The two women, who were renamed Chen Xingwei and Li Youhu, also felt Simon's slightly special look at them.
Chen Xingwei held the cup in front of him and took a sip. His eyes drifted over at just the right moment, wanting to refuse but to welcome him.
Li Youhu was much bolder and took the initiative to talk to Simon: "Mr. Westeros, you speak Chinese very well."
They were standing nearby when Simon was talking to Wei Canzao just now. The man's Mandarin was fluent and fluent, which was amazing.
With a smile on his face, Simon said in Mandarin: "Your Chinese is also very good."
Li Youhu was stunned for a moment, and he accurately caught the point of laughter, and chuckled: "Haha, Mr. Westeros, you are so funny."
The other girls who were paying attention heard the conversation between the two people and laughed.
Being robbed of the first opportunity to talk to Westeros, Chen Xingwei reacted at this moment, laughed with the girls, and found a topic: "Mr. Westeros, can I ask, when we get to the United States, we What needs to be done?”
Simon said: "Dance for me, like just now."
The girls were all startled again, with different thoughts at the same time.
The man in front of him put so much thought into selecting them, and most importantly, he also gave each of them an exaggerated salary of 100,000 US dollars, and just asked them to dance for him. This seems too light, right
Chen Xingwei, who was also unconvinced, asked: "Mr. Westeros, are you just dancing?" After saying this, he immediately realized his language problem and quickly added: "I mean, are you just dancing alone?"
"Of course, I paid you to hire you, so I can't dance for others, right?"
Chen Xingwei hesitated and then asked: "But, you... gave us, um, such a high salary?"
Simon glanced at the girls, and saw that they all had hesitant or weird expressions. When he looked over, they were like little rabbits being targeted by prey, and they all tried to avoid looking away.
I just look like a good... oh no, bad guy
After thinking for a moment, Simon simply said: "Since you think the salary is too high, then work hard to practice dancing. Then I will arrange for you to tour in Europe and the United States, which can help me earn some income. However, I want to remind you , European and American performances are all commercial, and the audience will only buy tickets if they think it is good. If the program you create is not good enough and cannot attract the audience, the scene will be very embarrassing. At that time, I will lose face and have no choice but to fire you. "
"ah… "
After Simon finished speaking, the girls were all stunned. Some even exclaimed softly, and then they all looked at the girl who had just started the conversation.
Chen Xingwei also didn't expect that her simple words would add a huge professional risk to all of their jobs. If the tour failed in the future, she would be the target of public criticism, so she quickly tried to make up for it: "I'm not... West Mr. Luo, what I just meant was..."
At this point, Chen Xingwei was immediately stuck.
What I just meant was very clear.
You can't say that the salary is too high. Mr. Westeros, please lower it a bit for everyone... It will still offend everyone.
Fortunately, Li Youhu's voice soon sounded next to him: "Just do it, Mr. Westeros, you really liked the performance of "Plucking Wei" just now, didn't you?"
"yes."
"Well, since you like it, I think the people over there will also like it."
Chen Qing obviously did not explain the origin of "Plucking Wei" to the girls, and Simon did not explain it either. He just nodded and smiled: "Of course."
After chatting for a few words, various details in their behavior, words and deeds, as well as the memories of past lives, Simon basically determined the personalities of the two women, who were still only 19 years old and were as green as apples. He preferred Li Youhu's straightforwardness and Confident, and then looking at the other person's exquisite appearance, which was almost the same as before, he suddenly felt moved and asked: "Li, do you want to act?"
As these words came out, the girls looked over together again.
Simon Westeros, a Hollywood tycoon, asks you if you want to act. This is no different from the Jade Emperor asking you if you want to be a member of the Immortal Class.
Starting from the middle school affiliated to the Dance Academy, Li Youhu has always been an outstanding one, standing out among all the stars.
At the beginning, only four girls in their generation were selected to join the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe. They were supposed to have similar abilities, but Chen Xingwei was pushed from the middle school affiliated to the dance academy to the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe. Li Youhu was able to lead the dance in the troupe. , she can only be an ordinary supporting role in the crowd.
