China Entertainment 1997

Beijing, the crew of "I'm Not the God of Medicine"

In a certain bun shop, Cao Xuan was wearing an old down jacket, with an unkempt beard and slightly greasy hair. He had a cigarette in his hand and looked impatiently at Zhang Songwen who was eating buns in front of him.

After the other party struggled to swallow a mouthful of steamed buns, and his expression was struggling unconsciously, director Wen Mu Ma, who was not far away, stepped up and called out. It was obvious that this shot was useless again.

"Sorry, let's do another one."

Zhang Songwen knew it was his fault, so he immediately raised his hand to apologize. The staff was about to hand over a drawer of steamed buns, but Cao Xuan stopped him.

"Slow down and take a rest before shooting."

"I'm fine..."

Zhang Songwen was afraid of delaying the filming, so he immediately indicated that there was no problem. Cao Xuan waved his hand: "This is several drawers long. Anyway, there are no other scenes today. It's not that urgent. Let's take a rest first."

After that, Cao Xuan communicated with the director, and then the director announced: "Have a half-hour break. Teacher Cao will treat everyone to a supper."

It's a bit annoying when work stoppages delay everyone's finishing time, but if someone treats someone to a late-night snack, it can still assuage most people's grievances.

In particular, Boss Cao has always been generous with his money. In the past, most of the treats cost more than 100 yuan per person, which is quite impressive.

"Thank you, Mr. Cao."

Zhang Songwen knew that Cao Xuan was rescuing him, and he was very grateful. Cao Xuan shook his head and joked.

"Don't have any late-night snacks, just take some digestive tablets."

"Ready."

Zhang Songwen took out the digestive tablets he had prepared in advance from his pocket. Regardless of the doctor's advice, he took out two pills and threw them into his mouth.

It can be seen from this that this is an old man who often hangs out with the crew, and he is not sneaky and knows how to prepare medicine in advance.

You know, in TV dramas and movies, many actors have seen eating scenes. The audience thinks it is very simple. You can make money by eating, and I can do it too.

But in fact, eating opera is also very particular.

In many table scenes, the audience found that the actors only talked but did not eat or simply held a few chopsticks, which looked fake.

This is because many of the dishes on the table are inedible, and because the actors have to do lines and dialogues, they are easily distracted while eating.

More importantly, a scene needs to be shot many times, and many shots have to be shot repeatedly. If you finish eating all the dishes, the table will be full of leftovers. The filming will not look good, and it will also affect the editing.

Many actors don't like to eat these props, because these dishes are not suitable for the camera, taste bad, and even have safety issues, so actors are unwilling to eat them.

However, there are some scenes that require actors to eat, which will test the skills of actors and directors.

The sketch "Eating Noodles" by Zhu Shimao and Chen Xiaoer is very vivid. It is difficult for the actors to film the eating scene in one go. In many cases, they have to film it multiple times.

It's okay once or twice, but if it happens more times, the actor can't bear it, but he still has to hold on and act like he's well-fed, which is a lot of psychological and physical torture.

Like Zhang Songwen today, the only really useful scenes were a few scenes of stuffing steamed buns, but for these few scenes, he ate more than 30 steamed buns in one night.

Moreover, he had eaten several bowls of noodles before. Although he didn't have to eat all the noodles, there were still a few bowls or two of noodles here and there. In addition to these more than 30 steamed buns, Cao Xuan was in a panic for him. .

Cao Xuan is also an actor. He has also filmed eating scenes like this, so he knows how difficult it is for an actor.

He is the boss with a big name. If he can't stand it, he can take the initiative to suggest a break, and no one dares to say anything.

Zhang Songwen is not good at it. He has a humble position and a low voice. No one can speak for him, so he has to grit his teeth and hold on by himself.

When Cao Xuan stopped eating 15 steamed buns, everyone said he was dedicated, even if he wanted to take pictures, he had to stop him. Zhang Songwen ate twice as much, and if he dared to delay everyone from finishing their work, some people would scold him for being pretentious, and just push him back on the spot. possible.

Everyone in the entertainment industry is trying their best to climb up, but sometimes it is not necessarily for money...

After calling his assistant and getting a hand warmer, Cao Xuan handed it to Zhang Songwen and motioned for him to apply it on his stomach.

"I have experience, this will make me more comfortable."

"Has this happened to you too?"

Cao Xuan nodded and played with the cigarette butts in his hand: "It seems to be when I was filming "When Men Are in Love". At that time, I was so young and risked my life that I was almost sent to the hospital for gastric lavage.

Later I learned that when filming, you should act according to your ability, your body is your own, and it is right to be dedicated, but you should not be pushy. "

"That's what you said."

Zhang Songwen nodded, but only he knew whether he heard it or not. Cao Xuan didn't say much. He also knew that he was talking while standing without pain in his back.

People in the arena involuntarily!

Comparing one's feelings with one's own, if it were Zhang Songwen, he might not dare to stop. Adult life is always full of compromise and forbearance.

