Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 119 Public Opinion Frenzy
It was not until he was on the plane back home that Chen Nuo told Qi Yuntian what Nolan had said to him.

“Fuck, fuck, fuck.” Qi Yuntian was very angry and said fuck three times in a row. Even the excitement of flying in business class disappeared in an instant. “If I knew you had to destroy your image to play that damn clown, I would have killed myself rather than let you take the role.”

Looking at Chen Nuo's expression, Qi Yuntian looked sad: "Don't you feel sorry?"

I'm not gay. I'm a grown man. I don't have any regrets. Although having good looks and a good figure are good, they are just icing on the cake. Do men rely on these?
Having been handsome for two lifetimes, Chen Nuo no longer cared about his appearance and asked in return, "What's a pity?"

"What a pity...your face, your figure?"

Chen Nuo chuckled, "It's just weight gain, not disfigurement. What's the big deal? I can lose weight if I gain weight. I think what Nolan said makes sense. If I don't gain weight, I can't play the role of the Joker. First of all, the image doesn't fit, so it's useless no matter how I perform. Besides, it's too late to regret now, isn't it?"

It was indeed too late.

While the two were still on the plane from LA to HK, Warner Bros. announced the title and main cast of the second film after the Batman reboot.

The film's official title is: "The Dark Knight".

As expected, the director is still Christopher Nolan.

The actor who plays Batman has not changed, and is still played by Christian Bale, the star of the first film.

However, when it comes to the much-anticipated selection of the Joker, Warner Bros. seems to have played a big joke on the whole world.

Every American who saw that name was stunned and said the same thing at the same time: WHAT THE FUCK, WHO IS NUO CHEN?

It takes 15 hours to fly from the west coast of the United States to the east coast, but it only takes one second to transmit information in optical fiber.

Warner Bros. announced the news at 10 a.m. LA time, which was a.m. Beijing time.

The time when Shi Ningwei knew the news was probably among the top 10 in the country, because as a film critic, paying attention to foreign film news and forwarding it to China is part of his job.

When he stayed up late browsing American film forums to see if there was any news, he suddenly saw that Warner had announced the cast and crew for Batman 2.

He was watching out of boredom.

Then, I found a strange name sandwiched between "BATMAN: Christian Bale" and "James Gordon: Gary Oldman".

"Joker: Nuo Chen".

Shi Ningwei stared at the name for at least ten seconds, his mind racing. He wanted to believe it, but he didn't dare to.

Immediately afterwards, he sent a message to his group of film critics.

Senior: "[Screenshot], do you think this NUO CHEN is Chen Nuo?"

It was already early in the morning, and not many people in the 200-person group were still online. But this message was like a depth charge. After entering the water, it took only five seconds to blow up the deepest-diving lantern fish.

Rows of messages refreshed rapidly on the QQ group interface.

"I'm in a hurry!"

“Are the screenshots real?”

"!!!!! Chen Nuo?"

"This is crazy, Chen Nuo wants to play the clown???"

"Brother, where did you take the screenshot?"

"Isn't Chen Nuo filming Wang Jiawei's movie?"

"Are you sure it's Chen Nuo?"

"Chen Nuo is cooperating with Warner?"

“I exploded.”

"Midnight bomb oh fuck!"

The messages in the group were constantly being updated, and no one questioned whether this NUOCHEN was not Chen Nuo.

Shi Ningwei made up his mind.

Although there is no photo, no nationality, or anything on the screenshot, there is only a name that sounds like pinyin.

There is a great chance that he will make a mistake and end up making a fool of himself.

so what?

Wealth and wealth are found in danger.

Shi Ningwei appeared on the BLOG.

"Late night news, Chen Nuo is about to cooperate with Warner and play the biggest villain Joker in Batman 2!"

Shi Ningwei knew very well that time is money, so he wrote a title that was almost correct, and the main text was almost an expanded version of the title. The total time was less than a minute. He then pasted a screenshot of Warner's official website on it and immediately clicked publish.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

After Shi Ningwei published this article, the click rate was counted by seconds. Even in the early morning, the growth was as if cheating was used.

