Chapter 14 Learning
"Hey, you're back! When did you come back?"
"Oh, I came back yesterday and watched our performance."
"I'm doing it very well? Hehe! It's average, it's third in the world!"
"Yoyo, I've been singing birds in the south for a few months. I can't understand bullying me, right? Well, I'll learn a few words for you... How about it? It's standard enough."
"That's it, who am I? Hello, have you been home?"
"I haven't returned yet! I'll tell you, be careful that your mother beats you! Last time, I went to your house for dinner on the Dragon Boat Festival, and your mother said that you were just jealous. You said you were too, your house is so big, why did you have to move out? You have to complain if you waste money."
"What? Isn't you free to live at home? Do you think you are an ungrateful wolf? Your parents raise you so big, so you can't?"
"Oh, I'll go back this afternoon. That's right! If you know your mistakes, you're a good comrade."
"What kind of big-tailed wolf am I pretending to be a big tail? Treat me to welcome you? OK, I treat you and pay."
"Hey! Why? I invited it last time, but it's your turn to invite it this time. I'm a poor man in front of you?!"
"Okay! But it will take two days, and there will be two days to perform. Then, will you be able to do it?"
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Liu Ling called early in the morning. Wang Dalun had no face to clean his teeth. He was shirtless and put on a pair of shorts. He leaned against the window of the dormitory room, while picking his eyes and pulling Liu Ling Balaba on the phone.
There was also a summary meeting for the premiere of "Thunderstorm" in the morning. Although almost half of the theater was empty at the end of the performance, most viewers left after watching the fourth act. Objectively speaking, the premiere of the 94th squad is still a success. After all, dramas like "Thunderstorm" have basically been performed badly, and countless Zhu Yu are in front of them, and those who come to watch are all making a living, so it is good to be able to persevere until the fourth act.
Ji Bo finally made no mistakes, but he was not outstanding, so he could only be considered a perfect match. Huo Xuan focused on commending Cheng Chuang, Tu Ling and Wang Dalun at the summary meeting. Cheng Chuang's performance was vivid, Tu Ling's fanyi was very vivid, and the biggest surprise was Wang Dalun. His progress was obvious to all. Huo Xuan also joked that if there was an annual award for drama, Wang Dalun would definitely be the best supporting actor.
"What? Teacher Huo, do you think the crew of "Thunderstorm" fell in love with me?" Wang Dalun looked surprised.
After the meeting, Huo Xuan left him alone to tell him the news.
"Yes, Shaohong and Xiaowan both watched yesterday's premiere. They praised your performance! Today Xiaowan called me specially and officially invited you to play the role of Zhou Chong. Of course, I just helped you get in touch with you. If you want, you can go directly to the crew to have an interview with them. The crew is located next door at the Beijing Film Studio."
Huo Xuan was very happy. The crew took a fancy to his students, which showed that his students were capable and affirmed his work results from the side.
"I'm willing, of course I'm willing. Thank you Teacher Huo!"
This unexpected surprise made Wang Dalun very excited. His filming of "East Palace and West Palace" was originally an accidental opportunity to make him meet Zhang Yuan. This opportunity is similar to the chance to win the jackpot. Although Zhang Yuan promised to recommend it to him, Zhang Yuan is now busy doing the late stage. He has even been mentally prepared to have no scenes for a year, but he did not expect the second chance to come so soon.
Beijing Film Studio was the small building that auditioned that day. Wang Dalun knocked on a door on the second floor according to the door number given by Huo Xuan.
"Please come in."
Wang Dalun pushed open the door and knew the person sitting behind the desk in the room. He was the middle-aged woman who was checking the boy's head downstairs that day. At this time, she was pressing the calculator. The table was very messy, and many documents and a large stack of reports.
Li Xiaowan didn't look up, pressed the numbers on the calculator with her fingers, and whispered with her lips. Wang Dalun did not disturb her, but gently covered the door and waited quietly.
