Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 186

"Yeah." Mingmei nodded.

"Liangmei, do you think it's appropriate for a man in his early thirties to play a boy who is only seventeen or eighteen years old? Just looking at the creases on his face, he thinks it's against the law."

"However, many male and female protagonists who play school movies nowadays choose older ones, some even over [-]. Brother-in-law, I think you can play Xiaobei if you put on makeup."

Mingmei looked at Yu Dongqing and said with a smile.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Yu Dongqing's expression changed, "I suggest you choose a suitable actor again, at least not too young, and also, Zhang Han's salary is probably not low, right?"

"It's not low, Li Wan and his manager are negotiating."

"I suggest you give up and find young actors. It doesn't have to be a major, and you don't need to be too famous, so you can save a lot of money."

"However, the acting skills of young people are not good."

"That's not necessarily the case. The masters are among the private sector. In this case, I suggest you cast online. Maybe you can find the right one for you."

"Okay then, I'll try."

Mingmei did what she said, and posted information on the famous domestic actor recruitment website the next day, briefly introducing the content of the movie "Youth in Youth" to be filmed, the conditions and requirements of the male and female protagonists, and the main supporting roles.

The last sentence is "remuneration negotiable."

Hengdian.

The weather in December is very cold, especially today, the cold wind is blowing, not at all the gentleness of Jiangnan water town.

Lu Xiaoxi was in the cold rental room, wrapped in an old army green overcoat, looking at the gloomy sky outside the window in a daze.

At noon today, the WeChat group received a notice from the group leader, saying that there will be a night scene tonight, and it will be filmed in a place called Water Street.

In his heart, Lu Xiaoxi refused, because he hated staying up late very much.

But he still signed up.

I am just a walk-on, what reason is there to refuse?It's all for a meal.

Lu Xiaoxi liked to watch movies since she was a child, and imagined that she would become a famous actor. After graduating from high school, she failed the art school entrance examination, so she came to Hengdian without hesitation and became one of the thousands of Hengdian.

Been here for four full years.

In the past four years, while he was doing extra work as a group performer, he bought some acting books to read during his breaks, watched videos and movies on the Internet, pondered the performances of the actors in those classic scenes, and fantasized that one day he would be filmed by a certain director. Stand out from the crowd.

However, the reality is cruel.

There are hundreds of thousands of group performances in Hengdian, how many of them can really become popular?

Most obscure movies don't even have a single line.

What is even more frightening is the unspoken rules, and the phenomenon of extra performers being bullied emerges endlessly.

Last year, while filming an anti-war drama, Lu Xiaoxi saw a beautiful girl being bullied by the crowd and ran out of the room.

Not a director, not a famous actor but just a group leader!
This girl, Lu Xiaoxi, was never seen again.

Some people say that she has returned to her hometown.

It was also said that she committed suicide unwilling to be humiliated.

But despite this, countless horizontal drifters who are eager to succeed are still persisting here, such as Lu Xiaoxi.

Today’s filming is a scene of walking down the street. The filming starts at [-] o’clock in the middle of the night. The winter night is very cold, but for the effect of the scene, Lu Xiaoxi wore very ancient coarse clothes and dressed up as a commoner. According to the director’s arrangement, he was on this street walk around.

From time to time, I have to change clothes and play different roles. It is freezing cold, and when there is no play, I stand by the side and stamp my feet to keep warm.

This scene lasted until work was over at 3:[-] or [-]:[-] in the morning, and it was almost [-]:[-] when I got home, so I took a shower before going to bed.

But today, Lu Xiaoxi was lying under the cold blanket listening to her roommate's snoring, but couldn't fall asleep anyway.

He was really bored, so he took out his mobile phone and hid it under the covers to read around. He usually went to the actor recruitment website to see if there were any actors recruited.

In fact, there are a lot of information, but none of them are suitable for Lu Xiaoxi, and Lu Xiaoxi is rejected only if he needs to graduate from a formal art academy.

But today, he saw the news that a leading actor was selected for a new movie, which made him a little bit moved.

The content of the film I shot is very interesting. It is a story about school bullying. The male protagonist's name is Liu Beishan, and his nickname is Xiaobei.

What moved him the most was that "there are age and other restrictions on the recruitment conditions, but there is no restriction on graduation from a regular college."

Want to sign up?

As for the director's name, Mingmei, he had never heard of this name before, so he was probably a little-known director.

But he didn't care.

It’s great if there is a movie to shoot, but who cares about the director?
The next day he made an exception and didn't sleep in. He got up early, found an open place, adjusted the selfie stick on his phone, and prepared to take a selfie.

Because the recruitment announcement requires performing a video according to a scene provided and sending it to the designated mailbox.

He was lying on the cold ground.

Because this scene is about Liu Xiaobei lying on the bed chatting with Chen Nian after being injured.

There is no bed here, he can only lie on the ground.

It was cold on the ground, but he was used to it.

After brewing his feelings, he spoke slowly according to the lines in the plot.

As we spoke, two lines of tears flowed slowly.

At this moment, he really felt that his own was Xiaobei.

It was three days after Yu Dongqing saw the video recorded by Lu Xiaoxi.

It was snowing heavily outside early this morning. After sending her daughter to school, Yu Dongqing came home and sat in the warm study room writing a song for Zhang Bao—for participating in the annual finals of "Starlight Singing".

The phone rang, and it was Mingmei's call. The first thing she said after connecting was: "Brother-in-law, a handsome young man sent a video of himself. I think it's not bad. Have a look?"

"it is good."

Soon, a video appeared on WeChat, along with a basic resume of the group performer.

Yu Dongqing took a look.

An ordinary and extraordinary walk-on role, without formal training in acting, this is unknown in Hengdian.

Yu Dongqing didn't think too much, and clicked on the video.

Soon one of the most classic scenes in "Youth in Youth" appeared before his eyes.

But instead of sleeping in bed with the heroine Chen Ran, they slept in a cold open space, and the actor was not Yi Yang Qianxi, who was already popular in that time and space, but an unknown actor named Lu Xiaoxi.

but.

The acting is very realistic, the stubborn face, the appearance of dismantling the armor in his heart and confiding to the girl he likes.

Following Yu Dongqing on the screen is enough to feel his sadness.

Well done!

Yu Dongqing secretly praised it in her heart.

I don't know if it's a real performance or a character actor?
If it's the latter, then the future is really promising.

But Yu Dongqing didn't want to think about it so much, she had to act in this movie well first.

Of course, you have to be cautious, just a video can't fully represent anything, so he called Mingmei and said that preliminary people can recognize it, but it's best to meet him in person via video connection.

"Okay, I'll contact him right away and make an appointment for us to test him together!" Mingmei agreed.

"Entering the retest? Request a video connection? Four o'clock this afternoon?"

Lu Xiaoxi was very happy when she received the text message from Mingmei.

But why is it four o'clock in the afternoon?
I still have a play.

　Thanks to Fat Boy Bing, book friend 20190906235540329, Quack Guangzhou, book friend 2022040115545890, the snail with a speed of 80 per hour, the white sea breeze, and Ge Kuifeng's monthly pass

　　
　
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