Chapter 18 Making Friends for the Future

To be honest, Xiao Ran really hated this kind of knowingly asked, but he couldn't help but do it. Liu Qingyun let out a big sigh, and still said suspiciously: "My name is Liu Qingyun, my appearance is not bad?" When I first applied for the wireless training class, I was almost brushed off because of my appearance! ”

Obviously, Liu Qingyun still misunderstood Xiao Ran's meaning and thought he was laughing at him. Xiao Ran didn't want to leave a bad impression on Liu Qingyun, so he hurriedly defended: "I mean, acting is naturally very particular about appearance. But what's the point if everyone is a very handsome and handsome Prince Charming? Why can't there be a Prince of Dark Horses! You see what I mean, right? ”

Liu Qingyun, who was wearing a costume, stood quietly thinking about these words, he didn't think so, but he didn't say it as clearly as Xiao Ran. The more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became, Xiao Ran smiled secretly, he thought that Liu Qingyun would definitely not be depressed because of this, because hope was ahead.

Xiao Ran gave his phone number to Liu Qingyun and said with a smile: "If you have something, you can come to me, I will definitely help you!" ”

In Liu Qingyun's incomprehensible eyes, Xiao Ran and the three of them left this shooting point, for Xiao Ran, since Liu Qingyun had been found, there was no other meaning here. After walking far, You Zhi couldn't help but ask: "Ah Ran, why are you so ...... to an ordinary actor?" So passionate! ”

Xiao Ran turned his face to look at You Zhi and Wei Jiahui, and stunned the two of them with a simple and bland sentence: "Everyone has a chance, as long as they grasp it, it is not ordinary." Besides, I firmly believe that Liu Qingyun will never be an ordinary actor, just as I firmly believe that you will not be ordinary. ”

Next, I visited a few filming locations, and then met a few familiar actors, and Xiao Ran got acquainted one by one. It wasn't until they came to the filming point of a costume drama together that Xiao Ran saw the person he wanted to see the most - Zhou Xingchi!

The future king of comedy, Chow Xingchi left Hollywood to support the sky of Hong Kong films when Cheng Long and Chow Yunfa left Hollywood, and "Shaolin Football" and "Kung Fu" successively collected more than 60 million box office in Hong Kong when the Hong Kong film market was at its bleakest, breaking the box office record of Hong Kong films. Especially "Kung Fu", the box office of this film alone, the box office in Asia alone is much higher than the total annual box office of Hong Kong films in 2005.

This is a real box office myth, a myth that has broken the box office record of Hong Kong films many times, and created the grandmaster of nonsensical comedy. Not only that, but this man is also a very talented director. He is a representative of the grassroots class in Hong Kong, and he is also a grassroots myth.

When Xiao Ran saw Zhou Xingchi, he was entangled with a man. Xiao Ran didn't bother Zhou Xingchi, but asked Wei Jiahui and You Zhi to wait quietly, and he quietly approached to listen to what they were saying!

"Brother Xiong, help, give me a role, I will definitely be able to play it well this time, believe me!" Zhou Xingchi begged bitterly, just for a role.

"Fuck you, you're fucking annoying, if you don't get out of here, I'll call someone!" Under the man's scolding, Zhou Xingchi was still stubborn and only asked for one role, even if it was a character with no dialogue and no camera.

When Xiao Ran saw this, he already felt endless sourness. Isn't all this exactly the scene in "The King of Comedy"? It is this future king of comedy who begs for an inconspicuous role, just for acting.

A long time ago, Xiao Ran knew that "The King of Comedy" was an autobiographical film by Zhou Xingchi. It's just that he didn't expect that Zhou Xingchi, who is now the host of the show, would be so desolate. Moreover, so many plots in the film turned out to be real. In fact, Xiao Ran thought about it carefully and knew that this was true, because many people knew that most of the materials made by Zhou Xingchi were taken from the people and his surroundings.

The year before last, Zhou Xingchi went to Xinyi City to sign up for a role, but was secretly scolded by a woman who didn't have long eyes: "This person is like a dog!" This sentence has become a line in "Journey to the West", either self-deprecating or an encouragement.

Xiao Ran couldn't stand it anymore, no one could watch their favorite actor be so humiliated. stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Xingchi, who was kicked away by the man, and before Zhou Xingchi could ask, Xiao Ran attracted him with a sentence: "Come with me, there is a play for you!" ”

After saying this, Xiao Ran suddenly realized that his words were so similar to a dialogue by Wu Mengda in "The King of Comedy", and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart. Zhou Xingchi stumbled with Xiao Ran to Wei Jiahui and You Zhi, who were becoming more and more strange, and Xiao Ran carefully looked at the star master who was still very young!

Zhou Xingchi is indeed very young, and the bad thing is that he still looks very immature at that time, which may be what restricts his acting path. Xiao Ran also knows that it is this very childish face that makes him a children's program host, and it is not accepted by the directors.

Xiao Ran watched a video of the 1982 Wireless Taiwan Celebration, in which there were Liu Qingyun, Zhou Runfa, and Zhou Xingchi. In the video, Xiao Ran could vaguely see that Stephen Chow was not only thin at that time, but also a little childish. I can't imagine that Zhou Xingchi three years later is not much different from three years ago, he is still thin, and he is still a little childish, thinking that he must have had a very difficult time over the years.

