Chapter 100 Positive Characters
The next day, Xu Kun slept until noon.
I went to Mr. Lin's restaurant in the front yard and ate a pound and a half of fried pancakes. During the meal, I was invited to show people how to open beer in various ways.
After eating, when I went back to the yard to bask in the sun, I suddenly thought of Deng Chao's phone call yesterday, so I contacted Hao Lei and asked her what kind of trouble Deng Chao's family had encountered.
"Didn't you say you wanted to ask it yourself?"
Hao Lei asked back with some confusion.
"But we have to meet in person. I've been performing since the beginning of July. I've been running around everywhere to make a living. I'm so busy..."
"Stop, stop. I can tell you've been using your voice a lot."
Hao Lei hesitated for a while before saying, "Deng Chao didn't allow anyone to tell anyone about this, but... never mind. Actually, his sister has breast cancer."
"Who will pay for his education?"
"That's the one."
Tsk~
After Deng Chao received his pay, the person he talked about the most was his sister, and he also said that he would make sure his sister lived a good life in the future.
"Are you short of money?"
"Of course he is short of money, otherwise he wouldn't have signed several movies at once, but he doesn't even want my money, let alone you."
This guy is too obsessed with face and suffers in vain.
"Then if you have any news, feel free to call me - if I really can't help you..."
"If it really doesn't fit, I'll fill it up for him."
"Well, Sister Lei, you are rich and powerful, so I'm worried for nothing."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Kun took another nap in the reclining chair until about 11:, then he changed his clothes and went out to meet director Liu Heng.
The person introduced by Director Liu Heng is a middle-aged man with an unattractive appearance and a bit of baldness. His surname is Yang, his name is Zhan, and his pen name is Du Liang. Although he is not young anymore, he is a new writer.
I heard him claim that he had been a soldier, a teacher, a civil servant, a company manager, and the director of an oil exploration technology institute. Later, when he was almost 50, he became a writer and screenwriter by chance.
"This is just an old man showing off his youthful enthusiasm."
Du Liang is indeed worthy of being a project manager, and he speaks in a very organized way.
When they were almost done eating, he took out the script and handed it to Xu Kun: "Xiao Xu, please read it carefully later, and pay special attention to the plot of the second male lead Yuan Jun."
It turned out to be to introduce the role to myself.
Xu Kun took it and looked at the name of the script first: "Blood Romance".
Because the script was quite thick, he resisted the urge to flip through it and thanked Du Liang repeatedly.
Du Liang waved his hands proudly and said, "It's okay, we are all family. If it weren't for President Liu's help, I wouldn't have been able to join the Writers Association so easily."
"What? President Liu, stop talking nonsense."
"Aren't you going to be elected at the end of the month?"
After listening to the two people talking back and forth, Xu Kun realized that Liu Heng was about to take up the position of chairman of the Beijing Writers Association, so he hurriedly congratulated Liu Heng again and again.
"Writing work is more suitable for me."
Liu Heng said sincerely: "I will never dare to wade into this muddy water again."
He was in a spur of the moment and wanted to satisfy his urge to be a director, so he personally put together the crew of "The Young Emperor". Not to mention the hardships he encountered during the process, in the end he offended Man Yi and was almost forced to flee in defeat.
If that were the case, even if he became the chairman of the Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles, it would be a disgrace to him.
Fortunately, Xu Kun, a Cheng Yaojin, showed up and Liu Heng was able to barely save his face. However, after suffering this loss, he dared not get involved in this mess again.
This made Xu Kun somewhat disappointed, as he had been thinking that if Director Liu made a new play in the future, he would most likely be able to play the leading male role.
But everyone has their own aspirations, and this matter is not something Xu Kun can comment on. He can only wish Liu Heng to continue to shine in his career as a writer and screenwriter.
After eating and drinking, Xu Kun rushed to pay the bill, but was recognized by the cashier girl, who said something unpleasant:
"Oh, you are Uncle Jidu?! I didn't even recognize you just now. You are much more handsome in the TV series than you are now!"
Xu Kun: “…”
He adjusted his eyebrows, revealing a resolute expression that showed authority without anger, and said with a smile: "How do you think it is now?"
"Oh, it's exactly the same as when you were dying, it's like your eyes were glowing!" This girl must have had honey on her lips.
After nearly a year of practice, Xu Kun has been able to use the "determined" look in filming, but there is still a long way to go before making this face a normal part of his life.
