Behind the scenes of the entertainment industry

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Hubei Province, Jiangcheng.

As a famous stove city in China, the temperature remains high even in August, and it only gets cooler in the morning.

A middle-aged woman carried the breakfast she bought, stood at the door and greeted her familiar neighbors, then walked in and opened her son's room. As expected, he didn't get up again.

"Longlong, it's time to get up. Today I bought the noodles you like to eat." The woman turned off the air conditioner that he had turned on all night, opened the window of the room, and gave him some air.

The sleepy boy's eyes were stung by the sunlight outside the window. He hurriedly covered his head with the quilt and waved his stretched out hand: "Mom, I'll sleep a little longer. I didn't go to bed until after one o'clock last night."

"Are you playing games again? You're useless now that you're on vacation, and you play games all day long." The woman looked at the computer that hadn't been turned off and said angrily: "Sooner or later, I will sell your broken computer as scrap.

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"I was checking information last night. The summer homework assigned by Teacher Cui requires the use of computers." Hearing his mother's question, the boy woke up in a hazy state, lifted the quilt and exposed his head to defend. He was video chatting with his girlfriend last night, but he

He doesn't want his parents to know that he has a girlfriend.

"It's strange that I believe you." The woman gave her son a dissatisfied look: "Get up quickly, your father said he will take you to practice Sanda. Even if you are on vacation, you can't relax."

"Mom, I'm an actor, not an athlete." The boy complained helplessly.

"Actors don't need to keep in shape?" the woman said to her son again: "Get up quickly, brush your teeth and wash your face. Your dad will be back from morning exercises soon. Seeing you like this, I'm going to say something about you again."

"Oh, I got it." The boy had no choice but to get up. His father, who has a Sanda coach, had a hard life. He was afraid that he would be dragged by his father to be a sparring partner again today. Fortunately, a phone call saved him.

The woman had just brought her breakfast to the restaurant when she saw her son, who she thought would take a while, actually walked out dressed neatly.

"Mom, I'm going to Yanjing today."

"You guys start school on September 1st, why are you going so early?" The woman stopped setting the tableware, looked at her son and asked in surprise.

The boy said excitedly: "Teacher Cui contacted a drama for me and notified me to audition."

"You're just a freshman, and you're already taking the role?" The woman questioned a little, "You're not just looking for an excuse because you don't want to go to training with your dad, are you?"

The boy said with some dissatisfaction: "Mom, I'm already a sophomore in college."

After saying that, the boy showed his mother the incoming call on his cell phone. Sure enough, the caller number displayed on the phone was his son's class teacher, Teacher Cui.

The woman was still a little surprised: "Didn't your teacher say that the first and second years of college are mainly about laying the foundation and not taking on roles?"

"The teacher said that this is a drama that several seniors collaborated with the People's Arts. Many teachers from the People's Arts are participating, and we can learn acting from them." The boy said proudly: "Your son has passed all exams in the final exam this time.

First place in grade, teacher is rewarding me."

"Since it was introduced by your teacher, there should be no problem." The woman looked at her son's handsome face and said excitedly: "My son is going to act, and my son is going to become a star."

"Mom, I just went to the audition, and I may not be able to get selected." The boy was a little shy when his mother praised him.

"I believe you, my son is so handsome that he will definitely be chosen."

"Even if I get selected, it's just a drama, far from a star." The boy shook his head helplessly.

After eating breakfast, the boy refused his mother's offer to send him off, took a taxi to the station, and got on the train from Hankou to Yanjing. After getting on the train, he sent a message to his girlfriend, saying that he was prepared to go to Yanjing this time.

Whether the audition is successful or not doesn't matter whether I return to Jiangcheng or not.

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This year's heat wave not only affected Jiangcheng, but also Hengdian, a small town in the south of the Yangtze River.

In Mingqingyuan, the filming crew of a costume drama.

What we were filming today was a group scene, in which various elder brothers brought Fujin into the palace to pay New Year greetings to the Queen Mother. This was a winter scene, and all the protagonists and supporting actors had to wear gorgeous cloaks to show their royal style.

