Actor: Thank you.

"I always feel like you've been doing something behind my back."

Liu Qianqian scratched her chin and came to his side with a puzzled look on her face.

Why don't you change an internet cafe? The response speed is too slow...

Zhang Yuan looked confused.

"What's wrong with me?"

"Can you please stop making malicious assumptions about me?"

"Hmm..." Xiaolongnu shook her head.

"The atmosphere has been weird lately."

"Michael was very careful when he spoke to me."

"And he suddenly took the initiative to change the script and delete the kissing scene with me."

"After my careful analysis and all-night research, I feel that something is not right."

Zhang Yuan pursed his lips and said nothing.

You are just lucky and were born into a perfect family.

Any female star who has reached your current position through her own strength can figure out that something is fishy during the time it takes her to smoke a cigarette.

I studied all night...

"Did you do something to Michael?"

"What did you do to him on the day off when I wasn't there?" Liu Qianqian narrowed her eyes.

"Well, I had friendly exchanges with him, exchanged views with him, and reached consensus on some important issues."

"What do you mean?" Her mind was almost dizzy.

“What it means is that if he doesn’t reach a consensus with me and doesn’t listen to my opinions, then my communication may not be very friendly.”

Seeing that smoke was about to come out of Xiaolongnu's head, Zhang Yuan helped to fan her to cool her down physically.

After about two minutes, she shook her head, restarted the computer, and asked the question again.

"So, it was you who asked him to talk to the director and delete the kissing scene, right?"

"Don't lie to me!" She pointed at Zhang Yuan.

"Congratulations, you got it!"

"Don't worry, I didn't do anything to that kid."

"It just let him experience the breadth and depth of Chinese civilization."

"I immediately guessed it was you!" Liu Qianqian replied unhappily.

"The entire crew was very nice to him."

"You are the only one who dares to scare people."

"Besides, no matter what the play is, it's work."

"Don't interfere with my work. I don't like it."

I knew you would say that... Zhang Yuan scratched his head.

"Whether it's a kissing scene or a passionate scene, it's all part of the filming."

"And even if you stopped me this time, can you stop me every time?"

"You can't do that in front of me!" Zhang Yuan decided to muddy the waters.

"And do you two look like a good match?"

“Does it look good in the photo?”

"Whenever I think of this scene, I worry and can't sleep all night."

"Look, I have dark circles under my eyes."

"Is it?" Liu Qianqian stood on tiptoe to take a closer look.

"It's not important. What's important is that you have to consider my feelings as well." Zhang Yuan pushed her away slightly. He had a very good sleep quality, so where did the dark circles under his eyes come from?

"Hehehe..."

"I know!" Seeing his angry look, Xiaolongnu smiled sweetly.

"Just this once."

"Don't do that again."

"It affects my work."

In fact, after getting a positive answer that it was definitely him who did it, she was also very surprised that the feeling of annoyance and dissatisfaction in her heart was not as much as usual or as she imagined.

Instead, it's a feeling of itching in my heart, and a little touching.

Even if they are doing something behind my back, aren't they also helping me silently?

Although it may not be what I wanted, the thought is still appreciated.

At least it proves that he cares about me.

"I know. I won't do that again."

Definitely next time.

"Let's go, let's go to class together." She smiled and waved as she walked.

The class she was talking about was English class.

The crew found a foreign teacher for both of them.

Zhang Yuan had inquired about it in advance and brought it from the Lighthouse Country.

The salary is 500...US dollars a day.

There is also a $200 travel allowance, which includes hotel, meals, and air tickets.

A foreign teacher costs $1000 a day.

Zhang Yuan calculated it and decided that if we calculated the unit price, it was about the same as Liu Qianqian's pay...

This is the price charged by the foreign master.

The person the crew found was at least a professional who graduated from Yale University with a degree in linguistics.

Not only does he study common spoken language, he also studies phonetics, syntax, and semantics, and his theoretical knowledge is very advanced.

Not the kind of folk English teacher at New Oriental.

Given this price, Zhang Yuan was only half-hearted.

But some study abroad agencies will hire Indians, Kazakhs, Argentinians or even Afghans as foreign teachers and charge high prices.

It is true that as long as you are not a native of the country, you are superior to others.

But parents also believe this and think that these unskilled foreigners are more professional than the serious CET-8 and advanced interpreters in China.

What we want is that foreign flavor.

Zhang Yuan learned most of his English from people around him, and it has a bit of the old Beijing flavor.

The foreign teacher corrected the two people's accents word by word and read the script sentence by sentence.

Liu Qianqian was quite serious and was taking notes.

"Why do you keep looking at me?"

"I didn't pay attention in class." After work, she complained while holding her notebook.

"You're so cute when you study hard," Zhang Yuan praised.

"Hehe, right?"

"But you also have to concentrate on studying."

"If you want, I can review and train with you after class."

She had good intentions and also wanted to spend more time with him.

But Zhang Yuan didn’t have the courage to say it, it’s the words on your notebook that are a bit “cute”.

And I take English classes with her.

