Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 338 337. Black Humor in London

London is a very interesting city, gentle but also rebellious.

The rock music here is very good. Many rock bands that have influenced the world have appeared here, including the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Suede, etc.

On the first night after arriving in London, Chen Li'an was dragged by Ji Fa to a bar hidden in an alley. Even Bai Qing, who was unwilling to go out, was not spared.

However, Chen Li'an did not forget the young people in the team. Although there were only three young people besides him and Bai Qing, it was still very lively sitting in the bar drinking.

In the lively bar, the passionate singing of the rock band made the atmosphere in the bar very hot.

Several people who came with Chen Li'an were going abroad for the first time. Facing the frenetic atmosphere of such a strange environment, they were a little unable to adapt. Their bodies couldn't help shaking but they didn't dare to end up shaking their heads with those people.

Maybe it's because the bars in London are completely opposite to the romance in Paris, so they haven't been able to switch over for a while.

Even Liu Tao was sitting next to Chen Li'an, drinking and not daring to fool around. Looking at those rock singers with long hair and a group of drunkards wearing leather jackets and howling, he felt like he was in a gangster in an American movie.

Chen Li'an and Ji Fa were content, drinking beer to the beat, and liked the atmosphere here very much.

Bai Qing just held his chin and looked at the group of energetic people, taking a sip of wine from time to time without knowing what he was thinking.

Chen Li'an was leaning on the chair and looking carefully at a bald man wearing a leather jacket not far away. This guy looked really like Mr. Guo Da.

Seemingly noticing Chen Li'an's gaze, the man turned his head and glanced at Chen Li'an, then raised the beer bottle in his hand to signal.

Chen Li'an also shook the beer bottle in his hand, and then withdrew his gaze.

Isn't it just Jason Statham? What's all the fuss about? If it were Naomi Watts, Chen Li'an would take the initiative to get to know her. Chen Li'an still remembers the scene of her standing on King Kong's hand in the movie.

However, most British actresses go to Hollywood to develop their careers, and there are many local singers and bands.

I don’t know if it’s because Chen Li’an and others have oriental faces, but it has attracted a lot of people’s attention.

Perhaps it was because many posters promoting art exhibitions had appeared on the streets of London these days. Someone recognized Chen Li'an and came over to have a few drinks with Chen Li'an.

Chen Li'an didn't expect anyone to recognize him. He felt that he was quite popular in the UK.

The internationally renowned artist truly deserves his reputation!

London is also the world's art center. When an artist like Chen Li'an holds an exhibition, it will indeed attract the attention of many art lovers.

However, after having a few drinks with those people, they curiously asked Chen Li'an if there were rumors of an affair with Sophie Marceau two days ago, why he came to England again, and whether he came to London to hunt for women.

Judging from their gossipy and stupid looks, they didn't even know that Chen Li'an was here to hold an art exhibition.

Chen Li'an took a sip of beer and felt that he was not an internationally renowned artist, but an internationally renowned scumbag.

It's boring. It's really boring to be a bartender!

When Chen Li'an came out of the bar, he said to Ji Fa helplessly: "Did you not do enough publicity? The publicity you carried out was not as fast as my gossip."

"Haha, you deserve this!" Ji Fa smiled happily and deliberately said to Bai Qing: "He went to find Sophie Marceau again while you were away. Aren't you angry?"

Bai Qing glanced at her and said, "I will also go to Sophie Marceau when he is here."

Ji Fa nodded and said, "That's true. He is an out-and-out scumbag."

Chen Li'an was speechless, why should he say it so bluntly, and Ji Fa, how could you, a blonde with blue eyes, have the nerve to say such things? When you hooked up with me and then wanted to hook up with Bo Qing, why didn't you say you were a scumbag!

Just when Chen Li'an was about to give Ji Fa a blow, the door of the bar was pushed open again, and Jason Statham walked out laughing with a man with short hair.

When passing by Chen Li'an, Jason Statham smiled and nodded at him, and then disappeared into the night with his friends.

Chen Li'an took one look and then withdrew his gaze. At this time, he no longer had any intention of arguing with Ji Fa, and led the people back to the hotel.

I have to set up the exhibition tomorrow, so I should go back and rest early.

The exhibition location of the British station is set at the British Museum, known as the "museum of the world". Chen Li'an can't help but laugh every time he hears someone say this.

