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

Chapter 228 motherfucker, who would have thought?
"FUCK, FUCK! Did they really say that?"

"Yes, Rob, his agent Chris called me just three minutes ago. Jesus Christ, I couldn't believe it. I think they are really interested, otherwise they would never ask us who the heroine is."

"Shit, shit, why? why??"

"Well, Rob, I mean, could it be that, uh, my sincerity touched him?"

"Bullshit!" Summit Entertainment CEO Rob Friedman cursed with a smile, then covered the microphone and said, "So he invited you to Japan?"

"Yes. I plan to book a flight tomorrow morning."

Rob Friedman thought for a moment and said, "Buy one for me too, and I'll go with you."

After hanging up the phone, his wife turned on the bedside lamp and asked, "Where are you going? Japan."

"Yes." Rob Friedman looked at the time. It was three o'clock in the morning. Although he was woken up by a sudden phone call when he was sleeping soundly just now, he was still in a good mood.

"Honey, I'm so sorry for waking you up. Okay, it's okay now, go to sleep."

Not only did the woman not lie down, but she sat up and said helplessly, "Honey, don't you think you should explain why you suddenly ran to the other side of the world?"

Rob Friedman laughed and said, "Susan, don't say that. It's just the Pacific Ocean...Okay, okay, actually, I just got a piece of news. It's very likely that an important person has agreed to star in our movie. And I'm going to Japan to finalize this matter."

As he spoke, he sat down on the bed, made the sign of the cross on his chest, and finally kissed his fingers: "Thank God, Amen."

His wife Susan was surprised and said, "Oh my God, Rob, who is it, who makes you so excited? Is it Tom Cruise? Or is it Brad Pitt? Are these two male protagonists of "Interview with the Vampire" that you have been thinking about finally agreeing to reduce their salary and put on heavy makeup to play 20-year-old vase men in your youth vampire romance film?"

Rob Friedman said helplessly: "Susan, at this time, I would rather you didn't have this sense of humor that fascinates me."

Susan laughed and said, "I'm sorry, dear, I'm just really curious about which actor would make you, the guy who didn't accompany me to church this Sunday, suddenly call out the saint's name in the middle of the night."

Rob Friedman laughed and said, "Oh, dear Susan, although I don't like going to church, it doesn't mean that I am not a devout Catholic, okay? You see, God believes this, and he finally smiled at me."

Susan looked at her husband's excitement and became really curious. She asked again, "So, who is it?"

Rob Friedman said mysteriously, "Susan, you know him."

Susan said helplessly: "I know at least 2000 Hollywood stars. What kind of hint is this?"

"No, no, no, what I mean is that you know a lot about him, not just his name. Think about it, where I'm going, in the East, in Japan, very close to a country..."

Before Rob Friedman finished speaking, Susan covered her mouth in disbelief. “Oh oh oh oh, no no no no no no no, Rob, you are kidding me, right?”

Rob Friedman smiled a smug smile that wrinkled his face. "No, Susan, I didn't. It's exactly who you're thinking of."

"You actually invited Chen!!!" Susan's voice suddenly became louder. Then she quickly covered her mouth because their little daughter, Jessica, who was in the eighth grade, slept next to them.

"Yes, that's right. It's Chen. The winner of the 80th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the world-famous Mr. JOKER, your Asian sweetheart. Hahahaha." Rob Friedman raised his feet and climbed back onto the bed.

Susan looked at him in astonishment. "How could you get Chen to agree to act in your stupid movie? Why?"

Rob Friedman frowned and said, "Hey, watch your words, Susan, it's not a stupid movie, it's just that the people who like it are a bunch of stupid teenage girls."

"So, what did you use to impress him? Money? Impossible. With your company's limited budget, how much can you come up with? Two million, or three million? But I can guarantee that your company is definitely not the only one that has found him, and the salary is definitely not just this. Really, Rob, I can't understand why you can get Chen to go to a movie like yours?"

Rob Friedman smiled and said, "Hey, Susan, I know you're a big fan now, but you can't say that about the masterpiece your husband is preparing. Although I must admit, I don't know either. So I'm going to Japan to find out for myself."

Susan also laughed and said, "Now I understand why you are thanking God, Rob. If you can really invite him to star in your movie, I guarantee that the effect will definitely exceed your imagination."

"By then, the people who will walk into the cinema will not only be middle school students who like that idiotic novel, but also many independent women with real ideas. They may not mind walking into the cinema at that time and feeling the feeling of returning to their youth. Do you understand what I mean, Rob?"

Rob Friedman said, "I understand, but I warn you solemnly, Ms. Susan, your husband is almost jealous of that Chinese boy. Didn't he just express his opinion on how great women are on the red carpet of the Oscars? Actually, I can do the same, really."

