Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 100 Blueberry Nights
2005年12月31日，23点59分，纽约时代广场。

The New Year's bell is about to ring. Chen Nuo and Qi Yuntian are standing in the bustling crowd. The colorful neon lights decorate the dark night sky like the future world. The colorful crystal ball hanging on the high tower in the center of the square has begun to slowly slide down.

The countdown starts from 59.

Qi Yuntian was beside him, his breath condensed into white mist in the cold air. He said loudly: "How is it? Is it lively?"

Chen Nuo nodded.

He tightened his scarf around his neck and stuffed his hands into his pockets.

Although he had been here in his previous life, Chen Nuo did not refuse when Qi Yuntian asked him to bring him here to see the world.

The crowd around them gradually began to count down in unison, the sound echoing over the square, interweaving with the sound of the band playing in the distance. Chen Nuo's eyes shuttled through the crowd, and he saw couples of all skin colors hugging each other tightly, friends gathered together to raise their glasses to celebrate, and families who brought their children to experience this moment, without exception, all had smiles on their faces.

As the countdown sound became louder and louder, the crystal ball was about to fall to the bottom, and the crowd began to count down in unison.

"May 4th. March 2nd. One"

When the last countdown ended, 2006 arrived.

The words "HAPPY NEW YEAR" appeared on the LED screen, and deafening cheers broke out in the square. Accompanied by brilliant fireworks and flying ribbons, the entire Times Square was lit up into a sea of ​​joy.

Fireworks bloomed in the night sky, and every explosion seemed to applaud the beginning of the new year.

Chen Nuo looked up and truly felt that this was New York, the most famous metropolis in the world, the world's financial center, and the city of sin.

He sent out the text messages he had edited long ago in his mobile phone.

Among the girls, in addition to his two girlfriends Xia Yehe and Wen Yongshan, there are three friends, Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, and Zhang Xiaofei, the girl that Li Er asked him to take care of.

Xia Yehe and Wen Yongshan's text messages were almost in sync with his. As soon as he sent it, his phone started to beep, indicating that a text message had been received. The time difference between Shanghai, Hong Kong and New York was 13 hours, but it seemed that these two girls were waiting for 1pm to send him a New Year's text message.

Xia Yehe's message was: "Happy New Year. I hope you will win box office awards and be successful in 2006, and make progress in your studies and career. Mua~ Keep going. You will always be the best in my heart."

The message from Janice Man reads: "Darling, I wish you a prosperous career in the new year and a successful new drama. Remember to take care of yourself, health is the most important thing. Love you, Janice Man."

Maybe a minute later, Yang Mi's text message also came: "Happy New Year, Chen Geshen! Oh my god, I was wrong. When I sent the New Year's text message last night, I didn't expect it was still daytime over there. Forgive me~"

Zhang Xiaofei never expected that Chen Nuo would send her a text message. It took her a very long time to reply, and her tone was full of fear and trepidation.

Liu Yifei didn't reply until noon the next day, when he and Qi Yuntian were walking on the streets of Manhattan, "Happy New Year! I hate my mom so much! She took my phone away yesterday!"

After he finished replying to Liu Yifei's text message, he looked up and saw the NYU flag fluttering in the wind on a building not far away.

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It was only after arriving in New York that Chen Nuo began to read Wang Jiawei's scripts.

The name of the script is "My Blueberry Nights", which Chen Nuo manually translated into "My Blueberry Night".

He plays an Asian student named Jeremy who works in a cafe.

Here, he met a female student named Elizabeth, who was also studying at New York University. She was just in her freshman year and discovered that her high school boyfriend, whom she had been dating for several years, had been cheating on her without telling her.

After helping Elizabeth, Jeremy finds himself falling in love with her.

Afterwards, in order to heal her emotional trauma, Elizabeth dropped out of school and traveled around the United States, preparing to find the true meaning of love during the journey. During this time, she met other people and many things happened. Every time she went to a place, she would send Jeremy a postcard to tell him what she saw and heard.