The robber's museum is more appropriately guarded.

However, it was Chen Li'an's own initiative to come to the British Museum. Who allowed it to be loaned out for exhibition?

It is difficult to bring back those cultural relics that were stolen, but Chen Li'an also wanted to take a look at the cultural relics that contain history. Although they were taken away, China's culture has not been interrupted, and some things cannot be taken away.

If those cultural relics had souls, they would feel relieved when they saw them, just like ancestors seeing that their descendants are already living well.

The exhibition hall of the British Museum for foreign exhibitions is very good, with a strong cultural atmosphere, perhaps because it has been influenced by witnessing too many artworks.

A lot of thought was put into planning the art exhibition in the UK. The layout of the exhibition hall was remodeled. It was all Chinese red and there were more exhibits than in Paris.

The ministry also brought in a number of domestic cultural relics to support the scene, including those collected by museums from various places and some borrowed by Chen Li'an from private collectors through personal relationships.

The reason is not to be compared with the British Museum, but this is also difficult. In many things, the British Museum is indeed better than the domestic ones.

Chen Li'an has not been in a good mood during the past two days while setting up the exhibition, and so have most of his colleagues.

Every time you walk around the museum, you will see many Chinese cultural relics on display.

The British Museum didn't know which of the ribs was wrong, so it took out many of the cultural relics at the bottom of the box for display.

Maybe he wanted to have a distant relationship with Chen Li'an, or maybe he was arrogant and wanted to show off, but it was always exciting to watch.

If it weren't for the smooth running of the art exhibition, Chen Li'an would have wanted to pull up a banner at the entrance of the museum.

The day before the exhibition, two staff members from the British Museum visited Chen Li'an's exhibition hall and commented that several cultural relics brought by Chen Li'an were not as good as theirs.

"Is that yours?" Chen Li'an asked impatiently, standing behind them.

The two staff members turned back to look at Chen Li'an, and then said seriously: "Of course, we have been collecting them for decades."

Chen Li'an looked at them and said: "What you robbed doesn't mean it belongs to you. If what you robbed belongs to you, then robbing the bank is not illegal."

After Chen Li'an finished speaking, he turned around and left. There was no reason to argue with the robbers. Even if they quarreled, it would be of no use. Out of sight, out of mind.

Daying's behavior is like a black man's zero-dollar purchase, and he is confident and does not feel that he is wrong at all.

Chen Li'an came out of the museum irritably. He was very helpless when his personal emotions were involved in this kind of thing.

But Chen Li'an won't be so patient. If he can't get his things back, it doesn't mean he has to admit its legality. Anyway, he will be scolded.

Although the British Museum doesn't care at all, don't you get scolded every year? You've long been used to it.

Their skin is thicker than the stone that wraps the sword in the stone, and they will pretend they can't see or hear.

The street scenery in London is also good, but Chen Li'an is not in the mood to appreciate it and wanders aimlessly.

When he walked to an unfamiliar back alley, Chen Li'an saw someone setting up a stall. After taking a closer look, he felt something familiar.

Chen Li'an suppressed his curiosity, walked over and looked at the things on the stall, picked up a record and asked, "How much does this cost?"

"Five quid, this is the hardcover edition," Jason Statham said with a laugh.

Chen Li'an took out five pounds and handed it to him and asked curiously: "Do you set up a stall here every day?"

Jason Statham put the money in his pocket and shrugged, "No, once a month, setting up a stall will bring me good luck."

Can setting up a stall also bring good luck? Chen Li'an became more curious and asked about his story with a smile.

Jason Statham remembered meeting Chen Li'an in a bar, so he told his story very talkatively.

A former diver who only scored 0.5 points out of ten because he was too nervous to fish. Then he retired and worked as a model, the kind who danced wearing only his underpants.

In addition to being a model, he also worked as a stall owner and was selected by a director to film a movie. However, it has been two years since the filming was completed and it has not yet been released.

"Although the movie hasn't been released, I think setting up a stall will bring me good luck." Jason Statham said with a smile.

Chen Li'an asked curiously: "What kind of movie was made? Why can't it be released?"

Jason Statham touched his thinning hair and said: "The director has no money. The investors only gave him one million, which has been used up long ago."

