This actor needs more money

In Legend of Sword and Fairy, Ding Xiu has a lot of roles, and the script is unprecedentedly thick.

As the male lead, he handled most of the martial arts scenes by himself. After joining the cast, he practiced martial arts routines every day. For him, an ordinary person would have been exhausted.

When I had nothing to do, I chatted with Li Lizhen, Xu Jingjiang, and Liu Yifei. Time flew by.

In March, the spring breeze was blowing, and the crew officially started filming.

"Sister Pei, are you here so early?"

Ding Xiu came to the dressing room on the set and happened to see actor Zheng Peipei coming out after putting on makeup.

This eldest sister is an old actress. She has filmed many movies over the years since her debut. A few years ago, she also played Mrs. Hua in Tang Bo Hu Dian Qiu Xiang.

She is too old to play the leading role, so she often plays a supporting role in major film and television dramas. This time she played the role of the grandmother from Fairy Island.

It was still an hour before the crew's scheduled start of work at eight o'clock. Ding Xiu didn't expect that she had already put on makeup.

You must know that under normal circumstances, the filming starts at eight o'clock, and the actors arrive at seven o'clock, leaving an hour of makeup time. Some don't come until 7:30 with less makeup.

Zheng Peipei said with a smile: "I can't sleep because I'm old, so you are very early."

When she went out in the morning, she saw Ding Xiu running. It was still dark at that time.

Not many young people can get up so early. In all her years of filming, she has never seen many like Ding Xiu.

Because Ding Xiu doesn’t get up so early every day or two, and joins the group for so many days, it’s basically like this every day.

"I'm used to it."

After chatting for a while at the door, the two parted. Ding Xiu went to put on makeup, and Zheng Peipei found a chair to sit down and rest. He didn't lean back on the chair and sat upright, so as not to mess up his makeup.

After a while, the actors arrived one after another.

The busiest time of the day for makeup artists comes.

"Come one by one, don't crowd me yet. There are too many people. Can you go out first?"

"Sister, can you do our artist's makeup first? She needs less makeup and can do it quickly."

"Little brother, I remember you weren't in the first scene, right? Can you step back a little and let us do the melting first?"

"sure, no problem."

Unknowingly, Hu Ge was squeezed out of the makeup studio and squatted by himself, planning to wait for the others to finish putting on makeup before going in.

His show was at around ten o'clock, so there was nothing for him to do this morning, so there was no rush.

When he saw the crew serving breakfast and there were boiled eggs available, he ran to get two of them.

At eight o'clock, the director came over. When he saw Hu Ge, who was still in casual clothes, he said with a dark face, "Why don't you put on makeup?"

Hu Ge smiled bitterly and said, "There were a lot of people inside just now, so I was waiting in line."

"Is the large number of people the reason?" The director refused to accept this trick and scolded him: "Since you know there are many people, why didn't you come earlier?"

"If I were to film your scene soon, would I have a whole crew of hundreds of people waiting for you?"

"The leading male can come so early, so you can't come earlier, right? You are young and have a bad temper..."

The director was so angry that Hu Ge couldn't laugh anymore and kept bending down to apologize.

In his mind, he greeted the eighteenth generation of the female ancestor who had jumped into his team before.

He was still young, just out of society, and didn't know that people's hearts were sinister. If he had known it was like this, he wouldn't have let it go no matter what.

When he was in school, he worked on the set during vacations. He also played some roles, big and small, but they were all small roles. The highest person he came into contact with was the assistant director.

At that time, I had to come to the set to put on makeup before dawn, and then there was a long wait for the starring role and the director.

This was the first time he encountered this situation today. He had good intentions and wanted to make a good relationship, but he didn't expect to be scolded by the director.

At this time, the actress who jumped into his team was talking and laughing about the script with others on the set.

After being scolded a lot, Hu Ge went in and queued up obediently. At this time, he had already begun to put on the makeup of the actor.

"How about you come first."

A girl in front of him said weakly.

She just heard that the second male lead was scolded badly.

"Thank you." Hu Ge was grateful, took a step forward, thought for a while, turned around and said, "Hello, my name is Hu Ge, and I play the role of Tang Yu Xiaobao."

The girl smiled and said: "Deng Jiajia, spider spirit."

Outside, Ding Xiu, who had put on makeup, was holding a sword in his hand. He was seen holding the sword flower and performing a few sword skills, which made the people watching applaud.

Liu Yifei's hands turned red.

After sheathing his sword, Ding Xiu put his sword behind him, turned his face to the crowd, and said in a low voice: "The sword is coming on the wind to slay demons. There is wine and joy in the world. Without wine, I am crazy. I drink a cup of rivers, and then drink and swallow." The sun and the moon, a thousand cups of drunkenness, can’t be drunk, but I am the wine-swordsman.”

