Chapter 71 (II)
Zhang Shaoyu squatted on the corridor and asked casually, "What's the matter?"
"I'm leaving Chengdu. Zhao Jing also squatted down beside him, rested his chin on his knees, changed his previous grin, and said quietly.
"Where are you going?" asked Zhang Shaoyu calmly.
"Changsha, Hunan! I was selected by Hunan Satellite TV to do a program on their station. Zhao Jing seemed to be able to be as quiet as her name, she put her hand on Zhang Shaoyu's shoulder and said with a smile: "How about it, be happy for me!"
"Changsha?!You want to go to Changsha too?!" Zhang Shaoyu almost didn't jump three feet high, staring at Zhao Jing with wide eyes like a monster. He only decided to leave Chengdu in the morning to go to Changsha for development, and it was only half a day before Zhao Jing suddenly ran over and told him that she had been transferred to Changsha to work.
"Who else is going to Changsha?" Zhao Jing heard from Zhang Shaoyu's words, and asked happily: "Who is it? Do I recognize it? It just so happens that I am still worried that I don't have any acquaintances and friends after going over there!"
"Who else, of course it's me!" Zhang Shaoyu said, pointing to his nose.
"What are you doing in Changsha?" Zhao Jing asked in a daze: "Although the semi-final of the Xiaoqiang Cup is held in Changsha, according to the news I know, it must start at least in April, and there are still more than two months, why are you going to Changsha so early?"
"Go mix!" Zhang Shaoyu replied lightly: "I've been in Chengdu for too long, and I want to change the environment to see if I can transfer it." ”
"Wow! That's amazing!" Zhao Jing suddenly hugged Zhang Shaoyu's head, kissed him on the face quickly, and then jumped up, but soon a suspicious look appeared on her face, her hands were propped on her knees, she bent over to look at him, and said confusedly: "Little rascal, you're not trying to make me happy, are you?
Zhang Shaoyu touched the face that Zhao Jing had kissed just now, and said with a wry smile: "Crazy girl, please don't be so whim next time, okay......"
"You give me less to get cheap and sell well, quickly answer my question just now. Zhao Jing glanced at him and said, "You really want to go to Changsha?"
"Quite possibly. Zhang Shaoyu nodded and said: "If I succeed in this audition, it is estimated that there is a great possibility of going to Changsha." ”
"Hehe, then I have a companion in Changsha. Zhao Jing laughed happily.
"Did you come to tell me about your job transfer?" Zhang Shaoyu deliberately diverted the topic.
I accompanied Sister Xiao in the stage to interview the famous director Wu Ji and the popular movie star Liu Feng. Zhao Jing took out a piece of chocolate from her pocket, and replied with a smile while removing the bag: "I heard yesterday that you were going to audition for Director Wu's crew, so I came to see you by the way." It was a little girl named Zhang Xiaoli who told me that you were hiding here. ”
"The interview is over?" Zhang Shaoyu stood up and prepared to leave the corridor and go back to his room.
"Director Wu's interview was done, but I didn't meet Liu Feng, I heard that he won't appear today, so I can only run again tomorrow. As she spoke, Zhao Jing broke half a piece of chocolate and handed it to Zhang Shaoyu, "Do you want to eat some?"
"It's better to keep it for yourself and enjoy it slowly!" Zhang Shaoyu said with a sigh, and shouted sideways towards the corridor below: "Kuizi, come up, stay for a while, you kid still have business to do." ”
"Here it is, big brother. Tang Kui answered downstairs, and then jumped up with a flying movement, and he easily took three steps to complete the ten-step staircase.
"Tang Kui, you are a monkey!" Zhao Jing said with two big eyes wide open, looking at Tang Kui.
"Well, Sister Zhao Jing, how do you know?" Tang Kui asked in a stunned voice as he touched his short flat head.