Filming winter scenes in the summer is too common for the crew. However, it is a test for the actors. Because they were worried about wearing clothes, the crew could not use air conditioning. The crew specially purchased several large ice cubes to send air-conditioning inside through electric fans.

Even so, after one scene, all the actors were still wet from the inside out.

After the director shouted "click", the protagonists immediately had assistants help them change their clothes and served them ice-cold mung bean soup. Then they ran to the dressing room not far away, where several actors and actresses from Xiangjiang and a nanny van provided rest.

As some of the marginal supporting actors who also participated in this scene, they could only take off their cloaks and fold them up, then find the stage manager in charge of costumes and props, and hand them to him respectfully, in the hope that they could take off their makeup as early as possible.

Without being notified, they had no choice but to hide in the shade in the corner of the palace, fanning themselves with small fans, leaflets and even handkerchiefs for props.

"It seems that it is not easy for you to be actors. You have to wear such thick costumes on a hot day." An extra who played the role of a palace maid looked at the girl standing next to him and sighed with emotion. The palace maid could wear less.

Relatively cooler.

"I'm an actor, I only have a few lines in total." The girl showed a wry smile.

As the most inconspicuous fifth elder brother in this drama, Fujin only has a few scenes, and in the end he only has a name on the subtitles. Most of the time, he is used as a background board. Compared with these extras, he is not much better.

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"The actor named Jia Yue must be your classmate. I see she invited you to the dressing room. Why didn't you go?"

"She also put on makeup together with other people. It would be too crowded for us all to go in."

The girl shook her head helplessly. Although Jia Yue had just sent an invitation to herself, the girl knew that it was mostly showing off and not very sincere. Why should the girl go there to join in the fun?

Jia Yue plays the second female lead in this drama. When she was in high school, she played the role of a little fairy in the drama "Little Fish and Flowers". She became famous in costume dramas and not only signed a contract with Ciwen Media,

She is also equipped with her own full-time agent and assistant. It is said that she also has a rich second-generation boyfriend to protect her career.

Although Jia Yue followed her agent's instructions to keep a low profile and did not have a nanny car when she joined the crew for filming, she was able to enter the dressing room provided by the crew for the protagonists and enjoy the cool air from the air conditioner.

The girl waited for a while before being called by the stage manager to the large dressing room to remove her makeup. It took a while to remove the entire outfit from her head, and the girl also took the opportunity to cool down.

"Xiaoling, Teacher Chang Li just called you, and you called me without answering." It was Jia Yue who called.

"Teacher Chang's phone number?" The girl was a little surprised. She quickly took out her mobile phone from her pocket and pressed the power button to turn it on: "I just turned it off because I was afraid it would affect the shooting."

Jia Yue did not leave. She stretched out her hand to pull up a stool and sat next to the girl: "It's time for you to find an agent, otherwise you won't be able to contact her for many things. It's not very troublesome."

"My salary for this movie is only 8,000 yuan. How can I afford an agent?" The girl said perfunctorily to Jia Yue while waiting for her phone to turn on.

Jia Yue kept looking for reasons not to leave, and the girl had no choice but to call Teacher Chang Li.

"Hello, Teacher Chang...returning to Beijing?...I need to ask for a leave from Director Zeng. I don't know if I can get it...Can you please help me, thank you, teacher, please excuse me."

When the girl was on the phone, Jia Yue continued to chat with the actor next to her, but she kept listening.

"Xiaoling, Teacher Chang contacted you about a play?" Jia Yue's charming big eyes showed a trace of dissatisfaction.

The girl had not recovered from the news just now, and said truthfully: "I heard from Teacher Chang that it was a drama cooperating with Renyi, and there was a role in it that was very suitable for me."

Jia Yue looked her slightly green classmate up and down, and snorted in her heart: I'm afraid he is a middle school student.

"Congratulations. With this cooperation, maybe you will be able to get admitted to the People's Art School and your future will be bright." Although she was unhappy in her heart, Jia Yue still expressed her congratulations. After turning around and leaving, Jia Yue contacted her

Agent, ask her to find out the origins of the resources Chang Li helped contact this time.