Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, United States.

After Su Mu and Qian Jida and the others landed, they did not meet William and them immediately.

Instead, they were the first to stay in a pre-arranged hotel.

At this time, Xiao Tangerine and Master Zhu sorted out the luggage and clothes they brought, while Qian Jida was arranging the next itinerary.

Su Mu was alone, holding the tablet in his hand and looking at the script on it.

After negotiating terms with William's side, the electronic version of the script sent by the other party was still in English.

Although it is not finalized, the general content is not much different.

So Su Mu needs to translate himself while going through the script.

It's not that I can't afford to hire a translator, but the script is still in the internal secrecy stage, and William is not allowed to leak it before the crew team is officially established, even if it is a translation, and there is also a copyright issue here.

Su Mu doesn't particularly understand the twists and turns of the rules, anyway, if he doesn't let him find a translator, he won't look for it, and he will do the same.

In the last Fast and Furious, there was a translator throughout the whole process, and he only needed to say something simple in his daily life.

But Su Mu also knows that if he wants to gain a foothold in Hollywood in the future, language is also quite crucial.

"SpiderMan"

Su Mu read the name of the script.

[Mastery +1]

[Skill +0.01]

[English proficiency LV3:1233/5000]

Su Mu was slightly stunned.

He also didn't expect that in addition to acting, he could also have proficiency in language and culture classes.

But looking back, you can have Feng Shui when you visit the tomb, and these foreign language proficiency is not uncommon.

Of course, it may not be needed in the country before.

But this time it's different, people in foreign countries still need to follow the customs, if you keep looking for a translator, poor communication is only one aspect, and more importantly, it will seem that you are not professional enough, and it will affect the salary.

Therefore, it takes a short time to increase this proficiency level.

When you meet William, you can communicate in a pure spoken language, and maybe you will add money.

"Boss, pack up, what will you eat later?" Little Tangerine suddenly ran over and asked.

Su Mu looked up: "I want a steak, another seafood pasta, cheese baked lobster, that's pretty much it, you can eat whatever you want." ”

Little Tangerine's eyes lit up: "The boss is so nice!" ”

Qian Jida: "After eating so much, you can't control your weight carefully." ”

Su Mu smiled: "Don't worry, you won't get fat." ”

Qian Jida looked at the English dictionary and translator next to Su Mu: "Do you really want to translate yourself?" Wait a few days, William will be able to give you the translation. ”

Su Mu shook his head: "Just think it's to practice English, don't think that domestic fans think I'm not good at that time." ”

Qian Jida was a little surprised: "I remember many years ago, when I first arrived at the giant elephant, I told you to let you practice English and package artists with cultural backgrounds. ”

Su Mu shrugged: "Is there one?" I don't remember. ”

Qian Jida: "......"

…

All morning.

Su Mu roughly translated the plot overview above the script.

He also recalled the Spider-Man movie in his previous life.

In terms of plot, basically the same as the first generation of Spider-Man, the male protagonist was bitten by a little spider, and then genetically mutated and became a hero with special abilities.

The following series of plots are the same, he falls in love with a woman, and in the final battle with the enemy, he saves the beauty, defeats evil and becomes a hero.

In my impression, after the movie Spider-Man came out, it caused a lot of repercussions.

Even this IP has continued for many times, and it is loved by the audience.

Su Mu didn't know if he could shoot better results than in his previous life, but since he had decided to participate, he would try his best to be perfect.

Let's start with liver English.

“fuck you！”

[English Proficiency +1]

[Skill Point +0.01...]

Little Orange: "??? ”

Qian Jida: "Su Mu? Why are you still scolding the Master? ”

Master Zhu: "YES! ”

…

…

William Film & Television.

At this time, in the office, there were several men in crisp suits.

The smell of cigars and whiskey fills the room, and it is a bit choking.

The atmosphere felt a little serious, and I didn't want it to be like a gathering of friends.

William looked at several investors and shareholders in front of him and muttered for a while before speaking.

