A man can bend and stretch, so Huang Mao decided to endure it, and tried to show that he was honored to have a friend like Zhang Chu, and personally saved his number into Huang Bo's mobile phone.
"Why do I feel that he is afraid of you?"
"Really? I'm quite friendly!"
Huang Bo resisted the urge to complain.
Kind?
What kind of amiable person would grab someone's neck, choke them and throw them away when they disagree?
After changing clothes, it's time to get to work.
This drama is a low-budget drama, and the actors are all domestic third- and fourth-tier celebrities, the kind who look familiar but can’t tell by name. The name of the script is also the kind that sounds unlikely to be popular, it’s called “The Strange Man of the Rivers and Lakes.” .
No one will share the specific content with a bunch of extras. All they have to do is move the scenery.
In the first scene, Zhang Chu, Huang Bo and others played the role of refugees, swaying past the camera, as long as they showed that their legs were weak from hunger.
Because of Huang Bo's outstanding image, the executive director also designed an action for him. While walking, he suddenly squeaked and asked to jump forward and fall to the ground to act as a dead person. For this, he was given an extra fifty yuan.
This is the rule of the crew. Anyone who plays a dead person will earn more than ordinary extras. On the one hand, it is because of bad luck, and also because playing a dead person has to lie on the ground motionless. No one knows how many times this scene will be shot. Once something goes wrong, all you can do is lie on the ground and pretend to be dead.
Fortunately, this shot is not complicated. The only trouble is that in order to appear crowded, the extras who walk in front of the camera have to immediately run back to the end of the line and walk all over again.
The protagonists stood aside with expressions of compassion and lamented that the world is difficult, blah blah blah.
After talking for a long time, one of the women was so compassionate that she even took out her money and gave it to the refugees, receiving numerous thanks and compliments.
hehe!
That is to say, acting. If they are real refugees, the woman's behavior just now has already caused death for her and her companions.
Zhang Chu had seen so many refugees before that it could even be said that the refugees were no longer considered human beings.
Wherever the refugees passed, the ground was bare for thousands of miles, with not even an inch of grass left. People exchanged their children for food. It was everywhere.
If anyone shows kindness and gives money or food, instead of being thanked, they will be swarmed by refugees, leaving only bones on the ground.
The so-called relief can only be provided by the government, with a large army arrayed on the side, and the refugees who make the slightest move will be killed without mercy.
After this scene was filmed, Zhang Chu and others changed their clothes and put on messy hair covers. When the costumes were finished, they all looked like Saiyans.
His new identity is that of a bandit who blocked the road and robbed the protagonist. When he was robbing the protagonist's group of property, he was beaten away by the worldly master who fell from the sky.
It went well at first, with the extras screaming and rushing up to grab money, food, and women. But when it was the turn of the worldly master to appear, something went wrong.
It seems to be a very simple action. The actor who plays the role of a worldly expert is suspended by a wire and falls vertically from above. He turns 720 degrees in the air, lands smoothly, draws out his sword, holds a sword flower, and makes a perfect appearance.
But that actor obviously has no martial arts skills. When he turned in the air, he looked like a maggot twisting around. Is he still an expert in this world?
I finally managed to turn around, but there was another problem when I landed. The first time, I fell down and squatted on my butt. The second time, I jumped on the street and jumped faster than Huang Bo.
"CUT, CUT, CUT!"
After turning on the camera, Director Ma, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't stand it anymore. He called the executive director named Sun over and cursed him. Then he saw the executive director walking up to the actor with a frown on his face and gesticulating. He spoke for a long time.
Waiting for re-shooting...
"CUT! Change the substitute!"
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the extras also found places to rest.
Zhang Chu just found a place that looked flat and was about to sit down when he saw Huang Mao running over in a hurry.
"Brother! Here comes the work!"
After listening to Huang Mao's words, Zhang Chu realized that the team had just started and the replacements were not yet in place.
"I just told the executive director that you yesterday..."
My neck started to itch again.
"The skills you showed off yesterday can't be used to handle this scene!"
As if asking for credit, Huang Mao praised Zhang Chu again.
"How much?"
Well……
Is this the only focus?
Although this drama is a low-budget production, Director Ma is still quite famous in the circle. If he is well-served, he might be able to start working with the team in the future.
When an extra performer has a cast and no cast, sometimes they can't make a living for several days. In a month, the extra income is only around 300 yuan.
It would be different if you can join a group. This kind of group performance is a special contract. Although it is still a group performance, you can make a lot of money. You can save one or two hundred a day, but it is much better than ordinary group performance.
"Brother, we can't calculate like this!"
Huang Mao didn't even expect that he had such patience, and he was ready to explain the secrets to Zhang Chu.
He probably just wanted to find a regular job for Zhang Chu so that he would be less troubled in the future.
"How much?"
Zhang Chu was too lazy to pay attention to so much. It was only natural that he should be paid for his work. Since he was going to be assigned extra errands, it was also natural for him to be paid more.
Seeing that Zhang Chu was unmoved, Huang Mao was also convinced.
"Okay, I'll go ask you right now!"
Huang Mao came back soon after he left.
"500."
Because there is a certain degree of danger in hanging wire. Otherwise, we would never be able to give so much, and 200 yuan would be too much.
