When it comes to endorsing a charity foundation, the principle is that you don't charge for the endorsement, your image is used free of charge, and you have to be available at any time.
It can be clearly seen in the contract sent by Listening to the Heart that participating in activities organized by the foundation can be rewarded with sales fees and an additional subsidy of one thousand yuan.
Compared to the millions of dollars in endorsement fees that celebrities earn, this amount of money is naturally nothing.
However, engaging in public welfare, from a private perspective, helps with reputation. From a public perspective, it is also a good thing in itself.
Listen to the Heart is a public charity fund that raises funds from the public, and the funds are used to promote the popularization of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and promote the deployment of AEDs. As a public charity fund with increasing influence in China in the past two years, the competition for spokespersons is quite fierce.
Xu Qiao is not the most popular candidate, nor does he have the greatest social influence. In terms of popularity and qualifications, he should never have been the spokesperson.
The most important reason why Tingting Xinyin chose him over others is that they are a perfect match.
Xu Qiao previously saved a life using professional CPR techniques and the use of an AED, which is exactly the purpose and goal of the foundation.
I wonder if there is any other star who has done this besides him.
On the way back from signing the contract with the foundation, Mo Chenghong flipped through the work content sheet with the heart and stethoscope logo printed on it twice, with a satisfied look on his face: "I feel relieved now that I have it done."
"Endorsing an influential foundation like Listen to the Heart and participating in subsequent events will be good for your visibility and reputation."
"By the way, Si Yi's movie will premiere next week, aren't you going?" Mo Chenghong felt that the relationship between the two was pretty good, and he really couldn't understand why Xu Qiao wouldn't go.
The movie starring Xu Siyi tells a story based on fictional history. A prodigal son wanders around the world with a pot of wine and a sword, goes to the battlefield for the sake of his country, and finally returns home wrapped in his horse's hide.
It is Xu Siyi's transitional work, and the producers are looking forward to winning an award.
Xu Qiao looked at the street scene receding outside the car window, and his hands on the seat belt tightened unconsciously.
I'm not going, just because I subconsciously don't want to see Xu Siyi's appearance.
It is a good thing to forget some things completely. Now he is back and has drawn a clear line between himself and the world he used to travel through in books. He can live according to his own wishes.
I remember the first time he traveled through a book, he spent a full nineteen years in that world. From the age of six to twenty-five, it was a long experience for him, after all, his entire life before that was only twenty years.
If he hadn't been reminded occasionally of the will of the world, he would really have thought, year after year, that that was his life, and that the twenty years before he crossed into the book were just an empty dream.
After completing the mission and leaving that world, the memory quickly disappeared within just a few days, and the nineteen years really became a passing cloud.
At first, I couldn't accept the feeling of having all the evidence of my existence erased. I tried desperately to hold on to something, but it was all in vain.
But people have strong adaptability. Later, as he experienced more and more of the world, he gradually got used to it.
Don't remember it anymore, it's all over.
Xu Qiao exhaled slowly and said to Mo Chenghong with a smile, "I'm not participating in the performance, why should I go?"
This reason obviously couldn't convince Mo Chenghong. He put the signed contract into his briefcase and looked at Xu Qiao again: "Who said you can only go if you participate in the show? Besides you, I have invited some other friends in the industry. They can also be the audience."
Xu Qiao's expression remained unchanged, and he said perfunctorily: "The crew of Hundred Ghosts is about to start, I'll read the script at home."
Mo Chenghong pushed his glasses up. How could he not see that Xu Qiao was making excuses? There was no time to read the script. Why not just one day
Xu Qiao was unwilling, so he stopped trying to persuade her.
The car was quiet for a while, and then Mo Chenghong suddenly thought of something and said, “By the way, Ying Wenlin contacted me a few days ago.”
Xu Qiao turned his head to look at him.
Ying Wenlin had asked me for Mo Chenghong's contact information before, so it wasn't surprising that he contacted him now. It simply meant that he hadn't given up on joining the folk music orchestra.
It would be difficult for me to refuse, so if I leave it to Mo Chenghong, I wouldn't have to worry so much.
"He told me that he wanted you to join his folk music band, saying that there will be an exchange meeting in Austria in the second half of the year, and all the world's famous orchestras will be there." Mo Chenghong said in a steady voice, "So I agreed."
