What is the true meaning of success
Success is 99% accumulation of strength, plus 1% opportunity.
If you have not gone through a long period of preparation and self-enrichment, then when the opportunity for success comes, you will not be able to seize it... This truth tells us that people must be down-to-earth and work hard, and cannot just daydream and hope that pie will fall in the sky. .
But there is another kind of person. He has obviously accumulated ninety-nine points of strength, or even accumulated more than ninety-nine points, but the "one percent" who is just short of a small chance for him to soar into the sky and stand out. Life or death...
This situation also tells us a more important thing, that is, it is not as good as God.
Luo Che belongs to the latter group of miserable people.
In terms of professionalism, flexibility, and experience accumulation... No matter from any aspect, Luo Che's accumulation of qualities as an agent is by no means inferior to that of his future wife.
However, Ou Qianru was lucky enough to bring out several big names as soon as she entered the industry. She rose up step by step and successfully became a star agent by jumping through several levels.
Luo Che, on the other hand, never got ahead no matter how hard he led people. He was unlucky and unlucky - either he couldn't get a good film contract, or the artist had to change jobs due to accidents or was involved in scandals.
It was easy to hold out a slightly pink one. She was also suspicious by nature, fearing that an outsider like Luo Che would use her name to do something outside, so she quickly kicked Luo Che out as soon as she became famous and took the company's subsidized agent salary. I drove it to my mother.
...So after all the back and forth, Luo Che can still only be a small assistant, with almost no signature artist that he can produce.
To say that agents are actually no easier to get along with than celebrities, and not many are successful. Luo Che's resume is not particularly tragic, but it cannot be compared with having a fierce girlfriend next to him. When the two people's income and status were put together, the man's self-esteem was seriously hurt.
Ou Qianru was also heartbroken and asked her husband to come directly and become a husband and wife team with her and take care of the artist. The artist had no problem with it, but Luo Che couldn't think about it.
The relationship between the two was stable, and Ou Qianru couldn't bear to see Luo Che hanging around without enough to eat, so later on, she was more interested in helping each other find artists than searching for them herself. Finally, she found a cousin-in-law who fell from the sky. He quickly stuffed it in and made a special statement that this was the future star named by Director Zhou. Not to mention his own family, the key was that he still had a future...
When Ye Shuang arrived at the Yuntian Club, she didn't find any bulletin board. It was probably because the audition crew here was not large, and it was not at the stage where hundreds of people were competing for the extras in Director Zhou's new play, so it didn't attract the club's attention.
According to some industry affairs that Ou Qianru mentioned casually before, this kind of small crew probably only covers one floor and notifies several companies to bring some young artists over to pick and choose. After all, there are so many films filmed every year, and it is still unclear whether they will be released, and whether they will be able to return at the box office is also unknown, so it is impossible for just any crew to attract widespread attention.
Approaching the reception desk on the first floor, Ye Shuang smiled at the enthusiastic receptionist and asked directly about the information he had heard from Luo Che: "Where is the interview for the XX crew?"
"Third floor." The receptionist had to look down at the record before finding the answer. She smiled sweetly and said, "Do you need me to take you there?"
"No thanks."
Rejecting the receptionist's kindness, Ye Shuang went up on his own. When he got to the third floor, he saw that it was just a grassroots team.
The entire large private room on the third floor was filled with people in small groups. Only a small space was left in the center. Then the interviewers walked up to perform in front of everyone watching... There were not even separate cubicles. If it weren't for Ye Shuang, Knowing that this was a crew talk, Leng Buding thought it was an amateur drama club engaging in exchange activities.
There was a man standing at the door, yawning and doing nothing, looking completely uninterested in the performance in the private room. But as soon as Ye Shuang appeared, the man's eyes suddenly lit up. He stood up straight and wrote neatly: "What role are you auditioning for? I think it would be good for you to try for the supporting actor role." , although I’ve already decided on one, I can change it.”
"Sorry, I don't audition for roles." Ye Shuang chuckled.
Just based on this level of reception, it was difficult for her to have confidence in the crew inside. Director Zhou used himself because of the characteristics of the character, and although he was important, he was just a bit player according to the role. He dared to ask her to audition for the male partner just by looking at his face... Even if this person is not the director of the production, he at least represents the director's casting choice. part of the attitude.
"Why are you here if you don't have an audition?!" The person at the door frowned, and his attitude suddenly changed: "We are a serious crew here, not for interviews with tabloid reporters like you!"
"...I'm not doing interviews either." Ye Shuang said patiently, "I'm here to find someone."
The person at the door looked Ye Shuang up and down, and after thinking about it, he tore out a number and stuffed it in: "Take it and go in!"
Ye Shuang was simply baffled. Since he could get in anyway, he didn't care so much. Quan thought he had received a ticket and finally walked into the private room.
