I heard that the salary for the two of them coming here this time is 20 million each, and this is because Ding Liang is a gold medal variety show producer.
But the filming period was extended by one month, so the two people's salary directly reached 50 million.
You must know that Gu Yi only has eight million now, and Yu Xue only has three million.
One of the other two actors is Wei Jiarong, who is considered a well-known actor in the Mesozoic era. He comes from Xiangjiang, but he started developing in the mainland very early, so he is well-known. He has played many emperor roles in the past, and Won the Shinhwa Award six years ago.
There is another one named Wu Yue, who has won the Best Actress Award. Most of her TV series are costume films, and most of her roles are ruthless empresses.
But everyone was very polite when they first met. Shi Li and Peng Fei smiled at everyone they met. Even when they shook hands with Gu Yi, they bowed deeply.
After all, their rank is higher than that of Li Xi. When they come out to film variety shows, they naturally understand the importance of popularity with the public, and they will never fall over on these small details.
But when Gu Yi saw that the other party was bowing, he could only bend his body lower.
In the end, Peng Fei was almost squatting down. Gu Yi could only say, Brother Fei, if you go down any further, I will have no choice but to lie down.
Everyone present laughed so hard that they couldn't help but smile.
It's just that in Gu Yi's heart, it's a pity that the people who came this time have very high emotional intelligence, and none like Zeng Xuejun.
But then he thought again, this time they were abroad and it was more difficult. Now they had to earn at least 25,000 dollars a month, not including living expenses.
Not to mention anything else, just based on the exchange rate of 7:1, this 25,000 is equivalent to 175,000.
In two months, it will be 350,000.
Under such circumstances, it seems unnecessary to find people with low emotional intelligence to come over to make the program effective.
After all, in order to earn these 350,000 yuan, they had to work hard.
After the six people got to know each other, Ding Liang came in with the staff from outside.
"After a few days, everyone must have gotten to know each other. Our "Extreme Life" Season 4 will officially start tomorrow, so I still want to announce the rules to everyone today.
Of course, they are rules, but there are actually not many. The rooftop villa you are living in now has a very beautiful scenery, including the night view, but you need to pay 26,000 US dollars every month plus all other expenses. In two months, it will be 52,000 US dollars. .
Evenly divided on everyone's head is about 8,600 US dollars. Of course, this is your goal for two months. Next is the way to make money. Because this task is difficult, the program team will not make money for you. There are too many restrictions.
But you can only make money in New York, not in China. If you want to release your own songs, you have to find a way to produce them here, and then find someone to release them. If you are lucky, one song will be released. Can make all the money back.
If you want to be an actor in some theaters, you have to go to the theater to communicate by yourself. But these are just examples. You can also work as a waiter in some restaurants, sing in bars, etc.
In short, you decide what to do, as long as you find the job yourself. In addition, I personally suggest that you don’t go to some unsafe places. I will give each of you a map later to mark those unsafe places. Mark it out.
If you encounter any problems during the filming process, you must contact the program team in time. After all, we are now in a foreign country, and some things are still inconvenient to do. "
As Ding Liang said, this rule is much broader than it was back home.
Including allowing them to be actors in theaters and allowing them to sing songs, as long as you can do it.
"Next, we will still follow the old rules. You will be divided into two groups and then act separately. Once confirmed, you can go out to find a job tomorrow."
Gu Yi knew that the director would not interfere with any future actions. As long as there was work, he could work hard and do whatever he wanted.
"Next we have to divide into groups, but Gu Yi Yuxue and you two are a couple, so it's hard to separate you. How about you two form a team, and then the remaining four of us will be divided up again?" Wei Jiarong Said with a smile.
Although he is from Hong Kong, he speaks Mandarin very well. Only by listening carefully can you hear some Hong Kong Mandarin flavor.
"That's right, you two team up, we won't interfere." At this time, Shi Li also said with a smile.
"Okay, then the two of us will form a team."
