I'm just an actor

Chapter 56
After the Spring Festival, like the usual three years, Xu Rong left his hometown and came to the capital where the school is located, carrying his schoolbag and luggage.

When he arrived at school, after tidying up, he began to prepare the study plan for the new semester. He had only learned more than half of the university courses, and he still needed to hurry up. At the same time, relatives and friends who had not visited a year ago had to move around.

Everything is still proceeding in an orderly manner, including the review, announcement, and promotion of some plays.
It's probably really a new year and a new atmosphere. As a fringe figure in the film and television industry, Xu Rong suddenly felt a little different from previous years.

It seems that it is easier for actors or prospective actors to receive plays than in the past. Whether it is the subject, type or quantity of film and television, there are faintly more than last year.

Because the number of film crews who came to the school to cast roles suddenly increased, the students who did not usually take leave of absence also took leave one after another to join crews that they had heard of or were completely unfamiliar with.

He only noticed these small details. As for the rest, he didn't think too much about it. More scenes should be a good thing for actors.

In terms of publicity and distribution, "Yangcheng Dark Whistle" did not formulate an overly detailed publicity plan, because there are really no big names in the group, and there is no topicality.

When Xu Rongnian visited Zhao Junkai with a gift, he even asked cryptically if he wanted to hype his scandal with Zhang Xinyi or something, but Zhao Junkai declined with a smile.

Later, I chatted with Li Youbin on the phone and mentioned this matter, and Li Youbin showed it off again: "If you win our trophy, people would like to hype you up."

The meaning is self-evident, the old boy Li Youbin mocked him for treating himself like a green onion.

Repaying kindness with hatred, really repaying kindness with hatred!

When Li Youbin fell by himself, if he hadn't vaguely stretched out his hand to grab it, maybe he would have figured out what happened.

The road show of "New Shanghai Beach" was quite well planned. Huang Xiaoming had a headache talking about it. He usually likes to stay at home when he has nothing to do and doesn't go anywhere.

But now it's no longer possible, he has to run from city to city, chatting about anecdotes and life, as if rushing to a scene, and finally directing the audience's attention to the play.

Xu Rong is also not idle. For familiar friends, just sit for a while longer, chat about dramas, and say hello. For unfamiliar ones, bring some gifts, show up, and bring your heart to him.

Similarly, when he was invited to have dinner at home by someone he was familiar with, he tried his best to rush there. This was a better basis for his future life.

At this moment, Xu Rong suddenly felt that it was necessary to take the driver's license test. He didn't feel that way before, but now he is always running around, and it is not convenient to take a taxi.

In fact, it's not all about the driver's license, but he always thinks that if you don't do anything, you have to do it in order. Now that you have passed the test, you have to buy the supporting equipment for the license.

Like a car.

Classmate Xiao Zhang put his hands in the pockets of the long blue light down, and the little white shoes took brisk steps, ran into the elevator first, pressed the floor, waited for Xu Rong to come in, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. , shall I call uncle and aunt later?"

On the way here, Xu Rong had already told her that the hosts who invited them over this time, Li Youbin and his wife.

Xu Rong glanced at her with a smile, and said: "That's not impossible, I usually call him brother, you may just call me uncle in the future."

"Oh, Mr. Xu, I'm talking to you seriously!" Xiao Zhang seemed a little nervous, and began to habitually cling to a certain topic.

Xu Rong touched the fluffy hat she was wearing with her free hand, and said, "Just call brother and sister-in-law, don't worry, I told them before, they are all very nice. "

Xu Rong thought so, but he couldn't resist some people not speaking human words.

"Hey, my little nephew is here. This is Xiao Zhang's classmate Xiao Xu said. Don't be too polite, call me uncle." Li Youbin, who was wearing a black sweater, opened the door, took two bottles of wine from Xu Rongti and looked at it. , said with a slightly "friendly" face.

Classmate Xiao Zhang opened her mouth, looked at Xu Rong, and then at Li Youbin. She felt that her brain was a little weak. She knew Li Youbin, a big name in the film and television industry. Such a person is so serious. Speaking, it can't be fake, right?
But Mr. Xu clearly said "brother" and "sister-in-law".

Along with her, there was a middle-aged woman in her forties, with a long thin face, big eyes, and a smiling face, making her look very friendly.

Li Youbin's current wife, Shi Lanya.

When I went to visit Li Youbin on the set, Xu Rong met her a few times, she is a very discerning woman.

At the beginning, Li Youbin didn't want to take on "Bright Sword", it was the woman in front of him who persuaded him for a while before taking it. Later, Li Youbin was worried that the filming in the Northeast would be cold, and he didn't want to take on "Crossing the Guandong".

"Hello sister-in-law, I wish you a happy old age." Xu Rong smoothly pulled Li Youbin away, pulled Xiao Zhang over, and said, "Sister-in-law, let me introduce you, Zhang Xiaofei."

Xiao Zhang pulled the corner of Xu Rong's sleeve timidly, and shouted: "Hello, sister-in-law."

Shi Lanya caught a glimpse of Li Youbin and Xu Rong's small movements nearby, and smiled with her lips pursed. She knew that Li Youbin and Xu Rong were both fine and noisy, the old one didn't look like an old one, and the young one didn't look like a young one.

