Chapter 18: He Baiyan
After the completion of "Night Rain Rivers and Lakes", Xu Zhen returned to the hotel and began to prepare for the filming of "The Peerless Twins" according to Qiao Feng's arrangement.
However, his way of preparing is rather unique.
Neither reading the original book nor writing a short biography of the characters, but-
Watch TV series.
Yes, watch the old version of "The Peerless Double Pride", that is, the version in which Jiang Wei played Xiao Yuer.
According to Qiao Feng's words, people must learn to develop their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.
Since Xu Zhen has a talent for imitation, he can simply watch the performance of his predecessors.
Don't tell me anything about experience, method, or performance, just open the episode!
So, when the rest of the crew was reciting the script in a hurry, Xu Zhen sat on the sofa, drank tea, sipped melon seeds, and watched the TV series in a leisurely manner.
The small life is extremely comfortable.
However, he originally said that he only watched the first two episodes, but he didn't pay attention, and he watched the whole show.
For this kind of behavior of "fake public and private" and "fishing at work", Xu Zhen is very weak-hearted.
The old version of "The Peerless Twins" was filmed more than ten years ago, and the makeup, hair and picture quality are quite rough, but the plot is very attractive.
Jiang Feng's story is lackluster, probably the story of a rich boy who fell in love with Cinderella, and the two eloped for love, but the middle way collapsed before the business was halfway started.
It's just a backdrop for the story of the two brothers.
What really interests Xu Zhen is the small fish and flowers.
Especially the flowers are not missing.
This little brother can be said to be at the peak of his appearance in the play, and he single-handedly moved flowers and jade to defeat a group of martial arts people in Emeishan, and casually grabbed the sword of the head of the family, and became famous in a battle.
Hua Wujian has an outstanding appearance, amazing martial arts, and mysterious origin, which makes many people envious.
Even in most of the play, he can almost be said to be Xiao Yuer's inner demon.
However, throughout the play, Hua Wujian has always been very aggrieved.
I can't love Tie Xinlan, I only promise to the two masters, and I feel kind to Xiao Yu'er but I have to kill.
Even when it came to the final battle, everyone, including his lover Tie Xinlan, hoped that it was him who died.
This inexplicable "the strong should die" theory made Xu Zhen worry for a while.
When he watched the whole drama, he even had some regrets: he was going to play Jiang Feng instead of Hua Wuji.
Hey, obviously I have a sense of substitution for this role, but I hate that Xu Zhiyuan's coffee position is too low, and it is impossible to receive such a good role.
And when it comes to flowers......
Xu Zhen looked at a document in his hand and frowned slightly.
The actor who plays Hua Wujian in the crew is named He Junning.
This person is a traffic student who has just become popular recently, with many fans, and he is only one step away from the first-line celebrities.
This drama is his costume debut, and the goal is very clear: to circle fans.
But none of this is important to Xu Zhen.
The important thing is: He Junning is a person that Xu Zhiyuan knows.
It's not an "acquaintance" like Jiang Wei who hasn't seen him for many years, but just recently cooperated.
Just half a year ago or so, the two filmed a spy war drama of the Republic of China together, and their memories are still quite fresh.
But fortunately, Jiang Feng and Hua Wujian have no rivalry in the play.
At most, the two can see each other a few times when they turn on the camera, and then they basically don't intersect.
Moreover, a popular traffic like He Junning may not have time to catch up with a little person like Xu Zhiyuan.
I can't climb others.
"Look, this person is He Junning."
After dinner, returning to the rented suite, Qiao Feng deliberately washed out a few photos and handed them to Xu Zhen, and said, "You should be able to meet him when you go to take makeup photos tomorrow, don't recognize the wrong person when the time comes." ”
Xu Zhen took the photos, looked at them one by one, and had a general impression of this person's image.
"This person ......," he thought for a moment, looking up, "I feel like the whites of my eyes are a little bigger." ”
"Poof......
Hearing this evaluation, Qiao Feng couldn't help but laugh.
"You're really right," he said in a low voice, "this man is a well-known 'white-eyed wolf' in the circle, and we usually call him 'He Baiyan' in private." ”
Xu Zhen asked, "What do you mean?" ”
Qiao Feng coughed lightly, got up and locked the door, and said in a low voice: "This matter is not a secret, it doesn't hurt if you know." ”
"That's it, He Junning actually has a grudge against Lin Huimei."
Xu Zhen was stunned when he heard this, and said: "The leading actor has a grudge against the producer? ”
Qiao Feng slapped his thigh and said, "Why don't you say it!" ”
"Do you think Lin Huimei is a big person or is she good at pumping her face?"
"As soon as I knew that He Junning was going to cooperate with her, several people in my group laughed like crazy."
Qiao Feng suppressed his voice and talked about the grievances and hatreds between the two with great interest, and Xu Zhen was stunned when he heard it next to him.
It turned out that Lin Huimei turned out to be He Junning's "Bole".
About five or six years ago, He Junning was just a little-known model at that time.
When attending an event once, Lin Huimei saw him by chance and was shocked, so she handed out an olive branch on the spot and directly gave him a play appointment for the second male.
Later, the small-budget urban drama unexpectedly became popular, and He Junning, who had just completed his screen debut, also took advantage of this shareholder trend and became an instant hit.
Outcome......
He Junning did not accept the preferential treatment given by Lin Huimei, but turned his head and signed the industry leader: Huaying Entertainment.
According to people familiar with the matter, Lin Huimei was so angry that her lips trembled.
He insisted on using a newcomer, fighting for various resources for him, and even offended many colleagues, which was the end in exchange.
Zhu Bajie looked in the mirror, he was not a person inside and out.
Since then, Lin Huimei has forcibly quit the problem of looking at her face, and it was not until recently that the "vice recurred".
"It's really a shopping mall like a battlefield......"
After listening to this story, Xu Zhen couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This is tantamount to completely offending people, that's all, can we still work together now?" ”
Qiao Feng sighed: "In the final analysis, it's all for profit. ”
"What your personal preferences are, it's not worth mentioning in the face of tens of millions of investments."
Xu Zhen didn't say anything.
It's just that I have some admiration for people like Lin Huimei inexplicably.
……
Early the next morning, Xu Zhen set off two hours in advance and rushed to Hengzhou Film and Television City before dawn.
Today is the day when the crew of "The Peerless Twins" took makeup photos.
This time, if you find something wrong with your makeup and hair, you can still have a chance to fine-tune it, so most people tend to come early.
At half past seven in the morning, when Xu Zhen arrived on the set, he found that three actors had already arrived early.
One of them is a middle-aged uncle, and after saying hello, he learned that the uncle played Li Dazui in the "Ten Villains";
And the other......
Xu Zhen was a little surprised.
It's an acquaintance.
He has been Xu Zhiyuan's stand-in for less than a week, and he has known a total of so many insiders, but he didn't expect to meet one today:
Ding Xuesong.
is the one who once grabbed snow bamboo with himself in "Night Rain Jianghu".