The Long Aotian Cub Becomes the Pampered Darling of a Wealthy Family 55

Chapter 55

The bearded man laughed at Shen Tiantian’s childish words.

“That’s right, three hundred yuan. Are you coming, kid?”

As he spoke, he glanced at the camera behind Shen Tiantian and rubbed his chin in understanding.

“I see you have a camera teacher following you. Are you some little internet celebrity? A lot of internet celebrities have been coming here lately, filming while trying to gain traffic.”

Half a month ago, a short video filmed by a small extra in the film city had inexplicably gone viral.

This had led to a large number of internet celebrities, big and small, coming here to check in and imitate it in the past few days.

However, it was rare to see someone as formal as Shen Tiantian, who was even followed by a camera teacher and an assistant streamer.

Shen Tiantian nodded his little head vigorously, his lips lifted, like a cute little rabbit, incredibly well-behaved.

“Okay, okay. Uncle, where are we going to film?”

The bearded man pointed in a direction and, with the several extras he had recruited, walked towards the streets in the film city.

At this moment, the comment section was about to go crazy with laughter.

[Wow, he took a walk and earned a small extra role!]

[Hahaha, our Tiantian is also making a living with his face.]

[I wonder what the bearded man’s expression will be when he finds out that there are over a hundred thousand people watching in the live stream, hehe!]

The bearded man naturally couldn’t see the comments. He walked to the corner of the street and shouted:

“Brother Wang! I’ve found people. Hurry up and set up the machine. Let’s get this scene filmed.”

A man named Brother Wang ran over from a broken shed, looked around, and nodded in satisfaction.

His gaze swept across the extras, and finally landed on the short and stout Shen Tiantian, who was not even as tall as a person’s thigh. He let out a surprised “eh.”

“This is… oh, right, the film crew is indeed short of a child actor. This image is not bad. Let him play the little Taoist priest.”

Shen Tiantian stood in a crowd of extras, so squeezed that he was almost invisible.

He stood on his tiptoes, looked up, and his toddler-sized height made him look like a little dwarf. He looked at Brother Wang with his dark, sparkling eyes.

“A little Taoist priest? Am I not playing a little beggar?”

Shen Tiantian was conflicted. He counted on his little fingers, his mind blank, unable to figure out this account.

“A little Taoist priest, is that as much as three fingers?”

Brother Wang didn’t understand what that meant. After the bearded man explained it to him, he understood and laughed, nodding.

“Yes, this little Taoist priest has a scene of almost half an episode. It will take about half a day to film. How about nine hundred for you?”

This was a very conscientious price.

If it weren’t for Shen Tiantian’s cute appearance and the camera following him, and guessing that he was some little internet celebrity with some traffic, Brother Wang wouldn’t have given this price.

Shen Tiantian nodded his head vigorously, his eyes instantly filled with a small galaxy, sparkling with stars.

“Yay! I’ll be a little Taoist priest!”

Upgraded from a little beggar to a little Taoist priest, Shen Tiantian also successfully obtained a set of exclusive Taoist robes.

The time in this drama was set in autumn and winter, so the Taoist robes were made thicker, like a quilt made of broken cotton, and when worn, besides being bulky, they didn’t feel warm at all.

After putting it on, Shen Tiantian’s already somewhat round little figure was even more like a small steamed bun.

He was so cold he stomped his feet on the spot, holding a wooden fish in his arms, shrinking his little neck, and stood in a corner silently memorizing his lines.

Filming was actually a very boring thing.

If you were not the main actor, then most of your time would be spent waiting.

The scene that was originally scheduled to be filmed in the morning was delayed until noon before it could finally begin.

Brother Wang was an assistant responsible for finding various extras and small actors. The official director of the filming was Wu Qiu. He sat behind the camera, his brows furrowed, his cheeks slightly sunken, making him seem not very approachable.

“Come on, that little Taoist priest, hurry up and come over!”

Wu Qiu poked his head out and shouted. Shen Tiantian, who was huddled in a corner, quickly dragged his heavy clothes and ran over.

With half a month of filming experience, Shen Tiantian quickly found where the camera was.

He shook his head, turning his little head into a small rattle-drum, and tapped the wooden fish.

“Benefactor, I see that your yintang is dark. I’m afraid you will have a bloody disaster~”

His voice was still milky, but his little expression was extremely serious, as if he had really calculated some incredible major event.

The man in front of him was wearing a suit of armor, his whole body filled with a murderous aura. He was riding a tall and handsome horse and seemed to be able to kill this little tyke with a single stab of his sword.

“Where did this little Taoist priest come from, spouting such nonsense? Go, go, go!”

A small soldier on the side impatiently waved his hand to shoo him away.

Shen Tiantian was pushed and stumbled. The Taoist hat on his head was crooked. He scrambled up, patted his clothes, and reached out to straighten his Taoist hat.

“I’m not talking nonsense. This is… this is a secret of heaven!”

