Chapter 73: Help
"Just finished filming a movie, I'm resting at home."
In the cramped rental house, Li Yifeng, with a vest and big shorts, immediately put down the instant noodles after receiving Yuan Hua's call.
He has been idle for half a year and can't afford the rent, so he can't give Yuan Hua a birthday wish.
The album cannot be sold, and his singing career has been considered a waste because his company lost a lot of money, and the agents always avoided him when they saw him.
Not to mention filming, small characters can't be gained.
“Are you planning for some time in the future?”
“Not yet.”
After pausing for a few seconds, Yuan Hua said on the other end of the phone: "The crew I am here is about to finish the filming. I'm missing a few supporting roles. Can you come?"
Li Yifeng was very embarrassed, he was almost finished, and there was no point in a supporting role. This is to guess that he was in a difficult life and help him.
"Yes, no problem."
Yuan Hua found the deputy director and skillfully took out a cigarette and handed it over: "Director Wang, I have a younger brother who is very interested in acting and wants to come to the crew to see it, but I don't know if Fang is not convenient."
"Brother Hua, why didn't you say this earlier? It's over and there are not many shows."
The deputy director didn't dare to take the cigarette because he couldn't do it, so he didn't want to get the role soon after the filming was finished. He could still think of a solution when the filming started, but it was impossible now.
"It's okay, the kids want to be fresh, just play, just a supporting role."
Damn, what a fool, this is nothing. The deputy director took the cigarette and said with a smile: "Since Brother Hua, you said that, I will definitely give face. There is a person who has something to do with the actors to go back to his hometown."
It’s just a supporting role. Whoever plays is not a role, it’s a matter of just one thing to him to play a supporting role.
Isn’t this the case in the entertainment industry? Help me and I help you.
"Thank you, Director Wang, I'll invite you to dinner someday."
After a few words, Yuan Hua helped Li Yifeng get the role. Although he was just a supporting role, he had lines, shots, and a name at the end of the film. He did not give the deputy director and the group leader the benefits, and most extras could not act until they died.
The next day, Li Yifeng, who had been on the train overnight, felt that he had no choice but to take a taxi to the crew.
"Brother Hua, thank you, I will never forget you." When I arrived, Li Yifeng stopped pretending.
"It's not a big role to play." He handed Li Yifeng a cigarette, but he waved his hand and didn't answer it. Yuan Hua took it back: "Come with me, I'll take you to find the assistant director."
Five minutes later, Li Yifeng got his script.
Four lines!
While I was taking advantage of the time of putting on makeup and changing clothes, I memorized it thoroughly, and then I just wait. Yes, I just wait.
Whether it is an extra or a supporting actor, it is just a director's live prop. You can use it when you use it, and you can hang it aside when you don't.
Like Yuan Hua and the others, they can come a little late when there is no chance, or find a place to rest and sleep. It is enough for him to be on the scene when it is his turn to film.
Extras are not good. Even if you only have one scene in a day, you have to be filming from morning to night.
At noon, there was no scene filming. Li Yifeng, who was so hungry, squatted on the ground with a lunch box and swallowed it.
"Send this to him." Not far away, Yuan Hua said to Zhao Liying.
There was no chance this morning, and he ate in the hotel and was not hungry.
Zhao Liying picked up Yuan Hua's chicken legs lunch box and smiled and said, "Brother Hua, I didn't expect your brother to be so handsome. You don't look like you, do you cousins?"
"I said you have a lack of root strings in your mind." Yuan Hua rolled his eyes: "I said that to outsiders. Li Yifeng and I have only met twice, so where did they get their cousins?"
"What, I've seen each other twice? Then you're so kind, so I'll help him join the group and introduce his job."
It’s not about being a relative or a good person. I only helped others when I met him twice. Zhao Liying felt that she didn’t know Yuan Hua anymore.
For money? Li Yifeng doesn't seem to be rich either. It's good to see him reincarnate as if he was a starving ghost when he was eating.
