Chapter 224: Will it come again?
"Why can't I come?" said the person who came looking at Xiao Yao with a smile. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Uh... I mean, aren't you supposed to make a movie in Los Angeles?" Xiao Yao grabbed his hair embarrassedly, stepped forward to take the paper bag from the visitor's hand, and placed it on the table.
"My God~ Los Angeles was a month ago, that movie was already filmed, and now I signed a contract for a series, which was filmed in New York. The visitor rolled his eyes helplessly.
"Who is this?" Hearing the keywords of "movie" and "signed series", I felt that the person who came should be someone in the American entertainment industry, and judging from the tone of the conversation between the two, the relationship between this person and Xiao Yao did not seem to be simple, so Mei Fang on the side asked curiously. Although it was a beautiful girl with an Asian face who came in, since she had been speaking English to Xiao Yao since she entered the door, Mei Fang also asked this sentence in English.
"To introduce, this is my friend, Kimberly Zhou, whose Chinese name is Zhou Jingyi. Chinese actors and dancers!" Xiao Yao helped Mei Fang and others to introduce.
"These people are..."Xiao Yao introduced his two assistants and Mei Fang and Wang Dachuan to Zhou Jingyi.
"Hello!" Fang still greeted Mei Fang and the others politely. Fang still knew about the existence of Zhou Jingyi, but this was also the first time she had seen Zhou Jingyi, so she still greeted Zhou Jingyi very politely.
"Hello!" Zhou Jingyi smiled generously and waved her hand, greeting a few people in Chinese, but obviously the speed of speech was much slower, and the pronunciation was not so standard, "I am a second-generation immigrant, born and raised in the United States, and I don't speak Chinese very well, but there is no problem in listening." "She spoke English with Xiao Yao because she knew Xiao Yao's English level, and she was more accustomed and comfortable to speak English with him. In the face of Xiao Yao's work partners from China, Zhou Jingyi felt that it was more polite to greet them in Chinese.
"For an ABC, it's already quite good," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I didn't know you could speak Chinese." ”
"When I first met you, I knew that you were an exchange student, and I thought that you were coming to the United States to practice spoken English, and it was for your good not to speak Chinese to you. Zhou Jingyi smiled, "After getting acquainted with it, I found that you speak English so fluently, of course I can say it as comfortable as I want." And you speak English so well, and I am not very good at Chinese, and I am afraid of being laughed at by you. ”
"Then why did you come to the United States?" Xiao Yao wondered, "Also, how did you know I was here?"
"Of course, Tiana and Paul told me about it! They also told me about your plans for your trip to the United States these days. In the afternoon, I was filming in the crew, so I couldn't ask for leave, otherwise I would have gone to the airport with them to pick up the plane!" Speaking of this, Zhou Jingyi glared at Xiao Yao with a complaining voice, "It's you, when you come to the United States, you will tell Tiana, TJ, and Paul about them, but you won't tell me, have you forgotten me?"
"Didn't I say you thought you were in Los Angeles?" Xiao Yao smiled bitterly, "Sammy and Dean don't know about my coming to the United States." ”
"Isn't that because you don't know anything about my current situation?" Zhou Jingyi said angrily.
"That, Xiao Yao, someone has brought you food, our own hasn't settled yet, let's go buy food." Fang still suddenly felt that the atmosphere seemed to be a little wrong, pulled Pei Minyi, and said to Xiao Yao before leaving.
"No," Zhou Jingyi opened her mouth to stop, "I called Paul after I finished work, and I knew that there were five of you here, so I bought enough food for nine people." ”
"Nine people?" Fang was still stunned, "There are only six of us here plus you." ”
"The classes at Tiana's school are over, and she, Paul, and TJ are already on their way. Zhou Jingyi smiled.
"Is there a good show to watch?" Pei Minyi leaned into Fang Yi's ear with some excitement and whispered.
"Shut up!" Fang still glared at Pei Minyi and said.
"It's a shame that Sarmien Smith from Los Angeles didn't come. Fang still thought of it with a little joy in his heart. As Xiao Yao's agent and assistant, Fang still needs to fully understand Xiao Yao's interpersonal relationships. Xiao Yao's friendship in the United States may be related to his future career development, so Xiao Yao also told Fang that he was a friend in the United States. Although Xiao Yao didn't say it explicitly, from the things Xiao Yao described and the behavior of the characters in it, the delicate and sensitive Fang still felt that Sarmien Smith and Zhou Jingyi seemed to be interested in Xiao Yao.