Gu Yi and Yu Xue were the first to settle down.
I have to say that it is convenient to work with these people with high emotional intelligence. At least at this stage, there is no overt and covert fighting, and everyone is very harmonious with each other. Unlike the first time they participated, Wang Siqin even competed with Yu Xue for herself.
Then there were four people left.
The remaining four people originally planned to divide them according to whether they knew English, but after getting to know each other, they found that all four of them could communicate with foreigners fluently in English.
"Otherwise, let's divide them according to men and women. As the saying goes, if men and women work together, the work will not be tiring."
As soon as these words came out, Peng Fei and Shi Li had thoughts in their hearts.
Since you come to variety shows, you can’t just do variety shows.
If you don’t speculate on CP, it would be a waste.
So the four of them discussed it for a while with the camera behind their backs.
After coming back, Wei Jiarong said that he could form a team with Teacher Wu Yue, and the name of the combination of the two would be called the Mighty Team.
In the end, only Peng Fei and Shi Li were left.
In fact, when they discussed it, they were talking about letting the two older selves form a team.
Otherwise, for Shi Li and Peng Fei, with their size of fans, it would be inappropriate for any one of them to actively ask to team up with the other person on this variety show. If they say so, it would be equivalent to being one head shorter than the other person.
After all, taking the initiative is equivalent to begging others to form a team.
Although it is normal for most people to say this, but for these two top players, there will definitely be fans who will not be happy with it.
After dividing the teams, they began to discuss what they could do together.
The first thing is that the director said to apply for drama actors in a small theater.
Wu Yue and Wei Jiarong think this is a good idea. With their abilities, they are completely qualified to be drama actors. However, the other four young people feel that it is a bit of a loss to do it like this. No matter what, they have to put their usual Only if you can earn living expenses.
Then they talked about going out to sing and work as waiters.
The average hourly wage of waiters in the United States is about twelve dollars, but if you can go to some larger hotels, the salary will be higher. After working eight hours a day, you may be able to earn more than a hundred dollars. In addition, if you can If they collect some tips, maybe a month will be enough for their basic expenses.
In the end, Shi Li and Peng Fei decided to find a big hotel to work as waiters. After all, this is Manhattan and there are many five-star hotels.
Maybe if someone recognizes me or sees me carrying a camera, can I give him more?
Gu Yi and Yu Xue thought about it and decided to sing first.
When Ding Liang left, one person gave them an initial capital of three hundred dollars.
And they can also help each other in the future, with no limit on the amount.
After deciding on each other, they began to discuss separately.
Gu Yi and Yu Xue came to the room and started making plans.
"Now the two of us have a total of six hundred US dollars. In fact, as an initial capital, it is already quite a lot. Even if we buy a small car to sell pancakes and fruits, it is completely enough. But selling pancakes and fruits may be a little more troublesome because we are new here. I don’t know if I need to apply for a food business license or something like that here.
But we are not locals, so it may be very troublesome to apply for this kind of certificate, so I think it is safer for us to go the road of selling and singing. "Gu Yi said.
"Yes, the two of us thought of going together. In fact, I have seen some videos of people selling pancakes and making money here before, but it is not suitable for the two of us to go together, but since we want to sell songs , and musical instruments are needed.”
"Then let's take a look at any places selling musical instruments nearby. At least we need to prepare the equipment first."
Then Gu Yi and Yu Xue were searching the Internet and discussing what to buy.
First of all, guitar and bass are definitely needed.
In addition, you can also buy a drum that can be operated with your feet. You also need to prepare a microphone and speakers. I just don’t know if there is a microphone with an external amplifier function here.
Thinking about it this way, it is better to do it in China, where online shopping can be delivered the next day.
After making a list and checking that it was still early, the two went out first.
This time their destination was clear, which was Ding Bang Alley on 28th Street in New York.
