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Chapter 9 People Who Love Movies

Wang Dalun received the remaining 70% salary, 14,000 yuan, and his total assets exceeded 23,000 yuan. This was the first time he had so much money in his two lives, so he also applied for a special card. He had a postal savings passbook before, and the life he had transferred from his family to this passbook.

I wrote a letter to go home and told my family about making movies. Now that I have made money, I don’t have to send my living expenses at home in the future. At the same time, I have more than 20,000 yuan to make the foundation, which has increased his confidence in staying in the capital.

The finale banquet was very lively. Sihan actually brought his boyfriend - a foreigner in his forties, who was very handsome and a Swedish diplomat. The foreigner was very excited and pulled Zhang Yuan and fucked his blunt Chinese Balabara, meaning that as a senior gay, he did not expect that in China, a country where homosexuality and love were regarded as a taboo, Zhang Yuan would have the courage to make movies of such themes. He was very grateful and looked forward to the release of this movie.

Zhang Yuan was also very excited. He had been preparing for this movie for five years, and now it has finally turned into results. He toasted and thanked him at the table. In his speech, he praised the performance of the two leading actors, especially Wang Dalun, and praised Wang Dalun as the most talented actor he has ever used to film the movie. Wang Dalun felt very honored. Photographer Zhang Jian told him that the guy has made three movies so far, and he has never used serious actors at all. He is either a non-professional actor or a bunch of singers who are not tuned.

After the finale banquet, the crew announced the disbandment. Zhang Yuan still had to be busy with the late stages, and Wang Dalun returned to school and devoted himself to the rehearsal of the graduation drama "Thunderstorm".

Although "Thunderstorm" will be performed in early June and time is very tight, Zhou Chong is not the main character after all. Moreover, after being tempered by "The East Palace and the West Palace", Wang Dalun's acting skills have improved rapidly, and he can easily control the role of Zhou Chong.

How to say acting skills? In addition to certain skills, it also requires talent and experience. Wang Dalun's previous acting skills can only be considered as an apprentice level, and the better of his classmates are already at the level of disciples. More outstanding ones, such as Yuan Li, level 92, or Liu Ling, and Lao Xu, who have reached the level of deacon.

As for Wang Dalun now, he has experience. Although he lived at the bottom of society for a long time in his previous life, he lived in that era of extreme information explosion. He was naturally incomparable to others. He also found that he had a talent for acting, so his current acting skills had already jumped from the disciples and deacons, and he quietly entered the ranks of the helm leader.

The exams for professional courses in the film school are usually in March and April, and by May, they basically enter a state of doing nothing.

That weekend, Wang Dalun was pulled onto the battlefield by his friends early in the morning. Two were old men from the winter vacation. The other one, short and vulgar, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, was one of the famous Seven Heroes and Five Ethics in Class 93 of the Literature Department, Wang Hongwei and Wang Yishi. In fact, there were only twelve people in their class, seven women and five men, and they were called "Seven Heroes and Five Ethics."

Today's card game was called by Wang Hongwei, saying that there is still something to do in the afternoon, so I can enjoy the card game while I am free in the morning and play until noon.

The game was full of ups and downs. At first, Wang Hongwei was very lucky and touched several times, but when he came back from the toilet, he became depressed. In the next two hours, he looked like a dead person, and he kept rushing for a while. Before noon, he not only vomited out all the previous winners, but also emptyed his pockets and owed three companies.

"Jiu Bing!" Wang Hongwei thought for a long time to play a card.

"It's no!" Wang Dalun happily pushed the card down, muttering: "Menqing, Daqingtou, spicy, doubled. Xiaoshou, even touched me three times, doubled again, forty yuan. Now you owe me a total of fifty-six yuan."

Recently, it is popular in schools to play mahjong. Today, Wang Dalun shows his true nature as a "mahjong killer". He is a single player. If he is in debt, he will make a profit again.