Susan smiled and shook her head, "No, no, no, you can't. Rob, although I love you very much, I know you and every man around me. In that situation, you will only try to highlight your masculinity or show your gentlemanly demeanor."

"You will want to show how much you respect women, so each of you will choose to give up that glittering trophy. Then, that idiot host will laugh with you and think that men have saved women again."

"But you actually have nothing to lose, instead you put on a little show in front of a billion television viewers, projecting your image as a female saviour."

"but……"

Rob Friedman sighed and continued, "But Chen is different. He doesn't regard himself as a savior of women. He uses humble self-deprecation to make the women around him truly respected. He even gives countless women in front of the TV the courage to work hard to live. Susan, I can recite what you want to say. I only have one question. Why don't you Harry Winston ask him to be the global spokesperson?"

Susan Friedman, deputy director of brand management at Harry Winston, the world's number one luxury jewelry brand founded in 1923 and known as the King of Diamonds, smiled mysteriously when she heard this: "Rob, how do you know we can't do that?"

Rob Friedman was stunned. "Holy shit, you have to be kidding me, right? Are you really going to hire an Asian man to be your global spokesperson? Wait, have you ever had a spokesperson before?"

"No, not at all. Never." Susan smiled, "Because we don't need to, because all the female stars in Hollywood are our spokespeople, even the Queen of England and Diana, who often wear our jewelry to attend various occasions."

"But now, we have decided to immediately establish one to recognize his noble character in speaking for women all over the world. We feel that women all over the world will be willing to wear the jewelry he endorses, regardless of nationality or skin color."

Rob Friedman was stunned. "My God, that woman Rebecca Winston is crazy. Will your old-fashioned board of directors agree?"

Susan smiled and said, "In fact, it was me who submitted the proposal to invite Chen to be the first spokesperson in Harry Winston's nearly 100-year history. Rebecca was still hesitating until the day before yesterday. She made up her mind yesterday. Now we are making plans to offer him a suitable price. Do you know why?"

Rob Friedman was stunned and asked, "Why?"

Susan said proudly, "Because according to the information we have learned, the boy refused those profiteers who dared to sell the bags made of crocodile skin and diamonds with strange designs at ten or a hundred times the price."

Rob Friedman's expression changed slightly. "You mean?"

Susan nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, I am talking about Chanel, Gucci, Prada and others. Haha, Rob, don't you think this is very satisfying?" Rob Friedman shook his head in disbelief and said, "I think he is crazy."

Susan said, "No, I believe that he should know what is truly valuable just like us."

Five o'clock in the afternoon on March 2008, 3, Tokyo.

Rob Friedman and his group of five walked out of Tokyo Narita Airport. In addition to his boss, they were accompanied by the company's vice president Will Richardson, the film's contracted director Catherine Hardwicke, and the company's two accompanying assistants.

"Damn jet lag." Rob Friedman had clearly been dozing off for several hours on the plane, but after getting off the plane, he was still exhausted. "Will, when is your appointment with them?"

Will Richardson said, "It should be tomorrow morning..."

Rob Friedman sighed and said, "Okay, let's find a place to rest first. Get a good night's sleep and adjust to the time difference. I don't want to meet Chen in this state."

The group did not walk far and found a hotel near the airport. In order to adjust to the jet lag, they did not sleep, but instead went to a sushi restaurant below the hotel, eating sushi and chatting.

Catherine Hardwicke said indignantly: "I don't understand. I really don't understand why the male lead has to be changed so suddenly. Could the man named Edward Cullen be a Chinese? Could he?"

Will smiled and said, "Katherine, you have to know that it's not us who want to replace your beloved Robert Pattinson, but Mel. Mel wrote the book and has the right to make any interpretation. She said that in the next edition of the book, she plans to change Edward Cullen into an oriental-looking vampire to match the release of our movie."

Catherine Hardwicke stroked her forehead and cursed "madman", but before she could say anything,
Rob Friedman said with understanding: "Katherine, I know how you feel. Believe me, I also have a wife at home who is completely obsessed with Chen."

"I think Chen may be more popular than Brad Pitt in American Housewives recently. Because he is younger and more handsome, especially his black eyes, which add a lot of mysterious oriental charm, don't they?"

Catherine Hardwicke said coldly: "I'm sorry, Rob, have you forgotten that I am a lesbian and I like women."

"And, Will, Robert Pattinson is not someone I love. The reason I'm angry is that you're going to cut my filming costs to make up for his extra salary. This is simply unacceptable to me."