As early as the last century, there were many music publishing companies and many musical instrument stores here. At that time, there were many song salesmen and musical instrument stores every day. In order to attract customers, they would play the piano all day long. However, due to excessive use of the piano, the sound was like It's like hitting an iron plate, hence the name.
After arriving, there were still many shops on both sides, and some shops played musical instruments at the door.
They plan to go from store to store.
Enter the first store first. The proprietress of this store is a young woman with wavy blond hair and very bright blue eyes.
After explaining their purpose and expressing their budget, the other party quickly brought the two of them to a shelf.
"There are all guitars here. If you are a beginner, I recommend you to buy this Beyoncé. It only costs one hundred dollars. In addition, we also give away picks and a new pair of strings."
Yu Xue thought for a moment, then took off the guitar and looked at it. She started playing a few notes and then frowned.
Turning to look at Gu Yi: "This is not good."
So Gu Yi continued to communicate with the other party: "Sorry, we are not beginners. We just want to buy a guitar for playing with as good a sound as possible. By the way, we are a band."
The proprietress looked at Gu Yi, then at Yu Xue, and then at the photographer following them.
After thinking about Yu Xue's posture when playing before, it was indeed very professional.
"If you are a professional band, I'm afraid you can't buy the instruments you want for two hundred, at least that's the case here. But where are you from? Neon or South Korea? There really aren't many Asian bands in America. .”
"We are Chinese." Gu Yi said with a smile.
"Sorry, but you speak English really well. Do you go to school here?"
"No, we are singers and actors from China. We are here to film a show. The show team gave us three hundred dollars each to live here for two months, so we must find a way to make money."
"Sounds like fun." The landlady said with a smile.
This boss lady is obviously very friendly to yellow people.
"Yes, we plan to perform in the subway then. If you are free, you can come and take a look."
"Well, no problem." The landlady smiled and nodded, "But if you want to buy excellent musical instruments with very little money, maybe you can go to Uncle Reiner's store and have a look. He has a lot of old instruments there. Instruments.”
"Uncle Reiner? Where is his store?"
"Just after exiting the store, turn right and you will see a very retro-style store."
"Thanks!"
Saying that, Yu Xue returned the guitar in his hand to the other party.
But at this moment, the landlady suddenly seemed to think of something, took out her phone and started searching.
Just when Gu and Yi walked to the door, the landlady stopped him again.
"Sorry to bother you," the landlady said as she walked over with her cell phone.
"Is this you?"
Gu Yi listened to the sounds inside, and then looked at the picture above.
This is not my video on "Summer of the Band".
"Yes, this is our band, but there were originally five people in our band, and only two came this time."
"Wow, then you must be Mr. YeeGu, the lead singer of the band."
"That's right, but according to what we Chinese call him, he should be Gu Yi."
"Oh, this is so crazy, it's unbelievable. I didn't expect you to come to my store to buy musical instruments. I like your songs very much, including some of the Chinese songs you sang. Although I don't understand them, I feel They all sound very nice, can I take a photo with you?"
"sure."
Later, Gu Yi, Yu Xue and the proprietress took a group photo, but Gu Yi thought that since the proprietress was also a fan of New Bee, wouldn't it be okay?
"Madam, if this is the case, can we buy a piano with you for the money we owe first? After we make money, we will give it to you or give you a discount."
After hearing this, the proprietress smiled and crossed her hands on her chest: "No, you should go to Uncle Reiner's store and have a look. I hope you can find your favorite instrument there.
Of course, if you have a concert or performance here, I will definitely go and see it. "
Being poured cold water on his head, Gu Yi had to lament the reality of these Americans.
After taking note of each other's phone number, Gu Yi and Yu Xue left the musical instrument store called Alice.
As they walked, they saw a rather retro store that looked out of place with the other stores.
But when they stood at the door, they discovered that the song "We Will Rock You" was playing in this store.
The two smiled at each other and walked in.
"Hello, is Uncle Reiner here?"