The people who are already sitting around are all small and transparent people in various companies. The most famous ones are just minor supporting roles. They are all the kind who have no acting contracts. There may be more than ten or twenty people under the management of one agent. How can they usually be together? When there is news that people are being selected, these people will be pulled out by their agents in groups. If you are lucky, you will get a role with a few lines. If you are not lucky, you will continue to endure it. Anyway, there are too many young people who want to be stars. Well, even if there are those who can't stand it anymore and change jobs, new people will soon be added.
It is conceivable that the closeness between these artists and their current managers is not very high. Even if one or two do make a splash, when they reach a slightly higher level, the company will allocate resources to another personal manager. All achievements have nothing to do with the original agent.
Luo Che has gone from being a personal agent to being an assistant agent, and it will not happen overnight unless he has a keen eye for talents and happens to have a good relationship with a certain future potential stock among a dozen or twenty people.
But judging from the current situation, the probability of this possibility is really low.
"Brother Luo."
After searching the crowd, Ye Shuang quickly found Luo Che, who was sitting alone in a corner with a young man.
Walking over to say hello, Ye Shuang sat down next to the two of them without anyone noticing, then took off his sunglasses and extended his hand to introduce himself: "I'm Ye Shuang. There happened to be nothing on the crew, so I just came over."
Brother Shuang's face really aroused hatred no matter where he looked. He took off his sunglasses and immediately looked up and noticed that the artists here had begun to gnash their teeth.
Although it is obviously impossible for the supporting characters interviewed today to have such high configurations, there is no need for a reason to hate handsome guys.
"Ye Shuang?!" Luo Che was also surprised, but quickly came back to his senses and smiled apologetically: "I originally thought that I would come over to you after I finished here... Well, if you don't mind, can you wait for me for a while? I'll be right here. It’s over.”
I had known that my future cousin-in-law and my cousin would have exactly the same name, but I still couldn't get used to it.
Not to mention anything else, just looking at Brother Shuang's appearance is enough for Luo Che to be amazed. He has seen it in advertisements, and Ou Qianru also strongly recommends it, but no preparation and impression can be as shocking as face-to-face at close range... Such a person is simply You can be red without wearing a belt.
Ye Shuang spread her hands and made a casual gesture. Luo Che then turned around and paid attention to the artist performing in the middle again. The eyes of the artist he brought with him lit up and he came over and smiled shyly: "Brother, you are filming an Ark Real Estate commercial." That one."
Ark Real Estate's advertisements have almost become a miracle in the industry. Just one advertisement became popular on the Internet overnight, and then he was named by Director Zhou to be recruited... This kind of luck could not be worse.
Ye Shuang looked at Luo Che and then at the young man, stretched out her hand and smiled: "Hello, I am a relative of Brother Luo. You can just call me Xiaoye."
The young man didn't have any objection yet, so Luo Che was confused at first: "... Let's call him Brother Ye. He just graduated and even my cousin is older than him."
"..." Ye Shuang, who seemed to be pretending to be young, said depressedly: "Then let's go to Brother Ye."
The young man also hurriedly introduced himself, and then the two shook hands as if they were acquainted. Ye Shuang watched the middleman's performance for a while, and the more he watched, the more uncomfortable he became. Finally he couldn't help but pulled Luo Che and lowered his voice: "Brother Luo, don't blame me for talking too much. Although I Even though I am an outsider, I can tell that this crew seems a bit... unreliable?!"
Luo Che hurriedly looked at the young man he had brought, and when he realized that the young man was not paying attention, he turned back and smiled bitterly in a low voice: "It's more than unreliable... This is a romantic literary film about a big boss who wants to get his goddaughter. The big boss himself plays the male lead, punches the wretched male co-star, kicks the shameless female lead, and finally gets married to his goddaughter... What good movies do you think this starring actor can produce?"
"Then you're still coming?" Ye Shuang was puzzled.
"There is no way. The people I lead have not been able to get film appointments, so the company will cut more resources, and they themselves also need salary to survive. To put it bluntly, this is to boost performance... It is because of the low grade that it is easy to get roles, otherwise There is no room for newcomers to make good movies." Luo Che smiled helplessly: "If you have no options, you can only make bad movies. The more bad movies you make, the more opportunities you will have... Unless you are lucky enough to get into a big crew, but if you think about it, How many characters in this long novel can you remember?!"
Red Star will be divided into protagonists, and second-tier actors will be divided into supporting roles. Basically, even the supporting roles with more lines are all being snapped up by Bei Diao.
With the resources at hand, Luo Che would only have a chance to pick a small supporting role with lines from the role list issued by the company. The problem is that there are so many people in the company, your resume has no highlights, and no one is willing to allocate resources to you.
That's why he said he was here to boost his performance. No matter whether it was a good or bad movie, he at least had to have "experience" to fill it in. (To be continued)