Chapter 73 – I’m an actress
The restaurant upstairs was a high-end western restaurant, which was also the place Hua Rong had intentionally chosen.
For these little girls who have never been out in the society, an elegant and luxurious environnt is not only a deterrent, but also a temptation. If they have really seen the wonderful life that money can bring, will they refuse?
At this thought Hua Rong’s expression finally returned to normal.
The waiter opened the door for them, and Hua Rong looked at Chu i Bo, but found her attitude very calm, as if to her, there was no difference between this restaurant and the chain coffee shop downstairs.
Hua Rong’s heart sank and suddenly felt that today it may not go as smooth as she imagined.
When they sat down, no one spoke for a while.
Hua Rong, on one hand, wanted to adjust her own mood, and on the other hand she wanted to put pressure on Chu i Bo. She blad her previous failure on Chu i Bo’s ignorance of the rits, so she adjusted her strategy.
Hua Rong comforted herself that following was the power of competition. Can a strong woman like her not be better than a little girl who hasn’t been out of school yet? As long as Chu i Bo didn’t hold her breath, she could take the initiative in this whole negotiation.
However, as the atmosphere between the two beca more and more dignified, Chu i Bo seed to have no awareness of it. From the beginning to the end, she was calm and confident. She even took out the paper from her bag and began to write. Hua Rong, on the other hand, began to grow a bit restless from the very beginning.
Just then, the sound of the waiter delivering food broke the stagnation.
Hua Rong breathed a sigh of relief and imdiately thought that she had lost this battle.
Hua Rong was about to speak, when Chu i Bo asked the waiter, “Can I pack this?”
Waiter: “Ah... Huh?”
Hua Rong didn’t expect that she would really want to pack food. She felt very ashad at that mont, but unfortunately, she had agreed to it. So she could only keep a straight face and say to the waiter with a strange expression, “Go and get the nu.”
The waiter suddenly ca to his senses, “OK, just a mont.”
The nu was all in English, and Chu i Bo’s English was not enough for her to fully understand the nu, so she didn’t order one by one. She quite simply and roughly pointed at the nu, “Pack this position and this position for .”
Waiter: “...”
Hua Rong’s heart was dripping blood. This restaurant was not cheap. Moreover, she ca to find Chu i Bo in her private ti, this al would be paid by her own bank card.
The waiter took a careful look at Hua Rong. “Lady, this, look...”
Chu i Bo also followed the waiter’s words and looked at Hua Rong. She supported herself with one hand and said with a smile, “Ms. Hua, if you don’t have enough money, I can pay for it myself.”
Hua Rong smiled reluctantly. “Since I have invited you to dinner, how can I let you pay for it?” She looked at the waiter and gritted her teeth. “Put it all on my account.”
Waiter: “Alright, alright.”
It was only after the waiter went away, that Hua Rong’s pain eased slowly.
Since she beca an agent, she has always been invincible. This was the first ti she encountered such a setback. Hua Rong thought angrily that this Chu i Bo was just as stupid as Cheng ngjiao, otherwise how could they play together!
However, a hotheaded youth also had the advantages of a hotheaded youth, at least they were considerably less thoughtful.
Hua Rong finally felt a bit more comfortable when she thought so. She set her eyes on Chu i Bo again and looked at her carefully.
In terms of facial features, although Chu i Bo was beautiful, she couldn’t help having thin and pitiful eyebrows, which was very much in line with the aesthetic appearance of the public. But if it’s just the face alone there were dozens of pretty faces in the entertainnt circle and it was not worth Hua Rong’s special visit.
What really stands out about her was the sharp edge in her frail beauty, which was the core of her competitiveness.
Hua Rong looked at Chu i Bo, who was already eating the western food. Although her movents were a little rusty, her dining etiquette was correct. She was dressed in cheap clothes, but she didn’t feel inferior to the famous elites dressed in brand clothes around her.
Just this calm was already far better than many others.
This aura is what a star needs the most.
Hua Rong was more and more satisfied with her, and her little grievance against Chu i Bo gradually disappeared. As long as Chu i Bo signed with her, she would surely be able to beco popular with her skills. At that ti she would naturally earn a lot of money, so why bother with this ager al money now.
Thinking like ths Hua Rong finally regained her usual appearance and the shrewdness in her mind returned amplified.
She put down her knife and fork, took a napkin and gently wiped the corner of her mouth. She smiled before saying, “Miss Chu, please forgive for taking the liberty of finding you today.”
Chu i Bo raised her eyebrows, it seed that the main dish was finally served. She also put down her knife and fork and raised her head. “It doesn’t matter.”
Hua Rong: “Don’t be too nervous. Think of today as having dinner with a new friend. I’m only a few years older than you. You can call Big Sister Hua. Can I call you i Bo?”
Chu i Bo smiled and said, “Yes.”
Hua Rong added, “Actually, since I saw your acting clip for the first ti, I have admired you very much and have been looking for a chance to get to know you. Last ti, at the awards ceremony, it was a bit inconvenient and I didn’t have a chance to have a few words with you. Today can be regarded as the fulfillnt of a long cherished wish.”
Her opening speech gave Chu i Bo a small complint, but it didn’t seem deliberate.
“i Bo, you are very talented. I’ve seen so many actresses, not to ntion the new generation of flowers, even the famous movie queens, and you are not inferior to any of them, especially your temperant, which is precisely the scarce resource in today’s circle. That clip of Kwai Ji which was released and imdiately beca popular is the proof.”
Chu i Bo raised her eyebrows and said, “So?”