Picture color? That's even more...it's not impossible.
"The young man is very hardworking and has a talent for acting. I just help him."
After saying this, Yuan Hua took the lighter and cigarette to the smoking area. Zhao Liying looked at his back and was stunned for a moment.
Giving Yuan Hua's chicken leg rice to Li Yifeng, Zhao Liying didn't rush to leave, but squatted on the ground and chatted with him: "Which performance academy did you graduate from?"
"I didn't come from the Performance Academy, I am a broadcaster and host in college."
Zhao Liying smiled brightly: "Then your grades must be very good."
Li Yifeng smiled shyly and said, "I'm not afraid of you making jokes. I'm taking exams every year. I've been playing so much that I've been to the Internet cafes all night long."
Zhao Liying: “…”
Is this how hard it is?
"How many dramas have you acted in?"
Li Yifeng stretched out three fingers.
"Thirty movies, that's not too much." Zhao Liying nodded slowly. She has also filmed dozens of movies, most of which are supporting roles, and there are no supporting roles at once.
"It's three movies." Li Yifeng corrected: "Have you heard of the tennis prince? I'm playing supporting roles in it. That's the drama with the most lines."
Zhao Liying split up. How can she have a talent for acting? How can she tell?
Apart from being handsome, he has no advantages at all.
"Oh, sister, don't leave, let's talk again."
In the afternoon, Li Yifeng, who had been basking in the sun for a whole day, finally came on stage. He played a leading spy to arrest the prisoner.
"Come, let me go."
"Be honest!"
"Captain, the prisoner was caught."
"yes!"
After changing the camera position, Li Yifeng finished the filming for four or five times. Twenty minutes before and after, he finished the filming.
Zhao Liying, who was secretly watching the whole process, curled her lips: "Just this, I can do it if I get on!"
In the evening, the crew finished work, Yuan Hua invited the deputy director to have a meal and brought Li Yifeng with him.
"Tell me, we haven't been together for a long time. Director Wang, eat and drink well."
"Okay, Brother Hua, I'll give you a cup."
"Yi Feng, don't be idle either, respect Wang Dao for a cup."
"Director Wang, I respect you."
"You little brother, please be polite."
After a meal, the assistant director got drunk six or seven minutes and promised to help Li Yifeng get a supporting role tomorrow.
Ten days later, Yuan Hua finished the filming.
These days with his help, Li Yifeng has run a lot of supporting roles, but the more important roles they get, Li Yifeng has no supporting roles to run, so he just goes to the extra.
Yuan Hua praised him for his hard work and willingness to endure hardships, but Zhao Liying was dissatisfied. Under the strategy of a spicy hot pot, Li Yifeng revealed the truth.
The ticket money for the trip back was gone, so he had to work for a few more days.
Normally, extras and supporting actors are both local tricks, and few people come all the way to the extras. It is not cost-effective, and the cost of traveling around is a lot of money.
The salary of extras is not high, and it costs dozens a day. If you come from another place, you need to rent a house, and there are not many shows every day.
If you calculate this way, you will lose.
This is the case with Li Yifeng.
"Hey, Director Zhao, I, Huazi, what are you busy with? If I have anything to do, I can't talk to you... I'm filming, okay, I have a younger brother who is interested in acting, I don't know where you are a good supporting role... The assistant director's phone call, right, you said."
On the last day of the crew, Yuan Hua called Zhao Baogang in front of Li Yifeng, and asked to open the contact information of the deputy director of the crew if he wanted to land.
"Get it." He gave Li Yifeng a small note with the phone number written on it. Yuan Hua said: "Go to Hengdian to make this call and report my name."
"The crew just started, so it's enough for you to stay for a month or two."
"Thank you Brother Hua."
Everything is indifferent. Li Yifeng knows that any words of thanks are false at this moment. He will talk about repaying others when he becomes popular in the future.
"Go away, goodbye!"
Chapter completed!