China Entertainment Times 1999

Chapter 56 Shopping with two beauties
Driving a car provided by the crew, the three of them arrived at the commercial street in the city center.

The neighborhood is bustling with people coming and going, and there are snack bars, arcades, clothing stores, and even photo booths on both sides.

The two girls chatted and walked around, and even took photos of themselves, having a great time.

Lin Xuan was responsible for taking photos for them and helping to lift some heavy objects.

In return, the two of them treated him to Qin Province's specialty pasta for lunch.

After playing until the evening, the three of them returned to the hotel with large and small bags in hand.

When they walked out of the elevator, the three of them happened to meet Qian Yanqiu coming out of the room and greeted him quickly: "Hello, screenwriter Qian."

"Hello, are you going shopping together?" Qian Yanqiu looked at the three people in front of him with a strange expression.

"Yes."

The two girls were probably embarrassed, so they trotted back to the room after saying hello.

After they left, Qian Yanqiu chuckled mischievously and said:
"Lin Xuan, you can do it. On the first day you came to the set, you asked two beauties in the set to go out."

"How can I do that? Screenwriter Qian thinks so highly of me." Lin Xuan shook his head and said with a wry smile:
"I worked as their assistant. When they went shopping, I was responsible for taking photos and carrying things. I was exhausted after running all day."

Of course Qian Yanqiu didn't believe it: "There are so many male actors on the crew, why would they find you instead of someone else?"

Lin Xuan scratched his head and couldn't refute, so he had to change the topic: "By the way, screenwriter, have the actors been selected? When will the filming start?"

When talking about business, Qian Yanqiu suppressed his smile and said a little unhappily:

"It's almost done. Tang Seng is going to ask Huang Haibing to give Cao Rong the role of Sun Wukong. The contract has been signed."

As he spoke, he sighed again: "The actor is so expensive. He costs 200 million per person, not including the martial arts stunts he brings."

"200 million!" Lin Xuan stared in surprise.

He knew that actors were paid very well, but he didn't expect that the leading actor's salary in 99 would reach 200 million.

Originally, he was still complacent about his [-] yuan salary, but compared with others, it turned out to be nothing.

"Yes, but he also serves as a martial arts instructor and action director, but the most important thing is his identity." Qian Yanqiu was a little dissatisfied:

"The film has to be sold after it is made. Nowadays, whether it is the audience or the TV station, they only recognize actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan. With them, the price can be higher."

Lin Xuan nodded, understanding the current abnormal situation.

Many years ago, the mainland film and television industry was just in its infancy, and neither the quantity nor quality of dramas could compete with Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas.

As a result, this generation of viewers grew up watching Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas, and have been imprinted with the ideological stamp of "Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas are better than mainland dramas."

Even though there is an explosion of film and television talents in the mainland today, a large number of excellent films are produced every year.

The audience will still subconsciously find fault, thinking that this is not good and that is not good.

This directly resulted in the producers having to pay high prices to use Hong Kong and Taiwan actors in order to recover costs, further compressing the living space of mainland actors.

This is also the reason why Hong Kong and Taiwan artists generally look down on mainland artists.

Lin Xuan smiled self-deprecatingly: "Two million! Even if I film four dramas a year, it will be enough for me to film for ten years."

Mud, when can I earn 200 million from a drama, then the system can be upgraded in minutes.

Upon hearing this, Qian Yanqiu sneered:
"They are still not satisfied with this. They say that the price is very high for you mainland actors, but it is very miserable for me. Many bosses in Xianggang are offering me millions to film."

Lin Xuan was a little surprised and asked: "Did he really say that?"

"You told me in front of me, and you even showed off photos of yourself with celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan."

Qian Yanqiu sounded unhappy.

But he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Action Director, and everyone on the crew had to support him.

The producers also hope to make money by relying on his name, so there is nothing they can do if the screenwriter is unhappy.

Lin Xuan also felt the same way and said:

"What's so great about actors in Hong Kong? If you look down on the mainland so much, don't come here to grab food if you can."

Qian Yanqiu nodded in agreement, and then sighed helplessly:
"That's the truth, but they have investors and audiences supporting them, so they are so arrogant.

A few years ago, we from the mainland wouldn't be able to eat at the same table with them. What the hell do you think this is? "

The two stood outside in the corridor chatting for a while.

Perhaps because he felt that Lin Xuan's words were more to his liking, Qian Yanqiu took the initiative to invite him to have dinner at an outside restaurant.

Lin Xuan also wanted to have more contact with him, so he readily agreed.

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Restaurant box.

Qian Yanqiu boldly ordered a table of dishes and a bottle of white wine.

The two started chatting while drinking wine.

From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools of thought talked about the Industrial Revolution and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Qian Yanqiu has a high level of cultural literacy, and is especially fond of ancient culture and classical Chinese.

Lin Xuan was a man who had seen and heard a lot in his two lives. There was almost no topic that the two of them could not talk about.

When they talked about their favorite dramas, Qian Yanqiu said that he likes heroic dramas and dramas with a sense of suspense.

I like the feeling of peeling away the cocoons from the tiny details and finally leading the audience to discover the truth step by step.

The script of "Journey to the West" contains a lot of elements in this regard.

Qian Yanqiu combined the two into one, and that hero was Sun Wukong.