This quickly attracted the attention of editors working overtime at major media outlets and portal websites.

Everyone was shocked, and then they started making transatlantic calls while cursing. Countless radio waves across the Pacific Ocean were connected in the middle of the night, and the two names were finally connected by everyone.

The editors who had to work overtime began to work overtime to write press releases.

At 2: in the morning, the front-page entertainment news headlines on various portals saw their first wave of refreshes.

Wangyi Entertainment: The second Batman movie has been officially announced, and Chinese actor Chen Nuo will play the role of the Joker!
Sina Entertainment: After Wang Jiawei, the company joins hands with Warner again, and Chen Nuo will play the Joker in "Batman 2".

Sohu Entertainment: A historic step! Chen Nuo will play an important role in the superhero movie "Batman 2".

Tencent Entertainment: Officially entering Hollywood, Berlin Film Festival winner Chen Nuo will play the main villain in "Batman 2".

By the next morning, more and more details were dug up by reporters from major websites stationed in the United States and sent back to China, instantly cheering up many people who had just woken up.

"You've just finished filming 'My Blueberry Nights' and you're already auditioning for Warner Bros.? Chen Nuo, what are you in such a hurry for?"

"Hollywood's new and powerful director Nolan hand-picked Chen Nuo to play the Joker. The whole story is revealed."

"The casting process was fully recorded. According to an internal Warner poll, 88% of people agreed that Chen Nuo would play the Joker."

"Conquer Hollywood with his acting skills! Warner Vice President Michael Slan said: Chen's Joker is worth everyone's expectations."

The media in China all reported the event in a positive manner with a sense of pride.

However, entertainment news in the United States has a completely different tone.

The Hollywood Reporter's headline read: "Chinese actor plays Joker, Warner loses his mind for overseas market."

The article criticized Warner executives: "Michael Slan, as a long-time producer of the Batman series, found Christopher Nolan as the director to reboot the Batman series and succeeded with the first film. This made him think he had become God, and he thought that wherever he pointed his finger, he could turn decay into magic. Even if he pointed to a 19-year-old Chinese actor on the other side of the ocean."

"The indulgence of Michael Slan by Warner's top management can only show that everyone at Warner Bros., from the CEO to the board of directors, has lost their minds for the sake of overseas markets. They have been high and mighty for too long and have come to believe that they can do anything. Perhaps only the dismal box office results in the end will wake them up."

Variety: "NuoChen, a 19-year-old Chinese actor, is about to literally destroy Batman as the Joker." The article focuses on Nuo Chen, and the commentator obviously spent a lot of time investigating him and knows a lot about him.

"After Warner Bros. announced the cast of characters for Batman 2, I believe countless Batman fans were wondering who Nuo Chen is. He is not actually an American. Just like his name, he is a 19-year-old actor from China... The above is all his resume since he started acting. Can we see any evidence that he is suitable to play the Joker? The answer is obviously NO! Let's wait and see. Warner Bros. will definitely pay the price for their paranoid choice."

The Los Angeles Times also reported this incident, but from the perspective of social news. "More than 50 Batman fans protested in front of Warner Bros., refusing Chinese actors to play the evil Joker."

The report also interviewed several protesters, and their tone was similar. If Warner insisted on using this Chinese actor to play the Joker, they would refuse to enter the cinema.

However, there are also some who disagree with these media.

For example, Roger Ebert, a famous American film critic, published an opinion article on his account on Blogger, the largest blog site in the United States, which was very different from the mainstream media.

"Ignorant LA media, ridiculous Batman fans, while you are mourning and thinking that Batman will die, I think the top management of Warner Bros. has just gotten a new brain in the past two years. They have done great things."

"First of all, the fact that they dared to give Batman to a British director like Nolan made me exclaim that Batman is about to have a revival (attached with the URL of the article from that year https://www.blogger.com/……)."

