Chapter 161: Which cadre can withstand such a test?
With the small-budget web drama "Yu Zui" achieving such results.
Lin Yuan's phone calls basically never stopped these days.
It's easy to say that those friends in the industry congratulated each other. Basically, they just exchanged a few polite words and exchanged business compliments, which didn't even take tens of seconds.
What really gave him a headache was that he didn't know where the phone numbers of those online drama directors got them from. They said that they had such a good script now and that all the preparatory work was ready, except for a starring role.
To Lin Yuan, I sincerely hope that he can play the leading role in the drama.
Lin Yuan had heard a lot about these deceitful words when he was working as a small actor in Hengdian. If the script they had was really that good, they wouldn't even have vacant candidates for the leading role.
But now that the other party deliberately bypassed his agent, he immediately understood what the other party meant. To put it bluntly, he couldn't afford the salary, but he wanted to star in their web drama?
In this regard, after being harassed too much by these unknown directors, Lin Yuan began to fall into self-doubt.
Do I look like someone who has been taken advantage of in their eyes?
Although he didn't want to admit it, the fact was that he was indeed taken advantage of in the eyes of many people.
Of course, the production team of "Remaining Sin" is mainly to blame for the occurrence of this phenomenon.
Just after the web drama "Yu Zui" became popular, the crew members also received a lot of interviews. In these interview shows, director Zhang Rui also talked about the web drama "Yu Zui", mainly about himself.
Achieved great success at a low cost.
As soon as this kind of interview came out, it directly made all the entertainment companies on the Internet feel itchy. After all, in their view, this kind of success is just money earned. Compared with their deeds of investing hundreds of millions to earn tens of millions, "Remaining Sin" is simply
It just taught them a lesson.
Therefore, after these talk shows were broadcast, basically the group of directors who specialize in making online dramas all knew that Lin Yuan would only be paid three million to star in this online drama.
What is the concept of a salary of three million?
The salary for hiring a second-tier celebrity to film an online drama would be around three million.
As soon as the news spread in the circle, these online drama directors immediately set their sights on Lin Yuan. Even though they knew that Lin Yuan would not be able to get a salary of only 3 million due to his current situation, but maybe
Their script was liked by Lin Yuan. Will he be willing to star in it at a low salary?
And once it is confirmed that Lin Yuan can star in the script in their hands, given the current situation, wouldn't they be able to easily attract at least 10 to 20 million investments?
Of course, in addition to these online drama directors, Yu Zui director Zhang Rui also called Lin Yuan during the period to explain the filming of Yu Zui Season 2.
With the success of the first season, Yu Zui's investment in the second season suddenly doubled several times.
The money from the management quickly reached the crew, and the request was very simple, that is, filming the second season with the original cast as soon as possible.
In order to allow Lin Yuan to film the second season of Yu Zui, Director Zhang also directly increased the salary four times: "Teacher Lin Yuan, as long as you can film the second season, the salary will be directly raised to 12 million for you."
For a web drama with only twelve episodes per season, twelve million is considered a top-notch salary.
The salary for one episode is equivalent to one million. If it were the previous TV series "A Thousand Bones of Flowers", it would be equivalent to a salary of 50 million for him.
With a salary of millions per episode, it would be a lie to say that it is not attractive. And with the first season of Yu Zui being so popular, as long as the quality can be guaranteed in the second season, this web drama will definitely sweep this year if nothing else happens. All TV series.
The only thing that makes Lin Yuan hesitate is that after taking over the second season of Yu Zui, there will definitely be a conflict with the filming of the drama "In the Name of the People".
Once the second season of Yu Zui is picked up, drama will definitely happen.
However, after considering that he was not the male protagonist with the most roles in "In the Name of the People", Lin Yuan still did not refuse Director Zhang's proposal: "Director Zhang, please send me the script for the second season first."
Although Lin Yuan did not refuse, he also did not agree directly.
If the quality of the script is at the same level as in the first season, he will probably have to work harder by running back and forth between the two crews, which can be regarded as learning time management.
But if the quality of the script seriously deteriorates, needless to say, he will definitely reject it.
soon.
Director Zhang Rui sent the script to Lin Yuan via fax.
After spending an afternoon, Lin Yuan finally finished reading the script for the second season of Yu Zui.
The reason why I watched it for so long was not because there was so much content in the script, but because there were so many flaws in the content that Lin Yuan had to take out the scripts from the first season to compare.
