self-awareness

three years ago.

When Ye Tang first came to Xingyu, he learned that he had to start as an artist assistant first. He didn't know who the artist he wanted to "serve" was. Even being picked up by Xingyu's manager to take over his banner was purely coincidental. .

Although he went to an acting school in college, he majored in photography.After graduating from school, he has been working as an apprentice with a highly respected old cameraman, taking jobs from crew to crew. In order to save money, some crews often arrest the staff to play tricks. Ye Tang came down with several crews, and unexpectedly He has also become a half-player professional, and he is very sensitive to the composition of the camera, and he can always meet the director's requirements very well. Later, he was assigned some small roles without lines.

Although those small characters don't appear many times, most of them surround the protagonist, and some of them also play an important role in undertaking the turning point of the plot.After playing a character who was stabbed to death by the male protagonist for the last time, Xingyu's manager, who was watching the scene, took the initiative to ask for his phone number.

Ye Tang didn't take the manager's proposal too seriously at the beginning, but because the manager was reluctant to give up, he was full of sincerity to him, and he was caught up in the cash-strapped situation at that time, so he simply agreed to talk to that person. After talking about it, the agent got involved in it, and signed a contract without knowing Xingyu's strength very well.

On the first day of work, Ye Tang was ushered into a meeting room by Xingyu's staff, for a company newcomer like him, the staff didn't spend too much energy exchanging pleasantries, the man cut to the chase and asked directly: "Can you drive? "

"meeting"

"Can you cook?"

"meeting."

"Do you snore while sleeping?"

"will not."

"Are you in good shape?

Ye Tang paused, and finally revealed the doubt in his heart from his eyes.

The person who asked the question explained: "An artist's assistant is a physical job. You have to be able to resist and challenge. You are not only the artist's work assistant, but also his life nanny. You have to meet all his daily and dietary requirements. 7 days You are on call 24 hours a day, and you have to know how to obey, obedience, you know? It basically means that you can’t fight back, you’d better be mentally prepared in advance.”

Ye Tang had a black line on his forehead, thinking that this person's speech was exaggerated enough, he didn't know who the "artist" he was going to talk to was, what age was it, and why did he still follow the feudal society's way of slaves and masters from now on? Woolen cloth?

"Ah, he's here." The staff member glanced at the glass wall behind Ye Tang and said.

Ye Tang also stood up, with strong curiosity, ready to meet his future boss.

The door was pushed open, and a tall figure walked into the conference room. Ye Tang turned around, but at the next moment, he felt his smiling face froze on his face.

The people who walked in were both familiar and unfamiliar, and Ye Tang felt that his heart might have missed a beat - the person in front of him was none other than Li Mingchuan.

When Ye Tang signed the contract with Xingyu, he didn't know that Li Mingchuan was also in this company. Although he worked with many film crews, he knew very little about the agency companies in the entertainment industry. Li Mingchuan's matter will not increase his troubles, he has no way of understanding this information.

The moment Li Mingchuan saw Ye Tang, he also showed a little surprise.

The staff introduced: "Come to Ye Tang, let me introduce you. This is the artist you want to follow. He will be your boss in the future, Li Mingchuan, but you may already be familiar with him."

It's true that the name Li Mingchuan has long been known to every household. No one knows this popular star, but for Ye Tang, this name carries more weight.

The staff member's mobile phone rang suddenly, and he said, "You guys get to know each other first, I'll go out and deal with something", and left first, leaving only Li Mingchuan and Ye Tang in the room.

Only then did Ye Tang regain his reason from the initial shock, and greeted with a smile: "Ming Chuan, what a coincidence."

Li Mingchuan also laughed. He pulled away the stool and sat down at the conference table diagonally above Ye Tang, "I didn't expect you to come to Xingyu, why didn't you notify me? You decided to go back to Beijing for development?"

Ye Tang has gone to Shanghai since he moved out of the Li family's big house, and he only returns to Li's house to visit Li Yang and his wife during the holidays, but coincidentally, he always misses the time when Li Mingchuan comes home.So since leaving the Li family after graduating from university, the two of them had no chance to meet each other, as if Ye Tang avoided him on purpose.

Ye Tang also sat back on his chair, "Yes, I plan to let everyone know after I settle down."

Li Mingchuan nodded, "My dad misses you a lot. He often mentions you when you're not around. If you're free, you can go home and have a look."

Ye Tang remembered that the last time he went back to Li's house was more than half a year ago, and asked, "How is Uncle Li?"

"Not too good, Sangao," Li Mingchuan seemed a little helpless, "Now I'm very picky, and the aunt who cooks has changed several times, and they always say that Xiaotang is better at cooking, and I miss your cooking. ,Ha ha."

