Chapter 22 Going against the Ancestor’s Decision
After finishing that job, Wang Baoqiang was in a panic for several days, fearing that the police would come to his door and see through the trap they had set up.
Xu Kun is just like a normal person. He goes to the nearby Internet cafe to play games every day. In his previous life, he liked CS and Red Alert the most, but this time he is obsessed with Legend of Sword and Fairy.
In the blink of an eye, it’s October 16th.
At noon that day, Baoqiang was working on his script skills when he saw Xu Kun coming in from outside with a sullen face. He didn't say anything when he came in. He picked up the tea he had made and drank half of it.
Seeing this scene, Baoqiang's face turned green with fright, and he trembled: "Brother Kun, are the police looking for you?!"
"Police? What police?"
Xu Kun looked puzzled, then waved his hands and said: "Stop thinking blindly, if that Ah Hao could have thought of us, the police should have come to our door long ago - besides, it has been so long, that Ah Hao Can you still stay in the mainland?”
When Baoqiang saw that it was not what he thought, he felt a little relieved and couldn't help but asked curiously: "Brother Kun, why do you look so depressed?"
"Hey, don't mention it."
Xu Kun lay down heavily on the bed and said depressedly: "It was so easy for me to clear the level of Fairy Sword. Who would have thought that the Internet cafe installed such pirated copies, and the final ending animation could not be displayed at all. I smashed the mouse in anger, and the result was again Pay the network administrator twenty-five dollars!”
Wang Baoqiang: "..."
Hearing that Xu Kun was spitting out fragrance for this reason, he really didn't know what to say.
At this time, Xu Kun suddenly got up again, took out his mobile phone and started dialing. Soon Chen Xuebin's voice came from the other end of the phone.
After hanging up Chen Xuebin's call, Xu Kun dialed Wang Peng's number again.
"Work has started, work has started!"
Finally, he threw away his cell phone and said to Bao Qiang: "It's almost time to rest these days. It's time for our brothers' careers to start again!"
Baoqiang had long heard that he was on the phone and asked Chen Xuebin and Wang Peng to help contact the crew. He immediately nodded excitedly.
but……
"Brother Kun, are you really not going to act like a devil anymore?"
"No more acting, no more acting!"
Xu Kun crossed his legs and waved his hands in disgust: "Didn't you listen to what I told Brother Chen and Uncle Wang? My great-great-grandfather is in the Eighth Route Army. His old man in heaven can't see me playing a Japanese devil!"
When Bao Qiangxin said this, he was just making it up. Brother Kun had clearly said before that his great-grandfather and grandfather had been lion dancers all their lives.
After thinking about it, Baoqiang tried again: "What if we can't find any other job for the time being?"
"That……"
Xu Kun frowned, and then said decisively: "Then you have to pay more to be able to act! I have already violated my ancestors, how can I do it without paying more?!"
The result turned out to be a prophecy. In the first film after his "comeback", he was forced to make a decision that went against his ancestors.
The main reason is that the other party is really willing to pay the money, three hundred a day, plus the red envelope for the performance of the corpse, Xu Kun gets nine hundred and five hundred in three days.
You must know that after working on the set of "Young Zhang Sanfeng" for six days and five nights, the total salary was only one thousand and two thousand.
In fact, Xu Kun is not the only one whose prices have increased. In view of the promising prospects of the TV drama market recently, the remuneration of both extras and leading actors has increased to varying degrees. For example, Bao Qiang's role as a substitute increased from 80 to 120, and a walk-on role (with lines) also increased from 50 or 60 to 70 or 80.
In the next more than a month, Xu Kun went through a selection process and starred in a killer, a thief, a pervert, a man-eating beggar, and two supporting roles with no attributes of good or evil.
The salary for the first few roles is about 60 to 70% of the salary for the Japs, but the latter is miserable, falling directly to 70 or 80, and sometimes they don't even make much money.
