This is actually a gambling element for Jiang Bai, he lost his cash flow after losing the bet, and he had an extra TV series in his hand, but if he won, it would be a net profit of five million.

But until the last step, the money cannot be considered earned.

But fortunately, nothing went wrong in the end, and in the end, Jiang Bai took the TV series of conquest to Yanjing TV and signed a contract with the other party.

Next, I waited for Yanjing TV to broadcast this work on the screen, and I could get the money.

It's just that the front foot just got this done and came out of the TV station, and the back foot Xu Qingdong called over.

"How's it going? Is the contract signed? ”

"Signed Director Xu, thanks to you this time, do you have time today? I would like to treat you to a meal. ”

"Hahaha, yes, but you don't have to eat outside, just come to my house to eat, it just so happens that Wang Qian is also there."

"Okay, then I'll go over in a minute."

Then Jiang Bai drove straight to Xu Qingdong's house, the other party helped him so much, Jiang Bai thought that after he got the money, he would have to give some of it to the other party.

More is not suitable, but less is not good-looking, half a million is about the same.

On the way, Jiang Bai bought a lot of supplements and fruits, after all, you can't go to other people's houses empty-handed.

It didn't take long for Jiang Bai to go downstairs to Xu Qingdong's house, go up and knock on the door, and soon Wang Qian came to open the door.

"Sister Qian." Jiang Bai greeted warmly.

"Here, come on, come on, come in, Director Xu has been waiting for you for a long time."

Jiang Bai hurriedly went in: "Alas, you can come here, what else do you bring, every time you come, we take so much, we can't finish eating at home." ”

Jiang Bai smiled and put these things on the table: "It's okay, eat slowly." ”

"Okay, then you sit down first, and I'll make you some tea."

Jiang Bai came to the sofa in the living room, and Xu Qingdong was already waiting at this time.

"Director Xu, thanks to you this time, otherwise I would have smashed this TV series."

"Hahaha, it's all trifle."

"Director Xu, you can't say that, this may be a trivial matter for you, but it can be said that it is difficult for us to go to heaven, I have to thank you when I look back."

At this time, Wang Qian came over to pour tea for the two, and Jiang Bai hurriedly got up and took the teapot: "Sister Qian, it's good for me to come, you can rest for a while." ”

After Jiang Bai raised his hand and poured three cups of tea, Xu Qingdong said: "Thank you for it, why are you talking about this, if you can help me, you must help, but do you have any schedule this year?" I still have a TV series I want to make. ”

Jiang Bai didn't think about it after hearing this, and immediately nodded: "The time from this month to the middle of next month may be a little tighter, but there will be nothing after that, and Director Xu, you want to film, since you are willing to find me, then I have to make time if I am not available." ”

Xu Qingdong waved his hand: "That's not necessary, in short, if you have a schedule, come and follow me to take a picture, if you're busy, forget it." ”

"Some Director Xu, what kind of drama are we?"

"A spy war movie, I want to find you as the male number one."

"Spy movies?" Jiang Bai thought about it, he had made costume films, crime films, and comedies before, but he had not made spy war movies yet.

"What is the role of this male number one? Is it undercover? When Jiang Bai said this, he still had some expectations, he loved to play undercover too much, and he felt like he was there every time.

"No, this male number one is a decent person."

Hearing this, Jiang Bai couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart, because usually this kind of positive character is not difficult to play.

It's just that even so, he still plans to take over this play, no matter what, Xu Qingdong is his noble man on the road of actor.

Even if it's to repay the favor, I have to agree.

"Our TV series is called a pair of embroidered shoes, which belongs to the spy war plus thriller genre."

"A pair of embroidered shoes?" Jiang Bai has heard of this name, and twenty years ago, there was a movie called this name The theme is also an anti-special detective film, but the content is quite thrilling, and later after the script was published in the magazine, readers also rushed to queue up to buy it, and even more than 70 domestic drama troupes have staged the drama, and there are more than 10 types of plays, so this IP can be described as quite popular.

And because of its own thriller attributes, it also adds a bit of mystery to it.

