The monster villain of the extraordinary world

Chapter 8
Immediately after the rainstorm, thicker smog enveloped the city, obscuring the city in pollution.

The main roads of the city are still full of cars. Before the traffic lights at the intersections, the dense traffic turns the roads into a arena ready to go.

When the color of the traffic light changed, all the vehicles at one intersection rushed out immediately.

An old bus was also driving, and suddenly the road bumped violently due to potholes, bang bang.

On the bus, Lei Yue was sitting in the back row, looking at a book in his hand that had been turned over and filled with notes and annotations on the pages.

[One person walks through the empty space, another person watches, this is already a drama. 】

This is one of Lei Yue's favorite books, the classic "Empty Space" by drama master Peter Brook on drama theory.

He has watched it countless times, but every time he reads it again, he will have new insights.

The turbulence just now did not interrupt the reading, and he was watching intently, and the voice of the car's arrival announcement and the conversations of other passengers also seemed faint.

While reading the book, Lei Yue thought about the gun scenes he had practiced recently, turning pages after pages.

And the bus passed by one stop after another, and the passengers got on and off.

At this moment, Lei Yue was flipping the pages of the book when the car stopped with a buzzing sound. He vaguely heard the driver shout loudly after the announcement at the station:
"North Gate Station of Film and Television City, is anyone getting off?"

Film and Television City?All of a sudden, Lei Yue came back to his senses, and quickly raised his head to look out the car window.

I saw that the outside is no longer the cramped and noisy urban village, but the open North Gate Square of Dongzhou Film and Television City.

"Wait!" Lei Yue stuffed the books back into his backpack, picked up his backpack, got out of the car and walked, his steps hurried, but his spirits were high.

The film and television city is divided into three main areas: ancient clothing street, modern street and modern street, and the north gate is the entrance of modern street.

Around the bus station, there are quite a lot of people, some getting on and off the bus, some waiting for online car-hailing, tourists on the square are in groups, holding mobile phones and cameras to take pictures everywhere, looking forward to meeting celebrities.

"Friend, I'm here, where are you?"

Lei Yue also looked around while walking, and looked up at the sky, trying to find the crow.

However, he walked through the square and arrived at the ticket gate at the entrance of Modern Street. He didn't find anything, and the pistol hidden in his arms didn't respond in particular.

"Don't worry, that friend is definitely here. This place is huge, and I haven't even entered yet."

Originally, to enter the film and television city, you have to buy a ticket, which is not cheap.

But Lei Yue raised his mobile phone and showed the ticket inspector a temporary electronic work permit sent by Sister Hua before, valid for the same day.

"Actor?" The uncle ticket inspector was stunned. He looked at the screen of his mobile phone and then at his ugly face. He scanned his work card with the ticket gate machine. It was indeed valid, and then let him pass in shock.

When the tourists who lined up in front and back heard it, some people were pleasantly surprised to see who the actor was, did they know him, and such a tall boy, which idol could he be...

Just immediately, the expressions of these tourists changed drastically, and they hurriedly turned their eyes and lowered their heads.

Lei Yue smiled at them, strode across the gate, and walked faster and faster towards the street lined with modern buildings, that grinning grin that was said to be creepy by others grew wider and wider.

"Grateful for the past, looking forward to the future, Hello Dongzhou Film and Television City!"

Not far away, Lei Yue heard the horns of "Action" and "Cut", and then saw several crews filming on the side of the street.

Outside the cordon set up by each studio, the tourists are surrounded by water, and the security guards are maintaining order, asking the tourists to keep quiet and not to shoot.

Even though Lei Yue came to work, he hurried and didn't join in the fun.

After walking briskly for more than ten minutes, he came to the positioning section posted by Sister Hua.

There are cafes and restaurants on both sides of the street, and the neon signboards are dizzying, forming the streetscape of the food and beverage commercial street.

Lei Yue looked around, then slowed down and walked to another studio, where there were also some tourists watching.

He looked around, and the studio was filming a scene where the characters were walking and talking on the street. The director, camera, lighting, recording and other film crews were surrounding the two actors, and all kinds of camera equipment were busy but running smoothly.

"So it takes such a big battle to shoot a scene." An aunt among the tourists sighed, ignoring the security guard's warning.

This kind of battle is not too big.Lei Yuexin said, the boom has not been dispatched yet.

As a failed art student, he still knows a little more than aunt.

Let’s talk about it here. Unlike the real street, the street here has places for erection of equipment such as camera arms and rail cars, and there are enough power ports.

The layout of the interior scenes of many buildings can also be changed to meet the moving line design of each crew when shooting scenes.

He had noticed when he came to play before that there are still a lot of considerations for film and television shooting like this, so there are hundreds of crews working here all the year round.

"Where's Sister Hua?" Lei Yue walked around, but couldn't find anyone, so he pressed his phone and sent a message:
[Sister Hua, I'm here [smile]]

After a while, there was no news back.

Lei Yue was a little apprehensive, so he had no choice but to continue walking, paying attention as he walked.

When he came to another studio on this section of the road, he was stopped by the security guards because he was probing his head: "Stand aside and watch, don't cross the line!"

Suddenly, he really saw an acquaintance, Sister Hua, over there!
It was a woman who looked about 27 or [-] years old. She was neither tall nor short, with a vigorous figure. She wore a brown coat with jeans and a black waist bag. She looked very capable.

I heard that Sister Hua used to be a celebrity agent, but later she couldn't stand the stardom, so she became a "group leader". She has been involved in both amusement parks and movie studios.

Sister Hua is very beautiful. In the past, everyone used to tease her when they chatted. Sister Hua is so beautiful. Don’t make a fuss and become an actress.

