Once it was determined to be the leading actor, Mei Zihan's life became easier.
Li Wei wanted to make a film, and the cast was ready-made, and a bunch of people rushed to choose for Mr. Li Wei.
Whether it's investors or film producers, all the needs and problems that stump other directors are no longer important here.
Before the filming started, Mei Zihan also received calls from some directors who had worked with him before, and they all told Mei Zihan to act well.
Even director Zhou Guojian took the initiative to meet Mei Zihan.
"This is Teacher Li's last film, you must not leave any regrets for this film. I am looking forward to your performance in this film, the teacher has always been very good at training people." Zhou Guojian said while He looked at Mei Zihan with admiring eyes, "You also know that the movie I'm going to make next is a Sino-foreign joint venture, and I've already invited a Hollywood actor to be the male lead of my movie, and the female lead It's Li Ruo, at first I was still worried about whether you would be suppressed by them when facing these two people. But now that you have joined Teacher Li's crew, I am not worried at all."
After saying this, director Zhou Guojian directly signed the contract with Mei Zihan.
Happiness came too suddenly.
Mei Zihan was a little apprehensive.
However, before Mei Zihan could enjoy the thrill of success, he was notified that he was about to join the crew and prepare to start work.
The script of "In and Out" has already been finalized. After seeing all the scripts, Mei Zihan finally understood why the director said that he was not suitable for this role. Because the specific age setting of this character should be 35 years old, in the original script, the hero Zheng Shan should be a little character who has experienced many vicissitudes and struggled in the entertainment industry.
In this movie, Zheng Shan's situation is a bit like Mei Zihan's experience before he became famous. Although his acting skills are good, he is not up to the top level, and his appearance is not the same as the current popular aesthetics, so he has been only able to play around in the low-budget TV dramas and movies, and he has not mixed in front of the audience for so many years. The last one was familiar.
Zheng Shan got married and had children when he was 30 years old. His wife is also in the entertainment industry, but she has retired now. Her daughter is five years old now, which is a lively and lovely age. Both parents in the family are dual-employed and have pensions. In addition, he does not smoke or drink, so he has a small amount of savings, so his life is much better than ordinary people.
But all of this was broken when Zheng Shan was 35 years old.
Once, Zheng Shan came home from filming and found that there was an extra pair of men's shoes in his home.
Wife cheated.
Zheng Shan didn't understand why his wife cheated? Because no matter in anyone's eyes, the two of them are a model couple. After so many years of marriage, he follows his wife in whatever she wants to buy and do.
The hero Zheng Shan is a good guy, but that doesn't mean he can stand betrayal. But at the moment when he was about to do it, he thought of his lovely daughter, so in the end he didn't open the door of his wife's room, but turned around and left, as if he had never come back.
A failure in love, but a turning point in career.
Zheng Shan received an invitation for a movie.
This is a low-budget thriller and suspense movie. Zheng Shan needs to play a suspicious and high-intelligence villain in it. This villain has killed countless people, and the original origin of this villain lies in the misfortune of the family and the separation of his wife and children.
Zheng Shan didn't really want to take this movie at first, but when he opened WeChat and saw the photo of his wife and daughter, he felt that everything was ridiculous. It turned out that the beautiful life was just an illusion, so he took the movie.
After the filming started, Zheng Shan devoted himself to the filming of the film in order to anesthetize himself. He kept thinking about this villain, and even followed the director to visit the criminals in the prison. His performance was getting better and better. The director even told him directly that if he could maintain this level, he might be able to become a hit.
Due to investment problems, the film was suspended for two months. The director and Zheng Shan said that she should not worry about it, and hoped that she could continue to figure out this character during the two months when she went back to rest. In order to keep Zheng Shan, the director also took the initiative to double the salary.
Zheng Shan went home with the script.
Mei Zihan only saw the first part of the script, and the director did not show him the latter part.
"I'll tell you the next story after you finish the previous one," Li Wei said.
Although Mei Zihan can guess the following plot, how can guessing and seeing the real script be the same
Mei Zihan has been a rich reader on major novel websites for so long, but whenever the author breaks the update, he will smash it. He will always only read the author who is good at reading the article, and has never tasted the feeling of being cheated.
I never expected that reading novels has never been interrupted by others, but reading a script has been interrupted by others.
Mei Zihan felt as if a hundred cats were scratching and scratching, and his heart was filled with grief and indignation.
"Director, can I watch the second half?" It's scary to be stopped after seeing the most exciting part, okay
"Go fix the makeup first, and add some weight by the way." Li Wei took a look at Mei Zihan, "You're a little too thin."
too skinny! !
too! thin! up!
