It's my first time being a cat

According to Gu Jingyao's request, the makeup artist gave Zhu Xiaoming a layer of dry foundation that was a few shades darker. After the transformation, the original delicate skin could no longer be seen, which fully met Gu Jingyao's request.

Gu Jingyao asked them to act again, and this time Zhu Xiaoming performed better than the previous one, with no problems with his expression and demeanor.

But Gu Jingyao still frowned, and categorically called cut: "No, I can't shoot, it's not Gao Yang's feeling."

There is no problem with Zhu Xiaoming's modeling and acting skills, but this still can't change his and Gao Yang's different temperament brought about by the difference in life experience. Liang is not as pure and clear as Zhu Xiaoming, but he still maintains justice and love after struggling.

The assistant director also understood Gu Jingyao's thoughts, and suggested: "How about we invite Zou Jun back? Although Zhu Xiaoming is not bad, he is still too young."

Zou Jun is the gold medal actor who auditioned with Zhu Xiaoming before. If Gu Jingyao chooses an old actor with superb acting skills, it will definitely be much easier than a new movie star like Zhu Xiaoming.

Gu Jingyao's face was sullen, and he didn't say yes or no. The assistant director couldn't understand what he was thinking. What's the entanglement between Zhu Xiaoming and Zou Jun? Everyone knows which acting is better, right?

No one expected that the first scene of "A Suicide Note" would be a bad start.

As a well-known make-up artist in the industry, the makeup artist has worked in the crews of various famous directors. He thinks his skills are top-notch, but he stumbled at Gu Jingyao, and complained to Zhu Xiaoming angrily: "Do you think Director Gu deliberately made things difficult for me?" , I have made you ugly so much, why do you still say that you don't have the feeling of Gao Yang?"

Zhu Xiaoming smiled at the makeup artist: "Sister, don't be angry, Gu Jingyao's speech is not good, let's ignore him, he also said that I use my face to take shortcuts!"

The makeup artist was amazed: "Wow, this is too much, so you still help him act?" If her skills were questioned, it would be easy not to keep in touch with this person.

However, Zhu Xiaoming didn't seem to care about it at all, he grinned at her and bared his teeth: "He said I took a shortcut by relying on my face, why don't I just paint my face now!"

Once upon a time, Zhu Xiaoming also remembered this sentence for a long time. He was wronged and angry, but when he turned into a pigmy and walked into Gu Jingyao, he knew that Gu Jingyao didn't mean to say this sentence maliciously. He just wanted to remind him that being an actor is the most important thing. What exactly is it.

Zhu Xiaoming has such a face, he will inevitably accept doubts from all parties, but if he is strong enough, the prejudice imposed on him will naturally be broken without attack.

Therefore, when Gu Jingyao decided to shoot other scenes first and suspend the leading role, Zhu Xiaoming was actually mentally prepared.

What Gu Jingyao was going to say would sound very unkind, he looked at Zhu Xiaoming, and thought about his words for a while, trying to make his tone less harsh.

"I'll arrange for you to be a group performer in another crew for a few days, to find out how Gao Yang feels, if you still can't..."

"If I still can't do it, you can replace me." Gu Jingyao was afraid that Zhu Xiaoming would be wronged, but who knew that Zhu Xiaoming didn't care at all, so he said with great momentum: "It's just that I won't give you this chance either!"

Gu Jingyao was stunned for a moment. At this moment, he seemed to be hit by Zhu Xiaoming's bright eyes. This is the hero he chose.

He raised his lips and said with a smile, "Okay, then let me wait and see."

In the film and television base, the group performers are like odd jobs flowing in various crews. They play very small roles, and they don’t even have frontal shots, but the film cannot be completed without them.

Such a group of people come from all corners of the country, have various experiences, and speak different accents, which Zhu Xiaoming has never been in contact with before.

Zhu Xiaoming needed practice, and Gu Jingyao didn't let him go. He sent a photographer to follow Zhu Xiaoming, and let the camera record the process of Zhu Xiaoming's group performance at any time.

