921 Do You Want to Act?
The two daughters, who were renamed Chen Xingwei and Li Youhu, also felt that Simon was a little special.
Chen Xingwei held the cup in front of him slightly and took a sip, and his eyes drifted over from time to time, wanting to refuse and welcome.
Li Youhu was much bolder and took the initiative to talk to Simon: "Mr. Westeros, you speak Chinese really well. ”
Just now when Simon and Wei Sancha were talking, they were standing nearby, and the man's Mandarin words were correct and round, which was amazing.
With a smile on his face, Simon said in Mandarin, "Your Chinese is also very good." ”
Li Youhu was stunned for a moment, but he accurately got this laugh and chuckled: "Hehe, Mr. Westeros, you are really humorous." ”
The other girls, who had been paying attention, laughed when they heard the conversation between the two of them.
was robbed of the first to talk to Westeros, Chen Xingwei reacted at this time, laughed with the women, and found a topic: "Mr. Westeros, can I ask, what do we need to do when we get to the United States?"
Simon said, "Show me the dance, it's like just now." ”
All the women were stunned, and their thoughts were different in an instant.
The man in front of him spent so much effort to pick them out, and most importantly, he also gave them an exaggerated treatment of $100,000 per person with an annual salary, just letting them dance to show him, this seems to be too light, right?
Chen Xingwei, who was also not convinced, asked: "Mr. Westeros, are you just dancing?" After speaking, he immediately realized that he was speechless, and hurriedly added: "I mean, is it just for you to dance alone?"
"Of course, I paid you to hire you, so it can't be someone else's jump, right?"
Chen Xingwei hesitated and asked again, "But, ...... Gave us, well, such a high salary?"
Simon's gaze swept over the women, and saw that they were all hesitant or strange little expressions, and when he saw him, he looked like little rabbits being targeted by prey, and obviously wanted to avoid their eyes crookedly.
I look like that...... Oh no, bad guys?
After thinking about it for a moment, Simon simply said: "Since you think the salary is too high, in this way, let's work hard to practice dance, and when the time comes, I will arrange for you to tour in Europe and the United States, which can be regarded as helping me earn back a little income." However, I would like to remind you that performances in Europe and the United States are commercialized, and the audience will only buy tickets if they think they are good-looking. If you don't create a show that is good enough to attract an audience, it will be very embarrassing. When the time comes, I'll lose face and I'll have to fire you. ”
"Ah......h
After Simon finished speaking, the girls were all stunned, and some of them exclaimed in a low voice, and then looked at a girl who had just started talking.
Chen Xingwei didn't expect that her simple words would add a huge professional risk to all of their jobs, in case the tour failed in the future, she would be the target of public criticism, and hurriedly tried to remedy: "I'm not ...... Mr. Westeros, I just meant ......"
Speaking of which, Chen Xingwei was directly stuck.
What I just meant was very clear.
You can't say that the salary is too high, Mr. Westeros, you can lower it for everyone...... Saying this still offends everyone.
Fortunately, Li Youhu's voice soon sounded beside him: "Just act, Mr. Westeros, you like "Cai Wei" just now, don't you?"
"yes. ”
"Well, since you like it, I think you people over there will like it too. ”
Chen Qing obviously didn't explain the origin of "Cai Wei" to the girls, and Simon didn't explain either, just nodded and smiled: "Of course." ”
After chatting like this, the various details between his manners, words and deeds, coupled with the memories of his previous life, Simon basically determined that he was only 19 years old at the moment, and he liked Li Youhu's straightforwardness and confidence, and then looked at the other party's exquisite appearance that was almost the same as later, and suddenly moved, and asked: "Li, do you want to act?"
As she said this, the girls looked at each other again.
and Simon Westeros, who is a Hollywood tycoon, asks if you want to act, which is no different from the Jade Emperor asking if you want to be in the immortal class.
Since the middle school attached to the Dance Academy, Li Youhu has always been a very outstanding one, and the stars are arching the moon.
At the beginning, only four girls were selected into the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe in their session, and their strength should be almost the same, but Chen Xingwei was pressed to the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe by the other party from the middle school attached to the Dance Academy.