Chen Li'an: "." What the hell is the reason? Is this investor stupid? I’ve given you one million, so why don’t you add a little more? Otherwise, wouldn’t this one million be wasted?

Faced with Chen Li'an's doubts, Jason Statham explained helplessly: "The investor is a woman, and all her money belongs to her boyfriend."

Well, it turns out the investors have no money either.

Chen Li'an thought it was quite funny, but something suddenly occurred to his mind. Jason Statham's screen debut seemed to be Guy Ritchie's two smoking guns.

It's a very enjoyable movie, with multi-line narrative and black humor, more than a dozen people died and cursed more than a hundred times, and the montage was superb.

Ning Hao just imitated others and made a crazy stone, but there is still a slight difference between the two movies.

Chen Li'an remembers that when he first watched Guy Ritchie's movie, he regarded him as the next Quentin Tarantino. Unfortunately, Guy Ritchie's talents were very limited and he only glorified for a short time before disappearing from everyone.

Guy Ritchie later went to rap and set up his own label, but he also made several box-office hits, including the Sherlock Holmes series.

It's just that those movies didn't have the aura and amazement that they had at the beginning.

Thinking of this, Chen Li'an looked at Jason Statham and asked, "Do you know who I am?"

Jason Statham nodded and said, "I know, I've read the news in the newspaper."

"I can invest in your movie if you want."

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Jason Statham only has one thought in his mind right now, Mom, I met a fool.

No, where's the director! Find a director! The rich boss is here!

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Li'an met Guy Ritchie in Jason Statham's small apartment. Chen Li'an was surprised when he saw him. Wasn't this the man who drank with Jason Statham that night?

Chen Li'an watched Guy Ritchie stretch out his hand to introduce himself, and then expressed his willingness to invest.

Guy Ritchie held a cold beer in his hand. After a while, he looked at Chen Li'an and asked, "You haven't read my script or film, and you don't know me. Why should you invest in me?"

Chen Li'an turned his head and thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because I'm in a bad mood today that I want to spend money?"

Guy Ritchie: "." If I hadn't known you were rich, I would have thought you were a liar!

Of course what Chen Li'an said was false. He just remembered that the box office of this movie seemed to be very good, more than 20 million pounds.

Although Chen Li'an's reasons were very nonsensical and lame, Guy Ritchie did not refuse to invest. The movie that was completed in 1995 has never been released, and he was worried to death.

I finally had the opportunity to join the film industry, but I had to wait for two years because I had no money.

Speaking of which, this movie is also full of twists and turns. The investor is a singer’s girlfriend and doesn’t have that much money. Guy Ritchie has been trying to raise money in the past two years. He finally completed the post-production, but there was no way to distribute it. In the end, he went to Tokyo Film It only has the chance to be released after winning several awards.

Guy Ritchie is very similar to some domestic directors who rose to prominence by winning awards at film festivals.

The film is still short of money and needs at least several hundred thousand pounds to complete.

Chen Li'an doesn't care about hundreds of thousands of pounds, he will earn it back in the future anyway, but Chen Li'an still has a small request.

Chen Li'an flipped through the script in his hand, pondered for a moment and said, "The script is very good and worth investing in, but I still have a small opinion."

Guy Ritchie looked at Chen Li'an nervously, fearing that he would make any excessive demands. He only met Jason Statham twice and decided to invest without reading the script. He must be interested in Jason Statham!

Guy Ritchie turned his head and glanced at Jason Statham's muscles, feeling that this possibility was very high!

Chen Li'an didn't notice Guy Ritchie's expression, and said seriously: "Change the "Brotheby's" auction house that collects two large smoking guns in the movie into the British Museum. The shotguns belong to the British Museum."

Guy Ritchie didn't understand what Chen Li'an meant at first, but he soon realized that he originally used the "Botheby's" auction house to mock Sotheby's in the movie.

Chen Li'an, this is good, it directly satirizes the British Museum.

Guy Ritchie felt a little reluctant. As a British man, he had always known that the British Museum was a museum for the people.

Chen Li'an threw the script in his hand on the ground and said, "After you finish revising it, I can help you participate in the Tokyo International Film Festival and help you win at least two awards."

Guy Ritchie’s eyes suddenly lit up! To put it bluntly, being a director is all about fame and fortune. Now that Chen Li'an has both fame and fortune, it's no big deal to make fun of the British Museum!

Done!