Don't Be My Old Man [Entertainment]

Yao Pei was only eight years old when he starred in "The Ghost Story of the Kitchen Knife" three years ago.

At that time, most of the actors in the crew were group performers or two small Internet celebrities, so their acting skills were naturally lacking. Yang Li, who was the most handsome, played a ghost after being squeezed out by different Internet celebrities.Therefore, Yao Pei was responsible for the acting skills and appearance of the entire crew.

In fact, when I played the role of the heroine when I was young, the heroine volunteered and said that she could do it by herself. After all, if she could get more shots, she would take more shots. However, the director rejected her request and chose his daughter.

To be fair, as far as the director's level and looks are concerned, everyone actually doesn't have much expectations for his daughter.

Fortunately, Yao Pei's appearance is just like her mother's, even if she can't say how outstanding, at least she is a pretty little girl.Before "The Kitchen Knife Ghost Story", she had never been exposed to acting, but she was full of aura, and she quickly grasped the essence of the role in just a few days, and she acted decently.

After filming, Yang Li also talked to the director about Yao Pei, and felt that Yao Pei could be well trained.The director thought so too, but now that the competition for child stars is so intense, and Yao Pei is his darling, after much deliberation, it is better not to follow the path of child stars, and wait until the time comes for her daughter to take the path of an art examination class.

After that time, Yang Li never saw Yao Pei come out to act again.This time I suddenly remembered that it was also because none of the child actors who came to the audition could fight.

""Ghost Story with a Kitchen Knife"?" Director Jiang Liang's focus is obviously not on whether this young actor can act, but that Yang Li has actually participated in such a film.

Domestic ghost films are always characterized by old-fashioned, tacky, unlimited, soft pornography, etc., which pull this type of film into the bottom of the industry.

Although the rule that ghost films cannot have ghosts does limit the development of many domestic ghost films, there are no ghosts and there are no ghosts. If the preparation is done properly in the early stage, it is not unacceptable to give individual endings in the later stage. Unfortunately, 90.00% Nine's ghost films are all endings, giving you a rough setting such as "ghosts are disguised as people", "you are dreaming", "you are mentally ill" and so on.

In addition, domestic ghost films often engage in some dumbfounding "hotness" behaviors.

People have "Pen Fairy", you make "Dish Fairy", they have "Midnight Singing", you make "Night Shift Dance", you just put the word "circling money" on the poster and wait for fools to come in read.

Anyway, the production cost of ghost movies is low. Just call a few people in a dilapidated house, play scary cosplay, and make a little plasma, and a movie is completed.

In Director Jiang Liang's opinion, he chose to put this story in the halo of a domestic ghost film, not only because it is convenient to pass the review, but also because no domestic ghost film can beat it, and it will be easy to accumulate word of mouth by then.

After all, an [-]-point film suddenly appeared out of a bunch of genre films that had failed all the year round, and the audience could blow it up to [-] points even if they played it.

Of course, this kind of careful thinking is not enough for outsiders to understand.

"Director, although "The Ghost Story of the Kitchen Knife" is indeed a bad movie, Yao Pei is really very spiritual. Why don't we meet her first, and then you make a decision?" Yang Li asked tentatively.

At the beginning, he almost had no money to rent an apartment. If the director of "The Chopper Ghost Story" hadn't hired him to act and paid the lead actor's salary, he might not have been able to persist in changing careers.

"You still have contact with them?" Jiang Liang asked curiously.

"Of course, I didn't delete it in my WeChat." Yang Li said as a matter of course, "I still saved the phone number, why don't I call and ask. At this time, the students are almost on winter vacation."

"Okay." Jiang Liang glanced at Yang Li with a smile, and readily agreed, "You make an appointment and let her come over and have a try."

"Okay." Yang Li originally thought that he had to persuade the director, but he didn't expect the director to agree so readily.

After much deliberation, it is because Mr. Zheng invested a lot of money that the director is so easy to talk to.

