What a coincidence! He works so hard just to have a family...
After this day's experience, Wen Zichuan's mind became much more open.
He believed that even if the entanglements of the past were like weeds, the truth could be uncovered, the grievances could be washed away, and the relationships could be repaired. Everything depended on human effort.
His depression was relieved a little, and his work state also improved a lot. Artists pay the most attention to this. When they are in a good state, their whole body glows, and everything they do goes smoothly.
Today Su Zhuo accompanied him to the audition. During the break, the two of them found a place with a good view to relax.
"Has anything good happened recently?" Su Zhuo asked casually out of curiosity.
"I guess so." Wen Zichuan agreed, and the smile in his eyes could not be hidden.
"That's great," Su Zhuo smiled. Because of his diligence, the company had recently given him a raise. While it wasn't as high as a celebrity's income, it at least allowed him to live a more relaxed life. "Teacher Wen, I think Sister Lan was right about something."
"What?"
"Don't look down on the young because they're poor." Su Zhuo suddenly sighed like an old man. "When we're young, we might not have much money, we might live without dignity, and we might have many regrets, but it won't always be like this. We need to learn and grow, and the future will definitely be bright."
"Yes, the future will definitely be very bright." Wen Zichuan also thought so, but he still needed to work harder to make the "future" come sooner.
"So have you decided? Which ones do you want to take on?" Su Zhuo asked about the performing projects that the company had evaluated and considered suitable for him.
"all."
"all?"
"Can the schedule be arranged?"
"There's room for coordination, but you won't have any downtime, and...if the overlap is too severe and affects the completion of the show, it won't be good for the reputation if word gets out."
"It's okay, let me try, okay?"
It was difficult for Wen Zichuan to explain to Su Zhuo why he had to be such a workaholic. He only knew that if he didn't seize the opportunities he could seize, it would be hard to say whether his future would be bright.
As a worker, Su Zhuo can sympathize with him. He thinks that among all the artists in the company, he is the only one who lives in Tianchen Lake. Which worker would be willing to live with the boss?
"Teacher Wen, do you want to buy a house?" he asked in a measured tone.
"Okay, you guessed it." Wen Zichuan smiled casually.
"If you don't want to live with Mr. Wei, I'll ask Sister Lan to help persuade him. Let you rent a house first?" Su Zhuo gave a sincere suggestion.
In fact, Wen Zichuan had thought about renting a house first and then buying one, but the main reason he bought a house was to have a nest of his own and then move Cheng Sizhou into his nest.
In the minds of Dengyuan people, building a small family requires a house and a car, especially a residence.
Just renting a house casually and wanting to take away the eldest son of the Cheng family is too insincere no matter how you look at it. It shows that they don't care about the respectable parents of the eldest son of the Cheng family at all.
Furthermore, given his current situation, it is impossible for him to rent a house of three to five thousand yuan. In order to protect the artist, the company will definitely ask him to avoid ordinary residential areas and spend ten to twenty thousand yuan every month to rent a high-quality luxury house.
In this way, more than 100,000 yuan will be spent every year, which is really not cost-effective.
"Sister Zhangkou Lan, Sister Shut Up Lan, you have a very good relationship with her now." Wen Zichuan didn't want to talk about the house, so he changed the subject.
"She takes good care of me." Su Zhuo's expression changed in a second. "She's a thousand times better than Xie Bing!"
"But she's divorced and left her child with her husband. Because of her exceptional work ability, she became the head steward of Xingyu Feiyu, second only to the first person and above everyone else."
"Yeah, I know. It's better not to have that useless ex-husband. There's a saying, 'A man will only slow down her sword-drawing speed!'"
Wen Zichuan was amused by him. Looking at his admiration that was beyond words, he thought that love really can make people brave, no matter whether they are the one who loves or the one who is loved.
In late July, the voice acting variety show "My Voice" began recording, and at the same stage, there were also character dubbings for two radio dramas and a mobile game.
In terms of film and television dramas, in order to prepare for the summer season of the following year, the company gave priority to artists with strong carrying capabilities. When there were good resources, such as the leading male role in a low-cost drama, Wei Xiaoming was given priority. Therefore, Wen Zichuan only took one or two second or third male supporting roles. The short shooting period also avoided the problem of overlapping roles.
The massive amount of work that came pouring in made Wen Zichuan feel the pressure of "having work to do".
He gets up at five or six o'clock every day and moves from one scene to another. He is basically busy until after ten o'clock every night. If there is a night scene to shoot that day, he will not be able to finish work and rest until four or five in the morning, and then he has to get up at eight or nine o'clock to continue.
Seeing him busy like a top, Su Zhuo felt an indescribable heartache.
On the day of meeting with the creative team of the radio drama "The Long and Beautiful Road", Wen Zichuan unexpectedly felt a long-lost sense of relief. In order to express his utmost sincerity, Teacher Mu Cen agreed to rush from the imperial capital to Dengyuan to participate in the recording.
In the past, the Second Sound, apart from President Jin, was almost the most harmonious and friendly team he had ever experienced.
Sure enough, this time as soon as he walked into the office area, Huang Yun and Chen Yilan were waiting at the door.
"Welcome, Teacher Wen!" Huang Yun had a flattering look on his face, and his attitude was so good that people thought they were hallucinating.
"Stop flattering me," Chen Yilan rolled his eyes at him, "Don't scare our teacher Wen."
Huang Yun immediately became angry: "What do you mean by flattery! This is called a rare guest, do you understand?"
