Training the Heavens

Chapter 124 Heroine

"I have seen Mr. Inoue's works. If I'm not mistaken, the heroine of this movie should be the Uighur Princess Srubia, right? I wonder if the crew has decided on the candidate?" Gao Jialin asked directly without any hesitation.

"We haven't found a suitable candidate yet. If you, Jialin, have a suitable candidate to recommend, we will definitely consider it seriously." Tokuma Yasukai responded kindly. There are still many resources available for the development of "Showa American Story". If we can exchange a heroine for Gao Jialin's favor, it would be a great deal.

In fact, the heroine of this work already has a target, that is Anna Nakagawa, the daughter of an acquaintance of Tokuma Yasushi. Her father was a director of TBS TV station in its early days, her grandfather was a Western oil painter, and her maternal grandfather was a comedian and director. It can be said that she is a child of a literary and artistic family, and she got this opportunity through connections.

However, compared with Gao Jialin, these people in the literary and art circles who are already a little out of date are a bit insufficient. At worst, she can be given another chance when preparing to shoot a new film in the future. At the moment, it is more important to maintain the relationship with Gao Jialin.

"Since she's a princess, she should be very beautiful. My first work was also adapted into a movie. There is an actress in it who is very beautiful and has a kind of classical beauty. She is more than qualified to play a beauty like Diao Chan, so playing a princess should be no problem. Maybe we can give her a chance." Gao Jialin did not say anything definite.

When we get back, we'll see how Chen Hong performs. If she's good, we'll recommend her to Tokuma Yasuyoshi. If not, forget it, or give the opportunity to someone else. We can't just rely on Tsuboi Chinatsu and Hinata Juri to fly to Shanghai, right? We need someone local, right?

"Oh? To receive such praise from you, Garin, this girl must be very beautiful, right? Her joining will definitely be of great help to the film. Okay, when you go there in a few days, send us her information first. If she's suitable, we'll send her a formal invitation." Tokuma Yasushi agreed immediately.

"Thank you very much. I believe you will be very satisfied after seeing the photos." Gao Jialin is still very confident in Chen Hong's appearance.

There are not many parts in the play where the Uighur princess Srubia's acting skills need to be tested. Anna Nakagawa only studied acting for a short time in a junior college, but she relied on her family background to get this role. Chen Hong, who has acting experience and is still receiving professional training, has no problem in doing so.

Two days later, Gao Jialin received the Nebula Award trophy at the Japan Fantasy Literature Conference. When he held the trophy high, the audience burst into applause. The Xinhua News Agency reporters who accompanied him hurriedly raised their cameras and took pictures together with the Japanese reporters. These photos will be sent back to China as quickly as possible and published in tomorrow's newspaper.

It is even more difficult for domestic literary and artistic works to be exported than industrial products. Before Gao Jialin, there were only a few cases such as Ding Ling's "The Sun Shines on the Sanggan River", Zhou Libo's "The Storm", He Jingzhi and Ding Yi's opera "The White-Haired Girl" that won the Steel Comrade Literature Award, and Ba Jin won the Italian Dante Literature Award.

Now that Gao Jialin has won the highest award in the field of Japanese fantasy literature, it is natural to publicize it well.

The situation today is different from that of thirty years later. The Chinese people, who had just opened their doors to the world, saw such a huge gap with the developed countries in Europe and the United States, and they were somewhat lacking in self-confidence. Therefore, any case that helps to enhance national self-confidence is worth promoting.

The next morning, many important domestic newspapers published photos of Gao Jialin holding the trophy on key pages. Many people who knew Gao Jialin saw it. Zhang Lifeng held the newspaper and relishedly told his colleagues how he first met Gao Jialin.

Huang Zhicheng, the top official of Kuanzhou County, began to think about it. The last time he went to Gao's house, he seemed to see that their two old cave dwellings had not been demolished yet. Could they be protected and turned into Gao Jialin's former residence or something?

Pujiang College's loudspeakers immediately blared, and the announcer passionately announced the good news to the entire school. The campus erupted in cheers, sincerely cheering for Gao Jialin. Gailili rushed back to the dormitory with the newspaper, "Honghong, Teacher Gao won a big prize in Japan!"

"What does it have to do with me?" Chen Hong responded listlessly. Seeing Gao Jialin smiling and walking into the big house with Chinatsu Tsuboi that day had really shocked her. She could clearly feel that the relationship between the two was not ordinary.

"Honghong, I really need to advise you on this." Since the dormitory was empty, Gailili lowered her voice and said, "What good man isn't surrounded by girls? Even Xu Yajun is constantly approached by girls, let alone Teacher Gao? Wang Xueming, on the other hand, doesn't have anyone around him. Do you think he's worth a damn?"

"The girl you are talking about is Japanese after all. Even if there is something going on between her and Teacher Gao, Teacher Gao will not marry her. Just pretend you don't know." Seeing Gao Jialin's growing fame, Gailili was even more anxious than Chen Hong.

Gailili talked for a long time, and Chen Hong felt that it made more and more sense. She had been in the Shanghai Theatre Academy for almost a semester and had filmed a movie during that time. She had also heard a lot of gossip in the art circle, but she had never even been in a relationship before. Now she was asked to pursue someone else, and he was having an unclear relationship with other girls. She really couldn't make up her mind.

But after screening all the men she knew, she found that no one could compare to Gao Jialin, so in the end she chose to listen to Gailili, "Then what should I do?"

"Didn't he agree to have dinner with you? From now on, you call Pujiang College every day. As soon as he comes back, you invite him out. I will cover for you and make sure no one else knows." Gailili patted her chest and promised.

Even though Gao Jialin looks down on me, it's okay if I can let my good sister get together with him. In the future, when she eats meat, I can at least have some soup, right?

A few days later, Gao Jialin ended his trip to Japan. With the reluctant farewell of Tsuboi Chinatsu, Hinata Juri and others, he boarded the plane back to Shanghai. Before leaving, he had already made investments for these girls, and they would definitely get generous returns in the future.

This also made them cherish this relationship even more, and they decided to come to Shanghai to visit Gao Jialin whenever they had time.

After returning to school, before I had time to report for leave, I received a call from Chen Hong, "Teacher Gao, I heard that you returned to China? Do you have time to come out for dinner? It's just right to celebrate with you."

"Not today, I guess I'll have time on the weekend."

"Okay, then it's the weekend."

(End of this chapter)