Chapter 160 What is lost is gained in the east
In the middle of the night, the three returned to the crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

The next morning, the three of them showed up at the set on time.

If I say I want one day off, it means one day, no more, no less.

"Hello, you're back." Li Huizhu came forward to greet them with a smile. The other actors were also present.

"I came back in a hurry and didn't bring you any gifts." Zhang Yuan responded with a smile.

Chen Xiaodong, Zhu Yan, Shen Xiaohai, Nie Yuan, and Chen Zihan were all present.

But the only one missing was the leading actress Xu Xiyuan, who had a big boss as her backer and was the last one to arrive at the crew every day.

"How did the audition go?" Director Li asked with concern.

Yuan Hua smiled and waved his hand: "I'm fine. I'll have to go for another audition after the filming of this movie is finished."

"But Stephen Chow has high requirements. I don't know whether I can join the crew until the day of shooting."

"As for those two..." Yuan Hua turned to look at Zhang Yuan and Wu Jing with a warm smile, as gentle as if he was looking at his own relatives' children.

"I took them there to broaden their horizons."

"After all, they have never made a movie before, so it would be good for them to understand the pre-production process in advance."

"Oh..." Director Li nodded in understanding.

What Yuan Hua meant was that these two guys were not favored.

But this is normal. It’s not easy to get into Stephen Chow’s crew.

The other actors also heard the hidden meaning of Yuan Hua's words, but most of them did not show much expression.

It is very common for veteran actors to fail in auditions.

For example, Chen Zihan, who has nearly ten years of acting experience, went to 50 auditions in two months before she finally got a small role.

But even so, it's already the best luck.

Zhang Songwen, who later became famous with "Kuang Biao", happened to experience the lowest point in his acting career during this period, around 03 or 04.

In the first year, he visited 360 crews.

The next year, 280 were run.

In the third year, I ran more than 200 times.

Nothing was found, all were rejected.

Not to mention auditions for actors, even if an ordinary person were to have more than 300 interviews a year when looking for a job, or even less than 300 times, if he was rejected every day for a month, he would probably collapse.

But this is just the norm for actors.

These low-level actors can only pick up their broken selves by force and continue to move forward with gritted teeth.

The people in the "A Chinese Ghost Story" crew, including Wu Jing, Shen Xiaohai, Nie Yuan, and Chen Zihan, are already the best in image, temperament, ability, and skills among the younger generation in the entertainment industry, and are the top actors.

But even they are already used to failing auditions.

Sometimes, even after passing the audition and joining the crew, you are replaced by someone else. This is the most despairing thing.

It's only one step from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley.

In fact, Nie Yuan always does this, which always makes others feel desperate.

This time it was Zhang Yuan who squeezed him out, and he got a taste of the consequences.

So when he heard that Zhang Yuan did not pass the audition, he was the happiest among the actors in the crew.

While your own success is worth celebrating, your enemy's failure is even more worthy of cheering.

What a pleasure!
Ever since he knew that Zhang Yuan was going to audition for Stephen Chow's crew, Nie Yuan's blood pressure has never been lower than 120.

My temples were throbbing all day long and my eyeballs were swelling and aching.

Taking that antihypertensive drug is like Kong Yiji eating fennel beans.

They eat it plate by plate!

It was really like "my waist ached when I slept, I felt nauseous when I ate, my head was confused, and everything seemed wrong."

Now, he is alive.

Nie Yuan took out the bottle of antihypertensive medicine he carried with him from his pocket, turned around and shot a three-pointer towards the small flower bed next to him!
The medicine bottle drew a perfect arc, fell into the flowers and disappeared completely.

Goodbye!
"Zhang Yuan, it's okay, oh." Chen Zihan frowned and stepped forward to comfort him.

"Yeah, it's just a small failure. It's the crew's loss if they didn't use you." Zhu Yan also responded with a smile.

"You are still young and have performed so well. You will have plenty of opportunities in the future." Director Li Huizhu also comforted her.

Wu Jing beside him looked around.

Hey?
It seems like I failed the audition too.

Why doesn't anyone of you comfort me?
Hey?
Can you still see me?

