substitute actor

Carrying his bag and walking in the dark corridor, Yan Ge took a breath, stood still at the stairs, sorted his clothes sloppily, and walked towards the room at the end of the corridor.

The audition was scheduled for the afternoon. Yan Ge had just completed a few scenes in the crew, but was dragged by the director until just now. He didn't eat any food, so he hurried over at the address given by Li Ke.

Gently push the door and enter, the inside is very noisy, the crowd sits together in twos and threes, chatting aimlessly.

Yan Ge didn't know where to go, and he couldn't find Li Ke, so he stood there, waiting anxiously and anxiously.

"You are Yan Ge?"

There was a sound behind him, and Yan Ge turned his head. There was a man wearing a hat standing by the open door. When he saw him, he waved and urged in a bad tone, "Come in quickly."

Yan Ge gasped, pursed his lips helplessly, and quickly followed him in.

The room was a bit small, but fortunately it was clean and tidy. There was a person sitting across the table, not Li Ke.

After bringing him in, the man just now went out. Yan Ge looked around uncomfortably, but he still didn't ask.

"Hello." Yan Ge bent over and bowed slightly.

"It's okay, you sit down." The man glanced up at him, and pointed to the chair in front of him.

Sitting down tremblingly, Yan Ge quietly took out his phone and glanced at the time.

"Ms. Li mentioned you to me."

After a long time, Liang Qishan raised his head from a stack of documents, looked Yan Ge up and down, his eyes narrowed slightly behind the thick lenses, making it difficult to fathom.

"Really..." Yan Ge laughed dryly.

"That's right." Liang Qishan took off his glasses and wiped them with a cloth, "The casting of Bai Yu's role has always been controversial."

Bai Yu was mentioned to him by Li Ke before, a vacancy in "The Minister Under the Gun", he inquired a little later, Bai Yu appeared in the second unit, is a villain, an unhealthy anti-social personality, murdered for fun When the protagonist's lover finally tried to kill the protagonist, he was killed without any accident.

It's probably just such a plot, there are no bright spots, there is almost no humanity in this character, and the whole unit is just a transition, and it is not Bai Yu who wants to emphasize the protagonist.

It's just that according to Li Ke's temperament, he will definitely not let the plot be so plain.

In this unit, Bai Yu's character line has two unexpected climaxes.

One is that after kidnapping a teacher’s child, Bai Yu didn’t behead him for the first time and use the dead body to deceive his family members. Instead, he patiently played Monopoly with the child, tricking the child into drinking tranquilizers, making him unconscious in his sleep die.

The second is that in the last few minutes, Bai Yu threatened the protagonist's child, cut his wrist, dripped blood into the warm milk, and asked the protagonist to drink it.

It is these two turning points that determine that this character is destined to be difficult to act, so disputes over casting are inevitable.

Liang Qishan put on his glasses, clasped his hands on the table, and said in a low voice with an air of calm and prestige, "I've seen your performance in "Dead Deer", and you performed very well in it." He paused for a moment ,"only……"

Yan Ge paused for a moment, but then there was a clear emotion in his heart: generally speaking, the words after the turning words are the key points.

His shoulders sank slightly, his back was no longer tense, and Yan Ge gradually relaxed, feeling a sense of relief.

He found it strange that he was glad he didn't have to travel around even though he was about to lose his job.

——I probably had a hunch a long time ago, how could an actor of my level be qualified to act in Li Ke's play.

"It's just that we just spotted an actor before you." Liang Qishan pushed his eyes and looked at Yan Ge with burning eyes, "You should know that the quality of the first few units of a drama can basically determine the finale." ratings, we can’t just take risks.”

Yan Ge nodded, with no emotion on his face.

He knew what Liang Qishan meant. As the producer of "Under the Gun", he had the qualifications and the responsibility to choose better actors for the film.

Yan Ge is no longer famous, even if Li Ke intends to support him, it is impossible to subvert the rules of the market: in this circle, making money is king.

And making money is generally linked to popularity.

"Yes. I know." Yan Ge responded softly.

Liang Qishan stared at him for a while, then said, "Let's do this. We are still negotiating with the opposite company. If he can't move out the schedule, then you will act. Or in the derivative stage play, you will play Bai Yu .”