"I mean, George should have told you before, so I still stick to my previous decision, since the top actors we want to sign can't like our script, then instead of finding an actor we don't like to deal with things, it's better to find someone who can really put into the performance and have a certain ability, maybe it can also be a miracle trick for other companies to fight back."

The man smoking a cigar across from him let out a puff of smoke.

Then he looked up at William with a smile: "William, so your decision is to find an oriental actor?" Do you really think he can do wonders here?

It is undeniable that I watched Fast and Furious, and he did a very good job.

We didn't give money to Van Disa at the time, which was a small mistake from an investment point of view.

But when he gets the second part, we can intervene, and then he can still work with that Su Mu to shoot together.

But the Spider-Man movie doesn't work, and we don't have to learn from Van Diese.

Hollywood has its own ecosystem and its own superstar actors, and the market will eat this set, and if foreign stars come to participate, they will not be able to make any waves. ”

When William heard this, he looked at a few people, and then at George, who was bowing his head and being silent, he sighed, he couldn't count on him anymore, so he had to come by himself.

Then he thought for a while and continued: "Do you think that Su Mu, an actor, is not qualified for the role of the male lead? ”

"Haha." Someone laughed.

"Well, of course we think so, you know, we don't object to your idea of trying to win by surprise, but we also have to distinguish between the opponent and the current situation.

At this time next year, I'm afraid the competition will be very fierce, and we have invested so much cost and energy that we don't want to be in vain, do you say?

I have watched Su Mu's actor before, including some of his information, and I have also seen it in Universal Pictures, so I have to admit that he is an excellent artist.

But when he came to our Hollywood, he still had to start from scratch, not to mention anything else, and in terms of communication costs alone, he had to pay a greater price than other actors!

I don't think he's fluent in English, right?

So from this little detail, you can think that it is likely to slow down the progress of shooting.

You know, we're going to choose 'Spielberg' as the director of this film.

You know his character better than us, if an actor doesn't understand the script thoroughly enough, doesn't communicate smoothly, and doesn't speak his lines well, he will be mad on the spot.

So do you think an oriental actor who can't communicate 100% smoothly can satisfy our director?

When the time comes, unnecessary troubles will only increase, don't you feel a headache? ”

“……”

Listen to each other.

William's face also sank slightly.

In fact, he is not unaware of the problems mentioned by these investors and shareholders.

Even in the previous emails to Su Mu, one of them, he mentioned the issue of language.

There is often a gap between the cooperation between the two sides, which is caused by poor communication.

If language accessibility is not achieved, it will be difficult to work together effectively.

So William actually thought of this a long time ago, and in the condition he promised to give Su Mu 30 million US dollars, he also wrote this request, he hoped that Su Mu could practice the language as soon as possible.

Of course, in fact, when this rule was issued, he also had the psychology of wanting to lower the price.

Because he had already known from Van Disai's mouth that Su Mu's English was not particularly good.

The communication can't be too deep, let alone the understanding of the script, he needs to use a translator.

So he thinks that with this article, he should be able to reduce the salary of 30 million to 20 million.

But naturally he won't say it right away.

In the face of these investors and shareholders in front of them, they can only use another method to lobby.

After thinking about it, William spoke: "I know what you are worried about, in fact, I also have your worries.

But there are times when I think it's important to take a long-term view.

I heard that this time Nas Capital also invested in a movie, called Shadow Man.

If the news is correct, they also found an oriental actor, so let's guess, why did they do this?

Have you ever thought that the Asian market may be more specific, the Chinese market is a very big cake today, and if we want to make the box office profit of the movie more, I think this piece must not be let go.

We grabbed one of Asia's most influential actors ahead of time, and that's the best move, and no one is better suited than Su Mu. ”

Listening to William's words, everyone's eyes flickered slightly.

Someone seemed to be nodding their heads, thinking that there was some truth.

But there are also doubts.

"The oriental actor found by Nas is not the protagonist."

William nodded: "I know, the one they are looking for is indeed not the male lead, but that's just that they are not confident enough in their own movies, they want the Asian box office, and they are reluctant to gamble completely, and in the end it will only end up being nondescript."

