Chapter 146. I want to get ahead
In the next time, Zeng Lizhen asked them to discuss and communicate with each other, and she had to leave in advance.
Don't look at that Ren Dahua seemed to be old and serious just now, but in fact he was a chatterbox, as soon as Zeng Lizhen left, he nagged away.
first praised Chen Xiaotang for a while, saying how young and promising he was, and then said how much he liked acting, and he used to do his best even if he played tricks. When he first set foot on the set, he sold coolies, 60 Hong Kong dollars a day, kept changing clothes, changing hairstyles, and applying red ink, but he just spun and fell to the ground and died, and he was about to be resurrected to become a minion in the opponent's army. He has no regrets about it.
Seeing that Ren Dahua was so nagging, Chen Xiaotang simply bought a dozen beers and leaned against the gazebo built by filming with him, sat together and chatted, and asked him, a "senior", how he got into this industry in the first place.
Drinking beer, facing Chen Xiaotang, Ren Dahua told him his situation unreservedly.
When he applied for the Xiangjiang Wireless Artist Training Class, Ren Dahua was only 19 years old. He said that he only remembered the scene when the black pressed thousands of people to rush to the examination room, and he couldn't forget it.
"There was a crowd of people standing outside the door of the examination room, waiting for the examiner to call their names. All eyes are focused on the doorβββ sometimes the door opens quickly, sometimes slowly, and when they come out, some cry and some laugh......"
For all the people outside the door, on the other side of the door, there are too many things hiddenβββ sweat, fame, fortune, and future.
When Ren Dahua finally walked in the door, he found that it was just an empty lecture hall. In the middle of the lecture hall sat the examiner, and behind the examiner hung a blackboard with a dense line written on it.
The examiner asked Ren Dahua to walk forward and stand in front of him in a position marked with the word "ten".
"Many people walked to that position, and before they could speak, the examiner had already scooped up the small bell on the table and shook it to eliminate them." Ren Dahua said that in those few seconds, the examiner actually examined their walking posture.
After passing the "ding" threshold, the test taker has the opportunity to answer the examiner's questions and read the lines on the blackboard at the back.
After saying this, Ren Dahua couldn't help but ask Chen Xiaotang: "Ah Tang, didn't you also get in, why don't you seem to know much about these?" β
Chen Xiaotang smiled, did not hide it, and said: "Brother Hua, I am different from you, you applied for the artist training class, and I directly applied for the host, the host of children's programs!" β
Ren Dahua admired and said, "Isn't that even more difficult than mine?" β
"It's pretty much the same...... Chen Xiaotang smiled, took a sip of beer, and asked, "What happened later, how did you do later?" β
Ren Dahua smiled bitterly and said: "Ah Tang, you have also done tricks, of course you will understand the hardships of tricks...... after that, he talked about some of his "bitter water".
It turned out that in the wireless artist training class, Ren Dahua was nicknamed "Black-faced God", and his classmates laughed at him for his big eyes, thick lips, and dark face.
In the past year or two, Xiangjiang TV has been popular in costume martial arts dramas and court dramas. Both men and women wear hoods, heavy makeup, and wide robes and large sleeves.
A person with a thin body and a small face is still eye-catching when he is dressed up like this, but Ren Dahua, who has a "simple" face, is "fully armed", which is described in four words as "miserable", and "the king of the stove" in three words.
With such a "signature face", Ren Dahua can only get a supporting role.
Every day I work is waiting, waiting, waitingβββ waiting for the pager in my pocket to ring, call back and ask, "What time is it?" Where to meet? What play? β
Later, I didn't even bother to ask about any plays, and the performances were nothing more than passers-by.
Most of the time, there is only one play per day. Ren Dahua went to the set to report at 6 o'clock in the morning, and returned home at 2 o'clock in the morning the next day, 20 hours only for two or three shots. The director didn't pay attention, and he started quickly, so he cut off the only shot where he showed his face.
"I'll tell you the truth, Ah Tang, although I have a great interest in acting, but in those years, I was depressed, I didn't have time to go home to sleep, I didn't have time to fall in love, I felt like I was a prop rented out to the movie studio......" Ren Dahua said this, very depressed and took a big sip of beer, then grabbed the beer can flattened and threw it towards the trash can by the gazebo.
Of course, Chen Xiaotang can understand Ren Dahua's mood, after all, he also came from a dragon actor.
