Chapter 140: Firmly established in the salary ranks of mid-range actors
Actually, the Bromance mentioned by Director Byun Sung-hyun is quite metaphorical. What he wants Jin Qixuan and Seol Kyung-gu to show is the kind of The feelings between brothers that seem to be absent but are sometimes stronger than love.
It is not the pure gay love theme played by Jo In-sung and Im Joo-hwan that comes to mind in Jin Qixuan.
Therefore, after Jin Qixuan repeatedly confirmed that he understood what Bian Chengxian said, he nodded and agreed:
"Well, no problem director, I am willing to star."
"Okay, let's do it then. Let’s try a scene.”
With that said, Bian Chengxian handed the lines he had prepared in advance to Jin Qixuan.
What this scene tells is that after Hyun Soo was undercover for nearly five years, his female boss noticed that he was losing control, so she took out the video of his mother's death and showed it to him.
However, when he found out that the murderer who knew the real cause of his mother's death turned out to be the one he had treated as his trusted elder brother for five years, he completely collapsed.
The content of the text above is not as general as the script he received, but is so rich that Jin Qixuan can instantly picture the scene of the extension shot in his mind.
Subsequently, after Jin Qixuan read the text three times and had a clear picture in his mind, he began to close his eyes and contemplate his emotions.
Five minutes later, Jin Qixuan opened his eyes to indicate that he was ready.
Then, director Bian Chengxian took the script to Jin Qixuan and read:
"See for yourself."
As he said that, he turned the laptop around.
There is no picture in the computer, so Jin Qixuan relies on his brain to fill in the video of Xianxiu's mother's car accident.
In Jin Qixuan's mind, a video of his mother walking on the road appeared on the computer at this time.
When he "saw" that familiar figure, Jin Qixuan's eyes turned red instantly, tears fell silently, and he stretched out his trembling hand to touch the computer screen, as if he could touch his mother again.
As a truck appeared in the "picture", Jin Qixuan's eyes widened with anger, veins popped up on his forehead and throat, and he shouted hoarsely: "No!!!"
As the picture in his mind continued, the truck appeared. It hit my mother straight, as if she was afraid of not being hit to death, and even reversed and ran her over once. The driver then got out of the car to confirm her death.
Seeing this, Jin Qixuan closed his eyes in pain, tears slid down the corners of his eyes, and even his breathing was trembling with heartache.
"Is this figure familiar?"
Hearing this, Jin Qixuan opened his eyes suddenly. After "seeing" clearly that the murderer was the third in command of the gang, he understood everything instantly.
It turns out that his most trusted elder brother killed her in order to replace his mother and become Hyun Soo's emotional sustenance, which also prompted Hyun Soo and the police to turn against each other.
Because of this, these tangled and complicated emotions came together, causing Jin Qixuan to hide his face and cry silently.
At this time, the director put his hand on Jin Qixuan's shoulder and patted him twice to comfort him.
“Why did you tell me now, why didn’t you tell me then?”
Even though Jin Qixuan's face was filled with tears, he was as calm as water when he said this, so calm that it was a bit terrifying.
But anyone can see that this is the calm before the storm.
“Because I’m afraid you’ll mess up, even though... you’ve already messed up.”
"Bang!"
Jin Qixuan slammed the table and stood up, pinched the director's neck, and shouted: "Why! Why do you do this to me!!!"
"You will let it go. The murderer of your mother?”
After hearing these faint words, Jin Qixuan seemed to have been drained of strength in an instant, with a confused look in his eyes, and he slowly slumped down on the chair.
Then, Jin Qixuan's body couldn't stop shaking, from silent crying to whimpering, to roaring of collapse, to acting like a child.
"Bah bang bang..." After seeing Jin Qixuan's performance, the director applauded him with satisfaction.
Jin Qixuan’s line skills in this performance are very strong, with cadences, priorities, and through emotional exaggeration, there will be a gradual collapse process, breaking the defenses in people’s hearts bit by bit, making the viewers infected. Tears rolled down her cheeks.
Of course, Jin Qixuan learned these acting skills in school.
If Jin Qixuan had auditioned for this performance a year earlier, he would have cried, but he would not have cried in the same level as before.
At that time, he would vent his emotions like opening a floodgate to let out water, and he would cry until he stopped.
To put it nicely, it has explosive power, but lacks stamina.
To put it bluntly, crying makes people a little irritated and makes the listeners want to yell, "Stop crying, why are you crying!"
So Jin Qixuan’s study this year was really not in vain.
"Jin Qixuanxi's acting skills seem to be much better than when he was filming "Reply 1988"."
In fact, compared to TV series, movies can better utilize the actors' personal acting skills.
But TV dramas are about making money and popularity, while movies are about earning status and influence.
TV dramas are mostly driven by storylines, leaving relatively little room for actors to perform; while movies rely on the acting skills of actors to present the tension and details of the story.
Although the role of Sun Woo in 1988 was only so high, the director was right. Compared with Jin Qixuan at that time, his acting skills have indeed improved a lot now.
Jin Qixuan was not overly self-effacing, but he also did not raise his tail proudly. He just wiped his tears and said thank you without being arrogant or arrogant.
"In that case, should we sign the contract now?"
Hearing this, Jin Qixuan was so surprised that he forgot to wipe away his tears:
"So fast? Don't you need to go back and wait for notification?"
Bian Chengxian shook his head, pushed the contract over, and said with a smile ：
"No need, you are my favorite Xianxiu."
"Thank you, director, for your trust. I will not betray your trust."
With that said, Jin Qixuan stood up and bowed. Then he called Sheng Bingxu and asked him to come in and check the contract.
The salary offered to Kim Qixuan was the same as for "Brave Citizen", which was 300 million won.
"Brave Citizen" gave Jin Qixuan a salary of 300 million, which was purely a friendship price, but after all, the movie has not been released yet, and Jin Qixuan's net worth has not increased so quickly.
You must know that the salary for Kim Soo-hyun's first big-screen movie was only 80 million won, and the salary for "The King", which Ryu Jun-yeol is currently filming with Jo In-sung, was only 100 million won.
And this movie directly gave Jin Qixuan a salary of 300 million, directly putting him into the ranks of middle-income actors.
As for actors, for comparison, Kim Soo-hyun's movie salary before "My Star" was probably higher than Ma Dong-seok's movie salary now.
"Director nim, this salary...?"
"This is the salary set by the investment company for you."
Investment company?
Is this another reminder that I should promote hot sauce and lactic acid bacteria...
Jin Qixuan looked up at the portrait of Li Bingzhe hanging on the wall and asked tentatively how much the production cost of this drama was.
“More than 10 billion.”
Jin Qixuan understood that it was indeed a movie produced by CJ Investment...
(End of this chapter)