Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 139 Nazha: I really regret it.
Nazha knew the other party would ask this.

"No, we are just good friends, brothers. Besides, Le'er is my eldest nephew, and I am his aunt."

Jin Cheng has not been in the company for a while, not even attending the annual meeting. The last time he met Nazha was on the set of "Chinese Paladin: The Clouds" in 15.

There is usually nothing to contact.

So I can only learn about it from the Internet.

"Ah? Are you two related? Zhou Le doesn't look like it."

"We're not relatives. We were just joking at the time. We were filming in the same crew. Yu Qian is my godfather, but Nazha just called him Brother Qian. Later, we just called each other that."

Jin Cheng suddenly understood.

But Zhou Le looked at Hu Ge with a bit of curiosity: "By the way, brother, didn't you say before that you were going to study abroad? I remember you left last year, why are you leaving this year..."

When talking about this, everyone burst into laughter.

Hu Ge looked at Yuan Hong with resentment: "I was just saying it casually at the time, but they actually hid it from me and held a farewell ceremony, especially for him! Yuan Hong, you were the most sentimental!"

Yuan Hong's teeth almost fell out from laughing.

"Hahaha, that's all your fault! Your agent and that host ended up doing that."

"Don't give me that! You can't run away! I'm getting angry just thinking about it now!"

Zhou Le also learned about this inside story.

But then Nazha said, "Really, brother, it's because you didn't know Zhou Le at that time. If he was your friend, he would probably send you away to study for at least three years before coming back."

Zhou Le immediately argued: "Nonsense, how could I do such a thing?"

Nazha smiled and filled Zhou Le's glass with wine.

"Then you swear."

Zhou Le stood up and pointed his finger at the sky: "If you want to do it, then do it. I, Zhou Le, will never do it."

As Zhou Le was speaking, he suddenly got stuck and finally picked up the wine glass.

"I'd better punish myself with a drink first."

Hu Ge became anxious when he saw this scene.

"If you say that, I won't be friends with you anymore!"

As a result, everyone laughed even more happily, and the world was created where only Hu Ge was hurt.

After this incident, Zhou Le quickly integrated into the group.

It was just because of the presence of the female artists Ai and Nazha at the banquet, so no one leaned towards Zhou Le, an actor who was obviously going to be very famous in the future.

Although they are buddies, any discerning person can see that their relationship is definitely more than just friends.

But no one said it.

So even the toasts were polite.

However, after three rounds of drinks, the topic had already drifted away.

Jin Cheng talked about the lawsuit between him and Tangren.

The others all knew what was going on, but they were also glad that Hu Bingqing was not there, otherwise the two might have started fighting.

After all, the biggest reason why Jin Cheng wanted to leave was that she wanted to compete with Hu Bingqing for the top spot, and later Tangren gave all the resources to Hu Bingqing.

In addition, these things caused a falling out between him and Cai Yinong.

As a result, Jincheng had no work for almost a whole year.

But now they can only follow Jin Cheng's advice and take it slow.

And it is naturally impossible for them to say bad things about the Tang people.

As the big brother at the table, Hu Ge has no intention of leaving.

However, Nazha wanted to change the subject and talk about Zhou Le again, but as soon as she mentioned the company, the drunk Jin Cheng suddenly looked up.

"Zhou Le, you should start a company now, or you can just sign me."

Zhou Le: “.”

Sister, if I sign your name, wouldn’t that be an offense to the Tang people?
Although Tangren is not doing well now, he still has rich experience. If I sign you, I will have to offend a lot of people.

Besides, she is not a little girl anymore, so there is no need to train her.

After a brief thought, she said, "Sister, I'm very poor now. How can I afford to pay for your breach of contract? If I really want to find someone, I'll have to look at those big companies."

"Then I'll wait until you have money."

Zhou Le didn't want to spend so much money on Jin Cheng. Wouldn't it be better to invest that money in others?

And after Jin Cheng said these two sentences, the smile on Nazha's face obviously disappeared.

"Alas, sister, you don't know that the total amount of money I have on me right now doesn't exceed two million, and I still owe a lot of money. I really don't have the energy to do anything."

After saying this, the expression on Nazha's face eased a lot.

But there was a clear question in his eyes.

Fortunately, Jincheng got drunk afterwards.

