No, it's too stressful to talk to Auntie Ren. Don't look at how she's usually kind and reasonable, she becomes paranoid when it comes to her daughter! I can't stay here any longer, I have to go or I'll be late for class.
But Auntie Ren didn't plan on letting me go.
"Hey, about being an extra under me, have you thought about it?"
"Eh? Weren't you just teasing me? Are you really going to let me act? "
"Nonsense! Although you and your dad are worth about the same as two flies in my eyes, but even if it's only one in a million, what if you get together with Xiao Qin? How are you going to earn money to support your family? Do you have any special skills? Do you want to live off a woman and let Xiao Qin support you? "
"… …"
Although I wanted to say that I could inherit the family business or work at a construction site, but that would only make Auntie Ren despise me even more.
"I'm planning ahead, I have to arrange a path for a brat like you, right?"
"… …"
"Don't look down on extras. If the audition is good, I'll arrange more scenes for you. It would be a pity if you don't play a bad guy with your scary looks!"
"Auntie Ren, I appreciate your good intentions, but I'm still in school and my schoolwork is more important (I'm going against my conscience). Also, I don't want to play a bad guy … Is there no positive role I can play?"
"Tsk, you're taking advantage of me! You want to play a good guy with that face of yours? I don't know about other places, but the cast of 'Magic Cauldron' doesn't lack good people like you! Stop talking nonsense, if you're willing to play a bad guy, I can give you a few roles to choose from as long as the audition isn't too terrible! "
I was a complete amateur in the field of acting, but Auntie Ren had this kind of confidence in me, it was very strange.
"Eh? Didn't NetEase say that America is the beacon of hope for humanity? Shouldn't their movies be full of light and have a lot of positive characters? How can there be so many negative characters for me to choose from? "
Auntie Ren made an expression that made her eyes roll up.
"Hmph, the self-esteem of Americans is the most fragile. Didn't you see in 'House' that all the incurable patients are black and yellow? Whenever they invest in a film, even if it's an Eastern-style Kung Fu film, they'll try their best to arrange for Asians to play the supporting and antagonist roles. Your looks are just right to set off their grandeur — I reckon that when the director sees you, he might feel like he's picked up a treasure! "
I was not happy to hear that.
In the past, I watched a scientific exploration program filmed by the Americans. It was about the year 204xx, when humans landed on Mars. The United States, Europe, Russia, and Japan formed an alliance and sent out their own astronauts to ride on the same spaceship. Although there were many small conflicts along the way, generally speaking, it was just a quarrel between husband and wife.
This was clearly a popular science film, but it was very political. There were two main irritating points:
First, China was the imaginary enemy of the Human Alliance in this film. From the beginning to the end, not a single Chinese person appeared (China used a robotic spacecraft to land on Mars alone).
Secondly, the Japanese from the Human Alliance in this film sacrificed themselves on Mars in order to protect everyone.
Actually, as a Chinese person, I should feel happy that the Japanese died, but when I saw a group of blonde and blue eyed Caucasians salute the helmet of Bento Jun (let's call him that for now), I suddenly realized that Bento Jun didn't represent the Japanese, but all Asians.
This is the usual practice of Americans. It's different from the 'foreign guest' mentality in China. Americans feel that foreigners come to their country mainly to make contributions (such as sacrifices).
It's also Hollywood's principle to have Chinese movie stars play bad guys, it's pretty much their basic national policy.
Even one of my idols, Jet Li, was not spared.
When Jet Li first came into contact with Hollywood, he acted in 'Blasting Cannon 4'. Not only did his hair become an ugly braid (probably to highlight the ignorance and backwardness of Chinese people), he was also stabbed to death by Mel Gibson with a steel pipe at the end of the film. It was an indescribable tragedy.
When it came to 'Danny Wolfdog', Jet Li's image was even worse, he became an uncivilized barbarian.
All in all, Jet Li, who was very good at laughing in the Fang Shiyu series, was forced to put on a straight face and play a savage image when he came to Hollywood, which was dominated by the Americans, to set off the democracy, justice, and advancement of the Americans.
