Brilliant Life in the Entertainment Circle

The actor of "Professor Rosa" is indeed Kevin Spacey.

"Thinking about it carefully, he is really suitable!" On the way back, Song Ya still couldn't hide her excitement. "First of all, his acting skills are rich and delicate, and his image is both good and evil. I am so happy Xinyan, really, very, very happy, I actually want to star in a movie with the Oscar winner."

If compared with her previous life, Song Ya's current achievements are of course nothing.Come on, Oscar winner?Which of my films is not cooperating with the Oscar winner?But no matter how brilliant it is, it belongs to the past.I remember that before coming to the United States, Wang Jiawei warned Song Ya to be prepared to endure hardships and to start all over again.

In fact, life is not afraid to start all over again.Just don't give up!

"It's great, Yami, the bad luck has finally come to an end!" Li Xinyan said excitedly, her hands holding the steering wheel trembled slightly.

Bad luck?Maybe, Song Ya suddenly calmed down again. "Let's talk about it later, maybe I will have an unlucky day, but now I am very lucky!"

Song Ya can't wait for the movie to start shooting sooner.

Before the filming started, several members of the blackjack team entered closed training at the suggestion of Kevin Spacey.

Luketic specially invited a professor of mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to give you a temporary assault on basic statistical theory.

"What I want to tell you is that we will take an exam after the training is over. If you fail, you will be replaced. Including several protagonists." Luketic said seriously, his eyes finally fell on the faces of Jim and Song Ya .

Jim swallowed. As a liberal arts student, what he is most afraid of is mathematics.And Song Ya's expression was not much better. The moment she met Luketic's gaze, she almost had a heart attack.The rumors from the outside world are indeed true, this Luketic is really a fickle ghost!

Objectively speaking, mathematics requires a certain talent.

At some point, no matter how hard you try, you can't be as smart as others.

In the 21 o'clock group, only the actor Jacob who played "Fisher" had a good grade in mathematics, and the rest almost "talked about numbers."

The professor invited from Massachusetts stood in the classroom and talked about various mathematical theories in a dignified manner. Song Ya was drowsy when she heard it, and her heart had already flown to the sky.Beside him, Jim was quickly recording something in his notebook with a pen.As a result, the bald professor pointed at him and said, "No, Jim, you can download these theories from any mathematics website on the Internet. Now let me explain. Mathematical theory is about understanding rather than rote memorization."

"Okay, Professor." Jim wiped the sweat from his brow in a low voice.

"Relax." Song Ya comforted softly.

Jim glanced at her and said nothing.

After class, Song Ya went for a walk outside. It was April, and Los Angeles was full of spring.Jim came over and asked distressedly: "Hey, yaa, the exam is coming up in a week, what are you going to do? Are you confident that you will pass 30?"

Just the day before, director Luketic had set a passing cutoff, "30 points, guys, it's not hard, is it?"

"It's hard!" says supporting actor Jack.

"Is it difficult? Jack, if you find it difficult, I think it's because your IQ is not enough, or you haven't studied hard, at least in my opinion, you are not hardworking enough! But no matter what it is, according to the contract you signed before, you You can pack your bags and go home." Luketic said bluntly.

Jack's face changed, and he raised his hands and begged, "I will definitely pass the test with 30 points, for sure!"

"Actually Luketic is right. It's really not difficult to pass the test with 30 points." Song Ya looked at Jim who was in a state of desperation.

Jim's eyes widened: "Really? Are you sure?"

"I'm sure." Song Ya couldn't help the urge to laugh.After playing tricks on purpose for a while, he said, "But the prerequisite is—a student from the Department of Mathematics."

It's like saying nothing!Jim rolled his eyes, admiring Song Ya and being in the mood to joke.

In fact, Song Ya has a way.This method is a report she accidentally saw in a newspaper when she was participating in a business performance in China.It means that Chinese teachers like to arrange a sea of ​​questions for students before the exam-that is, to do a lot of questions, because the question bank is fixed.But I don't know if the same is true in the United States.

