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

Chapter 298: Quite Round

Zhang Xiaofei swore that this matter did not come from her.

She is not stupid.

Of course she knows that things are different now.

Four years ago, Chen Nuo invited her and Yang Mi to watch a movie. When the people in the dormitory knew about it, they just laughed a few times and teased them a few times.

What now?
She didn't know and couldn't imagine.

So, she has been covering her mouth with a sealing patch when she sleeps these past two days, firstly to prevent snoring, and secondly to avoid missing a word in her sleep.

However, after rehearsal that day, she went to the cafeteria with her roommate Jiao Junyan.

On the way, she was thinking about today's rehearsal, when she suddenly heard Jiao Junyan ask, "When did Chen Nuo ask you to go to the movies?"

She answered casually, "Saturday."

Then, the June wind blew across her face, bringing with it a burning sensation that made her feel hot.

For some reason, she felt extremely guilty, a bit like someone who had been caught doing something bad.

Jiao Junyan hadn't said anything yet, but she was panicking. As if grasping at a life-saving straw, she added, "It's not just me. There are others, too. Yang Mi is going too."

Jiao Junyan uttered "Oh" again.

Zhang Xiaofei was anxious and quickly added, "Remember? It was during the first semester of our freshman year. When If Love was first released, Chen Nuo went to see it with Yang Mi and me. There was no other meaning this time. He said that the three of us should go to see a movie again, which would be considered a circle for our college life. That's it. Don't think too much about it. We're just going to see a movie together. That's all."

"Round?"

Zhang Xiaofei was stunned and asked, "What?"

"I ask you, is it round?"

"What do you mean by round? Yanyan, what are you talking about!" Zhang Xiaofei was going crazy. As a straightforward girl from Northeast China, she was worried about this kind of situation. When these southern girls spoke, they would hide eight kinds of thoughts in one word, and she couldn't guess at all.

"Didn't you say that Chen Nuo wanted to draw a circle for your college life? I'm asking if this circle is round or not. Why are you in such a hurry?"

Zhang Xiaofei was speechless and said, "That's just an analogy. Yanyan, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Jiao Junyan glanced at her and suddenly burst out laughing.

Zhang Xiaofei rubbed his face, sighed, and said, "I can't do it anymore. If you have something to say, just say it directly, okay?"

Jiao Junyan sighed: "Xiao Fei, I won't say anything else. When you become famous in the future, remember to help me, okay?"

Zhang Xiaofei smiled bitterly and said, "Yan Yan, what are you talking about? How is it possible? With my current status, how can I be famous? People asked me to go, really just to watch a movie."

the following few days,

She didn't know how the news leaked out, and she had to face all kinds of looks and inquiries every day. She was playing dumb every day and she was almost going stupid.

Zhang Xiaofei didn’t know what was going on with Yang Mi, but she felt like she was living a miserable life.

Finally it was Saturday.

"go?"

"Walk."

"See you downstairs?"

"The school gate."

"it is good."

After Zhang Xiaofei sent this good word, she looked up and saw Cui Jie wearing headphones, listening to music and writing and drawing in a notebook. Wang Meng was lying on the bed with her head covered, and seemed to have fallen asleep.

The other girls didn't come back.

No one would notice her.

She just needs to go out naturally. No one will ask her where she is going.

Zhang Xiaofei stood up calmly, walked lightly, and slowly walked out of the dormitory.

Hold the lock gently and twist it open.

Still no one called her.

Zhang Xiaofei felt suddenly relieved. Now she just had to open the door and walk out.

When she opened the door, she saw her roommates Jiao Junyan and Song Yu standing at the door, one step away from her, looking at her in surprise.

Jiao Junyan looked her up and down and asked curiously, "Xiao Fei, where are you going?"

ten minutes later.

Zhang Xiaofei went downstairs with a depressed look on his face. There was nothing he could do since he knew everything.

But we all knew it before, and the jealousy and teasing had already happened.

Now that the matter had come to an end, no one said anything. Jiao Junyan even helped her braid a new, particularly nice braid. Only Wang Meng joked and asked her to treat everyone to a meal tomorrow.

Just please.

Zhang Xiaofei is very thoughtful. Maybe no one will eat if I want to invite them in the future.

