This actor needs more money

Ding Xiu was coming, which Huang Bo didn't expect.

It was because Ding Xiu was busy filming, that he didn't bother him, and unexpectedly he even made a special trip.

Quite touching.

All of a sudden, Huang Bo straightened his waist a lot, with a smile on his face.

The director also laughed. Why do we need to hold a premiere before the movie is officially released? It is not the last wave of publicity.

Invite media reporters, film critics, and colleagues in the entertainment industry to come over and support us, and everyone will help promote it after we return.

The more guests that come, the greater the reputation, and the better the repeat publicity effect.

Huang Bo is just a supporting character in this drama, and he is very loyal to call everyone from his company over.

One after another, Qin Gang, Qin Lan and others from the company also arrived and presented flower baskets one after another.

Qin Lan looked around and asked, "Brother Xiu isn't here yet?"

She didn't have much interaction with Huang Bo. Today she mainly wanted to meet Ding Xiu. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time.

"No, it should be soon." Huang Bo also knew something about Ding Xiu and said perfunctorily.

Qin Lan said: "Then I'll wait for him."

Qin Gang advised: "Go in and wait. Today is a good day for the film to be released. Don't join in the fun here."

Qin Lan is not a starring role, nor is he a guest star, what is the matter standing at the gate and yelling.

If we quarrel with Ding Xiu later, everyone will look bad.

"All right."

With a slight hum, Qin Lan did not insist.

After the two of them entered, media people attending the premiere continued to arrive. What Huang Bo didn't expect was that Wu Jing also came.

The two met only a few times, at Ding Xiu's house, and never saw each other again.

Who would have thought that Wu Jing would actually come to support him? Huang Bo couldn't help but cast his eyes on the director and the leading actor, wondering if they were the ones who invited him.

"Brother Bo, congratulations, it's a big hit at the box office."

A long way away, Wu Jing waved his hand and said cheerfully.

"Thank you for coming. Please come inside. I'm a little busy right now. I'll treat you all later."

"It's okay, you're busy."

When Wu Jing spoke, the director and the leading actor were shocked. They didn't expect that it was directed at Huang Bo.

Ding Xiu, Qin Lan, Wu Jing, and Huang Bo have quite a few friends.

Unlike Wang Baoqiang, a young man who has only been around for a short time, Wu Jing has been around for a long time. He was very popular in the early years. He filmed several movies and established himself as a Kung Fu boy.

If he hadn't gone to Hong Kong Island to develop in the past few years and his popularity in the mainland has declined, his popularity would be no worse than Ding Xiu.

Putting his hands in his pockets, Wu Jing walked in leisurely and found an empty seat to sit down.

He didn't come here on purpose, it was just a coincidence. He had just come out of his teacher Wu Bing's house. He saw a lot of excitement when he passed by and saw that it was Huang Bo's movie, so he came over, wondering if he could meet Ding Xiu later.

The plane was delayed, and Ding Xiu arrived relatively late. He was stuck and almost missed it.

He came up and shook hands with Huang Bo, and the two hugged.

"Old Huang, that's not interesting. We agreed that the movie would be released for everyone to watch, but if Bao Qiang hadn't said it, I wouldn't have known about it."

"Blame me, blame me, don't explain, I will punish myself with three drinks at the table."

"Director Ning, I have long admired your name."

"Hello, Teacher Guo."

"Hello, hello, I have also admired your name for a long time, and I have the opportunity to work together."

"Then I'd like to thank Director Ning first."

Standing at the door, Ding Xiu exchanged a few words with the director and the leading actor.

When it was time, seeing that no one was coming, everyone went in together.

In the middle of the aisle, Wu Jing ran out to greet Ding Xiu and followed him to the front row.

"Didn't you shoot the black fist? Are you done?"

"That was so long ago. The filming has been completed long ago and it will be released on Hong Kong Island next month."

"Hong Kong Island is too far away. Don't call me during the premiere."

"Would you like to be so realistic? Okay, if you don't want to go, I won't go, but you have to come when it's shown in the mainland."

Ding Xiu calculated the time. It will be released on Hong Kong Island next month. It will be delayed by at least half a month and a month in the mainland. By then, the filming in Shanghai Beach will be almost finished.

"That's right. What's the relationship between us? Can you please let me know about this little thing? Let me know when the time comes."

Arriving at the front row, Ding Xiu glanced at the empty seats. Yang Mi waved her hand, motioning for her to go over. Wang Baoqiang's side was also empty.

But he still chose Qin Lan's side.

