I Used Non-humans as Actors for Those Years

The next few days were uneventful, and Luo Huai's friend didn't have time to audition until three days later, and he didn't see any other colleagues again, probably Aunt Yang and the others lived elsewhere before the start.

Luo Huai couldn't even see Director Zhong who lived in the villa. He heard that Director Zhong was spending sleep and food changing the script, and his work and rest were upside down day and night.

The only thing that proves the existence of Zhong Dao is the three meals that are placed on the table on time every day. Luo Huai can't see the chef. He only knows that there will be food at the restaurant at 7 o'clock, 12 o'clock, and 18 o'clock every day, and he doesn't know that it is Dao Zhong who cooks it. Aunt Yang did it.

Director Zhong gave Luo Huai a revised version of the script. The characters' personalities basically remained the same, but the interaction with other actors changed a lot.Luo Huai is familiar with the script during the day and exercises to keep in shape, and sleeps obediently at night.

In the dead of night, he would hear strange and regular sounds. Luo Huai couldn't tell what the sounds were. It wasn't until one night when he turned on the TV to watch period dramas that he realized that the regular sounds every night were very similar to the sound of a sewing machine.

Accompanied by the sound of the sewing machine working, there was also a vague and mournful cry, as if the female textile worker was accusing the capitalist of injustice.

Ever since she went out in the middle of the night and saw Aunt Yang auditioning, Luo Huai had already learned not to go out casually when she heard strange noises in this villa at night.

It's not that he's afraid of running into ghosts, but as an actor, it would be very embarrassing if his colleagues' acting skills knock him into a coma. Luo Huai wisely didn't disturb his colleagues' practice.

When Luo Huai's friend came to audition, Qian Duoqun also brought the cameraman and two other actresses to the set.This photographer has been an assistant before, and he is probably still an apprentice in the circle. This is the first time he is the main photographer, and it is a chance for himself to practice, so the fee is not high.

The other two actresses were not well-known, and they were also newcomers in the film and television industry. Their salaries were not high, but they were much higher than Luo Huai's. After all, it was hard to find an actor as beautiful and cheap as Luo Huai.

As for other staff members, unless the director is particularly professional, some trivial work, the director will do everything the director can do. When the director is too busy, Qian Duoqun will do it for him.When you really have to use a professional, just call it in for a day or two, and try to save money as much as possible.

On the whole, the salaries of all the people add up to only 40 to [-]. Although the villa is luxurious, the rent is not high under the premise of being haunted.In particular, this villa is not only a shooting location, but also a place of accommodation for everyone. The rent is quite cost-effective.

Half of the crew did not need to eat, and the food expenses were greatly saved.The rented props were all worn out, and a batch of clothing was returned, and the rental cost of various props was not high.

All in all, the upfront cost should be between 100 million and 120 million, leaving 90 to [-] for post-production, editing, special effects, music, art...

It should not be enough.

Qian Duoqun was worried about money, so he took the opportunity to ask Zhong Jiu, "Funds are so tight, what should we do in the later stage? Can't you find a way to get some sponsorship?"

Zhong Jiudao thought for a while: "My contacts are not suitable for the film and television industry, but I can find someone to do editing for free."

"Free? Is the relationship so strong? Is it professional?" Qian Duoqun asked.

Zhong Jiudao heaved a long sigh: "It's a connection in my family."

The editor, a cousin in his family.

The Zhong family is a family of celestial masters, and any younger generation in the family who has a little talent must concentrate on studying the law.

Zhong Jiudao’s cousin scored more than 600 points in the college entrance examination. He could have applied for a good 985 or 211 university, but he was forced by his family to go home and concentrate on studying Taoism instead of continuing his studies.

Cousin is not reconciled to the fate imposed on him by his family. In addition to learning spells and exorcising ghosts, he also uses his spare time to teach himself video editing. Now he is also a well-known up master.

From Zhong Jiudao's professional perspective, his cousin is not low-level, and many post-production teams have invited him to join them. Unfortunately, his cousin has become a quasi-celestial master, so he can't take this kind of work, so he can only do it in private. Post videos anonymously.

Although the Zhong family asked everyone not to support Zhong Jiudao financially, the cousin's editing work has nothing to do with the family, and has not been discovered by the family elders, so he can help Zhong Jiudao secretly.

Zhong Jiudao spread out his left hand, and a neutral signature pen appeared in his palm.

This unusual pen seems to be telling Zhong Jiudao that times have changed and the Zhong family needs to change.

After entering the peaceful age, the resentment of ghosts became weaker and weaker, and the mana of celestial masters became lower and lower, and the entire industry went downhill.

