Chapter 2 Since you still have dreams, let me smash them
Games are games.
But you would be wrong to think that the Cold War is over.
After the brief confrontation that night, Li Youqing went out early and came back late every day. As soon as he got home, he locked himself in his room. Except when he could see people while eating, he was invisible the rest of the time.
Of course, Jiangbei also guessed that the reason why Li Youqing went out early and came back late was just to look for opportunities to make a new debut.
He could only shake his head helplessly at this.
Although the two are now husband and wife, they have no emotional basis after all, and it is difficult to forcibly restrain even the relationship between husband and wife, such as personal career.
So if you want Li Youqing to give up the idea of debuting again, the key is to make her willing to quit.
However, Jiangbei noticed that Li Youqing's mood was getting lower and anxious day by day.
It seems that the situation is not very good.
It wasn't until a week later that this pent-up emotion finally broke out and I cried on the spot at the dinner table.
"Wow~~~!"
"They all bullied me!"
"They didn't even give me a supporting role!"
"Why?" Jiang Bei picked up a piece of ribs and took a bite.
Well, today's ribs are a bit sweet.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...They said I have no acting skills, no fame, and I'm even married."
It seems that the crew of this world has some conscience.
Of course, he did not dare to say this sentence, but asked: "How many companies did you invest in?"
"呲流~~"
Li Youqing sniffed, picked up a piece of ribs, gnawed on it, and answered vaguely: "'Shi'ao' family."
Oops!
Sixteen, that's really a lot.
However, for sixteen film crews to reject Li Youqing's participation in the role one after another is enough to show that her own conditions are very problematic.
Lack of fame is one of the problems.
I was not famous before, but I was able to play a supporting role as a fifth or sixth female.
But that doesn't work now. Now that Li Youqing has a married woman on her resume, she has lost all the fifth and sixth female roles.
After all, in the entertainment industry, being married is inexplicably related to "advanced age." When people mention you, they will think that you are not too young.
It's a bit difficult to play characters like this who are seventeen or eighteen years old or in their early twenties.
Is it difficult to play the role of a mother?
It is even more difficult for young people to play the role of mothers without some acting skills and experience.
In addition, in the entertainment industry, although there are some married stars who are still active on the front line, they are a minority after all, and only stars who have reached a certain stage of fame can do this.
In this way, celebrities will also have their career development affected due to marriage and may lose followers.
Therefore, this kind of private relationship, whether it is a man or a woman, is always better to be single than to be married.
This makes it easy to leave a message for fans.
Like Li Youqing, the "18th-tier starlets" who are neither famous nor have acting skills and are married are basically blacklisted, even if you are beautiful.
"Change your career."
Jiang Bei took out a piece of paper and wiped the corner of his mouth, and advised again.
He doesn't like Li Youqing to become a star.
Li Qiangguo and his wife also don't like Li Youqing becoming a star.
"Hmph!" Li Youqing took a hard bite of the pork ribs and glared at Jiang Bei and said, "I knew you were going to start trying to persuade me to quit again. Let me tell you, this little difficulty won't be a problem for me. Isn't it just the sixteen crew members?
Refuse! It’s no big deal. After dinner, I will continue to vote for twenty, fifty, and I believe there will always be a crew that likes me."
"Is it worth being so tired?" Jiang Bei asked thoughtfully.
"Of course it's worth it." Li Youqing stood up stubbornly, turned around and ran to the room: "My aunt is so fond of you today that you shouldn't get wet, so I'll leave you with the washing of dishes!"
only.
Many times reality will tell us.
Just having dreams is not enough to achieve success in life.
In the next half month, Li Youqing's comeback road was still bumpy. The resumes she submitted either came to nothing or were politely rejected. Occasionally, she encountered one or two production crews who invited her to audition, and they were all bad guys with evil intentions.
There are always obstacles when it comes to acting, and the same goes for singing.
I applied to a record company to sign a contract, but was rejected. Reasons: Newcomer, no special features, old, and married.