When the two are compared, the difference is immediately highlighted.
A high-emotional intelligence statement: The screenwriter is in a hurry, and the script can only be written to this extent for the time being.
The argument for low emotional intelligence: Screenwriters and directors have begun to let themselves go.
Originally, Lin Yuan was going to ask Director Zhang to see if the script could be changed, but Director Zhang on the other end of the phone was a little embarrassed: "The management requires that the filming of the second season must be completed next month, so changing the script now will cause problems." More, but don’t worry, Teacher Lin Yuan, I can guarantee that the quality of the second season will definitely pass the test.”
After getting Director Zhang's answer, Lin Yuan had no choice but to find an excuse to refuse.
He had never believed much in guarantees. Director Zhang saw that the script might produce acceptable results, but in Lin Yuan's opinion, it was an unqualified sequel.
If the first season of Yu Zui can be called a masterpiece, then the script of the second season is the bomb that knocks it down from the status of a masterpiece. Precisely because Lin Yuan now has two seasons of scripts in his hands, it is difficult for him No doubt, did the crew change the screenwriter?
Lin Yuan is still very happy that he can produce such a phenomenal online drama as Yu Zui Season 1.
This can be said to be a mutual achievement. Lin Yuan has gained more fans with Yu Zui's web drama, and this web drama has also gained a reputation among the audience with Lin Yuan's popularity and acting skills.
For both himself and others, Lin Yuan does not want Director Zhang to film the second season of Yu Zui, at least not according to this script.
Faced with Lin Yuan's rejection, Director Zhang was obviously helpless: "Teacher Lin Yuan, I know you have high requirements for the script, but isn't time tight? I heard that an investor has already won the film adaptation rights for Yu Zui. Now If we don’t film a second season, it will be too late by then.”
"Director Zhang, if this script can reach the level of the first season, I will definitely accept it, but now you can see the quality of the script. Even if I agree out of love, the company will not allow it." Lin Yuan directly pulled the company out.
Even though everyone knew that Xitian Company was now revolving around Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan's words had reached this point, and anyone with a discerning eye knew what he meant.
Director Zhang sighed and had no choice but to accept this reality.
The second season is definitely going to be filmed. He finally got so much investment, so he can only find another way. As for what he thinks, Lin Yuan doesn't care. He only asks for one thing, that the script be changed, at least to make it reasonable, not
This way of letting yourself go.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Yuan finally knew how much trouble the web drama Yu Zui had caused in the industry.
Not only have so many investors set their sights on the online drama market, but even the rights to adapt the novel Yu Zui have suddenly become very popular.
But what really made Lin Yuan realize how popular the show was was the call from his father.
"Son, you are so heartless that you didn't even call me when you were on TV. If Uncle Li hadn't said he saw you on TV, I would still be in the dark!"
Listening to his father saying such angry words in a happy tone on the phone, Lin Yuan couldn't help but smile.
When the movie was popular before, I never saw my father call me and say something like this. Now I actually know that he has filmed the web series Yu Zui, which shows how popular Yu Zui is now.
But this is understandable. After all, if the older generation of parents were not accompanied by their children, they would basically never think of going to the cinema to spend money to watch a movie. Wouldn't it be good to watch Six Princess's free movies at home?
However, after Yu Zui was broadcast this time, the situation suddenly changed.
People of the older generation don’t go to movie theaters very often, but they watch TV series!
Therefore, when these older generation people clicked in and took a look, friends and neighbors soon discovered that the young man who played Yu Zui was a boy from Lin's family, wasn't he?
So, the next day, the workers in the factory came to Lin's father with wine and asked him to drink two glasses of wine. After two glasses of wine, the workers also chatted with Lin's father directly, saying that they watched him in the TV series
What happened to Lin Yuan was revealed.
After Lin's father heard the news, he walked with his head held high. When he saw an acquaintance, he went up to say hello. He then asked if the person had watched the show Yu Zui. If the person had seen it, he would mention the starring role in it.
It's his boy.
Usually at this time, acquaintances will reply in surprise: "I just said, why does he look so familiar? It turns out he is your son. He is really promising!"
Then Lin's father was polite and walked away proudly in the envious eyes of his acquaintances.
He was proud, but after returning home, Lin's father quickly realized that if Lin Yuan had told him earlier, wouldn't he have shown off to his co-workers? There was no need to hear this from the co-workers.
thing.