As the bottom of the crew's food chain, group performers usually get job opportunities through group leaders. It is a job to be a monk who beats the clock for a day. The chaotic working environment makes the protection of group performers' rights and interests worrying, let alone benefits.

As the largest film and television base, Shanhe is better than other places. There is a special actors' union to help extra actors handle disputes and monitor the market environment.

But it’s better than nothing, the work of the extras is still very hard, from the beginning of the play to the end of the play, the main character may only need to shoot for four hours, but the group performers have to wait a whole day for these four hours.

Zhu Xiaoming first went to Shanhe's group performers' union, and there were already some people waiting at the gate of the union, all of them were waiting for the group performers to take over the play, there were men, women, young and old of all ages.

Zhu Xiaoming observed them silently, thinking about how different he is from a real ensemble performer?

Zhu Xiaoming, less worried, came with him, and at the moment was scolding Gu Jingyao with righteous indignation: "Gu Jingyao is too bullying, is he deliberately retaliating? He is obviously the leading actor, so why do he have to play tricks, even if he is half-hearted? A boss plus a director can't do this, I think we should talk to Sister Meiling."

Zhu Xiaoming tilted his head, and said relaxedly: "What are you talking about? I obviously want to act as a group performer, but I don't even know how to act as a group performer? These are what I should do. Acting is not so simple."

While the two were talking, a middle-aged man came over with a loudspeaker, and the squatting people around him immediately stood up and rushed over.

"Playing an ancient soldier, you need a young man, and you will get a meal, 120 a day!"

Zhu Xiaoming hurriedly pulled Yu over to him, raised his hand to sign up, the middle-aged uncle glanced at them, and was about to leave.

Zhu Xiaoming pointed at the tip of his nose and blinked his eyes: "I can't do it? I think the requirements are all met?"

The uncle clicked his tongue: "Are you new here? You don't need to be so good-looking to play a soldier. You have to wear armor and carry weapons. You are very tired. You have to be able to bear it!"

Zhu Xiaoming touched his cheek, the makeup on his face hadn't been removed yet, how could he still be said to be good-looking...

What he doesn't know is that although appearance can be turned ugly, temperament is difficult to change. Zhu Xiaoming looks too prominent in the crowd, and he doesn't look like a secondary actor at all. This is why Gu Jingyao sent him to experience life.

But Zhu Xiaoming still wants to fight for a chance: "Uncle, I can handle it, so just let me try!"

The uncle probably saw Zhu Xiaoming's sincerity, so he let go: "Okay, then you all come with me."

Zhu Xiaoming went with the group performance team to get the clothes first. The armor he got hadn't been washed all year round, and it smelled like sweat. Together I thought it was unnecessary garbage.

Experienced group performers will bring their own close-fitting clothes and shoes, but Zhu Xiaoming has no experience and doesn't know these things, so he plans to pick a good pair of worn-out shoes to wear.

"How do you wear this? It smells so bad!" Yu Du couldn't help pinching his nose, and a clean freak like Zhu Xiaoming didn't even frown.

The uncle raised his eyebrows: "Are you still acting? If you don't act, there are so many people who will act."

"Act, of course!" Zhu Xiaoming smiled at the uncle, and quickly put on his clothes, looking at him dumbfounded. Is this the ancestor he knew who couldn't even turn on the air conditioner?

Zhu Xiaoming patted Yu on the shoulder, and said: "I asked you to be my assistant, not to accompany me to act, so go and wait for me, and go back with you when I finish the performance."

Yu Yu nodded, but still worried about Zhu Xiaoming, after thinking about it, he sent a message to a movie star who had just added a friend.

The scene was a shed scene, Zhu Xiaoming looked good, and was assigned the role of a gatekeeper. There was no plot or lines, as long as he stood at the gate of the barracks and guarded the protagonist's set.

Although it sounds simple, he didn't know how hard it is to perform as a group until the actual filming started.

The first is the waiting time. The protagonist can be late, but the extras can’t. They have to show up a few hours earlier. In the past, Zhu Xiaoming, as the leading actor, waited until everything was ready before going on stage. I never knew how long the extras had been waiting for them.