"Yes, we have all old instruments here. You can take a look for yourself first. If you like which one you like, you can tell me, but don't touch it. I will take it down for you to try."
The other party seemed a little careless.
Gu Yi looked in the direction of the sound and saw Uncle Reiner lying on a chair drinking beer.
His face was unshaven and his cheeks were a little red.
But since the boss was so casual, they quickly started looking here. As they looked, Yu Xue suddenly saw an electric guitar and stopped instantly.
A little unable to walk.
"Gu Yi, I want to try this. It looks beautiful and the workmanship is exquisite."
Gu Yi and the others have many musical instruments in their studio. The cheapest ones cost more than 60,000 yuan, so they can tell at a glance whether an instrument is good or bad.
Although he knew that this piano would be very expensive, Gu Yi still said, "Uncle Liner, I want to try this."
Finally, Reiner stood up from the creaking chair and came here with a huge beer belly.
He carefully opened the glass cabinet door and took out the guitar from the shelf.
"Be careful when you try it."
At this time, the song in the store had switched to the next one, which was also rock.
It's just that Gu Yi hasn't heard of it.
It was only then that Reiner saw the camera following them.
"What does this camera of yours do?"
"Sorry, we are filming a show, we are from a band, and the show requires us to make money to live here, so we want to buy some instruments."
"You are a band? Then give it a try, and remember to be careful not to break it."
Yu Xue nodded and took the guitar equally carefully.
I tried a few tunes first, and all the EADGBE tunes were in tune. Apparently the owner of this store would tune these instruments from time to time.
After trying it, Yu Xue started playing, subconsciously playing the interlude of "we will rock you".
The more I play Yu Xue, the more I like it.
A song played to the boss's heart, and the boss was obviously very happy, so he asked: "You also like this song."
Gu Yi smiled and said, "Uncle, this song belongs to our band."
But the boss was full of disbelief after hearing this: "How is that possible?"
"Uncle Reiner, if you don't believe it, you can search it online."
Then Reiner actually took out his phone and searched it.
Then I saw the photos about the New Bee band on Wikipedia, and Gu Yi's photo was at the front.
In the group photo, Yu Xue was standing next to Gu Yi.
"It's really you, it's amazing, you are the New Bee band."
"Yes, we are the New Bee band."
Yu Xue nodded and said, but soon she returned the guitar in her hand to the other party.
Because the shelf says the price of this guitar is three thousand dollars.
"Why? Don't you like this guitar?"
"I like it, but we don't have that much money for this filming. Maybe we can wait until we finish filming the show and then come back and buy it."
Yu Xue also had regrets on her face when she said it.
But Gu Yi had already thought about it. He would come here again to see if he could let Uncle Reiner keep the piano. After filming the show, he would come back and buy it for Yu Xue as a gift.
The boss was also a little regretful, after all, he also liked the New Bee band.
If not, he wouldn't have added the song to the playlist in the store.
Then they looked at other instruments, and Gu Yi also took a fancy to a very retro bass, but looking at the price, he couldn't afford it at two thousand dollars.
But Uncle Reiner followed their request and brought out some second-hand guitars and basses worth one or two hundred dollars. After playing them, they both shook their heads. Instruments of this level were much different from what they usually used.
But now there is no way, they can't pick up the leaks, so they can only go back to discuss it. If it doesn't work, they can go to Uncle Reiner's place again and buy two musical instruments to make do with it.
Just when the two were about to leave.
Uncle Reiner suddenly called him from behind.
"How much is the most you can offer?"
Gu Yi thought for a moment: "We can only pay four hundred dollars for the guitar and bass, because we still have money left to buy other things."
After hearing this, Uncle Reiner asked again: "Are you going to hold a concert here?"
When Gu Yi heard about the concert, he felt that it was a very distant topic.
Now they can't be opened at home, let alone abroad.
"Sorry, we may not have such qualifications yet."
"Then will you do it in the future?"
"I will definitely do it in the future."
"Then what are you going to do next?"
