I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 468 The Unspoken Rules of Hollywood!
"Wow, great shot!!!"

"Who is this man?"

"I think I watched one of his matches during the World Cup?"

Gal Gadot was drinking beer and waving excitedly. At first, she seemed reluctant to watch the game, but after only half an hour, she completely changed.

The feigned ladylike expression she wore when she first entered was completely an act.

It seems that for men and women who want to sleep together, both domestically and internationally, the first thing they do when they meet is to leave a good impression on each other.

A universally applicable standard.

At this moment, she had clearly abandoned her reserve.

Chen Jin raised her glass and clinked it against hers, then smiled and said, "Van Persie, the Dutchman!"

"Netherlands?"

Did he play in the World Cup a few years ago?

Gal Gadot leaning against Chen Jin, the distance between them is still acceptable.

"Of course, he was an absolute key player for the Dutch team, one of the new attacking trident, and almost won the World Cup that year!"

"That diving header goal was absolutely brilliant; it's one of the top ten goals of the World Cup!"

As a football fan, Chen Jin naturally knows the star players of many Premier League teams and their signature plays; they are currently watching the 8th round of the 12-13 Premier League season, Manchester United vs. Stoke City.

Just now, Manchester United's star player Robin van Persie scored a beautiful goal.

"Oh, I remember now, Van Persie, the guy who headed the ball in!"

It's clear that Gal Gadot watches some football regularly, at least for a limited time during the World Cup.

"Yes, it's him!"

"I didn't know you watched football regularly?"

Chen Jin grinned, while Gal Gadot, munching on a potato chip, squinted and said, "Hmm, my husband likes watching football!"

"..."

You're already married, and you're still trying to seduce me?
This young woman really has a strong addiction!
Chen Jin felt sorry for her husband. Although she didn't know what he did for a living, she felt that the green on his head could be used to build a grassland. Foreign female stars are really open-minded, especially those who are married. They don't seem to care about sleeping together.

At least during the several tens of minutes that Cheng Kang was watching the game, he didn't say much to Gal Gadot.

This is obviously very abnormal. Strictly speaking, as a couple in the Fast & Furious series, the two of them should be quite familiar with each other in private. It would be impossible to play a couple role well if they were not familiar with each other.

It can't possibly be like this now.

It's clear there's a big problem between the two.

Either the two people had a relationship that went beyond friendship and have now broken up, or they simply don't get along in private.

Chen Jin guessed it was the former.

We slept together, but it ended badly.

However, Chen Jin still smiled and said, "It's already a very good example for a wife to watch the game with her husband!"

"Are you interested in my married life?"

Gal Gadot leaned back on the sofa, glancing at Chen Jin with somewhat hazy eyes.

Chen Jin immediately shrugged: "Don't misunderstand, I was just expressing my feelings!"

"Your wife isn't watching the game with you?"

"Oh, I'm not married yet, but I have a girlfriend who's still in school!"

Chen Jin explained, and Gal Gadot nodded in understanding.

No wonder he's not interested in me. If his girlfriend is in college, she should be in her early twenties.
Gal Gadot was thinking about this when another thought suddenly popped into her mind: it's said that Chinese men are very conservative, and it seems that's true.

But the more this happened, the more Gal Gadot wanted to try it.

The young, handsome Asian face in front of her was quite attractive to Gadot, especially the car chase scene in the afternoon, which was indeed a source of accelerated hormone secretion for many girls.

Who doesn't like a skilled, experienced driver?!
"She's Chinese?"

The woman was clearly very sensitive to other women and asked the question instantly.

This is, of course, also a woman's natural inclination to gossip.

"Of course, a Chinese person is also an actor!"

"I can tell you love her very much!"

Gadot's comment made Cheng Kang, who was standing next to her, feel a little embarrassed. He had been watching the game attentively, but the woman kept asking him all sorts of questions, and he couldn't stop her from asking them.

"Well, how should I put it? The word 'love' is very broad. I think she's great!"

"It's very comfortable being together!"

Chen Jin tried her best not to say things like "I love you" or "I love you." Didn't this girl say those silly things like "I love you" to her husband back then?
It must have been said.

But now?

So love can't put food on the table, but responsibility, ways of getting along, trust, and so on are the guarantees for maintaining a relationship.

"You Chinese are so weird!"

"They are quite reserved and don't like to express their true feelings!"

