Actor: Thank you.

In the following days, when Liu Qianqian was practicing the pipa, her private teacher Jiang Yan often asked about Zhang Yuan.

Xixi thought, Zhang Yuan is really capable.

In just a few days, he showed off his skills and conquered such a great teacher.

She was not jealous, but she was envious.

After all, I learn very slowly.

I practice martial arts during the day, piano at night, and read scripts when I have time.

I tried almost my best, but the progress was still not satisfactory.

Not to mention the complete song, after learning it for such a while, I couldn't even play a measure accurately.

The director came to see it several times and did not express any dissatisfaction.

Anyway, when the time comes to shoot, we just need to show the poses, and there will be dubbing and music for later use.

The foreigner didn't understand, but he was already very satisfied when he saw Liu Qianqian holding the guitar in a very professional manner.

The pipa teacher was muttering behind the scenes that foreigners did not respect traditional Chinese art.

Fortunately, Xiaolongnu did not relax her efforts on herself just because the director's requirements were not high.

But she also discovered that the teacher cared about Zhang Yuan more than herself.

I often ask him to chat in my spare time.

Seeing them talking and laughing, she felt a little jealous.

Zhang Yuan also discovered that this teacher was particularly interested in him.

But as we chatted, she asked him, as if to set the tone, whether he had practiced other guqins before, such as the ruan, the maotouqin, the yueqin, etc.

In particular, he repeatedly asked him whether he had ever practiced the liuqin.

Liuqin, also known as Tu Pipa.

The playing style of this kind of zither is most similar to that of the pipa among traditional musical instruments.

"No?" Jiang Yan touched his chin in confusion after getting a negative answer.

"My teacher said so."

"Even if you know how to play the sanxian, you won't be able to play the pipa so quickly if you haven't practiced the liuqin."

Jiang Yan called his teacher and told him that he had discovered a string instrument genius.

When the teacher heard his favorite student say this, he thought that the other person must be very powerful.

So I asked carefully.

You can get the detailed information about the other party.

Especially since he is a young actor, he said it with caution.

"Xiao Yan."

“The entertainment industry is different from our music industry.”

"The water is deeper there."

"Besides, actors are actors. They can act."

“Don’t be fooled again.”

"What if there is an ulterior motive, another purpose?"

The teacher's idea is not without basis.

My students are healthy and good-looking, with excellent talents. They are rare talents among the younger generation.

I’m afraid that someone will pretend to approach me and try to defraud me of my money or sex.

Even if the actors have a lot of money, it is not a scam.

It is inevitable that some people want to change their taste and try a talented woman.

After all, Zhang Yuan's learning progress was too abnormal.

Even his teacher has never seen it.

Afraid that his students will suffer.

The teacher also has a lot of good intentions.

This kind of caring attitude is what a master does, not just a teacher.

People in the music industry naturally have less complicated thoughts than those in the entertainment industry.

Especially in front of Zhang Yuan, she seems more "simple".

Zhang Yuan quickly understood the meaning of her words.

I felt very unconvinced.

"How could I have any bad intentions!"

"And still doubt my purpose."

"My purpose is very simple."

"Don't you just want to grab some?"

What kind of teacher is this? So petty.

Be wary of people like you would be a wolves.

Is there any trust left between people?
If everyone is like this, who am I going to pick on?

"Who is your teacher?" Zhang Yuan also remembered that he and the other party were similar, but he had never asked this topic.

"My teacher is Mr. Li Guanghua."

"Excuse my ignorance, who is this?"

"The director of our Central Conservatory of Music's traditional Chinese music department."

"Oh!" Zhang Yuan understood immediately.

Among the younger generation in China, most of those who are famous in the field of pipa are from the Central Conservatory of Music.

That means most of them are this person’s students.

Basically dominated this small circle.

"But my first teacher was someone else." Jiang Yan said this with a proud look on his face.

"Who is this expert?" Seeing her expression change, Zhang Yuan also became interested.

"I started learning pipa from teacher Fang Jinlong when I was 5 years old."