Cao Xuan took action and even took the initiative to smooth things over for him, which was more practical than just talking nonsense.

Zhang Songwen was so full that Cao Xuan didn't want to talk to him to save him from discomfort, but Zhang Songwen took the initiative to chat with him.

"Mr. Cao, do you think my current condition is okay? Do you want to lose some weight?"

Judging from the actual appearance, Zhang Songwen is much older than Cao Xuan, but in fact, the real age of the two of them is that he is one year younger than Cao Xuan.

In the play, Cao Xuan pretends to be ugly and old. He doesn't have to deliberately pretend to be young. After all, he is a patient + a low-income person. It's normal to be older. However, in order to make him look sick, the director asked him to be thinner.

Zhang Songwen is about 175cm tall and usually weighs more than 130 kilograms. After receiving the invitation from the crew, he lost nearly 20 kilograms in a short period of time and currently maintains around 110 kilograms.

Director Wen Muye quite approved of it, and Cao Xuan thought it was okay, but he himself always thought about whether he should be thinner to fit the role.

"Normally everything will be fine. If you don't worry, we'll do a surprise attack on the death scenes."

Cao Xuan quite understood Zhang Songwen's mentality.

Speaking of which, the experiences of the two people are actually somewhat similar. They are both children from small places, with no abilities and struggling to survive.

Cao Xuan came to the capital to work after graduating from high school. Zhang Song graduated from a vocational high school in literature and worked many casual jobs. Finally, because he liked acting, he came to the capital to look for opportunities.

Cao Xuan was lucky to have a good face, and even more lucky to have been cheating in life and prospering.

Zhang Songwen, on the other hand, has an ordinary appearance. Although he was recently admitted to the Nortel Vocational School, it has not been smooth sailing. Instead, he has been working as a minor player for many years, and in the middle, in order to make a living, he changed his position as an acting coach.

To put it nicely, he has a lot of practical and theoretical experience, which can help the crew and actors.

It sounds a bit ugly, because I can't get any roles, so I can only make a living by doing this, and expand my network of contacts in order to make movies.

One thing to say is that the latter's experience is very common in the entertainment industry. The entire entertainment industry is full of chaos and frustration, and there are actors everywhere.

The difference is that Zhang Songwen does have real materials, and he never forgets his original intention and takes acting as his ultimate goal. Even when the acting director has already made a name for himself, he deliberately lowers the focus of his work because he is afraid that he will turn around and put the cart before the horse and no one will find him. He films.

The entire "I'm Not the God of Medicine" crew knows that he is Cao Xuan's hand-picked general.

Cao Xuan did not specifically intervene in the casting of "I'm Not the God of Medicine". The actors for the cast were all decided by director Wen Muye and the producers, and then sent to Cao Xuan for review. Those who agreed would nod, and those who disagreed would be replaced.

In the entire cast list, Cao Xuan rejected only one person, that is, the actor Lu Yiyi was replaced.

At that time, the director once wanted Zhang Ze, who had become popular after "Operation Red Sea", to take over the vacancy. Cao Xuan had no objection, but he did not expect that Lao Mouzi would personally appoint Zhang Ze to participate in the new film "One Second".

Even though "I'm Not the God of Medicine" has Cao Xuan, Lao Mouzi's first male lead in the movie is too tempting.

Zhang Ze obviously prefers that side. Cao Xuan and Wen Muye can't trade a supporting role for someone else's male lead.

So the producer strongly recommended Qin Hao, whom he liked, and took Cao Xuan and Wen Muye to watch his masterpiece "A Night Drunken with the Spring Breeze".

Then Qin Hao was not selected, Cao Xuan favored Zhang Songwen, and Wen Muye fell in love with Tan Zhuo, and even changed the originally selected female lead actress for this reason.

It is not an exaggeration to say that these two people are unknown in the industry.

Fortunately, Tan Zhuo has played several leading female roles, including many out-of-the-art works such as "Mr. Hello Tree" and "The Murderer". Although the limelight was robbed by Wang Baoqiang and Zhang Ze, he still has works. of.

Although Zhang Songwen has a good resume, he is basically a supporting role and has no special memory points. He is a real unknown person.

Even he himself didn't understand what Cao Xuan liked about him. Within two days of arriving on the set, he couldn't help but ask privately.

"I can tell fortunes, and I saw that you are not a thing in the pond, and will definitely be a late bloomer, so I came to help."

Zhang Songwen himself knew that Cao Xuan's words were a joke, but it still gave him a lot of encouragement, because no big shot had ever given him such high praise and expectations.

And Zhang Songwen himself knows very well that this drama may be his opportunity to leapfrog.

Not talking about Cao Xuan's impressions, just talking about the script and characters of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" as well as the attention from the outside world, Zhang Songwen knew that this was his best opportunity in more than 40 years.