…
After a while, Xu Qiao rubbed his temples and said, "Where do I get so much time and energy?"
Mo Chenghong patted him on the shoulder and said, "Young people, how can we not fight? Our business is like sailing against the current. If we don't move forward, we will fall behind."
Going to the World Music Hall to participate in an exchange meeting, telling others how high-end this is, Mo Chenghong felt that he had no reason to refuse.
"Besides, it's just a name on the list. It won't take up too much of your time. People may not actually let you attend the exchange meeting."
It sounded easy to say, but if it was really to meet Ying Wenlin's expectations, how could it not take time and effort
Xu Qiao: "You have so much confidence in me, aren't you afraid that I will be embarrassed abroad?"
At this point, Mo Chenghong's expression became a little serious: "I asked Ying Wenlin repeatedly, and he said absolutely not."
He said no and you believed him...
After resting at home for a while, I drew some drawings and wrote some plans for the game company, and soon it was time to join the crew of "Hundred Ghosts".
Li Feifei helped him pack up and accompanied him to the crew.
Xu Siyi also has roles, but they are not many and they are very fragmented. Hu Zhenghua will gather his scenes together when the time comes and then let him come over to shoot.
When they got there, Xu Qiao realized that the crew of Hundred Ghosts was not short of money. Previously, when they were chatting, most of the scenes were completed with borrowed scenery in the film and television city. With so many scenes going back and forth, it was almost as if they wrote the three words "I am very poor".
The crew of "A Hundred Ghosts" was different. Some scenes were completed with borrowed scenery in the film and television city, and the rest were all shot with real scenes. The stage was set in a mountain forest in Guangxi.
Due to traffic problems, the crew rented a venue in a nearby town for rest.
When Xu Qiao arrived, the staff came to take him and Li Feifei to their residence and stopped in front of a bungalow.
"Xu Qiao, this house has several rooms. The owner went out of town to work, so we rented it for three months. You and your assistant can live in it." After saying that, he took out a key and handed it to Li Feifei.
"But when we were really busy filming, we didn't have time to go up and down the mountain, and we had to set up tents on the mountain. Don't worry about that, the crew is prepared."
Not long after, the other two leading actors arrived, one was Li Chengxuan who played the second male lead, a young Taoist priest, and the other was Lai Huiwen who played the female lead.
Before coming, Mo Chenghong gave him the information about the leading actor. Lai Huiwen was originally a host, but later switched to acting. She has good talent, and because she had accumulated a lot of connections as a host, she is now doing very well.
What Xu Qiao did not expect was that the Water Ghost Scroll had many scenes of the heroine's childhood. The child actor found by Hu Zhenghua was about 18 years old, and looked very cute. Her facial features looked familiar, and upon closer inquiry, it turned out to be Fan Menghua's daughter Lang Ni.
The little girl was obviously greeted by her parents. She recognized Xu Qiao and waved at him timidly.
As Teacher Fan’s daughter, Xu Qiao couldn’t help but take better care of her.
Seeing that there was no adult around her, he squatted down, took her hand and asked, "Is there no one to accompany you?"
Lang Ni shook her head and said in a baby voice, "The aunt from the crew brought me here because my mom was busy. She said she would look for Brother Xu Qiao when she got to the crew."
Fan Menghua was really relieved and left the little girl alone in the crew.
Xu Qiao patted her head and said, "Then follow me first."
At noon, we all had lunch together. The filming of "One Hundred Ghosts" started last year. It is a series of story dramas. Several people joined the crew late, so there was no opening ceremony, but Hu Zhenghua still generously booked the largest restaurant in town to treat us.
All the crew members were present, and together with the actors, the scene was bustling with activity.
Halfway through the meal, Langni felt full, shook Xu Qiao's arm and said she wanted to go out and play.
Xu Qiao had almost finished eating, so he took her hand and led her out of the restaurant with Li Feifei and took a walk outside.
After the little girl got to know the two men, she became much more lively. She jumped up and down on the smooth stone road and touched the mottled walls on both sides from time to time.
This small town has not been overly eroded by commercialization. Children playing on the roadside and old people chatting at the doorstep make it look peaceful and leisurely.
