Two Hundred and Thirty-Nine-What Does the Green Stick Mean?

Facing media reports about himself, Wayne declined all interview invitations. On October 28, the crew boarded a plane chartered by Warner Bros. and flew directly to Hong Kong.

From the moment he got on the plane, he looked out the window and fell into silence. When the plane landed on this land and entered the arranged Peninsula Hotel, he simply threw himself on the bed and fell asleep.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already noon the next day. Only then did Wayne focus on the scenery outside the curtains.

Whether it was in his previous life or now, he had never been to this city known as the Hollywood of the East. The only way to understand it might be through Hong Kong movies in his memory and various TV series on TVB.

"Are you awake?" Naomi Watts opened the bedroom door, walked in and completely closed the curtains, allowing the sunlight to shine in through the wide floor-to-ceiling windows.

"Benjamin from Warner Bros. Asia has found a translator for you and is already waiting in the living room. If you want to go out for a walk, they want you to bring a translator to avoid misunderstandings."

While speaking, Naomi Watts handed him the clothes again and again, like a virtuous wife at this time.

"Have the crew and crew made arrangements?" Wayne got dressed, walked into the bathroom and started washing up.

“Most of them are jet lagged.”

Leaning against the door of the bathroom, Naomi Watts held her shoulders with her hands, tilting her head and watching him wash his face and brush his teeth. "There is something very interesting, do you want to hear it?"

"What?" Wayne asked casually, looking at her with foam in his mouth.

"Someone actually used a beauty trap on Nina!" Her voice was full of surprise, and she said with wide eyes: "I also had breakfast with her this morning and heard her talk about it herself."

"Don't make a fuss."

After wiping his face with a towel, Wayne walked out of the bathroom, put on a coat and left the bedroom together.

This is the top-floor presidential suite of the Peninsula Hotel. In addition to a master bedroom, there are three smaller bedrooms connected by a living room.

You can see the sea through the large floor-to-ceiling windows. The assistant lady is sitting in front of the window, looking at the scenery outside and flipping through a magazine.

There was also an Asian girl, dressed like a white-collar beauty, sitting on the sofa and looking at the assistant lady frequently. This is a typical Chinese girl, with long black hair that makes Wayne very friendly, and her appearance is also fresh and pleasant.

"Hello, Mr. Greenberg, I am the translator for Warner Bros. Asia. During the time you are in Xiangjiang, I will be responsible for your communication issues."

The girl is young, in her early twenties, but she speaks good English. After seeing him come out, I was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and greeted him. "My name is Sandy Yang, you can also call me Yang."

"Hello." Wayne nodded with a smile. "Is there a better tea restaurant nearby? Let's go down and have something to eat."

Sandy obviously didn't expect that he knew about the tea restaurant, but after thinking about it, she still said: "Ah, yes, there is a good restaurant across the street."

Handing Wayne's shoes to him, Nina muttered under her breath. "Boss, I remember you can speak Chinese, right? Do you still need a translator?"

"It's different, Nina."

As he walked out, he explained a few words in a low voice. "There are many ways to say it in Chinese, and I don't know what to say here. However, I heard that someone used a beauty trick on you again? What role is it for this time?"

"It's probably just a small role. I'm not interested in those handsome guys. They are a bunch of self-righteous idiots." After walking into the elevator, Nina shrugged playfully and said nonchalantly.

This happened not once or twice. Some young actors and agents couldn't reach Wayne, so many people focused their attention on his personal assistant.

Nina is right to say that those handsome guys are fools. After all, she is a very smart woman, and she is very clear-headed and knows what the purpose of those people is.

Through long-term interactions and performance, she is definitely one of the people Wayne trusts most. Of course, she will not destroy this relationship because of these nonsense, which will only show that she has no self-discipline.

Moreover, compared to those brainless handsome guys, her current well-paid job is the most important thing.

The restaurant is not too far away. It is across the street after leaving the hotel door. Not only Wayne himself, but also Nina, Sergey, Naomi Watts and others are staring curiously, observing this place. Everything about the city.

Until he entered the restaurant, the feeling here for Wayne was different from what he imagined. Even when he was eating in this tea restaurant, it gave people the illusion of being extremely small and crowded.

"Sandy, is Mandarin still spoken here?"

While eating, he heard the diners around him speaking all in Cantonese, and asked the translator curiously.

