Chapter 100 Positive Role
The next day, Xu Kun slept until about three o'clock in the morning before getting up.
I went to Boss Lin's shop in the front yard and ate a pound and a half of fried pancakes. During this period, I was invited to perform a beer-opening trick.
When I was full and went back to the courtyard to bask in the sun, I suddenly thought of Deng Chao's phone call yesterday, so I contacted Hao Lei and asked her what trouble Deng Chao had encountered at home.
"Didn't you say you wanted to ask yourself face to face?"
Hao Lei asked in confusion.
"Then I have to meet up. I've been doing acupuncture since the beginning of July. I'm running around for a living. I'm so busy..."
"Stop it, stop it, I can tell you're using your voice a lot."
Hao Lei struggled for a while and then said: "Deng Chao won't let anyone talk about this, but... forget it, it's actually his sister who has breast cancer."
"Are you going to support him in school?"
"That's the one inside."
Tsk~
After Deng Chao received his salary, he talked about this sister the most, and he also said that he would let her live a good life in the future.
"Are you short of money?"
"Que must be Que, otherwise he wouldn't have signed several dramas at once, but he doesn't even want my money, let alone you."
This guy also wants to save face and suffer the consequences.
"Then if you have any news in the future, please call anytime - if you really don't want to help..."
"If he really doesn't join in, I'll cover it for him."
"Yes, Sister Lei, you have a lot of money, so I worry about it for nothing."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Kun fell asleep again in the free chair. It was not until about 11:30 that he changed his clothes and went out to attend an appointment with Director Liu Heng.
Director Liu Heng introduced a middle-aged man with an unattractive appearance and some baldness. This man's surname was Yang and his pseudonym was Du Liang. Although he was already quite old, he was a new writer.
I heard that he claimed to have been a soldier, a teacher, a civil servant, a company manager, and the director of a petroleum exploration technology research institute. Later, when he saw a man in his fifties, he became a writer and screenwriter by chance.
"This can be considered as an old man's teenage madness."
Du Liang is indeed a project manager, and he talks in a certain way.
It wasn't until he was almost done eating that he took out the script and handed it to Xu Kun: "Xiao Xu, go back and read it carefully, focusing on the plot of the second male lead Yuan Jun."
Sure enough, it was to introduce myself to the character.
Xu Kun took it and read the title of the script: "Blood Romance".
Because the script was relatively thick, he resisted the urge to read it and thanked Du Liang repeatedly.
Du Liang waved his hand boldly and said: "It's okay, we are all our own people. If it weren't for Chairman Liu's help, it wouldn't be so easy for me to join the Writers Association."
"President Liu, don't talk nonsense."
"Aren't you going to be elected at the end of the month?"
After hearing what the two of them said to each other, Xu Kun knew that Liu Heng was about to become the chairman of the Beijing Writers Association, so he hurriedly congratulated Liu Heng again and again.
"Written work is more suitable for me."
Liu Heng said sincerely: "I won't dare to wade into this muddy water again from now on."
On a whim, he wanted to satisfy the director's addiction, so he personally saved the crew of "The Young Emperor". Not to mention the hardships during the period, in the end, he was almost forced to leave Mai because he offended Man Yi. city.
If that were the case, even if he became the chairman of the Beijing Cultural Association, his face would be disgraced.
Fortunately, Cheng Yaojin, who was Xu Kun, was killed, and Liu Heng managed to save his face. But after suffering this loss, he did not dare to wade into this muddy water again.
This made Xu Kun a little disappointed. He originally thought that if Director Liu opened a new drama in the future, he would probably be able to play the leading role.
But everyone has his own ambitions, and Xu Kun was not in a position to comment on this matter. He could only wish Liu Heng continued to shine in his career as a writer and screenwriter.
After eating and drinking, Xu Kun rushed to check out, and was recognized by the girl at the cashier, but what she said was a bit unpleasant: "Ah, you are Uncle Jidu?! I didn't even know it just now I dare to admit, you are much more handsome in the TV series than now!"
Xu Kun: "..."
He adjusted his eyebrows, showing a resolute expression that was not angry but powerful, and said with a smile: "How do you think it is now?"
"Ah, it's exactly the same as when you were about to die, as if your eyes were shining!" This girl must have put honey on her mouth.
After nearly a year of practice, Xu Kun has been able to use his "resolute" eyes in shooting, but there is still a long way to go before he can turn this look into his normal face.