"We can try." Jim's eyes lit up for a moment. "You wait here, yaa, I'll borrow a car, and then we'll go to the bookstore to buy exercises."

American children rarely do homework outside of class.As the mathematics professor at MIT said, rote memorization is not as good as thorough understanding.But those mathematical formulas and theories are really a bit difficult for math idiots like Jim Songya.According to Jim's words: "I can't learn it even if I am killed." Then, at this time, through doing a lot of questions, the only way out is to adopt the tactic of "being fooled".

After walking around the city, Song Ya and the others finally bought a few copies of high school math homework in a bookstore run by a Chinese.

"No college?" Jim asked the clerk.

"Do you still need to do exercises in college?" the clerk asked back.

"OK! Just them, five of each." Jim said briskly.

For a whole week, Song Ya, Jim and other members of the "21 o'clock group" started to do the questions day and night.In the room, from time to time, members could be heard cursing from the bottom of their hearts——

"Damn math!"

"Oh! Go to hell!"

"Why do humans invent mathematics?!"

The night before the exam, several members sat together dejectedly discussing tomorrow's exam.

"It is estimated that I will pack my bags and go home after the exam tomorrow. My agent told me that a film invested by an Indian may need an actor of my type. Well, my friends, I——Jack, nice to meet you Everyone, if you have a chance, you can go to Seattle to find me, I am very famous there!"

"Don't be so pessimistic, Jack, the exam hasn't started yet!" Jim advised.In fact, his complexion was not good, he just stood there, as if to comfort others was to comfort himself.

Song Ya is still working hard on the questions. Although she is not good at math, it should be no problem to get 30 points.Anyway, she also took the college entrance examination when she was in Korea.South Korea's mathematics is also difficult, but it is a little bit worse than China's.Yes, Song Ya is working on "Chinese High School Math Problem Collection".

so hard!At the beginning, Song Ya scratched her head like a monkey.It's better now though, because she finds herself really...not!Even if you copy the answer, it is easy to copy the lines.So at this moment, her mood is very calm, because she has accepted the cruel reality.

"Okay, let's go to bed early. Regarding tomorrow's exam, remember to try not to leave the questions empty no matter whether you know it or not, even if you make up an answer. If it doesn't work, just write the mathematical formulas taught by the professor on the paper. Come on. What if you get it right!" Song Ya closed the exercises, and then shared some experiences with everyone.

"What if it's wrong?" Jim asked worriedly.

"That's fate, Jim." Song Ya yawned and said, "There is an old saying in China that 'one cannot compete with fate', so if you fail the exam tomorrow, you should quickly call your agent Well, ask them if they stay in Hollywood, or go to England or Asia. Prepare in advance."

After finishing speaking, Song Ya blew a "good night kiss" to the members of the 21:[-] team, and then waved her hands and said, "Everyone, I'll go first, see you in the exam room tomorrow!" After taking two steps, she tapped her toes as if she remembered something Turning the ground, he said gracefully: "By the way, I hope tomorrow will not be the last time we meet. Come on everyone!"

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The next day's exam lasted an hour.There are twenty questions in total.There are filling in the blanks, and there are also big calculation problems that require repeated demonstrations. Song Ya is the fastest, followed by Jim. Luketic watched with satisfaction as they turned in their papers first.

"That's right, both of you." Luketic smiled elegantly and sinisterly, "However, it's still the same sentence, if you don't pass thirty minutes, you two will pack your bags and go home."

"No problem." Song Ya said with a smile. She calculated the score by herself just now, and 30 points must be no problem, unless Luketic suddenly wanted to change roles and deliberately framed her.

Jim glanced at the confident Song Ya. Although he was very uneasy, he still smiled at Luketic according to her tone: "Anyway, I tried my best. As for the result, it doesn't matter."

good, very good!Looking at a confident girl and a capable but slightly shy boy in front of him, Luketic and Kevin Spacey beside him exchanged glances.They saw surprise glances in each other's eyes.After Songya and Jim left, Spacey whispered in Luketic's ear, "Robert, you have a good vision. Yaa and Jim are definitely the best candidates for the leading roles. At that moment, I thought the filming had already started. It was as if Kevin and Ben were standing right in front of me. Wow, that was great!"

