Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 163 161. Director Cheng: Li’an, I want to have sex for free

"You can't eat this. You need to pay attention to nutrition at this time."

Gong Li looked at the apple in front of her with disgust, then looked at Chen Li'an and said, "Peel a pomegranate for me."

"Where are you now? This is what you do. If you keep doing this, I will run away." Chen Li'an muttered as he picked up the pomegranate and peeled it.

Gong Li kicked Chen Li'an angrily and said, "You bitch, I know you are unreliable!"

"You know I'm unreliable, but you still do this. It's not even twenty-four hours yet, and I regret it so quickly." Chen Li'an pinched a pomegranate and threw it into his mouth.

"I don't regret it." Gong Li touched her flat belly and said, "This is everything to me from now on."

Chen Li'an rolled his eyes, patted the open pomegranate hard, and then knocked it hard on the plate a few times, and all the smooth and crystal pomegranate seeds were knocked out.

Gong Li pinched one and put it in her mouth, and then said with some worry: "What if I miss it?"

"That's God's will." Chen Li'an spit out the pomegranate seeds in his mouth, looked at Gong Li and said, "If you don't succeed during this time in Suzhou, don't do this again."

Gong Li calculated the time and found that it would take at least a week to reshoot in Suzhou. As long as the old cow works hard, there is no field that cannot be planted!

After eating a plate of pomegranates, Gong Li felt that her physical strength had recovered a lot. She looked at Chen Li'an and stretched out her foot to rub him and said, "Don't be lazy, hurry up and continue!"

"Again?"

"You can not?"

"OK"

On the afternoon of the third day, Chen Li'an came out of the hotel with dark circles under his eyes. He felt that he had not lived a human life these past few days.

Chen Li'an has never done anything like this before. For two days, he slept, ate, and cooked, and even the donkeys in the commune couldn't control him like this!

There is no interest at all, just mechanical movement and sowing.

Chen Li'an wanted to run away when he saw Gong Li raising her legs. It was so scary. He had already thought about it and would never see Gong Li in the next two, no, three months.

"Life is so damn boring." Chen Li'an couldn't help but sigh while sitting in the car.

Gong Li glanced at him, snorted and said, "I don't know how lucky I am when I'm blessed, let's continue tonight."

Continuing on, Chen Li'an has made up his mind that he must run away tonight and go to Zhang Guorong's place to hide and relax, even if he is misunderstood.

When he came to Tongli Water Village again, Chen Li'an suddenly felt a little emotional. It was the scenery here that inspired him to win the Venice Golden Lion.

Although the filming of the movie was not fun, this place is still full of memories.

Chen Li'an looked at the quiet and peaceful town, and went to the hotel where he stayed before with Gong Li. Downstairs of the hotel, he met Director Cheng and Du Kefen, whom he had not seen for a long time.

The two of them sat together and smoked, muttering not knowing what to say.

Chen Li'an glanced at Gong Li and said, "Would you like to go over and say hello?"

Gong Li shook her head and said to Chen Li'an: "I won't go. If he asks about me, just say that I don't feel well and go upstairs to rest."

For Gong Li now, recuperating her energy is the most important thing, and she can ignore boring interpersonal relationships for the time being.

Chen Li'an nodded, then walked over and said, "Director Cheng, Teacher Du."

Hearing Chen Li'an's voice, Director Cheng turned his head and looked at him and said, "Li'an is here, sit down quickly, I was just talking about you."

"Oh? What are you talking about me?" Chen Li'an sat down with a smile, then looked at Director Cheng and joked: "You're not going to give me an extra task, are you?"

Director Cheng laughed, thinking that I would definitely not add a role to you, otherwise my movie would not be complete, but I want to prostitute your paintings for free.

Looking at Chen Li'an's confused eyes, Director Cheng said with a smile: "I really have this idea, but I can't increase the number of scenes. I have something to ask you for help."

Chen Li'an was a little relieved when he heard that it was not an extra scene, but if it was not an extra scene, it meant that it would be even more difficult for Director Cheng to ask for his help.

So he asked curiously: "Director Cheng, if you have anything to ask me for help, I will definitely help you."

Director Cheng and Du Kefen looked at each other, and then said: "I would like to ask you to draw a poster for the movie, just like the one you used for the award-winning work in Venice."

Chen Li'an immediately understood that he was trying to free himself and add some artistry to the movie. He was indeed somewhat famous in the European art world. After all, the Venice Art Biennale was still very important.

This request is not difficult. Director Cheng has helped him before. Chen Li'an hesitated a little and said: "There is no problem in painting posters, but I have signed a contract with the manager and cannot give the paintings to the crew. I can only use them for posters." right."

This is very important. Even if each of Chen Li'an's current paintings is not a high-quality one, the price will certainly not be low. It can cost hundreds of thousands at least.

"I know this. Your paintings are not cheap now. I have heard that they sold for 1.8 million pounds at Christie's auction. I don't have that much money to buy your paintings." Director Cheng laughed. After a moment, he said: "But there is something I need to tell you clearly first. I will participate in Cannes next year. I wonder if I can finish the painting before then?"

Chen Li'an didn't care much about the auction for 1.8 million, since the painting didn't belong to him anyway.

It’s not difficult for Director Cheng to finish the painting before Cannes next year. If the inspiration comes, he can finish it in two or three days at most. But you definitely can’t tell Director Cheng that, otherwise people will think that he doesn’t take it seriously.

Chen Li'an pretended to be thoughtful and said: "About that. When I create, it will be slower, and I can't get my partner to work together, so it will take a little longer."

