Today is also tied up by the top stream [entertainment circle]

Zhaoyang called himself and asked Xu Yuanjie to come to the company for an interview.

Zhaoyang cut to the chase, wanting to know what happened between him and Wei Sheng.This isn't privacy, it's "specific reasons for quitting your last job."

Xu Yuanjie was very frank and explained the ins and outs without concealment.

Things are actually not that complicated.Xu Yuanjie started to take care of Wei Sheng 5 years ago. Wei Sheng, who had just entered the industry at that time, was really penniless.Wei Sheng also became a monk halfway through. He participated in a campus singing competition in college and won the runner-up. He started to run commercial performances one after another, carefully testing the outer circle of the entertainment circle.He looks good, and he has attracted a lot of girlfriend fans. When walking in the school, people will come over to ask for autographs.Being praised so much every day, Wei Sheng really felt that it would be a waste for him not to enter the entertainment industry, so he asked someone to find a way out, went around to find Xu Yuanjie's agency, was recommended for an interview, and signed the contract right away.

At that time, Xu Yuanjie had just been promoted from an assistant to a manager.The artist he worked as an assistant to is a big guy who has made a name for himself. Xu Yuanjie learned a lot from that artist.The company arranged for Xu Yuanjie to bring Wei Sheng along, and let the two compare each other.

The company didn't take this pair of newcomers seriously, so the two had to support each other and fight side by side. In the past 5 years, Xu Yuanjie broke his head, laughed sourly, grabbed Wei Sheng's resources up and down, and urged Wei Sheng to keep producing works.Wei Sheng took the singer-songwriter route. On the day of signing the contract, Wei Sheng's eyes were piercing, and he said sincerely to Xu Yuanjie: "Brother Xu, one day, I will make a name for myself with my works."

Xu Yuanjie has never forgotten his words, and has always believed in his words.But the starting period of a singer is really difficult. Wei Sheng is not a talented player. Sometimes he can't hold a new song for a month. After finally having a new work, the company doesn't give any resources, no publicity, no recommendation , Without a good opportunity to play songs, even if the work is on the shelves, there will be no sales. After a year, Wei Sheng can hardly support himself. This is an endless loop.

Wei Sheng's psychological defense line collapsed step by step, this is not the star career he imagined.Seeing that he was getting older, and he didn't know how long his bonus points could last, Wei Sheng asked Xu Yuanjie to find him some other work, the sooner the money came, the better, and he had enough food first, before he had the strength to talk about his ideals.

Gradually, Wei Sheng began to appear in various variety shows that had nothing to do with music, and even started to accept some small roles in online dramas.The advantage of being good-looking is immediate. Wei Sheng has been engaged in music for so many years.famous.

Xu Yuanjie and Wei Sheng were very happy.Xu Yuanjie felt that now that Wei Sheng was famous, he could appeal to fans to pay attention to his music.With this good start, his future creative path will always get better little by little.What Wei Sheng is happy about is that he is angry, whether it is because of the way he originally imagined or not, in short, he is angry.

The two quickly diverged after that.Wei Sheng has more and more web drama appointments, and the pay is high. Wei Sheng is very happy. One episode is tens of thousands, 10,000+. It can be completed in three months, sometimes in one month. This is a speed of making money that he could not even imagine when he was making music.Moreover, acting in an online drama is not difficult at all, just memorizing the lines, he can scratch his head bald by writing a song, but he may not be able to sell many songs.

He worked so hard before, what was he trying to do?

Moreover, these fans just like to see him handsomely playing the ancient male god or domineering president, whoever is willing to listen to him sing the songs he wrote, and the fans who have finally attracted them will be fools who will drive them away in different ways.

Wei Sheng felt that life had opened a new door to him, but someone stopped in front of him ignorantly.

Xu Yuanjie persuaded him not to put the cart before the horse and think about his original intention. Those entertainment variety shows are not nutritious at all, and are of no benefit to his music creation. It will not be many years for him to act in idol dramas. Wei Sheng is already 26. It can be installed for another two or three years...

