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After coming to Hengdian to become a "horizontal drifter", Zhao Qianqiao realized how simple she thought about the road to being an actor before.

In Hengdian, there is an organization similar to a "brokerage company" - the Actors Guild.

All extras who come to Hengdian must join the Actors Guild and obtain an actor certificate before they can arrange to participate in the performance.

In addition, there are many "actor agents" under the Actors' Guild, commonly known as "group heads", who are mainly responsible for docking with the crew, sending recruitment information to the actors, leading the group evolution group and signing for the group performance salary.

Actors' guilds, group leaders, and group performers have formed a formal structure similar to that of brokerage companies, agents, and artists.

On the first day Zhao Qianqiao came, reality taught Zhao Qianqiao a lesson - a so-called acting company cheated most of her savings on the grounds that "only by paying money will she have the opportunity to join the crew to act".

Later, Zhao Qianqiao found the Actors Guild through the guidance of well-wishers, and he found an organization.

But although the organization has been found, Zhao Qianqiao's situation has not changed at all.

Hengdian has a floating population of 200,000 extras every year, each of whom has a dream of becoming famous in the future, and everyone hopes that they can stand out and become a star.

But the reality is cruel.

Actors' guilds generally arrange actors on a 'first come, first served' basis.

Therefore, it is difficult for newcomers to perform in groups to get the opportunity to perform from the Actors Guild.

Moreover, the so-called group performances are also divided into three, six, nine and so on.

The most basic level is the "masses", who work 8 hours a day and earn 50 yuan, and 5 yuan per hour for overtime;

Then there is the "group special", which works 8 hours a day and earns 80 yuan, and overtime is 10 yuan per hour;

In addition, there are "special contracts", which are divided into small, medium, and large specials, according to the number of scenes, and the daily wages are 150, 200~300, and 500~800 respectively;

If you are in good shape and know how to do martial arts, you can do martial arts, which work 12 hours a day and earn 150~200 yuan;

The best mix is the "role", and the price depends on the specific role;

In addition to the above types of group performances, there is also a type of group actor - the group actor is always with the crew, must be on call when needed, and receive a fixed monthly salary of about 2000~2500, regardless of the number of plays, and the martial arts with the group can reach up to 6000 yuan a month.

In addition, there will be additional remuneration for playing some special roles, such as carrying a sedan chair, drenching in the rain, and wearing filial piety, which can add an additional 10 yuan, and if you play a more taboo role such as a dead man, the crew usually prepares a red envelope, and the number varies.

When it comes to the meal, the crew will provide a box lunch, or give a meal supplement of 10~15 yuan.

As a "brokerage company", the Actors Guild will also take a certain fee as a management fee - 10 yuan will be deducted if the daily salary is less than 100, and 10% will be deducted if the daily salary is less than 100.

In short, the group performance is also strictly hierarchical and has many rules.

With Zhao Qianqiao's qualifications, he can actually be a special contractor.

But the premise is that Zhao Qianqiao has to give up her own body, to put it bluntly, she is willing to sleep with people, with people in the crew, and even with the head of the group.

Even, some group leaders said to Zhao Qianqiao straightforwardly: "Don't you find that there are very few young and beautiful actresses in the group performances, all of them are male group actors or aunt-level female group actors? Let me tell you, because you are beautiful, as long as you understand the rules, you will immediately become a group actor or role actor, and the salary is much more than that of group performance, do you want to take this shortcut?"

Zhao Qianqiao has her own pride, or she has not been smoothed out by reality, in short, she has not chosen this shortcut for the time being, but chooses to climb up from the bottom first.

played the devil, played the eighth road and the peasant, and was scolded by the star as a "fool".

In order to make money, he rushed to act as a corpse.

If you're injured, you have to pretend you're okay.

For the "actor's dream", he only eats one meal a day.

In order to steal the light, fight with others.

In just over three months, Zhao Qianqiao was tossed to exhaustion.

Several times, Zhao Qianqiao almost dialed the phone number of those assistant directors who took a fancy to her.

But at the last moment, Zhao Qianqiao couldn't help it, he really didn't want to give her first time like this, and he didn't want to jump into the abyss without dignity.

Today, Zhao Qianqiao heard a news from other group performers that the crew of "Heart Labyrinth", which has been rumored in the past two days, is going to recruit actors.

Although this is an excellent opportunity for group performances, Zhao Qianqiao knows that this machine does not have her share at all, and she doesn't even have the opportunity to interview - because she is still the lowest existence, it is impossible for the actors' union to arrange for her, a newcomer, to audition, and it is impossible for the group leader to take her to audition, and if she dares to audition privately, what awaits her is a joint blockade, and at that time, she may not even be able to perform in a group.

Today, it was raining lightly outside.

The light rain in November is already tingling with chills.

Zhao Qianqiao thought that the outdoor drama scheduled yesterday should be canceled today.

I don't want to, and I don't know if it's because the crew wants to be in a hurry, so they actually notified them that these group performances were filming normally, and they also said: "In this kind of weather, the shooting effect is better." ”

Zhao Qianqiao had no choice but to come to the scene early with other group performers.

After changing into dirty, smelly and thick armor, holding a big flag in one hand and a weapon in the other, Zhao Qianqiao and the other group performers waited in the rain early.

But the leading actors haven't arrived yet, and the equipment and machines haven't been set up yet, so they are waiting in the rain.

It wasn't until Zhao Qianqiao was almost drenched in the rain that the equipment and machines were set up, and the starring role was late.

Zhao Qianqiao was wearing heavy armor, holding a big flag in one hand and a weapon in the other, following the crowd, rushing back and forth.

This scene was filmed for a long time, and when it was over, Zhao Qianqiao's hands were basically gone.

In the end, Zhao Qianqiao could only get a meagre 60 yuan, and had to hand over 10 yuan to the Actors Guild.

Dragging his tired body, under the drizzling rain, Zhao Qianqiao moved to his residence step by step.

At this moment, Zhao Qianqiao thought of giving up, and also thought of calling a forty-year-old assistant director she had already selected as soon as she went back, and also thought of "I might as well die like this".

Just when Zhao Qianqiao was thinking nonsense, she passed by a place and saw many actors coming out of it.

There is a woman who is very ordinary and happily said to others: "When "Heart Labyrinth" is released, my hard life will come to an end, don't leave my sisters, I'll treat you later." ”

In an instant, Zhao Qianqiao reacted to where this was: "This is the place where the crew of "Heart Labyrinth" is recruited. ”

An irrepressible impulse emerged in Zhao Qianqiao's heart: "That woman is far from being comparable to me in terms of appearance and figure, she can get a chance, why can't I, I just need to walk in, maybe I can end my bad life now!"

"It's a big deal, I won't mix in Hengdian, go north, go to Kyoto!"

After thinking about it like this, Zhao Qianqiao immediately strode towards the recruitment place of the "Heart Labyrinth" crew, which is also the temporary office location of the "Heart Labyrinth" crew......

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