Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 109 Fifteen or sixteen is the age for gossip

He found that sometimes he was reluctant to spend money, but when he saw a girl dressed nicely, he just wanted to pay.

But everything in Hisense Plaza is expensive. After a round of shopping, including clothes, food and milk tea, Zhou Le spent more than 20,000 yuan.

"No, I have to ask Lao Guo to reimburse me when I get back."

After dinner, Zhao Jinmai didn’t want to go back to the crew immediately. The current crew was like hell to her.

There, you not only have to experience the pain of being a worker, but also the torture of studying.

"Xiao Zhao, how did Teacher Guo trick you into coming here? Did he simply say he could tutor you?"

Zhou Le asked while taking a walk.

"No, actually. Homework came later because he approached me first. He said, come and shoot for a few months and he would give me 100,000 yuan in pocket money, and I agreed.

Later, my mother found out and she didn’t want me to film because I was going to take the high school entrance exam this year. Later, Director Guo said he could tutor me in my studies.

After the results came in, I asked Professor Guo about the questions, but he couldn't answer any of them. Luckily, I have you, Brother Le, or I would have fallen behind in my studies over the past six months."

Zhou Le smiled and said, "Don't worry, you have a good foundation. With my guidance, I will definitely help you get into the best high school in your area. However, if you go to school during the week, what will you do when you are filming?"

"Just ask for leave. Anyway, all the teachers and principal know about it. If I become famous, it will also be a publicity for the school."

Hearing this, Zhou Le showed an envious look.

"Oh, I wish I had your conditions. When I was in school, I was particularly envious of the athletes in our class. They often skipped classes and ran off campus all day."

"More or less. I heard high school art students are like this too."

"Yes."

"But Xiao Zhao, which university are you planning to apply to?"

"Tsinghua University."

Zhou Le: “.”

He thought the girl was quite ambitious.

But she is now at the age of chasing stars and liking gossip: "Well, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, just ask."

"Is that thing between you and Sister Nazha true? Are you two really in love?"

Zhou Le: "???"

"Who told you that? We are all good brothers, why would we talk about love?"

"Okay, what about you and Sister Meng Ziyi?"

"We are brothers too."

"What about Sister Yu Shuxin?"

"I think she's a partner. She's an artist under our company, but she also invested a lot of money and effort in setting up the company."

After Zhou Le finished answering, he said, "No, where did you hear this?"

"I saw it online, and you guys are even mentioned in some novels."

Zhou Le: "???"

"What novel?"

"Then I can't tell you. Please report it later, but don't let our website get shut down. I found this with great difficulty."

Zhou Le was even more shocked.

"Don't read this stuff in the future, okay? How many of those people who say random things online are serious people? Read more news in the future, and read more classics when you have free time."

"Oh, I see. Why is she just like my mom?"

"It's the same thing. Your mother gave you to me before she went back, so now I am your temporary guardian. If anything happens to you, I will be responsible."

"Oh, I got it, I got it."

Zhao Jinmai covered her ears, but in her heart she actually regarded Zhou Le as her brother. After all, in the play, Han Duoduo, played by her, is the granddaughter of Wu Mengda's character, and Liu Qi, played by Zhou Le, is the son of Liu Peiqiang, played by Wu Jing.

"By the way, you should be doing things your age should be doing, like studying hard, listening to music, reading books, etc. Abstraction is not for a child like you."

"Why?"

"Just because you're not as talented as I am in abstraction."

Zhao Jinmai was very unconvinced and wanted to refute it, but after thinking about it, he found that he really did not have the talent that Zhou Le had.

Because when she was filming before, she tried to play with abstraction, but she found that even though she memorized those abstract jokes every day, she was still a far cry from Zhou Le.

In fact, Zhou Le also has a scene in the play where he hugs and holds hands with Zhao Jinmai, but according to the plot, it is all out of family affection. After all, they have been childhood sweethearts, and Han Duoduo, played by Zhao Jinmai, also has other emotional scenes.

In addition, the other party was too young, so Zhou Le had no improper thoughts about Zhao Jinmai. He just thought that this little girl was very lively and cute.

At the same time, I work very hard.

The next morning, Zhou Le flew to the animation film crew.

On the way, he looked at the script sent by the director named Jiaozi.

I think this animation is really interesting.

Zhou Le had watched some anime before, but most of them were Japanese.

At that time, he was wondering when domestic animation would be able to stand up. There are so many mythological stories and such a long history. If they could really be filmed, they would definitely be very good.

But no one knows what Guo Fan said to the other party, but the other party actually agreed to let him dub Nezha, and one person dubbed two roles, the childhood Nezha and the grown-up Nezha.

Zhou Le arrived at Nezha around noon.

"Welcome, Mr. Zhou. Welcome, it's an honor for our film to have Mr. Zhou do the dubbing."

"It should be my honor. Director Jiaozi, I remember seeing your film 'Hit, Hit the Watermelon' many years ago. At that time, I felt that domestic animation finally had a talented person.

