The king refuses to accept [entertainment circle]

[Anyway, handsome people are always more likely to succeed. 】

The sky of the imperial capital, which has been plagued by smog all year round, still does not show a blue sky, and gray clouds hang low over this bustling city.

But at this moment, looking out from the window of the coffee shop, I can see many birds flying around.

It just rained in the morning. After the rare rain in the north, the birds who usually hide somewhere have come out to enjoy the fresh air.

"My sweetheart, how about it, do you like this script?"

Hearing the boy who was at least ten years younger than him call him "baby" enthusiastically, Tong Xingan couldn't help showing an expression that couldn't bear to look directly at him. This expression also amused Lu Li on the other side.

This time, Lu Li asked Tong Xinwilling to come out. In addition to not seeing each other for a long time, Lu Li also specially brought the script of "Looking for Crime".

And although this move was mainly out of good intentions, Lu Li did not have his own scheming.

Holding the script in her hand, Tong Xingan almost sighed and said, "This script...is very good."

"This should be a movie script that a big director is going to start shooting, although I have never heard of this screenwriter." Such a high-quality script, Tong Xingan subconsciously felt that it belonged to a project that a certain national treasure director was preparing.

Tong Xingan looked at Lu Li happily and enviously. He sincerely congratulated, "Xiao Lu, you should be the second male lead in the script, the blind boy. This is a very good opportunity, congratulations."

How could Lu Li fail to see the sadness hidden in Tong Xingan's eyes? He leaned forward, put his elbows on the table, and propped his chin with his palms. Instead of responding to Tong Xingan's words, he asked, "What do you think of the script? How about the role of Police Officer 2, do you like it?"

"……Ah I?"

Tong Xingan seemed to have sensed a slight hint in Lu Li's words, but rationally felt it was impossible. After a pause, Tong Xingan said honestly, "Compared to Police Officer 1, I actually like Police Officer 2 better. Violent, but his childhood experience is deplorable, the whole character is very full and vivid, he is the most down-to-earth among the main characters, very real."

Lu Li looked at Tong Xingan, and looked at Tong Xingan from top to bottom like a prank, but refused to speak, until Tong Xingan, who vaguely guessed something, became more and more restless, and almost wanted to reach out and hit Lu Li. Only then did he speak slowly:

"Then, sweetheart, do you want to play the role of Police Officer 2?"

"……Ah I?"

Tong Xingan subconsciously repeated what she had just said.

When his doubts and expectations came true from Lu Li's mouth, Tong Xingan's first reaction was to deny: "How could it be possible for me? How can an unknown actor like me have the opportunity to participate in a movie?"

The truth is, even after "Being the Prime Minister", Tong Xingan was not popular.

Not to mention Mu Qing, "Being the Prime Minister" brought Xu Rusu a second spring, made Su Chen popular and Lu Li popular, and the bonus was shared with Tong Xingan, so there was not much left.

He played the roles of the four princes not too many and not too many. It stands to reason that as a character who finally succeeded in seizing the throne and proclaiming himself emperor, it should be eye-catching. Tong Xingan also asked himself that he did his best in acting. After his release, there was not much discussion about him on the Internet, and he would be mentioned, but he would not be mentioned specifically or even individually.

Maybe he just didn't have a red life.

Tong Xingan has gradually accepted this fact in her long acting career.In fact, in his career, Tong Xingan has met many actors who have the same acting skills as him (this may be his only confidence) and are willing to work hard but are not popular at all. After the glitz of the circle had nothing to do with them, they all gradually left the stage sadly. Only Tong Xingan persisted until now. He is not young and famous, and his age is growing day by day, and his status in the circle is embarrassing.

Later, Tong Xingan no longer knew what she was insisting on.In fact, he no longer expects himself to be successful, but acting is the love of his life, and he persists only out of love and habit.

Now, the boy sitting across from him, the boy who came out of the same crew as him but has become famous now, looked at him, and slowly restrained the bad taste from before, with a composure that didn't match his age, the boy looked at him seriously explain:

"Why is it impossible for you? Tong Xingan, let me tell you, you are just too unconfident. You don't believe in yourself. How can others see your shining point?"

But I just don't have confidence.

