Chapter 113: Become a first-line star! [Seeking a monthly ticket]
To be fair, Lin Yuan knew that Dong Zijian had a wide network of contacts. After all, he was the son of the number one agent in the country.
But he never thought that the Internet-addicted celebrity the other party was looking for turned out to be Jay Chou.
Who is this Jay Chou? He belongs to the majority of people born in the 1990s.
In the Chinese music scene, people are like a mountain that cannot be climbed, and they are people that countless people dream of contacting.
"Brother Jie, these are all my good friends. This is Lin Yuan, this is Zhang Yishan, and this is Zhang Yixing."
Dong Zijian didn't think too much about it. Isn't it just that you introduce me to others and I introduce others to you?
If we can chat and play together, communicate more. If we can't play together, we won't play next time.
"Hello." Jay Chou didn't put on any airs of being a king. Instead, he gave people a very easy-going vibe.
"Hello, Director Jay!"
"Hello, Director Jay!"
"Hello, Director Jay!"
The three of them opened their mouths in unison, each of them looking a little restrained, but this is normal. The person standing in front of them is the top of the Chinese music scene. To put it bluntly, if it weren't for Dong Zijian, with their current status
I am not qualified to be friends with others because of my strength.
Dong Zijian did not introduce the strength of several people. In his opinion, such introductions were redundant.
After all, everyone is here to hang out and have fun together, not to talk about work.
After a moment of shock, Lin Yuan, Zhang Yixing, and Zhang Yishan followed Dong Zijian to the e-sports room at Jay Chou's house.
Walking into the room, several people exclaimed that Jay Chou really knows how to live a good life.
The room is about fifty square meters, and the mood lights and soothing music make it very comfortable.
The computer configurations are also top-notch, each one costs hundreds of thousands, and they are said to be specially built according to competition specifications.
Five computers are connected together. After sitting down, it takes less than ten seconds to enter the page after turning on the computer.
After logging in to the game account, the five of them have already started hacking.
While waiting in line, Jay Chou said something very coquettishly.
"How are your skills, brothers? What rank are you at?"
Lin Yuan answered honestly: "It's not bad, the highest it can reach platinum level."
Zhang Yishan is relatively strong in this game. The most popular time when this game was released coincided with his college years, so at that time he would play with his friends in the dormitory for several nights. His strength was around diamonds.
.
Zhang Yixing is relatively average. He has played it many times, but because it is intermittent, his strength is barely gold.
Dong Zijian expressed with pride that his rank surpassed all of them, the highest being Diamond One.
After reporting his strength, Director Jay sighed and shook his head: "Hey, forget it, I will take you flying with me!"
Hearing this, everyone also said good things: "Then we will wait until Director Jay flies away."
"Thank you, Director Jay, for taking us flying."
"With Jay Chou leading us, we will definitely win this round!"
The flattery followed one after another. Jay Chou was very satisfied with the sound, and the game soon began.
Basically at the beginning, Jay Chou picked his sword master instantly, which is his natural hero.
After locking in, Lin Yuan and the others also chose the heroes they were good at.
After dozens of seconds of entering the game interface, the game has officially started.
Everything was normal for the first few minutes.
However, Jay Chou wanted to show off his skills in front of a few people, so he countered the enemy's blue at the beginning.
While waiting for the enemy to defeat monsters, he began to brag about his own skills.
"To play this game, especially in the jungle position, you must be bold and careful. Go against blue at the beginning and take the opposite path so that the opponent has no way to go."
Leaving behind a saucy remark, Jay Chou watched the opponent's jungler's movements attentively. When the monster killing line was about to come, he rushed over in a flash. Just when he was about to press Punishment, the opponent's hero took the lead.
The counter-attack failed, and the dodge was in vain.
This is not the point. The point is that after the hero reaches level 2, he directly chases after Jay Chou to kill him.
After more than ten seconds, Jay Chou's screen turned gray.
At this moment, everyone looked at him, but Jay Chou touched his chin and said to himself: "A professional player must be a professional player, otherwise he wouldn't have such a fast reaction speed."
If we were ordinary people, Lin Yuan and others would definitely say, Brother, it is not difficult for us to admit that others are better than ourselves.
But it happened that this person was Jay Chou, so everyone could only laugh awkwardly and cooperate.
"Yes, our ranks are too high and we met professional players."
"These professional players don't play ranked games, so why do they play matching games?"
Watching the rescue of several people, Lin Yuan silently looked at the ranks of himself and others. The highest was platinum, and the rest were all gold and silver.
He was a little curious. With their strength at this stage, could they really match professional players?