There's no way, his talent advantage can't be used when playing an ordinary supporting role. Besides, it's just a few unimportant lines. Why should people pay a lot of money to hire you if they're not looking for someone else?
So much so that Chen Xuebin personally came to persuade Xu Kun: Don’t worry about playing a good guy for now. Let’s play the villain to the top. Wouldn’t it be nice to earn more RMB?
But Xu Kun refused to agree to anything, and even made a 2+1 rule for himself, that is, after playing two villains, he would play a normal person.
Of course, this number is not so stuck. 1+1 and 3+1 are not impossible, but the big guarantee is 3+1.
This evening.
In an ordinary private house in the North Third Ring Road, Xu Kun huddled up and squatted in the corner. He watched the woman raise the steel bar with her back to the light, and swung it down towards the bedside. She immediately let out a scream of "Ah". Then came the second and third sounds, each one getting weaker than the last, until there was no more sound.
This time, he was almost acting in his true colors. In a female crime TV series called "Starscream 2", he played the role of instigating a younger brother to fake a hero to save a beauty, and captured the heart of the factory beauty Ma Hui. After the incident was exposed, he tried to control it with drug addiction. Ma Hui, the gangster Li Yong who was eventually killed by the factory flower.
"Click!"
As soon as the director shouted, the room where the only sound left was the actress's heavy breathing immediately came to life.
Seeing that the director was discussing with the cameraman and assistant director whether there was any problem with the shot just now, Xu Kun hesitated for a moment, then approached and said, "Director Yu, I don't think Li Yong should scream so much."
"Um?"
Director Yu is a middle-aged woman. After hearing Xu Kun's words, she asked curiously: "Why, isn't your performance very layered?"
"Because the physical difference between the two is huge."
Xu Kun made a bodybuilding pose, showing off his strong biceps and said: "Look, although Ma Hui is considered tall among women, she is far behind compared to Li Yong, who I played. Li Yong, who was unable to hit him with a stick, lost the ability to resist, and it would be difficult for him to stop Li Yong's dying counterattack. "
Looking at Xu Kun's bulging biceps, Director Yu nodded slightly subconsciously.
But the assistant director put forward a different opinion: "In addition to logic, we must also emphasize dramatic conflict and camera language. This scream, which is lower than the last, is in sharp contrast to the previous abuse Ma Hui suffered. The dramatic impact must be It’s better than shouting.”
Director Yu still nodded, and finally made a final decision based on the opinions of both parties: "In this way, let's prepare two versions first and see the effect when we edit the film. Whichever one has better effect will be used."
Although his suggestions were not fully adopted, Xu Kun was already very satisfied. After all, not all directors are willing to listen to the gossip of a supporting actor.
Besides, what the assistant director said is not unreasonable. In the final analysis, the most important thing about a TV series is its enjoyment. Otherwise, no matter how logical your logic is, if it doesn’t look good, it will be in vain.
Half an hour later.
After receiving the salary for the past two days and the red envelope for filming [Corpse], Xu Kun went out to see that it was still early, so he called Bao Qiang's pager and asked him when the work would be over.
Another troublesome thing about not playing a Japs anymore is that it is difficult for him to keep pace with Bao Qiang. Japs soldiers appear in groups. It doesn’t matter if there are more or less of them. But when playing other roles, if you want to recruit Bao Qiang into the group, you can Not so easy anymore.
So recently, the two of them have been doing their own thing a lot of the time.
Fortunately, Wang Peng is better off than Chen Xuebin in the military field, and he can basically guarantee a strong operating rate.
After sending the message, Xu Kun was standing on the street waiting for Baoqiang to call back when he suddenly heard someone shouting from the opposite side: "Xu, Xu... Xiaoyao King No. 2!"
Hearing the name 'Xiaoyao Wang No. 2', Xu Kun couldn't help but want to roll his eyes. He looked up and saw Li Xiaolu, wearing a brown woolen coat and fashionable makeup, running across the road with a face full of surprise. come over.
(End of chapter)