Chapter 216: Wu Jing Who Can't Survive in Xiangjiang (1/3)
Xiangjiang, an apartment
Wu Jing hung up the phone with his senior brother Wu Yue, and his mind was still a little confused.
The dignified director Zuo Le, want to find himself to make a TV series?
Wu Jing, who is not yet 25 years old this year, has an acting career that is actually not long, and he is only in his early three years when he is full.
Back then, Wu Jing, who was just 20 years old, won the two championships of gunnery and sparring in the national martial arts competition, which can be described as a young fame and a leader in the martial arts world.
However, in this era of the decline of traditional martial arts, even the national martial arts champion is nothing in the eyes of many people.
[No matter how high the martial arts are, knock it down with one shot] Although it is a joke, it can be spread so widely now, and it can also be seen that this concept is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Wu Jing won two national championships at a young age, except for the insiders muttering a few words, what should others do.
Yes, within a few days of Xiao Wu's champion, he wiped out everyone and was introduced by the master to a martial arts hall as a coach, with a good salary, after all, he was a national champion and had a great name.
However, Wu Jing is not satisfied with just being a martial arts coach, his dream is to become a kung fu superstar like his predecessors Cheng and Li.
So Wu Jing worked in the martial arts hall for about half a year, saved a sum of savings, and went to Xiangjiang with great ambition.
There are too few professional action movies in the mainland, and the quality is not satisfactory, but it is Xiangjiang, although the mountains and rivers have been declining in recent years, but there are still some old foundations, and some action movies will be produced quantitatively every year, although they are not popular, but there are enthusiasts who will buy it.
At first, although Wu Jing was squeezed out to a certain extent because he was from the mainland.
But fortunately, he dares to fight, he is young and good-looking, and the Xiangjiang entertainment industry has a talent gap, and people like Wu Jing can fight rare animals.
What's more, Wu Jing has a teacher, Cheng and Li, two kung fu superstars, are considered his senior brothers, and with his status in the Xiangjiang film circle, it is enough for Wu Jing to take care of him occasionally.
In this way, Wu Jing started playing a small supporting role, and participated in almost 7 movies in three years, although he is not famous, but at least he is famous.
Especially in the field of action movies, many people know that there is a young man named Wu Jing who plays very well.
However, Wu Jing also has his own troubles, or that sentence, now the film industry is no longer the time for Cheng and Li Fengfeng in the last century, and action movies are popular.
Not to mention action movies, the entire Xiangjiang film industry is now in decline, and a large number of entertainment practitioners have gone north.
Now in addition to police and bandits, crime and some niche themes, Xiangjiang can still get its hands on it, not to mention being beaten by the mainland, but there is really no advantage at all.
It is precisely because of this that Wu Jing has to face an embarrassing problem - the ceiling for career development in Xiangjiang is low.
In addition to the older generation of actors who have long been famous, almost all of the younger generation who are now famous in Xiangjiang are active in the mainland, and occasionally a few good seedlings emerge in the mainland, and the first choice after becoming famous is also to go north.
No way, the Xiangjiang market is too small, and some good resources have been divided up by the old man, rather than grabbing the little soup and water left by the old man, it is better to choose to go to the mainland to fight.
The reason why Wu Jing became famous is also because he is making action movies with a special nature, so he can grab some opportunities.
But even so, he can only play a supporting role, even if the villain is the second male, the male protagonist can't take his turn at all.
Wu Jing himself has analyzed that the development of the current Xiangjiang film industry is too deformed, and it is too difficult for newcomers to get out of position, so he has to rely on staying up if he wants to get on the throne.
To retire those old people before it is his turn to come out, this has to be the premise that there are no new people against the sky.
Wu Jing, who is less than 25 years old this year, can definitely survive the Mesozoic of Xiangjiang who are generally over forty or fifty years old.
But Wu Jing is unwilling, he is in the prime of life, it is the age of struggle and hard work, and he always spends his time on the "Turtle Dafa", wouldn't it be a waste of youth.
Therefore, Wu Jing moved the idea of returning to the mainland, and after three years in Xiangjiang, he can see that the dream of an action superstar is not easy to realize.