Fortunately, Brother Jie finally stopped playing with Hollywood and shouted, "You bully people!" He shouted "You're bullying me!" and ran back to the embrace of the Chinese audience in tears.
Oh, the above sentence was just my imagination, please don't believe it to be true.
Now that Auntie Ren said this, isn't she telling me to follow the old path of green leaves to set off red flowers?
The problem is, why should I set off those Americans! You guys even dare to bully my idol, I don't know how I'll be treated when I go to the set!
Maybe I'll have to shave my head into a yin yang shape, wear a loincloth, use a rubber duck as a weapon, and be killed by a justice team in a cesspool!
Compared to this kind of treatment, I might as well go to Director Cao and act as Jin Ling Young Thug! At least it'll set off our own people in China!
Of course, I heard from Cao JingShen that his father already found a suitable actor and he doesn't need me anymore.
Also, the last time I went to Xiao Qin's house to fix the computer, I was hiding in the bedroom and eavesdropping on their conversation.
It seems that everyone on the set of 'The Magic Cauldron' has to communicate in English, right? With my level of English, wouldn't it be like entering a duck pen and not understand what they're talking about?
I told Auntie Ren about my worries, but she didn't seem to care.
"Is English difficult? Wouldn't it be fine if you put in a bit of effort and put in a bit of effort? You don't have to be too good, just reach Xiao Qin's level is enough … "
Auntie Ren, you make it sound too easy! This isn't a problem that can be solved with a bit of effort! For me, it's harder than realizing the four modernizations and living a well-off life! Also, Xiao Qin didn't learn English at school, right? She stayed at home for three years, if it wasn't taught by a tutor, then it was taught by Auntie Ren! Auntie Ren has interacted with a lot of foreign directors. When they visit your house, they might even call Xiao Qin out to speak English and have a three-person conversation.
My house doesn't have a good learning environment! Although my dad's computer would occasionally transmit a few sentences of English, it was mostly simple words like "Fuck", "Oh yeah", "Babe is busy"!
"If you learn English well, I'll arrange a role for you, understand?"
Auntie Ren said to me like she was assigning homework.
"English … I probably won't be able to learn it for the rest of my life …"
She wasn't being modest. In my situation, my only hope is that the US imperialists will decline and Chinese will become the world's lingua franca.
Auntie Ren looked at me like I was an old tire in a junkyard.
"You have to learn even if you can't! Tell your dad to hire a tutor! If you can't do it, I can let Xiao Qin teach you! You've already encountered such a good thing, don't you want to put in a bit of effort? "
I don't know if the so-called "good thing" refers to the role or if Xiao Qin likes me.
Because my left hand was injured, I didn't bring my watch today. I don't know if I'm already late.
Under my repeated requests, Auntie Ren finally waved her hand and let me go to school.
Before she left, she didn't forget to tell me to learn Bird Language well and not do anything unnecessary to Xiao Qin, otherwise I'll be in trouble.
Thank you Auntie Ren for your good intentions. My face is already ugly and I don't want to do anything unnecessary to Xiao Qin.
When I entered class 2-3, there weren't many people in the classroom.
Other than the class leader and the student on duty who arrived early, most of the chairs were empty.
Xiao Qin also didn't arrive.
Was it because he ran two laps less and didn't eat breakfast, so he came to school early?
The class leader saw my left arm was wrapped in a thick bandage and I had a splint hanging from my neck. She couldn't help but frown.
"Did you get into a fight again?"
I looked at the sky and thought for a second.
"It doesn't feel wrong to say it was a fight …"
The class leader had a pained expression.
"I've already said it before, you can't always win if you go around fighting people! If you keep going like this, one day you'll be beaten to death! "
Her voice was unusually loud, even the student on duty turned around to look at us.
The class leader blushed a bit when she realized she was making a racket in a quiet classroom.
After a moment of silence, she stared at my left arm and asked: "Is it serious?"
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