Chapter 001: The Beginning of a Dream
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On average, every week, a crew holds a kick-off ceremony here, and every move here is posted on the Internet by reporters and transmitted to everyone's mobile phone.
As long as you pay attention to entertainment news, you can get news about Hengdu Film and Television City from the Internet every once in a while.
In recent months, the big move of Hengdu Film and Television City is the second phase of expansion.
The local government is ambitious to build a Hollywood-like Yolywood on its own, and it has joined forces with many of the biggest names in the entertainment industry.
Therefore, more and more young people are pouring into Hengdu Film and Television City.
No matter how ordinary a person is, as long as he is young, he has a dream of being an actor in his heart!
Who wouldn't want to be the center of stage one day?
In such a glittering Vanity Fair......
Of course, there are exceptions.
For example, Tang Nian, a young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old, with a mediocre appearance and no characteristics, belongs to the kind of person who greets you in person and has a vague impression when he turns around.
He is from a rural area, has a college degree, is a standard construction site dog, and has been working with a construction company for a long time.
Hands and feet are nimble, and after five years, he can be regarded as a construction worker who understands some technology, the kind without a certificate.
But it's a pity that the stable life of Tang Nian for five years ended completely half a month ago.
The reason is simple, he participated in a bloody brawl that belonged to young people.
After being slapped on the door of the head with a turn of his head, Tang Nian was completely unconscious, and he didn't know everything that happened after that.
This time the brawl was very loud, because a friend hit the back of his head on the edge of the table, and when he was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, he just pushed off the ambulance and went directly into the morgue.
Given that Tang Nian was also a victim, when he came to his senses three days later, the police only made a simple routine interrogation.
And then...... Then, a private boss he had been following, after throwing him 3,000 yuan, forced him to sign a silent agreement, and then settled his salary for half a year in one lump sum. Then, the private boss took out two train tickets and clearly told Tang Nian that his errand here was over and he could go home early for the New Year.
"Chinese New Year? It's only August! ”
Tang Nian subconsciously asked rhetorically, but seeing the stiff face of the private boss, he didn't say more, took the train ticket, and turned around and left silently.
In the afternoon of the same day, Tang Nian packed his luggage, hailed a taxi, and prepared to leave Hengdu Film and Television City.
But at the moment when the taxi drove out of the film and television city, the ghostly Tang Nian shouted to stop, and after giving the car money, he dragged his luggage into a small hotel, which is similar to the collective dormitory of migrant workers.
'Big Star Hotel'
Very cheesy signboard, the notice board clearly reads, the hotel offers three to five days of short stay, half a month, half a year and other long stay services.
Without hesitation, Tang Nian paid three months' accommodation fee at one time, which can be regarded as a temporary stay in this hotel.
The hotel provides meals, and for the guests, Tang Nian pinched the 23,000 yuan in his arms, and the unsteadiness in his heart became much lighter.
There are still five or six months to go before the Chinese New Year, and he came all the way out of his hometown in the countryside, and when he went back and forth in the middle, he couldn't make much money this year, which was a great waste in Tang Nian's view.
In fact, there is still a trace of strangeness in Tang Nian's heart.
It's been three months since he came to this nationally famous film and television city, and when he has free time, he will go to those filming crews to take a look at it from a distance and have a good time.
After a long time, there was a trace of longing in his heart: I want to be an actor!
Even if he is an extra, it is okay to play tricks, because he has been unwilling to be hooked up for many years in his heart.
When he was in school, he had a dream of being a writer, thinking that in a hundred years, he would have a book that would be immortal enough to engrave his name in history.
But until he ended his college life, his literary dream was still just a pipe dream.
The profession is not good, Tang Nian was confused and worked on the construction site for five years, and the drunken dispute in the first half of the month was also because several migrant workers of the same age as him laughed at him at the other table, and the toad wanted to eat swan meat.
Then, the two tables of people who were drinking moved their hands.
Just thinking about bragging about it, fantasizing about his life after becoming a big star, he confided his heart for the first time with the strength of wine, and was doused by others with a soak of urine, who doesn't have a fire in his heart?
Since you do it, you have to bear the consequences of doing it.
But just leaving Hengdu Film and Television City like this, Tang Nian was really unwilling in his heart.
No matter what, first mix in the film and television city for half a year, and wait until the end of the year, even if you can't do it, it can be regarded as an addiction.
"I Am Passerby A", this movie, Tang Nian has watched it countless times, every time he watches it, the restlessness in his heart becomes a little more violent, and the unwillingness to rush up has long turned into a strong desire.
He wants to be a star!
In film and television works, I interpret different lives, and I also want to live a glorious life!
Just went on working on the construction site one by one, until he was dying of old age and turned into a handful of dust, leaving no trace in this world, he had great fear and strong unwillingness in his heart.
