Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 384 - Goodbye, Killer

The closing reception of "Rapid Prepare for War" was very relaxed and casual. Everyone wore casual clothes and walked among the buffet area, sofa area, and performance area.

Keanu, who is the bassist of the band Sirius, performed a solo electronic version of "Carmen", but the tune was always weird because he frequently forgot the beat and mixed up the passages.

Comrade Ian McShane, the manager of the Continental Hotel in New York, recited a sonnet. This old man has profound stage skills, so his performance received unanimous praise.

Lance Reddick, the maitre d'and front desk and security director of New York's Continental Hotel, captivated the cast and crew with his classic "Rhapsody in Blue."

Chen Yu acted as the drummer when Director Chad performed the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine". Although the former was booed due to vocal problems, Chen Yu's accompaniment was highly recognized.

Then Reddick took out his acoustic guitar and Keanu, who was carrying a bass, returned to the stage and formed a limited-time combination with Chen Yu to perform a series of anime songs for the audience.

"Milo Murphy's Rules", "Transformers", "Star Butterfly", and "BoJack Horseman" made the cast members sing loudly from beginning to end along with the music.

To be honest, among this limited-time pair, only Reddick and Chen Yu can always maintain a precise beat. Keanu will suddenly perform an impromptu solo when he gets excited.

Reddick, who has high musical literacy, can cooperate with Keanu to significantly change the original tune, but Chen Yu, who can only play according to the score, can only pretend to shake his head at this moment.

The female lead, Barbara Palvin, returned to her hometown in Hungary for vacation last week. The European and American crew's final reception did not require the leading actors and creators to attend collectively.

In fact, everyone was looking forward to Barbara coming back and performing the hot samba again, but Barbara, who repeatedly strained her leg muscles in the later stages of filming, did not have the intention.

Moreover, Keanu will also catch the 10:20pm flight to the Hungarian capital after the closing reception. He also invited Chen Yu to stay in Budapest for a few days.

Chen Yu, of course, made excuses to avoid it. If the couple, who were thirty years apart in age, really wanted to invite him, according to European and American custom, the landowner Barbara should tell Chen Yu.

If Keanu and Barbara are already engaged or married, that needs to be a different matter. At that time, both the man and the woman can invite relatives and friends to their homes at short notice.

Europe and the United States attach greater importance to private space and shared space between couples than East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, so Europe and the United States are not as hospitable as in film and television works.

Especially Germans, Swedes, Norwegians and Finns will be very anxious if they pay a sudden visit without saying hello in advance.

This is why the Nordic immigrants who settled in the United States hate the familiar French and Dutch, as well as the nosy Irish and Italians.

In addition, Russians and Indians are not welcome in more than 50% of states in the United States. In particular, the Lone Star Republic where Chen Yu lives is extremely repulsive to Russians.

This refers to that part of the Russian bastards who immigrated to the United States after the millennium, the so-called people who were expelled by the Kremlin and persecuted at the Lubyanka Hotel.

Even Chen Yu knew that once the guys at the Lubyanka Hotel targeted him, no carbon-based creature would be able to leave alive from 1918 to now.

Perhaps only silicon-based creatures from outer space could escape from the Lubyanka Hotel with food and accommodation included. Chen Yu jumped because it was not 90 years ago.

Otherwise, even if all the gods and Buddhas come down to earth, they will not be able to save Chen Yu and Connor. They will definitely be secretly kidnapped and thrown to the Gulag Islands by the deliveryman of the Lubyanka Hotel.

Or they may be escorted to Sparrow Mountain in southwest Moscow and shot directly, and then the cleaners of the Lubyanka Hotel will pour the ashes of Chen Yu and Connor into the toilet.

"Man, what you're talking about is very similar to the plot of Jason Matthews' novel. Let me think about the name of that novel, "Red Sparrow"! Yes, that's it."

Shea Hatten, a member of the writing team of "Rapid Prepare", with a lime juice in hand, said loudly. He is also a native of the Lone Star Republic and was a fighter pilot before changing careers.

The strange thing about Hollywood is that many of the main creators who build the crew are non-professionals.

Only one of the five brothers on the screenwriting team of "Rapid Prepare for War" graduated from an art school.

Mr. Chad, who is also the script supervisor, producer and director, first studied public policy at the University of Southern California and majored in aging science. He has nothing to do with movies.

