How can you ascend to heaven when you are a star?

Chapter 266 Booting up

The paid holiday passed quickly and Monday was already here.

Zhang Wen first showed up at the company and dealt with the backlog of work from last week. Then he asked for leave from Director Xu and left the company to go to the 798 Art District.

Today is the opening ceremony of the TV series "Perfect Days", and the location is set in the famous 798 Art District.

Although the preparation time was very short, only one and a half months, under the operation and influence of director Han Xiaohua, all aspects progressed very quickly.

Even the top executives of Tianxi Media, who were not optimistic about the project, fully cooperated, fearing that it would delay Director Han's work plan and cause Director Han to quit.

It didn't take long for Zhang Wen to arrive at the 798 Art District. He parked his car and then walked to the venue of the Start-up Art Show.

Today is a good day, with bright sunshine and clear blue sky.

On the way, we met several couples who were taking wedding photos. They were wearing gorgeous dresses and their faces were filled with happiness and sweet smiles.

After crossing two roads, Zhang Wen saw a huge red arch from afar with a few large golden characters written on it: "Good luck to the start of filming of "Perfect Days". It looked particularly shining under the sunlight.

There are colorful flags fluttering on both sides of the arch and a conspicuous red carpet on the ground, which looks very festive. If the words on the arch are replaced with two names, some people would believe that a wedding is being held.

In addition to the crew members, there were also many media reporters at the scene, holding cameras and pointing them at every star present.

"Teacher Zhang, you're here." A staff member standing outside immediately walked up to Zhang Wen after seeing him and handed him the red T-shirt in his hand.

This is a uniform custom-made by the crew, and it also has the words "Perfect day to start filming and good luck" written on it, in order to bring good luck.

Zhang Wen saw that all the crew members around him were wearing red T-shirts, so he took it and immediately put it on himself.

"Brother Zhang, here!"

As soon as Zhang Wen stepped onto the red carpet, he heard someone calling him. When he straightened his back and raised his head, looking in the direction of the voice, he saw director Han Xiaohua standing in the front row of the crowd waving at him vigorously.

Next to Director Han was Liu Haiyang, the deputy general manager of Tianxi Media and the producer of the TV series "Perfect Days." Besides Liu Haiyang, he also spotted several of the main actors, including the female lead Bai Lu, who had completed her life experience last week, and Du Wenjuan, whom he hadn't seen in a while. As for the male actors...

Sorry, I forgot!

He is not interested in male actors. Even if the Best Actor comes, in his heart he is not as good as the fifth female actor.

Zhang Wen walked through the crowd to the front row and shook Director Han Xiaohua's hand tightly. "Director Han, thank you for your hard work these days."

"Brother Zhang, why are you so polite to me?" Although Zhang Xiaohua said this, he was very happy in his heart.

Zhang Wen greeted Liu Haiyang again, then nodded to the other leading actors equally, without showing excessive intimacy and familiarity towards Bai Lu and Du Wenjuan.

After all, there are a lot of media around. If they kiss, hug and lift each other up like they did when they left Bai Lu's house this morning, their photos would be on the headlines of the entertainment section within half an hour.

Everyone kept staring at the time on their watches until 10 a.m., when the opening ceremony officially began.

First, director Han Xiaohua led the core members of the crew to the altar, bowed three times reverently, and prayed to heaven and earth, hoping that the filming would go smoothly and be free from the disturbances of wind and rain.

Then, the crew members on the scene start to burn incense. The actors usually say "Good luck to the start of filming, and long-lasting ratings." Others like cameramen, art designers, costume designers, sound recordists, etc., usually say "Good luck to the start of filming, and smooth filming."

Zhang Wen looked at the people who were burning incense devoutly, and he wished he could hang the portrait of his ancestor on the scene to accept the incense offerings from the entire crew.

What a waste of so many incense sticks.

After the worship, the host of the opening ceremony came on stage enthusiastically and introduced the cast of the TV series "Perfect Days" to the media on site.

As the host read out familiar names one by one, the stars themselves stood beside the host. After these stars appeared, the screams and cheers of fans immediately rang out around them.

"Bai Lu! Bai Lu!"

"Chen Zhenghao! Chen Zhenghao!"

"Wang Haoyu! Wang Haoyu!"

The scene suddenly became extremely lively.