At this time, listening to Simon Westeros ask, if it was another girl, it would be fine, but it was the other party, which made Chen Xingwei's eyes flash some strong negative emotions for a moment, in order to cover up, he had to lower his head, and one hand that was quietly shrunk in the long sleeves of the dance costume was tightly clenched, and his nails were a little pierced into the palm.
Li Youhu, who was already proud, felt the eyes of the girls around him, even if he had been proud, he was still full of vanity at this time, and raised his chin slightly to look at the man: "Of course I want to." ”
Seeing that the girl was sure, Simon reached out and took out the copy of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that he had been carrying with him in the past few days, handed it to the other party and said, "Now, give you a day to read this book." Tell me your thoughts tomorrow night, remember to come through the back door in the middle of the night and knock three times. ”
The other girls listened to Simon's words and laughed cooperatively again, just watching Li Youhu take the book, and there were obviously other meanings in this laughter.
Janet, who had been smiling and watching from the other side of the short table, could understand the origin of Simon's words about asking Wei Sancha for jade, but she didn't understand what the girls were laughing at this time, so she just glanced at him and said angrily: "You and I don't exist, and you knock three times in the middle of the night." ”
Simon grabbed Janet's little hand on the low table and held it in his palm, and said to Li Youhu: "I want you to play the jade dragon in this book, but things are not certain, because this requires you to pass the director's audition, and if you can't meet the requirements, you can only come back and dance for me." Of course, you have plenty of time, and you still have half a year to prepare. I think the first thing you have to do is find an acting teacher. ”
In the original version of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the Jade Jiaolong played by the International Chapter is very brilliant, and Simon is happy to use the other party if he can.
Unfortunately, not this time.
The famous Chinese opera class 96 doesn't know if it will appear again, even if he finds himself now, he can't act at all if he is still a rookie in the international chapter.
Only substitutions can be made.
Li Xiaoran, who was renamed Li Youhu in front of him, is 19 years old this year, although he is also young, whether it is the real character of the other party or the screen images in Simon's memory, they are very suitable for the role of Jade Jiaolong.
And the dancer is born, and the action scene is not a problem.
As for acting, after all, he is a dancer and often goes on stage, so he is not zero-based, and the next half a year of intensive training is basically enough. What's more, Ang Lee is still the kind of director who is the best at training actors.
Being stared at by so many envious and jealous eyes around him, Li Youhu's vanity rose a lot, and he still boldly looked directly at the man in front of him: "Mr. Westeros, isn't it up to you to decide this matter?"
"Of course I can have the final say, but if your performance is not up to par and you mess up a movie, the loss is mine. The budget for this project is $15 million, which is still a lot of money. ”
15 million, in Hollywood can only be a low-cost production.
However, the girls around it naturally converted into RMB, 120 million, I can't help but be staggered.
"Opium War", which is currently being filmed in China, has built a lot of city streets and warship models for this film in recent years, and the production cost is not 120 million.
Some girls are very unproductive and think that with such a large amount of money, who would make movies.
I can't spend it in a lifetime.
After chatting for a while, after tea, the girls were sent off the terrace.
Follow the verandah next to the inner courtyard to the third courtyard, where the girls of the National Style Art Troupe live. Including the classical band, dance teachers, costume and makeup staff, etc., which are all composed of women, there are more than 160 people in total, but they are not crowded at all in this courtyard.
Because the annex is really big.
Two years ago, the annex was originally occupied by 1 hectare, and it has since been expanded, and almost the entire hill is Simon's private property.
The annex is laid out in the style of a classical garden, with a total of four floors.
It's not four-in.
Rather, it is a four-layer layer that progresses sequentially from the inside to the outside, presenting an elliptical pattern that occupies the entire mountain.
Simon's Wujin Courtyard in the capital, including the attached garden, has a total area of only 5,000 square meters, equivalent to 7 and a half acres, and this annex currently covers an area of 2.5 hectares, which is converted to more than 38 acres.
