Chapter 86: Nuo Zai is So Smart

Zhang Xuan indeed hadn't heard wrong; Chen Nuo was really going to Hollywood.

But it wasn't a foreign director's drama; it was Jet Tone Films that called Qi Yuntian, asking if Chen Nuo had availability at the beginning of the year, and if so, whether he could go to Hong Kong for another interview with director Wong Kar-wai.

If school and classes were excluded, Chen Nuo seemingly had availability.

But that was Wong Kar-wai.

Hearing Qi Yuntian's cautious probing, the other party understood in seconds and immediately gave an explanation.

It meant that this time it was mainly foreign investment, a test work for Wong Kar-wai to enter Hollywood. The actors in the same drama were all registered members of the Screen Actors Guild of America, and people had strict regulations on daily working hours and availability. Wong Kar-wai wouldn't mess around like before. The currently set filming time was 2 months.

The time for Chen Nuo's role was expected to be no more than one month.

So, if they were interested, please take the time to go to Hong Kong as soon as possible.

For such a big thing, Qi Yuntian couldn't possibly say it over the phone, so he drove directly to the Film Academy, preparing to talk to Chen Nuo face-to-face.

Chen Nuo happened to be called to the office by Li Er at that time, so the two simply agreed to talk in Li Er's office over the phone.

After all, it wasn't anything shameful.

When Qi Yuntian arrived, besides Li Er, there were two other teachers in the office, all busy with their own things at their desks.

Chen Nuo and Li Er were sitting on the sofa, and Li Er was discussing the acting in *If Love* with him.

"I still think you shouldn't go and take on some dramas in this comfort zone. After all, you are still young. If you have the opportunity, you must cooperate with some big directors who know how to train actors, let them suppress you, force you. For you, it might be more useful than reading books in school for a few years, after all, you have talent..." Li Er said this, and suddenly saw Qi Yuntian rushing in vigorously.

She stopped her words, a cold light flashed on her glasses, and she shouted coldly, "What are you doing? So reckless! Don't you need to knock when entering? Didn't you see Teacher Huang and Teacher Ye are both here? How do I usually teach you?"

Huang Lei raised his head from his desk and smiled, "Professor Li, it's fine, look at how you scared little Qi."

Ye Linghui also raised her head and smiled, "Exactly. Haven't seen little Qi for a long time, why do you look thinner."

Qi Yuntian smiled quite cautiously: "Hello Teacher Ye, hello Teacher Huang, sorry, I was indeed in a hurry just now. I'm actually still the same, neither fat nor thin."

Seeing this, Chen Nuo couldn't help but sigh that Qi Yuntian had truly matured. If it were a year ago, it would be unimaginable for such words to come out of his mouth.

The few people exchanged a few more polite pleasantries, and the other two teachers continued to busy themselves with their own things. Qi Yuntian sat in the corner of the sofa, looked at Li Er, and said, "Chen Nuo, Wong Kar-wai invited us to Hong Kong to sign a contract; he wants to find you to film his new drama."

As soon as this was said, Huang Lei and Ye Linghui raised their heads all at once.

Chen Nuo was also a bit surprised, but after all, he had met him before, so he didn't feel it was too sudden. He just paused and asked, "When?"

Qi Yuntian said, "The other party was very urgent on the phone, wanting us to go over in these two days. It's estimated that they are preparing to start filming next month, because their preparation period for this drama is very short. And I heard it's foreign investment, a Hollywood drama, and the filming time is not long. It's just that you might still need to ask the school for a month's leave."

Chen Nuo finally knew why Qi Yuntian kept looking at Li Er after entering the door. Because Li Er was the teacher at the Film Academy who most opposed students not attending class to film dramas. A sentence she often said was that if you haven't learned to crawl, you want to run, and sooner or later you will take a big tumble.

This time, he couldn't think of what kind of drama Wong Kar-wai would ask him to act in.

*2046* had already been filmed, and *The Grandmaster*, this movie he had even gone to the cinema to watch, he remembered very clearly that it was in 2013. So, had Wong Kar-wai gone to the United States to film any drama in these 8 years?

Why hadn't he heard of it at all?

It's estimated there was only one reason.

It flopped to the grandmother's house.

Director Wong's test work tested into a deep-water bomb, and it was blown to pieces. It wasn't until several years later that he pieced together the fragmented flesh and blood, honestly returned to the Chinese-speaking world, found a subject that had been filmed to rot, and used all his efforts to film *The Grandmaster*, which could be considered as saving face.

The more Chen Nuo thought about it, the more he felt that things were mostly like this.

A movie destined to flop, why should he participate? Better to find an excuse to push it.

Chen Nuo coughed and said, "Ask for leave? Wouldn't that be not so good? How about forget it."

A gust of wind blew through the curtains in the office, lifting a slight sound, the heating was humming in the pipes, and students were talking downstairs.

"Creak."

The chair was pushed away.

Huang Lei stood up from behind the desk, walked over, and arrived directly in front of Chen Nuo, looking him up and down as if he didn't know him.

After a long while, Huang Lei said with a half-smile, "Chen Nuo, you're even pushing Wong Kar-wai's drama?"

For Chen Nuo, Ang Lee had already been rejected.

What Wong Kar-wai, push it if you push it.

Actually, regarding rejecting Ang Lee's new drama, besides Liu Yifei, he hadn't told anyone, including Qi Yuntian.

Ang Lee really wanted him to act and persuaded him several times. Seeing that the attitude here was firm, he gave up.

But fortunately, people didn't mind. After all, Director Lee had been working in Hollywood for many years and was long used to the Western way. Friendship is friendship, work is work. So later, he found someone to bring a message to Chen Nuo and the others, saying that there was no fate this time, and they must cooperate in the future.

Hearing Huang Lei say this at this moment, Chen Nuo had no choice but to pretend to be shy and scratch his head, saying, "I really have to attend class. I only asked for leave once during military training before, and now asking for leave again, I'm a bit embarrassed..."

Huang Lei smiled, "Attend class... Heh, if Principal Zheng and Dean Zhang knew that you pushed Wong Kar-wai's film contract because you wanted to attend class, they wouldn't know whether to cry or laugh. Chen Nuo, if you go to film Wong Kar-wai's drama, the school will definitely approve your leave. As long as it's not for three or five years, it's no problem, and final exams can be made up."

Ye Linghui sat behind the desk and said loudly, "I think three or five years is fine! Chen Nuo, Teacher Huang is right, what's the problem with asking for leave? I can even go talk to the leaders. That American student in the 02 class started taking roles from freshman year, how many classes has he attended in his four years of undergraduate studies? Now it's our own student's turn to film Wong Kar-wai's movie, and this can't be approved? If any college leader dares to stop it, I'll be the first to stand up and reason with him!"

Huang Lei laughed, "Teacher Ye, it will definitely be approved, if not, then what's it called the Film Academy for?"

Li Er also spoke, but she turned her head to ask Qi Yuntian, "If you go to film a drama with foreigners, how is Chen Nuo's spoken language? Can it work?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 87 =====