Damn, when Mei Zihan heard these three words, he immediately threw the little curiosity in his heart out of the sky.
His fruit juice was not in vain, his exercise was not in vain, and finally a director saw his thin body.
Liu Tian said that he was too fat all day, it must be jealousy.
A 30-year-old adult man who eats food no bigger than a fist is simply inhumane abuse.
Now it is possible to gain weight in a fair manner, so Liu Tianyi can't say anything.
Mei Zihan was asked to lose weight every time he was filming, and this was the first time he had tasted the taste of gaining weight.
"Don't be too happy too early. It's not easy to lose weight, and it's not easy to gain weight." Liu Tianyi saw what Mei Zihan was thinking when he saw Mei Zihan's face, "There are only less than ten days left before the official shooting , it’s not that easy for you to work hard to gain weight.”
"I should eat, I should drink, can I still not gain weight?"
"It's just ordinary eating and drinking. How can you gain weight in ten days? High-calorie and high-fat is your first choice. It doesn't matter. Every agent has a recipe for how to quickly gain weight. I promise that in the next few days It can make you eat until you don't want to eat any more." Liu Tianyi chuckled like a villain in a TV series.
Losing weight is hard, gaining weight is even harder.
Gaining weight in a short period of time is even more difficult.
Mei Zihan never felt that eating too much would become a problem, but he realized it now.
It's really boring.
Looking at the huge pile of food in front of him, Mei Zihan was about to explode.
High-calorie things are delicious once in a while, but they are very boring when eaten frequently.
But Liu Tianyi didn't let him go like that.
Jiang Ying couldn't bear to see Mei Zihan being tortured like this, so she went back to school early to make up lessons.
Although Mei Zihan hugged Jiang Ying bitterly and was unwilling to let go, Jiang Ying was also very moved, but she still left silently.
Before leaving, Jiang Ying encouraged Mei Zihan, "You were ridiculed by so many people before, but you persisted. It's just gaining weight. You have to work hard."
"Honey, can you touch your conscience when you say this. There are so many sweet and greasy foods, can you eat one and show me?"
The table was full of food that ordinary people would find unappetizing at first sight, Jiang Ying laughed and left silently.
Men often have no conscience at such times.
Mei Zihan could only watch his last savior leave just like that, and then continue to eat hard.
It's not easy being an actor.
If only I had a balloon body, blowing up when I want to get fat, and letting out when I want to lose weight.
Mei Zihan stuffed food into his mouth mechanically, while letting his wild thoughts go.
If he doesn't take his attention away, he really can't eat it.
Ten days later, Mei Zihan's face became round and haggard, so the director was satisfied and asked Mei Zihan to fix the makeup.
What should a 35-year-old middle-aged man look like
Mei Zihan, who is in the entertainment circle, actually rarely pays attention to this problem. For ordinary people, a 35-year-old man may be synonymous with fat, greasy and beer belly. But for people in the entertainment industry, 35 years old is still the golden age of an actor.
Actresses of this age will be the most mature and charming, and actors of this age are also handsome enough to make people irresistible.
Fortunately, Zheng Shan, the protagonist played by Mei Zihan, is also in the entertainment industry, so even if he wants to gain weight, the degree of obesity is not too much, it just makes Mei Zihan look more mature.
By the way, she also spread a lot of black powder on her face, which made Mei Zihan, who was originally smooth, look a little haggard.
"The eyes are still too energetic. They don't look like a 35-year-old man who got married and had children." The makeup artist looked at Mei Zihan several times, and then decided to match Mei Zihan with a pair of flat glasses. Not a lot.
Speaking of which, Mei Zihan is really an outlier.
A 30-year-old actor and a 20-year-old actor, even if there is not much difference in the face, but the eyes can make people feel the difference. Mei Zihan has obviously been in the entertainment circle for so many years, but his eyes are still as clear as those of a teenager.
Eyes are the windows to the soul, and this is probably the secret of Mei Zihan's ability to maintain a youthful look.
In "In and Out", the actor of Zheng Shan's wife is the actress Zhang Ying of the literary film.
Although Zhang Ying is not as famous as Li Ruo, her acting skills are still very good, and she has the face of a good wife and mother.
It's just that Zhang Ying and Mei Zihan stand together, they don't look like a couple, and they don't have any sense of CP.
But that's good, because this couple was just an illusion in the movie. This sense of disharmony between husband and wife can make the audience more aware of the contradiction between the two of them.
"In and Out" is officially launched.