To put it nicely, it's called being reserved; to put it bluntly, it's called being hypocritical.

Chen Jin thought that Gadot meant it that way.

“Haha, maybe!”

"It's not that I'm afraid to say it, your expressions of emotion seem so natural; but I've met many Western friends, some of whom have to rehearse repeatedly to say 'I love you,' and some are even more passive than me in intimate relationships—it really has nothing to do with where you're from!"

"Perhaps you're right, I like your frankness, Chan!"

Gal Gadot clearly hadn't given up on her plan to sleep with Chen Jin, and raised her glass to toast him.

"I don't think I've ever seen China qualify for the World Cup?"

Gal Gadot looked at the football in front of her and suddenly uttered this inscrutable remark.

Chen Jin was completely taken aback by the question.

Holy crap, you're really bringing up the very thing you shouldn't have said.

"Gail, we can still be friends if you don't tell!"

"Hahaha, really?"

Gal Gadot seemed to understand something: "Chinese football doesn't seem to be doing so well?"

"That's really not good!"

"Forget it, I don't want to discuss this with you. We could talk about it for three days and three nights!"

"But I still really want to hear it!"

Gal Gadot laughed, clearly unaware of the true nature of the Chinese national football team.

For fans who only watch the World Cup for a limited time, they only know a handful of football powerhouses.

"Let's watch the game!"

"The Premier League is still the best!"

"Stoke City looks like they're going to lose!"

Gal Gadot guessed, because the score was already 4-1, with Manchester United scoring four goals.

"Brother, do you have any way to get her to leave?"

Chen Jin suddenly whispered something in Cheng Kang's ear as she got up.

"???"

Cheng Kang paused for a moment, then looked up at Chen Jin.

Chen Jin gave him a look, then walked towards the bathroom, seemingly to relieve herself.

After spending about five minutes in the bathroom, Chen Jin washed her face and came out. Seeing the empty seat where the beautiful woman had been, Chen Jin couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Holy crap, Lao Cheng, you're that capable?!
"Stop looking, let's go!"

Sung Kang slapped a potato chip into his mouth with his hand, a natural skill of "Han," just like the characters he plays. At that moment, it was as if he had been possessed by Han from "Fast & Furious."

"Cool, how did you do that?"

Chen Jin began to admire this guy.

He actually had some headaches about Gal Gadot.

Chen Jin felt he would find it hard to refuse such a beautiful woman if he slept with her, but her personality wasn't his type.

So deep down, Chen Jin didn't want to have any relationship with her that went beyond friendship.

This is not because Chen Jin was a saint, but because he respected his inner desires.

Men are indeed driven by their lower instincts. If a very attractive woman were lying there naked, exuding desire, 99% of men probably wouldn't be able to resist.

"You mean this?"

Cheng Kang then performed another fancy trick of eating potato chips.

"No, Gail, how did you let Gail leave?"

Chen Jin was particularly interested in this.

"You want to know?"

Cheng Kang glanced at Chen Jin with a hint of amusement.

Chen Jin sensed something was off about that gaze and quickly waved her hand, saying, "If you don't want to talk about it, then just pretend I didn't ask!"

Chen Jin thought Cheng Kang was using his "ex-girlfriend's" abilities, but unexpectedly, the guy smiled and said, "I told her you're gay!"

"Hahaha!"

Cheng Kang burst into carefree laughter.

"Grass!"

Chen Jin almost kicked this guy away.

Damn it, you're making a fool of yourself just to get rid of her!

"I asked you to come up with a solution, and you're just framing me like this?"

It's clear that Chen Jin wasn't angry. The main issue was that Cheng Kang's words actually implicated her as well, even though Gal Gadot might know that Cheng Kang isn't gay.

But who knows, what if this guy is bisexual and likes both men and women?

But it seems Chen Jin, being gay, can't escape it.

"You want me to come up with a solution? How could I possibly think of one on the spot?"

Cheng Kang, holding a beer, toasted Chen Jin with a toast of revolutionary friendship.

"Oh no, I can already imagine what life on set will be like from now on!"

Chen Jin sat down with a look of utter despair. There was really no point in watching this game; it was a one-sided affair.

Are you still hoping for a comeback after leading 4-1?

It's not like Manchester City. Stoke City is a relegation-threatened team, while Manchester United is currently at its peak, the dominant force in the Premier League, consistently ranking among the top teams in the league.

