Huayu 1995

Chapter 106 Pulling a Rubber Band to Smash Your Window (Bonus Chapter 26 for First Subscription)

Su Chao even suspected that Brother Chen was pretending to be weak while actually being strong.

He's actually a very capable person.

In a more fantastical sense, it's possible that the system arranged an NPC for him to level up.

Unfortunately, the system is not intelligent.

There's simply no way to communicate.

"Haha, you noticed too," Brother Chen laughed and said, "My dad was a veteran employee of Xi'an Film Studio. He retired in 86, but he delayed his retirement by a few months to catch up with the work at the studio. This made me miss the policy of having my children take over my job, so I couldn't get into the studio. Even if I don't care about the monk, I can still have some influence in the Xi'an Film Studio's production team."

"That's such a pity, otherwise you would probably have made a name for yourself at Xi'an Film Studio."

Su Chao wasn't too disappointed.

The size of the background is not important; what matters is its practicality.

The term "veteran employee" often carries significant weight, which explains why Brother Chen was able to land him a major supporting role without an audition.

"What have I accomplished? I've studied photography, worked as a script supervisor, and in the end, I felt that being a group leader suited my personality best, but after several years, this is all I've achieved."

Brother Chen sighed deeply.

"Don't worry, once I've made it big, I'll never forget you, brother..."

Su Chao spoke at just the right moment.

The promise that Brother Chen had been trying to get by was obtained so easily.

When you help others, you are investing in their relationships. The worst thing is when people take your kindness and efforts for granted.

When you finally want to repay a favor, you might end up with a hundred steamed buns like in the movie "Hail the Judge".

“Haha, I’m waiting,” Brother Chen paused, then added, “My name is Chen Bo, born in 69, a few years older than you…”

"I'll need Brother Chen's help in the future."

This was the first time Su Chao had heard Chen Bo's name; before, he had always called him Brother Chen.

"Wait here with me, and I'll introduce you to the people in the film crew."

Brother Chen is full of energy.

It seems he made the right investment this time.

He brought Su Chao and Lü Bu to the director's side first, where the director and several others were gathered together smoking and chatting.

"Director Yang, Su Chao is here," Chen Bo introduced Su Chao: "This is Director Yang Yazhou, Assistant Director Yang Jiansheng, this is Sister Ding Jiali, this is Brother Niu Zhenhua, and this is our producer Ding Xiaopeng..."

I introduced all five of them.

It turned out that Huang Jianxin hadn't arrived yet, so Su Chao greeted everyone one by one.

They were also sizing up Su Chao.

My first impression was that this guy was kind of handsome.

Then you can't see anything anymore.

"You acted in 'Prime Minister Liu Luoguo' and 'The Emperor's Shadow'?"

Yang Yazhou is also a director.

He rose from being Huang Jianxin's assistant director to one of the two directors, or you could say he was the executive director.

"I wouldn't say I've ever actually performed in one; my role was very small, I just learned a few scenes from it."

Su Chao is very humble.

If I'm not mistaken, Chen Bo must have exaggerated a lot about him to help him get the role.

At this point, Su Chao couldn't just join in the boasting.

He needs to show humility at the right time to leave the director with the impression that he is easy to manage.

"Ah."

Yang Yazhou nodded.

That's more or less.

Chen Bo boasted that he was just as good as Jiang Wen when acting together, and that he felt an instant connection with Li Baotian when they talked about acting.

He didn't believe a single word of it.

"Why did you bring someone with you? Is that your agent?"

Production manager Ding Xiaopeng was referring to Lü Bu.

"Actually, he's a bodyguard... He was cornered a couple of days ago and almost couldn't escape."

How could Su Chao not pull off some funny antics?

He would never behave himself for a few days just because he's in a new environment.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, everyone else perked up.

"How did you get into trouble?"

Yang Yazhou frowned; he didn't want the actors to get beaten up halfway through their performances and be unable to continue.

“I sang a new song at a karaoke bar a few days ago and was targeted by pirates. They probably wanted to steal the tapes to record secretly. They hired a few people to rob me, but luckily the karaoke bar sent people to protect me... Now I’m fine, and I take people with me wherever I go.”

Su Chao's statement was half true and half false.

Lu Bu remained silent as Su Chao had instructed.

He's very big, and physically even more imposing than Su Chao.

As long as he doesn't take action, no one will know his true strength or weakness.

"You sing at a karaoke bar? Which karaoke bar?"

Ding Jiali couldn't resist her curiosity and no longer looked down on Su Chao.

Casablanca.

Su Chao responded to the love-struck woman with a calm expression.

Ding Jiali's career is developing quite well.

She has won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress twice, the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress once, and the College Student Film Festival Award for Best Actress once.

He also won the 3rd China Theatre Plum Blossom Award.

When Su Chao time-traveled, she was still a veteran supporting actress in many TV dramas.

However, she is better known because of Sun Honglei.

Yes, that's Sun Honglei, the one who asked, "Do you guarantee this melon is ripe?"