After a while, Li Xiaowan raised her head, "So it's you, why don't you make a sound? Please sit, please sit. Wait a little, I have two more numbers to calculate."
"You are busy, you are busy."
Wang Dalun politely took a look and walked to the chair beside the wall to sit down.
Li Xiaowan finished her work quickly. Wang Dalun quickly stood up and bent her waist slightly, "Hello, Teacher Li! I am Wang Dalun, I..."
Li Xiaowan smiled and raised her hand and interrupted him, "I know, Shaohong and I watched your performance together last night. It was so good! Shaohong was very satisfied."
Oh! Wang Dalun was very flattered and quickly said modestly: "I've been too awarded, I've been too awarded."
Who is Li Shaohong? That is the representative of the fifth generation of female directors. The movie "Red Pink" directed two years ago won the Silver Bear Award at the West Berlin Film Festival and the Best Director at the Beijing College Film Festival.
Although Zhang Yuan is so cool, he is just an underground director who has won two European awards. Compared with Li Shaohong, he was killed in seconds. The key is that although he has also come out to work alone, he still has a close relationship with the system, and his connections are definitely top in the circle. For example, when people film "Thunderstorm", they can actually attract investment from CCTV.
"Teacher Li..."
"Don't call me sister, sister Xiaowan is a good person, just don't call me teacher, I can't afford this." Li Xiaowan waved her hand and said, "Sit down and say."
"Mr. Huo must have told you all. I have also learned about your situation from Mr. Huo. I heard that you just made a movie some time ago, right?"
"Yes,... Sister Xiaowan is a work directed by Zhang Yuan."
Li Xiaowan nodded and said, "I am a person who speaks directly, so let's get straight to the point. I believe you know the influence of our drama, so I won't talk about the director Shaohong. The main actors are also top-notch actors from the mainland and Hong Kong and Taiwan. Although you have made a movie, you are a newcomer after all, so this is also a rare learning opportunity for you."
Although he was arrogant, he was indeed the truth. He was so awesome, and Wang Dalun could only nod.
Li Xiaowan said again: "The role of Zhou Chong has almost five episodes in the play. However, we require all actors to sign a three-month contract regardless of the number of scenes. Are you okay with this?"
Of course there is no problem, anyway, I am idle. Wang Dalun nodded again quickly.
Li Xiaowan smiled. She was very satisfied with the honest child in front of her, not arrogant or impatient. Unlike the Yuan Li yesterday, she just starred in "Heroes Without Regrets". Looking at her crazy look, she was upset.
"Anyway, that's it. In three months and five episodes, how much does it cost to watch in one episode?" Li Xiaowan finally turned the topic.
Time, Wang Dalun is fine. As for the pay, he has no idea at all, because he has never filmed a TV series. Although he received a 20,000 yuan salary for filming "East Palace and West Palace", movies and TV series are not the same as movies.
But he doesn't care. He has made up his mind to be in this circle anyway, and he is a newcomer. He can make more money. If he has less money, he just thinks he can accumulate character, and be familiar with him.
So he looked very sincere and licked his lips and said, "Well, Sister Xiaowan, please give as much as you like, I'm absolutely right."
When Li Xiaowan heard this, hey, this is the most comfortable sentence she has heard since she talked to all the actors about pay. She is such an honest child!
Li Xiaowan's original psychological price was 1,500 to 2,000, and newcomers who just came out of school usually had this price, so when they were happy, they gave an upper limit: "Do you watch an episode of 2,000?"
"Finish!" Wang Dalun answered very simply.
The contract was signed on the spot. Before leaving, Li Xiaowan gave him a thick script to get familiar with him as soon as possible.
In order to avoid disturbance, he ran to the school library and spent an afternoon reading the script from beginning to end.