Let's just talk about the third-floor courtyard where the members of the National Wind Art Troupe live.
Two-storey quadrangle layout, length and width are 60 meters, the architectural style is not the simplicity and coldness of the northern quadrangle, but the kind of delicacy and elegance of the Jiangnan garden, the total building area of the square two-storey main building reaches 3,300 square meters, in addition to 50 sets of standard 50 square meters of two-bedroom and one living room small suites, there are restaurants, kitchens, libraries, entertainment rooms and so on.
Therefore, there is an average of 4 people in a suite, and there is still a lot of space.
The warblers and swallows returned to their residences, took off their makeup and changed their clothes, and it was almost noon in a blink of an eye.
There was still some time before the lunch time at 12 o'clock, and everyone had their own activities, and some girls who were familiar with Li Youhu came to her room on the second floor of the east wing of the courtyard one after another, chattering and discussing the copy of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that the other party had just gotten.
"Youhu, actually, I think it's Mr. Westeros's words that are the key. ”
Li Youhu generously allowed the girls to circulate the book, and asked with a smile to refute the girl named Yun Zijin: "Why, do I want to run to the apprenticeship in the middle of the night, and then learn a skill like Sun Wukong to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace." ”
"What kind of apprenticeship, how obvious, it's going to bed. ”
It was Ouyang Xiaoli who spoke.
People are very adaptable, and after finalizing the list, under Chen Qing's mandatory requirements, the girls quickly got used to using each other's new names.
Hearing Ouyang Huangli say it so bluntly, everyone suddenly started to coax again.
Another girl continued: "Yes, yes, because Mrs. Westeros is here, Mr. Westeros is not easy to point out, if you don't even have this look, you will definitely not get the role in the end." ”
"Xiao Ming, your mind is too dark. ”
"Don't call me Xiao Ming, and, Yu Xuanniao, do you think your name is much better than mine?"
"You've said it yourself, it's better than you, that's enough, it doesn't matter how much. ”
"Wow, I fought ...... with you"
"Ahaha...... Jing Xiaoming, don't scratch me, slender, come and help. ”
"Playing by myself, moving hands and feet does not fit my elegant name of 'slender'. ”
"Is this showing off? It's so infuriating, Xuanniao, let's beat her together. ”
"Good. ”
Li Youhu watched the girls plop down on the sofa in the living room in entanglement, worried that the books would be damaged, snatched the copy of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", got up and went to the next bedroom.
There is only one queen bed in the bedroom, but it is a two-person room.
Of course, no one knows about someone's evil intentions on purpose, and the girls have no objections, the suites here are many times better than many of their previous residences, and some girls said in private chats that the furniture in the suites is all mahogany, although the design style is modern and simple, it is certainly not an antique, but it must be very expensive.
Chen Xingwei, who had just gone to take a bath without being involved in the outside frolic, was sitting in front of the dresser in a bathrobe at this time and was doing facial maintenance, when he saw Li Youhu coming in, he just glanced at her obliquely, and turned his gaze to the mirror in front of him again.
Feeling the other party's abnormality, Li Youhu opened his mouth slightly, but he didn't say anything.
The two just happened to be selected into this national style art troupe together, but because of personality differences and other reasons, they have never been too good.
Put it in his cabinet, Li Youhu thought about it and walked into the bathroom.
When he came out, someone was no longer there, so he paused, walked over and opened his cabinet, and found that the book was still there, so he went to the dresser and sat down, and began to do facial care in earnest.
This is the care training that the girls receive after being selected by the Guofeng Art Troupe, including a variety of expensive skin care products.
Because this profession requires frequent heavy makeup, which is very harmful to the skin, maintenance is also very important.
In fact, if you didn't pay attention to this kind of attention in the past, you won't be able to afford it.
However, after becoming a member of the Westeros system, the treatment that the maids of the Wei family should have, they are not lacking, and maintaining the best appearance and body condition through various maintenance times is both a benefit and a requirement.
After the maintenance and the change of clothes, it is time for lunch.
Li Youhu is proud and straightforward, but he is not stupid, and he is a little hesitant to go downstairs and have lunch with everyone.