Zhang Yuan: …

Why didn't you say it earlier?

Zhang Yuan almost dropped his stool, and quickly said seriously.

“Actually, I learned Liuqin before.”

"I have been hiding it from you."

"Well, that's right!" Jiang Yan clapped his hands. It was exactly the same as what the teacher said.

It can't be different.

Zhang Yuan thought that Fang Jinlong was a generalist and could play a huge number of musical instruments.

They may not be proficient in it, but they really know how to do it.

Moreover, some people may question this gentleman's professional level. After all, if someone stands out in any industry, a bunch of people will immediately jump out to accuse and belittle that person. And the direction of the belittlement is nothing more than comparing his business with the strongest master, and his personal morality with a saint.

And what I love most is to compete with the “dead”, especially the deceased masters.

Since there is no evidence after death, everything depends on word of mouth.

How to compare Guo Degang, Hou Baolin and Ma Sanli...similar statements to this.

The more popular an industry is, and the smaller the market size of the industry itself, the more people love internal fighting.

Before the Internet age, Mr. Fang was already a mainstay of global tours.

Moreover, in the future, people will play with traffic and break out of the circle, this is what they do in the industry!
To some extent, it is a bit like Mr. Tengger in the later period, who caught the contrasting popularity of the two-dimensional world and internet celebrities.

Teacher Fang has extensive connections in the art circle.

If this gets out and someone accuses me of fraud, I won't be able to bear it.

low profile……

Quickly make up a lie to make this matter seem more reasonable.

Zhang Yuan held his forehead with his hand.

Finished.

In order to cover up my lie, I had to find time to learn how to play the liuqin.

In the following days he seldom touched the pipa, in order to avoid causing trouble in front of the teacher.

The training went well.

Zhang Yuan sighed that nothing unexpected happened.

The director lamented that he didn't cause any trouble.

Taking advantage of his free time, he took the two white people, Mike and Christine, to visit every corner of the city.

He also invited them to his home for a chat and a meal.

They were quite interested in Zhang Yuan's family's retro Chinese style.

But Michael also complained.

Such a beautiful home is equipped with refrigerators, televisions, air conditioners and other home appliances.

Zhang Yuan almost kicked him after hearing this.

My family has to be a primitive society, right?
No electrical appliances allowed!
Zhang Yuan knew that this was the stereotype of white people.

At the same time, it is also arrogance in the bones.

They just think that all of your countries outside the white world must be lush and green, with flowers everywhere...which means they cannot be industrialized or modernized.

Otherwise it would spoil the view and lose the original cultural features.

This is also the reason why Zhang Yimou’s early works are so popular overseas.

It cannot be said to be Zhang Yimou's fault, but he did take advantage of the situation.

Because the film and television industrialization and special effects industry are Hollywood's moat.

Any work that adds something to these two aspects will never be recognized by the other party.

You have affected my core competitiveness. Not only will I not recognize you, but I will also kill you.

Only art films, especially those reflecting the decadent and dark side of a country, are more popular.

Many "big directors" of underground films came this way.

Zhang Yuan was too lazy to argue with Maikou because the root of the problem was not him. He was just influenced by their country's cultural trends and the guidance of the upper echelons.

There was no need to encourage them to eat some "local snacks".

I took them to taste a lot of local delicacies.

They have little interest in the top-grade Huaiyang cuisine, which is often used in state banquets.

However, I enjoyed the XJ roasted whole lamb and big skewers very much.

It turns out that white people still prefer a more "barbaric" style.

By the time the filming started, Christine had been out for some time.

There were also jobs looking for her in her hometown, and Zhang Yuan guessed that the "Twilight" movie would be released soon.

Plus, her boyfriend didn’t have time to hang out with her after the filming started, so she packed her bags and returned to the lighthouse.

Before returning to her hometown, Zhang Yuan took her to Xiushui Street and Panjiayuan.

These two places, one sells high-end imitation luxury goods, and the other sells "brand new" antiques.

I spent $1000 and bought two large suitcases of fake goods to take home.

