The standard salary for an extra in the United States was 8 dollars an hour for actors who had not registered with the Screen Actors Guild. For registered actors, the salary was based on their age and the number of films they had acted in. The lowest salary was 10 dollars, and the highest was 20 dollars.
Sister Xue looked at the 20 dollars in disgust and rolled her eyes at Qin Guan. That's all you got in two hours? What on earth do you want?
"It's all my experience..."
"I didn't have the chance to try all kinds of films before. Now that I'm in the film capital, I have to try new films and see the styles of different directors."
"Sister Xue, it's boring to go to those parties all the time. We haven't worked together for a long time. Here, take this."
Qin Guan took some coins out of his pocket. "Six yuan. That's the best I can do."
"You little bastard!"
Sister Xue chased after Qin Guan, waving her purse. It was as if they had returned to their old life, full of laughter and cheers.
The days of complacency were gone. Qin Guan and Sister Xue couldn't laugh anymore. Early in the morning, they gathered at the "Awing the World" film crew.
After a long time, all the people involved in the film arrived. Then they followed a large group of cars and horses to a small town in Los Angeles.
If the first scene was an outdoor scene, the part-time actor would suffer a loss. The shooting would take no more than an hour, but the two of them would have to spend half a day on the road.
If it wasn't a typical American shooting film, Sister Xue would have left with Qin Guan.
The car came to a stop. It was a small town in Los Angeles, and a group of people had already arrived at the location.
They were the team of Dwayne Johnson, the leading actor of the film. He was a strong, majestic man with a shaved head and a handsome face.
Unlike the ferocious appearance of leading actors in Hollywood police and gangster films, Dwayne Johnson was famous.
And the reason why he was famous was because he played the role of the villain priest in the mummy movie, so he walked into the eyes of the public.
The power of the priest and the handsomeness of his face formed a harmonious contrast, allowing his path to stardom to gradually become smoother.
As a professional wrestler from the United States, he was discovered by talent scouts in WrestleMania because of his strong muscles and handsome face.
Unlike previous movies like Scorpion King, this was the first movie in which Dwayne Johnson was the male lead.
Seeing that all the crew members had arrived, the director team set up the moving camera and started shooting the first scene.
American directors did not have such an obligation to give extensive guidance to Chinese directors before the start of shooting.
It was clearly written in the script that if an actor of the same level couldn't even do this well, then the investors and directors would have to reconsider their value.
It was the first time Qin Guan had put on an American police uniform at the temporary station.
He wore a black tight-fitting uniform with gold and silver badges on his left and right arms, a buckle on his chest, a belt with badges on it, and a pair of black trousers, which made him look like a uniform.
When Qin Guan popped his head out of the simple dressing room, the lighting engineer whistled at him. She was no longer young, but she still shook her hair to show off her feminine charm.
Qin Guan buckled his hands on his belt and walked out of the dressing room slowly. He even pulled down the trousers of his temporary police uniform.
I'll just have to make do with the costumes of the props team. Sometimes, having long legs is also a sin.
Qin Guan wore cropped trousers instead of cropped trousers. When he stood in front of the film crew, everyone was shocked.
Qin Guan's upper body was a seductive uniform, but his lower body was a clown's farce. Even Dwayne Johnson chuckled and shrugged.
Fortunately, this kind of problem could be concealed through the processing of the camera. So sometimes, when you see a beautiful plot, there may be unexpected processing at some point.
The shooting of this scene was very simple. The male protagonist retired from the Navy and returned home. The workplace he had originally contacted had closed down. He was at his wits' end when he bumped into a patrol car in a small town. The warm-hearted police officer sent the male protagonist home.
Qin Guan was the driver of the police car, while the other policeman was chatting with the main character. Qin Guan was just a background character.
It was that simple. Otherwise, he wouldn't have passed the interview so easily.
The second and third cameras had also been set up. The chief director sat behind the main camera and looked at the sunlight above his head. He covered his head with a newspaper and started filming. "Actors, get ready. Three, two, start …"
A police car drove by slowly. The policeman saw Dwayne Johnson's backpack and introduced himself to him warmly.
"Hey, you're looking for a job. The nearest lumberyard is in Aberdeen. It's hundreds of kilometers away."
The protagonist's face was very depressed. He looked into the distance and replied, "It's terrible."
Seat two was facing Dwayne Johnson, so the camera captured his panoramic view.
Then, the enthusiastic policeman continued to introduce other jobs. "If you have other needs, you can go to the Wild Cherry Casino in town. You can play blackjack there."
The camera zoomed in on the police car. Finally, Qin Guan appeared in front of the camera. He tilted his head slightly. His uniform was immaculate, and his seat belt was still fastened to his body. He looked like an abstinent man.
The director behind the camera rubbed his chin curiously. "Come JK, come over here and see if this Asian extra is handsome."
"Yes!"
"Logically speaking, with such a face, no one would notice the existence of another police officer, even if he has more lines."
"It's strange though. The two of them don't stand out at all. They look very harmonious. The other policeman is a handsome guy..."
Due to this strange phenomenon, the director didn't move the camera. The camera should have been on the other policeman, but he didn't move it out of selfishness.
Although Qin Guan was just a background character in the camera, he was still in the frame because of his selfishness.
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