fringe artist

Chapter 207 205. Don't Believe in Love!
The moonlight tonight is beautiful, the full moon hangs high in the sky, dotted with stars.

On the quiet street, the tall phoenix trees were flourishing. Chen Li'an sent Liu Xiaoli downstairs to the apartment. The two stood under the eaves of the apartment gate, and the warm yellow light gently shone on the two of them.

Chen Li'an took Liu Xiaoli's hand and squeezed it lightly, then let go and handed her the bag in his hand, saying: "Thank you for being my female companion tonight, I wish you a sweet dream."

The hand that had been held all this time suddenly let go, Liu Xiaoli actually still felt a little nostalgic just now, took the paper bag handed over by Chen Li'an, hesitated for a while and said: "Would you like to go up and have a cup of tea, you drank a lot at night."

"convenient?"

Liu Xiaoli understood what Chen Li'an asked, and said with a smile: "I live in a hotel apartment, so there is no inconvenience."

"Then..." Chen Li'an was about to say yes, when the phone rang suddenly, so he gave Liu Xiaoli a sorry look, and took out the phone to answer.

As soon as the phone was connected, Li Dabai's voice came.

"Mr. Chen, why haven't you come back yet? Did you drink too much? I just talked to Sister Huang Gongli on the phone. She asked me to tell you not to drink too much. When will you come back? I'll prepare you hangover tea."

After Li Dabai finished speaking quickly, he added a word worriedly: "Sister Gong Li said that you should call her back when you go home."

Chen Li'an: "." If I knew it, I wouldn't have answered it!When did Li Dabai rebel!Damn it!
Turning his head to look at Liu Xiaoli who was looking at him, Chen Li'an said to Li Dabai on the other end of the phone with a slightly serious expression: "I got it! Wait for me to go back and deal with it, I'm already on my way!"

After speaking, Chen Li'an hung up the phone, walked up to Liu Xiaoli and said very apologetically, "Sorry, something happened temporarily, I need to go back and deal with it quickly."

"It's okay, you can go back and get down to business." Liu Xiaoli had already guessed what Chen Li'an said just now, and felt a little disappointed and relieved, after all, she hadn't gotten the divorce certificate yet.

Chen Li'an hummed, looked at Liu Xiaoli's loose hair on her forehead, stretched out her hand and said lightly, "I'm going back to China tomorrow, when are you going back?"

Chen Li'an's sudden gentleness and initiative made Liu Xiaoli's eyes flicker with panic, as if she had returned to the feeling she had when she first fell in love when she was a teenager.

After such a long time of ordinary days, in this romantic city and on this romantic night, it seems that the girl's heart that had been dormant for a long time has been rediscovered.

Liu Xiaoli bit her lip and said softly, "I've booked a ticket for the day after tomorrow, and I still have some things to deal with tomorrow."

The demeanor of a mature woman coupled with the girlish lip-biting movements made Chen Li'an want to throw away the phone and follow Liu Xiaoli upstairs.

But now there is no chance, Chen Li'an put down his hands and looked at Liu Xiaoli and said, "Then see you in the capital, I will pick you up the day after tomorrow."

"No, he will be the day after tomorrow"

Liu Xiaoli paused in the middle of her sentence, but Chen Li'an understood what she meant, nodded and said: "Okay, you should deal with your own affairs first, and call me if you need anything."

Facing Chen Li'an's good sense of proportion, Liu Xiaoli always felt very strange, as if facing a man older than herself, who was obviously several years younger than herself.

Shouldn't men of this normal age be very impulsive and domineering?Like a food-protecting puppy?
Maybe it's because she and him haven't developed to that point yet, Liu Xiaoli looked at Chen Li'an and thought about whether to give him a little reward, what if she ran off the hook.

But Chen Li'an didn't give her so many chances to think, "I'll go back first, good night and sweet dreams."

Liu Xiaoli looked at Chen Li'an's back as he turned and left, showing no nostalgia at all, completely opposite to the gentleness just now.

"good night!"

Liu Xiaoli yelled at Chen Li'an's back, and couldn't help but mutter in her heart that she seemed to be caught.

Little milk dog!It's quite indulgent!But this is not when teenagers fall in love, there is no ignorant love, only two people testing each other.

More than 20 minutes later, Chen Li'an returned to the villa, looked at Li Dabai, who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, tinkering with the booty, sat opposite her and said, "Tell me, when did you betray?"

Li Dabai was taken aback by Chen Li'an, before realizing it, he pretended to be stupid and asked, "Teacher Chen, what's the matter?"

"Don't play dumb, did you report my whereabouts to Gong Li?"