The little Taoist priest once again pretended to shake his head, his little expression feigning profundity.

“The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed~”

The general on the horse seemed to be amused by this little tyke. He dismounted, squatted in front of the little one, his eyes dark.

“Speak, little brat. Who sent you?”

The little Taoist priest was startled by the general who was so close. He looked left and right for a while, his big eyes darting around. He giggled twice and ran back with his wooden fish.

“No one. I’m leaving!”

The little Taoist priest disappeared into the crowd like an agile little rabbit and quickly vanished.

Several extras flicked their sleeves and, as the director had requested, also dispersed.

Only the general was left on the spot, with a thoughtful expression.

Wu Qiu shouted “cut,” and the serious atmosphere on the set was instantly swept away, becoming noisy and lively.

“Who played the little Taoist priest?” Wu Qiu poked his head out from behind the camera and said.

Shen Tiantian quickly squeezed out from behind the crowd, still holding his prop wooden fish, and tapped it twice towards Director Wu.

“It’s me. Is there anything, director?”

Wu Qiu looked at his lively little appearance, his distinct black-and-white eyes round and beautiful, and he looked quite cute in his little Taoist robe. His originally stern and serious face was softened for a moment by the little one.

“Why didn’t you come to film earlier? You performed well. If you had come earlier, I could have given you a role with more scenes.”

Although this drama was just a web drama and its popularity was not high, there were definitely many outstanding small roles.

Shen Tiantian was so cold he kicked his little feet on the spot, held his wooden fish, and smiled, his eyes curving.

“It’s okay. I’m fine with filming for one day.”

He was also very busy. He had to go back to Lin Chen’an’s film crew tomorrow to continue being his miserable little prince.

In any case, this scene had already been filmed, and it was not good to let Shen Tiantian appear in the drama as another character.

Wu Qiu thought for a while and gestured for Shen Tiantian to come closer.

Shen Tiantian came over. It was so cold that his baby-fat cheeks were red, like round, red, and shiny little apples.

Wu Qiu reached out and pinched his little face. It was soft and cool, and it felt very much like slippery jelly.

A hint of a curve appeared on Wu Qiu’s lips. He was charmed in his heart, but his face was still straight as he said with feigned seriousness:

“How about this, since you acted well and have some experience, I’ll recommend you to a director. His film crew is on the east side of the city. It’s a Republic of China drama. You can go over and get a small role to play.”

For some unimportant small roles that only appeared for a few minutes, most directors would not be particularly picky.

Usually, as long as they could show their face, they didn’t care much about acting skills.

However, Shen Tiantian’s acting was quite lively. After all, he was a child and didn’t have a mature acting system yet. He relied on that spiritual energy.

In this aspect, Shen Tiantian was obviously very talented.

Shen Tiantian obediently nodded, showed his children’s little genius watch, and added the director’s phone number.

Wu Qiu looked at the little genius watch on his arm, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

“Alright, we’ll film another scene at the Taoist temple in the afternoon, and then you can wrap up.”

Shen Tiantian was instantly excited. He sniffled and continued to run to the corner to stomp his feet.

The live stream had been turned off long ago when they were filming. Only an assistant streamer was left with Shen Tiantian.

The two of them finished a lunch box in the film crew, squatted by the side of the street, and tucked their little sleeves in.

Like two mushrooms growing in the dark.

An extra playing a passerby looked at this pocket-sized little mushroom and struck up a conversation with him.

“Tiantian, why did you think of becoming a child actor?”

Tiantian thought for a while, his little voice trembling from the cold.

“I was helping Grandma… catch a chicken, and then a rooster pecked my bottom. I ran and ran and bumped into Director Lin, and then I was caught to act.”

The extra didn’t understand. After a moment of silence, he wanted to ask him if he was some little internet celebrity.

Why was he followed by a photographer?

But before he could speak, Brother Wang ran over in a hurry, shouting “holy crap” repeatedly.

“Shen Tiantian, you’re a star?! You’re on the trending topics!”

His expression seemed a little excited, and he was incoherent. His heart pounded a few times before he found his voice.

“Look, the trending topic is about to hit the top three!”

The extra who was talking to Shen Tiantian also cursed holy crap and quickly opened his phone.

On the Weibo trending topics list, the hashtag #LittleExtra# was slowly climbing from fourth place to third.

He clicked on the topic, and the most popular one was a video edited by a netizen.

It showed Shen Tiantian wandering around and then being caught to be an extra, edited from a funny and dazed perspective.

Besides Tiantian’s original older sister fans and mommy fans laughing, many passersby also found it very fun.

Countless memes popped up:

[So interesting. He was just walking on the street and became a little extra!]

[Recruitment: Little beggar; On-site: Little Taoist priest. Aren’t you confused?]

[Beware of being scammed when looking for a job, especially as a little extra. Everyone, be sure to keep your eyes open!]