Chapter 990: Ambition

"Me?" Chu Chen was surprised.

"Yeah," said the assistant director, "you don't have any lines, just sway over there and show your face a few times, your figure is just right." He said while stuffing a costume into his hand, and another He handed over the change and said, "This is your tip for delivering food. Don't go back today. When we finish our work here, we will still have extra money for you."

Chu Chen looked down at the change in his hand and said, "Okay."

For money, he is willing to do anything. From the day when the accident happened at home, he vowed to support the family again. One day, he would no longer have to go around begging and being looked down upon by others, and he would no longer have to sell his property and suffer from hunger.

He worked hard to play this popular role.

The wind and snow were so strong that everyone could not stand the cold. Only Chu Chen sprinted when he was told to sprint and lay down when he was told to lie down without hesitation. Lying motionless in the icy snow for several minutes pretending to be a dead body, someone stepped on him, and he controlled himself not to change even the slightest expression.

At the end of the day, my limbs were all frostbitten.

The assistant director took the medicine and sent it to him along with the money: "Well done, young man. Will you come again tomorrow?"

Chu Chen looked down at a bright red hundred-dollar bill in his hand and said without hesitation, "Come on!"

He worked with the crew for a full week and earned 700 yuan.

He took the money and ran to shopping malls across the city to buy a wheelchair for his mother. When he carefully held his mother and sat on it, pushing her outside for a walk to bask in the sun, she held his hand and cried.

"Son, I'm sorry for you..." The disabled woman burst into tears.

Chu Chen knelt down and wiped away her tears bit by bit. He still remembers that when he did not drop out of school, the teacher often said that when God closes a door for people, he will open a window elsewhere—he is also consoling his mother in this way now, but he never expected that what God opened for him is What a rugged, yet brilliant and magnificent window.

That experience as an extra made Chu Chen realize that making money in this business is much faster than washing dishes in restaurants.

He quit his job in the restaurant and found a place among the many extras in the suburban film and television city. The film and television city was far away from his home. Often when it was dark, he would go out and cross half of the city to look for opportunities there. After finishing work, I would spend another three or four hours rushing home to boil water, cook, and wash my mother's feet.

Occasionally when he looks in the mirror, he no longer recognizes himself in the mirror.

Comparing the photos from my student days, those carefree years seem like a world away.

His mother felt very sorry for him and would always cry secretly alone, thinking that he would never notice. Little did she know that those wet pillow covers and red and swollen eye circles had already given her away. Her tears made Chu Chen feel heartbroken and guilty.

If he were more useful and powerful, she wouldn't have to be so sad.

Chu Chen worked from dawn to dusk in the film and television city, observing and studying. He is not willing to be an extra for the rest of his life, and he is determined to learn more and climb higher, so that one day his mother will live a prosperous life and his father will be avenged. He wants to trample under his feet one by one all those who have trampled on their home!

Opportunity awaits those who are prepared.

That time, he followed a martial arts film crew. The crew used a small field reporter who had just graduated from college. He had a major background and no experience. The director was also angry, and scolded him all over the place. The clerk cried, and on the spot said he was quitting the job, threw up his sleeves, and walked away. The director was so angry that he couldn't do anything.

Chu Chen watched the excitement for a while, then stood out from the crowd and walked to the director: "Let me give it a try."

The director looked at him suspiciously: "You?"

Chu Chen reported some data to him, all of which were mistakes made by Xiaochang just now, what props should be used in which scene, which one of which episode can be eliminated, and which one needs to be re-shot... It's all clear Clearly.

The director's eyes lit up and he was very surprised: "You are an extra, but you still pay attention to these things?"

Success or failure depends on one move. Chu Chen looked straight into his eyes, tried hard to hide the trembling in his voice due to excitement and nervousness, and told the director: "I don't want to be an extra for the rest of my life."

The director looked at him deeply and smiled: "Okay, I'll give you a chance."

This opportunity is not easy to do. It is much harder and more stressful than being an extra. Chu Chen gritted his teeth and resisted. He was busy until late at night every day, the last one to finish work, and the first one to go to work the next day. He often got up in a hurry after only sleeping for two or three hours and continued to work. drink.

Fortunately, all the hard work is worth it.

When the film was finished, the director patted him on the shoulder and said, "You're a good young man. Please follow me from now on."

Chu Chen was ecstatic.

It's just that he couldn't take care of his family when he was filming with the crew all over the world. After much consideration and discussion with his mother, he decided to sell the family house, sublet a small house, and use the remaining money to hire part-time workers to take care of her. On the day he sold the house, he was carrying large bags and pushing his mother's wheelchair. He turned his head and took one last look at the place where he was born and grew up. He secretly swore in his heart that one day, he would buy this place back, one day.

He has been a scene recorder for more than two years. He is clever and hard-working, which is appreciated by the director.

The director cultivated him carefully and took him with him wherever he went.

Gradually, he also became famous.

The director took over an Emperor's film, a key project with a large investment. In the middle of the filming, something unexpected happened—the heroine suddenly announced her withdrawal, and would rather pay a high liquidated damages than continue filming, no matter how much coercion and lure the director and producer did. The crew is in chaos. If the heroine is replaced, it means that most of the previously shot scenes will be scrapped and have to be started all over again.

As a result, it will not be able to catch up with the prime time period in the second year and the awards.

Chatting during the break, the director smiled bitterly: "It's not our fault. The emperor is fighting among himself, which brings disaster to the pond."

Chu Chen instinctively caught something and pestered him for details.

The director told him that the old and new powers of Emperor Pei's family were changing, and the head of the family was seriously ill. The heir, Pei Ziheng, was ordered to take over Emperor Entertainment in an emergency and prepare for the official succession in the near future. However, Pei Ziheng is still young, and some of the meritorious ministers and brothers in the same family are not convinced, and they secretly make troubles, which makes his succession road full of dangers.

Once such a large production suffers a loss, the veterans can question Pei Ziheng's ability and then launch attacks.

Chu Chen found information and checked this person.

He is very young, almost sixteen years old, but he has already done several major things that shocked the business world. His methods are tyrannical and more decisive and ruthless than many adults. Looking at his press conferences and graphic interviews, it can be seen that he has a mature demeanor, a fledgling with an imperial demeanor, deep thoughts, indiscriminate emotions, and unpredictable eyes.