July 20th, 8:00 AM.

  Shun Tian Fu North Suburbs, Huairou Film and Television City.

  Wang Jinglu and Shen Tiantian got off the big bus and sprinted towards the gate of Film City at a speed of 100 meters.

  In fact, like them, as soon as they got off the bus, they rushed out, almost half of the people on the bus.

  Most of the people who can take a bus to get here are extras. For office workers, 8 o'clock is still early, and they're still wandering around on the bus, but for extras, arriving at the film and television city at this time is already considered late and deserving of scolding. Everyone is anxious beyond measure.

  Rushed to the door, swiped the card and passed through the small side door. The two girls held hands and continued running inside, not even daring to catch their breath. And in July, at just over 8 o'clock, the scorching sun was already blazing hot, and after running this stretch of road, the two were immediately drenched in sweat again.

  They ran in for about 400 or 500 meters, winding their way through several scenic spots, and the two of them saw from a distance that Qun Tou was already there checking people. Hmm, looking at his expression, he didn't seem very happy, as if he was scolding someone.

  Two little girls rushed over, and Meng's group leader caught sight of them out of the corner of his eye. He turned around with a scowl on his face, pressing down on his throat to shout at them: "Do you want to keep your job? You dare to be so late on the first day?"

  Wang Jinglu didn't dare say anything and slipped into the crowd with her head down. Shen Tiantian was more temperamental than her, raised her wrist to glance at her watch, seemingly wanting to retort a few words. After all, they had agreed to gather at 8:10 yesterday, and they were still three minutes short! But Wang Jinglu pulled on her hand, and the little girl also obediently didn't dare make a sound, following Wang Jinglu into the crowd.

  For the seven or eight crews stationed in Film City, the group head is naturally the most peripheral and inconspicuous small role. However, for the extras, the group head is a guarantee that they can get roles, get paid, and not be bullied here - temporary actors, extra actors, seemingly already at the bottom of the hierarchy, but it's not like you can do whatever you want.

  As soon as everyone arrived, the ones who didn't show up were ignored. The leader of the Meng group started assigning tasks, all of which had been discussed and agreed upon yesterday or even earlier - So-and-so would lead a team to such-and-such film crew! So-and-so, you few people, go to the eastern 4th theme park for that "Emotional Swordsman" drama, they need some big guys, probably to play bodyguards, anyway it's just a meet-and-die kind of role, hurry up! And so-and-so, so-and-so, you few people have to wait a bit, your group acting scenes are in the afternoon. Then, ah yes, you few girls, and you two, aren't you surnamed Wang? Follow me!

  Wang Jinglu pulled Shen Tiantian, and the two of them quickly followed behind several other girls. Shen Tiantian muttered a sentence, "My surname is not Wang, my surname is Shen." But she didn't dare to say it loudly.

  Yeah, the two of them were classmates in a pre-exam training class back then, and their relationship was pretty good at that time. They exchanged contact information with each other. After the national art exam ended, they contacted each other and found out that both of them had been admitted to Huaxia Drama Academy, and both were majoring in acting. So they would be classmates for four years and friends for life. Their relationship quickly became close, so they agreed to come to Huirou Film and TV City together during the summer vacation.

  For this, Wang Jinglu even refused Li Qian's invitation to take her on a trip.

  As an actor, filming is very magical and fresh, right?

  They agreed on a time and gathered together to discuss for a long, long time. Wang Jinglu was really inexperienced, but Shen Tiantian's parents were said to be from a local opera background, so she had heard many stories about the chaos of the performing circle. She chattered away, and then the two of them enthusiastically made N kinds of plans to go to the film city to play extras.

  In the end, they really arrived at the place, and the two of them didn't understand the rules. They wandered around outside the film city for a day and found that people were not allowed to enter. Later, they went to apply for an access card, and later they discovered that self-promotion was useless. That's when they found this leader surnamed Meng. As soon as he heard that they were about to perform at the Huaxi Opera House, he took them seriously and immediately accepted them. Now, today they have been arranged to act in a play. On the contrary, none of the plans they had thought of to run for roles were used.

  The head of the group, usually has several important assistants under his hand, basically can guarantee that there are people leading to each crew, responsible for contacting the crew, managing the extras, and bringing back the account, etc., and every time sending people into a new crew, then Meng must lead the team in person.

