Chapter 3: Interviews
"You have money to buy so many books, why don't you buy food?" Director Zhou asked Guan Chen while browsing the dazzling books.
Guan Chen was also curious about this question, where the money went. Then, while rummaging through the cabinets and looking for change, he found the answer. "I used to be crazy and used all the money to buy books and wine."
Guan Chen grabbed a few invoices from the ground with anger, and the ones who purchased the most were wine, cigarettes, and books.
The latest invoice was from last week. The reverse side of the invoice was written with a line of words - [We have been repeatedly shaped by people who love us. As long as they persist a little, we will become their works.]
Guan Chen couldn't see such uninformed words, so he quickly kneaded the invoice into a ball and left it aside. He turned to Director Zhou and said, "If you choose any of these books, you will get a 50% discount."
The books in the bookcase are full of books, including social sciences, literature, economy, art, philosophy, history, politics, photography collections... Guan Chen hasn't read a single one, and he is too lazy to read it. In his eyes, these books are simply hypnotics ready to go. It would be better to twist his head off to let him read the book honestly.
"Have you read all these books?" Director Zhou randomly took out the books and found that every book he received had read notes.
"If you finish reading it all, there is no such thing." Guan Chen ate the buns in a hurry and answered vaguely.
Director Zhou saw several unopened new books and thought Guan Chen was rigorously saying that he had not read the new book yet, "That's amazing too."
Guan Chen smiled calmly.
"Which book do you like the most among so many books?" asked Director Zhou.
“My favorite book is always the next one.”
"It's so amazing." Director Zhou exclaimed and said, "You have too many books here. I don't know which one to buy. Why don't you recommend one for me?"
Guan Chen subconsciously looked up and searched the thickest and most expensive book in the bookcase.
The thickest book is decided to be you...
"I recommend this "Criminal Law"." Guan Chen said seriously.
Director Zhou was deeply surprised: "Why?"
How could Guan Chen say that the thicker the book, the more expensive it is. Thinking about it carefully, he found that the Criminal Law may really be the most familiar one among many books.
In his previous life, Guan Chen's boss always asked them to read more books. Among them, the Criminal Law was used as an employment guidance textbook, so he had to read more. Although Guan Chen became sleepy as soon as he read the book, he was very career-oriented. He had to hold him to read a few lines before going to bed every day. The effect was always very good. He often fell asleep in a few minutes. In the long run, although he didn't remember much content, he could only do some work of fighting, killing, and transporting goods, but he finally fell asleep.
Now that I see the Criminal Law, I feel intimate.
I used it as an employment guidance material in my previous life. Since I wanted to be a good citizen in this life, this book became another kind of guidance.
Facing Director Zhou's inquiry and camera, Guan Chen suddenly became deeper. He thought for a while and said:
"I like law very much because I think law is the best thing human beings have ever invented. Do you know what human beings are? In my eyes, human beings are the sum of divinity and animal nature; they have good things you can't imagine, and there are evils you can't imagine. There is no right or wrong, this is human beings. So the law is particularly cute. No matter how good you can be, it restricts you from being evil. It is clear that everyone has such dirty things in their hearts. It can be thought of, but it cannot be done. The law is more like the minimum living allowance of human nature, which is a compulsory cultivation. It does not like religion that requires you to be high in your eyes, so you can tell you steadily, at least what it should be. It talks about human feelings, and is cruel and ruthless." (Note)
Director Zhou said with admiration: "It's so good."
"It's really good." Guan Chen smiled. Looking back on the few seconds just now, he felt a wonderful feeling. He had just flashed the corresponding movie clip in his mind, and came to his senses and memorized a long line smoothly.
Guan Chen was not particularly surprised by this. He started to be involved in society in junior high school. He recognized his words, had no education, and had no teachings from teachers and parents. Everything he learned came from two places. One was society and the other was movies.
He will not feel tired of watching a movie he likes over and over again. The lines that will make him sleepy when he falls on paper, but as long as he speaks it through dialogue, he will remember it firmly.
The only thing Guan Chen felt a little strange was that when he was memorizing the lines just now, his mind was in a daze and sank to another place, which was a bit strange.
"Where did you graduate?" Director Zhou interrupted Guan Chen's contemplation.
The interview has begun unknowingly.
Guan Chen came to his senses and thought about the university where his predecessor seemed to be a Yun or something. He couldn't remember, so he simply got up and walked to the closet, leaned in half his body and pulled it for a while, and then found a graduation photo.
It says [Yunman University] and [Huaxia Language and Literature Department].
Guan Chen followed the poem: "Yunman University."
The young cameraman couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice: "Yunman!"
Guan Chen looked at the young camera's expression quietly.
In Guan Chen's speculation, his predecessor was so miserable that college was probably a pheasant university. However, listening to the unconcealed surprise in the tone of the young cameraman, he found that the facts were likely to be the opposite.
He looked at the graduation photo carefully and found that the corner of the graduation photo was printed with a few small words in hot stamping.
[Your clouds are rotten, and you will be in awe. The sun and moon are bright, and you will be in awe. - "Your Cloud Song"]
Hey, why do these two words look so familiar...Danfu?Danxi?Fu...Dan...Isn't this a fucking version of Fudan University in another world?