Tong Xingan thought sadly, look, when you, a kid who is younger than me and has less qualifications than me, criticized me in front of my face, I didn't become angry from embarrassment.

Lu Li really couldn't see Tong Xingan's appearance of being so muddy that he couldn't support the wall, so he decided not to make chicken soup for now, and went straight to the point:

"Actually, "Looking for Crime" is really not a big production. The director is the screenwriter. Yes, none of us have heard of it before. It is the first time for him to make a movie in China. The total investment of the whole movie will not exceed 4000 million. It's pitifully small, and half of the production cost is estimated to be given to the leading actor. Zhou Wei is the number one actor. Although he has just won the Huamen Award, we know the value of mainland film awards, and Zhou Wei also has no problem at all. I haven’t been popular before; I’m the second male lead, and I’ve filmed two TV dramas, but I’m not the main character. It’s my first time making a movie. When my popularity goes down, not many people will remember me. In short, it’s such an unsightly team. How many people want to join this kind of grass-roots team, I came to you because you are not popular, if you are popular, you will definitely not be able to hire me. I will ask you, do you want to play the male number three? If you want to play, you can."

Of course Lu Li lied.

Let’s not say that he really doesn’t think that not many people will remember him in the future (that’s how confident he is), but let’s just say that his penultimate sentence is still true in the past few days.

It is true that no one in the circle wants to join this crew, and most people don’t even know that there is a project called "Looking for Sin". I suspect that someone will come to snatch the male number ten.

As for why Lu Li planned to give Tong Xingan such a freshman benefit.The main reason is very simple, just like when he took the initiative to befriend Tong Xingan, the reason has never changed. Tong Xingan is indeed a talented, capable and down-to-earth actor.

And Lu Li's extra caution was that when An Shilai was talking to him about signing the actor contract of "Looking for Crime", he inadvertently revealed that Mu Qing's promotion of "Looking for Crime" in the board of directors was not going well.

Lu Li could figure out the reason even with his eyes closed. It was nothing more than the high-level power game, and "Looking for Crime" is indeed a very risky project. After all, suspense films have hardly made money in recent years.

But Lu Li wasn't worried about Mu Qing at all. In his eyes, whatever Mu Qing made up his mind to do, there would be no failure.

And when he heard An Shi from all over the world mention this matter, his reaction was very normal, he didn't look very worried, and it seemed that the problem was not too big.

Now that Lu Li has no reputation, money, or power, he can only help Mu Qing by going the other way.

Lu Li's first target was Xi Yuanchu.Lu Li was an artist of One Entertainment in his previous life. Of course, he knew Xi Yuanchu had the right to speak in One Entertainment. He held the contracted artists of the entire One Entertainment. Xi Yuanchu's influence was not small.

With his current coffee position, he can't hug Xi Yuanchu's thigh, and he doesn't have any interest relationship with Xi Yuanchu, so it doesn't matter, let's save the country with a curve, just let Tong Xingan have an interest relationship with him.

If Tong Xingan was brought into "Looking for Sins", Xi Yuanchu, who already had a good relationship with Mu Qing, would definitely be willing to contribute.

With such a small calculation, Lu Li didn't have any psychological pressure at all. What he was seeking was a win-win situation, and he didn't want to benefit himself at the expense of others. Tong Xingan was a big winner in this round.

Moreover, among the actors Lu Li knew, Tong Xingan was the most suitable actor for this role.

Lu Li dared to boast to Tong Xingan like this because he had already given Tong Xingan's performance clips to the director, and Baitong immediately wanted to ask Tong Xingan to audition, and Lu Li took the initiative to go ahead with the lobbying errand.

Lu Li is essentially the same kind of person as Mu Qing, and he is not satisfied with just being an actor, otherwise Lu Li would not be working as a casting director now.

Seeing the current chaos in the film and television industry, Lu Li understands too well that just playing his own role well will not make the whole film and television production better, let alone this project is still on the verge of being able to form a team.

"I, of course I would."

Tong Xingan's answer did not come as a surprise to Lu Li, but thinking of Tong Xingan's self-confidence that almost fell into the mud, Lu Li still made a surprised expression in cooperation, which made Tong Xingan's face much happier. , and finally began to slowly bloom their own brilliance.

