Chapter 189: Captain Gu Wants to Enter the Film and Television Industry

At exactly eight o'clock, the doorbell rang. I opened the door and saw Bai Yun standing at the door with a middle-aged woman.

She had bright eyes, long eyebrows, a fair, oval face, and a smile on her lips. She was very beautiful.

"Captain...?"

I looked at Bai Yun and asked, "Do you know each other?"

Baiyun nodded.

I welcomed them both into the room, made some tea, and poured some water. I was a little confused as to how Bai Yun knew Captain Gu.

Bai Yun smiled and said, "Captain Gu is very famous and has won the Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Opera."

"Oh, I'm sorry for not welcoming you. Mr. Bai didn't even tell me in advance so I could go to the hotel entrance to meet you."

Captain Gu laughed heartily, revealing a row of neat, beautiful teeth. He said, "What's the big name? My name is Guyu."

I said, "Don't laugh, I'm telling the truth. The Plum Blossom Award is the highest award in the opera industry. It's as prestigious as the Golden Rooster Award for movies. No wonder Baiyun knows you."

"The honor is the same, but the value is different. Movies and TV series are the kings these days, while opera is less popular. I've visited Mr. Bai many times, hoping he'd write a role for me, but the heroines he writes are all either eighteen or nineteen. There's nothing I can do about it."

Bai Yun smiled and said, "Next time I will definitely make it for you."

"Teacher Bai is not a good friend. You have a beautiful and famous person like Captain Gu, and she has visited you many times, but you have never asked me to accompany you once."

Captain Gu waved his hand and explained, "I only found out yesterday that he was coming to Shangzhou. I was talking about visiting him many times before."

Bai Yun said, "I finished the outline yesterday morning and just had to write the storyboards. I breathed a sigh of relief and told her I was in Shangzhou."

I said, "Oh, in that case, I can still forgive you."

After a bit of small talk, I finally got to the point. I introduced the idea for "Chasing the Sun," the general concept for the dance, and the stage effects I wanted to achieve.

She understood immediately, stood up, walked to the center of the room, and performed as she spoke: "It needs to have the sense of religious ritual, but also the lightness of dance, with a slow and gentle rhythm, and at the climax, it needs to be passionate and full of tension."

Looking at Teacher Gu's exaggerated expression and smooth movements, I clapped my hands and said, "I want this effect."

Teacher Gu returned to his seat and said, "You're wrong about one thing. You said you wanted three people who were 1.6 meters tall. It should be 1.7 meters tall."

"Yeah?"

"Your PR department has worked with us many times. I even asked a question back, and they said that this is what Mr. Wan requested."

"That was my mistake. The people in the PR department are also inflexible."

"No one in your group is flexible. Whatever the leader says is the truth. I've dealt with them many times."

I laughed out loud: "If I said 1.5 meters, I guess they would insist you find someone 1.5 meters tall."

Captain Gu smiled and said, "It's possible."

Bai Yun said, "Large companies all have this problem. They rely on groups and processes. One CEO once told me that grassroots employees are like the rafters on a roof—they all have to be aligned, and any that are too long have to be sawed off. Therefore, independent thinkers are not needed."

Director Gu said, "I'll help you choose three girls. They are all very beautiful and can dance this kind of dance. They will definitely be able to perform on stage after just one or two rehearsals."

I said, "I will still have to come to rehearse once or twice. I'm not worried about the dancing, but they have little exposure to religious rituals."

Head Gu said, "Even if you don't come to give guidance, I'd still like to invite you and Teacher Bai to visit me. Teacher Bai has been to my place before. You decide the time."

Bai Yun said, "He set a time? He can't set it. Mr. Chen calls him from time to time. I'll set a time, tomorrow afternoon.

Captain Gu said, "Why don't you just come over at three o'clock? I've opened a small teahouse right outside the theater. Come to the teahouse and chat, and meet the three girls. If you're not satisfied, I'll change them."

"Okay, I'm motivated by looking at beautiful women."