Yang Li happily put all the good things on Zheng Wushu's head.

Since meeting Mr. Zheng, my luck has improved a lot.

Jiang Liang couldn't help laughing when he saw Yang Li calling immediately.

He understood why Zheng Wushu wanted to sign Yang Li.

Yang Li's popularity has risen sharply due to the popularity of "You Long Mentioning the Criminal" recently, and his current net worth is completely different from before.However, Yang Li doesn't have the slightest sense of being "popular", and he still accepts the teachings of such a director who doesn't have any good works very earnestly and humbly.

In addition, actors who are generally popular will wish to wipe out the previous black history.How many people have deleted those friends in real life since entering the entertainment circle?How many artists deleted those little transparent colleagues after becoming popular?

Like Yang Li, after three years, he still kept the phone number and WeChat of the director of "The Ghost Story of the Kitchen Knife". He still remembers the person who cast them a role, not to mention putting it in the entertainment industry, but putting it in real life Also pitifully few.

At the very least, to pull such an artist who knows how to be grateful, he won't easily do things like turning his face and terminating the contract if he becomes popular.

Yang Li rang a phone call from Yao Yang, the director of "The Kitchen Knife Ghost Story".

When Yao Yang saw the caller ID, he almost thought he had read it wrong.

When "Sword Family" was broadcast, he felt that Shen Wuxin looked familiar. After reading the cast list, he realized that this person was the Yang Li that his daughter liked very much in the crew.

At that time, because Yang Li was good-looking and didn't know much about it, he could have been the leading actor, but he was rejected by the crew, so he could only play the ghost. In the end, the director felt really sorry and sent him the leading role. salary.

Being a ghost is not so easy. Even if you catch your mother with makeup, you won’t be able to recognize her. You have to crawl and roll on the ground, which is very tiring.

Yao Yang himself is not a serious director, he's just a group performer, and several Internet celebrities in the crew are more popular than him, so Yao Yang naturally can't try to offend these small Internet celebrities to pull Yang Li.On the other hand, daughter Yao Pei thinks Yang Li is a very interesting person and always praises him in front of him, thinking that brother Yang Li is good.

But today is different.

Yang Li has signed with Zheng Wushu's studio, and recently starred in a popular web drama, which is about to soar, and those Internet celebrities back then have long gone to nowhere.

Life is unpredictable.

Yao Yang answered the phone, and when he understood what Yang Li said, he was so surprised that he almost dropped the phone.

"You said, you want Peipei to audition?"

Yao Pei's daughter is Yao Yang's pride. The husband and wife met as group performers.However, her daughter Yao Pei has aura, but Yao Yang has seen a lot of dirty things in the entertainment industry, and she is not willing to let her daughter go to various auditions when she is young. It is better to wait until she applies for the film and television university. Let's talk about your ability to distinguish and protect yourself.

But that being said, the opportunity that Yang Li helped find should not be wasted.

It's just that Yao Yang is very curious. Yang Li, a young student in the rising stage, has come to act in a domestic ghost movie instead of acting in his own leading role. Is this a joke?

"I understand that Peipei is also on vacation recently, so I'll take her to try it out right away."

Yao Yang still made such a decision, her daughter is so talented, she can't be delayed.Besides, their family has nothing to plot against. Yang Li is thinking of their kindness at the beginning, so he helped to pull it off!

"Director, they agreed, and they will buy the earliest high-speed rail tickets tomorrow." Yang Li said with a smile, "They are also very close, within two hours."

"Okay, when the time comes, you can send them an outline of the script." Director Jiang Liang smiled, "I hope your vision is correct."

"There's nothing wrong with it." Yang Li said firmly.

After Jiang Liang and Yang Li talked again, they went back and turned on their mobile phone, and searched for "The Ghost Story of the Kitchen Knife", intending to see what Yao Pei's acting skills are like in it, and by the way, what exactly Yang Li is playing in it Role?

