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

Chapter 407 "lvmaozi"

Thank God
Everything is almost over.

While the end of Twilight was definitely not good news for Summit Entertainment, Rob Friedman still wanted to say thank god.

Even as a Jew, he was genuinely afraid.

He just wants to sit in the CEO's chair and enjoy his retirement; he doesn't want to cause any more trouble. Anyway, the Twilight IP is enough for them to live off for a lifetime.

Think about the torment you've endured over the past two or three years.

From heaven to hell, and then from hell back to earth, from the mountaintop to the cliff, he fell and struggled to climb back up step by step. In this process, he used every means at his disposal, kicking his once close friends into an endless abyss.

Who is to blame for all of this?
Looking at the Chinese boy who had just walked in not far away, he still had that harmless look, no different from a few years ago. Young, handsome, and with a sincere face.

Who would have thought that this was a scoundrel more cunning than a fox, more greedy than a hungry wolf, and more vicious than a scorpion...

Thankfully, this bastard wasn't born in Gaza, otherwise Bibi's life would definitely not be so easy.

The only thing Rob is somewhat satisfied with about Chen Nuo is that he never interferes with the crew's hiring practices. That's all.

Friedman said to the bespectacled middle-aged director next to him, "Bill, he's here."

Even without him saying it, Bill Condon had already noticed the dark-haired young man who had come all the way.

You can't avoid paying attention.

Wearing sunglasses, the golden sunlight of Rio de Janeiro shone on his face, making his features appear thinner than in the movies.

It took him about five or six minutes to walk from the doorway to him and Friedman.

Because at the barbecue gathering before the start of filming, everyone who was chatting in twos and threes had just gathered around him, and everyone was greeting him.

This is a treatment that even the producers around him don't receive.

Bill Condon immediately understood. Before Chen Nuo could get close, he took a few steps forward, extended his hand, and said, "Hello, I'm Bill Condon. It's a pleasure to meet you, Chen."

People really do care about smell.

Even though this new director was completely unfamiliar to Chen Nuo, he found himself liking the guy as soon as they met.

Perhaps it was the scholarly air about this middle-aged man with short black hair and white plastic-framed glasses that reminded him of his film school professors.

During their subsequent conversation, he realized his intuition was correct.

"You haven't come to the script readings these past few days..."

“I asked other people, and they all said you never participate in reading sessions. I was very surprised.”

“I’ve watched the entire Twilight series many times, and your performance has left a very deep impression on me. I completely disagree with what those film critics said, that you were ‘insulting the audience.’ I think you have a lot of ideas.”

"So I assumed those performances were the result of your discussions with the directing team. I never imagined they were your own creation. This has defied my 20+ years of experience with film..."

Hearing this, Chen Nuo had an even better impression of the director.

Then he saw Kristen Stewart and her boyfriend, Robert Pattinson, and Ashley Greene walk into the yard together.

As soon as Ashley Grani saw him, she instinctively took a few quick steps toward him, but then immediately stopped.

Chen Nuo smiled at her.

Let's turn our attention back to Bill Condon's conversation.

“I told myself, this is a genius, and what you need to do is give him room to grow, not give him random orders…”

Chen Nuo only regretted that Rob Friedman had slipped away too quickly, otherwise he really wanted to ask him where he had found such a clever person.
From Katherine Hardwicke in Twilight 1 to David Slade in Twilight 2: Eclipse, which director speaks so eloquently? This is what makes a good director.

"...Rob asked me to direct the final installment of this great series, which is based on my previous films, 'Chicago' and 'Dreamgirls.' Have you seen those two movies?"

Chen Nuo replied naturally, "I've seen it, but I've forgotten a bit."

Bill Condon, whether he saw through it or not, laughed and said, "I'm called a master of romance in the newspapers, and my only merit is making romance films. The reason Rob sent me here is that he wants Twilight to have a romantic ending."

"In this regard, we need your cooperation with Christine."

“Let me be frank, Chen, I want you and Christine to show off your sweet love and satisfy girls all over America and even the world.”

