Chapter 25: Abstinence Actor 01

In the scorching heat of summer, the scorching sun makes people wilt.
Jiang Rui is wearing a gray costume, holding a lunch box in one hand and a huge thermos cup in the other, looking for a place to escape the heat.
"Little You!"
Suddenly someone called her, she turned her head and looked around to see who the other party was, and a bright smile suddenly appeared on her slightly faint face.
"Sister Zhao." She ran over.
Sister Zhao sat in the shade of the tree and moved aside to make room for her.
"How is it? It wasn't sunburned today, right?"
"No, it's not very hot in the morning."
"Isn't it hot yet?" Sister Zhao was speechless, "I think you have been lying on the ground all morning, even the barbecue is cooked."
Jiang Rui was amused by her.
This is the set of the movie "Xia Dao". She is an extra, in which she played a corpse without a face.
In the morning, the protagonist was being chased and killed. There was a series of martial arts scenes. After filming many times, the director was not very satisfied. As a corpse, she could only lie on the ground all morning.
"What relieving heat soup did you bring today?" Sister Zhao asked.
Jiang Rui hurriedly opened the thermos cup, "Lotus leaf and hawthorn tea, quenches thirst, and I heard that it also loses weight." She filled the lid of the thermos cup, handed it to Sister Zhao, and drank it directly.
Jieshu tea was cooked last night, frozen in the refrigerator overnight, woke up in the morning, poured it into a thermos cup, and now it still feels cool to drink.
In summer, the mineral water is warmed by the sun. Drinking it doesn’t quench your thirst and can’t stimulate your appetite to eat. At this time, drinking a cold, sour and sweet heat-relieving soup will activate not only the taste buds, but the whole person Cool and refreshing from the inside out.
Since the beginning of summer, Jiang Rui has been preparing tea for relieving summer heat. She used this method to successfully raise the group leader Zhao's affection for her.
Her body name is Xia Xiaoyou this time. She is an orphan and grew up in an orphanage with her ex-boyfriend Joey.
Joey had a star dream, and Xia Xiaoyou followed him to various studios. The two have been acting as extras for several years, because they have no personal connections, and their appearance is not very outstanding, and they have never been able to mix up.
A few months ago, Joey climbed up to a female editor, turned his head and dumped Xia Xiaoyou. Now he is acting as the male third in an idol drama.
Xia Xiaoyou couldn't accept the blow, cut her wrist and committed suicide.
Her wish is to make Joey impoverished forever and never become a star.
After Jiang Rui received her body, he chose to continue acting as a group.
Her goal is to get closer to the actor Shen Yuchuan. If she goes elsewhere, she is less likely to meet him.
Although an extra actor is more than a cloud and mud, even if he is on the same set, wanting to have a conversation is no less than a foolish dream, but Jiang Rui is not in a hurry. She lacks patience most.
Sister Zhao is a well-known group leader in this film and television base. She has a good relationship with many actors and assistant directors of the crew. She is by far the biggest network Jiang Rui can get on.
"Comfortable!" Sister Zhao drank the hot summer tea in one sip, "It's still Xiaoyou, you are flexible and know to bring these cool things, otherwise the two of us will become quail like the others."
Jiang Rui smiled and poured her another glass, "Sister Zhao drink more."
The two had an appetite, and then they could eat the shabby box lunch with relish.
It's lunch break, the equipment of the crew has stopped working, everyone has eaten, and they are about to find a shady place to take a nap, when suddenly they heard an angry shout.
"Let her go! Love acting or not acting!"
Jiang Rui and Sister Zhao looked at each other, stopped talking and laughing, and pricked their ears to listen.
It is the chief director Wang Qikun who is angry. The director, who is well-known both at home and abroad, is as famous as his talent for his bad temper. When filming, it is common to criticize actors for nothing, and sometimes even old actors who are already famous are not immune. But every movie he made was able to win various awards, and the actor and actress he held out from this could not be counted with one hand, so even though he had a bad temper, there were still many actors rushing to work with him.
Jiang Rui listened for a while and got a general idea.
The movie "Xia Dao" is a man play with very few female characters. Even if it appears, there are only a few scenes and a few lines.
Even so, being able to work with big directors and acting on the same scene with movie actor Shen Yuchuan still attracted many senior actresses. Many newcomers with backers also want to show their faces in it.
The producer put a pure newcomer into the group and decided that her role was a little peasant girl, who saved the protagonist when he was chased and killed in a coma. There were two shots and one line in total.
Originally, the scene was filmed in the afternoon, but the newcomer temporarily said that he wanted to add the scene, otherwise he would not shoot.
She was probably spoiled by her gold master, or because she had just entered the ring and had never heard of Director Wang's reputation, she felt confident when she asked, but she stabbed a hornet's nest without knowing that she was kicked out of the studio on the spot.
