Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 2: Getting ahead depends on power and background
Zhou Leke knows these two too well.

Looking at the two of them, Zhou Le was afraid that Qiao Shan would yell for an extra minute the next moment, but he was even more afraid that Dapeng would take off his pants and reveal his pink panties and black stockings underneath.

He didn't expect that he would accidentally enter the filming site of "Diaosi Man".

"Teachers, I'm your fan."

Zhou Le walked up immediately, and Qiao Shan subconsciously raised his hand to shake hands with Zhou Le.

But just as he turned around to shake hands with Dapeng, Dapeng smiled politely and asked with some confusion: "Hello, hello, who are you?"

Qiao Shan: “???”

"Isn't this the instrument teacher you invited?"

Dapeng was also confused: "No, it was another one who came yesterday."

The staff was also confused: "Teacher, then you are..."

Zhou Le smiled: "I was just taking a look, but you dragged me in, so I adjusted it a bit. But you have to pay me as agreed, I have done the work."

"This" staff member was a little embarrassed, he didn't expect to make a mistake.

Dapeng reacted quickly: "If that's the case, then let's adjust it together. Whoever adjusts it doesn't have to adjust it, right?"

Zhou Le looked bewildered: "It's finished."

"No, but there's still the piano, right?"

Zhou Le: "Flirting?"

"Yeah, what's wrong? Is it difficult for the teacher?"

Zhou Le: "It's not difficult, but right here?"

"Well, what else?" Dapeng also nodded and looked at Zhou Le with anticipation.

Zhou Le looked at Dapeng, then took a deep breath, and then looked at Dapeng with a loving expression on his face: "I'm sorry, I made a mistake."

Dapeng: “???”

"What's wrong?"

Zhou Le continued affectionately: "I love you so much that I am at a loss."

Zhou Le can easily come up with such cheesy jokes. During a period of unemployment, Zhou Le made a living by writing jokes online.

Now he has almost two million followers on Weibo.

All of them were accumulated through jokes.

However, in the past year or so, Zhou Le has not been doing those things because he has other goals. He has been racking his brains to come up with jokes every day, and his hair has been falling out a lot.

Dapeng suddenly shuddered all over, but he also reacted.

"Wait a minute, you mean this flirting? I'm talking about the qin, the qin as in playing the qin."

"Talking about love? Talking about love? You still want to continue acting, right? But Teacher Dapeng said that if the person opposite me was a girl, I might be more relaxed."

Dapeng: “???”

"No, I'm talking about the qin in qinse."

"Erotic? Isn't that still the same? Or are we going to shoot a Category III film? Are there any big ones involving loser men?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the confusion on Zhou Le's face immediately turned into a smile.

"Okay, it's over. Thank you, Mr. Dapeng. My biggest dream in life is to be able to act on the same stage with you. Maybe other people's film enlightenment was The Shawshank Redemption, Heartbreak, Forrest Gump, or A Beautiful Mind, but believe it or not, mine was Diaosi Man."

"But Diaosi Man is not a movie." Dapeng was a little angry when he saw Zhou Le interrupting him all the time, but when he suddenly heard Zhou Le say this, he felt proud but also had some doubts.

"But it was because of Diaosi Man that I embarked on the path of acting, and my acting style was also greatly influenced by you."

"But why not the Pancake Man?" Qiao Shan interrupted.

But Zhou Le looked at Qiao Shan with a helpless look: "Can that even be considered a movie?"

Qiao Shan subconsciously glanced at Dapeng, expecting him to be angry. However, Dapeng still had a faint smile on his face. "You just said you were an actor?"

"Yes, I was introduced to Teacher Wu Jing's crew by Teacher Yu Qian."

"You also know Yu Qian?" Dapeng didn't expect that Zhou Le had such an identity.

"Yes, we've worked together before."

"Sure, but why don't I have any impression of you?"

Zhou Le smiled brightly: "People only know that the highest peak in the world is Mount Everest, but no one knows what the second is. It's normal that people can't remember my characters."

"That's true. So what role do you play for Teacher Wu Jing?"

"Teacher Dapeng, I definitely can't tell you this. The script has to be kept secret, but I can only say that the role is the third male lead."

Zhou Le was not bragging, his role as Zhuo Yifan was indeed ranked third among the male leads.

Wu Jing is the male lead, and there is a foreign actor who played a villain in Captain America who is the second male lead and also the male lead villain.

Next comes yourself.

Dapeng suddenly began to wonder in his heart whether Zhou Le had any background.

After all, he really made his fortune in the beginning by relying on Sohu and Zhang Chaoyang, and later he became a disciple of Zhao Benshan, and then Diaosi Men began to exert his strength, until the Pancake Man lost all his previous popularity.

But he knew very well the difference between having a backer and not having one.

The same is true for the "Sewing Machine Band" he is currently preparing. Although he has left Sohu, it has now been confirmed that many big names in the rock circle will come to star in it, and this is naturally also due to Yu Qian's connections.

There are also quite a few guest characters who are Zhao Benshan's apprentices.

This is all the effect of having a backer.

At the same time, he also knew Wu Jing, a person who cannot be avoided in the history of Chinese martial arts films. Although he is not as internationally renowned as Cheng Long and Jet Li, or as popular as Zhen Zidan, Wu Jing's name can be heard from time to time from more than ten years ago to now.

Moreover, Wu Jing was a real Beijing resident, a member of the Manchu Plain White Banner and a member of the Ulanara clan.

Although Yu Qian's ID card shows that he is Han, his ancestors are also Manchus from the Bordered Yellow Banner.

Just then, the door was pushed open again, and a man with a mustache who was wearing the same clothes as Zhou Le walked in.