Wei Sheng was stung by his sentence "already 26".He wasted years of youth in vain, whose fault is that?If Xu Yuanjie had helped him find the right direction since he entered the industry, would he have been living in poverty until now?

Xu Yuanjie was speechless.He looked at the person in front of him, recalled carefully, and told him excitedly and sincerely, where did the boy who wanted to prove himself with music go?

As soon as Wei Sheng got angry, he turned around and shouted grievances on Weibo, saying between the lines that he had suffered so much and it was not easy for him. Fans exploded, convinced that their idol must have been treated harshly by the evil capitalists, and rose up to support Wei Sheng.

This incident made the company's top management know about it, and the company quickly replaced Wei Sheng with a new agent, and according to Wei Sheng's idea, he was packaged vigorously in the direction of fresh meat.

The two can still meet at the company.Wei Sheng was in high spirits, as if he was about to become the top brother.Xu Yuanjie never thought that the high mountains and flowing waters he thought would end like this.

The first artist he met made him fall in love with this industry.The first artist he brought in made him see the industry clearly.

After seeing it clearly, he still loves it.Since he entered the society, he has taken root in this industry for 7 years, and he cannot do without.

Xu Yuanjie spoke very plainly, without too much emotion, and tried to state the facts as much as possible.Even though he knew it, Zhaoyang knew it too, and stating the facts was also the facts from his perspective.

Zhaoyang listened carefully, thanked him for his frankness, and asked him to go back and wait for the notice.

Afterwards, Zhaoyang discussed with the brokerage director that he wanted to use Xu Yuanjie.

Even though Zhou Ran explained that as long as there is no conflict with the interests of the company, Zhaoyang can do whatever he wants, the director of brokerage still hesitated.

For a film and television company, hiring an agent who has just become popular with his own artist is no different from hiring a prisoner who has just been released from prison.

Zhaoyang is very popular, if fans find out his manager's criminal record in a frenzy, there will be another trouble at that time, Zhaoyang and the company will not be immune to the impact.

Zhaoyang smiled, "I'm also an artist who has had a fight with the company, and I have no position to ask others to be perfect."

What's more, he just didn't want a partner who was too perfect.

No wind and no waves, the perfection in ordinary daily life can only show how well a person conceals it.These are just superficial characters, not real characters.Only when faced with pressure, difficulties, forks in the road, and having to make critical choices, will a person's deepest heart be revealed.

He saw Xu Yuanjie's choice.

The management director looked at Zhaoyang complicatedly for a while, this kind of confident speech, only a confident artist like Zhaoyang dared to speak out in front of the management director.The director of brokerage said that he would ask Mr. Zhou for instructions.

Zhou Ran seconds batch.Who hasn't touched black history, it's a big deal.

Xu Yuanjie will join the job immediately, and the probation period will be three months.

Zhaoyang told him that the probationary period is a two-way trial, the artist needs to evaluate the agent, and the agent also needs to evaluate the artist.During this period, no matter whether he thinks Xu Yuanjie is inappropriate or Xu Yuanjie thinks he is inappropriate, he can ask to terminate the contract at any time.

Xu Yuanjie agreed.

Before finally signing the contract, Xu Yuanjie suddenly asked Zhaoyang: "What do you want to do?"

Zhaoyang was taken aback.

After a while, Zhaoyang said, "I want to be an actor."

"I just want to be an actor."

Xu Yuanjie nodded, brushed a few strokes, and signed his name with one stroke.

In fact, compared to Xu Yuanjie's black history, Zhaoyang was more worried that Xu Yuanjie was leading a musician before, and he was a full-time actor. He was afraid that Xu Yuanjie didn't have deep research in this field, so he wouldn't be able to shoot with him.To his surprise, Xu Yuanjie was very professional. When discussing the script with Zhaoyang, his thoughts were very insightful, not just talking nonsense.