"I won't come, I won't come. Today I've really been home and lost all my money. Brothers, I owe it first." Wang Hongwei pushed the card, stood up dejectedly, and admitted defeat.

"Don't go, it's still early, come two more laps." One of them lost too much, and was eager to make a comeback and asked Wang Hongwei to sit down and fight again.

"Forget it, I'm so heartless, Besides, I have no money anymore." Wang Hongwei shook his head.

Wang Dalun is the big winner, so he was happy to end early and pointed out a few bad tickets, "In this way, Hongwei owes you ten yuan, twenty-two yuan, I will pay you thirty-two yuan first. Fifty-six plus thirty-two yuan, you owe me 88 yuan now, hey! This number is good. Brother, let's fight again next day?"

The other two saw that Wang Hongwei was not interested in fighting, so they had to pick up the money and ended here.

"Dalun, the money will not be returned to you next month." Wang Hongwei said to Wang Dalun after leaving the dormitory.

"Forget it, forget it. I didn't know how to say it in it just now. The gambling debts were cleared. Hehe, today I won more than 200 more than 200." Wang Dalun waved his hand generously.

He and Wang Hongwei met because of mahjong, and they usually have a good relationship.

"Yo, thank you. This, Dalun, let me discuss it. Can I ask you to borrow some more?" Wang Hongwei rubbed his hands and asked embarrassedly.

"Don't have money to eat? OK, no problem." Wang Dalun readily shot a hundred-dollar bill, which was the one that Wang Hongwei lost to him at the card table just now. "But let's make it clear, this hundred will have to be paid back."

"No problem, no problem." Wang Hongwei nodded repeatedly, "But one hundred is not enough, can you lend me more?"

"Not enough?" Wang Dalun was surprised, "I remember that you only had more than a hundred yuan in your pocket..."

"No, Lao Jia is filming a movie now. I am a producer. The funds are collected by several of us poor guys. Today, I calculated that the shooting funds were only more than 100 yuan, and it was not enough to buy water and lunch boxes. I just wanted to make up the table and card game. If you want to be lucky, you can subsidize a little. I didn't expect..."

Wang Hongwei's explanation is not good, and it's a bit disgraceful. Wang Dalun knew that Wang Hongwei, Lao Jia, and Gu Zheng in their class were all full of fanaticism about movies. It is said that a Beijing Youth Film Experiment Group was also established, and Lao Jia was the leader. Last year, they also filmed a short film called "Going Home to the Hill". Wang Hongwei became the starring actor because of her advanced performance. After the filming, she also held a premiere in their dormitory. Wang Dalun also went to watch it at that time, but the picture was extremely rough and she left before she finished watching it.

Looking at Wang Hongwei's embarrassing face, Wang Dalun suddenly felt very moved. If he hadn't understood it before, but now he not only understands it but also admires it very much.

For example, Zhang Yuan would rather give up his job for the sake of the movie. Making MVs would allow him to live a rich life, but he devoted his energy and money to the movie, and even if he was banned by the authorities, he would not give up.

Compared to Zhang Yuan, Wang Hongwei, Lao Jia and the others, it is even more difficult. After all, Zhang Yuan is now a success and fame, and they are just a bunch of poor students, but they do their best to achieve their dreams and even sacrifice their dignity.

"Well, I have a total of six or seven hundred yuan here. Is it enough? If it is not enough, I will go to the bank to get some." Wang Dalun took out all the winnings today and his own capital.

"Enough, enough. Dalun, it's great. You've been a big help to me." Wang Hongwei ordered the money in his hand in surprise, "There are 720 yuan in total, I'll give you a note."

"No, when will you give me the convenience?" Wang Dalun waved his hand and asked, "By the way, what film did you make this time?"

"Uh, it's not formal. It's Lao Jia. I thought the last time "Going Home to the Hill" lacked more complicated scene scheduling, so I wanted to do some exercises. It's also a short film, without a script, and the stories are all edited, just about the problems a female college student named Dudu encountered before graduation."

