Chapter five hundred and ninety fifth: group performance
While Wang Chengyang was communicating with colleagues in the company, Zhang Yi approached director Lu Yang and was also communicating with each other. It was rare to find someone he could talk to, and the two of them had a great time drinking one glass at a time.
After three rounds of drinking, with a cigarette in his hand, Lu Yang laughed and said, "Operation Red Sea, you are very popular, with billions in box office, and now you are starring in a major drama that has been completed. In a few months, you will become popular again."
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"It can't be that simple. I was born to be a small character, so I can't become famous!"
In a daze, Zhang Yi thought of what the director of Soldier Assault said to him more than ten years ago: If an actor cannot make it at the age of twenty-seven, he should change his career as soon as possible.
That year he turned twenty-six into twenty-seven.
Sure enough, the words came true, and he has never become popular since then. His dramas are often popular but not popular. With Operation Red Sea's high box office, the only thing the audience remembers is Fang Jing.
Xiuchundao became Lu Yang's masterpiece, and he also participated in it. The focus was entirely on Zhang Zheng.
Zhang Yi lit a cigarette for himself, took a deep breath, and said after a while: "Sometimes I accept my fate. I will become famous at the age of forty. I am destined to be a soy sauce in this life."
"In the future, it would be good to just hang around in the company and wait until death, act as a supporting actor for newbies, or be a training teacher."
After twenty years in the industry, if I ask him to do something else, he really can't do it. He feels that he is no different from a useless person. If he can act better, he has gained some experience along the way.
"Don't be so discouraged. Now the company attaches great importance to veteran actors." Leaning on his chair, Lu Yang said: "Nanjing is the film and television company I have ever seen that treats veteran actors more seriously than popular niche actors."
"At the last meeting, we said that in the future, the company will be fully engaged in making movies, with veteran actors taking the lead."
As long as you don't lose money, shoot! This is what Yang Ning once said.
Some movies don't make money, but as long as they don't make a loss, the company agrees to make them. On the one hand, it gives the director a chance to practice and the actors won't be idle.
After six or seven films a year, the director has become more familiar with his skills, and the actors have more exposure opportunities. If he accidentally makes a hit, he will make a lot of money.
Actors, directors, prop masters, lighting engineers, supporting actors... a movie can feed hundreds of people.
With his eyes shining, Zhang Yi leaned forward and asked urgently: "Director Lu, do you think I still have a chance to play the leading role in a movie?"
"Yes! The company is following the path of the Korean film market. The investment in a film will not be too large. The main content is the main content, and actors like you are the most suitable for it."
In the whole of Asia, the mainland entertainment industry is the slowest in development. The current model and current situation have long been passed by the entertainment industry in other countries.
Many classic movies in South Korea next door are low-budget, with even a dozen actors and actresses making up one movie. The old actors and actresses are online, the content is online, and everything produced is equally popular.
This is the path that Fang Jing will take next. The budget of a film should be controlled within 50 million, focusing on veteran actors. As long as it does not lose money and the project is suitable, it will be made.
Anyway, sky-high remuneration will not happen in the company. The company cannot give artists more money, only opportunities.
If you seize the opportunity and become popular, there will be a lot of money out there for you to make.
After receiving Lu Yang's reply, Zhang Yi instantly became energetic, with an unbearable smile on his face, "Director Lu, please take good care of me in the future."
Picking up a glass of wine, Zhang Yi raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
A small cost means a small cost, it doesn't matter to him, as long as there are scenes to film.
In fact, most of the expenses of a film are spent on the actors' remuneration. If the remuneration is reduced, the small cost will be similar to that of a blockbuster film.
"Drink less. You have to take people to the set tomorrow. Don't be unable to get up by then."
"It's okay! I'm so happy!" Zhang Yi's face turned red. "I'm forty years old. Where can I find a forty-year-old protagonist? If I can play the leading role a few more times, I will die without regrets."
"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Mr. Fang said that there will be opportunities for everyone."
Seeing Zhang Yi's state, Lu Yang sighed, where are the protagonists who are not forty years old? In other countries, actors are more valuable as they get older, and most of the popular ones are middle-aged and older actors.
Only here, traffic dominates, and the capital behind it also follows suit.
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The next day, Wang Chengyang led a group of people to the Actors Guild to apply for an actor's certificate.
Although they are here to learn, they can also earn money as part-timers. They can lie in the mud, go into the water, and play dead bodies, which can cost hundreds of dollars a day, which is a lot of money a month.
Not all the people in the training class are children from wealthy families, there are also people with average family conditions.
"Let's go, everyone get in the car and go to the studio. We will be filming an anti-Japanese drama today."
Zhang Yi didn't get up, so he told Wang Chengyang early in the morning and asked him to take everyone to the set to find the crew. It was said to be training their independence.
When I came to the set and changed my clothes, the boys all played the same role, which was to lie down in the river and run from one end to the other. The water was not deep, just above the knees.
The girl played the role of a nurse, standing in a white coat, with several wailing seriously ill people lying on simple stretchers.
"Brothers, rush with me!!"
"kill!!"
Influenced by Wang Chengyang, everyone remembers not to complain about tiredness or suffering, especially not in front of the director.
The water in the river was up to my knees, and my shoes were soaked with water after one trip. After several trips, my whole body was wet, and I splashed in the water when I ran in a hurry.
At this time, Wang Chengyang, who shouted to promote hard work and hard work, was lying in a sandbag pit playing the role of a dead body. Hmm! His hat covered half of his face, and he was playing with his mobile phone sideways.
"Get off the road, pay attention on the way down."
"Push the tower, what is the jungler doing?"
"I'll go, you guys are too stupid."
After putting down his record of zero bars and eleven, Wang Chengyang sighed, mentally and physically exhausted, these people couldn't help him.
He originally wanted to put away his phone, but when the assistant director outside shouted to do it again, he gave up the idea.
The anti-Japanese drama was the most tiring. He had to run around all day long. When he was in Hengdian, he had to shoot a lot. He had to change camera positions seven or eight times for a half-minute clip, and the extras also had to run around seven or eight times. After half a day, he was exhausted.
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So as soon as he arrived on the set, he occupied this niche.
"Beauty, are you an intern from the film school?" On the stretcher, the seriously injured Zhang Bei chatted with the female nurse.
The job of squatting in the pit was snatched away by a grandson. He had no place to toss and turn around and could only find a character who was seriously injured and lying on a stretcher.
"No, we are artists contracted by Nanjing, and the company brought us here to study."
Without changing her hand movements, the girl bandaged Zhang Bei, speaking and working correctly.
"It's from Nanjing! It's amazing. It's Fangjing's company, right? It's awesome. I didn't expect that one day I would get to act with a big star. I'm so lucky to meet you."
"Don't move around. We have a camera filming here. If you turn over, you will be filmed." The girl curled her lips and said calmly: "I'm not a big star, I haven't debuted yet."
"Oh, it's not important. After entering Nanjing, it's not a matter of time before you become a star? By the way, what's your name? If you become famous, I can brag to others and say that I acted with you."
"Ni Wei!"
"That's a good name. Your accent sounds a bit familiar. Where are you from? Maybe we are still from the same hometown." The more he spoke, the more excited he became. Zhang Bei almost couldn't get up.
“From Guangdong Province!”
"Leihou, pretty girl! I am also from Guangdong Province. It turns out that we are really fellow villagers. Please take care of me in the future... Do you still need someone in Nanjing?"