Ye Tang thought for a while, "Then I'll go to see him another day, and I'll prepare some of his favorite dishes and bring them over."

Li Mingchuan paused, observing Ye Tang's face, always felt that he hadn't seen him for a few years, and the other party had changed a lot, but this feeling was very subtle. It stands to reason that he and Ye Tang had grown up together, but after so many years, Instead, the two became more and more strangers. Ye Tang always spoke politely when they met him, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with him, but he always felt as if the other party was deliberately alienating him.

"How have you been in the past few years? You are all in China, and you don't see each other all year round."

Ye Tang said: "It's good, you're too busy, it's not surprising that you can't meet me."

Li Mingchuan raised his eyebrows, "Are you following my schedule?"

Ye Tang: "Don't pay special attention, your news is everywhere."

Li Mingchuan nodded, and asked again, "Where do you live now?"

"Now I'm temporarily staying at the hotel arranged by the company, but I'm already looking at the house and I'm going to move soon."

Just as Li Mingchuan was about to say something, the door of the meeting room was pushed open again. The staff member just poked his head in and said, "Mingchuan, President Yan is looking for you."

Li Mingchuan said to Ye Tang: "I'll talk to you later." Then he left with the staff.

Ye Tang watched Li Mingchuan's leaving back, and sighed silently.

That night, Li Mingchuan's manager sent a text message to Ye Tang, telling Ye Tang to move into Li Mingchuan's apartment, and explaining that this arrangement was convenient for picking up and taking care of the artists and taking care of them. Done.

Ye Tang became Li Mingchuan's assistant in a daze, but he didn't know that Li Mingchuan had changed more than a dozen assistants in the past one month, and none of the assistants had ever received the "honor" of living in Li Mingchuan's apartment. Assuming that everything is going by convention.

In fact, before Ye Tang's arrival, Li Mingchuan's manager had already been overwhelmed. Li Mingchuan had a temperament of not being a stranger, but the assistant he had worked with for a long time suddenly resigned, and he couldn't find a suitable candidate for a while. , he didn't have too much expectation for Ye Tang, he only hoped that he could save him temporarily.But no one expected that this time, Li Mingchuan was uncharacteristically accepting Ye Tang as his assistant, and he didn't make any fuss anymore, and even opened the door of his house for the first time, which surprised everyone.

After Ye Tang recognized Li Mingchuan as the boss, he took over all of Li Mingchuan's work as if he was pushed out of the shelves, and soon discovered that an artist assistant is indeed an inhuman job. Proverbs about treating men like animals.

In less than a month, he unsurprisingly fell seriously ill under the heavy pressure, and because of his poor condition at work while sick, he slipped to his waist while moving props, and was injured at work.

On the second day of Ye Tang's back injury, Li Mingchuan wanted to rush back to the crew to film, and Ye Tang insisted on following, but Li Mingchuan severely stopped him.

Li Mingchuan called his agent, and the company temporarily sent another assistant to join the team with Li Mingchuan.

Li Mingchuan left Beijing early in the morning to rush back to the set. Ye Tang was allowed to stay for three days to recuperate due to a "work injury", and his back injury finally recovered a bit.He lamented that he was no longer young. Thinking that he would be so old even now, he couldn't laugh or cry.

It was rare for Ye Tang to rest at home for two days. Before halfway through the third day, he received a call for help from Li Mingchuan's temporary assistant Li Qiong.

"Brother Ye! Come and save me! I can't stand it any longer!" Li Qiong came up and begged for help, his voice already crying.

Li Qiong is just in his early 20s, and he has not been working in Xingyu for a long time, but he is still quite clever.

Ye Tang had a bad feeling and asked, "Xiao Li, what's the matter? Tell me slowly."

After experiencing the initial outburst, Li Qiong lowered her voice, with a tone of wanting to cry but not daring to cry: "Brother Ye, Li Mingchuan is completely insane! I thought my princess Ling Ling's illness would be enough, but I didn't expect it to be a real pain." The mountain is even higher! I really didn't expect a male artist to be so hairy! Brother Ye, save me! I want to go home! Woooooo!"

Ling Ling's original name was Huang Lingling, she was an actress under Xingyu, and Li Qiong had been working as Ling Ling's assistant since joining the company.Ling Ling is an actress who is over 40 years old but still thinks she is a young girl. She has a lot of experience and is worth enough to show off her qualifications. The media frequently broke out that she dumped big names, but it was not all groundless.