The biggest obstacle is that if you maintain this gaze for a little too long, it will become 'divergent' - at first glance there is light in the eyes, but at a closer look it looks like a blind person.
After seeing Du Liang off, Liu Heng took Xu Kun aside and said that he had originally wanted to give him a leading male role, but upon asking, he found out that the production team had already chosen a male lead.
As a result, Xu Kun had to play the second male lead. Fortunately, this second male lead was also a very outstanding character. He seemed glorious on the outside but depressed on the inside, but he could always stick to his principles. If he performed well, he was no worse than the male lead.
From the sound of it, isn't this Yuan Jun a positive character?
Xu Kun became more and more curious about the script and started reading it on the way back in a taxi.
This "Blood Romance" is based on the prototypes of the third batch of educated youth who went to the countryside in the 1960s and 1970s, and the time span is from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.
After reading only part of it, Xu Kun knew why Liu Heng brought Du Liang into the circle. There is a faint sense of sadness in the scripts of these two people.
But Xu Kun was not some literary youth; he cared more about the quality of "Yuan Jun".
So he looked from the car all the way to the rental house, from noon all the way to the evening, until Baoqiang, who had gone out to be a stuntman, came back and shouted that he wanted to go to the appointment with Li Yixiang.
Only then did Xu Kun close the book and sigh: I can finally play a positive character!
Yuan Jun in the play was initially a follower of the protagonist Zhong Yuemin. He was an inconspicuous "rough boy" in the old city. He followed Zhong Yuemin to do many ridiculous things since he was a child.
Later, when he joined the army, he made many contributions and pursued the leader's daughter Zhou Xiaobai. He was promoted to the rank of colonel, and in turn overshadowed the protagonist Zhong Yuemin.
What satisfied Xu Kun the most was that even though this man held a high position, he was still a loyal and upright person - apart from playing supporting roles, this was the first time he had played a positive role.
What made Xu Kun most dissatisfied was that Yuan Jun’s wife Zhou Xiaobai had always liked Zhong Yuemin, and even called Zhong Yuemin’s name in her dreams more than once, so Yuan Jun finally angrily filed for divorce from Zhou Xiaobai.
When I played Han Yueping, I got cheated on physically. When I played Yuan Jun, I got cheated on mentally...
But when it comes to acting, there are always some bumps and bruises, otherwise the role will be too smooth and lack dramatic conflict.
"Brother Kun, wash your face and go."
Baoqiang saw that he was still savoring the moment, so he urged him, "If you don't leave now, you'll miss the bus."
"Why take the bus? Let's take a taxi!"
Xu Kun was full of ambition and ambition. He had nearly 200,000 yuan in his hand. He had been in a hurry recently and always wanted to squander it.
After washing his face briefly, Xu Kun asked Baoqiang as he walked out: "How much money do you have now?"
Bao Qiang answered honestly: "About 15,000."
"so little?"
"I sent the big heads back home."
"That's fine."
Xu Kun smacked his lips and said, "I'll lend you 90,000 first. We can each pay 100,000 for a down payment and buy a large two-bedroom apartment within the Fourth Ring Road."
The average price of a house near the Fourth Ring Road is currently around 5,000 yuan. In addition, due to the sluggish property market after the epidemic, the down payment has been temporarily adjusted from 30% to 20%. A down payment of 100,000 yuan is enough to buy a large two-bedroom apartment of about 100 square meters.
I have 2 yuan left in my hand, which is enough to deal with my daily needs. If things really don't work, I can ask Big Mouth Elk for help.
"This……"
Baoqiang's face turned bitter when he heard this, and he said awkwardly: "Brother Kun, people say that housing prices will go down. How can ordinary people afford such expensive houses?"
"Haha~"
Xu Kun rolled his eyes at him and said, "If you don't buy it, I'll buy a large three-bedroom apartment myself. Don't say I didn't take care of you then."
Baoqiang hesitated for a long time, but finally nodded and said, "Then Brother Kun, you buy it first, and I will save enough money..."
"I told you I'd lend it to you first, but I'm not forbidding you to pay it back - if the house price really drops, I'll make up the difference later, is that okay?!"
"no, I'm fine!"
Seeing that Xu Kun was angry, Baoqiang didn't dare to refuse anymore. He just secretly hoped to win an award at the Golden Horse Awards so that his net worth would go up and he could return the money to Brother Kun as soon as possible.
(End of this chapter)
