Chapter 1: Drifting

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Autumn 1999, Hengcheng.

Hengcheng, a film and television city known as "Oriental Hollywood" in the mainland, is in full swing with the filming of major film and television dramas.

Half past five in the morning.

The actors' guild on the edge of Dazhi Temple, the streets where the sky has not yet been brightened, the autumn wind is wheezing, the leaves are flying, and only here is the faint light in the entire Hengcheng, and under the dim street lamps, there are already twenty or thirty extras sitting on folding chairs and waiting for work.

The "old man" in Hengcheng is somewhat similar to the labor market of workers, which is the spontaneous "talent market" of extras, and these extras who squat in front of the old union in Hengcheng, waiting for the group to be selected, people like to call them "Hengpiao".

Lin Xiaoguang, who is only 20 years old, is one of the many "horizontal drifters".

It's already autumn, and it's early in the morning, and the weather can't help but be a little cool, Lin Xiaoguang wrapped himself in a black coat, and like other extras, he squatted on the side of the road and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Until today, Lin Xiaoguang has not returned home for almost half a year, to be exact, he has been reborn in this era for more than two months.

Two months, whether it is long or not, can at least allow him to familiarize himself with his work as an extras with a very stable mentality, and then support himself with this meager salary.

came to Hengcheng from a small village in the south alone, of course, he wanted to come out and have a good time while he was young, although he had a "wonderful" goal that ordinary people couldn't understand - to be an actor.

Lin Xiaoguang already had the idea of becoming an actor in his previous life, but in his previous life, he looked too much for passers-by, and he was hindered by the constraints of reality, so he had to dispel this idea.

Who would have thought that one weekend two months ago, Lin Xiaoguang, who was still sleeping lazily in the university dormitory, woke up and found that he was reborn in Hengcheng in 1999, and he had inexplicably become an extra.

As the saying goes, if you come, you will be safe, after a short period of confusion and entanglement, Lin Xiaoguang finally made up his mind and chose to stay in Hengcheng to fulfill the ideals that he did not dare to chase in his previous life.

The reason why Lin Xiaoguang dared to make up his mind to stay, in addition to his love for acting, the most important point is the change in his appearance, compared to his ordinary appearance in his previous life, Lin Xiaoguang, who was reborn in this world, has an angular face, dark and deep eyes, unsheathed sword eyebrows, and a tall nose......

Reborn in this world, in addition to the sharp increase in appearance, the biggest difference between this life and the previous life is probably that Lin Xiaoguang accidentally discovered that he still has a very good memory, however, for an extra, no matter how good his memory is, it has no practical significance.

Although he looks outstanding, Lin Xiaoguang has no background and no Bole, so after half a year, he only got a few scenes with lines.

In the past two months, he has adapted to the job of an extra, playing the second shopkeeper, the wounded, the general, the refugee who asks for food, and the background VIP of a high-end club...... There are both sweet and sour tastes, but fortunately, he is optimistic by nature and knows how to make fun of suffering, and in the process, he has become more and more interested in acting.

The sky was flushing with fish belly white, a gust of cold wind blew, in the cold wind, the breath exhaled from Lin Xiaoguang's mouth immediately turned into a wisp of white light smoke, floating in front of his eyes, Lin Xiaoguang rubbed his palms vigorously, so that he could feel warmer.

At this moment, a special car for the crew galloped past and stopped at the gate of the guild, and the originally quiet guild road suddenly became lively and noisy.

"Come on, come on, stand up for me!"

The car door opened, accompanied by a high-spirited shout, and jumped out of the car was a tall fat man with a notepad, this fat man's name is Fat Dragon, who is the group leader of the crew of "Xiao Li Flying Knife", and specially went to the guild to select extras for the crew.

In a moment, the extras piled up at the entrance of the guild trotted around the fat dragon, squeezing around, and there was a commotion in the crowd.

"Liu Chuangfu!" Feilong lowered his head, held the list in his hand and began to roll call. "Here!" was a dark-skinned young man raising his hand.

"Yang Hui!" the fat dragon continued to read his name.

"Here, here!"

"Lin Xiaoguang. ”

"Here ......

“……”

After reading the list of more than a dozen extras, most of the people whose names were read by the fat dragon got into the crew car with relief, and those who were not read by the fat dragon were either depressed, or they looked at the fat dragon with their eyes, and kept saying pleading words in their mouths.

"Brother Long, report it to me, I haven't filmed for a few days. "The one who spoke was a young man with a yellow face and thin muscles.