"Next we plan to sing in subway stations to make money."
Uncle Reiner thought for a while: "Actually, I was also the guitarist in a band before, but then an old guy passed away, and we got married, so we disbanded. "We will rock you" is the song I have been playing for the past few years. favorite song, so I can sell you that guitar and another bass for four hundred dollars if you guys want.”
Hearing this, Gu Yi felt as if a huge piece of pie fell from the sky and smashed squarely into his mouth.
"Thank you, thank you so much, but how should we thank you in this case?"
"If... I mean, if you have a concert in New York in the future, it would be great if you could give me a ticket. I also want to watch you perform with these two instruments."
In fact, from the moment they entered the store, Gu Yi and Yu Xue discovered that the boss was a rock fan.
But I didn't expect that the other party would have such a pure love for rock and roll.
"No problem." Gu Yi agreed directly.
In the end, they succeeded in buying the two guitars, which together were worth a total of $5,000, for $400.
"This guitar was once used by Paulian, and this bass was also used by the legendary bassist James. I hope you can treat them well."
"I will definitely do it, Uncle Reiner."
"If we hold a concert then, we will definitely give you the best ticket."
Although I know that this ticket may not be worth the price difference between the two instruments, tickets in the front row are usually difficult to buy.
"Thanks!"
"You must do a good job."
But in the end, Uncle Reiner asked the two of them if there was anything else they needed.
After learning that the two of them needed a lot of things, they started moving them directly from the store.
Give whatever is lacking.
The stereo even gave them the pair placed at the door of the store.
In fact, Gu Yi couldn't figure out why Uncle Reiner did this, but when he asked this question, Uncle Reiner's answer was that he would never perform on stage again in his life. The guitars in the store were all made by him because of his youth. Collected at the time.
Rather than die with him, it would be better to give it to someone who truly loves music.
Gu Yi was deeply moved after hearing this.
He immediately gave all the money he had to Uncle Reiner.
Uncle Reiner also accepted it with a smile and said that he could help them send it back. Then he made a phone call and asked a young man to drive them back to where they lived.
In this way, they got everything they needed to play that day through almost free prostitution.
"Good guys, did you go shopping for zero yuan? Why did you get so many things back? The total price of these things is probably less than 600. Did you buy them on credit?"
Wu Yue asked in surprise.
"No, we went out and asked a store today, but with this money we could only buy the most common musical instruments. Then we went to Uncle Reiner's second-hand musical instrument store. Later we found out that he was a fan of ours, so we spent the money After spending all the money, Uncle Reiner sold these treasures to us."
"Okay, you have quite a charming personality. I didn't expect you to have so many fans abroad."
Uncle Reiner did not leave at this time. Seeing these people speaking Chinese, he asked curiously what they meant?
Peng Fei roughly translated it in English.
Uncle Reiner smiled.
"This song by the New Bee band has already had the highest YouTube views of the year since two months ago."
Hearing this, not only the others, but also Gu Yi and Yu Xue were startled.
They had never paid attention to these aspects before.
All I know is that the song "We Will Rock You" was number one on domestic music platforms for several months, but was later pushed out by other songs.
Finally Reiner left.
I obviously lost thousands of dollars, but I was extremely happy when I left.
On the way back, I didn’t even scold my son for driving erratically.
After Gu Yi and Yu Xue moved their things back, they got into a room and started planning which subway station to sing at tomorrow.
The two of them are lovers, so they don't have to worry about being seen when they get into the same room. They can discuss it openly together, but they still have to sleep separately at night. After all, the influence is not good.
But they looked at the subway lines and found that the largest subway station here is the Fulton Transfer Center, which handles 300,000 passengers every day.
After much deliberation, they decided this was it.
After all, there are many people.
But they thought again.
To sing, it is certainly impossible to sing all day long.
If you go on like that, your voice will be ruined.
Therefore, they have to rest for a few days after singing, and they can also find something to do during the day.
