Chapter 19 Recruiting Actors
My several words of intentional or unintentional praise made Xiaoduzi feel happy. He then took out a plate of bread from the cabinet and handed it to us: "You eat, you eat, Gis, it turns out you are here too!"
"Miss Julie, I'm now working for Mr. Corleon. He gave me a job and asked me to act in a movie." Gith smiled.
Julie looked at me, then looked at Gith and said, "You are a good person. Gith has been suffering for a lifetime, and finally met a good person."
"I'm not a good person. I'm still going to squeeze out this old bone of Gith. Gith, you have to be mentally prepared." I blinked at Gith, making a group of people laugh.
"Julie, if you are not busy now, I will have something to ask you for trouble." When I saw this little hoof for the first time, I knew that I had found a suitable heroine.
Julie touched her hands on her apron and said, "It's okay, you guys go into the house."
We followed her into the small room, sat down on the sofa, Julie brought water and placed it in front of us.
"You are the only one at home?" I looked at it and found that there was no one else in the room.
"And my dad, he was in poor health and fell asleep." Julie looked into the room inside and whispered.
It turned out to be a filial daughter. I nodded secretly.
After taking a sip of water, I cleared my throat and opened the right way: "Julie, this is the case. I am going to let you be our heroine. I don't know if you agree or not. Of course, if you don't agree, we won't force it."
"Me?" Julie was shocked: "I'm just a breadmaker and I've never acted in a movie. How could I act well??"
"Who said that those who have never acted in movies can't act well? Those big stars are not born to know them. I said you have no problem, you have no problem. Can't even Gise act in movies?!" I pointed at Gise.
Julie hesitated and turned to look at the inner room.
"Mr. Corleon, my mother died at the age of four. She has been dependent on her father for life. In order to support me, my father has done all kinds of work, helping people sweep the streets, wiping cars, selling newspapers, and cleaning garbage. He is like Gith, and he has suffered all his life. Now he is old and has poor health. If I go to act in a movie, then no one will take care of him." Julie's eyes were wet and tears fell.
The longer I spent in Hollywood, the more I realized that this dazzling place in my eyes was actually not what I imagined. It was just a seductive mask of it. Under the mask were many people struggling for life. These people had nothing to do with the light on the screen, and had nothing to do with the joys and laughter on the screen. They lived in the dark with their heads down and walked towards death with their heads down.
I understood why Chaplin became a great director and actor. That was because he brought the public's sorrow to the screen, rather than the glitz and light. He suffered for these people at the bottom, laughed for these people at the bottom, showed their bitterness, and showed their only little pitiful happiness. So he received the love and respect from the people at the bottom.
I looked at Julie, took out a handkerchief from my pocket and handed it to him, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry about this. The salary we offer to the heroine is $3,000. With this money, are you still afraid that your father will not be able to take care of?"
Julie looked up at me and bit her lip.
"Miss Julie, Mr. Corleon is a good guy, Mr. Gans, Mr. Berger, and Mr. James are all good guys. If not, I wouldn't have introduced you to them." Gith pointed at us and said to Julie.
"Okay, I promise you." Julie finally nodded.
I waved my hand: "Julie, I have to explain some things to you. The heroine of this movie is different from the heroine of other movies. You will have nude scenes in some scenes. Are you willing to shoot such scenes?"
Julie was shocked by my words, naked?! She has grown so big that sometimes she is embarrassed to see a man with shirtlessness. This time she actually wants her to expose her body in the movie?!
Virgin Mary!
Seeing her silent, I hurriedly said, "This is for the needs of the movie, but don't worry, the shots that will not be exposed on the screen will not be too much. And what I want to tell you, if this movie is successful, it will definitely be the most important art movie in Hollywood so far. It will shock Hollywood, the United States, and the world! At that time, you Julie, we, even Gith, will be remembered by people and history." Although I am very confident in my movie, I always feel that I am a stall in the world.
"Julie, promise Mr. Corleon, you have already suffered enough to take care of me." Just as Juli was hesitating, the curtain of the inner room was lifted open, and an old man who was about the same age as Gith came out.
"Mr. Corleon, this is my dad." Julie quickly introduced.
"Steifen; Vanna." The old man looked pale and spoke weakly, and seemed to be sick.
"Andre; Corleon." Out of courtesy, I also reached out my hand.
"Julie, just promise Mr. Corleon. Those who can take in Gise are definitely not bad people. I don't feel at ease with him." Stifin stroked Julie's head lovingly, and Julie nodded to me as she looked at her father.
Seeing that Julie agreed, Stifin turned his face and said to me: "Mr. Corleon, Julie's four-year-old mother passed away. She has suffered a lot with me. I have been implicating her over the years. I will give her to you now. Please take good care of her."
I nodded vigorously and said, "Mr. Varner, don't worry. Although our company is small, it is not the kind of company that is a crime. If you don't use actors as a money tree, Julie comes to our company and we will take good care of her."
The old man breathed a sigh of relief, and the father and daughter looked at each other and smiled.
"Julie, come to the house and bring the bottle of good wine that I haven't drunk. I want to have a good drink with these gentlemen."
"Dad, you're still sick."
"It's okay, I'll be happy today, just have a small cup."
We drank until midnight, and the atmosphere was always harmonious. Stilphen and Gith told us interesting stories about their youth, and we would talk about this movie. Julie liked the role of Dietley very much and promised to act well.
At around twelve o'clock, we stood up and said goodbye. Before leaving, I gave Julie $1,000 and told her that this was a deposit. After the movie was finished, the remaining 2,000 yuan would be paid together.
Julie held the money and burst into tears, ensuring that she would report to the company on time the day after tomorrow.
The next day we got up very late, and we only appeared in the yard with a fluffy sleepy eyes at nine o'clock. Gith opened the door and we continued to recruit actors.
Chapter completed!