This actor needs more money

Ding Xiu said so, Qin Gang had no choice but to admit it.

The selection of the second female lead has been finalized, and the second male lead will be next.

Compared with the second female lead, there are not many options for the second male lead. As soon as Ding Xiu picked up his resume, Lu Yang started to introduce it on the projector.

"After several rounds of screening for Lu Wenzhao, I think the person named Zhang Yi is the most suitable. He has good acting skills, can endure hardships, can play a variety of roles, and is best at inner drama."

The Projector is Zhang Yi's past acting work, including "Soldiers Assault Squad Leader Shi Jin" and "My Regiment Leader My Regiment Meng is Annoyed". What they have in common is that people who are popular in dramas are not popular.

He is still older, two years older than Ding Xiu, but he also happens to play the role of Lu Wenzhao.

Lu Yang glanced at Qin Gang and said, "He is also an actor who has just signed a contract with our company."

After some manipulations on his laptop, Lu Yang posted photos of Zhang Yi's fitting.

In the picture, he is wearing a flying fish suit and holding an embroidered spring knife in his hand. However, his appearance is much more mature. He has a beard and looks to be in his forties.

In fact, Zhang Yi did not appear on the candidate list because he signed with Qin Chao Entertainment, but signed with Qin Chao Entertainment because he appeared on the candidate list.

Although he is the second male lead, it depends on who he plays with. Such an important role is rarely given to outsiders by the company.

Zhang Yi's agency is average, so Qin Gang simply hired the person there. The same goes for Xin Zhilei, who later had to join the agency before she could play the second female lead.

The reason why Xin Zhilei was not signed first was because she was a bit young and a lot of resources would have to be invested in signing the contract. We simply waited for Ding Xiu to pass by and then sign the contract after being selected. If she was not selected, we would not care.

Zhang Yi is different. He is in his thirties, has been in the industry for a long time, has acting skills, and has a certain reputation. It is also a good choice to be matched with others in the company in the future.

"Okay, it's him." Ding Xiu just took a look and decided on the person. It was a coincidence. In his impression, the uncle was not tall, not handsome, and a bit thin.

After recalling the script, Ding Xiu said: "The candidates for these three roles, Ding Baiying, Lu Wenzhao, and Pei Lun, all trained a month in advance. The first two practiced sword skills, and Pei Lun practiced stick swords."

"If you want to do equestrian, go to my horse farm."

"Don't lose the contact information of other candidates. Before filming starts, I will check the training progress of the three people. If they fail the test, they will be replaced immediately."

Acting skills are not something that can be improved in a day or two. There is a process of running in and thinking.

But martial arts is not.

Especially the routines and kung fu in movies and TV series. These things do not depend on talent, but only hard work and sweat.

As long as you are not a fool, you can always learn a few sets of sword skills and horse riding in a month. If you can't, then you are lazy and don't work hard.

Ding Xiu can tolerate poor acting skills, but he can't tolerate people who mess around in martial arts dramas.

"That's it, get off work."

Ding Xiu stood up.

There is only a little more than a month left, and the crew will start filming after spring. His workload is quite heavy. As a martial arts director, he has to design martial arts movements and conceive of fights. These are all brain-consuming tasks.

Ding Xiu came to the office, took out a piece of A4 paper, and began to draw moves. After a while, pages of moves were designed.

I was busy until evening, stretched out, put the paper in the drawer, locked the door and went downstairs.

After returning home, I was still busy after dinner, thinking about how to arrange a few fight scenes.

Ding Xiu was not the only one who couldn't sleep at night.

Xin Zhilei couldn't sleep either.

In the afternoon, she received a call from Qin Chao Entertainment. She was selected as the second female lead, Ding Baiying.

By the way, Qin Chao Entertainment also signed a contract with her for ten years.

It was a double happiness. I don’t know how I came back after signing the contract.

I heard that Ding Xiu had chosen her to play the role of Ding Baiying. However, when she went to Qin Chao Entertainment, she didn't see Ding Xiu, otherwise she would have to thank him.

That night, there were more than just two people who couldn't sleep. The entertainment industry was in a state of shock.

The box office of "囧囧" on the first day was 36 million.

No one expected that Xu Zheng, who was a director for the first time, took a funny script and made 36 million at the box office on the first day.

Not many great directors can achieve this effect.

Not to mention others, Xu Zheng himself was also confused. When he heard the first day's box office, he was stunned for two minutes and didn't speak. Then he laughed, burst into tears, and then burst into tears.