Yan Ge didn't speak, just lowered his eyes slightly, looked at the shiny wooden tabletop, rubbed his fingertips lightly on the tiger's mouth, and after a long while, he slowly raised his head and smiled softly, "A substitute?"

Liang Qishan looked at him, stunned for a moment, then recovered quickly, frowned slightly, coughed lightly, "It doesn't count."

"It's okay." Yan Ge shrugged and began to pack his things, "I have experience acting as a substitute."

He has experience playing understudies, more experience than anyone.

A few years ago, when there was an accident at home, Yan Ge was unable to make ends meet, and when he was at his worst, Yan Ge even played a beggar in other film crews, the kind who knelt for a hundred a day.

Afterwards, the situation gradually stabilized, but it was still embarrassing, and some groups occasionally asked him if he wanted to play tricks or something.

Yan Ge is very professional, comes from a major, and is also very talented. Basically, there is no role that cannot be completely controlled. Therefore, although they are all small roles, they have never stopped working.

In a previous play, the male second actor accidentally sprained his ankle shortly after joining the group, so Yan Ge acted for him in all the scenes that required standing.

Fortunately, the male lead wears a bamboo hat and veil from beginning to end. When he needs to show his face, let the real actor come on, and if he needs to fight or roll around on the ground, he calls Yan Ge.

There was nothing wrong with that, at least Yan Ge acted very well, even fans of that actor didn't realize that the role of the second male lead was played by a different person.

He has acted as a substitute actor many times, and he has heard the words "If XX is not available, you can act" many times.

He won't feel disappointed for a long time, at least he should be polite to him, right?

"Then I'll go first. If you really need it, you can call me anytime." Yan Ge got up and bowed very politely, "I'm sorry to trouble you today."

Liang Qishan looked at him, his lips moved, but in the end he didn't say anything, he stared at Yan Ge's back for a long time before he looked away.

It was almost seven o'clock when we got home, Yan Ge was very hungry, with his chest pressed against his back, he casually reheated the leftovers from last night, ate what he could, and lay down on the bed to prepare for sleep.

Flipping through the phone in boredom, he saw that the "Portfolio" that he had sent to Jin Siyan was still in the folder. Since he had nothing to do anyway, Yan Ge clicked on it and read it again.

Jin Siyan's work is fairly reliable, at least much more reliable than it appears on the surface. As soon as he sent it, the other party accepted it, and gave him a reply within half a day, telling him which works were sent to which directors.

It seems that Jin Siyan really wanted to make up for the accident that caused him to lose his lines last time, or maybe he put on an "old friend" filter on Yan Ge, and was really helping him find resources, and even asked Yan Ge if he had any Moka said that a menswear brand was looking for a model recently.

Yan Ge couldn't laugh or cry, he had never been a model before, so there was no such thing as a model card.

What's more, he is 26 and seven years old, and the professional model is about to retire. If he is an amateur, he might be looked down upon by other male models if he goes to shoot a plane.

Thinking of this incident, Yan Ge opened WeChat again and looked through the chat records with Jin Siyan.

In fact, there is nothing to talk about. After all, there is no topic at all. At a glance, almost all of them are related to work.

"Jin Siyan: You're filming, hurry up."

"Yan Ge: Document (Received)"

"Jin Siyan: Moka, hurry up."

"Yan Ge: ... I don't have a model card"

"Jin Siyan: How pitiful."

……

Unlike face-to-face conversations, Jin Siyan's WeChat is concise and to the point, not much nonsense, there is always a sense of urgency that the mobile phone is borrowed and will be returned soon, and the tone of the speech is also cold, almost all in a commanding tone.

But the choking is still the same as always.

Yan Ge shook his head slowly, a little helplessly.

Glancing at the date on the phone, Yan Ge suddenly remembered that today seemed to be the day Yuan Yeyuan planned to ask him to sail out to sea together.

Time flies by in the blink of an eye.

Not sure what they are doing now.Yan Ge turned over and saw the endless clear starry sky outside the window, which was blue, broad and boundless.

The sky in Qitang is really beautiful, with thousands of miles of sky and deep starry sky.

In such fine weather, when you go to a safe haven, you don’t need to enter the cabin, just lie on the boat, and you can have a panoramic view of the scenery above your head.

