The villain must spend all his money before he goes bankrupt [Transmigration Book]

No matter in his previous life or this life, Ye Zhou thought that he was a very talkative person.

This kind of thing can be big or small. Among the actors Ye Zhou has worked with in his previous life, it is not uncommon for him to encounter this kind of situation. As long as the other party can not delay the filming, Ye Zhou has always turned a blind eye to the actor's drama. Eyes, easy to talk.

But Xi Yang's problem wasn't just about filming. At the beginning of the cooperation, he didn't tell the crew about the itinerary, and he didn't tell Ye Zhou that besides "Chasing the Light", he had two other films that were being filmed or were about to start filming.

Secondly, Xi Yang was not in good condition during filming due to filming, and he also asked for leave from time to time, which has seriously affected the normal filming progress of the crew.

What's more, thanks to Ye Zhou's good temper, Xi Yang has gotten worse recently, just like today.

At eight o'clock in the morning, all the crew members arrived, and each staff member stuck to his post, ready to start today's filming.

The scenes that need to be shot that day are not decided on the day of shooting, but the shooting plan will be made a period of time in advance, and the shooting plan will be constantly adjusted as the shooting progresses.

The day before the official start of filming, the crew will reconfirm the time for the scenes that need to be filmed the next day. In this case, if the actors need to ask for leave, they should report to the director at least three days in advance to allow enough time for the staff Adjust the shooting times.

However, the entire crew, including the director Ye Zhou and the lead actor Geng Bochuan, waited on the set from eight o'clock until nine o'clock, but none of them waited for Xi Yang to appear.

Assistant Director Meng hung up the phone, with a very ugly expression on his face. He walked quickly to Ye Zhou and said anxiously, "We still can't get in touch. Neither Xi Yang nor his manager answered the phone. Could something be wrong?" Is something wrong?"

"If not, you guys should film Geng Bochuan's scene first. I'll go to the hotel to see what's going on. If there's no one in the hotel, I'll go directly to Xi Yang's company to ask."

It's normal for an artist to be unable to be contacted, but it's very abnormal for an agent to be unable to be contacted.

Deputy Director Meng spoke quickly and his movements were not slow. As soon as he finished speaking, he reached out to get the car keys on the table.

Ye Zhou pressed the key first, looked at the time, and said, "Old Meng, that's it."

Assistant Director Meng was stunned for a moment, with a look of obvious surprise on his face. He couldn't figure out what Ye Zhou was thinking for a while, so he simply asked, "Director Ye, what trick do you want to use quickly? It's all money, if we delay for a while, we will burn a few more money!"

After working together in "A Farce" last time, the two got to know each other a lot, and became very good friends. After Huang Yan resigned this time, Ye Zhou asked him to come to the rescue when he found out that he happened to be on vacation. Assistant Director Meng was also very face-saving, so he ended the vacation without saying a word, and came to rescue Ye Zhou.

Because the two of them had a good relationship, Assistant Director Meng spoke more straightforwardly and didn't make any circles with him.

Ye Zhou was amused by him, pushed him back on the chair, and comforted him: "It's okay, it's been burning for so long, it's not too late."

Assistant Director Meng was too lazy to talk to him, struggling to get up, ready to continue implementing the plan just now.

Ye Zhou sighed, and didn't stop him again. Instead, he took his own phone, found Xi Yang's number and dialed it.

Seeing his actions, Assistant Director Meng immediately left in no hurry, and stood aside, waiting to see if the call from director Ye Zhou would be answered.

The answer was of course no. The phone hung up automatically after a long time of inactivity. Ye Zhou was not in a hurry and called Xi Yang's manager again.

The phone rang for a long time, and when Assistant Director Meng looked away in disappointment and was about to go out while muttering, the call was finally connected this time.

Ye Zhou turned on the hands-free, and everyone who was close to him could hear the content of the chat between the two without a trace of cover-up.

The phone was very noisy, and the signal didn't seem to be very good. The voice was a little intermittent, and it sounded very stuck.

Xi Yang's manager's voice sounded in the noisy background: "Hello, is this Ye Dao?"

