The straight man in the entertainment circle - Chapter 602

c600 “The Grandmaster” starts

“Director Zhang, I’m sorry, I’m late.”

Lin Li was in Zhang Dasong’s room at this time, apologizing for his late arrival.

“Hahaha, Lin Li is here, come on, sit down.”

Zhang Dasong looked at Lin Li with a smile on his face. Unlike the actors outside, he was really happy for Lin Li’s arrival.

Firstly, he approved Lin Li’s request for leave. Secondly, Lin Li’s popularity and status in the eyes of netizens were extremely high at this moment. He also hoped that Lin Li could bring some box office for his movies.

Xiao Bei and Chen Nian played by Lin Li and Chen Qingqing have left countless people in disbelief. Their second film together will naturally raise everyone’s expectations.

What’s more, this time, it is directed by Zhang Dasong.

Zhang Dasong smiled and pulled Lin Li to sit down, and his assistant immediately poured tea.

“It’s been half a year since the show ended, and you’ve been thriving. Although I don’t pay much attention to the entertainment industry, I haven’t stopped hearing from you, haha. Also, I watched your movie, and it was really good. Good, the acting is good, fortunately we signed the contract early, if I were to film with you now, the salary would probably be doubled several times.”

The movie starring Lin Li is a big hit, so his net worth will naturally rise. Before, he was a newcomer and had never acted before, so he was signed at the price of a newcomer. But now his box office appeal has made him star in movies. His worth has reached the top level.

The same is true for Chen Qingqing.

“For me, if the script is good, the price is not a problem. If I am 120% satisfied, I can act in it for free. If I think the script is rubbish, I will pay for it several times or ten times more.” Even if the price is too high, I won’t act.” Lin Lida said.

Zhang Dashong nodded appreciatively and said, “Very good. It would be great if there were more actors like you in China.”

Lin Li smiled and said, “If there were more actors like me, would you still use me?”

“Haha, of course I will still use it. The box office of the movie starring you and Chen Qingqing has been so high that I am jealous. This time it is you and Chen Qingqing starring. I should be able to get some credit from your movie.”

“Director Zhang is joking. My director’s skills are all copied from yours. It’s only me who takes advantage of you.” Lin Li said modestly.

Zhang Dashong sighed and said: “I have taught a few assistant directors, but unfortunately none of them have your talent. We have only cooperated for a few episodes of “The Show”, and you can learn from it.” It’s really awesome like this. I think it won’t be long before I have nothing to teach you. The movies you make have your own style. I believe you will become the mainstay of the younger generation of directors in the future.”

Lin Li smiled and said, “I hope so.”

When most people heard Zhang Dashong’s compliments, they would definitely be frightened and would keep giving in. But in the end, Lin Li just smiled and said, “I hope that’s the case.”

Zhang Dasong knew Lin Li’s personality and did not feel dissatisfied. He smiled and said, “Let’s take you to see Director Yuan. He is still angry with you.”

When he learned that Lin Li would not come to the training camp, Yuan Ping, the film’s martial arts instructor, was very unhappy.

Because in the future, if Lin Li’s martial arts moves were not good enough, his reputation and face would be ruined, so he was very rude to Lin Li from the beginning, and even said in front of Lin Li and Zhang Dasong’s video that he could ask Zhang Dasong to change to a male actor. No. Such words come.

Later, after seeing Lin Li’s martial arts moves, although he no longer objected to Lin Li not participating in the training, he still sent Yuan Xiaodong to supervise Lin Li uneasily.

Zhang Dasong said that he was not calm. It is probably because Yuan Ping complained in front of Zhang Dasong these days.

“Okay, I’ll let Director Yuan calm down.”

Lin Li followed Zhang Dasong to Yuan Ping’s room. Yuan Ping was asking Yuan Xiaodong about Lin Li’s martial arts practice. When Zhang Dasong and Lin Li arrived, they both stood up and stopped discussing.

“Director Zhang is here.” Yuan Ping said politely.

Yuan Xiaodong also called out politely: “Hello, Director Zhang.”

Zhang Dashong nodded to Yuan Xiaodong and said, “Thank you for your hard work.”

Then Zhang Dasong looked at Yuan Ping and said, “Mr. Yuan, look who is here.”

Zhang Dasong stepped aside and Lin Li walked out.

“Hello, Mr. Yuan.”

Yuan Ping looked at Lin Li and said in a cold tone: “Isn’t this Lin Li? He is willing to show up.”

Yuan Xiaodong deliberately eased the atmosphere and said, “The number one male will definitely appear.”

Yuan Ping snorted softly and said to Lin Li: “I heard from Xiaodong that you practiced the moves well. Now that you are both here, you can demonstrate it to us, so we can rest assured.”

Lin Li knew that in order to calm Yuan Ping’s unhappiness, he had to be in better shape than the other actors who were training here, so he said, “Okay, I wonder which scene Mr. Yuan wants to watch?”

