Chapter 8

In the face of a powerful golden finger, everything is just floating clouds; although this is merely a humorous saying on the internet, it is not entirely without basis. The advantage possessed by a reborn person is not being ahead of others by a few years or decades, but rather the superior insight that surpasses everyone, derived from this. As time progresses, each year's development can be described as leapfrogging; a gap of seven or eight years is far from being as simple as imagined.

Especially later, as the internet became increasingly developed, the amount of information emerging each year far exceeds that of the previous year. Although here many people curse Baidu, it is true that Baidu has many shortcomings, such as easily yielding to the lustful might of the River Crab God, long-term information control, which is far less honest than Google. Even during the struggle between the River Crab God behind Google and Baidu, vast numbers of netizens actually appeared as numerous neutral parties. Although as compatriots we should help our own without reason, when this compatriot's actions force most netizens to remain neutral, and even many turn to help Google instead, it is rather frustrating and heartbreaking. However, it must be said that without the Baidu God, the advantage of rebirth for the next seven or eight years would become negligible.

While Wang Peng was lost in thought, the door of the makeup room was pushed open with a creak, and a beauty in ancient costume strode in, then plopped down boldly opposite Wang Peng.

Wang Peng looked and saw it was not Jia Jingwen? It seemed she had just finished filming an outdoor scene; Jia Jingwen's pretty face was slightly flushed, making her appear even more adorable.

Yet what depressed Wang Peng was that Jia Jingwen completely ignored him; after a while she finally reacted, realizing there was still someone in the makeup room. She glanced up and down at Wang Peng, her delicate brows slightly furrowed, and said: "You are... you are replacing Zhang Mingjian to play Zhang Tang?"

Jia Jingwen was merely familiar with Zhang Mingjian; seeing that Zhang Mingjian had not come today.

Seeing Wang Peng's outfit looked very familiar, Jia Jingwen could not possibly not know what was going on; the crew is like this—it cannot halt filming just for Zhang Mingjian, a supporting role. Finding a substitute for Zhang Mingjian during his short recovery period is perfectly normal.

"No, I was summoned by the director to audition, and I'm not sure if I can play Zhang Tang!" Wang Peng said somewhat nervously; facing a great beauty, it's impossible not to be nervous, and Wang Peng is certainly no veteran of the flower streets.

"So fast?" Jia Jingwen said, somewhat surprised. Although Zhang Mingjian was injured and needed someone to stand in, his injury only just happened not long ago—how could someone receive news and come to audition so quickly? Even flying over would not make it in time, and besides, the other party doesn't look like they came rushing in.

"Actually, I was originally just touring here, never expecting to help out by playing a soldier as an extra!" Wang Peng spoke without reservation about his original role as an extra; to him, being an extra is just being an extra—after finishing this role, he'll leave.

Many people will cite the fact that superstars like Liu Dehua and Stephen Chow once worked as extras, but that's all nonsense. Their experience as extras became something to boast about or a nostalgic capital only because they have now achieved fame and success. If they were still nobodies, what would there be to nostalgically remember about a life of constantly working as extras? With different positions come different thoughts—naturally.

"Oh, I see!" Jia Jingwen glanced at Wang Peng twice; if that's the case, then there's nothing more to say—people originally were just extras here, that is, so-called horizontal drifters. Though she has seen quite a few extras, she has never seen such a handsome extra before.

Describing Wang Peng's appearance as handsome is naturally no problem, but in the entertainment industry, this concentrated hub of handsome men and beautiful women, Wang Peng's like is merely passable, not worth mentioning. However, if one adds an identity—extra—then he becomes handsomely striking, just like the biscuit handsome guy of his past life; the biscuit handsome guy was actually not that handsome, but who made him a biscuit seller? Among biscuit sellers, there is absolutely no one this handsome—this is unique, as he himself said: going to the entertainment industry, he is not the most handsome, but in the biscuit world, he is the most handsome.

Among extras nowadays, it is basically impossible to find such a handsome one; we are already in the new century, not the 1980s Hong Kong, when Hong Kong was monopolized by a few companies—if one wanted to stand out, one had to obediently follow arrangements, go be an extra, gain some recognition before being considered for further arrangements. But now talent agencies are as numerous as dogs; handsome or pretty people are already approached by scouts, then comfortably sign with agencies and follow their arrangements—why bother coming to work as an extra?

However, Jia Jingwen didn't think much of it—handsome, so what? These days, being handsome can't put food on the table.

"Actually, I write novels, possibly going to be very popular in the future. I'm just touring here and never expected to be asked to play Zhang Tang." Wang Peng looked at Jia Jingwen and said.

"You write novels, so it won't be like what Guo Jingming does, right? What novels have you written?" Jia Jingwen asked.

"Fo Ben Shi Dao is what I wrote," Wang Peng said with a smiling, narrowed eyes.

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"Thank you for your concern." Wang Peng said.

Jia Jingwen hastily removed her makeup, changed clothes, and went straight to rest. The makeup room then had only Wang Peng left.