There were a few mud houses with some cracks on the walls. Xu Qiao saw the little girl running over there and was worried that she might be in danger. Just as he was about to call her back, Li Chengxuan's voice came: "You really never forget to curry favor with people wherever you go."
Li Chengxuan also watched "Guofeng" and found that several teachers in it liked Xu Qiao very much, and he had long been dissatisfied with it.
This time Langni came to film, he thought the little girl was easy to please, so he planned to take her out for some fun and get along well with Fan Menghua. But who knew that Xu Qiao would steal his favor again, and he was so angry that he felt so upset.
Xu Qiao said lazily: "Why, you want to too?"
Seeing that he was the only one there, Li Feifei was not afraid. They had not been in the same company for a long time. How could she tolerate his mockery of her brother? "I think you want to curry favor with him but you have nowhere to curry favor with him."
Li Chengxuan clenched his hands and sneered: "Don't be complacent. Instead of spending so much time on thinking, you might as well hone your acting skills. That's the real skill."
Xu Qiao didn't know what to say, so he nodded twice: "Yeah, you're right."
Li Chengxuan was so angry at the perfunctory attitude that he looked like a mentally retarded person.
Li Feifei rolled her eyes and muttered to herself, "You should say this to yourself. Acting? Can your acting skills compare to my brother's?"
Li Chengxuan snatched the role of the young Taoist priest from Xu Qiao. He originally thought that he could use it to annoy Xu Qiao, and at the same time build a good relationship with Hu Zhenghua, paving the way for his future entry into the big screen.
Who knew that he would be able to snatch it away, and Xu Qiao became the male lead in the blink of an eye.
This kind of gap is unbearable for anyone.
But he felt from the bottom of his heart that Xu Qiao was lucky to play Jin'er, and the role fit him well, which gave him that effect.
If you change your role, it may not be the same.
The role of the water ghost is gloomy and introverted, which is completely different from Jin'er's extroverted and ostentatious character. He doesn't believe that Xu Qiao can perform well. If Hu Zhenghua gives him this role, he will probably be disappointed.
He was about to say something else when his eyes suddenly widened, as if he had seen something incredible.
Xu Qiao raised his eyebrows and looked in the direction he was looking. He saw that Lang Ni had pulled out a centipede that was at least 15 centimeters long from the crack in the mud house at some point, and she was holding it with her bare hands and throwing it at Li Chengxuan with a giggle.
It fell straight onto his shoulder.
The accuracy of the shot left Li Feifei dumbfounded.
Li Chengxuan's face turned pale, he screamed a few times, and shook his clothes on the spot. His miserable appearance made Xu Qiao and Li Feifei look a little strange.
After finally shaking the centipede off, Li Chengxuan looked at the giggling Langni, with veins bulging on his forehead.
He took two steps forward, and Lang Ni hid behind Xu Qiao, made a face at him, and stuck out her tongue, obviously looking provocative.
When the crew members in the hotel heard the noise, they all ran out and asked what happened.
Lang Ni pulled at the corner of Xu Qiao's clothes, her lips pursed and tears fell down.
She pointed at Li Chengxuan and cried heartbreakingly: "This uncle wants to beat me, wuwuwu."
Li Chengxuan: “?”
Hu Zhenghua was standing in front and frowned when he saw Li Chengxuan's ferocious look.
The role of the little Taoist priest was given to Li Chengxuan. Hu Zhenghua knew the details and was already somewhat dissatisfied with him. Seeing that he was so petty that he even bullied a little girl, he hated him even more.
Without doubting the little girl's words, Hu Zhenghua accused her, "As an adult, why do you hit a child?"
Li Chengxuan: “???”
He hurriedly explained: "No, the director—"
As soon as she opened her mouth, Langni cried even more miserably, gasping for breath, her face turned red and covered with tears.
Li Chengxuan swore that he had never hated a child so much.
The heroine Lai Huiwen likes children, and Lang Ni plays the heroine's childhood, so she has a natural sense of closeness to her. Seeing the little girl crying like this, and Li Chengxuan glaring at her, her impression of Li Chengxuan suddenly dropped.
Squatting down and hugging Lang Ni, Lai Huiwen glanced at Li Chengxuan coldly: "Even if Xiao Ni did something wrong, just talk to her properly."
Lang Ni hugged Lai Huiwen's neck and sobbed, timidly, not daring to even look at Li Chengxuan's appearance.