"Dad, this is wrong. I told you when I was filming this scene, but you just didn't believe it." Lin Yuan quickly explained.
"Have you ever said that? Why don't I remember it?"
Father Lin thought about it for a long time on the other end of the phone and didn't recall it, so he simply dropped the topic: "By the way, your aunt has arranged a blind date for you, do you want to come back and see?"
To hope for a successful child is nothing more than to start a family and establish a career.
After learning that Lin Yuandu was starring in a TV series, Lin's father was no longer worried about starting a career. However, there was no news about starting a family. In addition, Lin's mother was not talking about it at home, so he simply asked about it in passing.
Previous sentence.
Hearing this, Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel dizzy.
If word of this gets out, I don’t know how many people will make fun of him about it.
A popular star, a Golden Goblet Award winner, and an actress in the industry who wanted to confirm her relationship with Lin Yuan. She didn't know how long the queue would be, but now she was even arranged to go on a blind date.
Lin Yuan did not refuse directly, but explained: "Dad, I have a lot of things to do here now. How can I have time for a blind date?"
"Then how about I ask the woman to go to Shanghai to find you?"
As Father Lin finished speaking, Lin Yuan suddenly felt a headache.
My father really appreciates what he wants, but if he asks the woman to come over, he will definitely refuse, and others will think he is just teasing her.
In order to dispel his father's idea, Lin Yuan had no choice but to lie: "No, no, no, dad, I'll just tell the truth. In fact, I already have a girlfriend."
"Have a girlfriend?"
"What, my son has a girlfriend, where is she?"
Just as Father Lin's surprised voice finished, Mother Lin's voice came over the phone.
Good guy, my dad actually turned on the speakerphone when chatting with him!
If Dad is alone, he can lie and get through it, but if Mom joins in, the matter may not be so easy to solve.
As expected.
Before Lin Yuan could explain, the call was hung up.
The next second, the WeChat video voice came over.
When he thought that the voice in the WeChat video was taught by his own parents, Lin Yuan couldn't help but want to slap himself.
After connecting to the video, the familiar faces of his parents suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Dad, Mom..."
Before Lin Yuan had time to say hello, Lin's mother leaned in front of the phone and looked at it in hope: "Son, where is your girlfriend? Why didn't mom see her?"
"..."
He lives alone in his own apartment. If my mother can see his girlfriend, it's obviously a ghost.
But now that the words have been spoken, he can no longer say that he actually doesn’t have a girlfriend, otherwise his parents will have to arrange a blind date for him.
After all, he is also an A-list star, but his family arranged a blind date. This would make people laugh.
After thinking about it, Lin Yuan said without blushing: "That's it, she hasn't come back from work yet."
"That's it."
Father Lin nodded in front of the video and did not intend to continue asking.
Just when Lin Yuan thought that he could get across the lake like this, Lin's mother said, "We will give you another video tonight to see what my son's girlfriend looks like."
After hearing this, Lin Yuan began to regret it. If he had known that he would have said he was going on a business trip, he would have been delayed for at least a month or two. Now that he said he was going to work, how should he explain it at night?
"Mom, actually..."
"Then we won't disturb you for now and we'll talk in the evening."
Before Lin Yuan could say the last words, he saw his mother press her thumb on the screen.
This completely cut off his retreat.
On the other end of the phone.
Father Lin watched Mother Lin hastily hang up the video, frowned and said, "I haven't finished talking yet, why did you hang up so quickly?"
He wanted to chat more with his son and let Lin Yuan talk more about filming. Now that he, Old Lin, was a celebrity in front of the neighbors, he had to have something to talk about.
"Are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid? Didn't you see that you were lying?"
"You lied, what kind of lie did you lie? His girlfriend didn't actually go to work?"
Mother Lin rolled her eyes at Father Lin and said angrily: "You, you, the decorations in his room look like he has a girlfriend? I want to see what he said in the video with him at night."
Get us."
If Lin Yuan knew that his mother's eyes were so sharp, he would definitely say this to her: It would be a shame for her to not be a detective and cook at home.
After hanging up the video.
Lin Yuan looked at the screen of his mobile phone and fell into deep thought.
How should we deal with it next? Or just confess before the time comes?
But when he thought that after confessing, his parents might urge him to find a girlfriend or arrange a blind date for him, Lin Yuan felt tired.