"But, Lu Li," Tong Xingan asked suspiciously, even after such a time, he was embarrassed to call him Xiao Lu, "Actually, this character's personality is not like mine, and I have never played a similar role before. Are you What, why did you think of me?"

Oops, finally waited for this opportunity.

Whether to accept the task: Give Tong Xingan a dose of chicken blood. [y/n]

Lu Li looked firmly at Tong Xingan, who was on the opposite side, and said, "The personality is not the same, but the temperament and experience are similar."

The boy's every word was resounding.

"They were all depressed for half their lives, but never gave up, and finally waited for the opportunity to prove themselves. Isn't it?"

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The next day is to wait for the good news from Mu Qing.

Lu Li is an idealist, but his manager, An Shi, is a thug. Before confirming the investment from the producer and Mu Qing, he kept pressing Lu Li's actor contract and refused to let him sign it.

Fortunately, we didn't have to wait too long.

Lu Li couldn't imagine what swords and swords Mu Qing had experienced as a performance artist at the conference table. Anyway, after rounds of games, Heyi Films, a big name in the industry, finally embraced "Looking for Crime".

Heyi Films provided a production fee of 2000 million yuan, and then decided on the publicity fee based on the quality of the finished film.

Producer Mu Qing personally invested an additional 500 million yuan.

As a result, the total production cost of the movie "Looking for Crime" is 2500 million, and the publicity fee is to be determined.

Li Weixiong, a senior producer who has worked with Mu Qing on "Being the Prime Minister", will serve as the chief producer of "Looking for Crime".

Bai Tong, who wrote the script of "Looking for Crime", is the director.

When the news that Mu Qing was the film producer came out, the industry was shocked.

From an actor to a TV producer to a film producer, Mu Qing's jump is not insignificant, it is a step that other actors have never dreamed of.

Moreover, the identity of the producer is either a high-level executive of the production company or the main investor of the film. In short, it is synonymous with power and money. After Mu Qing made a film "Being the Prime Minister", he started to be a filmmaker so soon. Producer?

Those producers who have been in the position of production director for many years and are still working their way up to executive production, looked at Mu Qing who was soaring above their heads, and their hearts almost bleed.

All of a sudden, all kinds of industry news flew around, and industry manuscripts came out frequently.Everyone discussed from the power bonus brought to Mu Qing by "Being the Prime Minister" to the role played by Mu Qing's father - the president of Heyi Real Estate - in it.

In the end, they didn’t discuss any conclusions. After all, those who wrote industry drafts would not be high-level executives. How could they know the specific inside story? They could only write sour conclusions without gold content:

Mu Qing has a good father.So when you become an actor, you get popular quickly, and when you become a management team, you get promoted quickly.

Mu Qing has a good life.So what is popular in filming, and what is now behind the scenes is also popular.

Mu Qing has a good face.Anyway, handsome people are always more likely to succeed.

In short, in the past, everyone still discussed Mu Qing as an actor, but now, everyone is analyzing all of his actions as a workplace blockbuster like "The Story of a Rich Man".

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But Mu Qing, who was viewed by everyone as detached from the status of an artist, has now returned to the work of an artist.

At the moment, Mu Qing is in the studio of "Beauty", participating in the shooting of the cover of the January issue of "Beauty".

With Mu Qing's status, it is more than enough to photograph the opening cover of any domestic magazine.

He took a group cover for "Beauty" today. A few days ago, he just finished shooting a single year cover for the leading fashion magazine "IV".

In other words, the editors of "Beauty" didn't expect that Mu Qing actually agreed to the star cover of "Beauty" after filming the solo cover of "IV".For the subject, the gold content of a group cover is not as good as a single cover, and "beauty" ranks last among the four major fashion magazines.

The editors sighed, it seems that Mu Qing's affection for "Wei Xiang" is indeed very deep.They made the right move.

Because the popularity of "Being the Prime Minister" this year has almost become a phenomenon, and its popularity overseas has surprised and proud the Chinese people. Just recently, "Being the Prime Minister" has been trending on Twitter from time to time in Japan, South Korea and other countries. It can be seen.

