This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 41 No One Should Dislike Anyone

Luohe No. 3 Middle School, on the outskirts of Luohe City.

The middle school students were all on vacation at this time, and the warehouses of the canteen and the cafeteria were vacant. The crew was very creative in increasing revenue and reducing costs, and directly rented the warehouse as one of the sets for filming the TV series.

Not only can you save costs, but you can also find cheap and easy-to-use "extras" from the high school opposite the middle school.

As long as it is not an extra performance that requires acting skills and just needs some people to make up the number of people, students are the cheapest and most efficient choice, and the director, group leader and crew are all satisfied.

They can just earn a few dozen dollars a day, get a box lunch at noon, and get an internship certificate at the end of the day. The students wish they could just pay the crew their wages!
They work so hard that they can burst out with unimaginable initiative without any whipping.

There are several trucks and cars parked at the door of the warehouse. With such a large warehouse, various indoor scenes can be created with just a little care and layout, which is efficient and low-cost.

It was already twelve o'clock in the afternoon. The actors and staff had finished their hard work in the first half of the day and came out of the warehouse one after another. They picked up their lunch boxes from the truck, returned to the set, squatted down and started eating.

A man who looked to be in his late 40s, with a square face and a rather serious look, finished the last bite of food in the plastic box and explained something to the person next to him.

"Director Song, the person who will be coming over later is the one who is very popular recently...what's his name?"

"Xu Feng!"

"Oh, yes, Xu Feng!" A male actor slapped his thigh, "I don't think I've heard of his name before. He's become very popular recently."

Most people in the entertainment industry are skeptical about people who suddenly become popular.

How many movies and TV series that can be called masterpieces have flaws that are hard to ignore just because of some popular stars who got in through connections and have no acting skills?

Those people who only have a face, whose dancing, singing and acting skills are completely ruined, but who have a lot of traffic, suddenly come to the crew. No one will feel good about it.

But after all, they come here with money and traffic. Whether the film can be made and how much sales can be guaranteed after filming are closely related to these people, so most actors can only bury this emotion in their hearts.

This situation is not uncommon in the music industry.

For example, there are people who have been hailed as geniuses since their debut and have been touted as the leaders of the new generation. However, after so many years, they have not even produced a decent song to become famous.

People who were not famous in the past but suddenly became popular generally find it difficult to give people a particularly high sense of security.

Another actress had a different opinion. She interjected: "I watched his performance at the campus party last night. He played the guitar very well and his singing level was also good. He was pretty good. He should not be a relative of his parents."

"I also watched the replay of his live PK before. To be honest, it felt quite comfortable to listen to, but I didn't think it was amazing. It may be because I don't understand music very well."

"That's totally normal. Bass is not an instrument suitable for solo performance, and it's not popular... The live broadcast was so popular because the program team wanted to embarrass Xu Feng and hyped it up. How could such a niche instrument have such a large amount of traffic?"

"In the end, Xu Feng ate all the traffic without leaving any. Wow, that's impressive. I believe he has some talent." The actor threw the box in his hand. "But the three songs he sang don't seem to fit in with our film. This is my biggest concern."

"Yes, our TV series is a modern urban martial arts film, and the styles of those songs do not seem to match it."

From the song "Ugly" that was given to Green Tea on the variety show at the beginning, to "The Wind Rises" which has not been released in its complete version in the subsequent PK, to "You Once" at the campus party, no matter which one you choose, it feels weird.

Song Shi interrupted the discussion of several actors: "This is the person Lin Shenghuan recommended to our crew. I think he should be more reliable."

After the entire music production team of the crew was wiped out, the first emergency option that came to everyone's mind was naturally Lin Shenghuan.

Ancient style songs paired with martial arts films are very appropriate.

Unfortunately, she is now striving to become a queen of pop and has no time to produce music for the crew. Even if Lin Shenghuan is in charge, it is difficult to complete the independent production of songs in such a short time. Moreover, the songs produced can only be used after the TV series is finished, which is too troublesome. Now the whole TV series is coming to an end and will be released soon. Many people in the crew are counting on the ratings of this TV series.

They were already nervous about the final success of the TV series, and this was the time when they needed some other factors to stabilize their mentality.

Good songs can bring huge popularity to a film or TV work - how many bad dramas that are not even third-rate are still remembered today just because of the divine songs?

The crew doesn't expect to come across a hit song, but they can't make any mistakes no matter what.

The actor who spoke first smiled bitterly and said, "If it doesn't work, just pick one of Xu Feng's three songs. Even if it's a little weird, at least you won't make a mistake."

"It's a bit of a pity that we didn't invite Lin Shenghuan."

"Don't even think about it. I heard that Lin Shenghuan declined the invitation from the Singer program crew for her concert. How could she have the time to write songs for our small crew?"

"..."

Song Shi looked at a tram approaching slowly in the distance, threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground and stomped it out, interrupting the actors' muttering: "I'm not a big director, you're not big actors, and the TV series is not a big production... We should be happy to have such a good composer to help out. We're all not big names, and no one thinks we're ugly."

"When they come, be polite."

When the other actors heard this, they all laughed.

The atmosphere of this crew is indeed quite relaxed. Song Shi has quite strict requirements on acting skills, but he does not put on airs. He is unlike some directors who have neither box office nor artistic talent, but are so arrogant that they even look down on others when they speak.

Filming in this kind of crew makes me feel much happier.

I just don’t know what it’s like to get along with Xu Feng. Judging from his previous performance, he seems to be a rather cold person?
The actors couldn't help but imagine in their minds how they would get along with their new colleagues during this time.

Soon, the tram stopped by the roadside. A very young and handsome man in casual clothes opened the door and walked towards the few people with a leisurely pace.

When the door was opened, hot air rushed into the set.

"Come on, let me introduce them to everyone." Song Shi was very good at livening up the atmosphere. Before Xu Feng could say anything, he stood up and clapped his hands, "This is Xu Feng, this is the male lead Liu Haoyuan... this is the female lead Yan Wei... these are... everyone, get to know each other!"

Yan Wei ate a little slower. She stood up and stuffed the remaining food into her mouth in two or three bites. After swallowing hard, she said, "Hello, Teacher Xu Feng!"

Others followed up with some polite remarks: "I've heard a lot about you. It's really a great help that Teacher Xu Feng is here."

Xu Feng waved his hand and slightly turned sideways to close the door: "You are too polite. We are just collaborating, so we can't call each other a teacher."

“I’m being modest. Those works are truly amazing!”

Seeing that everyone in the crew was enthusiastic and the atmosphere was relatively relaxed, Xu Feng felt that as a newcomer he could not always shirk his responsibilities and should not be too unsociable.

If others call you teacher, then you have to think of a respectful title for them.

So he thought about it and said, "You are Party A, the boss, so let's talk about our own affairs from now on. You call me teacher and I will call you boss."

"puff!!"

　Traditional entertainment, with a golden finger, you can go and have a look if you are interested

　　
　
(End of this chapter)