Chapter 88: Good Best Friend

Wong Kar-wai took a box of cigars from his bosom and signaled to Qi Yuntian and Chen Nuo.

After both shook their heads, he didn't persuade them. Someone next to him sent him a cigar cutter, he took one out, cut it, lit it with a lighter, and took a slow puff.

In the smoke, Wong Kar-wai continued: "Since these French guys recognize you, Nuo Zai, and are willing to let you act, then act. And they are even willing to change the script for you, then that's even better. Anyway, changing to a Chinese person, I have a lot of numbers in my heart. The process of the matter is like this, now what are your thoughts, you can all take them out and talk."

Chen Nuo's original thought was to stay away from this work of Wong Kar-wai that flopped to the point of having no fame.

However, everyone who knew about this didn't agree.

Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are actually two completely different directors.

Besides the difference in artistic style, most of the movies Ang Lee films focus on the story, and the actors are just tools for plot advancement. *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* talks about the Jianghu, *Brokeback Mountain* talks about love, *Life of Pi* talks about people. In his movie world, it makes no difference whether the actor is Liang Liang Chaowei or Chow Yun-fat.

But Wong Kar-wai is different. He once said personally that all the plots in his movies serve the actors.

His films generally have no script, or even write the script directly on set. Because he customizes stories based on the actors' own conditions and states.

Acting in his drama, the ones who finally shine are the actors. And they are the ones who can make people remember their names.

This is Li Er's reason. She believes that Chen Nuo acting in Wong Kar-wai's drama once can learn more than acting in other directors' dramas ten times.

The reasons of others are more realistic.

Just look at the actor list of the movies Wong Kar-wai directed before and you will understand.

*Chungking Express*: Lin Lin Qingxia, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Liang Liang Chaowei, Faye Wong.

*Ashes of Time*: Leslie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Lin Lin Qingxia, Liang Liang Chaowei Ka-fai, Liang Liang Chaowei.

*In the Mood for Love*: Liang Liang Chaowei, Maggie Cheung.

And the recent *2046*: Liang Liang Chaowei, Zhang Ziyi, Faye Wong, Gong Li, and Takuya Kimura.

In short, this person is simply a star-collecting addict.

Appearing in his movies, although he won't suppress the salary, his filming time is very abnormal, so in terms of cost-effectiveness, it is very low.

However, as long as he sends an invitation, very few stars refuse.

Besides Wong Kar-wai's personal artistic style being truly unique in the whole of Asia, another important reason is that appearing in his works is sticking a label of a heavenly king superstar on oneself.

Letting you stand on the same platform as the people on the list.

Therefore, when Chen Nuo expressed the intention to decline, up and down the Film Academy, whoever knew about this, no one agreed.

Finally, even Dean Zhang Tianyou called him to the office and told him earnestly that he didn't need to worry about things in school. The Film Academy is not the rigid Central Academy of Drama; here everything is for the students' sake. As long as there is an opportunity, go forward boldly, and the school is your backing.

Under the foil of this atmosphere, Chen Nuo couldn't say that Wong Kar-wai was going to overturn this time, so please don't let me go and die.

Thus, things walked step by step to this current situation. In front of Wong Kar-wai, could he still refuse?

Chen Nuo didn't know that Wong Kar-wai's movie did indeed become his Waterloo. Of course, there were many reasons for this, and opinions varied.

But there was one biggest reason that was recognized by almost all film critics. Water and soil incompatibility.

The director's strong personal style and the actors' performance style had conflicts.

Wong Kar-wai thought that by forcibly imposing the delicate and introverted emotional expression of the East on the blue eyes and high nose bridges, he could also make people feel the same. Little did he know that only black eyes are suitable for telling his moving love words, and the result of forced grafting was ruining everyone's appetite.

Chen Nuo didn't know that he actually became the variable of Wong Kar-wai's movie in this life.

His real thought was to film well, and when the movie flopped, he would extract himself.

Chen Nuo said sincerely: "Director Wong, I will definitely try my best. I know your requirements are high, so if there are any shortcomings, please feel free to point them out. I can eat 20 bowls of noodles."

Wong Kar-wai laughed loudly and said to the left and right: "Didn't I say after the last meeting that Nuo Zai is very simple and also very humorous? His personality is the same as Wei Zai and Jingwen. Is my judgment of people very accurate?"

The people on the left and right nodded in cooperation and praised him one after another, but this time Wong Kar-wai didn't listen to them anymore, stood up and said: "Nuo Zai, since your availability is no problem, then it's the salary. I will call the ghost guys over now, let your agent discuss with them, and we will go out to chat. Rest assured, these ghosts are not good at anything else, but they are still very generous in spending money."

Wong Kar-wai took Chen Nuo to visit his own company, looked at the posters on the wall, and told some interesting things that happened during the filming of the movies one by one. Chen Nuo had heard of some in his later life, and some were secret news that had never been circulated. Any one of the things in Wong Kar-wai's mouth would be a headline if it spread, but he obviously didn't guard against Chen Nuo and said everything, which Chen Nuo listened to with great interest.

Finally, the two came to the terrace on the third floor and sat down on the lounge chairs under two parasols.

It was about 5:00 PM, and the winter sun in Hong Kong was a very warm sun, like a lover's gentle hand, stroking hair and skin, making people feel a kind of comfort from the heart. Chen Nuo lifted the lounge chair out a bit and placed it in the sun. He sat on it with a plop, narrowed his eyes slightly, and really wanted to lie down and stretch well.

Wong Kar-wai looked at his appearance, his eyes lit up all at once, and said: "Nuo Zai, wait for me."

Then he didn't know where he went to get a DV and started filming Chen Nuo, sometimes near and sometimes far, having a great time.

Chen Nuo was a bit embarrassed at first, not knowing what this person was doing with the AV. Wong Kar-wai said: "Imagine you are sunbathing on the beach."

Chen Nuo was still waiting for him to continue, but the result was that he was stingy with words and didn't say a word.

Okay, Chen Nuo then lay on the chair, closed his eyes, pretended the camera didn't exist, and enjoyed the beach, waves, and sunshine. After a while, he was almost really asleep, when he heard Wong Kar-wai say: "Cut, OK."

Chen Nuo yawned: "Almost really slept."

Wong Kar-wai laughed, gave Chen Nuo a thumbs up, and said: "I see you sleep very comfortably, Nuo Zai, I found that you have no difference in the lens and outside the lens, which is very rare."

Chen Nuo chuckled: "Maybe it's because I have a big heart."

Wong Kar-wai said: "I told them that good actors must have a big heart. You know the heroine who is acting with you this time, that beautiful girl is also only 18 years old, and she also has a big heart, not stage-frightened at all. After I tried her drama at that time, I told people that they could call other actors to leave, no need to try, just her. Just saw your performance again, now, for this drama, I finally feel a bit at ease in my heart."

Chen Nuo asked curiously: "What is her name?"

"Emma Stone."

Can't flip the brand anymore, but you perverts, the photos you found one by one are really good-looking.

By the way, do you like Wen Yongshan or Yang Ying more?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 89 =====