However, in order to maintain the family business, the elders of the family have intensified their efforts to curb the development of the younger generation.How many young people gave up their dreams, dropped out of school to practice, and killed their original talents.

This is not going to work, the younger generation cannot go out, and the family will only become more and more desperate.

Zhong Jiudao clenched the signature pen in his left hand, and he clearly realized that this was his mission.

He just wants to be a director, make popular films, and let the family see that the most talented person in hundreds of years can also engage in other industries.As a leader of the younger generation in the world of celestial masters, he wants to let his younger brothers and sisters who are still students see that they can pursue their dreams!

This is probably the significance of this signature pen.

So no matter how difficult it is, even if Li Gui is used as an actor, Zhong Jiudao must hand in a satisfactory work, thus opening his way to the film and television industry.

Seeing Zhong Jiudao's resolute expression, Qian Duoqun was also infected. The first time he saw Zhong Jiudao, seeing his polite conversation and behavior, he knew that this person must have received good conversation etiquette education since childhood Such behavior and temperament.

However, Zhong Jiudao was able to completely get rid of the control of the family. In order to learn more knowledge, he worked hard on the set, and now he is even more concerned about the funds of 2000 yuan.

From Zhong Jiudao, Qian Duoqun saw the thing called dream that he had discarded a long time ago, so he decided to help Zhong Jiudao, it is a dream and an investment.

Qian Duoqun has a share of the movie remuneration, what if he makes money?

Here Qian Duoqun imagined becoming a well-known producer in the future, and countless investors begged him to be a producer with money, while Luohuai finally got his friend Pang Xinhao there.

Pang Xinhao and Luo Huai are classmates, their appearance is actually not as good as Luo Huai's, but their luck is completely different.

When he was a freshman, he went to audition for a small-budget web drama, and was selected as the male number three.No one cared about this small-budget film at first, but due to the relationship of the times, it exploded. The actors who participated in the show were also in the limelight for a while, and the resources were instantly softened.

Although Pang Xinhao is a major student, he started acting before receiving systematic training. The characters of the low-budget web drama match his personality, and he performed well.When there are too many plays, the shortcomings of not learning will be exposed, and all kinds of horrible acting skills will be contributed. After filming two plays, they disappear, leaving only a bunch of emoticons for the audience.

He went back to school and wanted to study hard, but unfortunately he missed too many courses, and he became impetuous and unable to study hard. He couldn't even get back his original mentality, and his acting skills became worse and worse.

A few years ago when he was popular, he made a lot of money. Pang Xinhao was not short of money, but his reputation was too bad. No one asked him to make movies. If this kind of work continues, Jinshan will also be eaten up.

He urgently needs to improve his acting skills, and after Luo Huai patted his chest to assure that this crew is all acting school, and the director is especially good at teaching people, he came here dubiously.

Pang Xinhao had a car, and he searched all the way according to Luo Huaifa's location. The more he walked, the more he felt something was wrong. It was obviously a summer afternoon, but he felt a gloomy feeling when he approached the villa.

After finally arriving at the gate of the villa through the dilapidated road that has been in disrepair for a long time, before Pang Xinhao called Luo Huai to pick him up, the gate opened with a "squeak".

Pang Xinhao drove the car into the yard, parked it on the flat ground outside the villa door, and got out of the car.

The surrounding trees cover the sky of the villa, and only the center of the yard can get a little sunlight.

In the garden, a gardener wearing a thick straw hat was plowing the ground and sowing seeds. From time to time, he squatted down and said to the seeds, "Grow up quickly. When you grow up, I can eat you, Jie Jie Jie."

Pang Xinhao was so frightened by the gloomy gardener that he wanted to get in the car and run away. At this time, Luo Huai, who received the news, came out and stopped him: "You are here, hurry up to audition, everyone is waiting for you. Our actors have already Alright, after you are finalized, you can start the machine tomorrow!"

Pang Xinhao grabbed Luo Huai, pointed at the gardener and whispered, "Does that person have mental problems?"

Luo Huai slapped him: "What are you talking about? That's our deputy manager. He is in charge of our meals, and he specializes in growing pure natural and pollution-free organic vegetables for us. After two or three weeks, we can eat them." Now that the eggplants, cucumbers, tomatoes, and Chinese cabbage he has grown, let’s just eat the ones bought in the vegetable market and make do with it.”

"The crew...don't provide a box lunch?" Pang Xinhao asked in surprise.

"The boxed lunch is unhygienic, and it's not good to eat. It's better to cook it yourself. The food cooked by Director Zhong is delicious." Luo Huai said.

"Director Zhong? Did the director of the film crew cook for himself? Have you been tricked..."