It's only a few days before we part.

The graduation drama will start on the 18th and will last for a total of five days. After it ends, the school’s graduation ceremony will be held on June 6th.

Then, these former classmates and roommates will go their separate ways.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaofei couldn't help feeling melancholy.

Because compared to others, her future seems more confusing.

Who made her so poor but so brave?

If she is willing to work in TV dramas for a few years, like the others in her class, she can actually sign a contract, and if she is lucky, after working for a year or two, it is not impossible for her to become the third or second female lead.

This would have been impossible in previous acting classes.

But for them, as long as they go to any film crew and say they are from the 05 class of Beijing Film Academy, it is really not difficult to get a job.

But she never did so.

Because she had always secretly felt that she was able to enter the Film Academy because of Li Er.

So in a sense, she should be Professor Li Er Li's disciple.

Then what is the relationship between Chen Nuo and her?
So, movies.

You can only act in movies, you must act in movies.

From the very beginning, she set a goal for herself: even if she died of poverty, she would die in the film industry.

When they reached the school gate, Yang Mi was already there, waiting for her bored. When he saw her coming, he waved his hand and said, "Wait a minute, I'll call my agent. Parking is not allowed here, so I asked him to go around."

He is worthy of being recognized as the second best person in the class.

When she was still confused about her future, others already had a special car to pick her up and an agent to accompany her wherever she went.

In the car, the two chatted casually for a while. However, four years ago they still had topics to talk about, but now they can hardly find any common language.

One is still in college and basically looks like a student.

As for the other one, he has acted in countless movies and TV series.

As far as Zhang Xiaofei knows, the highly anticipated "Chinese Paladin III" in which she plays the leading female role will be released on the 28th of this month, the day of the graduation ceremony.

And I will be performing in a costume drama soon. After graduation, I will join the crew.

Even so, the other party seemed very indignant when talking about it.

"...I was wondering at the time, who is this woman? She doesn't look that good, she's not tall, she has a round face, she's pretty at best, and I've never heard of her name, how come she got the leading female role all of a sudden? And she got ahead of me? What's her background? Then I asked someone to find out, and haha, it turned out to be a brand new person. It's really weird. Tell me, if it were you, would you be angry?"

Although Zhang Xiaofei knew she shouldn't laugh, she really couldn't help it.

"What are you laughing at?" Yang Mi glanced at her unhappily, but suddenly she couldn't help laughing, "By the way, Xiao Fei, how about you? I heard that you took on a movie and are going to Gansu soon, right?"

"Yeah." This movie is different from that one. It is a low-budget, small production with no more than ten people in the crew. She plays a female teacher in a village in Gansu and is paid 10,000 yuan.

"What happens after that?"

Zhang Xiaofei replied: "I haven't thought about it that much yet."

Yang Mi nodded, then suddenly sighed and said, "Who isn't? We all take things one step at a time, except for Chen Geshen. Hey, did Chen Nuo tell you that there are four of us this time, and he also invited an alumnus from our school, a senior."

Zhang Xiaofei nodded and said, "I said it."

"Then did he tell you who it was?"

"No."

Yang Mi said thoughtfully, "So mysterious. I wonder if it's Liu Yifei?" Zhang Xiaofei thought for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be. When he was in Cannes, didn't Liu Yifei also go? They should have seen it. There's no need for him to bring Liu Yifei to see it again, right?"

Yang Mi nodded and said, "That's true."

Zhang Xiaofei smiled and said, "Actually, I really want to meet Liu Yifei in person. I've never met her before. To be honest, I think she's quite..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhang Xiaofei looked at Yang Mi's expression and wisely shut his mouth.

The two were silent for a while, and suddenly Yang Mi changed the subject and asked, "Xiao Fei, did you read the review of this movie today?"

Zhang Xiaofei nodded and said, "I saw a little bit."

A complicated look appeared on Yang Mi's face. Zhang Xiaofei didn't know if it was her illusion, but her words sounded a bit sour. "And the Douban rating is so high."

Zhang Xiaofei didn’t know what Yang Mi was jealous of, she just thought it was no wonder that she was so successful.