"When I heard today that they chose Nuochen to play the Joker in the second film, I was shocked beyond words. I even felt like they were peeping into my heart. Because I fell in love with Nolan because of Memento, so they chose Nolan. Recently, I fell in love with Chen again through an award-winning film at the Berlin Film Festival. They actually chose Chen again."

"Anyone who has seen Chen perform would never say that Chen would destroy Batman."

"This young Chinese actor completely conquered me with his performance in the movie called 'Dumb'. I can see how versatile this actor is. I am looking forward to his performance in Batman 2. I believe he will surprise audiences who don't pay attention to art films."

"Finally, I want to say something to those KKK members who will leave comments on my blog. Your stinking racist remarks will be turned into piles of shit by the box office of Batman 3 and Chen's wonderful performance, and you will have to eat it yourself."

While Chen Nuo was still sleeping soundly on the plane, these news had already started to spread all over the Internet.

When he woke up, various domestic media had already discovered that he would land at Hong Kong International Airport at 3 pm.

But he and Qi Yuntian were sitting in comfortable business class seats at an altitude of 30,000 feet. He had no idea of ​​the stormy seas he was about to face and was even discussing his upcoming schedule in high spirits.

Qi Yuntian had a blanket on his legs and a cup of steaming coffee in his hands. He whispered, "We'll stay in Hong Kong for a day and return to Beijing on the evening of the 25th. I'll leave you and Wen Yongshan one day. Is that okay?"

Chen Nuo nodded and said, "My parents and I may go to your house to pay New Year's greetings in two days. Please tell Teacher Li. Because we are going to my mother's house for the New Year's reunion this year, we will go there a little earlier."

"it is good."

"Also..." Chen Nuo thought about it and decided to tell her about his plan. "You'd better go and inform Teacher Li in advance. I want to take leave from all classes for the next semester."

Qi Yuntian was slightly surprised and asked, "Why?"

Chen Nuo took a sip of black tea and looked at the tea with a dim look in his eyes. "Nolan gave me a notebook, he called it the Joker Diary, and he wanted me to fill it up before filming. Now there are still 4 months before I join the crew. If I spend the Chinese New Year in China and then go to school for a month, I will definitely not be able to fill it up."

Chen Nuo had seen a report in his previous life that in order to play this role well, Heath Ledger stayed alone for more than a month before joining the crew. After the makeup artist put on the clown makeup for him, he didn't even take it off for the first three weeks.

Later, from the time he joined the crew to the end of the filming, Heath Ledger did not even change his clothes. No one knew how he spent every night, or even whether he slept.

What about him? What can he bring to the role?
Heath Ledger's Joker is undoubtedly a towering mountain that stands in his way. Can he climb over it? Can he create a Joker as great as Heath Ledger's or even greater?
Or did Chen Nuo steal the opportunity to create a classic character by copying the other person's makeup, but ended up overestimating his own abilities and turning it into a piece of shit? He personally ruined this originally classic and great role, making himself a despicable, shameless and self-unaware clown?
Two paths now lay before him.

How should he go?
He has already thought about it.

"I have decided that I will start to gain weight during the Chinese New Year. After the Chinese New Year, I want to go somewhere alone, maybe abroad, until the filming starts. This time, I want to immerse myself completely, 100 percent."

Qi Yuntian looked at him in a daze, "Chen Nuo, are you crazy?"

Chen Nuo said seriously: "Don't be so nervous, I'm not crazy, let alone mentally ill, I just want to play it well. I think this is a particularly good opportunity. As you said, if we succeed, Hollywood will open the door to us, right? Haven't you always wanted us to enter Hollywood and make a lot of money?"

"No, it doesn't matter if you can't make money, but it would be terrible if you died." Qi Yuntian shook his head and said, "I can listen to you in everything else, but I don't agree with your arrangement this time. I think you are not normal now. If something happens to you, how can I face your parents, how can I face my parents? I can only commit suicide to apologize. But I haven't lived enough, so I don't agree."

If it were other actors, Qi Yuntian is actually right. Spending nearly four months to immerse yourself in a role is a huge adventure for any actor.