Zhaoyang recently ran away all the crews that should be run, and Xu Yuanjie went through it with him, and screened out all the scripts that should be screened out, leaving three choices in the end.

One TV series, two movies.

The TV series "Linglong Knot" is an S-level project comparable to "Not Me", a romantic costume drama, and it is also an adaptation of a popular big IP, with handsome men and beautiful women, gorgeous special effects, love and hatred, and unrequited love, with an investment of 5 million. Zhao Yang was invited to play the leading male role, with a salary of 60 per episode, and plans to shoot 45 episodes, with a total salary of 2700 million.

Zhaoyang's ancient costume style in "Not Me" became a blockbuster and attracted a lot of fans. At this time, he took advantage of the trend to continue filming ancient costume dramas, and the conversion rate of traffic was relatively high, which is why the project party was willing to offer him such a price.

Two movies, one is "Exit" and the other is "When You Wake", which is translated into Chinese as "When You Wake Up".

"Exit" is a Chinese movie, a commercial suspense film, and the film studio paid Zhaoyang's leading male role 2000 million yuan.

Although it is a commercial film, this is a rare script that Zhaoyang really likes.

"Exit" begins with a murder case. The leading actor No. [-], a top player in the entertainment industry, was found to have committed suicide in his own mansion.All of a sudden, it caused a sensation in the world.

The investigation of the case was quickly launched, and the trend of "suicide" suddenly changed. During the investigation, an increasingly suspicious suspect appeared—another artist, who was about the same age as the top class, but whose current situation was the same as the top class. Line paste coffee.

Suicide turned into murder. Rumors circulated on the Internet that Huka not only brutally killed the top class, but also deliberately disguised it as suicide.

Muka's resume was dug up three feet overnight by the masses. Some people realized that Muka and Dingliu had known each other for a long time. They were orphans when they were young and had been in the same orphanage, but their destinies were completely different. .

At the age of 7, Dingliu was adopted by a wealthy family because of his cleverness and cute appearance. Since then, he has received elite education, entered the upper class, studied abroad, and entered the entertainment circle after graduating from a famous film and television academy. In [-], it became a first-line top streamer.

However, because of his gloomy temperament, he seemed to be unresponsive. Even the aunts in the orphanage suspected that he was mentally ill, so he was never adopted.

Due to his low education, he could only start from the lowest level of work. Later, by accident, he became a group performer. From group performance to stand-in and role-playing, he has struggled for many years, and now he can barely play the role of the third male and the fourth male. , With a small number of fans, I can occasionally go to a variety show, sitting in a corner and showing my face.

Many years later, the two met on a show, which required two pairs to make a show, and the two of them just formed a team.

Ding Liu died the night after the last performance of the two.

Dingliu's personality is notoriously unruly, bright and cheerful, and sometimes his words are sharp.He never revealed that he was prone to depression, or had even the slightest idea of ​​suicide.

The motive for the murder of Muka was finalized, out of jealousy, for fame and fortune.

The relationship between the two is magnified in every detail, but all the programs and occasions where they have been in the same frame are used by the masses to flog the corpses repeatedly, speculate on their private relationship, and eagerly talk about it Bad character.

He has been reviled by the whole network, and the police have not yet found any real evidence of murder. He has suffered countless online violence, and even received death threats in reality. The crowd shouted "xxx get out of the entertainment circle".

The police's secrets were leaked again and again, and suddenly another news came out, and there was tangible evidence that proved that the gangster was not the murderer.

The more the police investigated, the more all the evidence pointed to a conclusion that had been overturned at first—the truth of the top stream's death, it seemed, was suicide.

Moreover, it is not any "murderer" who disguises suicide as murder, but the top class himself.

The script stops here.In order to avoid risks, some crews will not give the whole script when they invite actors to audition, some will give one-third, some will give half, and what Zhaoyang sees is half.