"So, there are some rather daring intimate scenes in the script. Before filming begins, I'd like to know what your opinion is on this?"

Bill Condon looked at him very seriously.

Chen Nuo also thought about it very seriously.

Although he did not participate in the reading, he had read the script.

The first half of Twilight 4 begins with Edward and Bella's wedding ceremony, followed by their honeymoon in Rio de Janeiro. They're constantly being all lovey-dovey and showering the audience with sweetness.

There are several sex scenes in different locations, not to mention kissing scenes. From the bed to the sea, a whole quarter of the script is dedicated to intimate scenes between the two.

Then, during the process, they accidentally created a human, which led to the following story: Bella became pregnant and gave birth to a half-human, half-vampire daughter, Renesmee, which triggered a manhunt by the Voltaire family.

In short, describing this fourth installment as a brainless romance film wouldn't be wrong. Why did he never do a reading of Twilight? Because he was afraid he'd throw up while reading it!
But things are different now.

The thought of their debts, and the possibility that "Twilight 4" wouldn't perform as well as expected at the box office, would cause the Bank of China executives who had lent him over $1 million to have their hearts stop.

Chen Nuo decided to voice her long-held concerns.

“Bill, I do have something to tell you. You know… well, there’s a term for this situation, called ‘cuckolding.’ You know so much about romantic relationships, I wonder if you’re familiar with this term… I’m worried…”

……

On the film set under the cover of night, the charcoal fire crackled, and the grease from the grilled meat dripped onto the flames, releasing a fragrant aroma. Strings of LED lights twinkled among the pine trees, illuminating the smiling faces of the crowd.

Sipping ice-cold Brahma beer and eating Brazilian barbecue, the entire Twilight 5 crew thoroughly enjoyed this rare and pleasant time in the pleasant warm breeze of Rio de Janeiro in May.

Except for Robert Pattinson.

He held the plate of grilled meat, eating while keeping an eye on a few people not far away.

The yellow-skinned monkey was in the middle, surrounded by several women. There was the sexy and alluring Ashley Grani, the petite and adorable Dakota Fanning, and his girlfriend—Kristen Stewart.

They surrounded him like stars around the sun, their light laughter bursting out with every opening and closing of his mouth.

Bitch, they're all vain bitches!

Robert Pattinson cursed inwardly.

Every time he saw Stuart laughing out loud, it felt like a knife was being ripped out of his heart.

He tore at the meat in his mouth with force, bite after bite, as if he were biting someone's flesh.

Over the years, he had fantasized countless times about how wonderful the world would be if "chingchong" didn't exist.

He won't be robbed of the male lead role; he will become Edward, the adored prince of countless girls; he will make a perfect transition from Harry Potter to Twilight; he won't have to suffer that kind of humiliation again and again.

All of this should have been his!
"Hey Robert, do you have time to chat?"

Just then, a voice suddenly came from the side, interrupting his train of thought.

Robert Pattinson turned around and saw Bill Condon, the new director of Twilight 4.

Robert was delighted. Although this director didn't have many works, each one had a good reputation, and he had even been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars a couple of years ago.

During the script readings over the past few days, he did not see Condon speak with any actor individually.

Aside from the male and female leads, he should be the third.

What did he come to talk to him about? The plot or acting?

Or did he discover his strengths during the script reading and prepare to give him more screen time?

With that thought in mind, Robert gave a somewhat reserved smile. "Of course, Director."

Bill Condon said expressionlessly, "That's right, Robert, you don't actually have any scenes in Brazil. I think you should leave tomorrow."

Robert Pattinson was stunned for a moment, "WHAT?"

Bill Condon said, "You should hear me right. Anyway, when it's your turn to act, I'll have someone call you."

Robert Pattinson's handsome face was full of astonishment: "No, I don't understand, director... what's going on? What did I do wrong?"

“You didn’t do anything wrong, I just didn’t want you here to disturb my filming.”

“Director, no, you can’t do this! Why?!” Robert Pattinson shouted.

Bill Condon glanced at him.

