Chapter 42 Finalizing the Contract
After the audition, Zhang Yuan bowed and thanked and exited the large conference room.
Yang Tao didn’t react until this moment.
"Zhang Yuan is still a martial arts practitioner!"
He doesn't understand martial arts, but he knows that Ma Yuchen is a sensible person.
After seeing the opponent's performance, Yang Tao understood that Zhang Yuan's simple-looking moves just now must have something big to say.
Director Yang thought for a moment and looked at Lai Shuiqing with a smile.
"Director Lai, I have also watched the acting, the makeup, and now even the kung fu. Do you have any other requirements for this role?"
"Yes. If so, I'll call Zhang Yuan back. "
Hmph... Lai Shuiqing sighed, knowing that this old boy was trying to force him into the palace.
But as he said, Zhang Yuan has accomplished all three. He is the most comprehensive among the young actors being interviewed these days. Even he can't find any faults.
"Nothing?" Lai Shuiqing shook his head reluctantly.
“Since Zhang Yuan’s performance is fine, his image matches, and he has a foundation in kung fu, I think the candidate for this role can be decided on the spot.”
After saying that, Yang Tao raised his hand Handed.
Ma Yuchen subconsciously raised his arm, then immediately put it down and glanced at Lai Shuiqing.
Seeing that his boss also raised his hand helplessly, he raised his arms high.
"Unanimously approved, please inform the contract department."
......
Zhang Yuan returned to the dressing room, took off all the costumes and makeup, and changed into his own clothing.
As soon as he stood up, Yang Tao walked in with a smile on his face.
"Okay, I'll take you upstairs to sign the contract."
"So soon?" Zhang Yuan was a little surprised. Although he was determined to get this role, he thought it would take some time to get an answer.
"Hey, that Hong Kong guy and the martial arts guy he brought thought that kung fu would stump you, but you didn't expect that you showed them a trick, and it turned out to be the final killing move."
After Yang Tao said that, he looked at Zhang Yuan with some curiosity.
I said that this kid is very sharp-tongued, and he can even do a few tricks in martial arts, not to mention that Lai Shuiqing can't argue with him. He really keeps surprising me.
Originally I thought Li Dawei was exaggerating every time he talked about Zhang Yuan, but now it seems that he may be being conservative.
The two left the dressing room together, and as soon as they left the door, they bumped into Ma Yuchen, a martial artist who was also on the judges' bench before.
"Director Yang." Ma Yuchen greeted politely, and then raised his hand towards Zhang Yuan.
"Zhang Yuan, I have a few words to say to you."
The two came to the side, Ma Yuchen handed over a Marlboro, and then said: "Zhang Yuan, I Judging from your pure posture as an inside player, you must have put in a lot of effort.”
Ma Yuchen looks at the details.
Just now, Zhang Yuan's steps were light and his hands and feet alternated and moved smoothly.
"You're flattering me, but it's just trivial skills. I'm just beating randomly."
"You're not just beating randomly!" Ma Yuchen immediately retorted with a smile: "Footwork, technique, Well-trained in body skills."
"I think you are well prepared!"
Unlike Hong Quan, Mantis Quan, Tongbei Quan, Xingyi Quan and other well-known boxing techniques, Natural Gate is relatively "niche" and has a shorter history.
However, the natural sect is mainly spread in the coastal areas of southern Fujian and Guangxi. Ma Yuchen is from Xiangjiang, so he naturally feels close to the southern sect's moves when he sees them.
“I would like to ask, who do you respect as your master?”
Traditional professions, including martial arts, folk arts, and acrobatic skills, pay the most attention to the inheritance of teachers. Generally, when an expert meets, he will ask questions first. It is the inheritance of teachers.
But Zhang Yuan couldn’t say.
Are you talking about the tens of billions subsidy given by Pinxixi, or the mobile phone recharge fee?
He could only reply vaguely: "Sorry, it's not convenient to say."
"Oh..." Ma Yuchen was thoughtful.
Zhang Yuan's vague statement caused Ma Yuchen to think.
As the saying goes, heroes use martial arts to break the ban. In that era before comprehensive surveillance and nationwide networking, there were many unstable factors in society, and a large part of them came from people who practiced martial arts.