It's just that Jiang Bai didn't expect Xu Qingdong to plan to remake this theme.

"Okay, when will Director Xu's TV series start filming?"

"It's April, and there are only twenty episodes in total, it won't take long to shoot, I'll send you the script to see it first, you play Ye Dalong in this drama."

"No problem."

In this way, Jiang Bai stayed here at noon to eat, and after eating, he chatted with Xu Qingdong and left.

It's just that he was just about to call Zhao Zhe, but before he could pick up the phone, he heard the phone ring first.

"Hey, Jiang Bai, where are you now? Hurry up and come to the company, there is something urgent! ”

"Brother Zhao, what's the urgency? I'm getting ready to go back to the office now. ”

"It's hard to say on the phone, you can come back first."

After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone, so that Jiang Bai didn't have time to say that he had another film here.

After Jiang Bai drove back to the company, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhao Zhe smoking there.

"Oh, you're back."

After seeing Jiang Bai, Zhao Zhe directly pressed the half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray, got up and came to Jiang Bai's side, and said after pulling him to sit on the sofa.

"What the hell is going on? Brother Zhao? What is it all about? ”

"I took over a play for you, it's awesome, better than any play you've taken before."

"What play? Blowing such a big? ”

"The Matrix."

Jiang Bai: "??? ”

"The Matrix? Isn't this a Hollywood movie? ”

"Yes, that's why I said it's awesome, this film is one of Hollywood's most successful sci-fi movies so far, I don't need to say more to you about the gold content, although you played only a supporting role in the past this time, but even if it's just such a supporting role, it's more powerful than the male lead in some TV series you played before."

Seeing Zhao Zhe talking endlessly over there, Jiang Bai began to ponder: "Then why did they find me?" If you want to talk about the international influence of Chinese actors, shouldn't you look for Li Lian? ”

Obviously, Zhao Zhe also asked this question with the other party: "Because they looked for Li Lian at that time, but Li Lianlian didn't answer, saying that it was because of the schedule." ”

Jiang Bai thought about it after hearing this, he only talked to Li Lian on the phone some time ago, obviously the other party has been idle recently and has not made a movie, and Li Lianlian doesn't seem to have taken any scenes to shoot this year, that is, he filmed a hero last year, and filmed the deadly cradle directed by Andre, which was just released some time ago.

Thinking of this, Jiang Bai immediately stopped Zhao Zhe from continuing to speak, but took out his mobile phone and called Li Lianjie.

"Hey, Brother Jie, are you busy?"

"Not busy, what's wrong? Is there a problem with the house? ”

"No, no, there is no problem with the house, I just want to ask Brother Jie, did the Matrix want to ask you to participate in the show before?"

Li Lianlian was stunned for a moment when he heard this: "They are also looking for you?" ”

"Yes, just now the boss of our company told me that the Matrix found me and wanted me to play a role, I thought that in terms of popularity, they should look for you first, but my boss said that they had looked for you before, and you refused because of schedule problems."

"Yes, they came to me before, and I also read the script at that time, and it was okay, although I played a villain, the character setting was still very good, and it was a big IP, so I was ready to sign it at that time, but they later sent the contract over, and I saw that there were problems with some of the terms on it.

The shooting period is nine months, but the live action shooting is only three months, and the remaining six months are in the studio. ”

"Because they have more special effects?"

"The special effects are a lot of one thing, and the reason why I have to be in the studio for six months is because they want me to do all the work I can do, and then they can record it all in a computer motion capture way, so they can use it all in the future.

I've been making movies all my life, I've been learning kung fu for decades, and if I let them all go, I'm still going to play with them? ”

Jiang Bai learned the real reason, and when he and Li Lianlian were on the phone, Zhao Zhe also heard it, and after hearing this, Zhao Zhe's eyes began to hesitate, because for an action actor, kung fu is the capital of eating.

If they are all taken away, it is equivalent to killing chickens and taking eggs.

"Alas, Jiang Bai, I can't persuade you in this kind of thing, because everyone has their own choices, but you have to think about your future, I think that among these action actors in China now, in addition to those of us who are already old, that is, you, Wen Zhen, Wu Jing, Zhen Zidan, a few of them are good, among them, you and Zidan are the most promising to shine in the world, so ......"