If Chen Nuo saw that expression, he would definitely think it was just like a film school teacher seeing a random passerby ask for leave, saying, "Why can't I take a day off just because Liu Yifei hasn't been to class for three years?" At that moment, the teacher would show this expression of three parts impatience and seven parts displeasure.

Bill Condon said, "OK, I'll give you a reason. Do you know what 'lvmaozi' means...?"

……

……

Chen Nuo simply wanted Bill Condon, a guy who seemed very eloquent, to communicate with Robert Pattinson.

Mr. Robert has been somewhat hostile towards him for the past few years.

Americans are open-minded, but they're still men. Take him, for example; he has so many girlfriends, but he wouldn't even agree to let Tong Liya act in a kissing scene with Chen Sicheng.

Therefore, whenever Chen Nuo filmed intimate scenes with Christine, Mr. Robert would be on set to supervise, and Chen Nuo didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

But this time is different. It's not just that the bed scenes, kissing scenes, and nudity scenes might be a bit excessive, but also because he really didn't have time to waste this time.

现在已经是5月21号了，离6月30号盗梦上映还有1个月多一点。

He had agreed with Nolan to start the promotional campaign a week in advance, helping the crew with television and radio interviews. In other words, he had countless films to shoot, but only a month to spare, meaning he couldn't afford to waste even a moment.

In this situation, whether he can fully commit and minimize delays will be key to whether he can catch up with the promotional period.

But ironically, there are so many intimate scenes between him and Christine in this movie. And since he's not a particularly experienced single man, he couldn't fully relax with the victim observing from the sidelines, so he was more or less a little reserved.

Bill Condon asked him for his opinion, so he did, hoping to get some understanding from the person beforehand so that he could do his thing freely and not be watched.

Little did he know, Bill Condon, like many of his mentors at film school, was a man of his word, adaptable to different people. His polite and courteous manner was selective; he only spoke to those he knew well!
So, he was having a great time chatting with some female friends he hadn't seen in a long time when he suddenly heard a loud "bang," followed by a series of clattering and popping sounds, and several exclamations of surprise.

He turned his head and saw the director lying on his back on the ground, with an overturned table next to him and the ground in a mess.

Beside him stood Robert Pattinson, the aggrieved party whom he had asked the director to communicate with. Pattinson clenched his fists, like an angry bull, and roared, "FUCK YOU!"

The entire room fell silent, the only sound the sizzling of dripping fat from the grilled meat onto the charcoal fire. Everyone stared in disbelief at Robert Pattinson.

Then, Kristen Stewart let out a terrified scream: "Robert, what are you doing? Are you crazy? Robert!"

"Shut up, you bitch!"

……

……

Twilight 4 began filming right after this dramatic scene.

No one mentioned it again after that.

Although everyone was curious about what had happened and why Mr. Robert was acting so mad, no one dared to ask.

In fact, the truth is no longer important; naturally, hundreds of versions of the "truth" will circulate in Hollywood afterward.

Mr. Pattinson's punch essentially sealed his fate. While many celebrities have a history of physical altercations on set, few have assaulted directors. Which director, without prior training in freestyle fighting, would dare hire someone like that?
Therefore, Mr. Robert's fate was almost sealed at this point.

Rob Friedman also announced his departure from the group immediately.

This made Chen Nuo feel a little guilty.

Although, in doing so, he achieved the effect he wanted. Indeed, no one watched his sex scenes with the female lead anymore.

But isn't that too cruel? What does it mean to exterminate someone completely? He felt like that was exactly what he was doing.

He stole someone else's role, played with their woman, and even ruined their future.

There was no grudge between them, except that he had overheard him cursing him a few times in private, saying things like "green caterpillar" and "ping-pong".

It's just skin color discrimination, isn't it normal in America?
Why go to such extremes? Just bear with it and it will pass.
Well, since such good conditions have been created, let's not waste them.

During the subsequent filming process, he truly immersed himself in it.

Fortunately, he learned a lot about filming sex scenes from Charlize Theron in the previous movie, and after the initial adjustment period, he quickly found his footing with Mr. Robert's girlfriend.