When the female staff members of the crew saw such an adorable little girl crying miserably, they were overwhelmed with maternal love and brought snacks like candies to comfort her.
Lang Ni hesitated, wanting to take it but not daring to do so. Everyone felt distressed and they all stuffed the money into her pocket.
It would be a waste if the Oscar wasn't given to you! Li Chengxuan panted and pointed at Lang Ni and said, "I didn't hit her. She threw the centipede at me first. If you don't believe me, check the surveillance."
At this point, Li Chengxuan seemed to have found a life-saving straw and pointed to the camera under the eaves of the hotel door: "There is a camera here, you will know if you check the surveillance."
When he said this, everyone around him couldn't help but frown.
I thought to myself, even if someone really threw a centipede at you, so what? Children love to play, why are you angry with her? As an adult, you don't have this much tolerance, and you even checked the surveillance.
Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Li Chengxuan felt very disappointed.
He didn't make a good impression on the first day of joining the group. He looked at Lang Ni who was sobbing, and then looked at Lang Ni who was holding Xu Qiao's hand tightly, and he felt dizzy.
What is this? What is this
From an angle that no one else could see, Langni winked at Xu Qiao.
The crew members comforted the little girl for a while before dispersing and returning to the restaurant to continue eating.
Seeing that no one was around, Lang Ni took out a few pieces of candy and chocolate that the sisters in the crew had just given her and stuffed them into Xu Qiao's pocket: "Brother, this is for you."
Seeing that everyone had left, Xu Qiao frowned and asked her, "Aren't you afraid of centipedes?"
Langni blinked her eyes and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm used to it!"
Used to playing... Xu Qiao was silent for a moment. Fan Menghua was an elegant dancer on the Spring Festival Gala and a person standing at the top of the pyramid in the field of folk dance.
Her husband is not from an insider circle, but he is a famous scholar.
How could a child raised in such a family hold a centipede and say nonchalantly that he is used to playing with it
The phone suddenly vibrated. Xu Qiao took it out and saw that it was a message from Fan Menghua: "Xu Qiao, my daughter is filming with you, please take good care of her."
Before Xu Qiao could reply, Fan Menghua sent a long string of messages.
"Forget it, there's no need to take care of her too much. She's very tough. I told her before I came here that she should protect Brother Xu Qiao and fight anyone who bullies her!"
"Oh, there's one more thing. I often go out to collect folk songs when I dance folk dance. As soon as Nizi could walk, I took her everywhere. She loves Yunnan and Guangxi the most. You know there are many snakes and insects in the mountains here. She likes to encounter snakes, insects, rats and ants the most after staying here for a long time.
"There are a lot of insects and snakes in Guangxi. Keep an eye on her and don't let her touch anything."
Xu Qiao replied with two sentences and turned off his phone. Then he looked at Lang Ni and said, "Don't do this again next time."
Langni pouted and asked, "Why?"
"It's not right to embarrass people with a centipede."
"But he treated you badly."
"That's not OK."
"My mother said that people should be able to repay kindness and avenge their enemies."
Xu Qiao: “…” What grudge do you have against him
Thinking that there might be something wrong with Fan Menghua's education, Xu Qiao was a little confused. With almost no experience in this area, he could only try to communicate with the child: "He and I have a conflict. It's between us. It has nothing to do with you, okay?"
The child was too stubborn to speak, and after a while, with tears in his eyes, he said, "My mother said—"
"Stop it." Xu Qiao's expression was a little serious. "Your mother would not approve of you doing this if she knew."
Only then did Langni reluctantly nod.
After nodding, the little girl blinked and said pitifully, "Brother Xu Qiao, can I sleep with you tonight? I'm scared to sleep alone."
It is somewhat inconvenient to take care of a little girl. After all, she is already 18 years old, and it would not be good to sleep with her.
He thought about it, and took Lang Ni to find Lai Huiwen. It seemed that she liked Lang Ni very much, so the two of them could be together.
After listening to Xu Qiao's instructions, Lai Huiwen immediately agreed.
In the evening, Xu Qiao called Fan Menghua to tell her about this. Fan Menghua listened and paused for a long time before saying, "I taught her this."