Later, when Xiao Ran and Stephen Chow got acquainted with each other and saw Du Qifeng, they mentioned one thing to Xiao Ran. When Zhou Xingchi played Song Bingyi in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he once asked the director at the time to make a request similar to the performance in "The King of Comedy", but it was not so exaggerated. As a result, of course, the director ignored him, and the director at that time was Du Qifeng.

While he was looking at Zhou Xingchi, Zhou Xingchi was also looking at him and Wei Jiahui. Wei Jiahui and You Zhi really can't understand Xiao Ran, things like this happen every day, why bother to take such a fancy to a childish guy.

"You are?" Zhou Xingchi's voice is indeed a little weird, of course, this weirdness does not mean that it is not like that kind of mellow voice, no wonder it is not favored. At this time, there were doubts in his eyes, but more joy: "Do you really have a play for me?" ”

"There must be!" Xiao Ran didn't care about this promise, with Wei Jiahui here, it was easy to give him a play. After thinking about it, he shook his head and pointed at Wei Jiahui and asked, "You know him, he can help you!" ”

Hearing Xiao Ran's words, Wei Jiahui hurriedly pulled him aside, glanced at Zhou Xingchi, who had not yet shown the demeanor of a superstar, and said, "Ah Ran, you're not playing with me, are you?" I'm just a script reviewer, not a big producer! How can there be a play for him! ”

Xiao Ran snorted, his index finger shook lightly in front of him a few times, and said with a wicked smile: "Xiaobao, no, it's not difficult for you to find a role for him." If you want to shirk it like this, it will be a little uninteresting! ”

Wei Jiahui shook his head and said seriously: "If you want to change it, it's no problem to get a protagonist for you to play." But he, you have nothing to do with him, so why ...... for him"

"Xiaobao, trust me!" Xiao Ran interrupted Wei Jiahui's words, and said seriously and seriously: "I think he will definitely succeed in the future, if you help him, you should help me." However, you don't need to give him very important roles, just give some role or unimportant supporting role. I want to sharpen him so that he can be of great use in the future! And it's not just him, the ones I've seen just now need to be honed! ”

Wei Jiahui felt dumbfounded, Xiao Ran was only twenty years old, and he actually said that he wanted to hone others, which was really ridiculous. He said with a bitter face, half jokingly and half seriously: "Ah Ran, aren't you playing with me?" How can I take care of so many people? ”

"Yes, you're right!" Xiao Ran smiled, and Wei Jiahui immediately knew that he had been tricked. Sure enough, Xiao Ran smiled and said, "Then help me take care of the two of them, he counts as one, and Liu Qingyun!" Rest assured, this is only temporary! When I become a director, I'll take them in! ”

"You kid, you know how to cheat me!" Wei Jiahui stabbed Xiao Ran helplessly, and he knew that Xiao Ran was bargaining with him: "You want to be a director?" Isn't that hard? ”

Xiao Ran shrugged his shoulders, but did not speak. turned around and walked in front of Zhou Xingchi, smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "I told him, do it well." Your appearance is not as good as others, so you can only win by acting skills and characteristics! ”

exchanged phone numbers and addresses with Zhou Xingchi as always, and Xiao Ran was satisfied with his plans to leave the set. He definitely gained a lot from this trip, and the only regret is that he didn't meet Wu Zhenyu, presumably there was no announcement today. Xiao Ran is not in a hurry, anyway, Wu Zhenyu will only be slightly famous in the film industry in the nineties.

When he was walking outside the set, Xiao Ran suddenly thought of something and hurriedly asked Wei Jiahui: "Xiaobao, you just said that it is not difficult to be a director?" Isn't that the case, tell me how you can get investment to become a director. ”

As soon as Xiao Ran said this, he immediately knew that something was wrong. Because he immediately saw Wei Jiahui and You Zhi staring at him with wide eyes, Wei Jiahui couldn't stop laughing: "You don't even know this? You're so new that you can't talk about it! Ah You, talk to Ah Ran! ”

Of course, You Zhi is not as rampant as Master, but he also looks like he wants to laugh but is embarrassed to laugh. Xiao Ran sighed and deliberately complained: "You know that I am a newcomer, and you still play me like this, it's really not interesting!" ”

"No, no!" You Zhi hurriedly distinguished, held back a smile, and looked at Xiao Ran, who was very talented in front of him, who seemed to understand everything, and as if he didn't understand anything, and explained: "Actually, it's not difficult to be a director, just take you as an example." You are a screenwriter, then you can write a good script and go to the big boss to pull investment, maybe the other party is willing to invest money if he likes it, then the director is naturally you! ”

"Is there any other way?" Xiao Ran didn't like this method by all, it looked too stupid, and he couldn't get enough benefits for himself.

"Yes, of course." Wei Jiahui interjected: "You can write a script to win an award, and when the time comes, you don't need to look for it, someone will take the initiative to come to you to write the script." At that time, you can justifiably ask to be a director, and you will not be rejected under normal circumstances. ”

"It's easy to make movies now, but being a director may not be as easy to make as you think. You must know that if you are an actor, a photographer, or a screenwriter, you can run several scenes a day, but the director cannot. You Zhi continued to explain: "And people who want to be directors are very cautious, their debut film will affect their director's career, and everyone needs to think very clearly before they dare to do it." ”

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