Jiang Liang had also heard of the movie "Ghost Story with a Kitchen Knife".

After all, it is a "no offline" work that claims to bring domestic ghost films to a new level.

The story is very old-fashioned, that is to say, ten women in a row committed suicide with the same kitchen knife, so the kitchen knife was attached with a resentful spirit, who came to take revenge.

The heroine took her boyfriend and classmates back to the countryside to play, and found this kitchen knife in the warehouse at home, and told everyone about it as an anecdote.As a result, on the same day, some people said that it was a ghost encounter and so on.

In the end, of course, the person who plays the ghost is the heroine’s neighbor. He loves the heroine. He first pretends to be a ghost and kills the man who has ambitions for the heroine, then kills the female classmate who is jealous of the heroine, and finally kills the heroine’s boyfriend. , and finally the hostess escaped to find the police to arrest.

...a rather simple, crude and full of loopholes.

However, Yao Pei, who played the role of the heroine when she was a child, did have a bit of aura. Although the performance was a little green, her emotions were in place.

It's like "Why does this cute girl grow up to have a plastic face?" "Why can't this little girl be the heroine?" "I declare that the little girl is responsible for the performance and beauty of the audience .”

In this movie, all the members have plastic surgery on their faces, and after being on camera, they can't watch it even more, it's really eye-catching.As for acting skills, hehe, do they have such a thing?

After watching this movie, Jiang Liang felt that he probably didn't want to watch movies for the next two months.

So magical!

Yang Li plays the heroine's neighbor and ghost in it.

Killing Matt's makeup abruptly reduced Yang Li's seven-point appearance to three-point, and he couldn't see his face clearly.After all, Yang Li was still dressed as a "female ghost" when she was arrested.

With two big braids, dark circles under the eyes, and red lips, Yang Li can't even recognize her.

Jiang Liang admitted that when he found out that Yang Li was a female ghost, he laughed unceremoniously.

He could no longer look at Yang Li squarely.

After thinking about it, Jiang Liang secretly opened WeChat, started with the matter of "choosing a child star", and quietly told Zheng Wushu about the matter of "The Chopper Ghost" starring Yang Li.

Zheng Wushu:? ? ?Yang Li also acted in this?

"Sister Wang." Zheng Wushu recently put off work, watched movies and read books at home, and lived a leisurely life. After seeing what Jiang Liang said, he called Wang Chuhong.

"Hey, big idler, are you bored at home and want to take up a job?" Wang Chuhong opened his mouth and asked, "As soon as you don't have a job arrangement, I will be scolded to death by your fans."

"No need, I'd better take a good rest first." Zheng Wushu rejected Wang Chuhong's hint, "I just want to ask, has Yang Li acted in a movie like "The Chopper Ghost" before?"

"Hey, I'm not sure." Wang Chuhong replied, "Yang Li used to take any kind of film, as long as you can find him if you have a film."

"Oh, it's nothing, I'm just asking." Zheng Wushu thinks about it and thinks it's the same reason. He himself acted in a lot of bad movies when he wasn't popular.

How can anyone act in any good movie as soon as he enters the industry?Even if there is such a good movie, and a newcomer comes in, it may not be able to act well.

After the questioning, Zheng Wushu hung up the phone, and went to search for "The Ghost Story of the Kitchen Knife" to read.

After reading it, I was a little skeptical about life.

Although Zheng Wushu has also acted in bad movies, he has never acted in one that is so bad. After all, he is a well-known child actor. Even in the trough of transformation, he is much better than those low-level actors.

Zheng Wushu thought for a while, then called Zhou Cheng again.

Zhou Cheng received Zheng Wushu's call and immediately sat up straight.Sister Wang told her in advance not to reveal her secrets in front of the boss, otherwise he would not want a New Year bonus for such a small manager.

""The Kitchen Knife Ghost Story"?" Zhou Cheng didn't know why the big boss suddenly started asking about this movie, "Yes, Yang Li made it at that time."

