fringe artist

Chapter 163 161. Director Cheng: Li'an, I want to whore for nothing
"You can't eat this, 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 is this? You are like this. If you do this again, I will run away." Chen Li'an picked up the pomegranate and peeled it while muttering.

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

"You know I'm unreliable, so you still come here. It's not 24 hours yet, so I regret that you came too soon." Chen Li'an said as he squeezed a pomegranate and threw it into his mouth.

"I don't regret it." Gong Li touched her flat stomach and said, "From now on, it's all I have."

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

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

"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 play this game in the future."

Gong Li calculated the time, and it would take at least a week for the re-shooting in Suzhou. As long as the old cow works hard, there is no land that cannot be planted!

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

"Again?"

"You can not?"

"Row"

On the afternoon of the third day, Chen Li'an came out of the hotel with dark circles under his eyes, feeling that he had lived an inhuman life for the past few days.

Chen Li'an has never done anything like this before. For two days, he slept, ate, ate, and cooked, and the donkeys in the commune didn't do anything like that!

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

Now Chen Li'an wanted to run away when he saw Gong Li raising his legs, it was so scary, he had already made up his mind that he would never see Gong Li in the next two, no, three months.

"Life is so fucking boring." Sitting in the car, Chen Li'an couldn't help expressing emotion.

Gong Li glanced at him, snorted and said, "You don't know your blessings when you are blessed, so continue tonight."

Continuing, Chen Li'an has already made up his mind, he must run away tonight, and hide with Zhang Guorong, even if he is misunderstood.

When he came to Tongli Water Town again, Chen Li'an suddenly felt a little emotional. It was the scenery here that gave him inspiration and allowed him to get the Golden Lion of Venice.

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

Looking at the quiet and peaceful town, Chen Li'an came to the hotel where he stayed with Gong Li, and met Cheng Dao and Du Kefen downstairs of the hotel, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

The two sat together smoking a cigarette, muttering and 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 I'm not feeling well and go upstairs to rest."

For Gong Li now, recharging her energy is the most important thing, and the boring human relationship is temporarily ignored.

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

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

"Oh? What are you talking about?" Chen Li'an sat down with a smile, then looked at Cheng Dao and joked, "Isn't it because you want to add tasks to me?"

Director Cheng laughed, thinking in his heart that he would definitely not add more scenes to you, otherwise my movie would not be complete, but I want to prostitute your painting for nothing.

Looking at Chen Li'an's puzzled eyes, Cheng Dao smiled and said, "I really have this idea, but there is no way to increase the role of the scene, but there is something I would like to ask for your help."

Hearing that it wasn't an extra play, Chen Li'an was a little relieved, but if it wasn't an extra play, it meant that it would be even more difficult for Director Cheng to ask him for help.

So he asked curiously: "Director Cheng, if you need help with anything, I will definitely help you if you can."

Cheng Dao and Du Kefen looked at each other, and then said: "I want you to draw a poster for the movie, just like your award-winning work in Venice."

Chen Li'an immediately understood, this is to prostitute himself for nothing, and to add a little artistry to the movie. He is indeed a little famous in the European art circle now, after all, the Venice Art Biennale is still very important.

This request is not difficult, Cheng Dao has helped himself before, Chen Li'an hesitated a little and said: "There is no problem in drawing posters, but I have already signed a contract with the manager, so I can't send 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 work, the price will definitely not be low, let alone hundreds of thousands.

"I know this. Your paintings are not cheap now. I've heard about them. Christie's auction sold them for 180 million pounds. I don't have that much money to buy your paintings." Director Cheng smiled. Then he said: "However, there is one more thing I need to clarify with you first. I will participate in next year's Cannes. I wonder if I can draw well before then?"

180 million yuan was auctioned, Chen Li'an didn't care much, since the painting didn't belong to him anyway.

It is not difficult for Cheng Dao to finish the painting before the start of Cannes next year. If the inspiration comes, he can finish the painting in two or three days at most, but he must not tell Cheng Dao like this, otherwise people will think that he does not take it seriously.

Chen Li'an pretended to ponder and said: "It's about the same. When I create, it will be slower, and there is no way to let my partner work together. It takes longer."

Hearing Chen Li'an's words, Director Cheng felt relieved. He had known Chen Li'an for so long, and he knew that he would not agree to things that were not sure of his character.

