Huayu became famous overnight

Chapter 30 All Random Names

3 month 27 day.

At the Beijing Exhibition Center Theater, Liu Laogen Grand Stage’s premiere in Beijing came to an end.

Xu Ming followed his master and bowed to the audience.

The cheers from below were like waves, one higher than the other.

Countless eyes were focused on him, and cheers rose up as his name was called.

It was not until today that he truly realized how terrifyingly popular he was this year.

From an eighty-year-old old man to a three-year-old kid.

When people see him, they can call him "Xu Xiaoming".

"You are really good now. Fortunately, the audience is willing to give face to an old man like me, otherwise I would hardly be able to control your show." Uncle Benshan said with emotion.

He sometimes thought, if the waiter in "Not Short of Money" during this year's Spring Festival Gala was played by someone else, would the effect be the same as it is now?

"I am just a temporary excitement. Master, you are the mainstay of our media."

Xu Ming always flatters people, and his flattery never fails.

No matter what the master thinks, he must always maintain a humble attitude as a disciple.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that he is in the media, arguing with Liu Shuangping and other management members.

But when facing his master, he always behaves like a good disciple.

Even though Uncle Benshan could sense that his disciple was being restless, he would still turn a blind eye unless it touched his bottom line.

"Yes, many people have become famous in the Spring Festival Gala over the years. I have also been through ups and downs. Only a few people can make it to the end."

"What matters is being down-to-earth. The more you want to achieve success overnight, the easier it is to fall to your death." Uncle Benshan said with a hint of caution.

Of course Xu Ming could tell what his master was saying, so he smiled and said, “You’re right.”

It's a pity that if you really practice what you preach, you can't retreat back to the Northeast for many years before coming out again.

To him, and to others, every step seemed to be a risk.

But he knew that every step he took was firm.

"You've been behaving well recently. You kept me quiet. A few days ago, you kept me awake all night long because you kept calling me."

Uncle Benshan patted his beloved disciple on the shoulder and continued, "But as long as we are right, Master will support you in everything."

As he spoke, the aura of the King of Northeast emanated from him.

Everyone around him looked as if it was a matter of course. The master had the qualifications and ability to say this.

Waited to the backstage.

A group of people came up, the leader of them was wearing a hat and had a wrinkled face.

When Uncle Benshan saw the face under the brim of the hat, he was stunned and immediately walked over with wrinkles on his face.

"Oh mom, Director Zhang, when did you come?"

"I came here right after the show started, thinking I wouldn't disturb your performance. The noise is really loud."

Master Zhang shook hands vigorously with Uncle Benshan, looked at Xu Ming standing beside him, and said with a smile: "This is Xu Ming, he looks quite different from the one during the Spring Festival Gala."

That’s right, I acted like a sissy on the Spring Festival Gala, but I acted like a real man off the stage.

Xu Ming muttered to himself, but his face was full of respect: "Hello Director Zhang, I grew up watching your movies." "Can you speak, kid? Obviously, when Director Zhang was making movies, you were not born yet. I was the one who grew up watching Director Zhang's movies." Uncle Benshan joked.

Everyone laughed. Some slightly offensive words coming out of the master and disciple's mouths instantly turned funny.

A group of people found a large room and used it as a temporary meeting room.

"I would like to apologize to everyone first. We should have met a long time ago, but the 2008 Olympics took up too much energy, and on top of that we had to prepare for the opera Turandot at the Bird's Nest, so it has been delayed until now." Master Zhang clasped his fists.

No wonder he can become a great director and maintain the quality while maintaining high productivity.

This means always being humble.

Looking at all of Master Zhang’s failed films, it was actually mostly due to the influence of investors that led to his failure to control the elements in the film.

For example, the current "Three Guns" was originally intended to be an adaptation of "Blood Simple", a genuine suspense film.

Zhang Weiping invited the Zhao Family Class on a whim. What the hell does this Errenzhuan have to do with suspense?

Not to mention the later "The Great Wall", which is a bunch of shit combining Chinese and Western cultures.

In order to star in this film, the lead actor Matt Damon actually turned down "Manchester by the Sea" and became a laughing stock in Hollywood.

"It must be because the national mission is important. There is no rush to shoot this movie. All of us in the Zhao Family Class are ready for action at any time." Uncle Benshan said.

Others also echoed that being able to appear in Master Zhang's movie was enough to brag about for a lifetime.

Xu Ming nodded. He had no choice. He couldn't escape and could only enjoy it.

After all, "Three Guns" is also a movie that grossed over 200 million yuan. Maybe with this movie as a foundation, I can become the first actor in the Chinese entertainment industry to have a box office of over 10 billion yuan in the future.

"I have discussed this with Weiping. Our film will start shooting in Dunhuang on June 6. You guys need to reserve your dates for later dates."

"In addition, the first draft of the script has been printed out, and you can take a look at it first, but there is no guarantee that this will be the final draft."

As Master Zhang spoke, he signaled his assistant to pass out the script.

After everyone took it, they looked at it, then looked at it again, and then everyone fell silent.

The names of the characters were clearly written as 'Zhang San, Li Si, Wang Wu Ma Zi, Zhao Liu, Chen Qi'.

This is still considered good. The rest of the people just have an identity and no name at all.

Xu Ming doubted whether this was an invisible accusation by Master Zhang against the investors.

Don’t you guys like to hire famous people? I just randomly named all the people I took photos of this time…

Of course, this is just his personal idea. Master Zhang should have his own artistic ideas in it.

"The actor who will play Zhang San is tentatively confirmed to be Sun Honglei, Xu Ming will play Li Si, Yadan will play Chen Qi, and Mr. Benshan is wronged to play the patrol captain. As for the remaining roles, they will be selected later." said Master Zhang.

The roles of three actors in "Not Short of Money" have been confirmed, but the remaining roles will still have to be competed for by people from the Zhao Family Class.

But the script has been given out, so in a sense, it's already a backdoor approach.

"no problem."

Uncle Benshan agreed immediately. He didn't care what role he played. The key was whether he could help his apprentices get more roles.

To put it bluntly, how many more years can he continue to work?
Look at the Deyun Society in later generations. They only brought out Jin Zi and Xiao Yueyue. The former left and the latter could not carry the responsibility alone.

The other disciples may be famous, but how many of them are truly presentable?
This forces Lao Guo to frequently show up in public to support his apprentices even at his old age. Whether he can retire successfully in the future is another matter.

(End of this chapter)