"Xiaoxue, what other specialties do you have? Apart from music performances and dancing."
"Besides these, I can also draw."
"It seems that painting is okay."
Yu Xue smiled and said: "Then we will find a place to paint for people during the day. We will charge them 15-20 US dollars for each high-quality painting."
"Okay, but if you draw, I have to find other ways to make money, otherwise I won't be able to make a living. Although I can draw, I'm slow in drawing, and I can only draw some cartoons. Yeah, I can’t draw portraits.”
At this time, there were still cameras filming nearby.
But Yu Xue still smiled: "Then you can just eat soft rice. Anyway, I made a lot of money following you in the first season. Then you can just help attract customers and collect money."
"No, no." Gu Yi shook his head.
"Then how else can I make money? Apart from these, I know a lot of things, but I am definitely not good at driving a large combine harvester, farming, opening locks, or selling breakfast."
At this moment, Yu Xue suddenly thought of a way.
"By the way, you can still do what you do in China, get a frog suit and wear it, and then sell frogs. You should be able to sell them. Then you can stand next to me and still attract customers. .”
But these words gave Gu Yi inspiration.
Selling frogs may not be popular abroad, but the other image will certainly be popular.
Although there is no IP in front, the fact that that IP can become so popular also shows that this image can be accepted.
"Xiaoxue, how is your painting skill?"
"How good are you at painting? There will definitely be no problem if I pass the joint art exam. In fact, if I don't take the art exam for acting, I will probably become a painter who can play music. But then I will have to go abroad. I don't think so. I wanted to study abroad, so I decided to study acting.”
"Well, let's do this. I have an image now. I'll draw a rough outline first. You can help me fill in the details. Tomorrow I'll have someone make the clothes. Besides, it's easy to do and doesn't cost much."
Gu Yi first drew a rough outline, and then Yu Xue filled in the details according to Gu Yi's requirements.
After finishing the painting, an image of Spider-Man landing in a handsome posture appeared on the paper.
"Why a Spider-Man?"
"What Spider-Man? This thing is called Spider-Man. When the time comes, I will take pictures with them wearing this suit and make money. I will just charge 5 dollars at a time."
"Why does it look like a tights suit?"
"It's just a tights, no doubt about it."
"Then are you going to wear this then?"
"Yes, this is so handsome."
"Forget it, I don't understand this anyway. Since you want to do this, you should have your reasons." Yu Xue thought about Gu Yi wearing tights and felt a little ashamed, but since Gu Yi decided Then she will support it. Even if she can't make any money by then, she should be able to make a lot just by painting.
After that, they chatted for a while about their specific plans for tomorrow.
Go to the subway station and sing for an hour in the morning, and then sing for another two hours at night during rush hour.
This way there can be some distance.
You can rest during the day, or find a place near Madison Square Garden to set up a stall to draw and take photos for a fee.
If business is good, you can still go out for shopping.
At least don't let your throat get too tired.
And you can't sing too many high-key songs. When necessary, you can find some music that you can only play without singing. In short, just mix it in like this.
It's not suitable to be too noisy, including in the morning.
But in this way, Gu Yi felt that it was necessary for him to release some new songs.
But after the chat, Yu Xue thought of a key question: "We don't have a dime now. Uncle Reiner sent us back when we came back. How are we going to go out tomorrow? If we can't make money in the morning , you can’t even afford breakfast, let alone wear that tight-fitting outfit you’re wearing that’s so embarrassing to look at.”
"It's okay." Gu Yi didn't care at all, "I'm going to borrow some money in a minute. It's enough if I have a few dozen dollars. Anyway, it's still the beginning. Everyone has money. It's just a few dozen dollars. It's not big enough for one person." If you borrow 10 yuan, you can still borrow 40 yuan."
Yu Xue never expected that when they came to live abroad this time, their first pot of gold would actually be borrowed.
I watched an anime called "Sky Invasion" today. It was quite interesting.
(End of chapter)