Director Wang's anger couldn't be quenched for a while, and he was still cursing at the actor's assistant director.
Sister Zhao listened for a while, and saw that Director Wang had enough cursing, and the actor's assistant director walked outside the lounge, picked up her mobile phone to make a call, and suddenly got up and walked over.
I don't know what the two said, she turned around after a while and waved to Jiang Rui anxiously.
Jiang Rui quickly stood up and ran forward.
"Look at Brother Ding, it's her. The little girl is well-behaved and has aura. Anyway, she can't find anyone for a while. Why don't we take her to Director Wang for a look?" Sister Zhao pushed Jiang Rui to her face.
The assistant director raised his eyes and looked at her up and down, "What's your name?"
"Hello, Brother Ding, this is Xia Xiaoyou." Jiang Rui smiled at him, a little cautious.
Seeing that the actor's assistant director was still hesitating, Sister Zhao began to count Jiang Rui's advantages again.
Today, if this role is on an ordinary studio, he can only be at the level of a small special actor.
A group performance is fifty yuan a day, and a small special actor with one or two camera lines is one hundred yuan a day. There is not much difference between the two.
Therefore, Sister Zhao dared to fight for Jiang Rui.
On the one hand, she has a good impression of this little girl. On the other hand, if Jiang Ruiguo is really favored by Director Wang, he will have better development in the future, for herself, it will be a personal network.
The assistant director was anxious and suffocated. Anyone who was scolded in a hot day would not be in a good mood. But Director Wang had a bad temper again, and he had to film that scene in the afternoon, and he couldn't be delayed for a moment, forcing him to find someone right away.
He looked at Jiang Rui again, frowned and nodded: "Okay, come with me to show Director Wang first. Be smarter for a while."
"Thank you Brother Ding! Thank you Sister Zhao!" Jiang Ruixi said.
"Don't be nervous, hold on." Sister Zhao waved at her.
The assistant director took Jiang Rui to the outside of the lounge and asked her to wait outside. He went in for a while before he came out and called her in.
The air conditioner in the lounge was turned on very low, and Jiang Rui was shocked as soon as he entered the door.
There were a lot of people in it, each busy with what they were doing. When they heard her coming, no one looked up curiously.
Director Wang was sitting on a recliner, with Shen Yuchuan sitting next to him. The two of them were holding the script, probably discussing the plot.
This is the first time Jiang Rui has been in this world for so long and has seen Shen Yuchuan so close.
He looked at the age of 30, his face was impeccable, not a masculine look, but a special temperament, looking cold and expensive.
Jiang Rui looked at him more like an ordinary person saw a star, and then remembered his situation at this time, hung his head and stood there obediently.
"That's her?" Director Wang looked up from the script and looked at Jiang Rui.
Hearing his voice, no one else in the lounge looked at Jiang Rui.
Shen Yuchuan also raised his head and took a look, and soon focused on his script again.
Suddenly by so many people's attention, Jiang Rui showed some bewilderment, and said with a slight trill: "Hello Wang, I am Xia Xiaoyou."
Wang Qikun has a bad temper, but he won't get angry at a little girl for no reason. After looking at her for a while, he suddenly asked: "Laugh and have a look."
The role of the little peasant girl needs to be an actor with a tender face and a naive, not to be stunning, but to give the audience a feeling of innocence and beauty.
Many actresses have good acting skills, but what Wang Qikun needs is not acting skills, but a pure and innocent temperament, which they can't give, so he will choose a new person.
Xia Xiaoyou's face won't make people look amazing, but it's a good-looking face. Jiang Rui smiled nervously after listening to Director Wang's request.
The smile was a bit stiff and uncharacteristic, but fortunately the emotions hidden in those eyes: uneasy, innocent and curious, it fits the image of a country girl seeing a strange man.
Wang Qikun nodded in his heart, taking Jiang Rui as one of his considerations. He also wanted to see a few more people.
Even if it is a small role, he has to personally see the actor and make a cautious and careful choice. This is probably why he is so successful.
As he was about to let Jiang Rui go back to wait for the news, the phone of a staff member next to him suddenly rang, and after a few words, he walked to Wang Qikun's side with a bitter expression.
"Director Wang, it is Mr. Zheng's call. He said that the capital injection that was originally discussed may have to be considered again."
Mr. Zheng is the backer behind the newcomer who was driven away just now. He wants to come back and cry.
Wang Qikun exploded at once, bounced from the recliner, and walked a few steps back and forth like a furious lion, "Tell him, I wasn't scared! So who--"
He turned around abruptly and pointed at Jiang Rui, "It's you! I'll shoot this afternoon!"