How difficult the life of a group performance is, only after more than three hours, Tong Jieshi and others have a deep understanding of how difficult it is to perform in the shadow, even if they are squatting in the shade on a hot day, there is no trace of wind, and after waiting for so long, no one has come to recruit a group performer, and they are even more anxious.

Seeing that everyone's faces began to look impatient, Song Zheng smiled and said, "What's wrong?

Wang Baoqiang also said: "It's really harder to wait for work now than before, people used to come here to recruit group performers, but now no one comes!"

That's true, but it can't be helped.

With the rise of major film and television bases, more and more people have begun to go there to beg for a living, and now that communication is convenient, those producers' salaries basically have familiar group heads, and if you want to hire people, a phone call is all it takes.

Recently, those who came to the gate of Beijing Film Studio to recruit group performers are either small crews or outsiders, and it is naturally a lot more difficult to work.

"Zhengzi! It's almost noon, why don't we find a place to eat first?"

Song Zheng looked at the time, it was almost eleven o'clock, he didn't eat breakfast, and he was a little hungry at this time: "Wait, if you haven't worked at half past eleven, we'll go eat first!"

As he spoke, he looked at the students again, they had long lost the spirit they had when they first came, and they were all wilting and drooping their heads, like a group of routed soldiers.

"How's that? Do you still think it's fun?"

The students suddenly had bitter faces.

If they don't really appreciate the three flavors, they may still regard acting as fun.

Indeed, there are many people who don't know the situation, and they always feel that being an extras is a beautiful difference, not only can they get close to the star idols who can usually only watch from a distance on the screen, but also get a salary, and they feel that there is no more wonderful job in the world! Or, many people have had naïve longing for this "profession". But only those who have really come into contact with this profession will find the hardships behind this profession.

The four flavors of life, sweet and sour, account for three of them, but there is no sweetness.

Acid is not a psychological feeling, but a substance, a real acid. The acid of being an extra, the acid is on the costume props. Thousands of sets of clothes are too late to wash, and they can only ensure the decency of the main actors first, so maybe the costumes and props are not as comfortable as their own clothes during filming, and these costumes may be a little sad to wear on their bodies.

Bitter, a movie shot often has to be reshot more than ten times, don't look at the extras just as the background of the scene, but they can't be ambiguous when they are filmed. Especially in some big scenes, there are often individual people who don't take off their glasses, or don't care about walking around at will, or they are playing with their mobile phones. In this way, it has to be reshot, and it is not uncommon to shoot for nearly ten hours a day with several shots.

Spicy, doing this line of work, in addition to being affected, you also have to be angry. If there is a small mistake, he will be scolded by the assistant director. Some assistant directors are not very capable and have a very bad temper. Sometimes when the director arranges the position, everyone reflects slowly, and he will be scolded bloody, in fact, he doesn't really have an opinion on someone, it's just that everyone has a good face, and his self-esteem is frustrated and uncomfortable.

Although the students haven't really entered the crew yet, they have been squatting here for a few hours, and what they see and hear is enough for them to receive a re-education.

As soon as Song Zheng finished speaking, a middle-aged woman walked over and looked at the group performers, no different from picking livestock in the mule and horse market.

"There's a crew in there that needs extras, who's going to go?"

When the group performers next to them heard the recruitment, they rushed over, surrounded the woman in the middle, and shouted: "I'll go, choose me!"

"Pick me! I've made more than 20 films. ”

"Pick me, I'm experienced!"

Song Zheng saw that the students were all in good spirits all of a sudden, but he didn't rush to take them over, just watched from the sidelines, it was the first time he saw the group performance, but he had heard Ma Tou talk about it before, generally speaking, there are no more than two kinds of people who recruit group actors for the crew, the assistant director of the crew and the group leader.

When the assistant director came to recruit people, he was generally high-spirited, looking at the sky at a 45-degree angle, like picking cattle, and there was a mess: "You, you, and you!"

Just like the one in front of you.