Zhou Le had no choice.

The Tang people at this table are just outsiders. Even if they are really capable, they cannot be the one to take over.

Afterwards, Zhou Le deliberately turned the topic to Yu Shuxin.

Hu Ge booked rooms for everyone before dinner.

After all, he is the boss, so he still has some courage.

Several other female artists took Jin Cheng back to the hotel.

Zhou Le brought Yu Shuxin and walked with Hugonaza.

"Teacher Hu, I'm a fan of yours. When I was little, I loved watching "Chinese Paladin" every day. Even after it aired, I kept switching channels to watch it. Can we take a photo together?"

Hugo smiled and said, "Of course."

Zhou Le used his mobile phone to help take pictures.

After the shoot, Hu Ge said, "I just found out you're an actor too. Since you consider me your idol, why don't you join us at Tangren?"

As a result, when Yu Shuxin heard this, she immediately ran two meters away.

"That won't do. I'm working at Brother Le's company now. Brother Le is my master, and Sister Nazha is so good to me. I can't betray my master and Sister Nazha. Teacher Hu, please don't hurt me."

Hu Ge looked at Zhou Le with a smile.

Zhou Le returned the phone to Yu Shuxin: "Brother, you are trying to poach me right in front of me. You owe me a favor for what you said today. You have to treat me to a meal next time to make up for it."

Hu Ge was joking. "Okay, I'll invite you in private later. To be honest, I've wanted to meet you for a long time. Besides Nazha, Dong Ge and Kai Ge also mentioned you. You two were in the same company before. They also said you were late. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had a role in Nirvana in Fire and The Disguiser."

Zhou Le sighed: "Brother, now I finally understand why they want to send you away. If it were me, I would send you away too."

"Hahaha, I've learned my lesson now. I won't say anything I shouldn't. No one can send me away."

Zhou Le put his hand on Hu Ge's shoulder: "They are not capable enough, but if it were me, I wouldn't necessarily agree."

Hu Ge instantly shook off Zhou Le's arm.

"Are you serious with me?"

"Haha, just kidding." Zhou Le put his hand back.

Hu Ge: "That's what I said."

Zhou Le blinked. "I meant to say they were incompetent just as a joke. How could I possibly say bad things about others behind their backs for no reason?"

Hu Ge: “???”

"What the hell!"

However, despite what he said, Hu Ge didn't take it too seriously.

After returning to the hotel, Nazha wanted to secretly ask Zhou Le to talk about the script, but after sending a message, she found out that Zhou Le had actually gone to Hu Ge's room to play mahjong with Yuan Hong and Han Dongjun.

Nazha was so angry that she picked up her phone and wanted to call the police to report that someone was gambling in a group.

But in the end, he thought that it would not be good for Zhou Le to go in.

I could only sleep alone with a grudge.

Zhou Le usually doesn't play mahjong.

Actually, I didn’t know how to do it this time, but Hu Ge insisted on teaching me just for fun.

After more than two hours, Zhou Le won more than a hundred.

"Hey, why does Le'er always win? It's boring. Why don't we change the prize?"

Hugo suggested.

But Zhou Le would never bet more than one dollar.

Eventually they switched to stickers.

An hour later, there were three sticks on Zhou Le's face, more than a dozen on Hu Ge's face, more than thirty on Yuan Hong's face, and Han Dongjun's face was so densely covered with them that he couldn't even see the cards clearly.

"No, I can't play this anymore, you guys are too perverted!"

Han Dongjun tore off the paper on his face and started beating him.

"How about we drink instead?"

Zhou Le said.

Han Dongjun almost shook his head off.

If you continue like this, you will drink yourself to death within an hour.

"Le'er, this is outrageous. Is this the novice protection period? Or were you pretending not to know how to play before?"

Zhou Le shook his head: "I really don't know how to play, but I know this."

As Zhou Le said this, he threw the dice casually.

He just threw out three sixes.

Hu Ge: “???”

Yuan Hong: “???”

Han Dongjun: “???”

"Brother, this guy is cheating. Should I chop off his left hand or his right hand?"

Zhou Le explained: "I'm not cheating, I'm just using my normal skills. I can remember the cards. Of course, I learned the rules from you guys. Besides, everyone is shirtless now, so I can't hide my cards."

