Entertainment From Divorce

Shencheng is located in northeastern China.

Fan Shan sat alone in the study, his brows furrowed and his eyes looking out the window in a daze from time to time.

At the Spring Festival Gala more than ten years ago, he accidentally said a wrong line due to too much pressure. From then on, he decided to stay away from the Spring Festival Gala stage forever.

No matter how many years old actors have attended the Spring Festival Gala, you can imagine the pressure they have to endure when faced with a national live broadcast. Whether it's eyes, expressions, or even a few seconds of pause, everything is fully presented to the audience.

There are many sketch actors like Fan Shan who, after finishing their performances, come off the stage and cry.

Later, I also performed some sketches on some small stages, but as I grew older, my creative ability declined significantly and I was unable to reach the previous heights. In order to no longer consume my image in the minds of the audience, I slowly faded out of the sketch industry.

By chance, one of his friends, who was a film director, played a small cameo role in the play while visiting the company.

Fan Shan was very famous back then. Once the movie was aired, it became an instant hit, and from then on he had the idea of ​​becoming an actor.

For a sketch actor, the first impression the audience has when seeing him is "joy", which has also led to many directors looking for him to play comedy roles in dramas.

In the era when comedies were popular, he did successfully transform and created many successful roles on the big screen.

However, comedy roles are not what Fanshan is pursuing. Looking at the roles he had played, he suddenly realized that they were no different from acting in sketches, so he decided to change his acting career and star in a "serious drama". No longer relying on jokes to please the audience, but relying on acting skills to penetrate people's hearts.

There is a saying in the industry that sketch and crosstalk actors do not need to be good-looking.

Fan Shan's appearance is relatively average. At that time, the selection of actors for domestic film and television works was gradually moving towards good looks. What's more, he was born as a sketch actor. Considering his impression in the audience, the director naturally did not dare to cast him lightly. try.

Fan Shan, who couldn't get the role, didn't give up. In desperation, he decided to start with small roles and gradually change his image in the eyes of the audience.

Fan Shan has always known what he wants, and every step he takes shows his ambition. He is very patient in his career as an actor.

Although the role was small, he played it with all his strength. Since then, he has created classic small roles. They are all low-level people with insignificant lives, but Fan Shan performed the essence of life.

Hard work pays off.

After several years of accumulation, the transformation was finally successful and he became an experienced actor.

Acting has long been a part of life, and it is his principle that he would rather not act than accept a bad movie.

Fan Shan withdrew his gaze and returned his attention to the script.

Recently, it has become popular in the group to hire veteran actors to film movies. He has also received many scripts, but the quality of the scripts is very poor, and none of them can meet his requirements.

The only thing I could read was the script in my hand. It came from Tianjing Entertainment Company and starred the hero's father.

I have read the script once, and although it is generally good, it is absolutely impossible for it to become a hit drama.

Moreover, the plot of this drama is relatively redundant, and many plot designs are meaningless at all. It is obvious that it is just to make up the length.

After thinking about it for a while, Fan Shan put the script aside. The more he read it, the more dissatisfied he became with it.

‘Ring ring ring, ring ring ring. ’ The mobile phone placed in the living room suddenly rang.

Fan Shan doesn't like to carry his mobile phone with him. He always puts it on the coffee table in the living room when he is at home.

Fan Shan took off his reading glasses and walked out of the study in a leisurely manner. He picked up his cell phone and saw a call from Beijing.

"no impression."

He has seen many cases of elderly people being defrauded on the news, so he rarely answers unknown calls and is prepared to hang up.

But then I thought that my son was in the capital.

His son had been busy with work and hadn't contacted him for a while, so Fan Shan wondered if the call was from his son who had changed his mobile phone number. If it's not your son's call, just hang up.

After making the decision, Fan Shan answered the phone and asked, "Hello! Who is this?"

"Hello! I am Qian Tao, are you Teacher Fan Shanfan?"

"I don't know you, hang up." In Fan Shan's memory, there was no such person at all, and he thought it was a scam call.

Qian Tao hurriedly said: "Wait a moment, Teacher Fan, I am the director of the TV series department of Bright Entertainment Company. You can check my relevant information online, Qian Tao, money money, rough waves."