But Chen Nuo himself knew that he was different.

If his rebirth came with a golden finger, it would be that it gave him a heart strong enough to allow him to immerse himself in the role without worrying about suffering huge internal friction.

He doesn't need to take psychiatric drugs to ease his inner pain like Heath Ledger, or hide in the Irish countryside as a carpenter to calm his restless soul like Daniel Day-Lewis, or hold yacht parties day and night like Leo after every filming, numbing himself with alcohol and beautiful women.

Give him some time and space, give him a brief experience that soothes his soul, and he will be able to climb out of the deepest hell.

"Don't worry, it's really okay."

"no!"

LA跟香港的时差是16个小时，陈诺他们是LA时间1月23号早上9点的飞机，经过16个小时的飞行，到达香港的时候，是1月24号下午3点。

Chen Nuo talked to Qi Yuntian for a long time, but the other party still disagreed, and he couldn't help but feel a little headache. Then, as soon as the plane landed, something even more troublesome happened.

As soon as the two turned on their phones, a bunch of text messages came pouring in.

Chen Nuo had only read two messages when his hair stood on end. Before he could say anything, Wen Yongshan called him. The first thing he said was, "Darling, there are so many media outlets out there who want to interview you, and there are so many of your fans. You are so popular!"

It's over.

Chen Nuo said hurriedly: "Wait a minute."

He turned around and was about to speak to Qi Yuntian.

Qi Yuntian was also looking at his phone at this time. Before Chen Nuo could speak, he raised his head with a very sour look on his face and said, "When we were on the plane, Warner announced that you were playing the Joker. Now it seems that the national media are looking for you. Wait a minute, I'll call and ask what's going on."

Chen Nuo put the phone to his ear again and asked, "Yongshan, are there many people outside?"

Wen Yongshan thought Chen Nuo was happy, and she explained seriously: "Darling, there are really so many people, you are amazing. The newspapers are really right, you really have so many fans in Hong Kong, I saw at least dozens of them, they all held your signs, they were waiting for you at the airport, and there were also many media...Darling, I heard from sister Fanny that you are going to Hollywood to film? Is it true?"

When Chen Nuo heard this, he knew that this woman did not understand the situation.

Indeed, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand why some people suffer from fan phobia.

Unless he had also been killed by a fan's husband.

Chen Nuo said impatiently: "I'll call you later." Then he hung up the phone.

Qi Yuntian was still arguing with the person on the phone in English: "...Why didn't your person in charge tell us in advance...and sent me an email?...Shit! I will complain to your manager about you!"

Qi Yuntian hung up the phone, still angry, and said, "What bullshit! They said they sent me an email before the announcement. I was over the Pacific Ocean at that time. Where the hell could I read the email?"

Then he calmed down a bit and said, "Chen Nuo, we can't stay in Hong Kong. There are too many paparazzi here, and you can't meet her this time. My suggestion is that we transfer to the mainland immediately, don't even go to Beijing, and go directly back to Xichuan."

Chen Nuo, who was once bitten by a snake, was afraid of ropes for ten years. He had no objection to what Qi Yuntian said. Before he even got off the plane, Qi Yuntian started making phone calls to book the next round of tickets.

But when the time comes, how can it be so easy to book a plane ticket?
Qi Yuntian’s phone was almost out of battery before he finally found a temporary refund ticket from Shenzhen Airlines.

"You leave first. I don't care. No one will care about me." After going through customs and picking up their luggage, the two of them dragged their two suitcases and slipped directly into the airport toilet.

Qi Yuntian said, "The flight will take off in more than an hour, but if the two of us go to the lobby like this, we will definitely be dead. I will contact Wen Yongshan and ask her to observe the movements of those people outside. I will find a way to lead them away, and you can take this opportunity to go through the customs formalities."

Chen Nuo said without hesitation: "Okay!"

　Since tomorrow is Sunday and no one is working, I will post it in the early morning.

　　I posted these three chapters at once because I felt they needed to be read together to be interesting.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)