"Your name is Puran. Robert," Wang Zijun flipped through the actor information on the table and said to the white middle-aged fat man in front of him, "You are a storekeeper by profession, how did you think of coming to the movie audition?" ”

The fat man was stunned for a moment and replied, "It's my dream to be an actor, and I think the role of Max is a good fit for me." ”

"Okay, let's do a seasickness scene first." Wang Zijun said.

"Don't need lines?" The fat man asked.

Wang Zijun said: "Whatever you want, you can play freely." ”

"Well, to be honest, I've never gotten seasick." The fat man stood up, shook as if he was drunk, then threw himself to the side and vomited, and then kept tossing back and forth.

After the performance, the fat man looked up at Wang Zijun expectantly.

Wang Zijun's answer obviously disappointed him: "I'm sorry, Mr. Robert, I don't think you are suitable for this role, your performance is too superficial." ”

The fat man said frustratedly, "Thank you for giving me this opportunity to audition, Mr. Wang." ”

Seeing that he was about to leave, Wang Zijun said: "Mr. Robert, if you want, you can play some other roles, but there won't be many lines." ”

The fat man perked up and said, "Of course, of course I do." ”

"Then leave your contact information, and we'll let you know when the time comes." Wang Zijun said.

"Thanks, you're a good person." The fat man left his phone number while issuing a card channel.

The fat man walked out of the audition hall, and Wang Zijun couldn't help but rub his face vigorously to relieve fatigue.

It has been three days since the actor audition for "The Pianist at Sea" began, and there have been countless applicants, but none of them have satisfied Wang Zijun.

For those secondary supporting roles, Lazim, as Wang Zijun's royal assistant, has already selected actors, and now there are still a few roles to be determined.

The first is Max, the male No. 2 white fat trumpeter, followed by the black father of the male protagonist 1900, then the black pianist who fights the piano with the male protagonist, and finally the childhood character of the male protagonist.

As for the actor, Wang Zijun plans to play it himself. Originally, when I wrote the script last year, I was going to invite a white man to play it, but after the scandal, Wang Zijun simply changed the script to play the leading role in order to recover some of his lost popularity. And in order to cater to the European and American film markets, the actor has also become a Chinese-European mixed-race who has been abandoned on a ship.

This is Wang Zijun's penultimate film in Hollywood, and after making another "Titanic", after a glorious box office, he plans to stop making Hollywood films, but return to Hong Kong and Taiwan, and use his influence to develop Chinese films.

After the fat man left, a family of three came in. The man was Asian, the woman was blonde and blue-eyed, and there was a six or seven-year-old child between them. The child has long black hair, but his skin is fair, his eyes are blue, and he doesn't look around after he comes in, but looks at Wang Zijun in a daze.

Wang Zijun looked at the information, this kid's name is Barry. Joshua. Lu's father was an ancestral banana who immigrated to the United States and now can't even speak a few words of Chinese, and his mother is Irish.

"You may be seated." Wang Zijun greeted him and asked, "Mr. Lu, has your son ever acted before?" ”

"Yes, Barry has done commercials before." The boy's father said proudly.

Children don't pay much attention to acting skills, Wang Zijun beckoned to the children, pointed to an English word on the information and said, "Hey, Barry, how do you pronounce this word?" ”

The child didn't dare to look at Wang Zijun's eyes, lowered his head and said timidly: "I...... I do not know. ”

"Can you put your head up?" Wang Zijun asked.

The child raised his head slightly.

Wang Zijun frowned, this kid looks good, but he is too introverted, and he has no cleverness at all. I can only put it aside for now, and if there is no better one in the next few days, then I can only use him. It's okay for children to tease more, but there aren't many scenes anyway.

Wang Zijun didn't say anything about it, and sent the child's family back in a flicker.

Seeing that it was not early, Wang Zijun also ended today's audition, shook hands with the person in charge sent by the actors' union this time, and prepared to close the stall and go home.

"Boss, Monsieur Poitier's phone." Wang Zijun was about to go out, but was stopped by Lazim.

"Sidney. Poitier? Wang Zijun asked.

"Yes, he heard that you were looking for black actors, and he wanted to recommend two of them." Lazim said.

