Chapter 640: Zhang Wanyao
Although Zhong Chuhong's popularity has increased greatly this year, he has not made much money in Shaw Brothers, on the contrary, he needs to buy his own clothes every time he attends an event, so as not to be too shabby, and he also spends a lot of money on decoration. In addition, she has to give a sum of money to her family every month, so her financial situation has not been very good.
In addition, after falling out with Shaw Brothers, her salary is gone, so she can really be said to be stretched thin and destitute now, and she is estimated to be the poorest artist in Hong Kong.
Now when she saw this record of Ah Sam, she originally wanted to buy it, but after the impulse, she suddenly realized that she had no money, and she couldn't help but blush on the spot.
Xu Guanwu saw her embarrassed expression, and immediately realized her difficulty, and couldn't help but smile and pushed the door and walked in. After a while, he walked out with an album by Ah Sam.
"For you, make a small gift." Xu Guanwu smiled, "You are also a fan of Ah Sam, so if you are homesick in the future, just listen to his songs." There is exactly that song "Tower Lingyun" in this record, which can comfort your homesickness. ”
When Zhong Chuhong heard Xu Guanwu say this, she couldn't help but be moved to tears.
"Well, in fact, you don't have to worry too much, the United States is not as terrible as you think." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "Just think about it, after half a year, you can go back to Hong Kong." And it's not like this time, like a lost dog to escape from Hong Kong, the second is to return to Hong Kong in a beautiful way. When the time comes, all the men of Hong Kong will bow down under your pomegranate skirt. ”
When Zhong Chuhong heard him say this, he couldn't help but snort. "How can it be so exaggerated?"
Xu Guanwu smiled, "Although the exaggeration is a little exaggerated, but if you study hard, you may not have that day." ”
"Really?" Zhong Chuhong asked suspiciously.
Xu Guanwu smiled, "I promise you, it will be true." ”
Zhong Chuhong listened to Xu Guanwu's words, and couldn't help but look forward to life in the next six months.
"Alright, let's go back and see." Xu Guanwu smiled and said to her, "Hey, it seems that someone is making a movie in front of me." He suddenly pointed into the distance.
Out of curiosity about the relationship with the profession. Xu Guanwu and Zhong Chuhong all ran forward in unison. After running two steps, they looked at each other again, and couldn't help but smile at each other, almost forgetting that they were not wandering alone, but that there was another person next to them.
"Let's take a look." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.
Zhong Chuhong nodded. accompanied Xu Guanwu and rushed to the front. Sure enough, I saw a lady carrying a video camera to shoot. However, it didn't seem to be filming a movie, but like he was just collecting style, which made Xu Guanwu a little disappointed.
The lady spotted Chung Chuhong. But her eyes lit up, and she immediately pointed the camera at her and filmed her. Out of professional habits, Zhong Chuhong immediately put on a smiling POSE, and faced the camera with a smile.
Xu Guanwu frowned, took a step forward, and blocked the front of the camera.
The lady was stunned for a moment, then turned the camera off and lowered it from her shoulder, "I'm sorry, sir, I don't mean anything. She spoke.
Xu Guanwu heard that she was speaking in Cantonese, and couldn't help but look at her a little differently, "Hong Kong people?!" ”
"Yes, you're also from Hong Kong?" The lady was taken aback and couldn't help but smile and ask.
Zhong Chuhong and Xu Guanwu nodded together.
The lady became happier and happier, "That's right, sir, I'm a film major, and I'm about to make a short film, but I lack a heroine, can I borrow it from your girlfriend?" ”
"You misunderstood, she's not my girlfriend," Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "If you need help, just ask her directly." ”
The lady couldn't help but smile, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood." So, this young lady, can you do me a favor? ”
"Okay, but how can I help?" Zhong Chuhong asked with a smile, she didn't pay too much attention to the fact that she was misunderstood to be Xu Guanwu's girlfriend, because her personality is more free and easy, love and hate, either or no, there is nothing to worry about.
"That's right, you just have to do your own thing naturally, just because I don't exist." "My homework is about shooting a person's daily life, but I've been shooting on the street for a long time, and when people find out that the camera is aimed at them, they always deliberately behave like it, which is not very natural. ”
Zhong Chuhong nodded, "Okay, I'll do my best, but if it doesn't work, then I'm really sorry." ”
The lady put the book on the table, "It's okay, I'm already very grateful for your help." ”
Zhong Chuhong smiled, "Then what should I do, just like I usually go shopping?" ”
The lady nodded, "Yes, how to get used to it, how to come naturally, just don't deliberately act." ”
Zhong Chuhong nodded, "Mr. Xu, then let's go." ”
Xu Guanwu smiled, he didn't expect to encounter such a thing when shopping, and he was surprised that this lady's homework was really strange enough, it turned out to be to shoot people's daily life. It's not a documentary, so why do you want to make this?
Xu Guanwu was bored while accompanying Zhong Chuhong to continue to walk forward. At the beginning, Xu Guanwu noticed that Zhong Chuhong still had elements of performance, such as brushing her hair from time to time, and her walking posture was exaggerated, and her movements became cautious......
The lady didn't bother to point out, just followed behind with the camera without saying a word, as if it were a ball of air.
Zhong Chuhong performed for a long time, but he neither received applause nor criticism, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and the mood that was originally a little bit of a grasp began to become relaxed.
At this time, Xu Guanwu saw that the lady gently pressed the switch, and the red light of the camera began to turn on, and he suddenly realized in his heart that the lady had not turned on the camera just now, and only waited for Zhong Chuhong to get used to the camera and show her natural side. She just started the official recording.
