I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 230 Budget (13)

Before he became famous, Shen Liang was quite romantic...

Well, actually he is quite playboy now, but he is in his rising period and is busy making money, so he has no time for women!

Ex-girlfriends... I had confirmed relationships with about five or six of them.

The confirmed relationship here means being together for more than a month!

There was no relationship!

If you want to count it as a relationship, it doesn't make sense at all...

Love is a responsibility, but Shen Liang never takes responsibility.

Well, his view on love is pretty bad.

That’s why there is a character called Aquaman!
Of course, I can guarantee that he was serious about every ex-girlfriend he had, and he did love them...

But, personality incompatibility...

Bai Mengyan is a typical...

She worked too hard and was too ambitious, which made Shen Liang feel a little inferior to her, and then they broke up!
Shen Liang didn’t really care about his ex-girlfriend’s career, and didn’t even know that “Swagger” was originally hers…

Therefore, her accusation seems a bit baffling.

Oh, they have a good relationship and they send each other blessing text messages during festivals.

"She has signed an acting contract, and the platform has also used her name to attract investment..."

Bai Mengyan was stunned for a moment: "What does it mean to attract investment?"

Shen Liang explained: "Literally, many businesses directly place advertisements based on actors... Therefore, many dramas will use traffic..."

"So what should a new actor like me do?"

"The signing platform... No, didn't your agent tell you about this?"

“…I’m filming every day…”

"I watched your performance in The Phoenix Prisoner, it was pretty good... Have you changed your name now? Isn't Bai Mengyan nice to listen to?"

"Don't you think the name Bai Lu is easier to remember?"

"...Okay." After thinking for a while, Shen Liang asked her: "What drama are you filming recently?"

"Chaoge..."

"…Investiture of the Gods? Which books did Yu Zheng copy this time?"

"Stop making sarcastic remarks..." Bai Mengyan was speechless: "Your idol also became famous because of Yu Zheng!"

Shen Liang chuckled: "It's not about where a hero comes from..."

"The Legend of Chusen has been snatched away. What should I do?"

“…This has nothing to do with me. I didn’t steal it.”

"I don't care, help me get it back."

Shen Liang thought for a moment and suggested, "...How about you play the second female lead? Being a supporting role for Jing Tian won't lose points...Kim Hee Sun played a supporting role for her back then!"

"No, she stole my leading female role, so I have to play a supporting role for her?"

"This is a different time," Shen Liang patiently advised, "Don't..."

Bai Lu on the other end of the phone interrupted him directly: "This is just like the joke you told me before..."

"Joke? What joke?"

"My husband found me a job, and my job is to serve his mistress!"

"Haha," Shen Liang couldn't help laughing, and explained: "Jing Tian is not my mistress..."

"Is the nature the same? I'm the original wife!"

"...Okay, I'll see if there are any suitable projects...I'll send you an invitation then..."

"Then hurry up, I'm still waiting."

"understood!"

After hanging up the phone, Shen Liang couldn't help shaking his head. Chen Jiadong saw that the corners of his mouth could be fished, and couldn't help asking him: "Who is it?"

“A friend…” “Do I know him?”

"…You probably don't know, her name is Bai Mengyan, now Bai Lu, a new player signed by Yu Zheng…"

Chen Jiadong immediately took out his phone to search, took a look, and frowned: "Is it her?"

Shen Liang leaned over and took a look: "...Yes."

Chen Jiadong was puzzled: "Why do I feel so much like your ex-girlfriend named Li Yitong?"

"…She used to have little canines, so it wasn't that similar."

"What's your relationship with her?"

"Ex-ex-girlfriend!"

"Is this your ex-girlfriend too? Do you always look for girlfriends based on the same model?"

“…I don’t think they look alike. Maybe all beauties look alike…”

"Tsk tsk, these two plus Li Qin can be seen together..."

"Exaggerated... they are just a little bit similar!"

……

In fact, Mother Shen didn't really want her son to act in a TV series.

But Shen Liang is right, there are too few suitable movie roles!
After the release of "Time Travelers", a bunch of youth romance movies came to me, and the scripts were all pretty frivolous...

He tinkered with "A Sun" by himself, and Mother Shen thought it was good.

It's a typical award-winning film!
For a story, the setting of its conflict points is very important. In order to trigger a conflict, pressure must be created. No pressure is more serious than the pressure of survival. It is easy to create an atmosphere of survival pressure on the poor, but it is more difficult to create such an atmosphere on the rich. The suffering of the rich seems more like whining due to being well fed, and their real predicament either involves politics or economy. Not to mention that it is difficult to pass the review, the complex issues involved are beyond the cognitive scope of many film scholars in the ivory tower, and naturally they are not liked by creators.

As the saying goes, "literature hates the rich and powerful", filming the stories of high-ranking officials will inevitably appear superficial, thin, or even pretentious.

Therefore, award-winning movies, especially Chinese-language movies, all focus on the grassroots.

"A Sun" focuses on a lower-class family... and it's a tragedy: the eldest son jumps off a building, the younger son commits a crime, and the father kills Cai Tou for the younger son. The story of this family is full of tragedy.

In the opening scene, the elder brother jumps off a building, which easily reminds people of the news article "A 17-year-old man in Shanghai committed suicide by jumping off a bridge after a conflict with his classmates and being criticized by his mother"...

The script is finished, the film has passed the review, and all that remains is casting and filming…

Rao Xiaozhi spoke first: "Let's shoot in Chongqing. The filming of "Nobody" happened to be completed in Chongqing, and I am familiar with that place!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Liang immediately asked, "Has the name of "The Wild Gun" been changed?"

"Yeah," Rao Xiaozhi nodded: "Sister Shen said that the title of "The Wild Gun" is too literary..."

Shen Liang was unhappy: "Sister Shen? That's my aunt!"

"Then... let's discuss our own affairs?"

"...whatever," Shen Liang waved his hand: "Director Xu Zheng also likes this play very much, he wants to join in..."

“He wants to be a director?”

"That's impossible," Shen Liang shook his head: "The director of this play can only be Brother Xiaozhi, I invited him to be one of the producers..."

"I thought you wanted him to be the producer!"

Shen Liang looked at his mother and said, "Isn't our producer Mr. Han Shanping?"

"It is indeed Mr. Han..." Mother Shen continued, "China Film Group is also a co-producer..."

"Mom, will you be suppressed if you are close to Mr. Han?"

There are also various factions within China Film Group, and Mr. Han’s faction has already lost power…

Otherwise, Mr. Zhang should be the one to take the position.

At that time, he was already the deputy general manager of China Film Group Corporation. Logically, when President Han stepped down, he should have been the next in line.

Then a new person was parachuted in, and Mr. Zhang also went to Ali Pictures and served as president.

Mother Shen glared at him and said, "…We are just making a movie, why should we suppress you? Besides, how much money can your movie cost?"

"How much can it cost?" Shen Liang was surprised: "Mom, do you know how much I'm paid for my current film?"

(End of this chapter)