Unscientific Movie King

Chapter 20 It’s broken, I’m a substitute
"No, no, no, absolutely not. No, please forgive her."

"Disciple pays homage to master."

Putting himself in You Tanzhi's shoes, Qin Chuan immediately knelt down and crawled on his feet, kowtowed several times, with pleading in his voice, and looked as embarrassed as he could be.

It was as if he was a foot washer and the technician was pinching his vitals during a foot bath.

If you ask him to recharge, he has to recharge; if you ask him to work overtime, he has to work overtime.

He had rehearsed this situation in his dreams, so he was now very familiar with it and felt no pressure at all.

"Hey, hey, hey, no need to knock your head." Seeing Qin Chuan banging his head on the ground, completely ignoring the contact between his skin and the ground, making loud banging sounds, Yu Ming couldn't bear it and hurriedly helped him up.

Qin Chuan stood up, his forehead was red and stained with some sand.

Zhao Jian helped to say: "See, Xiao Qin's performance is still good, not inferior to professional actors at all."

Yu Ming nodded and said solemnly: "It's him."

Qin Chuan suppressed his joy and cupped his hands: "Thank you Director Yu, thank you Director Zhao for giving me the opportunity."

"No need to thank me. If you're not capable, you won't be able to seize the opportunity I gave you." Yu Ming continued, "The crew unilaterally terminated Xiao Ma's contract. The salary paid in the early stage cannot be refunded. You can only take his salary from later stages. Can you accept that?"

"The money is not important. I just want to learn something from Director Yu and Director Zhao."

At this moment, Qin Chuan's eyes were sincere.

At this moment, the pay really doesn't matter.

For actors who are not trained in acting, the ceiling in life is the level of supporting roles. It is very difficult to play a leading role.

Even if you are a graduate of Beijing Film Academy, Central Academy of Drama, or Shanghai Theatre Academy, you can't say that you can play a supporting role. You just have to work hard.

It is such a rare opportunity to be able to get a supporting role now, especially in a big crew like Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.

Not to mention the low pay, even if there is no pay, or even if they pay money, there are still plenty of young actors willing to come.

As long as Yu Ming spreads the word, there will be countless puppies knocking on his door at night.

If this was a female character, she wouldn't be able to eat all the spicy hot pot.

One hemp = seven times
"Not bad, you're on to something." Zhao Jian patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder and said with a hearty smile, "Go find Teacher Shen to review your lines."

"Thank you Director Yu, Director Zhao. I'll go over first."

The more courtesy, the less blame there is. Qin Chuan thanked him again and then turned around and left to find Ding Chunqiu to reciprocate.

After he left, Yu Mingdao asked, "Are you going to fire the people or am I going to fire them?"

Zhao Jian played dumb and said, "What do you mean you go and I go? I'm shooting the martial arts scenes. This is the business of the literary drama group. What does it have to do with me?"

"So what did you say just now?"

"I'm just saying it casually. It's up to you to decide whether to use him or not."

"Then I don't need it."

"You are so old, you should keep your word." Zhao Jian thought for a moment and said, "I will go with you to talk to the boss later."

Xiao Ma is a relative of the company, so if they want to fire someone, they have to inform the producer Zhang Jizhong.

The rest of the matters will be left to Zhang Jizhong and his connections to discuss.

The directors of both literary and martial arts dramas suggested resigning. Zhang Jizhong should understand the seriousness of the problem and will agree to the resignation if nothing unexpected happens.

What is a little difficult is to explain why Qin Chuan was used.

After all, there are too many actors to choose from in the entertainment industry, and many of them are better than Qin Chuan.

Zhao Jian added, "By the way, Xiao Qin was recommended by Xu Zhu. Please mention it later and find someone to share the firepower."

With recommendations from two directors and the third male lead, Zhang Jizhong probably won’t say anything.

Yu Ming was surprised: "Is it true?"

"Of course it's true. Many people in the crew know about it."

"That would be much easier to handle."

Yu Ming called Zhang Jizhong and told him about the dismissal first.

Zhang Jizhong had no objection. His crew did not allow actors who just slacked off. If an actor was not good enough, he would be replaced.

Not to mention it’s just a supporting role, even the main character has changed before.

When he was filming "Swordsman" two years ago, he even changed the male lead, and the filming had already started for a month at that time.

Shao Bin was replaced by Li Yapeng.

"The actor has been fired. Have you found a replacement?" Zhang Jizhong asked.

"Find it."

"Who?"

"Qin Chuan, Xiao Gao recommended him to join the group. He has good acting skills and is also good at martial arts. Lao Zhao and I have tested him and he is indeed qualified for this role."

"Okay then, you decide, don't cause any more trouble."

"Don't worry, it won't happen. You are busy."

After hanging up the phone, Yu Ming nodded towards Zhao Jian.

Sometimes recommending someone is also a technical job. He did not introduce Qin Chuan in detail, otherwise it would seem like there was something fishy going on.

Those who don’t know might think that he deliberately pushed Xiao Ma away to replace Qin Chuan.

……

On the set, Qin Chuan and Shen Junyi reviewed their lines and discussed the rhythm of the performance.

Although he was a little surprised at the temporary replacement of one person, Shen Junyi still cooperated with Qin Chuan.

The crew is complicated and he has no right to interfere in matters such as changing cast members.

If he talks too much, he might be the next one to be replaced.

The two were acting together, and Ma Yuke, who played You Tanzhi, came over and said, "No, buddy, what are you doing?"

"Of course I'm here to review the lines. You've come at the right time. Let me use the script." Qin Chuan snatched the script from Ma Yuke without thinking twice.

Ma Yuke was confused: "You are still doing the work of a substitute."

Immediately, he felt grateful to Ming for taking the trouble to serve as both a martial arts and literary stand-in.

He was a little embarrassed.

"That's not right. You did everything. What should I do?"

Ma Yuke reacted and realized something was wrong.

The character of You Tanzhi has to wear a mask in most of the scenes. He is not needed in any of the dramas, so what is the point of his acting?

Just give it a name, right?
Qin Chuan smiled with his white teeth and said, "Dude, don't you understand the situation? You are the substitute."

Ma Yuke had already filmed some scenes before, and fortunately, they were all about the disfigured You Tanzhi, so Yu Ming would not give up this part.

Anyway, their faces are covered and there will be dubbing in post-production, so if the actors are replaced, the audience may not be able to tell who it is.

Reshooting would cost money, and the schedules of other leading actors would have to be changed, which is not cost-effective.

So the current situation is that Ma Yuke has become a stand-in, and Qin Chuan has taken over his job and shoots according to his script.

"What the hell are you talking about? I don't understand anything you're saying." Ma Yuke was confused and had no idea what Qin Chuan meant.

Qin Chuan pointed at Yu Ming who was walking towards him from a distance and said, "You will know soon."

"Come here, Pony. I have something to tell you."

Before he got close, Yu Ming waved and called Ma Yuke over.

Ma Yuke stood there in a daze, his face pale. He looked at Qin Chuan, then at Yu Ming, as if he knew something.

Damn it, now I really have become a substitute.

He is probably the first person in the entertainment industry to go from a supporting role to a stand-in.

(End of this chapter)