  At this time, Lao Meng led the five girls, who were around 17 to 20 years old, towards the No. 9 theme spot while casually instructing them, "This is Director Hou's new play, you all know about Director Hou, right? He's a big director, just one thing, on set, his temper is quite explosive, so be careful what you say, don't cause any trouble, if you cause trouble and get scolded by Director Hou, I won't be able to help you!"

  Several girls nodded in agreement, and Wang Jingluo and Shen Tiantian looked even more like novices.

  The ninth theme scenic spot, as soon as you enter, you will see many people inside and outside, a large crane is also stretching in the air with its teeth and claws, but unexpectedly, the scene is quiet, leaving only one male actor's loud shout.

  Lao Meng made a gesture, and several girls quickly stopped in their tracks, but they all tiptoed to look inside. Wang Jingluo and Shen Tiantian couldn't help but keep looking inside.

  It's definitely a period drama, but the exact era is unclear. At this moment, three cameras are focused on a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties - well, for Wang Jinglu and her peers, no matter what he looks like, once you're over thirty, it's a bit early to say old, but you can definitely be classified as middle-aged.

  This actor's face looks familiar, Wang Jinglu blinked her eyes, but couldn't think of which play she had seen him in. Anyway, she must have seen it before. He was wearing ancient clothes at this time, with gold trim and a crown on his head, looking very majestic and domineering. Moreover, the key is that he looks handsome, and when he wears this set of ancient costumes, he becomes even more handsome.

  For a normal person, with so many people staring at you alone, I estimate that they can't even stand still. But the other party is an old hand, having acted in countless film and television dramas for years. At this time, with several cameras facing them and so many people watching, they are just like nothing's wrong, reciting lines that are incredibly smooth, with a shocking and stirring performance, full of emotion: "Don't you love me? Can't you feel my love for you is like my love for my sword? Don't you love me as you said, like loving your own life?"

  Alright, this lineup is quite impressive, and the two small-time gangsters on the outside suddenly feel inexplicably high-end.

  As expected, you're a big shot, this aura, even yelling and bellowing, it's simply loving the sound that shakes all directions.

  Then, huh, is this acting?

  Two little birds on the periphery are inexplicably excited and infatuated!

  Soon, the actor finished a long passage of domineering and majestic love lines, someone shouted "Cut! Passed!", the scene suddenly let out a collective sigh of relief, and everyone quickly started moving around and chatting.

  At this time, Shen Tiantian was still staring at the sweat beads on the face of the handsome guy, while Wang Jinglu noticed that Lao Meng had already walked into the circle and then found someone in the crowd, said a few words, and then that person put down the book in his hand, took big strides to walk over, complaining along the way, "You came so late, the director just asked about you, almost got me scolded, you're treating me tonight!"

  Old Meng patted his chest and said it was no problem. The man came over, his eyes scanning the several girls up and down like an eagle's, and when he saw Wang Jinglu, his gaze paused for a moment, but he didn't make a fuss about it. He turned around and shouted to someone, pointing at the girls and saying: "Quickly, take them in to get made up! After these two scenes are finished, they'll have to go on stage, don't let them not finish getting made up!"

  Lao Meng nodded and flattered for a couple of sentences, then turned around and waved at several girls, "Hurry up, hurry up, go get made up."

  Like chasing ducks, Wang Jinglu and Shen Tiantian followed closely behind them into the temporary makeup room on one side of the scenic spot - all the way here, looking at everything around them, it was all so fresh and exciting for the two little newcomers.

  It's just too hot, although there are two fans in the makeup room humming away, it's still stuffy. The crew member in charge of costumes brought out the ancient costume and handed it to a few assistants, telling them to hurry up and change into their clothes in the dressing room. Wang Jinglu was already sweating a bit, and after changing into her costume and coming out to wait in line for makeup, she felt like she was sweating all over. After just a few minutes, she felt like she had just been fished out of a hot pot like a small green vegetable.

  However, freshness overpowers everything.

  Wang Jinglu and Shen Tiantian quickly finished their makeup, and their wigs were also in place. Although they were still wearing tourist shoes on their feet, when they looked in the mirror, you have to say, they really had a bit of a classical elegant lady's style!

  At this time, other girls were fine, after all, they had experience, but these two rookies suddenly became extremely excited.