They should have a great time.Yan Ge looked at the white ceiling above his head, his nose was itchy.

Putting down the phone, Yan Ge slid into bed, thinking about what to do tomorrow, the phone suddenly vibrated.

After a slight pause, Yan Ge stood up, touched his phone and saw that it was a message from Ye Xingchen.

"There's a new bar in the East District. I've heard people say it's pretty good. Do you have time to go?"

Yan Ge looked at the words on the screen and subconsciously wanted to refuse.

Ye Xingchen has many friends and is very popular. If he goes out to play, he will definitely bring a lot of people that Yan Ge doesn't know. He doesn't really want to do this kind of useless socializing.

Before Yan Ge could shirk, another message came from the other side.

"I know you're free recently, don't make excuses."

Yan Ge's face turned dark.

"Go, go, the boss there is said to be very beautiful."

Yan Ge hesitated.

"There is also a solo magic show."

Looking at Amway, who was spared no effort, Yan Ge still agreed, saying "I will be sure when I have time".

After yawning, he adjusted the temperature of the air conditioner to a comfortable and economical 26 degrees. Yan Ge rubbed his forehead, which was a little swollen and sore, and let out a long sigh.

The ticking of the alarm clock is next to my ears, and the regular white noise just helps me sleep, my consciousness slowly dissipates, and Yan Ge hears the rapid ringtone in the haze.

Slightly frowning, Yan Ge grabbed the phone subconsciously, opened his eyes with difficulty, took a breath and tried to focus, and finally saw the three large characters on the screen.

Jin Siyan.

Woke up in an instant, and looked at the time, it was close to one o'clock in the morning.

At this time, Jin Siyan called him on WeChat.

Before he could think about it, Yan Ge wiped the sweat from his palms and picked it up.

"Hey?"

"God, you're here!" The other side suddenly exclaimed, as if grabbing a life-saving straw, but Yuan Ye was speaking, "Brother Yan, can you drive to the harbor immediately?"

"What?" Yan Ge was confused by the words.

"Hurry up!!" Yuan Ye yelled from the opposite side, "Human life is at stake!! Jin Shao is going to die soon!!"

"Okay, okay." Yan Ge got out of bed quickly, put on his clothes in a hurry, "Send me the location, and I'll be there in a while."

After stepping on the accelerator, Yan Ge arrived at Qitang Harbor in 5 minutes. The Yinhe was docked on the shore, and Yuan Ye sat on the Yinhe with an anxious face.

"What's going on?" Yan Ge was out of breath.

"Jin Shao seems to have a bit of food poisoning, and now he is burning..."

"Why don't you call 120?" Yan Ge jumped onto the Yinhe and ran straight to the cabin.

"Young Master Jin won't allow the beating. I have no choice but to contact you." Yuan Ye shouted after him.

Jin Siyan was lying on the sofa, curled up into a ball, covered in cold sweat, his eyes were vacantly open, his hair sticking to his face, he was in a particularly embarrassing situation.

"Help me, and carry him to my car." Yan Ge took a deep breath and ordered calmly.

The two struggled to remove Jin Siyan and stuffed it into the car. Yan Ge got into the driver's seat and looked at the pale man in the rearview mirror, who couldn't even put on the seat belt.

Driving all the way to the hospital, Yan Ge still had lingering fears when he got off the car, but fortunately it was midnight and there were not many cars on the road, otherwise he would have died in a hurry.

Yan Ge and Yuan Ye breathed a sigh of relief after sending the person to the emergency room.

"What's going on?" Yan Ge rubbed the sweat on his forehead and asked Yuanye angrily.

Yuan Ye was also flustered, "It was fine at first, but when Jin Shao was about to sleep, he suddenly had abdominal cramps. At first we didn't think anything was wrong, but later on his face became more and more ugly, and he kept retching, so I felt something was wrong."

"Why didn't you send him to the hospital then?"

"Young Master Jin won't let me go." Yuanye was a little aggrieved, and when he heard Yan Ge's suddenly stern tone, he felt guilty for a moment, "I thought he looked wrong, so I wanted to call an ambulance, but when he stopped me, I also wanted to call an ambulance." do not know why……"

Seeing the bewildered look on this man's face, thinking that he didn't often experience this kind of situation, Yan Ge felt a little annoyed and didn't want to explode, so he glanced at him a few times, but he didn't say anything serious.