Zhaoyang scratched his heart and lungs, already aroused strong curiosity.He talked with the director of "Exit", and the director said that he originally wanted to name it "An Actor's Exit", but after discussing with the screenwriter, he changed it to the simpler and neater "Exit".

The plot of "Exit" is very ups and downs and exciting. However, the director of another script, "Death When Waking Up", is Li Fangzhe.

When Zhao Yang received the invitation from director Li Fangzhe, he really felt like he was dreaming.

He thought that one day he would receive an invitation from director Li Fangzhe. He has always believed in his own ability, even if he has not yet, he will in the future.But he never thought that it would be so fast and so sudden.

Li Fangzhe said that when Director Qiu called him to dinner, he was already planning the movie.He has made Western films for many years, and this time the script is very cosmopolitan. After much deliberation, he decided to use Asians as the leading actors.When I returned to China, I met some actors and talked about the script.

Maybe it's because of his age, but Li Fangzhe is Chinese after all. No matter how deeply he is immersed in Western culture, he still has a feeling of seeking his roots in his bones.

Li Fangzhe seldom watches TV dramas, but "Not Me" is Director Qiu's proud work, and Li Fangzhe rarely watches it seriously.

After reading it, he contacted Zhaoyang.

Li Fangzhe sent Zhaoyang an audition invitation, not a direct film appointment.There are many actors who want to act in Li Fangzhe's movies, even the best actor and actress have to line up to audition honestly, if it is not suitable, no matter how famous Li Fangzhe is.

Zhaoyang knows that there are many people competing for this opportunity, including actors with more seniority, more masterpieces than him, and even better acting skills than him.He spent a week eating scripts and took the audition 500 percent seriously.

Zhaoyang auditioned for the second male role, and Li Fangzhe only gave him the first part of the script.

"Death Upon Waking" is positioned as a sci-fi drama, the first half of the story is realistic, and the second half will have magnificent sci-fi special effects.But the special effects are second, and what Li Fangzhe pays attention to is the sci-fi concept of humanistic value in this script.

Zhaoyang was stunned at the beginning of the script.

[what are you fighting for]

[what do you live for]

[why do you live]

The script is the No.1 perspective.Zhao Yang's part is the male lead, but his role is the male lead, he played the male lead when he was young.

The hero "I" had a dream last night.The dream was pitch black, with only one voice, and the subtitles repeated sentence after sentence, asking him these three questions non-stop.

"I" thought about it for about a minute, then got up and devoted myself to a fulfilling life.

"I" is an architectural designer, and my ideal in this life is to design a landmark work, which will leave a name with the history of architecture that has survived for thousands of years. "I" was born in poverty, but I have great ambitions and tenacity since I was a child. After years of struggle, I have achieved success before I reach middle age. Approved by superiors, colleagues, and subordinates, and admired and loved by the world.

"My" life is perfect.

It's just that I occasionally have a dream that violates harmony.

The question in the dream is very strange.

Why am I struggling?

Of course it is my ideal.

What am I living for?

For happiness.In order to realize my value.

Why am I... alive?

Because... I am... human?

"I" generally don't think about these questions, but once I think about them, I feel more and more strange.

Even the world has become strange.The people around me became very strange, and the way "my" lover looked at me was also very strange.

Another night, "I" had another dream.

The "I" in the dream is very successful, has a career, a lover, a family, and friends. "I" has just realized the ideal of "I", yes, it is to design a landmark building that will stand for a hundred years...

"I" woke up suddenly.

"I" looked around.

This is "my" home.To be precise, it is the apartment that "I" rents.Because "I" can't afford the duplex mansion in the center of the first-tier international city in my dream.

"I" looked at the bedside table, and the place where the photo of "I" and my lover was originally placed was empty. "I" remembered that "I" and my lover broke up for various reasons a year ago.

"I" has yet to design the landmark of my dreams. "I" is not even the chief designer now, I can only complete the tasks assigned by the company and draw some boring drawings day after day.The words of lofty aspirations when I was young are still in my ears, and "I" is still fighting for the dream that is getting more and more distant.