………
Until four o'clock in the morning, when Jay Chou excitedly said, "Brothers, I don't have sex, tonight's party is over."
Through tonight's party, Lin Yuan discovered three things.
First, Jay Chou really likes playing games and he was very happy throughout the whole process.
Second, Jay Chou’s skills are real!
Third, Jay Chou is very tough!
After playing the whole game, Jay Chou could find a very suitable reason for his mistakes every time.
At first, everyone cooperated to rescue the situation, but later on, everyone stopped talking.
During several key group fights, the most common thing everyone said was, Jay Chou has started a group fight!
"Let's continue playing next time. You're welcome. Let's get together whenever we have time." When watching several people leave the room, Jay Chou's eyes were filled with reluctance. In his extremely busy work, he could find a few like-minded friends.
The truth is rare.
When the four of them left Jay Chou's house, Dong Zijian was the first to complain: "Chou's skills are really incompetent!"
"No, that's not the case. I gave the command a few times, but every time I was destroyed by the group!"
"Playing games with Jay Chou feels more tiring than practicing dancing."
After the three complained, everyone looked at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan spread his hands and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether the food is good or not, as long as the food is tough, it will be better!"
"Hahahahaha."
The three people present laughed after hearing this.
But in any case, although it took a whole night, I not only played the game but also passed the time. The most important thing is that I also got to know Director Jay.
Although the two parties only played games for one night, through this time, everyone has become friends. For this reason, tonight is definitely worth it.
As for whether the relationship can be enhanced later, that will be a matter later.
At 4:40 in the morning, Lin Yuan, Dong Zijian, Zhang Yishan, and Zhang Yixing returned home after saying hello.
I basically fell asleep instantly when I lay on the bed.
I barely woke up until noon the next day.
I checked the time and saw that the Chinese New Year was coming soon. I said hello to Sister Xia, then packed my things and went back to my hometown.
…
At 4:30 in the afternoon, Lin Yuan returned to his hometown after a long absence.
When he came, he even asked Deng Chao if he was coming, and if he was coming, he would go with him. However, the other party said that he would not be able to go home until New Year's Eve, so he gave up in the end.
Hearing the familiar words of poking at the mother-in-law and the driver who ripped off customers, I took the bus home at five o'clock in the evening.
Compared with big cities, he found that not many people recognized him in Nanchang. They basically took off their masks and hats, and there was no swarm of people.
The main reason for all this is because of the poor economic environment in Nanchang. You are so busy every day. How can you have time to chase stars?
Unless you are at the top, like Jay Chou or Deng Chao, under normal circumstances no one cares about second- and third-tier stars.
Of course, the most important reason is because Lin Yuan did not travel with bodyguards. If more than a dozen bodyguards were arranged to escort him throughout the journey, it would definitely attract countless people to watch.
After arriving home smoothly.
Lin Yuan knocked on the door of his home, and his parents were so excited when they saw him.
Through his experience of sending money home twice, and the fact that the director of the village committee, the leaders of the city propaganda department, and the district propaganda department all came to visit in person, the old couple knew that their son was really a star.
It's on fire.
Therefore, the difference between going home twice also appeared.
The last time he went home, Father Lin hoped that he would stop going out and stay at home with peace of mind.
When he returned home this time, Lin's father directly asked: "Are you done with your work? Don't go home before you are done with your work? Don't care about the director's opinion just because you have become a little famous. Don't show your temper."
, I saw in the TV report that many young actors like you were banned because they were too willful, so don’t follow in their footsteps!”
In the words of Lin's father, what are you doing when you go home? A man is career-oriented, so hurry up and get busy. The New Year is celebrated every year anyway, so it won't matter if you come back after a few years of work.
In response to this, Lin Yuan also burst into laughter, but still answered seriously, saying that he had just finished his work and had nothing to do and went home to celebrate the New Year.
After confirming again and again, Father Lin felt relieved.
Back home, in the days approaching the Chinese New Year, he completely let himself go, lying down and never standing.
His parents also prepared delicious food and drinks for him.
Father Lin basically looks proud of the equinox every day, but he did not choose to resign because of his son's high income. Instead, he went to work in the factory more and more diligently. To paraphrase Lin's mother, if he didn't go to work,
Who are you showing off to?
He has spent most of his life in the factory, and this is the only place where he can show off. If he was asked to resign and stay at home, he would feel uncomfortable all over.
However, during the past few days at home, his mother also told him about many changes in the family.
Ever since he became famous, relatives whom he had never met before, or who had basically no friendship with him, came to visit his family one by one through the iron gate.
