One Thousand One Hundred and Forty-Two First Meeting

Laughter and laughter echoed in the space of Pioneer Village, as if returning to the busiest Saturday night in an instant. The entire bar was full of guests, everyone was looking forward to the performance, and everyone was enjoying the relaxation and comfort of Saturday. , indulge and party as much as you like, just immerse yourself in this atmosphere and get drunk.

Stepping forward, Renly walked to the other end of the bar, without disturbing the lively atmosphere on the side of the stage, and then saw Neil Tucson come over immediately, which made Renly laugh out loud-- This seems to have become a professional conditioned reflex of Neil, and he is always scanning the approaching customers near the bar from the corner of his eyes.

As the distance got closer, Neil gradually recognized the figure of the person who came, but he was not happy, but lowered his mouth, even his shoulders sank, with a downcast expression, you can see it before getting close. The exaggerated look on the frowning face, and then grumbled, "Damn it, he disappeared for so long, ah, God, the Gobi is going to become a desert."

The words without beginning and end are really confusing.

Renly raised his eyebrows slightly, a faint smile appeared in his eyes, but he did not respond, just looked at Neil quietly, and then he could see Neil secretly looking at Renly from the corner of his eyes. .

As a result, after Neil realized that his small actions fell into Renly's eyes, and that he could not impress Renly at all, he raised his eyebrows angrily, "Don't you know that I live in dire straits? Don't you? Don't you care about the living conditions of your best friends?"

"Matthew? Matthew is working now, he's all right, thank you for your concern." Renly replied seriously.

Neil was choked immediately, and then he realized that it is definitely not an easy task to gain the upper hand in a verbal confrontation, so he simply chose to give up, "I, I, I just said It's me!"

"It disappeared for more than half a year, and there was no news at all, and then my YouTube channel was completely suspended for half a year. Do you know how many people sent messages to scold me, thinking that I was not being kind at all, and would not publish your videos anymore? God, how do I know where you went? I also want to send a video, but you can't come, what can I do?"

Neil just howled for a few words, then sneaked a glance at Renly again, and found that Renly still had a calm expression on his face, he could only restrain his expression, "Hey, cooperate anyway, you don't know, the opponent's play If the actors don't cooperate, this scene can't go on."

"So that's the case." Ren Li suddenly realized that he nodded, and then asked seriously, "How about, do it all over again?"

Neil almost didn't change it in one breath, rolled his eyes, "God, I really can't understand why those people always say that you are very humorous, I think you are the most humorless person in the world. ."

After complaining, Neil returned to his usual sloppy appearance, stood at the bar and winked and said, "To be honest, after there is no YouTube channel, my current female relationship index has been declining, how about it, for my happy life, Do you want to perform again today?"

"Your level of approaching is so bad now? You still have to rely on other gimmicks?" Renly showed a surprised look, and a simple rhetorical question choked Neil directly, and then saw that Neil was angry He threw the rag in his hand on the bar, "Hey, young man, can we still have a good time together?"

After speaking with wide eyes, looking at Renly who was about to speak, Neil immediately removed his "angry" state, waved his hands again and again, and said jokingly, "A joke, it's definitely just a joke. Of course we are still friends, otherwise, Let's take a photo now and send it to the photo wall for certification?"

Looking at the mischievous light in Neil's eyes, Renly knew that Neil was still the same Neil,

Joke, humor, teasing, banter.

Although the two hadn't seen each other for more than half a year, despite all the things that happened in 2012, and even though Renly has now become a top star in the industry, Neil is still the bartender of the pioneer village. But time did not leave too many traces on the two of them. It was just a face-to-face meeting, and the two became acquainted again, as if they instantly returned to the time before they became famous.

Some friendships need careful care and maintenance. Only with regular maintenance can they last for a long time, otherwise they will drift away with time and space. This is understandable in the first place, just like a marriage, it takes effort and attention, effort and emotion, in order to sustain it for a long time.

But some friendships are not needed. Even if it is a gap of time, even if it has experienced the vicissitudes of life, when we meet again, the tacit understanding that flows quietly can still reawaken those good years and find the truest self in each other. This is also the most different and special point of friendship, family and love.