"She's blind. Zhang Shaoyu said with a smile: "Kuizi, in the afternoon, Director Wu will arrange a few stuntmen from the martial arts school to play tricks with you, try your skills, you don't have to have any psychological burden, just do your best." ”
"Big brother, I won't disgrace you!" Tang Kui replied resolutely.
"Tang Kui, does he want to be a stuntman?" Zhao Jing asked.
"I asked him to try, he doesn't have a stable job right now anyway, maybe he can really make a living in this business. Zhang Shaoyu replied lightly.
"Tang Kui, you can do it! I really didn't see that you actually practiced before, hehe, if anyone dares to bully me in the future, I will come to you to help me beat them." Zhao Jing said jokingly.
"Okay, Sister Zhao Jing, I don't have any other skills, just fight. Tang Kui said seriously.
"Crazy girl, don't take Bad Kuizi. Zhang Shaoyu smiled: "Kuizi and I have to run errands, do you stay here and eat your chocolate slowly, or ......?"
Zhao Jing raised her wrist and looked at her watch, "Oh no, it's too bad, I told Sister Xiao that I would only take ten minutes off, and now it's almost twenty minutes, and I will definitely have to be K by her when I turn around, little rascal, I'm leaving, I wish you and Tang Kui a smooth audition and a successful pass, BYB!"
"Be careful not to fall. Zhang Shaoyu shouted at Zhao Jing's back.
"You're going to fall, Raven's Beak. Zhao Jing shouted without replying, and quickly turned into the elevator room.
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At the same time, in the café on the first floor of Ruijing, Wu Ji and several persons in charge of the crew were discussing the signing of a contract for Zhang Shaoyu.
Although the seats in this European-style café are eighty percent full, there is no sense of noise and noise, and in the soft saxophone music, the customers sit around the glass round table in twos and threes, talking about their topics in a low voice.
Wu Ji: They were at a table near the inside, and there were a few empty tables around them.
"Lao Wu, sign Zhang Shaoyu, I am very much in favor. Xiao Huzi gently stirred the coffee in front of him and said to Wu Ji: "From the first time this kid was acting, I saw that he had great potential. There are too few good seedlings of today's actors. ”
"There are even fewer talented and virtuous people!" Wu Ji dusted the cigar in his hand in the ashtray and said with a sigh.
"Although Zhang Shaoyu is very talented, I feel that this person is too arrogant. Lao Guo, who was wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, frowned and said.
"Insolence?" Wu Ji stared at him and said, "What I like is his unusual arrogance! He is the kind of person who is very assertive and principled, and this kind of trait is becoming more and more rare among young people today. His flamboyance, and Liu Feng's arrogance of playing a big name, are two concepts, I carefully watched his video of the top 100 matches of the Xiaoqiang Cup, when he faced the many fans who supported him, his typhoon, and the kind of heartfelt affinity he showed, is the unique personality charm that many film and television artists today lack and can't do if they want to. This is determined by a person's personality orientation, and it is not something that can be imitated. ”
"I agree with Lao Wu. Lao Li, a photographer with slightly gray hair, nodded and said: "Although Zhang Shaoyu has only appeared in a few shots, years of experience have told me that he is the kind of natural actor who has a very strong sense of entering the play. If he can learn some more acting professional skills, I can say very responsibly that his future achievements will not be comparable to Liu Feng!"