"Nizi is always bullied at school. Her father and I are busy with work and can't be with her every day. I was afraid she would endure it, so I told her to fight back if anyone bullied her, and mom would take care of it." She sighed, "It's my fault too. I was too aggressive. I'll talk to her about it later."
After resting for a night in the bungalow rented by the crew, everyone gathered together early the next morning to read the script.
There is no such link in "Liao Jiang". The scene has to be shot after several walks. One day's delay means one day's cost of venue and personnel.
The crew of Hundred Ghosts is not short of money, and Hu Zhenghua also strives for perfection. Before filming, he requires the actors to sit down and read the script together first, and give suggestions if they find anything wrong, and make timely modifications.
Generally speaking, Hu Zhenghua will accept reasonable suggestions that are beneficial to the play.
The beginning of the story is a scene where the heroine meets the hero, a water ghost, when she was a child.
Langni's script was a little different from others. She seemed to be in the second or third grade and could not recognize all the characters, so pinyin was marked in many places on the script.
However, it was obvious that the little girl had studied hard at home. She read without any stumbling, and her tone was not stiff. Her childish voice, filled with innocence, made Hu Zhenghua's face full of smiles.
Lang Ni looked at the script and asked Xu Qiao, "Are you a monster?"
Xu Qiao immersed himself in the role and replied softly: "I am a ghost, aren't you afraid of me?"
"You have a face, hands, and feet just like me. Why should I be afraid of you?"
The protagonist Liu Wen was the top scholar in the imperial examination a hundred years ago. He was framed because he was unwilling to go along with the corrupt officials in the officialdom. He could not bear the humiliation and drowned here. His soul lingered by the water, nurtured by the negative energy of the lake, and turned into a water ghost a hundred years later.
A hundred years have passed, and everything has changed. A person who drowns himself cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation. He can only be trapped in the place where he drowned, and cannot leave all day. If he wants to re-enter the cycle of reincarnation, he must lure or use his hair to force someone else to drown in the water, and use him as a scapegoat.
During his lifetime, Liu Wen was a good official who cared about the people, so naturally he did not want to do anything that would harm people's lives.
But as time went by, he became more and more lonely. Until then, a little girl named Wang Xiu discovered him, and the two became friends.
"Brother Aniu at the entrance of the village always bullies me and throws toads at me. I am so afraid of toads. They are ugly and scary."
The minor supporting actor who played the goblin quacked twice as required by the script.
Those who were concentrating on reading the script couldn't help but hold back their laughter.
Langni rolled her eyes: "Are you afraid of anything?"
Xu Qiao hesitated for a moment and told her his greatest weakness: "I'm afraid of fire."
Water ghosts are born in water, and their skin secretes a kind of oil that is invisible to others, but this oil will ignite at any time.
He is afraid of fire.
…
After reading the script, everyone started to go up the mountain to the recording location. The car could not go in after reaching the foot of the mountain, so they had to walk the rest of the way.
Everyone got off the car and walked into the mountain.
Xu Qiao looked up and saw that the forest seemed to have been washed by water vapor, it was clean and transparent, with endless green as far as the eye could see.
Take a deep breath and your body will feel refreshed.
"The mountains are great, the scenery is beautiful, and the air is fresh."
"This is a natural oxygen bar!" With the beautiful scenery before their eyes, everyone was excited and followed the guide inside while chatting.
After walking for nearly an hour and still not reaching the destination, the smile on my face could no longer be maintained.
The mountain road was not smooth, and it was not as easy to walk on as on flat ground. After walking for an hour, I felt a little tired. However, the great director Hu Zhenghua did not say a word, and no one dared to complain. Their steps became heavier and heavier.
Xu Qiao felt that Kang Wei's insistence on exercising with him had had a lot of effect during this period. After walking for such a long time, he did not feel too tired.
Looking at Lang Ni, she was skipping and jumping on the road. Lai Huiwen originally wanted to take care of the little girl and help carry her on her back or hug her when she could not walk anymore. Who knew that the little girl had such amazing physical strength.
After walking for more than half an hour, just when everyone was almost unable to move, Hu Zhenghua stopped and pointed ahead: "We're here."
There was an exclamation from the side.
Xu Qiao looked up and saw a lake as clear as a mirror, reflecting the sky, rippling with water and crystal clear. The mountain breeze blew over, making it extremely beautiful.
He knew that this lake would be his "habitat" for the next two months.