At this time, hearing Simon Westeros ask, it would be okay if it was another girl, but it happened to be the other girl. This made some strong negative emotions flash in Chen Xingwei's eyes for a moment, and he had to lower his head in order to cover it up. , the hand that was quietly shrunk into the long sleeve of the dance uniform was tightly held, and the nails were piercing into the palm of the hand.
Li Youhu, who was already proud, felt the eyes of the girls around him. Even though he had always been proud, he was still full of vanity at this time. He raised his chin slightly and looked at the man: "Of course I want to."
Seeing that the girl was sure, Simon reached out and took out the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that he had been carrying with him in the past few days from the lower grid. He handed it to the other party and said, "Hey, I'll give you one day to finish reading this novel." . Tell me your thoughts tomorrow night. Remember to come through the back door at midnight and knock three times."
The other girls listened to another joke that everyone understood in Simon's words, and laughed together again. Just watching Li Youhu take the book, there was obviously something else in the laughter.
Opposite the shorter girl, Janet, who had been watching with a smile on her face, could understand the origin of Simon's words asking for jade from Wei Canzhao, but she didn't understand why the girls were laughing this time. She just rolled her eyes at him and said angrily: "You think I don't It exists, and it knocks three times in the middle of the night."
Simon grabbed Janet's little hand on the table and held it in his palm, and said to Li Youhu: "I hope you will play the role of Yu Jiaolong in this book. However, the matter is not certain because you need to pass the director's approval. If you don't meet the requirements, you can only come back and dance for me. Of course, you have plenty of time and you still have half a year to prepare. I think the first thing you need to do is find an acting teacher."
In the original version of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the role of Yu Jiaolong played by Guizhou Zhang was very brilliant. If possible, Simon would be happy to use him.
Unfortunately not this time.
I don’t know if the famous Chinese Opera Class 96 will appear again. Even if I find myself now, as a rookie who is not yet a minor in the international chapter, I will not be able to star at all.
Can only be replaced.
Li Xiaoran, who has been renamed Li Youhu, is 19 years old this year. Although he is also young, both the other person's real personality and the screen images in Simon's memory fit the role of Yu Jiaolong very well.
And since I am a dancer, action scenes are not a problem.
As for acting skills, after all, he is a dancer and often goes on stage, so it is not a zero-level foundation. Intensive training in the next six months will be enough. What's more, Ang Lee is the kind of director who is best at training actors.
Being stared at by so many envious eyes around him, Li Youhu's sense of vanity increased a lot, and he still boldly looked directly at the man in front of him: "Mr. Westeros, didn't you have the final say on this matter?"
"Of course I have the final say, but if your performance doesn't meet the requirements and you screw up a movie, the loss will be mine. The budget of this project is US$15 million, which is still a lot of money."
15 million, which can only be a low-cost production in Hollywood.
However, the girls around me naturally converted it into RMB, which was 120 million, which made them speechless.
"The Opium War" is currently being filmed in China. In recent years, many city streets and warship models have been specially built for this movie, and the production cost was only 120 million.
Some girls are very hopeless and think that with such a large amount of money, who would make movies.
It will take more than a lifetime to spend.
After chatting for a while longer and drinking tea, the girls were sent away from the terrace.
Follow the verandah next to the inner courtyard to the third-floor courtyard, which is the residence of the girls of the Chinese style art troupe. Including the classical band, dance teachers, costume and make-up staff, etc., which are all composed of women, there are more than 160 people in total, but it does not feel crowded at all when living in this large courtyard.
Because the other courtyard is really big.
The courtyard originally covered an area of 1 hectare two years ago, and has since been expanded. Almost the entire hilltop is Simon's private property.
The courtyard is laid out in a classical garden style, with a total of four floors.
Not four in.
Instead, it has four floors that progress from the inside out, occupying the entire hilltop in an oval pattern.
Simon's five-in-one courtyard in the capital, including the attached garden, has a total area of only 5,000 square meters, equivalent to 7 and a half acres, while this villa currently covers an area of 2.5 hectares, equivalent to more than 38 acres.
Only the third floor courtyard where the members of the Guofeng Art Troupe live.