When she finally found the answer she wanted, she returned to New York and came to the cafe where Jeremy was, and the two of them got together.

This thick script actually only tells such a simple story. It reminds Chen Nuo of the past when he studied for two months and scored over 600 in the monthly exam.

It's not that he's a genius, it's that the questions are too simple. It's not that the plot is complicated this time, it's that the characters are big and wide.

Wang Jiawei said that this was the first time in his life that he had a script to shoot a movie, so he was nervous. Chen Nuo thought that if Wang Mojing really copied this script to shoot the movie, it would be a failure.

What's the point of this kind of story!? He really couldn't see it.

But he is just an actor, so what can he do?
As an actor, don't worry about the director, just perform your own role well first.

Chen Nuo has been studying at the Film Academy for half a year and has been exposed to many different acting schools. Compared to six months ago, he has made some progress in many aspects. For example, the line practice every morning has stabilized his breath a lot, and he has a preliminary understanding of various acting theories and methods.

He now has a clearer understanding of his talents.

He is actually a typical immersive actor. Similar to him are Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Heath Ledger.

According to Li Er, such actors are more likely to perform well, but they are also the most harmful to their health. There is often only a fine line between a psychopath and an immersive actor. They are walking on a tightrope in between. If they are not careful, they will lean to the other side, which is a bottomless abyss. Therefore, it is best not to use immersive acting methods if you can avoid them.

But when the time came, Chen Nuo still chose the method that he was most familiar with and most confident in.

Because he felt that, as if because of his rebirth, his mind seemed to be more resolute and strong than that of ordinary people. For him, this kind of acting method would cause limited harm. Just like the mute at the beginning, he didn't know anything, but nothing happened to him.

Secondly, he felt that the character this time was of similar age to him, both of them were college students, so it would be very easy for him to get into the role.

The same is true.

That day, Chen Nuo took Qi Yuntian to the streets of Manhattan.

Looking at the two NYU flags on the building in front of him, Qi Yuntian said helplessly, "New York University is very big. It doesn't have a campus. The whole of Manhattan is its territory. If you want to experience what it's like to study at New York University, you can't drag me around all of Manhattan, right?"

Why is it impossible? If you can't do this, what's the point of being an actor?

Next, Chen Nuo spent several days walking from morning to night. He not only visited all the NYU buildings in Manhattan, but also stared at NYU students every time he met them along the way.

From head to toe, and from toe to face, look at their demeanor, their gait, the expressions on their faces when they speak, the way they look at the world, how proud and arrogant some of them are, and how hurriedly some of them walk with their heads down.

He looked very carefully and attentively, which was a little scary.

At first, several students were frightened and almost called the police. If Qi Yuntian hadn't stepped forward to explain in time, he might not have been able to film the scene and would have had to go to the police station to record a statement first.

But later on, no matter how hard he looked, no one called the police. Instead, occasionally, kind students would ask him if he couldn't find where to go to class and if he wanted to go together.

Wang Jiawei told him to forget everything in the script after reading it.

In the process, Chen Nuo did it.

He forgot the script, the lines, the shots and the actions.

He only remembered that he was a student at New York University, from a poor family, and he walked the streets of Manhattan every day. He knew the location of every NYU building, and he also knew how long it took to walk between each building.

He likes to eat blueberries. Because he is from Michigan, blueberries are a specialty of his hometown. In order to save money on travel expenses, he has not been back for more than a year.

He missed his mother, the oak-scented bed in his second-floor room, the Bruce Lee poster on the wall, the wooden horse he made as a childhood homework, and his younger brothers and sisters who were in junior high school.

His name is Jeremy. He currently works in a restaurant. He has dated two girlfriends, but they both broke up for various reasons.

Now he is in a period of being single and feels he has lost faith in love.

(End of this chapter)