Wang Baoqiang has been in Beijing for more than half a year and has not realized his dream of becoming a star.

His life is quite regular, he is working to earn money, and when he has money, he plays a role day after day, whether he has lines or no lines.

During this process, he met many people like him, and everyone encouraged each other and exchanged experiences.

It is said that the boy who played supporting roles yesterday was attracted by the director and entered the drama to form a supporting role, or the girl with a beautiful appearance had sex with the assistant director.

There is also a star in a crew who is really doing fake dramas and is seen going out to check in a room.

Such news is circulating among extras, and people are either envious, shameless or joking, to pass the boring time and prove that they are insiders.

There are tens of thousands of extras in the capital, all of whom are suffering so hard.

The extras are mixed and have a lot of mobility. They are still acting together today, and they will never see each other again.

Wang Baoqiang was used to this kind of scene. He changed several groups of people around him. The people who squatted under the tree and bragged and laughed together had already made their own lives.

Someone told him that you would not become a celebrity like this, and kindly advised him to go home. Some people told him not to do martial arts, which would cause injuries and suffer when he was old.

After hearing these words, Wang Baoqiang just smiled and would still play supporting roles.

He knew what others said made sense. These days he realized that it was not that persistence would definitely become a star. There are many reasons.

For example, there was a character with lines, but the director rejected the accent of his speech.

Some directors dislike him for being too dull, expressionless, and unable to act well.

Not to mention opportunities, in order to adapt to this circle, Wang Baoqiang tried to change himself.

It was winter, and the weather in the capital was getting colder day by day, and playing supporting roles in winter was even more painful, and many extras were ready to leave.

Spring goes and winter comes, and the four seasons change, and so do extras.

On this day, Wang Baoqiang still came to the entrance of the Beijing Film Studio and watched the notice of recruiting extras.

He can now tell the difference between these notices.

Some of them are useless to watch. They have high requirements, especially large crews, who must have good looks and perform experience.

Only those small crews are not picky about people, they can choose when they go, and some are purely liars.

He saw a recruitment notice with the movie "Blind Well" written on it, recruiting a male actor, between the ages of sixteen and eighteen, and whether he has or does not have any acting experience.

Wang Baoqiang felt that this was suitable for him, so he saw the audition location and was nearby, so he walked over.

Li Yang received an investment from Good Dream Company, with 1.5 million, exceeding his expectations.

He took this notebook and found many investors, but no one was willing to invest. He even thought about raising money to shoot himself, borrowing money from his family and friends, and he could shoot it with just 500,000 yuan.

This film has no big scenes, it’s just a normal life, and it doesn’t require big stars. The more ordinary the actors, the better.

Except for the hard-to-find mines, everything else can be made of.

He gave Haomeng Company a shooting plan, and wrote one million in the fund column. Lin Xiaoling felt that she couldn't make do with her if she wanted to make a quality video.

In addition to the script itself, what impressed Lin Xiaoling also had the shooting method.

Li Yang is planning to make a movie by shooting a documentary, and use realistic techniques to objectively record the entire story, and minimize the traces of the performance.

He chose to use non-professional actors.

Lin Xiaoling started her career in a documentary and was familiar with this routine, but she did not agree to using non-professional actors completely.

The advantage of non-professional actors is that their performance is original and there is no trace of axe. However, when strong emotional conflicts are needed, the performance is often not in place.

Just like in "Going Home", if you use non-professional actors, your inner scenes will not be so profound.

She suggested that Li Yang adopt a mix of professional actors and non-professional actors, which is her experience.

With the funds and with the assistance of Haomeng Company, Li Yang went to visit several coal mines in other places, including regular coal mines and private small coal mines.

The plot of the script needs to be filmed underground. The company recommends shooting in regular coal mines to ensure safety.

Li Yang chose a private small coal mine for the sake of realistic appearance. They did not dare to tell the mine owner what movie they were filming, but only said it was a video describing the daily lives of coal miners.

The mine owner didn't ask carefully, just give the money, 200,000 yuan a month.

When he returned to the capital, Li Yang began to look for suitable actors. Professional actors were easy to find, and Haomeng Company was available, and non-professional actors had to be selected from extras.

The character Yuan Fengming is sixteen years old and has a poor family. His father has not returned from home for half a year and has to drop out of school and work.

He is just an ordinary rural child, with an honest personality, kind-hearted and not good at speaking.

Li Yang rented a house in a hotel and auditioned for the extra.

Because the requirements on the recruitment notice are simple, many extras come to try it out, and some of them are in their twenties, and they insist that they are only eighteen years old.

Some people looked clever and tried their best to show their performance experience, and some people begged the director to give him a chance.

After a few days, Li Yang met hundreds of extras, most of which were directly removed. Only a few people made him feel like they were not right.

This is a feeling and it is difficult to explain clearly.

He rubbed his brows and waited for the next batch of extras to audition.

Wang Baoqiang came in with several other extras. He worked on the construction site a few days ago and was only free today.

He was wearing a shabby gray sportswear, which was given to him by a clothing vendor who lived in the same yard with him. The clothes were thick, they worked hard and were not afraid of dirt.

He was short, standing behind others, only showing a face from the cracks.

There are too many extras, so Li Yang cannot audition one by one, and he will come back four or five.

Let’s look at the appearance first. You have tall and straight looks, clever eyes, and fashionable clothes. Don’t want to do anything.

When working in a coal mine and digging coal in the well, it is not that you have to make a fuss, but that this character has to be rustic or simple.

Li Yang glanced at him and found that the few people in front of him were not suitable, and then he saw a face.

"The little brother behind, stand forward." Li Yang pointed at Wang Baoqiang and said.

Wang Baoqiang squeezed and stood in front of Li Yang.

Li Yang looked at it and found that this image coincided with Yuan Fengming in his mind.

"What's your name?" Li Yang asked.

"My name is Wang Baoqiang." Wang Baoqiang tried hard to answer in Mandarin.

He has suffered losses and practiced Mandarin. Although he speaks in a bad way, he is very good at being very well-behaved.

Li Yang flipped through the stack of papers in front of him. This was the form filled out by the extras and found Wang Baoqiang.

"You can just say a few words in your hometown dialect and you can say anything." Li Yang asked.

Wang Baoqiang was stunned, but since the director said so, he introduced himself in his hometown dialect.

After hearing this, Li Yang felt that the taste was right now. He sent the others away, chatted with Wang Baoqiang, and gave this matter to him.

"Director, I'm not good-looking and I have pockmarks on my face. Why did you choose me?" Wang Baoqiang said in confusion.

"You fit my feelings about the role." Li Yang said.
Chapter completed!