Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 2: Gaining skills and being energetic
"Field worker?"

"Your system is broken."

Looking at the new tasks launched by the system, Chen Cheng almost wanted to uninstall the system.

There is no system in the world that asks the host to do chores.

Are you giving me a simple position?

but.

It seems that this job is indeed quite simple.

Just a complaint.

But all of a sudden, Chen Cheng didn't know what he could do in the crew.

He has no idea about being an actor now.

Going behind the scenes, with Chen Cheng's current conditions, he couldn't get a good position behind the scenes and could only start from the bottom.

At the lowest level, there is only one position: field worker.

"Forget it, I'll just work on the spot."

Chen Cheng has always been more open-minded.

Although the stagehands are miscellaneous workers and can be said to have the lowest status in the crew, at least they are in the crew.

Besides, the system has rewards.

I don't have anything to do this summer, so it would be nice to stay in the crew and get to know everyone.

Say.

Chen Cheng looked at himself and found that he was a little thin. No wonder the system's physical fitness value was only 55, which was not even passing.

This reminded Chen Cheng of his previous life.

It wasn’t that I didn’t have opportunities to be an actor in my previous life.

There was an opportunity to be the No. 1 male.

But I didn’t expect to get sick at that time, and I was sick for two months.

In the end, Chen Cheng missed the chance to play the No. 1 male role.

From then on, Chen Cheng never played the leading male role again, although the leading male role at that time was not in a big drama.

Chen Cheng sometimes felt very emotional.

Time and life.

Touching his forehead, Chen Cheng didn't think any further.

Just treat the past as a dream.

The teacher once said that the body is the capital of revolution.

I don’t know if I can become a great director in this life, but I should improve my physical fitness first.

Without a healthy body, it's useless to talk too much.

Without thinking any more, Chen Cheng prepared to go to the crew for an interview.

……

bell……

At this time, a ringtone rang, and Chen Cheng took out the second Nokia phone he bought for 200 yuan.

Looking at the black and white screen, Chen Cheng felt a sense of familiarity.

This black and white phone is much better than later smartphones.

After all, apart from making phone calls and sending text messages, you can no longer waste time by looking at beautiful girls or watching movies.

"Brother Gouzi, what's going on?"

The person on the other end of the phone was Chen Cheng’s classmate and roommate, named Zhang Wei, nicknamed Brother Gouzi.

"Chen Cheng, what's going on with you? Have you had the audition?"

"What mirror?"

"Damn, you didn't forget, didn't the school assign a one-month summer vacation experience as a drama crew?"

"Uh... I'm in Hengdian now."

"Sure, if there is any good role, please recommend it to me, brother."

"Fuck."

"What should I do?"

"What can I do? I'm going to try being an extra."

"Oh my god, an extra. Brother, you are a top student in the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy, and you actually want to be an extra? This is not right, you really bring shame to our Beijing Film Academy. Regarding your behavior, I just want to say, you are so smart, I will also be an extra."

"..."

This guy is also a talented person. Chen Cheng smiled and hung up the phone.

There is nothing we can do about it.

There are so many students in the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy, where can they find so many plays to perform, and where can they find so many roles to play?
Not to mention that they are not even in their sophomore year yet, some of them have already graduated from their senior year and still can’t get a lot of good roles.

Since I really can't get a good role, I might as well just be an extra and consider it as completing my summer homework.

However, Chen Cheng does not want to be an extra. He just wants to interview for a stage job first.

After looking at the crew recruiter in front of him, Chen Cheng walked forward.

Same with the group performance.

The interview for field workers was very simple.

This is mainly because stage workers are the same as extras and do not require too much technical content.

Although it does not require any technical skills, field workers still need to have good physical fitness.

Seeing the somewhat thin Chen Cheng, the "field producer" who was in charge of recruiting field workers and also in charge of field affairs frowned and said, "Young man, field workers are very hard work. Can you bear it?"

"Teacher, I can handle it."

"Then... let's do it."

The on-site producer was a little hesitant, but after looking around and seeing that there were not many people coming to interview the field workers, he nodded.

This is the reality.

Although the job of a field worker seems simple, it has a big drawback.

In addition to requiring good physical fitness, the disadvantage is that this job is really, really tiring.

This is so tiring that sometimes it is even more tiring than moving bricks on a construction site.

So you'll see.

On the set.

There were a lot of people applying for extras, but there were very few who wanted to be on-site workers. This is why the on-site producer hired Chen Cheng.

"Pack your luggage first. Starting tomorrow, you will have to follow the crew. A bus will pick you up tomorrow morning. The entire process will take about one and a half months. The crew will provide food and accommodation. It is best not to ask for leave during the trip."