"No! Sister Gong Li and I hit it off right away! I just mentioned you when I called at night."

"Hmph, don't you admit it, you have the ability to ask Gong Li to pay you a salary, and the salary will be halved starting tomorrow!"

After Chen Li'an finished speaking, he went upstairs. He doesn't believe in salary and can't handle you, a little money addict!It is estimated that I will come to confess later.

Li Dabai scratched his head, the salary was not paid by you, it was paid by the beautiful Ji Fa.

Seeing the back of Chen Li'an going upstairs, Li Dabai murmured in a low voice: "Do I have to tell you that the empress has paid me a salary too, huh? The empress has paid me, can other concubines also cheat a salary?"

"No, no, I'm too sorry for Mr. Chen."

Li Dabai sighed melancholy, what a good way to make money, after all, he is too conscientious, otherwise even Teacher Chen's underwear would be sold for money!
Chen Li'an, who went upstairs to take a shower, was a little surprised that Li Dabai was not intimidated, so he went downstairs with a straight face and watched Li Dabai packing the things he bought.

Chen Li'an sat next to him and took a look at a bag. Li Dabai raised his head and glanced at him and said, "Mr. Chen, the ticket has been booked. It's [-]:[-] tomorrow morning. Go to bed early. I will pack it myself." Just do it."

Chen Li'an: "."

This girl is hopeless, so I don't think I'm here to help her pack her things.

Chen Li'an threw the things in his hand on the table, looked at Li Dabai and said, "Let's forget about today's affairs, there will be no next time, remember that you are my assistant, understand?"

"Understood!" Li Dabai raised his head and looked at Chen Li'an with a smile, then took out a small box from the bag on the table and pushed it in front of him, saying, "This is a gift I bought for you. This bottle of perfume is so expensive."

Looking at the perfume box in front of him, Chen Li'an coughed unnaturally, does this count as a female subordinate bribing a male boss?
After Chen Li'an went upstairs with the perfume, Li Dabai smiled triumphantly, the crisis is settled!But I really have to pay attention in the future, no matter how powerful the queen is, she still has to listen to the emperor.

The next morning, Chen Li'an and Li Dabai boarded the plane back home.

On the balcony of an apartment in Paris, Liu Xiaoli looked up at the planes flying in the sky with a cup of coffee in her hand, then turned around and went out with her bag, the dress from yesterday was hanging on the hanger in the room, It is especially dazzling in the morning sun.

On the plane flying at high speed, Li Dabai looked at Chen Li'an as if asking for credit and said, "Mr. Chen, this time it's the first class, are you satisfied?"

"Yes, Not Bad."

Chen Li'an put on the blindfold and was about to go to sleep, Li Dabai continued: "It's just that the first class is so expensive, the foreign exchange I brought this time is all spent."

"Go back to the capital and change some more, and you will be back in a few days." Chen Li'an replied and turned over to sleep.

Li Dabai curled his lips when he saw Chen Li'an like this, feeling that he was too extravagant, economy class was not bad.

But when Li Dabai leaned comfortably on the seat, he still showed an expression of enjoyment, the money is indeed worth it.

More than ten hours later, the plane landed in the capital, but at this time the capital airport was after three o'clock in the morning, and there was still a trace of coldness in the air.

Chen Li'an and Li Dabai didn't stay in the capital for too long. After waiting at the airport for a few hours, they transferred to Nanjing.

The crew of Christ in Nanjing has already arrived, and the plan is to officially start the film in five days, but before the start, a lot of work needs to be prepared in advance.

Chen Li'an also had to meet with the director and the main creative team first, whether it was reading the script or communicating specific shooting plans, they had to be finalized in advance.

Time is tight and tasks are heavy. Chen Li'an will return to Cannes to attend the closing ceremony in a few days, so he has no time to stay in the capital.

At a roadside stall in Nanjing, Chen Li'an and Li Dabai sat at a small table, eating potstickers dumplings and duck blood vermicelli soup. At this time, Nanjing had just started a new day.

Many office workers eat breakfast here, and many people take home food in thermos buckets.

Li Dabai took a bite of the potsticker dumplings, but his eyes stayed on the skin belly noodle stall next door. People in Beijing have a special liking for belly.

But the duck blood vermicelli soup was also delicious. Li Dabai rubbed his belly and gave up his plan to eat another bowl of skin belly noodles.

Chen Li'an grabbed some roll paper, wiped his mouth and said, "Hurry up and eat, the crew is still waiting."

"Oh." Li Dabai looked away from the bowl of the kid next door.

In a mid-range hotel by the Qinhuai River, Chen Li'an successfully met with the crew, but what he didn't expect was that Cheng Shufen also came.

