Chapter 125 Director's "Must-Play Project"

Long Ziqiang won the Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer awards at the Golden Horse Awards.

Zhang Xiaorong won the title of "King of Singers" for three consecutive episodes in the variety show "Singer".

Lao Zhou "followed orders" to make money during the preparation of the film.

Everyone has a bright future.

Except Bai Youlou.

Because his motorcycle was stolen!
Damn! He just bought a new Kawasaki motorcycle!
I haven't ridden it a few times yet, and even the fender was clean, but it's gone.

After doubting my life for a while, I finally had no choice but to call the police.

"Name?"

"Bai Youlou."

"age?"

".Miss, I am calling the police to take a statement, are you interrogating me?"

Seeing Bai Youlou's helpless look, the policewoman who was taking his statement blushed subconsciously, "Stop staring at me."

Your blushing bubble teapot!

After the incident, they simply made a record. When Bai Youlou found that the policewoman was staring at his signature on the record, he generously said, "How about I sign one for you?"

It would have been better if he hadn't said this. Less than a minute after he said it, a bunch of people appeared in front of him and Bai Youlou could only sign a dozen names.
During this time, he discovered something interesting. He vaguely heard two policemen talking about something. A guy who had been selling generic drugs for ten years was finally arrested.

What else is there to say? It will probably be on the news soon.

Hmm~ seems interesting.

However, Bai Youlou did not ask too many questions. People said that the matter would be reported on the news. If he asked them at the police station, what would he do if they violated the rules?

Of course, there is one thing that needs attention.

When taking a photo with a police officer, especially if they are in uniform, never stand in the middle.

Even if you can only stand in the middle, it is best not to put your hands behind your back, and certainly not to let others hug you to take pictures.

otherwise
Hot search number one: #Bai Youlou was arrested#
The second most searched: #张小蓉, the king of songs#
"Bai Youlou was arrested? Is this true?! What has this guy been doing now?"

"Isn't this a prostitute? That's not right. How could someone like him need money?"

"I don't know why, but I always feel that this guy's doing this kind of outrageous thing is not surprising at all. Well, he was not arrested, he went to the police, and the police just released a photo to promote it. It's a cooperation between the police and the public."

"Hey, hey, hey, the trending search has changed to #Bai Youlou's motorcycle was stolen#!"

"It's been debunked. He called the police because his car was stolen. But why is everyone's first reaction that Bai Youlou was arrested? Shouldn't he reflect on himself?"

"To be honest, if Bai Youlou was really arrested, it would make sense for him not to participate in the Golden Horse Awards, hahahaha."

"Long Ziqiang cursed at the Golden Horse Awards, Bai Youlou was in jail, and Zhang Xiaorong was killing it on the stage of "Singer". I can see that Zhang is the only one in this company who is normal. The brothers are a bit abstract."

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This is the second time that Bai Youlou has become a hot topic because of his "abstract" work.

The last time was when he distributed cigarettes and he almost got named by the official media. Fortunately, he did not distribute the cigarettes to minors.

If you want to get involved in this business, you have to be able to tell age at a glance!

Some young girls will dress very maturely on purpose and look like they are in their twenties. But when they take out their ID cards, they find out they are not even fourteen years old. If you encounter this kind of situation, you will be in big trouble!
Bai Youlou felt that being in the entertainment industry was indeed a good choice.

Because female celebrities in the entertainment industry will only change their age to look younger, they won’t pretend to be old on purpose.

There are many people in their thirties and forties who still want to market themselves as young girls.

For a playboy like Bai Youlou, the entertainment industry is really great.

As for this time, it was more of a fun thing.

In the past, Bai Youlou was on the hot searches because of his various "face-to-face" actions. In comparison, he now seems a lot more "peaceful".

Look, there are a lot more funny people in the comment section of his Weibo recently.

Many people expressed their regret: Why doesn't Brother Lou curse anymore? Isn't it time to update Bai Yan Bai Yu?
There were also some perverted ones who were yelling something like "Xiao Baibai scolded me! Quick! Let me feel good!"