So people always say that relatives and lovers can only accompany you through a part of life, but friends can walk through the whole long life hand in hand. It's just that such friends are too rare and too rare.

A smile slid across Renly's eyes, ignoring Neil's teasing and joking, "Where's Stanley? I thought he would sit here in person to prevent someone from remaking this place beyond recognition. This is his whole life. blood."

"Oh, don't worry, Joel and Ethan have already decided, there is no need to change this place, it can be photographed according to the existing decoration. However, our beer and mugs still need to be replaced, some brands are in You can’t find it in the 1960s, and some cups were newly added in the past two years, which are not in line with the atmosphere of the times.” Neil explained the situation skillfully.

Then, with a mysterious expression on his face, he looked left and right, leaned out, leaned into Renly's ear, and said in a low voice, "Ethan said I could play the bartender in the movie." Then Neil He raised his eyebrows exaggeratedly, expressing his excitement, "Haha, I'm going to be an actor too."

After deliberation and investigation, the main filming location of "Drunken Township Folk Ballad" was chosen in Pioneer Village.

According to the plan of the Coen brothers, they hope to find a retro bar with a 1960s folk style in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, as the filming location of the "Gaslight Bar" in the movie, presenting the city street scene of New York as realistically as possible. ——

In fact, in Greenwich Village, most of the streets and scenery here have not changed drastically from half a century ago, just a little cleaner and tidy; then some buildings became ruins, but few new buildings were built. Less, in the lens of the Coen brothers, they can still perfectly present the original texture. This is also an important reason for the effective control of shooting costs.

Obviously, the pioneer village is the most suitable choice.

According to Joel Cohen, "I even wondered if I had been to the Pioneer Village in a dream, watched Renly perform, and woke up to the idea of ​​this movie. ."

From Pioneer Village to Renly to Greenwich Village and "Don Quixote", everything seems tailor-made for "Drunken Country Ballads". The Coen brothers suppressed their excitement and excitement, found Stanley Charlesson, and told all their ideas and ideas to the old man who devoted his life to the pioneer village.

Stanley burst into tears.

As a jazz bar, established in 1935 as a pioneer village, it has experienced the golden age of black and white movies, experienced the ideological frenzy of the 1960s and 1970s, experienced the upsurge of folk and rock that swept the whole society, and experienced many The war and the upheaval of the Beat Generation.

Now, it is about to return to the 1960s in the lens of the Coen brothers, the era when music could save the world, the era when art carried the hope of society, and the era when dreams still bloomed. For Stanley, it was a dream come true, so he had no reason to refuse.

"It's not fair," Renly said, pretending to be serious. "It took me so much work to make it to the big screen, and now you've won without any effort? It's not fair."

With his hands on his waist, Neil raised his chest high, with a smug expression on his face, as if he was saying, "Praise me, praise me, hurry up," and then a humorous voice came from beside him, " So, which movie is this casting for? Can I get involved? I'm not a good actor, but I can try it out."

Neil and Renly both cast their gazes, and then saw Justin Timberlake standing in front of them.

Not only that, the other people behind Justin also cast their gazes one after another. The eagerly looking forward and eager to try is surging throughout the bar, which is completely different from the atmosphere just now. It seems that unconsciously, the whole The focus of the field came from the other end of the bar to this end.

"Justin Timberlake." He introduced himself politely.

"Renly-Hall." He also called home with a smile.

Standing in the middle, Neil looked left and right, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Neil Tucson." The nervous and funny voice suddenly made the atmosphere relaxed and happy.

Justin shrugged and pursed his lips, "In the rumors, everyone has been emphasizing that Renly is a monster, but today it seems that I should be the first person who dares to approach the dragon. Does this mean that, I have great courage?" Those light-hearted and joking words can make people feel that he is at ease and comfortable, full of self-confidence without being too hard-edged, but successfully grasping the initiative.

"I mentioned to a few friends before that this time, I was about to collaborate with Renly on this work. Everyone exclaimed and looked envious. I forgot to tell them, this time it was about music. , not the movie. So, I guess, I'd better not pop their pink bubble." Justin said smoothly, successfully eliciting a low roar of laughter.