After hesitating for a moment, Lin Yuan thought of a way.
Isn’t it time to play the video?
The worst case scenario is that I can find a girl to appear on the scene. I think my parents won't say anything after seeing it, so I can't let them do a live broadcast, right? Anyway, it shouldn't be difficult to find two excuses then.
After making up his mind, Lin Yuan quickly had three choices in his mind.
The first is Sister Xia. If Sister Xia can appear on the scene, my mother will definitely have nothing to say. Women with big butts are more likely to have babies, and my mother may have some fun later. But Sister Xia’s age
Here, the only worry is that my parents may think I am a bit old.
Next is Chen Duling, but Chen Duling is studying in Nanjing and obviously can't come over.
As for the last one, it was Song Zuer who lived next to his apartment. Thinking of her, Lin Yuan felt good. The two lived close to each other. If there was any need for friendship in the future, he could find someone in time.
With this idea in mind, Lin Yuan soon found Song Zuer's phone number in his address book and dialed it.
The call was connected in less than two rings.
"Hey, Brother Lin Yuan, why did you remember to call me?"
Song Zuer's excited voice came from the other end of the phone.
Lin Yuan didn't want to explain on the phone, so he asked straight to the point: "Are you still on the crew filming?"
"No, I came back the day before yesterday and I'm at the company now."
"Are you free to come to my house now? I need your help with something."
Just after Lin Yuan said this, there was sudden silence on the other end of the phone for two seconds. It was not clear whether Song Zuer was thinking randomly.
After two seconds, Song Zuer suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Okay, do you need me to bring an umbrella?"
"..."
"No, just come here and help me...take a video." Lin Yuan didn't know how to explain it for a while, so he could only say that he was taking a video.
Song Zuer seemed a little disappointed, and his tone suddenly became lower: "Oh, okay, I'll be there soon."
...
Lin Yuan only felt that today was a bit unlucky.
After finally dealing with those web drama directors, I soon learned from Director Zhang of the Yu Zui crew that they would be filming a second season. This was originally a good thing, but the quality of the script was really poor.
After rejecting the filming of the second season of Yu Zui, his parents arranged a blind date.
Fortunately, I can still ask Song Zuer to help me with the blind date, otherwise I have to be careful not to talk about my partner when I talk to my parents in the future.
And just when Lin Yuan was complaining secretly, Song Zuer quickly arrived at the door of the apartment.
"Brother Lin Yuan, what kind of video are you shooting? If you are with Brother Lin Yuan, it is not impossible to shoot a video like Teacher Guanxi..." Song Duer changed into slippers and put on a coy look.
After seeing Song Zuer's performance, Lin Yuan held his forehead and was speechless.
It should be too late to ask Sister Xia to come over now, right?
I really don’t know where this girl learned it from. She is not very young, but she knows quite a lot.
"I came here to do me a favor..." Lin Yuan told the story about his parents urging him to find a girlfriend. He thought that when he and his parents were video chatting, Song Zuer could appear on camera and have a fight.
Just say hello and leave the rest to him.
"That's it?"
"Otherwise, do you think there is anything else going on?"
Song Zuer was greatly disappointed. He never thought that the help Lin Yuan said was just this help.
But the next second, she showed a sly smile: "Brother, it's not impossible to help, but you have to agree to my request first."
"Say it."
"How about we make it real? I'll be your girlfriend and I can go home with you to meet your parents and avoid any future troubles. How about this idea?" Song Zuer said, blinking.
"Not very good."
"Then how about I be your girlfriend for a month? At worst, you break up with me after a month!"
"No way."
After being rejected by Lin Yuan one after another, Song Zuer turned his head aside and said angrily: "This won't work, that won't work either, then I won't help!"
Lin Yuan was also helpless about this.
It's either a fake show or a one-month girlfriend, which is impossible to agree to no matter how hard you think about it.
"Can't you make some normal requests?"
Seeing this, Song Zuer turned his head: "Well, I have a script. Tonight, senior brother, you have to teach me how to act out some scenes in it."
This requirement is quite normal.
Isn't it just to teach her acting? I can even teach someone like Lin Yun who has no acting experience, so why can't I teach her an actor who is a child star?
"Okay, let's talk it over first. Don't say anything after saying hello. I'll take care of it later." Lin Yuan did not forget to warn her at the end. This girl has too many ideas. She is not sure what she will do next.