The doctor came out soon and confirmed that Jin Siyan had mild food poisoning, and his stomach is not very good, so the symptoms are so severe, he needs an infusion, and stays in the hospital for observation. If there is no other situation, he will probably be discharged tomorrow evening and go home to recuperate. up.

After Jin Siyan got the needle, he regained consciousness a lot. Although his complexion still looked gloomy, at least there was some color in his face.

Yan Ge went in to see him, and Yuan Ye cowered behind him, not daring to look at Jin Siyan.

"I'm sorry Jin Shao." Yuan Ye muttered, "I'm greedy, which made you eat the wrong things."

The two agreed to go to Yawan by sea today. Before leaving, Yuan Ye brought a lot of food and ate it all the way, and even begged for nothing to pester Jin Siyan to eat a few mouthfuls. At first, there was nothing wrong with it. Something is wrong.

Yuan Ye was rather reckless in the first place, and some of the things he brought were half-lifed, which almost killed Jin Siyan.

Lying on the bed, Jin Siyan didn't want to talk to him at all, his stomach hurt so much that he had no strength to speak, so he gave him a vicious look, turned his eyes away, and didn't want to look any more.

"You go back." Yan Ge turned his head and said softly to Yuan Ye.

Yuan Ye looked at Jin Siyan, then at Yan Ge, his eyes flicked between the two, and after a long while, he felt relieved, said "Thank you, Brother Yan", and quickly slipped away.

"Let him pay the money!" Jin Siyan shouted with the last bit of strength.

Yan Ge was startled, and repeatedly told him to keep his voice down, this is in the hospital.

After Yuan Ye left, the ward was empty, so quiet that a needle could be heard, Yan Ge stood by the bed, looked around, found a stool and sat down.

"Should I contact your family members?" Yan Ge looked at Jin Siyan and asked tentatively.

"Don't." Jin Siyan immediately denied, "If I wanted to contact my family, I wouldn't have called you over."

Yan Ge was puzzled, "You don't want your family to know about being hospitalized?"

Jin Siyan didn't answer, and opened his eyes, his eyes were out of focus, and they fell on the ceiling above his head. After a while, he said, "I don't really want to."

"Why?" Yan Ge asked.

There is no more text.In the ward late at night, there was only the sound of breathing one after another.

Yan Ge began to regret that he had asked such a question too much. Judging by Jin Siyan's appearance, it seemed that he didn't want to talk about this question too much.

"Do you have something to do tomorrow?" Jin Siyan turned his head and asked suddenly, as if remembering something, he changed his words angrily, "Today."

After all, it was past twelve o'clock.

"It's okay." Yan Ge shook his head.

"Then you stay here tonight." Jin Siyan said.

Yan Ge paused slightly, his eyes puzzled.

Jin Siyan swallowed, with a frank face, "It's scary to be hospitalized alone."

"You?" Yan Ge couldn't believe it, "Afraid?"

"Yeah." Jin Siyan admitted it calmly, "I was so scared to death when I got the injection just now, but you two are outside, so it's not easy for me to yell."

"Are you afraid of injections?" Yan Ge's mouth twitched.

He never imagined that a well-dressed, mature and stable adult man would be afraid of such trivial things as injections.

"Of course." Jin Siyan took it for granted.

"……All right."

"Then can you stay?" Jin Siyan turned his head and looked into Yan Ge's eyes.

It was obviously just a very plain question, and it was normal for me to feel lonely in the hospital by myself, so finding a friend to accompany me was quite normal.

But Yan Ge hesitated abnormally.

He admitted that when Jin Siyan looked at him, his heart beat faster for a moment.

It seems to be the usual practice, as long as this person looks at him like this, Yan Ge has no reason to refuse any request he makes.

Ten years ago, this man stood by the desk, pointed to the distant bay, and said, "If there is a chance, let's go play together." In the evening, I sailed out to sea with this stranger I had known for less than two hours.

Ten years later, this man was lying in front of him, and he calmly asked if he could stay and spend the night with him.

Yan Ge had no reason to refuse.

Slightly lowering his eyes, looking at Jin Siyan's hand on the quilt with the needle inserted, Yan Ge nodded slightly, "Okay."