After a while of scrutiny, they were sure that Zhou Le had relied solely on his skills.

"Oh, no more playing, what's the fun in playing with a nerd? No wonder Le'er doesn't play big games with us, it turns out he's afraid we'll lose too much."

Zhou Le smiled slightly, agreeing with this statement.

But soon Zhou Le asked about Jin Cheng again.

Then I read it again in detail.

"Actually, today we were asking in the group chat who would come to dinner, and Jin Cheng came too. Luckily, Xiao Hu was filming outside, but it's a shame Shi Shi couldn't come. She's in Taiwan right now."

In the evening, they chatted here for a long time.

They chatted until dawn, and Zhou Legeng prepared to go back to sleep and then take a flight to Changchun in the evening.

But Wu Jing called early in the morning.

"Le'er, what are you doing?"

"Brother Jing, I'm in the hotel right now. I just had a drink with Hu Ge and the others yesterday. We chatted all night and I'm ready to get some sleep."

"Here's the thing. I've got a movie lined up. It's got a great subject matter and a fantastic cast, including Zhang Ziyi, Cheng Long, and Zhang Yi. We're still short of a third male lead. Are you interested? If you are, I can recommend you. With your acting skills, I'm sure you'll be able to play the part."

Zhou Le thought for a moment.

climber.
Sounds like an extreme sports type of thing.

"Brother Jing, where are we going to climb then?"

Zhou Le asked again.

"Mount Everest. Although it's an extreme theme, it also contains feelings of family and country."

It’s not that Zhou Le doesn’t want to make a movie about family and country.

But climbing Mount Everest. Even if you don’t actually go to Mount Everest to shoot, you must find a similar snow-capped mountain.

The shooting conditions can be imagined.

After thinking about it, Zhou Le felt that he had too much to do recently, and his schedule for next year had already been booked for at least half a year.

"Brother Jing, I'm really interested in this, but I don't have much time this year, and at least not in the first half of next year, because I have to shoot an IP from Tencent, so I can't push this."

After Zhou Le said this, Wu Jing understood.

"Alright, forget it if you don't have time. Mainly, I'm not the director. If I were to do it myself, I could still follow your schedule. This time, it's a director from Hong Kong, so we can only work together next time."

"Yes, Brother Jing."

However, Wu Jing thought about it again and said, "By the way, didn't you just say that you and Hu Ge were together? Is he available to answer the phone now?"

Zhou Le glanced at Hu Ge, who was also sleepy.

"Brother, Brother Jing wants to talk to you."

Hu Ge took the phone, asked some questions, and finally said that he would consider it and give an answer within two days at the latest.

"Brother Jing asked me to go, are you really not interested? It sounds pretty impressive to me, so this kind of movie should be good."

Zhou Le shook his head: "I don't have the schedule, otherwise I would also like to go."

"Oh, there's nothing we can do about it."

Hu Ge could only express regret to Zhou Le.

But Zhou Le actually didn’t feel any regrets. After all, he was just the third male lead there, and his price was definitely not as high as the male lead in “Joy of Life”.

Although Tencent Pictures has to take a cut of the profits from Joy of Life, the profit is not much less, and it is definitely more than what you can earn by being the third male lead.

And the main problem with this movie is.

The director is not Wu Jing.

The leading actor Wu Jing and the director Wu Jing are different.

Zhou Le then left the hotel.

After returning home, Zhou Le went to sleep and Yu Shuxin helped him pack up. When Zhou Le woke up, it was already past two in the afternoon.

"Brother Le, are you awake?"

When I opened my eyes, I saw Yu Shuxin's little round face looking at me.

Zhou Le immediately hugged the quilt tightly.

"What are you doing? You didn't do anything bad to me while I was sleeping, did you?"

Yu Shuxin: “???”

"Brother Le, you're still playing abstract games with me? A grown-up lady personally helped you get up, and you actually want to slander me? It really makes me sad."

Zhou Le said as he put on his clothes, "Sometimes only a young lady knows how to do things. Ordinary people like us can't figure out how rich people get up even if we rack our brains.

Of course, I think it would be good for you to experience more of these roles, just like the barbecue scene before, and like the adopted daughter you played in Jiang Wen's film. As actors, we still can't be separated from the working people. We have to get closer to them in order to perform."

