Chapter 406: The Struggle of a Grassroots Actor
The sky was clear, breezy and cloudy drifting by.
A straight highway with mountains on both sides. A dark blue Buick van is speeding down the passing lane.
Since the beginning of the new century, with the continuous construction of infrastructure by the state, expressways have basically extended in all directions. It is nearly 600 kilometers from the capital to Qi County, and it is almost a high-speed journey.
Lu Xiao was engrossed in driving the car, and He Xin was sitting in the middle row, honestly wearing a seat belt, and was leaning on the back of the chair and napping.
In the passenger seat sat a young man with single eyelids, small eyes, slightly bulging cheekbones, and slightly buckteeth, looking a bit like a squirrel.
His back is very straight, and he looks like he was a soldier...... Oh, and he was originally an active-duty soldier. However, his face seemed a little restrained at this time, and from time to time he glanced at the napping passenger in the back row.
Although everyone is a fellow countryman, it is only a one-sided relationship. He never thought that he would receive a call from the other party's agent yesterday, asking him if he wanted to go together?
In the play, he is the male number one, he is just a small supporting role, and in life, he is a big star and actor, he is just an ordinary officer who rehearses dramas in the art troupe, writes string words, and occasionally makes guest appearances as the host.
Why is it called rehearsal? Because he is only there during rehearsals, but not when he is on stage.
Their art troupe has a drama called "Erna Assault", in which he wears many hats, as a "living prop", an extra, responsible for voiceover, scene notes, and also plays the stand-in B role of "Yuan Lang".
What is the concept of this B corner? That is, if A corner does not die, you will basically not be on stage, and a drama has been performed for three years, but he has not acted as Yuan Lang.
but played the role of a policeman on stage as an extra. But just one sentence: "5498, it's time." ”
He loves acting, so he moved his mind and put it off until two sentences, "5498, it's time, it's time, 5498!" In this way, he was able to show his face on stage for one more second.
During this period, he acted in several TV series, which was basically a trick of a few lines, that is, he had a slightly more role in the TV series "Migrant Workers" directed by Kang Honglei.
That acting experience made him very enjoyable, and he was very reluctant to leave the crew, because he was still the unlucky B corner when he returned to the group.
This time, he was selected by the assistant director of "Qiao's Courtyard" to play the role of a follower next to the protagonist, and he cherished this opportunity very much. Before that, he went to Beijing Film Studio to meet Director Hu Mei once, and it wasn't an audition or anything, but he just took a look at it and made a familiar face.
Coincidentally, just this once, he met the male protagonist in the play, that is, He Xin, who had the most rivalry with him in the play.
At that time, he was very excited, although the other party was two years younger than him, but he was already a double gold actor, and even won awards at the three major European film festivals. Being able to play against the actor is both exciting and stressful for him.
It's just that this He Yingdi is very strange, and he stares at his legs as soon as he comes up. But the person is very enthusiastic, there is no star frame at all, and he jokes that the role he plays is a lame leg may be better.
Fortunately, director Hu Mei said that how could a follower of a big family be lame, but the image can be changed. So when trying on makeup, combined with his original appearance, he put a bucktooth on him, which looked more like a squirrel.
However, he also thought a little carefully, since the director had positioned him as a harlequin, it might be even more impressive if he stuttered a little more when he spoke.
During this time, he has been pondering the role of Changshun, and at this moment, he saw the one behind him who was like an uncle, leaning on the back of the chair and napping, and sitting next to the driver, which was really a bit of a follower.
Hey, his body doesn't seem to be so straight, it should be bent a little, he subconsciously relaxed his body, and his originally straight waist instantly became rickety.
After all, external things are superficial, and if you want to play a role well, it is more important to have the inside. The most important thing for a follower is loyalty, and at the same time, as a qualified follower, you must also feel the master's mind anytime and anywhere, just like the current star assistant.
He couldn't help but glance at Lu Xiao, who was driving, and immediately made up his mind that he would have the opportunity to ask the other party for advice on how to be a good assistant.
Along the highway built by Jingcheng, one of the eight paths of Taihang, many places need to cross ravines and streams, and many places are viaducts, which may be the road gene in a certain place There is a gap between the settlement and the bridge crack, and the car shook suddenly, and suddenly woke up He Xin, who was napping.
