Chapter 239, the most important phone call in my life
When God closes a door, He opens a new window
Every day, after his busy work, Li Zaiting would take a short break to ask some familiar people for advice with a cheeky and tireless heart, and he was hungry to learn all kinds of experiences and experiences.
Originally, he thought that his knowledge was enough, but the longer he stayed here, the more he felt that he was just a frog at the bottom of a well.
Here, whether it is a film or television person, or a musician, whether it is an academic school or a wild road, there are many amazing characters.
Maybe if you meet someone on the road, you can't be a big screenwriter or director.
A beautiful and charming beauty, maybe she will be an Oscar-winning actress with superb acting skills in the future.
Although he was often given a cold shoulder and ignored him, he learned a lot from many people who had never heard of him before.
The years passed, and in a blink of an eye, the whole of California went from a hot summer day to a warm autumn.
As the sun set, dragging his tired body back to the rental house, Lee Jae-ting took the burger he had just bought on the street, took out a carton of milk from the old refrigerator in the kitchen, and sat on the sofa.
There are not many things in the rental house, and there is only an iron frame bed that looks like a water pipe welded into a room, an old wooden wardrobe, two old single European sofas, a desk made of cypress wood, and a barely functioning refrigerator.
A qiē couldn't be simpler, but the owner of the house didn't pay much attention to it.
After a while, after the three of them finished dinner, Li Zaiting lazily leaned on the soft sofa, took out the notebook he carried with him, and put his legs on another sofa.
The filming of TV dramas has always been more tiring than the filming of movies, and TV series screenings in the United States are the same as in South Korea, where one episode is filmed and one episode is released every week, and during this time, the zuò crew receives a lot of work, often needing to run back and forth between several different crews during the week, although he is tired enough, but he also knows more people from various crews.
Whenever he learned something good from these people, he would carefully record it in his notebook and take it out and read it whenever he had time.
Today, he learned a little caution from an editor, and although it was only a few simple words, the connotation was very profound.
"In the first fifteen minutes of all films, you have to cut the main plot and the subplot into a hook that hooks the hearts of all the viewers, and then cut out everything that the audience is not interested in and what you yourself think is useless"
The question of whether the audience is interested or not alone has stumped the screenwriters and directors of countless movies and TV series, and Lee Zaiting also feels a little lost.
When night comes, the early lights replace the golden sunlight that fills the earth during the day, and together with the stars, silently decorate the beautiful night.
"Charles, are you back?!"
I don't know how long it took, after Li Zaiting finished reading his notes and was about to enter meditation to conceive his graduation work, a very immature female voice suddenly came from outside the door.
Slowly coming back to his senses, Li Zaiting looked out of the dim window, and then with a wry smile, he got up and walked to the door.
An eight- or nine-year-old girl wearing a small white dress and a red bow hairpin pinned to her hair stood at the door, and when she saw Li Zaiting open the door, her cute and immature little face raised slightly showed a bright smile, "Hi Charles, do you have time to teach me to sing today?!" ”
"Of course come in" Lee Jae-ting smiled lightly, and quickly staggered and let the little girl into the room, this is his little neighbor, the daughter of a Korean couple living upstairs.
In the first week after moving here, one night he was practicing vocal music at home, and somehow, this little girl came to the door by herself.
Then
The past is unbearable, and until now, Li Zaiting still clearly remembers the way her mother cried bitterly when she sent the little girl home, and the scene when she was interrogated by the police and the FBI, which specializes in the case of missing children, for almost an hour.
Since then, maybe the relationship with Koreans, just like that, he and the family of three upstairs have gradually become familiar with each other.
As soon as she entered the room, the little girl sat on the sofa by herself, and then shook her calves while looking at Li Zaiting with burning eyes.
Closing the door casually, Li Zaiting smiled at the little girl, "Do you need to drink juice?!" ”
"No, thank you, no," the little girl shook her head, urging with gusto, "Let's get started, Charles!" ”
"Okay" Li Zaiting secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pulled over another sofa, and sat down next to the little girl.
For some reason, every time he saw this little girl, he always felt an inexplicable pressure in his heart.
He never knew that he was a good teacher, and it was a difficult thing to teach a nine-year-old girl how to sing.
In particular, this little girl comes over every day after school, and says that she is learning to sing, but in fact, she has a lot of time to play and chat.
"Charles, have you really been a singer in Korea?!"
"Yes"
"You're really an actor?!"
"Yes"
"Have you ever made a record?!"
"Well, I guess I don't have any."
"Can you take me to the park on the weekend to watch those black people sing? My mom and dad won't take me there."
"If I had time, I think I could"
"Charles, you are a good person, it's a pity that my godfather is not as handsome as you, if I could have known you earlier, I would have sued my parents and let you be my godfather!"
"Okay, we'll talk about this topic next time, now focus and pay attention to your pronunciation"
All night, Li Zaiting kept caressing his temples.
Every time he faces this little girl with high legs, he doesn't know what to do many times, it's a good thing to be enthusiastic and studious, but there are too many curious questions, which always makes him feel a little powerless.
Time passed slowly, and the alarm clock rang at half past ten.
After an hour of teaching, as if the torment had dissipated, Li Zaiting secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then coaxed the little girl back upstairs.
"By the way, Charles, I forgot to tell you something" Standing at the door of the house, as if thinking of something, the little girl leaned back her little head and pulled Lee Jaeting's arm.
Li Zaiting nodded and said hello to Mother Jin, who was standing at the door, and then touched the back of the little girl's head with a smile on her face, "What's wrong again?!" ”
"When I came back from school in the afternoon, I saw someone knocking on your door, and I told them that you were not at home, and they asked me to tell you, hoping to see you as soon as you come back."
"I know, thank you, let's go in with Mom, it's getting late."
The little girl nodded obediently, then smiled and waved her little hand, "Good night then, Charles, we'll see you tomorrow!" ”
"Good night,"
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After a while, when he returned home, Li Zaiting rummaged in bed and found the mobile phone he forgot to bring when he went out in the morning.
Looking at the more than 30 missed calls on the phone, all the incoming calls are the same unfamiliar number, and the area code of this phone is from California
Li Zaiting raised his eyebrows, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of confusion in his heart.
The people in California who will call this new number can count in the face, and these people have all seen it on the set today.
Who the hell is looking for himself?!
Just as Li Zaiting was hesitating to call back, the phone suddenly rang.
“Hi”
"Oh Mr. Charles, thank God for finally getting me in touch with you" Although the man on the other end of the phone spoke excitedly, his tone was not hurried and polite, and there seemed to be a faint smile in his elegant words.
"May I ask you are you" Hearing the male voice on the other end of the phone, Li Zaiting couldn't help but be a little curious, although he had amnesia, but this person's voice, he was sure that it was the first time he heard it.
"Ah, I'm sorry, Mr. Charles, introduce myself, my name is Steven, and my friend and I would like to see you now"
"Now?" Li Zaiting twisted his eyebrows, why are you in such a hurry?!
"Yes, we're near your house, do you have time now?!"
With a hint of doubt, Li Zaiting looked at the time on his phone, it was almost eleven o'clock, "It's late now, is there anything you can't say on the phone?" Or, can it be tomorrow during the day?! ”
"Pardon my faux pas, Mr. Charles, and listen to me, I would love to see you soon, no matter how late." Although Steven on the other end of the phone was still so polite and polite, he was faintly anxious.
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