my gilded age

Chapter 19 The Third Trial Begins

In the guest house of Wukesong.

"Tell me carefully, what kind of movie is it?"

"It's just a small film, not a big production."

"Then you are... a supporting role?"

"Protagonist."

"Oh! Hahaha..."

"Mom, you have to pay attention to your image. Didn't you say that you were an artistic young man back then?"

"I don't care about anything literary or artistic about your mother."

So happy, really so happy. The three members of the Bai family couldn't stop being excited from the moment Bai Shiqiu said he wanted to make a movie.

Dad was fine. He fixed a bottle of wine, drank all the wine, and then fell asleep without hesitation. He was talking in his sleep in that room.

"My son is really promising..."

"My son is going to act in a movie, haha..."

Just a few sentences like these, repeated over and over again, brought a smile to his sleeping face.

Mom wouldn't let Bai Shiqiu sleep, and kept asking questions in a very energetic manner.

By the way, Bai Shiqiu himself knows that my mother used to be a literary young man with very good grades. It even makes people wonder why she married her father who has very bad grades and only has a primary school diploma. But it is also interesting that the two of them got married. They have always been harmonious since then, rarely quarreling, which is really strange. Ordinarily, the two of them are from two different worlds in terms of knowledge.

Today, my son is going to make a movie, which will make the older generation of literary and artistic young people no longer artistic.

"Xiao Qiu, do you know the story of this movie? Tell it to mom."

"Well, the movie is called "17-Year-Old Cycling". You can understand it just by the name. It's a movie about riding a bicycle."

"Ah? Is there such a movie? Why not call your grandpa over? He is very good at repairing cars."

"Oh my god, this is a mountain bike, it's different."

"That's it, Xiaoqiu, actually, Mom hopes you can make a movie about basketball. My son will come to the court and let them see it, hehe..."

"Okay, okay, I will take pictures of your son if I have the chance, and I will show you when the time comes, take off from the backcourt, turn around and dunk in 360 degrees, umm, that's it."

"What? Can you still play basketball like this?"

Of course Bai Shiqiu knew that basketball couldn't be played like that, and even her mother knew it couldn't be done, but someone shot it like that.Actually, Bai Shiqiu had some ideas, but with his parents' attitude, he had to put them aside.

But my mother suddenly said something like this, "Xiaoqiu, actually, don't look at your parents being so happy. You don't need to care about us. If you don't want to make this film, then you won't make it."

Sure enough, it was Mo Ruomu who knew the child, and my mother still saw something.

But what follows is this.

"My son is so handsome, there will be no opportunities in the future." After saying that, he gave Bai Shiqiu a reassuring look and went back to the house happily.

Bai Shiqiu was really helpless about her mother. In the end, she shouted, "Mom! Don't worry, I will definitely shoot this film. You have to be present when the contract is signed."

Bai Shiqiu couldn't see how happy his mother was after hearing this, but he did have some resistance to the movie.

Baek Shi Qiu was born again, so of course he knew about the movie "17 Years Old Bicycle". This movie was banned.

We are people who want to be in Chinese dramas. If we make such a banned film, will it have any impact on our future artistic path?
It must be said that Lao Bai is really thinking long term...

But he had to shoot, and he actually had no reason to refuse.

My parents are very happy to be able to make a movie and still be the leading actor. This is one reason.

The other thing is the salary for this movie. 5000 yuan is not a small sum nowadays, especially in terms of an actor's salary. Bai Shiqiu remembered Brother Ming's story. He told it himself, and it seemed that Brother Ming had graduated, so he had to go out to film a movie and become a graduate. The works are also good.

We actually found a crew, but Brother Xiao Ming didn’t dare to ask for pay at that time.In the end, the crew had some conscience and gave him a red envelope worth 5000 yuan.Huang Xiaoming, a serious undergraduate from Beijing Film Academy who studied for four years, did not dare to offer a price. Bai Shiqiu dared to open his mouth like this for 5000 yuan, which is definitely a breath of fresh air in the current entertainment industry. But in fact, it was precisely because he knew this story that Bai Shiqiu dared With such an asking price, 5000 yuan should be the going price for an unknown actor in a small-production movie at this time.