"Sister Shufen, why are you here?" Chen Li'an looked at Cheng Shufen and asked.

"Xueyou is holding a concert in Yangcheng, so I'll come to see you not far away." Cheng Shufen said with a smile. In fact, she was a little worried that those people on the production team would look at Chen Li'an.

No one in Xiangjiang's entertainment circle in the mainland has always looked down upon it. Zhang Guorong was singing in the middle of the night before, and it was still filmed in Beijing Film Studio, which would give Chen Li'an face.

But this time, we didn't cooperate with a mainland studio, and the crew didn't have any acquaintances of Chen Li'an, so it would be bad if something unreasonable offends Chen Li'an.

Cheng Shufen came here specially to give Chen Li'an a platform, so as to save those people who didn't know what to expect from showing a superior attitude.

Cheng Shufen brought Chen Li'an to the meeting room provided by the hotel, and introduced Chen Li'an's identity to the crew.

Director Ou Dingping and Chen Li'an had met him a long time ago and knew his identity. They stood up and shook hands with Chen Li'an cooperatively and said, "Master Chen, long time no see."

Chen Li'an was a little embarrassed to be called by the master in this sentence, it might as well be called by his name.

Everyone in the conference room saw that the investors and the director were very polite to Chen Li'an, and they probably knew it in their hearts, and greeted Chen Li'an politely.

Several photography assistants sitting in the corner of the conference room were gossiping about Chen Li'an in a low voice.

"Isn't he just a young actor from the Mainland? What background does he have?"

"There should be a background, otherwise how could I perform midnight singing with my brother."

"Then why did the director call him a master?"

"I know this. The artist came here, and he won any awards before. I saw it in the newspaper."

No one paid attention to the gossip here, Li Dabai who was standing next to him heard it vaguely, but he couldn't understand Cantonese and had no idea what they were talking about.

At this moment, Li Dabai's eyes were fixed on the heroine of the movie, the actress Yasuko Tomita from Japan.

At this moment, Yasuko Tomita bowed and greeted Chen Li'an very politely, but Chen Li'an didn't understand a word of the Japanese he spoke.

The translator next to him immediately followed the translation: "Jingzi said that he likes your works very much. He didn't expect to be able to cooperate with an artist like you. He is very flattered. I am very glad to be able to cooperate with you. I hope you can give me more advice."

Chen Li'an likes to engage in these nonsensical things when he was young. Chen Li'an would bet that Yasuko Tomita has never seen his works, and Ji Fa has never brought his works to Japan for exhibitions, and has been wandering around in Europe and America.

Yasuko Tomita must have checked Chen Li'an's information and knew that he was an artist, that's why he was so polite. After all, in a social environment like Japan, writers and artists have much higher status than actors and singers.

In the face of Yasuko Tomita's politeness, it will still be very useful, Chen Li'an also politely replied: "You are too polite, I also look forward to the next cooperation."

At this time, Yasuko Tomita was 26 years old, and her ten-year debut was not considered popular in Japan. After all, when she debuted, she was the time when there were the most beautiful women in the Showa era.

Even though the Showa era has passed, it still wasn't her turn to make her debut, otherwise she wouldn't have appeared in this large-scale movie.

But after this movie, Yasuko Tomita became popular in Japan. There is no way, there are too many perverts in Japan, so I like this tune.

Yasuko Tomita looks very pure, with a lovely and pitiful taste. Later, she was hailed as the last representative of pure desire in the Showa era. I don’t know who commented on it, but Yasuko Tomita looks like the one of pure desire. .

Yasuko Tomita fits perfectly with the innocent Jin Hua in the script, and Director Ou Dingping will still choose someone.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, everyone sat down and started the script reading. Hong Kong films normally do not conduct such a reading, but the directors of literary films are different, and Ou Dingping has devoted a lot of effort and attention to this film. Also different.

The script reading is actually very simple, that is, the main creative team sits together and goes through the script from beginning to end. There is no need for acting, but the actors have to go through the lines with the emotions of the characters.

If you find something wrong, bring it up again, and then discuss how to modify it together.

This method is very beneficial to the creation. It can make the actors familiar with the script as soon as possible, and it can also make them more familiar with each other. After the official shooting, there will be a lot of tacit understanding.

The Christ of Nanjing is a tragic story, and the reading atmosphere in the meeting room is difficult to be enthusiastic, and there is always a feeling of depression.

Sitting together, Chen Li'an and Yasuko Tomita would look at each other and put more emotions into each other when they read the rivalry, but the communication between the two can only rely on eyes and expressions, one speaks Chinese and the other speaks Japanese, language exchange became an obstacle.