Captain Gu smiled and said:

"One more thing. I heard from Teacher Bai that you're very accurate in fortune-telling. Could you help me do a fortune-telling to see if I have the chance to act in a TV series or movie in this lifetime? I'm getting old. I've given up on the idea of ​​being the leading actress. I'd rather play the second female lead."

"You can try it. I haven't tested it in a while, so I'm not sure if it's accurate. Just treat it as a game."

"It doesn't matter whether it's accurate or not. It depends on chance."

I found a pen and paper and said, "Write it down."

"Encounter"

I glanced at it and said, "There's a chance."

Captain Gu looked at me angrily: "Are you comforting me?"

Bai Yun interrupted, "Don't be impatient. Teacher Wan will give you a detailed analysis."

"I'm not trying to comfort you. Fortune telling is about words. The original meaning of the word '遇' is 'unexpected meeting'. You can search for it on Baidu."

They both looked through their phones and found that this was indeed what they meant.

"An unexpected meeting means an opportunity. As for when this opportunity will come, I cannot predict."

Captain Gu smiled, her smile was charming, but her words were a bit harsh.

"Is it as simple as looking it up in the dictionary?"

It seemed like she had a lot of doubts about me. But her smile was so charming that I didn't want to explain it to someone else.

Let's conquer her. I burst out laughing: "I've predicted this sound for others before."

"This sound?" Captain Gu asked back.

Baiyun reminded me: "Isn't it this word?"

I sneered: "You're right, it's this sound."

They both looked at me.

I replayed the story of how I conquered President Song. "I can't explain this just by talking," I said. "How about I write it down while I explain it?"

The two nodded, I moved the chairs over, and the three of us sat aside.

I wrote down a pinyin vowel on the paper: ü

Then write: 余, 育, 玖, 局, 予, 越, 遇...

They were baffled.

I said, "In Chinese characters, even the pronunciation can express meaning. These characters all contain the same vowel 'ü', so they express similar meanings.

The pronunciation of the final vowel “ü” usually means: 1. Many, but not a lot; 2. Partial.

Then, I pointed to the words on the paper one by one and explained the meaning of the words.

Yu: The extra portion. For example, surplus food, but not a lot.

The extra part, such as development, will not become very large all of a sudden, but will grow little by little, like fetal development.

Corner, an observation post that protrudes a little outward from the ancient city wall, and does not extend much.

Local: relatively speaking, not very large, such as limited or local.

Prepare in advance, for example, prepare: run - when you hear "prepare", lean forward, protruding a little further than your original position.

To exceed, to go beyond a little bit. For example, to go beyond. To go beyond the rules.

"Stupid" means being a little more stubborn than others, sticking to one's own ideas and not being flexible.

Meeting someone unexpectedly is one more chance than not meeting them at all. It’s just that the time is uncertain.

"In short, characters containing the ü vowel express two meanings: 'more, and limitations.' That is to say, the character '遇' you wrote, in its original form, represents more opportunities. It also carries limitations, meaning you can only play the second female lead."

The two of them didn't look up and read the explanation I wrote on the paper carefully.

I stood up and went to the bathroom to let them digest.

When I came out, both of them took pictures with their mobile phones and prepared to go back and study them.

Bai Yun clenched his fists and waved them like a champion athlete, saying, "Interesting, really interesting."

Gu Tuanzhang was stunned. When a beautiful woman is stunned, she loses her spirit. She stared at the paper stupidly, still reading. As she read, she said: "It makes sense. Why is it like this? Why is it so?"

I laughed out loud: "Go back and study it again."

She raised her head and smiled, "I really need to study it when I get back." Then she folded the paper and put it in her pocket.

She stood up and said, "I'll wait for you guys in the teahouse tomorrow." She stretched out her hand, shook mine, and then waved to Baiyun. She walked away gracefully.

Bai Yun said, "Master, I admire you more and more."

"It's not easy to get praise from Teacher Bai. I won't be able to sleep tonight."

"You should be insomniac until tomorrow night."

The two of them laughed out loud.