They either gave gifts or flattered people, and of course many of them borrowed money. Some who couldn't refuse borrowed thousands of dollars, and those who could refuse basically refused.
The biggest change occurred in the factory where Mr. Lin worked.
Before Lin Yuan became famous, he was a workshop supervisor in the factory. How long has it been now? He has been promoted to workshop director. I heard that the deputy director of the factory will retire after the Chinese New Year, and this position has been reserved
Gave it to Father Lin.
These days, whenever there is a dinner party, the factory director will take Father Lin there as soon as possible.
When he walked outside, he boasted wildly. In the past, Father Lin gave gifts to the factory director. Now, the factory director gives gifts no less than three or four times. The valuable ones are delivered directly to his home, and the less valuable ones are left in the factory for him to take home.
There are everything from tobacco, alcohol and supplements.
After hearing his mother's words, Lin Yuan also knew what the other party meant.
Relying on the relationship with his father, he was promoted to the level of deputy factory director in the future. When some of the products in the factory were difficult to sell, if he cried to his father, he could think with his toes that his father would definitely
He patted his chest to express that it was okay.
Who will come back after pretending to be fake? It’s only Lin Yuan.
When the time comes Lin Yuan will definitely find a way to help his father, and the way is very simple, that is to advertise the factory's products.
With his future fame, as long as he advertises, will the goods produced by this small factory still not be sold? Obviously, it is impossible not to be sold.
In the end, the factory only used an annual salary of more than 100,000 yuan, some cigarettes and alcohol on weekdays, and to satisfy his father's vanity, in exchange for a friendly advertisement of his own. This deal was definitely a very cost-effective deal for the factory director.
After Lin Yuan analyzed this, instead of stopping it, he allowed it to develop.
My father had never raised his head in front of others in his whole life. When he finally managed to hold his chest high and be respected by others, why did I ruin his interest for such a trivial matter?
…
In a flash, the day has arrived on the day of the Spring Festival. I went to my grandparents’ house for the New Year’s Eve dinner, and I went to my grandma’s house for the lunch meal.
Arriving at grandma's house, the family was very excited, and the elders all welcomed Lin Yuan as if they were distinguished guests.
Lin Yuan was overwhelmed by all kinds of complimentary remarks and exaggerated words.
Brothers, sisters, and younger brothers who were the same age as him also rushed to him one by one, asking questions and gossiping.
A Spring Festival seems not to be a reunion, but a press conference.
It was even worse in the evening. When he returned to his grandparents' house, he heard that their house was about to arrive, and the whole family stood at the door waiting for him.
When they arrived, a bunch of big firecrackers were set off.
After getting off the bus, the uncles said excitedly.
"Our big star is here!"
"Oh, Lin Yuan is here, our future king of Nanchang is back."
The sound was so loud that the neighbors next door heard it. After the elders spread the word, everyone in the village knew that Lin Yuan had become a star, and he had also filmed with many big stars, which made him an instant star.
The most popular person in the village. For the village, let alone a celebrity, even if you become an Internet celebrity, it will still cause a sensation.
No, after the sound of firecrackers, a large number of people poured in from every house along the street.
Some elders who had grown up watching Lin Yuan asked curiously, wanting to know how popular he was.
The young man immediately introduced him and told how hot he was.
Under the introduction of others, Lin Yuan walked into the house with embarrassment.
What was both unexpected and expected was that my aunt's daughter did not come.
Because it was the Chinese New Year, everyone went home after watching the excitement, and there was a lot of silence at the door.
Sitting in the house, before Lin Yuan could say a word, his brothers started asking questions.
"Brother, you have filmed with those celebrities when you were filming."
Different people asked the same question. Lin Yuan did not say that he was just showing off in front of his brothers because he was famous. He satisfied the curiosity of several people and answered seriously.
When it came to filming with Deng Chao, the younger brothers and sisters immediately exclaimed. Later, when they talked about filming with Donnie Yen, their eyes widened as if a new world had opened up. They also asked him if Donnie Yen was really good. If you can fight, you can use Wing Chun.
Lin Yuan answered all these questions one by one.
After dinner, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening. Because of Lin Yuan's involvement, several younger brothers who were similar to him also raised their hands and expressed that they wanted to follow in the filming and become an extra in the movie, so that they could be like him in the future.
Hearing these words, his uncle would have scolded him for not doing his job properly.
But what about now? Instead of scolding him, he even said, "Then you have to work hard. If you don't have the ability, your brother won't be able to help you even if he wants to."
Lin Yuan just smiled at this. He didn't say whether he could help or not, he just wisely chose to remain silent.
