Chapter 157 Actors Please Become (Ch 157)

The next day,

In the office, Qi Jiazheng and Chen Yuwen were talking about last night’s variety show invitation.

The name of the variety show is “Actors Please Take Your Place”, which is a brand new director casting reality show produced by Tencent.

Unlike traditional variety shows with star perspectives, this variety show focuses on the director.

Through this format, the program tells the audience how a script is transformed into a film or television work step by step.

In addition,

The rest of the format is similar to most variety shows.

According to the information sent by Chen Yuwen, the directors invited for the first season of the show are:

Er Dongsheng, Chen Shishi, Li Shaohong and Xiao Si.

Among the directors, except Li Shaohong, the other three are men, and many people are familiar with them.

Only Li Shaohong is relatively unfamiliar, but she is also a famous director who has made great achievements in both film and television.

In the film industry, when she first entered the industry, she partnered with another famous director Xie Tieli.

Made a classic critical reality film “Bao’s Father and Son”, even if you haven’t seen it,

But you must have seen that line on TikTok,

“Oh, me too, I also use Stancom.”

In terms of TV dramas, she has directed such excellent works as the 2008 version of “Dream of Red Mansions”, “The Palace of Song Dynasty”, and “The Palace of Ming Dynasty”.

Seeing Qi Jia laughing while looking at the list of directors, Chen Yu couldn’t help but ask,

“why are you laughing?”

Qi Jia smiled and pointed at the name of the poetry director and said to Chen Yuwen,

“Excuse me, I searched for these four people on TikTok last night.

The result is that when selecting the Olympic opening ceremony plan,

Everyone honestly prepared their plans and submitted them, except Director Shi, who hadn’t prepared anything.

After everyone had finished speaking about their proposals, he confidently went up and recited two lines of poetry, and then was eliminated. ”

“So now whenever I see his name I want to laugh.”

Chen Yuwen had also heard about this. She looked at Qi Jia speechlessly and said,

“Just laugh it off in private, but don’t go out and tell everyone about it. Director Shi is a very face-conscious person.”

“I know.” Qi Jia nodded seriously.

Chen Yuwen asked him again: “So do you mean accept it or not?”

“Ten million per issue, of course I’ll take it!” Qi Jia nodded without hesitation.

The program team offered Qi Jia 10 million per episode, for a total of 10 episodes.

However, since the competition format adopted by the program is a promotion and elimination system, it means that the final amount of appearance fees can be obtained.

It depends on Qi Jia’s acting skills, how long can he survive on the stage?

Just as Chen Yuwen nodded, Qi Jia suddenly spoke again,

“By the way, can you talk to your director friend and ask him to include Ruonan as well?

Tencent’s variety shows must be quite popular. She is also an artist of our studio now.

This is a great opportunity to give her more exposure. With me on stage, I can also attract a lot of traffic to her.”

“You don’t have to tell me.” Chen Yuwen rolled his eyes and continued, “I mentioned it to him last night, and he said he wanted to discuss it.

He just sent me a message today, saying it’s OK, two million per installment, and if that’s ok, we can sign the contract together.”

Two million per issue is a very respectable price for a nobody like Zhang Ruonan.

Qi Jia agreed without giving it much thought and asked Chen Yuwen to sign the contract with his friend as soon as possible so as not to let the financial sponsor run away.

Just after we finished talking about the variety show, Qi Jia called again.

This time the call came from an unfamiliar number. Qi Jia thought it was asking him if he wanted a loan.

But after hesitating for a while, he still answered the phone.

As soon as the call was connected, a familiar Cantonese voice came from the other end of the line.

“Qi Jia, I’m Liu Qingyun, remember?”

“Teacher Liu, of course I remember! It’s been a long time since we last met. I remember you taught me a lot when we were in Hengdian~”

Qi Jia was very surprised. He really didn’t expect to receive a call from Liu Qingyun.

Since they separated in Hengdian last time, the two have had no contact since then.

Then, he thought again, Liu Qingyun said he would introduce him to some resources, could it be that this time it was for that matter?

“Hahaha, I was so sleepy in Hengdian that I forgot to leave your phone number. This time I specifically asked Guoxiang for it.

