A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 491 Sign with an Agency

Fang Yifan can be said to have had a bad year. He broke up with his girlfriend in the first half of the year, and was kept as a lover by Lan Xinyan in the second half. More importantly, after studying musical theatre for a year and a half, he suddenly realized that he had chosen the wrong major.

The three basic abilities of musical theatre majors are singing, dancing and acting.

Overall, Fang Yifan is okay in all aspects, but if you take out one of the abilities and compare it with his classmates who have been practicing since childhood, the gap is huge.

The type who is a jack of all trades and master of none.

Now we have neither visible advantages nor the ability to make up the gap with our peers through a short-term assault.

The professional course teacher advised Fang Yifan to improve at least one of his dancing and acting skills during the remaining time in college, so that after graduation he could still play supporting roles in musicals and at least support himself.

Improving his dancing skills is too difficult for Fang Yifan, and he needs to take continuous lessons.

The short-term intensive training before the art exam only proved that he had talent in dancing, but converting talent into ability was not something that could be achieved simply by taking twenty or so classes. It still required sufficient financial support.

Therefore, Fang Yifan's only hope lies in his acting ability. He wants to find a way from Chen Jinnian to see if he can introduce him to some internships in film crews.

Chen Jinnian suppressed the smell of alcohol and spread his hands after listening to Fang Yifan's words.

"I can not help you."

"Aren't you the director now? Introducing two crews is not a matter of raising your hand."

But Chen Jinnian still shook his head. "If you want a minor role, then there's no need to come to me. Go to Hengdian to get an actor's license and sign up every night according to the message in the group. But if you want a role with a lot of drama, then the other party's project will have to take the risk. I have no reason to introduce you."

What he said was half true and half false. Fang Yifan's acting ability was not up to the standard to be on screen. When he introduced him to the crew, the director was definitely disgusted.

But it is impossible for the crew to refuse. Even for his sake, they would agree to give Fang Yifan an unimportant role.

But the key point is that Chen Jinnian and they are all in the film and television industry.

When Chen Jinnian asked someone to do something for him, the other person politely agreed and did the job beautifully, and even gave him a supporting role with a lot of screen time. So when someone came back to him to do something for him and wanted a role, how should Chen Jinnian refuse?

These are not unspoken rules, but very realistic human relationships.

If it was Zhao Jinmai or even Fang Yifan’s senior Lan Xinyan who came to ask him for help today, Chen Jinnian might have agreed.

After all, he was really optimistic about Lan Xinyan's appearance, which was completely different from the current popular baby-face. If she performed well and was appreciated by other directors, he would be considered to be promoting a newcomer and gain a good reputation in the industry.

But letting Fang Yifan in really gave Chen Jinnian a headache.

Profit, interests are damaged, name, reputation is lost.

He had no intention of using his connections to pave the way for Fang Yifan at the moment.

"How do you say it increases the risk? I think I'm okay. I've been in school for three semesters. Maybe I can't play the leading role, but supporting roles are no problem."

Fang Yifan's confident look really frightened those who didn't know the situation.

When it comes to self-confidence, Fang Yifan has always been mysteriously confident.

Huang Zhitao, who was playing on his phone, heard what he said and said unhappily, "Fang Hou'er, are there any outsiders here? Please stop talking nonsense."

We all have college education. Generally speaking, except for a few majors, the level of freshmen is lower in all aspects compared to high school graduates.

Only after formally taking professional courses in the second year of college, a small number of students with self-control will make progress.

It’s not that Huang Zhitao underestimated Fang Yifan, but given Fang Yifan’s current condition, it’s not certain whether he can pass the art exam in two weeks.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Fang Yifan turned around angrily, and when he found that it was Huang Zhitao who was speaking, his momentum immediately weakened. "I studied very hard in school."

"When you were in high school, Li Meng was watching you, and you were always distracted in class. I don't believe you can stay in the classroom peacefully in college without anyone watching you. Can you guarantee that you haven't skipped a single class?"

Faced with Huang Zhitao's murderous question, Fang Yifan was obviously a little flustered. After hesitating for a while, he pulled Wang Yidi out to take the blame.

"Doesn't she always skip classes?"

"Who skipped class? I just asked for leave, and I had a legitimate reason." Wang Yidi was immediately unhappy. If Chen Jinnian hadn't pulled her, she would have stood up and argued with Fang Yifan.

After comforting Wang Yidi, Chen Jinnian quickly pointed out a way for Fang Yifan.

"Fang Yifan, if you really want to hone your skills, then sign with a reliable agency. Acting is an artistic act, and acting is a commercial act. You don't get to say whether it's good or not. Why not let the agency evaluate you? If your qualifications are really good, the company won't let the money go unearned."

Nanjing doesn’t have many film and television resources, but it is very close to Shanghai, which is the base camp of the Shanghai Theatre Academy and has produced many nationally renowned actors and idol stars.

As long as Fang Yifan has the potential to become famous, the Shanghai agency will not miss him.

"Is there a movie to shoot as soon as I sign the contract?" Fang Yifan asked.

Chen Jinnian looked up at the other person. Since he could ask such a simple question, he kind of believed what Huang Zhitao said. Fang Yifan must have been skipping classes and hiding in the dormitory playing games.

"If you're good enough, the only thing you need to worry about is whether you have time to sleep."

Large brokerage companies all adopt the model of raising insects. As long as the conditions are right, they will arrange for a few low-cost TV dramas and singles to test the quality of the signed candidate.

If you can handle it and there are visible highlights, then increase resource investment and try two more rounds.

If they can't even handle the first round, they will be put on ice and the contract will be terminated when the contract expires or the artist can't stand it anymore.

In Chen Jinnian's opinion, although it is a bit cruel, from the perspective of cost investment, it is actually a good thing for both parties. Even if the artist cannot succeed, it will only delay one or two years, which is much better than wasting youth and then changing careers.

For stars, small fame depends on promotion, big fame depends on luck.

No one expected that Wang Yidi would suddenly become popular with a movie. If another actress had played the role, she might have been able to perform similarly, but she would most likely not have the status that Wang Yidi has today.

Audience appeal is a very strange thing.

There are many people in the industry who have good acting skills and good images, such as Wanda’s Princess Jing. She is good in every way and has a good personality. Even her acting skills, which are most easily criticized, are actually very good compared to traffic stars.

But it just won’t become popular.

After tricking Fang Yifan away, Chen Jinnian got up to leave. He and Wang Yidi still had to go to grandma's house.

Wang Yidi and Chen Jinnian have met their grandparents, but this is their first time visiting their home, so they have to prepare some gifts in advance and bring them over later.

"We have something else to do, so we have to leave first. But all the expenses for today will be on my shoulders. It's my treat."

After Chen Jinnian finished speaking, Qiao Yingzi handed the microphone to other students.

"No, someone has already paid for it."

"There are still people vying for the job of paying the bills."