Zhang Yuan was also very puzzled. I don’t need your comfort.

Besides, I may not fail. The crew hasn’t started filming yet. Everything is possible.

The current situation of him and Wu Jing is exactly in line with the lyrics of Chen Yixun's "Red Rose".

"What you can't get is always in turmoil, and those who are favored have nothing to fear."

They were chatting when a ruthless cell phone ring broke the harmonious atmosphere.

Zhang Yuan quickly took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket, smiled and nodded, greeted everyone, turned around, walked a few steps, and pressed the answer button.

"Hello?"

"Hello Zhang Yuan, how are you doing recently?"

A lazy female voice with a Beijing accent came from the phone.

"Sister Fan, I'm currently filming in Dali." Zhang Yuan replied immediately.

The person who called him was Xu Fan, whom he had met at Wang Fei's card game on the evening of April 1st.

"Ah?" Xu Fan was slightly surprised: "Didn't you just finish filming a movie?"

"Why are you filming again?"

Xu Fan thought, it’s been less than two months since we met, and this guy has joined the group again!
"I got another TV series. I'm lucky." Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.

"Oh, that's troublesome." Xu Fan said with a light "tsk".

"I'd like to ask you to play a small cameo role."

When Zhang Yuantian heard this, he immediately pricked up his ears.

Xu Fan called me specifically and asked me to play a guest role?

She knows all the big crews and big directors, and the biggest one among them is her husband!

"Sister Fan, your business is my business. I still have about two weeks of filming to do. If it doesn't work out, I can still reschedule with the crew."

"Really? That's fine." Xu Fan calculated: "My movie has already started shooting, but your role can be adjusted. It's not much anyway, so let Xiaogang shoot later."

It really is her husband’s play!

Zhang Yuan's breathing became heavier as he calculated excitedly.

According to this time, the movie Feng Xiaogang is currently shooting should be...

That’s right, it should be the movie that made Fan Bingbing famous, but also brought her bad luck in later years.

"cell phone"!
Fan Bingbing's star journey really depends on this movie.

He lost in one place but gained in another. He didn't expect that he would gain something new just after he came back from Hong Kong Island. Why did Xu Fan contact him suddenly and arrange a small role for him without even an audition?
Let’s go back to April 1st.

Before leaving that night, after Xu Fan and Lin Cong had gotten into the car, he suddenly remembered and asked the other party about the "star map".

Seeing that he was very serious and didn't seem to be joking, Xu Fan went home and discussed it with Director Feng.

Director Feng didn't believe it and thought Zhang Yuan was exaggerating and trying to attract his wife's attention.

But Xu Fan, with the attitude of "it's better to believe it than not to believe it", asked someone to help him investigate.

It is easier to write an article with a title.

Sure enough, the paparazzi were found lurking near their home not long after.

This is a complete confirmation of Zhang Yuan’s words.

Xu Fan and Feng Xiaogang decided that since the other party had helped them once, they might as well give him some reward to establish a good relationship with him.

"Cell Phone" just happened to start filming, and there was nothing else to do but give me a cameo role, and Director Feng was in control of it, it was just a matter of a word.

Just like that, Xu Fan called.

"That's it, I'll give you about two weeks, then you can come directly to the crew, I'll give you the address."

Xu Fan finalized the deal with him and was very happy.

Zhang Yuan put down his phone with a look of joy on his face.

He knew very well that the film had already started shooting and the role assigned to him would definitely not be an important one.

Maybe getting into the film industry and making a name for themselves is something that most TV actors would love to have!
The same goes for him, at least he has a chance to perform.

They happily returned to the crowd, and the rest were still chatting and preparing for matters before the filming began.

"Director Li, I'd like to ask you for help with something." Zhang Yuan came to Li Huizhu and smiled innocently.

"If you have anything to say, just tell me." Director Li was still very polite to him, and would almost always grant his requests as long as they were not too excessive.

"Can you adjust my role, speed up the shooting schedule, and try to finish it within two weeks?"

As soon as he said this, not only Li Huizhu, but everyone else fell silent and looked at him in confusion.

"why?"