I applied for a singing and variety show and was rejected. Reasons: old age and married.
In short, I hit a wall everywhere.
As a result, Li Youqing himself began to withdraw from the game. He had not played online games for more than half a month and became reticent.
"It turns out that you are not suitable to be a star, give up."
On this day, looking at Li Youqing who was lying on the sofa silently holding a pillow, Jiang Bei persuaded him again.
The TV opposite was playing the finals of this year's most popular variety show "The Old Stars Are Still Here", and the song "Unwilling" by the has-been singer Qu Jingsong made the audience burst into tears.
As if being influenced by the song, Li Youqing looked at the TV screen and asked word by word: "But I have never really proven it, why do you say I am not suitable?"
Jiang Bei was stunned when he heard this, looked at the program "The Old Stars Are Still Here" on the TV, and fell into silence.
What a stubborn girl.
But, he still doesn't want her to become a star.
"What do you mean by proof?"
"Let the audience be the judge."
"..."
weekend.
Jiang Bei and Li Youqing went to his father-in-law Li Qiang's country for dinner.
After the meal, Li Youqing cleared the table and washed the dishes with her mother-in-law, while Li Qiangguo took Jiang Bei into the bookstore for a secret talk.
"Look, this is the Mingqian West Lake Longjing I just bought two days ago. It's so valuable!"
Li Qiangguo is a tea drinker. It is said that he spends over 100,000 yuan on tea alone every year.
At the beginning of their acquaintance, Jiangbei also relied on his skill in tea tasting to win the favor of Li Qiangguo, and they became a close friend, and later came to have the story of marrying his daughter to him.
"This season is the best time for Mingqian tea production. Due to the low temperature and less erosion by pests, the amino acid content in the tea leaves is less lost, and the tea polyphenols content is moderate. The buds and leaves are tender, green in color, fragrant and delicious.
It has a beautiful mellow shape and is a top quality tea."
Many cases tell us.
Sometimes, when flattering your father-in-law and mother-in-law, it is better to show off your knowledge and ability in front of them and pretend to be cool.
It will help you improve your status in the family in the future.
"know the business!"
Li Qiangguo, who was washing the tea, was full of joy. He skipped the experienced tea-making process and poured a cup for Jiangbei himself after brewing.
Jiang Bei was not polite, picked it up and took a sip, closed his eyes, responded for a long time, and sighed softly: "Good tea."
"hey-hey."
Li Qiangguo was even more overjoyed when he heard this, seeing how satisfied he was with the son-in-law he had chosen.
Talented, mature, stable, and a little bit unfazed, he is simply the perfect son-in-law.
She is lucky to find such a husband.
Just mentioning his daughter, Li Qiangguo frowned slightly and asked: "I heard that Youyou has been running around again recently and wants to return to the entertainment industry?"
"Um."
Jiangbei's forehead was lowered and he was thinking.
On the matter of young people being involved in the entertainment industry, the attitude of the father-in-law and father-in-law is the same: they do not support it.
"I can't settle down even after getting married. I'm still like a child." Li Qiangguo shook his head, his mind filled with sorrow: "Then you didn't stop her?"
"She said she wanted to prove herself."
"How to prove it?"
"Be the heroine of a film and television drama, and then let the audience evaluate her acting skills."
"She is the only one who is still a heroine? She has been a bitch every year for the past few years, and what she says is like a dream. According to what she means, if she never becomes a heroine, will she continue to hang out?" Li Qiangguo was so angry.
I took a sip of tea to soothe my mood, but the tea was already tasteless.
"So I plan to secretly invest in a film and television series and find her to be the heroine." Jiang Bei was silent for a while and then expressed his thoughts.
"Secretly investing in film and television dramas?" Li Qiangguo was stunned. This was a good idea, but...
"Is it going to be too much investment?"
"So I hope you, father-in-law, can support me."
"Cui'e, see the guests off!"
…
My father-in-law didn't help, so I had no choice but to go it alone.
Return home in the evening.