But that is already a thing of the past.

"Boss, at that time, Yang Li just used all his money to pay the down payment of the apartment. The small apartment was also very dilapidated at the time, it hadn't been renovated, and it couldn't be lived in, so Yang Li had been renting a house outside. Money to pay the rent, and it happened that "The Ghost Story of the Kitchen Knife" was going to be filmed, and the price offered was not low, so Yang Li went to pick it up."

It's not easy for low-level actors.

It's not bad to be able to get paid smoothly. In many cases, the crew disbands after filming halfway without money, and they can't get paid at all.

Fortunately, Yang Li is not picky when it comes to acting, and he is young and looks good, and he has gradually accumulated a few contacts. He can still make some money by acting in a small web drama or something.

There are a lot of silly X coal bosses in the entertainment industry, if you don't worry about word of mouth and popularity, you can actually make some money.

"Do you have enough money now?" Zheng Wushu asked again.

"Enough is enough, and the studio can reimburse the money for marketing and other things." Zhou Cheng said quickly, "And now Yang Li has not announced, and he doesn't need to wear any brand-name clothes, so it is still enough."

Besides, the studio also pays Yang Li a basic salary every month, which is quite a lot.

"En." Zheng Wushu didn't say much, and he didn't take the initiative to say that he would increase the funds, which made Zhou Cheng feel a little regretful.

Boss, if you ask a few more questions, I will cry poorly with you, but in the end, if you just ask, it will be too embarrassing to say it.

Yang Li was playing with his mobile phone on the bed, waiting for Yao Yang to bring Yao Pei over for a test play tomorrow, and when the actor to play his son was decided, they were almost ready to start the phone.

It's actually a bit boring to accompany the director and screenwriter in the crew to change the script all the time.

[Bank card transaction...amount 1000000, from card number XXXXX]

Suddenly, a notification text message from the bank popped up.

Yang Li clicked on it and found that it was an unfamiliar bank card number.

This is a liar!

Yang Li thought to himself that he understood this new type of fraud routine very well, as long as he clicked on the link and looked at it, it would be easy for his identity information to be stolen.

Hmm, there doesn't seem to be a link?

Yang Li thought for a while, then quietly opened his bank app, logged in with his number, and found that there was indeed a sum of money added to his balance.

Tens of millions of millions.

100 million!

Yang Li's eyes had already turned red in RMB.

"Wait, someone turned the wrong turn, right?" Yang Li quickly came out of the surprise. This kind of surprise will only make him feel scared. After realizing it, he just wants to call the police or call the bank to ask Ask if something is wrong or something.

If it's 100 yuan, Yang Li doesn't care much, but it's 100 million ah 100 million!

Yang Li was about to call the bank's customer service number.

Zheng Wushu's WeChat message popped up again.

Unrestrained: I sent you 100 million, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I will give you a Chinese New Year red envelope in advance.

Yang Li rubbed his eyes, read each word one by one, and read it ten times before realizing that he read it correctly.

Mr. Zheng gave him 100 million!

Chinese New Year red envelope!

Red envelope!

Bag!

Yang Li thought about it, changed it again and again, but still didn't know what to say, so in the end he could only send a "Thank you boss" emoji.

Unrestrained: [You're welcome JPG] Good night.

Little Fence: Good night.

Next, there is no news.

Teacher Zheng should have gone to bed, although it is only ten o'clock.

Yang Li counted the zeros in his account over and over again, but still didn't dare to disturb Zheng Wushu's waking dream, so he had to make a series of calls to call Zhou Cheng.

Zhou Cheng didn't know what he did, it kept showing that he was in a call?

It's already midnight, and I don't have a girlfriend, so how can I keep talking!

"Why are you calling me so many times? I was talking about work with Sister Wang just now." Zhou Cheng received a call from Zheng Wushu, feeling depressed and flustered, so he called Wang Chuhong to ask.

As a result, Wang Chuhong said that Zheng Wushu called her first.