I vaguely remembered that "I" seemed to have three questions that had not been answered.

However, I am too tired, heavy work, monotonous life, empty emotions, everything makes "I" very tired. "I" don't want to think about meaningless questions anymore.

"I" hurriedly walked on the busy streets of the metropolis, and suddenly felt that all this was very strange.

Even "I" is weird.

Another night, "I" had another dream.

The "I" in the dream is running around all day long, wearing the stars and wearing the moon, doing unfinished work, towards a goal that seems to be clear but unreachable... "I" has an ideal... Yes, what is the ideal of "I" ...

"I" woke up suddenly.

"I" looked around.

This is a simple and cramped bachelor apartment.Looking out of the window, there is no bustle of people, and no splendid high-rise buildings. This is a very remote neighborhood.

Or...it's just a small city.

"I" came to the dirty mirror.The "I" in the mirror is no longer as white as in the dream, the skin is slightly loose, and there are a few wrinkles at the corners of the eyes, showing a tired old look.

"I" hesitated for a long time, thinking about what "I" should do next.Then I came back to my senses in a trance, and "I" lost my job.

In this small house that no one knows, I often get drunk for two or three days.

The script came to an abrupt end again.

But Li Fangzhe revealed a general idea to Zhaoyang. According to the market, this is a complete BE story. There is no happy ending, and there is no sweet love or intense action scenes. The viewing experience may be very depressing.

However, Li Fangzhe's idea is that he wants to create an extreme shock.

If the strength is not enough, it cannot cause pain, nor can it cause thinking.

The meaning of art is to touch people's hearts directly.

Zhaoyang faintly felt the shock.A large number of pull-up films and 7 years of acting career have created his precise intuition for scripts. He can see the pattern and level of a script with just a few glances.

This is his dream script.

After the audition for "Wake Up", Li Fangzhe said that Zhaoyang is very suitable for this role, but because he is the second male, and Zhaoyang is a newcomer after all, this is his debut film, Li Fangzhe gave a low salary, 1000 million .

There are three forks in the road in front of Zhaoyang.

Choosing any script means that he may go to a completely different future.

Zhaoyang did not make a decision on the spot at the company.The various analyzes of the brokerage director and Xu Yuanjie are very reasonable, but he still needs the opinion of a more important person.

In the middle of the night, Zhaoyang sneaked into Jian Xing's house with three notebooks in his arms.

Zhaoyang was lying on the bed, with a pair of feet turned up, and the hem of the pajama pants slid back, revealing a section of thin white ankle.There is a cushion under the abdomen, otherwise the waist will be particularly sore when lying on the stomach for a long time.Zhaoyang doesn't like to wear nightgowns even in Jian Xing's house, he just likes to wear pajamas in a dignified manner, and the buttons are always buttoned up meticulously. Every time Jian Xing gets up in a hurry, if Zhaoyang didn't stop him, he would be able to let Zhaoyang Scrap a set of pajamas.

Jian Xing came out of the bathroom and couldn't help laughing.Zhaoyang turned to look at him, his eyes were dazed and innocent.

With a towel on Jian Xing's wet hair, she was leaning against the door frame, with her arms crossed, "Senior, your posture... looks like your butt is very raised, you know that?"

Zhaoyang: "..."

Zhaoyang got up silently, leaned against the head of the bed, and sat cross-legged.

Jian Xing sighed in disappointment, "I mean it looks pretty good." After a pause, he added, "I love watching."

Zhaoyang was speechless, and slapped the mattress next to him ferociously, "What are you looking at, come and help me read the script."

"Okay senior." Jian Xing was obedient for a second, and jumped onto the bed.Sometimes Zhaoyang really felt that Jian Xing was full of pornographic trash and was hopeless.This handsome man was forced to walk out like a dog, with fans everywhere, who would have thought that he was such a beast in private... huh?