Chapter 15 There is also a Golden Horse Award winner On the afternoon of June 10th. In an Internet cafe in Beishatan, Xu Kun had just controlled Li Xiaoyao to the outskirts of Suzhou when he received a call from Wang Peng. He picked up the phone and didn't wait for Wang Peng to speak. He said, "Uncle Wang, I'm going to take a few days off. I'm almost sick of playing the Japanese. It doesn't improve my acting skills. I'm stuttering every day, and I can hardly speak Chinese fluently. The day before yesterday, I went to the square to watch the military parade. I was afraid that I would accidentally utter a word and be beaten to death in the street." "Of course not. We in China treat prisoners well. At most we'll ask you to kowtow and confess your guilt in front of the Heroes Monument." Wang Peng's unhurried voice came from the phone: "This time we're not playing the devil, but a costumed martial arts hero - but since you want to take a break for a few days, I'll find someone else..." "No, no, no!" Xu Kun left fifty yuan as a deposit and asked the network administrator to save the files for him. He hurried out and found a quiet place to ask, "What role should I play this time? A bandit or a lackey of the imperial court?" "You are quite self-aware." Wang Peng laughed loudly and explained immediately: "But this time there is both good and evil, and you and Baoqiang will play multiple roles." "What a good thing!" Xu Kun slapped his thigh excitedly. At the beginning, he was quite proud of being able to play the role of a Japanese major, but after always playing the role of a major - in fact, he also played the role of a lieutenant colonel and a colonel - he gradually felt that it was not right.
It's impossible that he would live his whole life just to pretend to be a Japanese devil all day long, right? He is a man with dreams and aspirations! Now Xu Kun dreams of trying other roles, let alone playing multiple roles. "It's not a good job, can I find you two?" Wang Peng changed the subject and said, "But there are some things I have to say in advance..." Before Wang Peng could finish his words, Xu Kun patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Wang, we are here to hone our acting skills, so just pay me what you want!" Ever since his reputation as "Killing Machine Xu Sang" spread, his pay also increased. He earned nearly three thousand in more than a month, and Baoqiang also earned more than one thousand. Needless to say, the crew that asked him and Baoqiang to play multiple roles was a poor makeshift team, and it was normal that they could not afford sufficient remuneration. Unexpectedly, Wang Peng said, "It's not about the money. They are a big crew. The filming of this drama was actually completed last year. This time we are here to reshoot some scenes. Because of the tight schedule and heavy workload, we need a few hardworking special actors to be on call day and night. When they are not acting, they can help with chores or something." “It was finished last year?” Xu Kun was puzzled: "Why didn't you fix the problem earlier? Why did you wait so long to reshoot it?" "You forgot that the Radio, Film and Television Bureau issued a new rule a while ago that half of the actors in co-productions must be from the mainland. This drama was supposed to be aired, but it was blocked by the new rule. Now we have to reshoot it and replace the second female lead with a mainland actor." There are actually two new regulations on radio and television. One is about co-productions, and the other is to increase the broadcast time of prime-time TV dramas. It is thanks to the latter that the number of crews that have started work has increased exponentially recently. Otherwise, Xu Kun would not have been able to play the devil for so many days in a row. "I said so." Xu Kun suddenly realized the situation and felt a little gloating. Wang Peng then said, "This is a big crew with many big stars. Let's make it clear that you must behave yourself when you go there. You can't do anything rash just because they have a bad attitude." Xu Kun ignored the latter part and asked curiously: "What celebrities are there here?" "There are many. The Fifth Prince and Qing'er in My Fair Princess, the heroine in Young Justice Bao, and the hero is Zhang Weijian from Hong Kong Island - oh, there's also a Golden Horse Award winner!" "Golden Horse Award winner? Could it be Zhang Manyu?!"