But fortunately, they just read the lines again. Both of them knew what lines the other was talking about, and the reading went smoothly.

The whole morning passed quietly, and the meeting room was filled with clouds and fog. Most people smoked. Chen Li'an also lit a cigarette and stuck it on his finger. Although he had already quit, the characters in the script smoked. The feeling of smoking.

The whole morning's reading only finished half of the script. During the lunch break, Yasuko Tomita took the initiative to sit next to Chen Li'an in the hotel restaurant, and said hello to Chen Li'an in Chinese, which is not a standard pronunciation.

Li Dabai wanted to laugh while listening, and hurriedly stuffed a piece of beef into his mouth, guessing in his heart that Chen Li'an would not be able to develop a good friend this time.

If you don't understand the language, how can you hook up? Could it be by sign language?

Listening to Yasuko Tomita's greeting, Chen Li'an replied in Chinese with a smile, and then said in English: "We can also communicate in English."

"Yeah." Yasuko Tomita said in English after a while: "My English is not very good, please forgive me."

Li Dabai really couldn't help but want to laugh, even having difficulty communicating in English, now he can safely report to the empress.

Chen Li'an turned his head to look at Li Dabai who was suppressing his smile and said, "What are you laughing at? Is your English very good?"

Li Dabai: "." Go learn now!So angry!
Yasuko Tomita couldn't understand the conversation between Chen Li'an and Li Dabai, but she could guess that Chen Li'an seemed to be speaking for herself, so she said in not-so-fluent English: "Is my pronunciation too substandard? I'm sorry, I will practice more of."

Chen Li'an turned around and said, "No, you are the most standard Japanese I have ever seen."

This is not a lie. Chen Li'an has never met a few Japanese in his life, and Yasuko Tomita has the best pronunciation.

Hearing Chen Li'an's words, Yasuko Tomita felt a little dumbfounded. It sounded like a compliment, but in fact he was complaining about the Japanese's English pronunciation.

But this is also true. Japanese English does have an accent problem, and Yasuko Tomita didn't bother with this problem, and tried his best to communicate with Chen Li'an in English.

Chen Li'an also chatted patiently with Yasuko Tomita, while Li Dabai who was sitting next to him angrily competed with the pork ribs on the plate.

The lunch time passed quickly, and the group returned to the meeting room to continue reading the script.

In each person's lines, the sky outside gradually darkened. When Wei read the script to the end, when the male protagonist hugged the female protagonist who died on the railway and wept bitterly, Chen Li'an's choked and sad voice made people feel sad. The entire conference room fell silent.

Yasuko Tomita listened to Chen Li'an's lines, looked at his affectionate and sad eyes, and the emotions in her heart were also aroused. Thinking of Jin Hua's tragic life, tears slipped from the corners of her eyes unconsciously.

It may be that Chen Li'an was a little involved, and unconsciously stretched out his hand to gently wipe away the teardrops from the corners of her eyes.

Watching this scene, Ou Dingping was also moved. Although it was not a real shooting, and the time, place and costumes were wrong, the feelings of Chen Li'an and Yasuko Tomita at this time were moving.

After Chen Li'an finished speaking all the lines and got out of his emotions, applause suddenly broke out in the meeting room.

Ou Dingping pressed the cigarette butts in his hand into the ashtray, and couldn't help saying excitedly: "You guys feel so right now!"

The translator explained next to Yasuko Tomita, and she turned her head to look into Chen Li'an's eyes, showing a very innocent smile.

Looking at Yasuko Tomita's smile, Chen Li'an suddenly had some feelings in his heart. If he fell in love with someone like the hero in the movie, would he also fall into pain and entanglement?
After all, it's not easy to be a scumbag. Chen Li'an can understand how painful Okagawa was in the movie at the end.

A good scumbag suddenly fell in love with a woman who shouldn't be loved deeply. This is not a touching love, it will only fall into entanglement and pain.

Because a scumbag never loves just one person.

After the reading, Chen Li'an was not in a good mood. Li Dabai followed him and asked softly, "Mr. Chen, you haven't played yet?"

Chen Li'an hummed, and then he reacted and said, "No, I just thought of some problems."

Li Dabai sighed and said: "The script is very exaggerated. Now there is no such person as Jin Hua, and there will be no love like that."

Chen Li'an paused for a while, turned his head to look at Li Dabai, and suddenly said with a smile: "Yes, Dabai, you still know love very well."

"I don't understand!" Li Dabai immediately shook his head like a rattle, then he sighed and looked at Chen Li'an and said, "I've been by Teacher Chen's side for a long time, and I don't believe in love anymore."

Chen Li'an: "." Are you implicating me? !

(End of this chapter)