The group leader often holds a notebook in his hand to facilitate registration.

Obviously, this woman is an assistant director, although there are not many female directors in the film and television industry, there are many of them, there are only a few well-known ones, and the rest of the names are directors, but they are actually miscellaneous in the crew.

After picking more than a dozen people, the woman finally noticed Song Zheng and them, Song Zheng was wearing a pair of big sunglasses, and the woman didn't recognize them at a glance, but the handsome men and women around Song Zheng were quite eye-catching.

"You're here to live too?"

Song Zheng smiled and nodded, "Yes!

The woman was a little surprised, if she was really waiting for a job, she said just now that she was going to recruit a group performer, but these people were motionless, what do you mean?

And what's going on with the people carrying the cameras next to them?

She just relied on her relatives to take care of some things in the crew, she had seen such a big battle, good guys, there were dozens of cameras alone, and she was more generous than their crew.

"You ~~~~~~" The woman was about to speak, and suddenly looked at Song Zheng and was stunned, even if the sunglasses covered half of Song Zheng's face, but this face was too famous, "You are Song ~~~~~~~~ Director Song!"

Song Zheng didn't think about hiding his identity, knowing that the other party was curious, he explained: "We are recording the show, bring these children over to experience the life of the group performance, and cooperate!"

"Definitely, definitely!"

The woman nodded hurriedly, in front of Song Zheng, she completely lost her arrogance just now, and then looked to the side, she was even more surprised, Zhang Jingchu, Zhang Hanyu, Tang Wei, Wang Baoqiang, any one of them is a big star in the film and television industry, what kind of show is this?

It's so awesome!

"Then you ~~~~~~"

"It's all said to experience the life of a group performance, take care of it!"

"Oh! good!" The woman had no reason not to agree, so she quickly counted the students Song Zheng said, and then picked a few group performances to see that the number of people was about the same, and then took everyone to the Beijing Film Studio.

Walking into the main entrance of Beijing Film Studio, walking through a row of advertisements, you will see the red main building of Beijing Film Studio, this Soviet-style building was built in 1952 and has the unique solidity of the buildings of that era. There are five golden typing on the building "Serve the people", the original purpose of Beijing Film Studio was to serve the people, but in the 21st century, this idea is obviously behind the times, and now the popular one is "to serve the yuan".

Beijing Film Studio is like this old building has declined, and most of the houses in the factory area are rented by private film and television companies, which feel that with the name of Beijing Film Studio, they can add some luster to the company.

Passing through a meadow, there is the famous Ming and Qing Dynasty streets of Beijing Film Studio, which covers an area of 14,000 square meters. In 1982, when Yanjing Film Studio was filming "Camel Xiangzi", in order to reproduce the style of Xisi that had been demolished, a street scene was built in the factory.

Later, after the filming of the movie, the street scene remained, and it became "a street in the Ming and Qing dynasties", with five streets in the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Throughout the 80s of the last century, and even in the 90s, "Ming and Qing Dynasty Street" was the largest film and television shooting base in China, and there was an endless stream of filming and sightseeing every day.

"Huanzhu Gege", "The Last Emperor", "Farewell My Concubine" and other world-famous works are all from here, and it is precisely because of the large number of crews filming here that a group of extras waiting for work have slowly gathered at the door of Beijing Film Studio.

However, since the mid-90s, film and television cities have begun to be built all over the country, and some are larger and more luxurious filming bases than here, and a street in the Ming and Qing dynasties has gradually declined.

This crew is going to shoot a Qing Dynasty drama, you need to change costumes, wear a hood, come to the filming site, the woman hurriedly went to the director, and told Song Zheng about them, the director naturally has nothing to be unwilling, they have little investment in this play, and there are no big stars, if they can be on Song Zheng's show, they can also help publicize it, but because it involves confidential work, they can't let Song Zheng shoot too much.