I guess he's the kind of person who bangs his head against the wall while walking, to see which is harder, his head or the brick.

She nodded normally, "Yeah, it's really high."

Douban score is 9.1. "Mother" premiered in mainland China yesterday and the score was released at noon today.

Zhang Xiaofei went to watch the movie online, and saw that almost all the reviews were four-star or five-star. Occasionally there was a three-star review, which only criticized the awkward plot.

In order to avoid spoilers, she did not read the long reviews.

Zhang Xiaofei was curious just by the short reviews she saw, because those people on Douban praised the movie to the sky.

For example, the comments with the highest number of likes.

"The last two minutes or so were a miracle." Such a short sentence actually received more than 2 likes.

Zhang Xiaofei didn't even know what he was talking about.

"Every time you think he has reached his limit, he will exceed your imagination. After watching it, I finally understand why he got unanimous votes. I can guess Isabelle Huppert's mentality. She is fine with giving the White Ribbon or anything else, except the Best Actor award. Even if she had to give it to him, he might not dare to go on stage to receive it." More than 1100 likes.

Zhang Xiaofei thought it was a bit exaggerated at first, but then she thought about it and realized that they really got unanimous votes. So maybe it's not true.

"Don't blame the Koreans for praising it so much, from the narrative rhythm to the actors' performances, including the two dance segments. If a Chinese movie could come out with one like this, I'd praise it even more than the Koreans. Bong Joon-ho, a Korean who is good friends with Chen Nuo, has reached this level, so what's the situation with Zhang Yiyi, who is also good friends with him in China, now?" More than 700 likes.

Zhang Xiaofei strongly disagrees with this, because Zhang Yiyi and Bong Joon-ho are not from the same generation at all, so how can they be compared?

But all these comments made her more and more curious.

Also, Jiao Junyan, who had just come back from watching a movie, said as she re-braided her hair,
"I can't explain it. There's no way to explain it. The two dances echoed each other, and they were very surreal. You can only know why it's so good if you watch it yourself. I can only say that the director is awesome, Chen Nuo is awesome, and the actress is awesome too. Koreans are really good at making movies."

"Although the theme of this movie is very dark and I don't like it, it is this kind of movie that can win awards abroad. So, this is also their strength. Their vision in selecting movies is amazing."

Zhang Xiaofei's anticipation is about to burst.

Zhang Xiaofei and Yang Mi started chatting about this topic in the car. Zhang Xiaofei found that as long as Liu Yifei was not mentioned, Yang Mi was quite nice when talking about other things.

More than half an hour later, around 7: in the evening, the car drove into the underground parking lot of a newly opened cinema.

Yang Mi was talking on the phone while directing her agent's driver how to go.

Finally, their car stopped next to a black Toyota Alpha.

Then, the back door of the Alpha opened, and a man wearing sunglasses and a mask got out and waved to them.

Yang Mi hung up the phone, turned to Zhang Xiaofei and said with a smile: "Chen Geshen, did you remember to wear sunglasses this time?"

Zhang Xiaofei also laughed, "If we forget this time, it will be terrible. We probably won't be able to leave the cinema."

Yang Mi laughed and said, "That's right... Let's go, let's go down too."

The two girls got out of the car together, and Yang Mi also put on sunglasses and a mask.

Then Chen Nuo turned around and said something with a smile, and then another person got out of the car behind him.

This man had a flat head, a long square face, deep nasolabial folds, and wore sunglasses, but from the majority of his face that was exposed, almost no Beijing Film Academy student would fail to recognize him.

……

……

It seemed that Zhang Yimou hadn't been to an ordinary movie theater for a long time. When he walked in, he looked around and seemed to be missing something.

This time, Chen Nuo did not book out the entire theater in a big way, but simply picked a new cinema that was in a relatively remote area.

However, it must also be because "Mother" is not a popular film, because at that prime time in the evening, the screening room was empty, with only a few people sitting in the best seats in the middle.

Zhang Yimou saw this and laughed, "It's over. It looks like this movie has some box office problems."

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "It seems so."

Zhang Yimou smiled and asked, "In Korea, they really just sold the distribution rights, and they made several hundred million."

Chen Nuo said: "It's true."