Zhang Yuan always gives me a sense of déjà vu.

A picture will appear in your mind.

It is the famous scene of Chen Qingquan learning a foreign language.

He also wants to learn this way.

Besides, he didn't go to class, he just went there for show.

I have already made an appointment with the foreign teacher for a one-stop meal, drinks and entertainment in the evening.

He is ready to drain the artistic bacteria from the foreign teachers in the shortest possible time.

Within two or three days, Liu Qianqian discovered that Zhang Yuan's English accent had improved by leaps and bounds.

It was originally the old imperial capital accent.

Now it's all Cockney accent!
Zhang Yuan practiced this way on purpose.

Because among white people, there is also a chain of contempt for English accents.

Needless to say, countries like China, where the language is not native, are excluded.

Among the countries where English is the common language, India is at the bottom, followed by Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and then the Beacon Country.

At the top of the contempt chain is Great Britain.

But Great Britain is still divided, with Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool at the bottom of the country's contempt chain.

At the top of the contempt chain is the London accent.

The most advanced London accent is the upper-class accent.

It is called Received Pronunciation, also known as British accent, and is called "Queen's English". The vocabulary and grammar are slightly different from "common" English.

It's equivalent to the dialect of the Eight Banners nobles. Can they speak the same dialect as the common people?
When going out, most people only respect the clothes but not the people.

Even if Zhang Yuan has yellow skin, if he speaks with a standard British accent, the white man would have to be respectful when he hears him.

Language accent has class attributes.

Moreover, the class attributes of language are higher than luxury luggage, cars and houses.

Because even the nouveau riche can buy luggage, cars and houses.

But accent is basically caused by the environment after birth, and it is very difficult to change it. Many foreign senior executives can tell your background just by listening to your accent, and immediately rank you in their minds.

After he worked very hard these past few days, not only has his accent improved a lot, he can also speak long and difficult sentences smoothly, which is equivalent to saying tongue twisters in English.

Xiao Longnu was surprised.

Was it me or him who went to the lighthouse at the age of 10?

How come he's better than me in spoken English after only studying for a few days?
"After dinner, let's practice speaking alone." Zhang Yuan called her after class.

"You, you...you may not need my help in this situation."

Just like Brother Qian's practice with Xiao Yue, the more he practiced, the worse he got.

"It's okay, I can help you instead."

Liu Qianqian: …

"I find that your problem is still your accent."

"Your Mandarin is pretty standard, but when you speak English, your pronunciation sounds a bit like hot-dry noodles."

After all, I grew up in Wuhan.

Liu Qianqian wrinkled her nose and pretended to be angry at him.

But he didn't deny what he said.

“The most important thing about pronunciation is the coordination and use of the tongue and mouth.”

"Well, let me help you correct the way you use your tongue."

"How to correct it?" She thought Zhang Yuan really had a good idea. "Just correct it like this..."

After that, he pushed her against the wall, held her head with his hands, and "taught" her mouth to mouth.

From then on, he would find time every day to practice "speaking" with the other party.

It can be considered as finding some fun in the somewhat boring training life.

In addition to the English lines, Liu Qianqian also had to practice the pipa because she played the role of Jin Yanzi.

When it comes to studying, like speaking, she is still very serious.

Without any hesitation, I planned to learn a new skill.

Later, when filming costume movies such as "The Palace of the Bronze Bird", this technique was often used.

It wasn't in vain.

But the idea is good, but the reality is cruel.

The crew used their connections and found a top student who graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music through Huayi.

This person is Jiang Yan, a young female artist whose ancestral home is in Shandong.

I don’t know if it was due to the influence of ancient instrumental music.

She has a rather majestic look, but her whole temperament changes when she plays the pipa.

Suddenly, from the land of Qi and Lu, the world changed and I arrived at the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhang Yuan was fascinated by what he heard. He started learning at the age of five, and it was not just boasting, he really had a good level.

He quite appreciated it.

But Liu Qianqian, who had to learn from scratch, was at a loss.

It's really confusing. I don't know where to put my fingers or how to move them.

To play the pipa well, one needs extremely high control over the fingers.

She can play the piano, but 90% of the time, her fingers only need to make this one movement.

But what about the pipa?

Just by pressing, they can be divided into two types: virtual and real.

There is also pushing, pulling, letting go and dragging.

And this is just the left hand.

The right hand also needs to bounce, press, lead and shake.

There are a lot of action techniques for light bullets, such as bouncing, picking, clamping, rolling, double bouncing, double picking, picking, stroking, and flying.

She has been practicing swordplay recently, and her fingers are a little stiff from holding the sword for a long time.

When I hold the piano again, I can truly achieve that each hand plays its own part, and each of the ten fingers plays its own part.

"Are you... scratching yourself?" Zhang Yuan said as he passed by and saw this, trying not to laugh.

"Humph!" The man turned around with a red face: "You are making fun of me, I will ignore you."

"There are only four strings in total, isn't that simple? Do you think it's that important?"

"Teacher Zhang."

