tricks. Can you reach that level?"
Liao Fan patted himself on the shoulder: "Can it be more difficult than wearing steel nails? Can it be more difficult than enduring like this?"
"Okay, what you said is so awesome, let's see if you can succeed."
After the meal, Liao Fan rushed to pay the bill. The consumption in Youjing Pavilion was quite ordinary, but they couldn't help but order wine worth more than 60,000 yuan. Liao Fan said:
"How can you ask for mercy from others and ask others to treat you at the same time? This is not the case."
Well, the third child is quite principled.
Later, I learned in the lobby that the cost of this meal was zero:
"Director Fang, Uncle Long has told me that I don't need to give you money when I see you."
Only then did Liao Fan find out that the store was opened by his eldest brother Cheng: "So we also took care of his business?"
"If we don't spend any money, our eldest brother will take care of our stomachs." Fang Yi said.
They came out near the Beijing Workers' Stadium. The two put on their sunglasses and walked for a while on the street. Fang Yi hired a taxi to take him to the Republic Era:
"Just say that I introduced you, and go to the second floor to find Director Lu Yang. He is auditioning there during this period... Don't be pretentious at this time, and remember to mention me."
Although there is a shortage of roles, the actor market is oversupplied, and it is not uncommon for a tough guy like Liao Fan to be cast down.
"Okay!" Liao Fan nodded to Fang Yi and got into the car with a smile. "Just wait for me to give you good news. Maybe one day later, I will change my life."
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Fang Yi also returned to the studio not long after. He and Liao Fan staggered the time to avoid going too far.
You can't bring Liao Fan to the interview site in person, right? What would that look like? Using your power to suppress others.
In the taxi earlier, Liao Fan sent a message saying that his interview was good, but he didn't know the result yet. After learning that he had returned to the studio, Lu Yang came to him directly with the information and said:
"How about Liao Fan playing Lu Jianxing? In fact, their ecological niches are almost the same."
"Didn't Lu Jianxing say he was looking for Wang Qianyuan?"
Lu Yang shook his head: "Wang Qianyuan has no schedule. He has two main theme dramas to perform this year, so he pushed us away... It's like this," Lu Yang pushed many actor information for today's interview in front of Fang Yi and explained:
"Because investment is relatively abundant now, we will also extend the shooting time to try to complete the story as much as possible. I think two or three months is at least needed, plus there are still two months of practice time, your senior brother Wang Qianyuan
He doesn’t have this schedule anymore, so he has no choice but to miss it.”
"Then I'll listen to you."
"Well, take a look at the information. I have something to ask you later."
Fang Yi lowered his head and looked at the pile of A4 paper. This was the interview information that tied the actors to their roles, one-to-one correspondence. For example, Nie Yuan-Zhao Jingzhong; Jin Shijie-Wei Zhongxian; Bai Yu-Jin Yichuan...