Cheng Li is old, and now only Zhen Bullet can carry the box office of action movies, and Zhen's influence now is far less than that of Cheng Li back then, he thinks that his kung fu is not much worse than Zhen Bullet, but his fame is far worse.
After returning to the mainland first, slowly accumulating fame, and after becoming popular, he looked for suitable action movie projects, became famous in a fight, established the positioning of an action star, stepped out of his own action style, and finally became a new generation of action superstar.
This is the plan that Wu Jing made for himself, although it is a little rough, but the overall idea is quite clear.
So, Wu Jing contacted some relatives and friends who were active in the mainland film and television industry, saying that he wanted to return to the mainland for development, and hoped that everyone would have any suitable resources to help recommend it.
Originally, Wu Jing thought that he had just returned to the mainland, his reputation was not obvious, and he might not be able to get any good projects, but he also made full psychological expectations, and was even ready to start from scratch.
decided that as long as it was a project that could be seen in the past, no matter how many roles he played, he would follow first.
However, he never thought that Wu Yue, the senior brother he had just contacted before, directly gave him a big gift.
Don't look at Wu Jing's activities in Xiangjiang, he is actually very concerned about the mainland entertainment industry, and he is naturally no stranger to Zuo Le, who has been in the limelight in recent years, and even he himself is half a fan of Zuo Le.
One of Zuo Le's favorite works is "Seven Swords".
People who practice martial arts are born with the feeling of fighting swords, and when they first watched the drama, Wu Jing even felt that he was more suitable for playing Dugu Xiao than Gu Xiaoge.
Of course, we must ignore the appearance bonus of the handsome guy Gu.........
This time, I heard that I had the opportunity to act in Zuo Le's new drama, although it was not a martial arts drama, but it was enough to make Wu Jing excited.
Zuo Leke is the hottest TV drama director in Huaguo today, and the role of his new drama, even if it is a supporting role, is a resource that many people can't grab.
However, Wu Yue also made it clear to Wu Jing that Zuo Le was looking for actors, and those who were not familiar with it had to audition, and whether he could win this role or not would depend on the results of the audition.
Wu Jing is still very confident in the audition, Wu Yue roughly told him about the characteristics of Duan Peng's character design, unruly and a little loyal, after joining the army, he has more fortitude and ruthlessness of a soldier.
Such a setting is not complicated, Wu Jing has played similar roles before, and he is confident to take it down.
In addition, the most important thing is that the role of Duan Peng has a lot of plays, which requires the actor to be neat, which is a very big plus for Wu Jing.
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Wu Jing, who eased his mood, quickly got in touch with Shanhe according to the information left by his senior brother Wu Yue, and rushed to Quancheng by plane from Xiangjiang to Quancheng for an audition the next day.
Spring City, Mountains and Rivers Pictures
Under the guidance of the front desk, Wu Jing came to a conference room, where more than a dozen people were sitting scattered, Wu Jing glanced at it and found that there were a few actors who looked very familiar and seemed to be some famous.
A dozen people sat in a scattered manner, and when they saw him enter, they glanced up and continued to cast their eyes on the paper book in their hands.
Seeing this scene, Wu Jing didn't understand, this was all here to audition, and the mood that was still a little calm became nervous again.
Don't say that Duan Peng is just a supporting role, why is there such a big battle?
Wu Jing found a seat and sat down, saw the paper book on the table, and after a general browsing, his hanging heart went down a lot.
It turned out to be an interview for multiple roles, and at most three or four of these dozen people were their direct opponents competing for the role of Duan Peng.........
Wu Jing, who relaxed slightly, suddenly felt a gaze from the side, and turned his head to see that it was a man with a slightly cold temperament, in his thirties, who had been staring at Wu Jing.
The other party saw Wu Jing turn his head to look at him, showed a smile, and took the initiative to stretch out his hand.
"Wu Jing, yes, I've seen your play. ”
"Hello, pardon my clumsiness, you are ......"
Wu Jing shook hands with the man, and then asked a little embarrassedly, he really didn't know who this was.
The man was not annoyed, smiled faintly, and introduced himself: "My name is Duan Long, a nobody, this time I am here to audition for the role of Yamamoto Kazuki........."