Qin Gang sat next to Qin Lan, and Ding Xiu said: "Old Qin, do you have any eyesight?"

"Okay, sir, sit down."

Qin Gang got up obediently and found a new position. When he turned to look over again, he saw Ding Xiu leaning on him, talking and laughing with Qin Lan in a low voice.

I don’t know what they were talking about.

On the stage, director Ning Hao talked about the original intention of filming Crazy Stone, the creation of the script, and the efforts of the actors.

The love was so deep that his eyes were red.

It was so difficult to shoot this movie, and it was stillborn many times.

It's all the fault of funds.

If it weren't for Andy Lau's support, Crazy Stone wouldn't have been released.

So Ning Hao on the stage kept mentioning Liu Dehua and expressed his sincere gratitude.

Next to Huang Bo, Wang Baoqiang whispered: "I didn't realize that Director Ning is still a sweetheart."

Huang Bo curled his lips, looked around secretly, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Nonsense, Liu Dehua invested millions. Who wouldn't love such a financier dad?"

"But this is not the reason why Director Ning keeps thanking me."

Liu Dehua's investment in crazy stones is a business behavior. Putting aside his personal aura, this is a very normal investment.

Their investment was not in vain, they added people to the crew, and the third male lead was recommended by Andy Lau's company.

In terms of emotion and reason, Ning Hao would not be grateful to this extent.

"Then why?" Wang Baoqiang didn't understand.

"Because when Andy Lau was investing, he also smoothly brought Director Ning into the Asia Rising Star Director Program, making him the first mainland director to join."

"What guide?"

"Asian Rising Star Director." Huang Bo explained: "Liu Dehua is the initiator. This project is mainly for all Asia and is specially created for directors who have little talent and no money to film."

"After entering, if you have a good script in the future, you can apply to the organization. If the script is approved, they will give you funding and investment..."

The most difficult thing about being a director these days is lack of money.

Especially for new directors who are not good at making commercial films, many investors are reluctant to invest in them.

Because you can’t make money, there is a high chance of losing money in all likelihood.

Some directors always want to make masterpieces that will be remembered for generations, to compete in Cannes, and to compete for Oscars. They can choose whatever bold themes they want, and they call it art.

No consideration is given to the feelings of the box office market and investors.

People invest money in your movie to make money, not to lose money.

Businessmen are profit-oriented. They only care about profits. As for whether you win an award or not, they don't care about your score. You just won an Oscar, but the box office results were dismal, and they still scold you.

Therefore, new directors are generally not welcome.

But it’s no good if the movie is all about making money. It deviates from the original intention and still needs to be artistic.

After comprehensive consideration, Andy Lau established an Asian Rising Star Director Program, spending part of the money every year to train young directors.

Overall, this is a great thing for the directing industry.

Ning Hao went in, it would be strange to be unhappy.

Huang Bo felt that if he were Ning Hao, he would kowtow to Liu Dehua twice.

…

"What the heck!"

"Hahaha!"

After the movie started, the scene became quiet. Ding Xiu didn't talk to Qin Lan anymore, and the two of them concentrated on watching the movie.

A small-budget movie with an investment of three million made everyone laugh out loud at the beginning.

The international thief from Hong Kong Island has just appeared. He wears earrings, sunglasses, chewing gum, and is very stylish in a leather coat.

Then, he was fooled by the black man played by Huang Bo in just three seconds.

He stretched out his hand to hail a taxi. Huang Bo stood behind him, blindfolded him and said something.

"Guess who I am."

While he was blindfolded, his accomplices had already taken away the international thief's suitcase.

When he came back to his senses, there was nothing left in front of him. He took off his sunglasses with a confused look and said, "I'll knock your socks off."

Crazy Stone has a lot of laughs, basically coming every few minutes, and the people at the scene were made to laugh.

Perhaps because of his familiarity, Ding Xiu pays more attention to Huang Bo. The black skin he plays is also very exciting. He is obviously a supporting role, but he is no worse than the protagonist.

He contributed a lot of the laughs.

For example, after their group of thieves changed their equipment, this guy adjusted his suit and said, "Did you see it? The brand is Baleno."

When he spoke, he spoke in Qingdao dialect.

Combined with the messy hair and sloppy face, it's as funny as you want.

Qin Lan couldn't help but laugh and said: "Why did the Baleno brand offend the director and be ruined like this?"

Baleno is quite good in the market, and the people who buy this brand are all elites. Now that the black men are messing with it, sales will plummet in the future.

Ding Xiu joked: "Maybe it's because we didn't reach an agreement on advertising placement."

Promoting Baleno in this way does not seem like a deal.

