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

Chapter 235: A Man Who Knows 113 Ways to Be Cool

Looking at the Chinese boy with black hair and black eyes not far away, he shook hands and hugged director Catherine, and then stood together and exchanged greetings.

Both of them had smiles on their faces and seemed very familiar with each other, as if they were a pair of old friends who had not seen each other for a long time.

The female director looked so affectionate, completely different from the irritable and unpleasant female devil she had been these days.

Kristen Stewart, with headphones in her ears, looked on expressionlessly, her face growing colder.

"hey! hey! you! you! I don't like your girlfriend,

No way! No way! I think you need a new one~”

The cheerful music of Avril Lavigne's number one single "Girlfriend", which sold over 730 million copies last year, roared in her ears. The earphones that came with Apple's iPod nano, which was just released this year, had good sound quality and a good sense of immersion, but this did not put her in a good mood.

At this moment, someone touched her arm. Christine turned her head and immediately took off her headphones and put them in her pocket. "Good morning, Robert."

Robert Pattinson stood beside her, looking in the same direction as she had before: "Good morning, Kristen. It seems that Mr. Joker has finally arrived, ah?"

"Yeah." Christine looked at him a little worriedly and said, "Robert, please don't..."

Robert Pattinson said expressionlessly: "What? OMG, honey, don't worry, I won't do anything. I know that nothing I do will help. Now that I can stay in the crew, I am already very grateful to God."

"I haven't worked for more than two years since I played that damn unlucky guy in Harry Potter. I just want to stay here and make movies. Although I can only play Emmett now, and my salary has dropped from 2 to 50. But at least I can buy two more bottles of wine with this money."

Christine chuckled and hit his arm in a reproachful manner, "Robert, don't say that about yourself. At least you met me, didn't you?"

Robert Pattinson also laughed and said, "Yes. This is the only lucky thing that happened to me recently. God bless me, I did not choose to leave this damn crew." After that, he suddenly buried his head and kissed Kristen on the face.

Kristen was startled and looked around quickly. Seeing that no one noticed this place, she breathed a sigh of relief and said angrily, "Robert, this is a film set!"

Robert Pattinson sneered and said, "Don't worry, everyone's attention is on the Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actor now, and no one is paying attention to us."

Christine could hear the jealousy and dissatisfaction in his words, but she was also indignant about it.
"What's so great about that? He's just a supporting actor. Seeing how smug he is, I thought he was the Oscar winner this year."

"Robert, I always think that you are definitely more suitable to play Edward than him, and I want to act with you more. Really. Besides, I have been to so many crews, and I have never seen a male lead come to the set on the day of the start of filming. Who does he think he is!"

Kristen became more and more angry. "Even Brad Pitt wouldn't do that!"

As luck would have it, Chen Nuo also heard this name from director Catherine at this time. He was a little surprised and said, "He said he likes me the most? No, no, no, Catherine, I think this is probably a polite remark. In fact, male actors born after 80, such as Ryan Gosling or Channing Tatum, are all very cool actors. He probably said that because Angelina and I are good friends."

Catherine Hardwicke swore she was just casually gossiping about a superstar, but this guy actually said Angelina Jolie was his friend!
For a moment, even the resentment that had been hidden in my heart dissipated a little.

However, there are still some resentments.

Angelina Jolie didn't have a baby recently, so why did you wait until the filming started?

The crew called you so many times, starting from a week ago to urge you, but you never came. When I asked you what you were busy with, you still didn't tell me.

This is a bit too big.

Catherine didn't know whether the other party had noticed her dissatisfaction. In short, during the conversation between the two, she didn't feel any arrogance from the other party. The feeling she gave was similar to when they met in Japan.

He is a professional actor who regards money as dirt.

So why?

"Anyway, thank you for your understanding. I've been really busy recently. In fact, I just signed the contract for this film yesterday."

Chen Nuo knew that he had indeed done something unkind this time, so he apologized again. Suddenly, he saw a bald, white-headed man in his 50s wearing a jacket walking over to him. He immediately smiled and waved, "...Hi, Mr. Richardson."

Will Richardson, the producer of the scene and the vice president of Summit Entertainment, came over and said with a smile: "Hey Chen, you finally came."

"Yes." Chen Nuo said again, "I'm really sorry, I believe Robert should have told you, right?"

Will Richardson smiled and nodded. There was no sign at all that he was like a volcano about to erupt a few days ago, as if he could burn a hundred people to death with his anger at any time.

"Yes, Rob called me last night and told me that you went to sign the contract. By the way, you have become Barbie's new boyfriend, right? Congratulations, Chen."

"What?" Catherine could no longer hide her surprise and shouted out loud.

Although she is over 40 and has three children, she was once a little girl. She opened her mouth and couldn't speak clearly. "Will, what new boyfriend? Who are you talking about? Chen?"

"Yes, Catherine, after Ken, Chen's doll will become the second officially announced Barbie boyfriend, joining Barbie and Ken's 50-year-long love and becoming the third person to bring a little passion to their dull life."