Suddenly I understood why someone dared to spread rumors that he was arrested just for taking a photo with the police. Even his fans became abstract.

"Hahaha! Brother Lou, I heard you were arrested?"

Early in the morning, Lao Zhou appeared in front of Bai Youlou with a very happy look.

It's really a bit of a nonsensical topic.

"Oh yes, yes, I just got back from jail."

"I'm just a little curious. Where did you go that day? How did you even lose your motorcycle?"

Looking at Old Zhou who was full of curiosity and desire, Bai Youlou did not hide anything and said that he had gone to the gym that day.

"Workout? Did you get a membership at that gym?"

“No need to apply for a membership, the gym owner gave me a free trial voucher”

It's really refreshing to talk nonsense seriously.

But in a sense, Bai Youlou did go to "exercise".

The "fitness equipment" was also provided by others.

It’s not expensive, you can buy two 001 ultra-thin ones for fifty yuan, and there are promotions for online shopping recently.

Of course, if you don’t have too high requirements for the brand and user experience of “fitness equipment”, there are cheaper ones.
After chatting about small things, Lao Zhou also talked about some serious matters.

He just went to Star City yesterday and discussed the script of the future program with the "Singer" production team.

Zhang Xiaorong has won the title of King of Singers for three consecutive episodes, so she will have to hold back a bit from now on.

Otherwise, other senior singers will have nowhere to put their faces.

The production team wants to continue this program next year. If they continue like this, what will happen if no one participates next year?
"They prepared a 'grievance' scenario, which is basically about the program team suppressing us. We can use public opinion to help Teacher Zhang attract a wave of 'sympathetic fans'. I think this is not a loss."

"Hey? Mango TV still wants to discuss the script with us?" Bai Youlou didn't feel surprised about the "suppression" that Zhang Xiaorong was about to face. Instead, he thought that Mango TV was giving him too much face.
"They may be afraid that you will do something outrageous again. Mango TV is definitely not afraid of us, but they still want to do a good job of their program, and they have conditions. Teacher Zhang should be able to win the King of Singers title again, but the prerequisite is that they will invite guest singers for one of the next episodes, and they hope you can go."

"When? Will it affect the filming of the movie?"

"I calculated that it should be just before the filming of the movie. The time is pretty accurate and will not affect the normal start of the filming."

Bai Youlou nodded, "Sure, I'll go there."

Hearing this, Lao Zhou showed an expression of "as expected" on his face.

He knew very well how lazy Bai Youlou was now.

He would rather people put money into his pocket before he is willing to make money. And he is so picky.

But regarding Zhang Xiaorong's matter, this guy had no intention of refusing at all~
I don’t know if it was Long Ziqiang, Bai Youlou might have said “Go away and play by yourself~”

"Hey? Where's Aqiang? What has he been doing recently? Is he going to Northeast China to perform in bars again?"

"No, I almost ran away in one breath before. Recently, a director found Aqiang and seemed to want him to act in a movie."

reasonable.

After all, Long Ziqiang just made a big splash at the Golden Horse Awards. As a singer, he is just a talent show singer, at the bottom of the contempt chain, and he doesn't have a professional stage like Zhang Xiaorong does now to prove himself.

But as an actor, he reached the peak as soon as he debuted.

It's just slightly worse than the one who won the Best Actor award for his debut film.

If this guy was more handsome and changed his company, he would definitely be promoted.

But appearance is a barrier to one's future. After Long Ziqiang has crossed the threshold, his appearance can actually help him in some ways.

For example, special characters.

It seems that he has already taken on three roles like that of a gangster boss. Although his roles are not large, he has indeed been receiving quite a lot of film offers.

Now with the bonus of the Golden Horse Awards, I will naturally be able to get some better roles.

As a result, Lao Zhou turned around and added, "It's one of our junior students. He wanted to make a low-budget movie. He thought A Qiang was easy to use and cheap, so he fooled him for several days, inviting him to drink and talk about the script every day." Huh?
This plot sounds a bit familiar!
Bai Youlou was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lao Zhou, and the two of them laughed.