For the girl's pleasure.

It is said that after returning home, you will give gifts to people everywhere.

Don't think that foreigners are really stupid, they are very cunning.

Why should you buy real gifts when giving them to others? No one will know about them anyway.

Moreover, there are fewer foreign counterfeits, so ordinary people are rarely wary of them.

Later, Victoria, Beckham's wife, went to Shanghai to attend an event.

After finishing work, I went straight to Xiangyang Road, a street famous for fake A-grade goods in Shanghai, and bought a bunch of fake LVs to bring back home.

I don’t know which of her lucky friends got these Chinese specialties.

It is clear that it is not a matter of income or worth, but that white foreigners love to cheat and deceive people.

It was you who accused China of counterfeiting, and it was also you who bought it. This is not a pure sword.

Zhang Yuansong arrived at the Imperial Capital Airport carrying a bunch of fake bags, brand new blue and white porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty, Chenghua official kiln from the Ming Dynasty last week, and public edition lacquerware from the Qing Dynasty.

"Zhang, thank you for your hospitality. See you in Los Angeles later."

Christine hugged him goodbye.

I also want to kiss him on the cheek.

But he was quickly pushed away by Zhang Yuan.

If this was photographed by paparazzi, I wonder how many sensational articles would be written about it.

"Hehehe." This behavior made the woman laugh.

"Goodbye, my shy Chinese friend." After saying that, he pulled the suitcase and turned away with his assistant.

You think I'm shy... Zhang Yuan really wants to pull her to a corner and let her know what China's glory is.

But never mind.

The boyfriend was still waving foolishly.

Plus this guy's sexual orientation...

A few days after returning to the crew, the training period was successfully completed.

We took a group photo and had another meal together.

I said goodbye to my pipa teacher, oral teacher, physical trainer and others.

The individual action directors will continue to follow the crew, so there is no need to say goodbye.

The mother and daughter of the Liu family generously gave many small gifts.

The gifts were also very exquisite, all of them were impractical decorations, but the common point was that each one was much more expensive than it looked.

This is also a gift-giving technique.

Because these people are actually not short of money, and they have made a lot of money from the crew.

You send some practical daily necessities, a few boxes of milk and biscuits. Will they want this from you?

On the contrary, such high-priced souvenirs are easier to keep.

After all, I can't bear to throw it away.

Every time I see it from now on, I will think of the history and thus remember the person who gave me the gift.

The difference between Chinese and Americans can be seen from the way they give gifts.

After the "graduation ceremony" here, the crew will officially start filming the next day.

Although the crew was dominated by white people, they still chose an auspicious day and time for the start of filming.

Cover with red cloth, offer a pig's head as sacrifice, and burn long incense.

Everything was no different from the crews Zhang Yuan had experienced before.

The process is even more complicated.

Because Chen Long is from Hong Kong.

Li Lianjie also used to hang out in Hong Kong for many years.

If they don't have a set process, I won't feel at ease when starting the work.

Especially for action film actors, who are prone to injuries and accidents when working on the set, this psychological support must be in place.

The two brothers of the Wang family also came in person.

On weekdays, Xiao Wang is usually the only one there.

It is not common to see both brothers come.

This shows how much Huayi values ​​this film.

However, after the opening ceremony, the two brothers became confused.

It’s not that there’s a problem with the process.

The source of confusion still lies with Zhang Yuan.

Although he didn't do anything extra today.

If you do something like this on a serious day, if there are any problems in the crew in the future, everyone from top to bottom will poke you in the back. At times like this, he will be extra low-key and won't say much.

I’m afraid that some dialect, speaking habit or homophony will offend people.

The problem came up early this morning.

Everyone arrived early, after all, they couldn't miss the auspicious time.

Foreigners didn’t understand these things, but Chen Long took special care of them.

Not only the time, but also the attire is taken into consideration.

It would be inappropriate if you wore flowery shorts or a flowery shirt.

It's not auspicious to wear white.