Yuan Ping said: “If you want to see it, just see it all!”

“Master, it’s too much…” Yuan Xiaodong couldn’t help but say.

Lin Li is the male lead in this drama, and he naturally has the most fighting scenes. If Yuan Ping wants to see all of his fighting scenes, it is indeed a bit too much.

“Lin Li hasn’t been here for three months. Of course I have to take a look at them all. If they don’t pass the test, they need to practice assault again!” Yuan Ping said displeased.

Yuan Xiaodong didn’t dare to speak anymore. He looked at Lin Li, who smiled and said, “Then please invite Xiaodong to act as my rival.”

Yuan Xiaodong nodded, and the two of them finished each of Lin Li’s fighting scenes in Yuan Ping’s room.

Yuan Ping had seen Lin Li show off his skills in videos before. This time, it was nominally to see how well Lin Li practiced his tricks, but in fact, Yuan Ping wanted to see Lin Li’s real ability.

Unexpectedly, I saw Lin Li’s fierce and clean movements on the scene. He was fierce when he should be fierce, and he used clever strength when he needed to use skill. The combination of hardness and softness was more exciting than what Yuan Ping had in mind when he first designed it.

After Lin Li and Yuan Xiaodong finished fighting, Zhang Dasong praised: “Yes, it is no problem to make a movie at this level, and we can even advance a lot of progress…”

Yuan Ping said softly “Hmm” and said to Yuan Xiaodong: “I guess you are not lazy, your teaching is pretty good.”

Yuan Xiaodong hurriedly said: “It’s because Lin Li has a high level of understanding. He can remember everything after saying it once.”

“That’s because you taught him well, Xiaodong. I understood it right away.” Lin Li also praised Yuan Xiaodong.

Yuan Ping was much more pleased with Lin Li at this time and said, “Lin Li, you are so young and can achieve such a level in a short period of time. It is indeed good. If you are more obedient, I would like to accept you as my apprentice.”

Lin Li smiled and said, “That’s because I’m not blessed.”

Yuan Ping snorted and said, “I know you kid can’t stand my rules, so I won’t ask for trouble to save your fans from beating me up!”

Lin Li smiled and said, “Although my fans are called Yulinjun, they won’t really use swords or guns. Besides, you are a martial arts expert, so they don’t have the guts.”

Yuan Ping also laughed and said: “You have so many fans, each one of you can drown me with spit.”

Several people in the room laughed.

Zhang Dashong said to Lin Li: “Okay, I think Director Yuan is not angry with you anymore. I will take you to meet some other leading actors.”

Lin Li also said goodbye to Master Yuan Ping and followed Zhang Dashong to the training room.

At this time, the leading actors had also started training. When they saw Zhang Dasong coming, they all stopped and gathered around to say hello.

“Let me introduce to you, this is Lin Li, the lead actor in our drama.” Zhang Dashong introduced Lin Li one by one, “This is the second male lead in this drama, teacher Yang Jun who plays the martial arts leader Meng Jinwu.”

“This is Wen Qinglin who plays Master Sun of Jinmen Gendan Martial Arts School.”

“This is the actor…”

Zhang Dasong introduced them one by one, and Lin Li also greeted everyone one by one. The faces of these people could not see the dissatisfaction with Lin Li before, and they all praised Lin Li.

“I have long admired my name.”

“You are so young and promising. “Young You” is very interesting.”

“Next time Director Lin has a role, please consider me.”

“Brother Lin is indeed a talented person. No wonder he is so blessed. I am envious of him.”

“Hahaha, keep your voice down, the female lead of our crew is also one of the parties involved.”

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Everyone started joking, Lin Li looked around and asked, “Where is Chen Qingqing?”

Yang Jun smiled and said: “Didn’t our female lead go to find you?”

Everyone laughed.

While he was smiling, Hong Shen suddenly stopped smiling and said, “Here he comes!”

Everyone turned around and saw Chen Qingqing walking in from the door. She had a bright smile, but it could be seen from her brows that she was a little more sassy than before.

“It turns out I went to dress up.” Everyone murmured secretly.

After all, after training all morning, Chen Qingqing was dripping with sweat. When she knew Lin Li was coming, she went to take a shower and change her makeup.

Zhang Dasong smiled and said: “I don’t need to introduce this one.”

Chen Qingqing smiled at Lin Li and said, “Senior Brother Lin, long time no see.”

Seeing how enthusiastic Chen Qingqing was towards Lin Li, everyone couldn’t help but glance at Chen Qingqing. This guy was completely different in front of them and in front of Lin Li.

But I have to say that facing such enthusiastic Chen Qingqing, they would really not be able to withstand it.

Zhang Dashong smiled and said: “It didn’t take long, less than a month.”

