Chapter 22 Going against the ancestor’s decision
After completing that job, Wang Baoqiang was in a state of panic for several days, fearing that the police would come to his house and see through the deception they had set up.
Xu Kun seemed fine, going to a nearby internet cafe to play games every day. In his previous life, he liked CS and Red Alert the most, but this time he was obsessed with The Legend of Sword and Fairy.
In the blink of an eye it was October 16th.
At noon that day, Baoqiang was working hard on his lines when he saw Xu Kun coming in from outside with a gloomy face. He didn't say a word after entering the room, but picked up the tea he had brewed and gulped down half the pot.
Seeing this, Bao Qiang's face turned green with fear, and he said in a trembling voice: "Brother Kun, are the police looking for you?!"
"Police? What police?"
Xu Kun looked puzzled, then waved his hand and said, "Don't speculate. If that Ah Hao had thought of us, the police would have come to our door long ago. Besides, it's been so long, so could Ah Hao still stay in the mainland?"
Bao Qiang was relieved to find that it was not what he thought. But he could not help but ask curiously, "Why do you look so unhappy, Brother Kun?"
"Hey, don't mention it."
Xu Kun lay down heavily on the bed, and said depressedly, "I finally finished the game of Fairy Sword, but who would have thought that the Internet cafe installed a pirated version, and the ending animation couldn't be displayed at all. I was so angry that I smashed the mouse, and ended up paying the network administrator another twenty-five!"
Wang Baoqiang: "..."
Hearing Xu Kun's foul language for this reason, he really didn't know what to say.
At this moment, Xu Kun suddenly got up again, took out his mobile phone and started dialing. Soon, Chen Xuebin's voice came from the other end of the phone.
After hanging up the phone with Chen Xuebin, Xu Kun called Wang Peng again.
"Let's get started, let's get started!"
Finally, he threw his phone away and said to Baoqiang, "We have almost rested for the past few days. It's time for us brothers to start our careers again!"
Baoqiang had already heard him on the phone asking Chen Xuebin and Wang Peng to help contact the crew, and he nodded excitedly.
but……
"Brother Kun, are you really not going to play the devil anymore?"
"No more acting, no more acting!"
Xu Kun crossed his legs and waved his hands in disdain, "Didn't you hear me tell Brother Chen and Uncle Wang that my great-grandfather was a soldier in the Eighth Route Army? His spirit in heaven would not want to see me play a Japs!"
Bao Qiang thought that this was obviously made up, as Brother Kun had clearly said before that his great-grandfather and grandfather had been lion dancers all their lives.
After thinking for a while, Baoqiang asked again: "What if I can't find another job for the time being?"
"That……"
Xu Kun frowned, then said decisively: "You have to pay more to act! I have already violated my ancestors, how can I not pay more?!"
As a result, his words came true. In his first play after his "comeback", he was forced to make a decision that went against his ancestors.
The main thing was that the other party was really willing to invest, three hundred a day, plus the bonus for staging the corpse, Xu Kun earned nine hundred and fifty in three days.
You have to know that I worked for six days and five nights on the set of "Young Zhang Sanfeng" and was only paid twelve thousand yuan in total.
In fact, Xu Kun is not the only one who has had his salary increased. Given the bright prospects of the TV drama market recently, the salaries of everyone from extras to leading actors have all increased to varying degrees. For example, Baoqiang's salary as a martial arts stand-in has increased from 80 to 120, and the salary of a minor actor (with lines) has also increased from 50 or 60 to 70 or 80.
In the following month, Xu Kun, after careful selection, successively played the roles of a killer, a bandit, a pervert, a man-eating beggar, and two minor roles with no good or evil attributes.
The pay for the first few roles was about 60% to 70% of that for the Japanese, but it was worse for the latter, with the pay dropping directly to 70% or 80%, and sometimes even less than what Bao Qiang earned.