Pushing the bangs in front of his forehead, Ding corrected himself and said, "The role of Jiujianxian is not bad, no worse than Li Xiaoyao. Lao Xie, play it well, maybe your career will take off in the second half of the year."

Lao Xie, who was named by Ding Xiu, chuckled: "It doesn't matter if you have a second career. At this age, you have already looked away. It's just a living. Now it's the world of you young people."

Ding Xiu came to his side, patted his shoulder and said, "Although you are a bit old, you are not without market. In a few years, when the audience gets older, their taste may change and they will like the uncle style."

Xie Junhao is forty years old, which is indeed a bit old in the entertainment industry. Ding Xiu heard that he is now acting in dramas and living a normal life.

In terms of personality, Ding Xiu got along well with him. Lao Xie also gave him guidance during the scene and helped him mark the changes in Li Xiaoyao's mentality in different periods, which benefited Ding Xiu a lot.

"I hope so." Xie Junhao sighed.

Ding Xiu wanted to say something else, but Liu Yifei gently poked his waist with his finger.

"what?"

"come over."

Liu Yifei took Ding Xiu aside, stood on tiptoes, covered his mouth with his hand, and whispered in his ear: "Uncle Xie Junhao is the Golden Horse Best Actor."

Every day she saw Ding Xiu and people of all ages, it made her sweat.

Xie Junhao, a drama actor, has been in the industry for more than ten years. Because he has been active on the drama stage all year round, he is not very famous. Even though he once defeated Zhang Guorong in Happy Together and won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor with the role of Thirteenth Prince of the South China Sea.

Unlike a star, this one is a real actor. Before he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, no one would have thought that he could beat Leslie Cheung.

But those who know him know that defeating Zhang Guorong is not an accident, it is inevitable.

Nanhai Shisanlang is a famous Cantonese opera arranger. In the early 1990s, his deeds were compiled into a drama and put on the stage.

At that time, the fledgling Xie Junhao began to play the role of Thirteenth Lang of the South China Sea for several years. During this period, he could not count the number of performances he performed.

Over the years, he has played this role more and more vividly, with every move, every word and every deed becoming more and more full-bodied.

Thirteenth Man of the South China Sea was adapted into a movie in 1997. Xie Junhao starred as the male lead and continued to play Thirteenth Man, but this time on the big screen.

Leslie Cheung filmed Happy Together for more than three months, and Junhao Xie has played Thirteenth Man thousands of times. It is no surprise that he won.

Liu Yifei knew this because during a movie appreciation class in college, the teacher specifically talked about the movie Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea.

Even Beidian teachers were full of praise for Xie Junhao's acting skills.

Hot air breathed into his ears, itching. Ding Xiu shrank his neck, picked out his ears and said, "Really? I didn't expect it."

He immediately turned around and came to Xie Junhao: "Old Xie, you even won the Best Actor Award."

Xie Junhao rolled his eyes: "You just know?"

He, the best actor, has no standing in front of Ding Xiu. He is always on the side of Ding Xiu, and he often teaches him how to shoot martial arts in an old-fashioned way.

"Disrespectful." Ding Xiu cupped his hands and said, "Then why are you so miserable?"

No wonder he didn't know him, Xie Junhao has always been in the theater, and he is not very well-known in the famous entertainment circles on Hong Kong Island, let alone in the mainland.

"If you can't speak, just speak less. What does it mean to be miserable? I don't have to worry about food and clothing now, okay?"

His dream was to play a drama, and he took on TV dramas and movies when he ran out of money.

It's not that he looks down on movies and TV dramas, these two things are really incomparable to dramas.

The TV series is shoddy and the movie is better, but this characteristic of NG can never be eliminated.

A play is different. When you get on stage, you have to act from beginning to end, playing out the life of a character. There are no NGs or retakes. The actors' acting skills and lines are very demanding. That's the enjoyment.

"I admire you, artist. Are you interested in joining our company? I guarantee you will earn at least 100,000 to 80,000 yuan a year."

Ding Xiu and Xie Junhao have acted opposite each other. This uncle's acting skills are very good. Qin Chao Entertainment is in a period of employment, so it can't always rely on him alone. It has to have a few people who can hold the scene.

Hearing this, several other actors in Hong Kong sneered. The mainland guy didn't know how big the world was, and he wanted to bribe an actor with only 180,000 yuan. Isn't it a bit fanciful?

Although there are many movie stars in Hong Kong, do you really think that the movie stars are nothing?

Earning 100,000 to 80,000 yuan a year, who do you look down on?

"I'll think about it." Unexpectedly, Xie Junhao did not refuse on the spot.

Everyone's jaw dropped.

He is not as noble as they think. Xie Junhao also wants to make more money, otherwise he would not come out to accept TV series.

The drama doesn't make money, and you can just live an ordinary life in Hong Kong Island, a high-cost place. If you want to live a better life, it won't be possible. The drama troupe is not run by his family, so he can't get a share of it.

