joe big

Chapter 4

This is not the first time a man has come to this shop.When the man took off the sunglasses on his face, Qiao Qiu found that the man's face was very familiar.Thinking back carefully, he seemed to often sit in a corner of the store, quietly observing something.

Qiao begged to let go, forced the man to let go, paused, handed over the cone on his hand, and said, "Your cones, there are six lonkas in total, thank you for your patronage..."

"I'm a director." The man retracted the sunglasses he took off from his face, revealing a face about 40 years old, and he said familiarly, "My name is Likert, you college students understand English, you know actors, right? I was born to be a director..."

Qiao Qiu couldn't help it anymore, frowned, looked at Likert and said, "You...,...the director is the director."

Likert was very embarrassed, he laughed until the corners of his eyes were wrinkled, and said, "Yes, yes."

Qiao Qiu lowered his eyes, indicating that he was unwilling to talk to him.

But Likert's enthusiasm was shocking. He said, "I've been watching you for days. Look, look."

Likert took out a thick notebook, the size of an A4 paper, from his pocket, and he didn't know how he hid it in his pocket.He flipped over the bar in front of the cash register, and because of the height of the bar, Likert nearly fell over.

Qiao Qiu looked at him in shock, and exclaimed: "Sir...Mr.! Except for the staff, you can't come in."

Likert pretended not to hear, he said, "Come and see."

Qiao Qiu frowned, but looked up curiously.

The thick book is full of pencil sketches, some are so chaotic that the outlines cannot be seen clearly, and some are drawn very clearly.

The man's fingers trembled excitedly, flipped through the book, turned to a certain page, pointed to Qiao Qiu and said, "Look, does it look like you?"

"..."

Qiao Qiu glanced at him casually, and with a 'uh' sound, he pushed Likert's back and said, "You can't come in. Get out quickly."

Likert almost fell down, thinking that this kid is so strong...

Still not giving up, he leaned on the workbench with his hands propped up, chattering about his plans and understandings to Qiao Qiu.

Joe begged to go in his left ear and out of his right ear, but he didn't hear a word. When there were guests, he got up to make cold drinks, and when there was no one else, he just looked down at his book.

"..." Likert said dryly. Seeing that Qiao Qiu didn't react at all, he thought about it and said temptingly, "I'm filming a TV series with me. The salary for one episode is [-] lonka. Although it's a bit small, but You are the protagonist, I promise to shoot with my heart, really. Don't you want to be a star?"

Likert thought that Qiao Qiu was a student of the Film Academy, and even if he wasn’t, people who work now are just begging for money and fame, and he hoped that one of these two points could impress Qiao Qiu.

The pay is not high, but shooting one episode is almost equivalent to the salary of Qiao Qiu's odd jobs for the past few months. If calculated according to [-] episodes, he doesn't have to worry about tuition and living expenses for the next four years.

Qiao Qiu didn't say anything, still looking down at the book.His brows and eyes were warm, just looking at him, the atmosphere around him seemed to soften.

Likert is a stalker type man, if he can't do it for one day, it will be two days, and if he can't do it for two days, it will be a year.Since then, he has come to the cold drink shop where Joe seeks work every day.Usually, Joe begged for class, and the time of coming was scattered, and Likert sat on his seat with the cheek to wait for him.

Finally, one day Qiao Qiu couldn't bear it any longer, and said nonchalantly to the eloquent Likert: "—then how many times do I have to sleep with you before you let me play the leading role?"

Likert was taken aback, his old face flushed, and he stammered: "You, you misunderstood, I am not gay, and I am an ascetic..."

Qiao Qiu was noncommittal and looked at Likert expressionlessly.Since it is next to the School of Film and Television, there are many crews and actors near the school.He is really not ignorant of those dirty things in the film and television industry.

Likert looked at him and said, "I promise."

"You promise it won't work." Qiao Qiu said, "And I've told you many times, I'm not a film school student, and I don't want to be an actor."

"It works." Likert said anxiously, "I promise I won't touch you, and I won't let other people touch your fingers. You know, in fact, actors are not necessarily all majors. You haven't tried it. Why? Do you know? I just think you are really suitable. I have been preparing for this drama for a long time, and I have been looking for a leading actor... balabala..."

Qiao Qiu looks gentle, but in fact he is very wary of strangers. Generally, he would not respond to someone who comes up to talk to him. He is a typical representative of the kind who is warm on the outside and cool on the inside. Few strangers can get along very happily with him.But Likert was different, he was eloquent and eloquent, and the more frustrated he became, the more courageous he became. No matter how hard Qiao Qiu performed his cold-faced feats, he would not let him go and chatter endlessly.

Finally, Qiao Qiu couldn't take it anymore, raised his hand and made a gesture of admitting defeat, telling him to shut up, thought for a while, and said seriously: "What if I don't agree?"

"Promise!" Likert said sincerely, "At most, it won't delay your time for a month. We can arrange the schedule during the holidays, and you can make money and enjoy the fun of filming again. How wonderful. "

Qiao Qiu didn't think there was anything good, so he sighed inaudibly, and asked, "What is your drama about...?"

Likert had been talking about the script from the first day of dealing with Qiao Qiu, but he ignored everything. Now he wants to start from the beginning, and he is not at all impatient, as if he has memorized it fluently.

The play is called "Four Contracts". The protagonist is a 4-year-old boy who was beaten by his stepfather and forced to hide in a haunted house in the village that no one dares to enter.

The story begins here. The male protagonist sees a ghost in the haunted house, but he dare not speak out because he is afraid of being heard by his stepfather outside.The ghost figure sensed the male protagonist's aura, moved closer, and even opened his mouth to talk to the male protagonist.

At the beginning, the hero was very scared, but after a period of suffering, the hero began to frequent the haunted house, talked with the ghost, and concluded a contract.

There are four contracts:

Never hurt the hero;

Follow the command of the hero;

The hero helps the ghost to fulfill a wish;

Never violate the first contract.

"Isn't this just an ordinary horror movie?" After listening to Qiao Qiu, he organized his words politely and said.

"It's not a horror movie in the full sense. Horror movies are not allowed on it." Likert explained without getting angry. He said: "The beginning is relatively ordinary, and the focus is on the latter part. This is my exclusive horror movie." The method, referred to as "Lee's Horror Method", has a unique style and is very suitable for the big screen. It is guaranteed to make you watch the first episode and want to watch the second episode..."

"I don't think I'm suitable." Qiao Qiu thought at first that he was asking him to make that kind of youthful school scene with men and women.

"Oh, I'm sure you're suitable for nothing. Just keep listening to me..."

Likert spoke sincerely, and he said: "Acting skills can be honed the day after tomorrow, but I think that a person's temperament and character cannot be imitated. You have also seen my script, When I first conceived this story, I thought of a character like you, it doesn’t matter how different looks are, the key is temperament and character.”

"..." Qiao Qiu was silent for a moment, thinking about his temperament, it was just nonsense.He said, "Why do I think you are so unreliable?"

"Reliable, absolutely reliable." Likert replied with a smile.