Chapter 498

Hengdian.

This is a magical place where the number of Japanese killed in a year can circle the earth several times.

As the largest and most famous film and television base in China, although it is only a county town, Hengdian gathers most of the low- and middle-level actors in the mainland to make a living here.

Every year, at least hundreds of crews can shoot here. Although most of them are TV series, it is a rare opportunity for the extras and small actors who play supporting roles here to act in TV series.

Most ordinary extras will wait at the entrance of Hengpiao Hotel at seven or eight o'clock in the morning, and will be picked up by one bus after another by the crew and sent to different film and television bases and film and television streets near Hengdian to start a day's shooting.

Ordinary extras with 80 yuan a day, extras with lines with 120 yuan a day, special extras with more than 200 yuan a day, and the most expensive special extras with hundreds of yuan a day, this is the income of most extras living in Hengdian.

It sounds good, at least the daily wage is higher than that of ordinary electronics factory workers.

But most extras don't get roles every day. It's a good thing to get roles for half a month in a month.

Most extras are struggling at the bottom.

And on this ordinary and peaceful day, a piece of news broke the peace of Hengdian.

The whole Hengdian was in an uproar.

Wu Yuan, a Chinese director who is a top director internationally, founded a company called Light and Shadow Media, which is going to cooperate with TV stations to organize an actor talent show.

And this program is open to people who love acting and have dreams for the acting industry across the country.

As long as you have not played the leading male and female roles in any TV series or theater movies, you can sign up for the audition.

Once you pass the audition, you can participate in the recording competition of this program with 50 other contestants. Not only can it be broadcast on TV, but if you make it to the top three in the end, you can directly join Light and Shadow Times and get the opportunity to star in 2 TV series and 1 movie!

In the next two years, Light and Shadow Times will create two TV series and a movie for the champion, runner-up and third place.

This condition may not be too profound for students who are still in the ivory tower of colleges and universities. After all, they all think that they will definitely enter the entertainment industry after graduation and have the opportunity to become the protagonist.

But in Hengdian, in this extremely realistic group acting circle, this is undoubtedly a pie in the sky!

The old Hengdian actors who have been struggling in the circle for countless years, and have experienced the ups and downs of life, and know how difficult it is to make a name for themselves in the acting industry, are so excited.

Hengdian doesn't have much else, but it has a lot of golden supporting roles.

A large number of actors who often appear in TV dramas and movies, who are familiar to the audience but often can't call their names, are all senior special actors in Hengdian!

They may have some characteristics in their image, or they may have no resources and connections. No matter how hard they try, they can only be limited to important supporting roles in 3-5 episodes, and can no longer break through to the real leading role or main supporting role.

Now, the opportunity has come.

It's not even just them.

Some third- and fourth-tier young actors who are currently filming in Hengdian and are under the age of 28 are also moving at the news!

"Liying, your chance has come!"

A certain crew in Hengdian had just finished a shoot and Zhao Liying, who had no other shooting work in the morning, had not had time to sit down on her simple cloth chair that she had used for seven years before she was grabbed by her excited agent.

"Liying, you must participate in this show!"

"You were able to win the championship in Feng's group in the Yahoo Star Search jointly hosted by Yahoo, Blue Whale TV and Huayi, so you must be able to do it this time!"

"What show?" Zhao Liying asked in confusion.

Her agent immediately put the phone in Zhao Liying's hand.

The agent's mobile QQ was logged in on the screen of this latest smart phone.

In a chat group called "Hairun Film and Television Agent Group", people were talking enthusiastically about the launch of the audition of "Actors Please Take Your Place", which caused a sensation in the circle today.

In a short while, Zhao Liying finished reading the chat records and learned about the situation of the show "Actors Please Take Your Place".

"Actor competition?" She frowned, "Can I participate in this?"

"Why not?" Zhao Liying's agent affirmed: "You are only 24 years old this year, the age is appropriate."

"You have never played the leading role in any film or TV series, which also meets the requirements."

"You must participate!"

Although Zhao Liying won the championship of Feng Xiaogang's group in "Yahoo Star Search" in May 2006, she officially entered the entertainment industry and signed a contract with Huayi Brothers.

But in the past six years, she has only been able to play small supporting roles in some TV series.

She can only be regarded as a big Hengpiao. She has been filming in Hengdian for six years. The biggest role she has played is the fifth female supporting role in "The Royal Hand" starring Xu Zheng, and the seventh, eighth and ninth role Qing'er in "The New Version of My Fair Princess".

The embarrassing thing is that these two TV series have not yet been broadcast.

The impression she left on the audience now is just the maid in "Locking Qingqiu", the supporting daughter in "Love Like a Dream", and the third daughter of the Tong family in "Golden Wedding".

Zhao Liying, who did not come from a professional background, had a hard time getting into the acting circle in the first decade of the 21st century, which still valued professional education, even if she signed with Huayi.

There is only one miracle like Wang Baoqiang.

Even if she and Wang Baoqiang signed the same company, Huayi could not replicate the second grassroots miracle on her.

Even after her contract with Huayi expired this year, Huayi did not take the initiative to renew the contract.

It was because she had been playing supporting roles in the circle for many years and knew some people in the circle in Jiangsu and Zhejiang that she joined Hairun Films through the introduction of Jiang Wenli and became an inconspicuous little actor in this company.

Hairun has domestic first-line actresses Sun Li and Jiang Wenli above, and the new actor Wang Luodan who is being promoted below, so there are not many resources for Zhao Liying.

The role of Qing'er in "New My Fair Princess" was taken by her own initiative to find the crew. After layers of auditions and efforts, she was spotted by Qiong Yao and given such an opportunity.

In this case, the agent assigned to Zhao Liying naturally wanted to do everything possible to create opportunities for Zhao Liying.

After all, her income is also completely linked to Zhao Liying.

Originally, Zhao Liying's agent was in contact with Yu Zheng's team, hoping to get Zhao Liying an important supporting role in the sequel to "Palace Lock Heart Jade" "Palace Lock Pearl Curtain".

This kind of popularity even produced a phenomenal sequel to a hit TV series. As long as the production level is above the standard, it can be a very high-quality project, even if it can not be a big hit, it can also make Zhao Liying shine in front of the audience.

However, Zhao Liying's agent has put this matter behind her now.

She pointed to the still lit mobile phone screen excitedly and said firmly: "Liying, you must participate in this program!"

"You have experience in talent shows, you can definitely do it!" (End of this chapter)