The two-story quadrangular layout is 60 meters long and wide. The architectural style is not the simplicity and solemnity of northern quadrangles, but the delicacy and elegance of Jiangnan gardens. The square two-story main building has a total construction area of 3,300 square meters, except for 50 units. A standard 50-square-meter small suite with two bedrooms and one living room, as well as dining room, kitchen, library, entertainment room and other supporting facilities.
Therefore, there are an average of 4 people per suite, and there is still a lot of room available.
The Yingying and Yanyans returned to their residence, took off their makeup and changed clothes, and in a blink of an eye it was almost noon.
There was still some time before lunch time at 12 o'clock, and everyone was doing their own activities. Some girls who were familiar with Li Youhu came to her room on the second floor of the east wing of the courtyard, chattering about the "Bedroom" that the other party had just gotten. "Tiger Hidden Dragon".
"Youhu, actually I think the last words of Mr. Westeros are the key."
Li Youhu generously allowed the girls to circulate the book, and smiled and asked the girl named Yun Zijin to retort: "Why, do I have to go to become a disciple in the middle of the night, and then learn a skill like Sun Wukong and cause trouble in the heaven."
"What are you doing to become a disciple? It's so obvious. I'm going to sleep with you."
The speaker was Ouyang Shuli.
People are very adaptable. After finalizing the list, under Chen Qing's forced request, the girls quickly got used to using each other's new names.
After hearing what Ouyang Shuli said so straightforwardly, everyone immediately started to cheer again.
Another girl added: "Yes, yes, because Mrs. Westeros is here, Mr. Westeros can't point it out. If you don't even wink, you will definitely not get the role in the end."
"Classmate Xiao Ming, your thoughts are really too dark."
"You are not allowed to call me classmate Xiao Ming. Besides, Yu Xuannio, do you think your name is any better than mine?"
"You said it yourself, it's enough to be better than you, it doesn't matter how much."
"Wow, I fought with you..."
"Ah haha... Jing Xiaoming, don't scratch me, Yao Yao, come and help me."
"Doing it yourself and using your hands and feet doesn't suit my elegant name of 'Yaoyou'."
"Is this showing off? It's too irritating, Xuanniao, let's beat her together."
"good."
Li Youhu watched the girls falling entangled on the sofa in the living room. He was worried that the book would be damaged, so he grabbed the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", got up and went to the bedroom next door.
There is only one large bed in the bedroom, but it is a room for two people.
Of course, no one knows the evil intentions of someone who made such an arrangement, and the girls have no objection. The suite here is many times better than where many of them have lived before. When chatting privately, some girls mentioned that the furniture in the suite was all It's made of mahogany. Although the design style is modern and simple, it's definitely not an antique, but it's definitely very expensive.
Chen Xingwei, who had just run to take a shower instead of joining in the fun outside, was sitting in front of the dressing table in a bathrobe and doing facial care. When he saw Li Youhu coming in, he just glanced at her sideways and turned his gaze again. The mirror in front of you.
Sensing the other party's abnormality, Li Youhu opened his mouth slightly, but didn't say anything.
The two of them just happened to be selected into this Chinese style art troupe together. Due to personality differences and other reasons, they were never very close friends.
After putting the novel in his cabinet, Li Youhu thought about it and walked into the bathroom.
When I came out, someone was no longer there. I paused, walked over to open my cabinet, and found that the book was still there. Then I sat down in front of the dressing table and started doing facial care seriously.
This is the care training that the girls receive specially after being selected by the Guofeng Art Troupe, including all kinds of expensive skin care products.
Because this profession requires frequent heavy makeup, which is very harmful to the skin, maintenance is very important.
In fact, we didn’t have this kind of attention in the past, and we wouldn’t be able to afford it.
However, after becoming a member of the Westeros system, the Wei family maids are not lacking in the treatment they should have. Maintaining the best appearance and body condition through various maintenance at all times is both a benefit and a requirement.
After doing maintenance and changing clothes, it was lunch time.
Li Youhu has a proud and straightforward personality, but he is not stupid. He is a little hesitant about going downstairs to have lunch with everyone.
