Chapter 49: Sorrow flows against the current (Ch 49)

The script sent by Chen Yuwen is called “Sadness Flows Back into a River”.

It is a youth-themed movie about school bullying. I heard from Chen Yuwen that it was adapted from the novel of the same name.

The character that Qi Jia is auditioning for is named Gu Senxi.

His role in the play is an optimistic, rebellious and bold boy.

He and his sister Gu Senxiang transferred to the school of the heroine Yi Yao.

After a series of coincidences, he met the heroine Yi Yao.

Then the two gradually fell in love with each other, and Gu Senxi became a ray of light in Yi Yao’s life and her salvation.

But later, due to a misunderstanding, Yi Yao indirectly caused the death of his sister Gu Senxiang,

From then on, Gu Senxi began to distance himself from Yi Yao, which eventually led to Yi Yao’s suicide.

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To be honest, after reading the entire script, Qi Jia didn’t want to shoot the film anymore.

Because he thinks youth dramas are best about telling sweet love stories.

But the script gave him the feeling that it was too sad and dark.

The audience will naturally resist this type of movie and will not want to watch it.

After all, people watch movies to relax, not to make themselves upset.

But there is no way. He does not have the power to choose now and can only obey the company’s arrangements.

If he dares to refuse, the company has plenty of ways to deal with him.

It could be that they don’t give him any acting jobs, or they can arrange for him to be a guest at the opening of a shopping mall or supermarket, where he can sing a song and dance to liven up the atmosphere.

What do you mean you dare not go? Well, let’s terminate the contract.

However, you breached the contract first, so according to the contract, you must pay a penalty of 50 million.

So, before you have the ability,

Qi Jia doesn’t want to be put on ice by the company because of such a small matter.

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Over the next two days,

Qi Jia followed the crew and filmed almost all of his scenes.

There were only a few shots left before the filming was completed, and the crew was extremely satisfied with him.

Because his acting skills are so good, he can often lead other actors to get into the role together.

This resulted in the fact that most of his scenes were shot in one take.

Xu Zheng even asked him seriously in private,

Have you ever thought about switching to his company and doubling your salary?

However, Qi Jia still declined directly.

Doubling his money was not attractive to him and he didn’t care about such a small profit.

Moreover, Jiaxing is also a big platform, and Chen Yuwen is also very good to me. With my own ability, it is not difficult for me to make a name for myself.

If he changes jobs right after signing the contract, his reputation will be ruined in the future, and he doesn’t want to be called a traitor.

That day, at 11 o’clock in the morning, when Qi Jia was filming,

In the meeting room of Jiaxing Media in Shanghai, there were about twenty people sitting sparsely.

They are basically agents from Shanghai.

Chen Yuwen was also among them. She sat upright in her chair, her face excited yet a little nervous.

Because, the meeting just announced a good news,

The Beijing Film Academy is about to start selecting candidates for its young actor training class next year.

The company will select two new people to participate, and the branch will have one quota.

Speaking of the Beijing Film Academy actor training class, it is jointly run by major entertainment media companies across the country and the Beijing Film Academy.

The class is held once a year, and the teachers are top domestic actors and directors.

The participants received fifteen days of training.

Upon hearing the news, Chen Yuwen’s eyes lit up immediately.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the so-called training class is actually similar to the cat farm’s boss, West Lake University.

It is a networking event organized by the industry. In fifteen days, you may not learn much acting skills, but you can definitely gain a lot of connections.

Because all the teachers who can serve as training class teachers are the top actors and directors in China.

As long as they performed well and made them remember Qi Jia, they would be Qi Jia’s benefactors on his road to domestic stardom.

Even if I didn’t get to know the teachers,

As long as you build good relationships with other newcomers in the training class, that would be good.

Because the training class only accepts 30 students each year, and the students are recommended by major entertainment companies.

A company as big as Jiaxing only has two vacancies in the end. It is conceivable that newcomers who have the opportunity to participate in the training will

Regardless of their strength, they are definitely someone their company is prepared to promote.

Build good relationships with them in advance. If a few of the thirty people become famous in the future, they will be a great help to Qi Jia.

After the excitement, she became nervous again.

Because there is only one such valuable quota in the Shanghai branch.

The branch company has hundreds of contracted artists, and although I really hope Qi Jia can be selected,

But for Qi Jia, who had just signed the contract less than a month ago, with no representative works and no fame, the chances were indeed slim.

When Chen Yuwen was daydreaming, Zhao Hao, the general manager in charge of the branch, spoke.

“In order to be fair and just, I decided to organize an artist return meeting temporarily.

Starting with Wang Xia, you should call all the partners one by one and ask them to rate the artists.

The one with the highest evaluation will represent the branch to attend this year’s Beijing Film Academy training class.”

As soon as the words fell, everyone’s faces became interesting.

Chen Yuwen’s face lit up with joy. If the assessment was to be conducted in this way, Qi Jia might have a chance.

Unlike Chen Yuwen, Wang Xia, who was called first, had a gloomy face.

I thought, if I had known, I wouldn’t have sat next to Mr. Zhao.

I had originally thought that I could show my face more often, but I never expected that I would step on a landmine this time.

She knew exactly what kind of person her male artist was.

To put it in four words, it is “small cards with big play”.

Before signing the contract, he was a well-known singer on TikTok.

Relying on the fact that he has millions of fans, he usually has an arrogant attitude.

At work, he not only comes to work late and leaves early, but also often acts like a troublemaker in front of many people, making his partners miserable.

So, when she heard that Mr. Zhao wanted her to be the first to pay a return visit, she turned pale with fright.

“Oh, by the way, everyone put your cell phones on the table to prevent someone from colluding in advance.”

Mr. Zhao suddenly added another sentence, and then he looked straight at Wang Xia.

Being stared at by her leader like this, Wang Xia’s hands were shaking with nervousness. She took out her cell phone and was about to make a call.

At this moment, the phone suddenly vibrated.

Wang Xia was delighted, thinking she had an excuse to delay.

But when she saw the caller’s note, her heart began to lift again.

“Mr. Zhao, the person calling is the director of my artist’s recording session.”

Seeing that her leader looked unhappy, Wang Xia quickly explained.

After hearing this, Mr. Zhao’s expression eased a little, nodded, and asked her to answer the call now.

Wang Xia answered the call with trepidation and turned on the speaker.

“Hello, Brother Wang, what’s up? I was just about to give you a call for a follow-up visit.”

After hearing this, the person on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, and then started to curse angrily.

“Return visit! You came just in time. I was just about to find you. Can you help me ask where your artist is now?”

“Wang Xia, to be honest, if it weren’t for Jiaxing’s sake, I would have kicked him to death.

This internet celebrity with over a million fans actually acts like a big shot in front of me and has been making trouble since he joined the group.

Today I want to find a young model for him, but tomorrow he says he is in a bad mood and doesn’t want to record.

It’s already this late, and he hasn’t come to the set yet. I just called him personally,

Ask him where he is now? Guess what he said! “

“How do you say that?”

Wang Xia’s voice trembled, and she could feel a murderous intent coming from Mr. Zhao’s direction.

“He told me to stop asking about social matters!”