Chen Qingqing coquettishly said to Zhang Da: “Director Zhang, there are so many people here, please save some face for me.”

Everyone laughed again. When the other actors saw that Chen Qingqing had such an unconventional side, they suddenly felt a little sad for Lin Li.

Lin Li has such a good life, why doesn’t he have such a good life?

“Okay, everyone knows each other. Let’s take a rest these two days. We will start working in two days! Take everyone to have a good meal in the evening.” Zhang Dashong said.

Everyone cheered when they heard what Zhang Dashong said.

Of course, the two-day rest is not a real rest, but all the crew and creative staff gathered around to read the script.

This script is adapted from a novel. Everyone first reads the novel together and talks about their thoughts, and then starts to read the script in a circle, that is, without wearing costumes, everyone sits and reads the lines, controlling the tone of the lines and the emotions of the characters, and even The lines pause.

Everyone can put forward their ideas and communicate with them.

Basically all the crew are present in this link, just to familiarize everyone with the script. Some excellent actors will also contribute a lot of excellent inspiration in this link.

However, Zhang Dasong’s script was rewritten by his gold medal screenwriter. There was nothing wrong with it, and no one dared to say anything was wrong. After reading it three times in two days, everyone was basically familiar with it.

Two days later, the crew all rushed to the filming location.

The crew held a simple opening ceremony at the filming location. Zhang Dasong stood in the middle, Lin Li and Chen Qingqing stood on the left and right sides of Zhang Dasong, and other actors in the crew stood on both sides.

A large curtain hangs on the stage directly in front, which reads: “The Grandmaster” crew launch ceremony.

On both sides are the incense burner and the roasted suckling pig and delicious fruits. The table used for worship is covered with red velvet cloth, and Guandi is worshiped on the table.

The camera in the center was covered with a red cloth, and then the crew lit incense and worshiped the gods one by one.

After the ceremony, Zhang Dasong led the actors on stage to speak.

“Thank you all for coming. We have been preparing for the movie “The Grandmaster” for a year and have finally started shooting. I hope everything goes well. Fortunately, we have gathered many outstanding actors this time, especially Lin Li and Chen Qingqing. As you all know, The two of them jointly won this summer’s box office championship this year.”

“Our movie aims to promote Chinese martial arts and let all Chinese people know the charm of our Chinese martial arts. Therefore, during the filming, we will try our best to ensure the authenticity and visibility of the movements. We have Director Yuan Ping and Yuan Yuan to provide martial arts guidance. Every actor trains hard and I believe they can capture the charm of Chinese martial arts.”

“We will not be open to media visits in the future, so if you have any questions, you can ask them now.”

There were more than 20 media who came to the scene, and it was really hard to squeeze in. Many media wanted to get in, but they had no way.

Now that they had the opportunity to ask questions, they naturally would not let it pass. Immediately, a reporter stood up and asked: “Director Zhang, we know that you, Lin Li and Chen Qingqing got acquainted with each other because of a program, but the program has ended for half a year. They We also collaborated on a movie and it was a hit. I would like to ask, do you think there is any difference between them now and on the show?”

Zhang Dasong said and looked at Lin Li and Chen Qingqing and smiled: “They are still as good and dedicated as before. If there is any difference, I think it is that the filming prices are different now. They are very expensive.” .”

After Zhang Dashong finished speaking, everyone laughed.

A reporter immediately asked: “Lin Li, we know that the box office of “Young You” is 4.5 billion. According to calculations, your personal share is about 1.8 billion. Excluding the personal income tax paid, you also have an income of at least 1.5 billion. With this much money, you How do you plan to spend it?”

“I haven’t decided yet, but I will donate part of it to the Lin Li Charity Fund to help those who suffer from school bullying.” Lin Lidao.

After Lin Li finished speaking, the audience applauded. Everyone knew that Lin Li’s charity fund had spent money and effort on many things this year.

“Hello Chen Qingqing, I would like to ask, this is the second time you and Lin Li have cooperated. Is there anything the same or different between this cooperation and the last time?”

Chen Qingqing smiled and said: “Last time, he was Xiaobei and I was Chen Nian. This time I am Guo Hui and he is Song Shi. The same thing is that we still like each other.”

Everyone understood what Chen Qingqing said and started to boo.

The reporters asked a lot of questions, but they all focused on Lin Li and Chen Qingqing, making it seem like it was a meeting between the two of them. It didn’t matter if it deviated from the theme of the launch of “The Grandmaster”, but it made the other actors suffer. The scene was a bit awkward. It didn’t take long for the reporter’s question session to be ended by the producer.

Zhang Dasong took Lin Li and Chen Qingqing and walked together to the camera covered with a red cloth in the center of the field. They held a corner of the red cloth together. Zhang Dasong shouted one, two, three, and everyone lifted the red cloth together.

“The Grandmaster” is officially launched!