Why does it feel like Long Ziqiang is becoming a "must-do" for novice directors?
Why is he here to gain experience?
"Brother Lou, help me."

"What's the noise?"

In the afternoon, when Bai Youlou was discussing some matters regarding the shooting of a new movie with Lao Zhou, he heard Long Ziqiang, who appeared out of nowhere, wailing.

I reached out to scratch my ears, then looked up at him. Hey, why is there someone following me?
"Hello, senior brother. My name is Wu Muqun, and I graduated from the directing department of the Film Academy." A young man with a simple and honest appearance and wearing thick black-framed glasses greeted Bai Youlou shyly.

"Oh~ You are the director who asked Aqiang to film a movie, right? Sit down."

To be honest, Bai Youlou was not too sure whether that guy was his junior fellow apprentice or not. After all, this guy looked several years older than him. But since he called him "senior brother", he might as well treat him as his junior fellow apprentice.

After greeting him for a while, he looked at Long Ziqiang and said, "What? Bring someone to steal my gold coins?"

He suddenly came back with a director he just met. This feeling of gold coins exploding is so strong!
As a result, Long Ziqiang actually shook his head and said, "No, no, Xiao Wu has enough budget. His movie won't cost much. I just have some problems understanding the role, so I want to ask you, Brother Lou, to help me solve my problem."

"Xiao Wu? Call him Director Wu when we start shooting."

"Of course, the crew is so majestic, I understand!"

Long Ziqiang said that he didn't know this. He had cooperated with Bai Youlou in the crew of "Whiplash" to "scare people". They were all used to it.

"Then what confusion do you want to resolve? If someone wants you to act in a movie, just do it."

"No. Xiao Wu, oh no, Director Wu, in this film, he wants me to be the absolute protagonist. Basically, all the roles are concentrated on me alone. I really don't know how to act. Brother Lou taught me how to act before. How can I act?"

Long Ziqiang is still very down-to-earth. Apart from "Whiplash", the other dramas he took on actually did not require any acting skills at all.

Just go to that station and you will be drawn into the play just by the styling, which is tailor-made.

There is absolutely no need to be forced into the role by Bai Youlou's high pressure like in "Whiplash".

Then a director came and wanted to increase the intensity of his performance, and he suddenly became numb. A typical self-taught actor.

"What kind of movie are you going to make?" Bai Youlou asked casually.

Long Ziqiang looked at Wu Muqun, who seemed a little nervous in front of Bai Youlou. He held his glasses and thought for two seconds before speaking.

"The inspiration comes from a folk performance. You may not have heard of it. It's called Drunken Guan Gong, a character in the folk culture."

"I know this performance. It's interesting."

Bai Youlou was actually interested. This folk custom was actually about praying for blessings, and was somewhat similar to the parade of gods in the south.

The actors playing the role of Guan Gong walked on stilts all the way to the Guan Gong Temple. Some of them knelt on the road along the way so that Guan Gong could step over them, in order to pray for peace.

Guan Gong passed under his crotch, and every difficult barrier was passed. No matter how difficult something is, it will be successful.

Of course, if you want to be a drunk Guan Gong, you must drink.

Drink a lot and walk on stilts, staggering but unable to fall.
This alone is a huge test for Long Ziqiang.

You have to practice stilts first.

Performers of folk customs may have practiced for a lifetime, and it may be performed by three generations, creating a legacy. If an actor wants to challenge this kind of role, the first hurdle is practice.

Of course, you can also use a stand-in, but the effect will definitely not be as good as if the actor himself did it.

This is not Long Ziqiang's biggest problem. At this moment, he looked a little worried. "How should I put it? I don't know how to put myself in this role."

Wu Muqun also added, "I have only made short films about training actors before. I don't have enough experience."

I understand. You're not here to get gold coins. You're here to get free labor.