Ye Zhou had no expression on his face, and replied lightly: "It's me, may I ask if Xi Yang is by your side at the moment, and if he is, please ask him to answer the phone."

There was another messy voice, harsh enough to make people upset, Xi Yang's manager's voice faltered, and it took a long time before he said: "Sorry, Director Ye, our Xi Yang has a fever today, I took him directly to the hospital, and forgot to say hello to you gone."

"Oh, that's it." Ye Zhou replied very calmly, and when Xi Yang's manager was glad that Ye Zhou was a director who was easy to talk and deceive, he heard Ye Zhou say again: "Give him half an hour, If I don't see him in the set after half an hour, then there is no need for him to appear in my set in the future."

After speaking, Ye Zhou didn't give Xi Yang's manager any time to react, and ended the call neatly.

Manager Xi Yang looked at the hung up phone, his face was like an overturned palette, and his expression was very pretty.

Just at this moment, the director called the card, and after weighing the pros and cons, the agent took a bottle of water and trotted to Xi Yang's side, bowed his head and whispered something in his ear, and repeated to Xi Yang what Ye Zhou said on the phone. Xi Yang.

Xi Yang stopped drinking water, and his face was a little ugly, and he asked, "He really said that?"

After seeing the manager nodding, Xi Yang lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, then stood up suddenly, with a guilty smile on his face, and walked towards the director not far away.

The two of them didn't seem to be having a pleasant conversation. The director kept his face dark the whole time, but finally nodded his head and approved his lie.

Please leave Xi Yang with his clothes and strode out of the studio. The studio he is in is in the southernmost film and television base in city A, but the filming location of "Chasing the Light" is in the north.

One south and one north, it takes 10-[-] minutes to drive on the road alone, and when the road is smooth, we arrive within half an hour. The time is really tight.

Fortunately, it was morning, and it was only after nine o'clock before the noon rush hour. They hurried all the way and finally arrived at the set within the time limit set by Ye Zhou.

Xi Yang panted and ran to Ye Zhou, apologized sincerely to Ye Zhou, and said that today is a special situation and he is not feeling well, and his mind has been groggy, which delayed the shooting. It will happen again today.

Ye Zhou looked at the swearing expression on his face, neither said he believed it nor said he didn't believe it, and was completely uninterested in continuing to act with him, so he simply made it clear: "I don't care how many plays you take on at the same time, or how long the schedule is. It’s full, but if it affects the progress of the crew next time, you can focus on other movies, we don’t need you here.”

These words can be said to be very cruel, almost didn't save Xi Yang any face, so that Xi Yang's face turned pale after hearing it, his hands hanging on both sides unconsciously clenched into fists, and a bit of resentment and humiliation flashed in his eyes .

Ye Zhou's words were not so much a reminder as a notification, Xi Yang could only accept it, and the consequence of refusing would be that he would not even have this chance anymore, so he just packed up and left.

Xi Yang, the leading actor, was finally in place after tossing all morning, and the crew started to run.

The scene that needs to be filmed today is like this. Cheng Ye agreed to come to the school to hold a parent-teacher meeting for his younger brother, but when he walked to the school gate, he was blocked by three enemies who were also gangsters. In a small alley.

The other party had many people, and when Cheng Ye was about to be beaten, Cheng Ling, who was supposed to be at school, suddenly appeared. Seeing his brother being beaten, Cheng Ling, who had always been obedient and sensible, fought with the group of gangsters like crazy.

Because this scene involved a certain fighting part, the martial arts instructor began to teach Xi Yang and Geng Bochuan the postures and movements half a month in advance. When they were learning, they couldn't see anything, but when they came under the camera, their performances were very different.

In stark contrast to Geng Bochuan's smooth and beautiful movements, Xi Yang has no rules at all, he forgot all the things his martial arts instructor taught him before, and he is so indifferent that even the three extras who play gangsters Not as good.

At the sixth ng, Ye Zhou sneered, and sprayed directly: "Xi Yang, have you learned everything you learned in the stomach of a dog? Let you fight, you are a fucking master, you forgot all the moves, right? Do you find it interesting to twist and turn?"

