Chapter 1 Can we settle the debt for this drama first?
"Wu Di, cheer me up and raise the sign upright!"
The leader, Yuan Dafei, was a big man from Northeast China who was 185cm tall. When he saw Wu Di's listless appearance, he became very angry.
In the past few years of working in Hengdian, he has always adhered to a principle: no matter what he does, he must make the atmosphere exciting.
Look at Wu Di wilting, like a fallen eggplant.
What happened to asking for salary?
Shameless?
With Gao Fei's encouragement, Wu Di raised the big sign high. He had never suffered such a crime since kindergarten and was exhausted!
But being exhausted does not mean that he is really dead. But the Wu Di three days ago was really dead. To be precise, the Wu Di now is no longer the real him.
In his last life, he could be regarded as the rich second generation in China. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Unexpectedly, at the age of 25 in this life, he encountered such unscientific people as time travel.
Things.
Just wear it, can't you wear it on some classy people?
If you look at Hengdian, there are big stars and directors!
But he gave me a bad look, and it happened to a small extra, and he was still owed wages.
"Brother Da Fei, can we really get money like this?" Wu Di is very well-behaved.
In 2009, domestic entertainment, both in terms of investment and remuneration, was far from reaching its peak.
There are many crews who have poor capital turnover and cannot make ends meet. The miserable Wu Di is just one of them.
There were more than a dozen people who came to ask for wages, but only Wu Di was responsible for the hard work of holding up the sign. This is normal. The others are all senior extras. In the crew, they can get on camera and even say a few lines.
In Wu Di's memory, two of these friends have even acted with the protagonist!
Wu Di is not so lucky. Ever since he came to Hengdian, he has been doing the lowest level of work. This unpaid crew filmed a series of anti-Japanese dramas, the kind of tearing up Japanese soldiers.
Wu Di is acting as a corpse lying on the ground. Although he is low-level, he is very busy. Since the launch of the film, he has been either acting as a corpse of a Japanese soldier, a martyr of our army, and of course many civilians.
I changed a lot of clothes, but I didn’t get much money.
Originally, it was impossible for a small group actor like him to stand here and ask for salary together with the famous group actors. Unmentioned, the status is different.
It's just that among the extras who are owed wages, the most nameless ones are the ones with no surnames, and Wu Di is the representative elected by everyone.
The reason why he was chosen as the representative is that he has a good relationship with the leader Yuan Dafei and can talk to each other.
Yuan Dafei blew out a smoke ring with a particularly contemptuous expression: "Of course!"
Yuan Dafei is particularly confident.
"I just saw the investor, who probably went to pay the final payment to the crew. We came at the right time. As soon as the sponsor's father left, we rushed up. They just gave the money, and the crew couldn't refuse.
I can only give you money."
"Brother Da Fei is so wise!"
Wu Di gave a thumbs up. His mind was still not used to this kind of flattery, which stems from his life experience as a rich second generation.
However, his body has adapted extremely well and is performing quite well. This is the memory from the original owner.
Memory fusion is very simple. The original owner's family conditions were good before he was five years old, but when he was five years old, his father's investment failed and his family fell into decline.
His wife broke up with him in anger and abandoned the two of them. For Xiao Wu Di, such an encounter was a bolt from the blue, but who knows, there will be even more bolts waiting for him later.
Another year later, his father died of illness because he could not bear the blow. After that, little Wu Di took refuge in various relatives' homes and lived a life of dependence.
This experience was really extremely miserable, much worse than the second generation of a bankrupt rich man like him.
"Coming!"
"Coming!"
"Quick!"
"Xiao Wu, let's go!"
As soon as the investor left, Yuan Dafei, who had quick eyesight and quick hands, caught sight of the crew's finances, grabbed Wu Di and rushed forward.
The other extras were unequivocal and quickly moved closer to finance.
"God of Wealth, it's been half a month since we finished filming this movie. It's time to settle the money for us extras."
"Everyone has earned hard-earned money, and it's not good to keep defaulting on it."
"You think so!" Yuan Dafei used both soft and hard tactics, rubbing his hands and trying to apologize, but unfortunately the finance lady remained unmoved.
"Isn't it just half a month in arrears?"
"Are you concerned?" The young lady already showed an impatient look. The finance director of the crew is the God of Wealth (female) of the extras
Due to their position as an extra, they have absolutely no access to senior management members of the crew like the production director. Under normal circumstances, the production director has the final say on whether special guest stars and major supporting actors will go or leave.
"No, it really isn't."
"Sister Li, you are our sister, my dear sister, long live Sister Li. We extras are all the little shrimps in the crew. The combined salary of about forty people is not worth a fraction of the leading role. As the saying goes,
Doing good deeds every day will lead to blessings in the future. If you pay us a salary today, there will definitely be investors to pay the final payment tomorrow!"
Yuan Dafei's eloquence was not as good as he thought. Wu Di risked his life for this month's salary.
Sister Li was very impatient at first, but then her eyes lit up as she listened.
Huh?
This little brother is very handsome. Why don't I notice him usually? He is just wasted as an extra.
Although the production of this anti-Japanese drama filmed by Wu Di is relatively rough, it was also filmed by Ma Xiaoming, a well-known domestic entertainment director.
Moreover, the first part of the movie of the same name has achieved good box office results, and the score on a certain green bean pod website, which is known for its sharp eyesight and sharp reviews, is also commendable.
With the good reputation of the previous film and the fame of the great director, the investment for this movie is actually not low, and there are more than one investors.
What is obvious is that there is also more than one investor without a final payment.
Wu Di mentioned other investors, which made Sister Li feel good about lending you auspicious words.
Young people!
Can talk!
Will do the job!
The key is to look handsome!
"Lao Yuan, it's not easy for you brothers, so I won't embarrass you today."
"Come in with me and we'll calculate the money."
What the hell...
The situation took a turn for the worse, and Yuan Dafei almost said a curse word. The sales were also miserable, so why did it work if Wu Di sold it, but not if I sold it?
Wu Di blinked his big eyes, feeling helpless.
What Yuan Dafei doesn't understand is that sometimes handsome men and beautiful women are advanced productive forces, especially in the entertainment industry where collecting, appreciating and recording beauty is the top priority.
Handsome guys and beauties are definitely top productivity!
Of course, it must be original!
The processed ones from kimchi country don’t count!
After convincing Sister Li, Wu Di finally breathed a sigh of relief. According to his vague memory, he had no money.
All his belongings are in his pocket, not even a Mao Zedong card. Therefore, it is very important for him to ask for salary this time.
As long as you have money, food and accommodation can be solved. In Hengdian, a place full of opportunities, if you solve today, tomorrow will be better.
His wish is very simple. He just needs to pay this month's rent first. The aunt who rents the apartment upstairs is really terrible.
If he doesn't give him money, Wu Di is worried that if his aunt doesn't get what he wants, he will ask him to sacrifice himself.