Chapter 233: The Sexiest Way to Die in the World

Looking at the black-haired, black-eyed Chinese boy not far away, shaking hands and hugging director Catherine, and standing together chatting.

Both of them had smiles on their faces, appearing very familiar, as if they were old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

And that female director's affectionate appearance was completely different from the irritable female devil who had been restless and displeased with everyone these past few days.

Kristen Stewart put in her earphones, looking on expressionlessly, her face becoming even colder.

"Hey! Hey! You! You! I don't like your girlfriend,

No way! No way! I think you need a new one~"

The cheerful music of Avril's champion single *Girlfriend*, which sold over 7.3 million copies last year, roared in her ears. The earphones paired with the iPod nano that Apple just released this year had good sound quality and good immersion, but this didn't bring her a good mood.

At this time, someone touched her arm. Kristen turned her head and immediately took out her earphones and put them in her pocket: "Good morning, Luo Bote."

Luo Bote Pattinson stood beside her, looking in the same direction she had been looking: "Good morning, Kristen. It seems Mr. Joker has finally arrived, ah?"

"Yeah." Kristen looked at him worriedly and said: "Luo Bote, you must not..."

Luo Bote Pattinson said expressionlessly: "What? OMG, honey, don't worry, I won't do anything. I know, doing anything is useless. Now that I can stay in the crew, I'm already very grateful to God."

"Ever since I played that damn unlucky guy in *Harry Potter*, I haven't had a job for over 2 years. I just want to stay here and film. Although now I can only play Emmett, and the salary has dropped from 500,000 to 50,000. But at least with this money, I can go buy two more bottles of wine."

Kristen chuckled, playfully hit his arm: "Luo Bote, don't talk about yourself like that. You at least met me, didn't you?"

Luo Bote Pattinson also laughed and said: "Yes. This is the only lucky thing for me recently. God bless, I didn't choose to leave this damn crew at the beginning." After finishing, he suddenly lowered his head and kissed Kristen on the face.

Kristen was startled, hurriedly looked left and right, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw no one noticed, saying a bit angrily: "Luo Bote, this is a film set!"

Luo Bote Pattinson sneered and said: "Don't worry, now everyone's attention is on that Academy Award Best Supporting Actor, no one is paying attention to us."

Kristen heard the jealousy and dissatisfaction in his words, but she was equally indignant about this.

"What's so great about him? Just a supporting actor. Looking at his smug appearance, I thought he was this year's Oscar Best Actor."

"Luo Bote, I have always believed that you are definitely more suitable to play Edward than him, and I also want to act with you more. Really. And, I've been to so many crews, never has a male lead come to the set on the day filming starts. Who does he think he is!"

Kristen became more and more angry as she spoke, "Even Brad Pitt wouldn't do this!"

As it happens, at this time Chen Nuo also heard this name from director Catherine and was a bit stunned: "He said he likes me the most? No, no, Catherine, I think this should be polite words he said. In fact, male actors born after '80, Ryan Gosling or Channing Tatum are very cool actors. He said so, it should be because I am good friends with Angelina."

Catherine Hardwick swore she was just chatting about superstar gossip, but this person actually said Angelina Jolie was his friend!

For a time, even the resentment that had been hidden in her heart dissipated a part.

However, there was still some resentment.

Angelina Jolie hasn't had a baby recently, why did you wait until filming started to join the crew?

The crew called you so many times before and after, urging you from a week ago, but you never came over. When asked what you were busy with, you wouldn't say.

This is a bit too big-headed.

Catherine didn't know if the other party noticed her dissatisfaction. In short, during the conversation, she didn't feel that the other party had any arrogant attitude, and the feeling he gave her was similar to when they met in Japan.

He is a professional actor who treats money like dirt.

Then why on earth?

"Anyway, thank you for your understanding. I've been too busy during this time. In fact, I only signed the contract for this film yesterday."

Chen Nuo knew that this was indeed his own doing, and apologized again. At this time, he suddenly saw a bald-headed old man in his 50s wearing a jacket walking over, and immediately waved with a smile: "... Hi, Mr. Richardson."

The line producer, and also Summit Entertainment's vice president Will Richardson, walked over at this time, smiling broadly: "Hi Chen, you finally came over."

"Yes." Chen Nuo said again, "Really sorry, I believe Luo Bote should have already told you, right?"

Will Richardson nodded with a smile; one couldn't tell at all that two days ago, this person was like a volcano about to erupt, as if he could burn a hundred people to death with his anger at any time.

"Yes, Luo Bote called me last night and said you went to sign the contract. By the way, you've become Barbie's new boyfriend, right? Congratulations, Chen."

"What?" Catherine could no longer hide the surprise in her heart and shouted out directly.

Although she was 40-something and had three children, she had also been a little girl. She opened her mouth wide, and her words were a bit slurred: "Will, what new boyfriend? You said who? Chen?"

"Yes, Catherine. After Ken, Chen's doll will become the second officially announced Barbie boyfriend, joining Barbie and Ken's long love of over 50 years, becoming a third party who brings a little passion to their dull life."

