I'm not a drama freak, I can really see through the script

Chapter 44, "Searching for a Gun"

"What do you want, Murong Fu of Tianlongbabu?"

[Five acting slots, two extra stamina points, two extra agility points]
“This is indeed a high requirement.”

The acting slot can basically be defined as the difficulty of playing this role well.

At this time, Li Xuan looked back at the courtyard house. It was priced at four hundred thousand yuan and was one of Zhang Jizhong's properties.

Cousin, Mr. Jin Yong’s lifelong enemy.

The gold medal supporting actor in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", the ace unlucky guy, but he is also a powerful unlucky guy. The actor who played this role in the previous life was Xiu Qing who had always followed Zhang Jizhong. It was not a role that could be obtained so easily.

From an actor's perspective, this should be the ceiling for supporting roles in this TV series.

But being an "actor" alone is not enough to be able to participate in this role.

Actor from Beijing Film Academy.

you can!

This was an unexpected gain, at least I got a promise. Although there was no real written proof, this verbal promise was also invaluable.

Given Zhang Jizhong's position, there was no need for him to lie to himself.

After leaving the courtyard, Li Xuan had no regrets, but that didn't mean he didn't like it.

I will have it in the future.

House, home, car.

Facing the cold wind and the sunshine, Li Xuan blocked the sun with his hands, feeling the warmth remaining in his hands in this cold winter.

Take a deep breath.

It's time to get to work.

The filming location of "Looking for a Gun" was not in Peking, but in an ancient town in Guiyang Province called Qingyan Ancient Town. The main purpose of coming to Beijing was to gather, prepare, and set off together.

Before coming, Li Xuan specifically asked whether the travel expenses were included, which was very important.

Yes, the crew will definitely provide it.

This time I came to Beijing mainly to confirm my role.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter if the train tickets are included. We came to the place where the script was read and discussed. Jiang Wen was quite interesting. The place where the script was read was a teahouse.

The Lu Chuan in front of him was still fair and tender, with the appearance of an elegant scholar. At first glance, he had the appearance of a literary and artistic youth unique to this era.

His long hair covered his ears, and Li Xuan was afraid that he would look up at the sky at a 45-degree angle in the next second.

But he must have been quite sad at this time, because when Jiang Wen and Ning Jing were discussing the basics, there was no room for him to intervene at all. He looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, and seemed as transparent as air.

Li Xuan thought of a song by Chen Yixun.

When I was 18, I stood like a minion at my alma mater's dance. Logically speaking, Lu Chuan was not a nobody, and he had a background to get involved in the industry. Like Kaige, he was a second-generation star, but he was not as famous as Kaige, nor as funny as Kaige.

Kaige spent his entire life proving that Farewell My Concubine was his father's.
As for Lu Chuan, he is actually much better. At least he is good at making art films. But everyone has their own field. If you are making art films, just focus on making art films.
Let’s look back at Jiang Wen, the literary youth who was banned for five years.

His whole body is filled with a rebellious vibe.

This ban not only did not bring any setbacks to Jiang Wen, but instead allowed him to fight again and even become more courageous.

He starred in and directed this work written by Lu Chuan.

"Looking for a Gun".

The script appears to be about a police officer searching for a lost gun.

But actually this gun can refer to many things.

Jiang Wen's "gun"

A man's "gun".

What it actually refers to is "dignity".

"That's what I said. Director Lu, are you okay with that?"

"Well, I think so." "Okay, Director Lu thinks it's okay, then let's go ahead."

At this time, Lu Chuan was hesitant to speak. He really wanted to express his thoughts, but in the end he held it back.

Can?

No!
"Okay, today we have everyone here just to confirm the roles. There aren't many. I'm Ma Shan."

"Ning Jing, Li Xiaomeng."

"Shi Liang, Zhou Xiaogang."

"Liu Xiaoning, Chen Jun."

"Wu Juan, Han Xiaoyun."

At this time, Li Xuan was listening to the "chief director" Jiang Wen reading out the dishes.

The crew of "Searching for the Gun" is not big, with an investment of 200 million yuan. Jiang Wen's salary is the highest, yuan, but for his worth, it is a big promotion.
This low-budget art film, apart from Jiang Wen and Ning Jing, seems to have no big names. But that's not the case. Liu Xiaoning and Wu Juan are from the acting department of the Central Academy of Drama, while Shi Liang is from a less popular school, the Franco-American Academy of Film and Drama.
All of them are professional graduates.

The core lies in these few people. How many other characters are there? Ma Dong, the old tree spirit, Ma Juan, the thief, Director Xie, the director, and the thief.

There is also a Liu Jieba.

It doesn’t really matter how the remaining roles are distributed, at least for the director, screenwriter, and leading actor, there is not much room for them to play.

This is the essence of art films, and also why some actors with no background or qualifications can squeeze into some art films and appear in them, because their attention is highly concentrated.

The story revolves around a few people, and as long as these people are not bad, there will be no problem as a film work.

Therefore, the stars in art films are extremely polarized.

There are core figures like Jiang Wen, who are responsible for the quality of the work, and there are also people like Li Xuan, who are not responsible for the quality of the film, but make the film appear less "abrupt".

If there were only the main actor, it would feel too much like a stage play or a drama, and wouldn't feel like a movie.

There are some differences between movies, dramas and stage plays.

"Reality" and "substitution".

Make everyone believe that there is such a place, so that the audience can put themselves in its shoes.

Apart from Ma Shan and a few others, the role of the others is to create a sense of reality.

Used as an .npc.

As for what NPC.

It seemed that there was no difference. At this time, Li Xuan was looking at the brands of several characters in front of him. Everyone chose casually because from the perspective of showing their faces, they were all similar.

Moreover, as for art films, they have no box office success. The actors have to help out a few leading actors and act as supporting roles. In the end, there will be awards but no box office success. The results have nothing to do with themselves, so they are quite slow in choosing roles.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter. The old hands will first choose background boards such as passers-by and policemen.

They all received a salary of 1,000 yuan, so of course they chose the easy ones. Some of the old migrant workers in Beijing were quite proud of themselves, and when they saw the newbie like Li Xuan, they thought he was too young.

In an art film like this, actors like us will end up with nothing in the end. We'll just be running around for others, so why bother working so hard?

You can get money while standing.

Li Xuan realized at this moment that those old migrant workers from Beijing who were the first to grab roles should be the ceiling of the "extras".

Old extras.

Although they are not considered to be very talented, they have been around the Beijing Film Studio for a long time, have known many people, and have become old hands. They have no shortage of roles to perform and extras, and occasionally they can use their own image to get some distinctive extra roles. In a sense, they can be considered successful people in the extras circle and should be able to save about 18,000 yuan a year.

Li Xuan chose a path that was very different from the old hands.

Looking at these randomly selected scripts.

Under the system's indication, Li Xuan's own thoughts also coincided.

[Liu Jieba]
[Requires: Three acting slots].

(End of this chapter)