Before Pang Xinhao finished speaking, he was dragged into the villa by Luo Huai.Although Luo Huai people are stupid, they are not short, and they also pay attention to fitness to keep in shape, and their strength is not small at all. Pang Xinhao, a white chicken who relies on diet to lose weight, has no resistance in front of Luo Huai.

After they entered the door, the gardener raised his head slightly, looked at their backs and said, "One Chinese cabbage, two Chinese cabbages, the cabbages can be harvested... Sigh, Director Zhong won't allow them."

Luo Huai, who was ignorant of the danger in the dark, brought Pang Xinhao to Zhong Jiudao. At this time, Zhong Jiudao was walking around carrying props and making the set.

There is no way, the crew is poor, and the director can do the work, so don't bother others.

"Director Zhong, my friend is here, give him a chance!" Luo Huai said.

"He's the director?" Looking at the bulging muscles on Zhong Jiudao's arm, Pang Xinhao always felt that he might be tricked by Luo Huai.

Zhong Jiudao glanced at Pang Xinhao, saw that this person looked good, and asked, "How much do you expect to be paid?"

Luo Huai: "He doesn't want a salary!"

Although there is no down payment to join the group as mentioned at the beginning, it can be regarded as saving a lot of money.Zhong Jiudao nodded: "Take him to Qian Production to sign the contract."

"No, I didn't say I want to sign!" Pang Xinhao struggled to say.

Luo Huai: "You will make a lot of progress in filming with Director Zhong. If you don't pay the tutoring fee, you will be considered to have earned it. If Director Zhong hadn't found a suitable actor right away, this opportunity is not your turn. Go, sign the contract." .”

He dragged Pang Xinhao to a man with a thin body and a vicissitudes of life: "Brother Qian, this is my friend. Director Zhong asked us to sign the contract."

"I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Qian Duoqun strode forward, grabbed Pang Xinhao's hand to prevent him from escaping, rummaged through the briefcase next to him, and found the "0 salary" contract that had been printed out a long time ago. Two copies were stuffed into Pang Xinhao's hands, "Let's sign."

Pang Xinhao didn't have a brokerage company, so he could make his own decisions. He only needed two contracts.

Luo Huai stuffed the pen into his hand and encouraged him to sign with a look of "you earned it".

Pang Xinhao was in a daze to sign the contract and press his fingerprints. Only then did he have time to look at this poor crew, and he couldn't help feeling a little doubt in his heart: "Am I being cheated?"

He believed that Luo Huai would not deceive him, but Luo Huai might be deceived!Why did he sign the contract without even reading it?

This question lasted until the opening ceremony, and Pang Xinhao's question reached its peak when he saw the crew who could be counted on ten fingers from the director to the actors to the staff.

He asked Luo Huai in private: "Didn't you say there are still ten old actors?"

"Director Zhong said that they will not participate in the opening ceremony, but they will come during filming. Then you will be able to see them. I met them once before. They are so handsome!" Luo Huai said.

Pang Xinhao reluctantly believed it, thinking that no one would ask him to make a film anyway, and it would be okay to delay for two or three months.

But in the evening, after Director Zhong personally cooked eight dishes and two soups for the crew, Pang Xinhao was dumbfounded again. There was only one director in total, and he was both a director and a prop. Do you still need a part-time chef?

The other two actresses were also full of doubts, but they were different from Pang Xinhao. They received equal pay, no matter how unreasonable, they could pretend not to see it.

However, when the director allocated the room, the two actresses strongly demanded that the two of them live in one room, and refused to be treated as a single room.Their keen sixth sense tells them that it is safer for the two of them to live together.

"Do you want to share a room with me?" Luo Huai asked, "We can have a play or something at night."

"No, there are so many rooms that you can choose at will, why do you need two people to share." Pang Xinhao felt that the only satisfactory thing about this crew was the room, how could he not enjoy it.

He always felt that Zhong Dao looked like the kind of charlatan who told fortunes and exorcised ghosts, so he carefully chose a room farthest from Zhong Dao, upstairs was the home theater on the third floor.

The machine has already been turned on, and the time of that night should not be wasted. Zhong Jiudao gathered all the actors together, and it was time for everyone to meet and get acquainted with each other.

In the hall at night, Zhong Jiudao turned off the lights in the villa, and the kerosene lamp on the wall suddenly lit up by itself.

A graceful classical beauty in a white cheongsam walked slowly out of the darkness holding a candle and stood beside Zhong Jiudao.

"She" glanced at the four human actors with mournful and affectionate eyes, smiled lowly, and introduced herself: "Hi everyone, my concubine's name is Qi Wanlian, and she is the protagonist of this movie."

That's right, in this movie, the four human actors are all supporting roles, and only actors who don't need money can be the protagonists.

This is a movie where the main character is a ghost.