100 [Start-up press conference]
In the next half month, Ye Cheng lived relatively leisurely. He went to school to take performance classes during the day, or did basic skills training at home, and occasionally did live broadcasts at night. He felt that time was running fast.
The record "Chasing Dreams and Child Heart" has slowed down after the sales volume exceeds 50,000, and can basically sell more than 100 copies every day. Although the promotion and production cost of the record has not been recovered, the popularity caused by this record is still continuing. Several main songs have long occupied the homepage of major music websites. Nowadays, young people go to KTV parties and basically order a few Ye Cheng's songs, and their popularity is constantly expanding and growing.
Ye Cheng's studio is not idle either. He will help him hype it online every week and try to keep Ye Cheng's online exposure as much as possible. In addition, the studio's business is also very prosperous. Ye Cheng occasionally helps customers arrange songs himself, and it is quite conscientious to charge 8,000 per song.
Now there are only four employees in Ye Cheng's studio. Pang Yuhua is responsible for the studio business, Liang Husheng is responsible for the publicity and distribution work, Yang Yanmei is a financial and miscellaneous worker, plus a driver Xie Jun. After deducting the salary, bonus and expenses of the four, the studio has a monthly surplus of more than 10,000 yuan, which is all thanks to Ye Cheng's fame. When Liang Husheng was promoting the studio to the outside world, he directly used Ye Cheng's banner, attracting many young people who love music to record songs.
As time goes by December, Ye Cheng finally got the script of "Love Book".
The character he played was named Xiao Liang, a bar in the Magic City. He loved music, freedom, and the heroine. However, the heroine only liked the hero, and he was not even a spare tire. The third female character in the play chased him frantically, and these two were happy enemies.
As far as the script is concerned, this "Love Book" is quite excellent, not that kind of shocking and stupid drama.
Ye Cheng was very concerned about his first film and television work he was about to star in and immediately started preparing after getting the script. Ye Cheng had learned limited performance theories, and he only knew that he had to analyze the role, then associate, judge, substitute, and experience. After these preparations were done, he would analyze and study each shot and every line.
Fortunately, Ye Cheng had worked as a DJ before, and he played this role as his true character, and it took no time to apply it.
In the rental house in the Magic City, Ye Cheng put down the script and said to the mirror: "You are stupid!"
"No, it's not like this," Ye Cheng picked up the script and looked at the plot before and after, and said to himself, "The tone of this sentence should be that kind of teasing, and you can have a joking smile during the performance. What actions should the body cooperate with? If I were Xiao Liang, I would be in a state of laughter and crying at this time..."
The script cannot be refined into every action, and all the details need to be supplemented by the actors themselves. This is why different people perform huge differences in the same drama, because everyone has a different understanding of the role.
Every time he performed, Ye Cheng would write down his experience with his pen. In the end, the script was filled with red characters, and the notes he made several times more than the content of the script.
Ye Cheng knew the truth that the stupid bird flew first. He knew that his acting skills were not good, so he had to do enough, otherwise there would be only embarrassment when the official filming was done.
After thinking about the script at home for several days, the crew notified him to take the makeup photos, and then attended the launch conference of "Love Book".
As Starlight Media's annual drama, "Love Book" has received extremely high attention, and dozens of media outlets came at the press conference.
Ye Cheng was tossed in the dressing room, and his temperament changed drastically when he came out. He had a Moshiki hairstyle, two earrings on his left ear, and a set of leather jackets and leather pants. He looked so slutty that this was Xiao Liang's outfit in the play.
When Ye Cheng put on his makeup and came to the lounge, the crew's main creators were almost all here. The person sitting in the center was director Zhao Jinbao, who was having a happy chat with the male lead Wei Zixiang; the female lead Liu Lao stood in the corner and whispered to the phone; the second male lead Cheng Bin and the second female lead Zhang Biting were playing with their mobile phones; the third female lead Wang Yue looked around in vain.
Ye Cheng walked straight towards Zhao Jinbao, stretched out his hand and smiled, "Hello, Director Zhao!"
Zhao Jinbao shook hands with Ye Cheng and said, "Xiao Ye is here, let's sit for a while. The press conference will not start for a while."
After Ye Cheng greeted the director, he came to Wei Zixiang next to him: "Hello Brother Wei, my name is Ye Cheng, and I play the third male lead Xiao Liang in the play."
"Hello, hello." Wei Zixiang shook hands with Ye Cheng enthusiastically. Although he was famous, he had no star airs at all. His realm was many times higher than Cheng Bin.
At this time, Liu Lao also called back and took the initiative to nod to Ye Cheng and said, "Hello."
Ye Cheng greeted him one by one, but he missed Cheng Bin. Although Cheng Bin looked unhappy, he was not so stupid that he had an attack on the spot. He just sat there with a bad face and didn't say anything.
It took almost half an hour before the staff came to remind them that the press conference was about to begin. Everyone came out in a row, with Ye Cheng at the end.
"Crack, crack!"
As soon as the main creative team appeared, the photographer caught a photo shoot, and the white flashes blinded Ye Cheng's dog eyes.
The host introduced the crew members in turn, and then director Zhao Jinbao started to talk about the relevant situation of "Love Book", and it was the reporter's turn to ask questions.
Although Ye Cheng was very popular some time ago, he was neglected at this time, and the reporters' guns were all aimed at Liu Lao.
"Ms. Liu, why did you choose to come back again?"
"Ms. Liu, is your divorce rumors true?"
"Miss Liu, it's rumored that your husband has gone bankrupt. Is this related to your comeback?"
"Miss Liu..."
Liu Lao's face was gloomy when asked by the reporter. When Zhao Jinbao saw that the situation was wrong, he immediately said: "Everyone, today is the launch conference of "Love Book". Please don't ask questions that have nothing to do with this drama."
When the reporters saw that they couldn't find out what they asked, they had to give up and continue asking questions and began to target Wei Zixiang. Ye Cheng sat there and watched coldly. Compared with the first-line actors, he was still too famous, and the male and female protagonists were the center of attention today.
The launch conference was almost over, and a reporter asked: "Ye Cheng, as a singer, are you confident of acting in a TV series well?"
This is obviously a dream. Of course, the company arranged the reporter for Ye Cheng. The content of the question was too gentle. Ye Cheng replied: "This is my first time filming. I will do my best to act every shot well. During this period, I have also gone to the theater to listen to classes, hoping to improve my acting skills and show the audience a brand new self."
With this reporter taking the lead in asking questions, other reporters began to turn their attention to Ye Cheng. He answered several questions in succession, and the launch conference was almost over.
When leaving the scene, Ye Cheng heard Wei Zixiang comforting Liu Lao: "The reporter is just for this bowl of rice, don't take it to heart."
"I'm fine." Liu Lao smiled and comforted Wei Zixiang, but her smile was really a bit reluctant.
Ye Cheng has also heard some rumors about Liu Lao. She got married and retired from the entertainment industry six years ago. She suddenly made a comeback two years ago and filmed several very popular TV series, and then retired again. Some time ago, the media exposed rumors about Liu Lao's marriage, and it also said that Liu Lao's rich husband had gone bankrupt. Although these news seemed to be similar, none of them were confirmed.
Chapter completed!