However, the key point of Zheng Wushu's two phone calls was "Ghost Story with a Kitchen Knife". In the end, the two of them agreed that it might be because the movie was so bad that the boss couldn't stand it, and they called to ask about Yang Li's professional level.

"Ms. Zheng sent me a red envelope for the Chinese New Year just now."

"Oh, that's it." Zhou Cheng responded casually, "It's nothing, the TV station is preparing for the New Year's Eve party now, the boss sends you a red envelope, and you just accept it."

Did you come here to call and say you wanted to show off with him?

"The amount of the red envelope is 100 million."

"Not even 100 million... What did you say, 100 million?" Zhou Cheng's voice suddenly rose on the phone, causing Yang Li's ears to hurt.

"Brother Zhou, calm down, 100 million is nothing, the hot searches you bought for me add up to 100 million." Seeing Zhou Cheng's gaffe, Yang Li felt strangely better.

It seems that he is not alone.

100 million is nothing, for Zheng Wushu it's just drizzle, but isn't the crux of the matter not that he sent you a Chinese New Year red envelope in advance and also sent 100 million?

Zhou Cheng, who had just finished the phone call with Sister Wang, knew that Sister Wang didn't know about it at all.

In other words, this is the money that the boss transferred to Yang Li from his own pocket.

Zhou Cheng suddenly became a little confused. According to Sister Wang, the boss is not pure, and he disdains the usual maintenance and unspoken rules in the entertainment industry.However, the boss's attitude towards Yang Li is to sign a contract, to help on CCTV, and to invest in a TV series and movie starring Yang Li.

This is not nurturing, but it is better than nurturing.

The boss is able to play tricks like this without the heart. If he really has the heart, he is afraid that he will gain a reputation of "thousands of people" in the entertainment circle.

"Brother Zhou, what do you mean by Mr. Zheng?" Yang Li thought hard and couldn't come up with anything, "Did he send it to you?"

"……No."

"Then you wait and see." Yang Li comforted, "Although you don't have 100 million, you should still have [-]."

Hehe, I don't think I even have ten dollars.

"It's nothing." Zhou Cheng suppressed the jealousy in his heart, and said calmly, "For the boss, maybe 100 million is the same as sending us a 100 yuan red envelope. It's nothing special."

"No, Brother Zhou, you have only given out five or ten yuan in red envelopes, and you have never sent me a 100 yuan red envelope." Yang Li said unceremoniously.

"Go away, I'm going to bed." After Zhou Cheng said this, he hung up the phone.

Humph.

You take the money, little fence.

This might be your selling money in the future.

100 million only.

He is not jealous at all.

Having said that, Zhou Cheng still had a dream at night. In the dream, someone offered 80 yuan to support him, and he happily agreed.

On the other end, Zheng Wushu turned on the computer, and decided to slowly find out all the dramas that Yang Li had acted in before and take a look, and see what kind of life Yang Li lived before.

Thinking about it, the reason why Yang Li acted in that kind of bad movie was because he was too poor and had no money in his hands.

This will not work.

Now that he signed Yang Li, he couldn't let his artists still starve and suffer from cold.

Right now, Yang Li doesn't have any commercial endorsements, nor any variety shows, because the few dramas he acted in are all invested by the studio, so the remuneration is also a show.

Thinking about it this way, Zheng Wushu realized that his first time as the boss might really not be in place, maybe Yang Li is now so poor that he doesn't even know it.

In the entertainment industry, Luo Yi is respected first and people are respected second. If Yang Li had no money to manage, he might be ridiculed secretly, saying that he is stingy and stingy.

The little ghost is hard to deal with, so he still needs to give Yang Li some money.

If 100 million, it should be enough for Yang Lihua for a while, after all, there is not much to buy in the crew.

Wait until New Year's Day, and then send him some holiday expenses.

It's a pity that the amount of mobile phone transfer is limited, otherwise he could transfer more.