I’ve actually loved watching anime since I was very young, but I don’t have much drawing skills and my storytelling skills are average, otherwise I would have wanted to learn animation.”

Although Jiaozi is almost 40 years old this year, except for the initial work in an advertising company, he has been working in animation since then and has not interacted with many people.

So after hearing this, I was a little surprised for a moment.

After having lunch with the production crew at noon, he went to the recording studio in the afternoon. Although the chief director Jiaozi and the recording director were very enthusiastic, and the other voice actors also greeted him with a smile, Zhou Le clearly felt that the voice actors were still somewhat resistant to him.

Come to think of it, voice actors also have their own circles. For such a big production, they would definitely want to work with people they are more familiar with. If Zhou Le is suddenly thrust in, their friends would be squeezed out.

After listening to the dubbing director introduce everyone present, Zhou Le also made a brief self-introduction.

But dubbing is different from movies and TV series. What matters is not the physical expressiveness, but the control of tone and emotional expression.

Zhou Le knew this when he was dubbing for Boonie Bears.

"Teacher Zhou Le, how about we take a break first, get to know each other, and then see how your voice sounds?"

Zhou Le knew that this was the test stage.

Although 300,000 is not a lot for the total investment of such an animated film, it is considered good in the dubbing industry.

"Because in many versions, Nezha has a male voice but a female appearance, so we had to lean towards that aspect. The voice should be a little childish, but also have the roughness of a man, because Nezha's personality is very cheerful."

Zhou Le nodded.

I picked up the script and opened a page at random, and saw Nezha's lines.

"Then I'll start with this one."

"I'm responsible for my own life and won't bring trouble to others. It's not a big deal. Three years is a little short, but I had a lot of fun. The only regret is that I haven't played shuttlecock with you yet."

Zhou Le's voice changed from low to relieved and then to regretful.

This part alone stunned everyone, because usually dubbing for such children is done by female voice actors.

Due to their physiological structure, girls' voices are actually more varied. Maybe they can imitate a young girl by mixing their voices, but the immaturity of little boys makes it more difficult.

This is why they are more resistant to Zhou Le. If they rashly insert Zhou Le just because he is more famous in the film and television industry, it will only ruin the film.

But now it seems that there is really no problem with Zhou Le's professional level.

"Teacher Zhou, have you studied this systematically before?"

Zhou Le shook his head: "No, my university major is civil engineering."

"So do you usually like watching anime?"

“Not much, I just watched Naruto and One Piece when I was in high school and college, but I haven’t watched them in years.

Actually, I did the dubbing once before for Boonie Bears, and that was for Bald Qiang’s father. After that, I only dubbed my own characters in movies and TV series.”

Everyone present was surprised when they heard this. After all, they were in this line of work, so they knew very well that it would be difficult to achieve this without systematic training.

There are also some people who learn it on their own because of their hobbies. Some of them have followed Zhou Le before. Judging from Zhou Le's life trajectory, he has no time to learn these things, and he has not shown much talent in this area before.

But since there is no problem with the person and the ability, the dubbing work can begin.

Working with professional voice actors is very efficient, but when I saw Nezha playing shuttlecock with his mother in the movie, he kicked her into the wall...

Zhou Le felt a little stomachache after watching it. Only animations can be filmed like this. If a movie is really filmed like this, it will definitely be criticized to death.

They finished work at around eight o'clock in the evening. Jiaozi took a few voice actors and Zhou Le to have dinner together. Zhou Le also asked what Guo Fan had said on the phone.

"Director Guo said that you are a rare dubbing genius, and that you can control countless tones. Many veteran actors can't compare to you in this aspect. He also said that his The Wandering Earth will definitely be released earlier than our Nezha.

If we can let you voice Nezha, he can also help us promote his film "The Wandering Earth" after it's released and becomes famous."

Zhou Le was not surprised at all after hearing this, because this was Guo Fan's style.

It is obvious that Guo Fan and Jiaozi were born in the same year, but in terms of months, Jiaozi is only a few months older than Guo Fan.

But look at how calm and steady Director Jiaozi is in his work?
At first glance, he's a down-to-earth technical guy.

If I were a girl looking for someone to marry, I would definitely choose Jiaozi instead of Guo Fan.

A man like Guo Fan is suitable for a rich woman who is willing to spend money.

So in the next two days, Zhou Le did not go out to eat. He stayed in the recording studio every day, drinking water when he was thirsty and ordering takeout when he was hungry.

There was even one day when everyone was so engrossed in recording that they simply decided not to go to the hotel that night and just work all night long. But in the end, by four o'clock, we were all so exhausted that we just lay down on the sofa in the office and fell asleep.

This is completely different from what Jiaozi had expected of domestic male actors.

Because according to his understanding, those people must fly first class for work and business trips, and must stay in suites in five-star hotels.

“So down-to-earth.”

Jiaozi's affection for Zhou Le increased greatly, and more importantly, Zhou Le's abilities were also very strong.

After finishing the recording of Nezha smoothly, Zhou Le returned to the crew of "The Wandering Earth".

But Zhou Le had just gone back to film for two days when Huang Lei called.

