Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 12 12. Inexplicable talent

At six o'clock in the morning, Chen Li'an climbed out of bed, yawned, and pushed his long, messy hair back.

Chen Li'an's room was very small, less than ten square meters. It had a single bed and a desk. There were not many books on it, only a few new high school textbooks.

Almost everyone in the courtyard was up now, and Chen Li'an also heard the sound of Uncle Qi boxing in the courtyard.

This old man has practiced his kung fu to the very bones. Chen Li'an could only hold on under his hand for three minutes at most before being slapped to the ground.

In order to prevent Uncle Qi from finding out that he was back and asking questions, Chen Li'an brushed his teeth and washed his face at home. He waited until the old man finished boxing and went out to have breakfast before sneaking out of the house.

This large courtyard is a third-level courtyard, with a total of six households living there. When Chen Li'an came out, there were several young boys squatting at the door of the house, brushing their teeth sleepily.

When they saw Chen Li'an, they immediately put down their toothbrushes and muttered, "Brother An."

Chen Li'an ignored his younger brothers and left the courtyard with a gloomy expression.

A boy of fifteen or sixteen with short hair looked at Chen Li'an's leaving figure and muttered: "Brother An's expression is a bit scary. Who is this blind guy who offended him? I hope he won't be beaten to death." "

If Chen Li'an knew that this kid was talking about him behind his back, he would definitely blow his head off when the movie was finished, as if he was a violent maniac.

After coming out of the courtyard, Chen Li'an did not go to the old steamed bun shop. He was worried that he would meet Uncle Qi, so he simply took a detour to the fried dough sticks stall at the other end of the alley and bought two fried dough sticks.

Chen Li'an was chewing fried dough sticks and stretched out his hand to stop a yellow taxi that had just left. The fat and small face looked very cute. This was specially approved last year to lower the entry threshold for taxis.

Although there are more taxis, the experience of taking a taxi is by no means good. The weather in April is fine, but it will be boring in the summer.

In the taxi, Chen Li'an looked at the rising fares and felt that his salary for filming the extremely cold film might not be enough to pay for the taxi every day.

Chen Li'an is unwilling to take the bus. He is a person who loves to enjoy himself and will not wrong himself as long as he has the conditions.

Chen Li'an also has a hard-working character, but he only does things that interest him, such as filming or practicing boxing.

In other aspects of life, Chen Li'an is unwilling to carry forward the spirit of hard work. This is very unsocial and very social at the same time, which sounds quite contradictory.

"It seems we have to find a way to shoot faster, or find a place to live close to the studio." Chen Li'an muttered and finished the fried dough sticks in his hand in one gulp.

The car arrived soon. Chen Li'an took out twelve yuan from his wallet and handed it to the taxi driver. The starting price was ten yuan for ten kilometers, and one yuan for the next one kilometer. It was also very profitable to drive a taxi these days.

Chen Li'an got out of the car and felt a little dizzy. The smell of gasoline in the car was too strong and he felt a little motion sick.

When Chen Li'an arrived at the location agreed by the crew, no one was there yet. He was the first to arrive.

Today's scene will be filmed at Wang Xiaoshuai's friend's house. If he doesn't have money to rent a location, he can only choose to attack the friends around him.

Most of the funding for extreme cold is like this. A group of friends around Wang Xiaoshuai pooled their money to support it.

It was really shabby. Chen Li'an leaned against the tree on the side of the road and stared boredly at the pedestrians rushing to work in the early morning.

Chen Li'an waited there for more than ten minutes, and then Wang Xiaoshuai came, coming with Shu Qi.

Because Shu Qi had a car, his rich friend in the capital lent it to Shu Qi.

Shu Qi is very friendly to mainland filmmakers. She has helped export many films to overseas film festivals and is a good film promoter.

He has helped with overseas market planning for movies such as The Great Eunuch Li Lianying, Raise the Red Lantern, Farewell My Concubine, Ermo, and Pink.

And he also has a distribution company, which has distributed many literary films.

People like Shu Qi are very well-connected. Although he may not be very successful as a director, he is very powerful as a filmmaker.