"Hehe, this lady has a lot of ideas." Xu Guanwu couldn't help but laugh.
followed Xu Guanwu and Zhong Chuhong for half an hour, during which the two of them were just shopping, I thought that such an image was too bland, but I didn't expect the lady to be very satisfied. After the filming, he expressed his gratitude to Xu Guanwu and the others.
"By the way, you said you majored in film, but I don't know which university you are?" Xu Guanwu asked curiously.
The lady smiled, "I'm from the USC Film School. ”
Xu Guanwu couldn't help but be stunned, "What a coincidence." This young lady will be enrolled tomorrow. ”
"Huh?! The enrollment period has long passed. The lady said in surprise.
"Oh. She was going to be an auditor. Xu Guanwu explained.
The lady nodded understandingly, "I heard that you have to be introduced to be an auditor, and you will pay a high tuition, I didn't expect you to be so powerful." With such strong connections. You can afford to pay so much. ”
Xu Guanwu smiled. Didn't say much about the company.
The lady stretched out her hand to Zhong Chuhong again, "Then I should call you a senior sister, I don't know what your name is?" ”
"My name is Zhong Chuhong. Senpai, what about you? Zhong Chuhong asked with a smile.
"My name is Zhang Wanyao, you can call me Sister Ting." The lady smiled and said, "I'm a master's student in the film department, you can come to the film department to find me if you have something to do in the future." ”
Zhong Chuhong nodded, "Thank you, Sister Ting, I'll trouble Sister Ting in the future." ”
"It's okay, don't see each other, since we have all come all the way to the United States, uprooted from our homeland, and are single, we have to help each other." Zhang Wanyao said with a smile.
Zhong Chuhong nodded, and chatted with Zhang Wanyao affectionately, mainly discussing whether this study is good or not, whether there are any special things that need to be careful, and so on.
When the two were chatting, Xu Guanwu was a little surprised, because after he heard this name, he immediately remembered Zhang Wanyao, a female director in Hong Kong with the same name and surname as her.
The female director and her husband Luo Qirui are a well-known husband and wife in the Hong Kong film industry, and the two have worked together to make many high-quality movies, such as "Autumn Fairy Tale", "Eight Liang Gold", "Seven Little Blessings", "I Love Twisted Chai", "Beijing Music and Road", "The Thief of Time" and so on.
Among them, "Autumn Fairy Tale" became popular with Zhou Yunfa and Zhong Chuhong, who were not popular at the time, and "Eight Liang Gold" made Zhang Aijia nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards, and "The Thief of Years" also won Ren Dawei the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards. "Seven Little Blessings" also made Hong Jingbao win the Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor again after many years, proving that he doesn't know that he is good at kung fu, and his acting skills are also first-class.
From this part of the awards, it can be seen that the quality of the films directed by Zhang Wanyao is quite rare. Xu Guanwu still remembers that he watched "Eight Liang Gold" at the beginning, and that kind of faint love made Zhang Wanyao shoot really wonderful, and it was impossible for any other director to shoot so lightly.
Xu Guanwu knows that there are two female directors in Hong Kong who are the most famous, one is the director Xu Anhua who filmed "Bumping into the Positive", "Crazy Robbery", "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai", etc., and the other is Zhang Wanyao, who filmed "Seven Little Blessings" and "Autumn Fairy Tale".
Although both of them are female directors, their filming styles are much more delicate than those of male directors, but Director Xu Anhua's filming style is stronger, and Zhang Wanyao's style is more graceful.
Xu Guanwu has been begging Xu Anhua but couldn't, and he didn't expect to meet Zhang Wanyao, who is not inferior to her, here today, and he may even gain Luo Qirui, a famous screenwriter, which is really a coincidence.
"Director Zhang, why don't we find a place to sit down and have a cup of tea?" Xu Guanwu invited with a smile, if you can't get acquainted with such a good director, then you can really enter Baoshan and go back.
Zhang Wanyao has been carrying the camera for more than an hour, half of her body is a little numb, and when she heard Xu Guanwu's invitation, she nodded busily, "I know there is a good teahouse in front, I'll take you there." ”
Zhang Wanyao said, taking Xu Guanwu and Zhong Chuhong to a teahouse not far in front. The architectural style of this teahouse is really a bit of a combination of Chinese and Western, and the mixed style is even more outrageous than the architectural style of Hong Kong.
Zhang Wanyao invited Xu Guanwu, and after Zhong Chuhong sat down, she ordered another pot of tea and three cages of barbecued pork buns, "I'm sorry, I'm just a poor student, I can't invite you to eat more expensive food." ”
Xu Guanwu smiled, "It's okay, I'll treat you this time." ”
Zhang Wanyao smiled, "Then how embarrassing, you helped me so much today, I should invite you to dinner." ”
Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "It's okay, it's just a little help, but it's just a gesture." It's true that Miss Zhong is going to be your younger sister in the future, so she needs you to take good care of it. ”
"Don't worry, needless to say, I will take good care of her." Zhang Wanyao said with a smile, "There aren't many Chinese people at USC, so we should naturally take care of each other." ”
Zhong Chuhong also smiled, "Then senior sister, let's invite you this time, don't be polite." ”
Zhang Wanyao smiled, "Okay, since you say so, then I might as well be respectful." ”
"Miss Zhang, how many years do you have to graduate?" Xu Guanwu poured Zhang Wanyao a cup of tea and asked with a smile, "After graduation, will you go back to Hong Kong?" (To be continued......)