The exam was over, but Luketic did not announce the score, only said: "I am very touched by your efforts. Congratulations, our movie will start shooting tomorrow."

Jack didn't understand, and raised a hand: "Sorry, I don't understand well, what do you mean? Have we passed the test?"

"Fool! You passed!" Allen, who played "Cai", couldn't help laughing, and then looked up at the director, "Right, Luketic, we've all passed, right? Just say it directly, Why are you playing sloppy, don't you know that there are people with low IQ here?"

"You are the mentally handicapped!" This time, Jack understood, and amidst the laughter of his friends, he walked up to Alan and messed up her hair.

However, it takes time. "Decisive Victory 21" did not start filming on the second day as scheduled. The main reason was that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which had promised to provide the shooting location, suddenly changed its tone and rejected the "Decisive Victory" crew's decision to participate On-campus filming requests.

"Damn it!" Luketic threw the cigarette on the ground and stomped his feet vigorously, "If you disagree, why didn't you say it earlier, someone must be behind the scenes! They agreed last week, why did they turn around and disagree? There is a conspiracy, there must be a conspiracy!"

"Okay, Robert, now we're not discussing who framed you. Instead, we need to think about where we're going to shoot the scene later." Kevin Spacey, the film star who is used to seeing big scenes, said, "There is also a middle school nearby. , why don't we go there and try?"

“Middle school probably won’t work!” said Dana, one of the producers. “If we shot a scene on the school playground, implying that the audience is MIT, and it turned out that a group of middle school students walked past in the background, wouldn’t it be strange? It is estimated that when the movie is released, the audience will laugh out loud!"

"Then what should we do? We can't spend time here forever!" Spacey frowned.Then, his assistant ran over and whispered something to him. His eyes lit up instantly, and he took out his cell phone from his pocket and said, "Okay, since it doesn't work here, let's go to Boston University and try it. My cousin works there, maybe with luck, they will accept us..."

Boston University, which is related to the family, kindly accepted the crew of "Decisive Victory".

The first scene is "Professor Rosa met the math genius Ben Aibel for the first time in math class" with extras.

Under the arrangement of the assistant director, Song Ya put on a brown wig and sat in the last row of the classroom.

"Honey, it's okay to just act as a human background for a few minutes?" the assistant director asked.

"No problem!" Song Ya took a pair of large-frame glasses from the makeup artist and put them on her nose, then looked at the assistant director: "How is it? Tom, do you look like a high-achieving student in the mathematics department?"

Tom's face was a little embarrassed, he didn't have the nerve to tell Song Ya, in fact, the audience saw her face in this scene, and the only thing that appeared in the camera was the slightly curious green sweater on her body.

"All departments are ready!" Luketic shouted loudly behind the monitor, and after confirming that there were no staff members in the field of vision, he said: "Everything is going well, guys, let's start!"

[In front of the blackboard filled with various mathematical theories, Professor Rosa turned around and asked all the students in the classroom: Who knows what Darwin wrote? 】

[A student quickly raised his hand: "The Origin of Sexual Diseases"! 】

[Rosa: What, say it again? 】

[Student: "The Origin of Sexual Diseases"!dear professor! 】

【"Very good, "Venereal Disease/Origin", this is the most beautiful answer I have ever heard!" Rosa turned around and threw the chalk end at the student angrily. "Well, who else knows what Darwin wrote?]

[Amidst the laughter, the new "rookie" Ben Aibel raised his hand shyly: "It's "Origin of Species", Professor.]

......

Song Ya and Jim's first rivalry was in the university gymnasium, and "Ben" fell in love with the beautiful "Kate" at first sight.The second scene is a clothing store in the dusk.At that time, "Ben" had already rejected Professor Rosa's invitation to join the blackjack group. At this time, "Kate", who was a special member of the group, came to the clothing store to persuade "Ben".