Cheng Dao was very happy to be able to prostitute an artist's poster for nothing, and immediately took Chen Li'an's hand and said, "I'm treating guests tonight, let's have a drink together!"

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

"Oh? Let's start tonight, so let's forget about today." Cheng Dao laughed, thinking that the movie poster is more important, what can't be eaten.

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

After chatting with the two of them for a few more words, Chen Li'an also found an excuse to go upstairs, habitually came to the room where he lived in last time, just when he was about to knock on the door, he realized that Mr. Zhou was not waiting for him inside.

Just as he let go of his hand resentfully and was about to leave, the door to the opposite room opened. Zhang Guorong poked his head out and looked at Chen Li'an and said, "Why did you come here? Come quickly, I have something to tell you."

Chen Li'an turned to look at Zhang Guorong, and asked with a smile, "You arrived so soon, why didn't you call me?"

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

Chen Li'an followed Zhang Guorong in wondering, and asked curiously, "What's going on?"

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

Looking at Chen Li'an's strange behavior, Zhang Guorong thought that his cigarette case was empty, so he threw his own cigarette over there.

After Chen Li'an caught it, he put it aside and said, "I'm quitting smoking, so let's talk about it, what's going on."

Quit smoking?Why quit smoking, Zhang Guorong looked at Chen Li'an strangely, then sat next to him and said, "It's fine if you don't smoke, it's not because I have something to do with you, but because I want Shufen to find you."

"Miss Chen? Why is she looking for me? Did Miss Chen come with you this time?" Chen Li'an crossed Erlang's legs and was a little puzzled.

"I want to ask if you want to go to Xiangjiang to develop." Zhang Guorong said briefly before explaining: "The Song of the Night will be released soon, and the box office is not bad. Now it has more than 1000 million Hong Kong dollars. Your performance in the movie Highly rated."

"and then?"

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

Chen Li'an took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, sniffed it on his nose, thought for a while and said, "I never thought about signing with a brokerage company, it's too troublesome, running around with all kinds of announcements is exhausting."

Zhang Guorong knew Chen Li'an's answer a long time ago, but he still said what Cheng Shufen explained.

"Shufen said that she won't arrange too many jobs for you, and only with a broker can you get better resources. Just like this time without a brokerage company to help you, the enthusiasm will soon disappear."

Chen Li'an didn't respond after hearing this. He knew this truth, but if he really signed a contract, he would definitely arrange various jobs. If they don't make money for the company, why would they sign you?

Besides, in Xiangjiang, even if Chen Li'an went, he would not be able to receive any good resources. It would be difficult for him to be the number one male, so it would be meaningless to sign.

It's like if his paintings can't be sold, Ji Fa will also have a headache. A friend is a friend, and a business is a business.

After Zhang Guorong finished speaking, he did not continue this topic, poured a glass of wine and handed it to Chen Li'an and said, "Think about it yourself, it's up to you whether you agree or not."

Chen Li'an shook his wine glass, thinking that he really lacked an agent, or an assistant to help him handle some things, and it would be a bit troublesome to run everything by himself.

After thinking for a while, Chen Li'an gave up thinking and decided to turn around and ask Gong Li. She has more experience than himself and should be able to give a good suggestion.

When he came to Gong Li's room at night, Chen Li'an told her what Zhang Guorong had said to him.

Gong Li asked after listening, "You want to ask me if I will sign?"

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

Gong Li drank a cup of 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 would be better to have an agent."

Chen Li'an frowned and said: "Well, but I don't want to accept Xiangjiang's movies. 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, Xiangjiang is still xenophobic." Gong Li has also made Hong Kong films, and knows what the people there are like, so she said with a little interest: "You used to play around in the entertainment circle, and now you are like this." Very good, if you want an assistant, I will help you find one later."

In fact, Gong Li still has another concern. If Chen Li'an's personality 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 the business, Gong Li put down the cup in her hand, looked at Chen Li'an and said, "It's time to take the medicine."

The corners of Chen Li'an's eyes twitched, what a boring day!
If there is a child, he must be beaten when he comes out!
(Chapter 2, everyone, don’t rush, I work in the underworld, and it’s past nine o’clock when I get home from get off work every day, so it’s updated very late, you can watch it the next morning.)
(End of this chapter)