013. The Taste of Success
Jennifer, David and Hawke agreed on four o'clock in the afternoon, and instead of fish and chips, they had afternoon tea.
"Although I don't know Director David's habits," Yang Tian said with a little excitement, "but they will contact you less than half a day after the audition, and the possibility of winning this role is very high." ”
Hawke agreed with Yang Tian's speculation that the news came too quickly, and he was still a little confused.
"Let's pack up and let's go. Yang Tian said energetically.
"It's only half past ten, what are we going out for so early?"
Yang Tian looked at the young man in front of him with a puzzled face, and said with some hatred: "You who speak English so fluently, how come you don't know as much about their culture as I am." It was an afternoon tea for great directors and writers, and it must be a regular restaurant, and you probably won't even be able to enter the door if you wear a windbreaker. ”
"You mean dressing code?" Hawke suddenly realized.
"What's the heart?" Yang Tian asked inexplicably, "You hurry up and check what the dress rules are, let's hurry up and buy them." ”
The two big men finally found Harrods Department Store with the help of the map, and then spent 4,000 federal dollars to buy a tuxedo for Hawke, and spent a few hundred dollars to buy a pair of leather shoes.
According to the exchange rate between Huaxia and the European federal currency, more than 2,000 Huaxia coins, which is equivalent to half a month's salary for ordinary employees, are gone.
The butterfly bow tie around the neck of the Hawke finisher, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he felt sorry for the money spent.
I don't know if the company can reimburse him?
Yang Tian patted Hawke's shoulder and said with satisfaction: "The figure is good, even the shoulder pads are saved." ”
"I usually have a gym. Hawke responded.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Hawke arrived at the agreed place on time.
As for Yang Tian, he didn't speak English, and he didn't know if he was chatting with the director about the signing of the contract during afternoon tea, so he didn't participate.
"I'm just walking around these two blocks, and call me as soon as you have any news. Yang Tian instructed before leaving.
Deschant Harris, the name of the afternoon tea restaurant in front of him, is displayed on the 1000-degree map food list as the consumption symbol of the four federal coins.
Consumption is extremely high, and the evaluation is a mess.
Guided by the waiter, Hawke was brought to David and Jennifer's table.
Glancing at the clothes of the waiter who walked in front of him, Hawke looked like he had seen it at Harold this morning.
It's the brand that I think is too expensive and reluctant to buy.
It's extravagant.
David wore a seemingly ordinary tuxedo, and Hawk glanced at it and didn't find the brand's label, which should be customized.
Jennifer is a traditional British woman, and her full outfit is a single color, a light blue dress and a hat that must be worn, and the hat should be adorned with irises.
After a ceremonial greeting in the style of the European Federation, all three of them took their seats.
When beckoning the waiter to pour tea for Hawke, Jennifer said, "I don't know if you have the habit of drinking tea, today we ordered Qimen black tea, you may have drunk it in Huaxia." ”
Hawke politely said that he was drinking it for the first time, but he liked to drink tea.
In my memory, the most I drank was Master Kong's iced tea, and the higher grades were the two cups I drank in Wang Jie's office, and I felt that there was no difference except that it was a little bitter.
After asking Hawke if he was in the habit of using a knife and fork, Jennifer asked the waiter to change his chopsticks.
The cutlery in front of him was centered on a plate, followed by three pairs of chopsticks that gradually lengthened, and the outermost layer was a teaspoon.
The innermost ones are pale green bamboo chopsticks, the middle is silver, and the outermost ones are porcelain chopsticks with blue and white porcelain patterns.
This gave Hawke a strange feeling, and it also clearly made him understand what is called Huaxia's status and influence.
Soon, the waiter took away the two pots of lavender in the middle of the table, replaced them with several gold-rimmed cages filled with three layers of snacks, introduced the names one by one, and left respectfully.
David MacDonald took a sandwich from the bottom of his hand, took a bite and looked at Hawke and said, "Yesterday it looked like your audition, and to be honest, your acting skills were very clumsy. ”
So straightforward?
He continued: "You turned that long conversation with the heroine into your own monologue, as if you were talking to yourself. ”
"The logic is pretty clear. Jennifer added, and then whispered to Hawke in Huaxia: "He's usually so straightforward, don't mind it." ”
Of course, Hawke doesn't mind, opposite is a high-profile new star in the European federal independent film industry, and he is a 28th-tier idol himself, not at the same level at all.
How many artists are afraid that they don't have the opportunity to directly evaluate themselves by such a big guy.
Hawke nodded modestly, acknowledging David's evaluation, and said that he would continue to work hard to learn and improve himself.
"So," David dragged on the word 'So' a little longer, and exaggerated it even more under the influence of the London accent, "what do you think you have over others?" ”
The problem came suddenly, so that Hawke, who had just taken a sandwich with blue and white porcelain chopsticks, lost his mind for a moment, but fortunately he adjusted very quickly.
The answer to a similar "advantages and disadvantages" is a necessary question for Dile during training, but I didn't expect to use it in the audition yesterday, but I used it today.
"I think I'm very malleable. Hawke looked at David and said, "Although I didn't have the experience of studying acting in a professional film school, I felt like a blank slate, and the performance pattern was not fixed, and I could constantly absorb new knowledge." ”
"Okay David, you've got to let Hawk eat something," Jennifer interrupted David's questioning, and then smiled and said to Hawke, "Try this mille-feuille, I loved it very much when I was younger, and now I have to cut back on sugar, which is a pity." ”
Jennifer's smile was like a spring breeze, but Hawke felt that there were two judges sitting next to him.
One is called the red-faced diva, and the other is called the white-faced king.
"You need to dabble in more excellent works," David said after adding three sugar cubes to the black tea, "as you get older, people's understanding and learning ability will decrease, don't wait until you are thirty years old to think about how to improve, it is almost impossible." ”
For the next half hour of snack, Hawk was in a state of listening more and talking less, David almost constantly pointed out his shortcomings, and Jennifer occasionally interjected.
Then when Hawke was using bamboo chopsticks to hold the fruit on the top layer of the porcelain plate, David thundered on the ground, so frightened that Hawke almost shook off the fruit he was holding.
"We plan to let you play the role of the actor Luo Yunfei. ”
Is the brain circuit of an independent film director so whimsical?
Hawke wanted to answer normally, but he couldn't suppress the ecstasy in his heart, and said excitedly, "Is this true? I, of course I do!"
Jennifer let out a burst of laughter, then took Hawke's hanging hand in the air and helped him smoothly put the fruit on the plate, she glared at David and smiled: "David, you are not humorous, it scared Huo. ”
David's calm and expressionless face suddenly showed a smile at this moment, with a look of "not surprised".
Especially like the guy in the TV series - yes, old urchin.
"Jennifer thinks you're a good fit," David said to Hawke with his poker face restored, "and I've heard lately that she's been listening to the song you wrote, and you'll have to perform it yourself today." ”
Hawke nodded in a must.
"Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity, it's my honor!" Hawke said to the two sincerely, "I will definitely do my best not to let my acting skills lag behind." ”
David and Jennifer nodded with satisfaction, and then told the Hawk crew that they would send someone to contact his agent in the future, and if the conditions could be negotiated, it would be officially signed.
"If everything goes well and we can set the heroine next week, the crew will start on time in November; Jennifer said to Hawke.
Hawke thanked him again, then took a big sip of the black tea.
He was so excited that he forgot the etiquette of having to drink tea with a teaspoon.
Hawke, who has always used the bitter taste of black tea to refresh himself, feels that the taste of this cup of tea is so sweet at the moment.