The investment in this movie was only 30 million, and 90 million would be enough to make it back. What he originally thought was that if it had a box office of 100 million, it wouldn't be a loss. As long as the first director's work didn't lose money, it would be great to make a second one later. many.

Unexpectedly, Taijiao gave him a huge surprise, with a box office of 36 million on the first day.

According to this trend, let alone 100 million, I am afraid that 300 million will not be a problem.

Three hundred million, that's the box office that only the top directors can produce.

Xu Zheng didn't expect that he still underestimated himself. The goal of 300 million was reached on the seventh day after the release of "Thailand".

At this time, Taijiao's film schedule is full, and during the Spring Festival, a period when blockbusters gather, it has achieved a film schedule rate of as high as 38%.

With a box office of 300 million in the first week, Xu Zheng raised his dream a little higher and settled on 800 million.

The box office exploded. Both Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang were happy for Baldy Xu. When talking on the phone, Baoqiang even joked that Huang Bo had made a lot of money. If he had known that he would also invest his salary into shares.

Huang Bo, who was lying down, laughed and said he would treat everyone to dinner another day.

…

Just after the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, migrant workers began to return and office workers began to go to work.

Actors with martial arts scenes in Show Spring Knife 2 have gathered in the suburbs of Peking to start practicing equestrian skills.

At the edge of the racecourse, Ding Xiu clasped his hands on his chest and looked at the people training. Under his gaze, they were under great pressure and did not dare to be lazy at all.

From time to time, Ding Xiu shouted: "Relax, don't be nervous, don't clamp your legs too tightly, the horse will run faster when it is nervous."

"Hold the reins tightly. If you don't want your butt to be split in two, pay attention to the ups and downs of your body and find the rhythm of the horse."

"Be careful not to use brute force. Stand up with your upper body and lean forward. Think about why riding a horse is called riding a horse, not sitting on a horse..."

It's not difficult to learn to ride a horse. After just one morning's effort, everyone is already good at it.

Ding Xiu asked them to feed the horses and develop relationships with them. After arriving on the set, these horses would be used for filming and would become their mounts.

Horse riding in the morning and martial arts practice in the afternoon.

In the stadium, Ding Xiu was teaching Xin Zhilei how to use the sword.

Very simple cleaver.

"Take a step forward with your left foot. Make your body look like a triangle. Don't keep your arms too high. Use all your strength to chop. I'll show you a few times first."

"do you understand?"

"I see."

Xin Zhilei, who was wearing sportswear and a ponytail, put her hands behind her back and nodded sternly. Facing the serious Ding Xiu, she seemed to be back in her student days, not daring to move at all.

"In addition to practicing the daily routine, I practice an additional five hundred cuts with the chopping knife every day."

Throwing the prop knife to Xin Zhilei, Ding Xiu said calmly.

Xin Zhilei almost knelt down after receiving the knife.

Five hundred knives, this is a big deal.

Although the knife she was holding was a prop knife, it was quite heavy. It weighed about two kilograms and cost five hundred knives a day, which was a lot of pressure.

"let's start."

Ding Xiu stood on the side and watched Xin Zhilei practice chopping. When he encountered a wrong posture, he stepped forward to give personal guidance.

"Raise your arms and use skillful force with the chopping knife. Use all your strength to chop at once. You won't be able to complete 500 blows. Seven points for attacking the enemy and three points for yourself."

"I'll ask the staff to get you 500 balloons, and you'll smash them."

"Oh, thank you Brother Xiu."

"You're welcome."

Looking at the clumsy and silly Xin Zhilei, Ding Xiu sighed secretly, after all, he was not the real Ding Baiying.

With Ding Baiying's temper, he is already the one who will be hacked.

After instructing here, Ding Xiu went to instruct Zhang Yi. The weapon Zhang Yi used in the play was very long, somewhat similar to his Qi family sword, but the handle was much longer.

For such a large-opening weapon, it requires greater physical strength.

Ding Xiu directly arranged for him push-ups, pull-ups, dumbbells, and resistance band stretching. Well, five groups every day.

The actor who plays Pei Lun is named Lei Jiayin. The actor who appeared in the play was previously from the Shanghai Repertory Theater. His acting skills are not bad, but he is not well-known.

Because he was selected as the third male lead, he was also hired by Qin Chao Entertainment as a contracted artist.

Because his head was a bit big, Ding Xiu called him Datou.

Pei Lun's weapon was a stick and knife, which was also very difficult. Ding Xiu put in a lot of effort to teach him.

Under Ding Xiu's devilish training, the three of them came in standing every day, holding on to the wall and leaving with trembling legs.