Chapter 263 The most evil of evil
Once Shen Lang determined his role, the next things became much easier.
Shen Lang, who received the money in the presidential suite, was full of enthusiasm for creation!
Quentin is also actively looking for actors.
Finally, Quentin chose John Travolta, an American of Italian descent, to play the role of Vincent.
John promised to visit the crew soon.
The so-called "take a look" is just a disguised audition, but the actor is a famous Hollywood star.
Auditions are the director testing the actors.
But John is an actor auditioning for the crew.
Why is this guy so awesome?
Because he is really awesome!
After dropping out of high school and leaving his hometown of New Jersey, he performed on Broadway and later occasionally appeared in TV dramas.
Who would have thought that the movie "Welcome Back Kotter" would make him an overnight hit and a world-famous star.
Because of his background in Broadway dance dramas, he danced enthusiastically in a white suit in the movie "Saturday Night Fever" and became the hottest movie star in the United States for a time.
Moreover, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and was invited to the White House for lunch by the President of the United States.
If you come to the United States and open any newspaper or magazine from that period, you will find the name John Travolta.
However, his recent acting career has not been going well.
One reason is that there are so many handsome men in Hollywood, and another reason is that this guy has recently taken on a lot of crappy movies, causing his acting skills to start going downhill.
Many people in Hollywood sarcastically called him "a fool who accidentally entered Hollywood."
Quentin excitedly said to Shen Lang on the phone: "John is a very good actor, but he is currently suffering from bad luck. He was about to retire when I found him and decided to give it one last try. If he fails, he will have to go home and retire! Jeff, design his character to be awesome, I believe in you!"
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Samuel, who is also a superstar, drove to the audition alone and even walked to buy a hamburger.
But when Shen Lang met John for the first time, he was very impressive.
First of all, his wife, son, and daughter were all with him. In addition, his agent and three assistants followed closely behind.
The most exaggerated thing is that around these people, there are five or six tall and strong bodyguards wearing sunglasses and with their hands on their waists.
This scene made the entire crew nervous.
Although Quentin is heartless most of the time, he still felt a little nervous when he saw this scene.
"Hi! John, I'm Quentin!"
Shen Lang was speechless when he heard this. What a fellow, you are such a big liar, and you haven’t even met such a big star until now.
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John Travolta is a very tall man, but he has a very good personality.
Seeing the skinny, hippie-like Quentin, he not only did not look down on him, but instead said politely like a polite young man from an aristocratic school: "Director, nice to meet you!"
After that, he looked around and said politely, "Let's go to the set! Let's go take a look and talk about the script!"
Everyone: "..."
There was silence at the scene. John tilted his head and looked at Quentin with a puzzled expression: "What? Did I say something wrong?"
Quentin, the freeloader, said embarrassedly: "John, we don't need to rent a location. There are only a few small places for filming. This is one of them..."
John looked around again. Just as he was about to speak, his agent frowned and said, "Mr. Director, are you guys making a movie or playing house? How do you shoot in a place like this?" Quentin had no choice but to point at the script and said, "There are only five residences, a restaurant, and a motel in total... So, I don't think we need to rent a studio for filming!"
The agent didn't say anything, but turned around and whispered something to John and his family.
They spoke in very low voices. As the agent spoke, he looked at Quentin, which made Quentin feel so scared that he didn't know where to put his hands!
After he finished speaking, John looked at Quentin and said, "Director, let's take a look at the script!"
Quentin was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly said to Shen Lang: "Jeff, quickly take out your masterpiece and show it to John!"
At this time, everyone's eyes turned to Shen Lang.
Shen Lang handed the script in his hand to the other party.
John was very surprised and said, "Who is this? Director, I remember we talked about it before. You wrote the script. I've also read the plot outline. Why? Did you change the person?"
Quentin habitually pinched his thumb and index finger and said, "John, Jeff is a genius. He gave me a lot of advice and inspiration, so I invited him to help me revise the script!"
The agent frowned again and said, "Jeff? I am familiar with all the famous screenwriters in Hollywood, and even the screenwriters in the studio. I know a lot of them. Why haven't I seen this person?"
"Jeff is from China. He is a very famous actor and screenwriter in China. He..."
Before he finished speaking, his agent said exaggeratedly: "China? Director, why don't you find a Chinese to revise the script? Look around Hollywood, is there a screenwriter from China? Find an editor who is a nobody, he's more reliable than a Chinese!"
After that, he solemnly said to John and his family beside him: "Dear John, I think this kind of crew and script will not help your acting career at all."
Shen Lang looked at John's agent and said, "You haven't even read our script carefully before making such an arbitrary inference. Mr. Agent, aren't you being a little hasty?"
"Apart from those Kung Fu movies from Hong Kong, what other movies do you have in China?" John's agent was very disdainful.
Xiao Zhuli got angry when he heard this, not because Shen Lang was half his boss, but because it was a matter of dignity as both were Chinese.
With his 200-pound body, he separated the crowd of onlookers and stared at the red-necked man with an extremely oppressive look.
"Chinese movies are simply beyond the understanding of a short-sighted guy like you! Our Jeff was nominated for the Silver Bear Award..."
"Silver Bear Award?" John interrupted, turning to look at his wife, "Preston, you just attended Tom's party. Tom was also nominated for this year's Silver Bear Award. Did he mention this gentleman from China?"
John's wife Preston looked at Shen Lang and shook her head.
"That's because my brother Jeff refused the nomination..."
In John's team, the agent and assistants all laughed.
"Good reason, Chinese!"
"That's enough, Gotti!" John stopped his agent from speaking seriously, turned to Shen Lang and apologized, "Mr. Jeff, I'm sorry, Gotti is rude!"
Shen Lang looked at him, then took the script from Quentin and put it in his hand: "John, an agent can help you with many things, but a person must have his own subjective judgment and cannot listen to the agent in everything! Go back and read the script and have a good discussion with your wife! That's it!"
After saying that, he glanced at the agent, smiled, and left with disdain.
Seeing this, agent Gotti said angrily, "John, the script of Paradise City was written by our familiar little Louis, and the director is also the famous director Nick. The price they offered is much better than this inexplicable crew..."
Watching a group of people coming and going, Quentin asked Xiao Zhuli beside him: "How does Huaguo describe that agent?"
"Shabi!"
"Awesome idiot!"
"You can't say that. You should say, the most idiot of idiots!"
(End of this chapter)