"I thought how capable you are, and you still have the courage to play at this level. I was surprised. You are rushing to the scene every day, and you have wasted your time on the road. Which side can you care about? What are you going to do?"

"If you don't want to act, just say it, who is disgusting if you act like this? I advise you to be a little self-aware. "Chasing the Light" doesn't have to be your choice, and I, Ye Zhou, are not the only ones to choose. If you can't, just change someone else." , You can’t act as much as people can act!”

Ye Zhou seldom said such nasty words. If Xi Yang hadn't stepped on Ye Zhou's red line again and again, he wouldn't have said such nasty words no matter how angry he was.

But it is not an exaggeration to describe Xi Yang's performance during this time as shit, arriving late and leaving early and absent from work, the entire crew of a hundred people, sitting here burning money waiting for him, the lead actor, to film.

Eight out of ten of the content captured were unusable, and there was one that Ye Zhou couldn't see through, so he closed his eyes and suppressed his nausea to let him pass.

It's normal for an actor to be in a bad condition or not be able to enter a role during filming. Ye Zhou can accept it, but what makes him unacceptable is that the actor himself didn't take it seriously and just wanted to Just pat and get paid.

When Xi Yang came to the audition, with his remarkable acting skills and aura that fit the role very well, Ye Zhou originally had great expectations for him.

But when I saw Xi Yang's filming performance and his attitude, I felt so much anticipation before, but now I feel so disgusted, it's not just disgusting.

This is simply a complete deception.

Since Xi Yang thinks that he can sit back and relax if he gets the role, Ye Zhou doesn't mind giving him a vivid experience course.

Xi Yang was sprayed with blood by Ye Zhou. He had already scolded Ye Zhou's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, but he didn't dare to show anything on his face. He suppressed his anger and apologized to Ye Zhou.

"I'm sorry Director Ye, I..."

Ye Zhou didn't even want to listen to his explanation. Before he finished speaking, he interrupted directly: "You don't need to apologize to me. Before you start filming next time, why don't you ask yourself how much you put your heart into?" In acting."

"Since you don't know how to act in this scene, why don't I find someone who can teach you." As he spoke, Ye Zhou pointed to the best group performer who played one of the three gangsters just now, "You, come here. "

The group performer who was pointed at was stunned for a moment, and it took a few seconds for him to react. He pointed at himself in a daze, and after Ye Zhou nodded to confirm, he quickly ran to Ye Zhou's side.

Ye Zhou called the staff to give him Xi Yang's script, and then called the martial arts instructor, and said, "Tell him the movements briefly, and we will start in 10 minutes."

The martial arts instructor's heart was broken. He had taught Xi Yang for half a month to act like that. What can he do in 10 minutes now? What can he teach in 10 minutes!

However, since Ye Zhou had spoken, no matter how broken he was, he could only resign himself to his fate and start directing the group performers' movements.

Ye Zhou drank tea with a teacup, chatted with Geng Bochuan or Deputy Director Meng occasionally, and didn't give Xi Yang a look the whole time. He stood there in embarrassment, either leaving or staying, and hated Ye Zhou to death. .

Ten minutes later, Ye Zhou put down the teacup in his hand, and said to Geng Bochuan, "Go and help him put on a show."

Geng Bochuan naturally did not refuse, and nodded very readily.This made Xi Yang, who had expected him to say something nice for him, even more annoyed, and blamed Geng Bochuan as well.

The actors were in place, and with the sound of the scene recording, Geng Bochuan and the small group of actors immediately entered their roles, wrestling with the gangsters.

Xi Yang watched this show as a joke at first. No matter how bad he is, he has been in the film industry for so long, and he is from a major. He has filmed at least a dozen films. After all, the foundation of acting skills is there, how can an unknown group performer be able to match it.

But looking at it, Xi Yang's face gradually turned ugly, and the mockery in his eyes gradually dissipated, replaced by shock and disbelief.