"Hey, the scam calls nowadays are really serious. They think they are an entertainment company. You dialed the wrong number. My name is Tan Yue."

"Your phone number was given to me by Teacher Liang Gaobo." Qian Tao explained again, for fear of hanging up the phone. The Liang Gaobo he mentioned was an old friend of Fan Shan's circle for many years.

"Are you really from Bright Entertainment?" Upon hearing his old friend's name, Fan Shan's thoughts of hanging up the phone immediately disappeared.

"I didn't lie to you, Teacher Fan, I am the department director of Bright Entertainment Company."

"What do you want from me?"

Fan Shan was very confused. He had no contact with Bright Entertainment Company, so how could he suddenly find him, and the other party was also a director.

"I am in charge of the company's TV drama department. I have a script in my hand now. The characters are very suitable for you. I hope you can come over and try out the play." Qian Tao continued: "If you don't have time now, we can wait. you."

"TV drama?"

"Yes."

As an actor, he certainly knows the influence of Bright Entertainment Company in the industry, having produced many hits. Especially Tan Yue's drama, he likes it very much.

The dramas produced by Bright Entertainment are generally relatively reliable. For example, the recent "Hurry Up" is a phenomenal work that has attracted the attention of the entire industry.

Thinking that I have been worrying about finding a script recently, I started to feel a little shaken.

Qian Tao on the other end of the phone was afraid of Fan Shan's rejection and said: "The quality of this script is absolutely guaranteed. I can vouch for it. You can rest assured in this regard. The character is also very compatible with you and is very suitable for you."

Since it is Mr. Tan's choice, of course there is no problem.

Fan Shan became more and more excited and said, "I can try it."

"when do you have time?"

"I've been at home all the time recently. I can do it anytime. But I'm in Shencheng now. It will take me some time to get there."

Qian Tao immediately became excited. After all, it was the task given by Mr. Tan, and said: "Let's set it in three days. Do we need to send someone to pick you up?"

"No, no need." Fan Shan refused: "I can go there by myself."

"No problem. When the time comes, you can tell me your arrival time in the capital, and we will send someone to pick you up at the airport."

"good."

This time Fan Shan did not refuse.

Three days later.

A commercial vehicle stopped in front of the Bright Entertainment Company.

"Teacher Fan, this is our Bright Entertainment Company."

Fan Shan got out of the car and felt a little shocked when he looked at the brilliant entertainment company in front of him.

He has heard that there are only three entertainment companies in the domestic entertainment industry that have the strength to own independent office buildings, and the building of Cuican Entertainment Company is the most magnificent. This is also his first time to visit such a large entertainment company.

"Teacher Fan, please come inside." This person was sent by the public relations department to pick him up at the airport.

Fan Shan said embarrassedly: "The bag is a bit heavy, so let me carry it."

He also wanted to take this opportunity to see his son and his family, so he brought many specialties.

"It's okay, Teacher Fan, I'll just come, please come in!"

Fan Shan was led by the staff to the reception room of Bright Entertainment Company.

"Teacher Fan, please drink some water. Please wait a moment. Mr. Qian will be here soon."

Fan Shan nodded "Yes".

All the way here, I took a plane and a car. At this age, I can't stand it anymore, and I am a little tired both physically and mentally.

There was a short wait.

The conference room door opened.

"Mr. Qian." The staff introduced: "This is Teacher Fan Shanfan."

Fan Shan has also stood up.

"Hello, Teacher Fan! This is Qian Tao who called you a few days ago."

"Hello, Director Qian!"

The two shook hands.

"Teacher Fan, please sit down." Qian Tao arranged, "Pour some more water for Teacher Fan."

"Thanks."

"Thank you for your hard work along the way."

"As actors, we are used to this kind of life of flying around. I had never noticed it before. This time I came here and suddenly realized that I was really old and my body was not as strong as before."

"You are in very good health for your age. Many people I know are not as good as you."

The two sat and chatted.

Fan Shan said: "I'm so sorry. I didn't know it was you that day and thought you were a scam caller."

Qian Tao responded with a smile: "It doesn't matter. Now that information leaks are so serious, I receive all kinds of sales calls every day. It's a good thing to be aware of precautions."

"There are too many examples of being deceived now, especially the elderly. They can't distinguish these types of calls at all, which almost delays important events."