"yes, why didn't I think I could ask him for help?" Wang Zijun patted his forehead and said.

In the past few days, the selection of black actors has made Wang Zijun sad to death, Sidney. Poitier was still the only black Oscar winner at this time, so it was naturally much easier to ask him for help.

Ran back to the office to pick up the phone, and Sidney came inside. Poitier's long-lost thick voice: "Wang, I heard that you are looking for an actor." ”

Wang Zijun said: "Yes, there is a shortage of two black actors now. Sidney, I know you must have a way. ”

"Make an appointment to meet, and I'll recommend you two great black actors." Sidney. Poitier said.

"How about noon tomorrow?" Wang Zijun asked.

"Absolutely," Sidney. "We'll see you tomorrow at twelve o'clock at noon, at the café across the street from D&T. ”

"See you tomorrow, then." Wang Zijun hung up the phone, feeling relieved and no longer worried about the actor's problem.

The rise of black actors in Hollywood began in the 80s, but they could only be on the screen as accomplices or partners of white heroes, and black actors had to wait until the 90s to be the sole leader on the screen.

It's only 1981, and good black actors are really hard to find. It's not that there are no good actors among blacks at this time, but Hollywood doesn't have more room for them to play, and they can only play criminals and harlequins.

Sidney. Poitier took the initiative to recommend actors to Wang Zijun, not just to help Wang Zijun's friend. As the only Oscar-winning black actor, Sidney. Poitier is naturally the big brother of black actors in Hollywood, and he has the responsibility of promoting other black actors.

Recommend actor to Wang Zijun, Sidney. Poitier not only helped Wang Zijun, but also helped his group of black actors.

"Lazim, tell the Screen Actors Guild that we've found actors for those two black characters." Wang Zijun said to Lazim, Sidney. Poitier's vision is still very trusting, and we can't be more reliable than this kind of casting a net.

"Okay." Lazim responded, suddenly looking in the direction of the door of the office hall and laughing, "Boss, your wife is here." ”

Wang Zijun turned around and saw that Lin Qingxia was standing at the door with a large bag and a small bag, and the two bodyguards beside her also carried a lot. Wang Zijun hurriedly walked over to help her catch some and asked, "What are you buying, so much?" ”

Lin Qingxia smiled: "I haven't lived in California for a long time, and there are a lot of things waiting for me in the studio." This is the clothes I bought for my parents, this is my eldest brother and sister-in-law, this is Lixia's. Oh, this is a remote control toy bought for Ah Xi, this is ......"

The two of them left with their things, and the employees in the company's office hall began to talk in a whisper. They all know Lin Qingxia from last year's "Los Angeles Evening News", and their impression of Lin Qingxia is that this is an angel who allows her husband to find a woman outside.

There are so many things that the trunk of the car is almost unable to fit, Wang Zijun and Lin Qingxia hold hands and get into the car, ignoring the driver and bodyguard in the car, Wang Zijun hugged Lin Qingxia is kiss.

Lin Qingxia struggled shyly at first, and then her body was softened by Wang Zijun, and she found that those bodyguards were paying attention to the situation outside the car, so she let him do whatever he wanted.

Driving back to Tulip Manor, when he was about to reach his destination, Wang Zijun found that a car was quickly following behind.

"Dizzy, isn't that my mustang? How did it become that! Wang Zijun was dumbfounded and looked at the Ford Mustang that should have been silver-gray, but at this time it had turned earthy yellow, and there were many bump marks in front.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qingxia asked.

Wang Zijun gritted his teeth and said, "Madonna, you're dead!" ”

Wang Zijun and Lin Qingxia have been living in Tulip Manor for several days, but Madonna has not shown up. According to Henry Sr., Madonna was driving to a music festival.

Sure enough, when the car Wang Zijun was sitting in drove into the gate of Tulip Manor, the Ford Mustang behind him also followed.

Madonna is very happy these days, driving across the United States, running to the East Coast to attend music festivals, and meeting a lot of friends who play music. In particular, the luxurious muscle car she was driving attracted a lot of attention, and the young men took turns to pay her courtesy.

But now Madonna couldn't be happy, and when she got out of the car, she saw Wang Zijun standing there staring at her with a smile.