The protagonists of "Being the Phase" are already in a good position in the fashion circle, but now the tide is rising, and "beauty", which is in urgent need of saving sales, simply invites them to be on the cover. You elevate your skills.

Apart from Mu Qing, "beauty" invited Su Chen, Xu Rusu, Tan Miao, and Lu Li.

In other words, Lu Li was far from being on the cover of top-line women's magazines.

Lu Li's last magazine was also the only magazine that was the inside page of a men's magazine. At that time, he was not as famous as he is now, and it was Su Qingci who forced him into it.

It was also the inside page of the "Mode" men's magazine that made people in the fashion circle know Lu Li and saw his amazing expressiveness.

And now, because of "Being the Prime Minister" and the cp formed with Mu Qing, Lu Li is on the rise. It is true that he can be promoted in the magazine shooting, but it is too much to step onto the cover in one step. big.

Of course, this is not "beauty" doing charity out of compassion. The strict hierarchy in the fashion industry is many times stricter than that in the entertainment industry. Although the standards have been relaxed a lot in recent years for the sake of sales, the arrogance in the bones is still there.

And Lu Li was able to get this good luck.There are four reasons.

The initial reason is that when the magazine invited Su Chen and Xu Rusu, after knowing the list of personnel, they both asked in unison why there was no Lu Li, and Su Chen strongly recommended Lu Li, saying, "But just add someone, the picture can still It's fuller." Lu Li's good popularity can be seen, Su Chen and Xu Rusu have collaborated with "beauty" quite a few times, and the friendship between old friends is worth considering.

Secondly, Lu Li's expressiveness is really amazing, and the fashion industry is also a place that pays attention to strength. After seeing Lu Li's blockbuster "Peter Pan" blockbuster, "beauty" has indeed been considering cooperation with him.

The third is an important reason. When Mu Qing's manager was negotiating cooperation with the magazine, Xu Jia clearly mentioned Lu Li when conveying Mu Qing's intentions. To a certain extent, I thought that Lu Li would come before I considered talking to you guys. They cooperated, which shows how much Mu Qing supported Lu Li.

The final reason is that the photographer invited by "beauty" is Zhang Li, who is second to none in China. He also made it clear that he wanted to shoot Lu Li. When Lu Li's blockbuster became popular on Weibo, Zhang Li forwarded it. This group of photos was also highly praised. Unexpectedly, more than half a year later, Zhang Li still remembered that Lu Li didn't mention him, and he really wanted to take pictures of him.

In short, under the suggestions and even requests of people from all sides, "beauty" gritted its teeth and lowered the noble threshold for Lu Li.

Lu Li, a rookie who debuted less than a year ago, was actually invited to be on the cover of the first-line female magazines in China.

Even if this is a group seal, it is estimated that Lu Li's position is still at the very edge, which is a great honor for a newcomer.

Lu Li also knew how lucky he was, so he arrived at the studio early and showed his attitude.

Unlike the studio staff who treated him half a year ago with an implied distance, this time, Lu Li clearly felt the difference in treatment. Everyone warmed up to him, and Lu Li naturally responded happily.

Seeing Mu Qing surrounded by people enthusiastically, Lu Li didn't count as joining in the fun.

Simply standing by the bookshelf full of magazines, Lu Li flipped through the past issues of "beauty" one by one, familiarizing himself with the style of this magazine.

"Teacher Zhang Li is here!"

"Hello, Teacher Zhang Li!"

Lu Li turned his head and saw an elegant middle-aged man with silver-rimmed glasses walking in with a few assistants.This is Zhang Lile, a well-known photographer in the fashion circle.

Because Mu Qing was blocked by the crowd, Zhang Li didn't see Mu Qing at first glance, but noticed Lu Li who was standing opposite the door, a tall and handsome young man flipping through a magazine.

Zhang Li immediately smiled, walked towards Lu Li, and even reached out his hand to Lu Li:

"You're Lu Li, right? I'm Zhang Li. I really like your group that Su Qingci made before. I can see that you have great potential!"

He didn't give Lu Li a chance to speak at all. The elegant and calm uncle showed great enthusiasm at first glance, and even showed a conceited smile:

"Let me tell you, Xiao Lu, my level is higher than that of Su Qingci, I'm sure I will take better pictures of you than last time!"