"Le'er, I've already told Director Wang that you can just send the actor from your company over. The role isn't a big one, but no matter what, they still have to go through the process and audition."

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Huang. I will definitely treat you to a meal later."

"It's okay, it's just a role. But a few years ago, a friend and I teamed up to organize the Wuzhen Theater Festival. If you're interested, you can come and participate in it in the future."

"Okay, Mr. Huang, I may not have time this year, but I will definitely go and see it next year if possible."

Zhou Le immediately sent a message to Tian Xiwei.

"Xiao Tian'er, the role has been confirmed. I'll give you their contact information. Go to Hengdian in a couple of days for an audition."

About ten minutes later, Tian Xiwei called.

"Sorry, I was in class just now, but I can play that role for you again. After all, I always figure it out on my own, and I'm a little worried about it. I'm afraid I won't pass it."

"Okay, let's video chat tonight and I'll act with you."

In fact, Zhou Le knew that Tian Xiwei had no problem practicing now. At least in terms of the level of the TV series, if there was no shady dealings, she could definitely get the role.

But because of Huang Lei's relationship, the so-called audition was indeed just a formality, so as not to let others criticize the process.

However, he did not tell Tian Xiwei about this. After all, she was still in school and did not have a thorough understanding of the entertainment industry. She wanted to get the role through her own efforts. If he told her, it would definitely shatter her dream.

So it was night time, and a night scene was being filmed on the set, while Zhao Jinmai was doing his homework not far away.

Zhou Le was holding his mobile phone and making a video call with Tian Xi.

Due to the weather, she is now in the school's dance studio. She has obviously told her teacher and got the key.

"Brother Le, let's go to the part where I first appeared."

"Okay, you say your lines and do your moves, and I'll cooperate with you."

Zhao Jinmai was doing math problems when he suddenly heard a woman's voice coming from Zhou Le's cell phone and couldn't help but prick up his ears.

Afterwards, Zhou Le cooperated and watched Tian Xiwei finish her first performance.

"That's good. Let's try the part later, where you have an outburst."

Tian Xiwei was wearing a training suit at the moment. Since the weather in Shanghai was warm and she was indoors, the upper part of her training suit consisted of suspenders and the lower part was a pair of loose trousers.

While Zhou Le was acting with Tian Xiwei, he was admiring her figure.

Although Tian Xiwei's face looks young at first glance, she is not the kind of skinny person who blindly pursues a slim, fair and thin figure.

She is 168cm tall, with a slender frame, but firm and strong flesh, full of the vitality and health of a girl.

Her body proportions are also very perfect, especially the waist-to-hip ratio and S-curve are just right. Her lower abdomen is flat without any fat, her upper body is plump, and her long legs are straight and well-proportioned.

The skin is incredibly good, just like milk.

"very good."

After Tian Xiwei finished her performance, the general nodded with satisfaction.

"Brother Le, if it's possible, then I will go."

"Well, go ahead. Be careful on the road. Anyway, go to the audition first. After I come back, I'll ask Xiao Su to help you negotiate the salary. But you're not famous yet, so the salary may not be much. You have to be mentally prepared for this."

"It's okay, Mr. Zhou. I'm already very happy to have a role to play, but no matter whether I can get the role this time or not, I want to treat you to a meal."

After Tian Xiwei finished speaking, her face turned red. In fact, she had wanted to say this for a long time, but she was too embarrassed to do so.

And the meal she promised before was one thing, this time she was talking about the second meal.

Because she always saw hot searches about Zhou Le on the Internet, and knew that Zhou Le was particularly keen on eating for free.

"Okay, but wait until you get the role first."

"Okay, Brother Le, I will definitely work hard."

Tian Xiwei said this and raised her hand above her head to salute, looking both serious and cute.

"You're quite cute like that. I think you can make this a signature move in the future. For example, when you're filming or going out for events, you can do this when you meet fans."

"Hehe, okay, but I don't know if I will ever become a big star."

"Of course I will. My judgment is correct. If you don't become a big star, just come to me directly."

After chatting with Tian Xiwei, Zhou Le turned around and saw Zhao Jinmai quickly lying on the table pretending to do questions.

"Okay, stop pretending. I know you've been peeking there for a while."

"Hehehe, Brother Le, you have a really good eye, but who is this sister?"

"This is also an artist under our studio. We just signed her last year. She has great talent and is currently studying at the Shanghai Theatre Academy. I just found a role for her and I'm going to let her try it out."

"Wow, Brother Le, you're so awesome! Can you find me a role? I want to earn some extra pocket money and buy my mom a big house. I have nothing to do during the summer vacation after the high school entrance exam, so I'd like to work on a film set."

Zhou Le smiled and said, "There's no such good thing in this world. When I ask someone for a role, I have to use favors in exchange. You're not an employee of my company. If you want a role, you have to ask your mother for it."

Zhao Jinmai thought about it again and said, "Why don't I join your company and work for you? Then you can find me a leading female role in a big female drama. I won't be picky."

(End of this chapter)