Zhang Yimou glanced at him and said with a sigh: "Xiao Nuo, your influence overseas is really great."

Chen Nuo said, "It really doesn't depend on me. It still has to be a good movie. In this day and age, there are people who know what good movies are. You don't really need to worry too much about the box office. Especially for common emotions like family and love, there is no need to worry about cultural barriers. As long as the movie is good, film producers all over the world will rush to buy it. This is my biggest feeling when I went to Cannes this time."

Unfortunately, the good times didn’t last long… but Chen Nuo didn’t say anything else.

Zhang Yimou nodded silently.

Chen Nuo noticed Zhang Yimou's expression and felt a little more confident.

It seems that there really is pressure on the box office.

That would be easy.

Chen Nuo was indeed planning to invite Zhang Xiaofei and Yang Mi to watch a movie to reminisce about their youth.

But since you start to miss it, it means that youth is gone and many things can never go back to the past.

Just like now, it is unlikely that they will actually walk into the cinema in groups of three or four.

Zhang Yimou's assistant, Linghu and others followed him at this time to prevent any unexpected situations from happening.

The group walked to the last row of the cinema and took their seats.

Chen Nuo sat in the middle, the two girls sat on his left, and Zhang Yimou sat on his right. The others sat in the front row.

Chen Nuo noticed that the two girls hadn't spoken since they met.

Anyway, now is not the time to talk about things, so he decided not to be idle. He turned his head and smiled, "Xiao Fei, Yang Mi, don't be nervous. Director Zhang likes to communicate with us young people the most. You should also talk more to Director Zhang, so that Director Zhang will remember you when he has a new play in the future."

"Why don't I just introduce you again."

"Director Zhang, this is Yang Mi, the most promising actor in our acting department. She has acted in many TV series and movies. Director Zhang, you should know her, right?"

Zhang Yimou laughed, bent down and said, "Let's get to know each other. Yang Mi, right? I've seen your TV series."

Yang Mi, who had been full of celebrity style in front of Zhang Xiaofei before, now had a red face and her tongue seemed to be a little bit tangled. "Hello Director Zhang, I am Yang Mi, please, please take care of me..."

Zhang Xiaofei felt a little suffocated just by watching Yang Mi and Zhang Yimou chatting.
When it was her turn,
She didn't even know what she said.

Then, she suddenly heard Chen Nuo laughing beside her, "Xiao Fei is my junior sister. My teacher likes her very much and says she is really talented. She is my opposite in this graduation play. It really puts a lot of pressure on me. I can't sleep well every night. I'm afraid I can't keep up with her pace."

Zhang Yimou laughed and said, "Xiao Fei is such a good actor?"

Zhang Xiaofei's mind went blank, and he shook his head desperately, "Fake, fake, no, no."

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "She is being modest."

Zhang Yimou smiled and said, "Zhang Xiaofei, right? I'm really unfamiliar with your words. Come on, leave me a phone number."

Zhang Xiaofei didn’t know whether she had left her phone number, just as she didn’t pay attention to the movie for even a minute until the end.

Even at the end of the movie,
When someone was making a threatening gesture on the movie screen, she heard Zhang Yimou and Chen Nuo whispering a few words.

She didn't know who this blurry person was or what he was doing dancing around.
Why was Director Zhang saying something so beautiful to Chen Nuo?

Today's movie ended for her the moment Chen Nuo said "junior sister".

After the show, Chen Nuo and director Zhang Yimou seemed to have talked a lot together. She vaguely heard them mention Venice or something, but Zhang Xiaofei didn't care.

Her mind was always filled with other messy things, and her heart felt so full that there was no room for anything else.

Until the party ended tonight, she took Yang Mi's car back to school and walked slowly into the dormitory alone in the night breeze.

Everyone in the dormitory was still awake, and when they saw her come in, they all screamed.

Everyone started to chatter and ask her about various things, but she did not respond. Instead, she walked in front of Jiao Junyan, hugged her, and whispered, "It's quite round."

This time it was Jiao Junyan's turn to be surprised and asked, "What?"

Zhang Xiaofei repeated it again, his voice a little louder, revealing an indescribable joy and smile.

"I said, it's quite round."

(End of this chapter)