In this drama, he is no longer a naughty monkey, but a Buddha with great wisdom and cleverness.Lin Xuan also likes suspense dramas and has read many books in this field.

So he brought the topic to mystery novels.

We started chatting with Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Three, and gradually talked about the mystery novelists of the island country.

Mystery novels are still very niche both now and ten years from now.

Not many people liked it, and the sales of the books were average.

So in this day and age, it’s not easy to find someone who also likes mystery and suspense novels.

Qian Yanqiu became more and more enthusiastic as he chatted, and he even felt that Lin Xuan was his confidant.

At the end of the chat, Lin Xuan brought the topic to China and talked about mainland mystery novels.

Let's not mention the four major koan novels "Di Gongan", "Shi Gongan", "Peng Gongan" and "Hai Gongan".

The first true mystery novel in China was "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" written by the Dutchman Goloupe during the War of Liberation.

This novel was published in the island country of Yu and caused quite a stir.

When talking about "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", Lin Xuan suddenly thought of something.

With a sudden thought, he began to persuade Qian Yanqiu to write a story about Di Renjie's investigation.

In the original time and space, Qian Yanqiu only started writing the script of "Detective Di Renjie" in 03.

Lin Xuan was stuck in a fixed mindset before, but now he thought about it, why couldn't he have written it earlier.

Qian Yanqiu was very interested in his proposal and said that he would start writing it after the drama was over, and that he would also design a separate character for Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan said, what else should I design? Isn’t this ready-made?

He directly gave Qian Yanqiu advice:

"Look, Bao Zheng has Zhan Zhao next to him. You can also create a similar character.

The young general was framed, and Di Renjie helped him solve the unjust case. In the end, the young general stayed with Di Renjie. The two were both civilized and military, just like Zhan Zhao and Bao Zheng. "

Lin Xuan hoped that he would finish the script as soon as possible, so he revealed a lot of the setting and storyline of "Detective Di Renjie" at the wine table.

Qian Yanqiu became more and more excited as he listened, and asked the waiter directly for a few pieces of paper to write down the important points.

After having dinner for almost five hours, the restaurant was finally ready to close, and the two of them reluctantly left.

On the road, Qian Yanqiu felt a little sober as the cold wind blew.

"Lin Xuan, getting to know you is really my greatest achievement on the set."

Qian Yanqiu also felt this. The more he talked with Lin Xuan, the more he felt that he had a lot of things in his stomach, and his personality was very compatible with him.

"Screenwriter Qian is so polite. It's only me who should say this. There are very few screenwriters who are willing to listen to young actors like me talking about the plot."

"That's because they have no vision, and they will definitely regret it in the future. By the way, don't call me screenwriter Qian, just call me Lao Qian."

"Okay, then... old money!"

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In the next few days, Lin Xuan would either go out to eat and drink with Lao Qian, or go shopping and chat with the two girls.

The comfortable days passed like this for a few days, and finally all the actors arrived.

The crew held a three-day script reading meeting in the hotel conference room.

In the morning, Lin Xuan was ready to come to the conference room.

The conference room was very lively, with more than a dozen main actors scattered around the venue chatting.

Lin Xuan found a seat and sat down, then silently looked at these people.

The lead actor Cao Rong is not tall, probably less than 1.7 meters tall, but he is quite strong.

When talking to his subordinate Wu Xing, he used Cantonese, and Jili Guala couldn't understand a word he said.

Because of his conversation with Qian Yanqiu that day, Lin Xuan's first impression of him was average.

Huang Haibing, who plays Tang Monk, is a veteran actor and a very popular niche student in the Mainland. He is very good-looking and has a good temperament.

He debuted in 94 and starred as the male protagonist Chen Jialuo in "Book and Sword", and the martial arts director of that drama was Cao Rong.

So the two have known each other for a long time, and he took the initiative to invite Huang Haibing to audition for the role of Tang Monk.

Huang Haibing is very popular now and will become even more popular in the future, but if you look at it from the perspective of the future, his luck is really bad.

Qiong Yao has always liked Huang Haibing and wanted to work with him since "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", but the film was never available.

Take now for example, Huang Haibing accepted the invitation to play the role of Tang Monk, but for this reason he turned down Qiong Yao's new drama "Love in the Rain".

One is the hit drama of the year, and the other is the explosive drama of the year.

I really don’t know how Huang Haibing would feel when he saw the ratings of "Love in the Rain".

Lu Hanbiao, who plays Zhu Bajie, is a teacher from Beijing Film Academy, and Li Jing, who plays Sha Seng, is an actor from the Repertory Theater.

Needless to mention Bai Lianhua and Biyou Fairy, Qiu Yue, who plays Nezha, is also extraordinary. Her husband Xie Yuan is the Golden Rooster Award winner.

Aftershock, who plays the role of Golden-winged Dapeng, just debuted this year and has filmed many classic spy dramas in the future.

There is also Yu Yuexian who plays Chen Wuzhen, the sister-in-law of Uncle Benshan, and Xie Dajiao in "Country Love".

Daqiao is only 29 years old this year, his appearance is still online, and he still has many scenes with Lin Xuan.

　Two thousand at the third watch was changed to three thousand at the second watch
　　The total number of words remains the same, so I can think of another title to save you time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)