In his opinion, it is really difficult to start working as a group performer. If he hadn't awakened the golden finger, would he still be treated like this at this time?
It is estimated that at this time, everyone is blaming him and telling him to stop fooling around outside and that no matter what dream or future he has, it is better to work down-to-earth.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, we still spent the first day of the new year at my grandpa's house, and the second day of the new year at my grandma's house.
On the third and fourth day of the Lunar New Year, I waited for guests to come to my home. Compared with previous years, the number of people who came to visit my home this year was beyond the iron gate.
The family never stopped from morning to night, and all kinds of people appeared in front of him like a horse watching a lantern.
On the night of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Yuan finally ended the year and bought a ticket for the sixth day of the Lunar New Year that day to return to Shanghai.
On the first night after leaving, the family of three sat together and chatted warmly without any interruption from outsiders.
After Mother Lin poured Father Lin a glass of wine, she poured another glass for Lin Yuan.
After the two fathers and sons finished the drink, Lin's father took the initiative to speak: "Son, Dad has been incompetent for so many years. I didn't expect that in the second half of my life, you would give me a hard time. To be honest, even if Dad is now I won’t have any regrets when I leave.”
"Dad, what are you talking about!" Lin Yuan knew that his father was too happy and could not hold back his words, so he spoke quickly.
"Why do you say this during the Chinese New Year?" Mother Lin also frowned, blaming her husband, but she agreed with this sentence in her heart, and the old couple really had no regrets.
"Yes, yes, I said the wrong thing during the Chinese New Year. I will punish myself with a drink." Father Lin was very happy, so happy that his words were incoherent.
This night, my father was very drunk, and he thought it was the happiest night in his life.
Seeing his father's behavior, Lin Yuan was happy from the bottom of his heart.
It wasn't until the early morning of the sixth day that Lin Yuan, accompanied by his parents, took a vehicle to the airport.
When he left, his parents were very reluctant to leave, but knowing that their son was running for a career, they could only put away all their emotions so that their children could develop their own affairs with peace of mind.
It wasn't until the car was completely out of sight that Mother Lin began to shed tears.
"Stop crying, what's the point of crying? We should be happy that our son is so capable!" Lin's father looked at his wife dissatisfied and began to curse.
But the corners of his eyes were full of reluctance.
…
When the new year of 2015 arrived, Lin Yuan received a huge sum of money after arriving in Shanghai.
"Dingdong, your bank account has arrived: 1,920,000, and the current balance is 3,361,054 yuan."
Looking at the messages coming from his cell phone and the balance in his card, Lin Yuan knew that this should be the remuneration share from "Charlotte Trouble" and "Heart of the Burning Sun".
Among these two dramas, the price for Scorching Sun is four million, and the price for Happy Twist is two million.
The reason for the double price difference is that one is the second actor and the other is the main actor.
In addition, Happy Mahua is relatively poor, and the budget to invest in this movie is not that high. Being able to give two million is considered very high.
The full payment of 6 million to Xitian is 2.4 million based on 46 cents. After deducting the 20% minimum tax, it is 1.92 million. This way, it is right to arrive in the account.
If you add in the income from Ji Tiao, the price Ji Tiao gave you in the first quarter was 10 million. If you pay it to yourself and deduct taxes, it will be 3.2 million. In other words, your current real savings should be close to 3.2 million.
Seven million.
"Tsk tsk tsk!"
After settling the accounts, Lin Yuan couldn't help but be shocked. Being a star is really making money.
Before he became famous, he would never earn more than 700,000 yuan in his life. After becoming famous, he made money in just one year that ordinary people could not make in three lifetimes. With such a huge gap, he completely understood why he made so much money.
People desperately want to be on fire.
After sighing with emotion, Lin Yuan called Sister Xia. The purpose of the call was to settle money matters with her.
Before the Chinese New Year, Sister Xia had already made proper arrangements for being sociable and bought different gifts for different friends.
The first noble person to support him, Brother Zou, Sister Xia sent him a box of 30-year-old Moutai.
Immediately afterwards, Teacher Donnie Yen specially asked a friend to buy a bottle of red wine worth more than 100,000 yuan from a top French winery.
Deng Chao also knew that he liked to smoke cigars, so he bought ten boxes of excellent Cuban cigars, which worked out to 8,000 to 9,000 per box.
Then basically everyone else, including Director Er, also arranged gifts, but they were not that expensive.
They have arranged things properly, and I can't say that I keep asking the other party to advance money.
Just like that, after making the call and finding out that the other party was also in Shanghai, Lin Yuan went straight to the other party's house.