Zhang Chuke didn't understand this, he just felt that it was less than yesterday's, but yesterday's job was a martial arts scene, today's was much simpler, it was hoisted up and then lowered, and it cost 500 yuan, which was a good deal.
"OK!"
After the matter was settled, Zhang Chu was brought to the director. Director Ma looked up and down, feeling a little surprised.
This image is too outstanding.
He has a handsome face and a well-proportioned figure. The most rare thing is that he is wearing bandit clothes and still has a heroic spirit all over his body.
"Change your clothes!"
Director Ma gave an instruction and ignored it.
It's just an extra, not worth his effort. No matter how good his image is, it's of no use. He doesn't have the capital to support him. What kind of fame can he achieve with that face?
The entertainment industry is very realistic. Take the leading actors in the group as an example. Two were recommended by big companies, one joined the group as a financial supporter and was supported by a coal boss, and the remaining one is a capital company himself.
After changing my clothes and hanging something on my body, I knew in my memory that this thing was called Wia.
"3, 2, 1! Let's go!"
Zhang Chu slowly rose into the air, and when he looked down, he saw that he was at least four feet high from the ground. I once knew a master of light body kung fu who could only jump two feet.
No wonder that guy in the movie is an extraordinary person, he can jump really high.
"Are you ready?"
The executive director shouted from below. Zhang Chu felt a little out of breath from being beaten by Wiial, so he just waved his hand downwards.
"Okay! All departments are ready to officially shoot, Action!"
Several staff members holding the other end of the wire rope ran forward after hearing the news. Zhang Chu also fell down, exerting force on his waist, and the whole person spun twice in the air.
I didn't dare to turn too much. The martial arts instructor just explained that when falling, the movements should be elegant and show the style of a worldly master. If you spin like a top in mid-air, there will be no grace.
After two rounds, he just landed, stood firmly, lowered his head slightly, drew out his sword, and dexterously held it in a sword flower.
"stop!"
In less than ten seconds, I got 500 yuan.
Sheathed the sword and threw it into Huang Mao's arms.
"Remember to pay!"
After saying that, he was about to leave, but was stopped by the executive director.
"Young man, are you interested in joining the team as a special guest?"
Zhang Chu turned around when he heard this. Huang Bo had told him what a special actor was when he was having dinner yesterday. If an extra actor could be a special actor, he was almost touching the ceiling.
As long as the crew doesn't finish filming, they can make money every day, which is indeed much better than ordinary extras.
Zhang Chu, no matter whether it was before or now, has never been short of money. Therefore, his temperament is the same as that of his half-brother, and he is particularly obsessed with money.
For money, Zhang Chu, a senior Jin Yiwei, did not hesitate to do a part-time business of killing people for money.
Now you can get money without killing people, and the difficulty of work has obviously dropped a lot.
"How much?"
This is in the eyes of money.
Huang Mao would have scolded someone else, but he didn't dare to face Zhang Chu.
The executive director was also stunned and subconsciously said: "One hundred and fifty a day."
grass!
Forgot to take the kickback.
But it doesn't matter. If you want to work on the crew, you have to take care of him as the executive director. The future is long.
"Okay! Done!"
Huang Bo, who had just earned an extra 50 yuan for playing the role of Dead Man, turned red with envy when he learned that Zhang Chu had become a special guest for this drama.
Why! ?
Brother Huang Mao, have you forgotten who choked and threw you yesterday?
"Xiao Zhang, congratulations!"
In fact, what Huang Bo wants to say at this moment is "Be rich and honorable, but don't forget each other."
One hundred and fifty a day, this movie can be filmed for at least two months, that is...
9,000 yuan!
What a huge sum!
I am also envious of other extras. When they are still making 20 yuan, they are already 150 yuan. Their fate is so unfair.
After receiving the money, he had to do things. Next, Zhang Chu's workload obviously increased.
Before, he just followed a bunch of extras and hung out in front of the camera, doing whatever others did, but now it's different.
After spending money, it is natural to use it ruthlessly.
In the scene where a worldly master repels bandits, the actor was only responsible for taking close-ups and concave shapes, and all the hard work was passed on to Zhang Chu. He was the one doing the beatings the whole time.
Fortunately, Zhang Chu is very skilled and can deal with it easily.
After working hard all day, it was getting dark, and Director Ma announced the end of work.
The extras lined up voluntarily and went to Huang Mao to collect their wages. Zhang Chu also followed and stood at the end with Huang Bo. The two of them earned the most today and were the ones that other peers looked up to.
"Huang Bo, it's yours!"
Looking at Huang Bo's face, Huang Mao still had the urge to punch him, but unfortunately this ugly guy was with Zhang Chu. If he really punched him, what was waiting for him would be more than just a chokehold and a throw.
"Brother! This is yours!"
Zhang Chu took it, opened it and took a look. It was 500 for the substitute, plus 150 for the special order, which was a lot.
Not bad, you are sensible!
He stuffed the money into his pocket, turned around and left.
"Brother, Director Sun's place..."
Before Huang Mao finished speaking, Zhang Chu had already got in the car.
this……
He secretly glanced at the executive director and saw that the wages of the twenty additional extras had been paid out of thin air. Huang Mao received five yuan for each name, and the remaining twenty went to the executive director.
That's right, the daily salary of these extras is twenty-five yuan. Everyone knows where the extra five yuan goes.
