I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 87 Team Building (24)

When Shen Liang woke up, he checked his phone out of habit. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon...

He smacked his lips, then stood up and prepared to take a shower.

"Yo, you're awake!"

It was Chen Jiadong. Shen Liang asked casually, "…How did I get back?"

"You fainted..."

"I know. You sent me back?"

"Um...how do you know you fainted?"

"Nonsense, I'm so sleepy that I can't even stand up. If I don't pretend to faint, how can I have the nerve to come back to sleep? If I don't faint, the director won't be able to rest either!"

Chen Jiadong was surprised: "...Ah? Are you pretending to be faint?"

Shen Liang was speechless: "I'm in such good health, how can I faint so easily... I'll take a shower first, and you can help me order something to eat, I'm starving..."

Chen Jiadong was stunned for a while, then called the hotel waiter to ask for lunch...

I really didn't expect Shen Liang to pretend to be unconscious!

After thinking for a while, he called producer Gong Geer and said, "It's okay. He has woken up... He is in good condition... He is just too sleepy!"

"Don't worry, it's okay..."

"How's the director?"

"After sleeping for two hours, they continued filming? The director is working too hard..."

"Can we shoot at night? Shen Liang has fainted, can we pause for a while? Give us some time to recover?"

Gong Geer replied, "... one more day will be charged for one more day..."

Just one sentence made Chen Jiadong shut up...

Chen Jiadong must want Shen Liang to rest for a while, but Shen Liang is not only the leading actor, but also an investor...

You have to pay to rent this studio!

Money by the day...

Chen Jiadong hesitated for a moment: "Then I'll ask him..."

"Are you going to take tomorrow off?"

"Yes, we are going to Changsha to record a program tomorrow afternoon...recording "Mars Intelligence Agency"...isn't this what we agreed on before?"

“…I just think Shen Liang is also a good actor…”

"Times have changed!" Chen Jiadong said: "We are newcomers. The entertainment industry is changing too fast. We must ensure our exposure..."

……

Shen Liang took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and the food was delivered...

"Who are you calling?"

"Gongger!"

"Brother Gong? Is he okay?"

"There's a big night show tonight..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Liang shook his head: "The director is going to stay up late again!"

“…Then you have to stay up late too!”

Shen Liang didn't even raise his head: "I can catch up on sleep during the day, and I can catch up on sleep during the breaks in filming. How does the director catch up on sleep? He still has to communicate with the camera crew about the lighting... and the props team..."

"This is his play, of course he has to work hard..."

Shen Liang interrupted him: "This is also a play I invested in!"

"Brother Liang, the cost of this project is almost 2.5 million."

"Including the post-production cost, it will cost at least 3 million..."

"The cost is 3 million, and the box office must be at least billion to make it back..."

"To make hard science fiction, you have to spend money. If you don't spend money, you won't get any results!"

Chen Jiadong didn't mean that. He said, "What I mean is, why don't we just not invest the remaining 3000 million? The probability of losing money is too high!"

"That won't work. I've already discussed the investment with the director and producer..." Shen Liang waved his hand: "Don't worry about investing in the movie... My mother doesn't care..."

“…I was too talkative.”

Shen Liang changed the subject: "Has Director Xu Zheng contacted you?"

"No... the heroine hasn't been chosen yet?"

"Director Xu is unwilling to pay enough and wants to use the script to lure first-line female stars to take a pay cut to join the film, but first-line female stars have no shortage of projects..." "What should we do then?"

"Just take a look... this is Xu Zheng's project anyway..."

……

It is unlikely that Xu Zheng will agree to Shen Liang’s investment…

He is not short of funds. Take any company, such as Guangxian Media or Huanxi Media, and there is plenty of capital willing to invest!
He just wants to maximize profits!

To be precise, it is to maximize one's own interests.

Xu Zheng is not fighting alone.

From the very beginning, he brought together a group of people and established the Zhenledao Company, hoping to integrate the entire line of scripts, directors, producers, and publicity.

"Time Travel Cohabitation" is a project based on this thinking.

So, I didn’t approach Huanxi Media, I just approached Guangguang Media to invest, and handed over the distribution to Guangguang…

Shen Liang is just a newcomer with a little fame.

We've already given him enough face by hiring him to act in a movie, and you still want to invest?

What are you thinking?

Why did Shen Liang say that he could pay?

On the one hand, it was to prove his optimism about "Time Raiders", and on the other hand, it was to express his dissatisfaction with Xu Zheng's stinginess - for such a good project, why don't you go through the proper channels and spend a little more money to hire a first-line female star?
I don’t know if Xu Zheng listened to it or not…

……

When we arrived at the crew, Zhao Jinmai came over with great concern and said, "Brother? I heard you fainted?"

Shen Liang immediately retorted: "I didn't faint, I fell asleep!"

"What's the difference?"

"That's a huge difference. Falling asleep is because you're too sleepy, mentally exhausted, and your body can't take it; fainting is due to insufficient blood supply to the brain, mainly because the nervous system overreacts to inappropriate stimulation, causing vasodilation or a slow heart rate, which in turn causes a decrease in arterial blood pressure and whole-brain perfusion..."

“…You’re not studying medicine, how do you know so much?”

Shen Liang handed her the phone: "Look, there's an introduction!"

Zhao Jinmai took a look and saw the title was "Why do people suddenly faint for no reason? Three common factors, do you know them all?"...

"Is that what you read?"

“…Yes, I guessed someone would ask this, so I did my homework in advance!”

"You can do it!"

“So-so…”

"By the way, brother, the director is coming to make a cameo appearance today!"

"Director? Which director?"

"I heard they are all Director Guo's friends..."

"How many are here?"

"I heard there were four or five of them!"

"Did you run this group?"

Shen Liang looked at Zhao Jinmai, then reached out and touched her head: "...Come on, I'll take you to say hello to them..."

Zhao Jinmai was a little nervous: "Ah? Can I?"

Shen Liang said indifferently: "What's wrong with that? I'm just saying hello... I'm not asking for a role... I just want to get to know you!"

Zhao Jinmai followed Shen Liang closely and arrived at the director's lounge. Sure enough, there were three or five people sitting there...

Ning Hao, Lu Yang, Rao Xiaozhi and Zhang Xiaobei...

Zhang Xiaobei is a film critic and screenwriter.

Guo Fan's first film, "The Adventures of Li Xianji", was written by him. Of course, Zhang Xiaobei's fame almost all came from "The Tenth Screening Room", where he was the planner and producer...

He is a big fan of science fiction movies. Last year, he received an investment from Tencent to make "Star Explorers"...

Previously, I was bragging on a certain website that I was confident that the special effects of "Outlander" would not lose to "Pacific Rim". Then, "Outlander" was shelved for six years and never released, so I just decided to make it into an online movie!
Guo Fan saw Shen Liang and introduced him, "Shen Liang... our leading male role!"

Shen Liang smiled and introduced himself: "…Hello, directors. I am the young actor Shen Liang. I get little pay, good work, and little trouble. If you have any good scripts in the future, please consider me!"

Ning Hao looked at him with interest and said, "It's very cost-effective!"

"Yes, our main selling point is the cost-effectiveness... By the way, this is my sister, Zhao Jinmai, my acting teacher!"

(End of this chapter)