What he wants is to find a fixed film and television company to cooperate with in the mainland, and spend a few months every year to film TV series to make money, and then go back to acting in plays.

In this way, you can not only ensure that you can do what you like, but also ensure your life.

It’s just that earning 100,000 or 80,000 yuan a year is indeed a bit less. Let’s talk about it later.

Ding Xiu is just an artist in the company. He doesn't have the final say. At most, he is just a go-between.

It's useless to say this now. You have to talk to their boss.

…

"All departments are prepared."

"Lighting, camera."

"The actors prepare."

The first scene was filmed by Liu Yifei on Fairy Island, where Li Xiaoyao asked for medicine and accidentally saw Zhao Ling'er bathing in the lotus pond.

In March, the weather was still very cold, and the crew couldn't get a pool of warm water. It was impractical to use hot water for such a large lotus pond. Not to mention it was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the filming only lasted a few minutes.

So, seventeen-year-old Liu Yifei trembled and went down.

This scene had a frontal shot and a long shot, so there was no need for a stand-in, so she had to do it herself.

"Why are there women's clothes here? They smell so good." Ding Xiu hugged a set of clothes on the shore and smelled it. He was very lsp, looking like a hungry ghost.

The director in front of the monitor laughed out loud: "Ding Xiu, you can't be like this when it's time for you to act."

In this scene without Ding Xiu, he was playing for Liu Yifei.

The effect of post-editing was that Zhao Ling'er and Li Xiaoyao on the shore were asking and answering questions, but it was not like this during filming. Instead, one person was filmed first, and the other person was filmed after the lines were said.

That is to say, when Liu Yifei spoke, he actually said to the camera that there was no one in front of him.

Worried that it would be difficult for her to act, Ding Xiu only acted and spoke from behind the camera.

Generally speaking, few rival actors do this because it is so thankless.

I didn't enter the country myself, and the camera didn't film myself. It was just giving advice to others and wasting my time. If I had the spare time, I might as well read the script twice more.

After making an OK gesture to the director, Ding Xiu continued to look at the lotus pond and said, "It's so beautiful. I have never seen such a beautiful woman."

In the lotus pond, with her back to the camera, her shoulders half exposed, and her white lotus-rooted arms playing in the water, Liu Yifei felt quite embarrassed when she heard Ding Xiu's lines.

If the cold water hadn't stung her whole body, her face would have turned red.

Without waiting for the director to remind her, she turned around and said, "Who is it? Is it Xiaohua?"

"I'm not a little flower."

When she heard a man's voice, she crossed her shoulders in panic and sank into the water: "Who are you and how did you get here?"

"I came here to ask for medicine. I accidentally entered the fairy sister's bath. Please forgive me."

Hearing Ding Xiu call him fairy sister, Liu Yifei almost laughed out loud, and said with a smile: "Don't come over here."

"I will never come here, Sister Fairy, and I will never dare to bully you. It's my aunt who is seriously ill..."

"Why did you take my clothes and threaten me to give you the elixir?"

"Turn around, turn your back to me, and walk away five feet, no, ten feet, farther away, and don't peek."

"Click, pass!"

As soon as the director's voice fell, Liu Yifei jumped out of the water and stood on the shore stamping his feet.

The water in the lotus pond was not deep, barely reaching her waist. She had been squatting before. If she hadn't been wearing makeup, her face would have been pale and her lips would have been blue.

After landing, Liu Xiaoli hurriedly brought towels and coats with a distressed look on her face.

Ding Xiu handed over his hot tea.

"Thank you, cousin." Liu Yifei took a sip of hot tea while trembling, and she felt much better.

"Drink more hot water and don't catch a cold."

Liu Xiaoli: "..."

He had been busy for a long time, but his daughter pretended not to notice, so Ding Xiu handed her a glass of water and kept thanking her.

After patting Liu Yifei lightly, Liu Xiaoli said: "What's your name, cousin? I told you, I'll call you uncle."

Liu Yifei smiled widely: "Oh, thank you, uncle."

"You're welcome." Ding Xiu was very satisfied with the title and reached out to touch her head. Then Liu Xiaoli knocked it off: "Don't touch the makeup you just put on. If it gets messy, you have to put it on again."

"Mom, it's okay."

"What do children know? Do you know how difficult it is to be a makeup artist? You don't want to trouble others, right?"

"I have something to do and I have to go back to Peking tomorrow. Remember, don't let uncle touch your hair, touch your clothes, or pinch your face. Sister, the makeup artist, has a hard time."

Ding Xiu: "..."

This is too much.

Seventeen years old, underage, what about him? Even said it in front of him.

But having said that, it seems that the two of them will be filming a wedding scene tomorrow, sleeping together, and a kissing scene.

It would be bad if Sister Liu was not here.