After reading it, I couldn't help feeling a little sad. In the original work, eight people have a high concentration of time and space. Among these eight main characters, Zhou Ping, Fan Yi and Si Feng have the most scenes, Lu Dahai has the least scenes, and the other four are roughly equivalent. However, in this adapted script, the time span is eight years. The first ten episodes depict Zhou Ping and Fan Yi getting to know each other, and they fell in love until they failed to elope. There are also two so-called "Zhou Ping's Blue Cousin and Fan Yi's suitor". Zhou Chong is a little brat.
Only in the last ten episodes will Zhou Chong, Sifeng and Lu Dahai appear, but Zhou Chong's role has been greatly weakened, and it is not even as outstanding as Lu Dahai, who represents justice. Even the white lotus that was originally untainted by the mud has become dull under the highlight of Fanyi's justice, and has completely become a so-called soybean.
At the end of the whole drama, Fan Yi's immortality turned into suicide; Sifeng's death turned into an abortion and went to Jinan with her mother; Zhou Ping changed from shooting and committing suicide to taking over her father's property. The most amazing thing is that Zhou Chong actually joined the New Fourth Army. What does this mean?
In a word, Zhou Chong has no distinction in this drama. The only thing that can be comforted is that there are five episodes after all, so it should be no problem to be familiar with him.
After the remaining two performances, Wang Dalun went to the crew to report.
The filming was mainly carried out on the Ming and Qing Street of Beijing Film Studio, and the set had already been set up. When Wang Dalun went there, the crew had already started filming for a day. That day happened to be filming the scene where Zhou Puyuan took his wife Fanyi home.
After saying hello to Er Li and Zeng Nianping, he moved a long bench and sat aside to study.
A black old-fashioned sedan drove slowly over, and the servants at the door were lined up, and the old man Regis was wearing a long robe and stood in front with his body bent.
In fact, Regis is quite young now, and looks only in his early fifties at most. When he saw him, Wang Dalun couldn't help but want to call him: Manager Wang, and then the old man took a sip of wine, looking satisfied: "Red-haired medicinal wine, sixty-seven Chinese herbal medicines, wine helps medicinal power, medicine helps wine to be prosperous..."
Okay, let's get back to the point. The car stopped, and several male servants walked around the back of the car to get their luggage. Manager Wang, Oh, it was Regsheng who took a step forward and walked to the side of the car very quickly. He bent down to open the door, reached into the car with both hands, took a briefcase, and clamped it around his waist. He moved quickly and looked respectful and serious.
"Tsk!"
With such a simple cutscene, Regis instantly played a smart and capable housekeeper.
Stepping and opening the door, the two movements were straightforward and the person always bent over, just as the sentence in the original work: He seemed to be owing his body forever and agreed to "yes" to his master. Instead of waiting for someone to come out of the car to get the bag passively, he took the initiative to reach in with respect and take the bag, then took the step back, stood up solemnly, and waited for the master's instructions at any time.
He looked serious and respectful, but without any flattery. That was because the master had been away from home for many years and today was the first time he had been home. The scene was formal.
"Click! OK! Pass!"
The whole piece was very smooth, and Li Shaohong couldn't help but shout OK!
"Prepare for the second game."
The camera position was transferred from the front of the car to the inside of the car, Zeng Nianping personally took the camera. Although he also had the title of director, perhaps because the director's skills were far less than that of his wife, he could only do his old job obediently.
Photography is in place.
The actors are in place.
“action!”
A civilization stick stretched out from the car and leaned firmly. Then a black leather shoe that had just raised its toe reached out, stepped onto the ground, followed by the other foot, and a slender figure stood out from the car.
Bao Fang, it is said that the old man is over seventy years old, but he looks much younger than his actual age. He is very tall, straight, wearing a black tuxedo, with shiny hair and an old Kerry-like tone.
The old man raised his head slightly, looked around, opened his mouth lightly and took a deep breath, without saying anything, but the whole movement expressed his cry: "I'm back, finally home."
He made a comeback, so his waist was straight, and only at this moment was a smile on his face.
Chapter completed!