Chapter 51: Driving
"Mr. Pandit, there's something I need you to help me with!" the director, Wei Jiahui, asked Shakru with some embarrassment.
"Director Wei, just say anything about it!" Shakru agreed very happily.
Wai explained: "Oh, yes, I need a few Indian actors in this play, so I want you to help me find it." ”
"That's fine, what roles do you need, do you have any special requirements?" asked Shakru cautiously.
"Oh, I've asked for it all to write on this list, you can take a look!" Wei Jiahui said, handing Shakru a list.
Shakru took it and looked at it, then frowned and said, "Director Wei, the other actors here are all easy, but the role of this monk is a bit troublesome." ”
"The role of this character is very simple. Wei Jiahui asked puzzled.
Shakru explained slowly: " The role is indeed simple, but this role is not simple, Director Wei may not be very familiar with our India, there is a caste reduction system in Indian casting, simply put, what caste are you, then you can only play the role of what caste, for example, an actor with a caste of Sudra cannot play the role of an official, and an actor with a caste of Kshatriya cannot play the role of a businessman, so the monk can only be played by an actor of the caste Brahmin caste, but the number of actors of the Brahmin caste is too small, I dare not guarantee that I will be able to find a suitable candidate for you now。 ”
Although Wei Jiahui knew that there was a caste system in India before, he never expected that it had already infiltrated the movie, this, this is simply ridiculous! But at this moment, there is still an Indian standing in front of him, so it is not convenient to criticize, so he has to suppress his temperament and ask: "I have very few scenes here, see if you can find someone to come over and play the scene temporarily!"
"I'll try, but there's an easier solution, which is to find an MSL actor for the role, because they don't have to be restricted by the caste reduction system, but I don't know if it meets your requirements. Shakru suggested.
"Is this MSL actor Indian? Can he do a little simple yoga?" asked Wei Jiahui.
Shakru nodded and replied, "Of course it's Indian, but the sect is different." ”
"Then it's no problem, in fact, even if it's a Pakistani actor, anyway, the Hong Kong audience can't tell the difference!" Wei Jiahui said with a sigh of relief.
Shakru hurriedly stopped: "Eh, Wei Dao, this kind of talk can't be nonsense, try to mention Pakistan as little as possible in India." ”
Wei Jiahui, who knew that he had lost his words, apologized and said: "I said it wrong, thank you for reminding me!
"Don't worry, I'll contact the actors. Shakru nodded in agreement, but then said with some embarrassment: "That Wei Dao, I also want to ask you for help!"
Because Shakru has cared about the crew in the past few days, and Wei Jiahui also learned from Battery that Shakru is just a friend of the Battery family and not a subordinate, so he appreciates his affection very much, and he has long wanted to find an opportunity to compensate him, so he hurriedly asked: "Mr. Pandeit, do you have anything to say!"
Shakru hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Well, I have a friend who has also studied acting, so I want to help her ask for a role in your play, three women and four women!"
"There's no problem with that, anyway, I just asked you that there are female characters in the role, so you can let your friend play this role directly. Wei Jiahui replied disapprerovingly.
Unexpectedly, Shakru shook his head and said, "Director Wei, this friend of mine is not Indian, but Chinese!"
Hearing that it was a Chinese actress, Wei Jiahui was a little surprised, but still agreed: "Ah?!Chinese?, this is not a big problem, you let this friend of your come over to audition, I will see what role is more suitable for her!"
"Okay, I'll let her come!" Shakru replied happily.
Immediately changed rooms, Sha Kelu called his mother Qimiya: "My dear, if there is a chance for you to cooperate with Wei Jiahui, Zheng Xji, Liu Xyun, Wu Xyu, and Zhang Xzhi, are you interested?"
As soon as she heard these familiar and star-studded names, Mu Qimiya's eyes immediately lit up, and she said excitedly: "Of course I am willing, even if I play a trick in the movie they play, I can be familiar in front of the audience, but they have a fixed team for Hong Kong movies, and if they can't go online, they won't have any chance at all." And now there are fewer and fewer movies that can gather so many big-name stars, so once there is such a film, everyone is crazy to squeeze in, and other insiders can't use it, let alone a small person like me. ”
Sha Kelu said very proudly: "China Star recently organized these people to shoot an Indian-style movie "Himalayan Star", I just received them, and I have already told the director Wei Jiahui that I will leave you a female third or fourth female role, and you can audition when you come, so hurry up and buy a ticket to come over." ”
"My dear, you are so good to me, don't worry, I will definitely not disgrace you, I will fly over!" Mu Qimiya agreed excitedly.
In fact, it's no wonder she's so excited, because although Shakru promised to praise her before, she thought that at most, it would be a low-cost horror movie or something like throwing millions of dollars, but she never expected it to be such a big production with a super luxury lineup, not to mention the supporting roles with lines and shots like the three women and the fourth woman in such a film, even if it is a trick, it is worth fighting for, don't you see that the girl who stepped on the banana peel and fell down in "Shaolin Football" is now popular! (Check it, her name is Li Hui.) )
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With the violent friction between the tires and the ground, this yoga car has been raced to 240 miles by the old Indian driver. The two headlights were white and dazzling, and the body had long since lost its balance, and it was swaying in the rapid movement.
I don't know how long it took, but finally in the screeching sound of brakes, the well-maintained car slowly stopped on the side of the road, and the exhaust was still spewing white smoke, trembling and shaking.
Just when the old Indian driver wanted to drive again, Mu Qimiya begged weakly: "Boss, I still have to audition tomorrow, so when I finish filming this scene, I will serve you well, whatever you want to toss me!"
PS: I think it's still fun to write this way of driving......