That's why he racked his brains and tried his best to perform the play well. Firstly, he wanted to repay Cao Xuan for his support and support and did not want to embarrass him. Secondly, he also wanted to seize the opportunity to turn around.

"You mean..."

As a performance director, Zhang Songwen clearly understood what Cao Xuan meant, which was nothing more than some external stimulation.

From a performance perspective, this is a trick or even a lazy approach, but I have to say that sometimes it does work. Zhang Songwen used to be confident in his own strength, and he could do it without relying on these.

But this play is indeed too important. Even if Zhang Songwen believes in his own strength, he still wants to do his best.

"For patients who are approaching their end of life, if they want to feel depressed and weak, the best way is to stay up all night hungry. I don't need to teach you this."

No matter how powerful a person is, if he is starved a few times and is deprived of sleep for several days and nights, he will immediately turn into half human and half ghost without any need to perform.

However, this idea is too harmful to the body. In principle, Cao Xuan does not advocate it. However, if Zhang Songwen is really unsure, it is not impossible to do it once in a while.

"I understand."

This method is actually sometimes thought up by these performance directors, but few actors are willing to be so willing to do it, but this is no problem for Zhang Songwen.

If it comes to other skills, Zhang Songwen may still be a little hesitant, but to a certain extent, it can be regarded as dedication, and he is not guilty at all.

Looking at Zhang Songwen, who was honest and well-behaved, Cao Xuan felt a little appreciative, but also had a little weird emotion.

This guy wouldn't turn around and stab him in the back, right?

Gao Qiqiang in "Hurry Up" really didn't look like he was acting. When he was serving dinner before, he seemed to think that this guy loved to eat fish.

However, Boss Cao was quite calm. Even Gao Qiqiang, he pressed firmly.

On the dark side, when Li Zicheng of the Kinmen Group he played dominated Hong Kong, Gao Qiqiang was still selling fish in the market. On the white side, there is Qi Tongwei. This is not the idiot An Xin. He is a professional counterpart and is good at dealing with people named Gao.

If it doesn't work, use force to break it!

Even with the eagle eye, Cao Xuan bullies him. He doesn't even use martial arts vests such as Linghu Chong, Zhang Wuji, and Jiang Asheng. Just Ah Xuan from "New Police Story" or Chen Jun from "Hurricane Rescue" alone can pick their lair... …

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Cao Xuan was very low-key during the filming of "I'm Not the God of Medicine". During the filming, he only participated in one event, which was Penguin's staff meeting.

Penguin, which was founded in 1998, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, so Penguin has a big event here. As the largest shareholder, Cao Xuan was also invited to participate.

Boss Cao actually rarely shows up at Penguin, but when the company celebrates its 20th anniversary, Brother Ma sincerely invites him, and Cao Xuan cannot refute his face.

Penguin deserves most of the credit for getting him to where he is today. Cao Xuan still has feelings for this company.

Mr. Cao’s visit to “Goose City” quickly made the headlines!

As the most powerful Internet company at present, the relationship between Cao Xuan and Penguin has always been talked about. This rare "dream linkage" naturally aroused heated discussions among the people.

What's even more interesting is that Cao Xuan has also been sought after by countless employees in the Penguin Park. Many people are looking for photos and autographs, and even caused a certain amount of blockage and onlookers.

This is rare in a large company like Penguin!

After all, it is a well-known large factory, and the employees who can work here have relatively outstanding academic qualifications, income, and knowledge. Many of the most talented people from prestigious schools are just ordinary beings here.

In such an environment, top celebrities may not be taken seriously by them. Even if they come, everyone will just watch the fun and really chase stars.

Only those artists who are invincible among the people can cause a certain degree of sensation.

Here, those who are truly sought after and even worshiped are entrepreneurs, technology masters, and industry elites.

Cao Xuan, as for Cao Xuan, perfectly fits these positionings. In terms of nationality, killing all age groups, and business status, Xiao Ma and him have to drink with slightly lower glasses.

For Penguin employees, it may be a bit embarrassing to chase celebrities for photos and autographs, but chasing Cao Xuan means they will make a lot of money.

Under various auras, Cao Xuan, a major shareholder who has not always shown his face in recent years, is even more popular than Xiao Ma and others.

Especially when they heard that Cao Xuan was going to be on stage at the annual meeting this time to join in the fun, countless people ran to their boss, writhing and begging for tickets to the event.

This is Boss Cao’s “live concert”!

Leaving aside the time of "Longing for Life", since 2015, Cao Xuan has only sang "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" on stage at the 20th Annual Meeting of Stars in 2017.

When the news spread to the Internet, countless netizens cried with envy. There was even a popular meme like "Is it too late to resign and join Penguin?"

Even the social platform accounts of websites such as Alibaba and Baidu are crazy about lemons in Penguin’s comment area.

Of course, there are also those who are happy. For example, JD.com, Meituan, Box Games and other platforms that Cao Xuan has invested in are thinking about whether to invite Boss Cao to come over to "inspect the work"...

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