"A film crew wants me to play a small guest role. The schedule is in two weeks." He said sincerely.

hiss……

There was a sound of people gasping for air in the crowd.

The filming of this drama hasn't even finished yet, and this guy has a new job!

Why do we have to work so hard to find a job and endure the huge pressure of auditioning?

But when it comes to him, the drama comes knocking on his door?
"Zhang, Zhang, Zhang Yuan, the crew you are talking about, is it not Stephen Chow's crew?" Wu Jing asked nervously, swallowing hard.

Could it be that my brother is going to drive a Land Rover again?
"Of course not." Zhang Yuan replied happily.

His words made everyone present breathe a sigh of relief.

"What crew?" Wu Jing asked again.

"Hey, it's not a big director, it's just a movie."

"What do you mean it's just a movie!" Wu Jing put his hands on his shoulders and pressed hard: "It's good to be able to act in a movie, even if it's just a small cameo role."

"By the way, whose film is this?"

"Feng Xiaogang."

Whoosh... A gust of spring breeze blew by, blowing up a few fallen leaves and making a low rustling sound.

Apart from that, the entire crew was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The actors and directors all opened their mouths wide and looked at him in amazement.

"Isn't this what you call a big director?" Wu Jing's mouth twitched.

"The director is indeed not very tall." Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.

"Fuck you..." Wu turned around twice in anger: "Hey, can I kill you?"

"Okay, I understand. I will discuss it with Shisan and try my best to help you adjust." Li Huizhu agreed immediately without saying a word.

That’s Feng Xiaogang!

Who wouldn't want to act in his play?

In mainland China today, there are only a few directors who can make the most money.

Lao Yizi, Cheng Kaige, besides them, there is Feng Xiaogang.

If we include Hong Kong, Taiwan and all ethnic Chinese, there are also Wong Jing, Stephen Chow, Ang Lee, John Woo...

But among the fifth generation directors in mainland China, these three really dominate the field, and even suppress all the sixth generation directors.

Even sixth-generation directors such as Guan Hu and Ning Hao, who have the ability to make commercial films, have been suppressed for more than ten years.

It was not until the rise of the seventh generation of directors that young successors such as Guo Fan, Wu Jing, and Chen Sicheng emerged who could compete with them at the box office.

How could Li Huizhu not agree? With such a good opportunity, of course she had to let Zhang Yuan go.

"Zhang Yuan, is this true?" Chen Zihan felt a little sad, but at the same time she was happy for him.

"Yes, but it's really just a small cameo role."

creak...

"What's that sound?" They were talking when they heard a teeth-grinding friction sound.

"Don't interrupt me. I'm asking you a question. How did you get to know Director Feng?"

Chen Zihan brought him back to the topic.

In fact, Zhang Yuan was not mistaken, because the source of the voice was Nie Yuan who was standing nearby.

Crunch, crunch... This is the sound of him grinding his back molars hard.

After learning that Zhang Yuan failed in the audition for Stephen Chow’s movie, he felt like the sky was clear, the rain had stopped, and he felt like he was ready again!

My mood became calmer, my blood pressure lowered, and I felt better all over.

But just a few minutes later, Zhang Yuan told everyone that Feng Xiaogang wanted him to film a movie?
boom!
Nie Yuan felt like his heart was about to explode!
"First he stole my role, then he was taken to Stephen Chow's crew by Yuan Hua, and now he has taken over Director Feng's film..."

Nie Yuan's hands were shaking so much that he could even go on stage to perform if given a guitar.

Compared to this, what am I?
Nie Yuan completely doubted his life.

He is always the one who steals other people's roles.

Others have always envied him for his many roles.

But why doesn’t it work when it comes to Zhang Yuan?
Nie Yuan covered his chest and stumbled to the side.

"Hey, where are you going?" asked his good friend Shen Xiaohai when he saw him hiding in the flowers on the side of the road.

"Don't worry about me. I'm looking for blood pressure medicine."

Nie Yuan searched in the bushes and slapped his right hand, which he had used to throw the medicine bottle.

"Hurry up!"

He found that he couldn't stop taking the medicine since he met Zhang Yuan...

(End of this chapter)