Ye Tang has only been Li Mingchuan's assistant, and has never been with anyone else, but according to Li Qiong, Li Mingchuan is even worse than Ling Ling.

Ye Tang and Li Qiong had a brief understanding of the situation on the phone. It was nothing more than Li Mingchuan had some friction with the actors and staff of the same crew. Li Qiong felt a lot of pressure and was afraid of delaying the filming of the crew, so he could only ask him for help.

Ye Tang asked Li Qiong to stabilize his position first, and he set off immediately and arrived as soon as possible.

Li Mingchuan's filming location this time is on Bashang, and the crew stayed here for two weeks to shoot exterior scenes.This is an ancient costume drama about Gongdou, called "Ming Kong". All the big war scenes in the movie will be filmed here in Bashang.

When Ye Tang arrived at the crew camp, it was already evening, and Li Mingchuan was filming a night scene.Ye Tang was led into the set by Li Qiong, watching from the crowd behind the monitor.

"Ming Kong" is a script adapted from a popular online novel. Before the filming started, the crew already had a strong fan base. This time, the crew of "Ming Kong" invited the popular Wang Li Mingchuan to play the leading role "Qing Jue", which is even more popular Call out.

The character played by Li Mingchuan in "Ming Kong" has a very bizarre life experience. The story unfolds in a land called Ming Kong. Qing Jue was originally the heir of the royal family of Ming Kong, but was framed by a traitor when he was a child and was exiled outside. By chance, he was raised by a Jianghu organization and became a cold-blooded swordsman with strong martial arts. As the plot unfolded, the mystery of his life experience was gradually revealed, and while struggling in pain, he met the one who could break him. The heroine with a cold shell finally returned to the royal family after a bloody baptism, and ascended the throne as the emperor, married the heroine as the queen, and reached the pinnacle of life.

The whole story is superimposed on history, but the protagonist's image is more inclined to the costumes of men and women in the Han Dynasty. Most of the costumes of the heroines are elegant and smart, and Qingjue's costumes and hairstyles are constantly changing with the extension of the characters.

In the current scene, it was not long after Qingjue discovered the secret of his life experience that he sneaked into the imperial court's team to suppress the uprising army, and met the heroine in the opposing camp on the battlefield, and the two began a period of love and killing sadistic love.

Li Mingchuan's ancient costume at this time is an all-black martial arts outfit, his long hair is combed behind his head, revealing a clean forehead and sharp-edged facial lines. It was as cold as ice, and exuded a powerful chilling aura all over his body.

In the distance is the background of the fighting between the two armies. Qing Jue didn't want to be caught in this battle that didn't belong to him. He just wanted to take advantage of the chaos and sneak into the camp to obtain information. Unexpectedly, he saw the shadow of the heroine under the night. Being entangled by two burly men, Qing Jue, who has always stayed out of the way, in desperation, went to the rescue regardless of the danger of revealing his identity, but the heroine knew that Qing Jue and herself would sooner or later face the enemy, Thinking that Qing Jue was coming to fight him to the death, he raised his sword and stabbed at Qing Jue!

Qing Jue was stabbed from the back by the person he admired, and even though he was seriously injured, he still killed the two strong men fighting the heroine, and finally spit out a mouthful of blood, and shouted at the heroine with a handsome face that could fascinate all living beings. He uttered a love-hate sentence "Get out of here soon", showing the air of a domineering president.

This scene should not be difficult for Li Mingchuan, but the director wanted a one-shot scene, so from the beginning of the martial arts action, to the close-up of Li Mingchuan, to the last sentence of "love and hate" Hurry up and get out", all in one go.

Li Mingchuan took several shots repeatedly, but none of them reached the artistic conception that the director wanted to achieve. When the director once called out and said "do it again", Li Mingchuan lost his composure.

He gave the staff a waiting expression, walked up to the director, and asked maintaining his demeanor, "Director, can you tell me what's not right?"

Calling the card over and over again, and repeating it over and over again, without telling him what he did wrong, Li Mingchuan was getting a little hairy no matter how professional he was.

Director Ke Yu was surrounded by cracked melon seeds all over the floor. He held a melon seed between his fingers and said, "Your acting is not in place, do you want me to teach you?"

Li Mingchuan took a deep breath, "Director, if you don't tell me what I did wrong, it's a waste of everyone's time to start over all over again."

The director snorted, "Do you idols think that you are great when you are popular, and you think you can act? Do you think that acting is just reciting lines in front of the camera?"

When had Li Mingchuan been humiliated like this before? He was about to explode on the spot. Suddenly, someone flashed up in front of him, standing between him and the director. When he took a closer look, it was Ye Tang.