  The makeup assistant turned his head and took a look, "Hey, hurry up and wipe your sweat, don't ruin your makeup. Be careful when you wipe it, hold the paper tight, you'll need to wipe again later!"

  …………

  It's a TV series production called "The Great Tang Dynasty Swordsman". These days, martial arts dramas are all the rage. Cinemas are filled with them and TVs are broadcasting them non-stop. Take Huairou Film and Television City for example, among the eight or nine productions that have started filming around the same time, six of them are martial arts dramas!

  This TV series, called "The Great Tang Dynasty Swordsman", tells the story of a weird swordsman who became famous all over the world and then retired at a young age. However, his several useless friends got into trouble and came to ask him to come out of retirement. Then he went on a journey, showing off his skills and rising to fame, eventually becoming the emperor's personal bodyguard and also winning the heart of the princess.

  As for the era, it is said to be the late Tang Dynasty, but the costume design of most characters is clearly in the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. And with this kind of drama, at first glance, it's a martial arts drama, but upon closer inspection, you'll find that it's actually a romance drama, and upon even closer inspection, well, damn it, it's actually a palace struggle drama.

  Of course, the plot is nonsense, and it has nothing to do with Wang Jinglu and Shen Tiantian, these rookie newcomers. They are just responsible for being human background boards in it, playing two small palace girls, and they don't even have any lines or actions, just standing at the gate of the palace with their heads down, or following behind the princess's sedan chair in a long line of ten or more, to boost the momentum.

  Just finished putting on makeup over here, and soon the assistant director came over to rush the scene.

  Several little palace maids who had just become small palace maids, as well as a few others who seemed to have been recommended by another group leader and were already made up, hurried out - their first shot was walking behind the heroine.

  It is said that this shot will be cut into the TV series many times.

  In short, as long as the heroine gets angry and goes to find the male lead, this scene will definitely be inserted - let alone in this play, it is said that the princess is very temperamental and often gets angry.

  Scene: The mansion of the Marquis of Linqu.

  Characters: One princess, several palace maids.

  Script: The princess walks with a loud clomping sound, indicating her anger is burning fiercely. The little palace maid walks with her head down, indicating caution and carefulness.

  Well, okay, the screenwriter and director of this crew must not know that before Tang Xuanzong became emperor, he was once sealed as King Linqu, so it is impossible for the Emperor of the late Tang Dynasty to seal a so-called knife guest as Marquis Linqu, unless he dares to ignore his ancestors or openly encourages this knife guest to usurp his throne.

  Then the assistant director yelled over there, "Ready, whoever you are, on your side, move back a bit, the camera is sweeping across you! Move back further! Didn't you hear me calling you......"

  "Ready, 'The Great Tang Swordsman's Journey', Episode 496... Start!"

  Her Highness the Princess walks with her head held high and her feet strutting forward, swaying gracefully.

  A group of little palace maids followed behind her, with the two girls in front responsible for helping the princess lift the long hem of her dress that trailed on the ground for two or three meters. Behind them were eight more, walking in pairs, simply following along with their heads lowered.

  As it happens, Wang Jinglu and Shen Tiantian were arranged in the second row.

  The camera swept past, and the director sitting behind the monitor frowned suddenly and shouted, "Cut!"

  Everyone stopped at once, and the director frowned and shouted, "Lao Xiao, come here!"

  Wang Jinglu and Shen Tiantian stopped abruptly along with the other palace maids, wiping their sweat while looking over with curiosity.

  This old Xiao is exactly the person that Old Meng was looking for earlier, it's said that he's the deputy director of casting in the group, and is responsible for the extras.

  The director called him over, pointed at several palace maids and scolded loudly, "What are you doing? What's going on here?"

  Xiao Deputy Director looked a bit perplexed, turned his head and didn't think there was anything wrong, so he carefully asked: "Director Hou, what's wrong?"

  "What's wrong?" The director Hou pointed straight at Wang Jinglu, "Where did you get this one from? If we scan the camera over here, it will steal your show, do you know that?"

  His voice was so loud that when he said this, many people looked at the palace maid, and many people immediately glanced at Wang Jinglu - well, this little face is red and plump, youthful and beautiful, but also tender and charming. Although she's just a small palace maid, if we only talk about her appearance value, she can instantly kill that actress who plays the princess!

  Stealing the show!

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  Chapter one, there's still another chapter tonight!

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