"This is my phone number. Please write it down. My last name is Liu. Call me if you have any questions. Is there any problem?"

"Thank you, Mr. Liu. No problem."

After taking the business card from "Liu Qiang", Chen Cheng saved the phone number.

At the same time, in the production route section of the system panel, the [Field Work] item lights up instantly, and three words are displayed on it: In Progress.

……

"Chen Cheng, carry the equipment."

The next day, Chen Cheng got on the bus and went to the crew early in the morning.

As a field worker.

Chen Cheng's task did not require him to know what the movie was about or which director shot it.

His task is to handle a series of miscellaneous tasks for the crew.

For example, moving equipment, setting up scenes, laying shooting tracks, packing lunch boxes... and a series of errands.

In short, you have to do everything, and you have to stay in the crew all the time, waiting for the task at any time.

“This is really heavy.”

Although he knew the crew very well, it was only when Chen Cheng's turn as a real stage worker did he realize how heavy all the camera equipment was.

Fortunately, Chen Cheng was not the only worker on the scene.

Some particularly heavy items can be lifted by two people together.

But even so.

After moving various equipment for two hours in a row, Chen Cheng's legs and feet felt a little numb.

However, after the heavy work of the day was completed, the rest was easier.

"Chen Cheng, take a break."

Chen Cheng's partner is a middle-aged man named Leng, and everyone in the crew calls him Uncle Leng.

"You must be exhausted just now."

Handing Chen Cheng a bottle of water, Uncle Leng said with a smile, "I don't understand either. You are a young man, why do you come here to work as a set worker? If you really like filming, you can be an extra. Although the salary for extras is not high, it is not tiring at all. When there is nothing to do, you see, they all rest for most of the day."

“Well, well…Uncle Leng, I mainly want to exercise.”

"Exercise?"

"Yes. You see, this job not only exercises your body, but also pays you. How great is that."

"Hahaha……"

Uncle Leng laughed: "This is a fresh idea."

"Uncle Leng, how come you come to work here?"

“Me, I do it to make money.”

Uncle Leng said directly.

But Chen Cheng added: "It seems that the wages of the workers are not high either."

"Although it's not high, the salary is provided for food and accommodation, and there is not much expense on weekdays. In addition, filming requires overtime and the overtime pay is quite high. I have not received any education and I don't have any skills. I am just strong. Now I still have some strength, so I want to earn more money."

"Uncle Leng, you are awesome."

Chen Cheng gave Uncle Leng a thumbs up and admired him very much.

"What's so great about that? Look, there's work to do. Let's go and get to work..."

"Work."

Patting his butt, Chen Cheng followed.

……

"I'm so tired."

The crew finished work at 10 o'clock that evening.

But even though the crew was finishing work, Chen Cheng couldn't.

After the crew finished work, Chen Cheng still had to take time to organize all kinds of equipment and tidy up the entire crew.

It was not until 12 o'clock in the evening that Chen Cheng fell asleep.

At 6 o'clock the next morning, the actors had not yet woken up.

But because the crew had to start work the next day, Chen Cheng had to complete a series of pre-shooting matters before everyone else.

It only took 20 minutes to wash up and eat breakfast, and then the day's work began again.

Chen Cheng came like this for a whole week.

During this week, Chen Cheng felt like he couldn't take it any longer every time.

even.

On several occasions, Chen Cheng wanted to resign, but in the end he gritted his teeth and held back.

On the one hand, it means living a new life with a more mature mindset and not giving up easily.

On the other hand, because of this week, Chen Cheng saw significant changes in his physical condition on the system panel.

Previously, Chen Cheng’s physical condition was 55+0.1.

After a week of hard work, Chen Cheng's physical condition has now become 55+1.2.

Although adding 1.2 attribute points did not bring about much change, Chen Cheng still felt the subtle changes.

For example, when moving equipment, Chen Cheng felt that he had become stronger.

In terms of endurance, it has also improved.

of course.

There is one most important one.

That is, after a week of hard work, Chen Cheng received a skill reward from the system: full of energy.

This skill is a passive skill and cannot be released obviously.

But after this skill appeared, Chen Cheng found that his sleep became very, very good.

Whenever Chen Cheng felt sleepy, he would fall asleep in less than 5 seconds.

Not only did he fall asleep, but Chen Cheng also found that his sleep quality was very high.

This also caused the crew to work overtime until midnight every time these days, but when Chen Cheng woke up, he felt full of energy and all the fatigue of the previous day was swept away.

(End of this chapter)