Wu Yuan waited for more than two months.

In a blink of an eye, the second semester of the sophomore year was almost over, and Wu Yuan received a call from Wang Xiaoshuai who was sure to turn on the phone.

"Hey, Yuan'er, where are you staying?"

"The preparations for the crew have been completed, come to Fengze Garden tomorrow, everyone will get together together, and you leading actors will also get to know each other."

It's already mid-June, and the film school is about to go on vacation, so it's a good choice to join the group at this time.

The only thing that makes Wu Yuan a little regretful is that the summer vacation, the most suitable time for selling pirated discs, is going to be occupied.

In the past two months, in order to avoid the limelight, Wu Yuan's pirated disc business has slowed down a lot, at least in Dongcheng, he only dares to sell it once in three or five days.

Even with it, his part-time income in the past two months has also plummeted, and he barely earns 500 yuan a month.

Although in 2000, the average annual wage of on-the-job workers in urban units was 9,371 yuan; The average monthly salary is 780.9 yuan, but the capital is the capital after all, and the average monthly salary of workers in the capital has exceeded 1,300 yuan.

This is the average salary of employees, that is, the level of "within the system", and Wu Yuan, as a person in the system who has been rooted in the family for three generations, naturally has to look to it.

"I don't know how much money I can give me for playing this leading role." Wu Yuan thought with some curiosity.

His curiosity didn't last long.

The next day, when Wang Xiaoshuai came to pick him up, he revealed the secret.

Wang Xiaoshuai drove a Santana 2000, the most popular in recent years, and Wu Yuan's first sentence was: "This time you shoot "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle", you can get a salary of 10,000 yuan. ”

"So much?!" Before he could appreciate this rather "retro" car, Wu Yuan was shocked by Wang Xiaoshuai's words.

It's the millennium, not 2020!

At a time when the marketization of the film industry has not yet begun, there is no such thing as a movie café.

At least in the mainland, except for Jet Li and Hehezhang, others act in a literary film, whether it is a starring or supporting role, and they will only get three or five thousand yuan when they reach the sky, and the newcomer will only have one or two thousand yuan.

On the contrary, there is a lot of money for acting in TV series, you can get two or three thousand for one episode, and you can get more than ten or two hundred thousand for a TV series.

However, the TV series has been filmed for a long time, and the movie can be completed in a few days to ten days, and the price is quite acceptable.

But Wu Yuan, a newcomer, acting in a movie for the first time, even if he is the leading actor, it is a bit exaggerated to take 10,000 yuan.

"I am not short of money for this movie, and from the beginning of preparation, many people are willing to invest money in me."

Wang Xiaoshuai started the car and said nonchalantly:

"Now we are in the transition period of relevant policies, although the stage of complete marketization has not yet begun, but it has been relaxed a lot."

"As long as this "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" pays money to the film factory to buy the factory logo, I can find someone to pull the rest of the funds."

"I have all received funds from France and Treasure Island, and this group of people is really rich, and they give a lot and are refreshing."

"No matter what you say, you are also my junior brother, and you still have to take care of your own people."

And this good thing?!

Wu Yuan was overjoyed.

Wang Xiaoshuai is different from him, before preparing for the filming of "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle", he had already won the Best Director Award at the Italian Simino Art Film Festival, the Best Film Award at the Tissaloni International Film Festival in Greece, the International Film Critics Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival, and the Un Certain Regard Unit at the Cannes Film Festival.

Lao Wang is not only famous in China, but also a well-known director in Europe, and there is really no shortage of people who invest money in him to make literary films.

"Thank you, brother!" Wu Yuan thanked him happily.

Wang Xiaoshuai glanced at him with the rest of his eyes, and snorted: "But don't talk nonsense everywhere, among the actors in the crew, your salary is the highest, and the other actor only gets 5,000 yuan, and if someone asks, you also say that the salary is only 5,000." ”

"This extra 5,000 yuan is not given to you for nothing, in addition to being the leading actor in the crew, the work of the crew running the crew will be handed over to you."

"Also, when you don't have a scene, you also have to take on part of the work of the assistant director."

"Cheng, it's on me!" Wu Yuan patted his chest and agreed without hesitation.

The crew runs the filmmaker, this is a position that has a long impression on Wu Yuan.

In the era of film films, depending on the shooting conditions, every day or at least every week, the crew would have a "running staff" who was responsible for transporting the filmed and exposed film to the printing factory, and then bringing back the washed samples.

This kind of processed and printed sample is commonly known as "wool film"

Every time we get the film from the printer, we do an inspection screening.

It is mainly to carry out technical inspections, such as the inspection of details such as exposure, focus, and whether it is worn or not.

Of course, the most important thing is that the directors will discuss and judge the content and performance of the film, and if they are not satisfied, or have any new ideas after watching the dailies, they may reshoot it the next day.

This is the job of transporting film back and forth, because unprocessed film can cause significant losses if something happens, so this job is very important.

For Wu Yuan, if he is a running filmmaker, then he can also join the discussion of shooting materials every night.

This is the best opportunity to understand and learn a director's shooting skills and abilities in the film era!

Ordinary film runners are really just running errands, and they definitely don't have this opportunity, but who is called Wu Yuan is not ordinary, these years the direct junior brother is really the favorite of the junior brothers!

Every director in the film industry who can get up has the help of one or more senior brothers behind him!

This is also the reason why the mainland director circle, especially in the first 15 years of the 21st century, has been scolded for being closed and factional.

No, isn't Wu Yuan a good big brother!

......

Half an hour's drive, in the idle conversation between Wu Yuan and Wang Xiaoshuai, passed quickly.

By the time they arrived at Fortress Garden, the rest of the crew of "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" had already arrived and were waiting in the box.

Wang Xiaoshuai, the largest director in the whole crew, carried Wu Yuan, a newcomer, and pushed open the door of the box.

"Uhhh

Whether it was the actors or the crew, when they saw Wang Xiaoshuai, they all immediately stood up from their chairs.

In these years, the director of an independently produced film is the largest in the group, whether it is a producer or a producer, the right of the director cannot be shaken at all.

Even most directors are also producers, and there is no producer in the crew, and they are like kings in the crew.

Following behind Wang Xiaoshuai, Wu Yuan looked at the situation in the box curiously.

Needless to say, the seven or eight crew members are all unfamiliar strangers.

But the few young people sitting at the central round table, Wu Yuan was very familiar.

The shaved, dark-skinned, delicate-looking but extremely nervous teenager knew that it was Cui Lin, another actor in "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle", without asking.

And the two beauties standing on his left and right are even more familiar to Wu Yuan!

"Gao Yuanyuan!"

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