Xu Kun suddenly became excited. He had not spent the past month in vain, as he had made up for a lot of knowledge about the entertainment industry. He knew that the Golden Horse Awards was the most important award in the Chinese-speaking world. He also knew that Maggie Cheung won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress last year for her role in In the Mood for Love. "Well, you'll know once you join the group." Wang Peng passed the matter over vaguely, told Xu Kun the name of the crew, the time and address of the meeting, and hung up the phone. "Young Zhang Sanfeng." Xu Kun murmured the name of the crew, and his heart was full of anticipation for joining the crew this time. ………… "The waves call out in their angry spray, contending with the strong wind. Look, the strong wind tightly embraces layer upon layer of huge waves..." When I returned to the rental house, I heard Baoqiang reciting Gorky's "The Seagull" outside the door. His voice was ups and downs, and his breath was obviously stronger than before, and his pronunciation was clearer. It was a pity that the problem of his shrill voice still had not improved much. To be honest, living with someone as hardworking as Baoqiang is really stressful. Fortunately, Xu Kun is more generous. Pushing the door open, he took out a pen and paper, and leaned down beside the TV to write down the name of the crew, the gathering time, and the address. Baoqiang pressed the pause button on the recorder and asked curiously, "Brother Kun, didn't you say you wanted to take a few days off before taking any more work?" Baoqiang hasn't taken any work these past two days. He doesn't care what role he plays, as long as he can get some lines. However, he just finished twelve training courses, and after watching so many classic films, Baoqiang wanted to take a few days to calm down, so he bought a second-hand tape recorder. "Who said I won't take any jobs? I just don't want to play the devil for the time being!" Xu Kun said, patting the note he had just written with great pride: "Look, Young Zhang Sanfeng, a big production co-produced by the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, starring the Golden Horse Film Queen!" "real?!" Baoqiang immediately became excited and kept asking, "Is it Zhang Manyu or Lin Qingxia?!" In general, most of the movies the two have watched recently are from Hong Kong. Xu Kun admires Zhang Manyu the most for In the Mood for Love, while Bao Qiang has a special liking for Dongfang Bubai played by Lin Qingxia. This is also the capital for Hong Kong people to be arrogant. Even if Xu Kun always wants to put them in a sack, they have to admit that the Hong Kong film and television industry in the 80s and 90s was really powerful. "Can't it be an actress from our mainland?" Xu Kun rolled his eyes, although the first person he thought of was Zhang Manyu. "From the mainland?" Bao Qiang scratched his head. He really didn't know who in the mainland had won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress, so he could only name two people he thought were most likely: "Is it Gong Li or Liu Xiaoqing?" "I don't know. Uncle Wang didn't elaborate." Xu Kun spread his hands and said, "Anyway, we'll know once we get into the crew. This time we have to watch carefully to see how the best actor and actress act!" Bao Qiang nodded heavily, and at first he was so excited that he turned around, but then he thought of an important question and asked carefully, "Is there a share for me?" After attending training courses every now and then for a month, the most obvious change in him was that he changed "I" to "me". "Nonsense, can you do this without me?" Xu Kun briefly repeated the details of the situation. When Bao Qiang heard that both of them would have the opportunity to play multiple roles, he was so happy that he rubbed his hands together and wished he could join the group immediately.
He has been hanging around in Beijing for two years and has been in big crews before, but he always played a basic role as a background actor. Now that he heard that he would have the opportunity to act with the Golden Horse Award winner, he was so excited that he was speechless. After a while, he recovered and thanked sincerely: "Brother Kun, thank you for taking me with you!" "Ah~" Xu Kun pushed him aside with a look of disgust on his face. "Why are you stirring up emotions for no reason? It gives me goose bumps. Let's go, let's ask Brother Lin to get some pork head, peanuts, and cold dishes. Let's have something simple and white." Although Baoqiang can't drink much, he definitely wants to celebrate after receiving such great news. When Xu Kun helped him back in the evening, he heard the people next door crying heart-wrenchingly and the sound of things being smashed. Tsk~ It looks like this couple won't make it to the New Year. After throwing the drunk Baoqiang onto the bed, Xu Kun went out to the yard to smoke when an idea suddenly occurred to him: why not just rent the house next door as well. Living in the same room with Baoqiang is fine in every way except that it is inconvenient to relieve loneliness. As a result, just as he thought of relieving his loneliness, he turned back into the house and heard an indescribable noise coming from next door. Fight at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed. The ancients were right. (End of this chapter)