This shooting cycle is very long, and I don't know if I will have time to return to the capital in the middle. Before leaving last night, his girlfriend seemed particularly enthusiastic, and he also played at an unprecedented super level, and he had a big four.
Facts have once again proved that there is no ploughed land, only tired cattle! So much so that he didn't talk to Zhang Yi on the road and began to doze off.
He opened his eyes in a daze, looked at the mountains on both sides, and couldn't help asking, "Where have you been?"
Before Lu Xiao could open his mouth, he saw Zhang Yi in the passenger seat turning his head with a smile on his face and said, "I just looked at the street sign, and there are still ten kilometers to Yangquan." ”
"Oh!"
Saying this, he had already reached the boundary of Shanxi, he raised his wrist and looked at the time, only to realize that he had slept for two hours just now, and he had neglected others.
He immediately greeted Zhang Yi apologetically: "I'm sorry, Brother Zhang!"
"Look at what you said, it's okay! It's okay!" Zhang Yi hurriedly waved his hand.
The face was a little younger than he remembered, and the figure seemed to be a little thinner, but what didn't change was the friendly smile on his face and the small bony eyes.
Zhang Yi is a very popular actor in his last life. The first thing that impressed him with his performance was not his famous work "Soldier Assault", but the particularly indebted Meng in "Regiment Commander".
Looking back now, the reason why he has a general impression of Shi Jin's squad leader in "Soldier Assault" is that compared with the natural performances of other actors, the Shi Jin he played was a bit too violent, but it backfired.
However, after "The Leader", whether it is "The Age of Steel", "Beijing Love Story", "The True Story of Hot Mom", "Chicken Feathers Fly to the Sky", "Glorious Age" and "Rebirth" and other hit TV series, to the big screen works "Dear", "Red Sea Operation", "Me and My Motherland".
He Xin found that he was an actor with a wide range of plays, basically acting like anything, probably except for his lameness, there was hardly any patterned performance on him.
Especially Han Dezhong played by him in "Dear", there is a drinking scene in it, and the performance is simply amazing, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Huang Bo is hanging and sitting next to him.
"Last year, in this door today, the peach blossoms on the human face were red. The face of the person does not know where to go, and the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze!"
Every time I think of the Qin dialect that he hummed in his mouth at the end, it was a trembling heartbreak!
There are also seven short stories in "My Motherland and Me", he skipped "Daytime Meteor" and watched six. Probably except for the little boy in "Winning the Championship" and Zhang Yi in "Encounter", including Huang Bo and Uncle Ge, he always feels that the actors here are not playing at a real level, and they are more like fooling things.
Especially the two flag-raisers in "The Return", even if you find two short actors, (don't talk about Du Jiang having a meter eight or something), what is the name of a dragon, he can't even stand up his back, the bow is like a shrimp, and his eyes are spicy when he looks at it.
When I watched it in my last life, the only thing that really moved him was the "Encounter" played by Zhang Yi.
Even in retrospect, if you analyze it carefully, it is the same.
However, what he never expected was to see Zhang Yi in the office of director Hu Mei of Beijing Film Studio, and he actually played one of the two followers next to Qiao Zhiyong in the play.
I really don't have any impression at all, probably it can only be that Zhang Yi's acting skills haven't arrived home yet.
At this time, it is already noon, and I may have consumed too much last night, and I woke up feeling hungry.
"Xiao Lu, let's find a place to eat first. ”
"Okay! In front of it is the service area of Yangquan. Lu Xiao hurriedly responded.
"Are you tired after driving for a long time? Why don't you finish eating, I'll change with you?" He Xin patted Xiao Luzi on the shoulder and said.
This time, before Xiao Luzi could speak, he was rushed in front by Zhang Yi and said: "I'll come, I'll come, or I'll change!"
Saying that, I was afraid that they wouldn't believe it, so I took out my driver's license from my pocket and said: "I know how to drive, I learned it in the army, and the technique is absolutely fine!"
"Don't say goodbye, I'm not tired at all! Brother, and this Brother Zhang, you all sit down. ”
Only then did I hear Xiao Luzi's slightly resentful voice.