Finally, with director Han Xiaohua announcing the official start of filming of "Perfect Days", today's opening ceremony came to a successful conclusion.

Assistant director Chen Yang took a stack of red envelopes and distributed them to every media reporter present.

This is called tea money, also called hard work money. The purpose is naturally to hope that media reporters can report on today's opening ceremony after returning and bring some attention to the TV series.

Due to the tight filming schedule, the crew quickly left the ceremony site to prepare for the first scene.

Zhang Wen has been following Director Han Xiaohua. This was the first time he saw him work, and he felt that his entire aura had changed.

If he is like a good teacher and friend in normal times, then now he is like a general commanding a war.

Zhang Wen had nothing to do, so he looked around the set. When he turned around, he saw Bai Lu standing not far away.

The other person was holding a script in his hand, looking up at the sky, his mouth shape constantly changing, as if he was reciting lines.

He had clearly memorized the lines for the first dozen or so scenes, but he still had to memorize them before filming. This attitude is very professional.

Speaking of which, he and Bai Lu have known each other for such a long time, but this is the first time he has seen each other filming, and he is actually a little excited.

"Teacher Zhang!"

Just as Zhang Wen was admiring Bai Lu, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking his view.

When I looked up, it was Du Wenjuan.

"Are you ready?" Zhang Wen asked.

"I'm ready." Du Wenjuan replied, her voice was not loud, but it was full of confidence.

Zhang Wen noticed a problem. The other party came empty-handed without a script, so he asked, "Do you have an assistant?"

"No." Du Wenjuan shook her head.

"Where is the script?" Zhang Wen asked.

"Here." Du Wenjuan pointed to her head.

"?"

After hearing this, Zhang Wen's eyes flashed with surprise.

Although she played the second female lead, her role was not much less than that of the first female lead.

There are many scenes and many lines.

This woman actually memorized all the lines. It seems that she has not relaxed during this period, nor has she become proud or complacent because of getting the second female role.

Not bad.

Out of curiosity, he took a look at the opponent's skill panel.

My performance skill actually increased by two points.

The last time they met was at an audition. At that time, in order to make her stand out among the female stars who were auditioning, he directly added 67 points to her performance skill point of 4, making her jump from an industry elite to an industry expert.

However, after the audition, he took back those four skills.

It wasn't that he was stingy and didn't want to give it to her, but he wanted her to continue to improve her acting skills before filming began, and to keep working hard to improve herself. Something earned through one's own hard work is far more precious than something given to her by someone else.

What is given is given after all, and the best way is to improve your skill points yourself.

69 o'clock……

You are only one step away from becoming an industry expert.

Great!

Zhang Wen thought to himself.

Maybe, this is probably talent.

He had met many students in the training department. Some of them were described by the teachers as very hard-working. In addition to daily classes and training, they would even take the initiative to practice for a few hours every day. However, their skill points remained stagnant, which made him anxious.

It is said that hard work will lead to success, but he wants to say: hard work does not necessarily lead to success.

Of course, you won’t succeed without hard work, no matter how talented you are.

"Teacher Zhang, Teacher Zhang?" Du Wenjuan called softly, feeling a little embarrassed by being stared at.

"Ah? What's the matter?" Zhang Wen came back to his senses.

"I'd like to ask, are there any changes to today's three scenes?" Du Wenjuan asked. If there were any changes, she could memorize the lines again.

"No changes." Zhang Wen said.

Who has the right to change a script written by a god? Who has the ability to change it?

If you change even one word, you are being clever, self-righteous and shameless.

Is director Han Xiaohua awesome?

Every time the other party came to him, they asked about the script and never mentioned wanting to revise it.

As for him, he dared not change the things given by his ancestors.

"Teacher Zhang, I'm ready to go." Du Wenjuan said and turned to leave.

"Ah."

Zhang Wen responded and turned his gaze back to Bai Lu.

I just don't know what happened just now. At this moment, Bai Lu's brows were furrowed, her expression was tense, her hands were clenched, and if you look closely, her arms were actually trembling slightly.

what's the situation?
Is your stomach hurting? Is your period coming?
The timing is wrong.

He looked at the almost-built set behind him and walked quickly towards the other party.

"What's wrong? Where does it hurt?" Zhang Wen asked with concern.