Manchester United under Ferguson was arguably one of the strongest clubs in the world.

"Isn't this what you need?"

Cheng Kang smiled and said something very meaningful.

Chen Jin thought about it for a moment, and then realized, "Damn, that does seem to be true."

None of the actresses in this production crew are simple-minded. Chen Jin really doesn't want to get involved with them. What if one of them has a close friendship with one of the other main actors? Wouldn't that be like putting a cuckold on someone else?!
Chen Jin was having her first experience with an American film crew, so she tried to avoid any contact with them.

Although he used to work in Hollywood, the film crew was his own team and completely under his control; now, with "Fast & Furious 6," it can be said that this is the first Hollywood film crew that Chen Jin has worked on, and as an outsider, he still needs to learn more about the situation.

"That's how Hollywood film crews are off-screen. You have to get used to it, and they're used to it too!"

"It's quite common for actors to act as couples on set for the sake of their roles!"

Cheng Kang was explaining it to Chen Jin, who was hearing it for the first time.

Inviting him to watch the game today was definitely the right decision.

"Chan, actually I'm really envious of you!"

"Such a huge success for the very first film!"

Cheng Kang suddenly looked at Chen Jin and sighed.

"What's wrong?"

Chen Jin sat facing him, like old friends who hadn't seen each other in a long time, drinking and chatting.

"I've never been to China, so I don't know about filming conditions there. I've been in Hollywood all my life, working my way up from extra, so I know exactly what Hollywood is like!"

"Asians will never become the mainstream in this circle; they're used to being arrogant..."

"I went to see 'Killer Dragon' in the theater. It's the first movie I've ever seen made in Hollywood with a Chinese lead actor. Even in Jackie Chan's 'Rush Hour,' he had to be paired with a black actor!"

Cheng Kang spoke very incisively.

Chen Jin empathized deeply: "Actually, I was just lucky. I only realized now how miserable the status of Chinese people, including Asians, is in Hollywood!"

"Luck is also part of strength!"

"I feel like Hollywood has been shifting recently, and this is probably related to the Chinese market?"

As a filmmaker, Cheng Kang is actually quite perceptive: "Recently, there have been many more Chinese actors in Hollywood than there used to be!"

"Yes, because they want to make money from the Chinese market through us!"

"China's film industry has been very well planned in recent years, becoming the world's second largest market after North America, and it is very likely to become number one in the future!"

"No wonder..."

Cheng Kang's eyes dimmed slightly: "Chinese actors and actors of Chinese descent are still different!"

"We Korean actors are no different from people of Korean descent!"

Because the South Korean market is only so big, American soldiers would occasionally take advantage of it.

"Yes, the market behind us is our leverage to challenge the Americans. If all else fails, we can go back to China and still have food to eat!"

"But not for people of Chinese descent!"

"They have no market in China, and they'll only be worse off without Hollywood!"

That's why I envy you!

Sung Kang's words were absolutely sincere: "Apart from 'Fast & Furious,' I couldn't get any good roles, and my salary in 'Fast & Furious' was the lowest... If it weren't for the need to cater to the Asian market, I probably wouldn't have gotten this role anymore!"

Sung Kang was well aware of what it was that enabled him to become famous in Hollywood.

It's not about strength.

It was luck!
It is the best luck among countless Asian Americans and Chinese Americans.

If an Asian actor were to play his role, he could achieve the same level of success.

It's just a different face.

"I acted in a film directed by Justin Lin. Without him, I wouldn't be where I am today!"

He unexpectedly became a member of the main cast of the series because of his role as Han, something that neither he nor director Justin Lin had anticipated.

However, if a person has this kind of luck even once in their life, it is already a blessing from God.

the second time?
Basically impossible.

This is why Sung Kang hasn't been able to get any other good roles yet.

"Actually, it's ginger!"

Sung Kang's real name is Kang Sung-ho, which is his Korean name.

"You don't need to be fixated on the North American market. You're very popular in China, and the same goes for Japan and South Korea. You could try reaching out to East Asia; you might find some other opportunities!"

Thanks to the global influence of the Fast & Furious series, Sung Kang is actually quite successful in several East Asian countries!

It all depends on whether he wants to step out of his current comfort zone!

Anyway, he would definitely be willing to take Chen Jin's place!
(End of this chapter)