After some negotiations, the people in the program team were asked to leave after filming for more than ten minutes, He Miao wanted to fight again, but the other party said nothing this time, and they couldn't let them shoot the inside story of the crew!

His family knows his own affairs, and each crew is a small river, who hasn't had a little mess at home!

The people of the program team left, Song Zheng and the director of the crew talked a few words, the other party was You Xiaogang's junior brother, and the two quickly became acquainted.

sent the director away, and refused the director's kindness to take care of the students.

Immediately after, the staff came out with a few sacks of clothing: "You choose the right size to wear!"

After speaking, he turned around and ran away, obviously in front of Song Zheng, an international star and director, he was panicked.

Untie the sack, clothes and shoes are packed in a mess, not only to find the right size yourself, but also to find two that can match a pair.

A female student picked up a piece of clothing, found that it was full of stains, and changed it to the same, and complained to Song Zheng: "Teacher Song, why is this dress so dirty?"

Feng Nan, the only one among the students who has done group performances, is considered to be experienced, and took the initiative to explain for Song Zheng: "The clothes of the extras are almost not washed, we are now wearing the clothes of ordinary passers-by, which are quite clean, if they are dock workers and homeless people's clothes, it is more terrible, the clothes are scary, and the smell is terrible." ”

Song Zheng saw that the students in the class were all looking at him, his little face was full of grievances, and he knew that it was better to say a thousand things and ten thousand, it was better for him to take the lead as a teacher, he didn't plan to include himself as well, but since they were all here, he couldn't give up his efforts because of the clothes, so he chose a dirty dress and put it on his body.

"I can't stand being so dirty, what if I let you play a beggar? Hurry up and put it on! Have you seen it in 1942, how do people play refugees?"

When the students saw that Song Zheng had put on their clothes, although they were not happy, they still changed their clothes one by one.

When Zhang Hanyu saw this, he didn't have to say anything, come on!

After changing costumes, you have to go to makeup, celebrity makeup has a special dressing room, and group performances are generally in the open space, with a few ordinary triangular stools on the ground, and two tables with various bottles and cans and hair accessories, which is the makeup area.

Because it is a play of the Qing Dynasty, male actors must wear a hood, Song Zheng and they each received a hood, the hood is very dirty, you can smell a smell of sweat in your hand, the hood of the group performance is never cleaned, they are all used until they are broken, and they can't be used anymore.

The treatment of girls is not much better, they have to wear wigs, and the wigs have also been used by countless people, and they are also dirty and smelly.

Seeing the students looking at him aggrievedly, Song Zheng could only take the lead, pinched his nose, buttoned the hood to his head, walked to the makeup artist, and asked them to put on makeup for themselves.

When the makeup artist saw Song Zheng come to him, his hands were trembling with excitement, and he couldn't say a word.

Song Zheng saw it and said with a smile: "Excuse me!"

The makeup artist blushed and nodded again and again, but her hands were still shaking, which made Song Zheng suffer a little more.

Wearing a hood is a technical task that requires flattening the hair and then applying glue to glue the hood. The sticky head is made of alcohol glue, which is suitable for human skin, and will not be allergic, but it is irritating, and it is particularly sticky, and it is very uncomfortable to stick to the head.

This makeup artist was obviously the first time to serve Song Zheng's big horn, and he was too excited, but he pressed Song Zheng's hair too hard, and after putting on the hood, he felt that his head was too tight, and his two eyebrows were erected.

The students in the class were not happy, the boys looked disgusted, and the girls pouted, if Song Zheng hadn't taken the lead, they wouldn't have worn this thing if they were killed.

Because of the large number of group performers, there is no suitable place for them to rest after putting on makeup, so they can only stay in the open space outside. Unlike celebrities who can stay in their rooms and rest, there are chairs to sit on and fans to blow. Now that the weather is hot, Song Zheng is also afraid that the students will suffer from heat stroke, so he took them to the wall to hide from the sun.

