In Jiangnan Province in February and March, it is the rainy season, and the sun rarely leaks clouds, as if it is not the spring rain but the sunshine.

Now it has come to a shock, and the rain and snow in the north are different, the weather in Wuzhou Film and Television Base has gradually warmed up, and the atmosphere of the film and television base is like the climate here, and it is gradually lively.

Because the large and small film and television crews who returned to their hometowns for the Spring Festival returned here in twos and threes, the laughter and scolding of the world were staged in turn in this small film and television base, like cooking oil on fire.

This is the epitome of today's Chinese culture and entertainment market. After 30 years of great economic development, China's GDP has surpassed that of the Star Flag Country to become the world's first, and its military strength is second only to the Star Flag State. At the end of last year, the Ministry of Culture promulgated the "Measures for the Grading Evaluation of Chinese Cultural Works", in addition to criticizing the country's major policies and politically sensitive issues or forbidden areas, film and television drama producers finally do not have to be banned or banned because of the slightest violence or sexual innuendo in movies and TV series, and the heat of the Chinese film and television entertainment market is like a flash flood, and countless capital has been invested in this sunrise industry.

As the largest film and television base in China, young people from all over the country who have various purposes such as overnight fame, chasing stars, and experiencing life gather outside the Wuzhou Film and Television Base. They stepped on the mud around the film and television base, and groups gathered around the actor recruitment notice board at the entrance of the base, boiling the sky, and the notice of these actor recruitment was like a magnet to attract every young person around, as if as long as they could be selected by the crew, they could be favored by big directors and big producers, and from then on, they would ascend to the sky and become the emperor superstar of tomorrow.

Outside this group of young people who dream of becoming famous overnight, more than a dozen or twenty people are holding mobile phones and making calls non-stop, carrying many resumes and business cards of different sizes behind them, just like the ancient tooth shop, which is a group leader who specially recruits a large number of extras for various crews. Behind the head of the group are many extras dressed like migrant workers, for these people, acting is no different from building walls and moving bricks on a construction site, but just to earn a living.

And not far from these group leaders and extras, there are still four or five brightly dressed middle-aged people, each staring at the young people surging around the actor recruitment notice, as if you can find some treasure in these young people, you can call them scouts, agents, brokers, and even second-class dealers, because they are special actors and economists who rely on their own eyesight to eat.

In a film and television drama, in addition to the need for most extras and a very small number of supporting roles, there are also a lot of small roles with only a few lines and a few shots. It sounds like a very powerful special actor, but in fact, it can be said that it is an unpopular character in the entertainment industry. But even if you don't enter the stream, you still can't deny that any film and television drama can't lack these special actors.

Extras you can pull into the crew in groups on the street, and you can choose the leading and supporting roles from well-known actors and drama academy students, but you can only find special actors from these extras, after all, there is no crew luxury to spend a lot of time and experience to find a few small roles that only appear in a few shots in the work and can't say a few words. Especially now that the film and television market in China is hot, there are many new film and television dramas, and the demand for special actors is getting bigger and bigger, so the business of special actor agents is getting better and better. Therefore, these special agents have to hang out at the door of the film and television base every day, hoping to find their next cash cow from these young people full of dreams.

Peng Yichen also did group performances more than 20 years ago, and he knew that those who posted actor recruitment notices everywhere were either liars or small crews, and powerful crews had their own specific channels for finding actors, and they would not randomly look for actors to join the group outside. So he didn't compete with the group of young people who dreamed of becoming famous overnight, but sat quietly on a bench not far from a few special actor economists, listening to their casual chat, hoping to find useful information for himself from the mouths of these well-informed special economists.

On this side, he was silently listening to other people's "wall roots", and on the other side, a group of little girls were peeking at him from a distance, whispering something. The most uncomfortable thing for him in the past few days seems to be his current appearance, more than 40 years of life experience, and he has not taught him how to face a group of girls. I could only subconsciously rub this face with my hands, which combines Chinese and Western masculine charm. The middle-aged uncle who used to look ordinary and even have a somewhat obscene temperament, suddenly one day the people around you pay attention to you, there are women staring at you on the bus, and there are little girls who stuff small notes for you when you walk on the street.

"This is really still a world where you look at faces!" Peng Yichen couldn't help but smile bitterly and sighed, of course, with the prosperous face of "world-class little fresh meat", saying these words made people feel that he was a little hypocritical when he stood and spoke without backache. But this is indeed Peng Yichen's true thoughts, the world of a mediocre-looking person and the world of a handsome person are very different.

People are born unfair, Peng Yichen's hard work for more than 20 years in his last life can't get a chance to play a leading role, how many good scripts and roles that make him feel excited have passed by him, the directors always shook their heads and said to him: Your acting skills are very good, but unfortunately your appearance and temperament are really not suitable for this role. An actor with a handsome appearance can play an ugly-looking character through makeup, but I have never heard of an ugly-looking actor who can play a handsome character through makeup.

Shaking his head, Peng Yichen dispelled his feelings about the hard years of the past, he had been in the rental house for a month, and the living expenses and rent were about to crush his fragile wallet, and there was no point in thinking about it at this time. Now the most important thing for him is to gain a foothold in the Wuzhou Film and Television Base and find a job to relieve his economic crisis.