Others can be actors, why can't I?
After secretly cheering himself on a few times, Tang Nian finally took a solid first step.
Under the guidance of the innkeeper, Tang Nian found a group leader with a lot of strength, Lao Liu. After registering his mobile phone number, he paid a deposit of 100 yuan, and turned into a glorious extra.
It's a pity that the more you want to crave something, the more you can't get anything.
Since he registered for a week, there has been a group performance recruitment every three or two days in the past, but there is no more.
After a week, even Lao Liu couldn't sit still, and every day the phone called, and the assistant directors of the crew contacted each other, and his brows furrowed after a long time.
As a group leader, Lao Liu knows the importance of group performance recruitment, if it goes on like this, his extras will definitely disperse in a hurry, as a group leader, he can't receive the work of group performance, and his group leader will become a joke.
"Xiao Tang, you go back first, I'll contact you, the day after tomorrow at the latest, I'll give you an answer! Don't worry, my Lao Liu has been in this Hengdu Film and Television City for 20 years, how can he not receive the work of a group performance? Maybe these crews stumbled into it...... You also know that it's August, the sun is poisonous, and eighty percent of the crew will shoot indoor scenes first, and if there are no outdoor scenes, there will be fewer opportunities to use extras......"
Looking at Tang Nian's eager eyes and somewhat pale faces, Lao Liu had no choice but to bite the bullet and say.
"By the way, you're in good health, I'm going to talk about it, if you have a physical problem, I don't have any responsibility, we are clearly written in the agreement...... Being an actor is a physical job, without a tough body, if you want to become famous, it will be completely useless! Xiao Tang, Lao Liu, I can advise you to make up for your body more, and don't give your spirit ......"
"Uncle Liu, my face is pale...... To tell you the truth, I've had nightmares every day for the past week, and it's gotten better in the past two days, but I'm woken up by nightmares from time to time...... I just went to bed at ten o'clock last night, and I was awakened by a nightmare at half past one in the middle of the night, and after I couldn't sleep at all, I stared at it until now...... Whoever changes this, his face is not much better! ”
Tang Nian spread his hands, looking helpless.
"Uh...... I have some health pills here that calm the nerves and promote sleep, you can take a bottle and try if it works! ”
Lao Liu stared at Tang Nian a few times, and found that Tang Nian spoke loudly, his waist was very straight, and his body was not swaying when he stood there, but there was no light in his eyes, so his heart relaxed and believed Tang Nian's words.
"Jingle Bell ......"
Suddenly, Lao Liu's phone rang, and as soon as he looked at the number, his eyes lit up.
"Hello? Director Cheng, it's rare for you to call in person, how many group performances do you need? Just tell me, you're welcome......"
"Lao Liu, the matter is urgent, I won't talk to you, I need a group performance ......"
"One?" Lao Liu's excited expression completely withered.
"Less nonsense! This is very important, I have contacted seven or eight group leaders in Hengdu Film and Television City, and I can't find a suitable group performance, you are the last one, if you don't have it here, then the war scene in a week, the work of the group performance will not be your share! Director Zhang has been losing his temper for a few days in a row, and if I can't find the right person again, I'll have to fuck off......"
"Director Cheng, you say!"
Lao Liu is also a happy person, and when he hears the war scene, his eyes light up!
The war scene is good, it is best to be the kind of ancient battlefield, there is no ten days and a half months, it may not be able to be filmed, with this work, the prestige of his group of leaders can be stabilized for a period of time.
As long as you take the opportunity to sign a group performance agreement with Director Zhang's crew, you will have a livelihood this year.
Everyone in the circle knows that Director Zhang is a well-known director of big scenes, and his favorite is the long and wide shots of big scenes, and he has won many international awards, all of which are related to this.
At present, Director Zhang's new movie is the famous "Meng Jiangnu", which has attracted half of the well-known actors in the entertainment industry and the popular little fresh meat.
And Director Zhang's urine in filming, everyone in the circle knows that he is known for his slow work and meticulous work.
"I need an extras with acting skills, beggars, fugitives, slaves, group performances that can accurately express these three roles, the level of the show, and a few lines...... I can tell you, tomorrow is the deadline, if you collect money and stuff people to fool me like before, don't blame me for turning my face with you, so that your group of heads can't get along in Hengdu Film and Television City! ”
"Director Cheng, what are you talking about? Young people have dreams, and it's hard for me to refuse, maybe the next one is a baby...... In this way, I will bring three powerful group performers over tomorrow to ensure that you are satisfied......"
Lao Liu was talking on the phone, but Tang Nian's eyes on the side slowly shone out.
"Slave ...... Fugitive...... Beggars ......"
Tang Nian's mouth was chattering, but his heart was throbbing, he had nightmares for several nights in the past week, and there happened to be these kinds of characters in it!