Entertainment 1998

Chapter 26 26, Blowing Bottles

Character determines destiny!

This sentence is absolutely true.

During the Spring Festival, Jiang Feng just mentioned it casually. I have read the novella called "Memorial" and know that the hero of the novel is a rural teacher. Brother Dong, if you want to get this role, I suggest you go back to your hometown and contact the village chief to try to be a rural teacher for more than ten days...

If Guo Xiaodong were replaced by any other boy in the class, I'm afraid they would not listen to such unreliable advice.

Jiang Feng, are you kidding me?

After just a dozen days of experience as a rural teacher, I was able to get a role in Zhang Yimou's movie. Isn't that a joke? Director Zhang Yimou has very strict requirements for selecting actors.

First of all, he pays the most attention to appearance. At first glance, you have to have something memorable about you that makes me interested in you.

Jiang Feng, do you think that if you work as a rural teacher for more than ten days, director Zhang Yimou will be interested in you?

Haha, joke.

Secondly, when Director Zhang Yimou selects people, he will consider whether you have sculptural qualities. If you don’t have sculptural qualities, he will not select you, no matter how great your acting skills are.

Because teaching you how to act makes him feel no sense of accomplishment.

Jiang Feng, do you think that after being a rural teacher for more than ten days, a person who originally has no spirituality can become sculptible?
Haha, how is that possible?!
Guo Xiaodong actually believed this sentence that all the boys in the class would not believe, and he actually returned to his hometown in Yishui and worked as a rural private teacher in his hometown village for more than 20 days.

Guo Xiaodong, who had the temperament of a rural private teacher, caught Zhang Yimou's attention as soon as he appeared in front of him.

That’s right, it’s you, Guo Xiaodong!

Of course, another point is that teacher Cui Xinqin is awesome. After all, she and Zhang Yimou were classmates in the same grade, one was in the acting department and the other in the photography department.

At first, everyone thought that Guo Xiaodong was lucky to play the leading role in Zhang Yimou's movie because he had read the novel "Memorial" and experienced the career of a private teacher in the countryside.

But when everyone in the beef ramen restaurant heard that Guo Xiaodong had achieved such great "achievements" because he accepted Jiang Feng's advice, they immediately became excited.

The boy is beating his chest...

Damn, why am I so stupid? Why don't I spend the New Year with Jiang Feng in Beijing? If so, maybe I will be the male lead in Zhang Yimou's movie? !
The girl's eyes were bright, and she kept looking at Jiang Feng from head to toe while he was drinking.

Wow, is this kid any good?

He can actually guess what the great director is thinking.

Hmm..., it seems that Zhang Yimou hasn’t found the heroine Zhaodi in the movie “Memorial” yet.

It is said that the great director went to the Central Academy of Drama two days ago and wanted to meet a girl named Zeng Li, but the girl returned to her hometown in Jingzhou for something.

Hehe..., now, the opportunity has come, hasn’t it?
"Jiang Feng..."

The first person to stand up and speak was squad leader Kong Wei.

"Ok?"

Jiang Feng had just had two drinks with Guo Xiaodong and was about to take a break when he heard Kong Wei's call.

"Jiang Feng, all the girls in our class, including your girlfriend Yan Danchen, have participated in the audition for Director Zhang Yimou.

You know the result.

No one was chosen.

So I would like to ask our class teacher Cui Xinqin to use her personal connections to invite Director Zhang Yimou to the Film Academy for another audition. Well, who among us do you think will succeed?"

This is a very smart question. I didn't ask you, Jiang Feng, to give us guidance. What I meant was, if there is another audition, who do you think will be chosen?

"Um…"

Sitting in the restaurant of the beef ramen restaurant, Jiang Feng's eyes quickly swept across the faces of all the girls in the class, and then after a little thought, he said:
“If Director Zhang Yimou really wants to audition everyone again, I don’t know who will succeed.
But when I first read the novel "Memorial", a clear outline of Zhaodi appeared in my mind. She was wearing thick black cotton trousers, a bright red cotton jacket, and two braids tied behind her head. She looked very pure.

When Zhaodi faced the gentleman from the city, she would be nervous, shy, and would rub the corners of her clothes with her hands and smile..."

The banquet ended at 8 o'clock in the evening.

The ending was a bit unexpected.

Just after Jiang Feng finished talking about his views on the character of Zhaodi, the girls in the class stood up and left the beef ramen restaurant for various reasons.

Jiang Feng, I'm a little full, I want to buy a box of Jiangzhong brand stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting tablets.

Jiang Feng, my relatives are coming, so I have to go back early, otherwise my pants will get dirty.

Jiang Feng, what can I say? I can't stand you and Yan Danchen being so affectionate, so I have to go back and be sad for a while.

The girls left.

The boys from the 96 undergraduate class of the Department of Performance also dispersed quickly.

After all, boys will be more interested in drinking when girls are present. Ladies, come and look at me, I will show you what a real man is. I can finish a bottle of beer in 15 seconds.

Prices in this era are really cheap. 23 people had a meal and drinks, and the total cost was less than 500 yuan. You have to know that there were 15 main dishes alone.

After paying the bill with the fat boss, Jiang Feng chatted with him with a smile and then walked out of the beef ramen restaurant.

"Jiang Feng, I'm here."

Seeing Jiang Feng coming out of the restaurant, Yan Danchen, who was standing on the sidewalk on the street, waved at him with a smile.

"Why didn't you go back earlier?"

"I'm waiting for you." Yan Danchen smiled and stretched out his hand towards Jiang Feng.

"Jiang Feng..."

"Ok?"

"Don't you want me to audition for Director Zhang Yimou?"

"how could be?"

Jiang Feng smiled and shook his head.

"Tsk, your eyes can't deceive me at all." Yan Danchen shook Jiang Feng's hand and said, "People are selfish. If you really want me to participate in the audition of Director Zhang Yimou, then you certainly wouldn't tell me your true opinion of the role of Zhaodi during dinner?"

"Ha ha…"

Seeing that his little trick was indeed seen through by his girlfriend Yan Danchen, Jiang Feng smiled awkwardly and told the truth very "subtlely".

"Student Yan Danchen, it is said that in Hollywood, almost every successful director is an old rogue."

"Uh…"

After hearing Jiang Feng's words, Yan Danchen was stunned at first, and then gave him a half-smile.

"From now on, Jiang Feng, you can't tie me to your belt all day long. What a shame!"

After saying that, we arrived at the gate of Beijing Film Academy.

Letting go of Jiang Feng's hand, Yan Danchen took out the blue cell phone from his pocket and shook it in the air.

"Good night, classmate Jiang Feng!"

"Uh, no..."

"No, go back to sleep. Actually, I was planning to let you eat meat today, but there was nothing I could do. Our relatives came over last night, haha..."

(End of this chapter)