In addition, the trouble with this kind of crowd scene is that there are too many people appearing on the scene. Once a person has a problem, the filming has to be retaken. Although Zhu Xiaoming only needs to stand guard with a weapon, the protagonists have to stand for as long as they are ng a few times.

After filming a scene, Zhu Xiaoming was so tired that his costume was covered with sweat.

No wonder the clothes I got smelled like sweat...

Zhu Xiaoming realized for the first time that earning money is so hard. Today's salary of 120 is not enough for him to eat a meal, but it is his most tiring day.

I don’t know how many days Gao Yang has gone through from a low-level actor to a small supporting role with lines. Shanhe has registered [-] group performers, but not many people really persevere, which shows Gao Yang’s love for acting.

But it is such a person, when the cause he loves and a truth that has nothing to do with him are put in front of him at the same time, Gao Yang chooses justice.

He is not a pure and kind person. His kindness and integrity are presented in the contradictions and entanglements again and again, which makes it even more commendable.

Zhu Xiaoming pondered and felt that he seemed to be closer to Gao Yang's heart.

When the salary was settled, Zhu Xiaoming found out that the uncle was originally the assistant director of the crew, but they were filming a historical drama, and Zhu Xiaoming was not very familiar with this aspect.

Perhaps it was because of his good performance that the uncle treated him much more pleasantly. Before leaving, he asked him for his contact information: "You look a bit like a star, why don't you write it down for me, and I'll give you a funny speech next time." character of."

Zhu Xiaoming smiled and pointed at his face, which had been blacked out several times, amused: "I also think I have celebrity looks, maybe I can win a movie king in the future?"

"You dare to think." The uncle also laughed, maybe he was laughing at this young man who is not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, but it is always a good thing to have dreams, and he did not hit Zhu Xiaoming.

After Zhu Xiaoming said goodbye to the uncle, he went to find Yu.

Seeing him off the show, Yu quickly took out ice stickers and a fan: "Brother Zhu, come and eat!"

Zhu Xiaoming looked at the various equipment in his hand suspiciously, and asked casually, "Did you run back to get things?"

"Ah... yes, I went back for a while, hehe." Yuyu scratched his head, feeling a little guilty.

But Zhu Xiaoming was too tired to notice. He took the lunch box and asked him, "By the way, where did Gu Jingyao and the others take pictures?"

"I didn't notice..." Xiao Yu hesitated and couldn't explain clearly. Of course, he didn't know where Gu Jingyao was filming. He never went back to the crew at all. He just said a few words on WeChat, and Gu Jingyao sent the things over. , and told him not to tell Zhu Xiaoming.

Yu Ke remembered that his boss hated Gu Jingyao the most, so he wouldn't say it...

Zhu Xiaoming opened the lunch box. Unexpectedly, the crew's food was not bad, including broccoli, sweet and sour pork ribs, baby vegetables, steamed eggs with meat, and a can of iced Coke.

He worked as a group performer all afternoon, and his stomach was almost flattened by hunger, so he picked up his lunch box and buried himself in eating.

But as he ate, Zhu Xiaoming noticed something was wrong. The box lunches held by the group performers around him were full of prawns fried in sauce, and he couldn't even see a single prawn silk in his box lunch.

Zhu Xiaoming raised his head, stared at Xiao Xiao and squinted his eyes: "Why do I eat differently from them?"

Yu Yu coughed guiltyly, and said to him from left to right: "Ah? Is it different? This box lunch was given to me by the crew. If you don't like it, I'll order a takeaway?"

Seeing Yu Yu's appearance, Zhu Xiaoming suddenly understood, and wrinkled his nose: "No need, I'll just eat this."

It's true that he doesn't like shrimp, but in order to maintain his image, he has never said that he is a picky eater.

In this film and television base, apart from Xiao Yu, there is only one person who knows that he doesn't like shrimp...

Does Gu Jingyao think him stupid?

Gu Jingyao: A good little girl can't eat other's food.