Although the agent on the side didn't have formally studied acting, he could tell if an actor was good or bad. At first, like Xi Yang, he didn't take the extras seriously and just wanted to wait for him. After the performance, take Xi Yang to apologize to Ye Zhou, and the matter will be over.

But no one expected that the group performer was really capable.

Although the study time is very short, so short that the martial arts instructor only has time to teach him a few simple movements, and there is no time to teach complex movements, but these few simple movements are performed by him.

Although it is not as good as Geng Bochuan's, but compared to Xi Yang's performance just now, he looks much better, at least his movements are smooth and decent, especially when doing movements, this group performer can also take care of facial expressions.

This was something that Ye Zhou hadn't even thought of. He had asked this extra performer to try it out, mainly to embarrass Xi Yang and rub his spirits, but he didn't expect that there would be unexpected gains from this move.

After the two of them finished their performance, Ye Zhou laughed outright. He stretched out his hands and applauded while laughing. The applause was heard very clearly in the ears of everyone on the set. The sarcasm in the middle of it is obvious to those who understand it. .

"Okay, very good!" After Ye Zhou finished laughing, he didn't hesitate to praise himself, waved to the group of performers, and asked, "What's your name?"

The extra-star Miannen looked young, but after being called out by Ye Zhou, he looked a little nervous, especially after feeling Xi Yang's poisonous eyes, he became even more nervous.

But he still mustered up his courage, ignored Xi Yang's gaze, and replied loudly, "Director Ye, my name is Duan Jingyuan."

"You are great, as long as you don't give up, in time, I believe you will have a place in this circle sooner or later." Ye Zhou patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him.

Duan Jingyuan's whole face started to burn from Ye Zhou's praise, his voice trembled a little due to the excitement he had never had before, and he said incoherently: "Thank you, thank you Director Ye, thank you! I, I will definitely work very, very hard! "

It has been two years since he graduated from school. In the past two years, with a meager income, he has been running around in different production groups, acting in various roles, living and eating near the film and television city.

The rent of houses near the film and television city is high. In order to save money and pursue his dream, Duan Jingyuan rented a loft with a total of only five square meters.

This year is the third year, even if Duan Jingyuan saves more, the money in his hand will almost bottom out. Many times Duan Jingyuan looks back at his two years of experience, and then looks at the future where there is no hope. Intention to quit.

Or just forget it, maybe I really don't have talent, so let's stop here.

This idea became more and more intense as the money in his hand dwindled. Even he himself didn't know how long he could persist in chasing a hopeless dream without seeing the future.

He has seriously started to think about quitting, and maybe one day in the near future, he will leave here.

Duan Jingyuan knew clearly that this day would not be too far away.

But just when he was about to give up, he suddenly met a director. He patted himself on the shoulder and said to him in an extremely firm tone...

you're great.

you can.

You can.

Duan Jingyuan couldn't describe his current mood. He could only thank him. He kept thanking Ye Zhou and bowed frequently. He really, really needed to be affirmed.

All the confusion and self-doubt disappeared with Ye Zhou's affirmation.The sky was dark and gray, and a bleak future seemed to be invisible at first glance, and a gap suddenly opened.

The sun shines through the gap and through the gray mist, illuminating the road ahead and Duan Jingyuan's confused and restless heart.

During the lunch break, Duan Jingyuan took out his worn-out mobile phone, hesitated again and again, and still dialed the number.

"Mom, I'm sorry, I may not go back."

"I still want to... try again."

On the other end of the phone, his mother was silent for a long time, just when Duan Jingyuan thought his mother was completely disappointed in him, he heard a soft sigh suddenly came from the other side.

Immediately afterwards, my mother's voice rang in my ears: "Is there any money left? I'll get some money for you after get off work."

Duan Jingyuan opened his mouth, but before he could make a sound, tears welled up in his eyes. He sat on the steps and raised his head, trying to make his voice sound calmer while wiping his tears.

"No need, mom, I have enough money. I recently joined a film crew, and the treatment is very good. Everyone treats me very well. This morning our director even praised me for my good performance. Don't worry about me, I'm fine. !"