Wrong thinking.
The two had dinner at home and waited for Mother Lin to take the initiative to play the video.
As for why Lin Yuan didn't take the initiative to play the video, he was afraid that his parents would find out that he had found someone to replace him, so it would be better to wait for them to play the video.
Waiting until almost ten o'clock in the evening, Lin Yuan's phone rang with a WeChat video prompt.
"Mom and Dad, this is my girlfriend, Song Zuer."
After connecting to the video, Lin Yuan also pointed the camera at Song Zuer who was sitting next to the sofa.
When Mother Lin saw that there was indeed a girl sitting next to Lin Yuan, a trace of surprise appeared in her eyes.
That's not right.
I clearly saw that my son basically only had one set of things in his house, and he didn't look like he had a girlfriend at all.
Why is there an extra girl in the family now?
It's not like she never thought that Lin Yuan would find a random girl to come over and help. Because of this thought, she waited until almost ten o'clock before playing the video voice for Lin Yuan.
"Hello, uncle and aunt, I am Lin Yuan's girlfriend, Song Zuer." Song Zuer smiled and greeted Lin Yuan's parents on the phone screen.
Lin Yuan's parents were suddenly confused.
Could it be that his son really found a girlfriend outside?
Mother Lin was prepared to ask a few more questions and make insinuations, but Lin Yuan would not give them this chance: "Mom and Dad, you said you wouldn't call me earlier. We are usually asleep at this time, and I have something to do tomorrow.
I won’t talk to you any more.”
After saying that, Lin Yuan also quickly hung up the voice video.
Just after Lin Yuan hung up the phone.
Mother Lin didn't think much on the other end of the phone, and whispered: "The girl looks pretty good, but she will have to buy milk powder when she gives birth to a baby..."
...
After dealing with his parents, Lin Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that filming is better. When the crew turns off their cell phones, they don’t have to worry about anything and can just concentrate on filming.
Just when Lin Yuan had this idea.
Song Zuer, who was on the side, suddenly stood up from the sofa: "Brother, you can't lie about what you promised me. I'll go back and get the script right now."
Lin Yuan waved his hand: "Go."
Since Song Zuer didn't act clever during the video, he couldn't agree to not do anything.
It’s just that Team Song has been looking for a script for a long time.
From ten o'clock until almost eleven o'clock, he opened the door of Lin Yuan's apartment and walked in.
It's nice to have an extra script in my hand, but at the same time I also have an extra pair of fishnet stockings on my legs.
Song Zuer thrust the script into Lin Yuan's hand, then sat next to Lin Yuan with his legs curled up, and slowly approached Lin Yuan.
She said she went back to look for the script, but in fact she just put on makeup and dressed up a little.
Moreover, when entering the house, he deliberately turned off the brightest light in Lin Yuan's living room, leaving only a row of aisle lights, which set off the atmosphere just right.
Lin Yuan took a look at the script. Except for a script shell, it was all blank A4 paper.
This is like Jing Ke presenting the map of Dukang to the King of Qin. As a result, when the map scroll was unfolded to the end, there were only two words on it, "Come to me."
See you in the picture!
Lin Yuan, who saw this scene, was honestly really moved.
A charming woman with good looks and a figure who is most importantly obedient. To be honest, can that old man withstand this temptation?
I'm trying to test the cadres, I can't stand it!
At the moment when desire was about to take over his reason, Lin Yuan finally held back, for no reason, just because he knew that once he acted impulsively, the consequences would be disastrous.
It's not that he's a scumbag, or that he doesn't want to take responsibility, it's just that he's not ready for this yet.
If falling in love with the other person comes naturally to the end, he doesn't care and has absolutely nothing to say.
But in this situation, he still didn't want to go so fast. Thinking of this, he suppressed all his thoughts.
Song Zuer was not discouraged when he saw this scene, but became more serious.
When they got to the back, they directly put their legs on Lin Yuan's legs. Looking at the fishnet stockings on her legs and her discharge from time to time, Lin Yuan began to silently recite in his heart that rising is emptiness, and emptiness is color.
The daring Song Zuer soon started to mess around.
After feeling like an electric shock, Lin Yuan silently recited a sentence in his heart again.
"Fuck you!"
Then, he...
[To be continued, let’s look at the next chapter, which contains stories about Lin Yuan’s childhood!]