"And Chen has been busy with this these days, signing a contract with Mattel."

When Will heard the news from Rob Friedman yesterday, he was shocked but also extremely happy.

On the phone, he and Rob Friedman even started discussing how much publicity costs this incident could save for their film's later promotion.

Chen Nuo frowned and said, "No... CHEN is not the third party."

He said the official slogan given to him by Mattel very seriously, and recited the character settings in the Barbie world, clearing himself of NTR suspicion. "CHEN is just a man who admires Barbie. He will not be a third party. He will only help Barbie when she needs it."

Will couldn't help laughing and said, "Yes, yes. Chen, I understand. Chen is not the third party. Chen is just a kind person."

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "Don't publicize this matter for the time being, because Mattel wants to find a suitable time to announce it."

"OK, don't worry, I haven't told anyone. Now only Catherine knows."

Catherine also nodded and said, "I will keep it a secret."

The dissatisfaction in her heart completely disappeared at this moment.

She even thought, what if her image was about to be made into a doll and sold all over the world, becoming part of the Barbie brand?

And she still came to shoot this movie with a total budget of 30 or 40 million, and the box office will never exceed 100 million US dollars. There must be something wrong with her brain.
It must be a big problem.

……

……

Chen Nuo took a red-eye flight to Portland and arrived at the filming set at around 8:50 before the start of work.

Therefore, when he greeted the director and producer, walked into the makeup truck on the scene and started to put on makeup, it was just a little after 9: in the morning.

At this time, he began to look at the shooting plan and read the script to see what scene was going to be filmed today and how many lines he had.

Most of the staff on the "Twilight" crew were cheap people cobbled together, including the makeup artists.

The black girl who is putting makeup on him is named Michelle Williams, and she is no more than 20 years old.

This black girl is actually quite pretty and cute, unlike most black women, who have thick lips and a fat butt.

Her skin was more brown than dark, and when Chen Nuo greeted her, she smiled a bit like Halle Berry.

But even if it's the real Halle Berry,

When she picked up the eyelash curler as if to curl his eyelashes, Chen Nuo would also express his objection.

He didn't know whether Robert Pattinson curled his eyelashes in the original version, but as a real man, how could he allow such a thing?

He immediately put away the script and said with a smile, "Michelle, isn't it inappropriate for you to do this?"

Michelle Williams, who had only been with the crew for a year and was previously just an assistant makeup artist, had never worked on such a big star's face before. She was extremely nervous. When she heard what he said, she immediately stopped and said, "Chen, did I hurt you?"

Chen Nuo shook his head and said, "No, I mean, let's just forget about curling eyelashes, right?"

Michelle Williams exclaimed, looked in the mirror again, and said hesitantly, "But, Chen, I think if I could curl your eyelashes, your eyes would look bigger and would definitely look better."

At this moment, Chen Nuo almost thought it was racial discrimination. He had lived two lifetimes, but no one had ever said that his eyes were small, okay?

He stared at the other person in the mirror for a long time, almost making Michelle cry, before he confirmed that this black girl who was very clumsy and slow in putting on makeup was just expressing her opinion based on the facts.

"Forget it, I don't like it, it's too sissy."

"But... Chen, I, I really think that if you do this, you will..." "What? You will be laughed at?" Chen Nuo said unhappily.

As a result, I don't know where this black chick came from.
When he scolded her, the black girl actually started crying immediately.

Really immediately!
As soon as he finished speaking, Michelle's eyes, big and bright, like two dark brown gemstones,
Two lines of tears rolled down,

It rolled down her skin, which looked like carefully roasted coffee.

"STOP!"

Chen Nuo was really shocked. This was America, where the ME TOO movement was still in its aftermath.
The Twilight crew was small to begin with, and now there were only two of them in this makeup car.

If someone came in and saw this scene, he would be speechless.

"Don't do this... stop crying. I just asked you to stop curling my eyelashes... Michelle, please, what are you doing?"

I don’t know if it’s the gloomy weather in Portland in April that makes people more emotional, or if it’s the fatigue of the red-eye flight that makes Chen Nuo’s coaxing skills go down to -2.

Chen Nuo patiently said a few words, but seeing that there was no effect, he could only sigh helplessly and said, "It's up to you. Do it whatever you want. OK? Stop crying."

"Really……"

"real."

After hearing what he said, Michelle sobbed and rubbed her eyes.

When she picked up the clip and started to fix his eyelashes again, Chen Nuo couldn't help asking, "Michelle, are you usually a crybaby?"

As it turns out, they are not crying, they just have no money.

Afraid of losing job.

Now everyone working on the Twilight Saga knows who the most famous person on the set is.

As a new makeup artist, if I work for a big star for the first time and make the big star unhappy, the final result is that I can only pack up and leave.

Although Twilight paid her very little, for Michelle, who still owed tuition for makeup classes, $5000 was a crucial sum of money. It was enough for her to pay off the tuition and pay for the rent of her apartment for a while.