"Brother Long, please beg you, and give me a ......" Another extras did not give up and stepped forward to beg the fat dragon.

“……”

In the face of the low-voiced pleading and pulling of the extras, Feilong never reacted much, he turned around and got into the car with an expressionless face, and then impatiently pulled the car door shut, and the car began to drive in the direction of the crew.

Lin Xiaoguang had long been accustomed to the scene that was happening in front of him, and when he first came, he was also in such a situation, like a headless fly, and he couldn't even figure out what the head of the group was.

Fortunately, later, he discussed with a few brothers he knew, and invited the group to eat and drink, so he gradually had more opportunities to perform.

This time it is the filming crew of the Gulong martial arts drama "Xiao Li Flying Knife", and there are more than 100 people in the entire crew, in addition to the director and staff, there are also Jiao Enjun who plays the male protagonist "Xiao Li Flying Knife" Li Xunhuan, and Xiao Qiang who plays the heroine Lin Shiyin and so on...... and a group of extras who run the show.

For Lin Xiaoguang, the great pleasure of filming is to be able to meet his favorite stars on the set, but in this circle, the concept of hierarchy between people is extremely strong.

Extras, group actors, special actors, martial arts actors, character actors, they have almost no communication with each other. Like a tower of gold, those on the top look down on the bottom, and those on the top always look down on the bottom.

Therefore, when he meets his favorite star on the set, Lin Xiaoguang often just watches from the sidelines, and rarely goes to them to take a group photo or something like ordinary fans and fans.

In the crew of "Xiao Li Flying Knife", Lin Xiaoguang plays a nameless little minion, wearing a cheap "Money Gang" gang clothes, although his figure is relatively thin, but compared with other dozen extras, his height of 1.78 meters, coupled with his handsome appearance, looks very eye-catching in the crowd.

On this afternoon, the crew had been filming continuously for a long time, and because there was no camera, everyone found their own places to rest.

Generally, when filming is resting, many people will find their own places, either far away from the set, or find a place to hide, so that they can be lazy and save the useless work that can't be on the camera.

At this moment, Lin Xiaoguang was sitting next to the video camera, looking at the picture effect of the shooting.

This has become a habit of Lin Xiaoguang on the set, when he is not filming, he rests outside the camera, and when the crew calls someone, he can be the first to rush up.

"That young man, come here, say these words, I will say a word, you follow along. The on-site director called an extras to go over, and when he heard the scene with lines, Lin Xiaoguang also hurriedly ran over.

"Stop, what are you doing?!" are the words of the extras.

"I ...... I'm here to see my brother...... My brother is locked up inside, and we're here to bring him something to eat. This is another person's words, Lin Xiaoguang at this time, he didn't know who said this line in the end.

"No! No one is allowed to enter or leave! This is the territory of our Money Gang! Don't you know?! All the idlers and others go away!" The on-site director said again, asking the group performers to keep their tone louder and their expressions more stern. "Big brother, big brother, please, let's go in and deliver something to eat, and come out in half an hour, and we won't delay you. ”

"Go away quickly! If you are verbose, I will even take you together!" the extras said again, his tone was a little weak, and his Mandarin was not very standard, the corners of the on-site guide's mouth moved, and his eyes began to turn away.

At this time, there were already 5 or 6 anticipating extras next to the on-site director, all watching the extras' words.

Everyone can see that that guy is definitely out of play.

"Teacher, I'll try!"

After the buddy stepped back, Lin Xiaoguang immediately raised his arm and said loudly.

"Okay, just those few words, you name it. He glanced at Lin Xiaoguang and agreed.

Lin Xiaoguang paused, and his mind struggled to recall the lines that had just flashed.

After a moment's pause, Lin Xiaoguang looked at the eyes of the on-site guide and shouted at him with hostility.

Immediately afterwards, the on-site guide followed another line, Lin Xiaoguang's eyes were still staring at him, his tone gradually became stern, and his eyes were full of impatience.

After a few lines were quickly finished, Lin Xiaoguang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the on-site guidance expectantly.

"Okay, it's you. Come, stand here, that's it for a while, give me a good performance, don't give me a problem, do you hear?"

"I heard it!" Lin Xiaoguang hurriedly replied, with a burst of joy and emotion in his heart, it really paid off, and finally let me seize an opportunity.

Soon, something happened that surprised and delighted Lin Xiaoguang, and the next person to play against him, a nobody, was none other than a famous female star at the moment.

Moreover, this time it is not just a female star who is playing against Lin Xiaoguang, but two female stars who will play against Lin Xiaoguang at the same time.

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