A major theater in Beijing

The famous play "Tavern" by the National Repertory Theater finally came to an end after several hours of performance.

All the actors stood in a row on the stage and bowed to the audience, who responded with warm applause.

About ten minutes later, several of the leading actors expressed their gratitude to the audience and then announced the time of the next drama performance. This time, the actors' curtain call was considered to be the end.

Afterwards, most of the audience left in an orderly manner under the arrangements of the theater staff.

But there are still a small number of spectators holding gifts and bouquets, ready to have a close communication with their favorite actors and get autographs and photos.

This is actually quite common.

Although the drama industry is relatively unpopular, actors are not as popular as most in the film and television industry.

But after all, art does not separate families. Many drama actors have acted in film and television dramas, and there are even some well-known veteran actors and big names among them.

In other words, these artists all have fans.

Although the numbers are not comparable to those of popular celebrities, there are many die-hard fans of Ding Bing Xiao Jiang. At least they can get a few bouquets of flowers or gifts from fans in every drama, and the more famous ones can even reach double digits.

As for the three-digit salary, it is not impossible, but it is usually the kind of treatment that can only be obtained by the top celebrities in the industry, or those popular film and television stars who come to guest appearances or participate in dramas.

Artists like these who are slightly less famous than the top celebrities and whose professional attributes are more "actors" than celebrities, rarely encounter this situation.

But today, the actors who participated in the drama "Tavern" had their eyes opened.

Looking at hundreds of young fans, shouting excitedly for Mr. Di, I couldn't help but stuff gifts and flowers into Liang Damin's arms, and my heart felt like lemonade.

Isn't it just a TV series? What about that?

Liang Damin didn't know the psychology of his colleagues, and he wasn't relaxed either. With so many fans, he couldn't greet them all by himself, so he asked these two young men who were doing side jobs to help, and he didn't forget to ask the fans what they were giving.

It's not that he valued the value of the gift, on the contrary, he was afraid of receiving something too expensive.

Under normal circumstances, artists can accept the bouquets, letters and greeting cards, snacks, souvenirs, inexpensive gifts and other things sent by fans, which cost tens or hundreds of dollars, as they are all what the fans want.

But if it’s valuables such as watches, mobile phones, and brand-name jewelry, they can easily cost tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.

As long as an artist has a sense of discretion, he will never touch it. Even if it is received by mistake, he will find a way to return it.

It's not that you can't accept these things, it's mainly because you don't know what's going on here and the gifts are hot to your hands.

Who knows where the money for gifts from fans comes from? If there is an ignorant child among them who steals the family's money to chase stars, he will definitely be a mess if it is revealed.

Are there many such situations in reality?

Furthermore, if you lavishly collect extravagant gifts from fans, it will have a great impact on the artist's image, and the outside world will know how you will be viewed.

Are you blinded by money?

Make money from fans?

Celebrities already have high incomes and average social reputation, and then being exposed as receiving expensive gifts from fans is a huge blow to their own image.

Of course, that's what I say, but there are also many celebrities who are willing to come, and at the same time, there are also relevant supporting voices from the outside world.

One is willing to give and the other is willing to receive. It is none of other people's business whether you love me or not. Another example is the old society, where fans went to the stage to send gold and silver in boxes; or Internet celebrities can be rewarded for live broadcasts, so why can't celebrities accept gifts?

In this regard, benevolent people have different views on benevolence, and wise people have different views on wisdom.

However, Liang Damin is a firm believer in not accepting valuables. He must ask fans clearly for any gifts they give. As long as the value exceeds a certain amount, he will politely refuse.

Fans praise him for his artistic virtues. Liang Damin doesn't know if this counts, but he really doesn't want to accept gifts from fans. No one's money comes from strong winds. Not to mention valuables, even cheap ones don't want to accept them.

As long as it comes to your mind, that's all.

But the fans are too enthusiastic and are looking forward to preparing gifts. If you don't accept them, it's a bit embarrassing, so he can only accept them selectively based on principle.

………

The two young men were asked to send the gifts they could receive to the backstage first, and Liang Damin was dragged to sign autographs and take photos, and it took more than half an hour to get out.

I went back to the dressing room to take off my makeup. As soon as I sat down and took a drink of water, a few old colleagues came over to tease me.

"Lao Liang, how does it feel to be a big shot?"

Liang Damin smacked his lips: "Not to mention, it feels really good to have so many fans who like you. Have you seen my scarf? The number of fans just exceeded 2 million yesterday. I'm not bragging. It's just our unit. Pull them all out and share them.

Turn around, who has 1 million fans?"

"cut."

An old colleague was dismissive and complained: "The scarves are all zombie fans. I have more than 90,000 fans, and there is Lao Liu. His last scarf was issued the year before last. He also has more than 30,000 fans. You have 2 million."

Fans, there may be a lot of water in it."

"That's right, the data on bibs cannot be trusted. So and so, there are over 100 million bib fans. I doubt there are that many living people in bibs?" Another old colleague expressed support.

"What's wrong with water? I'm several times as wet as you. You're just jealous that I'm more popular than you."