This is one of the reasons why Chen Li'an chose Extremely Cold, hoping to get to know filmmakers like Shu Qi.

Well, Chen Li'an admitted that his starting purpose was not simple, but this did not delay him from showing perfect acting skills.

Shu Qi wore a pair of glasses and looked very elegant. She walked up to Chen Li'an and said with a smile: "You came so early? I thought you would sleep in."

Chen Li'an stood up straight, stretched and said, "I went to bed early last night."

"You were indeed exhausted yesterday, so today's scene is much easier." Wang Xiaoshuai came over and scattered two cigarettes. Zhongnanhai, a white cigarette, smelled faintly when smoked.

However, the white pole looks very beautiful and is the choice of many pseudo-artistic young people. It is cheap, good-looking and extremely cost-effective.

Chen Li'an took out a silver zippo lighter from his pocket, with several beautiful five-pointed stars engraved on it. This was a trophy from his previous street fights.

As his fingers slid, a crisp metal click sounded, and the yellow flame of the grinding wheel of Chen Li'an's sliding machine suddenly burst out, lighting the cigarette.

Wang Xiaoshuai looked at the disposable pink plastic lighter in his hand, then at Chen Li'an's metal lighter with steel wheels, and said somewhat depressedly: "Why are all your lighters so handsome?"

Shu Qi couldn't help but laugh and said: "You guys, if you change the lighter, you will find that it is still handsome. It has nothing to do with the lighter."

This didn't sound funny. Although Wang Xiaoshuai didn't want to admit it, looking at Chen Li'an's face, he still recognized the fact in his heart.

Chen Li'an is not proud of his appearance, and what his parents gave him was not something he earned through hard work, so there is nothing to be proud of.

Those who go under the knife can still say that they earned it through hard work. What your parents gave you has nothing to do with it. It’s your parents who should be proud.

Chen Li'an took a long drag on his cigarette, squinted his eyes and said, "When will it start? I want to shoot faster."

Wang Xiaoshuai paused for a moment, then lit his cigarette and asked, "Have you taken on other roles?"

"No, I just hope to save some money." Chen Li'an explained, but he did not explicitly say that he felt that the taxi fare was too expensive, and the crew was so poor that they would not reimburse themselves.

Shu Qi took a puff of cigarette, looked at the traffic on the road and said, "The crew really has no money. Shooting faster can save some money. You can think about the crew and you are a good actor."

This is the poorest crew that Shu Qi has ever produced. He now doubts whether he will have money for post-production after the film is finished.

Wang Xiaoshuai also thought that Chen Li'an was trying to save money for the crew, and felt a little embarrassed. Everyone knew about the crew's difficulties.

The three men stood on the roadside smoking cigarettes with their own thoughts and were silent for a while.

It wasn't until the rest of the crew arrived that the dullness was broken.

As soon as Ma Xiaoqing arrived here, she ran to Chen Li'an and took out a photo from the pocket of her overalls vest like a treasure.

"This is the photo you took last night. It's really beautiful. Have you studied photography?" Ma Xiaoqing asked with admiration and curiosity.

The angle and composition of the photo taken last night were great, and it was definitely not something a novice could take.

If Chen Li'an is a novice, he is also a talented novice!

Chen Li'an took the photo and looked at it carefully, then put it in his pocket and said, "I've played with it a few times. I'm not a professional. I have time to learn from it."

Chen Li'an said he had played it a few times. It was a SLR he had played on a whim in his previous life, but he was quickly dissuaded by the cumbersome numerical adjustments.

That’s why he didn’t know how to develop photos and was very curious about this technology that was later eliminated by the public.

It turns out that she is really a novice. Ma Xiaoqing was a little surprised by Chen Li'an's talent. Taking pictures is not only about technique, but also about her keen perspective and feeling.

"Okay, after today's filming, how about I teach you? Your perspective is very special and you are very talented."

Chen Li'an didn't really care about Ma Xiaoqing's praise. He had heard Bo Qing say this too many times in the past month.

I seem to be very talented in art, but I wonder if it was the golden finger brought about by my rebirth.