There's no way. His natural talents can't be brought into play when he plays an ordinary supporting role. Besides, there are only a few unimportant lines. It doesn't matter who they hire. Why do they have to spend a lot of money to hire you?
So much so that Chen Xuebin personally went to Xu Kun's house to persuade him: Don't think about playing a good guy for now, why don't you play the villain to the extreme, wouldn't it be nice to earn a little more money?
But Xu Kun refused to agree to anything and even made a 2+1 rule for himself, that is, if he played two villains, he would play one normal person.
当然，这个数字也没卡那么死，1+1和3+1也不是不行，但大保底就是3+1了。
This evening.
In an ordinary house on the North Third Ring Road, Xu Kun huddled in the corner, watching the woman with her back to the light, raising the steel bar and swinging it fiercely at the head of the bed. She immediately let out a scream, followed by a second and third one, each one weaker than the last, until there was no sound at all.
This time he is acting almost in his true colors, in a female crime-themed TV series called "Red Spider 2", in which he plays the gangster Li Yong who instructs his younger brother to fake a heroic act of saving a beauty and wins the heart of the factory beauty Ma Hui. After the matter is exposed, he tries to control Ma Hui with drug addiction, but is eventually killed by the factory beauty.
"Crack!"
With the director's shout, the room, which was originally filled with only the actress's heavy breathing, immediately came alive.
Seeing the director discussing with the cameraman and assistant director whether there were any problems with the previous shot, Xu Kun hesitated for a moment and leaned over to say, "Director Yu, I don't think Li Yong should have screamed so much."
"Ok?"
Director Yu was a middle-aged woman. After hearing what Xu Kun said, she asked curiously, "Why? Isn't your performance quite layered?"
"Because the difference in their physiques is too great."
Xu Kun struck a bodybuilding pose, showing off his strong biceps and said, "You see, although Ma Hui is considered tall among women, she is far inferior to Li Yong, played by me. If I hadn't hit Li Yong so hard that he lost his ability to resist, I'm afraid it would have been difficult to stop Li Yong's dying counterattack."
Looking at Xu Kun's bulging biceps, Director Yu nodded subconsciously.
But the assistant director expressed a different opinion: "In addition to logic, we also need to emphasize dramatic conflict and camera language. The screams, which get lower and lower, form a sharp contrast with the abuse Ma Hui had suffered before. The dramatic impact is definitely stronger than just shouting."
Director Yu nodded again, and finally made a decision after considering the opinions of both parties: "Well, let's prepare two versions first, and then see the effect when editing the film, and use the one that works best."
Although his suggestions were not fully adopted, Xu Kun was already very satisfied. After all, not all directors are willing to listen to a supporting actor's gossip.
Besides, what the assistant director said makes sense. After all, the most important thing about a TV series is its watchability. Otherwise, no matter how logical it is, it will be useless if it doesn't look good.
Half an hour later.
After receiving the two days' pay and the bonus for finishing the film "Corpse", Xu Kun went out and saw that it was still early, so he called Baoqiang on his pager and asked him when he would be done.
Another problem with no longer playing the Japanese is that it is difficult for him to keep in sync with Baoqiang. The Japanese soldiers always appear in groups, so one more or one less doesn't matter. But when playing other roles, it is not so easy to get Baoqiang into the group.
So recently, the two of them have been able to do their own things most of the time.
Fortunately, Wang Peng is more successful in the martial arts substitute industry than Chen Xuebin, and can basically guarantee Baoqiang's work rate.
After sending the message, Xu Kun was standing on the street waiting for Baoqiang to call back when he suddenly heard someone shouting from the other side: "Xu, Xu... Xiaoyao Wang No. 2!"
Hearing the name "King Xiaoyao No. 2", Xu Kun couldn't help but roll his eyes. He looked up and saw Li Xiaolu, who was wearing a brown woolen coat and had a fashionable and exquisite makeup, running towards him from the other side of the street with a look of surprise on her face.
(End of this chapter)