A few years later, Sun Honglei, a younger man, pursued her. After they got together, she helped him obtain a lot of resources by begging and pleading. Later, she was dumped and never believed in love again.

"Casablanca, oh my, I heard a very popular singer has come there. Could it be you? I've always wanted to go, but I've been too busy lately."

Ding Jiali was clearly a regular at the karaoke bar.

"I've been there once. Who was the lobby manager over there again?"

Yang Yazhou seemed unable to recall it.

"Music director Yan Siyuan, and the person in charge of the lobby should be Sister Hong."

Su Chao understood this test.

“I didn’t expect you could sing,” Yang Yazhou nodded and said, “I just don’t know how good you are at acting. The actors we’ve cast for this movie are all very professional, so you can’t let us down.”

There's no need to make things too difficult for actors who have already been cast; a few words of warning and a show of force will suffice.

Hearing that Su Chao sang so well in the karaoke bar that pirates were scrambling to buy his tapes, I subconsciously stopped underestimating Su Chao.

The best in the industry.

Even if you become a gigolo, if you become the king of gigolos, people will look at you with new respect.

"Don't worry, director, I will definitely do my best to act."

Su Chao is very well-behaved.

"Come with me, we need to sign a contract."

Production manager Ding Xiaopeng beckoned Su Chao to follow him, and the two arrived at a van.

Ding Xiaopeng went inside and searched around, finding a blank performance contract template.

This was the first time Su Chao had ever seen this thing.

He was an extra before, so he didn't need this at all. Even though he played a small role in "The Emperor's Shadow," he still received the treatment of an extra.

"Regarding the pay, your role doesn't have that many scenes, so I've approved 2,500 yuan for you. Is that alright?"

Ding Xiaopeng gave this as an extra amount.

If Chen Bo hadn't called him "Brother Peng" repeatedly, he probably wouldn't have given him two thousand.

"Two thousand five hundred doesn't sound very good. Give me two thousand two hundred, and you can keep the remaining three hundred for yourself, Brother Peng."

Su Chao didn't look down on the money.

Rather, the production manager is the overseer on set, so it's perfectly acceptable to curry favor with him a little.

"Tch, young people are quite particular. Alright, I appreciate your kind gesture."

A few hundred yuan isn't a lot; it's more about the attitude.

Su Chao signed the agreement and discovered that his character's name was Yang Wei.

Well, before it was eunuch, this time it's impotence.

I feel like swearing.

After signing the agreement, Su Chao immediately went to the director's assistant to ask for the script to read.

Having good acting skills is one thing, but having the right attitude is another.

Moreover, Su Chao's so-called acting skills are mainly for teaching purposes; they may not be very effective in real-life filming.

"Yang Wei...this is yours."

The assistant director gave Su Chao a few pages of the script.

Just then, someone else came to pick up the script. He was a skinny guy with shifty eyes, and he looked somewhat familiar.

"I'm here to get the script for mung beans."

"Hello, my name is Su Chao..."

Su Chao stood and waited for a moment. After the person took the script, he extended his hand to him.

“My name is Wang Jinsong, you can call me Qi Ke, that’s my stage name now.”

Upon hearing his self-introduction, Su Chao immediately realized that he had met the person in charge.

This Wang Jinsong is not the same Wang Jinsong who played Lin Yaodong in the line, "You can call Uncle Dong, Uncle Dong is very happy, but Uncle Dong doesn't like your tone of voice."

They just share the same name.

This skinny guy will become a professor at the Beijing Film Academy, the vice dean of the Performance Department at the Beijing Film Academy, and the director of the Performance Teaching and Research Office at the Performance Department of the Beijing Film Academy.

Yes, it's still that Wang Jinsong who took off your underwear, pulled out a rubber band, and smashed your window.

In fact, his resume is no worse than Uncle Dong's.

His performance skills are also excellent, especially in perfecting his theoretical system.

Su Chao used to be an art exam preparation instructor in his past life.

They really did a lot of research on this guy who frequently served as an examiner for the Beijing Film Academy entrance exams.

"You were introduced by Chen Bo, right? I almost got your role at first, but he thought I was too old, haha..."

Wang Jinsong is quite talkative.

"This name... Brother, you're really lucky."

Su Chao followed Wang Jinsong to a corner of the film set.

There's a table here, with a lot of equipment around it; you could pull up an apple crate, sit down, and read the script.

"Haha, Director Huang's perverse sense of humor is unchangeable. But then again, as actors, we have to act the way we're told, even if it's... a real impotent... we still have to act it!"

Wang Jinsong was somewhat gloating.

He just graduated last year and was assigned to the China Youth Art Theatre.

He didn't yet have the same authority he had when he became a homeroom teacher.

"Who says it isn't?"

Su Chao made his decision; his biggest gain from participating in the show wasn't meeting Huang Jianxin.

Huang Jianxin wouldn't take him seriously at all.

The biggest gain should be the air shell, which belongs to Wang Jinsong.

Imagine the future vice dean of the Beijing Film Academy's acting school becoming a teacher in his training program.

Does that feeling come immediately?

(End of this chapter)