Handing over another can of beer, Chen Xiaotang said: "Brother Hua, my old bean often says that you can become a master if you suffer hardship, aren't you boiling it out now - besides, I watched it just now, your acting skills are quite good, and you will definitely be able to come out in the future!" β
Ren Dahua smiled apologetically and said: "I'm far behind you - I still play a supporting role, but you have already played the leading role." β
Chen Xiaotang smiled: "Brother Hua, don't praise me, compared to you, I'm just lucky!" β
Ren Dahua said: "You can't say that, sometimes good luck can make or break a person's success or failure!" β
Chen Xiaotang does not deny his words, after all, in his previous life, Ren Dahua was a typical "declining actor".
"Let's talk about how you survived, I'm interested......" Chen Xiaotang diverted the topic.
"Hehe, you may not believe it, I couldn't hold on anymore, but then I met a ...... person," Ren Dahua told about his past.
It is said that the reason why Ren Dahua did not retreat like many other "dragon set artists" was because he met Zhou Runfa.
Zhou Yunfa is Ren Dahua's classmate in the wireless artist training class, and the two graduated in the same period, but when Ren Dahua was still in the circle of guards, kidnappers and passers-by, Zhou Yanfa had already begun to play the leading role. When Ren Dahua went to run a trick one day, he found that the male number one in front of the camera was his classmate Zhou Runfa.
"You also know Ah Tang, the current wireless artist training class implements a 'family system'. The senior brothers who 'debuted' two years earlier, when they met their juniors on the set, they would 'cover' them and promote them. Fa Ge is especially enthusiastic about those juniors and disciples, but I don't think it's a taste in my eyes, I am a classmate with him, but I am still rolling in the trick, and I can't get it if I want to follow him like him. Ren Dahua said.
Chen Xiaotang nodded, he understood this kind of psychology, after all, he had worked in wireless for so long, and he was more or less familiar with the situation here.
Like all the early training artists of wireless, Zhou Yunfa also made a "dragon set" for 25 Hong Kong dollars a day, and he understands the pain of "dragon set" very well.
"Zhou Yunfa didn't think he was a big name! He treats everyone on the set equally, whether it is photography, art, or extras, Fa Ge uses 'please' when he talks to them, with a smile on his face. Ren Dahua said, "From him, I learned the attitude of an actor, not putting on a show, and being βββ diligent." β
Ren Dahua said that he still remembers that there was a scene that was filmed until midnight, the actress was exhausted, and the actor looked depressed and crooked. The delicate heroine hid in her lounge early, but Zhou Yanfa was in front of the camera one after another. He didn't complain, he just focused on the small movements of his fingers.
Chen Xiaotang didn't know how many times he had heard people praise Fa Ge for being "benevolent" and "generous" enough, and he kept pushing the younger forward.
Chen Xiaotang has always regarded Fa Ge as the goal of struggle, for this reason, he is willing to start from a low level, play a trick, play a supporting role, step by step, whether he is ridiculed or looked down upon, he never regrets it.
Even now, in order to be able to ascend to the position as soon as possible and catch up with Fa Ge's footsteps, Chen Xiaotang created his own script and won the role of the first actor. With this role, Chen Xiaotang believes that he must be a blockbuster enough to become a popular wireless student. But now Chen Xiaotang knows that he still has a long way to go...... Looks beyond his own plans.
A real superstar, it is not only his light on the screen that shines, but also the energy that illuminates others in private!
Do you have this energy yourself?!
No, you don't have it yet!
Unless he is as red as Zhou Runfa!
Unless you become the most popular student in wireless!
Unless you change your fate, you will be able to overwhelm the "Five Tiger Generals" who are about to be picked up!
Can you do it yourself?
It's not enough to rely on this drama alone...... Chen Xiaotang thought deeply, he knew that the "Jiahua Charity Gala" starting at the end of the month would be a rare opportunity. But what skills do you have to make a splash?! And then stand out in the limelight?!
It seemed like an impossible task...... Do you just give up?
No! I have knowledge that does not belong to this era!
Knowledge changes destiny!
You must break through!
I, Chen Xiaotang, will rewrite the history of Xiangjiang Entertainment!
This is my mission and my dream!!
Seeing Chen Xiaotang holding the beer can in a daze, his eyes were sometimes confused, and sometimes he shot a terrifying light...... The beer in the can was leaking out, and he didn't even know it.