For the Second Voice, although Wen Zichuan changed his contract to Xingyu Feiyu, Xingyu Feiyu is the most important upstream shareholder of the Second Voice, so his status has also risen.
Not only his former colleagues, but also Mr. Jin was particularly friendly when he met him. Teacher Mu Cen and other cast members, including some who had much more experience in the dubbing industry than him, were also very polite to him.
During a break in the meeting, Wen Zichuan asked Chen Yilan, "Isn't Pinot here?"
"I didn't call her." Chen Yilan's tone was a little strange.
"Why? This is an original script." Wen Zichuan was even more puzzled. Since it was an original script and related to cultural relics, it was reasonable for Pinot to be involved. "It's her body..."
"No, she's fine." Chen Yilan gestured for him to look across. "Look, the girl next to Mu Cen, Ren Ziyue, is the lead screenwriter for this film. Now that the lead screenwriter is here, what does Pinot bring with him?"
Wen Zichuan had met Ren Ziyue before. Mu Cen had brought her along when he was discussing a project with President Jin. At that time, Mu Cen had joked that his and her names looked similar, and they were like siblings.
Although they had met before, they were not familiar with each other. He simply felt that since Pinot liked Mu Cen so much but missed the opportunity to work together, he must be very sad and upset in private.
"Is there any chance we could take her along? For example, let her oversee a shed?"
"No, right? Our Peanut has dignity too. Mu Cen is the producer, and the editor-in-chief is the studio supervisor. It's not like we have to chase this star. Why would we rush to do something that's not worth it?"
What Chen Yilan said made sense, but from her tone, Wen Zichuan had a vague feeling that she might have some opinion about Mu Cen.
This meeting was scheduled for the second time. On the one hand, it was for the creative teams to meet each other and get familiar with each other. On the other hand, because it was a collaboration between two places, everyone had to check the schedule and make timely adjustments if it was not feasible.
As for the schedule, the one with the biggest problem is Wen Zichuan.
Variety show recordings took up most of his quality time, so radio drama and game dubbing could only be arranged in the evenings or on weekends.
But for ordinary workers, it takes up all their rest time. Ren Ziyue, who had just joined the industry, immediately got a little angry: "Teacher Wen, we have postponed the recording plan again and again to wait for your schedule. Isn't that sincere enough? Yes, you are short on time, but does that mean that all of us have to accommodate you? Do you think it's appropriate?"
"Ziyue!" Mu Cen stopped her. "I know Teacher Wen is filming a variety show recently, and I've signed up to be a guest on two episodes. The schedule there is indeed tight and the requirements are high. I can cooperate with Teacher Wen, but I'm not sure if it will affect others."
The other party became emotional, and Wen Zichuan also felt that the fault was his, and his face immediately became a little ugly.
Chen Yilan couldn't get angry in public, so he muttered in a voice that only Wen Zichuan could hear: "One plays the good guy, the other plays the bad guy, what great acting skills."
At this point, someone else spoke up, "Isn't it enough for the two leads to just cooperate? The supporting roles don't have many scenes, so why don't they just record their own scenes and send them over so we can combine them? It's a radio drama, so long-distance collaboration is common. Why are you arguing so fiercely?"
Wen Zichuan cast a look of gratitude. The person who rescued him was Xia Qingshu, one of the "Four Xias of the Imperial Capital".
Xia Qingshu is the youngest and most mysterious of the "Four Xias of the Imperial Capital". He does not belong to any company or studio, and he is not invited to ordinary projects.
Wen Zichuan met him once during the voice actor drama last year, and they had no contact since then. He never thought that he would speak up for him.
After determining the subsequent cooperation model, the meeting ended and Mr. Jin treated everyone to a meal.
During the dinner, Chen Yilan quietly came to Wen Zichuan and said, "I'm going to tell you about this play. Otherwise, don't tell Pinot."
"I can choose not to tell her, but I have to put it online after recording. She will know about it eventually."
"I'll put it off for as long as I can. The main thing is, I feel like something's amiss. How could it be such a coincidence? Pinault is currently writing a play about cultural relics, and this is also a play about cultural relics. Is this a popular subject?"
Wen Zichuan only received the pre-recorded lines in the early stages and did not see the complete script. The character names and settings were completely different from those in "Rose Heart" written by Pinault, so he did not think about it in that direction.
Chen Yilan is the head of the product department of the Second Voice. He has always been highly sensitive to the popularity of themes. If he takes on one drama after another that is so unpopular that the company doesn't want him to take on, President Wei will definitely be furious.
"Is it because the subject matter is the same that you mind Teacher Mu Cen's work?" Wen Zichuan also had doubts.
"That's not the case," Chen Yilan said with a forced smile, "Do you think Mu Cen actually...really wants to be famous?"
"It's okay. Isn't it said that he has the style of an old cadre?"
"Yes, the old cadre style, the artist's standards, and the subject matter are all very clean, but it's hard to believe it will be popular. Countless facts have proven that highbrow works are only appreciated by the masses, while only the common people can embrace the market."
"Everyone has different goals, and that's his choice."
"There's nothing wrong with his choice. I admire those who work on niche or intangible cultural heritage projects and sit on the bench for their entire lives, but he can't pretend to be noble and then pull everyone to give him a boost, right? No one owes him anything."
"How do you say that?"
"You count as one, right? You already have millions of fans. When the show airs, your fans will come to listen, right? Teacher An and Teacher Zheng, they're both top stars, but they were also brought in for supporting roles. When I first saw the dubbing list, I didn't know what to say!"
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