Sitting next to Wu Ji was a middle-aged man. In his forties, he is at the golden age of a man's life's career, and his slightly blessed belly and fat face look quite coordinated. He took Lao Li's words and said with a smile: "As the producer of "Bloodflow", no matter how much you have opinions and opinions on Liu Feng, from a commercial point of view, I still insist on continuing to let him finish the male lead. As for Lao Wu saying that he wanted to sign Zhang Shaoyu, although I don't know much about this person, I believe in the vision of a few of you very much, this matter, I think it will be finalized first, Liu Feng's side, I will collude with him more, Zhang Shaoyu's signing fee, how much to prepay, Lao Wu, you can do it. ”
Wu Ji nodded and said, "Old Chen, then let's do it first." In fact, if you are willing to make up your mind to let Zhang Shaoyu play the male lead, I can guarantee that "Bloodflow" is very likely to be nominated for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival next year. ”
Lao Chen patted Wu Ji on the shoulder and said with a smile: "My director Wu Da, what movie do you think is not the highest indicator of pursuing commercial and economic interests?" Since we live in the social system of the market economy, we can't help but follow the rules of the game of the market economy, no matter how good Zhang Shaoyu's acting skills are, he is also a newcomer now, and Liu Feng is different, he is currently the celebrity with the highest popularity index in China, popularity determines the box office, and the box office is the most important index to measure the success of a film?”
Wu Ji is right when he thinks about the producer's words, Zhang Shaoyu is indeed a new face now, no matter how good the jade is, without the carving of a famous craftsman, it will not become a big tool!
At this time, at the door of the café, Zhang Xiaoli walked in from outside, looked around for a while, and then walked directly towards Wu Ji and their table.
"Director Wu, didn't you say that you were going to try the skills of the new stuntman named Tang Kui in the afternoon? When are you going to take a look? It's almost half past two now. Zhang Xiaoli said.
"Well, go now. Grandma is a bear, she has to find something to do, and she can't let the whole group do this. Wu Ji got up and said: "Lao Chen, do you want to go over and take a look, I heard that young man is very good at fighting, not a fancy show from a martial arts school, but real kung fu." ”
"Oh!" Lao Chen said with great interest: "Of course this kind of good thing has to be seen, go, take a look." ”
Soon, these bigwigs of the crew left the café and went straight to the studio arranged on the roof of Ruijing Building.
Zhang Shaoyu had never seen Tang Kui's real skills before, but he heard him say that he grew up with his grandfather, who was born in a robe, and practiced kung fu for a few days, as for what kind of kung fu it was, Zhang Shaoyu didn't know very well.
Tang Kui was in front of many crew leaders, and he hadn't seen much of the world, so of course he was a little nervous. But thinking that he must not embarrass his eldest brother, he gritted his teeth and showed his grandfather's kung fu that he had warned him not to show to others easily.
Just these few hands, I almost didn't make Zhang Shaoyu, Wu Ji and others look at the eyeballs.
On the rooftop, there is a flat roof room more than four meters high, which is dedicated to accommodating the outdoor unit of the hotel's central air conditioning. There are only a few ventilated windows on the exterior walls, and you have to build a ladder to climb up to the roof.
But Tang Kui didn't need any ladders, and the nearly five-meter-high roof wall, he only borrowed a little bit from the middle window, and climbed up like a cat. When you come down, you can do a somersault directly in the air and land steadily.
Tang Kui walked up to Zhang Shaoyu without blushing and panting, and said in a low voice, "Big brother, is this okay?"
Although Zhang Shaoyu was quite shocked in his heart, his face was calm and comfortable, he nodded, and motioned for Tang Kui to wait beside him.
"Director Wu, do you want to find someone to make another move?" Zhang Shaoyu asked Wu Ji lightly.
Producer Lao Chen looked at Tang Kui with a look of surprise on his face and muttered: "Real kung fu, this is real kung fu, much stronger than those actions made by hanging wires, Lao Wu, where did you find such a master!"
"Shaoyu, this is Chen Bo, the producer of the crew. Wu Ji introduced: "He is also the owner of our crew." Lao Chen, he is the Zhang Shaoyu I mentioned to you, and Tang Kui, who wants to be a stuntman, was introduced by him and is his brother. ”
When Zhang Shaoyu heard this, he glanced at Chen Bo and smiled indifferently: "Boss Chen, hello." ”
Chen Bo looked Zhang Shaoyu up and down and asked, "Xiao Zhang, you won't be a little more powerful than Xiao Tang who performed just now, right?"