At home, Sister Xia also prepared meals. When she came, we had a meal together, and then Lin Yuan told her why she came.
Sister Xia didn't think too much and forwarded a accounting slip to Lin Yuan.
Lin Lin finally spent more than 600,000 yuan in total, including the money Lin Yuan spent on all his clothes. Every item had an invoice, and there was no fraud.
After transferring the money through mobile banking, Sister Xia took advantage of Erlang’s legs and complained a little: “If I had known you could become so popular so quickly, I should have eaten you up on the first day and made you my man.”
Wearing red high heels and black stockings, with a seductive voice, Lin Yuan burst into laughter.
"Sister Xia, if it doesn't work, just find someone else."
"Looking for? Why are you looking for it? Sister, I don't believe in love anymore." Sister Xia seemed to hate marriage very much. When she heard this sentence, instead of recognizing Lin Yuan, she shook her head and sneered.
Seeing Lin Yuan's embarrassed look, Sister Xia returned to her natural tone and joked: "Of course, it's not impossible to play with the little fresh meat, what do you think?"
He looked straight at Lin Yuan as he spoke, but Lin Yuan stopped moving and said after a while: "If you are really depressed, I can help you if I can."
"Go, go, listen to your tone, it makes my sister seem like no one wants her." After hearing what he said, Sister Xia immediately became angry.
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant. Aren't I afraid that you wouldn't be able to let go?" Lin Yuan knew that he had said the wrong thing and quickly explained.
"Gungungun, I'm afraid I'll crush you to death with your small body." Sister Xia also knew that the other party was unintentional, so she left the topic with a joke, and then changed the subject: "By the way, what are your plans for this year?"
When the chat got down to business, Lin Yuan stopped joking. He didn't have a detailed plan for this year, but he had detailed goals.
"Sister Xia, I don't know how to handle this year's arrangements, but I want to become a first-line star as soon as possible this year."
Sister Xia nodded, this is also something she has to deal with this year.
Now Lin Yuan is in a very embarrassing position. His popularity is very popular on the Internet, but his box office appeal has been tepid. It will take a while for his popularity to reach the front line, but you
If you want to truly become a first-line star recognized by the industry, it is not as simple as popularity.
After all, whether it’s fans or popularity, everything can be managed.
In the entertainment industry, when testing an artist's ability, they don't look at these things. What they look at is your commercial value.
Simply put, how much money can you make helping others?
Take those young talents as an example. No matter how bad the albums they release are, as long as they can be sold and help the company make money, then in the entertainment industry, they are considered powerful and recognized artists.
The same goes for you, Lin Yuan.
Whether your acting skills are amazing or not, the industry won't care. No matter how many fans you have, people in the industry won't care either.
People in the industry will only look at your box office appeal, or the cumulative box office amount of all your works.
If you have starred in more than one billion movies, congratulations, even if you were a third-tier star before, you will be a first-tier star from tomorrow on!
On the other hand, even if you are currently a popular and famous first-tier star, but none of the movies you have starred in have achieved high box office, then congratulations, you are a second-tier or third-tier star in the eyes of the industry, and you will be paid well and treated well.
, that is, given according to the second and third lines.
This is the reason why many old drama stars of the past are not treated as well as young fresh meat.
Is it because their acting skills are poor? Is it because they are not diligent? No, it is because they have no commercial value.
To put it bluntly, fans will not pay for their participation in the show.
Because of this, actors with strong veteran skills are overshadowed by young actors.
It didn't take long for Sister Xia to analyze seriously: "If you want to become a first-line star quickly this year, there are only two possibilities."
"Which two kinds?" Lin Yuan asked quickly.
"The first type is that your movie that has not been released yet will get a high box office when it is released next. This high box office must be at least 500 million or even higher. At the same time, you must have a wonderful performance in this movie.
, to put it bluntly, you have to be eye-catching. Only in this way can you become a first-line star."
Hearing this, Lin Yuan nodded and continued to ask: "What about the second one?"
"The second thing is to pray that the box office of the movie "Scorching Sun" will be more than 300 to 400 million yuan. As long as it is there, you will be safe."
Lin Yuan was a little curious: "Why?"
"Stupid, you are the lead actor in this drama. As the lead actor, you have received 300-400 million yuan in box office, which is enough to prove that your box office appeal is still very strong." Sister Xia complained!
"Oh oh oh." Lin Yuan nodded belatedly.
After Lin Yuan nodded, Sister Xia sighed and said: "Other than that, if you want to become a first-line star quickly, there is no other possibility. Even if you film some good movies this year, it will be of no use. After all,
It won’t be until the second half of the year until it’s released.”