They are all old colleagues for many years, and they are merciless when they quarrel. Outside, Liang Damin is a mature and prudent teacher Liang, but in front of several old colleagues, he occasionally has a venomous tongue.

However, his map bombardment was a little too big, and other old colleagues immediately joined together to denounce him. Liang Damin, who was outnumbered, could only promise to go out for a few meals to calm everyone's anger.

After a while of commotion, Liang Damin's cell phone rang, and he went out to answer the call. His colleagues took off their makeup and chatted about Liang Damin's current situation.

"Lao Liang is really popular recently. My wife is watching "Detective Di Renjie 2" at home and praises him for his good acting."

"My son also watched it and asked me for gossip about Lao Liang. He went out to brag to his classmates, saying that Lao Liang was his uncle and he was very famous."

"I took a look at the news yesterday, and the Douhua score of "Detective Di Renjie 2" has already reached 9.0 points. Good guy, both of them are masterpieces with 9 points. This series is incredible, and it must be second to none in the country."

"It is indeed strong. Among the few series produced by Shanhe, only the two-part series "Lotus Lantern" and the two-part "Seven Swords" can beat it."

"The two parts of "Seven Swords" are fine, but the two parts of "Lotus Lantern" are worse. The second part scored 8.8 which is not bad, but the first part only scored 8.2. The reputation is not comparable at all."

"Hey, Lao Liang nominated The Emperor last year. Do you think he has any hope this year with the momentum of two films?"

"Judging from the current situation, Lao Liang has great hopes. Shanhe Drama has not yet made its debut this year. It is still unclear what will happen."

"Yeah, last year when the first part of "Detective Di Renjie" became popular, didn't you say that Lao Liang had great hopes? But after that, Chen Guo and Sun Lei in "Mansion Gate" and "Latent" became more powerful one after another, but Lao Liang became inconspicuous.

"

"Regardless of whether you take the movie "Shi Di" or not, Lao Liang's film was worth it. Not to mention anything else, his net worth has increased more than ten times.

A few days ago, someone wanted to find me as a matchmaker and ask Lao Liang to film a movie. Can you guess the price, it's eight figures, and I've been told it can go up."

"Oh my god, one movie has an apartment in the capital."

"What kind of drama? Did Lao Liang agree?"

"No answer, Lao Liang is here, you ask him."

Liang Damin was a little confused when he was asked a question after just finishing the phone call. He took a moment and replied with obvious disgust on his face.

"That drama was just disgusting. Not to mention the shoddy script and poor cast, guess what they asked me to play?

Di Renjie, isn’t this clear about making money by taking advantage of the popularity?

I'm going to act in this. I'm sorry for Shanhe and the crew, and I'm sorry for my own conscience. I don't want to lose the reputation we have gained over the years.

Not to mention how many millions they offered, even if it was tens of millions, I wouldn’t dare and I couldn’t act.”

"What Lao Liang said is good. He has the style of an older generation of artists."

Colleagues praised me one after another for being able to work in the drama industry and being a member of the National Theater, so I felt somewhat noble and noble in their hearts.

Money and fame are important, but art is greater than the first two...

………

Coming out of the backstage of the theater, Liang Damin got into a car. The driver was a young man who was his nephew and assistant.

Liang Damin didn't have an assistant before. Whether he was acting in a play or filming, he could handle it all by himself. This is also the norm for many ordinary actors.

But now that he is famous, he has too many things to do, and sometimes one person really can't handle it, so Liang Damin recruits his nephew who has graduated and can't find a job to support him.

Thinking that after the period when he had just become famous, his popularity had subsided, he kicked his nephew back to start looking for a job.

The nephew is also very happy because he doesn't have to stay at home and his uncle Liang pays him a considerable salary. The most important thing is that with his uncle he can watch the filming crew and various stars.

For ordinary people, it is very attractive to have a taste of the entertainment industry in front of and behind the scenes...

After Liang Damin sat down, his nephew asked while driving: "

Uncle, are you familiar with Wang Xiaojie?"

"Wang Xiaojie?"

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Liang Damin didn't react at first, but later he realized that he was a character in "Detective Detective Dee 2". The nephew should be asking about the actor who played Wang Xiaojie.

"Zhang Shui, it's okay. I have more scenes with him."

"Yes, yes, Zhang Shui, the one who played the cavalry company commander in "Bright Sword", uncle, he is very popular. He was on the trending search for scarves today, and there are many videos of him on the currency website."

"BiZhan, I know, didn't you show me that stupid video two days ago?"

Liang Damin is no stranger to what his nephew said. A few days ago, a big boss from a cryptocurrency exchange edited a video of a ghost based on a clip from "Detective Detective Dee 2" and it immediately became popular all over the Internet.

This clip is from the "Chongzhou Case". General Wang Xiaojie used a trick to trap Li Yuanfang, causing him to be seriously injured. After Di Renjie arrived, he saw the end of Li Yuanfang, whom he regarded as his own son. He was furious and attacked Wang Xiaojie, which was regarded as the second
To be continued...