But Sister Hua always dismissed her. She always wore a plain face and even tied her ponytail with ordinary rubber bands.

At this time, Sister Hua was talking to a former bald middle-aged man who didn't know whether it was the scene manager or the assistant director, and they made good friends from time to time.

Lei Yue stopped and waited until the director yelled "Cut!" The groups of people who had been gathered before scattered away, and the whole set became busier.

And Sister Hua also finished talking with the man, turned around and walked over, crossed the cordon, and strode past the tourists.

"Sister Hua! Good morning." Lei Yue immediately chased after her.

Seeing Sister Hua turning her head to look over, he quickened his pace and said with a smile: "I, Lei Yue, came to play tricks on you."

"Oh, I remember you, I remember you."

Sister Hua replied loudly, looking at the bad face that this kid approached, it was not covered with hair as before, but completely exposed, with short and medium hair pulled back.

But she didn't take it seriously, she kept walking, and said to Lei Yue who was following beside her:

"You're so handsome, how could you forget? Seriously, you're so handsome, and you can't get away with tricks, but I think you're hardworking and smart, so I want to give you a chance."

"Thank you, Sister Hua." Lei Yue nodded repeatedly.

Although Sister Hua seemed to be teasing him, he didn't feel any malice.

He knew that Sister Hua was a good person, she never owed her salary, and she didn't discriminate against him, but she took good care of him, otherwise she wouldn't have given her a chance, so why bother?
"Let me tell you about the market first." Sister Hua spoke quickly, crackling:

"Here, actors are divided into grades, and the lowest grade is the extras, who have no lines and serve as background boards, 50 yuan a day.

"The above group performances are 'group specials', special appointments by the masses, that is, there are lines, a group of ordinary people shouting and screaming together, and a group of devils are beaten to death and screaming. This is 80 yuan a day."

Lei Yue nodded and hummed to show that he was listening. Sister Hua walked so fast that he could hardly keep up with his long legs.

Sister Hua went on to say: "The next step is 'small special', 150-300 yuan a day; medium special, 400-800 yuan; large special, more than 800 yuan.

"Further up, it's the role, and then the leading role, the star, and whether they make a lot of money. These have nothing to do with you. Do you understand?"

"Hmm..." Lei Yue replied again, for the time being, it doesn't matter for the time being.

"And you." Sister Hua glanced at him, as if she had eyes on her feet, and at the same time stepped over a pile of cables on the ground, avoiding several members of the electrician team, and said:

"I can only be a ensemble performer, that is, the background board, 50 yuan a day, and one day if I'm lucky, there may be a special job for the group. I will pay for it every day, without a contract, can it work?"

"Are you in charge of the meals?" Lei Yue asked, the recruitment information said he was in charge of the meals, but he wanted to hear it with his own ears.

"I don't care about watching the crew." Sister Hua suddenly lost her temper, "Normally, I don't care, I'll buy it for you privately, that's fine."

"Success!" Lei Yue nodded immediately, his ambition surging, "Sister Hua, I can do any job, hard, tiring, or dangerous, as long as there is something interesting to do."

"All right, all right, it's enough to have your words." Sister Hua strode forward again, "However, there are tens of thousands of group performers shouting these words in the film and television city, and it may not be your turn to work hard."

"Yeah." Lei Yue responded, co-star, special guest, role, supporting role, leading role, star, superstar...

The distance between group performers and stars is sometimes unfathomable, and sometimes it can be reached overnight.

Here, is a dream-making land, but also a dream-making land.

"Then why are you still following me?" Sister Hua suddenly seemed to be angry, she stared at her eyes, and pointed in a direction with a wave of her finger, "Go over there and prepare!"

"Didn't you see that the assistant director asked me to find someone? You don't need to change costumes in modern dramas. It's just you, extra, passer-by.

"Pull up the hat, pull down the hair, and cover the face well, let's go, as long as the assistant director has no objection."

After saying that, Sister Hua was about to walk away, but stopped again, and took out an unopened mask from her pocket and stuffed it for him, "By the way, put this on."

"Oh!" Lei Yue's heart skipped a beat, he took off the mask and put it on.

While he was busy covering his face, he walked towards the set just now, but suddenly remembered that he didn't even know what the crew was called or what they were filming.

Now I only know that it's a modern drama, and it's just a street scene.

Lei Yue hurriedly turned around to ask clearly, "Sister Hua, what is this scene about?"

"Ah!" Sister Hua was stunned, and she was really going to be pissed off now, "What do you care about these things, you are just a human background board, cover your face, just stick it there!"

"Oh..." Lei Yue didn't dare to say anything.

Sister Hua's eyes widened a bit, and her tone became serious:
"Let me warn you first, don't think you are Zhou Xingxing, don't be smart and talk about Stanislav and Brooke, no one here really cares about how a group performer performs, especially you!"

She paused, "The director has noticed you so much, you may not be able to stay any longer."

Lei Yue had no choice but to nod again, but he always had some expectations in his heart.

Sister Hua is an old man, and she can spot these dream-chasing young people at a glance.

She chuckled, "It's okay for you kid to mess with me, but you have to remember, I have a few rules here."

"Okay." Lei Yue was a little curious.

"The first rule of Sister Hua's troupe is to make money honestly!"

Sister Hua almost spit out the words, "The second rule of Sister Hua's trick group is to make money honestly!"

Regardless of whether he listened to her or not, she turned around and strode away to another crew on this section of the road.

Lei Yue watched the vigorous figure walk away, he was a little relieved, he was trained as if he hadn't taken any acting class in the past ten years.

"What are you still doing!" Suddenly, Sister Hua's voice came again.

In a tense and expectant mood, Lei Yue rushed to the busy and crowded studio over there, heading for the first time in his life.

(End of this chapter)