Chapter 56: Consider, Consider

Jin Yong's martial arts are known as the romance of Chinese men, but unfortunately, Qi Yuntian is not a man.

He is also an ABC; he has heard of *Legend of the Condor Heroes*, *Return of the Condor Heroes*, *Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils*, and *The Smiling, Proud Wanderer*. He has an impression of who Yang Guo is.

Even Chen Nuo is better than him in this regard.

After a head-on education from Li Er, when Zhang Jizhong called personally, he immediately became very polite: "Director Zhang, I will come over with Chen Nuo tomorrow morning. Mm, mm, mm, yes, yes, yes, good, good, good. See you then. Goodbye, Director Zhang."

Li Er said with deep sorrow: "Look at you, how are you acting as an agent? Uncle Chen and Auntie Pan are here. Seeing you perform like this, how can you expect them to feel at ease letting you escort Chen Nuo? If you ask me, you should just withdraw your shares from this studio, don't delay Chen Nuo, and go home to be a shut-in; that would be better than making a fool of yourself here."

Chen Bi immediately said: "Teacher Li, I don't agree with what you said. The first business I did back then, I even undercharged by a few thousand yuan, and I only found out when I got home. Besides, what Mo Xiaoqi just said is also fine. This is also the common opinion of our parents and Chen Nuo: acting is acting, but the Gaokao must not be delayed. This is the top priority right now. Chen Nuo, you go with Mo Xiaoqi to meet Director Zhang tomorrow. Meeting is a must; it's etiquette. But whether to take this role or not, you two must consider it carefully. Still the same sentence: getting into university is the first priority."

Li Er said: "And Wong Kar-wai, you should also go meet him. Although according to his style, he won't find a new actor like you to act. I can't figure out what he wants you for, but if there's an opportunity, his expressionist technique is very worth learning. For an actor to only take the experiential acting route is very damaging to the body; learning multiple performance methods can extend your artistic life."

Chen Bi laughed. "What artistic life does he have? Haha."

Li Er said seriously: "You can't say that. Countless great artists in history became famous at a young age. Of course, he still needs more works to prove himself."

Zhang Jizhong was very anxious. The expected filming time for this TV series was very long. As the general producer, he not only had to be responsible to the investors but also to the schedules of other actors.

Dragging it out for 4 months beyond the original start time was definitely the limit for many actors. This was still because the main supporting roles in this film had reserved long schedules for him in advance.

But if it didn't start again, it wouldn't be a question of re-selecting the lead, but the entire crew would probably have to be rebuilt.

Therefore, when meeting Chen Nuo and Qi Yuntian, after the pleasantries, Zhang Jizhong asked very urgently: "The Gaokao is in June, Xiao Chen, do you need that much time to review?"

Chen Nuo rubbed his nose and said: "How about this, Director Zhang, let me try acting it out?"

Zhang Jizhong waved his hand. "No need to try acting; it's a matter of time now."

Qi Yuntian said: "Director Zhang, there's really no other way."

Zhang Jizhong pondered for a while and said: "If I remember correctly, Xiao Chen, you are from Long'an, Xichuan?"

"Yes."

Zhang Jizhong stroked his beard and said: "Xiao Chen, the situation is like this. Logically, this play should have started filming last October. Because of various reasons, it has been dragged until now, and it really can't be dragged any longer. Of course, I also understand now that the Gaokao is indeed a big deal..."

"Look, how about this: our crew has a set of location shots in Jiuzhaigou, Xichuan, not far from your home. The filming time is expected to be 1 to 2 months. We were originally prepared to go there to film from the beginning. After this scene is filmed, it will be about a month before the college entrance exam. At that time, you go take the college entrance exam, and the subsequent scenes can be filmed after you finish the college entrance exam, how about that?"

This director Zhang Jizhong is not a small character in the domestic TV market. Since he has said it to this point...

"Director Zhang, shall we discuss it?"

"Good, good, then you discuss it. I'll go out and rest. After you've discussed it, come call me."

After Zhang Jizhong went out, Qi Yuntian asked: "Should we take it?"

Chen Nuo thought for a while and said: "I think I should consider it some more."

There were two reasons for Chen Nuo's consideration. One was the Gaokao.

On the other hand, he had no interest in costume dramas at all, and felt even more embarrassed by the various fighting actions in them.

Including *The Return of the Condor Heroes*.

Perhaps the young people in later generations thought this show became popular all over the country as soon as it was launched.

In fact, only those who truly experienced that era knew that when *The Return of the Condor Heroes* was first broadcast, its popularity among ordinary people was not as good as *Legend of the Condor Heroes* starring Li Yapeng and Zhou Xun.

*The Return of the Condor Heroes* really became popular only after Liu Yifei's fan base gradually grew larger.

At least that was how it was in Chen Nuo's vague memory.

Therefore, acting as Yang Guo or something like that had no help for him in the short term.

He decided to think about it again. And Zhang Jizhong, worthy of being a big director, didn't say anything after coming in, but instead happily shook hands and said goodbye to them.

Saying "consider it well, you must consider it well; young people are so cautious, truly worthy of being a new Best Actor who won an award in Berlin."

Making Chen Nuo not know for a while whether he was saying something positive or negative.

However, this step was related to his plan since his rebirth, so he couldn't help but be cautious.

The next day, Chen Nuo and Qi Yuntian flew to Shanghai without stopping.

The process of meeting Wong Kar-wai was relatively dull. Chen Kexin was busy filming and didn't show up, just letting Chen Nuo and Qi Yuntian go directly to a hotel. Besides Wong Kar-wai, there was also a foreigner, as well as assistants and translators.

It seemed that meeting was really just meeting. A few people sat together and chatted for over an hour, then said goodbye.

The foreigner seemed very interested in Chen Nuo and spoke to him frequently, but he spoke French, and Chen Nuo didn't understand French. Even with a translator, communication was still inconvenient.

This foreigner had been to Berlin and had also seen *The Mute* that Chen Nuo acted in. He was a small fan of his, so he was very interested in Chen Nuo's age and experience. He had originally thought Chen Nuo would be like the character in the movie, a Chinese teenager living in hardship, but the Chen Nuo in reality was completely different from what he had imagined.

This made him full of curiosity, so much so that in the second half of the meeting, it almost became his own question-and-answer time. Chen Nuo answered, while Wong Kar-wai listened quietly, not knowing what he was thinking.

In the end, there wasn't a single word about a new play or film contract, nor was there any trial acting as they had thought before coming.

Coming out of the hotel, Qi Yuntian said: "I'm going back to Jingcheng tomorrow. From now on, we're free. Just don't get photographed by reporters." After saying that, he waved his hand and left gracefully.

Chen Nuo understood that Qi Yuntian probably already knew about his date with Xia Yehe.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 57 =====