Millennium director

Hengdian.

This is a magical place where it is said that the devils killed can circle the earth several times in a year.

As the largest and most well-known film and television base in the country, Hengdian is only a county town, but most of the middle and low-level actors from the mainland gather here to make a living.

There are at least hundreds of crews filming here every year. Although most of them are TV series, it is a rare opportunity for the extras and young actors who work here to star in TV series.

Most ordinary extras will wait at the entrance of Hengpiao Hotel at seven or eight o'clock in the morning, and be picked up by crew buses one after another and taken to various film and television bases and film streets near Hengdian. , start the day's shooting work.

Ordinary group performances cost 80 yuan a day, group performances with lines cost 120 yuan a day, special group performances cost more than 200 yuan a day, and the most expensive special group performances cost several hundred yuan a day. These are most of the group performances living in Hengdian. income status.

It sounds good, at least the daily salary is higher than that of ordinary electronics factory workers.

But most extras don't get roles every day. It's pretty good if they can get roles for half a month.

Most of the extras are struggling at the bottom.

And on this ordinary and peaceful day, a piece of news broke the peace in Hengdian.

The whole Hengdian was stirred up.

Wu Yuan, a Chinese director who is one of the top directors in the world, the company he founded, Light and Shadow Media, wants to cooperate with the TV station to create an actor talent show.

And this program opens auditions for people across the country who love acting and have dreams of being an actor.

As long as you have not played the leading role in any star TV series or theater movie, you can sign up for the audition.

Once you pass the audition, you can participate in the recording competition of this program with 50 other contestants. Not only can it be broadcast on TV, but if you become the top three in the end, you can directly join the Light and Shadow Era and obtain Opportunities to star in 2 TV series and 1 movie!

In the next two years, Light and Shadow Era will create two TV series and a movie for the first, second and third place winners.

This condition may not be too deeply felt by students who are still in the ivory tower of colleges and universities. After all, they all believe that they will definitely enter the entertainment industry after graduation and have the opportunity to become a protagonist.

But in Hengdian, in this extremely realistic group performance circle, this is undoubtedly a pie-in-the-sky thing!

It’s a thrill for those veterans who have been in the industry for countless years and have experienced hardships and hardships. They know how difficult it is to get ahead as an actor.

There isn't much else in Hengdian, except for the golden supporting roles.

There are a large number of actors who often appear in TV series and movies and are familiar to the audience but often cannot name them. A large number of them are senior special actors from Hengdian!

They may have some unique images, or they may not have the resources and connections. No matter how hard they try, they can only be limited to important supporting roles in 3-5 episodes, and can no longer break through to the realm of real starring and supporting roles.

Now, the opportunity has come.

It's not even just them.

Some third- and fourth-tier actors who are currently filming in Hengdian and are younger than 28 years old are also motivated by the news!

"Liying, your chance has come!"

A certain crew in Hengdian had just finished filming. Zhao Liying, who had no other filming work in the morning, had not had time to sit down on the simple cloth chair she had used for seven years when she was grabbed by her excited agent.

"Liying, you must participate in this show!"

"You were able to win the championship of Director Feng's group in the "Yahoo Star Search" co-sponsored by Yahoo, Blue Whale Channel, and Huayi. Then you can definitely do it this time too!"

"What draft?" Zhao Liying asked doubtfully.

Her agent immediately thrust the phone into Zhao Liying's hand.

The agent's mobile phone QQ is being logged on to the screen of this latest smartphone.

In a chat group called "Hairun Film and Television Agents Group", they are busy chatting about the launch of auditions for "Actors Please Take Your Place", which has caused a sensation in the industry today.

It didn't take a while for Zhao Liying to finish reading the chat records and learn about the program "Actors Please Take Your Place".

"Actor's competition?" She frowned, "Can I enter?"

"Why not?" Zhao Liying's agent affirmed: "You are only 24 years old this year, so you are of the right age."

"I have never played a heroine in any film or television drama, which is consistent with this."

"You must participate!"

Although Zhao Liying won the championship of Feng Xiaogang's group with "Yahoo Star Search" in May 2006, she officially entered the entertainment industry and signed a contract with Huayi Brothers.

But in the past six years, she has only been able to play minor roles or small supporting roles in some TV series.

She can only be regarded as a big girl. She has been filming in Hengdian for six years. The biggest role she has ever played is the supporting actress five times in "Ouchi Xiaoshou" starring Xu Zheng. In "Zhu Ge Ge", she played the role of Qing'er in Chapter 7 or 89.

The embarrassing thing is that these two TV series have not started airing yet.

The impression she can leave on the audience now is just a small supporting role such as the maid in "Securing the Qingqiu", the supporting daughter in "A Dream", and the third daughter of the Tong family in "Golden Wedding".

Zhao Liying, who did not come from a major, even signed a contract with Huayi, but in the actor circle in the first decade of the 21st century, which still valued a bachelor's degree, she was not difficult to get along with.

There is only one such miracle like Wang Baoqiang.

Even if she and Wang Baoqiang signed with the same company, Huayi would not be able to recreate a second grassroots miracle in her.

Even after her contract with Huayi expired this year, Huayi did not take the initiative to renew the contract.

She had been working as a bit player in the industry for many years, and she had gotten to know some people in the industry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It was only after Jiang Wenli introduced her that she joined Hairun Film and Television and became an inconspicuous little actor in this company.

Hairun has domestic first-line actresses Sun Li and Jiang Wenli, and the emerging actor Wang Luodan is being promoted. There are not many resources for Zhao Liying.

She took the initiative to find the role of Qing'er in "The Return of the Princess", and after many auditions, she was chosen by Qiong Yao and given such an opportunity.

Under such circumstances, the agent assigned to Zhao Liying naturally wanted to try his best to create opportunities for Zhao Liying.

After all, her income is completely linked to Zhao Liying.

Originally, Zhao Liying's agent was in contact with Yu Zheng's team, hoping to get Zhao Liying an important supporting role in the TV series "Palace Locked Heart Jade", the sequel to "Palace Locked Heart Jade".

This kind of popularity has even produced sequels to phenomenal hit TV series. As long as the production level is above the standard, not to mention it can be a hit, it is still a high-quality project and can make Zhao Liying look good in front of the audience.

However, Zhao Liying's agent has now put this matter behind her.

She excitedly pointed to the still-lit phone screen and said firmly: "Liying, you must participate in this show!"

"You are experienced in talent shows, you can definitely do it!" (End of Chapter)