"Aqiang, you are good at making things difficult for yourself. You haven't even finished playing the role of a human yet, and now you want to play a god."

Seeing Bai Youlou's smiling expression, Long Ziqiang knew there was a way, and he quickly took out a cigarette.

"Brother Lou, come on, light it up and tell me about it."

"There's actually not much to say. You stay in the intensive care unit of a hospital for half a month, and you'll quickly get into the role. Ten people die in front of you, and you watch their families wail and grieve until you become numb. You'll experience both the struggle of humanity and the silence of divinity."

Hey!
This method is really simple, crude and direct. But Long Ziqiang suspects that if he does this, he will fall into depression again.

Why are Brother Lou’s methods so anti-human?
Bai Youlou: I just want to ask you whether it is fast or not, and whether it works or not?
"Oh no, that's not right." Bai Youlou pondered for a moment, "The perspective is different. The drunk Guan Gong is walking on stilts."

"Ah? There are more changes?"

“Are you aware of the panoramic effect?”

This question made all four of them silent.

I don't know.
What does this have to do with making a movie?

"The panoramic effect is also called the aftereffects of space travel. When astronauts see the entire Earth from outer space, they experience a psychological change, a huge and overwhelming feeling of sadness."

Can't understand!
But the small stool has been moved.

Wu Mugun's expression changed from reserved at the beginning to full of desire now.

Senior brother has something! From now on, if anyone says that Bai Youlou was lucky to be shortlisted in Cannes, he will be angry with them.

"So, Aqiang, imagine this. Your character has to stand on stilts, nearly four meters high, looking at the entire city. The streets and alleys are crowded with sad and desperate people. Their prayers are mixed with crying and wailing. They almost put all their hopes in your eyes looking down at them. This hope will turn into shocks, hitting you as you are teetering on the top of the stilts."

"Their pain is varied, but their pain is the same."

"And you, some of the sufferings have been heard for several years, but some of the sufferings suddenly stopped on certain days and are no longer heard."

"So Guan Gong must drink. If you don't get drunk, you can't be Guan Gong, you can't even be yourself."

Long Ziqiang's breathing became rapid.

Just imagining the scene and feeling that Bai Youlou described, he felt his scalp tingling.

I can't act! What the hell is this?
While he was thinking about it, Bai Youlou had already leisurely opened the script brought by Wu Mugun.

However, after watching for a few minutes, the expression on his face changed.

What the hell?
Can this be called a script?

It's too abstract.

No wonder Long Ziqiang only talked about the characteristics of this character. This is the only character in the script.

"What story are you telling?" Bai Youlou couldn't help but ask.

Wu Muqun scratched his head, still immersed in Bai Youlou's words, and said vaguely, "It's just the drunk Guan Gong."

"What about the plot? Are you going to let Aqiang struggle alone throughout the entire movie?"

"I wrote the script myself. I'm not very good at it."

Awesome.

I feel sorry for Aqiang. It's an extremely difficult role, coupled with a new director who is not very reliable and an outrageous script. It would be a miracle if he wasn't played to death.

"Brother Lou, this idea is actually quite good, but it has no story to support it." Lao Zhou muttered as he put the script aside, and then he saw a white and tender hand taking the script away.

When he looked back, he felt numb.

Then Liu Manli made a "hush" gesture to him.

The others who had their backs to the scene didn't even notice that there was an "uninvited guest", while Bai Youlou was still complaining.

He reached out and patted the newspaper on the table. "Hey, there just happened to be a guy who sold fake medicine and got caught. His story is more exciting than your script, so just blend it in. Your role can actually be a supporting role."

wait?

Hey!
Such a strong sense of déjà vu.
"Go on, what kind of story will it be after you integrate into it?"

Thunder!

All of a sudden, the four men turned around collectively.

I saw Liu Manli holding Wu Mugun's script, but she was staring at Bai Youlou with interest.

She seemed to be looking forward to what he would say next.

　Thanks to Azhihe de Longwang for the 500 reward, I wish the boss will never die
　　
　
(End of this chapter)