Yu Shuxin looked at Zhou Le and started muttering as soon as he woke up.

My head is too big.

"It was you who slandered me first, so how come you ended up lecturing me?"

Zhou Le had already put on his clothes and was standing on the ground in slippers.

"Just tell me if what I said is right."

Yu Shuxin nodded: "That's quite right."

"But."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Le said, "By the way, what time is our flight?"

"Around six o'clock."

"Then we should go. The journey will take two hours, and we'll have to check tickets and other things once we get there."

After saying that, she hurried to the bathroom to fix her hair.

Yu Shuxin also realized that it was getting late, so she quickly packed up the remaining things.

Then I started to put on makeup.

For Yu Shuxin, she has to put on makeup even if she takes you out for breakfast or goes to the supermarket to buy vegetables.

"Brother Le, this trip to Changsha will actually take about two and a half days. On the third day we will take a plane to Shanghai. You need to go to the team to register in advance and fill out the internal registration form of your team.

After that, you and Reba will go to Disneyland. I've already bought you an annual pass. I'll contact Reba later to see how to book a hotel. If you two want to share a room, I think we should pay for it ourselves. I'll help you choose one then. I know what girls like."

Zhou Le: “.”

"Isn't your plan a little too comprehensive?"

"Humph, I'm just an assistant. Do you really think I'm some young lady who's never been involved in housework? Besides, I'm not exaggerating. Even if Sister Su came, she wouldn't know more about Disney than I do."

Zhou Le believes this.

Given Yu Shuxin's family background, she can definitely treat Disney as her own backyard.

"Also, I've already discussed the follow-up PR with Qianqian. She's already prepared some PR materials. But if you and Reba are going to live together, do you need me to buy that for you?"

"Which one?"

Zhou Le was stunned for a moment.

"That's it, do you want me to tell you?"

"No, which one? No, when did I say that the two of us were going to live together?"

"Huh? You're not living together? I said I'd buy you a box of condoms, but I'm not sure what to buy. If you need them, I'll have to look them up online."

"No need, we are innocent. I'll ask her if she can stay later."

In this way, Zhou Le and Yu Shuxin also boarded the plane to Changchun.

Yu Shuxin naturally arranged two first-class cabins.

After all, Yu Shuxin is the kind of person who feels back pain even when sitting in economy class.

It's just much better now.

As for the film festival, the organizers made very comprehensive arrangements, with special cars picking up and dropping off at the airport and all the hotels being five-star.

The Changchun Film Festival is also called the Golden Deer Awards.

It is considered a good film award in China.

Moreover, as far as Zhou Le knows, those selected this time basically have more profound themes or have received good market response.

Basically isolated from those bad movies.

After arriving at the hotel, Zhou Le’s first thing was to go to Xu Zheng.

After all, I only came here to join this crew this time.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard Xu Zheng sighing inside.

He kept touching his head.

"Oh, this is unstable."

The bald head is almost covered with patina from being touched.

"What's wrong, Director Xu?"

Xu Zheng glanced at Zhou Le. "Who would have thought there was an Operation Red Sea? This movie is fucking better than Wolf Warrior. Old Wen is probably in trouble now. Operation Red Sea alone is enough to worry people, and now there's also Shock Wave and The Founding of an Army. Isn't it bullying to have these mainstream films at the film festival?"

Zhou Le saw that Xu Zheng was touching her vigorously.

I also followed him up and had a try.

You know what, it feels really good even though it's furry and slippery.

"What are you doing?" Xu Zheng asked.

"Nothing. What I mean is, Director Xu, isn't ours also the main theme? And the box office isn't bad either. We should compete fairly, and whoever gets it gets it. Besides, we're addressing livelihood issues, and none of the people you mentioned are addressing livelihood issues like us."

Xu Zheng stopped.

"That seems to be true, Lao Wen, you have a chance again."

But Wen Mu never worried about these things. If someone was willing to give it to him, then he would give it to him. If they didn’t give it to him, he couldn’t go on Weibo to complain that Operation Red Sea and The Founding of an Army didn’t win the award. Shouldn’t Medicine God win the award?

That is purely courting death.

However, he was more concerned about something else.

"Brother Zheng, I still mean the same thing. Let Le'er act with me in My People, My Country."

(End of this chapter)