Chapter 8 Let’s Go Back to the Entertainment Industry

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When Xu Kai arrived at the gate of Xiangjiang Street Film and Television Base with Xu Yun and others, he saw a familiar scene.

"Action movie! Six men! Strong and muscular ones! 70 a day!"

Not far away, the leader of the group shouted, and instantly the thousands of extras at the door all started to move, rushing forward like crazy! "Stand up straight! Why are you crowding? Stand straight so I can find you more easily. Otherwise, none of you will have any work to do today!"

The leader of the group roared, and the extras who had squeezed forward immediately stood in several rows obediently, like goods waiting to be picked up, expecting the leader to take them away.

"You, you, you, you, you, and you, follow me! Everyone else can disperse!"

As soon as the group leader left with the six extras, the other extras immediately scattered in all directions.

Seeing the majestic appearance of the group leaders, Xu Yun's eyes were filled with envy.

However, Xu Yun did not forget to take this opportunity to win over the few remaining defeated soldiers under his command.

Xu Yun pointed at the extras squatting in the sun waiting for their chance to act, and said to Jing Guangwei and others, "People like them are just trying their luck. Unless they encounter a large group looking for a large number of extras, it will be difficult for most of them to find an opportunity to act."

At this time, Xu Li walked over from a distance.

Seeing this, Xu Yun said proudly, "But you and I are different. Xu Li has already contacted the crew of "The Great General" for us."

"Have you heard of 'The Great General'? It's one of the top 30 projects in Hengdian this year. It's an action movie directed by the new director Qu Xian. We just go through the formalities and then we can join the crew to film. If you're lucky, you might even get a role that shows your face or even has lines."

When Jing Guangwei and others heard this, they were so excited that they kept flattering Xu Yun.

Jing Guangwei and the others looked so unsophisticated that Xu Yun became even more proud and felt like he was floating in ecstasy.

Xu Kai could see that his father was definitely happy at this moment.

Xu Kai believed that even if he gave his father 1 billion yuan, he might not be as happy as he is now.

Turning his head to look at Cui Min, Xu Kai found that his mother was also immersed in this atmosphere - at this moment, her face was full of smiles.

"Then go back to the entertainment industry."

At this moment, Xu Kai finally made up his mind to re-enter the entertainment industry.

After being praised by Jing Guangwei and others for a while, Xu Yun waved to Xu Li with satisfaction and shouted with full energy: "Son, we are here."

It is not difficult to see that Xu Yun seemed to want everyone around him to know that he is Xu Li's father.

However, to the surprise of Xu Kai and others, Xu Li did not come over, but waved to Xu Yun.

When Xu Yun saw this, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

But Xu Yun still pretended to be calm and said to everyone: "I'll go see what my son wants me to do."

After saying that, Xu Yun walked quickly towards Xu Li.

When Xu Kai saw this, he followed.

Coming to Xu Li, Xu Yun asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Xu Li said angrily: "That son of a bitch Gou Hao, before his sister became Fang Dapin's lover, he ate my food, wore my clothes, used my things, and said that I was his best friend. Bullshit, I will never have a friend like him again!"

"What's the matter? Tell me quickly." Xu Yun urged.

After calming down, Xu Licai said:

"When we were drinking yesterday, Gou Hao promised me that he would recommend anyone I brought to his brother-in-law, and he patted his chest loudly."

"But when I went to see Gou Hao just now, he told me that his brother-in-law has found someone else."

"I asked my friends and found out that after drinking with me last night, Fatty Zhang brought two girls to find Gou Hao, and the four of them fooled around all night at the Ruda Hotel across the street. This morning, Gou Hao introduced Fatty Zhang and the two girls to Fang Dapin."

"As a result, all the dozen people that Fatty Zhang brought were left behind by the crew."

"Now the crew has no shortage of extras."

When Xu Li said that their position was taken by someone else, Xu Yun immediately became depressed. He muttered, "What should I do? I've already boasted about myself."

Xu Kai also sighed secretly.

This is the tragedy of the lowest-level extras in the entertainment industry.

They are not even qualified to sign a labor contract and can be replaced at any time, especially when they have no fame or strong connections.

Yesterday when Xu Yun told Xu Kai that he was the leader of the group, Xu Kai was not optimistic about Xu Yun.

Don't think that being a small group leader or the lowest-level manager in the crew can be a big deal.

In fact, this is not the case at all.

The group leaders have to walk between the crew and the extras. On the one hand, they have to find suitable extras, and on the other hand, they have to find good acting opportunities.

The former requires a lot of talents to be recruited. You can't just slowly follow the map when you have the chance, right? This is why Xu Yun wants to recruit a team and why he wants Xu Kai to follow him.

And this is not the most difficult part. The most difficult part is actually the latter, which is to find an opportunity to act.

Every year, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people flock to Hengdian to pursue their dreams of performing arts and becoming stars.

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As long as you have a good reputation and pay attention, it is not difficult to recruit some talents.

In fact, as long as you have a reputation, people will jump into your bowl on their own.

The hard part is actually finding an opportunity to act.

Once you become famous, there will definitely be crews that really want to find good actors who will come to you.

If a group leader like Xu Yun, who is still unknown, wants to grow, he must have strong network support.

But this is not something that Xu Yun, who is full of passion, has, and Xu Li, who is still struggling to survive in the entertainment industry on his own, certainly can't do it either.

That's why Xu Kai changed his mind and accompanied Xu Yun, Cui Min and Xu Li to venture into the entertainment industry.

Sudden!

There was chaos at the door again.

However, it was different from the previous time when thousands of extras surrounded them at once.

This time, all the extras chose to wait and see.

Occasionally, there were those who wanted to go forward, but were stopped by people they knew.

Xu Kai asked Xu Li: "Why didn't anyone take this opportunity?"

Xu Li looked at the drooping Xu Yun's back and said absentmindedly, "That's the crew of Escape recruiting stuntmen."

Seeing that many of the extras who looked like martial artists did not come forward to apply for the job, Xu Kai asked in confusion: "Then why don't they grab this job?"

"well!"

After a long sigh, Xu Li turned his head and explained to Xu Kai: "Lin Da, the director of "Escape", is a madman. A few days ago, he accidentally saw that the distance between the 23rd and 24th filming buildings was only 8 meters wide, so he suddenly had the idea to shoot a scene where the male lead jumps from the roof of the 23rd filming building to a balcony of the 24th filming building."

"The balcony is only 3 meters wide, and the door in front of the balcony is only 1 meter wide. It's more than 8 meters away. If you jump off the right side or can't jump over, you will fall. If you use wires, the distance is too far. You can only put air cushions downstairs for protection. The key is that Building 23 is eight stories high and more than 30 meters high. If there is a mistake at this height, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Who would dare to take on such a dangerous job?"

"You don't know, Linda had already raised the price to 10,000 yuan per jump yesterday, but when a few brave martial artists went up to see the real situation, they were all scared back immediately. A famous martial artist who valued money over life stopped at the last moment, knelt down and cried loudly, and then cried and said, 'This is not filming at all, but seeking death!'"

"Everyone thought that this was an impossible shot, but Linda was the only one who insisted and kept increasing the salary for recruiting people."

After listening to Xu Li's explanation, Xu Kai said, "Help me hold back our parents, don't let them get through." Then he walked towards the "Escape" crew who was recruiting stuntmen...

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(End of this chapter)