Therefore, I pretended I didn’t see it, pulled classmate Xiao Zhang’s arm, and said: “Xiao Zhang, right? Xiao Xu always mentioned you to me before, but I saw you today, but you are so beautiful, Xiao Xu is really pretty.” Blessed."

Xiao Zhang's ears and cheeks turned red with a "swish", but he hesitated and couldn't speak, and his two little hands were twisted together. Li Youbin and his wife laughed out loud.

"Look at you, I have all the red envelopes ready, and I'm just waiting to kowtow and call my uncle." Li Youbin seemed a little depressed when his wife answered, and at the same time, indirectly broke Xiao Zhang's embarrassing situation.

He said, patted Xu Rong on the shoulder, and explained to Xiao Zhang: "Haha, we are just kidding around, let's go, don't just stand by the door, go inside and sit."

Shi Lanya led classmate Xiao Zhang into the door. While Xu Rong was changing shoes, Li Youbin pointed inside and said, "Don't mention it, this little girl is quite suitable for you."

"That goes without saying, our vision."

"You're still excited." Li Youbin patted him and asked, "How is it? It's the end of the New Year, what are your plans? I asked you earlier, didn't you say that you have no plans for this year."

Xu Rong walked in with him, and said: "Isn't this waiting for the show to be released? I haven't planned to accept the show yet. Wait, now that you said that, I remembered something. Years ago, in order to repay favors, I should be the next one, but I feel that I may not be able to act."

Shi Lanya poured a glass of water for the two of them, and asked: "What show, I heard from your brother, Xiao Xu, you don't say such soft words easily, come on, Xiao Zhang drinks water, don't look outside, Xiao Xu It's a year-end friendship with your brother, so come here and treat it as your own home."

Xiao Zhang nodded while holding the water glass. Although she didn't like this kind of occasion very much, Teacher Xu wanted to take her with her when visiting a good friend, which made her inexplicably happy.

Although she didn't quite understand the meaning of it.

Xu Rong's eyes lit up slightly when he heard Shi Lanya's words, he patted his forehead and said, "Look, I forgot about being such a god like my sister-in-law, I should have called you a long time ago."

"It's a character around [-] years old, a family ethics drama, positioned as a successful person, but also a father and husband, but the quality of the script is quite average, and the logic of the story is also very poor, a bit divorced from reality."

Li Youbin didn't say anything, just like Xu Rong, he also looked at his wife.

"Hey, what a god, don't listen to your brother's nonsense all day." Shi Lanya sat next to Li Youbin, and instead of discussing the matter, he asked, "You should have noticed that there are too many teams casting roles recently?"

Just as Xu Rong handed the water glass to his mouth, he put it down again, frowning and asked: "That's the case, but is there any relationship between it?"

"Why doesn't it matter?" Shi Lanya asked again, smiled, and then said: "Tell me, why are there so many scenes that are abrupt?"

"That's not easy, there are too many employers." Li Youbin took over the conversation casually, and he has a deeper understanding of this matter, because the notebooks handed over are almost endless.

"Yes." Shi Lanya nodded first, then shook his head slightly, and said, "Not all of them, one is that investors outside the circle realized that it is profitable and started to enter the market, and on the other hand, they are laymen after all. , I don’t understand the market at all, I only see that it can make money from the data, but I can’t tell what kind of money can make money and what kind of money can’t. If there is a director who is almost famous at this time , one play becomes more than half."

Seeing Xu Rong nodding, she went on to say: "But you still have to consider the opportunity cost. There are more dramas. For some actors in the head, the opportunities have increased, because there are more scripts to choose from and the investment scale is larger. , for other people, it may not be a good thing, if your play is not good, the audience will have more choices."

At the end, Shi Lanya laughed again, and said: "But since you are paying back favors, you can't pay attention to these things, but I reckon that this situation will become more and more serious now, and when they figure out the rules of the game, it may not be like It's so easy to cheat now, so in the next few years, you must choose your books carefully."

As she spoke, she turned her head again, looked at Xiao Zhang, and asked, "Xiao Zhang, you are also from Nortel, right? I heard that Xiao Xu is going to make a movie too?"

"Well, it will be turned on in a few days." Xiao Zhang held the water glass, smiled slightly, and said politely, and at the same time gently nodded his chin, which made Xu Rong who was sitting beside him feel unreal.

Student Xiao Zhang actually has such a dignified and generous side?
Xu Rong thought about it for a while, and roughly understood Shi Lanya's meaning. The sharp increase in demand would lead to more and more sought-after top actors, but for him, the pressure of competition is increasing day by day, gradually forming a polarization.

Because he is a "traditional employer" with a contract, he is unlikely to be favored by "upstarts", especially Hairun, which he signed with, is a tradition among traditions, unless he can quickly become popular and become one of the new leading actors. One, otherwise the situation will become more severe.

But he still has a doubt, the head actor needs the work to convert it into a ratings guarantee, but the key point is that the number of heads is fixed, no matter how big the demand is, the supply is also certain.

He still can't think of how to make up for this growing gap in the future. Like Li Youbin, because of his age, he can only accept three dramas a year.

The employer can't skip the accumulation stage of works and create a head out of it, right?

(End of this chapter)