Huayu timely rain, they forced me to be the top star

Chapter 7 Dual Male Lead Script

While lying in bed last night, Zhang Yang made plans for his future.

Seven years have passed since his ten-year contract with Tangren ended, and there are still three years left to expire, which happens to be in early 2014.

The year 2014 was a special year. The four returning sons of the Chinese movie industry set off a traffic craze, the broadcast of "Gu Jian Qi Tan" gave birth to a traffic pioneer, and the entry of Internet giants into the entertainment industry caused a surge in star pay. This year can be said to be the first year of traffic.

Before the country issued a salary cap order, the pay earned by a third- or fourth-tier star after 14 was much higher than that earned by first-tier stars before. There were even money-keeping units such as "a pleasure" and "several small goals a year".

Zhang Yang plans to use these three years to grow into a first-tier star. As an artist of Tangren, the first thing he will focus on is naturally the company's own TV series. This resource should not be wasted, as ancient idol dramas are very popular.

After the contract is terminated, he will be able to earn more money in a year than in the previous ten years combined, and it will be much easier!

The drama "Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky" is definitely up to standard. The second male lead plays two roles, Yuwen Tuo/Sword Maniac, and if he performs well, he can become a representative character.

So in addition to taking advantage of opportunities, he also planned to use up Hu Ge's favors and demand repayment when necessary.

At worst, he can become capital in the future and give Hu Ge some critically acclaimed and commercially successful movie roles.

But he didn't expect that all his planning was not used at all, and the role was directly delivered to him.

Of course, this is not unrelated to the opportunity he seized. If Liu Shishi hadn't spoken up, Hu Ge might not have thought of this.

"Are you talking about the drama "Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky"? " Zhang Yang didn't respond immediately, but asked back first, pretending to be funny.

"Yes, you should have also received the internal audition news, right?" Hu Ge asked.

"No." Zhang Yang shook his head.

Liu Shishi and Hu Ge looked at each other in surprise, and then Hu Ge asked, "You and Sister K haven't reconciled yet?"

They all knew what happened to Xu Changqing in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy III", and they all felt that Cai Yinong was wrong.

You should just not make the promise. Zhang Yang can only have a fantasy at most, but when you make the promise, you are giving people hope, and they will work hard for it. But at the last minute you inform them that the role will be played by someone else. Who wouldn't be angry?

At that time, Hu Ge discussed this matter with Cai Yinong, but the latter blocked the discussion on the grounds that she had already signed a contract with Huo Jianhua and therefore could not breach the contract.

Hu Ge also suggested that Cai Yinong compensate Zhang Yang for the role, but Zhang Yang was determined enough and directly applied for admission to the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Later, he used the school system as an excuse to reject all notices arranged by the company and "banned" himself.

In fact, it is to accumulate connections and improve yourself.

This is also why Hu Ge never thought of Zhang Yang when filming "Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky" started.

"The last time I saw her was at the annual meeting," Zhang Yang replied. "She asked me if I wanted to renew the contract in advance, and I refused."

Hearing this, Hu Ge and Liu Shishi suddenly remembered that it had only been a few years since Zhang Yang signed the contract with the company, but he was only 21 years old.

Now he has studied at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, and his acting skills are praised by all the teachers, who want to recruit him to the drama academy, and his appearance has also become more outstanding.

As an actor, his golden period will be the next twenty years, or even his entire life.

It’s no wonder that Cai Yinong wanted to renew his contract in advance. If he didn’t renew the contract, he would not be considered for a role.

Otherwise, with Zhang Yang's conditions, how could she be much better than Jiang Jinfu?
"Then how do you know about this play?" Liu Shishi abruptly changed the subject.

"It was all thanks to Jiang Jinfu, my roommate, last night," Zhang Yang told the truth.

Hu Ge and Liu Shishi listened patiently and frowned slightly.

As Zhang Yang's friends, they instinctively disliked Jiang Jinfu's obvious deliberate show-off and high profile. "The role of the third male lead has long been decided to be Lin Gengxin, and the contract has been signed." Liu Shishi suddenly said, "And Jiang Jinfu was also present at the time."

"That's too deliberate." Hu Ge's eyes showed even more displeasure.

The entertainment industry is a place of fame and fortune, with all kinds of monsters and demons. He is no longer surprised.

As a friend of Zhang Yang, he has a very clear stance and cannot like what Jiang Jinfu did.

"If you are willing to renew the contract, the male lead will definitely be yours." Hu Ge said.

"No, at least for the time being, I don't really want to stay in Tangren." Zhang Yang waved his hand and said, "I'm not interested in competing with Jiang Jinfu for the male lead. But if you really don't want to play the male second role you mentioned, can you show me the script?"

He wanted to make sure the script was the version he knew, and that the second male lead would be more outstanding than the male lead.

"Okay, take a look. If you want to act, I'll talk to Sister K and let you act."

Hugo walked to the bookcase next to him, opened the box with the key he carried with him, and then took out two thick scripts, one for the whole script and one for his personal script.

Zhang Yang took the initiative to take it, calmed down and began to read it, reading ten lines at a glance, very quickly.

He already knew the plot of the TV series, so he only needed to compare the story outline, ending and character positioning. He was not in a hurry to read the specific lines.

Half an hour later, he closed the script and smiled to Hu Ge, "One person plays two roles, one is a good guy and the other is a bad guy. It's very challenging to act."

"That's right, that's why I said I must play a costume drama, and I will play the male second." Hu Ge laughed, "Because I want to play it, in fact, a lot of scenes were added to the male second. This drama can be said to be a two-hero film, but in China, the villain cannot be the male lead, so he was decided to be the male second. If you play it, it will be a good deal for you."

"You really don't want to act in a costume drama now?" Zhang Yang understood the meaning of Hu Ge's words.

"I don't want people to say that I can only play ancient idols. I am almost 30 years old and still an idol." Hu Ge nodded solemnly: "If possible, I don't want to act in the next five years."

Zhang Yang recalled and found that if "Legend of the Condor Heroes" was not counted, Lao Hu really didn't act in any costume films in the next five years, until "Nirvana in Fire" really made him fall in love with it.

"Then give it to me. I want to act." Zhang Yang was not pretentious.

"Okay, you wait here, and I'll use you as an excuse to shift the blame," Hugo smiled and came up with a brilliant idea.

"Do you have a solution?" Liu Shishi asked curiously.

"You'll know when I do it." Hu Ge said as he prepared to go find Cai Yinong.

"Wait a minute, I'll go with you." Liu Shishi stood up from the sofa.

She wanted to watch the show live.

"Then I'll wait here and take a look at the script." Zhang Yang raised his hand.

Hu Ge and Liu Shishi left together and came back half an hour later. Both of them had serious expressions on their faces and a bit of frustration.

Zhang Yang put down the script in his hand and looked at them, a smile on his face: "Old Hu, Sister Shi Shi, I'm not saying anything bad about you."

"With your poor acting skills, you can only rely on your looks to be an idol and barely maintain your status as an actor."

Hugo:?
Liu Shishi: “.”

(End of this chapter)