"It's my fault for this. I was too anxious. I should have asked Teacher Liang to call you first to let you know."

"After hanging up the phone, Lao Liang called me. He also advised me to seize this opportunity and said that your company's dramas are very good."

"It should be an honor for us to have you."

The two drank tea and chatted for half an hour.

Fan Shan asked: "Director Qian, when are we going to audition?"

"I was having so much fun chatting with Teacher Fan that I almost forgot about the real thing." Qian Tao stood up and said, "Teacher Fan, come with me."

After a tiring journey, he wanted to give Fan Shan more time to rest.

"This bag."

Although there is nothing valuable in the bag, it is all for his son.

Qian Tao said: "Put the bag here for now. The staff at the party will bring it to you."

"thank you!"

Fan Shan followed Qian Tao out of the reception room. He thought he was going to try out a play and didn't think much about it.

Although he said he was going to audition, Fan Shan was thinking about the script.

He just asked when the audition was going to take place. The implication was that he wanted to read the script first and was worried that the audition would be too hasty and he would not be able to accurately control the characters.

The quality of Bright Entertainment's scripts is notoriously high in the industry, and even if it is not Tan Yue's drama, it will be widely praised.

Therefore, Fan Shan valued this opportunity very much, otherwise he would not have traveled all the way from Shencheng to the capital by plane at his age.

"Teacher Fan, please!"

As the elevator door opened, the two people stepped onto the elevator, and Qian Tao pressed the button for the eighth floor.

Fan Shan was about to ask about the script, but gave up after thinking about it carefully. Each crew has different standards for selecting actors, and I thought that I might directly specify the performance situation and test my on-the-spot reaction.

‘Ding dong. ’

The elevator came to the eighth floor.

"Teacher Fan, please come this way!"

Qian Tao stopped at the door of an office and knocked gently.

"Come in."

Qian Tao opened the door and made a gesture of invitation.

Fan Shan thought it was a trial scene, but after entering, he realized that the scene in front of him was different from what he had imagined, and he was stunned.

This is an office, very big.

As an experienced actor, Fan Shan is familiar with many big directors and bosses in the industry and has seen many offices, but this is the first time he has seen such a big one. The simple decoration style inside reveals exquisiteness.

There is a person sitting in front of the computer at the desk.

"This person looks a bit familiar." Fan Shan looked at the person sitting in front of the computer, his brain spinning rapidly. He had never seen him before, but he felt very familiar.

Just as he was recalling it carefully, he heard Qian Tao next to him say: "Mr. Tan, Teacher Fan is here."

The expression on Fan Shan's face instantly changed from confusion to surprise. He never expected to see Tan Yue directly.

"Teacher Fan, thank you for your hard work on this journey." Tan Yue stood up and said hello.

Qian Tao introduced: "Teacher Fan, this is Mr. Tan of our company."

"Hello, Mr. Tan!" Fan Shan hurriedly stretched out his hand and said, "I've been hearing your name for a long time, and I finally have the honor to meet you today."

Tan Yue said humbly: "You are so grateful. Compared with seniors like you, I am still far behind."

"There are no old-timers. They just came into contact with this industry early. Compared with you, they are insignificant."

"Teacher Fan, please sit down."

The three of them sat on the sofa, while Qian Tao watched the tea being poured.

Tan Yue said: "Has Mr. Qian told you about the TV series?"

"I told you that there is a role that is suitable for me. I am so old, and I didn't expect that your company would like it." Fan Shan seemed a little cautious.

"Our company's selection of actors has nothing to do with age. As long as they are suitable, that is the most important thing."

Fan Shan smiled and nodded. He had heard about the standards used by Bright Entertainment Company to select actors.

Qian Tao on the side said: "Teacher Fan, let me tell you the details of this drama. This drama is written and directed by Mr. Tan. I invite you here because I want you to play the male lead in the drama. "

Each surprise made Fan Shan unable to react for a while.

Is Mr. Tan writing and directing this drama?

Are you still the male lead in the play?

Fan Shan felt like he was dreaming, and it was a beautiful dream.

Although he has the label of an old actor, he rarely gets scripts with the male lead. After all, given his age, who would like to watch a TV series starring an old man?