"Then wait until they come before eating. Xiao Yao heard that Sun Tingting and they were already on the way, so he was not in a hurry to eat, turned his head to look at Zhou Jingyi and said, "Tomorrow I will go to Paul's dance studio with Tiana to rehearse a pas de deux." If you're free tomorrow, why don't you help guide you? You're a professional in modern dance, and Paul and TJ can't compare. ”
"Tiana already told me yesterday to help her rehearse that dance with yours, and I promised her. Zhou Jingyi said, "Our crew shoots one episode a week, and today I just finished filming one episode of this week, and I am free for the rest of the week." ”
"Didn't you say that you came to the United States to find Sun Tingting to help you accompany you? Why is there a pas de deux?" Mei Fang said to Xiao Yao, "Do you still want to take Sun Tingting to the stage of "Singer" to dance, and sing and dance at the same time? But I listen to the music of the song you just now, it doesn't seem to be very suitable for dancing. ”
"Personally, I don't think there's any music that doesn't go well with it, it's just a matter of what kind of dance you wear. Xiao Yao smiled, "But tomorrow's dance practice has nothing to do with the next "Singer" competition, I plan to shoot a MV here." My friend is already helping me contact the shooting team and venue, practice tomorrow and the next day, and shoot in one day after tomorrow, and then we can prepare to go back to China. ”
"MV?" Mei Fang said helplessly, "What MV is so important, and it has to be filmed in such a tight preparation period for the game?"
"The song I won seventh in the last game. Xiao Yao said, "I will definitely release this song, and I am also going to shoot a MV for this song." Because the MV of this song I expected was a pas de deux, and the heroes and heroines were me and Doer. One of the purposes of my coming to the U.S. was to shoot this music video. ”
"And what about your next competition song?" Mei Fang said with concern, "Won't it be considered ready now?"
"Tonight, I will record all the soundtracks, and at the same time record the official versions of the songs of the two versions of China and Guangdong," Xiao Yao said, "In the next few days, I will practice dancing and filming MVs during the day, and practice singing in the hotel room at night." As I said, I have a lot to do when I come to the United States this time, and my schedule is tighter. ”
"Oh my God, you're such a madman!" Mei Fang and Wang Dachuan both shook their heads speechless.
"Isn't it a demon?" Xiao Yao said with a smile.
"What are you doing to scare others again?" With the sound from outside the door, Sun Tingting pushed the door and walked in, followed by Paul and TJ.
"Nothing. Come on, come on, hurry up and eat. Xiao Yao beckoned, "I'm waiting for you, I'm hungry!" With that, Xiao Yao moved to get dinner out of the paper bag.
"Hey, Kim!" the three people who came in said hello to Zhou Jingyi.
Sun Tingting sat down and said to Xiao Yao, "Jin is free these days, I ask her to come and rehearse that dance with us tomorrow and give us help and guidance, of course, mainly to help me." ”
"I see, she told me just now. Xiao Yao nodded.
"Jan, we've found the location you asked for, and we've rented it. Paul also said, "There is no problem with the shooting team and the props and lighting equipment you requested, and I guarantee that they will all be ready in the next two days." "One of the main businesses of their studio is to choreograph and provide backup dancers for hip-hop singers' MVs, so they are quite familiar with the people and equipment behind the MV shooting.
"OK, thank you, thank you for your hard work!" Xiao Yao nodded again, pointed at Fang and said, "How much money was spent, the amount and the account number told Fang, she will transfer it to you." By the way, don't forget the rental cost of this recording studio. ”
"No, just thank you for helping us before. Paul and TJ shook their heads at the same time.
"No, if you want to talk about helping each other as friends, you also help me take care of Tiana. Xiao Yao said seriously, "I am already very grateful to you for helping me run errands." But in terms of money, I can't owe you anything. Otherwise, I won't ask you for help next time there is such a thing, I'll let the agent come over in advance and find it myself!" When it comes to economic issues between friends, Xiao Yao's principle is still very strong.
"Okay, you're the boss, you have the final say!" Paul rarely saw Xiao Yao so serious, raised his hands and smiled, "But the recording studio is rented by Jin, and the cost is also paid by her, you and her calculate." ”
"No wonder you can find this place directly," Xiao Yao said to Zhou Jingyi, "You are the same, no exceptions!"