Hearing Chen Li'an's words, Director Cheng felt relieved. He had known Chen Li'an for so long and knew that he would not agree to anything that was uncertain about his character.

Director Cheng was very happy to be able to get an artist's poster for free. He immediately took Chen Li'an's hand and said, "I'm treating you tonight. Let's have a drink together!"

With a smile on his face, Chen Li'an took his hand out of Director Cheng's hand, smiled awkwardly and said, "I plan to start creating tonight. Let's have dinner together after I finish painting."

"Oh? We'll start tonight, so let's forget about it today." Director Cheng laughed, thinking that the movie poster was more important, and there was nothing he couldn't eat.

Chen Li'an breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that Director Cheng would insist on having dinner with him, which would be too scary.

After chatting with them for a few more words, Chen Li'an also made an excuse to go upstairs. He came to the room where he lived last time as usual. He was about to knock on the door before he remembered that Mr. Zhou was not waiting for him inside.

He put down his hands angrily and was about to leave when the door opposite opened. Zhang Guorong stuck his head out and looked at Chen Li'an and said, "Why are you here? Come here quickly. I have something to tell you."

Chen Li'an turned around and looked at Zhang Guorong, and asked with a smile: "You arrived so soon, why didn't you call me."

"I just arrived. Come here. I have something to ask you." Zhang Guorong pulled Chen Li'an into his room.

Chen Li'an followed Zhang Guorong in puzzledly and asked curiously: "What is going on?"

This room was no different from last year. Chen Li'an sat on the sofa habitually. He was about to take out a cigarette and smoke a cigarette, but he put it down again.

Zhang Guorong looked at Chen Li'an's strange behavior and thought that his cigarette box was empty, so he threw his cigarette over.

After Chen Li'an caught it, he put it aside and said, "I'm quitting smoking. I won't smoke anymore. Tell me what happened."

Quit smoking? Why did you quit smoking? Zhang Guorong looked at Chen Li'an strangely, then sat next to him and said, "It's okay if you don't smoke. I'm not looking for you, but Shufen is looking for you."

"Miss Chen? Why is she looking for me? Did Miss Chen come with you this time?" Chen Lian crossed his legs and wondered.

"I want to ask if you want to go to Hong Kong for development." Zhang Guorong said briefly before explaining: "Singing in the Midnight is about to be released. The box office is not bad. Now it has more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars. Your performance in the movie The performance was very well received.”

"Then what?"

Zhang Guorong took a sip of water and said: "Then you became popular. Although it was only a small hit, it had the potential to become a big hit, so Shufen wanted to ask you if you plan to sign with a brokerage company."

Chen Li'an took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, smelled it in his nose, thought for a while and said, "I never thought about signing with a brokerage company. It's too troublesome. Running around with various announcements is exhausting."

Zhang Guorong already knew Chen Li'an's answer, but he still said what Cheng Shufen said.

"Shufen said that I won't arrange too much work for you, and having an agent can help you get better resources. Just like this time without an agency to help you, the popularity will disappear soon."

Chen Li'an didn't have any reaction after hearing this. He knew this truth, but if you really sign a contract, you will definitely be arranged for various tasks. If you don't make money for the company, why would you sign it?

Besides, as for the place in Xiangjiang, even if Chen Li'an went there, he wouldn't be able to get any good resources. It would be difficult for him to be the leading male lead, so it would be meaningless to sign.

Just like if the paintings he painted cannot be sold, Ji Fa will also have a headache. Friends are friends, and business is business.

After Zhang Guorong finished speaking, he stopped continuing the topic. He poured a glass of wine and handed it to Chen Li'an and said, "You think about it yourself. It's up to you whether you agree or not."

Chen Li'an shook his wine glass, thinking that he actually lacked an agent, or rather an assistant to help him handle some things. It was a bit troublesome to do everything by himself.

After thinking for a while, Chen Li'an gave up thinking and decided to go back and ask Gong Li. She had more experience than him and should be able to give a good suggestion.

When he came to Gong Li's room in the evening, Chen Li'an told her what Zhang Guorong had told him.

After hearing this, Gong Li asked: "Do you want to ask me whether I will sign or not?"

"It doesn't matter. The main thing is that I think it is more convenient to have an agent or assistant."

Gong Li drank a dark drink, looked at Chen Li'an and said, "My suggestion is that everything is fine. You don't need an agent now, but if you want to take on more movies in the future, it will definitely be better to have an agent."

Chen Li'an frowned and said, "Yeah, but I don't want to take on a movie in Hong Kong. Most of the movies there are not suitable for me. There is no need to sign a contract with Cheng Shufen."

"If you don't want to, forget it. After all, Hong Kong is still xenophobic." Gong Li has also made Hong Kong movies and knows what the people there are like. She said with some lack of interest: "You were originally in the entertainment industry, and now you are like this That’s great. If you want an assistant, I’ll help you find one later.”

Gong Li actually has another concern. If Chen Li'an's character really goes to Xiangjiang to develop, he doesn't know how many good friends he will develop in the future.

Chen Li'an nodded, and then said, "That's it."

After finishing talking about the business, Gong Li put down the cup in her hand, looked at Chen Li'an and said, "It's time to take medicine."

Chen Li'an's eyes twitched, this day is so boring!

If there really is a child, he will have to be beaten when he comes out!

(Chapter 2, please don’t rush me. I work in the underworld. It’s past nine o’clock when I get home from get off work every day, so I update it very late. You can read it the next morning.)