Hearing him say this, the pipa teacher beside him felt a little unhappy.

But after all, he is an artist and has a good temperament.

Teacher Jiang Yan didn't really want to come.

After all, I have been playing the pipa since I was a child and have won numerous awards.

At the age of 18, he became the principal performer of the China Youth National Orchestra.

Of course, the fact that she can hold this position at such a young age is not only due to her talent, level and personal efforts, but also has something to do with her teacher.

Without a background, it’s hard to get ahead no matter how capable you are.

So she has considered herself an artist since she was young.

Now he has to be a teacher to a female star who is ten years younger than him.

So many people begged me, and so many friends asked me to teach their children, but I refused to go.

But the crew gave too much...

Artists also need to eat.

One day's salary was equivalent to her monthly salary in the orchestra.

The white crews are paid according to the American salary.

No matter how arrogant a person is, if he gets slapped in the face by Dao Le, nine out of ten times he won't be able to be arrogant anymore.

But my mood was not particularly smooth to begin with.

She also felt that Zhang Yuan's words belittled the instrument she had been practicing since childhood, so she spoke up.

“Although folk instruments are not as popular as Western instruments, they are just as subtle and profound as Western instruments.”

"If you want to practice well, you still need to spend a lot of effort."

"Student Xixi is still studying hard, so we should encourage her more."

"Ah, sorry!"

Although the other person spoke politely, he still heard the tension in the tone and hurried to explain.

"I apologize for my blunder."

"It's not that I look down on folk instruments, it's just that I know a little bit about traditional string instruments."

"Ah?" X2!

Liu Qianqian and Jiang Yan raised the question together.

“I can play the sanxian.”

The most commonly used instrument in drum-singing, crosstalk, and storytelling is the sanxian.

Therefore, these people often use "playing the string" to describe the twitching of hands and feet after a stroke.

Sanxian Sanxian has three strings, one less than the pipa.

The island country's traditional musical instrument, the shamisen, which has a very Showa sound, originated from the shamisen.

Zhang Yuan's sanxian playing skills were learned from those traditional artists.

He hardly ever used it.

"Come on, come on."

Seeing that both of them didn't believe it, he asked Liu Qianqian to give him the pipa, and then tried it roughly.

Then he began to play haltingly.

Although the playing is very awkward, because the techniques of the two instruments are completely different.

The sanxian is divided into large and small ones.

The small ones use a pick, while the large ones require nails like the pipa.

There are also requirements for nails, just like fan bones and wake-up sticks, they are made of different materials.

Traditional artists often take pride in the high quality of their nails.

Legend has it that bones, even human bones, were used.

It is also said that nails made from women's thigh bones make the best and most crisp sound.

But this statement is closer to urban legend or folk legend, and is a bit scary.

Anyway, I was able to play it right away, and it still stunned the two women.

"This..." Jiang Yan looked at it for a long time.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

She saw that Zhang Yuan's fingers were exceptionally light and flexible.
I didn't expect this famous male artist to have this skill.

In her eyes, actors are vulgar people who attract others, like to show off but do not study hard, and have no artistic temperament.

But I didn't expect there was such a learned person.

And Zhang Yuan is a man.

As for the pipa, due to traditional concepts, women learn more and men learn less.

But now, those with the highest qualifications and the highest levels of competence at the national level are mostly men!

"Excuse me for showing off my poor performance." Zhang Yuan played "The West Chamber".

It feels weird to play this on the pipa.

I haven't practiced much in normal times, so it seems I'm still not good enough to sharpen my weapon before the battle.

He glanced at Jiang Yan, who looked admiring.

This person's hair is quite thick, so it should be easy to pull.

"Teacher Jiang, I'm sorry to bother you in class today."

"I'm so sorry."

"How about this, I'll treat you to dinner tonight."

"It's both an apology and a way of making friends. I also want to discuss with you how to use folk instruments."

Teacher Jiang's attitude changed at this time.

Just felt offended.

But at this moment, I didn't expect that he was such a big shot, and he spoke so politely and had such a humble attitude.

It seems inappropriate if I don't join in.

And...he's handsome.

A woman must have one of the two, money and beauty, or both.

Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the other party took the bait.

Sure enough, money can make all the difference.

This crew has money, so they can hire all kinds of experts.

I can't pull it out.

There is no way to pull it out!

Within a few days,

Liu Qianqian is still "interfering".

Zhang Yuan can now play "Blue and White Porcelain" fluently.

"You're so awesome!" Liu Qianqian put down the piano and loosened her uncoordinated hands that were almost like chicken claws.

Look at him with eyes full of admiration.

The remaining three points are self-pity. I am too stupid.

He can learn anything he tries.

I can't do it no matter what I do.

Teacher Jiang Yan would glance at him from time to time as if he were a monster.

Learned it in less than a week?
Then what’s the point of all my hard work over the years?
I've never seen anything like this!

I don't know how to describe this one.

I had no choice but to take out my cell phone and dial the number.

"teacher."

"I think I may have met a string genius!" (End of this chapter)