Now Michelle feels very unwilling when she talks about it. If her graduation work at the makeup school she attended could have been rated a B, she could have saved $1000 in tuition. But unfortunately, she had no money to find a model, and in the end she only got a C.

This made her feel uncomfortable whenever she thought about it now.

Chen Nuo found it quite interesting to hear Michelle talking about the lives of the lower class people in Hollywood in the unique accent of a black girl.

I don't feel it's that uncomfortable to curl my eyelashes anymore.

Michelle curled his eyelashes and then carefully applied foundation on him, making his face look pale as if he had not seen the sun for a long time, without a trace of blood.

Chen Nuo frowned again. Well, now it seems that his identity as a yellow man cannot be seen at all.

It feels really weird and I don't feel comfortable.

Afterwards, Michelle chose between golden and blood-red contact lenses and let him wear the golden pair. Chen Nuo felt that it didn't quite suit his aesthetic taste.

Finally, looking at the bright red lipstick she was holding, Chen Nuo couldn't help but confirm in a bad tone: "Are you sure it's this color?"

"Yes, Chen." Michelle said softly, "I think... this color will be very attractive with your lip shape."

Chen Nuo has always felt that the biggest challenge for him to overcome in order to play this role well is his appearance.

As for how to perform this play, to be honest, he is actually very confident.

Why did he dare to take the art exam when he knew nothing at the beginning of his rebirth?
Why does he think he has a good sense of camera?
It’s all because when he first started making videos in his previous life, he shot more than 300 short videos in a month, and finally carefully selected and released 20 of them.

The result after it was released was that the number of fans increased by more than 800 million in one month, of which more than 600 million were female fans.

In other words, every short video he sent out,

Almost all women who watch videos on a certain audio platform will first fall in love with the cover and click on it.
Then watch it frame by frame.

Afterwards, about 80% of the women would give him a like and follow him.

If these women are between the ages of 14 and 30, then about 40% of them will write something cheesy in his comment section, or like some cheesy words said by others.

Chen Nuo felt then, and still feels now, that he is just average looking, at best he is about the same level as Tony Leung Chiu-wai.

But why can such an effect be achieved?

That's because his face is very photogenic.

More photogenic than Tony Leung Chiu-wai.

And he knows how to show off.

He understands more than Tony Leung and Daniel Wu combined.

Although he may not be as good at acting as others,

However, he knows how to make his every movement and expression in front of the mobile phone camera look like a dynamic PPT that has been carefully edited by a photo-editing expert.

When he first learned how to take short selfie videos, he imitated other people’s videos and shot them three times. Then he started to shoot according to his own ideas with the courage of a newborn calf.

He shot for about 20 minutes, and then chose one that he thought was good out of the five. He edited it for a while, added some background music, and actually added almost no beauty effect. He then sent it to several of his female friends at the time.

After watching it, that night, his originally blank Douyin account gained more than 500 followers.

All of them were forwarded by his two or three girlfriends, and then forwarded again, attracting a bunch of random friends in real life.

In this way, Chen Nuo, who had been decadent all his life, finally found a little confidence and felt that this seemed to be something he could do well.

It can be said that this is the only skill he feels a little proud of.

Later, on the Internet, among many netizens, he had a nickname, the man who knows 113 ways to be cool.

What a pity. Alas.

Anyway, before the filming of Twilight began,
Chen Nuo set a goal for himself.

In this play, he no longer pursues immersion, nor does he study how to be a good vampire, nor does he write any character biographies.
He may not even study carefully what is written in the script. He just needs to look at the lines and memorize them before each filming.

Throughout his entire performance in this popcorn movie, he pursues only one thing, the one thing he does best.

He intended that every movement, every picture, every look up, frown, gaze, and smile in front of the Twilight camera would reach the level of the short videos he had sent out in his previous life, and that would be considered as completing his mission.

It might be difficult, but considering his current level, it should be worth a try.

But at this moment, Chen Nuo looked at the man in the mirror and felt that Michelle must have ruined most of his debut today.

Judging from this girl's makeup skills, she is definitely not suitable for working in a film crew. She should find a training class with more expensive tuition fees to study and cultivate her aesthetic taste.

Otherwise, you may never find a good job in your life.

He decided to go talk to Catherine later and ask her to persuade this black girl to leave.

But Chen Nuo still had some sympathy and decided to give a kind word to this proletarian black compatriot as a parting gift.

He said insincerely, "Michelle, I think your painting is good. I like it very much."

Michelle Williams was so naive that she could not tell the insincerity in Chen's words.

Her thick and curled eyelashes trembled constantly as she blinked rapidly. She looked at Chen Nuo in the mirror with a dazed look in her eyes.
Michelle put her hands on her chest, holding her heart in a Xizi-like gesture, and said softly in a tone that sounded almost dreamy: "If you were my graduation project, Chen... the school would definitely not charge me tuition. 100% not a penny, I swear."

(End of this chapter)