"How can it, hehe, Boss Chen, Kuizi has been practicing Sanjiu in winter with his grandfather since he was a child, and he has practiced Sanfu in summer, and I am an authentic layman in martial arts. Zhang Shaoyu replied with a smile. Although he smiled very casually, his signature smile, in Chen Bo's eyes, had a sense of unfathomable profundity, and he couldn't figure out whether what he said was true or false.
Chen Bo patted Zhang Shaoyu's shoulder in an old-fashioned manner and said with a smile: "Young man, there is a future." Do it well!" As he spoke, he turned to Wu Ji and said, "Old Wu, I think, why don't you sign Xiao Tang together, such a talent, if we miss it, it will be a great loss." ”
Wu Ji said with a little regret: "Cheng, it's a pity that Xiao Tang's appearance is a little lacking, otherwise, with the two unique skills he just revealed, he can definitely become an action star!"
Zhang Shaoyu didn't say anything, he was thinking about what Wu Ji had just said.
Tang Kui, who is thin and small, does not look very photogenic, although he has real kung fu, but he does not have the domineering and murderous aura of a strong man, after seeing his performance just now, Zhang Shaoyu is even more determined to take Tang Kui to mix together, otherwise, once Tang Kui goes astray, the harm to social security is really nothing more than imagination.
Chen Bo's words made Zhang Shaoyu secretly relieved in his heart. Tang Kuineng signed with him in the same crew at the same time, which is the most ideal result that Zhang Shaoyu thinks.
Seeing that the main persons in charge of the crew were talking about how to complete "Bloodflow" as soon as possible, Zhang Shaoyu did not join in the excitement and interjected, but took Tang Kui back to room 869 to wait for the news.
When Zhang Xiaoli came to Zhang Shaoyu with two contracts, Zhang Shaoyu looked at his name on the contract, couldn't help but be stunned, and asked: "Liu Feng didn't come, I didn't shoot a scene today, and I didn't audition, why did you decide to sign me?"
"Asking you to audition is just a start, it's just a procedure. Zhang Xiaoli explained: "The actor who can make Director Wu Xiangxiang, no matter which film company, will rush to sign him." Chen Bo, the producer of our crew, and Director Wu were classmates in Beiying in the early years, and they have a very good relationship. ”
Zhang Shaoyu didn't ask any more questions, but carefully browsed the terms in the four-page "Film and Television Artist Labor Contract".
This is a contract filled in according to the common contract model in the film and television industry, and the contract is valid for five years, Zhang Shaoyu didn't pay much attention to this, what he was most concerned about was the terms of remuneration and salary in the contract.
His content is almost the same as Tang Kui's, the time is five years, including food and housing, and a salary of 1,200 yuan per month, if you think about it carefully, this can be regarded as a good job, although the salary is not very high, but in today's era when jobs are hard to find, this job is enough for him and Tang Kui to mix steadily for five years.
Zhang Shaoyu felt that he could still accept the restrictive clauses in the contract, there was nothing harsh, and from the standpoint of the film company, they were all quite reasonable terms.
Zhang Shaoyu didn't think much about it, asked Zhang Xiaoli to borrow a pen, and signed the five-year "deed of sale".
Tang Kui was naturally the only one, and he also signed it.
After he signed the contract, Zhang Xiaoli handed over 20,000 yuan in cash to him and asked him to sign a receipt, Zhang Shaoyu felt that he had made a very wise decision this time.
What he lacks most now is RMB!
Although 20,000 yuan is not much, at least it gives him the travel expenses and living expenses to Changsha. Otherwise, let him go to Zhao Jing or Yang Tingyao to borrow the travel fee, he really can't open this mouth!
With two stacks of 100-yuan bills in my pocket, this feeling is really fucking cool.
This was Zhang Shaoyu's first feeling when he walked out of the door of Ruijing Hotel with Tang Kui.