My idea is that it might as well be pure, and maybe it will give the audience a refreshing feeling. ”

William's flatbread is finished.

The office fell silent again.

For a long time, I don't know who asked first.

"That Su Mu, what can he do? You have to let us see his strengths, or what makes us different, right? ”

William: "..."

…

…

Two days passed quickly.

Su Mu didn't go anywhere in the past two days, and has been in the hotel Liver English.

From spoken words all the way to dictionary words, including the word-for-word translation of the script, he used almost all the energy he could.

I haven't slept for 48 hours in a row, like a madman.

In fact, it's nothing if you don't sleep for two days, and when the liver game was broadcast live, it was also a week of continuous broadcasting.

In terms of body stamina, it is completely sufficient.

So for the past two days, he has been completely immersed in the ocean of learning languages.

Follow the pattern of increasing proficiency.

Learning a new word, a sentence structure, or a whole new context can increase proficiency once.

Su Mu was reading and writing frantically in his room.

In two days, not only the script of Spider-Man was translated in detail.

even changed the strong dialect flavor of his spoken language.

At present, he has brushed his proficiency to the Great Perfection of LV3, and he can increase his level a few more times to LV4.

At the level of LV4 master, Su Mu estimates that he should be able to have those IELTS, TOEFL or domestic English test level 8 level.

He even thought that if he felt LV5 all the way, in case he was not only an actor, maybe he would go to work as a translator for diplomats.

With the increasing proficiency.

Su Mu felt that he had a new understanding of English.

…

After a simple wash, Su Mu came to the living room.

I just happened to see Qian Jida, Xiao Tangerine and Master Zhu who came in.

“Good morning**********……”

When Su Mu saw the two, he came directly to a series of English.

After finishing speaking, Qian Jida and Xiao Tangerine were first stunned, and then their cousins were surprised.

Little Tangerine: "Wow! Boss, when did your spoken language become so flavorful? ”

Su Mu: "I brushed my teeth. ”

Little Orange: "No, I'm serious, your accent is too pure, it's just the past two days?" It's amazing, isn't it? ”

Qian Jida also widened his eyes.

Looking back, I don't know when it started, Su Mu's learning ability is a bit terrifying.

Originally, he thought that Su Mu was better at sports.

Now this English is also learned so fast, it is outrageous.

Qian Jida: "Su Mu, no, you have learned these words in the past few days, and there will be nothing else, right?" ”

Su Mu chuckled and shook the notebook in his hand.

It's densely written that it's all a translation of the script.

Qian Jida was a little incredulous: "Damn, you wrote it all?" ”

He took it and glanced at it twice, his mouth opening wider.

"You've translated all the scripts, that's too exaggerated, isn't it?"

Little Orange: "Boss, boss! Then you have such a strong learning ability, you might as well take a college upgrade exam when you return to China. ”

The corners of Su Mu's mouth twitched, and he tugged at the braids of the little orange: "Your boss, I don't need to upgrade to a bachelor's degree!" I'm an undergraduate! Although it is not a prestigious university, it is. ”

Little Orange grinned as she covered her teeth.

"Boss, I was wrong! You're the best, don't hit me, We are family! ”

Su Mu smiled, then let go of his hand.

"Okay, let's eat a little in the morning, and then get ready, I should go to see William tomorrow, and think about how to add money when the time comes."

Qian Jida: "Okay. ”

Little Orange: "Roger!" Well...... Boss, how good is your English now? ”

Su Mu smiled slightly: "Generally, it's just poetry and songs." ”

"Cut, liar."

Qian Jida and Xiao Tangerine looked incredulous.

Su Mu: "Okay, then I'll just say a few words... Two birds on the tree，sing song！ ”

Little Orange: "Huh? ”

Qian Jida: "What's this?" ”

Master Zhu: "Two yellow orioles singing green willows? ”

Little Orange: "!! ”

Qian Jida: "??? ”

Su Mu: "Master Zhu, it's awesome!" ”

Little Orange: "......"

Qian Jida: "......"

(End of chapter)