"No, no, I served as the stage manager of the drama club in college, and I was a volunteer ticket collector at the community activity center in high school." Director Chad nestled on the sofa.

Hearing this, Chen Yu could only pick up the soda in his hand and clink glasses with the two art masters to show respect. He also introduced himself. He had performed four stage plays in elementary school.

In the first scene she played a cactus, in the second she played an iris, in the third the little girl (Kelsey Chow) who played the heroine overslept, and Chen Yunan dressed up as a woman for three bars.

In the fourth game, Chen Yu returned to the vegetative state as a small shrub.

"I would like to ask, what was the show you were performing at that time?" Director Chad, Hatten and Keanu looked at each other and said.

Chen Yu's eyes drifted to the starry night sky outside the window and then he murmured in a low voice, the classic fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" or "The Legend of the Licking Dog".

McShane patted Chen Yu's arm and said sincerely that with Chen Yu's appearance, he really couldn't play the role of a dwarf, but considering his height, it might be more appropriate.

Chen Yu tried his best to straighten his back and stand next to McShane and pouted. This old man was only about 170, but McShane said calmly that he played princes when he was young.

McShane wasn't lying. He was a big shot in the theater world in England and Scotland.

Another screenwriter, Derek Kolstad, who had been frowning in thought, suddenly stood up and interrupted.

The new movie Jennifer Lawrence is currently working on is called "Red Sparrow", and the filming location is in the Hungarian capital.

Director Chad and producer Hadlow immediately encouraged Chen Yu and Keanu to help make guest appearances, because everyone in the industry knew that Jennifer and Roberts were Chen Yu's die-hard old boxing fans.

Also, Jennifer has helped promote the two movies "John Wick" and "John Wick" before. Lionsgate owes this enthusiastic young lady a favor.

If Chen Yu and Keanu can make guest appearances this time, then Jennifer and 20th Century Fox will owe themselves a favor, and Lionsgate Pictures has made a big calculation.

Producer Harold, on behalf of Lionsgate Pictures, begged Chen Yu and Keanu to travel far for this purpose. Anyway, the latter was going to Hungary to meet his girlfriend for a sweet and relaxing vacation.

Although Barbara, the female lead in "Rapid Prepare", is very good-looking, her fame is limited to European and American fashion circles.

If Jennifer can help promote the film again for the sake of idol Chen Yu, then the last shortcoming in the pre-release marketing link can be barely made up.

Keanu directly refused to say so. He always adhered to the basic principle that work is work and vacation is vacation, and refused to let work affect the happy gathering with his girlfriend.

Chen Yu touched the tip of his nose. Director Chad and producer Harold looked at him a little bit.

These two brothers knew very well about Chen Yu's schedule.

As a result, Chen Yu could not use "busy" as an excuse to shirk the matter.

Moreover, Keanu has occupied the reason of being eager to go home to visit relatives and blocked the road.

This makes it impossible for Chen Yu to lick his face and say that he is going to China to find Dilraba Dilraba for vacation. In addition, the relationship between Chen Yu and Lionsgate Pictures is far closer than that between Keanu and the latter.

After all, Lionsgate has promised Chen Yu all the male leads in the "Knives Out" series and the "John Wick" series, so he has to help out.

Producer Harold immediately ran to contact Jennifer happily.

This is the meticulous attention to detail that Harold only called Jennifer and her agent, which meant that the crew of "Red Sparrow" had to give them an additional credit.

To maximize the benefits of a mere cameo, Harold is undoubtedly a very good executive producer because he is doing diplomatic work on behalf of Lionsgate Films.

Fifteen minutes later, Jennifer Lawrence’s Facebook updated an emoji: Surprised and excited.

By the time the closing reception was over, Harold was sweating profusely and handed over the first-class tickets to Budapest to Chen Yu and Keanu, and wished them a good time.

Moreover, this guy also took out two small pieces of paper with the addresses and phone numbers of three of the safest and most luxurious folk clubs in Budapest written on them.

So damn considerate, Chen Yu muttered with raised eyebrows.

Then quickly throw away this bombshell that can kill you.

"You remembered it so quickly?" Keanu asked with a shocked look on his face.
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"The Gulag Archipelago" is a long documentary written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

Full title: The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956, a preliminary investigation of literary and artistic nature.

Very interesting crime summary and guide.

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