In addition, after being admitted to the Chinese Theater Academy, you have to pay tuition. Not to mention other messy things, such as accommodation and food, the tuition alone is 1 yuan a year!

The price for the acting department is this, as is the case for Beijing Film Academy and China National Theater Academy. There are no scholarships if you don't bargain, but the price is really reasonable. From the 90s to later generations, it has always been 1 yuan per academic year.

What does 90 yuan mean in 1s?
Now in 2000, we have crossed the century, but this 1 yuan is not easy.Bai Shiqiu made up his mind early on that he couldn't cause trouble to his parents, especially since there were a bunch of capable and trouble-making relatives at home.

He has to pay for the 1 yuan tuition fee by himself!
Therefore, Bai Shiqiu must make the movie "17 Years Old Cycling".

Since the film must be shot and we have the 5000 yuan, we should focus on the art exam for now.

The day of the third audition arrived quickly, and a lot of people gathered at the entrance of the Central Theater.

In the second test, there were still 360 candidates, and in the third test, there were 120 people. In the end, everyone will compete for 50 places. Originally, the Chinese Opera Performance Class had 56 people, but 6 places were reserved for Shao Min. This is considered The policy is tilted.

Bai Shiqiu has no control over policy matters. He just wants to become one of those 50, and then he must defeat other opponents.

The first step is to observe.

Where is the opponent?Who are they?
I was reborn, but I couldn't remember the year in which a certain star passed the Chinese drama test. Now, I wanted to find out the potential threat to myself.

Find, find, find...

There is no threat at all, which is really weird.

Recall that the Chinese opera performance class in 2000 was not too strong, and was not even called a star class. To put it bluntly, there were no very famous or popular characters.

However, Bai Shiqiu also discovered some individuals, such as the male classmate with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who also had a Northeastern accent. He seemed to be Gu Zhixin, right?In "Classmate Boy" he performed quite well.

In addition... none of them seem to be very familiar. I have seen some of the faces, but they are probably not too famous.

This... wait a minute!
Bai Shiqiu saw someone, a female classmate. She... was Ma Dongmei?
But at this moment, a big head appeared in front of Bai Shiqiu's eyes.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing? Why are you dazzling in front of me?"

"Huang? Lao Bai, I also told you, I will never let you go!"

It's Zhang Mo again.

In the last second try, Zhang Mo's proposition sketch really passed by at a low altitude. At that time, I saw that I had tried the second try, but he didn't make him jump up and shout with joy. And all this was caused by this bastard Lao Bai. , All blame him!

Just Lao Bai's skit and the words he said later made me feel ups and downs. Otherwise, how could it be like this?
Zhang Mo has made up his mind, there is no end to this bastard Lao Bai!

"Childish." Bai Shiqiu commented directly.

"Young master, I'm just naive. Anyway, this Chinese opera performance class will have me but not you!" Zhang Mo issued a provocation.

"..." Bai Shiqiu was silent. This was not because he was cowardly, but because the second-generation star in front of him was not a threat to him at all. Looking at this guy now, he couldn't even be considered an opponent.

When Zhang Mo saw that Bai Shiqiu was silent, he was asking for trouble. This was not acceptable, so he found a topic, "Old Bai, do you know the current news?"

"Not interested." Bai Shiqiu said that he would concentrate on taking the exam.

But Zhang Mo smiled, "Even if you are not interested, I will tell you that this news has something to do with you."

"..." Bai Shiqiu looked at Zhang Mo with a look of 'please start your performance'.

"Old Bai, you don't know, do you? Haha..." Zhang Mo said proudly: "There are many people saying that your kid wants to find a relationship through the back door!"

When he heard this, Bai Shiqiu's heart really felt a little shaken, but he immediately said calmly: "I said, classmate Zhang Mo, did you hear it wrong? Is this talking about you?"

"You..." Zhang Mo was so angry.

　Thank you, Brother Gudan, thank you all for your support, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)