"And Chen has been busy with this these past few days, signing a contract with Mattel."

When Will heard this news from Luo Bote Friedman yesterday, he was incredibly happy in addition to being shocked.

On the phone, he and Luo Bote Friedman even started discussing how much publicity money this could save for their film's later promotion.

Chen Nuo frowned: "No... Chen is not a third party."

He earnestly said the official promotional words given to him by Mattel, recited the character settings in the Barbie world, and cleared himself of the suspicion of being a third party: "Chen is just a man who admires Barbie. He won't be a third party; he will just help her when Barbie needs it."

Will couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Yes, yes. Chen, I understand, Chen is not a third party, Chen is just a kind person."

Chen Nuo laughed: "This matter shouldn't be widely publicized for the time being, because Mattel wants to find a suitable time to announce it."

"OK, rest assured, I haven't told anyone, only Catherine knows now."

Catherine also nodded: "I will keep it a secret."

Her dissatisfaction also dissipated completely in this instant.

She was even thinking, if it were her image about to be made into a doll sold globally, becoming a part of the Barbie brand,

And she still came to film this play with a total budget of 30 or 40 million and a box office that absolutely couldn't exceed 100 million USD, then it must be that something was wrong with her brain,

And it must be a big problem.

Chen Nuo arrived in Portland on a red-eye flight, arriving at the shooting set around 8:50, just before the start time.

Therefore, when he finished greeting the director and producer and walked into the makeup car on the scene to start makeup, it was only a little past 9:30 in the morning.

At this time, he started looking at the shooting plan and started reading the script. He looked at what exactly was being filmed today, and how many lines he had.

Most of the crew members of *Twilight* were cheap goods pieced together, which of course also included the makeup artist.

This little Black girl named Michelle Williams who was doing his makeup was at most 20-something years old.

This Black girl actually looked quite pretty and cute, unlike ordinary Black women with thick lips and fat butts.

Her skin was also coffee-colored rather than jet-black. When Chen Nuo greeted her, she smiled a bit like Halle Berry.

But even if it were really Halle Berry,

Chen Nuo would object when she picked up the eyelash curler as if she were going to curl his eyelashes.

He didn't know if Luo Bote Pattinson in the original version curled his eyelashes, but as a pure man, how could he allow such a thing.

Immediately, he closed the script and smiled: "Michelle, it's not very appropriate for you to do this, right?"

Michelle Williams, who had only followed the crew for a year and was previously just an assistant makeup artist, had never worked on the face of such a big star and was already nervous to death. Hearing him say this, she immediately stopped her hand and said: "Chen, did I hurt you?"

Chen Nuo shook his head: "No, I mean, curling eyelashes or whatever, let's just forget it?"

Michelle Williams said "Ah," looked in the mirror again, and said hesitantly: "But, Chen, I think if you could curl your eyelashes, your eyes would look bigger, and it would definitely look better."

In this instant, Chen Nuo almost thought it was fucking racial discrimination. He had lived two lives and no one had ever said his eyes were small, okay?

He stared at the other party in the mirror for a long time, almost looking at Michelle until she was about to cry, before confirming that this Black girl, whose hands and feet were very clumsy and whose makeup was very slow, was indeed just stating her opinion as it was.

"Forget it, I don't like it, it's too sissy."

"But... Chen, I, I really think you will..." "Will what? Will be laughed at?" Chen Nuo said unpleasantly.

Damn it, this Black girl didn't know what kind of alternative breed she was,

Being scolded by him, a dignified Black girl actually cried immediately.

It was really immediate!

As soon as his words fell, in Michelle's pair of large and bright eyes, like two deep brown gems,

Two lines of tears rolled down,

Rolling down from her skin that looked like carefully roasted coffee.

"Stop!"

Chen Nuo was truly startled. This was America, where the #MeToo movement was still having aftershocks.

The *Twilight* crew was already small, and now there were only the two of them in this car specifically used for makeup.

If someone broke in and saw this scene, he would really have no way to explain.

"Don't be like this... stop crying. I just wanted you not to curl my eyelashes... Michelle, please, what are you doing?"

I don't know if the gloomy weather in Portland in April made people more emotional, or if the fatigue of the red-eye flight made Chen Nuo's comforting skills -2.

Chen Nuo said two sentences patiently, and seeing it had no effect, he had to sigh helplessly and said: "Do it according to you, do whatever you want, OK? Stop crying."

"Really..."

"Really."

After hearing him say this, Michelle wiped her eyes while sobbing.

When she picked up the curler and started fixing his eyelashes again, Chen Nuo couldn't help but ask: "Michelle, do you cry easily?"

As a result, she wasn't someone who cried easily, she just had no money.

Afraid of losing her job.

Now everyone in the *Twilight* crew knew who the biggest big shot in the whole crew was.

As a newcomer makeup artist, the first time she worked for a big star and didn't satisfy this big shot, the only result could be packing up and leaving.