After all, the events of the morning, even if they are ostensibly giggling, will definitely arouse some jealousy. In the end, I decided to go later, but lunch would last until 1 p.m. anyway, and it seems that there are no more acting tasks today, so it will probably be okay to go to eat after a little later.
However, Wei Sancha, who had just been hiding in the room and watching TV for a while, was also noticed by Simon Westeros in the morning, knocked on the door, saw her, and said, "Youhu, why don't you come down to eat?"
"I'm not too hungry and plan to ......"
Before he finished speaking, Wei Sancha had already said, "Come on, Miss Chen sent something delicious, saying that it was a reward from Mr. Westeros." I'm still looking for you, it must be that, well, something about "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". ”
Miss Chen is naturally Chen Qing.
In this case, I had to follow downstairs.
Coming to the restaurant downstairs, it seems to be very lively here, several waitresses in the inner courtyard are distributing food to everyone, one of them is a roast pig that is very eye-catching, and it makes people drool when they look at it.
In fact, the standard of catering on the art troupe's side is quite high, although in order to keep them in shape, there is very little meat, but the various fruit salads that are served every day are unimaginable, and many of them are imported.
Seeing her appear, Chen Qing walked over, took her to a corner of the restaurant, and said, "You can go back to the capital in the afternoon, there will be an acting class for you, I have already contacted it, it is in the Chinese opera, and then you just need to concentrate on preparing for that movie." ”
Li Youhu subconsciously agreed, reacted, hesitated slightly, and asked, "That, Miss Chen, didn't Mr. Westeros say...... Tomorrow. ”
Chen Qing interrupted: "The boss is joking, you take it seriously." ”
"That'...... Next month, the United States?"
That's what she cares about most.
Now that the country can break its head for a chance to go abroad, who knows if it will be missed again. What's more, it is also promised that you can become a naturalized citizen directly in the United States, so this opportunity is even more precious.
Chen Qing said: "This plan will not change, I will continue to arrange acting classes for you when you get there, so your English ability should also be strengthened as soon as possible." In short, there is a fox, this is a rare opportunity, but you also have to remember that this is only a chance, and the boss did not give you any promises. Whether you can catch it or not depends on your efforts. ”
The two discussed for a while, Chen Qing sent the other party to dinner, and was about to leave, when a woman who was obviously much older than the girls around walked over, looking in her thirties, but her appearance and temperament were no worse than the green apples around, but better. Moreover, the woman is holding a little girl in her hand, carved in pink and jade, like a doll.
The woman stopped Chen Qing with a worried expression: "Miss Chen, that, I heard that Mr. Westeros didn't read the "Chu Yun" I made up in the morning?"
"Yes, but I should see it in the next few days," Chen Qing said, glancing at the little girl pulled by the woman, and continued: "Ms. Liu, you have been dancing for so many years, and there are many awards, plus your status as a national first-class actor, it is definitely no problem to be a choreographer." Regarding the matter of wanting to bring your daughter to the United States, I will discuss it with my boss in the next two days, and there will be a response soon, and besides, this is only a small matter for the boss, and it is not a big problem. ”
Saying this, Chen Qing's gaze drifted over the woman again, and some different meanings flashed in her eyes.
"Then, thank you Miss Chen," the woman didn't notice Chen Qing's abnormality, and she didn't dare to urge, she was polite, and pulled the little girl next to her: "Feng'er, thank you, sister." ”
The little girl who was as delicate as a doll was instinctively a little timid in front of Chen Qing, but she was still obedient: "Thank you, sister." ”
Chen Qing stretched out her hand and pinched the girl's face, reminding: "Remember to be obedient, don't run around here, it will cause trouble for your mother." ”
The little girl agreed softly, and leaned slightly closer to her mother.
A child's intuition is always a little sharper.
The big sister in front of her is not so amiable at all on the surface.
The woman holding the child heard Chen Qing say this, and hurriedly promised: "Miss Chen, don't worry, I will be optimistic about Feng'er, and I will never let her run around." ”
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