1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 102: Want me to act?

I bought Bada Shanren's painting of "Eagle and Plum Blossoms" and preserved it carefully in the summer.

It would be a real sin if this were wasted in my own hands!
Milan also saw this painting and said, "Why does the eagle have such a strange look in his eyes? It looks like it was bullied by a chicken!"

As a result, before I could enjoy it for a few days, someone came to my door.

If this guy hadn't come with his class teacher, Xia Tian would have thought there were such high-end scammers these days? !

Want me to make a movie?
Are you trying to cheat me of money? Or are you trying to cheat me of my sex?!

You can't expect to have both money and beauty, right? !

But Xia Tian’s class teacher was responsible after all. He checked his work permit and letter of introduction and confirmed that he was indeed the director!
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It turned out that at noon, Xia Tian went out to eat at the school gate and was seen by Director Lei!
He immediately felt that this was God's arrangement!

But Xia Tian’s legs and feet, Director Lei got excited and disappeared? !

So, Director Lei found the school guard.

The guard must have known Xia Tian, ​​so he took her to the head teacher...

"Are you really going to ask me to make a movie?" Xia Tian asked.

"Yes, yes, yes! It's you!" The director spoke with a bit of a rude tone.

"Playing the leading role?"

"Yes, yes, yes! He's the protagonist!"

Xia Tian: Wait a minute, you’re making me a little nervous!
Has anyone learned how to take advantage of the popularity now? !

Xia Tian hinted at it - after all, I have to know why it has to be me? !
I admit that I am good-looking, but that is not the reason, at least not the whole reason, right?

The only possibility is that he is trying to take advantage of teacher Jinghongke's popularity!

After asking, I found out that he really wasn’t just trying to attract attention—Ah, Mr. Jinghongke? I don’t know!
"Who is Teacher Jing Hongke?"

"Ah, it's okay!"

Awkward! It seems that Mr. Jinghongke is not well-known enough! No one knows him outside of Beijing!

Director Lei, a returned overseas Chinese from Shandong Province, has never heard of Teacher Jinghongke.

However, when it comes to the summer reported in the People's Daily, he has actually read the relevant reports!

That’s even better! What a surprise!
The movie he wanted Xia Tian to play the leading role in was called "The Transformation", which was jointly produced by a mainland news agency and a Chinese film company in Hong Kong.

The filming was supposed to start last year, but everything went wrong as soon as it started!
Less than a month into filming, the male lead was unfortunately kicked by a horse and has not recovered yet.

And unfortunately, a young actor in the group passed away!
Two foxes borrowed from the zoo, one of them escaped...

For a moment, everyone was in panic and the filming could not go on.

However, if this project is not pushed forward, there is a risk of failure and all the initial investment will be wasted.

Director Lei is anxious!

Although it is said that nine out of ten projects fail, it is normal for commercial investment. But at this time, how difficult is it to make a movie?

It’s so hard to get started, it would be so unfortunate if it fails halfway!
So, last month the crew finally regrouped and planned to go to Lin'an to continue filming the part without the male lead, but unexpectedly the crew's art designer suddenly passed away again!

Who is this provoking?
Unfortunately, Director Lei suffered a heart attack due to his anxiety... and came to Beijing for treatment.

Just then, I suddenly saw Xia Tian on the road!

The original male lead is definitely not usable, and I can’t wait until he gets better. If I don’t start now, the movie will be aborted!
He was counting on a final fight in the summer.

There are countless good-looking people in this era. There are millions of them to choose from, so there are plenty, right?

But why is it that after decades, only those few faces can become the screen faces that impress the audience?
Because the screen face has very high requirements for bone structure!

Whether the facial bones are good enough determines whether the aura displayed by the face is strong enough within the specified proportions of the movie.

Why do you say that?
Because movies generally focus on close-up shots of actors' faces, from long shots to close shots of a face, stars are required to show more vivid and clear performance in character portrayal.

Acting skills can be acquired through hard work, but the expressive tension and plasticity of the face are gifts from God.

It's not something you can get by just getting an injection, cutting your eyelids or doing a nose job.

Only when the bones are sharp and mysterious, the skin is tight and natural, and the skin has no inexplicable bumps... can it withstand high-definition magnification at any angle in the movie.

Xia Tian is undoubtedly the best among them, which is why Director Lei took one look at it and insisted on finding Xia Tian to play the male lead. He briefly told Xia Tian about the plot, a costume drama film -

The male protagonist is a silly boy in the early stage, but becomes a passionate man after he wakes up. The span of the role is quite large.

Plus, the film's theatrical style of expression can easily become formulaic if you're not careful...

Xia Tian was confused: Playing a fool? Do you want me to play myself? !
Opera? I know Peking Opera!
Oh, by the way, I just graduated from Yanying's amateur acting class and was awarded the title of outstanding student~
How come this play of yours seems to be tailor-made for me? !

