Chapter 1626
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People are more focused when they are doing something they enjoy.
People become nervous when they do something wrong.
So Zhang Yuan, who was hiding stolen goods in the gym lockers, was focused and on high alert.
At this moment, someone suddenly shouts from behind...
It's like you're studying a Japanese adult film, with one hand on the table, the other under the table, and a tissue beside you.
Suddenly, I heard your mother's voice in my ear.
"What are you doing!"
Those with weaker mental fortitude might be so frightened that they never get up again.
Zhang Yuan belongs to the type with excellent mental fortitude.
He mainly exploited the mentality of a group of cunning individuals both inside and outside the circle.
He can remain unfazed even when caught in the act of adultery.
Although I haven't been caught yet...
But if someone suddenly yells at a time like this, it's quite risky.
His heart skipped a beat.
BABY, our relationship is like a drop tower, suddenly lifting me into the air and then crashing me to the ground...
His heart felt as if it had been clenched and then violently tossed around.
The voice was rough and hoarse; I didn't immediately recognize who it was.
It doesn't sound familiar.
He's probably a stranger, maybe he came specifically to arrest me, following me all the way from the film set.
American police officers are armed and skilled at drawing their guns; I don't want to get acute metal poisoning from them.
He thought it was an FBI warning and almost surrendered.
But before he could transform into the old Parisian white flag, he heard some more noise.
He sniffed, cleared his throat, and then his voice changed slightly before he spoke again.
Hey Zhang, what are you doing?
Now I understand.
It was someone from the film crew, that older sister from Ohio.
"Hi, Annie." Zhang Yuan called his older sister by her nickname in a deliberately friendly manner, while turning around with a smile.
Zhang Yuan always referred to her as "older sister" because foreigners appear mature, even though she was actually younger than him.
Holy crap!
When he turned around, he was so frightened that he immediately cursed.
I saw a pale face with dark circles under its eyes and black marks all over its cheeks.
His eyes were slightly red.
The lights were off in the locker room.
The lights were definitely off, since Zhang Yuan was hiding something and it wouldn't be appropriate to turn them on.
Only a vent let some moonlight into the room, which shone directly on the other person's face.
The woman had disheveled blonde hair and at first glance resembled Sadako.
Ah... Zhang Yuan suddenly realized.
Something's not right.
I didn't turn off the lights in the changing room; they weren't on when I arrived!
It's the middle of the night now, what are you doing here with the lights off?
"What did you say?" the blonde asked. "What the hell do you mean?"
The imitation is quite accurate.
"Uh... I meant you're pretty, that is, your Chinese is beautiful." Zhang Yuan made up a story.
"Oh, thank you." The man suddenly smiled and then wiped his cheek with the back of his hand.
The same issue remains: foreigners are confident, and if you genuinely praise them, they will truly believe you.
Zhang Yuan squinted and then realized that it was his eye makeup that had smudged.
His eyes were red, as if he had just been crying, so he was in a very bad state.
Oh, no wonder your voice is hoarse from crying.
"Thank you so much, you made me feel a lot better."
In this state, when Zhang Yuan praised her, she thanked him repeatedly.
"I'm just telling the truth."
“Actually, I wanted to tell you the moment I saw you, but… you know, Chinese people are shy and reserved,” Zhang Yuan explained.
Make conversation to divert the other person's attention from their locker.
"What's wrong? Why are you sitting here alone so late at night?"
Zhang Yuan adjusted his position, stepped over to the other person, and sat down.
And he chose an angle opposite to his own cabinet.
"I... just... phew!" My older sister took a deep breath and fanned herself with her hand, looking like she couldn't breathe.
"Hey, hey, don't worry." Zhang Yuan took a clean towel from the side and handed it to her so she could wipe her face.
"Everything will pass, you can tell me about it."
His goal was simply to find ways to distract the other person from his earlier actions.
The best approach is to let the other person talk about herself.
"What exactly happened?"
"Huff..." He took another breath before speaking.
It all comes down to work.
This person said they were fired.
Zhang Yuan thought he had been fired from the "Special Forces" production team, which gave him a fright.
Upon further inquiry, it was discovered that while it wasn't exactly dismissal, it was worse than dismissal.
It refers to the Wonder Woman TV series that NBC is currently producing.
This woman is tall and strong, a typical girl from a farm in southern China.
Wonder Woman needs to be strong and powerful; a delicate woman can't be chosen to play her.
Gal Gadot was quite suitable for the role of a female knight-errant later on because she was quite good-looking.
However, he has also been ridiculed by viewers, especially comic book fans.
The main point of ridicule is that her breasts are too small.
Because Wonder Woman is a character from Themyscira, and her character is similar to an Amazonian warrior.