He discovered that when filming this kind of movie, you have to be uninhibited and shameless, otherwise it's considered unprofessional!
Just like this scene by the sea, the waves crash against the rocks under the night sky, and the lighting technician uses incandescent lights to create a moonlight effect.

He stood shirtless in waist-deep water, his hands supporting Christine's hips as she wrapped her legs around his waist. Their lips met in a passionate kiss.

At the director's request, the girl wore nothing on her upper body except for a nipple cover-up that clung tightly to his body.

Below, there's only one bikini.

In this position, Christine was sitting on a branch.

Fortunately, over the past few days, Chen Nuo had become more thick-skinned and started to see himself as a kind person who had only offered a free seat. He didn't care about anything else.

Aren't all men in their 20s with good health like this?
This is a long shot.

The monitor footage only showed the upper bodies of the two people.

As they were kissing, Chen Nuo suddenly realized something was wrong. Christine was holding his head with one hand facing the camera, while her other hand had somehow slipped into the seawater.

This woman is playing with fire in the water!!!

"Are you crazy? Let go!" Chen Nuo pretended to be affectionate and whispered in Christine's ear.

Kristen Stewart didn't answer him. Just as Chen Nuo was hesitating whether to call a halt, she reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Well, this wasn't the first time this woman had taken advantage of him. As a professional actor, Chen Nuo continued to act out Edward's natural instincts with his newlywed wife in the sea.

It was supposed to be just a performance.
Chen Nuo suddenly felt Christine's hips twist and adjust their angle.

Damn, when did this woman take his pants off?!

Chen Nuo almost cried out, completely losing his composure, and angrily questioned Christine in her ear: "This is rap, do you know that?!"

Christine kissed him as she asked, "Do you want to call the police?"

Damn, Chen Nuo realized that this sentence sounded so familiar.

Despite his anger, Chen Nuo continued, kissing Christine's cheek and muttering under his breath, "Fuck you, I swear I will."

Bill Condon watched with a gleam in his eye from behind the monitor.

It's perfect, just what he wanted!

In the moonlit sea, a man and a woman were so tender and sweet, as if they were one with water and milk, drifting with the waves, a sight that was breathtaking and made the viewer feel as if they were there.

Bill Condon vowed that every girl in America would clasp their hands together and look on with longing at the beautiful scene of sleeping by the sea on this day.

How romantic!

Who wouldn't long to meet their lover here late at night in the sea for a passionate encounter?
Who says Kristen Stewart has no acting skills?!

It's clear that the mad dog was the one at the scene before, which affected not only Chen but also her.

Look at her! Isn't she the epitome of a wife deeply in love, enjoying her honeymoon with her husband and letting loose her true self? It's so real and captivating, showcasing acting skills worthy of an Oscar-winning actress. Just look at those little expressions, wow!

Touching his still-sore lip, Bill Ridton felt that the punch he took hadn't been in vain.

In the sea,
Christine held Chen Nuo tightly, and amidst the rising and falling waves, she said intermittently, "Relax. The director said we need to act more realistically. You have to cooperate with me!"

Chen Nuo was displeased and retorted, "But how can you do this to Robert!"

"...Do you know why he was so angry that day?"

At that moment, the photographer was only a dozen meters away from the shore, and there were no recording devices in the sea. No one could see what they were doing, and no one could hear their conversation.

"why?"

So Christine's barely audible reply quickly drifted away on the night wind, heard only by Chen Nuo. "...He has some quirks. He thinks Director Bill has discovered his secret. Oh."

"........."

Bill Ridton was so disappointed; everything was perfect. But suddenly, at that moment, Chen Nuo had a blank expression on his face, which looked very abrupt in the shot.

He had to yell, "Cut!"

Then he grabbed the megaphone and shouted, "Chen, what a pity! Don't just stand there! Let's do this last part again! By the way, do you two need a break?"

"No need, director, let's continue."

He heard Kristen Stewart speak in a very professional and loud voice.

(End of this chapter)