After all, what happened in the morning, even if they were joking on the surface, would definitely arouse some jealousy. In the end, we decided to go in later. Anyway, lunch time will last until one o'clock in the afternoon, and it seems that there are no performance tasks today. It's probably no problem to eat after one o'clock.
However, just after hiding in the room and watching TV for a while, Wei Sanzhao, who had also been specially noticed by Simon Westeros in the morning, knocked on the door. Seeing her there, he said, "Youhu, why don't you come down to eat?"
"I'm not too hungry, I plan to..."
Before he finished speaking, Wei Sancha had already said: "Come down quickly. Miss Chen brought delicious food and said it was a reward given to us by Mr. Westeros. I am also looking for you. It must be the one, um, "Bloody God" "Tiger, Hidden Dragon" thing."
Miss Chen is naturally Chen Qing.
In this case, I had no choice but to follow downstairs.
When we came to the restaurant downstairs, it seemed very lively. Several waitresses from the inner courtyard were distributing food to everyone. One of the roast pigs looked very eye-catching, the kind that makes people drool just by looking at it.
In fact, the catering standards here at the art troupe are already quite high. Although there is very little meat in order to keep them in shape, the variety of fruit salads provided every day are unimaginable in the past, and many of them are imported.
Seeing her appear, Chen Qing came over, took her to a corner of the restaurant, and said: "You can go back to the capital in the afternoon. Acting classes will be arranged for you there. I have already contacted you, and it is at the Central Theater. Next You just have to focus on preparing for that movie.”
Li Youhu subconsciously agreed. After realizing it, he hesitated slightly and asked again: "Well, Miss Chen, didn't Mr. Westeros say... tomorrow?"
Chen Qing interrupted: "The boss is joking, you should take it seriously."
"Then...next month, America?"
This is what she cares about most.
Nowadays, domestic people can break their heads for an opportunity to go abroad. Who knows if it will happen again if it is missed. What's more, they also promise to be naturalized directly after arriving in the United States, which makes this opportunity even more precious.
Chen Qing said: "The plan in this regard will not change. I will continue to arrange acting classes for you when you get there, so your English skills must also be improved as soon as possible. In short, Youhu, this is a rare opportunity, but you must also Remember, this is just an opportunity, and the boss has not given you any promises. Whether you can seize it depends on your efforts."
The two discussed for a while, and Chen Qing sent the other party to eat. Just as he was about to leave, a woman who was obviously much older than the girls around him came over. She looked like she was in her thirties, but her appearance and temperament were no worse than the green apples around her. On the contrary, she was better. Some. Moreover, the woman was holding a little girl in her hand, carved like a doll.
The woman stopped Chen Qing with an uneasy look on her face: "Ms. Chen, um, I heard that Mr. Westeros didn't read the "Chu Yun" I compiled this morning?"
"Yes, but I should watch it in the next few days," Chen Qing said, glancing at the little girl the woman was holding, and then said: "Ms. Liu, you have danced for so many years and have won many awards. Coupled with his status as a national first-class actor, it is definitely no problem to serve as a choreographer. Regarding your desire to take your daughter to the United States with you, I will discuss it with my boss in the next two days, and there will be a response soon. Moreover, this It’s just a small thing to the boss, not a big problem.”
Saying this, Chen Qing's eyes drifted over the woman again, and there was something different in her eyes.
"Then, thank you, Miss Chen." The woman did not notice Chen Qing's strangeness, and did not dare to urge her. She spoke politely and pulled the little girl next to her: "Feng'er, thank you sister quickly."
The little girl who was as delicate as a doll was instinctively timid in front of Chen Qing, but she still said obediently: "Thank you, sister."
Chen Qing stretched out her hand and pinched the girl's cheek, and reminded: "Remember to be good, don't run around here, it will cause trouble for your mother."
The little girl agreed softly and leaned slightly closer to her mother.
Children are always more intuitive.
The big sister in front of me is not as amiable as she appears on the surface.
When the woman holding the child heard what Chen Qing said, she quickly assured her, "Miss Chen, don't worry, I will keep an eye on Feng'er and I will never let her run around."