The comic book character has always been a busty, curvy figure, and Gal Gadot is definitely lacking in that regard.
Zhang Yuan knew perfectly well that his skill level was probably a B, or at most a B+.
It can be easily controlled with one hand.
In terms of sex appeal, Gal Gadot certainly falls short.
Especially with Linda Catby, who played Wonder Woman in the classic 75 TV series.
The eldest sister is a classic American beauty with a Marilyn Monroe-like figure.
Moreover, the character of Wonder Woman was full of sexual innuendo from the very beginning of her design.
The weapon is the Lasso of Truth, a whip that makes people tell the truth.
High heels, tight-fitting clothes, and a short leather skirt.
It is 100% based on the image of an SM girl.
It evolved and improved over time, eventually becoming the movie version of True Love with a strong female lead.
The character's image has been constantly changing with the promotion of American freedom and values.
When it came to the older sister next to him, NBC had acquired the rights to Wonder Woman from The CW.
They wanted to design a female warrior that women would also love to watch.
So this whole thing started from a mental trap.
Any product or company that primarily targets male consumers will instantly fail if it tries to attract female consumers.
The end result is often that both men and women criticize each other, leaving no one happy.
The idea NBC was to create a story about a strong, outwardly resilient woman who, in her daily life as Diana, is incredibly vulnerable and sensitive, facing various career and relationship problems.
The end result was that the female warrior was left crying and sobbing, and despite wearing a bodysuit, she looked very frail.
It aims to show that even strong women have a vulnerable side...
As it turned out, they did fall into a pit.
Annie acted according to the script, her acting was flawless, and she even filmed the action scenes.
Knowing the importance of this role, given the immense popularity of superhero films in recent years, and the potential for it to become a career milestone, I trained exceptionally hard and put in a great deal of effort.
I've read several boxes of the original comic book.
But not everything will yield results with effort.
Unlike Chinese TV dramas, American dramas are broadcast weekly, and they are filmed and broadcast simultaneously.
Meanwhile, under Hollywood's purely commercial operations, American TV series will have pilot episodes, ranging from one episode to two or three episodes.
First, film it. After filming, it undergoes internal review. If it passes, it undergoes external review. If it also passes, it is broadcast to see the audience's reaction.
If the response is good, we'll start filming the official series; if the response is bad, we'll modify the setting and plot, make revisions, and then film it again.
Many famous American TV series have pilot episodes that differ significantly from the final episodes. This gives the production a chance to test the waters, while also reducing the losses from a potential flop.
If this measure were implemented domestically, the number of bad movies could be halved.
The pilot episode of the Wonder Woman TV series was only filmed once, and it was almost completely criticized by viewers after it aired!
North American comic book writers can be incredibly aggressive.
There are thousands of posts criticizing this film, with some containing tens of thousands of comments.
Adelina was called the ugliest Wonder Woman by them.
The appearance was indeed poor, so the props and costumes should take the blame.
My friend isn't bad-looking; she has a rather distinctive appearance.
At first glance, she looked like a large white horse with golden mane; there was no white woman with a more magnificent appearance than her.
The entire show was a complete disaster; it didn't even make it to the main episodes before it was ruined.
NBC was not only very angry, but also blamed her, the lead actress.
Let's experience American-style bullying.
The producer also said it was because she was too ugly that no one liked her.
He bluntly told you that you could never act like that in your life and that you should change careers.
About half of the people working in the entertainment industry worldwide have heard this.
When Zhang Yuan first started out, he was constantly being criticized, but he just thought the other party was an idiot.
But Annie is different.
Or, to put it another way, white people and Asians are different.
White people are outgoing, while Asians are introverted.
However, while white people are outgoing, they are also prone to emotional breakdowns and extreme swings.
The transition from extreme joy to tears is incredibly rapid because it encourages the expression of emotions.
Chinese people, on the other hand, are generally as steady as a rock, with little emotional fluctuation.
At its core, the difference lies between maritime civilization and agricultural civilization.
Like nomadic civilizations, maritime civilizations live for the moment, with ships at sea constantly on the move. As a result, they engage in retaliatory consumption and hedonism as soon as they come ashore.
Agricultural civilizations are different. Even if there is a bumper harvest this year, people will not eat, drink and have fun, but will think about what to do if there is a poor harvest next year.
I need to save some of my savings.
The fundamental difference between Eastern and Western consumption concepts and personalities lies in their different ways of life.
My older sister has a typical white personality, she's crying.
He used to laugh heartily when praised, but now that the show has been canceled, his carefully crafted character has disappeared, and he's been thoroughly criticized by the producer, he's mentally broken.
So when I can't sleep at night, I come to the gym to kill time and energy. After working out until midnight, I sit down in the locker room and burst into tears.
