Chapter Five Hundred and Ninety Six: Actor Classification
It was getting dark, and the extras had been running back and forth all day. Their calves were cramping, and they had long lost the enthusiasm they had when they first arrived.
The moment the director called it a day, everyone collapsed on the floor and sighed.
Wang Chengyang's time was very accurate. He woke up when he returned to sleep for the third time. Within a few minutes, he heard the end of work. He stood up and stretched, and his waist disc clicked.
"Alas! It seems that when I returned to Hengdian, it was another day of depravity."
Shaking his head, Wang Chengyang followed everyone to finish work and entered the dressing room to change clothes.
I don’t know when Zhang Yi came to the set, holding a folder in his hand. He didn’t say anything to them. He waited for everyone to take off their makeup and get in the car, and then they all took the Nanjing bus back to the hotel.
"How do you feel about your first day as a small actor?" Zhang Yi stood up in the car and asked with a smile.
"very good!"
“I learned a lot and experienced a lot of things that I didn’t have before.”
"Thank you to the company for your training and allowing me to take my first step as an actor."
The words were very nice. If you ignore the sighs and listless faces, the effect may be better. Several girls were so tired that they couldn't open their eyes and fell asleep leaning on each other in the back row.
"Hypocritical!" Pointing at them, Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Not a single word, just a close-up of your face for a second or two, and it went by in the blink of an eye when it was broadcast. Who knows you?"
"Working as an extra is very hard, and you can't learn anything. Let alone an extra, even a higher-level special contract has only a few words. If you work for ten years, you won't learn as much as playing a small role."
"Yes, Wang Chengyang!"
"Ah! Oh! Yes, yes!" Wang Chengyang came back to his senses in the second row, "It's true, the extras are very hard, and they are no different from the background board."
"So you just slept in the sandpit all day?" Zhang Yi half-smiled.
"Forehead……"
Speechless, Wang Chengyang didn't expect that every move he made would be in Zhang Yi's eyes. Now it was over, and the image he had finally built up was completely ruined.
"Squad leader, you are being unkind. Go to bed by yourself and let us run around in the sun."
"Looking at your sisters in the world of ice and fire, monitor, you are so unbearable!"
"Ahem! Every role has its own meaning. There has to be someone to play the corpse. I've done a lot of extras. I was worried that you would have regrets if you couldn't leave the country for the first time, so I took the initiative.
A corpse that cannot move and has no lines."
Seeing the public outrage, Wang Chengyang quickly explained that the faces of these elder sisters were quite tanned and he could not offend them now.
Zhang Yi raised the folder in his hand and said calmly: "This time you come out for assessment. I will score each of you based on your overall performance and make an announcement once a month."
"By the way, personal performance is related to future prospects. The higher the performance, the more resources will definitely be available, so don't take it seriously."
"Except for Wang Chengyang, who scored zero points today, I gave everyone else three points. Come on!"
Hearing this, Wang Chengyang's face turned pale, and the others' fatigue was swept away. Their results were linked to their future prospects, and their motivation suddenly increased.
"Teacher Zhang, I was wrong. I shouldn't have slept or played with my phone while playing the corpse." Wang Chengyang was filled with regret.
Zhang Yi gave him zero points not because he chose the easiest role, but because he slept while working.
"As you said before, every character has its own value and meaning, and the same goes for corpses, but you have to act well and don't be sneaky."
Zhang Yi continued: "What's the difference between your approach and those people who don't seek to make progress and just eat and wait to die every day?"
"No matter how many people try to get into Nanjing, they can't do it. We have the best resources here, endless movies to shoot, and plenty of opportunities to get ahead. The company even hires old actors to train and teach you dramas and impart their experience. Which one?"
Does the company offer this kind of treatment?"
"You should really feel lucky to be here. Look at the group of classmates behind you. They are all top students in the film school. They were the top students in school."
"In terms of background, profession, and appearance, you can't compare to them, but you still sit in the same classroom with them. You should seize this hard-won opportunity, right?"
"People who are better than you are working hard, but you are sleeping. Those who fail at the end of the term will be kicked out of the company, so you can take care of yourself."
Wang Chengyang was so embarrassed by his words that he almost buried his head on the ground.
In front of these classmates, he always had a feeling of superiority in his heart. So what if he graduated from film school? His acting skills are not as good as his, his social experience is not as rich as his, and his life is not as smooth as him.
Zhang Yi's words knocked him out of the clouds. His appearance, professionalism, and background were all things he couldn't compare with others.
He may be one step ahead in the short term, but his upper limit is only the lower limit of others, and he will be surpassed sooner or later.
Putting away the folder, Zhang Yi looked around and said seriously: "I'm not afraid to tell you in advance that the company will conduct internal actor classification in the future, first-level actors, second-level actors, third-level actors, fourth-level actors, and fifth-level actors.
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"Each level enjoys different resources, and the level of support is also different. A first-level actor can choose a variety show at will, while a fifth-level actor is expected to play a supporting role."
"Anyone who hasn't been rated as a fifth-level actor in more than three years should leave as soon as possible. The salary of the security guard at the door is higher than yours."
Regarding actor classification, his agent called him at noon and told him that it was a decision Fang Jing had just made in a meeting.
The purpose is obvious, to give capable actors with no background, bad background, and no knowledge of hype a step up. The rating is an internal one of the company, not an outside one.
As long as you perform well and work well in a year, you will have a chance of promotion. It would be even better if you can win awards.
This level is only for actors, and the company's popular artists and singers are not included in this category. This also eliminates the disadvantage that traffic takes up too many resources and actors without traffic cannot compete.
Turning around and sitting down, Zhang Yi crossed his legs and raised the corners of his mouth, "The ratings come once a year, and there is less than half a year left this year. Everyone, please work hard. Next year, we will have to wait and see whether we will continue to train with newcomers or make our debut in filming."
"call!"
People who want to sleep feel no sleepiness at all, their bodies are full of blood, their eyes are red, and they wish they could go to the studio and spend the night acting in groups.
Isn't it this opportunity that brought them to Nanjingtu?
"Teacher Zhang, if you were to grade, what grade would you be?"
Someone in the back row asked a question, and everyone's eyes focused on the figure behind the driver.
Zhang Yi didn't look back and said calmly: "Probably Level 2."
He heard from his agent that there is a standard. The minimum entry requirement for first-level evaluation is to be nominated for Best Actor, Best Actor, or win a drama award.
Those who have won Best Actor or Best Actor do not need to be judged, they are directly ranked first.
Not many people in the company can reach Level 1. Level 2 is considered the top of the pyramid, and he is also at this level, which means that his resources will be heavily tilted in the future.
Second-level actors have the right to choose at least one movie and two TV series a year.
First-level actors are paid the same as second-level actors, but they can participate in box office dividends and TV drama dividends, which is the most attractive thing.
If he participated in Operation Red Sea and received dividends, it would be in the tens of millions at least, and he could spend a lifetime on one movie.
Even if he dies, as long as the movie is still airing, his son's family can still receive dividends.