The biggest obstacle is that if the eyes are maintained for a little longer, they will appear to be 'divergent' - at first glance, there is light in the eyes, but at closer inspection, it looks like a blind man.
After going out to see Du Liang off, Liu Heng pulled Xu Kun and said that he originally wanted to find a male protagonist for him. Unexpectedly, when he inquired, the producer had already drafted a candidate for the male protagonist.
As a result, Xu Kun had to be relegated to the second lead role. Fortunately, this second lead actor is also quite an outstanding character. He is beautiful on the outside but depressed on the inside, but he can always stick to his principles and his performance is no worse than that of the leading actor.
Listening to this meaning, could this Yuan Jun be a positive figure?
Xu Kun became more and more curious about the script and started reading it on the way back from the taxi.
This "Blood Romance" is based on the third generation of educated youth who went to the countryside in the 1960s and 1970s. The time span is from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.
After only reading part of it, Xu Kun knew why Liu Heng attracted Liang into the circle. There was a faint sense of sadness in the scripts of these two people.
However, Xu Kun is not an artistic young man. He is more concerned about the quality of 'Yuan Jun'.
So from the car, I searched all the way to the rental house, from noon to the evening, until Baoqiang, who ran to do martial arts, came back from outside, shouting that he was going to Li Yixiang's appointment.
Xu Kun finally closed his eyes and sighed: I can finally play a positive character for once!
Yuan Jun in the play started out as the follower of the protagonist Zhong Yuemin. He was an inconspicuous "stubborn master" in Sijiu City. He followed Zhong Yuemin and did ridiculous things since he was a child.
Later, when he arrived in the army, he made meritorious service many times, and tracked down Zhou Xiaobai, the leader's daughter. He was promoted to the rank of senior colonel, and in turn surpassed the protagonist Zhong Yuemin.
What satisfied Xu Kun the most was that even though he was in a high position, he was still a loyal and upright person - apart from playing a minor role, this was the first time he had a positive role.
What dissatisfied Xu Kun the most was that Yuan Jun's wife Zhou Xiaobai had always liked Zhong Yuemin, and even called Zhong Yuemin's name in her dreams more than once, so Yuan Jun finally filed for divorce from Zhou Xiaobai angrily.
Playing Han Yueping was sexually abused physically, and playing Yuan Jun was sexually assaulted mentally...
But when it comes to acting, you have to stumble a little, otherwise the role will go too smoothly and there won't be enough dramatic conflict.
"Brother Kun, wash your face and leave."
Seeing that he was still thinking about it, Baoqiang kept urging: "If you don't leave, you won't be able to catch the bus."
"Which bus to take? Let's take a taxi!"
Xu Kun was so angry that he held a small 200,000 yuan in his hand. He had been on fire recently and always wanted to squander it.
After simply washing his face, Xu Kun walked out and asked Baoqiang: "How much money do you have in your hand now?"
Teacher Baoqiang replied: "Almost fifteen thousand."
"So few?"
"I sent most of them home."
"That's okay."
Xu Kun smacked his lips and said, "I'll lend you 90,000 yuan first, and each of us will make a down payment of 100,000 yuan to buy a large two-bedroom apartment within the Fourth Ring Road."
Nowadays, the average price of houses near the Fourth Ring Road is around 5,000. And because of the downturn in the property market after YQ, the down payment has been temporarily adjusted from 30% to 20%. The down payment of 100,000 is enough to buy a large two-bedroom apartment of about 100 square meters.
The remaining 20,000 yuan on hand is enough to meet daily needs. If it doesn't work, you can also ask Big Mouth Elk to help with the turnover.
"this……"
Baoqiang's face turned bitter when he heard this, and he said humbly: "Brother Kun, people say that housing prices are going to come down. How can ordinary people afford it?"
"Haha~"
Xu Kun rolled his eyes at him: "If you don't buy it, I'll buy a third-bedroom apartment myself. Don't say I won't take care of you then."
Baoqiang hesitated again and again, but nodded and said: "Brother Kun, you buy it first, and when I save enough money..."
"I said I would lend it to you first, but I don't mean that I won't let you pay it back - if the house price really drops, I will pay you the difference later. Isn't that okay?!"
"No, no, no!"
Seeing that Xu Kun was annoyed, Baoqiang didn't dare to shirk anymore. He only secretly hoped that he would win the Golden Horse Award. When the time comes, his net worth would increase, so that he could return the money to Brother Kun as soon as possible.
(End of chapter)