After coming out of Ruijing, one of the things Zhang Shaoyu wanted to do most was to take Tang Kui to Meimei for a big meal first.
On the edge of Ruijing is Yangxi Street. It's so convenient to find a place to eat.
Zhang Shaoyu casually picked a hot pot restaurant, found a small box, asked for two hot pots and a large table full of side dishes, and took a bottle of his favorite Tuopai qujiu!
The brothers ate and drank at the same time, what a pleasure!
Halfway through eating, Zhang Shaoyu didn't understand how he remembered Zhao Jing! And he thought of doing it, so he took out his mobile phone and dialed Zhao Jing's mobile phone.
"Crazy girl, I'm eating well in the box No. 19 of Fulinmen Hot Pot City, Yangxi Street, if you are free, come here, forget if you don't have time, anyway, I'll inform you." ”
"Little rascal, what the hell are you doing! It's not even five o'clock, and I'm still more than half an hour before I get off work, and it's not time for dinner! I don't have time to joke with you, so I'll talk about it quickly, I'm so busy that I'm about to open the pot......
"Damn, Lao Tzu is kind enough to invite you to eat hot pot, you don't have time to pull it down!"
"Hey ......"
Zhang Shaoyu didn't reply and hung up the phone.
But soon, Zhao Jing called over.
"You dead man, you dare to hang up my phone before you finish speaking, see how I clean you up when I turn around, little rascal, could it be that you successfully auditioned today and signed a contract with Director Wu's crew, so you want to call me over to celebrate?"
"Hmm! put down all the things you have at hand, hurry up, don't worry, this time you don't have to pay for your own crazy girl, buddy has money today, hehe!"
"That's the case! Then I must come over, but I have to wait until I get off work, little rascal, I warn, you must wait for me in Fulinmen Hot Pot City, if I can't find you after I come, I'm not done with you, I'll hang up first, hehe!" This time she hung up the phone first, not giving Zhang Shaoyu room to excuse himself.
Zhang Shaoyu held the mobile phone indifferently for a moment, and then pressed Yang Tingyao's mobile phone number.
"The user you dialed cannot be reached ...... temporarily"
After dialing it three times in a row, it couldn't be connected, Zhang Shaoyu threw the phone on the table with a little disappointment, picked up the remaining nearly two taels of liquor in the cup, and poured it all into his mouth.
"Big brother, you are really good at drinking!" Tang Kui thought that Zhang Shaoyu was in a good mood, so he was also very happy.
"Come, Kuizi, fill the wine again for my brother. Zhang Shaoyu burped and pointed to the empty glass in front of him and said.
Tang Kui also drank the less than one or two remaining wine in his cup very boldly, then picked up the wine bottle, first filled the wine for Zhang Shaoyu, and then poured half a glass for himself.
"Big brother, are we all actors in the future? I didn't expect that I, Tang Kui, would also have the opportunity to make movies, hehe......" Tang Kui said, laughing stupidly.
"Kuizi, let's not call this filming, but mixing in Director Wu's crew first. Zhang Shaoyu held the glass wine glass, shook it lightly in front of him, and said lightly: "Life is originally a play, everyone is mixing before they find the role they play, mixing, mixing, in fact, it is a fucking life!"
Tang Kui touched his head and said with a smile: "Big brother, what kind of bastard are you, you have gone to college, you are a college student, you are knowledgeable, you have the ability, and you know everything......"
"College students?!hehe, the most unemployed in society now are college students!" Zhang Shaoyu's tone had an indescribable bitterness, took a sip of wine, and said: "It is precisely because we college students all think that we have the ability, our hearts are higher than the sky, and we all want to do a career, get ahead, and we don't understand that mixing is also a kind of life, so we will run into walls everywhere in this society and feel confused about our life path!"
"Big brother, I think you're very good!
"I ......" Zhang Shaoyu was speechless, is he really as capable as Tang Kui said?