I happened to see him sneaking in, so I called out.
Zhang Yuan finally understood.
This is something I'm good at!
Therapy is a form of treatment that involves talking.
"People are like flowers in a pot, and life is a tangled mess."
"No matter how well you play a role, it's only temporary glory. This little box is your eternal home!"
That's roughly what he meant, but when expressed in English it's...
You are like a resilient rose, weathering the storms of life.
Whether a role is good or bad, we don't need to care about other people's opinions. In the end, these disturbances are just a small footnote to our epitaph.
"Zhang, you can write poetry?" The blonde girl was slightly surprised by his words.
"Romantic people are all in pain."
"And most of us actors are romantic people."
"Actually, I have also been rejected by production teams in the past. The highest record was when I contacted 50 production teams for auditions and was rejected, but I still did not give up."
Zhang Yuan spoke with a bitter expression.
He certainly hadn't experienced this himself, but many famous actors had when they first started out.
Out of sympathy, I made up a topic to get closer to him.
“Johnson said you’re the most popular actor in China. I never knew you had such a past.” Annie sniffed as she looked at him.
"It seems we're in the same boat."
"Yes." Zhang Yuan sensed that the other person's emotions were gradually stabilizing.
It seems my appeasement strategy worked well.
But perhaps the effect was a little too good...
"So you don't need to blame yourself or feel inferior; it's just that they haven't discovered your strengths."
"I think you're the most beautiful Hollywood actress I've ever seen... Waaah!"
He was only halfway through his sentence when the woman suddenly raised her arm, hugged him, and started kissing him!
Zhang Yuan: !!!
It gave him a fright.
"WHAT!"
He quickly broke free.
"what are you doing?"
"What...you said you were flirting with me, didn't you?" My older sister looked at him, completely bewildered.
"You said you thought I was beautiful the first time you saw me, and now you say I'm the most beautiful person you've ever seen."
"Comforting me when I was sad and weak, wasn't that what you were implying?"
Zhang Yuan thought about it for a moment and concluded that perhaps they were being too open-minded.
In addition, I have a slight advantage in appearance.
If someone had said or done this, they would have to be a complete couch potato. At most, the other person would be touched enough to hug them and become their male best friend.
At most, they'd say something like, "You're such a good person."
It’s over.
But he's different. Foreigners are outgoing, and he's been working out and getting in shape lately, so his hormones are pretty high.
Foreign women generally prefer men with muscular physiques to those in China.
And it's not just men who are attracted to beautiful women; women can be attracted to men too!
It's just that Asian women are more reserved and tend to hide these emotions better.
American women are different; given their outgoing culture, they don't necessarily try to hide their true selves.
Just as Agent Carter stroked Captain America's chest muscles, Louis stared intently at Superman's face.
You think that's acting?
Because of the male actors' good looks and physiques, it's so easy for the female actors to get into character.
White girls fall for this!
Especially since this woman is from a redneck state, where traditional masculinity is highly valued.
Having seen Zhang Yuan undress and train, I already had a certain physiological inclination.
Physiological liking and emotional dependence are two different things; having one is enough.
But Zhang Yuan didn't think so.
He recalled the time when his older sister whistled at him shirtless.
I feel like I've been teased...
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant."
"That's not what I meant?" Annie chuckled lightly, then stood up with a crooked mouth, put her hands on her hips, and looked at him.
"So you're saying that you come to the gym in the middle of the night without turning on the lights so you can hide things in the lockers, like women's underwear, because you're a pervert."
"Instead of coming specifically to comfort me?"
Zhang Yuan: ...
That's quite a accusation!
"Of course I didn't, how could I possibly steal women's underwear?" Zhang Yuan quickly denied.
What's going on in North America? They're going to do ME TOO soon. Are you trying to kill me?
"Okay, then open your locker and see what you've hidden."
My older sister pouted and tilted her head to look at him.
"I didn't hide anything."
"So you've come to comfort me, to get close to me, right?"
The man stepped forward, cupped his chin with his fingers, and licked his lips at the same time.
Zhang Yuan felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.
Scenes and dialogues like this seem to appear frequently in Japanese animated films.
But...aren't our genders reversed?
"Zhang, you don't want anyone to know you're doing something bad, do you?" Annie leaned close and winked at him.
He thought for a moment and then shook his head.
Because the other party has now seized leverage over him, and intends to do so personally.
"GOOD!"
The blonde woman smiled and raised her arm high, then with a backhand motion, took off her sports vest.
Zhang Yuan glanced at it.
Ok.
When she plays Wonder Woman, at least in terms of bust size, she shouldn't be criticized like Gal Gadot.
There was no other way; the defeated Man could only fight Wonder Woman. (End of Chapter)