"what!"

Bai Lu was startled and shuddered. After seeing who it was, he breathed a sigh of relief and shook his head, saying, "Nothing."

"Really?" Zhang Wen looked at him carefully, then pointed at his arm. "No, why is your arm shaking?"

"It's not shaking." Bai Lu looked at his arm after he finished speaking, and was surprised to find that it was actually shaking a little. "I, I don't know, maybe I'm nervous."

"Nervous? Why are you nervous?" Zhang Wen asked doubtfully. He had practiced these three scenes at home repeatedly yesterday, and there was no problem with either the acting or the lines.

"I, I'm a little worried that Director Han will not be satisfied with my performance." Bai Lu said after thinking for a while.

Before she met Director Han, she was full of confidence. Even when she saw Director Han at the opening ceremony in the morning, she felt that after more than a month of hard work and study, she would definitely satisfy Director Han...

But when she was actually on the set, her heart suddenly started beating violently, her palms began to sweat, and a series of questions popped up one after another.

Will Director Han be satisfied?

Will you start cursing on the spot if you are not satisfied?
Will my husband be involved?

For a moment, her mind was in a mess.

Zhang Wen didn't expect the other party to be worried about this matter. He couldn't help but smile bitterly, "What's there to worry about? Don't forget, your performance has been certified by me, the scriptwriter. If I say you're good, you're good. If others say you're bad, it doesn't necessarily mean you're bad. Do you understand?"

Bai Lu blinked. Why did the last sentence sound like a tongue twister?

Seeing that the other person didn't say anything, Zhang Wen continued to comfort him, "Don't think about Director Han, think more about yourself. Since you got the script, you've been going to a special education school during the day to experience life, going home at night to learn sign language, and even taking time out to analyze the character and memorize the lines. You've put in so much effort, how could you not act well?"

Bai Lu’s mind immediately flashed back to the efforts he had made in the past month and a half. Although it was very tiring and hard, didn’t he still grit his teeth and persevere in the end?
If I retreat now, will it be worthy of my previous efforts?
But she thought of another thing.

"Director Han has always been pessimistic about my performance in urban dramas. Do you think he uses a filter when watching my performance?"

"No, I've had a lot of contact with Director Han. He's very professional, so you can rest assured. Even if he uses a filter, what's the big deal? Conquering someone like that is much more fulfilling, isn't it?"

"That seems to be the case." Bai Lu's tense face gradually relaxed.

"You have to believe in yourself. Even if you don't believe in yourself, you have to believe in me. If I didn't think you were suitable, why would I give you this script? My vision is always right." Zhang Wen paused here, then lowered his voice and said, "Just look at the girlfriend I found."

Bai Lu's cheeks flushed when she heard the man's joke. She nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you."

"That's right. Don't worry. I'm here. Director Han won't do anything to you." Zhang Wen felt relieved when he saw that the other party was no longer nervous.

"Thank you." Bai Lu said sincerely, her eyes full of affection. If there weren't so many people here, she really wanted to throw herself into the man's arms.

Only this man can make her feel at ease.

Zhang Wen felt like he was about to melt under this look, so he decided to help the other person.

There's no other way, you have to pamper your girlfriend.

He looked at Bai Lu's skill panel. The other party's performance skill points had increased from 62 when they first met to 65. He was considered a person with excellent performance talent.

Thinking that today was the other party's first official performance in front of Director Han, if he couldn't win Director Han over from the beginning, perhaps Director Han's resistance would be rekindled...

So he directly increased Bai Lu's performance skill by 7 points, bringing it to 72, leaping from elite to expert. This is called taking the lead.

Not only can it amaze Director Han, but it can also give the woman some confidence. Even if she takes back those 7 skill points in the future, she won't feel nervous when filming.

"Attention all departments, get ready to begin!"

At this time, director Han Xiaohua's voice was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears through the walkie-talkie.

The camera crew adjusted the camera position, the lighting technicians set up the lighting, and the actors waiting around stood in their positions as required, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

"I'm going over there." Bai Lu said in a low voice, then threw the script to the assistant beside him and walked quickly to the center of the scene.

Stand in front of the camera.

Bai Lu took a deep breath, cleared away all distractions, recalled the character's emotions, and tried hard to get into the role.

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(End of this chapter)