"It's very rare. Older people may still say it."

Sandy's eyes when she looked at him were also full of inquiry, and she was also full of curiosity about this great Hollywood director. "But I will say one thing, my grandfather's hometown is Beijing."

Hearing this, Wayne felt happy and switched to Chinese to say something. "Do you know what a green stick is?"

After asking himself, he laughed. According to his own estimation, things like green sticks should not have appeared yet. This was just an inexplicable joke.

It wasn't until after lunch and several people returned to the hotel together that the girl looked at him with an uncertain look and asked, "Green stick? A cuckold Korean?"

"laugh!"

"Sorry, sorry!"

Even though Wayne was usually stoic, his guard was broken by this forced explanation, and he spit out a large gulp of coffee.

"Is the boss in a good mood?" Sergey sat by the window and asked the assistant in a low voice with his head tilted.

Nina was also curious about what the girl said that could make the young and mature boss laugh. "Maybe. He likes to eat oriental food and some of the oriental culture. When he gets here, his mood will get better."

Wayne didn't continue the topic, took out his workbook, and checked the plan for the first day of shooting. This confused the translator even more, and made her even more confused about the director who could speak Chinese.

Coming here this time, strictly speaking, only Christian Bale's role is relatively important, plus Liam Neeson's role as the master, other actors, including Naomi Watts, are not used.

As the heroine of this film, especially Bruce Wayne's childhood sweetheart, her role in the first film was still more like a flower vase. Her acting skills are basically up to standard, her appearance is high enough, and her figure is in line with most people's aesthetics. These are all suitable for commercial blockbusters. That's enough.

This film is different from Wayne's previous ones. It is destined to be a commercial blockbuster. Anyone in the Hollywood circle knows that in a commercial blockbuster, the importance of an outstanding vase is definitely not much less than that of the leading actor.

They are one of the biggest selling points of the film. They are a vase that performs well enough and has unparalleled appeal to the main group of movie viewers, young people and teenagers with excessive secretion of hormones.

So Naomi Watts was willing to observe with the group, and he agreed without even thinking about it.

As for the actress in the original film, in Wayne's impression, she was definitely not as beautiful as the Australian beauty, and her figure was also incomparable. As for the actress in the second film, it is even more difficult to say.

In this day and age, the effect of a vase that can meet the needs of a film is definitely much more important than it would be a decade or so later. This is why he doesn't consider typical American big girls like Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie at all.

Yes, red sofas and red carpets have always happened in this industry, but the probability of this happening in mainstream commercial blockbusters is not high. The larger the investment in the project, the more difficult it will be for producers and directors to choose actresses. cautious.

As long as an actress is not well suited to the role, she will never get the role she wants, even if she takes off her clothes in the audition room and yells "comeon!" to the director and producer.

No producer or director would risk tens of millions of dollars for a woman. Just kidding, even if you go through the entire Hollywood, which woman is worth that much money?

Maybe it's worth it to have a big mouth now, but when she reaches the status of a superstar, it's impossible for Julia Roberts to do such a thing just to win a role. When they reach their status, they are a scarce resource in Hollywood, and there will be no shortage of invitations to big productions.

Almost everyone knows what Julia Roberts did on her way to fame. In the early days, she slept with more than one crew, but after she became famous, she never did that again, because at her status, she no longer needed to do that. Go cater to anyone with your body.

Therefore, the women who want to have a relationship with Wayne are all small actors or stars. Only these people are willing to give everything they have for an opportunity.

As for the A-types, they may have drank too much at the party and acted out because they saw each other. But trying to seduce them with a role in a big project and treat them like little actors is basically impossible.

Not to mention Wayne, who is still young now, even big names in the industry such as Truck Driver and Spielberg may not be able to do this.

He has always liked beautiful girls, especially actresses with the blessing of fame, which will make men feel more accomplished, but he never thought that with a role in his movie, he could play with those A-list celebrities. No aura of stupidity.

Watching Naomi Watts flip the script gracefully, Wayne was able to confirm that perhaps this was the only actress who he praised as an A star and was willing to accompany him.

"What?"

Naomi Watts saw him staring at her blankly, and asked a strange question.

"Nothing." Wayne shook his head and got rid of all the messy thoughts. "Nina, help me notify Tim Burton and ask him to contact the Asian actors here. We will start shooting after seeing the location."

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