Just when Peng Yichen stopped thinking nonsense, the conversation of the special agent not far away made him suddenly excited. He pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

"Lao Wang, Lao Wang, don't look at it, they are all a group of stunned young people, and what good seedlings have already been pulled away by the people of the film and television company. Let me tell you something, have you heard? The film and television company named He Min, who just arrived at the base last week, has been targeted for the past two days!" one of the younger special agents pulled a gray-haired special agent to the side and whispered gossip.

"Xiao Li, I said that your kid has relied on your brother-in-law who is the deputy director of the base to mix in this area for so many years, why hasn't you grown at all, I heard that you took your daughter-in-law to play abroad at the end of last year? The elder Wang squinted and smiled and stretched out his hand to Xiao Li to ask for a cigarette.

"I said Lao Wang, your nose is really a dog, every time I have a good cigarette on my body, you can smell it, and I obey you. Here, give you a cigarette, tell me quickly, why was the crew of this Huimin Company targeted as soon as they came?" Xiao Li was anxious to listen to the gossip, and without hesitation, he took out a soft Chinese stick and lit it for Lao Wang.

Lao Wang took a puff of cigarette and was slightly proud, "Haha, who doesn't know that my Lao Wang has good popularity, wide roads, and wide news, even if you ask me, you are asking the right person." ”

Speaking of this, Lao Wang pretended to whisper mysteriously: "Tell you, this Huimin company has been mixing in Kyoto Rehe Film and Television Base before, specializing in making movies, and it has made a lot of money in the past few years." At the end of last year, China Television didn't broadcast two large-scale TV series "Journey to the West" and "Dream of Red Mansions", the fire was a mess, my family watched "Dream of Red Mansions" every day, and my son waited for "Journey to the West" every day, that grand occasion was unprecedented, I heard that the ratings of the two TV series exceeded 150 million......"

"All of China knows these things, don't talk nonsense, okay, what does this have to do with Hui Min?" Xiao Li was a little anxious.

"Haha, young people just can't hold their breath, how can it be okay, at the beginning of the previous year, the Ministry of Culture released the issuance of TV drama licenses, and private companies can apply to shoot TV series. The newly established TV drama production company saw that the two TV series of China Television were so popular, and collected more than 300 million yuan in advertising fees alone, as well as advertising fees for rebroadcasts, DVD sales shares, original music album sales shares, and so on. Miscellaneous and miscellaneous, throwing away the cost, the minimum net income of the two TV series is 500 million. What do you think of these companies that have obtained permission to shoot TV dramas? Of course, Huimin Company wants to break into the TV drama production market and get a bite to eat. Lao Wang said with a chuckle.

"Damn, the money earned by the two TV series is 100 million more than the profit of our base last year, this is a money grab!" Although Xiao Li is also a person in the film and television circle. But I usually don't like to watch TV dramas, I don't know much about the development of the TV drama market, and I can't help but be a little smacked when I hear that the income of TV dramas is so high.

Peng Yichen, who was quietly listening to the conversation between the two, was also a little surprised, you must know that it is 2005, and it has only been less than 15 years since China's reform and opening up, less than 10 years since the film shooting license was opened to private companies, and it has only been more than 2 years since the TV series shooting license was opened to private companies. He shook his kung fu, and here Lao Wang has already said the reason why Huimin Film and Television Company is being targeted.

"Think about it, how many TV drama crews have been in our base for more than a year, the production teams of TV stations across the country and the first batch of newly established private TV drama production companies want to squeeze into the TV drama market, and the number of viewers is so much, I watched your TV series today, and I don't have time to watch other TV series. All crews are in direct competition, who would want to let those companies that make movies come over to grab food?" Seeing that Xiao Li listened seriously, Lao Wang pressed out the cigarette butt.

He smiled, pointed to the biggest recruitment notice at the entrance of the base and said: "Have you seen it, even if you are looking for special actors, you have to come to this kind of place to post notices to find people, and those TV drama production companies in the base have issued warnings to all special actors and special actor agents behind their backs, and you are not allowed to take the play of Huimin's company, otherwise you will not be given a single play." It's just that you've been playing abroad since the end of last year, so you don't know these things. ”

Xiao Li listened to it and snickered, "This is what those TV drama production companies are afraid of, after all, Huimin has been making movies for seven or eight years, and making TV series is just "killing chickens with a knife". Compared with the production ability, who can compare with a film company like Huimin in these TV drama companies that have just been established for about a year, so they join forces behind their backs to draw salaries, the male and female protagonists are brought from Kyoto by Huimin Film and Television Company, and the extras grab a lot on the street, only this special actor, they can't also bring a batch from Kyoto. These TV drama production companies just want to make it difficult for Huimin Film and Television people to retreat. There are no special actors available, if they don't go back to the Rehe Film and Television Base to shoot, the cost will be high, after all, the Rehe Film and Television Base is dedicated to making movies, and the rent can be very high. or make a TV series hastily, and then withdraw from the TV drama market. ”

Lao Wang dropped the last puff of cigarette and said with a smile, "Haha, regardless of their immortal fighting methods, we little minions will hide from afar to watch the show......"

Hearing this, Peng Yichen took his mind back, and no longer listened to Lao Wang and Xiao Li tease him, he gently rubbed his chin with his hand, and pondered in his heart that the matter that the two of them had revealed seemed to be a little interesting, maybe it was an opportunity?