Wang Hongwei briefly introduced it. He noticed that Wang Dalun seemed very interested. Out of thanking Wang Dalun for his generous donation, he took the initiative to invite him: "We will take photos at Beijing Normal University. If you are fine, go over and take a look with me."

"OK."

Since filming "East Palace and West Palace", Wang Dalun has felt that making movies is fun. Movies are not like dramas, and you can’t make mistakes when making a movie. If you make a mistake, you can continue to explore your potential through continuous repetitions, and try to use various methods to shape the roles in the performance, which is very satisfying.

Wang Dalun likes the way of director Zhang Yuan and thinks he is a very powerful director. But his memories from his previous life told him that Lao Jia seems to be more famous in the future. Although he has never watched the scenes made by Lao Jia, he doesn't even know the name of the scene. He just knows that Lao Jia's filming can often win awards abroad. So he is curious and wants to go to the scene to watch.

Beijing Normal University is diagonally opposite the Film Academy, with a third ring in the middle. The two walked over and passed by a small restaurant next to Xingtan Road. Wang Hongwei bought more than ten boxed lunches, and Wang Dalun helped carry a box of mineral water and entered through the west gate of Beijing Normal University.

The location where Lao Jia and his friends took the outdoor scene was the playground of Beijing Normal University, right next to the west gate. From a distance, they saw seven or eight of them small crew members. When they approached, they found that Gu Zheng and a woman were playing against each other.

There is no monitor, no light, no field notes, no clothing, no makeup, and even no recordings. After a closer look, the cameraman Liang Ying is actually a home M9000 camera in his hand.

Most of them knew each other, because they were filming, and no one said hello. Wang Dalun stood beside the mineral water and watched quietly. Gu Zheng played the boyfriend of a female college student, constantly explaining something to the female college student...

"Click!"

After taking a shot, Lao Jia seemed not very satisfied and wanted to invite Gu Zheng to come and talk to the female college student.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat." Wang Hongwei interrupted him with a loud shout.

Old Jia, who frowned and mournful, had to give up and walked over to say hello to Wang Dalun: "Dalun, you are here."

"I'm here to study, Director Jia." Wang Dalun said with a smile.

He and Lao Jia and the others met through Wang Hongwei's introduction. Compared with the extroverted Gu Zheng and others, they only met Lao Jia and were not familiar with each other.

Lao Jia was stunned when he heard the word "Director Jia", and quickly waved his hand and said, "Oh! I don't dare to be it, I'm so embarrassed that I'll call it Lao Jia."

An interaction quickly brought the distance between the two.

"I heard from Hongwei that you were filming a movie some time ago?" Lao Jia picked up a bottle of water and drank it.

"It's the drama directed by Zhang Yuan, and it has been completed."

"It's Zhang Yuan." Old Jia was slightly moved, "I don't know him, but his wife Ning Dai taught us a brief history of Western movies. He is very powerful! I have seen "Mom" he filmed. The techniques used in black and white and color films are quite novel, and the story is well told, full of warmth and tragedy."

Wang Dalun has never seen any of the two films made by Zhang Yuan. I don’t know what to communicate with Lao Jia. It happened that Wang Hongwei came over with two lunch boxes: “It’s time to eat.”

Lao Jia nodded, took the lunch box, and then greeted Gu Zheng and the actress who played the female college student. He probably planned to talk about the show while having a meal.

Gu Zheng came over and greeted Wang Dalun first.

Gu Zheng is a man from Shanghai. He is very enthusiastic. He saw that Wang Dalun didn’t know Lin Xiaoling, so he quickly helped each other to introduce each other: "Lin Xiaoling, our college’s recording department is in the 91st grade, and now he is the recording engineer of the Bayi Film Studio. He is also the heroine of this drama. My girlfriend Dudu. Wang Dalun, our junior brother, is in the 94th grade of the performance department."
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