Jiang Bei hid in his room to check his financial situation.
Cash balance: 106w.
Assets in his name: a house, an SUV, and a farmhouse that was poorly managed and on the verge of bankruptcy.
Um.
He didn't earn any of this.
Except for the newly opened farmhouse, the rest are properties left over from the predecessor.
Of course, this does not mean that he has not worked hard since he came to this world.
On the contrary, he works hard.
When I first came here, I wrote three scripts and sold them on the "Script Market", hoping to make my first pot of gold.
It's a pity that those three scripts are still lying in the "Script Trading Center". Even if the price drops again and again, they can't be sold for 100,000 yuan.
Jiangbei, who recognized the reality, thought about it for a while, and finally decided to accept the 'gift' from his predecessor, and used the money to open a farmhouse. As a result, the business was deteriorating day by day, and he was on the verge of bankruptcy.
"Do I really want to go back to my old job..." Looking at his only one million savings, Jiang Bei's eyebrows showed a bit of worry.
It's just that he had made up his mind that he would never engage in that profession again.
never mind.
Let’s solve Li Youqing’s problem first.
…
The next morning.
Jiangbei drove to the Weilan Film and Television Production Base.
This is a relatively famous film and television production base in China, with a history of 20 years.
The so-called film and television production base is, in layman’s terms, a film factory.
It is a production base with film and television pre- and post-production as its core, with film and television shooting, sound recording, digital processing, film development and printing, as well as animation, games, advertising production, equipment rental, CD production and other service functions.
In it, you can complete all the operational procedures for a film and television drama, including recruiting producers, directors, actors, etc.
He came here today just to find someone to make a movie with.
To be precise, I will make a movie for Li Youqing.
A movie that allows Li Youqing to recognize reality.
Um.
It's just a bad movie.
After finding a good place to park, Jiang Bei walked into the Weilan Film and Television Production Base. After explaining his purpose to the staff at the production base, he was taken to fill in the information.
This information is called ‘Director Recruitment Information’.
The information that needs to be filled in is naturally some information that can attract the director.
For example, shooting a movie.
Such as filming funds.
For example, there are some rigid requirements for directors.
It's very simple. He filled it out in three minutes and handed it to the staff.
"Sir, is your estimated investment capital missing a zero?" Xiaomei, the staff member, took the written information and checked it, and finally couldn't help but kindly remind her.
"What? Is there a minimum requirement for investment funds?" Jiang Bei raised his eyebrows and asked.
Staff member Xiaomei shook her head quickly and explained: "Sir, you misunderstood. It's my problem. I will hand over the information to you right now. Please pay the fee."
"Thank you for trusting our Weilan Film and Television Production Base. The information you posted has been successfully uploaded to our internal recruitment website. If there are idle directors applying for this information, we will contact you as soon as possible... uh..."
The staff member was stunned for a moment before she finished her words and looked at the computer screen blankly.
"Do you want me to go home and wait for news?" Jiang Bei asked proactively when the other party didn't speak.
Many things in the entertainment industry in this world are very complete and have formed their own professional system. Unlike in previous lives, actors were recruited either through acquaintances, agency companies, or at the gates of various film and television bases.
More troublesome.
"Ah? No sir, the information I just released for you has received feedback. There are currently five idle directors who have applied for this information and are available for interviews at any time. Do you want to interview them now?" Good career
Xiaomei quickly recovered from her accomplishments and replied with a smile.
Five directors applied for the job so quickly?
But this is good, it saves time.
"Okay." Jiang Bei nodded in agreement.
"Okay sir."
Xiaomei quickly opened the headset contact, and then a staff member outside the window came over. Xiaomei said: "Sir, please follow our staff to the director's interview room. The interview time is expected to be in twenty minutes."
"Thanks."
Finally, Jiang Bei followed the staff to the director's interview room.
Xiaomei looked at the backs of him and the staff, then looked back at the information on the computer screen, shaking her head slightly: "I want to make a movie for only one million, it feels like a joke."