Chapter 124 Heroine
"I have seen Mr. Inoue's works. If I'm not mistaken, the heroine of this movie should be the Uighur Princess Srubia, right? I wonder if the crew has decided on the candidate?" Gao Jialin asked directly without any hesitation.
"We haven't found a suitable candidate yet. If you, Jialin, can recommend a suitable candidate, we will seriously consider it." Tokuma Yasukai responded kindly. There are still many resources available for the development of "Showa American Story". If we can exchange a heroine for Gao Jialin's favor, it would be a great deal.
In fact, the heroine of this work already has a target, that is Anna Nakagawa, the daughter of an acquaintance of Yasushi Tokuma. Her father was a director of TBS TV station in its early days, her grandfather was a Western oil painter, and her maternal grandfather was an actor and director. It can be said that she is a child of a literary and artistic family, and she got this opportunity through connections.
However, compared with Gao Jialin, these people in the literary and art circles who are already a little out of date are a little insufficient. At worst, I can give her another chance when I plan to shoot a new film in the future. At the moment, it is more important to maintain the relationship with Gao Jialin.
"Since she's a princess, she should be very beautiful. My first work was also adapted into a movie. There is an actress in it who is very beautiful, with a kind of classical beauty. She is more than qualified to play a beauty like Diao Chan, so playing a princess should be no problem. Maybe we can give her a chance." Gao Jialin did not say anything definite.
When we get back, we'll see how Chen Hong performs. If she performs well, we'll recommend her to Tokuma Yasuyoshi. If she doesn't, forget it, or give this opportunity to someone else. We can't just rely on Tsuboi Chinatsu and Hinata Juri to fly to Shanghai, right? We have to have someone local, right?
"Oh? To receive such praise from you, Garin, this girl must be very beautiful, right? Her joining will definitely be of great help to the film. Okay, when you go there in a few days, send us her information and if she's suitable, we'll send her a formal invitation." Tokuma Yasukai agreed immediately.
"Thank you very much. I believe you will be very satisfied after seeing the photos." Gao Jialin is still very confident in Chen Hong's appearance.
There are not many parts in the play that require testing the acting skills of the Uighur Princess Srubia. Anna Nakagawa only studied acting for a short time in a junior college, and she relied on her family background to get the role. Chen Hong, who has acting experience and is still receiving professional training, has no problem in playing the role.
Two days later, Gao Jialin received the Nebula Award trophy at the Japan Fantasy Literature Conference. When he held the trophy high, the audience burst into applause. The Xinhua News Agency reporters who accompanied him hurriedly raised their cameras and took pictures together with the Japanese reporters. These photos will be sent back to China as quickly as possible and published in tomorrow's newspapers.
It is even more difficult for domestic literary and artistic works to be exported than industrial products. Before Gao Jialin, there were only a few cases such as Ding Ling's "The Sun Shining on the Sanggan River", Zhou Libo's "The Storm", He Jingzhi and Ding Yi's opera "The White-Haired Girl" that won the Steel Comrade Literature Award, and Ba Jin won the Italian Dante Literature Award.
Now that Gao Jialin has won the highest award in the field of Japanese fantasy literature, it is natural to publicize it well.
The situation today is different from that of thirty years later. The Chinese people, who have just opened their doors to the world, see such a huge gap between themselves and the developed countries in Europe and the United States, and they are somewhat lacking in self-confidence. Therefore, any case that helps to enhance national self-confidence is worth promoting.
The next morning, many important domestic newspapers published the photo of Gao Jialin holding the trophy on their key pages. Many people who knew Gao Jialin saw it. Zhang Lifeng held the newspaper and told his colleagues with relish how he first met Gao Jialin.
Huang Zhicheng, the top leader of Kuanzhou County, began to think about it. The last time he went to Gao's house, he seemed to see that the two old cave dwellings in their family had not been demolished yet. Could they be protected and turned into Gao Jialin's former residence or something?
The loudspeaker of Pujiang College sounded immediately, and the announcer announced the good news to all the teachers and students in an impassioned tone. The campus was suddenly filled with cheers. At this moment, they were sincerely cheering for Gao Jialin.
Gailili rushed back to the dormitory with the newspaper in her hand, "Honghong, Teacher Gao won a big prize in Japan!"
"What does it have to do with me?" Chen Hong responded listlessly. She was devastated when she saw Gao Jialin smilingly walking into the big house with Tsuboi Chinatsu that day. She could clearly feel that the relationship between the two was not ordinary.
"Honghong, I have to advise you about this." There was no one in the dormitory, so Gailili lowered her voice and advised, "Which outstanding man doesn't have a bunch of girls around him? Even Xu Yajun has girls constantly coming to chat with him, let alone Teacher Gao? Wang Xueming has no one around him, do you like him?"
"The girl you are talking about is Japanese after all. Even if there is something going on between her and Teacher Gao, Teacher Gao will not marry her. Just pretend you don't know." Seeing Gao Jialin's growing fame, Gai Lili was even more anxious than Chen Hong.
Gailili talked for a long time, and the more Chen Hong listened, the more she felt it made sense. It had been almost a semester since she entered the Shanghai Theatre Academy, during which time she had also filmed a movie. She had also heard a lot of gossip in the literary and art circles, but she had never even been in a relationship before, and now she was asked to pursue someone else, and that man was having an ambiguous relationship with other girls, so she really couldn't make up her mind.
But after screening all the men she knew, she found that no one could compare to Gao Jialin, so in the end she chose to listen to Gailili, "Then what should I do?"
"Didn't he agree to have dinner with you? From now on, you call Pujiang College every day. As soon as he comes back, ask him to come out. I will cover for you and make sure no one else knows about it." Gai Lili patted her chest and promised.
Even though Gao Jialin looks down on me, it’s good enough that my good sister can get together with him. In the future, when she eats meat, I can at least have some soup, right?
A few days later, Gao Jialin ended his trip in Japan. With the reluctant farewell of Chinatsu Tsuboi, Juri Hyuga and others, he boarded the plane back to Shanghai. Before leaving, he had already made investments for these girls, and they would definitely get generous returns in the future.
This also made them cherish this relationship even more, and they decided to come to Shanghai to visit Gao Jialin whenever they had time.
After returning to school, before I had time to cancel my leave, I received a call from Chen Hong, "Teacher Gao, I heard that you returned to China? Do you have time to come out for dinner? Just to celebrate with you."
"Not today, I guess I'll have time on the weekend."
"Okay, then it's the weekend."
(End of this chapter)
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