After finishing the call with his mother, Duan Jingyuan took a deep breath, checked the time on the phone, stood up and prepared to go back to the studio.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got up, he found someone standing beside him. When Duan Jingyuan raised his head to see the face of the person in front of him, his face was a little uneasy, but he still greeted him: "...Hello, Brother Xi."

The person who came was none other than Xi Yang who had been scolded by Director Ye just now for filming.

Xi Yang was already in a bad mood. He couldn't even eat the food disgusted by Ye Zhou.

"Duan Jingyuan, right?" Xi Yang called out his name with a sneer, and his voice was full of undisguised malice, "I advise you to be quiet, be your extra performer, and play your role well." Come on, don't think about things that can't belong to you."

Xi Yang stretched out his hand to pinch Duan Jingyuan's shoulder, and the strength of his hand kept increasing, leaning close to his ear and threateningly said: "Don't think that Director Ye won't know what you are after a few compliments on you."

"I don't care if you will have any achievements in the future, but when you still have nothing to do, I hope you will live carefully. I said the ugly words before. If you still make me unhappy, then I can only send you out of the crew. .”

"Don't expect Ye Dao to come out to protect you. What's more important, the actor and the leading actor? Will Ye Zhou fall out with me because of you? You've been playing the actor for so many years. I don't need to say more about this."

All of Duan Jingyuan's good moods came to an abrupt end because of Xi Yang's appearance, his throat was very dry, he wanted to refute, but found powerlessly, although Xi Yang's words were ugly, but the facts proved that he was right.

At this moment, a familiar voice came from beside my ear.

"Mr. Xi is so confident."

Ye Zhou folded his arms and stood about one meter away from the two of them, looking at them with a half-smile.

Xi Yang immediately froze, he reluctantly let go, patted Duan Jingyuan on the back, and said with a smile: "Director Ye, you misunderstood, I was just discussing the plot with Xiao Duan."

"You say yes, Duan." As if he was afraid that Ye Zhou would not believe him, Xi Yang gently pushed Duan Jingyuan, with a threatening tone.

Ye Zhou suppressed the smile in his eyes, and said directly: "If you can use all these fancy and crooked thoughts on performance, you won't be compared by a newcomer today."

"How does it feel to be crushed by a newcomer? Do you feel ashamed?" Ye Zhou asked, pushing Xi Yang's hand off Duan Jingyuan's body, "Remember this feeling."

"But it doesn't matter if you can't remember, because you should get used to such things sooner or later."

"Stand still, watching the newcomers rise up one by one, watching those newcomers you once looked down on, step by step to a height that you can't reach."

Every time he opened his mouth, Xi Yang's expression turned ugly, until he finished speaking, Xi Yang could no longer maintain a smirk, and his voice was harsh and aggressive: "Oh? What Director Ye means is that this little group performer will go as far as I can't The height of the reach?"

"Why not." Ye Zhou replied.

As if hearing the funniest joke in the world, Xi Yang completely tore off the mask of hypocrisy, burst out laughing, and said while laughing: "Director Ye, you really know how to joke..."

"Xi Yang." Ye Zhou looked at him and announced calmly, "This is the end of our cooperation."

Xi Yang's laughter stopped abruptly, he was stunned for a few seconds before he realized, he looked at Ye Zhou in disbelief, "What did you say?"

Ye Zhou repeated: "You have been replaced."

"Are you mad? The movie has been filming for two months. I am the main character. If I replace me, it means that all the shots shot in the first two months will be unusable. Do you know how much money this will cost the crew? ?" Xi Yang looked at Ye Zhou like a fool.

It is precisely because of knowing this clearly that Xi Yang has been so confident recently.

After Xi Yang finished speaking, he waited triumphantly for Ye Zhou to apologize to him, soften him, and compromise with him.

But he didn't expect that after he said this, Ye Zhou's expression was quite serious, but he laughed outright after hearing it.

"Sorry, I think you seem to have misunderstood something."

Xi Yang was confused by his smile, subconsciously asked: "What?"

"Am I short of this money?"