Hua Rong saw that her attitude was still indifferent, as if she had not been touched at all, so she had to increase her pressure and said, “You are just entering this circle, so you may not know the reality. This circle is high and low. You are not popular, no matter how good your acting skills are, you are still just a newcor, and you can only wait for an opportunity passively. Even if you are lucky, it is a pity that you can only play the second or third female lead in so online drama.”
“But for actresses, youth is capital. How many talented actresses have spent their ti waiting, and missed the best opportunity? There is only a little space at the top of the pyramid, and everyone wants to stand at the top. A little more capital ans a few more possibilities, don’t you think?”
Chu i Bo supported her chin with her hand. “That, what does Big Sister Hua an?”
Seeing her take the bait, Hua Rong’s mouth slightly hooked as she said, “As I said before, I really appreciate you and I really don’t want to see your talent go to waste so I want to work with you to achieve a win-win situation.”
“As long as you listen to and do what I say, in only a year, I can make your popularity rise rapidly and make you the most popular female star in this country. You won’t need to audition for roles and a large number of scripts will be offered to you, begging you to play the female lead, as well as all kinds of endorsents and resources. You will have lots of money, the crazy pursuit of fans, you will get whatever you want... “
Hua Rong’s words ware fanatical and provocative.
“Sounds tempting.” Chu i Bo leaned back and folded her arms, asking lightly, “But I know that there is no free lunch in this world. Sister Hua, I don’t think you are such a philanthropist, are you?”
Chu i Bo’s response was too calm, just like a basin of cold water pouring on Hua Rong’s head.
Hua Rong could not help but sit up straighter and say eagerly, “What are you worried about? The hidden rules? Or don’t you believe I can do it?”
Chu i Bo didn’t say anything.
Hua Rong spoke hurriedly, “You can ask the entertainnt circle to inquire about my reputation. Since I say it, I naturally can do it. As for the hidden rules, I dare not guarantee it to you, but I am not that kind of short-sighted agent who pimps her own artists casually...”
She looked at Chu i Bo with determination. “The first ti I saw you, I knew that you and I are the sa kind of people. You are ambitious and not willing to be ordinary. You can give up everything for your goal. Those false titles are just used to trap so incompetent people, and the really strong ones do not care about them at all.”
Hearing her words, Chu i Bo’s expression finally changed a little.
She burst out laughing.
Hua Rong frowned. “What are you laughing at?”
Chu i Bo said lightly, “You are right. I am ambitious and unwilling to be ordinary. I can give up everything to archive my goal. I don’t care about fa, but...”
“But what?” Hua Rong asked.
“I’m an actress.” Chu i Bo’s voice was plain, but the firmness beyond it was indisputable. “My ambition is only about acting.”
“Ha?” Hua Rong looked at her in disbelief, then smiled briefly before hurriedly saying, “Actress? What are you talking about? Are you reciting so lines?”
Chu i Bo was not angry, she just chuckled, “Different roads have different paths.”
Hua Rong reluctantly suppressed her anger, and then said, “Even so, our goals are not conflicting, and becoming the most popular...”
“Not the sa.” Chu i Bo shook her head. “What you need is a star, a person who is completely different from the mainstream silly white lotus. She would need a lot of exposure and appearance in public, that as long as people think of her, they would think of her as a person and not about the role she played.”
“What’s wrong with that?” Hua Rong asked reluctantly.
“There’s nothing wrong with it.” Chu i Bo didn’t care. “It’s just not for .”
“I’m an actress, and my work should be the character that appears in every play, not myself. I need more space to practice and enter my role. I’m not willing to play only two girls or three girls. I want to challenge more outstanding and complex characters and participate in many interesting stories. But my ambition doesn’t need to be fulfilled by these non mainstream thods.”
“With my strength, one year will be enough.”
She said this impolitely, like a slap to Hua Rong’s face.
With a green and red face Hua Rong suddenly stood up and said, “You are too naive, you will regret it sooner or later!”
Chu i Bo: “Oh, then let’s wait and see.”
Hua Rong lost the battle so bad that she angrily called the waiter to pay the bill regardless of her manners.
The waiter ca over with a bag of packed food. “Here are the dishes you ordered.”
Hua Rong took a breath.
Chu i Bo calmly took it and smiled at Hua Rong. “Thank you for your hospitality.”
Hua Rong: “...”
Hua Rong trembled with anger, paid the bill angrily and left the restaurant on her high-heels.
Chu i Bo then slowly walked out of the restaurant with her packed food.
Soon after they left, an old man with thin white hair on his head said with a smile, “This little girl is rare.”
The man opposite him also said with a smile, “What Director Xie said is that there are not many pure actors in today’s society.”
Director Xie touched his chin. “Say, how about letting her play Cheng Yanxin?”
The man on the other side was startled. “Are you kidding?”
Director Xie looked unhappy. “Am I a joker to you?”
“But... But... “
The other side was about to cry. He was the producer of the movie “Red Actor”. Director Xie, who sat opposite of him was the director of this movie and one of the most famous directors in China.
“Red Actor” is a novel of the sa na written by Xu Hanzhang, a great literary master from the period of the Republic of China. Xu Hanzhang has made great achievents in literature and “Red Actor” was his most famous novel. The heroine, Cheng Yanxin was based on the legendary movie queen Gu i.
Since it was known that Director Xie was going to direct the movie, no one knew how many actresses have taken a fancy to the role of Cheng Yanxin. The movie was still in a stage of preparation but many people have already inquired about it through various channels.
It’s just that Director Xie was famous for his big temper and stubbornness, and he was not satisfied with any of them.
So he made the decision directly like a clap of the clapboard. “Go find out which company she is from and then ask her to co over for an audition.”
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