At three o’clock in the afternoon, Wu Jun and Lin Chuchu walked out of the VIP building.
The two had just gone out when Lin Chuchu’s mobile phone in her pocket rang.
“The initial dream held tightly in my hand, the place I want to go the most, how can I return halfway ……”
The melody of the ringtone in her hand is familiar, it’s Fan Fan’s Initial Dream.
During the meal, Wu Jun and Lin Chuchu talked for more than two hours.
Today’s free-flowing conversation is the longest exchange between the two, and also the most honest one.
Wu Jun knows that Lin Chuchu has always harboured the dream of being an actress, and her biggest dream is to let her parents as well as the whole village, young and old, see her on TV.
For many years before, Lin Chuchu made guest appearances in various films and TV dramas, and many of the shots were just a flash in the pan.
Even if there was footage, it wasn’t necessarily retained in the post-production editing.
The whole village, young and old, knew that she was an actor, but her image had not left a mark in any film or TV drama!
“Mr Wu, I’ll take a call ……” Lin Chuchu pulled out her mobile phone and after seeing the number on the caller ID, she looked at Wu Jun with a somewhat nervous expression.
“You take your time to answer it, I’ll go back first, go back to take an afternoon nap.”Wu Jun and Lin Chuchu waved their hands and turned towards the taxi waiting area outside the hotel.
After witnessing Wu Jun walk out for some distance, Lin Chuchiu looks at the caller ID on her mobile phone screen and hurriedly moves a few steps to the side to make way for the main entrance before picking up the phone.
“Hello Director Chen, hello, this is Lin Chuchiu.”
“Yes, yes, yes, it’s me, I’m starring in the play as the wife of Wang Cai Zhu.”
“Ah? This ……”
“No, no, of course I have to give Director Chen face, I’ll take a taxi over right away.”
After ending the call with Director Chen, Lin Chuchiu looks down at the mobile phone in her hand with a somewhat tangled look on her face.
She has been mixing with Hengdian for many years, she is not a newcomer, from the content of the phone call just now, she can feel the unusual nature of this invitation.
However, this current role is the best role Lin Chuchu got so far.
Not only does it have lines and images, but it’s also a positive role.
Even though he only lived for two episodes before dying heroically, it was still a role.
Regarding this character’s part in the drama, Lin Chuchiu still wanted to keep as much as possible.
However, if Director Chen took the opportunity to make excessive demands on himself, Lin Chuchiu would never compromise with him.
Compared to the role that General Manager Wu is going to get for himself, his current role is nothing.
On the one hand, it was the crew of the nationally renowned director Xu, and on the other, it was a small director that he hadn’t even heard of.
These two groups, the roles in the two dramas, were completely incomparable!
“In broad daylight, he wouldn’t dare to go too far, I hope I’m overthinking it ……” Lin Chuchu hesitates for more than two minutes before she takes a taxi towards the flat she has an appointment with Director Chen.
The place where Lin Chuchu and director Chen made an appointment is called “Dragon and Apartment”, and many theatre groups in Hengdian have offices in this flat.
In the past, when Lin Chuchu was “running crews”, she also ran to the Dragon and Apartment, so she is not unfamiliar with the place.
From the VIP building to the Longhe Apartment, it takes only ten minutes.
After Lin Chuchu got off the bus and settled the bill, she followed the address left by Director Chen, entered the flat and found the room number.
The person who opens the door for Lin Chuchu is a middle-aged man with teal-coloured myopic glasses and somewhat shaggy hair.
This middle-aged man was Chen Yongde, the chief director of Lin Chuchu’s crew.
Chen Yongde opened his body sideways and invited, “Xiao Lin, come in, have you had lunch yet.”
“Thank you Director Chen for your concern, I just finished eating with my friends when I received your call.”Lin Chuchu replies with a sentence and then follows into the room.
After entering, Lin Chuchu first takes a look at the layout of the room.
With the layout of two rooms and one hall, a lot of things in the room are not placed properly and it looks a bit messy.
Regardless of the amount of funds, regardless of where the preparations are made, in the casting room of a theatre group, two things are bound to be there.
One is a thick pile of hundreds or thousands of actor profiles stacked on top of the desk.
One is a photo wall with photos of 3-6 actors to be cast under different roles.
Both of these things are present in Chen Yongde’s room, and it looks quite formal.
Lin Chuchiu shot with the group for half a day today, and from her experience, this crew doesn’t look like a wild crew that shoots half of a runaway film either.
“The place is limited, feel free to sit down.”Chen Yongde greets Lin Chouqiu and sits on the big sofa by the wall.
“Thank you Director Chen.”Lin Chuchu thanked her and then sat down on the other end of the sofa with some restraint, keeping the maximum distance between her and Chen Yongde, “Director Chen, is there something you called me over for?”
Chen Yongde’s eyes flickered over Lin Chuchu, smiling, “Xiao Lin, although you haven’t been in the group for a long time, you should also know that the drama that is being filmed is nearing its end, and it will be ready to be wrapped up in another week at the most.”
Lin Chuchiu didn’t know why Chen Yongde was talking about this, and echoed a sentence saying, “Well, I’ve heard this from Brother Gao, and I wish Director Chen a smooth kill.”
“This is not the point.”As Chen Yongde said that, he lifted his butt and moved next to Lin Chouqiu.
After Lin Chouqiu noticed this move of Chen Yongde, she was already prepared in her heart to give him an earful at any time.
“Little Lin, I appreciate your acting skills, and your overall conditions are good, all you’re missing is an opportunity.”Chen Yongde guided step by step, “After this drama is finished, I have another anti-war drama in my hands to start shooting, the funding for the new drama is basically in place, I have two roles in my hands, it’s up to you to grasp one of them.”
After Chen Yongde prompted here, he looked at Lin Chuciu and waited for her response.
Lin Chouqiu is not a rookie for the first time, she couldn’t be clearer in her mind about Chen Yongde’s hints.
How is he going to grasp the role in his hands himself? Apart from getting laid is sleeping.
The unspoken rules of the entertainment industry did not only happen to the many big stars, but some grassroots actors also had a hard time stepping outside of this rule.
Take in the Hengdian film city as a group actor, most of them are men, or some older women, very few women with good looks and good body to do group acting.
The ones with good bodies and good looks have long been divided up by the directors of the various theatre groups.
Exchanging their bodies for roles was the unspoken rule in this circle.
“Director Chen, sorry, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”Lin Chuchu politely and politely refuses and gets up from the sofa, ready to leave.
“Lin Chuchiu, you’re also an old man in Hengdian, you should also know that there are many actors and actresses in Hengdian who came out of the science class and are also still at the lowest level.”
Chen Yongde lit a cigarette, took a leisurely drag, raised his eyes to Lin Chuchiu and said, “Missing this time, you won’t see such a good opportunity in your life, don’t be ungrateful.”
“Sorry, I’m just so ungrateful.”Lin Chouqiu guffawed and turned towards the door position.
Chen Yongde’s face was a bit confused after hearing Lin Chuchu’s pugnacious reply.
It was the first time he heard such a hardcore rejection from an actress.