In the imperial capital gymnasium competition in 1983, seven were carried out in one morning.
Old man Yu Chenghui, the "two-handed sword master" of that session, also participated, and he pierced the opponent's leg artery in three moves. A real martial arts competition is very bloody!
These masters who can kill people with just a few moves will be sentenced to life imprisonment if they don't take action.
So many martial arts practitioners who have committed crimes will leave their hometown and go to other places to change their appearance.
Ma Yuchen thought that this was the reason why Zhang Yuan said "it's not convenient to say".
Thinking of this, he looked at Zhang Yuan again, feeling a sense of awe in his heart.
A person who is taught by a criminal master must be extremely ruthless if he really wants to take action. I just deliberately "made things difficult" for him...
Ma Yuchen was frightened, this kid What if you knock my sap?
"I'm sorry, it's me, Meng Lang. I shouldn't have asked." Ma Wuzhi's attitude was very humble. After chatting with Zhang Yuan for a few words, he left with a cautious smile, looking back three times. .
Following Yang Tao to the contract department, he asked questions on the way.
“What did you say to Ma Wuzhi? I saw his expression changed.”
“I don’t know.” Zhang Yuan didn’t think much, he was only interested now. There is only one thing.
Remuneration!
In this film, the highest-paid actors are undoubtedly the leading male and female actors, Su Youpeng and Jia Jingwen, two Taiwanese artists.
One became popular all over the country with "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", and the other participated in "The Flying Dragon in the Sky", "Little Li Fei Dao", and "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty", among which the drama "The Flying Dragon in the Sky" became a treasure of the year. The island's ratings champion.
The salary of these two reached nearly 70,000 per episode.
Zhang Yuan and these two are naturally incomparable.
"Zhang Yuan, I'll give you a package price, 120,000."
The remuneration is divided into episode or package. Not every episode of the film has Zhang Yuan's role. The package price Better deal.
Zhang Yuan did a rough mental calculation and found that there are 40 episodes in the film, and he appears in about 20 episodes, which equals more than 5,000 and nearly 6,000 per episode.
He is now paid more for one episode than for the entire show "Conquest," and that's just a few months ago.
Obviously Director Yang helped him raise a lot of prices.
Signing the contract happily, Zhang Yuan said goodbye to Director Yang with satisfaction.
“If there are no major problems, the crew will start shooting in about two weeks, and the location will be near Changping.”
After leaving the office building, Zhang Yuan wondered what to do with two weeks of free time.
Walking home, before he reached the door, Liu Qianqian, a little girl, called him.
“Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan, I’m done!”
“Congratulations.”
“I’m exhausted. After working for so long, I can finally rest. "Liu Qianqian obviously didn't expect that acting would be so tiring.
"Have you got time recently? I haven't eaten for a long time...I have to see a doctor." Halfway through, Sissi glanced beside her and found her mother not far away, so she quickly changed her words.
"I happen to be free."
The two were planning to make an appointment when they heard several familiar voices coming from the microphone.
"Are you and Zhang Yuan on the phone?"
"We are talking about the crew finishing filming, do you want to get together..."
After Liu Qianqian discussed it with several others, her extremely excited voice came from the phone.
"Brother Kun, Sister Dong Jie, Sister Xu Lu, and the rest of them, as well as singing, said that the crew is celebrating the completion of filming and plans to travel to Qingdao to eat seafood together. Will you come?"
Zhang Yuange She could hear Sissi's "slurp, sip, sip," swallowing sound while using her cell phone, which made her greedy.
Thinking that he had just two weeks to spare and a lot of balance in his bank card, he agreed.
“That’s great, I want to have fun before school starts.”
By September this year, Liu Qianqian will study at Nortel as an American international student.
After setting a time, several people planned to fly to Qingdao.
Those high-speed rail trains were not yet fully rolled out in those days. It took six or seven hours to take the train, but it only took less than two hours to fly. It was obviously more convenient for these owners who were not short of money.
He said hello to Brother Qian and said that he would be away for a few days.
One day later, Zhang Yuan arrived at the Capital Airport by car early in the morning and entered the departure hall smoothly.
But what he didn't expect was that this journey would almost kill him before it even started...
(End of Chapter)