Chapter 346 This is what I want
Ling Pingying is a celebrity, currently ranked highly among domestic female writers. Celebrities have a celebrity effect, so anything related to her attracts a lot of attention.
So, what if someone wrote an article in the newspaper criticizing Ling Pingying? That person would at least become famous within a small circle. Gu Siqing hadn't intended to gain fame by stepping on others, but if Ling Pingying didn't want her business to go smoothly, then she couldn't be blamed for collecting interest.
Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to success. If you want to criticize a writer, your article must be well-written and well-reasoned, otherwise you will definitely be criticized. Therefore, Gu Siqing bought all of Ling Pingying's books and read them carefully.
As a well-known female writer in China, Ling Pingying naturally has a deep literary accomplishment, and her writing is also very wonderful, but her thoughts are not so pure. The article that Gu Siqing is reading now is an essay she wrote after returning from her trip abroad.
It praises how good foreign countries are, how polite foreigners are, how hygienic they are, how democratic and free they are, and then compares these with China, making the Chinese people look worthless. Of course, she wrote it in a more subtle way.
Gu Siqing snorted coldly. She suspected that Ling Pingying had already accepted benefits from certain people and organizations.
Worshiping foreigners and fawning on foreigners! Gu Siqing planned to use this as the central point of her argument and criticism.
Meanwhile, Ling Pingying ran into Director Hu's wife again. She smiled and asked, "How was your daughter's audition going?"
Director Hu's wife had just received a call from Director Hu, saying that the crew had agreed to let her daughter play the leading female role. She was very happy and said with a smile: "The director said that my daughter should play the leading female role. I didn't expect that our Yaoyao had such a talent for acting."
Ling Pingying also smiled happily, "I knew Yaoyao was a good kid, so I told you about that crew."
"Thank you so much." Director Hu's wife smiled and said, "Come to my house today and I'll treat you to a meal."
Ling Pingying waved her hand. "No need. I just said it casually. It didn't help much."
It was just a casual remark. She heard that Zhou Guoyuan had taken on Gu Siqing's role and felt a little depressed. At this time, she ran into Director Hu's wife and her daughter. On a sudden impulse, she told Director Hu's wife about Zhou Guoyuan's crew.
Sometimes, some things are just a matter of a single sentence.
When she heard that Gu Siqing was going to adapt her book into a TV series, she felt a little jealous. During a meal with a few directors, she casually hinted at it. Then, even Zhang Zijun was in charge of Gu Siqing's TV series, but still couldn't find a director.
This time, just a casual remark, it tripped Gu Siqing up again. Director Hu was in charge of the approval of TV and film programs. His daughter wanted to act, so how could Gu Siqing and Zhou Guoyuan refuse?
But Director Hu’s daughter is so ordinary that if she were to become the lead actress, the show would be over.
She entered the Writers Association in a good mood and happened to run into Qi Xinhou. She told him about Gu Siqing's crew casting Director Hu's daughter as the female lead. Qi Xinhou smiled and said, "This is just childish play, and you're trying to put it on a TV show. Isn't this laughable?"
"That's right." Ling Pingying walked into the meeting room with Qi Xinhou with ease.
The next day, Director Hu brought his daughter to the set early in the morning. Zhou Guoyuan received them warmly, then asked Hu Yuyao with a smile, "Have you memorized your lines?"
He had a particularly kind smile and seemed like a really good-tempered uncle. Hu Yuyao had a very good impression of him and said, "I started reciting it when I got home yesterday. I recited it all night, but I only memorized half of it."
"It's already very good. You can continue to recite the rest when you go back." Zhou Guoyuan said as he stood up. "Let's go and try the first scene."
Director Hu brought Hu Yuyao with him. Zhou Guoyuan asked the makeup artist to put some simple makeup on her and then started the first scene.
This scene is between Hu Yuyao and another little boy, who is the male protagonist found by Zhou Guoyuan. He is the son of an actor with great acting skills in the drama troupe.
Zhou Guoyuan explained the play to Hu Yuyao, "The test papers were handed out. You scored 10 points, and he scored 100. He suggested you add a zero to the end of your score to make it 100. You were a little scared, but you thought it was a good suggestion. The requirement was to act out this hesitation and trepidation."
Hu Yuyao nodded nervously, and then the filming began. But as soon as she started talking, she forgot her lines. Zhou Guoyuan still had a smile on his face: "Do it again."
The second time, Hu Yuyao recited the lines like a text. Zhou Guoyuan frowned slightly and said, "One more time."
And then it was, “One more time.”
"Again."
"Again."
After repeating the first question more than ten times, Hu Yuyao still couldn't pass. Zhou Guoyuan looked at Director Hu helplessly, but Director Hu just pursed his lips and said nothing. Zhou Guoyuan raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Try again."
Then after seven or eight more times, the little boy who was acting with Hu Yuyao was no longer happy. He looked at Hu Yuyao and said, "You can't act at all. Why are you acting nonsense? You're wasting other people's time."
Hu Yuyao was asked to repeat herself a dozen times, and she was feeling very annoyed. Now, being told off by a peer, she threw the paper to the ground and said, "I won't act anymore. Whoever wants to act can act now."
As she spoke, she walked over to Director Hu and started crying. Director Hu, who only had this one daughter, was naturally heartbroken. He quickly hugged her and said, "If you don't want to act, then don't act. It's not a big deal."
Zhou Guoyuan then walked over and said, "This child has never been exposed to acting before. If he really likes it, he can find someone to learn from him."
Zhou Guoyuan said this sincerely. If you want to fool people, you have to mix truth with lies.
Director Hu reviews movies and TV series, so he's naturally seen a lot of movies. He knows his daughter's acting very well. If she continues to act like this, even if the TV series is released, it will be laughed at.
"This child is just curious about acting. Now that she has finally experienced it, she won't be curious anymore." Director Hu made amends for his daughter.
Zhou Guoyuan naturally gave him face. He said, "Children are like this. Actually, Yuyao is very patient. She repeated it so many times. If it were another child, they would have given up long ago."
Director Hu smiled. Zhou Guoyuan looked at the watch on his wrist and said, "Oh, it's noon. Let's go eat together."
Then the three of them went to a nearby restaurant, sat down and ordered some food. Zhou Guoyuan started chatting with Director Hu, and the conversation turned to Gu Siqing. Zhou Guoyuan said, "Although she is young, she is indeed very talented. Although her family has connections, she is very low-key."
After hearing what he said, Director Hu casually asked, "What connections does he have?"
This is exactly what Zhou Guoyuan wanted.
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