In other words, Professor Rosa used a beauty trick on the goofy "Ben".

In this scene, Ben seems very flustered in front of Kate, but Kate is very comfortable, and even explicitly tells Ben that she wants him to join the blackjack team, but Ben refuses.

"stop!"

In the clothing supermarket, director Luketic stood up from behind the monitor for the third time.

"Sorry guys, your performance is still wrong. First of all, Jim, you should look more flustered, especially when yaa puts the tie around your neck, there should be a hint of wanting to kiss her in your expression Impulsive. And yaa your problem is that you are not attractive enough."

"Not charming enough?" Song Ya frowned.

"Yes." Luketic nodded seriously, "Remember, you are here to seduce Jim. Although you are acting serious, your purpose is to seduce him with your beauty and make him willingly join the blackjack team for you. So, make it more sexy, not only the expression, but also the voice. Deeper and hoarse, OK?"

"OK!" Song Ya said simply.

The fourth time, still nothing.Because Jim got nervous and messed up his lines.

Fortunately, the sunset in spring lasts for a long time, and the later the sunset, the stronger it is. "I hope we can pass this time, guys, don't stress, okay, the fifth time, let's go!" Luketic sat in a corner with a small trumpet and directed.

In the setting sun, Kate in a beige windbreaker walked into the clothing store. She didn't buy any clothes and went straight to Ben, but Ben avoided her eyes nervously, pretending not to know him, flipping through the shop clothes.Kate smiled, then said hello carefully: "HI, Ben! I'm Kate, do you remember me"...

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In fact, the actor Jim Sturgess is somewhat famous in the UK.He is a professional, and he started performing with the National Youth Musical Theater Company in his teens, and his first film appearance was in Ellen Page's "Mouth to Mouth".Although he is very young and has little experience in acting on the big screen, this does not affect the love of British people, especially British teenagers, for Jim. His appearance has inherited the usual elegance and shyness of British actors. He was chosen as "Jude Law's successor".

This time Jim came to Hollywood to film, and many British media also paid great attention to it, sending people to visit the set almost every once in a while.Because "Decisive Victory" is not a blockbuster, there are no secrets to speak of, and the director Luketic himself is a straightforward person. Not only did he not object to the media coming to visit the film, he was even very excited.Standing in the camera and holding a microphone, the time to talk is longer than the interview with the protagonist Jim.

During another visit to the class, the reporter became very interested in the heroine Song Ya.

"Hey Jim, get your girlfriend from the show over and talk."

"Okay!" Jim was very happy, and ran over to pull Song Ya who was reading the script, "Come on, yaa, say hello to my old family."

"Hi, everyone, I'm yaa." Song Ya waved at the camera.

"Is yaa Asian?" The reporter stared at Song Ya's overly three-dimensional face.

Oh, here we go again!Song Ya collapsed, but fortunately, Jim said first: "She is Korean, mixed race, very famous in Korea, she has won the queen!"

"Hey, Jim, it seems you know people well." The reporter laughed badly.

Jim didn't blush, "Of course, we've been working together for a month. Yaa is a very good actor, and she's also a very cute girl in private. It's my first time working with an Asian actor, and I feel very good." Jim Arming Song Ya on the shoulders, he said enthusiastically, "I hope we will have a chance to cooperate next time."

"Yes." Song Ya smiled sweetly.

After the reporter asked some questions about Los Angeles and Hollywood, he suddenly changed the subject and asked, "In the movie, the two of you have an intimate scene, how about it, are you ready?"

"I'm always ready." Song Ya said with a smile, without any twitch.I thought to myself what kind of problem is this?Which European and American movie does not have an intimate scene?

And Jim also said: "We are adults, we should not be entangled with these things, but should pay attention to the characters themselves. When the emotion reaches that point, many things will happen naturally. Movies are life. When you are in life When you meet a nice girl, of course you want something to happen with her... Oh, well, let's stop today's interview, we're going to make a movie. Goodbye everyone." Jim said to Song Ya Blinking, and then the two of them blew a kiss to the camera at the same time with a tacit understanding.