Are you in Shanghai now? Do you have time to come to Longfenglou for dinner? I will introduce two friends to you. “

Qi Jia agreed without hesitation.

“No problem, Teacher Liu, just give me the address and I’ll be there right away.”

Just kidding, the person who can be called a friend by Liu Qingyun can only be an ordinary person. He is most likely a big shot in the Hong Kong circle.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yuwen saw Qi Jia’s happy face and couldn’t help asking curiously,

“Who called you?”

Qi Jia answered while opening the mini app to call a taxi.

“Liu Qingyun, I talked to him a few words when I was an extra in Hengdian.

He suddenly came to me this time, probably because he has a play to introduce to me.”

After saying that, the car was ready.

Qi Jia hurriedly stood up and walked out. When he reached the door, he suddenly turned back and said to Chen Yuwen,

“Oh, by the way, sister, please buy me a car when you have time. It should be under one million yuan, for transportation.”

He has already returned his original private car to Jiaxing, so now he can only take a taxi when he goes out.

…

On the other side, in the Dragon and Phoenix Building box,

In addition to Liu Qingyun, there were two other middle-aged men sitting there.

One of them had long hair and looked like a member of a band from Hong Kong in the 1980s or 1990s.

The other one has a buzz cut and a square face, and looks very appealing at first sight.

The middle-aged man who looked like a band member shook his long flowing hair and said happily,

“Qingyun, I didn’t expect that you and Qi Jia actually know each other. Whether we can convince him to participate this time depends entirely on you.”

When Liu Qingyun heard this, he waved his hand carelessly.

“Don’t worry, Qi Jia is different from the mainland hunks you’ve met before.

Although he is young, he has good acting skills and is dedicated. His character and artistic ethics are absolutely trustworthy.

Not to mention the mainland directors, didn’t Guo Xiang also praise him non-stop?

So, just put your heart at ease.”

At this time, the square-faced middle-aged man also nodded and spoke up.

“That’s probably true. I’ve heard quite a few directors and actors from the mainland praise him.

Moreover, almost all the recent hot news in the domestic entertainment industry are related to him, and even the official authorities have supported him.

If we can invite him to participate, it will be of great help in saving the market for Hong Kong films in the mainland.”

After saying that, seeing that the long-haired man still looked nervous, he smiled again and said,

“At worst, Qingyun and I will ask him for help. I hope that as a young man, he can give me some face, haha.”

The long-haired man gave a wry smile and bowed to the two of them.

“Then I’ll leave it to you all. The main reason is that the pay is too low. I don’t know if they are willing to do it.”

While the three were talking, Qi Jia had already arrived at the Dragon and Phoenix Tower.

After telling the room number, the waiter led Qi Jia to the door of the room.

After knocking on the door, he opened it and invited Qi Jia in.

As soon as he entered the room, Qi Jia’s gaze stayed on Liu Qingyun’s face for only a second.

Then he was attracted by the square-faced middle-aged man, and he walked forward with surprise.

He stretched out his hand excitedly and shook hands with the other party.

“Hello, Brother Hua. I didn’t expect that the person that Teacher Liu wanted to introduce me to was actually you. I’m so excited.”

Seeing Qi Jia’s attitude towards Liu Dehua, it’s like a fan seeing his idol.

The long-haired man suddenly felt relieved, and then he was happy again.

“Hey, Qi Jia, you can’t do that. You call Dehua brother and call me teacher.

Doesn’t that make me look old? No, you have to call me brother from now on.”

Liu Qingyun stood up and made a joke to warm up the dinner.

Qi Jia also laughed and replied: “Blame me, blame me, haha, I will punish myself by drinking three cups later.”

“Qi Jia, I kept hearing Guo Xiang and Qing Yun praising you in my ears in Hong Kong.

Today I finally saw him in person, he looked very good and energetic. “

Liu Dehua was very satisfied with Qi Jia’s polite attitude. He smiled and patted his shoulder vigorously.

“Come on, Qi Jia, let me introduce this handsome guy to you.”

Liu Qingyun patted the long-haired man on the shoulder and introduced him to Qi Jia,

“This is Director Qiu Litao.”