Shortly after, a few supporting roles rushed in and then rushed out, with no one paying extra attention to Wang Peng sitting in the makeup room. The crew had so many people that it's impossible for everyone to know each other; Wang Peng, after all, is not the main character, his face is unfamiliar, and he sits alone in a corner.

Also unknown how long again waited—"That Wang Peng, the director is looking for you..." The assistant director pushed the door open and said to the bored Wang Peng.

When the assistant director brought Wang Peng to find Gao Yijun, Gao Yijun was discussing tomorrow's shooting schedule with Huang Xiaoming; Huang Xiaoming seemed to have just finished filming, still wearing Liu Che's costume.

Seeing Wang Peng enter, Gao Yijun seemed to have just finished speaking with Huang Xiaoming, smiled and paused, then said to Wang Peng: "You've come, sit down!"

"Xiaoming, this is the actor I just found for Zhang Tang—Wang Peng, a newcomer; you stay and take a look too!" Gao Yijun said with a hearty laugh.

Wang Peng looked somewhat astonished at Gao Yijun and Huang Xiaoming; generally speaking, personnel appointments in the crew are decided by the director at a glance; even if there is a relatively powerful producer, it's only a minority; in most cases, the director alone holds decision-making power, though often symbolic, but being able to speak this way with Huang Xiaoming suggests he is quite satisfied with this right-hand man of Huang Xiaoming.

"Hello, I am Huang Xiaoming~!" Huang Xiaoming stepped forward and said, showing no pretense of status, nor looking down on Wang Peng because of his newcomer status.

Wang Peng immediately stepped forward and said: "Hello, I am Wang Peng, an extra, please take care of me! ~" In his heart he felt a slight emotion—no wonder everyone in the circle says Huang Xiaoming is actually a very easygoing person; Huang Xiaoming's face is actually somewhat stern, completely different from Hu Ge, who looks radiantly handsome at first glance, but after actually getting along with him, it turns out not to be the case at all.

This Huang Teach Master, who caused a commotion over the "Making a Fuss" incident and the "Height Fraud" incident before Wang Peng's time travel, no matter how busy each month, always sets aside time to meet fans, worthy of being called a role model for artists, with absolutely no fault in character.

Next came the simple audition process; Gao Yijun also had no nonsense, directly saying: "Wang Peng, just perform a segment from the script as I watch!"

"Alright," Wang Peng performed a segment from the script for Gao Yijun to see. Wang Peng had also prepared earlier while waiting—having done nothing else, he just read the script and memorized lines, mainly because it was too boring, and of course also preparing for this audition; for him, this audition is very important, and if he made no preparation at all, it would be hard to justify.

Gao Yijun quickly discovered that although Wang Peng's acting skills are still somewhat green, they are already quite good; his expressions are very rich, even many minor roles who have played many roles cannot achieve such acting.

Gao Yijun was overjoyed—some people are born with an understanding of acting; it seems not baseless wind; everyone's talent differs; some can handle a role well even on their first acting attempt, while others only produce a stiff-faced effect, like many Taiwanese idol dramas, which to save costs heavily use newcomers, turning a good role into a stiff expression, ruining it utterly. If Meteor Garden hadn't caught a good moment and taken on the name of the idol drama's ancestor, if it had come a few years later, it would probably have flopped beyond flopping.

Wang Peng's acting, if said to be for a leading role, still falls short considerably, but as a supporting role with someone to support him, it is still acceptable.

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"Xiaoming, what do you think?" Gao Yijun asked with a smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Not bad at all—just as an extra, having this level of acting is already quite good!" Huang Xiaoming also said with a bright smile.

"I also think it's very good!" Gao Yijun said with a smile, then turned to Wang Peng and said: "Then let's do this—I'll have someone draft a contract for you later; if you have any issues, discuss them with him. Alright, I still have filming to do later, so I won't say more~!"

"Thank you, director! Thank you, director!" Wang Peng said, unable to contain his excitement. Dong Li and Huang Xiaoming, seeing Wang Peng so excited, couldn't help but let out a kind laugh in their hearts—this is the stage every newcomer must go through; back when they first achieved a little success, wasn't it the same?

Especially after just finishing acting and already landing a role with substantial screen time as Zhang Tang, for many people this is already a great surprise.

After all, he is a person who has been reborn once; everyone says rebirth is the greatest golden finger; even if Wang Peng doesn't have too much ambition, he is unwilling to follow the path of his previous life like this, otherwise his title as the most pitiable reborn in history would be settled.

To avoid settling on that title, one should say for the sake of future life, Wang Peng must activate the golden finger; although not saying he will become a world-richest at that time, at least he won't have to constantly worry about money.

Wang Peng left Gao Yijun's office, waited outside, after a while, Gao Yijun sent an assistant director over to discuss the contract with Wang Peng.

Wang Peng and the assistant director agreed on a total of 150,000.

That same evening, Wang Peng moved into the inn arranged by the crew.

At night, Wang Peng was still excited and couldn't sleep all night; only when it was nearly dawn did he finally get a little sleep. After all, Han Dynasty Emperor is a very good television drama.