Ren Dahua couldn't help but remind him: "Ah Tang, what are you thinking, your beer-"
Chen Xiaotang came to his senses, hurriedly restrained his imminent ambition, and said with a smile: "Oh, it's nothing, it's just a distraction - by the way, Brother Hua, have you heard of the Jiahua New Year Charity Gala at the end of this month?" β
"Of course I heard about it, as long as it's wireless, who doesn't know, I heard that when the whole TV station broadcasts the whole process, those juniors and sisters want to show their faces on stage, and old people like me have long lost that excitement~ ...... feelings!" When Ren Dahua said this, he clicked his mouth and said: "But Ah Tang, you are different, you are now the famous 'King of Supporting Roles', I'm afraid you will have to perform on stage at that time, right?" β
Seeing Ren Dahua looking at him so hopefully, the corners of Chen Xiaotang's mouth curled up and said, "I have been greeted above, but I haven't thought about what to perform......
"Why don't you perform kung fu-" Ren Dahua suddenly said, "Everyone knows about the last time you defeated the master of the Xiangjiang Martial Arts Gym, the kung fu is so powerful, wouldn't it be a waste if you don't show it?" β
Hey, that's a good idea.
Chen Xiaotang was stunned.
But immediately Chen Xiaotang thought that TVB was so big, it can be said that it is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, not to mention anything else, just that there are n masters like "Cheng Xiaodong" and "Liu Xingbo" in the team of dragon and tiger martial artists, even if he really has to perform kung fu on stage, I am afraid he will not be able to hold the audience. So something else had to be done...... The slowly burning ambition made Chen Xiaotang gradually have the spirit of not admitting defeat, if a "person who came over" can't fight the current entertainment industry, he can buy a piece of tofu and die of it.
Seeing that Chen Xiaotang stopped talking again, Ren Dahua felt very depressed, why does this junior brother like to play "deep" so much? !
"Thank you for your concern, Brother Hua, but I haven't decided how to do it yet...... Chen Xiaotang explained to him.
Ren Dahua smiled and said, "I understand." Say that you may not be able to surprise everyone by then! β
Chen Xiaotang's eyes were deep, "I hope so!" β
β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦ The communication with Ren Dahua was very effective, and the two discussed the script of "Zhongshentong Wang Chongyang", to be precise, it was Ren Dahua, a "senior", who lowered his posture, and asked Chen Xiaotang for advice with a warm and careful heart, asking Chen Xiaotang how to shoot this drama, Chen Xiaotang did not hide his selfishness, and carefully told him the role played by Luo Jialiang in his previous life, what to grasp the key points, and how to play the prince of this golden country.
In fact, compared with Luo Jialiang, Ren Dahua and Luo Jialiang both belong to the category of "dignified appearance", which seems to be very suitable for playing aristocrats, tycoons, bigwigs, successful people and other types. For example, Ren Dahua once starred in the play "The Winner is King", in which he played Cheng Yifeng, a "gambling evil" who is very deep in the city, and interpreted a generation of heroes very expressively and in place.
In addition, Chen Xiaotang remembers clearly that Ren Dahua also played the martyred aristocrat "Yeluqi" in Liu Dehua's version of "The Condor Heroes", which vividly demonstrated the elegance and generosity of the aristocracy.
Therefore, Chen Xiaotang believes that this "son of the Jin Kingdom" Wan Yanfeng is definitely suitable for Ren Dahua to perform.
Now the script written by Chen Xiaotang is confirmed to be ready for filming, but before that, the wireless company must also inform Jin Yong that this drama is adapted from his "fanwork", so as not to be sued by him for "infringement".
TVB has always had a good relationship with Kim Yong. In other words, Kim Yong has a very good relationship with many film companies and television companies. His fifteen works, except for "The Sword of the Yue Woman", "The Mandarin Duck Knife" and "The White Horse Whistling the West Wind", have basically been adapted for TV or film.
Relying on the profits made from these copyrights, Jin Yong set up a huge newspaper company like Ming Pao.
At that moment, Yihua called Mr. Jin Yong and asked someone to send the script "Zhongshentong Wang Chongyang" written by Chen Xiaotang.
Two days later, Kim Yong replied, "The play can be filmed, but he wants to meet the person who wrote the script." β
Seeing Jin Yong, Chen Xiaotang was stunned.
(To be continued)