The director saw that Song Zheng actually changed into the clothes of the group performance, and hurriedly walked over: "Director Song, you are ~~~~~~~"

Don't look at Song Zheng's righteousness when he wore it just now, but if this thing is really worn on the body, especially the hood that I don't know how many people have worn and greeted his head, it tastes ~~~~~

"These are my students, leading by example as a teacher!

The director naturally knew what Song Zheng was going to say, and he didn't feel embarrassed: "Director Song, you are also an old man, you don't understand anything!"

understands, indeed understands, as long as it is the crew, when there is no abundant funds, if you can save it, you can save it, this is a truth that everyone understands.

"Alright, you can get busy, we'll wait a while!"

The protagonists haven't come yet, and their group performances can only wait with the sidelines.

After sending off the director, the students naturally came to Song Zheng again, don't look at the usual times they are quite afraid of Song Zheng, but at this time, everyone is wearing the same props and costumes, which makes them feel that the relationship has become a lot closer.

Chen Duling looked at Song Zheng and smiled: "Teacher, you are so handsome!"

Others followed up one after another: "Yes, yes, Mr. Zhang, with your current temperament, there is no comparison!"

"yes! Why are you different from us when you wear the same props!"

"Stop slapping, be quiet, this is the set, you will be scolded for being noisy!" Song Zheng felt beautiful in his heart, but he still stopped everyone from touting him without a lower limit.

It was noon, the air was stuffy and hot, there was no wind, and people were sweating all over their bodies without moving.

Song Zheng and the others were all wearing costumes with three layers inside and three layers outside, and it didn't take long for them to be fished out of the water, covered in sweat, and the underwear was wet, and what was even worse was that the hood was particularly uncomfortable, because it was glued to it, the sweat could not be discharged, and the scalp was itching terribly. The hood is glued with glue, and it can't be removed, and once it is removed, it has to be re-glued, and it can only be stiffened.

At the beginning, the students were still chatting happily because of the freshness, but now no one spoke, and they all stuck out their tongues like dogs, and scratched their heads incessantly.

Song Zheng saw that the weather was too hot, and he was afraid that everyone would suffer from heat stroke, so he touched two hundred yuan from his body and came out: "Feng Nan, you take two boys to buy two boxes of mineral water and come back!"

Feng Nan took two boys, ran out of the factory area, and soon came back with two boxes of mineral water.

Chen Duling took two bottles of water and handed one bottle to Song Zheng's hand: "Here, teacher!"

"Thank you!" Song Zheng took it, and he was also hot enough.

Chen Duling sat down next to Song Zheng, unscrewed the lid, took two sips, and asked, "Teacher, when can we shoot? It's so hot that I've sweated all my life!"

Song Zheng shook his head: "I don't know, the starring actor won't come, we can only wait, if we are unlucky, it is normal to wait for a day to not be filmed." In fact, we are not bad, the most unlucky thing is the kind of play that has to wear ancient armor, dozens of catties of armor on the body, but after waiting for a day in vain, I am so tired that my hair trembles, and I can't get a penny. ”

Chen Duling thought about what Song Zheng said, and shuddered: "This is too terrifying, then the leading actor of this crew won't come!?"

Song Zheng shook his head: "Who knows." ”

If his crew, no matter how big his wrist is, dare to be so tidy, he would have been driven away long ago.

"What a big wrist! to make so many people wait for them. ”

Song Zheng smiled when he heard this, in fact, there are not many real big stars who play big names, but some third-rate little stars, who have not yet mixed up like a dog, their tails are cocked to the sky, all kinds of strange requirements, and it is common to be late for filming.

Song Zheng looked at the students and said, "You have also been extras for half a day, I hope you will remember today's experience, and when you become famous in the future, don't forget the sins you suffered today, and think more about others!"

"Teacher, we won't!"

"yes, we won't toss people so much!"

Song Zheng smiled, and then said: "Acting is human art, acting is acting as a person, a good actor must have a heart to cross others, so if you want to act well, you must first be a good person! If anyone can't do it, don't say it's my student." ”