Guan Chen knew about Fudan in his previous life as one of the top 5 universities in the country.
With the strong east and weak west in this world, it is likely that with the blessing, the school name sign has become louder.
Guan Chen felt a little guilty when he wanted to pretend to be a famous college student.
"Yunman University, no wonder." Director Zhou nodded suddenly, as if he felt that the legal statement just now was a very normal thing for a graduate of a prestigious university's literature department.
"When did you start to be an actor?" asked Director Zhou.
"It's time to graduate soon." Guan Chen actually didn't know. If Director Zhou hadn't discovered his experience in "The Poetic Body", he wouldn't have known that his predecessor was an actor or had been an actor.
“Does family support me?”
Guan Chen smiled meaningfully, leaving a lot of blank space. In fact, he didn't know whether his predecessor's family was still there or how many people there were. Because he didn't have a predecessor's mobile phone, he couldn't judge from the address book.
Director Zhou could see that Guan Chen is a passive interviewee. He asked a question and answered one, and he almost didn't take the initiative to talk. Therefore, after waiting for a while, he found that Guan Chen stopped talking, he could only continue to ask:
"Then are you still performing now?"
"Probably nothing."
"That's how it is," Director Zhou looked regretful, "What about other jobs? Do you want to do it?"
"No job," Guan Chen replied calmly, with no inferiority on his face, nor any loss. "I'll sell books now and exchange some money. I haven't thought about what to do in the future yet."
In the last sentence, Guan Chen was serious. When he arrived in this world, he felt that the [future] thing, even if it was a plan, did not have to be completed, but just thinking about it can give people a sense of strength.
"Isn't it a pity?" asked Director Zhou.
Guan Chen could hear this sentence, which is a pity. It refers to finally getting into Yunman, but finally giving up his major and becoming an actor. In the end, the actor did not take it as a result, which means that he had been wasting his efforts for several years. Whether it was his efforts to study or his efforts to perform.
"I was born to be useful, I'm not in a hurry." Guan Chenyun smiled lightly, looking like he was very free and easy.
When Director Zhou heard this, he had a look of "I don't know if I should say it or not", and finally said: "What you just wanted to say is "I was born with a talented person, and I will come back after all my daughters are gone]?" (Note 2)
"..." Guan Chen was silent for a moment, "Just say how it was changed."
Director Zhou praised with great face: "[I was born to be useful, and I will come back after spending all my money] It's quite catchy, and those who are good at literature are good. It seems that professional skills are not abandoned at all."
Guan Chen smiled but said nothing. He didn't know how many slaps he had made in his heart.
Let you show off, let you show off! What knowledge does it take! It’s too difficult for students from this famous university to act. If you don’t pay attention, you will step on the thunder.
He made up his mind, ancient poems, proverbs, etc., and it would be better not to say it himself.
"Why don't you continue to perform?" Director Zhou seemed to feel sorry for Guan Chen and wanted to guide Guan Chen to tell him the hardships.
"Somewhat complicated." Guan Chen refused to say.
"If you tell the camera, you may be seen by a director, and you may have another chance." Director Zhou was seriously and half-joking.
Guan Chen waved his hand, as if there was a real hidden secret.
Director Zhou has no choice.
I couldn't ask anything new, and the interview was almost over here. It was already 1:00 a.m.
Judging from the content currently being picked, although the quality is not average, it has not met the expectations in Director Zhou's mind. Guan Chen has always retained it, which is really regrettable.
If you put the title, you can only attract audiences in terms of [Yunman University graduates have fallen to this point].
Director Zhou got up and wandered around in front of the bookcase. In addition to the Criminal Law, he was planning to buy a few more books to go back as support.
"What is this?" Director Zhou suddenly saw a strange book. The title of the book was not written on the spine, but only a big one [1].
Take it out and the cover reads [The first step to becoming a movie hero].
It turns out that this is not a book, it is a notebook. It is mixed in a bunch of books and pretends to be a book. It is quite successful, and almost didn't notice it.
Director Zhou took a few steps back and looked through the bookcase with sharp eyes. He quickly found the book marked [2]. Take it out, and the cover reads [Second Step to Becoming a Actor Award]. According to the rules, there should be third, fourth and fifth steps behind.
Director Zhou had a premonition that the reasons why Guan Chen refused to give up the performance should be all in these notes. He wanted to open it and read it, but at least he was still in a conscience. It would be immoral to open it without permission to peek at other people's privacy.
"Can you take a look at this?" asked Director Zhou.
Guan Chen was sorting out the newspaper he picked up today. After hearing the inquiry, he turned around and saw that Director Zhou was holding the book in the bookcase, so he waved his hand indifferently: "Let's take a look."
Director Zhou looked at each other with the young cameraman, and the latter immediately opened the camera again.
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Note:
The long line about the law in the article comes from the movie "The Scarlet Sun".
[I was born with talent, but my daughter was gone and I would come back again] From the Dunhuang fragment Li Bai's poem copy.
Chapter completed!