"Then what if Tiyana rented it for you?" Zhou Jingyi looked at Xiao Yao and said.
"Huh?" A group of people looked at Zhou Jingyi, and then looked at Xiao Yao together.
"It's the same!" Xiao Yao thought for a while and said, "My own business, I won't spend my girlfriend's money, and I'm not a soft eater!"
"Okay!" Zhou Jingyi pouted.
After dinner, Xiao Yao persuaded everyone, including Mei Fang and Wang Dachuan, to leave on the grounds that he wanted to record with peace of mind, leaving Fang still to accompany him to continue recording. TJ and Paul's residence are not far away, but he still left his car to Xiao Yao, took Paul's car to send Sun Tingting back to school, and then went home with Paul. Zhou Jingyi took the initiative to take over the task of sending Mei Fang, Pei Minyi and Wang Dachuan back to the hotel.
Mei Fang and Wang Dachuan, who returned to the hotel, didn't know when Xiao Yao would come back that night, but just after ten o'clock in the morning the next day, Xiao Yao knocked on Mei Fang's room door and informed her that she was going to the dance studio to practice.
In Paul and TJ's dance practice room, Xiao Yao first explained the movements of the entire dance one by one, Sun Tingting and Zhou Jingyi were listening carefully, nodding their heads from time to time, occasionally asking something, and even sometimes the three of them would get together to discuss. After they started practicing, it was Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting who practiced, and Zhou Jingyi stood aside and watched, stopping the two from time to time and giving them some guidance.
Mei Fang looked at Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting, who were practicing, and said, "I didn't expect Xiao Yao to be able to dance this kind of modern dance! With this dance they are practicing now, I'm afraid the difficulty will not be worse than the dance performed by those professional dancers in "Dance Forest Competition", right?"
"Yes," Wang Dachuan beside Mei Fang nodded, "The dances that ordinary singers dance at concerts should be regarded as street dances, and it seems that most of them are temporarily learned from dance teachers." Xiao Yao can not only dance this kind of modern dance that looks very professional, but looking at the scene, this dance is still made up by Xiao Yao himself. Since most of today's filming is in this dance practice room, Wang Dachuan can also be lazy today and set up a fixed camera position for the camera to shoot, no longer have to carry it, and people can also go to the side to chat with Mei Fang.
Paul and TJ were also in the dance studio. When they first participated in the "National Street Dance Competition", there were a small number of modern dances in the preliminary and final dances, and they were all choreographed by Xiao Yao.
"It's more appropriate for Jin and Yang to dance together for such a dance," TJ shook his head and sighed, "Jin is a professional dancer who graduated from a regular dance academy, and Tiana is just a student studying with Kim." ”
"I know, from the technical side, it's definitely Kim. But who made Jana Jan's girlfriend?" Paul said, "Jan taught us before, and acting is part of the dance. In their current dance, if they changed Tiana to Jin, maybe Jin's expression and eyes could be as good, but could Jan also look at Jin with the same affection as he did when Tiana was there, especially when Tiana was present. ”
"Maybe," TJ said, "I heard that Chinese people are shy and conservative in their bones, although Yang looks cheerful and generous, but with such intimate dance moves, maybe he can only be sincere and natural when he dances with his real girlfriend." ”
"I'm curious," Paul said, rubbing his chin, "if Kim had known that it was such a dance, would she have agreed to Tiana to come over and do this technical instruction?"
"I want to know too!" TJ nodded repeatedly, and the two looked at each other helplessly.
The MV that Xiao Yao is going to shoot for "ThinkingOutLoud" is based on the original MV of Boss Huang EdSheeran in his previous life. The whole MV is a duo modern dance with two dancers, one male and one female. The dance is not easy, with many lifts and even a solo somersault for the female dancers. But difficulty is not the biggest feature of this dance, the best feature of this dance is that almost from beginning to end there is a sweet interaction between male and female dancers, and there are a lot of very intimate movements. Xiao Yao thinks that he is stronger than Boss Huang in his previous life, so his modification of this dance only slightly increases the difficulty of some male dancers' movements, and on the whole, it is still a very lingering sweet dance.
In the eyes of Paul and TJ, two professional dancers, Xiao Yao, who is not a professional dancer, may only be able to dance this dance with his real girlfriend to dance the taste of this dance.