In addition to Huang Bo, there are many actors in the crew who can wear this suit, and the effect will definitely be very good.

It's just that the director gave Huang Bo plastic surgery for comedy effect.

"Hey, Brother Dao, I haven't eaten for several days. You should think of something quickly."

"You figure it out yourself."

"Ah! What can I do, Brother Dao, hey, hey, hey, you code the one next door..."

Huang Bo contributed a lot of laughter in this drama. In the sewer, it was just an ordinary phone call, but a national curse immediately made the audience burst into laughter.

Listening to the laughter around him, Huang Bo also laughed.

I just feel that everything was worth it when I was so tired and miserable.

After filming for several months during the crazy period, his salary was 10,000 yuan, an average of more than 2,000 yuan per month, and less than 100 yuan per day, which was ridiculously cheap.

You know, for less than a hundred yuan a day, this kind of price is a slightly better treatment for extra performers in Hengdian.

But he is a supporting role and has a lot of lines every day. He needs to run on the street, climb over walls, and drill into sewers.

Especially the scene of going into the sewer, and the scene where he just made a phone call, he almost vomited while filming it.

At that time, the makeup artist was nowhere to be found. In order to save money, the director directly applied mud from the sewer to his face and head.

The smell of sewers is unpleasant to begin with, not to mention the sludge that has accumulated over the years. One smell will make you vomit.

After filming the scene that day, he didn't even eat when he went back and almost vomited bile.

"Brother Bo, you're awesome. I didn't expect your acting skills to be so good."

After the movie was played, Wang Baoqiang applauded and said to Huang Bo with a smile.

"Baoqiang, I don't like hearing what you say. What do you mean you didn't expect it? I've always been like this."

"Brother Bo, you can't blame me. I haven't watched your show for a long time. After all, you haven't had much show in the past two years."

When it comes to hurting people, Wang Baoqiang also does it one way or another.

In fact, he had seen Huang Bo's play, when everyone was still living in the same courtyard.

It seemed like I was told to get in the car and go. It was Huang Bo's first time filming in his life.

He also spoke a dialect in the play, and his hairstyle was somewhat similar to today's scene.

At that time, he felt that Huang Bo was very talented in acting, which was amazing. He was not a professional actor, how could he act so well for the first time.

Comparing it with himself, he was severely beaten at that time.

But today's Huang Bo is stronger than a few years ago. A layman can watch the excitement, and an expert can watch the door. In the crazy stone, Huang Bo's rhythm, facial expressions, eyes, and tone all have his own style.

This kind of situation usually only happens to veteran actors who have been filming for many years.

For example, there is a scene on the rooftop where the gang is discussing something. Huang Bo, who has no lines, is walking around with a hammer in his hand and food on his lips.

That's called a scene-stealer.

There are obviously no words and he has done nothing, so your eyes will follow him subconsciously.

When watching a movie, I look forward to what funny words he will say next and what kind of surprise he will bring to everyone.

Huang Bo: "..."

"Keep your guard up, you've become a bad boy."

"Brother Bo, don't accuse me wrongly. Don't you know who I am?"

"How was the chat with your assistant, Xiao Rong? Is there any progress?"

"Haha, it's okay. If something good happens, I will notify everyone as soon as possible."

After watching the movie, there was a question and answer session. Ding Xiu also received a microphone and asked about his experience watching the movie.

"It's a very enjoyable film, relaxed and cheerful. To be honest, I laughed from the beginning to the end. I highly recommend viewers to watch it..."

The schedule for Crazy Stone was not high, so in order to help win over some viewers, Ding Xiu also boasted and tried his best.

Those who didn't know thought he was the leading actor, and director Ning Hao was so moved.

Ding Xiu worked so hard to help Huang Bo. He had a hunch that this film would become a hit.

Huang Bo's performance in the movie is so good, he will definitely become popular as well. This is an opportunity.

Just like Wang Baoqiang's blind shaft back then, it took off immediately.

At such an old age, Huang Bo can't survive for a few more years. If he can't become famous again, he really has no chance. From now on, he can only play a supporting role and barely make a living.

He was obviously so talented and his acting skills were so good, but as a friend, Ding Xiu didn't want him to be buried like this.

After the movie was played, the director thanked each one one by one.

"Ding Xiu, I really want to thank you today."

"Director Ning, you're welcome."

"Let's leave our contact information and I'll find you if I find a suitable role in the future."

"OK."

"Don't leave in a hurry and have a drink. I heard from Huang Bo that you are a good drinker."

"The drink is okay."

"Huang Bo, greet me."