"Director Dapeng, I'm sorry I'm late today."

But as soon as he finished speaking, he found that everyone in the room was looking at him with an inexplicable look.

"What's wrong? Did I come in at the wrong time?" He was a little nervous.

"No, no, it's perfect timing. Teacher, you tune it first, but the drums don't need to be tuned yet. Let's talk outside."

But at this time Zhou Le also planned to slip away.

"Then my piano tuning fee is 300 yuan."

But Dapeng just smiled and said nothing, then led Zhou Le out of the music room and to the conference room. Dapeng even went to the bathroom on the way. "Um, by the way, I don't know your name yet."

"Zhou Le, the Zhou of King You of Zhou, means happy and joyful Le."

"That's a good name." Dapeng nodded. "Teacher Zhou, this is what I think. If it were you, I'd just give up the three hundred."

Zhou Le became anxious when he heard this.

No payment for work done?

Isn't this just free prostitution?
"Teacher Zhou, please don't get excited. What I mean is that I'm currently preparing for a movie. Basically, all the main roles are in place, but there's one male lead left vacant. Originally, an agency recommended an actor from Taiwan, but he's a star in art films. We considered him because he can play drums, but to be honest, I'd rather find an actor from mainland China. I think you're quite good.

On the one hand, it's because you're a great drummer, and on the other hand, I think you're quite interesting and a good fit for our film as a whole."

Zhou Le's heart was shocked.

In the past, good things never happened to him, and bad things always happened to him.

Did I get lucky today?

Just get in without any audition?
"Teacher Dapeng, to be honest, people like us who play music are actually very interested in music-themed movies, but I just promised Brother Qian that I would go to Director Wu Jing first, and I'm worried about the schedule there."

"Haha, it's okay. Let's take a look first. If you can, come. If not, we can be friends."

"That's fine."

Afterwards, Dapeng directly threw a script to Zhou Le.

"Teacher Zhou can also take a look when he goes back."

"Row."

Zhou Le picked it up and took a look. It was just a role script, not a complete one.

But he looked at the time and found that it was almost time.

He immediately said that he had something to do and then got up and left.

But when going downstairs, the elevator door opened and Zhou Le bumped into Yu Qian who was about to come out.

"Hey, Qian brother is here."

Yu Qian also smiled when he saw Zhou Le: "Le'er, I was just talking about you. Do you know Dapeng? He asked me if I knew you. I said yes, and he also said you were a pretty good guy."

"I just met Director Dapeng, but I feel like we can get along well."

Yu Qian nodded: "Okay, but where are you going?"

"Let's go down for the audition. Isn't Director Wu's office about to open? I'll go over there and get ready."

"Go ahead, see you later."

"See you later, Brother Qian. I'll treat you to a drink when I'm free."

"Haha, no problem."

at the same time.

Wu Jing also came to the audition room.

In order to shoot Wolf Warrior 2, he sold his house and raised a total of 80 million yuan. To date, most of the main actors have been found.

Fortunately, most people don't ask for too much.

And they are all veteran actors.

Except for the candidates for the female lead and the male lead.

He originally planned to find a mixed-race female artist named Xu Jiawen to play the leading female role, but the other party's agent asked for too high a price, so he gave up. A few days ago, he contacted Lu Jingshan, with whom he had worked before, and she agreed very readily.

As for the third male lead, he originally planned to find Wang Sicong, after all, Wang Sicong would be playing himself, but he was rejected by the other party on the grounds that he didn't want to play a role poorer than himself.

So, considering factors such as traffic, box office, and popularity, he found Wu Yifan again.

As a result, this side was even more ruthless and asked for 20 million.

No matter how Wu Jing tried to persuade the other party, he just refused to surrender. Now he had someone to consider, and that was Zhang Han, who had played Murong Yunhai.

But considering that the other party doesn't have a very good reputation, I'm still hesitant.

It just so happened that Yu Qian introduced someone to him.

Thinking of this, I picked up the first resume on the table.

【Zhou Le】

【Height 180cm】

【Graduated from BJ Architecture University, majoring in Civil Engineering】

[The total box office of the movies he participated in is about 40 billion]

【Specialties: Firearms, fighting skills.】

[Personality: Hardworking, responsible, cheerful and optimistic]

Hobbies: Watching movies

[Major works and roles played by the actor: Charlotte's Troubles (classmate 13:56's black short-sleeved shirt), Mojin: The Lost Tomb (Zongzi)]

Further down the list are things like English Level 4 Certificate, Computer Level 2 Certificate, CAD proficiency, Office proficiency, BIM proficiency, etc.

"What a mess, what is this?"

"Why do you look like a student?"

Among these, English is of some use.

But after all, it was Yu Qian who introduced it, so even if it doesn't work now, he has to wait and see.

"Send the first person in."

Then, the staff lady immediately called out: "Zhou Le, it's your turn to go in for the audition."

Zhou Le stood up immediately.

As they passed each other, the young lady clenched her fist gently and said, "Come on."

After entering, it was not as serious as I had imagined.

Zhou Le discovered that when Wu Jing smiled, he still had some of the charm of the old Ah Fei.

It’s a pity that time is a butcher’s knife, although he still looks very manly now.

"Sit down first, don't be nervous, and introduce yourself."

Zhou Le nodded, first giving a few words about himself, then looking at Wu Jing, continued, "Teacher Wu Jing, I became an actor because of the TV series you starred in, especially Tai Chi Grandmaster. Perhaps other actors' first taste of film and television might be The Shawshank Redemption, Heartbreak, Forrest Gump, or A Beautiful Mind, but believe it or not, mine was Tai Chi Grandmaster."

(End of this chapter)