I know I'm handsome, but you shouldn't be like this. It's too unreserved.
He thought for a moment and said, "This story of the fox fairy repaying a favor sounds familiar, like an article from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio... "Xiao Cui"?!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Director Lei didn't expect that Xia Tian had also read "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".

The prototype of "Jingbian" is "Xiao Cui" in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".

At this time, Dad Xia came home from get off work.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I found a visitor - Oh, is Xia Tian's head teacher here? Could she be here for a home visit? Should I go out and hide?
Looking again, there was another unfamiliar man, probably around fifty years old.

"Teacher Xu is here? Did Xia Tian cause trouble?"

"Ahhh, it's good that it's not... wait, what did you say?" Dad Xia was suddenly stunned and looked at Xia Tian, ​​the head teacher.

The head teacher said, "Director Lei from Shandong Province wants to ask Xia Tian to act in a movie. Aren't they discussing this right now?"

Father Xia waved his hand and said, "No need to discuss! Let's act!"

Dad Xia has been showing movies for nearly half of his life. If he could show a movie starring his son once, he would die with no regrets!
Oh, I want to go to Lin'an to shoot for two months, that's not impossible~
Dad Xia is still very relieved about Xia Tian, ​​but the problem is that the high school entrance exam is coming soon and it cannot be delayed.

Director Lei is very easy to talk to - I can come back in the summer to take the high school entrance exam... but I don’t know if it will affect my grades?

He didn't say the second half of the sentence. After all, everyone has selfish motives. He still hoped that Xia Tian would agree to star in the film and save this ill-fated movie.

Xia's father and class teacher are not worried about Xia Tian's grades - Xia Tian has never worked hard, but his grades have always been among the top three in the grade. It depends on whether he has anything to do on the day of the exam.

If you don't have anything to do and answer the questions seriously, you will be the first. If you have something to do and answer them casually, you will have to hand in the paper early...

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"Ah? You're going to act in a movie!"

When Li Chengru and Zhao Baogang heard the news, they were dumbfounded - we agreed that we would not forget each other when we became rich and powerful, did you become rich and powerful too quickly? !
Li Chengru suddenly felt that the bonus he had just received this month was not as good as it used to be!

Dachun and the others didn't react much, only Dachun kept asking: "Tian'er, is there anything delicious in Lin'an? Bring some back, bring as much as you can!"

Xia Tian thought: Lin'an? Delicious? I'll bring you a plate of West Lake vinegar fish? I guarantee your filter will be broken~
Milan was quite excited to hear the news, but he learned that he would be away for two months in the summer and the only chance to come back would be during the two days of the high school entrance examination, and he would have to leave after the exam.

I'm a little reluctant!
We have known each other for almost three years, but it's really been such a long time since we last met.

She comforted herself: It doesn't matter, a little separation is better than a new marriage! I'll get him when I come back~
In just five days, Director Lei regrouped and took Xia Tian and the crew on a train to Lin'an in the south.

Because it was a co-production with Hong Kong, the treatment was quite good.

The tickets are all for soft sleeper!
Moreover, the crew adopted the Hong Kong salary settlement model. As the leading male role, Director Lei secured a full 2000 yuan salary for Xia Tian!

When Dad Xia heard Director Lei talk about the film's pay, he was stunned!
Xia Tian: I told you that typing is useless! I will smash that typewriter when I come back!

In fact, actors in mainland China don’t receive any pay for acting in movies nowadays—it’s all salary, it’s work.

In the 70s, it was about 30 yuan per month.

It’s only around 50 now, and at most an additional five or eight yuan in subsidies.

It is said that the treatment gap between actors on both sides is huge, this is really huge!

Even if the fixed salary for the two months in summer is 50 yuan, it is only 100 yuan. But he received 20 times the normal salary!

Next year, when Li Lianjie from the Wushu Team is filming "Shaolin Temple", he will only receive a subsidy of 1 yuan a day.

He was selected by his unit, so he has no unit in the summer.
Comparing people with others will lead to death, and comparing goods with goods will lead to throwing away!
It would be fine if I didn’t know this, but it would definitely not be okay if I knew it!
No wonder many famous actors went abroad at this time...

From Yanjing to Lin'an, the train took a day and a night to get there. But in the era of high-speed rail, it only takes four hours!
This is the result we have achieved after forty years!
The accommodation here has been arranged. It is a guesthouse of a unit and there is a small single room in the summer.

Director Lei's salary is really high! This requires some effort.

We need to hurry up here - the male lead has been changed, so except for some scenery and empty shots, most of the previous shots are useless and have to be started over.

Time is short and the task is heavy!
It’s time to start acting, brothers. Before it was all appetizer soup, now we are gradually serving appetizers and desserts!

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