Mike finally showed up at the scene wearing a black suit with a bow tie and a red handkerchief in his chest pocket.

It's a bit too formal, which makes it seem a bit funny.

You have to say hello when you come.

Foreigners don’t have so many complicated rules.

When you meet someone, even if they are an elder, you usually call them by their name.

Call people you have a good relationship with by their nicknames.

To show respect, at most you can add "Mr." after your name.

When this boy came, he started asking everyone one by one.

"Mr. Wang."

"Mr. Wang."

I asked the two bosses first.

"Jackie."

"Jet."

His names are Uncle Long and Lao Li, both of which are called by his English names.

"Crystal."

He and Liu Qianqian nodded and asked.

Then he came to Zhang Yuan, who was wearing a dark coat.

"Brother Zhang Yuan!"

Chenlong:......

Li Lianjie: ...

What the hell?
Everyone turned their heads.

I just heard four Chinese characters pronounced in a clear and precise voice.

The director was also dumbfounded.

They always call me director or my name.

Others also say English names.

How come he even spoke Chinese here?

The key is the broadcasting tone, which is very formal.

Still big brother?
What did you do to my people?
Seeing that the domestication was successful, Zhang Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

It's not easy to teach white people manners.

It takes both a stick and a carrot.

Take advantage of his weaknesses and teach him some small skills at the same time.

Seeing this, Xiaolongnu smiled secretly.

"Only he can do such a thing..."

The two Wang brothers were also dumbfounded.

Although this white guy is an actor.

But when we communicated before, we were also treating each other as peers.

Now that he calls Zhang Yuan "big brother", doesn't that mean all of us are inferior to him?

You guys want to be grandchildren, so you can't blame others.

Anyway, the two brothers of the Wang family now feel that he looks at people with the eyes of an eagle and a wolf.

He even dares to deal with foreigners, is there anything he dare not do?

They didn't understand what Zhang Yuan had done.

If they have a stern face and are having a conflict, it's easy to explain.

After all, this guy is not a really kind person.

But now this state of brotherly love and respect is hard to understand.

After Uncle Long reacted, he winked at him and smiled.

Zhang Yuan is not afraid of foreigners, which always pleases him.

Now it’s not a question of not being afraid of foreigners.

It means to take the other party as your younger brother.

Everyone was curious, but no one asked much.

After the ceremony ended successfully, the morning was free.

The crew will officially start filming in the afternoon to shoot a scene.

Then we have a big dinner in the evening.

The first day is usually pretty easy.

Life was going well.

During dinner in the evening, Uncle Long distributed red envelopes to everyone, including the actors and staff.

It’s not a lot of money, but it’s just to bring good luck.

However, Zhang Yuan heard Lao Li muttering nearby.

"Giving out red envelopes and looking for people to take pictures."

Zhang Yuan took a look.

Sure enough, there was an older brother from the Cheng family following behind Uncle Long, holding a DV and recording everything from handing out red envelopes, toasting, and Uncle Long saying auspicious words.

He understood that this was about creating an image.

There is a little bit of ulterior motive behind it, but they really did it, so it’s not excessive to publicize it.

We cannot ask everyone to do good deeds without leaving a name.

It's much better than defrauding donations and telling nonsense.

Zhang Yuan glanced at Li Lianjie again. Although he was muttering to himself, he still had a smile on his face and toasted with Chen Long.

Those who can become superstars are indeed decent people.

But I don’t know if there are undercurrents beneath the table.

Zhang Yuan just hopes that the first time these two appear in the same frame, nothing will cause trouble.

But often things don't go as we wish.

Early the next morning, as soon as Zhang Yuan arrived at the crew, he saw director Rob with a worried look on his face.

"What's wrong?" He chatted with the director before the shooting started and before putting on makeup.

"Zhang, the crew has encountered a very troublesome problem."

Rob was scratching his head in worry.

"Are all you Chinese people so petty?"

"What's so petty?"

Rob pointed to an empty space nearby.

"Your two Kung Fu superstars have already started fighting for territory..." (End of this chapter)