"Isn't it time to wash this car?" Wang Zijun stretched out his hand to wipe the cover of the mustang's car, and all that stuck to his hands was dust and sand.

"Hello, sir, I'll drive to the car wash!" Madonna opened the car door with a weak heart, hoping that Wang Zijun would not notice the scars on the car.

"Don't wash the car, you come with me." Wang Zijun said.

Madonna just stepped into the car with one leg, retracted her leg awkwardly, and followed Wang Zijun to the swimming pool step by step, only to find that there was an Asian beauty sitting on the chair by the pool.

"My wife." Wang Zijun introduced it and said, "Sit down." ”

"Mrs. Wang is good." Madonna was even more restless.

Lin Qingxia also nodded, looking curiously at the American girl in front of her.

"How's the song doing?" Wang Zijun asked, he has great trust in Madonna's musical talent.

Madonna was also polite, saying, "I think I can release a record." By the way, I've written sixteen more songs, do you want me to show them to you? ”

Wang Zijun nodded: "I heard that you went to a music festival?" ”

Madonna said: "It's a rock music festival in New York, called Park Weekend. ”

I've never heard of any broken names. Wang Zijun asked, "Do you want to be popular?" ”

"What?" Madonna didn't understand what Wang Zijun meant.

"I asked if you want to be a big star? Be an American music diva. Wang Zijun asked with a smile.

"Can I?" Madonna didn't believe in her own abilities at this time, although she looked down on many popular singers in the United States now.

"Absolutely." Wang Zijun smiled, "As long as you do what I say." ”

The faint smile on Wang Zijun's face made Madonna feel unfathomable, and inexplicably felt that Wang Zijun was not playing with her, and seemed to have the ability to make her a diva in the American music scene. I couldn't help but ask, "What should I do!" ”

"Take a look at this first!" Wang Zijun said as he threw a folder in front of him to Madonna.

As soon as Madonna opened it, it was a plan on how to package and promote her, which was written by Wang Zijun according to Madonna's popular experience in parallel space.

"Is that okay?" Madonna asked, she was a little skeptical that Wang Zijun was coaxing her to play.

"Give this to Ron, and he'll arrange for someone to help you." Wang Zijun said.

"Okay." Madonna had no choice.

"By the way, this is the record contract I made for you." Wang Zijun pushed another contract and sent it to Madonna.

"Eight years?" Madonna was taken aback when she saw the age limit. What is the difference between an eight-year long contract and a contract for selling oneself, and he immediately said excitedly, "No, I can't sign it, and if I sign it, I won't be free anymore." ”

"You don't just see whether eight years is good or not, your record royalty dividend is as high as 15%." Wang Zijun said with a smile, "You can go out and inquire, in other record companies, which newcomer can get more than 10% of the royalty?" ”

"No, even if it's 20%, I won't sign it." Madonna said categorically that although she doesn't think she can become a diva in the American music scene, she also believes that she can get ahead. Wang Zijun's contract simply killed her for the next eight years.

"It's okay if you don't sign it." Wang Zijun stretched out his fingers and scratched his forehead, and said, "From May last year to now, your various training expenses in the record company, as well as the money I lent you, plus the compensation costs for the facilities in your damaged manor, seem to add up to more than 50,000 US dollars." I'm a very generous person, you can give me 50,000 yuan. ”

"You ......" Madonna reacted at this time, there is really no free lunch in the world, and all the conveniences that Wang Zijun gave her turned out to be a set.

Even Lin Qingxia next to her couldn't stand it, and felt that Wang Zijun was a bit too much to force a girl like this, so she couldn't help but quietly touch Wang Zijun twice.

Wang Zijun smiled bitterly: "Miss Madonna, you really don't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings." Just such a contract, if I announce it, I'm afraid that thousands of young singers in the United States will break their heads and grab it. You wouldn't want to! ”

"Can it be changed to five years?" Madonna asked.

Wang Zijun said: "If you have become famous, let alone five years, you can sign even three years." But you don't have any fame now, and the company has to spend a lot of money and energy to package and promote you. ”

Madonna looked at the contract, hesitated, and finally said, "I'll sign it." ”

(To be continued)