Although the money *Twilight* gave her was very little, for Michelle, who was still owing makeup class tuition, 5,000 USD was a crucial sum of money, enough for her to pay off the tuition and pay for the apartment rent for a period of time.

Now Michelle talked about it with great unwillingness; at the makeup school she attended, if her graduation work could be rated as B-grade, she could save 1,000 USD in tuition, but unfortunately, she had no money to find a model, and in the end, it was only rated as C.

This made her feel uncomfortable whenever she thought about it now.

Listening to Michelle chat about the lives of people at the bottom of Hollywood with the unique accent of a Black girl, Chen Nuo felt it was quite interesting.

He didn't feel that curling eyelashes was uncomfortable anymore.

After Michelle finished curling the eyelashes, she carefully applied foundation for him, making his face present a kind of paleness that hadn't seen the sun for a long time, without a trace of blood.

Chen Nuo frowned again. Well, now it feels like you can't see his identity as an Asian at all.

It's really weird, and he doesn't feel very comfortable in his heart.

Afterwards, Michelle chose to let him wear that pair of golden contact lenses between golden and blood-red ones. Chen Nuo also felt it didn't quite fit his aesthetics.

Finally, looking at that bright red lipstick she took, Chen Nuo still couldn't help it, and confirmed with an unpleasant tone: "Are you sure it's this color?"

"Yes, Chen." Michelle said softly, "I think... this tone will look very seductive with your lip shape."

Chen Nuo had always felt that for him, the most difficult problem to overcome in acting this play was his appearance.

As for how to act in this play, to be honest, he was actually very confident.

Why did he dare to take the art exam when he knew nothing at the beginning of his rebirth?

And why did he feel he had a good sense of the camera?

It was all because when he started filming videos in his previous life, he filmed over 300 short videos in one month, and finally carefully selected 20 to send out.

The effect after sending them out was gaining over 8 million fans in one month, of which over 6 million were female fans.

That is to say, every short video he sent out,

Could almost make those women sliding videos on TikTok first pick the cover, and would click in,

And then watch it frame by frame.

After finishing, about 80% of those women would give him a like and add a follow.

If these women were between 14-30 years old, then about 40% of them would write something mushy in his comment section, or like what others said.

Chen Nuo, including now, had always felt that he looked just average, at most at the level of Liang Liang Chaowei.

But why could he achieve that kind of effect?

That was because his face was very photogenic.

More photogenic than Liang Liang Chaowei.

And he knew how to look cool.

More than Liang Liang Chaowei and Daniel Wu combined.

Although he might not be able to act better than them,

However, he knew how to make every movement and every expression of his in front of the mobile phone lens look like a dynamic PPT carefully edited by a PS master.

When he first learned to take short videos of himself, he first imitated other people's videos three times, and then started filming according to his own ideas without fear of the newborn calf.

He filmed for about 20 minutes, chose one he felt was not bad out of five, edited it for a while, added some background sound, and actually added almost no beauty effects, then sent it to his few female friends at the time to watch.

After watching, that night, his blank TikTok account gained over 500 fans.

All were friends of friends in reality who were forwarded by his two or three girlfriends and then forwarded again.

In this way, Chen Nuo, who had been decadent for a lifetime, finally found a bit of confidence and felt that this seemed to be something he could do well.

It can be said that it was also the only skill he felt a little proud of.

Later on the internet, in the mouths of many netizens, he also had a nickname, the man who knows 113 ways to look cool.

It's just a pity... sigh.

In short, this time before *Twilight* started filming,

Chen Nuo set a goal for himself.

In this play, he would no longer pursue immersion, nor would he study how to be a good vampire, and he wouldn't write any character biographies.

Even what the script was written about, he might not study it carefully; he just needed to look at the lines and remember them before each start of filming.

In all his performances in this popcorn movie, he only pursued one thing, which was the one thing he was best at.

He prepared to make every frame of his movements, every picture, every look up, frown, stare, and smile in front of the *Twilight* lens reach the level of the short videos he sent out in his previous life, and that would be completing the task.

It might be difficult, but with his current level, it should be worth a try.

But at this moment, Chen Nuo looked at the man in the mirror and felt that Michelle should have ruined more than half of his debut today.

According to this girl's makeup level, she definitely wasn't suitable for working in the crew, and should go find a training class with more expensive tuition to learn again and cultivate her aesthetics.

Otherwise, she might not be able to find a good job in her life.

He decided to go tell Catherine later and persuade this Black girl to quit.

But Chen Nuo still had some sympathy and decided to send a kind word to this proletarian Black compatriot as a parting gift.

He said against his conscience: "Michelle, I think you did a good job, I like it very much."

Michelle Williams was truly too simple; how could she hear the insincerity in Chen the Scumbag's words.

Her dense and curled eyelashes kept trembling with the rapid blinking action, looking at Chen Nuo in the mirror, her eyes a bit dazed.

Michelle put her hands on her chest, in a posture of holding her heart, and said softly in a tone that was almost like a dream: "If you were my graduation work at the beginning, Chen... the school definitely wouldn't have collected my tuition. 100% not a single cent, I swear."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 234 =====