I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 102: Fighting against one's own people? (22)

Shen Liang raised his phone: "I checked Xu Bule, he is known as Wanwan Charlie Chaplin?"

"Yes, he is very popular in Taiwan... After "Joker", his salary soared to 260 million Taiwan dollars. At that time, buying a house in Taipei only cost one or two million Taiwan dollars..."

After a pause, Ng Man-tat continued, "In 1985, Xu Lebao's body collapsed after three years of continuous filming day and night. He felt hopeless about life and refused any treatment... Xu Lebao's death made Zhu Yanping, who had the same rebellious spirit as him, completely give up. After persisting for another 15 years and filming more than 100 films, she finally gained freedom as the Taiwanese film market completely shrank."

At this point, Wu Mengda continued: "The other day Xiao Shen shared with me the trending searches on Weibo, and then lamented that the entertainment industry is really chaotic now. I told him that it was even more chaotic in the past!"

"The entertainment industry now is full of cheating, unspoken rules, gang control, kidnapping, drugs, and even rape and murder... In comparison, our living environment is much better!"

There is no need to say much about these two people.

"Uncle Tat, can you talk about Stephen Chow? We are really curious, why did you suddenly stop working together? Is it because of schedule conflicts? Or is it because of grudges?"

"The schedule is not that important..." Wu Mengda sighed and said seriously: "I have no grudge against Xingzai, it's just that we are at different levels!

He used to be at the same level as us, but now he makes more money, so maybe the friends around him are different.

He has his friends, but they are not ordinary people. They are super rich and spend hundreds of thousands on a bottle of wine.

The people around you must be different at different stages.

Xingzai and I are still friends, just like all my classmates in elementary school were friends, but we all went our separate ways and we haven’t seen each other for decades!

Do you know that Charlene Choi’s father was my elementary school classmate? I couldn’t recognize him until he came over and talked for a long time before I remembered that his name was "Flat-headed Cabbage".

It's not wrong to forget about old ties. Who says that when Sing Zai makes a movie, he must include me? I'm really not his dad... He is my dad! "

Shen Liang helped to add: "When filming "He Came from Jianghu", the main selling point of the show was the contrast, the anti-East Asian ethical setting of 'the son is like the father, and the father is like the son'. Uncle Da, who played Zhou Xingchi's father in the play, was often scolded and bullied by Zhou Xingchi, forming a kind of contrasting funny material..."

"To promote the show, Uncle Tat simply acknowledged Stephen Chow as his godfather. This extraordinary move of 'an elder acknowledging a teenager as his godfather' overturned the perception of Hong Kong people at the time and became a laughing stock. In the following years, it actually added a humorous but cruel layer to the comedy of the Zhou and Wu duo."

Wu Mengda nodded: "That's true... When I came to participate in the program, Xiao Shen told me that he would definitely talk about Xingzai, so I said that in fact, I can be where I am today thanks to his support..."

Shen Liang continued: "When I was on the set, after filming, I often had dinner with Uncle Da and talked a lot. He also shared a lot of experiences with me... He was afraid that I would go astray..."

Wang Han: “Really?”

Wu Mengda nodded: "Because I became famous when I filmed "Chu Liuxiang" a long time ago. At that time, I went to Wanwan to promote it and stayed in a hotel. When I opened the door, a group of beautiful girls were waiting for me at the door..."

"Can you control yourself?"

"I couldn't control myself... I was very young at that time, absurd, arrogant... I was living a life of drunkenness and debauchery... I was very worried that Shen Liang would go down that path... But he said to me, 'Uncle Da, times have changed. You used to promote a movie for a year, but now I have taken on three movies, so I don't have time to go down the wrong path...'..."

"Is Shen Liang serious in the crew?"

"Well, he is like me, he sorted out the script in advance and did not bring the script when filming... and he is very good at learning..."

"I heard that he stole the skills of many actors?"

"Yes... but because it's our first time shooting a science fiction film, we don't know how to act in many scenes, so we have to hand ourselves over to the director at this time... The premise is that you trust the director and feel that he will carefully shape you..." "So are you very confident in the director of "The Wandering Earth"?"

Wu Mengda nodded: "Very relieved, in fact, I joined the crew very early, and watched them work on it for more than a month before they officially started filming. I think Guo Fan has a sense of mission, which is what distinguishes him from Hong Kong directors. He is determined to make "The Wandering Earth" well, even if it doesn't make money..."

Shen Liang interrupted: "Uncle Da once told me that when acting, one must have a righteous heart and sincere intentions. When you receive a role, don't think that you will become famous after playing it. You must do your homework, do a good job of character logic analysis, and then sort out the logic of the script..."

Yang Di: "Did you hear that?"

"Well, so, I watched an episode of "Mars" where Liu Wei accused a certain actor... I took out the TV show and watched it,"

Liu Wei was stunned for a moment: "When did I accuse..."

"You said this with Teacher Xue Zhiqian..."

"Oh…"

Yang Di was very sensitive and noticed something: "You watched the play once, and then what?"

Shen Liang was merciless: "Brother Liu Wei's acting is really bad. You can't say that you have no vision just because he is popular now... He is a national first-class actor... There are basic requirements for actors' acting skills. Is this wrong?"

In a previous episode of "Mars", Liu Wei, Xue Zhiqian and Shen Mengchen accused a senior actor of deleting their scenes...

Liu Wei said, "In a play he was supposed to play the second male lead, and he thought he would become famous and a movie star through that play. But he never expected that after he had been acting for a day, a big shot on the set said, "Hey, kid, why don't you learn something else but learn to steal the show." Then Liu Wei's role was gone, and he went from being the second male lead to the eighth male lead."

Xue Zhiqian said, "I also worked with him on a play. It was originally going to have three major scenes, and the characters were very outstanding and very good, but it was also deleted by the big star..."

They are talking about Lin Yongjian!

At first glance, I thought this senior was really arrogant.

Actually... Lin Yongjian was just responsible for the play. To be honest, Liu Wei and Xue Zhiqian's acting skills are more awkward than each other, and they have to play the leading male and the second male...

Deleting their scenes is a way of being responsible to the work!
Xue Zhiqian interrupted: "You mean our acting is not good?"

"Do you think it's good?" Shen Liang looked at Jin Xin: "Sister Jin, please say something fair!"

Jin Xin was puzzled: "I don't know what you are talking about..."

Wang Han approached her and explained. Jin Xin immediately said, "I know Lin Yongjian. He is an actor who is extremely responsible for his work. Since he said that, it must be that your acting skills did not meet his standards!"

Xue Zhiqian was not convinced: "But the director said the play I designed was very good!"

Shen Liang was speechless: "Don't you guys read the netizens' feedback?"

Yang Di immediately asked, "Where to watch it?"

"Post it!"

(End of this chapter)