Rob Friedman said, "I know how you feel, but there is no way. We can only raise so much money. But I believe that if Chen joins, we can make up for the quality problems of the film caused by the millions of dollars."

"Think about it, Catherine, the new Oscar winner, I don't believe you haven't seen him play the Joker. My God, when I was in the cinema, I was thinking to myself, this man must win an Oscar."

"And in the end, I proved my vision. So, I also believe that this time, he can definitely bring some real changes to our movie."

Will Richardson also said, "Yeah, why can't Edward have an Asian face? Catherine, think about it, before him, how many people could have imagined that an Asian could play the nightmare of our childhood, the Joker? Motherfucker, before this, who would have thought that the Joker could be a fucking Chinese?"

Everyone at the table started laughing. An assistant was drinking water and choked. He started coughing and laughing so hard that he couldn't breathe.

Another acne-covered fat white assistant laughed and said, "I swear to God, when Warner said they were going to let him play the Joker, I didn't even have a burger at noon that day. I thought those people at Warner were simply crazy and were destroying my childhood. I just wanted to burn all the DC comics I collected."

Will laughed and asked, "What happened next?"

The fat assistant shrugged and said, "Later... when the IMDB 250 rating system showed that The Dark Knight surpassed The Godfather, I went to the cinema to watch it. Then I thought, maybe I didn't read the comics carefully when I was a kid, so I misunderstood. The Joker should be a Chinese, and then he fell into a chemical pool and changed."

"Hahahahahaha..." All the Americans at the table, except Catherine, laughed.

Another assistant also said: "Mike, there were many video accounts on YouTube at that time. But to be honest, his clown may not be as popular as his speech on the Oscars red carpet during this period, right?"

"Now even my mom has heard that a handsome Chinese actor slapped the host in the face at the Oscars and spoke up for women. The video has been viewed millions of times on YouTube."

The fat assistant interrupted and said, "It was already tens of millions yesterday."

Rob Friedman took a bite of sushi and said, "Honestly, I've been in the film industry for almost 30 years and I've never seen a guy like this. It seems that wherever he goes, he always subverts other people's perceptions. Catherine, when Mel called me, believe me, I was even angrier than you were."

"You know, when everything is ready and about to start filming, no one hates any changes more than a producer. Especially, the kind of changes that are likely to increase the budget of the entire film."

"But there's nothing we can do. This is her right. Because we want the rights to the second, third and even fourth movie in her hands. So we have to give in. Well, I mean, if this one makes money."

Catherine Hardwicke sneered, "Really? But I heard that someone said that this movie might sell more than "The Summer of Jeans". Wasn't that person you, Rob? You said that the book was more popular than Twilight, but the final box office was 3900 million, and the film company that produced it almost went bankrupt. I hope this novel won't lead you to the same path as Summit Entertainment."

Rob Friedman's face suddenly turned red, and he was about to get angry, but Catherine Hardwicke continued: "But I understand, really, Rob. I am even deeply grateful for it. I know that if you think this movie will be a big hit, you will definitely not let me be the director. In fact, there has never been a female director in Hollywood who has made a big production, right?"

"What I want to say is that I know very well that I am a lucky man. I will work hard."

Catherine Hardwicke sighed heavily and said, "I will readjust the script to make Edward more like an Asian vampire. If Chen is willing to join the film, I will definitely make him feel at home. So, don't replace me, okay?"

Rob Friedman's face suddenly became very embarrassed. If it weren't for the fact that a Japanese father and daughter at the next table suddenly started arguing loudly at this moment, he and Will Richardson really wouldn't know how to ease the atmosphere.

The father and daughter quarreled so fiercely that the Americans at the table were very surprised, because in their eyes, the Japanese were always friendly and humble, and always spoke in a soft voice.

The fat assistant named Mike likes Batman and Japanese comics, so he taught himself Japanese. He has also been to Japan several times and helped many Japanese high school girls who were about to drop out of school, so he can understand a little. This is also the reason why Rob Friedman asked him to accompany him to Japan this time.

After the owner asked the father and daughter to leave the sushi restaurant, Mike explained: "The reason for their argument seems to be a movie."

"Movie?"

The answer was no doubt unexpected to several Americans: "Why?"

Mike shrugged and said, "I don't know either. I only heard the name of the movie, called A Sound in the Wind. It seems that the girl wanted to watch the movie, but her father didn't allow it."

Will said in disbelief: "Could it be... My God, I understand."

"A Voice in the Wind, what a nice name."

"Those guys in the San Fernando Valley should really learn from their Eastern counterparts how to come up with a name that is both poetic and evocative."

Note: San Fernando Valley: The Hollywood of American pornography.

(End of this chapter)