Jiang Bai knew what Li Lianjie wanted to say, and the other party said that this was indeed for his own good: "Brother Jie, then what do you say if I get some kung fu that is not so powerful?" ”

"Six months, half a year, even if you shoot slowly, how much can you hide? Even if you start practicing martial arts in your mother's womb, how many kung fu skills do you know now? ”

Jiang Bai thought for a while: "I will probably have more than a hundred doors now." ”

"That means you'll be more than a hundred ...... now"

But before Li Lianlian's words were finished, he said directly: "You said you would have more than a hundred?" ”

"Almost, these more than 100 kinds can be played normally, and I am more familiar with it here, and there are estimated to be dozens of left, but I have seen others use it, and I should be able to think of it when I think about it."

Li Lianlian reflected for a while before he eased up: "Jiang Bai, I don't know if you are bragging, but I will take it seriously, if you really know so much, you can try it, but it is best to take more niche things, so that if there are any Chinese actors who go international in the future, you will not be robbed of their jobs...... Although this is not a good thing to say, it is true, you sell everything that everyone knows to them, and this is tantamount to cutting off the road to future generations.

It's equivalent to a martial arts instructor, and he got all his life's learning into the computer, and when the director wants to make a martial arts film in the future, he doesn't need to ask for a martial arts instructor, just take out the video and put it away. ”

"Well, Brother Jie, I know it in my heart, you can rest assured of this."

"Okay, I know you're a measured person, and you're not stupid, okay, then let's do this first, and you get in touch with that side first."

"Okay."

In this way, after Jiang Bai and Li Lianlian learned the specific situation, they turned their heads to look at Zhao Zhe.

"I didn't know it was for this reason, Jiang Bai, otherwise you should think about it again, if you think it's not appropriate, we won't take this play, and there will be more opportunities to go out in the future."

But Jiang Bai shook his head: "It's okay Brother Zhao, you go next, I know in my heart, I definitely won't take out the real good things, those foreigners only know that our kung fu is great, but how can we understand the routines ourselves, just do something unimportant and deal with it." ”

In this regard, Jiang Bai is full of confidence.

As he said on the phone with Li Lian before, Jiang Bai now knows at least a hundred kinds of kung fu, of which there are twenty or thirty really powerful ones, and fifty or sixty kinds of them belong to the middle sect, and the rest are some kung fu that is not very popular, that is, the martial arts cheats that were searched from that kind of small sect at the beginning.

And when he was on the phone, Jiang Bai thought about it again, in addition to what he knows now, he can create something new based on those martial arts in the West at that time.

Or you can integrate some martial arts moves from other countries and teach them, so that it is someone else's way instead of your own

When the time comes, coupled with reasonable fishing, there is not much they can really get their hands on in half a year.

"Are you sure? Let's make money and make money, but don't smash your own job. ”

"Brother Zhao, do you think I look like the kind of person who will give up the opportunity to make a lot of money in the future for a little immediate benefit?"

"Not really."

"That's right, so Brother Zhao, you contact that side, go back and ask them to send the script over to see it first, if it's suitable, then ask them for a contract, or let them come over, if there is no problem, just sign a contract with them directly, it just so happens that my English has now reached a bottleneck, I need to practice speaking more, and by the way, I will also make money from foreigners."

Zhao Zhe saw that Jiang Bai had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything more.

It's just that after saying this, Jiang Bai suddenly asked again: "By the way, Brother Zhao, they didn't say how much money they gave in this film, and I'm about to die of poverty now." ”

"As long as they meet their conditions, they are willing to pay five million dollars, at first I just thought that these gringos have a lot of money, but now it seems that a large part of the money is used to buy action."

It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, he reacted to what Jiang Bai just said: "You don't have any money? Didn't you spend more than 3 million yuan to buy a house before? There are still more than five million left in hand, why is it gone? Did you bet? ”

"Alas, don't say it, I just bought a TV series some time ago, and I spent all the money, and now I'm poor Jingle Bell."

(End of chapter)